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DOC worker dies on Mt Somers A volunteer Department of Conservation worker, in his first week in the role, died on Mt Somers over the weekend.

Calvin Lim, 29, had just begun his job as the warden at the popular Woolshed Creek Hut and was reported as being overdue at 4.30pm on Friday after last being seen on Thursday afternoon.

He wasn’t involved in his hut-related duties at the time, but believed to be out for a walk.

Phone polling was undertaken over a couple of hours and it indicated that his phone was at one location.

Searches were undertaken by police, Department of Conservation staff and

LandSar teams.

A helicopter carrying search and rescuers discovered Lim’s body just before 10pm.

“It appears he has fallen near Pinnacles Hut,” a police statement said.

Lim, a student at the University of Canterbury, was studying for a PhD and was described on Newstalk ZB by the Department of Conservation’s South Island operations director, Andy Roberts, as being “really excited” about his new role.

“It’s just a very, very sad situation,” Roberts said.

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off the track … he’s been up on the side of Mt Somers and fallen in a very bluffy area.”

The fall was estimated to have been around 30 metres.

In an official statement, the department said that they would conduct their own investigations into what happened to Lim. “DOC are devastated by this tragic loss of life and are focusing on support of his partner and family,” they said. “(DOC) will be reviewing the tragic incident to determine what happened.”

Police stated that the death had been referred to the coroner.

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Guardian reporter Susan Sandys talks about what Christmas means for her this year.

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his year I became an empty nester, with my youngest heading off to New York for tertiary education. It was an adventure taking her there, and I loved every minute of it, but then I had to come home and face the loneliness.

I remember one day noticing two handwritten vouchers on the fridge, beside the usual clutter of magnets and a calendar. They were given to me as presents by my two children years ago. I had kept the vouchers there meaning to claim on them, but somehow I never got around to it.

The one from my oldest, Francis, was in his distinctively messy handwriting on a small square of paper with ripped edges, saying “You are entitled to one free breakfast in bed”. The other from Brooke, in neat print on a neatly cut-out small rectangle of card, said “Use this for a free chore!”.

There was fine print at the bottom saying “Can’t take over an hour”.

It was funny, cute and sad all at the same time.

That’s the type of empty nester moments you get. As much as it is a great thing to have got the children to the level of them being able to fend for themselves out in the big wide world, every now and again you have those little reflections, where you are reminded of just how special and amazing all those years of bringing them up were, but that those times have now passed.

Francis, who lives in Wellington, had planned to come home

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Accident causes minor injuries Susan Sandys for a week around Christmas time, but then got a job. It’s a great career development for him, as a 111 emergency call centre operator for the police. So it looked like he could not come home at all.

Brooke was in New York, so her coming home was never going to be a reality.

However, once Francis found out about his rosters, it turned out he could get home for a few days. And then when I had to tend to Brooke’s flight details for next year, we found out it was not going to cost a lot more for her to come home for Christmas, so that’s what she ended up doing.

So from visions of me sobbing into my sherry with neither of my children here at Christmas time, I have gone to gleefully decorating the Christmas tree with my daughter, and looking forward to having both of them here over the festive season.

I feel very blessed and could not be happier.

Emergency services staff were pulled away from their Christmas lunch yesterday to attend a two-car collision on the outskirts of Ashburton.

Police, fire and ambulance all attended the accident after being called shortly after 11am yesterday morning.

In a statement, police said that the two vehicles involved were both badly damaged.

“Injuries were minor,” they said.

“But both vehicles were badly damaged.”

The accident occurred near Wakelins Road on the Methven Highway in between the two corners heading north towards Winchmore.

The south-bound lane towards Ashburton was blocked with police and fire and emergency crew managing the flow of traffic.

Trust developing new strategy

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As it settles into its new business environment as a landlord, rather than a hospitality business owner, the Ashburton Trust is taking a long, hard look at its future.

And that involves preparing a strategic plan that will ensure it maximises opportunities to grow its business in a way that will generate a solid pool of funds for community grants well into the future, says trust chairwoman Fay Watson The trust was planning for a 100-year-plus future and that meant investments had to be made that would benefit generations of Mid Cantabrians, she said.

“It’s an exciting time, we’re

looking a long way out and that affects our decisions today, we have to balance the investment risk because we’re dealing with public assets.”

The aim of any investment for the trust was to generate funds that could be given to the community and this could mean reserves would need to be created in the short term before a significant grants programme was actioned, Watson said.

In the future the trust could look at grants from several buckets – frequent small grants, annual funding grants that were larger and much larger one-off grants for specific projects.

One of the fundamental decisions was around the amount of money the trust would give away

each year, she said.

In the trust’s early days it gave 10 per cent of its net profit away in sponsorships and donations from its trading accounts, but over recent years the amount the trust was able to grant from this source had declined.

All ideas were still on the table, Watson said but the board hoped to have its investment strategy and grant strategy confirmed by the end of March.

“What we’re developing is a really important template for future boards so we have to get this right.”

The new funding policy will not affect the trust’s grants through the Lion Foundation that are made from gaming machine revenue.

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■ ASHBURTON RESTHOMES

Activities co-ordinator retires Bernice Laird is not leaving her job as an activities co-ordinator at Coldstream Rest Home and Hospital.

“I’m retiring, and there’s a big difference,” said the 67-year-old.

Bernice was an occupational therapy assistant, then senior occupational therapy assistant, for Ngawhatu psychiatric hospital in Nelson for 22 years.

“It took me three months when I first started there to not go home and feel sorry for the patients. And the thing is to have an outside interest,” Bernice said.

She began there in 1979, working at the hospital’s psychogeriatric unit. Located in the Ngawhata valley, the hospital had its own community, with farm, church, swimming pool, and it was a place that Bernice loved to work.

The hospital closed in 2000, and for the following two years Bernice helped patients integrate into the community.

While at the time she had had reservations about the closure of the hospital, she found integrating patients of all ages to be a rewarding task. She would take them on trips, from places as adventurous as Outward Bound, to those as basic as McDonald’s.

Bernice’s next job was at Salisbury School in Richmond, for at-risk girls. In her live-in role as support worker, Bernice was like a mother to 24 eight to 18-year-olds.

One of her main jobs was to take over from the night shift worker at 6.30am, and get the girls breakfast and off to school for the day.

But while this was part of the job description, it was the undefined tasks Bernice found most rewarding.

“You had to be role model for these children which I liked, it was cool,” she said.

Boarders would come from all over New Zealand, from heartbreaking backgrounds with virtually nothing. It was just when the $2 shop was coming in, and Bernice would buy things from there and give them as rewards for good behaviour, so they could decorate their bedrooms.

Dancing to old-time music, with a ballroom partner she made herself, is one of many activities Bernice Laird leaves behind as she retires. The resthome activities co-ordinator has brought a quirkiness to her role, as well as many years’ experience caring for the vulnerable. Susan Sandys reports.

Ashburton resthome activities co-ordinator Bernice Laird, with her dancing partner Sam and his wife Rita.

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“You try and bring normality to their lives,” Bernice said.

Bernice was there for five-and-ahalf years before she and husband Geoff decided to move to Ashburton. Geoff had a job in the town, however Bernice did not, nor did she rate her chances of getting one.

“I was 58, who would want to employ someone who was 58?” she said.

As they were driving around their new town, Geoff spotted Coldstream House.

“He said ‘That looks like a resthome, go and ask for a job’.”

It ended up being perfect timing, as the previous activities co-ordi-

nator had just left and management had not yet advertised.

Bernice has been there ever since, undertaking numerous activities for the 59 residents, ranging from reading the newspaper and exercises, to inter-resthome sports competitions.

She liked to find residents’ strengths and organise activities to suit them, and also introduce new residents to those they may have known from years gone by. In one recent case there were two elderly gentlemen who could not stop talking to each other after they recognised each other from primary school.

“Usually within half an hour I can hook them up with somebody from their past,” she said.

Bernice used to do ballroom dancing, and made herself a dummy dance partner, called Sam. She puts on a skirt and a different top, and balances Sam on her feet and dances around, entertaining the residents. Sam has a wife, called Rita, also made by Bernice, who watches alongside the residents.

“It brings back memories for them, they used to dance in the halls around here,” Bernice said.

Bernice is a committee member of the Ashburton Indoor Bowls Association, so will be involved in or-

ganising the Indoor Bowls Nationals at EA Networks Centre next year in June.

Upon retiring she plans to join her local Country Women’s Institute branch, and continue making cucumber and pineapple relish, which is an Ashburton A&P Show prize winner.

“I’m not leaving,” she said of her role at Coldstream, when explaining the distinction between leaving and retiring.

However, that time to retire had arrived. And having worked fulltime with few breaks since the age of 16, she wished to now take some time for herself.

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■ EDUCATION

The education year as it evolved

By Katie todd

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The year 2017 has kept local schools on their toes.

Political proposals cast a major influence in the lead up and follow up to October’s election, while schools peered into the future of education and pondered issues like assessment, learning environments and staffing.

When the ball began rolling in term one, we saw a new principal at the helm of Ashburton College.

But it was not a smooth start, as Ross Preece soon had to deal with a vicious bullying incident which was recorded on video and distributed in the national news.

However, Mount Hutt College also had its fair share of skirmishes, with a warning letter penned to parents following incidents on the school bus.

Over at primary schools, student numbers were on the rise.

Our biggest primary school, Ashburton Borough School, had the biggest new entrant class in two decades.

At the dawn of term two, Mid Canterbury schools stood their ground and declared, in light of the Education (Update) Amendment Bill, that unlike some schools around the country, they would not be allowing children under five years to be new entrants.

The Education Network Annual Assessment pointed to an oncoming blowout in the number of students enrolling at Ashburton Schools, and a crisis in classroom space loomed.

But stealing the limelight was an unlikely new presence invading – and dominating – the classroom space.

For several weeks, few Ashburton schoolchildren were seen without a fidget spinner toy in hand.

As the general election approached, change was afoot for the education sector in term three.

Labour announced plans to end voluntary school donations

This year Mid Canterbury schools have been on a roller-coaster ride as political proposals cast a major influence.

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In term four, schools waved a cheery goodbye to national standards, and also welcomed proposals to review NCEA

with a bold initiative that will grant schools $150 per student per year if they sign up – which would largely benefit the majority of Mid Canterbury schools, who mostly ask parents for relatively modest donations.

Nikki Kaye also announced intentions to scrap the decile system, declaring that it led to excessive stigma for low-decile schools.

She proposed a new ‘risk index’ to replace it in 2019 or 2020,

which was met with mixed reactions by Mid Canterbury principals.

Stress levels were on the up among local students, according to a Mid and South Canterbury YMCA survey.

Also on the rise were the number of unjustifiable school absences at schools across the district, causing headaches for principals and teachers.

And a dozen Education Review Office (ERO) reports rolled out,

delivering big smiles for schools like Our Lady of the Snows and Ashburton Borough School, but less glorious news for others who landed in the lower performing category.

In term four, schools waved a cheery goodbye to national standards, and also welcomed proposals to review NCEA and hopefully steer it away from assessment.

Collaboration was the buzzword on all principals’ lips, as schools reflected on the merits – and some newly identified risks – of flexible learning environments.

And as the year wraps up, there’s a climate of uncertainty in schools.

Teacher shortages, principal shortages, and teacher aide cuts loom over Mid Canterbury as school rolls look set to rise.

Next year is already pinned to bring challenges and shortfalls for our schools, but it’s with a largely positive attitude that Mid Canterbury sails into 2018.

Couple lose everything in blaze Friends of a couple who lost their house and all their belongings in a large fire in Canterbury have taken to crowdfunding website Givealittle to try and add some cheer to the family’s Christmas.

Daryl and Salve Cross, from Rolleston, lost everything in a matter of minutes after a fire fuelled by blustery winds and tinder-dry grass burned down the couple’s home on Saturday.

Several homes were destroyed and others forced to evacuate after the blaze took hold on Knights Road in Rolleston around 3pm and spread across 1600 square metres.

During the incident emergency services asked people to stay away from the area, while residents gathered at the local community centre.

Helicopters with monsoon buckets were attacking the fire until night fell, while crews returned again on Sunday morning to dampen hotspots.

Family friend Mary Berryman, from Nelson, was devastated by the news and decided to create a Givealittle page in order to help the couple rebuild their lives.

“I felt like at this time of year it was just so incredibly sad so I thought I would start something,” Berryman told the Herald.

“The couple have been left with nothing but the clothes on their back. As family friends, we cannot imagine how heartbreaking it would be to not only lose all of your possessions, but also a lifetime of memories,” the Givealittle page read.

Berryman said the couple, aged in their 50s, lived on a lifestyle property with a large American style barn.

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March 2017 At the end of each year, Guardian staff choose the best of the year’s photos to share with you all and reminisce.

Above – Methven farmer Craige Mackenzie was appointed as a director of the Global Farmer Network.

Right – George Wareing and Cooper Cudmore (running), take part in the Top Team event at the Methven A&P Show.

Above – Southern Rugby Club groundsman, Phil Cushnie surveys the damage done to the fields in Hinds by vandals.

Right – Fifty-nine people became New Zealand citizens at a citizenship ceremony at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

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Above – Violet Cigobia flies high at the Mayfield A&P Show.

Left– Piper Hood checks out the view from Scott’s Saddle at Mt Hutt’s open day.

Below – Trevor Begg (left), Craig Begg and Les Bennett check out the vehicles on display at the NZ Binders gathering in Rakaia.

Above – Health worker shortages were highlighted outside Ashburton Hospital by Simon Oosterman and Nico Woodward.

Left – Ashburton Domain worker, Emma Montgomery measures the rainfall with a month’s worth of rain coming down in three days.

Right – An agricultural worker was killed when the car he was a sole occupant in crashed into a power pole on Thompsons Track.

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Christmas treat for Trump’s troops Spice Girls to reunite

■ ROME

Donald Trump three months after Hurricane Maria walloped the island.

In closing, Trump offered thanks to those who are spending time away from their families to “defend all of our families, our freedoms and our pride”.

“Every American heart is thankful to you and we’re asking God to watch over you and to watch over your families,” he said, before he asked journalists to leave the room so he could begin answering any service member questions.

