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The Cancer Society kicked off its biggest week of the year yesterday.

Volunteers Julie Crozier and Pam Morrison were among those delivering 217 cheerful bunches of blooms across Ashburton yesterday, as the Cancer Society gears up for Daffodil Day.

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Assault a ‘gross breach of trust’ A Mid Canterbury man who admitted an indecent assault says his business would fold if his name was published.

The man, in his late 50s, had sought name suppression from Ashburton District Court Judge Joanna Maze yesterday when he appeared for sentencing on the charge yesterday.

His lawyer Douglas Brown said the man’s business was barely breaking even

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and publication would bring about financial ruin, a consequence disproportionate to the offending.

Judge Maze granted final name suppression, but declined an application for a discharge without conviction, saying the offending was not minor and constituted a significant breach of trust.

The man had rubbed the victim’s genital region then masturbated while she

slept in the bed they were sharing.

She convicted the man, ordered him to pay $2000 in emotional harm to the victim and issued a first strike warning, under the three strikes legislation for serious offending.

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Police are working to identify this man who smashed the windows of the Mt Somers General Store, simply to take some confectionery.

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Volunteers (from left) Kelly Kingsbury, Judith Crozier, Pam Morrison, Margaret Read and Les Bennett, ready to hit the streets with their bunches of daffodils yesterday.

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■ DAFFODIL DAY

Town to turn yellow this week

By Katie todd

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More than 7000 bright, yellow blooms were bunched, wrapped and hand-delivered across the district yesterday, as the Cancer Society kicked off the biggest week on their calendar.

As per local tradition, ten vintage cars and an army of volunteers set to work delivering

bunches of daffodils to businesses across Ashburton and Methven.

Cancer Society Health Promoter Mandy Casey said 217 bunches had been sold this year, which marked a slight increase from last year.

She said plenty of activity is planned for later in the week – including ANZ’s annual Daffo-

dil Day quiz at Hotel Ashburton and a sausage sizzle at The Warehouse.

Volunteers will also be selling daffodil day merchandise from stands in the streets.

Come Friday morning, teams will be up early decorating the main street and turning town a shade yellow, Casey said.

In previous years, the week of

Daffodil Day has brought in tens of thousands of dollars’ worth of donations for the Canterbury West Coast Division of the Cancer Society, a large portion of which is used to support those affected locally.

But Casey said they had no particular fundraising goal this year.

“Anything we receive really makes a difference.”

Sexual assault a ‘gross breach of trust’ From P1 The two had first met in 1994 and Brown said there had been consensual sex at times since then, though on the night of the offending last year the pair had been drinking alcohol and agreed there would be no sexual activity.

The defendant had awoken during the night, tried to wake the victim by rubbing her genital region and when she didn’t respond had “relieved himself”,

he said.

He had masturbated into his hand and semen had accidentally ended up on her, he added.

The woman confronted him about what she found.

Brown said his client had been frank with police following the victim’s complaint.

While the offending was admitted, it was a technically complex case from a legal point of view, he said.

Judge Maze said the defendant

could have relieved himself elsewhere and had acted without the consent of the victim.

While the offending was different to other types of indecent assault, it could hardly be called minor, she said.

“It is a gross breach of trust.

She trusted you and you let her down in a significant way.”

The woman, in a victim impact statement recorded and played for the court, said his actions were an ultimate betrayal

and had totally destroyed her faith in human nature.

“He abused me physically and he robbed me of something irreplaceable … trust and the ability to never trust anyone else again.”

She said the man knew he had acted immorally and needed to take ownership of what he did.

Judge Maze said $1000 needed to be paid within 28 days and the remaining $1000 needed to be paid within three months.

Mindless vandalism

By Katie todd

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A Saturday night spate of mindless vandalism has left the Mt Somers community fuming.

Locals woke on Sunday morning to discover smashed windows, defaced road signs, a bashed letterbox and graffiti-coated classrooms, and now police are appealing for information that could help them investigate two of the incidents.

At 12.35 on Sunday morning, an offender was captured on CCTV kicking in the windows of Mt Somers General Store, entering and taking confectionery, police said. The offender was wearing farm gumboots and a dark jacket.

Staff at Mt Somers Springburn School then woke to find their classrooms covered in extensive graffiti, including offensive slang, symbols and gang references.

Police are treating them as related to each other, Senior Sergeant Phil Dean said.

If anyone from the public saw anything or recognises the man in the photo at the Mt Somers General Store, he urged them to call Ashburton police on 307-8400 and quote the reference number 180826/0974.

Alternatively, information can be passed on to Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555-111.

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White Ribbon speaker’s challenge

By Katie todd

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Ashburton’s first White Ribbon guest speaker laid down the challenge to guests yesterday – help stop domestic violence, both in their own families and workplaces.

Christchurch barber, social media star and father of three Matt Brown spoke to around 80 guests at Safer Ashburton’s inaugural White Ribbon breakfast.

He spoke about his journey from a childhood marred by domestic violence, to helping others by making his barber’s chair a place of sharing and connection.

Brown recounted early memories of his parents’ alcoholism and abuse – and of becoming acquainted with nearly every women’s refuge in Auckland and Christchurch.

“If I could summarise how my childhood felt, I would say ‘unsafe’,” Brown said.

While he had come to a stage of acceptance and forgiveness, he said there are many others out there feeling the effects of domestic violence.

For example, it is a sad and proven fact, he said, that domestic violence rates surge after All Blacks games.

Brown said he believes part of the problem is that there are very few safe spaces for men nowadays.

“At work you want to be competent, at home you want to be providers and when you’re with the boys having drinks you want to mock your way to respect.”

But one safe space he has worked to create is his barber’s chair – where people can “take

Guest speaker Matt Brown addresses the crowd at the Inaugural White Ribbon Breakfast yesterday. off the mask” and share anything they like and he’s there to listen.

And at the heart of what he does is one important thing – connec-

tion, he explained. “Most of our hurts come through relationships – but also our healings,” he said.

The White Ribbon breakfast

was organised in the lead-up to White Ribbon Day on November 25.

Members of the public, includ-

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ing school principals, police, Salvation Army staff and Ashburton Mayor Donna Favel, were in attendance.

Community detention for serial drink driver An Ashburton man with six convictions for drink driving has been sentenced to six months community detention and ordered to have an alcohol interlock device fitted to his car if he wants to drive again.

Samuel David McKenzie was

also sentenced to nine months supervision and ordered to do 100 hours community work, when he appeared in the Ashburton District Court yesterday.

McKenzie admitted a charge driving with 495 micrograms of alcohol per litre of breath; it fol-

lowed five previous drink driving convictions in the past 10 years.

Judge Joanna Maze said the circumstances of McKenzie’s latest offence were unremarkable, but his situation was aggravated by his previous drink driving convictions.

He had also been subject to a zero alcohol licence at the time.

The judge said she could easily have sent him to jail for eight months, but more could be achieved in a rehabilitative sense by imposing a community-based sentence.

Alcohol interlock devices are fitted to vehicles for around 12 months; the driver needs to supply alcohol-free breath samples in order for the vehicle to operate.

McKenzie will be able to apply for a zero alcohol licence at the end of the interlock period.

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■ ASHBURTON DISTRICT COURT NEWS

Drink driving may lead to deportation A young German man working in Mid Canterbury could be asked to leave New Zealand following his conviction for drink driving.

Malcom Gines Barbero, 29, admitted the crime when he appeared before Ashburton District Court Judge Joanna Maze yesterday.

Police said Barbero blew 485mcg when he was stopped by officers as he drove in Ashburton in the early hours of July 22.

He was fined $350 and disqualified from driving for six months.

Barbero’s lawyer Claire Yardley said her client was on a working visa from Germany and the conviction would cause immigration difficulties.

“He works on a farm in Hinds but his immigration lawyer is not optimistic about his chances of renewing his visa.

“He presents as a very pleasant young man who likes being in New Zealand.”

for six months. He was also ordered to pay $184.25 to help cover the cost of the blood test and analysis.

His lawyer Roz Burnside said the family had been emptying out his grandparents’ house in Ashburton, following the death of his grandfather, and had ended the day with a couple of drinks. Smith had no previous convictions.

Orton Smith, 22, a digger driver from Christchurch, admitted driving after drinking eight cans of vodka. He was stopped by police on Wills Street and a blood test revealed 136 milligrams of alcohol per 100 milligrams of blood.

Smith was fined $350, ordered to pay $130 court costs and disqualified from driving

Daniel Lee Nicholls, from Ranfurly, admitted driving with 557mcg, his fourth drink driving offence. He was sentenced to nine months supervision, 80 hours community work and disqualified from driving for 12 months.

His previous offences were in 2001, 2002 and 2008.

Katreina Leigh Mcnamee, a shearer, admitted driving while disqualified and was fined $350 and disqualified from driving for six months. She was also ordered to pay $130 court costs.

Lawyer Paul Bradford said Mcnamee was caught driving to an Acads meeting, as part of a previous conviction and sentence for drink driving.

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Agent caught ‘sleeping over’

By Kurt Bayer An Auckland real estate agent caught staying overnight in an apartment being auctioned the next day by his firm has been found “simply unsuitable” to sell homes.

Former Bayleys agent Geoffrey Mairs was found guilty of disgraceful conduct after sleeping and showering at the Mission Bay property.

