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Weather wreaks havoc on roads

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Sodden spring conditions are taking their toll on Mid Canterbury roads.

This month is on track to be the wettest November for more than 65 years.

Ashburton District Council service delivery group manager Neil McCann said while there had been no significant flooding in the district and no problems associated with surface water on the roading network, the roads in general had numerous potholes.

These were to be temporarily made safe until contractors could undertake more permanent repairs once weather improved.

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toring erosion on Jig Road, and the three sunshine bridges with the Hinds River in high flow, and abutment erosion at the Rangitata River Bridge was under repair.

“At this time we cannot estimate additional costs, or if repairs can be taken care of by our normal maintenance schedule and budget; staff review of this is ongoing,” McCann said.

Niwa, as of yesterday, had recorded 165.6 millimetres of rain this month for Ashburton.

The last time there was a higher amount, for the whole of the month, was in 1967, when 165.9mm fell.

Rain forecast for this week is likely to bump this month’s total higher, so it will be second only to the amount received

in 1952, when 273.10mm fell in the town.

November 1952 was the wettest November since records began in 1927.

The big wet has pushed annual rainfall figures to high levels and Niwa says so far 2018 is the fifth wettest year in Ashburton.

The wettest on record was 1938, when 1147.5mm fell throughout the whole year.

MetService data to 4pm Sunday shows the average year to date rainfall is 626mm, which is about two-thirds of 2018 to date, which is 943.4mm.

The MetService is forecasting more rain for today and tomorrow, and a heavy rain watch has been issued for northern Canterbury.

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Fish and Game pushes nitrate-cancer link Fish and Game says water samples provided by citizens throughout Canterbury, including the Ashburton district, show levels of nitrate levels associated with increased risk of colorectal cancer.

New Zealand drinking water standards set a maximum allowable value of 50mg/L for nitrate (the equivalent of 11.3mg/L nitrate-nitrogen) but Fish and Game says 3.87mg of nitrate (or 0.87mg/L nitratenitrogen) is the trigger level for cancer and point to overseas research.

Some 114 samples from Canterbury were tested by Fish and Game and Dr Mike Joy, including 15 samples from Mid Canterbury. The highest was a water sample from the Ashburton business district at 35.46mg nitrates (8.01mg nitrate-nitrogen), while Chertsey town recorded 18.11mg nitrates (4.09mg nitrate-nitrogen).

Fish and Game say they are not scaremongering and that the samples were provided in a citizen science project by concerned Cantabrians wanting to know more about their own drinking water and from sampling of public water supplies at sports grounds and public facilities.

“All we have done is test water and compare those results to the latest research, which has confirmed what is happening and is going to continue to happen in the future,” said chief executive Martin Taylor.

“The true impact of intensive dairy farming in Canterbury is not only about destroying habitat for trout, eels and whitebait, it is now impacting on many people’s health.”

Mid Canterbury farmer and Federated Farmers water spokesman Chris Allen said Fish and Game had been deliberately mischievous with the

Fish and Game has been testing water samples for nitrates. data presented and farmers were doing a huge amount of good work on the issue, which was not new.

Environment Canterbury and the Canterbury District Health Board said levels of nitrates in community drinking water supplies were as safe as other similar communities.

Environment Canterbury is already working with the farming community to manage and reduce nitrate levels in groundwater and imposed strict nitrate pollution limits on Canterbury farmers in 2012.

Since then even more stringent limits have been introduced in the most affected areas, particularly on the Hinds Plains and in coastal South Canterbury.

Most council-supplied community drinking water in Can-

terbury is sourced from deep aquifers and has nitrate levels well below the current New Zealand Drinking Water Standards, the two regional authorities said in a joint statement.

The national standards are currently under review, as part of the response to the Havelock North Inquiry.

Ashburton District Council drinking water supplies are fully compliant though nitrates are monitored at Dromore, Fairton, Hinds and Tinwald. None had exceeded the safe level, according to a report to councillors last month.

CDHB medical officer of health Dr Ramon Pink said the Danish study cited by Fish and Game suggested a possible link between increased colorectal (bowel) cancer risk and drinking water nitrate concentra-

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tions below the current drinking water standard.

“This study should be considered in context with existing and future research in this area,” he said. “There are other pathways that result in the development of colorectal cancer, including smoking, diet, alcohol and sedentary lifestyle, and the authors of the study acknowledge this.

“A healthy diet high in fruit, vegetables and fibre, regular exercise and being smoke-free all contribute to reducing the risk of developing bowel cancer.”

Nitrate concentration levels actually reduced in some Hinds Plains waterways earlier this year, though water quality scientists said increased rainfall and higher groundwater levels had contributed.

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Four months’ community detention A Mid Canterbury man who admitted receiving a stolen $13,500 car and five stolen cellphones worth $6795 was sentenced to four months’ community detention when he appeared in the Ashburton District Court yesterday.

Tony-Lee Nathan Berger-Sewell, 25, had also admitted four charges of theft, one charge of driving while disqualified, one of possessing cannabis and three of possessing drug utensils including a meth pipe and cannabis bong.

Judge Joanna Maze was told that Berger-Sewell had managed to turn his life around since offending in April, overcoming a drug addiction and showing genuine remorse.

She noted that the stolen car had been returned to its rightful owner, undamaged, and that one of the stolen cellphones had been returned to Spark in a saleable condition. It had been among 30 stolen from the business.

Police could not say if the value of the other four phones Berger-Sewell received was their retail value or if insurance had covered the theft, so the judge said Spark would have to pursue a civil claim for reparation.

The judge also wiped $6335 in unpaid fines and enforcement fees the defendant had accumulated.

Police prosecutor Helen Bennett said while Berger-Sewell had made progress in his life, a penalty was still needed. She submitted home detention was appropriate.

Berger-Sewell’s lawyer Kathy Basire said he had made amends and paid reparation of $578 for the four separate thefts of electronic goods from a retail store. He also admitted being reckless in receiving the stolen car and cellphones in that he did not inquire where they came from, “the price pretty good”.

Basire said he had co-operated fully with police in their investigations and while he had gone off the rails at the time of the offending, life was not looking good for him.

Judge Maze agreed the pre-sentence report was positive in that Berger-Sewell had taken control of his drug problem, paid some reparation, changed jobs and associates. He was now considered at low risk of re-offending.

On the driving charge, she disqualified him from driving for six months.

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Representative of 25 organisations have committed to making Mid Canterbury safer.

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Michelle Brett of Hakatere Marae signs the safe communities charter, presided over by Ashburton Mayor Donna Favel.

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■ SAFE COMMUNITIES CHARTER

Making our town even safer

By SuSan SandyS

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Ashburton is safe, says the town’s top cop, but organisations coming together to commit to a new safety accreditation will make it even safer.

Phil Dean was among representatives from 25 agencies yesterday who signed a safe communities charter.

Organised by Safe Communities Ashburton District, the charter is a step towards Mid Canterbury receiving accreditation from the Safe Communities Founda-

tion of New Zealand by May next year.

More than half of New Zealanders live in an accredited safe community, and the foundation defines a safe community as one where people can go about their daily activities in an environment without fear, or risk of harm or injury.

Dean said organisations such as those who had signed the charter contributed to making Ashburton the safe community that it was.

Like any community, Ash-

burton had issues it needed to focus on, and petty crime was one of those. He had found such crime to have a higher incidence here than in other areas he had worked in.

Organisations coming together in this manner would help improve information transfer between groups on what could be done to improve such issues.

His sentiments echoed those of Michelle Brett from the Hakatere Marae, who spoke to the gathering of organisation representatives prior to each individually

signing the charter.

“No one organisation can do this alone,” Brett said.

“It takes a whole village to raise a child, and this is one positive step towards that in our community.”

Crime is just one aspect of improving safety, with others including reducing injuries, vehicle crashes and promoting wellbeing and early interventions such as parenting programmes and support for young people.

The key priorities for Ashburton District included rural safety,

falls and road safety.

The signings were presided over by Ashburton Mayor Donna Favel, and the Ashburton District Council has funded Safer Ashburton to seek the accreditation.

Safe Communities Ashburton District steering group chairwoman Liz McMillan said agencies working together on community safety issues would have more impact than working alone.

“The charter is a great beginning on our journey towards a safer district and improved quality of living,” McMillan said.

Needle find in strawberry sparks police inquiry A needle has been found inside a punnet of strawberries purchased at a South Island supermarket.

Police said the fruit was purchased at a supermarket in Geraldine at the weekend.

The needle and strawberry were part of a punnet purchased from the supermarket.

A customer purchased the punnet of strawberries on Saturday morning and reported to police

in the evening the strawberry had been tampered with.

A police spokesperson said they were investigating.

It is the second incident of its kind in New Zealand in recent months.

In September thee needles were found in strawberries in New Zealand, according to the Ministry for Primary Industries.

MPI said three needles were

found in three strawberries in one punnet.

The needles were found in a punnet at the Countdown St Lukes, Auckland, supermarket.

Woolworths New Zealand also informed MPI that the needles had been found in one of their strawberries.

The incidents follow more than 100 reports of fruit being tampered with across Australia.

In September, University of Canterbury Professor of Sociology Greg Newbold said it was likely a “copycat situation”.

The drive of those behind it was similar to pyromaniacs.

“It creates panic and they get a reaction, much in the same way pyromaniacs set fires then watch fire brigades arrive to put them out “It can make them feel impor-

tant in their mostly insignificant lives. The most rational way to deal with it is to put them (the strawberries) back on the shelves, put up a warning sign saying be careful.

“All you need to do is put a knife in, or bite gently – you’re not going to hurt yourself.

“That would end the whole situation. This is a huge storm in a teacup.”

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Keen to improve M. bovis response

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New MPI director-general Ray Smith has pledged he will return to Ashburton before Christmas to meet again with farmers struggling with mycoplasma bovis.

Smith, who replaces Martyn Dunne, took on the role on November 1 and has made it a priority to improve the disease response.

The former chief executive of the Department of Corrections for eight years cleared his diary to make a Federated Farmers meeting last Wednesday after contacting the federation’s dairy leader Chris Ford.

Smith said he wanted to get the M. bovis response right and be brave enough to front up to issues and fix them.

“I understood some people were upset and I said: how do I get to this meeting? I wasn’t invited, I asked to come. .. [For] some of them I have their cases already on my desk as we try to speed up the compensation claims and I put an emphasis on that where I can.’’

He said the emotional stories told by farmers, particularly what kids say to their children at school, were difficult to hear.

The MPI team could not take the pain away for people, but it could be there for them and make sure it gave the best information and connection it could along the compensation trail, he said.

“You listen to the stories and they are human stories. This is New Zealand’s largest biosecurity incursion and it’s dealing with something that’s a bit insidious.

It’s not manifestly obvious that these animals are unwell therefore it feels a bit hidden for a lot of people and we are having to develop our understanding of how this disease operates and spreads.’’

He said the farming industry had got through the initial shock of finding out about the disease.

MPI’s response was improving as its understanding increased and it would continue to listen to people’s concerns, he said.

“Coming into it fresh I would say at a New Zealand industry level all of the signs are that we

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Dromore farmer Chris Ford says farmers would appreciate the new MPI director general fronting up to them. Inset: The new MPI director general Ray Smith.

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Largely, that’s how it’s playing out – I know it’s not over so I say that with some caution.’’

He said it was “incredibly challenging’’ for farmers to go through the disease process with MPI. The MPI team had done an amazing job, but no one was perfect and they would be the first to accept that some mistakes were made along the way, he said.

“But remember we started with nothing and they built up to I think a few hundred people in labs, on the ground and people working on compensation we have gone from a small group to about 40 people in the team.’’

Farmers told Smith in the media-exempted meeting that they wanted the response team to im-

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prove their communication and consistency of information and then follow through words with actions.

Smith said the requests were challenged by a scientific testing regime which was not always straightforward.

Farmers wanted M. bovis gone, he said.

They were coming out the other side of the disease response and getting their lives back again, but that was hard to see when they were in the depth of the disease.

It was still a “worrying time’’ with a big human cost.

“People who were probably picked up earlier whose cases couldn’t be resolved for whatever reason they have been in it for a long time and that’s very challenging. We need to find ways to bring those to a conclusion.’’

Farmers tested with the disease now were entering a better developed system, he said.

Ford said farmers opened up to Smith and many of the stories were raw and emotional.

“I have heard these stories dozens of times, but when you are in a room like that it’s pretty raw and we had the right people in the room to hear these stories.’’

He said Smith had to make changes before “it’s too late’’.

“By showing up he’s already done good by the community by showing he’s come here. Let’s see it backed up by action.’’

Farmers wanted faster returns on compensation claims, farmer welfare made “priority one’’ and MPI leaders visiting affected farmers more often, he said.

Smith said farmers knew how important the Nait system was for biosecurity incursions now and wanted it enforced as any complacency was gone because M.bovis had been a wake-up call.

As the head of corrections Smith oversaw its big farms in-

cluding a 4000 cow dairy farm in Waikato around the prison and farms in Otago and Canterbury.

His father was a stock and station agent and his older brother has been on a dairy farm for 45 years and he helped on the farm with hay making in summer holidays and other duties.

He wanted his children who were fifth generation New Zealanders and other children to experience a bit of the New Zealand that he grew up with, he said.

Smith said he would visit Ashburton again before the end of the year.

“I promised to come back because that seems to me to be the right thing to do and if I can encourage us to sit and listen and it’s hard to do sometimes that will make the difference. …. The big story is it looks like we will win this. The second big story is we have to look after people on the way through.’’

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Crime reports go online Members of the public will now be able to make certain non-emergency reports through the police’s new online service.

The new reporting tool on the police’s website will allow members of the public to report lost property and property damage.

It is currently being run as a trial, with plans to expand the service so people can make other non-emergency reports online.

“We aspire to be the world’s safest country and have the trust and confidence of all. To achieve this, our commitment to service must be central to everything we do. Online reporting is part of our plan to transform the services we provide to the public,” said Assistant Commissioner Service Jevon McSkimming.

“We want New Zealanders to be able to connect with us anywhere, anytime.

Digital technologies present new opportunities for us to provide new and improved ways to access and receive policing services.”

Online reporting can be accessed through www.police.govt.nz, and people will still be able to make reports through their local police stations or over the phone.

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In brief Bail denied A Geraldine woman was denied bail when she appeared in the Ashburton District Court yesterday on a raft of charges, including theft, breaching bail, aggravated robbery and dangerous driving.

Ariana Kotou Allen, 23, was remanded in custody, to appear in the Timaru District Court on December 14.

Truck, car collide The corner of Christys and Chertsey Kyle Road was blocked off after a crash between a car and a truck yesterday morning. Both Pendarves and Rakaia fire brigades responded, with no injuries reported.

No shoes, no entry An Auckland woman is angry after being forced to leave Sylvia Park shopping centre for not wearing any shoes. Rachelle McDonald, from Panmure, said a security guard asked her to leave the mall for “failing to adhere to the mall’s policy”. She accidentally left her shoes behind as she rushed in urgently. The guard warned her she could only return if she put some shoes on. Sylvia Park centre manager Susan Jamieson said the shopping centre did not have a policy that required customers to wear footwear. “However, we recommend that footwear is worn on travelators and escalators inside the centre.”

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Christmas decorations pop up It is beginning to look a lot like Christmas in the centre of Ashburton with one of the town’s landmark Christmas decoration’s being erected yesterday. The giant Christmas tree which is located in Baring Square East will be lit at the Light up the Night event this Friday, which starts at 6pm and will run till 10pm. The event kicks off a December full of Christmas related activities, including a family movie night and busker night.

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Elderly Christmas Wish 2018

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A little smile, a word of cheer A bit of love from someone near A little gift from one held dear Best wishes for the coming year These make a Merry Christmas!

The Ashburton Guardian wants to make the festive season a little brighter for our district’s elderly by having their Christmas wishes granted by a supportive community.

Help us make someone’s Christmas extra special.

We would like to invite our older residents to send us their wishes.

It could be help with your garden, a coffee date or some fresh home baking.