Later, the president and first lady Melania Trump fielded calls from children eager to know how soon Santa Claus would get to their homes.

The calls came by way of a Santa tracking program run for more than 60 years by the North American Aerospace Defense Command.

He offered encouragement when a caller from Virginia wanted to find building blocks under the Christmas tree. Trump, who made his name and fortune building things, said: “That’s what I always liked, too.”

“Santa moves very quickly. He’ll be at your house very late at night when you’re sleeping,” Trump said.

The first lady wished a separate caller from California a “Merry Christmas”.

– AP

‘Mangy tree’ sparks humour Rome residents seem to have embraced the pathetic state of their city’s Christmas tree, which has become the butt of jokes around the world, hanging notes on “spelacchio” (The Mangy One).

“RIP - riposa in pellet” (rest in pellets) said one sign.

Another was a lament written from the sparse tree’s point of view, bemoaning how ugly it had become since reaching the Italian capital.

Others left “gifts” for the city under the 21-metre red spruce from the Val di Fiemme in the Dolomites, including a tyre destroyed by one of Rome’s many potholes.

Many see the tree, which cost the city about 50,000 euros ($NZ29,593), as a symbol of poor city management, filling Mayor Virginia Raggi’s Facebook page with their grievances. Raggi said earlier this week that she will request compensation for the spindly tree.

Rome’s “spelacchio” even has a parody Twitter account commiserating its status with messages like, “I have more followers than branches.”

“It is the perfect representation of Rome today: sad, inadequate, lonely,” the Corriere della Sera newspaper said in a recent editorial.

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The Spice Girls are set for a moneyspinning reunion next spring after agreeing to use Girl Power to boost their dwindling spending power. Victoria ‘Posh Spice’ Beckham (above), whose eponymous fashion empire saw its annual losses double to £8.5 million last week, has always refused to sing again.

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Lorde cancels Israel trip Kiwi singer Lorde has bowed to backlash from some fans and cancelled her concert in Israel, according to a local media report. It comes after an open letter was written by two New Zealand fans on website The Spinoff, calling on the 21-year-old songstress to cancel her show in Tel Aviv in June. They argued it would show support for Israel’s occupation of Palestine. “Noted! Been speaking w many people about this and considering all options. Thank u for educating me i am learning all the time too,” Lorde tweeted on Thursday night.

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President Donald Trump opened his first Christmas Eve in office by offering season’s greetings to US troops stationed around the world and chatting up children who called into a Defense Department programme that tracks Santa Claus’ flight path.

“Today and every day, we’re incredibly thankful for you and for your families,” Trump told the troops via video hook-up from his Florida estate, where he is spending the holidays with his family. “Your families have been tremendous. Always underappreciated, the military families.

The greatest people on Earth.”

Trump briefly addressed members of the army, navy, air force, marine corps and coast guard stationed in Qatar, Kuwait and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and patrolling the Strait of Hormuz in the Middle East.

Vice president Mike Pence rallied US troops stationed in Afghanistan during a surprise visit last week.

Trump complimented each branch of the armed forces, starting with the army’s “Iron Brigade” combat team in Kuwait, which he said is performing a “vital mission” by partnering with the Iraqi, Kuwaiti, Saudi Arabian and Jordanian armies, and providing force protection in Syria and Iraq.

But he showered the most praise on the coast guard, which impressed the president with its rescue operations during a devastating hurricane season. “You’ve done such an incredible job in Texas and Florida and Puerto Rico,” Trump said. “Many Republicans are very happy but, I have to tell you, the people of Florida, Texas, Puerto Rico and lots of other states are even more happy. What a job you’ve done ... saved thousands and thousands of lives.”

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■ PHILIPPINES

Thousands spend Christmas in shelters after storm Thousands of villagers in the southern Philippines spent their Christmas morning in emergency shelters yesterday as the region dealt with the aftermath of one of the deadliest storms to hit the country this year.

Tropical Storm Tembin unleashed landslides and flash floods that left more than 120 people dead and 160 missing, mostly in the hard-hit provinces of Lanao del Norte and Lanao del Sur and on the Zamboanga Peninsula.

It strengthened into a typhoon before blowing out of the country Sunday and into the South China Sea. “We’re really sad that we have this news especially because our countrymen were looking to celebrate Christmas,” Marina Marasigan of the government’s disasterresponse agency told a televised news conference.

Intense rainfall in the mountains most likely caused landslides that blocked rainwater, Marasigan said. When the naturally-formed dams broke from the pressure, torrents of rainwater smashed into the villages below.

Mayor Bong Edding of Sibuco town blamed logging operations in the mountains for a flash food

An Alpine chalet near the French border where Pope John Paul II and his successor Pope Benedict XVI spent some summer vacations is up for sale. The news agency ANSA has reported the Salesian order that owns the chalet is selling the property in the mountain hamlet of Les Combes, in Valle d’Aosta, because of difficulties in managing it. A lifelong mountaineer, John Paul spent about 10 summer holidays at the retreat, situated at an altitude of 1300 metres while Benedict went there just twice. It was there that the German-born pope fell and broke his wrist in 2009.

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‘An act of war’

Villagers cross raging floodwaters in Lanao del Norte, Zamboanga Pennisula, southern Philippines.

– AP that swept away houses with more than 30 residents.

Five bodies have been recovered so far in the village and a search and rescue operation was continuing.

A large number of dead and missing was also reported in La-

nao del Norte and Lanao del Sur provinces, where floodwaters from a mountain washed away several riverside houses. Marasigan asked the public to heed storm warnings and evacuation orders to avoid casualties.

Thousands of villagers fled to

emergency shelters and more than 500 passengers remained stranded in airports and seaports after the coast guard prohibited ferries from venturing out in the rough seas and several flights were cancelled as the storm raged Saturday.

– AP

■ BRITAIN

Tropical island needs police inspector It’s not quite Death in Paradise, but one of Britain’s most remote overseas territories is on the hunt for a new police inspector, offering a salary package of up to £47,000 ($NZ89,442).

The role will see the officer posted on Ascension Island, which lies in the South Atlantic Ocean and has a population of 850.

St Helena Police have adver-

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tised for an inspector to lead a small team of officers responsible for the 24-hour policing of the island.

The two-year contract is available from February or March 2018, and candidates must have a British passport in order to apply.

As well as a salary of up to £28,000 ($NZ53,285) a year, the job comes with a benefits package of up to £19,000 ($NZ36,158)

per year, which includes an annual food allowance of £6054 ($NZ11,520) or £3054 ($NZ5812) if unaccompanied, and use of a fully-maintained car.

The package also includes one return airfare to the country of residence for the officer and their family, rent-free housing with electricity and water allowances, and free medical and dental care.

The advert on the Ascension

Island website says: “If you are interested in leading a small team of officers delivering a public service-focused police and immigration service to a small island community, this is an ideal opportunity for you.”

The island is volcanic, has a sub-tropical climate and covers an area of just 88 sq km, meaning criminals will not have far to run or hide from the new recruit. – PA

North Korea has called the latest UN sanctions to target the country “an act of war” that violates its sovereignty. The UN Security Council unanimously approved tough new sanctions against North Korea on Saturday in response to its latest launch of a ballistic missile that Pyongyang says can reach anywhere on the US mainland. The resolution was drafted by the US and negotiated with the North’s closest ally, China.

North Korea’s foreign ministry said in a statement yesterday that the sanctions are an act of war violating peace and stability in the Korean peninsula and the region” and are tantamount to a “complete economic blockade” of North Korea.

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Refugee message Today’s refugees are fleeing their homes just as Joseph and Mary had to before the birth of Jesus Christ, Pope Francis says in a Christmas Eve service in St Peter’s Basilica. “So many other footsteps are hidden in the footsteps of Joseph and Mary. We see the tracks of entire families forced to set out in our own day,” Francis says in an homily. “In many cases this departure is filled with hope, hope for the future; yet for many others this departure can only have one name: survival,” he adds.

Jesus “in his poverty and humility proclaims and shows that true power and authentic freedom are shown in honouring and assisting the weak and the frail,” Francis says.

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Life can return to normal now Matt Markham

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ow life can return to normal, well, kind of.

Hopefully yesterday treated each and every one of you well and you enjoyed a day with loved ones.

Christmas is always a great time of the year to have little kids around. The excitement on their faces outweighs anything else that happens at this time of year I believe and watching the smiles on the faces of my two children was certainly the most special part of the day.

Their innocence and, in most cases, lack of understanding of what Christmas actually is makes for the whole experience.

The magic that surrounds the 25th encapsulates them and it’s hard not to be dragged along on the mystical ride too.

The lead-up to any Christmas is a hectic one, enjoyable, but hectic.

There’s so much to be done, so much to be organised and the entire month of December usually goes by in a flash.

But once you arrive at December 26, there’s the feeling of a weight being lifted off your shoulders.

No longer do you have to worry about what you’re going to cook for the big lunch, leftovers will suffice for a couple of days yet and nor do you have to organise everyone to be in the same place at the same time.

Things get casual and relaxing.

You can quietly slip yourself into that state of zen for the next week until the new year rolls around and you start the whole process once again.

It would be remiss not to mention, again, the efforts of our local emergency services, whether it be police, fire, or ambulance.

Even on the biggest family day of the year they have no hesitation in jumping in their vehicles when that pager goes off or the alarm bell rings and leaving life behind to help that of someone else.

I prayed yesterday I wouldn’t hear the alarm for their sake.

But it went ... yet when I arrived at the scene of the car accident, all I was greeted with was smiles and well wishes from those in uniforms – they were just happy it wasn’t anything too serious and that they could be on hand to help.

And if that’s not Christmas spirit, I don’t know what is.

YOUR VIEW Pipe band I support the pipe band in everything they do as they are an asset to the town and cannot understand why a person would continually complain about their music.

If the district council was doing its job properly, the situation should not have escalated to where it is.

If Mr Catchpowle was a good manager he would be brokering a meeting between the band and the complainant to find what the reasoning is behind the complaint and what common ground

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there is to solve the problem. One would expect this to be in the job description.

It should not be left up to the band to solve a situation brought about by a council bylaw and locate the complainant whom they do not know the identity of.

Once Mr Catchpowle and the security firm are aware of that, one would think he would use his initiative to bring about a satisfactory resolution to all parties involved rather than hiding behind the wording in the Resource Management Act. This is what the majority of ratepayers are expecting and

I’ve been following your story with interest re our splendid local pipe band, And even with reading it a second time I admit I do not understand, WHY? Some citizens seem to have forgotten it’s the season of goodwill to man, A time for peace and harmony so please lift this ridiculous ban.

Even if bagpipes are not to your taste Try some tolerance, maybe go for a walk Or try being really radical And visit the members and TALK! B. Harrison

paying his wages for.

The mayor and elected council need to immediately visit this bylaw and address the wording to reflect the requirement of the band to practice at their property or in a public park within a reasonable timeframe, eg 9pm.

Come on everyone in and on the council, use some initiative and common-sense to get this issue resolved quickly and amicably before it causes more damage to Ashburton’s name nationally.

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Slice of heaven

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BY KATHLEEN STRINGER

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he hugely popular Balls, Bullets & Boots touring exhibition has been packed up and sent to its next venue.

It tied together two important aspects of New Zealand’s history and identity – the First World War and rugby.

Neither originated here, but both have made a massive impact on our country.

A common theme or belief is that New Zealand’s nationhood, its sense of identity, was forged on the blood-stained fields of Gallipoli and other areas of conflict, particularly during World War One. The theory goes that warfare combined with the almost tribal aspects of rugby in the first half of last century and through them New Zealand became a unique country, not just another colonial outpost.

However, for many home was still the place their ancestors had come from.

I can recall my confusion as a young child when people I knew to be New Zealanders talked longingly of “home”, which usually meant England.

What did they mean? It was as if they had a foot in both camps – a proud New Zealander but still with that strong tie to another country and culture.

Reflected in funny attributes, such as a dogged persistence that meant Christmas just wasn’t right without hot meat and plum duff.

In many respects our independence did not really fully develop, until the second great conflict in the 1940s, when northern transport routes were closed and New Zealand had to turn their Kiwi can-do attitude to supplying domestic needs, everything from clothing and ceramics to industrial components.

Later still, with Britain joining the ECC (the European Economic Community), Kiwi farmers had to develop new links to export markets and finally we began to see ourselves as Kiwi.

Welcoming ‘foreign’ people (ie not from the UK), to our shores, and with a steady influx of peoples from the Pacific, we soon transformed ourselves into a multifaceted nation with new faces and new ideas.

Not just a baby England, or even a younger sibling to Australia, we became Kiwi Aotearoa New Zealand, celebrating our own heroes and making our own icons.

‘Kiwiness’ is celebrated in our new exhibition, in an unlikely and quirky way.

Called Sounds Like Us, the exhibition comes from Radio New Zealand (whose sounds have underpinned much of our history) and is brought to life by Weta Workshop (a Kiwi icon in its own right) through sounds and models of radios in the shape of things essentially New Zealand.

The exhibition will be on show throughout that most Kiwi of

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1. Bob and Eunice Tarbotton and the kids outside their caravan. Ashburton had its own caravan club that arranged outings and events.

2. Fairton school children at Sharplin Falls, 1988.

3. Picnic at the river.

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4. Walter Lylian’s cows being hand-milked in 1915.

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holidays, the summer break, when long, hot days just scream for putting on your jandals (not those Aussie thongs!), having fish and chips on the beach, or maybe a hokey pokey ice cream, and

watching, playing – or listening to – the cricket.

For holidays one might pack up the tent or caravan and head out into the bush, or maybe invite your mates around for a BBQ on

the back lawn or deck. These are stuff of which our summers are made.

Some of those notions are depicted in the exhibition as well as things people hold dear as being special to New Zealand – the controversial pavlova (who really invented it?), splitting the atom, rugby (of course), gumboots and family.

It is a fun exhibition, full of colour and creativity, something we, as Kiwis, pride ourselves on. As part of the exhibition, we will be asking people what special events or activities they hold to be essentially Kiwi, or important in the developing story that makes us unique.

We hope that people will consider what they think makes

us different from the rest of the world. Is it our position at the bottom (or maybe top?) of the globe that makes us have to try harder and therefore, succeed in international fields?