Now the Real Estate Agents Disciplinary Tribunal has ruled Mairs is not a “fit and proper person” to hold a licence.

“The tribunal is left with the stark realisation that Mr Mairs is simply unsuitable to be a person licensed under the act to sell real estate,” a decision dated August 9 states.

Mairs was photographed leaving the property on the morning of the auction in February 2017 after the owner’s mother noticed someone had been sleeping in one of the bedrooms.

As Mairs was leaving, he claimed he was due to show someone around the property that morning, before he returned to grab his things from the apartment and left the keys on a wall.

The woman phoned police, according to an earlier Real Estate Agents Disciplinary Tribunal judgment, who found Mairs outside a cinema at the Mission Bay shops.

Mairs later claimed the agent in charge of the Mission Bay property, David Anderson, had given him the apartment’s keys the previous night and allowed him to sleep in it.

But Anderson denied this, saying he had been home with his wife.

The tribunal found Mairs guilty of disgraceful conduct, concluding that Mairs accessed the property “for his private advantage and in a way which was plainly un-authorised”.

“This was serious misconduct which in our view would be regarded by reasonable agents of good standing and members of the public as being disgraceful.”

The new ruling, which stripped Mairs of his licence, says an aggravating factor was how long he spent in the house.

“It was not just a matter of entering the property briefly: he stayed the night and used the bed and bathroom,” the judgment says.

Mairs’ bid to have the ruling kept secret – on the grounds it would be damaging to his future work prospects – was also thrown out.

Bayleys group licensee Tony Bayley told the Herald yesterday that from the outset the agency had fully and openly co-operated with the REA’s investigation into Mair’s behaviour, and supported any actions the regulatory body deemed appropriate.

In May, Bayley said in a statement the company contacted the property owner the moment it heard of Mairs’ “inappropriate behaviour”.

The company “took all steps possible to remedy Mairs’ indiscretion, then immediately notified the REA [Real Estate Authority] of the incident”.

Mairs’ resigned from the agency immediately.

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Believing ‘all ogre again’

By Katie todd

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Six weeks out from the Mid Canterbury Children’s Theatre’s (MCCT) annual show, rehearsals are ticking along fairly “Shrekceptionally”.

A talented cast of children have been working to plot scenes and bring to life the lovable childhood characters of Shrek (Oliver Livingstone), Fiona (Brooke Millar), Donkey (Joe Danielson), Puss in Boots (Rose Cuadrado), Pinocchio (Mae Patterson) and more, as part of Shrek the Musical Junior.

Production secretary Bridget Danielson said the full cast was 61 members strong, ensuring rehearsal rooms were always “quite noisy”.

Behind the scenes, a team of talented committee members have been working to source the props and construct a number of the costumes.

Shows take over the Ashburton Trust Event Centre on the weekend of October 6 and 7.

Tickets are now on sale from Ticket Direct.

Sixty-one young Ashburton performers are getting ready to make audiences “believe all ogre again”.

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■ ASHBURTON ART GALLERY

Colour and movement feature in exhibition

By Katie todd

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In the wake of the hugely popular immersive exhibition Snapdash! at the Ashburton Art Gallery, a new experiential space has opened for seven weeks.

Emergence has filled the Carr Family Gallery with an auroralike array of moving shapes and colours.

It is the work of Dunedin School of Arts lecturer David Green and the culmination of three years of research as he studies for his Masters of Fine Arts at Otago University.

By disassociating colour from form, the exhibition explores the essence of light and how our brain makes sense of what we see.

Green, who perceives art as a thinking tool, hopes to challenge peoples perceptions with the exhibition.

“If my art makes you think about things in relation to each other that you haven’t thought about before, then I’m happy,” he said.

Emergence will be on show at the Ashburton Art Gallery until October 12.

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Travelling the dream Former Ashburtonians Tony and Leanne Argyle have called the Gold Coast home for the past 10 years. Fascinated by the tales of affordable travel, they have temporarily abandoned Australia for time on the road.

Tony Argyle tells his tale.

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ver since I can remember I’ve had a love of travel.

The desire to explore the world in one way, shape or form has carried over from an early age.

I had my first experience as a 10-year-old going on a family holiday to Fiji and I was hooked (that was back in the day when they would let kids into the cockpit of a moving plane to meet the pilots – nowadays you’d have a better chance of licking your own ear than getting past that door).

The main restriction was always money … travel, after all, is an expensive hobby.

Like most people I spent most of my working year tucking money aside for that once a year 10-day-all-you-can-eat-buffet escape that invariably blew through more cash than a rapper at a nightclub.

I would then head back to work again to replenish the coffers for the following year’s stint. In a good year I could get to do this twice – happy days.

This seemed to be the only way to get my fix … that’s until I met Dave … or, more to the point, my wife read Dave.

She would often go to bed with Dave (well, Dave’s Facebook post) and I’d be awoken the next morning by another story of Dave and his exploits. It seemed that while I was sleeping Dave was having a lot more fun than I was having.

David Dean is a local boy – some of you may know him although he’s been away from Ashburton a long time. He runs a blog called www.whatsdavedoing. com and he travels … a lot … in fact, pretty much all the time (Our border control would probably make Winston Peters wait while they wave Dave through).

That got me curious.

Was this man a drug dealer?

Did he have a large inheritance?

The CIA? Or worse … had he crossed to the dark side and become a roadie for the Wiggles?

It seems none of the above.

The more we read about Dave the more we discovered that he had mastered a previously hidden art, no, not Morris dancing but the ability to travel without spending a small fortune. He was doing it without selling his appendix to medical science.

The more he travelled the more affordable it seemed to become.

He had discovered my utopia (minus the nymphs and free 24hour streaming of premier league football highlights).

Further investigation revealed a whole community of travellers just like Dave – solo travellers, family groups, young and old,

couples, men and women, gay, straight, bisexual and transgender (although not all at the same time).

They came from a variety of nationalities all traversing the globe for, in many cases, less than the normal cost of staying at home.

I was curious … how did they do it? There was only one way to find out.

I decided to talk to them (for millennials that’s the other thing you can do with a phone when you’re not texting).

I knew that a normal chat wouldn’t get their attention, and, knowing others would be curious as well, I decided an interview might be best – and from there The Expat Chat podcast was born.

A few conversations turned into a lot of conversations with the result that we have interviewed over 120 people about their overseas experiences while discovering a few home truths about being able to travel for an extended time without selling your children or living off supermarket waste bins.

So, it seemed obvious … if these people could do it for very little cost why couldn’t we?

Thanks to the lessons we’ve learnt from others, we’re about to embark on our own overseas experience to find out if the theory is true – is it possible to spend an extended period overseas for less than the cost of staying at home?

Our initial dry run went well – a month renting in Chiang Mai, Thailand, including flights and accommodation, worked out at the same cost as staying at home.

What we saved by paying less for groceries, electricity, car running, eating out and entertainment was able to cover our airfares and apartment rental close to the city centre – in fact our standard of living improved.

Our time away included never dining in (except for breakfast), a weekly massage and our laundry and cleaning done as well – in fact without groceries to buy, lawns to mow or shirts to wash, among other things, we calculated were able to get 19 hours per week of our time back.

It looked like Dave and co were on to something.

Over the next few weeks we’re going to try a longer experiment.

We’ve booked a one-way ticket to Europe with the intention of staying for three months as a practice run for a bigger stint next year.

We’ll keep you up-to-date with what we learn about the world, the encounters we will have, and whether we can stick to our travel budget while away. Stay tuned.

Tony and Leanne on a recent trip to Greece.

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OUR VIEW

A cause worthy of our support

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he thought of fundraising isn’t always everyone’s cup of tea, but there’s always one that tugs at the heart strings a little more than others due to personal experience.

The Cancer Society’s annual Daffodil Day fundraising promotion is one that sits very near and dear to the hearts of thousands of people around New Zealand because the enormity of the very cause it’s there to fight against has impacted on almost all of us at some point in our lives.

And so, it is no surprise that every year the country tends to get behind Daffodil Day and really pushes to raise money to help.

We often hear about how big of an issue cancer is in New Zealand, but to put it into a context that really hammers home just

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how serious it is, our statistics made for pretty grim reading in a recent global index which put us proportionally as the second worst country for new cases.

A new study showed New Zealand’s rate of new cancer cases per 100,000 people – ageadjusted and as at 2016 – stood at 542.8, behind only Australia.

The study was published as part of the ongoing Global Burden of Disease study, the most comprehensive analysis of cancer-related health outcomes

and patterns ever conducted.

It also showed how New Zealand also stood out for having the world’s worst rate of deaths from malignant skin melanoma, along with the worst rate of new cases of leukaemia.

Figures released by the Ministry of Health this year showed more than 9500 people died from cancer each year, representing 31 per cent of all deaths recorded in New Zealand.

The number of people affected by cancer was also expected to increase by 50 per cent by 2035.

So, it’s that big issue that every little bit of fundraising helps.

And the Ashburton District certainly does its bit.

Over the years hundreds of thousands of dollars will have been raised for the Canterbury West Coast division of the Can-

cer Society – a large portion of which has been used to support those who have been affected locally.

Any society, foundation or organisation which is raising funds for a good cause is a one worthy of any spare dollar we can find as individuals, but for a lot of people, that’s not possible too.

That’s where the community effort is huge.