Then we will ask people in the community to volunteer to make these wishes come true.

Send us your Christmas wishes by Friday, December 7 By mail: PO Box 77, Ashburton, 7740 By email: reception@theguardian.co.nz Or drop it in: Level 3 Somerset House, 161 Burnett Street

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■ AUSTRALIA

‘I had to drown my babies’

BY MEGAN PALIN A New South Wales mother who drowned her two young sons in a river, killing the fiveyear-old, was delusional and trying to save them from a worse fate, a court has heard.

The 28-year-old woman, who can’t be named for legal reasons, is on trial for the murder of her youngest child and the attempted murder of her eight-year-old son, in the Murray River at Moama on March 2, 2017.

In the Wagga Wagga Supreme court yesterday, the woman sat in the dock clutching at a white plastic sick bag and twirling the ends of her plaited hair before pleading not guilty to both charges by way of mental illness.

In his opening address, defence barrister Eric Wilson said the woman believed she was saving her children by killing them.

The court heard she was delusional and believed she was “going to be raped, tortured … and had to prevent her children from witnessing that … or they would be killed themselves”.

“She was suffering from a seriously disturbed mental state,” Wilson said.

“She thought she was saving them from being killed (in a worse way).”

Crown Prosecutor Max Pincott told the court that the mother had taken her then five- and eight-year-old sons to the riverbank and then forced them underwater.

A witness who heard screams ran to the river and saw the older boy being attacked by a dog.

He carried him away and the boy said words to the effect of: “I think I’m the only survivor”, the court heard.

Live shooter on the set Nicole Kidman has opened up about a terrifying incident which occurred on the set of her most recent movie, Destroyer.

The Aussie actor plays an LAPD detective in the film, but fiction quickly became reality when an active shooter was spotted near the set of the movie. “We were in South Central LA shooting and they were like, ‘Get inside, there’s a shooter, a live shooter,’” Kidman said during a BAFTA Life in Pictures event in London. “I’m like, ‘What?’ I’ve got the (prop) gun and I’m out on the street and they dragged me in, and I hit the floor because there was a shooter and helicopters.”

The Wagga Wagga Supreme Court.

The child was taken to hospital for treatment of dog bites and pneumonia from the attempted drowning.

The court heard he told police: “Mum told me to put my head in and she dunked me in there and I was starting to suffocate as she was hopping on me … and then I got out … and my mum dunked my brother … and the dog started biting me.”

The five-year-old boy’s lifeless body was found in the riv-

er two days later following an extensive search by authorities.

The court heard that on the morning of the killing, the woman appeared angry and had called her mother and told her: “You won’t see us anymore”.

Later, local resort owner Michael Falzon saw the woman walking into his work premises and crying, about 9pm.

The witness observed that the woman’s pants were ripped

below her knee and so asked if she was all right.

“She answered: ‘I drowned my babies’,” Pincott said.

“When asked what she meant, she replied: ‘I had to drown my babies’.”

Falzon then took the woman to the police station upon her request.

“He observed on the way to the police station the accused was crying and saying ‘my babies my babies’,” Pincott said.

The trial continues.

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Ariana praying for troll Ariana Grande has shut down a troll who has accused her of “milking” Mac Miller’s death. Instead of clapping back, Grande replied, “I pray you never have to deal with anything like this ever and I’m sending you peace and love.” However the 25-year-old singer has admitted she doesn’t “like this world a lot of the time”, saying: “Some of the shit i read on here makes me sick to my stomach. It scares me the way some people think and I don’t like this world a lot of the time. If only we could be more compassionate and gentle with one another. That’d be sick.”

■ UGANDA

Party boat sinks, 29 passengers killed Music and booze-filled party cruises around Lake Victoria are a rite of passage of sorts for fun-seeking young Ugandans, but the one that pushed off into the waters on Sunday night seemed doomed from the start.

The rickety vessel had been in poor condition and had been docked for some time before people started piling on near Kampala, the Ugandan capital, authorities told the Associated Press.

The owners of the boat did not have a licence to operate and had overloaded the boat well past the point of being safe.

Making things worse, rough weather had turned the water in Africa’s largest lake treacherous.

The revellers aboard – including a Ugandan recording artist and a prince – were apparently unaware of the danger until it was too late.

The trouble began about midway through the cruise, not far from shore.

About 7pm, the boat overturned and sank, spilling about 90 people into the lake.

Inebriated partygoers suddenly found themselves flailing in the water, facing a lifeor-death scenario. Many were not wearing life jackets, authorities said, and their panic was probably increased by their state of intoxication.

Witnesses said they heard people screaming for help, treading water or trying to swim to shore.

“They were shouting ‘Help us! Help us!’ and the boat was sinking very quickly,” Sam Tukei, one of several men who used fishermen’s canoes to try to rescue people, told the Associated Press.

“By the time the police came, we had saved many people.”

Two fishing boats that came to the aid of passengers were overwhelmed with people and capsized, according to the BBC. Government rescue teams arrived a little later, sending divers into Lake Victoria to recover bodies.

As word spread, dozens of family members and friends gathered along the shoreline, peering through a wire fence, emitting occasional screams

or cries at the sight of a loved one’s body being pulled from the water, the BBC reported.

Among the rescued was music artist Iryn Namubiru, according to the BBC, and Prince Daudi Kintu Wasajja, brother of the king of Buganda, Uganda’s largest traditional kingdom.

The boat was owned by a man named Templa Bissase or Bissaso and his wife.

The boat had a capacity of 50 people – but was unregistered, unlicensed and possibly uninsured.

The boat party’s music was turned up so loud, Museveni’s statement said, the people aboard “might not have heard the emergency commands of the captain”.

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The story of Imelda When singer Ria Hall urges the crowd at Here Lies Love, the new production from Silo Theatre, to take to the dancefloor, what exactly are we dancing for? We’re dancing for the joy of it, because we’re lifted from our seats by the insistent disco groove. We’re dancing, too, for the central character, Imelda Marcos, subject of a fairytale that spins together a rags-to-riches story. But we’re also dancing for the Imelda Marcos whose riches were gained by siphoning billions from the treasury of the Philippines. Silo’s Here Lies Love doesn’t ask us to ignore that ambivalence, it just puts it out there, letting us reflect – or not.

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Needle find just too close to home T

o some it might just be a needle in a strawberry, but to a good portion of our population yesterday’s news of a discovery of a foreign object in a well sought-after piece of summer fruit will create worrying times.

Most of us watched on in amazement a few months back as Australia went through a horrific run of discovery of such items in some of their major produce items and to know that such activity has crept its way onto our shores is a reality too true to really hit home.

There are so many questions which come from such an event –

mainly though what on earth possesses someone to think of it as being okay to undertake such behaviour in the first place or was it in fact an accident.

Certainly, everything we’ve read about similar instances would suggest it is much more likely the former.

University of Canterbury Pro-

fessor of Sociology Greg Newbold said yesterday that it was likely a “copycat situation”.

He made the comparison between a pyromaniac and whoever is behind this brainless behaviour – a dangerous mind who is seeking attention and will stop at nothing to ensure he gets his five minutes of fame.

But it was when he went on to say that this incident is, in fact, a huge storm in a teacup and that people were panicking over something which was actually quite insignificant, that the eyebrows started to raise a little.

I don’t know Newbold, but I’d be pretty certain that should he

be unfortunate enough to swallow a strawberry with a needle inside it he wouldn’t be downplaying the potential ramifications.

What this news does to the strawberry market here in New Zealand will be interesting to unfold.

There could be, as Newbold says, a mass reaction to the finding – the second of its kind in New Zealand in recent months which follows on from hundreds of cases in Australia or it could see people being a bit more selective about which kind of strawberries they decide to purchase in the future.

Any parents out there are now

going to be hesitant about giving their child one of the delectable fruits, if in fact they continue to give them to them at all.

What makes yesterday’s news probably a lot more concerning though is that it has happened pretty much on our own back doorstep.

Geraldine is about as close to home as you can get without actually being in our own region and had the transport vehicle stopped at a few more places prior to getting to Geraldine, there’s every chance we could have been talking about such a story breaking in our own neck of the woods.

Records.

In 1978, San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and City Supervisor Harvey Milk, a gay-rights activist, were shot to death inside City Hall by former supervisor Dan White.

(White served five years for manslaughter; he committed suicide in October 1985.)

In 1989, a bomb blamed on drug traffickers destroyed a Colombian Avianca Boeing 727, killing all 107 people on board and three people on the ground.

In 1999, Northern Ireland’s biggest party, the Ulster Unionists, cleared the way for the speedy formation of an unprecedented Protestant-Catholic administration.

In 2005, doctors in France performed the world’s first

partial face transplant on a woman disfigured by a dog bite; Isabelle Dinoire received the lips, nose and chin of a brain-dead woman in a 15-hour operation.

Ten years ago: Indian commandoes fought to wrest control of two luxury hotels and a Jewish centre from militants, a day after a chain of attacks across Mumbai. Iraq’s parliament approved a pact requiring all US troops to be out of the country

by January 1, 2012.

Five years ago: In a short ceremony inside their Chicago apartment, Vernita Gray and her partner of five years, Patricia Ewert, made Illinois history as they became the first gay couple to wed under the state’s new law legalising same-sex marriage.

Rising anger over deadly drone

attacks spurred a Pakistani political party to reveal the identity of what it said was the top US spy in the country and demand he be tried for murder.

One year ago: Authorities ordered a mass evacuation of people from an expanded danger zone around an erupting volcano on the Indonesian island of Bali; the eruption had closed the island’s international airport, stranding tens of thousands of travellers.

Today’s birthdays: Author Gail Sheehy is 81. Footwear designer Manolo Blahnik is 76. Academy Award-winning director Kathryn Bigelow is 67. TV host Bill Nye (“Bill Nye, the Science Guy”) is 63. Actor William Fichtner is 62.

Caroline Kennedy is 61. Academy Award-winning screenwriter Callie Khouri is 61. Rock musician

Charlie Burchill (Simple Minds) is 59. Jazz composer/big band leader Maria Schneider is 58.

Rock musician Charlie Benante (Anthrax) is 56. Rock musician Mike Bordin (Faith No More) is 56. Actor Fisher Stevens is 55.

Actress Robin Givens is 54. Actor Michael Vartan is 50. Rapper Skoob (DAS EFX) is 48. Actor Kirk Acevedo is 47. Rapper Twista is 46. Actor Jaleel White is 42. Actor Arjay Smith is 35.

Actress Alison Pill is 33. Actress Lashana Lynch is 31. Actresssinger Aubrey Peeples is 25.

Thought for today: “Pioneers are seldom from the nobility.

There were no Dukes on the Mayflower.” — Mack Sennett, Canadian-born American movie producer (1880-1960).

- AP

Matt Markham

EDITOR

TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Tuesday, November 27, the 331st day of 2018.

There are 34 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On Nov. 27, 1924, Macy’s first Thanksgiving Day parade — billed as a Christmas Parade — took place in New York.

On this date: In 1849 Maori leader Te Rauparaha died. The formidable Ngāti Toa leader had dominated Te Moanao-Raukawa – the Cook Strait region – from his base at Kapiti Island for nearly 20 years. Te Rauparaha spent the last year of his life at Ōtaki.

In 1901, the US Army War College was established in Washington, DC. In 1910, New York’s Pennsylvania Station officially opened.

In 1935, the general election has long been seen a defining moment in New Zealand’s history. Undermined by its failure to cope with the distress of the Depression, the Coalition (or National) government was routed by the Labour Party led

by Michael Joseph Savage.

In 1940, the 16,712-ton New Zealand Shipping Company liner MV Rangitane was sunk by two German auxiliary cruisers (armed merchant raiders), Orion and Komet, 550km off East Cape.

The British-owned vessel was the largest Allied merchant ship to be sunk by a German surface vessel during the Second World War (German submarines and aircraft sank many larger ships).

In 1942, during World War Two, the Vichy French navy scuttled its ships and submarines in Toulon to keep them out of the hands of German troops.

In 1945, General George C. Marshall was named special US envoy to China by President Harry S. Truman to try to end hostilities between the Nationalists and the Communists.

In 1962, the first Boeing 727 was rolled out at the company’s Renton Plant.

In 1967, the Beatles album Magical Mystery Tour was released in the United States by Capitol

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Twice a day during milking I have a big load come on electricity demand – I imagine I’d need a whole paddock of solar panels to cope with that.

Solutions, not taxes, needed in Co2-cuts countdown I

t was with slight amusement that I spotted a tweet from Greenpeace with what they thought was a witty retort to opposition to the oil and gas ban, noting “likely a mixed reaction to the end of the stone age’’.

Well, I doubt there was, as mankind discovered a new technology – bronze. Its benefits were obvious and it was taken up.

We didn’t need a tax on stones, there wasn’t a concern about ‘peak stone’ and we didn’t need to stage protests in front of the chieftains’ caves to argue for the use of bronze.

It came down to developing the new technology, which had benefits over the old technology, and disseminating the knowledge.

To me, that’s one of the things we are losing sight of in the climate change debate. What are the alternatives? Are they realistic? What are the barriers to uptake, and what will our lifestyles and production systems be like without fossil fuels?

Some 83 per cent of our electricity generation is renewable.

But of our total energy, only 40 per cent is from renewable sources; most of our vehicles and

Andrew Hoggard FROM THE FARM

industries still rely on coal, gas and oil.

No doubt solar, wind and other renewables can be stepped up over time to help bridge that gap but we also have lots of electricity outages and a creaking distribution infrastructure that won’t cope with Kiwis all coming home from work and plugging in their EV cars to charge up.

This was highlighted for me a couple of weeks back. As is standard for the Manawatu in spring, some strong westerly winds blew in.

As is also standard, plenty of locals lost power. On our road it was a cross arm on a power pole that snapped, and the faults people concentrated on town outages before getting to us.

Our farm needed to run a generator for a little over 24 hours.

No biggy, we’re used to it and we have plans in place.

But it got me thinking. What

the hell would happen in a Co2emission free world?

Without that diesel generator, what are my options? Solar panels on the cowshed roof aren’t a bad idea, and something I might look at, but they would only make sense to cover the basetime load.

Twice a day during milking I have a big load come on – I imagine I’d need a whole paddock of solar panels to cope with that. And the kind of weather that knocks out power is hardly conducive to solar.

It occurred to me I might install some of those Tesla power walls I read about to store power? But on checking the price I found just one of those units costs the same as my generator, puts out a tenth of the power and is run out after 3 to 4 hours.

That just ain’t going to cut it.

Another big user of energy on the farm is vehicles. I could get an EV to go to town for the groceries but a Nissan Leaf isn’t ideally suited to tow a silage wagon. To the best of my knowledge there are no commercially available EV tractors out there.

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To my way of thinking we need to stop with the virtue signalling and start working on the technologies and solutions we’ll need in a zero-carbon world. At the moment our focus as a nation seems to be about “solutions for methane” or taxing methane emissions, despite it being a short-lived gas when compared to carbon dioxide, and one that may only require emissions to be stabilised rather than significantly reduced.

Would our efforts perhaps not be better spent in looking at practical solutions – for example, how we could create biodiesel for tractors or generators from poplars planted for shade or riparian purposes.

Andrew Hoggard is Federated Farmers Dairy Chairperson The views, opinions, positions or strategies expressed by the author and those providing comments are theirs alone, and do not necessarily reflect the views, opinions, positions or strategies of the Ashburton Guardian Co Ltd or any employee thereof

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BY TIM CRONSHAW

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Mitcham farmer Cameron Letham will enter unknown territory when he competes against the best livestock judges among Australian youth in mid-February.

By winning the New Zealand Young Judges’ Championship Letham, 28, has earned a trip to the Canberra show to pitch his skills against the top youth judges in Australasia.

Knowing little of what to expect, he plans to do his homework between now and then to learn more about youth judging across the Tasman Sea. A line-up of 28 youth judges contested the national championships at the New Zealand Agricultural Show, formerly called the Canterbury A&P Show, in Christchurch this month. As the top placed competitor he won the Lady Isaac Scholarship to travel to Canberra.