Is it the injection of so many cultures with various backgrounds and ideas that has enabled us to do the impossible or improbable? How much does our environment play in developing who we are?

Our always popular creative activities will again be part of the exhibition. We will be giving visitors the chance to make their own icon radio model to take home or put on display.

We hope children used to getting immediate news via television, laptop or social media, will begin to understand the massive impact radio once had in our lives.

Most important news came via the airwaves with a faceless voice giving us an eye-witness account of what celebration, tragedy, or even momentous sporting victory was happening down the road or on the other side of the world.

There’s much that can be taken from this exhibition, but if you’re not into thinking on your summer break, don’t forget to slip, slop slap, and come on down to Ashburton Museum, and take a bite out of our slice of heaven.

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Tuesday, December 26, 2017 Left – Swimmers hit the water of the EA Networks Centre Pool for the annual Ashburton College swimming sports.

March 2017 At the end of each year, Guardian staff choose the best of the year’s photos to share with you all and reminisce.

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Right – Ashburton golfer, Daniel Pearce claimed gold in the Queensland PGA Championship.

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In brief

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Poised for series clean sweep It is a while since New Zealand will have started an ODI against a major nation with such short odds on a victory as they will in Christchurch.

They face a sloppy and lacklustre West Indies in the third and final ODI against the West Indies at Hagley Oval today.

Consider some facts: New Zealand are 2-0 up in the series, thus securing the overall win going into the last match of the rubber; the West Indies haven’t won a game on tour; the tourists’ record this year in the 50over form has been seriously poor; and New Zealand’s confidence and form is good.

The West Indies have won just three, and lost 15 of their 21 ODIs this year.

Their batting, in particular, looks short of requirements.

New Zealand’s batting, by contrast, was a collectively impressive performance in posting 325 for six on Saturday.

From openers George Worker and Colin Munro, through to No.7 Todd Astle, New Zealand’s batsmen did a quality job against bowling which wasn’t consistently demanding enough.

Astle and Henry Nicholls, Canterbury teammates, cashed in on their home ground, adding 130 for the sixth wicket, a New Zealand record against the West Indies.

West Indies right-arm fast bowler Ronsford Beaton will undergo testing for a possible illegal bowling action after being reported by match officials in New Zealand. Beaton was reported after the second one-day international between West Indies and New Zealand in Christchurch on Saturday, the 25-year-old’s second ODI. In a statement, the International Cricket Council said Beaton’s bowling action will be scrutinised further under its process relating to suspected illegal actions. He is required to undergo testing within 14 days and will be allowed to continue bowling until the results are known.

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No regrets

Henry Nicholls is finally finding his feet with the Black Caps.

Lefthander Nicholls made his highest ODI score, a smart and rapid unbeaten 83 off 62 balls and is relishing his place at No. 6 in the order, a couple of spots lower than he’s used to at provincial level.

“That’s my role in team, and it’s a little different for me, but I’m enjoying the challenge,’’ Nicholls said. “Every innings is a little bit different.’’

For the West Indies todaythere are two options: do they stick with the same players or try and change things around, within the limited resources in their squad.

Without Chris Gayle in game two, their batting looked under-resourced in terms of experience. Whether he will play today, on the evidence of the information provided so far, is

anyone’s guess.

The batting has talent but little discipline. One of those elements is good but you need both to be really effective.

The T20 series starts on Friday in Nelson. There may lie the Windies best chance of success in New Zealand. On the evidence so far, you wouldn’t give much for their prospects today.

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Six of the best – NZ’s top ODI bowling displays New Zealand bowlers have taken five or more wickets in ODIs 39 times.

Trent Boult moved third, behind only Richard Hadlee and Shane Bond, for the most number of occasions the feat has been managed with his seven for 34 against the West Indies at Hagley Oval on Saturday.

Hadlee did it five times, Bond four and Boult now has three.

Only six times has a New Zealand bowler has taken six or more wickets in an ODI innings: 1: Tim Southee: 9-0-33-7, v England, Wellington, February 20, 2015 It was in the World Cup, the Westpac Stadium was packed, and Southee, with a little help from captain Brendon McCullum, made no match of it.

England were rolled for 123, collapsing from 104 for three as Southee had the ball talking. McCullum then went on a batting blitz, racing to 77 off just 25 balls, He put on 105 with

Action questioned

Trent Boult Martin Guptill in seven overs.

The innings break came with 12 runs needed off 41 overs. Stuart Broad churlishly ended the game bowling a high bouncer which cost five wides.

Result: New Zealand won by eight wickets.

2: Trent Boult: 10-3-34-7, v West Indies, Christchurch, December 23, 2017 Boult had wickets in each of his first three overs, and his fifth, to kill the match as a contest, as the West Indies tried to

chase down 326 at Hagley Oval.

He returned to clean up the last three wickets in 20 deliveries.

Result: New Zealand won by 204 runs.

3: Shane Bond: 9-3-19-6, v India, Bulawayo, August 26, 2005 New Zealand had reached only 215 but Bond made no race of it. He took five of the first six wickets as India tumbled to 44 for eight. India’s top order stars Sourav Ganguly, Virendar Sehwag and Rahul Dravid were whisked away in quick time.

Result: New Zealand won by 51 runs.

4: Bond: 10-2-23-6, v Australia, Port Elizabeth, March 11 2003 The Canterbury quick had the Aussies on the run, at 84 for seven in their World Cup clash.

Bond had blown away Adam Gilchrist, Matt Hayden, Ricky Ponting and Damien Martyn.

However Michael Bevan and Andy Bichel put on 97, Australia got to 208 for nine and New Zealand’s batting was no match for Glenn McGrath and Brett

Lee, all out 112.

Result: Australia won by 96 runs.

5: Scott Styris: 7-0-25-6, Trinidad, June 12, 2002 The West Indies needed 212 in a rain-affected match and got to 202 for nine. Take out Chris Gayle and Ridley Jacobs getting 60 apiece and there wasn’t much else on offer as Styris’ medium pacers went through the hosts.

He had batting champion Brian Lara caught for a duck and took six of the last seven wickets in a performance he never came close to repeating.

Result: New Zealand won by nine runs (D/L method) 6: Boult: 10-1-33-6, Hamilton February 5, 2017 Australia needed 282 and were giving it a decent crack.

Then Boult returned to rip out the last three wickets in nine balls. He took four of the last five as New Zealand wrapped up the ODI series 2-0.

Result: New Zealand won by 24 runs.

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Canterbury Cricket boss Jeremy Curwin insists he has no regrets over the contentious decision to sign England allrounder Ben Stokes. Stokes returned to Britain on Saturday to rejoin his family for Christmas. Stokes, Christchurchborn but long domiciled in England, played six limited-overs matches for Canterbury as he sought to give himself some matchplay and get away from the furore in the wake of his alleged assault in Bristol in September.

The signing of 26-year-old Stokes divided opinion in New Zealand.

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Wasim, Shehzad out Pakistan are missing some regular faces but still look ready to offer a strong challenge to New Zealand when their short-form tour starts early next month. A knee injury has ruled tidy allrounder Imad Wasim out of the tour, while opener Ahmed Shehzad has been dumped. But quality batsman Azhar Ali is back in the squad along with fellow seasoned campaigner Mohammed Hafeez.

Left-arm fast bowlers Usman Khan (back stress fracture) and Junaid Khan (foot injury) are out, but lively Mohammad Amir returns.

Pakistan squad: Sarfraz Ahmed (c), Azhar Ali, Fakhar Zaman, Imam ul Haq, Babar Azam, Shoaib Malik, Mohammad Hafeez, Haris Sohail, Faheem Ashraf, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Amir, Hasan Ali, Aamer Yamin, Rumman Raees. - NZME

Big crowd expected Although the Ashes are lost and cannot be regained until August 2019, England’s fourth Test against Australia today could set a world record for the largest crowd ever officially audited for a cricket match, beating the 93,013 spectators at the 2015 World Cup final. With Cricket Australia estimating a crowd of “between 91 and 93,000”, the highest for a Test at the MCG is well within reach. The unofficial record of approximately 100,000 was set

by Eden Gardens in Calcutta a generation ago.

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Stroll in park for Vincent in Futurity Auckland Cup favourite Vincent continued his preparation for the New Year’s Eve feature with a dominant win in Sunday’s Gr. 2 $50,000 Futurity Stakes at Cambridge.

The grouse, thick-set son of Art Major, prepared by Mark Purdon and Natalie Rasmussen, had a virtual stroll in the park on his way to an easy victory. The five-horse

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sit parked a lap out. In winning, Vincent has now earned a soughtafter berth in the $A200,000 Chariots of Fire at Menangle, in Sydney, on February 10.

The win made for a Group race double on the day for Tim Williams, who half an hour earlier piloted Kyvalley Blur to win the Trotters Flying Mile.

Williams had nothing but praise for Vincent after the race and sounded an ominous warning for his opponents in coming starts.

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Today at Patterson Park Raceway 15 0900x About Last Night (U1) fr ..................S Clarke 16 Milliondollarmonkey (U2) fr ...........B Orange 17 6x0P0 Razor (U3) fr 18 96x Muchacha Bonita (U4) fr ..................J Curtin Emergencies: About Last Night, Razor 3 1.10pm NBS/BULLER RUGBY UNION 125TH JUBILEE PACE $8500, r40 to r50 pace, stand, 2000m 1 77494 The Kaik (1) fr ..................................D White 2 88358 Midfrew Tarpediem (2) fr ....... J Markham (J) 3 3008x Rocknroll Nevin (3) fr .............. C D Thornley 4 8x43P Terrier (4) fr ......................................R Close 5 3669x Game Changer (5) fr ........................P Davis 6 5x005 Zulu Courage (6) fr...........................J Curtin 7 x7660 Bobby M (7) fr ...............................B Orange 8 68090 Hestia Franco (8) fr .......................S Golding 9 50x00 Lolita Franco (9) fr ........................... T Walsh 10 2580x Cindy Bromac (10) fr .......................... R May 11 94550 Dana Dawn (11) fr ..................... R Anderson 12 02726 King Size (12) fr ................................J Dunn 13 75x90 Collection (13) fr........................ J Abernethy 14 10x00 Shadowman (14) fr .........................K Gill (J) 15 4807x Caitlin Franco (U1) fr ........................ D Dunn 16 81645 Maninthemirror (U2) fr......................S Ottley 4 1.45pm PAT SCANLON MEMORIAL MOBILE PACE $8500, non-winners 3yo+ mob. pace, mobile, 2600m 1 03300 Clarendon Falcon (1) fr ...................... R May 2 676 Nurburgring (2) fr ............................. D Dunn 3 60009 Franco Toddy (3) fr ..................... K Cameron 4 0x808 Four Starzzz Legend (4) fr ........ R Anderson 5 85089 Just One Good One (5) fr ... J Harrington (J) 6 Nessa Franco (6) fr ..........................P Davis 7 x4706 Rebel Richie (7) fr .........................M Heaton 8 0970x Tom Rule (8) fr ........................ C D Thornley 9 Empty Our Pockets (9) fr ..................J Curtin

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r40 & faster discrhcp trot, stand, 2600m 1 0x208 Monkey Luck (1) fr ..................... K Cameron 8 4.07 GRAEME & JOAN MCMASTER PACE $8500, 2 46021 Sunny Glenis (2) fr .................... R Anderson 3 15058 Motu Great Sensation (3) fr ...... B Borcoskie non-winners 3yo+ pace, stand, 2000m 4 x7032 Sunny Bill (4) fr ................................R Close 1 000x0 Dali’s Masterpiece (1) fr ...................D White 5 651 Westar Maggie (5) fr .......................... R May 2 Change Is Good (2) fr ............... J Abernethy 6 351x Celtic Thunder (6) fr ......................B Orange 3 Vinnie Rulz (3) fr ......................... B Hope (J) 7 26701 Glenis Marie (7) fr ............................J Curtin 4 05F0x The Jandel Machine (4) fr ................P Davis 8 08070 Brite N Lovely (8) fr ......................I Cameron 5 Pete’s Dash (5) fr ...................... H Clarke (J) 9 x8760 Whataboyz (9) fr...............................P Davis 6 42x67 Donegal Carnbouy (6) fr ...................J Dunn 7 Miss Ziggy (7) fr .............................. T Walsh 10 58x70 Clifden Clowers (10) fr .............. J Abernethy 8 587 Motoring Major (8) fr ........................J Curtin 11 87800 Jean Sebastien (11) fr........... J Markham (J) 9 00008 Franco Hatton (9) fr ..........................S Ottley 12 6x0P0 Razor (U1) fr ....................................S Ottley 10 x778x Olde Oak Ellie (10) fr ....................B Orange 13 0900x About Last Night (U2) fr ..................S Clarke 11 0x000 Lincoln Sky (11) fr ............................ D Dunn 14 00x70 Lady Beatrix Bourbon (U3) fr ............J Dunn 12 35478 Pine Cone (12) fr........................ K Cameron 15 0188x My Amour (U1) 20................... C D Thornley 16 90x98 Sheemon (1) 55 ............................... D Dunn 9 4.42pm BULLER REFRIGERATION & ELECTRICAL Pacifiers off : The Jandel Machine (R8) MOBILE PACE $10,000, 3yo+ up to & including r58 LEGEND: X - Spell from racing of at least 3 months P - Remob. pace, mobile, 2600m 1 51535 Martin John (1) fr ..........................B Orange tired (or pulled up) from race L - Driver unseated U1 - Unruly 2 x0418 Calendar Girlz (2) fr ................ C D Thornley beginner {C} - Concession driver {C.cl} - Claiming conces3 80x06 JJ’s Delight (3) fr ...............................J Dunn sion driver which allows horse to start one class down SELECTIONS 4 64337 Paravani (4) fr...................................J Curtin 5 24367 Augusta fr ..................................... Scratched Race 1: American Alice, Ultimate Swift, Gotta Get Court 6 x080x She’s Extreme (5) fr .........................S Ottley Race 2: Scallywag Sam, Monarco, Sods Law, Geena’s Girl 7 56x26 Unico Enchantress (6) fr .................... R May Race 3: Cindy Bromac, The Kaik, Midfrew Tarpediem, Terrier 8 49x08 Hes Fast And Furious (7) fr .............K Gill (J) Race 4: Nurburgring, Julie Johnston, Just One Good One 9 721P4 Scoob Operator (8) fr ................ R Anderson Race 5: Pats Dragon, Betterthankaty, Cheezel, Chelsea Ella 10 89252 Paul’s Verdict (21) fr .........................R Close Race 6: Benhope Rulz, Buckeye, Copperhead Rose, Take After Me 11 0018x Olde Oak Emma (22) fr ............. J Abernethy Race 7: My Wee Man, Unico Legend, Augusta, Imola 12 90x05 Mogul (23) fr..................................J Geddes Race 8: Vinnie Rulz, Donegal Carnbouy, Motoring Major 13 22495 Baileys Knight (24) fr ........................ D Dunn Race 9: Unico Enchantress, Baileys Knight, Paravani 14 27250 Scelta Uno (25) fr .............................P Davis Race 10: Westar Maggie, Sheemon, Sunny Glenis, Glenis Marie