Many events are held as part of these fundraising efforts, such as quiz nights, businesses which do afternoon or morning teas with funds raised, and any other form of non-specific fundraising, are often the best way to be a part of something greater.

So, do what you can this week to help out.

Every little bit will be of help, no matter how it is done.

TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Tuesday, August 28, the 240th day of 2018. There are 125 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On August 28, 1963, more than 200,000 people listened as the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr delivered his I Have a Dream speech.

On this date: In 1609, English sea explorer Henry Hudson and his ship, the Half Moon, reached present-day Delaware Bay. In 1862, the Second Battle of Bull Run began in Prince William County, Virginia, during the Civil War; the result was a Confederate victory.

In 1916, Italy declared war on Germany during World War One. In 1941, Japan’s ambassador to the US, Kichisaburo Nomura, presented a note to President Franklin D. Roosevelt from Japan’s prime minister, Prince Fumimaro Konoye, expressing a desire for improved relations.

In 1955, Emmett Till, a black teenager from Chicago, was abducted from his uncle’s home in Money, Mississippi, by two white men after he had supposedly whistled at a white woman; he was found brutally slain three days later.

In 1988, 70 people were killed when three Italian stunt planes collided during an air show at the US Air Base in Ramstein, West Germany.

In 1995, a mortar shell tore through a crowded market in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, killing some three dozen people and triggering NATO airstrikes against the Bosnian Serbs.

In 1996, Democrats nominated President Bill Clinton for a second term at their national convention in Chicago. The troubled 15-year marriage of Britain’s Prince Charles and Princess Diana officially ended with the issuing of a divorce decree.

Ten years ago: Surrounded by an

enormous, adoring crowd at Invesco Field in Denver, Barack Obama accepted the Democratic presidential nomination, promising what he called a clean break from the “broken politics in Washington and the failed policies of George W. Bush.”

Five years ago: A military jury sentenced Major Nidal Hasan to death for the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood that claimed 13 lives.

One year ago: The Navy said divers had recovered the remains of all 10 sailors who had been missing

after the USS John S. McCain and an oil tanker collided near Singapore nearly a week earlier.

Today’s birthdays: Actor Sonny Shroyer is 83. Actress Marla Adams is 80. Actor Ken Jenkins is 78. Actor David Soul is 75.

Former pop singer-musician Honey Lantree is 75. Actress Barbara Bach is 72. Actress Debra Mooney is 71. Singer Wayne Osmond is 67. Actor Daniel Stern is 61. Actor John Allen Nelson is 59. Actress Emma Samms is 58. Actress Jennifer Coolidge is 57. Movie director

David Fincher is 56. Actress Amanda Tapping is 53. Country singer Shania Twain is 53. Actor Billy Boyd is 50. Actor Jack Black is 49. Actor Jason Priestley is 49. Actor Daniel Goddard is 47.

Olympic gold medal swimmer Janet Evans is 47. Actor J. August Richards is 45. Rock singer-musician Max Collins is 40. Actress Carly Pope is 38.

Country singer Jake Owen is 37.

Country singer LeAnn Rimes is 36. Actress Kelly Thiebaud is 36. Actor Alfonso Herrera is 35. Actress Sarah Roemer is

34. Actor Armie Hammer is 32.

Rock singer Florence Welch is 32. Actress Shalita Grant is 30.

Country-pop singer Cassadee Pope is 29. Actress Katie Findlay is 28. Actor/singer Samuel Larsen is 27. Actor Kyle Massey is 27.

Actress Quvenzhane Wallis is 15.

Reality TV star Alana Thompson, AKA “Honey Boo Boo,” is 13.

Thought for today: “The man who views the world at fifty the same as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life.” — Muhammad Ali, American boxing champion (1942-2016).

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Employment law change bad practice, bad manners S

urely the Government has enough fires to fight without making a change to employment laws that will only serve to ramp up friction and bad manners.

A proposal to no longer require union representatives to talk to an employer before coming on to business premises to talk to workers should be knocked on the head.

The issue was highlighted during a recent exchange in the House between Simon Bridges and Jacinda Ardern.

The National Leader was questioning the PM whether she thought it was fair that a union representative would be able to enter the premises of a business without permission, even in the case of a farm, where the place of business can also be the home of the business owner.

Ardern said that would only

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apply if the union rep was visiting a union member.

She later clarified, saying she was talking about a visit to a farmhouse.

In any case, her answer was at odds with current law, and what the new Bill says.

The current law says, in effect, that union access is not permitted to any building occupied as a residence.

A new proposal that is raising the hackles of farmers is that a union representative can come to talk to any employee (union member or employee who

would qualify to be a member of that union) without any notice to, or the permission of, the employer/owner.

So a union rep could wander unannounced into a shearing or milking shed to talk union matters or recruit new members, never mind whether it’s a busy time or not.

Federated Farmers has pointed out there are significant personal safety and biosecurity risks when strangers come onto farm properties unannounced and unauthorised.

But more than that, surely it’s downright discourteous.

Isn’t it the Kiwi way to give people a heads-up if you’re going to drop in to a place of work uninvited, and when your purpose could take people away from their duties and disrupt a work schedule?

We prefer the current law,

where union reps let the farmer know they intend coming.

Consent at a convenient time for the farm operations is highly unlikely not to be granted (in fact there are protections already in law that deny business owners the right to unreasonably restrict access).

The current arrangements have worked well. What’s proposed could just cause unnecessary friction, and chucks common courtesy out the window.

Chris Lewis is Federated Farmers employment spokesperson 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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New Mid Canterbury Rural Support Trust welfare co-ordinator Angela Cushnie talks to farmer Frank Peters about mycoplasma bovis.

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Mid Canterbury farmers stressed out by the mycoplasma bovis cattle disease have someone closer to home that they can call for help.

The new arm of the Mid Canterbury Rural Support Trust has taken over from the South Canterbury branch with managing farmer welfare in the M. bovis response.

Communications specialist Angela Cushnie has been appointed a part-time welfare co-ordinator and a team of three farming women will handle calls from farmers.

About a week ago they began by reaching out to 30 farmers and will be calling more each week.

The team will offer a range of services from offering a sympathetic ear to referring farmers to specialists. “We have a capable team of three trained facilitators and they are the ones connecting with the people.

They are not professionals and that’s not the intention of this pathway. If the next step is required we can pass on people to the professionals if mental health or wellbeing assistance is required.’’

New cream cheese plant due to Chinese demand

By Tim Cronshaw

Tim.c@Theguardian.co.nz

Mid Canterbury milk is being turned into cream cheese by dairy giant Fonterra for the rising middle class in China.

The co-operative has added a new cream cheese plant at its Darfield site and manufacturing is being rolled out to reach 24,000 tonnes a year.

China’s mass movement from rural areas into cities and the increasing affluence of its population has coincided with demand for Western food.

Cream cheese in 25kg blocks are bound for the big nation to be made into bakery goods such as

cheese cakes and cheese tarts.

Global Foodservice marketing general manager Susan Cassidy said the growth in China’s middle class, rapid urbanisation and changing consumer tastes had contributed to explosive growth by consumers wanting New Zealand dairy.

“People in China want natural dairy products they can trust in their baked goods. That’s great for Fonterra and New Zealand,” she said.

Federated Farmers Mid Canterbury dairy chairman Chris Ford said local farmers would be happy with anything that strengthened the value of milk leaving the dis-

trict. “We welcome any contribution to the value-add for our milk price. I hope it’s as successful as the mozzarella plant because it’s incredible what they are doing.

“A lot of other companies are jealous that they can turn out mozzarella so quickly. It’s top secret [innovation].’’

Fonterra’s team at the Clandeboye site, near Timaru, has reduced the mozzarella-making process from three months to six hours.

Ford said the cream cheese plant development and increased value-add business was particularly timely in light of the dividend being held back for the second

half of the 2017-18 season.

Global operations chief operating officer Robert Spurway said the new plant was an important part of the co-op’s strategy to keep up the momentum in producing more value-added products for its consumer and food service business.

“Today, one in four litres of milk from New Zealand is sold to China – that’s the equivalent of 3.4 billion litres a year. Our focus is on creating the highest return from each of those litres.’’

He said the new plant was converting more milk to high value cream cheese, which was in popular demand.

The cream cheese manufacturing facilities can adjust the firmness and consistency of cream cheese according to customer demands.

Fonterra has hired 30 new employees to operate the cream cheese plant.

Darfield acting site operations manager Shane Taylor said most of the team had learned everything from scratch.

“They’ve gone from classroom to practice, to real-life commissioning of the site.

“If the plant was a ship, they would have been the crew preparing for its maiden voyage and a long life on the ocean.’’

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upport close to home Cushnie said the team was open to the most trivial of queries as discussing them was the first step and would bring them out into the open before they became a problem.

A problem shared was a problem halved and all conversations would be confidential, she said.

The team was there to hear the tricky questions, because the M. bovis response was a complex situation.

Rural people would deal with the disease differently and this could range from stress and anxiety to depression.

Stress points varied for farmers in different positions, such as finding out their farm had received a notice of direction, dealing with compensation claims, struggling with cashflow problems or occupied by recovery plans after cattle had been culled.

Stress was not isolated to farmers with M. bovis and non-infected farmers could also be looking over their shoulders and feeling the pressure that they might be next. Or they could be dealing with grazing complications as a result of restricted animal movements.