This will be his first visit to the capital city of Australia after trips to northern New South Wales to work on several harvests and a cattle property.

“I was absolutely thrilled to win and the wee bonus is the trip to see how the Australians do it,’’ Letham said. “I don’t know a hang of a lot about what to expect so we will book the trip and figure it out once we are over there. There was one Australian in the Christchurch competition so I have been in touch with her and that will be good.’’

In a tight finish Letham managed to edge out the eight finalists at the Christchurch show.

After ranking corriedale ewe hoggets and suffolk ram hoggets in order he did his best to explain his line-up to judges and why some of them were better than others, he said.

“It was a bit of the unknown and

Cameron Letham is passionate about breeding top rams at Hermiston farm.

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it went down to the wire so it was definitely nervous times. I guess I have grown up with sheep and rams at home and judging, so it’s my whole life and it’s quite nice to put these skills to work that you have accrued over the years. I am pretty passionate about breeding good rams and good sheep.’’

Letham is keen to judge in higher profile events after running his eye over sheep in the show rings of Oxford, Ranfurly and Ellesmere events.

Letham co-manages the 380hectare mixed sheep and cropping family farm, Hermiston, at Mitcham where 2200 ewes are run on the fully-irrigated property.

The family has about 200 rom-

ney stud ewes and the same number of dorset down purebred ewes, as well as a stud flock of about 100 border leicesters.

The Christchurch competition, sponsored by the New Zealand Sheepbreeders’ Association, was open to 15 to 30-year-olds.

Convener Tom Burrows said the Australian trip awarded to the winner was a drawcard for young judges entering the event.

Letham stood out among the line-up, but the point scoring was narrow at the top, he said.

“He was very good. He spoke well in the competition with his descriptions. There were only three points in it and the top three or four were pretty close.’’

Burrows said the competition had advanced since it began about 10 years ago and some of the former winners and entrants were judging major events at shows.

“We tell people if we don’t train these young judges they will be wheeling us oldies out in wheelchairs.’’

He said competition organisers were working with Young Farmers, ITO and high schools to boost numbers and this had resulted in the increase from nine entries last year.

Burrows said there was merit in eventually introducing a judging competition for high school-aged students as similar competitions

were popular in Australia.

Letham also enjoyed success in the fiercely contested pig competition after the Rakaia Swine Company’s entry Ted placed third in the boar under-60 kilogram class.

“It’s a great initiative to get a bit of youth into the stock showing and there were 200 males and females in syndicates with more than 50 pigs that wouldn’t have otherwise been associated with the show and the A&P [association] is getting right behind it.’’

The Letham family won the dorset down ewe hogget class in the sheep ring, as well as the best romney and border leicester pairs, among other placings.

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MARKET REPORT

BY GUY TRAFFORD It was heartening to see that New Zealand’s last true meat co-op, Alliance, despite having to pay record prices for livestock throughout the season still managed to achieve an operating surplus of $8 million for the season just gone.

This is on the back of $1.8 billion of revenue and approximately $1.8 billion of assets.

This provided only a 44 per cent return on assets, so some of the boardroom conversations may have been tense as a balance between obtaining livestock and keeping the books balanced were discussed.

Last year the co-op achieved a $20.2 million surplus with a slightly smaller ($1.52 billion) turnover. This indicates that prices paid to farmers for the 2017/18 season, while welcomed, were cutting it too fine.

This becomes very obvious when compared to the a2 milk result. They achieved a $195.7 million profit from a smaller revenue of $923 million and only a fraction of the amount invested in bricks and mortar.

Alliance is encumbered by its history and is not going to be able to change how it operates overnight, but it would make an interesting study to see if returns could be improved by not being the owner of the infrastructure and contract much of the processing out as a2 does and then focus on the market and adding value to the end of the chain.

This could add additional risk, but it would allow different segments to focus upon specialty areas, especially as sheep and beef farmers have always shown a reluctance to invest anymore than they absolutely have to in their meat co-ops.

This has led to a lack of development in modern technologies and gaining further efficiencies.

The reduced profit harks back to the days of either the meat companies or the producers making the profits, it still seems difficult for both to achieve good results in the same season.

A2 milk was busy last week with its annual meeting held in Melbourne. While most of the discussions would have been positive, chief executive and managing director Jayne Hrdlicka may have had some explaining to do after her decision to sell all her a2 shares back in September which resulted in share values dropping 5.5 per cent and was largely instrumental in wiping $450 million off shareholders’ values.

However, the very good financial results that have come out recently appear to have put that spectre to bed, at least to the public eye.

With a 68 per cent increase in revenue to $NZ922m over the previous financial year and a 64.5 per cent increase in the past four months over the previous year, a2 appears to have its recipe right.

Looking forward, they are expecting the increases in profits to continue although at a slightly more modest rate with foreign exchange influences being the major cause for uncertainty.

China features highly in future plans and, with over 10,000 outlets there, the brand is well established and the focus now appears to be to capitalise on the cross-border e-commerce (CBEC) which the Chinese population has adopted with a relish.

A2 seemed to have all the boxes ticked to maximise this opportunity and it is likely this is where a major component of 2018/19 revenue is going to come from.

However, there are still some challenges ahead.

The US National Milk Producers’ Federation is still pursuing its claims that a2 is unable to substantiate its claims over A1 milk.

Much of the USNMPF stance is

H

Jayne Hrdlicka appearing to try and lift its profile and a2 seems to have adopted a position that is if they ignore them long enough, they’ll eventually go away.

Perhaps the greater threat is the increase of other companies also getting on to the a2 bandwagon with the latest being in Australia with large vitamins company Swisse setting up their Biostime brand.

An irony is that Swisse is Chinese owned and taking on Australia in Australia rather than the reverse occurring.

Given the number of new competitors emerging it is going to be interesting to follow the a2 fortunes and see how they are able to maintain their advantage over competitors and keep shareholders on board.

Markets Sheep Despite the schedules slipping the saleyards are maintaining good prices and this season appears to be picking up where last season finished with the processors and finishers competing strongly for livestock.

The consistent (perhaps even persistent) rain driving the pasture growth is doing its bit to help maintain prices.

Wool Wool, while not making a come-back, did manage to arrest its fall at last week’s North Island sale, which is a positive in the current context.

Beef The signals coming from the US are not great in the short-term for beef, particularly manufacturing grades with the dairy cow cull well ahead of last year (+12 per cent) due to the low returns being achieved in the dairy industry.

The issue is not helped by the dollar remaining at 68 cents against the US.

Dairy The GDT auction and USDA site showed big drops for milk products last week with butter falling by 9.6 per cent.

The high New Zealand milk flush is reported as the reason, however, the rest of the world seems to be back on normal levels with most other producing countries not increasing production to any great level and Australia has dropped 4 per cent as a result of the drought.

So it appears the major reason for the price drops is demand driven, which if correct is concerning as this is harder to turn on and off than production.

The only bright side is that from now on global production will drop further as New Zealand puts its spring flow behind and the Northern Hemisphere hunkers down for their winter.

Venison Another drop this week, however, peak prices should become more stable over the season.

Farm gate price watch …

for the latest prices, visit www.interest.co.nz/rural 26-Nov-18 current price range Saleyard prices … u LAMB ($/head) weighted average Store 110 -126 Prime 140 - 190 u HEIFER (c/kg) 250-350 kgs Lwt Store 2.32 - 3.73 u STEER (c/kg) 481-580 Lwt Prime 274 - 300 This week

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Auction prices … u SI WOOL indicator prices (c/kg, clean) Mid mic (23.1-31.5) 955 1,030 Fine Xbrd (31.6-35.0) 390 431 Coarse Xbred >35 mic 297 328 Merino 2,412 2,980

1,224 402 340 2,239

Source: WSI, NZMerino 791 1,557 727 374 460 302 320 399 267 1,588 2,980 1,588

420 418 420

Source: Midlands Grain 378 430 300 375 428 280 390 424 290

Processor prices … u LAMB ($) including 1kg woolly pelt 15.5 kg YM SI 116.64 17.5 kg YX SI 131.69 19.0 kg YX SI 142.98 21.0 kg YX SI 158.03 Local trade (c/kg) SI 790 (16-22kg) u MUTTON ($) including 0.5kg pelt 21.0 kg MX1 SI 105.21 u BEEF (c/kg) P2 steer SI 497.0 (270-295kg) P Cow SI 369 (170-195kg) M2 Bull SI 449 (296-320kg) Local trade P2 SI 540 (180-280kg) u VENISON ($/hd) gross AP Hind 50kg SI 540 AP Stag 60kg SI 654 AP Stag 80kg SI 872

Local market prices … u GRAINS ($/tonne, delivered Canterbury) free price Wheat, milling,12.5%p 425 425 Wheat, feed 423 425 Barley, feed 418 424

International market prices … u LOGS indicator prices, $/tonne Forest index October - 18 132.00 128.00 130.00

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6,349 3,083 4,000 5,138

6,495 3,209 4,279 5,616

7,536 3,203 4,898 6,217

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Source: PF Olsen 139.00 114.48 8,874 3,624 4,865 6,120

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■ GOVERNMENT REVIEW

Low response to power price probe A measly 108 submissions to the Government’s major review of New Zealand electricity pricing is being interpreted as either a vote of confidence or an indication of the complexity of the issue.

Electricity Networks Association chief executive Graeme Peters, who said he’s read every one of them, was surprised at the low number but believes by and large the response – or lack of it – shows the industry “is doing a pretty good job”.

“That said, there are plenty of improvements which could be made,” Peters said.

But Consumer head of research Jessica Wilson has a different take.

She believes 108 responses is likely to reflect the complexity of the issues for the average electricity consumer.

The recent review of credit law had received only 86 submissions.

The low response to the electricity pricing review doesn’t mean consumers are happy with their power bills or how they are being calculated, Wilson said.

“Our annual cost of living sur-

Only 108 New Zealanders submitted responses to the Government’s review of the electricity industry. vey found 67 per cent of consumers were concerned about what they paid for electricity.

“Our survey research this year also found 18 per cent of con-

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ing to reduce their power costs, Wilson said.

Statistics NZ data showed the amount households are paying for electricity increased by 2.5 per

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sumers had experienced financial difficulty paying for power in the past 12 months.”

Most households surveyed, 77 per cent, reported they were try-

cent in the year to September.

Most of the 108 submissions to the pricing review were from industry participants and large companies.

Peters said the number of submissions was not as many as expected for a review which the Government said “shines a spotlight on the problems pushing up power prices for Kiwi families”.

He said it took him two days to read all the submissions, some of which were very large – for example, Trustpower’s 108 pager, and many focused on one or two key points.

“In nearly 25 years working near Parliament, I’ve seen many more submissions on a Government review or proposed law change. For example, the recent amendment to the Crown Minerals Act drew 2283 submissions and that excludes the 5000 form submissions organised by Greenpeace.”

The review, being conducted by a panel under the oversight of MBIE, published its first report recently. Its final report is due in May. - NZME

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Clothing company fined $50,000 Clothing importer Goodwear Ltd has been fined $50,000 for supplying children’s clothing which did not meet product safety standards.

Following a Commerce Commission investigation, Goodwear pleaded guilty to 16 charges under the Fair Trading Act relating to hundreds of units of children’s clothes supplied between July 2016 and October 2017.

The charges, all under the Fair Trading Act, related to missing or incorrect fire warnings and other labelling on 25 different items of children’s clothing.

Between November 2016 and September 2017 the commission bought 27 garments supplied to two South Auckland retailers by Goodwear.

The garments were sent away to be tested and 11 were found to have not complied with the product safety standard. Eight had no fire warning labels and three had fire warning labels with incorrect wording.

In total, 22 items failed to comply with at least one consumer information standard as they did not include care labelling, fibre content labelling and country of

origin labelling. Commissioner Anna Rawlings said labelling requirements were in place to protect and inform consumers.

“Businesses which supply children’s clothing must be aware of their obligations to label relevant children’s clothing with fire risk warnings and they need to have systems in place to make sure this happens,” Rawlings said.

They should also make sure that they understand other labelling requirements intended to inform consumers about the country of origin and fibre content of their clothing and how to best look after it.”

Goodwear is directed by Auckland man Jian Gao, who could not be reached for comment.

The commission enforces six compulsory product safety standards, including for children’s nightwear, and five consumer information standards, including for care, country of origin and fibre content.

Mandatory product safety standards are intended to prevent and reduce the risk of injury.

Consumer information standards enable consumers to make informed decisions when purchasing products.

- NZME

Russian billionaire sells Waiwera shares Russian billionaire Mikhail Khimich has sold all his shares in two Waiwera businesses, leaving his American associate Leon Fingerhut in full control, according to official New Zealand records.

Companies Office information shows Khimich no longer owns any shares in Waiwera Thermal Resort, now fully in the hands of

Ordover Trust of Las Vegas.

The share transfer took place on Thursday last week and Khimich is now listed as a former shareholder but he remains a director.

Similarly, the records show Thursday’s share transfer at Waiwera Water New Zealand with Khimich now listed as a former

shareholder. Khimich again remains a director. Again, Ordover now owns all the shares in the business.

In late October, landowner Waiwera Properties cancelled the lease and changed the locks on the doors at Waiwera Thermal Resort after a history of default payments.

- NZME

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Greek lamb tart

■ Preheat the oven to 200°C. ■ Pastry: Place the pastry sheets,

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one on top of the other, on lightly-floured benchtop. Roll out to fit a 24cm x 36cm oven tray. Use a sharp knife to lightly score a 2.5cm border all the way around the pastry and lightly prick the pastry with a fork. Brush with egg wash (set aside the remainder), and place in the refrigerator to firm up for 30 minutes.

■ In a frying pan, heat a dash of oil and add the onions. Cook slowly over a gentle heat, stirring frequently for 15 minutes until golden.

■ Remove pastry from the refrigerator and brush once more with egg wash. Spread over the onions and sprinkle over the cumin seeds. Place in the oven and increase the temperature to 210°C. Cook for 10-15 minutes.

■ Lamb: Meanwhile, heat a large frying pan over a medium heat.

Add the lamb mince and garlic and cook for 2 minutes. Stir

frequently to break mince up a little. Add the tomatoes, tomato paste and chickpeas and cook until most of the moisture has evaporated, about 5-8 minutes.

The lamb mince should be thick but not dry. Add the lemon zest and herbs. Season to taste.

■ Remove pastry from the oven and spoon the lamb mince mixture over the onions. Scatter over the feta.

■ Return to the oven and cook for a further 5-10 minutes until the pastry is well browned around the edges and the base is well cooked.

■ To serve: Scatter olives and extra chopped parsley over the tart, sprinkle or squeeze over the lemon juice and cut into pieces or slices. Serve with a green salad.

Recipe courtesy of www.recipes.co.nz Beef + Lamb New Zealand

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Ashburton’s great war fundraising effort of 1915/16

BY MARGARET BEAN

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s the four years of commemorating the Great War, or World War One, draw to a close, it is perhaps timely to reflect on the financial sacrifice made by all New Zealanders at that time.

Much has been written about the heroism and bravery of our soldiers, the terrible loss of lives and the campaigns that should never have taken place, but we have heard little about the financial burden carried by communities.

Ashburton was no different from other areas throughout New Zealand and established a patriotic fund, The Ashburton County War Relief Fund.

In August, 1915, the fund’s committee took the decision to raise at least £25,000 for the benefit of the county’s wounded soldiers (and sailors) and their dependants. Today that would be equal to raising over $3.5 million. Every individual’s voluntary contribution was valued and acknowledged no matter how small.

The Ashburton Museum has two programmes from a small musical group that contributed to this great fundraising endeavour. According to the Ashburton Guardian, the group travelled around the county dressed in colourful Troubadour costume with “a breezy entertainment, including patriotic songs’ choruses ... and local hits and skits”.

The group had the two-fold purpose of raising funds to help meet the needs of returned servicemen and their families, as well as aiding recruitment. At each concert the first part concluded with patriotic addresses by important local figures.