Auckland gallops Today at Ellerslie Raceway

Auckland RC Venue: Ellerslie Meeting Date: 26 Dec 2017 NZ Meeting number: 2 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 8, 9 and 10 1 12.43pm (NZT) OTAKIRI WATER $50,000, Rating 85 Benchmark, 1400m 1 44x32 The Justice League td (4) 59 .......... S Spratt 2 260x5 Nailed It dm (2) 56 .....................M Cameron 3 11121 Yearn td (7) 56 ............................T Thornton 4 6x701 Stratocaster d (6) 56 ...................... J Bayliss 5 4x441 Caprikosa td (3) 54.5 ................ M D Plessis 6 x7801 Bella Court td (1) 54........................S Collett 7 86976 Money Trail tm (5) 54..........S Weatherley (a) 2 1.18pm AUCKLAND CO-OP TAXIS $50,000, 2YO SW+P, 1100m 1 1 Bocce (5) 57.5................................ J Bayliss 2 1. Crystallize t (7) 57.5 ......................J Waddell 3 1 Nirvana In Fire d (8) 57.5 ...................M Dee 4 2x Beastmode b (3) 56 ....................... J Parkes 5 3 Thunder Dragon (9) 56 ............... D Johnson 6 Yulong Express (2) 56 ................M Coleman 7 Cyber Attack (6) 56 ........................V Colgan 8 2 Hattie Bee b (4) 54 .....................M Cameron 9 Stella Noire (1) 54 .............................L Innes 3 1.53 DUNSTAN FEEDS STAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIER $50,000, Rating 85 Benchmark, 2100m 1 84893 King Krovanh t (1) 59.5 .....................L Innes 2 66768 Smedley tdm (5) 59 3 52344 Camino Rocoso t (7) 58 ................J Waddell 4 1x586 Cherry Bay td (4) 54...................M Coleman 5 x7474 Dalezinga td (3) 54..........................S Collett 6 x6476 Uabasso (6) 54 ...........................T Thornton

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left in the tank for the run home.

He barely flexed his muscles to run home in 54.6 secs and win by better than three lengths.

Star Galleria was a notch down on his victory over Heaven Rocks in a 53.7 last half a fortnight ago.

The winner’s stablemate, Partyon (Nathan Purdon) battled on into third after working up to

Westport harness

Westport Trotting Club Inc Venue: Patterson Park (Grass) Meeting Date: 26 Dec 2017 NZ Meeting number: 8 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 8, 9 and 10 1 12.00pm OLD BOILER CAFE & BAR PACE $8500, non-winners 3yo+ pace, stand, 2000m 1 8 Azza (1) fr ................................. R Anderson 2 00 I Can Remember (2) fr ............... K Cameron 3 0 Jafa Kitten (3) fr..................... J Markham (J) 4 9330x Asset Control (4) fr ............................. R May 5 2x0x3 American Alice (5) fr ........................J Curtin 6 6 Morven Lass fr ............................. Scratched 7 Ultimate Swift (6) fr ......................... T Walsh 8 Gotta Get Court (7) fr ....................... D Dunn 9 55 Diamond Eyre (8) fr...........................J Dunn 10 Apocalypse (9) fr ...........................J Geddes 11 065Fx Jungle Gem fr .............................. Scratched 12 Awesome Official (10) fr ...................P Davis 2 12.35pm NEW WORLD WESTPORT TROT $8500, non-winners 3yo+ trot, stand, 2600m 1 895 Crusader Conqueror (1) fr............I Cameron 2 62 Scallywag Sam (2) fr ................... B Crothers 3 08406 Zoned Scarlett (3) fr ................... K Cameron 4 80x0 Ideal Invasion (4) fr ................. C D Thornley 5 Dolly Jones (5) fr ...............................J Dunn 6 Px0 Chief Of Staff (6) fr .................... J Abernethy 7 Sods Law (7) fr ..............................J Geddes 8 39733 Monarco (8) fr ............................. B Hope (J) 9 0x Thank You (9) fr .................................. R May 10 Breaking Bad (10) fr .........................S Ottley 11 50P3x Little Miss (11) fr .........................T Jellyman 12 0x226 Geena’s Girl (12) fr........................... D Dunn 13 4040 My Eyre (13) fr .................................P Davis 14 0 Storm Alert (14) fr ......................C Markham

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field, and Vincent’s sterling reputation as a rising force in Australasian pacing, saw the race become a somewhat farcical affair.

Tony Herlihy, the driver of second-placed Star Galleria, was content to trail and try his luck up the passing lane, but a first half of the last mile run in nearly 66 seconds meant Vincent had far too much

7 49225 Dougie m (2) 54 .......................... D Johnson 2.28pm SHAWS WIRES ROPES $50,000, 3YO SW+P, 1400m 1 2x111 Embellish d (5) 59.5 ......................O Bosson 2 42113 Ever Loyal d (3) 58.5 .....................J Waddell 3 2132. Age Of Fire d (4) 57.5 ................M Cameron 4 717x Humble Pie mb (7) 57.5 ..................R Myers 5 2x289 Belle du Nord (1) 55.5 .................... J Bayliss 6 331 Power O’Hata (6) 55.5 ................... J Parkes 7 3 Paint The Town (2) 54 ................. D Johnson 5 3.03pm BARFOOT & THOMPSON $50,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1600m 1 8x606 Irish Mist tm (19) 59.5 .................... J Parkes 2 x4449 Light Shadow t (16) 59.5 ...........S McKay (a) 3 27242 Ambitious Winner (13) 59...........M Cameron 4 31 Ripley d (12) 59 .............................J Waddell 5 01622 Lady Shabeel (11) 58..................C Lammas 6 60x35 Cochise (1) 58.......................H Marzuki (a3) 7 81x04 Makdanife d (9) 58 .............S Weatherley (a) 8 570x8 Richie McHorse td (3) 58 ................S Collett 9 6x212 Belle Fascino b (21) 57.5 10 x3132 Grand Soleil tdb (2) 57.5 ................V Colgan 11 132x9 Lovelight (4) 57 ......................... M D Plessis 12 x2241 My Dakota td (18) 57 .................. D Johnson 13 5x721 O’Angel (10) 57 ............................... S Spratt 14 20x63 Zanyetta d (7) 57 ........................M Coleman 15 419. Morrellmac m (22) 57 .........................M Dee 16 185 Morrie Ock (15) 57 ..........................R Myers 17 9x924 Incantesimo d (8) 56.5 ................... J Bayliss 18 66107 Marissa (20) 55.5 19 7x336 Tavigarde d (14) 57 .....................T Thornton

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20 x8673 Donna Anne Billy (6) 54.5 21 909x0 Wooden Red d (5) 56 22 0x490 All Razzle Dazzle d (17) 55 Emergencies: Tavigarde, Donna Anne Billy, Wooden Red, All Razzle Dazzle 6 3.38pm HALLMARK STUD HANDICAP $60,000, OPEN HANDICAP, 1200m 1 1x412 Chambord d (3) 60 ........................O Bosson 2 32x24 Passing Shot td (6) 58.....................S Collett 3 0x097 Savile Row tdm (10) 58 .....................L Innes 4 97x16 Rocanto td (2) 56 ........................ D Johnson 5 25x49 Volks Lightning td (4) 55.5............R Elliot (a) 6 71x30 Somethingvain td (8) 53.5 ............... S Spratt 7 4x185 Chachar tdm (5) 53 ............................M Dee 8 132x4 Ja Ja Binks td (7) 53 .......................R Myers 9 17611 Joy Anna tdm (1) 53 .................. M D Plessis 10 24x31 Mahalo d (9) 53 ..........................M Coleman 7 4.13pm DUNSTAN FEEDS CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL $80,000, SP COND, 1500m 1 x3484 Brighton t (15) 60 ..........................O Bosson 2 16313 Arraignment b (14) 58 ................M Coleman 3 23x03 Top Prospect td (1) 58.................... A Calder 4 30142 Creative Genius t (8) 56.5 ..........M Cameron 5 0x143 Romancer tb (7) 56.5 ................ M D Plessis 6 x4311 Monrecour td (20) 55.5 ..................V Colgan 7 02121 Livin’ On A Prayer t (19) 55 .........C Lammas 8 49x11 Rikki Tikki Tavi t (12) 54.5 ...............S Collett 9 32x92 Cinematic t (6) 54............................R Myers 10 25631 I See Red t (18) 54.............S Weatherley (a) 11 x8071 Spindle t (4) 54................................ S Spratt 12 62944 Buy Me A Rock (5) 54 .......................L Innes

13 x09x1 King’s Cross t (2) 54.................... D Johnson 14 255x3 Arundel (11) 54 .........................S McKay (a) 15 2x104 Lovers Lane (13) 54 ....................... J Bayliss 16 12092 One Prize One Goal (16) 54 .......T Thornton 17 35x84 Sound Works m (21) 54 18 80656 Red Tsunami m (3) 54 19 11276 Descendant 54 ............................. Scratched 20 50196 Two Thirty m (9) 54 21 33x66 Ming’s Emperor (17) 54 22 81x04 Makdanife (10) 54 8 4.48pm CAMBRIDGE STUD EIGHT CARAT CLASSIC $100,000, 3YOF SW, 1600m 1 0x901 Hasahalo td (10) 56.5 ..................... S Spratt 2 4x371 Princess Rihanna t (2) 56.5 ...............M Dee 3 211 Spring Heat t (9) 56.5..................... J Bayliss 4 21222 Kapoor (5) 56.5 ........................... D Johnson 5 23212 Trail Blazer (12) 56.5 ..................M Coleman 6 11 Sandrine t (11) 56.5 ..........................L Innes 7 34473 Contessa Vanessa m (1) 56.5 ......R Elliot (a) 8 17207 Charli Rose m (3) 56.5 ................... J Parkes 9 4x1 Lily The Pink t (7) 56.5 ...............M Cameron 10 137 O’Hara (6) 56.5 ...............................S Collett 11 018 Gris Dame (4) 56.5 .....................C Lammas 12 54 Za Za Gabor (8) 56.5 9 5.23 CAMBRIDGE STUD ZABEEL CLASSIC $200,000, WFA, 2000m 1 x5593 Volkstok’n’barrell td (2) 59 .................L Innes 2 5x101 Chance To Dance tdm (7) 59 ........O Bosson 3 x2111 Hiflyer tm (3) 59 ............................. J Parkes 4 0x474 Benzini td (6) 59 ..............................R Myers 5 26354 Authentic Paddy dmb (4) 59........T Thornton

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76001 Lizzie L’Amour td (5) 57..............M Cameron x2842 Consensus td (1) 57...........................M Dee 87663 Stolen Dance t (8) 57 ....................J Waddell x7003 Sofia Rosa td (9) 57 .................... D Johnson 86309 Endean Rose d (10) 57 ...............C Lammas 10 6.00pm COCA-COLA $50,000, Rating 75 Benchmark, 1200m 1 3x111 Elusive Treasure dm (1) 59 .........T Thornton 2 0x510 Odisha dm (7) 57.5 .......................J Waddell 3 23x42 Rose Imperial d (4) 55.5 ................ J Bayliss 4 94332 Danger Dee (10) 55 ........................S Collett 5 21044 Princess Kereru d (9) 54.5 .........M Coleman 6 x1143 Astor m (2) 54 ...........................S McKay (a) 7 45615 Caesour’s Dream (8) 54 .............M Cameron 8 x5407 I Am Gracie td (3) 54................... D Johnson 9 x75x4 Way In td (5) 54.......................E McCall (a4) 10 x8263 Orphea d (6) 54.................................L Innes Blinkers on: Bocce (R2), Belle du Nord (R4), Light Shadow, Lovelight (R5), Somethingvain (R6) Blinkers off: Savile Row (R6) Winkers on: Savile Row (R6) Winkers off: Somethingvain (R6) SELECTIONS Race 1: Yearn, The Justice League, Stratocaster, Bella Court Race 2: Nirvana In Fire, Bocce, Stella Noire, Crystallize Race 3: King Krovanh, Camino Rocoso, Cherry Bay, Dougie Race 4: Embellish, Ever Loyal, Power O’Hata, Belle du Nord Race 5: Ripley, Lady Shabeel, Ambitious Winner, Lovelight Race 6: Chambord, Ja Ja Binks, Passing Shot, Savile Row Race 7: Monrecour, Livin’ On A Prayer, Rikki Tikki Tavi Race 8: Spring Heat, Hasahalo, Sandrine, Kapoor, Trail Blazer Race 9: Volkstok’n’barrell, Hiflyer, Consensus, Lizzie L’Amour Race 10: Astor, Elusive Treasure, Princess Kereru, Orphea