Cushnie said the farming men and wom-

en needed to know that there was a strong network of support around them including friends and family, ministry officials, industry organisations and companies and rural support trusts.

“In Mid Canterbury, one way or another, we are all affected by this – it could be a farmer or someone who has a business in town and they need to know they are not alone and there is support.’’

The concern was that those not asking for help might “slip through the cracks’’, she said.

Often farmers had the answers and they just needed support to have the confidence to back themselves. They could remove some of the stress by connecting with friends and family and by getting off the farm or attending social functions with other affected farmers, she said.

“The hardest thing is that they are in this position through no fault of their own and they are great farmers. Hopefully out of this adversity we can come out stronger as a community.’’

Farmers wanting to contact the welfare team should call 0800 787- 254.

MARKET REPORT The media focus on the poor practices being carried out by a few farmers in the Hawke’s Bay around intensive beef finishing in less-than-ideal conditions has attracted the attention of Safe and Fish and Game NZ. To the extent that the Five Star Feedlot has been criticised for “poor” environmental and animal welfare practices.

Five Star has first-class practices and has been supplying one on New Zealand’s most discerning markets for over 25 years.

The attack has brought out widespread criticism of Safe, ranging from the Federated Farmers’ meat and wool chairman who said: “They are vegan fundamentalists. I take most of what they say with a grain of salt. It would do them a world of good to have a nice leg of lamb.”

To Minister of Primary Industries Damian O’Conner who said: “Safe had to live in the real world” and “New Zealand would be crippled if it listened to everything Safe said”.

Maybe Safe could take a more balanced approach and start with the supermarkets and consumers who, for instance, rely on imported pork as their major source of pig meat, 62 per cent at last count. This meat generally comes from countries that have subsidised production and animal welfare standards that, according to the World Animal Protection organisation, are all lower than New Zealand’s.

It’s time to start cutting New Zealand farmers some slack. They aren’t perfect, but most are moving in the right direction.

After nearly 20 years from the inception of the idea, CPW stage 2 water is due to start flowing next week.

It seems to be an achievement that is widely unheralded, but really deserves praise for the efficient and professional manner this has been carried out.

With the economic and environmental scene dramatically changed over this timespan, the challenge to farmers is to now find systems that can fit in with the current farming constraints that were largely being ignored at CPW’s inception.

It appears that many farmers are getting the infrastructure in place and will then focus on the farming system.

Cattle While cattle prices have been holding well and some have commented that well coloured calves are selling well, in the Canterbury region this is certainly not the case.

The Temuka Calf sale was cancelled and one calf rearer contacted has reduced numbers from 800 normally reared to 400 in case they are caught out with M Bovis.

Another trader normally takes on some dry dairy cows to add value to and they also are not doing this trade now.

Stories like these abound so it will be interesting to see how the bobby calf kill in particular pans out this year.

It is likely to be well up at a time when there is increasing focus on the ‘wastage’ this practice has and some traction was starting to appear around systems able to economically rear these animals.

On the schedules, the mover lately has been prime and manufacturing cows with the averaged South Island schedule moving up 27.5 cents since the start of July.

Bull over the same period has only moved up by 7.5cents.

Sheep It is getting difficult to discern the difference in prices from the store to prime pens at some saleyards at the moment.

Top prices are still floating around the $220 for both lambs and prime ewes with the store prices not too far behind.

No doubt as the season starts to come to an end, apart from some of the later highcountry sheep still coming forward.

Wool Last week’s Napier wool sale help to cement in the gains made at the previous sales, although on reduced volumes.

Crossbred wool in particular has been on a rollercoaster ride for some time now, with buyers’ habits difficult to follow. However, with the banks forecasting the NZ dollar dropping down to US0.64 cents, New Zealand prices should hold for some time.

Dairy The low dollar is the only thing that looks like it might keep the farm gate milk price anywhere near the predicted $7.

Fonterra’s information to farmers is coming under increasing pressure as being out of touch with the real world.

It would be nice to think they know something that others have missed, but to date the reverse seems true.

Venison Still holding smug at the same record levels.

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Electrifying change for Z Energy Z Energy has agreed to acquire a 70 per cent stake in spot-based electricity retailer Flick Energy as part of its strategic investment in alternative fuels and mobility.

The country’s biggest fuel retailer has agreed to invest $46 million in the four-year-old power retailer.

It will inject $15.6 million of new equity for a 22 per cent interest. It will then pay an additional $30.4 million for 48.1 per cent of the existing shares.

Board changes will be made in the next quarter to reflect Z Energy’s major shareholding.

Z director Steve Reindler yesterday resigned from the Meridian Energy board with immediate effect.

Wellington-based Flick offers customers electricity based on half-hourly wholesale rates plus a margin.

It supplied about 24,200 customers at the end of July, according to Electricity Authority data.

After growing rapidly from 2014 through 2016, its growth slowed during the past two years as low South Island hydro levels increased spot prices.

“We view this as a partnership that brings together Flick’s startup mentality, differentiated offer, technology and talent, along with Z’s innovation and marketing

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reflects the company’s commitment to a lower-carbon economy, he said.

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capability, operational scale and resources,” Z Energy chief executive Mike Bennetts said in a statement.

The partnership with Flick also

November 2013. It reported revenues of $43.4 million in the year ended March.

The company’s major shareholder is Gisborne-based Eastland Group, which operates the region’s electricity network, port and airport and has interests in geothermal and hydro generation.

It currently owns almost 23 per cent of the business and is remaining a shareholder.

Other investors include Evander Management and Angel HQ, private investment funds and staff, including founder and chief executive Steve O’Connor.

O’Connor said the capital and expertise Z Energy brings to the partnership will enable the company to develop more products, faster.

Z Energy said the purchase will be funded from existing credit lines and won’t impact current earnings or expected dividends.

It is expected to add to group earnings from the 2021 financial year.

The shares last traded at $7.40, and have declined 3.5 per cent so far this year.

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Chorus able to stabilise customer base Chorus profit fell 24 per cent as the telecommunications network operator slowed the number of customers switching to different providers or technologies in an increasingly competitive market.

Net profit dropped to $85 million in the year ended June 30 from $113 million a year earlier, the Wellington-based company said in a statement. Still, that was a smaller decline than in the first half, and earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation of $653 million were at the top end of the company’s guidance, pipping forecasts from First NZ Capital and Forsyth Barr analysts. Revenue slipped 4.8 per cent to $990 million.

“Investing to promote better broadband that’s already available to many New Zealanders has succeeded in slowing the pace of connection decline,” chief executive Kate McKenzie said.

Chorus increased marketing ef-

forts in response to Spark New Zealand pushing its own hybrid wireless technology as an alternative to the network operator’s copper lines. At the same time, the state-sponsored ultrafast broadband network roll-out has continued at pace and customers outside Chorus’s catchments have switched services to their local fibre companies to access the newer technology.

That fightback was successful.

Chorus’s June quarter connection numbers were ahead of analysts’ expectations. Chorus’ fixed line connections shrank 5 per cent to 1.53 million, while broadband connections edged up by 1000 to 1.19 million.

The network operator expects a small decline in earnings for the 2019 financial year in what’s seen as the peak year for the fibre rollout.

“Our return to broadband connection growth in FY18, together

with strong forecasts for urban housing development and underlying broadband trends, such as fibre uptake and the demand for streamed video content, give us added confidence in our strategy,” McKenzie said.

The network operator’s capital expenditure was $810 million in the year ended June 30, of which $620 million was on the fibre rollout. Chorus anticipates capex of $820 million to $860 million in the coming year, with fibre accounting for $660 million to $690 million of that spending.

The board declared a final dividend of 13 cents per share, to be paid on Oct. 9 to shareholders registered on Sept. 25. That takes the annual return to 22 cents, and Chorus expects to pay dividends of 23 cents per share in the coming year.

The shares last traded at $4.41 and have risen 5 per cent so far this year.

Twyford looks at tenancy law overhaul The Government has announced a reform of tenancy laws yesterday in an effort to “make life better for renters”.

A discussion document released by Housing Minister Phil Twyford yesterday proposes: • ending cancellations of tenancies without cause while ensuring landlords can still get rid of rogue tenants; • increasing the notice period a landlord must give tenants when ending a lease – from 42 days to 90 days; • limiting rent increases to once a year and scrapping

bidding for rental properties • provide better processes for landlords and tenants to agree on pets or minor alterations to homes; The Government will seek feedback on these proposals.

“Our tenancy laws are antiquated and don’t reflect the fact that renting is now a long-term reality for many of our families. A third of all New Zealanders now rent,” Twyford said.

“Insecure tenure can force families to continually move house. This is particularly tough on children whose education

suffers when they have to keep changing schools.

“We want to strike a balance between providing tenants with security of tenure and allowing them to make their house a home, while protecting the rights and interests of landlords.

“As people rent for longer, they want to be secure in their homes and put down roots in their community.

“That’s why making life better for renters is an important aspect of the Government’s housing plan.”

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Losing gamer opens fire Two people were killed and 11 others wounded when a video game tournament competitor went on a shooting rampage before turning the gun on himself in the northern Florida city of Jacksonville.

David Katz, 24, has been identified as the suspect shooter at an online gaming tournament in Florida that was partially captured on a horrifying livestream.

Katz carried out his shooting rampage at the Jacksonville Landing complex at around 1.34pm on Sunday (local time), police said.