A well-designed programme booklet was sold as a souvenir and added to the money raised by admission. Most importantly, it contained a pledge sheet that allowed people to donate larger sums of money, either as a lump sum or by instalment.

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2 – On the front cover of the Fairfield Newlands programme is a graphic illustration of the barbed wire entanglements at the battle of Givenchy.

3 – The pledge sheet from the Troubadours programme.

4 – Update of subscriptions from the Guardian, March 11, 1916.

The first performance took place at Hinds on November 18, 1915, and the following day the Guardian provided extensive coverage of the evening’s entertainment, including the goodnatured fun that was aimed at local residents.

The patriotic speech encouraging recruitment was reported in detail. This debut concert raised £50 in door takings and programme sales, but the amounts promised through the pledge sheet were never published.

That remained the case for all of the Troubadours’ subsequent

concerts.

This first concert set the scene for the six that followed in quick succession; all brought crowded venues, enthusiastic audiences, and vociferously demanded encores. At Staveley, a Union Jack flag was auctioned during the interval “amid much witty repartee” and was sold many times over.

The sale of the flag alone raised £477.

At Lauriston, the audience was crammed into the railway goods shed. Another flag auction combined with a variety auction, that sold, among other things, a cow,

a cushion and a picture, raised in excess of £550.

The Fairfield and Newlands Fête was an all-day patriotic affair with its own souvenir programme. Here, the Troubadours provided the evening entertainment. Huge numbers were expected and a marquee that could seat a thousand people was provided with the stage illuminated by electric light. The bigger audience netted £1500 from the flag auction.

The now familiar pattern was repeated to a full house at Methven the following week. Five days

later the group was at Lyndhurst performing in Friedlander Bros. grain store.

As always, the flag auction was popular and by itself raised over £700.

This night included an extra attraction – for a small charge a ‘dance with refreshments’ followed the concert.

The Troubadours’ final appearance for the year was at the Springfield Estate on December 20. The venue was the granary and, as at the Fairfield and Newlands performance, the stage was lit with electric light. This time a silk Union Jack realised £252.

The culmination of the Troubadours’ direct fundraising efforts for the Ashburton County War Relief Fund came the following year on April 13, 1916, in the Theatre Royal with a concert that followed the pattern of the 1915 entertainments.

In January, 1916, prior to this final concert, the local paper announced the fund was halfway towards its target of £25,000. In less than six months the community had raised more than £12,500 in cash and pledges. The auctioning of the flag alone, from just four of the concerts, had raised over £1900. It was a tremendous effort.

Nobody was left in any doubt about the growing sum of money.

Throughout the fundraising campaign, the Guardian had published running totals of the donations, and noted both donor and amount with sums smaller than 10 shillings being recorded.

It was a form of social blackmail, an incentive for people to give generously. At times, for those not so well off, it must have been discomforting.

The target of £25,000 was achieved later in that year. A truly remarkable feat as people had also continued to respond to the usual charitable calls for money from their communities, churches and schools.

The Ashburton Patriotic Troubadours had reason to be proud of the part they played in helping the Ashburton County War Relief Fund meet its goal.

Honouring the Fallen During the period of the First World War, 1914 to 1915, many men from the Ashburton District signed up to fight for the Empire against the German army. Many did not return – almost 450 from Ashburton were killed. The first Ashburton men were killed on April 25, 1915 – the first Anzac Day. Ashburton philanthropist and patriot Frederick Ferriman presented a special flag and a flagpole to the families of those men.

The Ashburton Museum, with the assistance of the Rotary Club of Ashburton, has erected one of the original Ferriman flagpoles in front of the museum, and on the centennial of the death of each Ashburton soldier will fly a replica flag. An original flag is on display in the museum.

After the cessation of hostilities when the Armistice was signed on November 11, 1918, a number of other soldiers, including some from Ashburton, died from wounds received, from illness and from accident.

Therefore, this week the Ashburton Museum honours:

November 29: Edmund AITKENHEAD

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Results Skip2ItFiooringXtra sponsored half day triples 23rd November 1st D. Muir, M. Quinn. R. Petrie 3 wins 16 ends 37 points 2nd A. MacKenzie.N. MacKenzie, J. Ryk 3 wins 15 ends 22 points 3rd D. Hickman,G. Clarke, D. Mcvedy 3 wins 14 ends 31 points

HT.7m. RT. 23m 49s. 10th Michelle Knight CT. 30.51. HT. 5.40m. RT. 25m 11s. 11th Maddie Lowry CT. 30.51. HT.5.40m. RT. 25m 11s.

12th Ronnie Campbell CT.30.52. HT.5.40m.

RT.25m 12s. 13th Nathan Tew CT. 30.53.

HT. 8m. RT. 22m 53s. 4f/t. 14th Roger Wilson CT.31.29. HT.3m. RT. 28m 29s. 15th Emma Hudson CT.32.12. HT. 3m. RT. 29m 12s. 16th Brent Hudson CT.32.14. HT.3m.

RT. 29m 14s. 17th Ben Aldridge CT.32.27.

HT.5.40m. RT. 26m 47s. 18th Nick Grijns CT.32.51. HT.5.40m. RT. 27m 11s. 19th. Bruce McClelland CT.33.26. HT. 5.40m. RT. 27m 46s. 20th Lucy Clough CT.33.41. HT. GO. RT. 33m 41s. 21st Doug Lowry CT.34.13. HT. 5.40m. RT. 28m 33s. 22nd Nigel Chatterton CT. 36.48. HT. 5.40m. RT. 31m 08s.

■ Bridge

■ Football

Ashburton Bridge Club

English Premier League

RESULTS ■ Bowls MSA Bowling Club

November 19 2 rds, duplicate N/S 1st Joyce Johnson & Bev Blair, 2nd Colin Clemens & Sheila Lyons, 3rd Ann Gilbert & Mary Bruce E/W 1st Maryke Blignault & Georgina Black, 2nd Gladys Baker & Pauline Scott, 3rd = Noel Baker & Hilda Blee, Bruce Leighton & Dee Murdoch November 20 2 rds, diff ptr N/S 1st Bill Kolkman & Pat Jordan, 2nd Alan Wright & John McDonald, 3rd Melva Stowell & Mary Buckland E/W 1st Audrey Rooney & Trish Small, 2nd Trish Downward & David Sewell, 3rd Sue Rosevear & John Fechney November 21 2 rds duplicate N/S 1st Melva Stowell & Mary Buckland, 2nd Trish & Peter Downward, 3rd Maree Moore & Pauline Scott E/W 1ST Sue Rosevear & John Fechney, 2nd Rewa Kyle & Rosemary McLaughlin, 3rd Kay Robb & Johnny Wright November 22 2 rds duplicate N/S 1st Lois Rose & Gordon McCormick, 2nd John Fechney & John McDonald, 3rd Kay Robb & Pat Jordan E/W 1st Trish Downward & Mary Buckland, 2nd Paul & Pauline Fergus, 3rd Val Palmer & David Wilkinson

■ Cycling Mid Canterbury Social Wheelers November 21 Wednesday Night McGee Cup & Social Wheelers Cup Series, 22 Starters 1st Oliver Davidson CT. 30.42. HT. 8m. RT. 22m 42s F/T. 2nd Tony Ward CT.30.43. HT. 8m. RT. 22m 43s. 2f/t. 3rd Brad Hudson CT. 30.45. HT.8m. RT. 22m 45s. 3f/t. 4th Mark Summerfield CT.30.46. HT. 7m. RT. 23m 46s. 5th Paul Sinclair CT.30.47. HT.7m. RT. 23m 47s. 6th Gerard Morrison CT.30.47.

HT.7m. RT. 23m 47s. 7th Sam Clement Stewart CT. 30.48. HT. 7m. RT. 23m 48s. 8th Paul Summerfield CT. 30.48. HT. 5.40m.

RT. 25m 08s. 9th Mike Hansen CT.30.49.

English Premier League results and standings.

Wolves 0 Huddersfield Town 2 (Mooy 6, 74), Bournemouth 1 (King 45+1) Arsenal 2 (Lerma 30 og, P Aubameyang 67), Tottenham Hotspur 3 (Alli 8, Kane 16, Son H M 54) Chelsea 1 (Giroud 85), Watford 0 Liverpool 3 (M Salah 67, Alexander-Arnold 76, Firmino 89), West Ham 0 Manchester City 4 (D Silva 11, Sterling 19, Sane 34, 90+3), Everton 1 (G Sigurdsson 59) Cardiff City 0, Brighton & Hove Albion 1 (Murray 15) Leicester City 1 (Vardy 79 pen) Send-offs: (Maddison 28 - Leicester City), Fulham 3 (Mitrovic 32, 63, Schurrle 43) Southampton 2 (Armstrong 18, 54), Manchester United 0 Crystal Palace 0.

Standings P W D L F A Pts Manchester City 13 11 2 0 40 5 35 Liverpool 13 10 3 0 26 5 33 Tottenham Hotspur 13 10 0 3 23 11 30 Chelsea 13 8 4 1 28 11 28 Arsenal 13 8 3 2 28 16 27 Everton 13 6 4 3 20 15 22 Manchester United 13 6 3 4 20 21 21 Bournemouth 13 6 2 5 22 18 20 Watford 13 6 2 5 17 17 20 Leicester City 13 5 3 5 18 17 18 Wolves 13 4 4 5 12 15 16 Brighton Hove Albion 13 4 3 6 14 19 15 West Ham 13 3 3 7 14 22 12 Huddersfield Town 13 2 4 7 8 22 10 Newcastle United 12 2 3 7 9 15 9 Crystal Palace 13 2 3 8 8 17 9 Burnley 12 2 3 7 12 25 9 Southampton 13 1 5 7 10 24 8 Cardiff City 13 2 2 9 11 26 8 Fulham 13 2 2 9 14 33 8

■ Golf Ashburton County Ladies Vets Golf November 23 Stroke Round 1st Joan Undy Net 68, 2nd Di Bell 69, Madeline Smith 70 on C/B from Jane Helmore Nearest Pin on No 8 0-26 Heather Robertson: No 12 27- 2nd Shot Erin Porter Nine Hole Players Carol Shanks net 32 on c/b from Shirley Young

Ashburton Golf Club

DRAWS ■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club December 1 This is closing day with the Presentation evening later.

Starting Times: Morning 8am; Afternoon report at 11.00 for an 11.30pm start. Nine hole golfers report at 12.00 for a 12.30pm start.

December 2 The Ashburton Junior Tournament will be held starting a 11am for 18 hole golfers, midday for 9 hole golfers and 1pm for Team Golf.

Entries to Matt Davis at Sega Golf.

■ Slow Pitch Hampstead Slow Pitch November 30 Devon Tavern Hampstead Slow Pitch: 6.00pm Laser Electrical D2: Social As As v S & Giggles, 7.10pm Laser Electrical D.2: Social As As v Laser Attack, 6.00pm Bayleys Real Estate D3: Pitch Slappers v Super Sluggers, 7.10pm Bayleys Real Estate D3: Hawkies Hawks v Demolition, 6.30pm Dell Phillips Landscaping D4: Marines & Angels v As Good As It Gets

November 23 Midlands Seed Social Teams Top Team: TGIF 91 – Anne Sheehan, Kyle Backhouse-Smith, Pete Fougere, Steve Wood, Men: Murchies Marauders 90.5, Read Rebels 90, Pakeke Pros 87, Women: Trotts Lot 89.5, Mixed: Periwinkles 85, Country Classics, Top lady: Joyce Van der Heide 32.5, Top man: Pete Fougere 33.5 Nearest the Pins: Templeton Motors Brian Fauth, Mac & Maggies Greig Sparrow, Paul May Motors M Stoddart, Gabities Eric Parr Gabites Lucky Player: Sandy Hogg Twos: John Baird, Murray Lister, Greig Sparrow November 24 RMF Cup Winner: Sam Clarke with 60pts followed

by Charlie Alexander 57, Noel Sutton 51 and Ian Rive 49.

The Radius Care player of the day was Sam Clarke 81-14=67nett.

Other winning scores: Paul May and Dylan Stoddart 68; Terry Molloy and Paul Greer 69; Neil MacDonald, Allan White and Lucas McGee 70; Ian Rive and Barry Jury 71.

Twos: Paul Greer and Terry Molloy.

Nearest The Pins: South Island Seeds: Maxine Carter; Rothbury Insurance: Murray Wackrow; Allenton Meat Centre: Brent MacGregor; Braided Rivers: Robert Pawsey; Charming Thai Longest Putt: Sam Clarke.

Birdie Jackpot Hole: not struck

Ashburton Guardian 15 event, the Hong Kong Open yesterday (par-70).

263: Aaron Rai (ENG) 65 61 68 69264: Matthew Fitzpatrick (ENG) 70 62 68 64269: Victor Perez (FRA) 71 65 66 67, Jason Scrivener (AUS) 65 69 67 68270: David Drysdale (SCO) 68 69 67 66271: Rafael Cabrera (ESP) 72 69 67 63, Sergio Garcia (ESP) 70 67 64 70, Shubhankar Sharma (IND) 69 68 67 67272: Matthias Schwab (AUT) 69 69 66 68, Jake Higginbottom (AUS) 69 65 69 69, Kim Koivu (FIN) 69 67 69 67, Scott Hend (AUS) 68 66 69 69, Micah Shin (USA) 66 67 72 67273: Park Hyowon (KOR) 68 62 71 72, Ashley Chesters (ENG) 68 67 71 67, Tommy Fleetwood (ENG) 69 65 66 73, Justin Harding (RSA) 69 69 67 68, Thongchai Jaidee (THA) 68 68 66 71, Nicolas Colsaerts (BEL) 68 68 72 65274: Thomas Aiken (RSA) 67 71 73 63275: Kim Sihwan (USA) 69 69 66 71, Chang Yikeun (KOR) 71 67 70 67, Casey O’Toole (USA) 69 68 72 66, Berry Henson (USA) 68 70 67 70, Lucas Bjerregaard (DEN) 73 68 68 66, Marcus Kinhult (SWE) 72 64 69 70, Angelo Que (PHI) 71 68 69 67, Ricardo Gouveia (POR) 74 65 65 71, Lorenzo Gagli (ITA) 72 67 66

■ Motor racing Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Philadelphia 76ers’ Jimmy Butler (23) reacts after sinking a game-winning three-pointer over Brooklyn Nets Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (24).

76ers clip Nets Jimmy Butler made a 3-pointer with 2.3 seconds remaining to give the Philadelphia 76ers a 127-125 victory over the Brooklyn Nets yesterday.

Butler’s shot from the right wing, similar to the one that beat Charlotte in overtime on November 17, capped Philadelphia’s rally from 20 points down in a game the Nets led nearly all the way. Butler finished with 34 Nett Eagles Jackpot Hole: not struck

Ashburton Veterans Golf Association Hosted the Selwyn Vets in a contest for the Byrne Shield. This is a home and away fixture played annually.

Won by the Ashburton Vets with an average score of 34.22 Stableford points. Selwyn scored 33.52.

Individual scores (only 9 holes played due to wet weather) 1st with 23 was Rod Harris, 2nd with 22 was Gavin Santy, 3rd = with 20 were: Graeme Moore, Malcolm Fechney, John Cornelius and Tony Inwood.

Mayfield Golf Club November 21 Twilight 9 Hole Stableford Competition Frazer Huchiinson 21 Stableford points, Geff MacNaley 20, Charley Rapsey 19, Steve King 19, Steve Schmack 18, Harley Davies 18.

Nearest the Pin: Ian Beach Two’s Gordon Duthie

Tinwald Golf Club November 22 Twilight Stroke – irons and hybrids only Grade winners in Thursday’s twilight stroke round from alternate tees: -6; John Smitheram 33 b/l Phill Hooper, Gordy Kenton 33.

7-10; Mitch Vanderkrogt 29, Adam Lowe, Lucas McGee, Andy Rattray 34, Darryl Phillips, Johnny Moore 35 b/l.

11 plus; Selwyn Munro 29, Lawrence McCormick 30, Ryan Jamieson 32, Graham Mills 33.