Otago gallops Today at Wingatui Raceway

Otago RC Venue: Wingatui Meeting Date: 26 Dec 2017 NZ Meeting number: 6 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8 Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 6, 7 and 8 1 12.20pm HARCOURTS $30,000, Rating 85 Benchmark, 1600m 1 821x6 The Gordonian tdm (11) 61.5...D Bothamley 2 58102 Fascinate th (8) 58.5 .......... C Campbell (a3) 3 68478 No Emotion td (4) 58.5 ............P Shaikh (a2) 4 52116 Who Dares Wins (10) 58 ............. C Johnson 5 75565 Belle Boy tdm (9) 57.5 6 71622 Son Of Zac dmb (5) 56.5 ........T Jonker (a3) 7 74214 Lord Sibford tdmb (2) 56 ............ J Lowry (a) 8 7x128 Montoya Star td (7) 54.5 ................S Wynne 9 9x313 Willow th (1) 54 ............................. C Barnes 10 77676 Residential td (6) 54 ................ G Jogoo (a1) 11 91025 Wild Jack dm (3) 54 ....................L Callaway 2 12.54pm SPEIGHT’S $22,500, 2&3YO Set Weight, 1200m 1 x1215 Sensei d (4) 57.5......................... C Johnson 2 4x600 Finbarr 57.5.................................. Scratched 3 705. The De Boy (6) 57.5 ........... C Campbell (a3) 4 Southern Jazz (3) 57.5................L Callaway 5 3x158 Kiwi Ida tdm (1) 55.5 ............... G Jogoo (a1) 6 2144. The Sparkle d (5) 55.5 ............... J Lowry (a) 7 6x708 Firestarter (2) 55.5 ..................T Jonker (a3) 3 1.29pm KB CONTRACTORS HANDICAP $35,000, OPEN HANDICAP, 2200m 1 x3131 Patrick Erin tdh (6) 60 ................. C Johnson

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83453 Motorboat Mike (3) 54 .................. R Cuneen 75220 Flag The Groom (8) 54.................K Williams x2217 Indiana Pearl m (1) 54..................T Moseley 55405 Odi Et Amo tdm (7) 54 ............K Kalychurun 15104 Dee And Gee (4) 54 ..................T Jonker (a) 90x04 Show MacCool td (2) 54 ................S Wynne 29516 Nesta (5) 54 ................................L Callaway 4 2.04pm WAL’S PLANT LAND MAIDEN $10,000, MAIDEN, 1400m 1 63x24 Plowshare bh (3) 58.5 .................. R Cuneen 2 53 Meru h (4) 58.5 .......................... J Lowry (a) 3 45x5 Midnite Kaos (12) 58.5 ................L Callaway 4 x267x Plutonium h (8) 58.5.......................S Wynne 5 78x05 Morrie Mac (10) 58.5...................K Kwo (a3) 6 9660x Gorgeous George h (14) 58.5 ..D Bothamley 7 80x60 Never You Mind h (11) 58.5 .....K Kalychurun 8 500 Troy Boy (9) 58.5 ..........................T Moseley 9 2. Pulau Pinang (13) 57 10 29x2 Crispin h (2) 56.5 ............... C Campbell (a3) 11 0x5x0 Befiftytwo h (1) 56.5 ...............H Bennet (a3) 12 655x0 Papina (6) 56.5........................ G Jogoo (a1) 13 3 Mossy Creek h (15) 55.................. C Barnes 14 0 Pinup Coup (7) 55 ....................... C Johnson 15 46x09 Yes You Did h (5) 58.5 ...............B Hong (a4) 16 8x89x Flag Duty 58.5.............................. Scratched Emergencies: Yes You Did, Flag Duty 5 2.39pm WINGATUI FUNCTION CENTRE $25,000, Rating 75 Benchmark, 1400m

1 42614 Raise You Ten tdh (7) 61 .... C Campbell (a3) 2 34455 Disturbance (4) 59.5 .......................J Laking 3 0163. The Lustre (8) 57.5 .................... J Lowry (a) 4 01083 Rideitlikeustoleit td (5) 57 ........T Jonker (a3) 5 11x22 All Black Magic dmb (11) 57 .......L Callaway 6 20154 Nowhere Man m (3) 57 ............ K Gundowry 7 81012 Why Me db (2) 56.5.................P Shaikh (a2) 8 10165 Bakela mh (1) 56 ......................... C Johnson 9 x1617 Hee’s Our Secret db (9) 56 .......... R Cuneen 10 6x612 Taieri Gem tdmbh (13) 55.5 .......... C Barnes 11 45853 Docket d (10) 54.5..........................S Wynne 12 x1451 Princess Athena d (12) 54 ....K Mudhoo (a1) 13 91808 It’s Pandemonium td (6) 54 .....K Kalychurun 6 3.15 ALLIED SECURITY HAZLETT STAKES HANDICAP $50,000, OPN HCP, 1200m 1 x2334 Signify td (6) 60 ............................ R Cuneen 2 16445 Darci Mac dm (1) 54 ....................T Moseley 3 32x21 Enzo’s Lad d (5) 54 .................. K Gundowry 4 x1211 Carnival d (2) 53 ..........................K Williams 5 33994 Timy Tyler dm (8) 53 ...............K Kalychurun 6 x1201 Passito tdh (4) 53 ............................ J Morris 7 22x11 Starvoia tdm (9) 53 ..................... C Johnson 8 43613 Mr Typhon td (3) 53 ........................S Wynne 9 944x4 All Dressed Up dm (7) 53...... R Firdhaus (a) 7 3.52pm OTAGO PACKAGING SUPPLIES $22,500, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1200m 1 57045 Lucky Edie d (5) 60 ........................S Wynne 2 24109 Mira dm (4) 60...........................B Hong (a4)

3 63322 Strowan db (11) 60....................... R Cuneen 4 77x14 Fulltothebrim dh (15) 59 ..................J Laking 5 466x1 Vinsanity (18) 59 6 x9322 Zakynthos db (9) 59 ................P Shaikh (a2) 7 x3302 Galway Garry dm (6) 58.5 8 01733 Napoleon Dynamite (2) 58.5 ........T Moseley 9 216x8 Hoofbeat db (8) 58 ...................... C Johnson 10 02602 Ellerstina d (7) 57 ..................K Mudhoo (a1) 11 641 Queen Jetsun (14) 57 ..................K Williams 12 24143 Zabay tdbh (12) 57 ............. C Campbell (a3) 13 30x01 Promising tdm (10) 56.5..........K Kalychurun 14 31873 Saronic Miss b (16) 56.5 15 167x5 Friar Tuck d (3) 57.5 16 0x762 He’s Mi Brother (13) 57 ...............L Callaway 17 00x05 Supatwista d (19) 54 18 91808 It’s Pandemonium t (17) 55.5 19 944x4 All Dressed Up dm (1) 58.... R Firdhaus (a2) Emergencies: Friar Tuck, He’s Mi Brother, Supatwista, It’s Pandemonium, All Dressed Up

8 66860 Queen Serene tdmb (13) 57 .... K Gundowry 9 x2270 Hot Fuss m (3) 56.5 ................T Jonker (a3) 10 x0701 Diorissimo tm (10) 56.5 ...... C Campbell (a3) 11 8x751 Hannah Marene d (2) 56.5 .......... C Johnson 12 42921 Quaintrelle d (18) 56.5 ............P Shaikh (a2) 13 0x004 Tantella d (17) 56.5 .............R Beeharry (a4) 14 x7620 Countess Ruby tdh (19) 56 .......... R Cuneen 15 x5269 Lizzie Bordon db (7) 56 16 0x755 Jakob Gambino td (14) 57.5 17 0x973 Majic El tdh (16) 57 18 0x466 Miss Tuscan td (5) 54.5 19 00x06 Greta Valley d (12) 54.5 20 x0057 Bachata (8) 55.5 Emergencies: Lizzie Bordon, Jakob Gambino, Majic El, Miss Tuscan, Greta Valley, Bachata Blinkers on: Rideitlikeustoleit (R5), Strowan, Hoofbeat (R7), Tantella (R8) Blinkers off: Yes You Did (R4), Hot Fuss (R8) Winkers on: The De Boy (R2), Yes You Did (R4), Hot Fuss (R8) Winkers off: Strowan (R7) SELECTIONS 8 4.27pm MCCRAW FARRIER $22,500, Rating 65 Race 1: Montoya Star, Willow, Son Of Zac, Residential, Lord Sibford Benchmark*, 1600m Race 2: Sensei, Kiwi Ida, The Sparkle, Firestarter, The De Boy 1 x6413 Kilowatt d (11) 59 2 00x43 Prince Ransom td (4) 59 ...........B Hong (a4) Race 3: Patrick Erin, Motorboat Mike, Dee And Gee, Indiana Pearl 3 95425 Slammer bh (1) 58.5 .................. J Lowry (a) Race 4: Pinup Coup, Crispin, Pulau Pinang, Meru, Mossy Creek 4 08x42 Teddytwinkletoes d (15) 58.5 ......K Kwo (a3) Race 5: Raise You Ten, Why Me, The Lustre, Nowhere Man 5 961x0 Tenfold m (9) 58.5 ................... G Jogoo (a1) Race 6: Starvoia, Carnival, Enzo’s Lad, Signify, Mr Typhon 6 0x532 Road To Redemption (6) 58 .....D Bothamley Race 7: Zakynthos, Strowan, Lucky Edie, Galway Garry, Zabay 7 61473 Jumeirah d (20) 57.5 .......................J Laking Race 8: Prince Ransom, Slammer, Teddytwinkletoes, Kilowatt

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Ashburton Guardian 25

Tuesday, December 26, 2017

■ ASHBURTON

Results from Sunday’s harness racing at Ashburton The weather was fine and the track fast for the Ashburton Harness at Ashburton on Sunday.

RACE 1 GARY McCORMICK TRANSPORT MOBILE PACE, $8000, 2400m 8-8 Anytime (11) J Dunn 1 5-3 Direct Control (13) B Orange 2 13-13 Westburn Bliss (8) R Holmes 3 Scratched: Katies Nightmare.

Also (in finishing order): 7-7 Awayovernight, 1-1 Prestonpans, 6-6 One Off, 2-2 Lilac Star, 4-4 To Ri Elsie, 11-11 Betterthanspraying, 1010 Nicky Anew, 3-5 Officialdon, 9-9 That Alexander Guy, 12-12 Chain Reaction, 14-14 Lei Miss.

Nk, 1-1/4L, 1-1/4L. Time: 2:59.00. MR: 2:00.10.

Last 800m: 57.66. Win: $12.60. Places: $4.00, $2.80, $15.10. Quinella: $74.30. Trifecta: $10942.60 (11,13,8). First4: $847.20 (11,13,8,4), $847.20 (11,13,8,10).

Tr: Robert Dunn, Woodend Beach. Breeding: 3 f Bettor’s Delight-Corbell.

RACE 2 - PAVILIONS HOTEL IN MEMORY OF JOHN ROLLINSON, $8000, 2400m 9-9 Magical Matty (1) A Lethaby 1 1-1 Homebush Lad (8) B Butt 2 4-2 Like Ya More (2) L McCormick 3 All Started.

Also (in finishing order): 3-4 Art Collector, 13-11 Awaytocullect, 11-10 Spinatale, 10-12 Yankee Xmas, 6-6 Immortal Change, 5-5 Megagem, 8-8 Mega Watt, 12-13 Gotta Future, 14-14 Social Media, 15-15 I’m Sick Of Excuses, 7-7 To Ri Caitlin, 2-3 Morven Lass.

1-1/2L, 2-1/2L, Nse. Time: 3:04.00. MR: 2:03.4.

Last 800m: 58.59. Win: $18.10. Places: $5.10, $1.70, $2.60. Quinella: $48.80. Trifecta: $770.80 (1,8,2). First4: $4502.30 (1,8,2,12).

Double: $274.90 (11/1), $33.60 (11/8+).

Trainer: Jason Lethaby, West Melton. Breeding: 5 g Shadow Play-Magical Minnie.

RACE 3 - SPRAYMARKS GROUP 2YO MOBILE PACE, $10,000, 1609m 3-2 Spot On (4) D Dunn 1 1-1 Heisenberg (3) J Dunn 2 2-3 Lightning Strike (6) B Orange 3 All Started.

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Also (in finishing order): 4-5 Rollova, 7-8 McCarron Knight, 5-4 Matai Minky, 8-7 Shamrock Bromac, 6-6 Ragnarr.

1-1/4L, 2-3/4L, 1-3/4L. Time: 1:57.20. MR: 1:57.20. Last 800m: 55.98. Win: $7.20. Places: $1.50, $1.00, $1.70. Quinella: $3.30. Trifecta: $57.30 (4,3,6). First4: $250.00 (4,3,6,2).

Treble: $1419.20 (11/1/4).

Trainer: Robert Dunn, Woodend Beach.

Breeding: 2 c Art Major-Cartier.

RACE 4 TF PEARSON MEMORIAL TROT, $8000, 2400m 1-1 Mystical Star (3) S Ottley 1 5-5 Peggy Nova (5) J Wheeler 2 4-4 Show Of Faith (8) G Hunt 3 All Started.

Also (in finishing order): 3-3 Beat The Heat, 7-8 Midnight Memories, 9-9 Thank U George, 12-11 Always Away, 10-10 Red Harbour, 11-12 Muscle Pat, 8-7 Aldebaran Bonny, 2-2 Regal Aspirant, 6-6 Ed Wood.

1-1/4L, Sht nk, 1-1/4L. Time: 3:11.80. MR: 2:08.60. Last 800m: 60.85. Win: $2.60.

Places: $1.30, $2.50, $2.40. Q: $13.40. Trifecta: $111.70 (3,5,8). First4: $493.00 (3,5,8,1).

Double: $25.80 (4/3+), $20.50 (4/5).

Trainer: Michael House, West Melton. Breeding: 4 m Monkey Bones-Miss Jaydee.

RACE 5 HANLEY FORMULA MOBILE PACE, $8500, 2400m 2-2 Sails (10) G Smith 1 3-4 Santanna Mach (9) B Orange 2 5-5 Belle Of Brooklyn (3) S Ottley 3 All Started.

Also (in finishing order): 10-10 Shardan Suzie, 4-3 Gore Bay, 8-8 Casino King, 7-7 Dibaba, 6-6 Kotare Elite, 9-9 Sacred Angel, 11-11 Sicilian Secret, 1-1 Some Legend.

4-3/4L, 1/2L, 1-3/4L. Time: 2:54.90. MR: 1:57.30. Last 800m: 58.47. Win: $5.70. Places: $1.80, $2.20, $2.30. Quinella: $16.40.