Jacksonville Sheriff Mike Williams confirmed that Katz is from Baltimore and had travelled to Jacksonville for the tournament.

He is also known by the gamer monikers ‘Ravenschamp’ and ‘bread’.

Katz was armed with a semiautomatic and his car was seized by police near the scene.

Williams could not confirm if Katz knew any of the victims.

According to Steven “Steveyj” Javaruski, one of the competitors, the shooter was a gamer who was competing in the tournament and lost.

The shooter “targeted a few people” and shot at least five victims before killing himself, Javaruski told The Los Angeles Times in a direct message on Twitter.

Sheriff Williams said federal authorities raided a house at South Baltimore as part of the investigation into the shooting.

He appealed for anyone with videos or information of the incident to contact the Sheriff’s Office.

Earlier dozens of ambulances and police cars flooded into The Jacksonville Landing within two minutes of a call, a waterfront dining, entertainment and shopping site in the city’s downtown, after several shots rang out on a sunny Sunday afternoon (local time).

The shooting took place during a regional qualifier for the Madden 19 online game tournament at the GLHF Game Bar inside a Chicago Pizza restaurant, according to the venue’s website.

Mel B off to rehab Mel B has bravely admitted that she is heading to rehab to tackle her alcohol and sex addictions after an “incredibly difficult” six months amid her divorce from Stephen Belafonte. The Spice Girls star, 43, revealed she will be entering a UK-based therapy centre next month after being diagnosed with posttraumatic stress disorder as she wants to be a better version of herself for her children - Phoenix Chi Gulzar, 19, Angel Iris Murphy Brown, 11, and Madison Brown Belafonte, six. Mel spoke candidly about her upcoming treatment as it is a “huge issue for so many people” and she has hit “crisis point”.

Wilson hands back the dosh Bomb squad police prepare a robot to enter a parking garage a block away from the scene of a multiple shooting at the Jacksonville Landing.

PHOTO AP Distressing live stream footage, posted on Twitter, shows two people, smiling with headphones on and playing the Madden 19 American football game before screaming and gunshots can be heard ringing out in the background.

The numerous loud gunshots suddenly interrupt the stream and disrupting the video connection – leaving a “controller disconnected” warning as the players fled.

Audio of the shooting was being broadcast live as the tournament was underway, with several loud gunshots suddenly interrupting the

stream and disrupting the video connection.

A red dot that appeared to be a laser pointer was visible on the chest of a player seconds before the first of a dozen gunshots rang out.

After several gunshots, people scream and one person cried out, “Oh f---, what’d he shoot me with?”

The stream did not show the shooting.

Investigators were looking into the online video.

Florida authorities say they’ve finished clearing the scene.

The sheriff’s office said

many people were transported to hospital, and its deputies found many others hiding in locked areas at The Landing.

Six victims were taken to Jacksonville’s UF Health Hospital, five of them were in a stable condition and one in serious condition, hospital staff said.

A spokesman for Jacksonville’s Memorial Hospital said it was treating three victims, all of whom were in stable condition.

Sheriff Williams said of the injured nine suffered gunshot wounds and two were hurt while fleeing.

- AP

Rebel Wilson has returned about $4.2 million of the major payout she received from Bauer Media after a historic defamation win. The Australian actress was awarded a record $4.7 million payout in September 2017 when Bauer Media was found guilty of defaming the star in a series of articles. However Victoria’s Court of Appeal slashed the payout to $600,000 this year, and ordered Wilson to pay back more than $4 million plus interest. Wilson has now repaid the sum, but the fight is not over. The Hollywood actress has lodged an application for her own appeal before the High Court.

■ AUSTRALIA

Heartbroken mother shares memories It took seven seconds for the Dreamworld tragedy to unfold.

And they could have stopped the conveyor in two.

“Push that button. That’s all they had to do.

“My kids would still be here.”

Those are the anguished words of Kim Dorsett, who lost both of her children when the Thunder River Rapids raft-

ing ride suddenly failed.

On October 25, 2016, her children Kate Goodchild and Luke Dorsett, as well as Luke’s partner Roozi Araghi, were killed when their raft tipped over.

Cindy Low also died.

After sharing her memories of that tragic day in 2016, Dorsett told Seven’s Sunday Night

of her heartbreak after attending the inquest hearings into their deaths. And then there is her pride in the reflex act of courage that saved her granddaughter.

Kim’s daughter, 32-year-old Kate Goodchild, Kim’s son, Luke Dorsett, 35, his partner, Roozi Araghi, 38, and Kiwi mother Cindy Low were

crushed to death within seconds by the failed ride’s machinery.

“That’s all it took from when the raft went up, um … till it was all over,” Dorsett said.

“It was seven seconds. Just seven seconds.

“And they could have stopped that conveyor belt in two.”

- AAP

Trump praises power couple US President Donald Trump has praised Kanye West and Kim Kardashian West.

The 72-year-old politician has personally met with Kanye and Kim since winning the US election in 2016, and speaking at a fundraising dinner, Trump has again heaped praise on the duo. He said: “Now we’re doing great and Kanye West liked me and that really lifted my ... Kanye West has some real power! He’s got a good wife too, in Kim, I’ll tell ya. She really is [great].”

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Fashion on the world stage

BY TANYA ZOE ROBINSON

T

he year 1999 was a watershed moment for New Zealand fashion design.

That year, for the first time, New Zealand fashion designers got to strut their stuff on the world stage at two London Fashion Weeks, in February and September.

Being at London Fashion Week was huge news for New Zealand.

As the Tekau exhibition at Ashburton Museum has proven, many New Zealanders have liked to keep up with fashion. Yet to see innovative fashion designs coming from our little corner of the world, was virtually unknown.

For our designers to be seen by international media, boutiques and buyers was truly something special.

Four successful designers were invited to represent New Zealand in London. They were NOM*d, Zambesi, WORLD and Karen Walker. All four are still among our most famous design companies today.

Their innovative and quirky approach to fashion made the four designers stand out in the crowded international fashion week arena.

Many fashion commentators saw their designs as offering something unique. They commented on the designer’s confident use of black fabrics and a distinctive approach that captured something of our nation’s wittily dark sense of humour and style.

A new myth emerged as international media wondered if all New Zealanders wore so much black clothing?

What they had spotted was a dark, Southern Gothic edge that has become distinctive to New Zealand’s – and particularly the South Island’s – fashion sensibilities. If you have ever wondered why New Zealanders wear so much black – this was the moment when that myth was generated.

The New Zealand Four The designers became known as the New Zealand Four – a name that has remained a benchmark in New Zealand’s fashion memory.

One of the four was NOM*d designer and owner, Margarita Robertson, who is today creative director of this iconic and

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staunchly Dunedin-based fashion label.

But where did Robertson turn to find the best knitwear fabrics for the world stage of London Fashion Week?

Here, of course, to Ashburton’s famous Tekau knitwear company.

Robertson had been working with Tekau for a while, pushing the limits of the design process to create quirky jerseys, dresses and accessories.

Versions of some of these original styles are still made for NOM*d by other New Zealand factories today, now that Tekau has closed.

When the music launched in the London Fashion Week pavilion, set up on the lawn of the Natural History Museum in London, the response was immediate.

1 – A grey NOM*d jersey made for Tekau, first seen at London Fashion Week 1999.

2 – The grey NOM*d jersey in the Tekau: Don’t Be Dull exhibition at Ashburton Museum.

3 – A full length dress, knitted at Tekau, on the runway at London Fashion Week 1999.

4. A black version of the dress and scarf made at Tekau, also worn at London Fashion Week 1999, on exhibition at the Ashburton Museum.

5. This is NOM*d – an advertising image, featuring the 1999 dress in black.

6. Advertising image from NOM*d featuring garments made at Tekau.

Not only were the designs distinctive, but the quality of the perfectly finished knitwear was immediately apparent.

A little piece of Ashburton took its place on the world fashion stage.

The garments Among the garments shown at our very first appearance were garments now on display at Ashburton Museum. This includes a gently fitted and fully shaped mid-grey turtle neck jersey, with NOM*d’s distinctive super-long sleeves, that remain a brand signature today.

Also on display is a black floorlength sleeveless dress, also with a high neck. Perfect for South Island wear.

The dress was styled at the museum by its designer, Marga-

rita Robertson, with a 1999 butterfly’ scarf, a design still sold by NOM*d today. At the time these designs were considered very way out and generated a lot of conversation, and perhaps some consternation, for Tekau staff.

While they admired the innovation, this was the first time many had seen hanging ends and unusual “unfinished” edges on garments – a style today known as deconstructed.

Robertson is one of New Zealand’s most loved and admired fashion designers. She has been a mentor to many and remained a strong advocate for New Zealand fashion.

Along with the other members of the New Zealand Four, she has gone on to inspire new generations of designers whose garments appear on models that

confidently stride the catwalks of the world.

Even today, all NOM*d garments are made here in New Zealand and in January, 2018, Robertson’s standing was recognised when she was awarded the citation, Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit.

Nicest of all, were the comments that Robertson left us, about Tekau. As she said: “We miss Tekau and our customers do too!

“We wistfully think about Tekau often, we loved visiting the factory with the devoted team and fantastic machinery forever knitting day and night.

“When our customers reference a garment they had 20 years ago that has finally given up the ghost because it was worn so much, it always was a Tekau garment.”