Women: 0-14; Maree Moore 33, Maxine Whiting 35. 15 plus; Emily Wilson 32. Nonhandicap; Mark Frear 32. Bayley’s Nearest the pin: #6 Maxine Whiting.

Two’s; Ray Wards, Owen Miller, Maxine Whiting, Dave Morrison (2).

Radio Hokonui hacker of the night Karen Young with net 46.

November 24 Stableford Leading scores in the 1st round of the LJP

points and 12 rebounds.

Meanwhile Nikola Vucevic had 31 points, 15 rebounds and seven assists and Terrence Ross made a go-ahead lay-up with 34 seconds left to help Orlando beat the Los Angeles Lakers 108-104. Kawhi Leonard had 29 points and 10 rebounds, Kyle Lowry added 12 points and 10 assists, and Toronto won its fifth straight game, 125-115 over the Miami Heat. stableford trophy and Thompson Cup: -18; Adam Wilson 44, Wayne Mellish 41, Ryan Ford 37, Dave Cockburn 36.19 Plus; Bruce Collins 43, Keith Bonnington 42, Selwyn Munro 37 b/l.

Women; Maxine Whiting 39. Nearest the pin: Tinwald Liquorland #2; Steve Kircher.

Gluyas Ford #6; Struan Scott. #12; Cynthia Bonnington. Ace Auto Electrical # 16; Adam Wilson.

Two’s; Struan Scott, Tony Sheppard, Richard Hewson, Jeff Naish. Net Eagle; #16 Tony Sheppard.

The winners of the Thompson Cup for mixed couples with a combined stableford score of 74 on countback were Elisabeth and Bruce Collins.

Ladies Spanish Open Third round scores from Ladies European Tour event, the Ladies Spanish Open yesterday (par-71).

201: Anne van Dam (NED) 68 67 66205: Azahara Munoz (ESP) 68 68 69208: Catriona Matthew (SCO) 70 67 71, Luna Sobron (ESP) 72 70 66209: Krista Bakker (FIN) 71 70 68210: Natalia Escuriola (ESP) 72 68 70, Celine Herbin (FRA) 72 71 67, Olivia Cowan (GER) 68 70 72, Georgia Hall (ENG) 67 70 73, Gabriella Cowley (ENG) 70 70 70211: Camille Chevalier (FRA) 73 67 71212: Nicole Broch Larsen (DEN) 73 70 69, Amelia Lewis (USA) 70 69 73213: Tonje Daffinrud (NOR) 71 70 72, Linda Wessberg (SWE) 74 72 67214: Gemma Dryburgh (SCO) 69 71 74, Sarah Kemp (AUS) 72 70 72, Meghan MacLaren (ENG) 70 74 70, Hannah Burke (ENG) 72 70 72, Marta Sanz (ESP) 73 67 74215: Nuria Iturrioz (ESP) 74 71 70, Marianne Skarpnord (NOR) 71 72 72216: Elia Folch (ESP) 72 72 72, Ursula Wikstrom (FIN) 72 72 72, Isabelle Boineau (FRA) 74 70 72, Leona Maguire (IRL) 71 72 73, Caroline Hedwall (SWE) 76 68 72, Karoline Lund (NOR) 71 71 74, Christine Wolf (AUT) 72 73 71, Astrid Vayson de Pradenne (FRA) 71 73

Hong Kong Open Final round scores from European Tour

Results from the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix yesterday (55 laps): 1. Lewis Hamilton (ENG/MER) 1hr 39min 40.542sec 2. Sebastian Vettel (GER/FER) +2.581 3. Max Verstappen (NED/RBR) 12.706 4. Daniel Ricciardo (AUS/RBR) 15.379 5. Valtteri Bottas (FIN/MER) 47.957 6. Carlos Sainz Jr (ESP/REN) 1m 12.54 7. Charles Leclerc (MON/SAU) 1m 30.78 8. Sergio Perez (MEX/RAC) 1m 31.27 9. Romain Grosjean (FRA/HAA) 1 lap 10. Kevin Magnussen (DEN/HAA) 1 lap 11. Fernando Alonso (ESP/MCL) 1 lap 12. Brendon Hartley (NZL/STR) 1 lap 13. Lance Stroll (CAN/WIL) 1 lap 14. Stoffel Vandoorne (BEL/MCL) 1 lap 15. Sergey Sirotkin (RUS/WIL) 1 lap Not classified: Pierre Gasly (FRA/STR) 9 laps Esteban Ocon (FRA/RAC) 11 laps Marcus Ericsson (SWE/SAU) 30 laps Kimi Raikkonen (FIN/FER) 49 laps Nico Hulkenberg (GER/REN) 55 laps

■ Slow Pitch Hampstead Slow Pitch November 23 Devon Tavern Hampstead Slow Pitch: Marines & Angels 20 - 14 Social As As, As Good As It Gets 16 - 11 Hawkies Hawks, Demolition 15 - 6 S & Giggles, Pitch Slappers 20 - 15 Laser Attack, As Good As It Gets 16 - 13 Super Sluggers

■ Squash Celtic Squash Club Results from last week’s round of the Celtic Squash Club’s summer league competition: James McCloy lost to Chris O’Reilly 1-3, Ron Carlson drew with Nathan Forbes 2-2, Rob Giles beat Shane Muckle 2-0, Sam Kuipers beat Hannah Mowat 2-1.

Kevin Milne beat Mick Hooper 2-1, Julie Smith lost to Craig Campbell 1-3, Brendan Clark lost to Jordan Hooper 1-2, Kate O’Reilly lost to Jan Lee 1-3.

Jimmy Hunn lost to Nick Marshall 0-3, Ian Dolden beat James Bowker 3-0, Melissa Wilson beat Rebecca Abernethy 2-1, Charlotte Smith lost to Hamish Trott 0-3.

Billy Nolan beat Ben Kruger 3-1, Chris Thompson lost to Harry Stanway 0-3, Andy Morrison beat Reece Wallington 2-1, Jane Kingan beat Guy Stanway 3-0.

Adam Clement lost to Paul Cousins 1-3, Blair Horrell beat Eelke Dijkstra 3-2, Hamish Trott lost to Steve Devereux 1-2.

■ Tennis Davis Cup Results from the Davis Cup final yesterday.

Collated results from Davis Cup yesterday (prefix denotes seeding).

World Group Final Croatia lead France 3-1 in Lille Marin Cilic (CRO) bt Lucas Pouille (FRA) 7-6(3) 6-3 6-3.

On Saturday Pierre-Hugues Herbert/Nicolas Mahut (FRA) bt Ivan Dodig/Mate Pavic (CRO) 6-4 6-4 3-6 7-6(3).

On Friday Marin Cilic (CRO) bt Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) 6-3 7-5 6-4.

On Friday Borna Coric (CRO) bt Jeremy Chardy (FRA) 6-2 7-5 6-4.

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■ RUGBY

■ OPINION

Top gong for Blyde

Farrell farce continues

Another win for Ireland over the All Blacks.

The Six Nations champions have scooped team of the year, coach of the year and player of the year at the World Rugby Awards in Monaco.

They are the first team not from New Zealand to win the award since 2009.

Ireland’s number 10 Johnny Sexton denied All Blacks opposite Beauden Barrett from winning player of the year for a third straight year.

It is the first time Sexton has won the award and he’s the second Irish player to claim the gong since Keith Wood in 2001.

It is also the first time an All Black has won the award since 2011.

Ireland’s Joe Schmidt also beat All Blacks coach Steve Hansen for the coach of the year award.

Hansen is a four-time winner of the coach of the year award but it’s the second year in a row he hasn’t taken out the award after losing to Eddie Jones last year.

South Africa’s Rassie Erasmus was also nominated for the award.

“It’s been an incredible year for us,” Ireland captain Rory Best said.

“I think the Grand Slam was enormous.

“I think to win it at Twickenham, which is an unbelievably tough place to go with all the pressure that is around, made the Grand Slam the highlight of the year.”

Best dismissed suggestions that Ireland’s 16-9 win over New Zealand in Dublin two weeks ago had made them favourite to win the World Cup in Japan next year.

“I think favourites and underdogs is a tag that is thrown around in the media more than among the teams,” he said.

“When you get to the top level, and when you look at the World Cup, you see teams like New Zealand which we were obviously thrilled to beat this month.

“They have been No. 1 in the world for nine years now and they are obviously a fantastic outfit.

“They are going to be tough to beat at the World Cup but I think below that there are a number of teams that will say that they have a real chance of going to the World Cup and winning it.

“I think for Ireland to be in that lucky position is phenomenal.”

Frenchwoman Jessy Tremouliere won female player of the year, which Black Ferns great Fiao’o Faamausili was one of the nominees.

The only award the All Blacks won was try of the year which went to lock Brodie Retallick for his dummy and 30 metre effort against the Wallabies in Sydney.

Black Ferns Sevens star Michaela Blyde was among the early winners winning the women’s sevens players award for a second straight year.

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Michaela Blyde was recognised for being the top women’s sevens player in the world.

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Blyde scored 37 tries across the five World Series rounds, as well as dotting down nine times in the World Cup win in San Francisco and winning Commonwealth Games gold.

She was nominated alongside Portia Woodman and her captain Sarah Goss in the award for best female sevens player.

She dedicated the award to Goss.

All Blacks prop Karl Tu’inukuafe was pipped for Breakthrough player of the year by South African wing Aphiwe Dyantyi.

Former New Zealand men’s sevens skipper DJ Forbes received a Special Merit Award alongside ex-Wallabies captain Stephen Moore.

WINNERS World Rugby Men’s Player of the Year – Winner - Johnny Sexton (Ireland).

World Rugby Women’s Player of the Year – Winner - Jessy Tremouliere (France).

World Rugby Team of the Year – Winner - Ireland World Rugby Coach of the Year – Winner - Joe Schmidt (Ireland) World Rugby Referee Award – Winner - Angus Gardner Try of the Year – Winner - Brodie Retallick (All Blacks) World Rugby Breakthrough Player of the Year -

Winner - Aphiwe Dyantyi (South Africa) World Rugby Men’s Sevens Player of the Year - Winner - Perry Baker (USA) World Rugby Women’s Sevens Player of the Year - Winner Michaela Blyde (Black Ferns Sevens) IRPA Special Merit Award – Winners: DJ Forbes (NZ), Stephen Moore (Australia) Spirit of Rugby Award - Winner Jamie Armstrong Award for Character - Winner Doddie Weir - Former Scotland international Vernon Pugh Award for Distinguished Service – Winner - Yoshir Mori - President of the Japan Rugby Union.

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By Patrick Mckendry tand up Johnny Sexton, World Rugby’s player of the year, a victory not only for himself and Ireland but also World Rugby who would have been put in the embarrassing position of justifying an award to a player who has escaped sanctions for two recent acts of foul play had Owen Farrell received it.

Instead, there was no awkwardness after the dessert plates were cleared away at what appeared to be a typically glittering World Rugby extravaganza in Monte Carlo, with Sexton chosen ahead of his fellow No.10s Farrell and Beauden Barrett, halfback Faf de Klerk, hooker Malcolm Marx and wing Rieko Ioane.

Akwardness at such an event just wouldn’t do, but note too that all nominees for the award were from Tier One nations as they always have been since the award started in 2001.

There would have been platitudes as usual for the Tier Two nations and Polynesian countries in particular, but not official recognition at the top level for their players, not even Fiji lock Leone Nakarawa, one of the most skillful forwards in the world.

Nakarawa was aptly described on social media as a “giant with the hands of a pianist”.

Funnily enough, Nakarawa, who plays for Paris club Racing 92, beat Sexton and others to be awarded the European professional club rugby player of the year.

But back to Sexton, and more particularly Farrell, the England first-five currently allowed to tackle any way he wants.

No arms? No big deal!

Not only did he get away with a blatant shoulder-charge on Andre Esterhuizen at Twickenham when a penalty could have cost his team the test, he was at it again during England’s win over Australia with a try-saving shoulder charge on Izack Rodda which should have resulted in a penalty try.

Both tackles could have earned a yellow card at least and yet there was nothing; not even a penalty.

As World Rugby reflect on a year in which they will no doubt be pleased that the Northern Hemisphere nations have taken the All Blacks down a peg or two and consider next year’s World Cup in Japan, they may like to have a think about the way they have encouraged Farrell’s tackling technique (and to condone it is to encourage it).

It’s been said before but it’s worth repeating. Unless World Rugby gets consistently tough on such acts, there is no point blathering on about how seriously it is taking head injuries and in particular concussions.

Tackling like Farrell does is dangerous for the ball carrier but also the tackler.

World Rugby: Get serious and instruct your officials to do the same.

- NZME

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Cyclists brave the elements

A little bit of rain didn’t deter keen cyclists from hitting the road in Mt Somers on Sunday for the Tinwald Cycling Club’s weekly race. After a massed start to the 45km race, junior Oliver Davidson was first across the line in 69.48 minutes just edging out Tony Ward, with Brad Hudson third. Riders also had sealed handicaps, and the first home when the sealed handicaps were taken into account was Simon Chapman, with Rob Hooper second and Richard Kirwan third.

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■ SQUASH

Champion of Hong Kong New Zealand’s world No.7 Joelle King has defeated second ranked Raneem El Welily in a thrilling final to be crowned the women’s Hong Kong Open champion.

The win marks the Kiwi’s first Platinum PSA title and also means that she has automatically qualified for the season-ending PSA World Tour finals.

The number five seed got off to a flying start to take the first game 11-4 in just nine minutes, with El Welily who takes over the world No.1 ranking this week looking sluggish in the beginning as she struggled to back up her epic five-game battle with compatriot Nouran Gohar.

Thirty-year-old King, who has beaten reigning World Champion El Welily in their last two meetings, continued to dominate and proved she was back to playing her best squash as she doubled her lead by taking the second, 1210.

The third game saw El Welily push to get herself back into the match as she threw everything at King, however, the Kiwi managed to keep her composure, despite failing to convert five championship balls, with El Welily always finding a way back.

Eventually on her sixth championship ball, King was able to con-

vert the third game 19-17 for an overall match time of 48 minutes to claim her first major title and become the first Kiwi PSA Platinum winner since 2003 when Carol Owens won the Tournament of Champions.

“I just kept thinking that it’s the last match of the tournament – just leave it all out there,” said the Waikato player.

“Raneem is such a tough competitor and she showed in the third why she is No.1.

“She just kept coming back at me and never let it go until the end.

“I guess if you’ve beaten a player before then it gives you a bit of confidence, but every day is a new day and she’s not No.1 for no reason, so I knew she was never going to let it go.

“I’m just extremely happy to win my first platinum event ever.

“It hasn’t really sunk in yet, but to be on a stage like this, with such great fans means a lot.

“I just want to go on from here and keep playing good squash.”

The victory means King becomes the fourth New Zealand woman to win the prestigious title in Hong Kong.

She joins Dame Susan Devoy, Leilani Rorani and Owens as winners.

- NZME

In brief Matheson on his bike Cycling New Zealand said yesterday that boss Andrew Matheson is moving on after five years as chief executive. The move comes soon after Cycling New Zealand’s board backed him to remain, despite an independent review finding the sport’s high performance programme culture was dysfunctional for a two-year period taking in the Rio Olympics. Lawyer Mike Heron’s report found that there were “instances of bullying in the programme”, a “lack of accountability and effective leadership” and Cycling NZ’s response to issues “was ineffective”.

- NZME

Menzel to address flaws Sydney recruit Daniel Menzel is determined to address the forward pressure knock on his game as his excitement over the prospect of playing alongside AFL superstar Lance Franklin grows. Menzel, who kicked 136 goals in 73 games with Geelong – in between having four knee reconstructions – was delisted by the Cats and snapped up by Sydney. He met Franklin for the first time yesterday, saying the prospect of playing alongside the superstar “makes you smile because it’s a great opportunity”.

- AAP

Genia under fire

Joelle King scored a massive victory in Hong Kong.