Trifecta: $184.10 (10,9,3). First4: $3808.10 (10,9,3,11). Quaddie: $6530.30 (1/4/3+/10).

Trainer: Sam Smolenski, Weedons. Breeding: 6 m Washington VC-City Of Sails.

RACE 6 - ROBBIES BAR & BISTRO ASHk-

Dexter Dunn thinks he has Blair Orange’s measure with a hundred to go, but Mongolian Hero came back to push Raukapuka Ruler right to the line in Sunday’s Robbies Bar & Bistro Ashburton Cup. PHOTO TETSURO MITOMO 241217-TM-066

BURTON CUP HANDICAP, $22000, 3200m 3-3 Raukapuka Ruler (2) D Dunn 1 2-2 Mongolian Hero (3) B Orange 2 1-1 James Dean (5) L O’Reilly 3 All Started.

Also (in finishing order): 5-5 Eamon Maguire, 6-6 Seel The Deal, 4-4 Micky Gee, 7-8 Maverick, 8-7 Robbie Burns, 9-9 Art Union.

Nse, 1-1/4L, 1-1/4L. Time: 3:59.0. MR: 2:00.20.

Last 800m: 57.52. Win: $4.40. Places: $1.70, $1.50, $1.40. Q: $8.60. Tri: $56.70 (2,3,5).

First4: $362.00 (2,3,5,1). Double: $24.10 (10/2), $11.10 (10/3). Treble: $81.10 (3+/10/2).

Trainer: Cran Dalgety, West Melton. Breeding: 4 h Bettor’s Delight-Miss Elsie.

RACE 7 - ASHBURTON GUARDIAN/ASHBURTON APP MOBILE, $9000, 2400m 4-4 Cable Beach (10) B Orange 1 1-1 Cole Porter (7) G O’Reilly 2

9-9 Zimfandel (1) S O’Reilly 3 Scratched: Christopher Banner.

Also (in finishing order): 8-8 Havinaravup, 6-6 Clive, 5-5 Pirate Bay, 3-3 Mac Almighty, 7-7 Distinctive Del, 2-2 Ace High.

8-1/2L, 1-3/4L, 1/2L. Time: 2:55.80. MR: 1:57.90. Last 800m: 56.33. Win: $5.40. Places: $2.00, $1.60, $7.70. Q: $8.60. Trifecta: $348.90 (10,7,1). First4: $3097.40 (10,7,1,5).

Trainer: Paul Court, West Melton. Breeding: 6 h Somebeachsomewhere-Our Lady Rena.

RACE 8 - W.J. DOYLE MEMORIAL HANDICAP TROT, $9000, 2400m 4-4 Bonnie Highlander (14) J Dunn 1 1-1 Time For Diamonds (7) J Ford 2 5-5 No Fears (12) G O’Reilly 3 Scr: Rocknpop, Don’t Look Back, Ruthless Kayla.

Also (finishing order): 3-2 Rebel Kibbybones, 11-11 Justamollyarcher, 9-8 Sea Rover, 10-9

Soney Beatt, 6-7 Didjabringthebeers, 13-12 Rusty I Am, 7-10 Wot Up, 8-6 Eden Creek, 16-16 Princess Harbour, 14-15 Kai Time, 12-13 Highland Star, 15-14 Paradise Spur (Pulled up), 2-3 The Dominator (Pulled up).

Lg nk, 4L, 1L. Time: 3:05.50. MR: 2:04.40.

Last 800m: 57.71. Win: $7.20. Places: $2.80, $2.00, $3.00. Quinella: $18.70. Trifecta: $236.20 (14,7,12). First4: $499.00 (14,7,12,2).

Double: $35.10 (10/14), $11.00 (10/7+).

Tr: Robert Dunn, Woodend Beach. Breeding: 4 m Muscle Mass-Lexie Highlander.

RACE 9 PLAYTIME PROMOTIONS/PRODIGAL SEELSTER MB, $12000, 1609m 1-2 Delishka (8) M Williamson 1 4-5 Amazon Lily (6) B Orange 2 3-1 Lovetodream (7) J Dunn 3 Also (in finishing order): 5-6 Kiwi On Show, 2-3 Nek Time, 9-9 Going To California, 7-7 Bird Of Paradise, 8-8 Highland Reign, 6-4 Black Regal Princess.

1-1/4L, 1/2L, 3/4L. Time: 1:55.20. MR: 1:55.20.

Last 800m: 57.22. Win: $3.20. Places: $1.30, $3.00, $1.30. Quinella: $12.80. Trifecta: $77.10 (8,6,7). First4: $401.90 (8,6,7,3).

Trainer: Brad Mowbray, Russley.

RACE 10 PAPER PLUS ASHBURTON PACE, $8500, 2400m 1-1 Vinny Gambini (5) D Dunn 1 7-8 Zahara Zuri (8) B Orange 2 4-5 Summer Wealth (13) J Dunn 3 Also: 12-12 Lauragrace, 10-11 Bound To Impress, 6-6 Courageous Becqui, 8-7 Liberal Arden, 2-2 Franco Lamar, 5-4 Handsome Hero, 13-13 Dodge Phoenix, 11-10 Earthbound, 9-9 Just N Awe, 3-3 Motu Hot Topic.

1/2 nk, Hd, Nk. Time: 3:03.10. MR: 2:02.80.

Last 800m: 56.69. Win: $3.60. Places: $1.50, $5.30, $3.10. Q: $26.90. Trifecta: $374.30 (5,8,13). First4: $2934.50 (5,8,13,10). Quaddie: $459.20 (10/14/8+/5+). Place6: $78.20 (3,9,10/2,3,5+/1,7+,10/7+,12,14/6,7,8+/5+,8 ,13). Double: $7.40 (8+/5+), $23.40 (8+/8).

Treble: $120.90 (14/8+/5+).

Trainer: Steve Dolan, Russley. Breeding: 4 g Vintage Master-For The Don.

Manawatu gallops Today at Awapuni Raceway

Manawatu RC Venue: Awapuni Meeting Date: 26 Dec 2017 5 6x La Soeur (8) 55.5 .....................M Singh (a2) 6 0x634 Petite Midas h (8) 56.5 ............... A Shin (a4) NZ Meeting number: 4 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 6 Balanto (9) 55.5 .................................M Hills 7 5 Foiling (4) 56.5 ................................D Turner 7 and 8 Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 6, 7 and 8 7 58x68 Deuce Coupe (1) 55.5 8 8x Mango (3) 56.5 Phyllthepower (2) 55.5 9 x95x3 Du’blues h (5) 55....................... D Hirini (a1) 1 12.30pm MURRAY’S IRISH BAR MICK HENAGHAN 8 9 7 Rough ‘N’ Tumble (4) 55.5 ..... H Andrew (a2) 10 Phyllthepower (7) 55 MEMORIAL MAIDEN $10,000, MDN, 1550m 1 587x2 Cullen Bohannon h (8) 58.5 ...............M Hills 3 1.40pm INSPIRE NET LIMITED HANDICAP $22,500, 5 2.50 MARCUS PRENTER CREATIVE DECORATOR 2 65 Heart Of Fame (3) 58.5 ...................D Turner Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1200m HANDICAP $25,000, Rating 75 Benchmark, 1400m 3 La Jungles (12) 58.5 1 71x4x Turncoat db (4) 59 ..............................M Hills 1 036x7 Bronsteel t (7) 59 ..................C Waddell (a4) 4 6x00. Mr Baggins h (9) 58.5 ............... D Hirini (a1) 2 007x1 Casaquinman d (9) 58.5 .................D Turner 2 38x48 Whispering (1) 59................. T Johnson (a2) 5 00x8. Upmarket h (5) 58.5 ................ T Allan 3 1357x Jackson Road m (2) 58 ........ T Johnson (a2) 3 x5396 Yemanya h (5) 58.5 6 569x7 Wotamission (2) 58.5 ........... M McNelis (a3) 4 12750 Exhibit tdh (6) 57.5 4 00235 Goodsav d (4) 58 .................. H Andrew (a2) 7 6 Original Gangster h (11) 57 ..........M Tanaka 5 1 Windsor dh (5) 57.5 ......................M Tanaka 5 37633 Justlikeyasister tdmh (3) 57.5 .......D Bradley 8 056x3 Candy Belt (7) 56.5 ...............C Waddell (a4) 6 472x1 Island Bay (8) 57 ....................... D Hirini (a1) 6 96x74 Don’t Look Back dm (8) 56.5 .... D Hirini (a1) 9 x4463 Thats Amore h (6) 56.5 ......... H Andrew (a2) 7 1490x Rosetta h (7) 57 ......................... A Shin (a4) 7 14705 Pinsraad d (6) 56 .............................. T Allan 10 48x57 Princess Spice h (4) 56.5 ..............D Bradley 8 3403x Just You h (1) 56.5.......................... R Hurdle 8 2x835 Mars Bars b (2) 55.5 ..........................M Hills 11 07. Tavy Two Step (1) 56.5 ................... R Hurdle 9 0x437 Incantation d (3) 55.5 ........................ T Allan 9 1x157 Worldclass d (9) 55 .......................M Tanaka 12 9x7x0 Teraseeda h (10) 56.5 .......... T Johnson (a2) 4 2.15pm MORE FM MANAWATU MAIDEN $10,000, 6 3.29 MANAWATU STANDARD SUMMER CUP FAST2 1.05 PETTERSSON PLUMBING AND DRAINAGE MAIDEN, 1300m TRACK $5K HCP $40,000, OPN HCP, 1550m LTD MAIDEN $10,000, MDN 3YO, 1200m 1 2273x Denny’s Lincoln h (6) 58.5 ............M Tanaka 1 45x55 Overtheriver t (8) 60 ...........................M Hills 1 542x2 Malo Bik b (5) 57.5 ..........................D Turner 2 x3357 Leonardo (2) 58.5 ..............................M Hills 2 11114 Dolcetto tdmb (6) 58 ...................... R Hurdle 2 5x Coup Bradman b (7) 57.5 3 3 Stumpy (10) 58.5................... H Andrew (a2) 3 x8251 Beefeater tdh (7) 55 ......................M Tanaka 3 77x Last Man Standing h (3) 57.5T Johnson (a2) 4 2868. Drum Rise (1) 58.5......................... R Hurdle 4 3x649 Cruiser m (1) 54.5 ....................... D Hirini (a) 4 337x2 Lincoln’s Gal h (6) 55.5 .................M Tanaka 5 379x5 Mystigan (9) 56.5 ..................C Waddell (a4) 5 1211x Ladies First tdm (5) 54 ....................D Turner

Classy Carnival back on centre stage It’s show time again today for the Group One-bound Carnival.

The lightly-tried speedster will return after a brief break to contest the Listed Allied Security Hazlett Stakes Open (1200m) at Wingatui.

Carnival has won four of her eight starts for Riccarton trainers Kevin and Pam Hughes, including the Gr.3 Stewards’ Stakes (1200m) on her home track at her last appearance in November.

“She had a fortnight off after that and she’s come back looking good,” Kevin Hughes said. “I’m very pleased with her.

“She had her main gallop on Tuesday morning and it was very, very good. She had a little bit of a blow afterwards and the trip down to Wingatui will tighten her up a bit

more. “It’s been a good season so far and I’ve always liked the mare. She doesn’t go on wet tracks and they tripped her up a couple of times when she ran second this preparation.

“She’s got plenty of speed and with her action she can ping off the good tracks.”

The Gr.1 JR & N Berkett Telegraph (1200m) at Trentham in January is on Carnival’s programme and there are also tentative plans for the daughter of Showcasing to travel further afield.

“Her first mission was the Stewards and her main one now is the Telegraph,” Hughes said.

“There could also be a trip to Sydney in the autumn, we’re keeping all our options open at this stage.”

– NZ Racing Desk

6 61216 Heavens Keep tdbh (3) 54 ..... T Johnson (a) 7 35153 Slimline tdmh (2) 54 ......................D Bradley 8 21362 Travimyfriend (4) 54 ............... S MacNab (a) 7 4.01pm BUBBLES BAR HANDICAP $30,000, Rating 75 Benchmark, 2100m 1 49555 High Quality tm (10) 59 2 x6362 Amorata h (2) 58 ...........................M Tanaka 3 40x06 China Star tdh (6) 58............. H Andrew (a2) 4 3266x Hare Bawl tdmh (3) 57.5 ...............D Bradley 5 50261 Duplicity tdh (8) 57 ............... S MacNab (a2) 6 x3941 Kairanga Lad t (4) 57 ...............M Singh (a2) 7 05231 Keilib t (11) 57 8 93254 Classic Touch (1) 56........................D Turner 9 66606 Sylvester td (7) 56 ..............................M Hills 10 73533 Go To Man (5) 55.5 11 27374 Hank Moody h (9) 55 12 0x483 Itiswhatitis (12) 54 ................ T Johnson (a2) 8 4.36pm SHANE HAPETA FAREWELL $22,500, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1550m 1 25405 Abbey Road h (11) 59.5 2 461 Hand It To Jonesy (3) 59 3 8614x Nicoshine th (16) 59 .................M Singh (a2) 4 6x856 Ringmaster (10) 58 ........................ R Hurdle

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5 6x599 Black Sav th (4) 57.5 ............. H Andrew (a2) 6 x1352 Bring To The Block m (6) 57.5 .........D Turner 7 20x42 Lady Style (9) 57.5 .............................M Hills 8 39568 Swinging Skirts (7) 57.5 ................D Bradley 9 2x164 Miss Doherty h (2) 57 ...................M Tanaka 10 52700 Bushfire th (8) 57 11 75275 Royal Ruby (14) 56 .............. S MacNab (a2) 12 17x36 Kate The Great h (1) 55.5 .... T Johnson (a2) 13 0x003 Xcessory h (13) 54.5 .................. A Shin (a4) 14 04280 Dance For Money h (5) 54 ................ T Allan 15 710x0 Troup Road h (12) 59 ................ D Hirini (a1) 16 27374 Hank Moody h (15) 59 Blinkers on: Mr Baggins (R1), Goodsav (R5), Black Sav (R8) Blinkers off: Leonardo, Drum Rise (R4), Troup Road (R8) SELECTIONS Race 1: Cullen Bohannon, Candy Belt, Heart Of Fame, Princess Spice Race 2: Malo Bik, Coup Bradman, Lincoln’s Gal, Last Man Standing Race 3: Windsor, Turncoat, Casaquinman, Exhibit, Island Bay Race 4: Stumpy, Du’blues, Mystigan, Foiling, Denny’s Lincoln Race 5: Goodsav, Mars Bars, Whispering, Bronsteel, Pinsraad Race 6: Dolcetto, Beefeater, Overtheriver, Travimyfriend Race 7: Amorata, Kairanga Lad, Classic Touch, High Quality Race 8: Abbey Road, Lady Style, Ringmaster, Black Sav

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Hayne’s accuser speaks out

Celtic were Mid Canterbury’s dominant netball team this year, winning the premier competition in convincing fashion, beating Ashburton College 32-22 in the final.