Honouring the Fallen The Ashburton Museum, with the assistance of the Rotary Club of Ashburton Plains, has erected in front of the museum one of the original Ferriman flagpoles, and on the centennial of the death of each Ashburton soldier will fly a replica flag. This week the Ashburton Museum honours: August 30: Stuart CLARK, Edward Henderson ROBERTSON September 1: Thomas Alfred CORKILL, Mark HARRIS September 2: Alfred Thomas Evan BURNARD September 4: James Henry THOMAS

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RESULTS ■ Bridge Ashburton Bridge Club August 20 Individual & Walker Trophies N/S 1st Bruce Leighton & Pauline Scott, 2nd Maryke Blignault & Jan McClelland 3rd Colin Clemens & Wendy Parr. E/W 1st Mary Bruce & Mervyn Jones, 2nd Bev Blair & Catherine Robins, 3rd Shirley Young & Noel Baker August 21 Duplicate N/S 1st Pauline Fergus & Rewa Kyle, 2nd Maree Moore & Jan de Jong 3rd Margaret Shearer & Rosemary McLaughlin. E/W 1st Gordon McCormick & David Sewell, 2nd Sue Rosevear & Jim Rooney, 3rd Val Palmer & Pat Jordan August 22nd 3rds diff ptr ea rd N/S 1st, Rosemary McLaughlin & John Fechney, 2nd Iris Taylor & Maree Moore, 3rd Mary Buckland & Peter Downward. E/W 1st Kay Robb & Edna Segers, 2nd Rewa Kyle & Sue Rosevear, 3rd Paul & Pauline Fergus August 23 3rds, diff ptr ea rd N/S 1st Martin de Jong & Johnny Wright, 2nd Lois Rose & Audrey Rooney, 3rd John Shearer & David Greenslade E/W 1st Maree Moore & Pauline Fergus, 2nd Pat Jordan & Bev Turton, 3rd Linda Baker & Mike Holmes August 25 Ashburton Intermediate & Junior Pairs AM session N/S 1st Sally Croy & Tracey Bruce, 2nd Catherine Fitchett & Julia Thomas, 3rd Jim & Audrey Rooney. E/W 1st Jan Lenton & Madge Baker, 2nd Jane Te Whata & Sandra Coulter, 3rd Doug Williams & Catherine Lods PM session N/S 1st Sam Gurney & Margaret Fraser, 2nd Audrey & Jim Rooney, 3rd Richard Williams & David Price E/W 1st Julia Thomas & Catherine Fitchett, 2nd Rory Redmayne & Giles Hancock, 3rd Darryl Dowthwaite & Deborah Mathews

■ Cycling Mid Canterbury Social Wheelers August 25, 31 Riders. 16km.

1st Roger Wilson CT. 33.01. HT. 6.45m. RT.

DRAWS ■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club September 1 The first round of matchplay for the Club Championships will be held.

For those not in the match play a Par round will be held.

Matchplay Draw off Number 1 Tee 11.22 Greg Fleming v Dave Hewitt; Ken Clucas v Chris Robertson 11.30 Bevan Rickerby v Tom Blacklow; Shane Beavan v Phil Kerr 11.38 Ron Carlson v Ryan Stoddart; Dave Gill v Jeff Williamson 11.45 Matt Tait v Bill Hetrick; Perry Hunt v Brayden Wood 11.52 Sam Clarke v Chris Ralston; Paul Greer v Vince Carr 12.00 Neil MacDonald v Grant Smith; Jason Overend v Chris Lovelock 12.08 Brent MacGregor v Noel Sutton; Nick Knight v Tim Newton 12.15 Jordan Bird v Sean Strange; Gaby Jansen v Dylan Stoddart 12.22 Peter Walker v Terry Kingsbury; Jeff Hewitt v Charlie Alexander 12.30 Jordan Green v Gordon Crawford; Paul May v Josh Ackerley 12.38 Hamish Niles v Tufuga Sa; Robbie Bell v Paddy Bradford 12.45 Blair Franklin v Adrian Hopwood; Owen Miller v Greig Sparrow.

All Junior B golfers have a first round bye.

Tuesday, August 28, 2018 26m 16s. 2nd Gene Shurrock CT. 33.02.

HT. 6.30m. RT. 26m 32s. 3rd Nick Grijns CT.33.03. HT.6.30m. RT. 26m 33s. 4th Nigel Chatterton CT. 33.03. HT. 6.30m. RT. 26m 33s. 5th Craig Roulston CT. 33.03.

HT.6.30m. RT. 26m 33s. 6th Andy Skinner CT. 33.04. HT. 4.20m. RT. 28m 44s.

7th Bruce McClelland CT.33.04. HT.6.45m.

RT. 26m 19s. 8th Lucy Kirwan CT. 33.04.

HT.4.20m. RT. 28m 44s. 9th Don Morrison CT.33.05. HT.6.45m. RT. 26m 20s. 10th Brian Ellis CT.33.05. HT. 4.20m. RT. 28m 45s.

11th Pam Harcourt CT.33.06. HT. 4.20m. RT. 28m 46s. 11th=Colin Teahan CT. 33.06. HT. 4.20m. RT. 28m 46s. 11th.= Kerry Clough CT. 33.06. HT. 2.00m. RT. 31m 06s. 11th.= Dave Shurrock CT. 33.06. HT. 6.30m. RT. 26m 36s. 11th.= Harriett Sutton CT. 33.06.

HT. Go. RT. 33m 06s. 11th.= Janette Hooper CT. 33.06. HT. 2.00m. RT. 31m 06s. 11th.= Brent Hudson CT. 33.06. HT. 4.20m. RT. 28m 46s. 11th.= Brent Kircher CT.33.06.

HT. 6.30m. RT. 26m 36s. 12th Alan Johns CT. 33.07. HT. Go. RT. 33m 07s. 13th Matt Marshall CT. 34.02. HT. 9.10m. RT. 24m 52s.

14th Kristine Marriott CT. 34.03. HT. 9.10m.

RT. 24m 53s. 15th Rob Hooper CT. 34.06.

HT. 9.10m. RT. 24m 56s. 16th Don Sutton CT.34.06. HT.9.10m. RT. 24m 56s. 17th Mike Hanson CT. 34.19. HT. 9.10m. RT. 25m 09s. 18th John Uden CT. 34.48. HT.9.10m.

19th. Richard Kirwan CT. 34.48. HT. 11.00m.

RT. 23m 48s. F/T. 20th Colman Burke CT.34.49. HT. 11.00m. RT. 23m 49s. 2f/t.

21st Tony Ward CT. 34.49. HT. 11.00m. RT. 23m 49s. 3f/t. 22nd Michael Templeton CT. 34.50. HT. 11.00m. RT. 23m 50s. 4f/t. 23rd Kevin Opele CT. 34.50. HT. 11.00m. RT. 23m 50s. 5f/t. 24th Doug Coley CT.34.57. HT. 9.10m. RT. 25m 47s.

Tour of Spain Results from Stage 2 of Tour of Spain, a 163-km ride from Marbella to Caminito del Rey. 1. Alejandro Valverde (ESP/MOV) 4hr13m1s 2. Michal Kwiatkowski (POL) same time 3. Laurens De Plus (BEL/QST) 3 4. Wilco Kelderman (NED/SUN) s.t.

5. George Bennett (NZL/TLJ) s.t.

6. Tony Gallopin (FRA/ALM) s.t.

7. Emanuel Buchmann (GER/BOH) s.t.

8. Rigoberto Uran (COL/EFD) s.t.

9. Nairo Quintana (COL/MOV) s.t.

10. Thibaut Pinot (FRA/GFC) s.t.

■ Football English Premier League English Premier League results and standings Starting times: Morning 8.00am; Afternoon report to the Pro Shop at 11.00am for an 11.30am start Nine Hole golfers report at 12.00pm for a 12.30pm start.

September 2 The annual Foodstuffs Trophy match against Tinwald will be held at Ashburton with a 12.30pm start.