Jake Gordon must take over from Will Genia as Wallabies halfback for next year’s Rugby World Cup, according to Australian great Matt Burke. The 30-year-old Genia played his 100th test in the 37-18 loss to England which drew the curtain on a dismal year for the team. But Burke felt he had lost his edge and joined Bob Dwyer’s call for sharprunning Waratahs No.9 Gordon to take over as Australia’s first-choice halfback.

- AAP

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In brief

■ TENNIS

Cilic savours Davis Cup After an agonising defeat in Croatia’s previous Davis Cup final, there was no let-down for Marin Cilic this time round.

Cilic was two sets up against Juan Martin del Potro two years ago in Zagreb, with Croatia leading Argentina 2-1 on the final day, when his game collapsed and the South Americans fought back to win the final.

This weekend in northern France, Cilic didn’t give even a glimmer of hope to his opponents that they could stage a comeback of their own.

On the indoor clay court set up inside Lille’s soccer stadium, the former US Open champion was ruthless and composed.

His clinical display yesterday secured a 7-6 (7-3) 6-3 6-3 victory over Lucas Pouille to give Croatia an unassailable 3-1 win over the 2017 champions, before both teams agreed not to play the final rubber.

While Argentina were able to fight back in the 2016 decider, the French didn’t have the weapons required.

The hosts won the doubles but were thrashed in straight sets in the three singles matches played against Cilic and Borna Coric.

“Look at the statistics from Borna and I. “In three matches we did not lose a serve, it says much about our level and how well we played,” Cilic said.

“We were both in a great form at the right time.

“For us, it’s a dream come true, for this nation, we are so passionate.

“You can see the fans.”

Croatia won the Davis Cup for a second time, after victory in 2005, and denied France an 11th crown.

“They destroyed us,” France captain Yannick Noah said. “They did not give us a single break.”

Fond memories came flooding back for Ford team boss Dick Johnson after his star charge Scott McLaughlin claimed his maiden Supercars championship in Newcastle. But McLaughlin admitted he had a bad case of deja vu before winning DJR Team Penske’s first drivers’ title on Sunday. McLaughlin finished 71 points clear of Holden rival Shane van Gisbergen in the closest finish in a decade. No.17 driver McLaughlin’s victory gave a fitting send-off for Falcon with all Ford teams to use Mustangs next year, almost bringing Johnson to tears.

“That’s 17 championship wins for the Falcon in car 17 which is pretty fitting – DJ just reminded me of that,” McLaughlin said.

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Ricciardo ‘helpless’

Croatia’s Marin Cilic and fellow team members celebrate their win in the Davis Cup final between France and Croatia yesterday.

PHOTO AP Noah, who will step down from his third stint in charge, said his team had been outplayed.

“The guys did the maximum.

“Sometimes the bar is too high.

That’s my feeling,” he said.

“We lost to a better team.

“We just went to their locker room to congratulate them.

“I think that they’re beautiful winners and they absolutely deserve it.”

The final was played for the last time in its traditional format.

Beginning next year the competition will be decided with a season-ending, 18-team tournament at a neutral site.

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Is it the chequered flag for Hartley’s F1 career?

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o a couple of hours ago, Brendon Hartley’s Formula 1 career might well have come to a conclusion.

Hopefully it didn’t, commentators over the weekend suggested the decision hadn’t been made.

If it is over, that will be me done for the sport.

I never liked it before, and have really only watched because of the New Zealand connection.

I watched every race, almost every qualifying session, and most of the practices.

You can see why it’s so influential, if you have the time and the inclination and want to immerse yourself in the detail, it’s a wonderfully complex sort of event.

Lewis Hamilton ended his fifth titlewinning season in style when the Mercedes driver topped the concluding Abu Dhabi Grand Prix from pole for a Formula One record points haul over the year. Hamilton claimed a personal record-tying 11th season success and 73rd overall ahead of Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen with Daniel Ricciardo in fourth.

Fernando Alonso completed his 311th and final Formula One race in a 17-year career.

- PA

Deja vu for Johnson

■ OPINION

By Mike Hosking

Hamilton caps F1 title

The technology involved, the skill required, is like little else in sport.

But it’s deeply flawed also.

There are cars and teams that can never win. Drivers that don’t have a chance, it must be a weird experience.

And Brendon has been one of those where each weekend if you come 10th you’ve done brilliantly.

There are too many rules, too many penalties – too many penalties for rules that make no sense.

But it is, for now anyway, the pinnacle of the sport and to be among the 20 drivers has put Hartley on the map.

No matter what happens from here on in, saying you were a Formula 1 driver is the domain of a tiny handful and no one can ever take that away from you.

Which brings us to what many would argue is the future of this type of racing: Formula E. E for electric and in this form of the sport we are represented as well by Mitch Evans, and further New Zealand has won the right to host one of the races.

Formula E has the advantage over Formula 1 going forward because the manufacturers are falling over themselves to be involved, given motorsport leads to developments that find their way into regular cars – and there is no bigger development in modern motoring than electricity.

Hosting a race in what is an emerging series that will most likely overtake Formula 1 in future years, I would have thought is a no-brainer.

New Zealand has long boxed above its weight in motorsport

– 110,000 turned out for the Supercars a couple of weekends back.

We know from the Rugby World Cup and the Masters Games and the America’s Cup that if you build it they will come. So why wouldn’t we get among not only a major international sporting event, but an event that transmits a modern message around technology and the environment, not to mention one that brings in millions.

As in most of these things, the Government needs to cough up and get behind it.

Why wouldn’t they?

They handed out $40 million on Friday for a train.

Why not $14m for a motor race?

This would appear to be a golden opportunity that we would be idiots not to grab.

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A clearly frustrated Daniel Ricciardo felt “helpless” as his dreams of a fairy tale podium finish with Red Bull slipped away in the desert night at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

After leading the race for 15 laps the Australian, who will link with Renault next season, was forced to pit on lap 34 which saw him return to the track in fifth position. He was able to overtake Valtteri Bottas but was unable to make up ground on the top three of world champion Lewis Hamilton. “I’m alright, it wasn’t the most exciting race,” a downbeat Ricciardo said afterwards. “It was fun (leading) but (pitting late) just put me out of reach or the leaders.

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Drama for Hulkenberg Nico Hulkenberg walked away without injury despite being trapped when his Renault caught fire at the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Lewis Hamilton won, but the race will be remembered for Hulkenberg’s opening-lap crash, which saw him somersault through the air after a collision with Romain Grosjean, and landing upside down against the tyre barriers. Flames briefly billowed from the back of his yellow Renault, with Hulkenberg unable to get out. “I’m hanging like a cow,” the 31-yearold said over the radio. “Get me out. There is fire. There is fire.” - PA

Van Gisbergen dejected Shane van Gisbergen admitted to feeling ‘dejected’ after being stripped of Saturday’s win at the Newcastle 500 and struggled to move on from it. “It was a tough one, I obviously got the news of the penalty this morning and everyone was so dejected by it and we couldn’t get going,” van Gisbergen said. While he was naturally disappointed that he wasn’t able to add to his 2016 Supercars title, he said he’d enjoyed the season long battle with McLaughlin and his team.

- AAP

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■ MOTUKARARA

In brief

Twins in stunning dead-heat It may have been a rather bleak Sunday afternoon at Motukarara, but one result may well go down in the record books as a world first.

Twin sisters Cheree and Sheryl Wigg dead-heated the first race on the card, for amateur drivers, in what would surely be an unheard-of occurrence.

Sheryl was driving partner Tim Vince’s horse, Runcle, which was visiting from their Kumeu base, while Cheree was driving Queen Of Glory for her regular Canterbury collaborator, Bruce Negus.

Cheree actually thought she finished the better of the two to nab an outright win, but was a touch disappointed to have to share the spoils.

“I did think I had gotten up as my horse was slightly ahead of hers.

“But when I looked over at her,

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Southland Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Ascot Park Raceway Meeting Date: 27 Nov 2018 NZ Meeting number: 3 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9; 10 and 11; 12 and 13; 14 and 15 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12; 13, 14 and 15 1 12.07pm (NZT) SOUTHLAND GREYHOUNDS WELCOME C0, 390m 1 58 Smash Out nwtd ............................. M Grant 2 33 Cry Lonely nwtd J & ........................D Fahey 3 43452 Clausen Jewel nwtd .....................C Roberts 4 24 M’Lady Sadie nwtd....................A Bradshaw 5 52737 Homebush Secret nwtd .............J McInerney 6 1 Shaw Winner nwtd .........................J Jopson 7 53863 Guilty Rogue nwtd..........................J Guthrie 8 65221 Always Dizzy nwtd ....................J McInerney 9 2476 Southern Ranger nwtd ................R Hamilton 10 38734 Raptor Attack nwtd....................A Bradshaw 2 12.25 SOUTHLAND OTAGO PHOTO FINISH C0, 457m 1 76223 Black Bobby nwtd.......................... B Conner 2 23572 Opawa Jane nwtd ...........................R Wales 3 445 Opawa Flash nwtd ..........................R Wales 4 24 Opawa Lyn nwtd .............................R Wales 5 26538 Know Cause nwtd ..........................G Cleeve 6 5 Opawa Magic nwtd..........................R Wales 7 32343 Zara Fab nwtd .................................R Wales 8 6 Opawa Queen nwtd ........................R Wales 9 4 Know Legend nwtd ........................G Cleeve 10 1 Gem nwtd J & .................................D Fahey 3 12.42pm HAPPY BIRTHDAY KRISTY C2, 457m 1 43123 Homebush Miles 26.21 .............J McInerney 2 73136 Luciastar 26.03 .........................J McInerney 3 41131 Double Speed 26.24 .....................R Adcock 4 73172 Zipping Ripley 26.14 ..................... B Conner 5 12x54 Sefton Stan nwtd J & ......................D Fahey 6 17435 Smash Rebel nwtd .......................... M Grant 7 21225 Galifianakis 26.26 .............................B Eade 8 22515 Know Equal 26.59 ..........................G Cleeve 9 61638 Raylene nwtd ................................R Adcock

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Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club Venue Addington Raceway Meeting Date: 27 Nov 2018 NZ Meeting number: 9 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 1 3.17pm THE FITZ SPORTS BAR DASH C1, 295m 1 58276 Homebush Tesan 17.87 ............J McInerney 2 54456 Right On Time 17.54 ..................H Anderton 3 52256 Ohoka Tess nwtd..........................A Waretini 4 36463 Gorm The Great 17.62 ................D Kingston 5 86364 Dapper Danny 17.56 ................... J McMillan 6 64444 Goldstar Auburn nwtd S &...............B Evans 7 71573 El Happy Jack 17.58 ......................J Jopson 8 16674 Nuclear Jewel 17.90.....................C Roberts 9 36687 Batty Who 17.73 M & .......................... Smith 10 6P78x Coco Bango 17.27 ....................J McInerney 2 3.35pm AMBER CLEANING SERVICES STAKES C0, 520m 1 7 Mitcham Trudy nwtd ......................... B Dann 2 6x7 Opawa Kong nwtd ...........................R Wales 3 Duke Bruce nwtd.............................R Wales 4 Our Nala nwtd .................................R Wales 5 54438 Our Greg nwtd ................................R Wales 6 71 Our Simba 30.85 .............................R Wales 7 7 Opawa Hypo nwtd ...........................R Wales 8 Go Mufasa nwtd ..............................R Wales 9 72772 Blue Sky nwtd H & ..............................Taylor 10 5748x Go Ladybird nwtd ............................R Wales 3 3.52pm STEVE ANNGOW DRAPES & BLINDS PH 0272719588 DASH C1, 295m 1 85482 Culvie Chairman 17.47 H & ................Taylor 2 52736 Homebush Finn 17.57...............J McInerney 3 61721 Our Dazzel 17.60 J & ......................D Fahey

Sheryl Wigg was behind Runcle and Cheree Wigg drove Queen Of Glory.

she just raised her hands up to say she didn’t know, so we had to wait for the judge.

“We are very competitive sisters and want to beat each other every time we race.”

Cheree trains a small team of her own, also out of Kumeu in West Auckland, and actually recorded a winner at Alexandra Park on Friday night.

Westy Boyz out-toughed Red

Track stars emerging Starrybeel and King’s Cross emerged on Saturday as exciting replacements to help fill the void in Stephen Marsh’s stable with the loss of his top-rated horses. The stable’s Group One winner Thee Auld Floozie has been retired to stud, Gr.2 Brisbane Cup winner Chocante is off the scene with a tendon problem and War Affair is set to return to Singapore, leaving Marsh to rely on a young team. “They were my top-rated horses so you miss them, but I’ve got a really good young team and some exciting horses,” he said. - NZME

Castleton to win, in what was his first start in the north, and from her stable.

“He’s the first trotter I’ve trained; I became very interested in them after driving them at the world champs a few months back. I spent some time with Bernie Hackett and Michelle Wallis learning how to drive them before I went and that got me interested.”

Her amateur connections came to the fore in acquiring the horse as fellow driver Neil Munro was Westy Boyz’ former trainer.

“I planted the seed in Neil’s head a while ago and before long he was on the truck north.”

Sunday’s win was the second of the season for both sisters.

The win of Queen Of Glory was the start of a raceday double for Negus, who won later in the day with Senorita Margarita. - NZHN

Big win for Almond Eye Almond Eye has set herself up for the world stage with her recordbreaking win in the Japan Cup. She ran a sizzling 2:20.6 for the 2400 metres to join 2012 winner Gentildonna as three-year-old fillies to win the race. Since running second on debut, Almond Eye has not been defeated, winning six races including the fillies triple crown.

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Southland dogs Today at Ascot Park Raceway 10 53448 Viktoria Vikkers 26.57 ..................C Roberts

4 1.00 CONGRATULATIONS “THE DEVIL” C4/5, 390m 1 17538 Black Tori 23.20.........................A Bradshaw 2 16243 Lord Louie nwtd ............................R Adcock 3 52x78 Detective Dash 22.37 ................J McInerney 4 61547 Cosmic Ruben 22.55 ................J McInerney 5 65816 Must Be Rusty 22.38.................J McInerney 6 42553 Nozzno Fear nwtd .....................A Bradshaw 7 11315 Opawa Jumper 22.36 ......................R Wales 8 73258 Sergess 22.57 ...........................J McInerney 9 13751 Botany Cold nwtd ......................J McInerney 10 68x35 Another Belle 22.47 .......................J Jopson 5 1.17pm MR WHIPPY SOUTHLAND C3/4, 457m 1 15373 Bertie Allen 26.27 ........................C Roberts 2 46263 Hankenstein nwtd .....................A Bradshaw 3 36453 Malaga Molly 26.46 ...................J McInerney 4 57777 Go All Lin 27.00 ........................A Bradshaw 5 44511 Ketchikan Blue 26.03 ........................B Eade 6 43331 Know Hassle 26.00 ........................G Cleeve 7 24824 Ming Ming nwtd .........................A Bradshaw 8 54825 Sarcasm 26.17 ...............................G Cleeve 9 54438 Archie’s Ranger 26.42....................J Jopson 10 45742 Go Brat 25.85 J & ...........................D Fahey 6 1.35 BODYAUDITSOUTH@GMAIL.COM C3, 390m 1 61231 Shanly Star 22.72 .....................J McInerney 2 866x7 Opawa Waihemo 22.66 ...................R Wales 3 3648x Cosmic Richie 22.60 .................J McInerney 4 24666 Mick The Mower 23.11 ..............J McInerney 5 35285 Boston Powers nwtd .................A Bradshaw 6 38663 Disclaimer 22.63 ...........................R Adcock 7 16355 Smash Damage nwtd...................... M Grant 8 87652 Princely Gold 22.49...................J McInerney 9 78666 Cosmic Marty 22.96 ..................J McInerney 10 16887 It’s A Joke 22.60........................J McInerney 7 1.52pm ORETI BEACH RUN C1, 457m 1 64446 Smash Gator nwtd .......................... M Grant 2 47785 Homebush Maycee nwtd...........J McInerney 3 75458 Tartan Watch nwtd .........................J Guthrie