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■ YEARENDER - NETBALL

Green machine dominant

By Jaime Pitt-macKay Jaime.p@theguardian.co.nz

It was yet another exciting year on the netball courts of Mid Canterbury, with the local competition having a very distinct green tinge to it.

The year started out with the exciting news that like their rugby counterparts, netball would have a combined competition, with six sides from Mid Canterbury, six from Christchurch, two from Selwyn and two from North Canterbury.

The competition was a big step up for many of the Mid Canterbury teams, with wins against the Christchurch-based sides proving elusive.

Celtic were the best performing team in the competition, finishing in a three-way tie for second, a sign of things that were to come in the local competition.

They would begin a long-running battle with the Ashburton College side, who were able to draw first blood when the two sides met at the start of the competition.

AshColl were able to take out the first round of the premier competition, finishing a single point ahead of Celtic with 18.

Hampstead were the next closest side with 12, while Southern finished with zero points, book-

ing themselves a relegation/promotion game against Rakaia A, which Southern were able to win, keeping them safe for another round.

In the second half of the competition, Celtic were able to stretch their legs and control all their games, finishing with the full 20 available points, booking themselves a semi-final match against Methven.

AshColl were able to win their semi against Hampstead, booking a place in the final against Celtic for one last chance at glory.

With the EA Networks Centre packed to the walls, Celtic’s class and experience proved to be too much, with the green machine winning 32-22.

It was a season-long battle for AshColl, who were fighting battles on two fronts by also competing in the Supernet schools competition in Christchurch.

They reached the semi-finals of the competition, losing to a very impressive St Margaret’s College 41-34.

Courtesy of teams electing not to go, they also competed at the national secondary schools’ competition, where they finished 12th.

It was also a big season in the higher rungs of New Zealand Netball for other Ashburtoni-

ans, with Kate Lloyd having her breakthrough season.

The former AshColl student made her debut for the Mainland Tactix, and was part of the New Zealand under-21 side that won the World Championships.

Her performances for both of those sides was

enough to earn the attention of Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic coach Marg Forsyth, who added her to her squad for next season.

Ronelle van Dongen was appointed head coach Mainland BEKO Netball League Team for 2018, and will be joined by Andrea Cousins as her assistant coach.

Sheena Tyrell continued her work behind the scenes with the games top umpires, and was part of the Umpire Appointment Panel for the Fast5 Netball World Series.

The Mid Canterbury senior side were unable to defend the Hanan Shield, losing both of their games against South Canterbury and North Otago.

Kate Lloyd had a memorable year, making the Mainland Tactix side and winning a world championship with the NZ U21 team.

The woman accusing Australian football star Jarryd Hayne of rape has spoken out through her lawyer.

The woman, identified only as Ms V, said she was abstaing from sex until marriage and had her decision taken out of her hands by the 29-year-old during the alleged encounter in 2015 when he was pursuing a career in the NFL. “The fact is that this woman, because of her religious and moral beliefs, saved herself (for marriage) into her mid-20s and had the decision taken from her,” lawyer Micha Star Liberty told Fairfax Media.

“That will have a huge impact on her and her psyche,” she said.

“I think it’s something she is going to struggle with for the rest of her life.”

Hayne has denied the allegation.

Police dropped Hayne’s unrelated case for lack of evidence but the 29-year-old is now being pursued civilly.

The woman accusing Hayne filed a lawsuit alleging the NRL star raped her after a gathering with mutual friends in a San Jose, California, bar in December 2015.

The woman alleged she was heavily intoxicated when Hayne took her to his home “despite having minimal interaction that night.”

The woman claims in the lawsuit that she recalled little about that night but woke the next morning, naked and draped in a sheet in Hayne’s bed. She said she had never had sexual intercourse before that night but was fearful of going to police because of Hayne’s prominence.

After a standout preseason with the 49ers, Hayne made the team as a punt returner and reserve running back. He played eight games that season and has since returned to Australia where he plays for the Parramatta Eels, where he starred before his stint with the 49ers.

The woman wasn’t identified in the lawsuit.

Hayne’s Australian lawyer Ramy Qutami said in a prepared statement that Hayne “unequivocally and vehemently” denies any wrongdoing.

Qutami said that Hayne co-operated with a police investigation at the time.

Santa Clara County prosecutors declined to charge Hayne because of a lack of evidence after the encounter was reported to police three months later.

The woman is represented by John Clune, a Boulder, Colorado, attorney who has represented several women who have accused professional and college athletes of sexual abuse.

Clune was involved in the settlement of a lawsuit alleging rape against retired Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant.

Clune’s firm has also sued several universities alleged to have been financially responsible for college athletes assaulting women.

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and all public holidsays. From 5pm - 7pm all four evenings.

Ashburton Rest Homes

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COLDSTREAM HOUSE, CAMERON COURTS and PRINCES COURT all have DAILY, unrestricted visiting.

DUTY DOCTORS

For all urgent medical calls phone 0800 700 155 at any time. IN EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY PHONE 111.

This service is for emergency medical care only. Please bring your Community Services Card. All non New Zealanders should bring their passport with them, New Zealanders should bring some form of ID. Sealy Street Medical Practice, will be the duty doctor for Saturday until 8am Sunday. Clinics will be held from 10am until 1pm and from 2pm until 5pm. Please phone 308 1212 for an appointment from 9.30am onwards Saturday morning.

Tinwald Medical Centre, will be the duty doctor for Sunday until 8am Monday. They will hold surgery from 10am until 12noon and from 6pm until 7pm. No appointment necessary.

Surgery phone 308 6565.

Allenton Medical Centre now Three Rivers Health, Allens Road, will be the duty practice for Christmas Day and Boxing Day (December 25 and 26) until 8am Wednesday.

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Emergency Dentist

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Reservations & timetables, 24-hour service.

Freephone for reservations: 0800 802 802.

BUSES - Southbound: 9.30am, 3.20pm.

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Open Daily: 10am – 4pm - Wednesday: 10am – 7pm

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Bus Departures

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VETLIFE ASHBURTON - Ph 03 307 5195, Cnr East St & Seafield Rd, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am 12 noon. Weekend and Christmas 24-hour emergencies.

CANTERBURY VETS - Ph 03 307 0686, West Street Clinic, West Street, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Weekend and Christmas emergencies: Steve Williams.

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VET ENT RIVERSIDE - Ph 03 308 2321, 1 Smallbone Dr, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon.

Weekend and Christmas 24-hour emergencies.

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ACROSS 1 Odds (7) 4 Provide guidance (4,6) 9 Sloping letters (7) 13 Yours and mine (4) 14 Tar (6) 15 Uncommon thing (6) 16 Mosque tower (7) 19 Edgy (7) 20 Someone who resembles their parent in character (4,3,3,3,5) 21 Previously (6) 22 Marionette (6) 24 Invest at a risk (9) 29 Glacier fissure (8) 30 Paucity (6) 31 Frozen drips (7) 35 Lacking proper respect or seriousness (8) 36 Beam (6) 37 Pitcher (4) 38 Insure (5) 39 Label (3) 41 Soft leather (5) 43 Moral philosophy (6) 47 Old French money unit (5) 50 Long fish (3) 54 Lampoon (5) 55 Equal (4) 56 Shellfish (6) 57 Adversary (8) 60 Factory restaurant (7) 61 Shelled insect (6) 62 ____ da Vinci (8) 65 Coast unpowered (9) 67 Put into cipher (6)

68 Pointless (6) 72 Rapid non-stop talking speed (8,2,3,5) 75 Crux (7) 77 Claimed (anag)(7) 78 Illicit relationship (6) 79 Contusion (6) 80 High point (4) 81 Reel (7) 82 Narrow escape (5,5) 83 Piece (7)

DOWN 1 Circus comic (5) 2 Flying machines (8) 3 Thinly dispersed (6) 4 Links (4,6) 5 Italian composer (5) 6 Aerodrome (7) 7 Establish the truth of (6) 8 Come down with (5) 10 Bronze-winning position (5,5) 11 Circular (7) 12 Grip firmly (6) 17 Jealous dismissal of something really desired (4,6) 18 Train (5) 21 Advantage (7) 23 Ready (7) 25 Clay user (6) 26 Tree-lined street (6) 27 Material (6) 28 Strike out (6) 30 Discard (5) 32 Cut short (4) 33 Sovereign (4) 34 Rip (4)

40 Come into view (6) 42 Affair of honour (4) 44 Red fruit (6) 45 Offspring (5) 46 Varnish (7) 48 Attraction (6) 49 Downpour (10) 50 Sword (4) 51 Salad vegetable (7) 52 Debatable (4) 53 Decorative wall band (6) 58 Slow (10) 59 Basic precept (6,4) 63 Porcelain (5) 64 Ship’s compass housing (8) 66 Fetid (7) 67 Puts up with (7) 69 Steer (6) 70 Clippers (6) 71 Against (6) 73 Edible internal animal parts (5) 74 Striped animal (5) 76 Vote in (5)

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DOWN: 1 Clown, 2 Aircraft, 3 Sparse, 4 Golf course, 5 Verdi, 6 Airport, 7 Verify, 8 Catch, 10 Third place, 11 Leaflet, 12 Clench, 17 Sour grapes, 18 Coach, 21 Benefit, 23 Prepare, 25 Potter, 26 Avenue, 27 Fabric, 28 Delete, 30 Ditch, 32 Crop, 33 King, 34 Tear, 40 Appear, 42 Duel, 44 Tomato, 45 Issue, 46 Shellac, 48 Appeal, 49 Cloudburst, 50 Épée, 51 Lettuce, 52 Moot, 53 Frieze, 58 Decelerate, 59 Golden rule, 63 China, 64 Binnacle, 66 Reeking, 67 Endures, 69 Direct, 70 Shears, 71 Versus, 73 Offal, 74 Zebra, 76 Elect.

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Puzzles

www.guardianonline.co.nz Puzzles and horoscopes

Cryptic crossword

Tuesday, December 26, 2017

Simon Shuker’s Code Cracker

WordWheel

ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): You’ve seen it time and again: The seemingly mundane becomes quite miraculous when you know a little more about it. That’s why you look into what makes things work and why.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): Of course you want to choose joy. Who wouldn’t? But it’s not always easy to see where the joy is in the situation. A lot of times you have to take yourself out of the situation to find it.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): There are communication barriers that will come down once you learn the other person’s language. If the rewards look promising enough, you’ll do just that today.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): You’re the king or queen of compromise. You’ll quite easily strike an arrangement to make life easier for all. Your motivation may be something you promised your people, but everyone involved will benefit.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): You think about what the other person’s experience is in dealing with you.

Is it pleasant? Is it easy? Do they like the person they are in your eyes? Nail this, and your dealings will be stellar.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): There’s a lot that’s competing for your attention today, but if you follow the ancient wisdom of putting first things first, all problems will fall into a manageable form.

You can do this!

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): Expert performances will not arise out of genetic predisposition or superintelligence but out of thousands of hours of deliberate practice. Put in your time now and later you’ll be glad you did.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): Knowing the difference between what’s important and what’s urgent will allow you to focus yourself well today.

Many of the so-called “urgent” matters vanish if you simply ignore them.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): There are many ways to work through your feelings. You can talk, dance or exercise them out; you can write, paint, cry, shout them out. Do get them out, though, so you know what you’re dealing with.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): The pursuit will take time and discipline. With motivation, the other two will be easier to obtain. If you don’t have them, you’ll make them.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): No matter how far you get, there will always be new knowledge, adaptations and complex mental models to spur you to ever higher levels. It’s a good thing you love to learn.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): The issue that appears weighty and diffused in the morning light will look different as the sun steps higher in the sky. You’ll correctly assess the big picture and get details in the direct light of day.

WordBuilder

Insert the missing letter to complete an eight-letter word reading clockwise or anti-clockwise.

How many words of three or more letters, including plurals, can you make from the five letters, using each letter only once? No foreign words or words beginning with a capital are allowed. There is at least one fiveletter word.

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Christmas Eve cryptic solution

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DOWN 1. Team spirit (6) 2. Shade of brown (5) 3. Unattractive (4) 4. Like better (6) 5. Substitute (8) 6. Voter (7) 7. Avaricious (6) 12. Font (8) 14. Lacking depth (7) 16. Heavy, starchy food (6) 17. Spoken (6) 18. Pursue (6) 21. Deduce (5) 22. Entreaty (4)

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ACROSS 1. Rid broken leg of cord round the waist (6) 4. Pip, etc, may cause upset of digestion (6) 9. Reckoning what one has at the bank (7) 10. Drink like a fish when in credit (5) 11. It feeds the veins of a weak, pathetic person (4) 12. Descent of guy who’s a scapegoat (4) 13. The second person to enter privy out-of-doors (3) 15. Clothing a driver will change (4) 16. You and I, a thousand strong? No! (4) 19. Help the old girl to take top off (3) 21. Work secretly at the thread of a screw (4) 22. The type, and size, of a magpie (4) 24. Exult over first lunch Billy swallowed (5) 25. Extreme as measures taken to rid cats of it (7) 26. They carry the passengers bagged in bins (6) 27. How sad she might appear in sunglasses (6) DOWN 1. Subway vigilante sees a guard leaning out (8,5) 2. Dancing may get the baby off to sleep (7) 3. Making a lot of noise by being showy (4) 5. Did very well to exceed the lines included in it (8) 6. Fermented palm sap it’s curious to find in tasty extremes (5) 7. How one’s placed to change men’s act in the circus (13) 8. With this one may suck up to a sort of poll (5) 14. Main supply to wet a part with (3-5) 17. Like woollies that grew together? (7) 18. A step in quality argued about in a non-u way (5) 20. Lose life and leave doctor by himself (5) 23. Such ready money as is available in Switzerland (4)

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NZ Situation

Wind km/h

30 to 59 fog

isolated snow thunder flurries

sleet thunder

Canterbury Plains

Mainly fine, but isolated showers near the foothills. Northeasterlies developing.