■ Rugby Mid Canterbury Rugby Saturday September 1 2018 Heartland Agstaff Mid Canterbury v North Otago, Ashburton Showgrounds, 2:30 pm Agstaff Mid Canterbury ‘A’ Agstaff Mid Canterbury A v North Otago (HC), Ashburton Showgrounds, 12:50 pm Mid Canterbury Under 18 Mid Canterbury v North Otago, Celtic1, 12:30 pm Mid Canterbury Under 16 Mid Canterbury v North Otago, Celtic2, 12:00 pm Mid Canterbury Under 14 Mid Canterbury v North Otago, Celtic3, 12:00 pm Mid Canterbury Under 13 Mid Canterbury v North Otago, Tinwald1, 12:00 pm Under 12 North Otago v North Canterbury, Tinwald2, 12:00 pm

Newcastle United 1 (Joselu 83) Chelsea 2 (E Hazard 76 pen, Yedlin 87 og), Fulham 4 (Seri 4, Mitrovic 36, 38, Schurrle 83) Burnley 2 (Hendrick 10, Tarkowski 41), Watford 2 (Pereyra 53, Holebas 71) Crystal Palace 1 (Zaha 78), Liverpool 1 (M Salah 23) Brighton & Hove Albion 0, Huddersfield Town 0 Cardiff City 0 Send-offs: (Hogg 63 - Huddersfield Town), Southampton 1 (Bertrand 52) Leicester City 2 (Gray 56, Maguire 90+2) Send-offs: (Hojbjerg 77 Southampton), Bournemouth 2 (King 74 pen, Ake 79) Everton 2 (Walcott 55, Keane 65) Send-offs: (Richarlison 41 - Everton, Smith 61 - Bournemouth), Arsenal 3 (Monreal 30, Diop 70 og, Welbeck 90+2) West Ham 1 (Arnautovic 25), Wolves 1 (Boly 57) Manchester City 1 (Laporte 69) Standings P W D L F A Pts Liverpool 3 3 0 0 7 0 9 Chelsea 3 3 0 0 8 3 9 Watford 3 3 0 0 7 2 9 Manchester City 3 2 1 0 9 2 7 Bournemouth 3 2 1 0 6 3 7 Tottenham Hotspur 2 2 0 0 5 2 6 Leicester City 3 2 0 1 5 3 6 Everton 3 1 2 0 6 5 5 Manchester United 2 1 0 1 4 4 3 Arsenal 3 1 0 2 5 6 3 Crystal Palace 3 1 0 2 3 4 3 Fulham 3 1 0 2 5 7 3 Brighton Hove Albion 3 1 0 2 3 5 3 Wolves 3 0 2 1 3 5 2 Cardiff City 3 0 2 1 0 2 2 Newcastle United 3 0 1 2 2 4 1 Southampton 3 0 1 2 2 4 1 Burnley 3 0 1 2 3 7 1 Huddersfield Town 3 0 1 2 1 9 1 West Ham 3 003 2 9 0

■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club August 22 Men Division Winner over the field: Paul Stoddart.

Other good scores: Kevin Smith, Terry Molloy, Bill Mason, George Brown, Brent MacGregor, Don McQuarters, Noel, Sutton, Charlie Ale3xander, Geoff Read, John McArthur, Peter Bain.

Twos: John Dudley Closest to the Pin #14: Bill Mason.

Ashburton Golf Club August 25 Brandon Cup Winner: Wilson Hii with rounds of 48, 34 and 37pts for a total of 119pts; second was Adrian Hopwood with 115pts and third George Brown 114pts.

The Radius Care Player of the day was Peter Walker 69-5=64nett and 44 pts.

Other winning scores were: Shane Beavan and Guildford Lane 43pts; Josh Ackerley 42; Dave Gill 41; Greig Sparrow 40; Paul Houston, Noel Sutton and Paul Greer 39; Brayden Wood, Beavan Wilson, Tufuga Sa, Richard McKernan and Murray Wackrow 38pts.

Twos: Peter Walker, Chris Lovelock, George Brown, Shane Beavan, Bryan Donaldson, Guildford Lane, Ryan Stoddart, Blair Franklin and Beavan Wilson.

Nearest The Pins: South Island Seeds: Greig Sparrow; Rothbury Insurance: Noel Sutton; Allenton Meat Centre: Tufuga Sa; Braided Rivers: Beavan Wilson; Charming Thai Longest Putt: Paul Houston; The Stables Family Restaurant Lucky Draw: Ivan Blain: Donkey of the day: Kevin Smith.

Birdie Jackpot: #8, Nett Eagles: #8 Nine Hole Results Winner: Sam Prince with 21pts. Other winning scores were: Peter Wright 20, Tonee Hurley 19. A two for Tonee Hurley.

Mayfield Golf Club August 22 Mid-Week Stableford Competition Arnold Rushton 37 Stableford points, Ian Beach 35, Roger Lake 35 Nearest the Pin: Gordon Duthie August 23 Mayfield 9 Hole Golf Stroke &7th Stableford Ladies 1st: = Jo Cook 56-20-36, 18; Jacinta

Schmack 58-22-36 18; Men 1st Eddie Graham 51-16-35 18, 2nd John Greenslade 5719-38 15 Nearest The Pin: Greg Sim Building & Excavating No 2: Jo Cook (2), Mayfield Transport No 5: Eddie Graham

Methven Golf Club August 22 Ladies Division 1st Round of Championship Match Play Seniors no play Bronze A Sally Jones Bye. Robyn Maw beat Lynn Worsfold, Ruth Smith beat Jane Helmore Bronze B: Roz Grant beat Marg Kelk, Nola Hydes beat Wendy Wareing, Bev Isherwood beat Dennise Hood, Fay Redfern beat Gail Limbrick Competition Stroke Round: Heather Santy 95-28-67, Jenny Senior 89-17-72 Aqua Japanese Restaurant Best Nett of the Day Heather Santy 67 Nearest the Pins: #4 Silver Methven Foursquare Sara Gallagher, #6 Bronze A Methven Travel Pam Watson, #17 Bronze B Methven Pharmacy Heather Middleton, #13 Open Aribica Jane Helmore, #14 (2nd shot) Sat L Supervalue Ellen Kemp, #6 Sat Ladies Cinema Paradiso Bev Isherwood Twos and Nett Eagles: Ruth Smith, Marg Kelk August 24 Methven 9 Hole Golf Hiromi Ikehata 43-9-34. Bridget Thompson 63-28-35, Karen Currie 59-22-37 PGG Wrightson Best Player = Hiromi Ikehata, Methven Travel 2nd Shot = Alister Goodwin August 25 Men’s Division 2nd Round Club Champs Senior: Greame Gunn 75-9-66. Intermediate: Philip Johnson 82-13-69. Junior A: Jim Lattimore 91-21-70. Junior B: Rodger Callaghan 92-23-69.

Other Good Scores: 70 Alister Maxwell.

71 Bernard Walsh, Frank Sandys. 72 Richard Maw, Ross Breach, Peter Harper, Pete Wood, Mick Hodgson. 73 Alan Smith, Dayle Lucas, Max Ferris.

Two’s: Michael Kemp. Logan Middlemass.

Dubliner Best Nett: Graeme Gunn 66.

Methven Foursquare Second Best Nett: Philip Johnson 69 by lot. Methven Travel Best Gross: Graeme Gunn 75.

Closest to the Pin-Aqua Japanese Restaurant No 4: Neil McArther. Hunters Wine No 6: Pete Wood. Ski Time No 13: Dayle Lucas.

Green Parrot No 17: Logan Middlemass.

Cinema Paradiso 2nd shot No 14: Logan Middlemass.

Next Week September 1: 3rd Round Club Champs match play & Plate. Blue tees.

Tee Off Times: Junior B 12.10, Intermediate 12.16, Senior 12.22, Junior A 12.28.

Rakaia Golf Club August 24 Canadian Foursomes Tournament held by the Rakaia Ladies Golf Best Gross Lal Mulligan and Christine Ross – Mayfield 87 Best Nett Sandra Quinn - Rakaia and Lynette Tapp - Mt Nessing 70, 2nd Nett Val Sisson and Fiona Rushton – Rakaia 76.4, 3rd Nett Jan Clucas and Helen Rapsey – Mayfield 76.8, 4th Nett Jan Redfern and Crisie Banks – Greendale 77.8 by lot from Marion Wederell and Sally Smith – Rakaia, 6th Nett Vicki Ward and Margaret Langan – Weedons 78 by lot from Jenny Maxwell and Pam Maxwell – Weedons, 8th Nett Jo Johnson and Helen Beaumont – Greendale 78.2, 9th Nett Sisi Silcock and Joanne Gallichan – Geraldine 78.6 by lot from Barbara Roberts-Everglades and Wendy McDonald – McLeans Island Nearest the Pin no 6-15: Bronwyn Oakley (drawn card), Nearest the Pin no 8-17: Margaret Langan

Tinwald Golf Club August 25 Stroke Leading scores in the medal round; Senior; -12; Matt Walker 70. Intermediate; 13-18; Robin Simms 69, Pete Marshall 70, Wayne

Ashburton Guardian 15 Mellish 72 b/l. Junior; 19 plus: Wayne Ross 66, Kerry Whiting 69, Richard Thompson 72 b/l. Women: Leen Bell 72. Nearest the pin: Tinwald Liquorland # 2; Gordon Rennie. Gluyas Ford # 6; Roger Bruce. Bedrock Bar and Stonegrill # 12; Dave Rush. Ace Auto Electrical # 16; Brent Kirdy. G & R Seeds 2nd shot # 11; Adam Wilson. Two’s; Gordon Rennie, Tony Sheppard. Net eagle; # 1 Bronwyn Flannery.

Barclays Championship Final round scores from PGA TOUR event, the Barclays Championship yesterday (par71).

266: Bryson DeChambeau (USA) 68 66 63 69270: Tony Finau (USA) 69 67 66 68271: Cameron Smith (AUS) 69 68 65 69, Billy Horschel (USA) 69 69 65 68272: Ryan Palmer (USA) 68 67 72 65, Adam Scott (AUS) 69 64 70 69, Aaron Wise (USA) 70 68 67 67273: Justin Thomas (USA) 69 67 69 68, Brooks Koepka (USA) 67 65 72 69, Patrick Cantlay (USA) 69 67 68 69274: Dustin Johnson (USA) 67 67 72 68, Nick Watney (USA) 69 68 68 69, Bronson Burgoon (USA) 68 73 67 66, Adam Hadwin (CAN) 71 65 68 70275: Jhonattan Vegas (VEN) 67 68 72 68, Daniel Berger (USA) 69 70 68 68, Kevin Na (USA) 67 75 66 67, Phil Mickelson (USA) 68 68 68 71, Hideki Matsuyama (JPN) 67 73 67 68276: Jason Day (AUS) 71 66 68 71, Tyrrell Hatton (ENG) 69 70 73 64, Tommy Fleetwood (ENG) 67 68 73 68, Charley Hoffman (USA) 69 70 67 70, Chez Reavie (USA) 71 66 67 72277: Jordan Spieth (USA) 70 70 64 73, Danny Lee (NZL) 67 73 72 67.