4 65658 Homebush Razor nwtd..............J McInerney 5 47565 Springheel Jack nwtd .....................J Guthrie 6 45446 Go Gunna nwtd ...............................R Wales 7 25638 Little Lozza nwtd .......................J McInerney 8 58555 Koputai nwtd ..................................J Guthrie 9 F8785 Dream Stone Jade nwtd ...................S Keen 8 2.10pm WWW.SOUTHLANDGREYHOUNDS.CO.NZ C1, 457m 1 75434 Storming Mack 26.13 .................... B Conner 2 16273 Bruiser’s Day 26.37 ....................... B Conner 3 34524 Black Dan nwtd .........................J McInerney 4 57732 Homebush Ellie nwtd ................J McInerney 5 22215 Know Refusal nwtd ........................G Cleeve 6 65274 Awesome Annie nwtd.................... B Conner 7 233F2 Long Live Love 26.17 ...................... M Grant 8 42357 Zefside nwtd..............................J McInerney 9 7x778 Sly Rose nwtd .................................R Wales 10 44767 Allen Hadrian 26.19 .....................C Roberts 9 2.30pm ASCOT PARK CONSORTIUM C1, 390m 1 75547 Jay Grim nwtd .................................R Wales 2 74372 Homebush Fued 22.57 .............J McInerney 3 54876 Pip Baxter nwtd .........................J McInerney 4 32665 Pretty Keen nwtd ...............................S Keen 5 44788 Homebush Izzy nwtd .................J McInerney 6 86826 Forbury Flyer nwtd ....................J McInerney 7 13463 Yi Feng nwtd .............................J McInerney 8 31448 Gracie Lee 23.29 ......................J McInerney 9 86871 Elland Road 22.80 ....................J McInerney 10 88x77 Rocky Vincitore nwtd..............D J MacMillan 10 2.50pm ADDED ENERGY DASH C4, 390m 1 34458 Debbie Baxter 22.57 .................J McInerney 2 33276 Loco Lola nwtd ..........................A Bradshaw 3 71551 Chasing Fame 22.73 .........................S Keen 4 46134 Tee An’ Cee 22.50......................... B Conner 5 15642 Cawbourne Britty 22.42 ...............C Roberts 6 41274 Flaming Sambuca 22.52 ...........J McInerney 7 53442 Ohoka Alex 22.45..........................R Adcock 8 23726 Know Sweat 22.51 .........................G Cleeve

9 68x35 Another Belle 22.47 .......................J Jopson 10 73828 Another Message 22.81 .................J Jopson 11 3.08pm TONI@BODYAUDITSOUTH PH 021657001 C3, 390m 1 26167 Avalanch City 22.81 ..................J McInerney 2 43822 Cosmic Jase 22.90 ...................J McInerney 3 67355 Broken Penniless 22.94 .................G Cleeve 4 54838 Zipping Lance nwtd .......................R Adcock 5 64568 Tubby Kevie 23.15 ..........................J Jopson 6 21513 Homebush Boden 22.75 ...........J McInerney 7 75384 Mitcham Faye 23.02 ..................J McInerney 8 25238 Smash Bomber nwtd....................... M Grant 9 78666 Cosmic Marty 22.96 ..................J McInerney 10 16887 It’s A Joke 22.60........................J McInerney 12 3.26 GREYHOUNDSASPETS.ORG.NZ C2, 390m 1 41486 NippaOfSambucca 22.59 ..........J McInerney 2 32184 Astro Tipple 22.97 ..................D J MacMillan 3 75352 Homebush Scorpio 22.79 .........J McInerney 4 76541 Opawa Brad nwtd............................C Steele 5 24525 Lightning Crash nwtd ....................R Adcock 6 14134 Tricode Boy 22.84 ......................... B Conner 7 14365 Shift The Blame 23.04...............J McInerney 8 13213 Reign Of Fire 23.25...................J McInerney 9 51874 Chunk 22.97..............................J McInerney 10 88616 Chief Doug 22.59 ......................J McInerney 13 3.43pm SOUTHERN LIGHTS AT STUD C1, 390m 1 41286 Homebush Comet nwtd ............J McInerney 2 64467 Norton Baxter nwtd ...................J McInerney 3 16556 Magic Tracey nwtd.....................A Bradshaw 4 4F681 Sly Bet 22.98..................................J Jopson 5 32645 Jinja Cody 22.57 .......................J McInerney 6 45648 Paris Global nwtd ......................J McInerney 7 55785 Homebush Jasper nwtd ............J McInerney 8 x2112 Sefton Jay 23.72 .......................J McInerney 9 F8785 Dream Stone Jade 23.09 ..................S Keen 10 88773 Nikko Baxter nwtd .....................J McInerney 14 4.01pm SUMMERTIME SPRINT C1, 390m 1 74357 Jinja Spirit 23.19 .......................J McInerney

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31477 Glass Harpoon nwtd ......................J Guthrie 38111 Shaw Lee 23.00 .............................J Jopson 87268 Chasing Great nwtd ..........................S Keen 26168 Homebush Mikey 23.13 ............J McInerney 886x8 Nippa Joy nwtd..........................J McInerney 54568 Lonely Baxter 23.05 ..................J McInerney 47566 Homebush Sloan 22.50 ............J McInerney 86871 Elland Road 22.80 ....................J McInerney 88x77 Rocky Vincitore nwtd..............D J MacMillan 15 4.18pm RACING AGAIN 11 DECEMBER C1, 390m 1 67676 Homebush Clint nwtd ................J McInerney 2 26437 Shoe Fly nwtd ................................J Jopson 3 37862 Homebush Tasha 23.09 ............J McInerney 4 54235 Valyrian Steel 22.82 ..................J McInerney 5 48454 Jealous Much 22.57 ..................J McInerney 6 46F67 Dream Hard nwtd .......................... B Conner 7 85271 Wildebeest nwtd........................A Bradshaw 8 42314 Homebush Carl 23.32 ...............J McInerney 9 58875 Homebush Shea nwtd...............J McInerney 10 87877 Gotcha Rocky 22.92 .................J McInerney SELECTIONS

10 6P78x Coco Bango 17.27 ....................J McInerney

7 66628 Culvie Lass 17.33 H & ........................Taylor 8 84466 Nippa Martino 17.49 .................J McInerney Emergencies: 9 77572 Half Silver Fern 17.39 ...............J McInerney 10 36687 Batty Who 17.73 M & .......................... Smith 12 6.29pm LIVAMOL SPRINT C1, 295m 1 72858 Homebush Flynn 17.59 .............J McInerney 2 17573 Leanne’s Way 17.70 .......................J Jopson 3 67324 Know Dollars 17.51 ........................G Cleeve 4 31674 Flora Dora 17.61 ...........................R Adcock 5 37878 Cosmic Ryder 17.47 .................J McInerney 6 21632 Cisco Reign 17.77........................ L Waretini 7 71764 Goldstar Liberty 17.55 ...................J Jopson 8 66572 Mr Black Magic nwtd S & ................B Evans Emergencies: 9 36687 Batty Who 17.73 M & .......................... Smith 10 6P78x Coco Bango 17.27 ....................J McInerney SELECTIONS

Race 1: Cry Lonely, Shaw Winner, Always Dizzy, Smash Out Race 2: Gem, Opawa Magic, Zara Fab, Opawa Jane Race 3: Double Speed, Sefton Stan, Galifianakis, Know Equal Race 4: Opawa Jumper, Lord Louie, Black Tori, Nozzno Fear Race 5: Bertie Allen, Sarcasm, Ming Ming, Malaga Molly Race 6: Shanly Star, Princely Gold, Disclaimer, It’s A Joke Race 7: Go Gunna, Smash Gator, Little Lozza, Dream Stone Jade Race 8: Long Live Love, Know Refusal, Bruiser’s Day, Zefside Race 9: Homebush Fued, Yi Feng, Gracie Lee, Elland Road Race 10: Loco Lola, Ohoka Alex, Debbie Baxter, Know Sweat Race 11: Cosmic Jase, Mitcham Faye, Smash Bomber Race 12: NippaOfSambucca, Lightning Crash, Opawa Brad Race 13: Sefton Jay, Jinja Cody, Sly Bet, Dream Stone Jade Race 14: Shaw Lee, Jinja Spirit, Homebush Mikey, Elland Road Race 15: Wildebeest, Valyrian Steel, Homebush Carl, Jealous Much LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

Christchurch dogs Today at Addington Raceway

1 52146 High Violet 17.40 .......................R Blackburn 4 773F7 Extroverted nwtd ............................J Jopson 2 41243 Goldstar Bryton 17.74 S & ..............B Evans 5 44353 Call Me Dolly 17.63 .................. A Botherway 3 77883 Whose He 17.44 ..............................A Joyce 6 36673 Ohoka Pheobe 17.43 ................... L Waretini 4 47728 Homebush Skip 17.50...............J McInerney 7 56874 Goldstar Spotty 17.52 S & ..............B Evans 5 24416 Mertz 17.49 ...............................J McInerney 8 33243 Verbena 17.52 .............................. K Cassidy 6 F5848 Jinja Cream Fizz 17.27 ....................A Joyce Emergencies: 7 51472 Culvie Jay Dee 17.40 H & ...................Taylor 9 36687 Batty Who 17.73 M & .......................... Smith 8 24263 Dusky Brew 17.35 S & ....................B Evans 10 6P78x Coco Bango 17.27 ....................J McInerney 4 4.10 CAROL’S TAB CLENDON INN SPRINT C1, 295m 9 77572 Half Silver Fern 17.39 ...............J McInerney 1 88352 Homebush Katie 17.63 .............J McInerney 10 36687 Batty Who 17.73 M & .......................... Smith 2 54653 Goldstar Diesel 17.46 S &...............B Evans 7 5.01 FOX & FERRET@THE PALMS STAKES C1, 520m 1 15272 Busy Flash 30.60 J & ......................D Fahey 3 45567 Gordy Junior 17.51 ........................J Jopson 2 87462 Hard Questions 30.01 ....................G Cleeve 4 26285 Chop Shop 17.32 ......................J McInerney 3 28T78 Cawbourne Taber 30.49 ...............C Roberts 5 37745 Opawa Pam nwtd ............................R Wales 4 14556 Ohoka Carsen 30.88 .................... L Waretini 6 74847 Abacus Magic 17.39 .................... L Waretini 5 64484 Goldstar Hurley 31.11 .................. L Waretini 7 24245 Giancana 17.36............................S Hindson 6 77756 Know Courtesy 30.89.....................G Cleeve 8 74682 Smash Ocean 17.50 ...................D Kingston 7 24326 Eyrewell Bentley 31.04................... H Cairns 9 36687 Batty Who 17.73 M & .......................... Smith 8 46743 Tikao Jackie nwtd M & ........................ Smith 10 6P78x Coco Bango 17.27 ....................J McInerney Emergencies: 5 4.26 ADDINGTON EVENTS CENTRE C1, 295m 9 26665 Pam Arising 30.88 ..........................J Jopson 1 77544 Wong Box 17.48.............................J Jopson 2 12325 Bombinate 17.88 .............................. B Dann 10 68883 Goldstar Miley 30.25 S & ................B Evans 3 66885 Andrea’s Magic nwtd .....................R Adcock 8 5.19 CHRISTCHURCH CASINO SPRINT C1, 295m 1 63684 Okuku Mistress 17.85 .....................R Casey 4 37858 Epic Boom 17.47............................J Jopson 2 74756 Goldstar Bindi 17.57 S &.................B Evans 5 282x3 Mamma Rose 17.73........................R Casey 3 34758 Cornali 17.47..................................J Jopson 6 67871 Goldstar Tasman 17.74 S & ............B Evans 4 25384 Homebush Banker 17.36 ..........J McInerney 7 16887 Homebush Pierce 17.83 ...........J McInerney 5 32587 Another Cold One 17.79 ................J Jopson 8 38517 Man Of Letters 17.62 ..........................A Lee 6 33227 Venetia 17.46 ............................... K Cassidy 9 36687 Batty Who 17.73 M & .......................... Smith 7 47442 Jealous Affair 18.13 ..................... L Waretini 10 6P78x Coco Bango 17.27 ....................J McInerney 6 4.45pm HAPPY BIRTHDAY DYLAN VOYCE SPRINT 8 76666 Rum Gin Mixer 17.37 .......................A Joyce 9 36687 Batty Who 17.73 M & .......................... Smith C1/2, 295m

9 5.36pm GARRARD’S HORSE AND HOUND SPRINT

C1, 295m 1 37788 Unfounded 17.43............................J Jopson 2 36884 Gotcha Zena 17.48 ...................J McInerney 3 75335 Lord Protector 17.41 ........................ B Dann 4 21 Natural Echo 17.60 ........................J Jopson 5 35568 Goldstar Hemi 17.79 S & ................B Evans 6 16638 Step Inside Love 17.74 ....................A Joyce 7 15782 Cannonball Bolt 17.49.....................R Casey 8 67865 Idol Duke nwtd ................................R Wales Emergencies: 9 36687 Batty Who 17.73 M & .......................... Smith 10 6P78x Coco Bango 17.27 ....................J McInerney 10 5.54pm KOLORFUL KANVAS STAKES C1, 520m 1 81776 Chat Ya Later nwtd S & ...................B Evans 2 66773 Know Leave 30.73 .........................G Cleeve 3 25527 Bossy Affair 30.29 ........................ L Waretini 4 44767 Allen Hadrian 30.24 .....................C Roberts 5 68174 Matariki 30.92 ..................................A Joyce 6 26463 Go Belle 30.96 ................................R Wales 7 21266 Little Secret 30.61 ........................ L Waretini 8 71356 Canya Sniper nwtd J &....................D Fahey 9 8x448 Kay Bomb 30.47.............................G Cleeve 10 67486 Dig Dig Dig 31.11 ...........................J Jopson 11 6.14pm GLENBYRE TAVERN DASH C1/2, 295m 1 67485 Joe Bonanza nwtd ....................J McInerney 2 45741 Goldstar Power 17.51 S &...............B Evans 3 23668 Humble And Kind nwtd S & .............B Evans 4 61635 Neelix 17.34 ..............................R Blackburn 5 37386 Homebush Austin 17.43 ............J McInerney 6 87177 Distinctive Miss 17.50 ......................A Joyce

Race 1: Right On Time, El Happy Jack, Nuclear Jewel, Ohoka Tess Race 2: Go Mufasa, Mitcham Trudy, Our Nala, Blue Sky Race 3: Our Dazzel, Verbena, Ohoka Pheobe, Call Me Dolly Race 4: Goldstar Diesel, Homebush Katie, Abacus Magic Race 5: Bombinate, Wong Box, Man Of Letters, Andrea’s Magic Race 6: High Violet, Culvie Jay Dee, Dusky Brew, Half Silver Fern Race 7: Cawbourne Taber, Eyrewell Bentley, Ohoka Carsen Race 8: Jealous Affair, Cornali, Venetia, Okuku Mistress Race 9: Natural Echo, Lord Protector, Gotcha Zena, Unfounded Race 10: Little Secret, Canya Sniper, Allen Hadrian, Know Leave Race 11: Humble And Kind, Neelix, Goldstar Power, Culvie Lass Race 12: Cisco Reign, Flora Dora, Homebush Flynn, Know Dollars LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

Classifieds 20 Ashburton Guardian PUBLIC NOTICES SK HOLDINGS (2014) LIMITED (TRADING AS BEDROCK BAR & STONEGRILL) (IN LIQUIDATION) Company Number: 5294621 Notice of Appointment of Liquidators Notice is hereby given that, in accordance with Section 241(2)(a) of the Companies Act 1993, Geoff Brown and Lynda Smart of Rodgers Reidy (NZ) Limited, Chartered Accountants and Insolvency Specialists, were appointed jointly and severally as Liquidators of the Company by Special Shareholders’ Resolution on 22 November 2018 at 10:00am.

Notice to Creditors to Claim We fix 11 February 2019, as the date on or before which the creditors of the Company are to make their claims and to establish any priority their claims may have, under Section 312 of the Companies Act 1993, or to be excluded from the benefit of any distribution made before their claims are made or, as the case may be, from objecting to any distribution.