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Good fishing Set 2:15 am Rise 3:20 pm

3:25 pm

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9 Jan 11:27 am

Maori Fishing Guide by Bill Hohepa

For the very latest weather information, including Weather Warnings, visit metservice.com

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River Levels

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Rakaia Fighting Hill (NIWA) at 2:00 pm, yesterday 134.2 Nth Ashburton at 12:15 pm, yesterday

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Sth Ashburton at 12:10 pm, yesterday

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Rangitata Klondyke at 2:05 pm, yesterday

60.7

Waitaki Kurow at 2:05 pm, yesterday

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Source: Environment Canterbury

Ashburton Airport Temperature °C At 4pm 25.3 29.4 Max to 4pm 11.8 Minimum 5.7 Grass minimum Rainfall mm 0.0 16hr to 4pm December to date 48.2 Avg Dec to date 47 2017 to date 913.0 684 Avg year to date Wind km/h NW 24 At 4pm Strongest gust NW 52 Time of gust 2:49pm

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Light winds.

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Auckland

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Wellington

FZL: Lowering to 1400m for a time

A few showers clearing from the south during the morning with fine spells developing.

Snow to 1500 metres at first.

Wind at 1000m: SE 50 km/h dying out in the morning.

Wind at 2000m: S 40 km/h.

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FZL: Lowering to 1600m

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Wind at 1000m: Becoming SW 40 km/h in the morning, turning SE 50 km/h in the evening.

Wind at 2000m: SW 50 km/h easing to S 40 km/h at night.

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TODAY

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Tuesday, 26 December 2017

Frontal features move up the North Island today as a ridge spreads across the South Island. The ridge builds over the South Island tomorrow. Meanwhile, a low is expected to develop east of the North Island, and deepen on Thursday, before moving away late on Friday.

mainly isolated cloudy drizzle drizzle few showers fine showers clearing showers

A few showers clearing from the south in the morning and fine spells developing.

Southerlies dying out.

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12:35 Te Karere 3 2 1am Infomercials 5:35 Te Karere 3 2

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9:30 The Real Housewives Of New Jersey Tensions are high as Teresa, Melissa, Margaret, and Danielle face Dolores, Siggy, and Kim D at a fashion show.

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6am Infomercials 6:30 Sesame Street 0 6:55 Peppa Pig 0 7am SpongeBob SquarePants 3 0 7:25 Jamie’s Got Tentacles 3 0 7:35 Ben 10 3 0 7:50 Pokemon Sun And Moon 3 0 8:15 Sofia The First 3 0 8:35 The Lion Guard 3 0 9am Infomercials 10:30 Black-Ish 3 0 10:55 The Amazing Race 0 12:15 Jeremy Kyle PGR 1:15 Judge Rinder 2:15 M Zoom PGR 2006 Action. Tim Allen, Courteney Cox. 4pm Lightning Point After many weeks with no word from Lumina, Zoey throws herself into surfing, and Brandon encourages her to compete against Madison. 0 4:30 Friends 3 0 5pm The Simpsons Lisa finds out how rough Marge has it when she becomes the woman of the house. 0 5:30 The Big Bang Theory 3 0 6:30 The Middle 0

7pm Home And Away 0 8pm M San Andreas PGR 2015 Action. A search-andrescue pilot must take his former wife and his daughter to safety after a major earthquake hits California.

Dwayne Johnson, Carla Gugino. 0 10:10 What Really Happens In Bali AO 0 11:05 2 Broke Girls AO 0 11:35 Mike And Molly PGR 0 Midnight Scandal AO 3 1:30 Home And Away 3 0 2:20 Infomercials 3:25 Army Wives 3 0 4:55 Regular Show 3 5:05 Hope And Faith 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

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2:55 Entertainment Tonight 3:25 M Rio 3 2008 Animated Comedy. Voices of Anne Hathaway, Jesse Eisenberg, Jemaine Clement. 0 5:30 Family Feud Australia 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm 7pm Modern Family PGR 0 7:30 House Rules PGR 0 8:35 Lost And Found PGR 3 0 9:35 Beach Cops AO 0 10:05 Beach Cops PGR 3 10:35 Road Cops PGR (Starting Today) 3 0

11:05 The Blacklist AO 3 A bounty is posted for Agent Keen, with any number of shady assassins surfacing and Red setting out to protect her. 0 12:05 Infomercials

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7pm Storage Wars PGR 3 7:30 Doctor Who Christmas Special 2017 PGR Twice Upon a Time.

The Twelfth Doctor’s journey sees him team up with his former self, the first Doctor. 0 8:45 M The Sapphires PGR 3 2012 Biographical Comedy.

10:50 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PGR 11:50 Cricket – International Blackcaps v West Indies.

From Christchurch’s Hagley Oval.

12:20 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 The team presents the best of the day’s sports news.

12:50 Closedown

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6:40 Misconduct MVL 2015 Thriller. Josh Duhamel, Anthony Hopkins. 8:25 Fist Fight 16VLSC 2016 Comedy.

Ice Cube, Charlie Day. 9:55 6 Plots MVLC 2012 Thriller.

Alice Darling, Ryan Corr.

11:25 Skiptrace MVC 2016 Comedy. Jackie Chan, Johnny Knoxville.

1:10 Sing Street ML 2016 Drama. Ferdia WalshPeelo, Aidan Gillen, Maria Doyle Kennedy.

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Nia Vardalos, John Corbett.

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Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman.

9:05 The Butler MVL 2013 Drama Biography.

Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey, John Cusack.

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Susan Sarandon, Goldie Hawn.

12:50 Star Trek MV 2009 Sci-fi Action. Chris Pine.

2:55 Before I Go To Sleep MVL 2014 Thriller.

Nicole Kidman, Colin Firth.

4:25 Black Hawk Down 16V 2001 Action. Ewan McGregor, Josh Hartnett.

6:45 I Love You, Man 16LS 2009 Comedy. Paul Rudd, Jason Segal, Rashida Jones.

8:30 Water For Elephants MV 2011 Drama. A veterinary student abandons his studies after his parents are killed, and joins a travelling circus as its vet. Reese Witherspoon, Robert Pattinson.

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Elle Fanning, Kyle Chandler.

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Ice Cube, Regina Hall, Anthony Anderson. 2am My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 PGC 2016 Comedy. Nia Vardalos, John Corbett. 3:35 The Accountant 16VL 2016 Action.

Ben Affleck, Anna Kendrick.

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Paul Bettany, Cam Gigandet.

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Paul Rudd, Jason Segal, Rashida Jones.

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6:30 Waiata Mai 3 Four puppet baby birds in Te Wao Nui O Tane have gathered in the forest to learn and play, and to sing waiata.

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10:45 Te Kaea 3 2 11:15 Koroua 3 A series of conversations profiling some of the last remaining Maori male elders, focusing on the transition of Maori from before urbanisation to the present day.

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8am Fox Sports News The latest sports news and previews of sporting action still to come.

8:30 Cricket – Super Smash (HLS) Aces v Firebirds.

9am Cricket – Big Bash (HLS) Sixers v Scorchers.

9:30 Cricket – Big Bash (HLS) Renegades v Heat.

10am Cricket – International (HLS) Blackcaps v West Indies – Second ODI. 10:30 L Cricket – International Blackcaps v West Indies – Third ODI, First Innings.

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7pm Cricket – Super Smash (HLS) Aces v Firebirds.

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7:30 Back Page 8pm Netball – ANZ Premiership (HLS) Steel v Pulse – Grand Final. From ILT Stadium Southland, Invercargill.

8:30 School Of Golf With Martin Hall.

10:30 Golf Channel Academy 11pm Fox Sports News 11:30 Ultimate Fighter Marathon Eddie Alvarez v Justin Gaethje.

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6am Wild Things With Dominic Monaghan 7am Wild Transport 7:30 Love Nature – Secrets Of Wild Australia 8:30 Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen Cracking China 9:30 Salty Love 10:30 Wildlife SOS 11am Wild Transport 11:30 Getaway Noon Wild Things With Dominic Monaghan 1pm Modern Times – 24 Hour Parcel People 2pm Salty Love 3pm Love Nature – Wildlife SOS 3:30 Love Nature – Tales From Zambia 4:30 Brent Owens – Extreme, Authentic And Unwrapped 5pm Tom Kerridge’s Best Ever Dishes 5:30 Cash Cowboys 6:30 Charlie Luxton’s Homes By The Sea – Best Of Series 1 7:30 Restoration Man George meets builders Ian and Jayne, who were hit by the recession and have bought a derelict Victorian school and helps them restore it, while organising a school reunion to get the locals on board.

8:30 Building The Dream 9:30 Big House, Little House 10:30 Cash Cowboys 11:30 Brent Owens – Extreme, Authentic And Unwrapped Midnight Tom Kerridge’s Best Ever Dishes 12:30 Wild Transport 1am Charlie Luxton’s Homes By The Sea – Best Of Series 1 2am Love Nature – Tales From Zambia 3am Getaway 3:30 Love Nature – Wildlife SOS 4am Restoration Man 5am Building The Dream

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From Eden Park Outer Oval, Auckland.

8:30 Cricket – International (HLS) Blackcaps v West Indies – Third ODI. From Hagley Oval, Christchurch.

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Cyclo-Cross World Cup 11:55 Shadow Of Doubt M Heusden Zolder – Women Elite Fear and Loathing in Houston.

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Catch PG 4:05 Treehouse 4:30 Motorsport – Supercars Masters PG 4:55 How Championship (HLS) Do They Do It? PG Supercheap Auto Bathurst 5:20 Auction Hunters PG 5:45 Moonshiners M 1000, Race 20.

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Sport Serena’s coming back Serena Williams will make her playing comeback following the birth of her daughter at the Mubadala World Tennis Championship in Abu Dhabi. Williams has not played since winning the Australian Open in January, while she was six weeks pregnant, but will return to court to play French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko on Saturday. The 36-yearold, who gave birth to Alexis Jr in September, is planning to make a competitive return at the Australian Open next month. Williams told the tournament’s official website.

Dexter Dunn and Raukapuka Ruler hold on in a desperate finish in Sunday’s Ashburton Cup.

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Fifty metres can be a long distance in harness racing and Dexter Dunn nearly found it out the hard way in Sunday’s Ashburton Cup with Raukapuka Ruler.

The champion driver was forced to call on all of his urging skills to practically throw his charge over the line to hold off the late rally of Mongolian Hero whom he had run straight past 100 metres earlier.

“We wouldn’t have wanted the post to be much further away than what it was,” Dunn said.

“I was all done.”

In an show of patience and understanding, Dunn plotted the perfect path with the four-

year-old throughout the 3200 -metre slog – slotting into the trail early before settling three back from the fence when Mongolian Hero found the lead with a mile to run.

James Dean’s arrival on the pace outside the leader allowed Dunn to extricate himself off the fence, which proved to be the masterstroke with the horse who was in front of him under pressure shortly after.

“I think if we hadn’t got off there we would have been in a bit of trouble.

“I had to give my old mate Art Union a bit of a bump, but that got us into the right spot at the right time.”

When Dunn asked Raukapuka Ruler to unleash at the top of the straight, he did in style

and breezed to the front in style before he hit the wall just as quickly.

“We went straight past the other horse but he got about a length clear and then came to the end of it.”

After missing away at Orari and then disappointing when sitting parked on a hot speed at Addington the following week, Dunn was just relieved to see the Cran Dalgety-trained runner back in form.

“He was a bit disappointing last time, but he never really got a run at Orari that day so was a bit short and in a 1:54 mile rate that found him out.

“He’ll still improve a bit with that run too I think.”

Owned by the Colt 45 Syndicate, made up of a group of

South Canterbury harness racing fans, Raukapuka Ruler has now won six of his 14 starts, including the Great Northern Derby, and now has more than $191,000 in the bank.

Cran Dalgety confirmed after the race that the Central Otago Cup, early in the New Year would be the next target and then a spell after that.

“We don’t want to push him too much this season, you can really bottom a horse doing that I reckon. He can head down there, then we will back off before targeting the four-year-old features.”

Mongolian Hero lost no admirers with his valiant effort while James Dean was his usual brave self after sitting parked for the last 1200 metres.

Blueprint set for Christmas Eve races Ashburton Trotting Club bosses have a good platform from which to build from after a successful inaugural Christmas Eve race meeting on Sunday.

Under the sweltering sun, good crowd numbers turned out for the meeting, which this year

replaced the traditional Boxing Day races after it was taken away from the club by the New Zealand Racing Board.

The club based its day on family fun and put a real emphasis on raising funds for the local branch of the Cancer Society

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with gold coin collectors out in force throughout the day.

The club also pledged some money with a selected driver in each race wearing a special yellow cap cover and if they were successful $100 was donated to the cause.

Four winners during the day wore the yellow cap.

Betting figures for the day were on par with similar meetings around this time of year and a move in the right direction with $1 million spent on the meeting nationally over the 11 races.

Azarenka out of ASB One of the ASB Classic’s star drawcards will not be coming to Auckland. Former world number one Victoria Azarenka has pulled out due to personal reasons, just a week out from the tournament getting under way. The double Australian Open champion is currently undergoing a custody battle with her former partner, and a US court has ruled that Azarenka and her son, Leo, cannot leave California until the case is closed.

Kalezic relaxed Wellington Phoenix coach Darije Kalezic is relaxed about his future at the A-League club despite his team recording their seventh loss in 11 games on Saturday. The Nix were comprehensively outplayed 4-1

by Graham Arnold’s pace-setting Sydney FC at Westpac Stadium, Andrija Kaludjerovic’s first-half header the only bright spot in a listless performance. “I never feel the pressure for my job security because of one reason – I always do my best,” Kalezic said.

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