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November 2018 Further to the meetings for November previously advertised, the following change is advised: Thursday 29 November The meeting of the Regulation Hearing Committee will now commence at 8.00am in the Council Chamber, Environment Canterbury, 200 Tuam Street, Christchurch.

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8.30am - 1pm ASHBURTON MENZSHED. Come and join “fellow sheddies” for some fun and fellowship, make/ fix something in our new workshop. 8 William Street.

9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Walking group meets outside church. 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

9.30am ASHBURTON U3A. Speaker Jeffrey Paparoa Holman, a renowned Poet and writer. St David’s Union Church lounge, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

9.45am WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Golf Croquet singles and 1.15pm Graded singles, Waireka, Philip Street.

10am M.S.A. TAI CHI. Exercises and Tai Chi for arthritis. M.S.A. Social Hall, Havelock Street. (excludes school and public holidays).

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6am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Sweaty Bettys circuit training in hall, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

8.30am - 1pm ASHBURTON MENZSHED. Come and join “fellow sheddies” for some fun and fellowship, make/ fix something in our new workshop. 8 William Street. (not public holidays).

9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Steady As You Go Exercise group. Meet at 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

9.30am AGE CONCERN, SAYGO EXERCISES. ALLENTON - Gentle exercises for muscle strength and balance in a friendly supportive environment. St David’s Church, Allenton.

9.30am- 1.30pm ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH OP SHOP. Op Shop open, clothing donations welcome.

Ashburton Baptist Church.

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10am NEWCOMERS SOCIAL GROUP. Coffee morning for new people to the area. Nosh Cafe, Ashford Village, West Street.

10am MT HUTT MEMORIAL HALL. NZ Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, Art Gallery and hall of memories. 160 Main Street, Methven.

10am - 3pm AGE CONCERN, 206 CLUB. Fun filled days for over 60 years, for more information ring 308-6817. Cameron Street.

10am - 4pm TROTTS GARDEN. Internationally recognised, open daily, weekends by arrangement, entry fee applies. info@trotts.co.nz or phone 027-640-4094.

Racecourse Road.

10.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Service at Cameron Court’s.

57 Grigg Street.

Cass Street.

10am ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Park Street.

10am MT HUTT MEMORIAL HALL. NZ Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, Art Gallery and hall of memories. 160 Main Street, Methven.

10am - 12pm and 1pm - 4pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Association Doubles, Tasmanian Doubles and Doubles. Waireka Croquet Club, the domain, Philip St. 10am - 3pm AGE CONCERN 206 CLUB. Monday Tuesday and Wednesday each week, 60 years and older. More information ring Age Concern 308-6817. Cameron Street.

10am - 4pm TROTTS GARDEN. Internationally recognised, open daily, weekends by arrangement, entry fee applies. info@trotts.co.nz or phone 027-640-4094.

Racecourse Road.

10.30am AGE CONCERN, SAYGO

Nov 27 & 28, 2018 10.30am AGE CONCERN, SAYGO EXERCISES. METHVEN- Gentle exercises for muscle strength and balance in a friendly supportive environment. All Saints Church, 1 Chapman Street, Methven.

12pm - 3pm JUSTICE OF THE PEACE SIGNING CENTRE. Open every Tuesday for documentation signing with a JP on hand. Community House, 44 Cass Street.

1pm ASHBURTON MSA PETANQUE CLUB. Social games, new members welcome. 115 Racecourse Road.

1pm AGE CONCERN, SAYGO EXERCISES. RAKAIA - Gentle exercises for muscle strength and balance in a friendly supportive environment. Presbyterian Church, Bridge Street, Rakaia.

1pm - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. EXERCISES. CENTRAL TOWN - Gentle exercises for muscle strength and balance in a friendly supportive environment.

Buffalo Lodge rooms, Cox Street, Ashburton.

10.45am M.S.A. TAI CHI. Seated exercises suitable for people with limited mobility.

M.S.A. Social hall, Havelock Street. (excluding school holidays).

10.45am ALLENTON CROQUET CLUB. Golf Croquet club days, new members welcome. Allenton Sports Club, Cavendish Street.

11.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Midweek service and lunch.

48 Allens Road. Allenton.

1.15pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Golf Croquet doubles. Philip Street.

1.15pm ALLENTON CROQUET CLUB. Association club days, new members welcome. Allenton Sports Club, Cavendish Street.

A great selection of many aircraft from the past to the future, Seafield Road.

2pm ASHBURTON BREAST CANCER SUPPORT GROUP. Meeting to be held at McKenzie Centre, all welcome.

Kermode Street.

5.30pm ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Youth Group, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

6pm INTEGRATIVE YOGA. Weekly yoga classes. Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

7pm - 9pm MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON CLUB. All ages and abilities welcome, racquets available. E A Network Centre Stadium, 20 River Terrace.

7.30pm ASHBURTON TABLE TENNIS. Table Tennis, weekly meeting for all levels, come “Have A Go!” Ashburton M.S.A. Havelock Street.

1.30pm AGE CONCERN, SAYGO EXERCISES. CENTRAL- Gentle exercises for muscle strength and balance in a friendly supportive environment.

Buffalo Lodge rooms, Cox Street, Ashburton.

6.30pm MID CANTERBURY SOCIAL WHEELERS. Registration 6pm, starting time 6.30pm sharp. Fords Road.

7pm BOOTCAMP. Catering for all levels of fitness. Hinds Domain.

Contact Georgia 0276888686 or Aleisha 0278489309.

7pm - 9pm MID CANTERBURY LINE DANCERS. Learn to line dance (7pm), beginners/ intermediate (8pm-9pm). Instructor Annette phone 307-7138 a/h.

Tinwald Hall, Graham Street.

7.30pm ASHBURTON PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY INC. Presentation of trophies and awards, supper plate please.

Senior Centre, Cameron St.

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Cryptic crossword

Tuesday, November 27, 2018

Simon Shuker’s Code Cracker

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TODAY’S GOALS: Good - 7 Excellent - 10

ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): When people mean well but don’t make the impact they hope to, they’ve usually misread the situation or simply not known enough about it. The best move you can make is to sit tight and learn all you can.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): In nature, the bull goes with the herd; it suits the bull and it suits the herd.

But if it doesn’t suit the bull, the bull leaves.

Be the same. Only stick with the herd if it is what’s in your heart.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): There you go again, moving forward as if unafraid. What the onlookers don’t know is your internal dialogue and how you quiver in your boots. That’s what makes you truly brave. Feel the fear and do it anyway.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): Public speaking is easier for some than others. There will be shy ones who aren’t sure if it’s worth the trouble to stand and be counted. You’ve felt like that, which is why you’ll be an encouraging presence.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): There are some decisions you’ll make that you’ll never really know the consequences of. That’s why today it will be most satisfying to get evidence that a choice you made long ago was the right one.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): Bringing people together will be your specialty today, though you may not be consciously aware that it’s what you’re doing. Your inclusiveness starts a ripple of happy effects.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): What you see is not only what you get; it’s what you’ll keep getting. So if you don’t like it, make a quick change. It will be way easier to set things on track in the early stages of an arrangement.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): The best ones to spend time with today will fall into one of two categories.

Either they are people you’re sure to have fun with, or they are people who genuinely need you.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): For some, loneliness is a palpable problem, an actual chill that your fire sign energy can thaw with the stretch of a smile. Don’t underestimate the good a little warmth and kindness can do.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): They’re better because of you, and this much they’ll tell you. Nothing could be more soul-fortifying than knowing you improved the lives of those closest to you.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): People make mistakes, but people are not their mistakes. For learning purposes, separate the person from the deed. Examine each factor separately and then reassemble and reconsider.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): Before you leave the house, or go into any dealings at all, consciously set an expectation for what’s to come. In doing so, you’ll take a more assertive, conscious role and get clearer outcomes as a result.

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at Gore, aged 94. Loved sister and sister-in-law of Irvine and Suzanne Small and family.

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SMITH, John William Tayler – Passed peacefully away, at home in Cromwell, on November 25, 2018. Dearly loved brother and brother-inlaw of Natalie and Barry Quantock, and Tuesday, a much loved November 27, 2018 22 Ashburton Guardian special Uncle of Carolyn and Greg, David and Suzanne, Mandy and Myles and their families.

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BUTLER, Ann Kathleen (nee Welch) – Very sadly passed on November 20, 2018. Dearly loved wife of the late Terry and beloved mum to Jo and Hayden. Mum-in-law to Martin and Abi and treasured grandmother to Jezania, Jozhua, Azaria, Tyler and Tom. Rest easy now, you can be with your love again.

Friends and family are invited to join us for a service in remembrance of Ann’s life on THURSDAY, November 29 at 3pm at the All Saints Chapel, Purewa Crematorium, 100 St Johns Road, Meadowbank.

EATON, Thelma Catherine Margaret – Tuesday, November 20, 2018 at Gore, aged 94. Loved sister and sister-in-law of Irvine and Suzanne Small and family.

SMITH, John William Tayler – Passed peacefully away, at home in Cromwell, on November 25, 2018. Dearly loved brother and brother-inlaw of Natalie and Barry Quantock, and a much loved special Uncle of Carolyn and Greg, David and Suzanne, Mandy and Myles and their families.

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Wind at 2000m: E gale 65 km/h N of Lake Coleridge, 40 km/h elsewhere.

Cloudy. Scattered rain, becoming more widespread north of Ashburton in the afternoon. Easterlies.

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Will Smith, Gene Hackman, Jon Voight, Regina King.

10:45 The Grudge 2 MC 2006 Drama. Sarah Michelle Gellar, Amber Tamblyn.

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6am Hairy Bikers – Restoration Road Trip 7am Tiny House Hunting 7:30 Wild Britain With Ray Mears 8am Travel Man – 48 Hours In 8:30 Jamie’s 30-Minute Meals 9am Peter Kuruvita’s Coastal Kitchen 9:30 Where The Wild Men Are With Ben Fogle 10:30 Buying And Selling With The Property Brothers 11:30 Money For Nothing 12:30 Mysteries At The Museum 1:30 The Kiwi, The Knight, And The Qashqai 2:30 Treasures Decoded 3:30 The Kitten Rescuers 4:30 Food Safari – Water 5pm Tom Kerridge’s Best Ever Dishes 5:30 Gem Hunt 6:30 American Pickers 7:30 George Clarke’s Old House New Home 8:30 My Dream Home 9:30 The Great Interior Design Challenge 10:30 American Pickers

11:30 Food Safari – Water Midnight Tom Kerridge’s Best Ever Dishes 12:30 Tiny House Hunting 1am Gem Hunt 2am The Kitten Rescuers 3am Walks With My Dog 4am George Clarke’s Old House New Home 5am Treasures Of The Indus

SKY SPORT 2 6am Rugby – Red Bull Ignite7 7:30 Golf – World Cup Round Four. 8am Golf – European Tour Honma Hong Kong Open – Round Four. 8:30 Basketball – NBL Perth Wildcats v NZ Breakers.

9am Cricket – International Australia v India – Third T20. 9:30 All Access Wilder v Fury. 10am Cricket – International Pakistan v Blackcaps – Second Test, Day Three. 10:30 Hockey – Women’s Champions Trophy Final – First v Second.

Noon Tennis – Davis Cup Day One. 1pm Tennis – Davis Cup Day Two. 2pm Tennis – Davis Cup Day Three. 3pm Squash – PSA Hong Kong Open Honma Hong Kong Open. 4pm The World Sailing Show 4:30 Motorsport – Supercars Coates Hire Newcastle 500 – Race 30. 5pm Motorsport – Supercars Coates Hire Newcastle 500 – Race 31.

5:30 Motorsport – Formula 1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

6pm Bowls – Bowls3Five 7pm L Bowls – Bowls3Five 10:30 Tennis – Davis Cup Day One. 11:30 Tennis – Davis Cup Day Two. WEDNESDAY 12:30 Tennis – Davis Cup Day Three. 1:30 Tennis – Davis Cup 2:30 The Breakdown 3am The Back Page 4am Squash – PSA Hong Kong Open 5am The World Sailing Show 5:50 Bowls – Bowls3Five 27Nov18

DISCOVERY 6:35 Hualien Earthquake Decoded PG 7:30 How It’s Made PG 7:55 How It’s Made PG 8:20 Fast ‘n’ Loud PG Ford Galaxie – 1/2: Bikini Contest.

9:10 Alaskan Bush People M A New Chapter. 10am Fast ‘n’ Loud PG Build to Mega Race 2/2. 10:50 Misfit Garage PG What Klump? 11:40 Web Of Lies M Bittersweet Sixteen.

12:30 Blood Relatives M Children of the Scorn.

1:20 Murder Chose Me M Damsel in Distress. 2:10 How It’s Made PG 2:35 How It’s Made PG 3pm How Do They Do It? PG 3:25 How Do They Do It? PG 3:50 Gold Rush M Go Big or Go Home. 4:45 Air Rescue PG 5:10 Air Rescue PG 5:40 Fast ‘n’ Loud PG Ford Galaxie – Nash Healey.

6:35 Misfit Garage PG What Klump? 7:30 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 8:30 What On Earth? PG Finding King Arthur.

9:25 Strange Evidence PG The Omen of Blood River.

10:15 Naked And Afraid PG Fan Down.

11:05 Naked And Afraid M 11:55 Murder Chose Me M Damsel in Distress.

WEDNESDAY

12:45 Blood Relatives M 1:35 How Do They Do It? PG 2am How Do They Do It? PG 2:25 Alaskan Bush People M 3:15 Deadliest Catch PG 4:05 Treehouse Masters PG 4:55 How It’s Made PG 5:20 How Do They Do It? PG 5:45 MythBusters PG

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SKIERS UP TO SPEED

Carter Stewart was among those who hit the water for the first water skiing tournament of the summer at Lake Hood at the weekend, the Lake Hood Slalom.

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The first water skiing tournament of the summer got under way at Lake Hood at the weekend, despite less than ideal weather conditions.

The conditions weren’t that pleasant, with persistent rain and cool temperatures featuring throughout the weekend, but the wind stayed away allowing the Lake Hood Slalom to get under way on time on Saturday morning.

Water Ski Lake Hood’s Janeen Donaldson said the weather probably put a few people off, but that meant the competition

could be completed on Saturday.

“Skiing dodgems with the showers we managed to get through two good rounds, though the third was pretty wet,” Donaldson said.

As it was the first tournament on the national water skiing calendar, skiers were only just getting up to speed again for the summer, but skiers still produced some great results, with many getting on to the 12m line and some nearing personal bests (PBs) already, Donaldson said.

Rachel Donaldson, just home from a season coaching and driving overseas, scored the days’

biggest PB of three buoys.

Carter Stewart skied round 19 bouys – the most buoys off the dock – for the juniors with a near PB of 1-46k.

His brother Hunter had the best recovery, after nearly falling on pass two he managed to ski through to his PB buoy scoring 1.5-14m-58k.

Steve Wayne, skiing on to the 12m line in all three rounds, and falling on his pb buoy twice, scored 3.5-12m-55k.

Gavin Green skied 2-12m-55k twice, just two buoys off his New Zealand SM3 record, while son

Tom also skied to within two buoys of his PB, with 2-14-58k The top scores of the day went to Karl Donaldson with 3.5-12m58k, with a surprising 1-12m too, after finding his goggles to ski in the rain for the third round.

Lana Donaldson also had a good day, skiing 2-12m-55k twice.

Janeen Donaldson said the club was fortunate to have the newly released carbon fibre hull Nautique for use at the tournament and its new technology helped lead to some top results.

“It had been brought down to demo at the Christchurch Show

and was offered to our tourney for skiers to trial,” she said.

The tournament was the first on the national water skiing calendar for the season and Lake Hood would host two other tournaments later in the season – the Aquafest tournament and another three-event tournament – in the New Year.

The club was set to hold ski schools in December ski schools, while club nights had also started on Wednesdays, and anyone interested in finding out more could check out the Water Ski Lake Hood Facebook page.

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