■ Motor racing Belgian Grand Prix Results from the Belgian Grand Prix yesterday (44 laps): 1. Sebastian Vettel (GER) 1hr 23m 34.47s 2. Lewis Hamilton (ENG/MER) +11.061 3. Max Verstappen (NED/RBR) 31.372 4. Valtteri Bottas (FIN/MER) 1m 3.605 5. Sergio Perez (MEX/RAC) 1m 11.02 6. Esteban Ocon (FRA/RAC) 1m 19.52 7. Romain Grosjean (FRA/HAA) 1min 25.95 8. Kevin Magnussen (DEN/HAA) 1m 27.63 9. Pierre Gasly (FRA/STR) 1min 45.8 10. Marcus Ericsson (SWE/SAU) 1 lap 11. Carlos Sainz Jr (ESP/REN) 1 lap 12. Sergey Sirotkin (RUS/WIL) 1 lap 13. Lance Stroll (CAN/WIL) 1 lap 14. Brendon Hartley (NZL/STR) 1 lap 15. Stoffel Vandoorne (BEL/MCL) 1 lap Not classified: Daniel Ricciardo (AUS/RBR) 16 laps Kimi Raikkonen (FIN/FER) 36 laps Charles Leclerc (MON/SAU) 44 laps Nico Hulkenberg (GER/REN) 44 laps Fernando Alonso (ESP/MCL) 44 laps

■ Shooting Ashburton District Rifle Club August 26 At 500 yards TR, John Snowden 50.5, 50.9, 100.14, Chris Kershaw 50.5, 50.8, 100.13, John Miller 50.6, 50.7, 100.13, Allan White 50.6, 50.4, 100.10, John Fleming 48.4, 50.4, 98.7, Megan Snowden 47.4, 48.1, 95.5, Brian Hawksby 46.3, 46.2, 92.5, Coby Snowden 42.1, 43.1, 85.2.

FTR, Murray Cook 58.4, 59.5, 117.9, Mark Alexander 58.4, 59.3, 117.7, Brian Graystone 58.4, 56.2, 114.6, George Cuthbert 51.2, 51.1, 102.3.

FO, Mike Chui 59.4, 60.9, 119.13.

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In brief Barrett ‘flight risk’ New Zealand Rugby boss Steve Tew has backed All Blacks coach Steve Hansen’s plea for more government assistance to keep players from the clutches of wealthy overseas clubs and highlighted Beauden Barrett as a player at risk. The All Blacks first-five scored 30 points in total in a stunning individual performance as his side retained the Bledisloe Cup with another demolition of the Wallabies and has already been targeted by French clubs and their millionaire owners.

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Trust key for ABs Amidst the bluster, denial and anger after another Bledisloe Cup humiliation, one of Wallabies coach Michael Cheika’s shots hit the target – his answer on what makes this All Blacks team so dangerous, and, frankly, a bad dream from which every other nation is unlikely to wake up from any time soon.

“They back their defensive systems,” said Cheika in a rare moment of clarity. “A lot of those come off a breach as well, so we breach them and we turn the ball over, so we’re in behind them but they trust each other, they keep their width on defence, and so they have got that width to attack with.” - NZME

Squash a top way to superior fitness A keen bunch of future squash players turned out to a ladies squash fitness day at the Ashburton Squash Club on Sunday afternoon. The afternoon was about showcasing squash as both a sport, and as a way to keep fit, and included skills and drills before the ladies sat down with some refreshments to watch an exhibition match between the club’s top woman, Katrina Palmer, and one of the club’s top men, Sam Shearer.

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Golden girl on the water Lisa Carrington powered to a sixth successive world K1 200m at Montemor-o-Velho in Portugal while falling agonisingly short of another gold in the K4 500m yesterday.

Carrington finished the world championships with one gold and three silver medals as the New Zealand team completed their best haul at the worlds with five total medals.

The K4 500m crew of Carrington, Caitlin Ryan, Aimee Fisher and Kayla Imrie took a valiant silver, finishing just 0.010 behind world and Olympic champions Hungary.

Carrington, who had secured the previous seven global titles in the K1 200m with five straight world titles and two Olympic golds, was without doubt the overwhelming favourite to make it number eight.

However, few could have predicted her level of dominance and stunning victory margin of more than a boat length.

Racing into the lead from the outset, by the 100m mark Carrington already held a commanding three-quarter-of a length lead on her nearest pur-

Lisa Carrington has confirmed her dominance in the K1 200m. suer Linnea Stensils of Sweden.

For the remainder of the race, she put on a demonstration to further destroy the field and

stop the clock in 38.821. Emma Jorgensen of Denmark, who repeated her silver medal won at the same event at the 2017 World

Championships, finished a distant 1.727 down with Stensils (40.585) in bronze.

“It is amazing, it is awesome just to be here and do what I do with my team-mates.

“To be able to deliver in the K1 200m, it is pretty cool,” Carrington said.

Carrington then returned with her crewmates in optimistic mood having led the qualifiers for the women’s K4 500m final, although with a Hungarian crew comprising five-time Olympic champion Danuta Kozak who was hunting her third gold of the regatta, the New Zealanders were aware they faced formidable opposition.

The Kiwi boat got away to a fantastic start and held a advantage by just under a quarter of a second at 250m before the Hungarian crew applied the blowtorch to draw level in the final 100m.

In a captivating climax both boats flashed across the line seemingly together only for the Hungarians to be given the photo-finish verdict by one hundredth of a second in 1:33.761.

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Ferns prop cleared Black Ferns prop Aldora Itunu is understood to have been cleared of serious injury after being taken from the pitch in the side’s test win on Saturday night. Itunu’s night was cut short when she was taken from the field by medical staff late in the first half after a scrum and did not return. Early on, she set the ball rolling for the 45-17 Black Ferns win when she scored the opening try of the match. Coach Glenn Moore said he understood Itunu was not badly injured. ‘’We wanted to take it to them up front,” Moore said. ‘’We’ve got a new look team but we were better this week and I’m confident we’ll be better next time as well.”

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Pocock wants clarity Wallabies flanker David Pocock has asked for clarity over how neck roll offenders will be punished after being targeted at the breakdown.

Owen Franks was penalised when clearing Pocock out of a ruck midway through Saturday’s test.

However, referee Wayne Barnes didn’t issue a further sanction to Franks, who was playing his 100th test in New Zealand’s 40-12 win.

It continued a painful night for the courageous Pocock, whose limpet-like attempts to turn over breakdown ball saw him routinely cleared out in vigorous fashion. He needed treatment to his neck three times in the first half.

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High praise from Jones Serial All Blacks critic Stephen Jones has been forced to join their fan club claiming the world champions have “tilted world rugby on its axis”. Jones has constantly belittled southern hemisphere rugby in general but has done a massive u-turn after Steve Hansen’s side crushed the Wallabies. Jones reckoned a “supercharged” Beauden Barrett picked off Australia “with his pace, skill and vision on the back of the communal ruthlessness of the team”.

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■ TAURANGA

Tragedy inspires long career Tauranga trainer Mark Blackie has had a lifelong involvement in the racing industry and could be in for one of his most exciting seasons, just three years after returning to the sport he loves.

“I was bred into racing,” Blackie said.

“My grandfather raced horses in the fifties and sixties.

“He bred a lot of horses with Trelawney Stud. My Dad carried that on and I started working with the horses right from when I was ten years old.”

Blackie always had a love of horses, but when he lost his brother at a young age he sort solace in the animal which forged a path to his training career today.

“My brother died when I was 11, he was 13,” Blackie said.

“I lost my mate, so I just turned to the horses and it just evolved from there.”

He went on to work for some top trainers in both New Zealand and Australia and was the strapper for Pencarrow Stud foundation mare Richebourg, the Grand-dam of five-time Group One winner Darci Brahma and Caulfield Cup (2400m) and Gr.1 Melbourne Cup winner Ethereal.

“My first job I ever had was for Laurie Laxon and then I worked for Jim Maloney in Melbourne,” he said.

“I worked in Brisbane for a few years for Roy Dawson. I really learnt my trade off him about training sprinters. It was the most I learnt off anybody.”

A dual winner of the Brisbane trainers’ premiership, Dawson was also in the top five trainers in the state on nearly 30 occasions.

“Dad always wanted me to come back and train his horses in Cambridge, so I came back when I was about 35 to train for my Dad on his dairy farm in Cambridge.

“I had a couple of Group One placings and trained my first

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Otago Greyhound Racing Club Venue Forbury Park Raceway Meeting Date: 28 Aug 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

Well-bred filly impresses Three-year-old filly Pressure opened her winning account with an impressive victory at Cranbourne on Sunday. The Matt Cumanitrained daughter of Jakkalberry dashed away in the run home to register a four-length victory over 2080m in the hands of Linda Meech. Pressure is from the first crop of the ill-fated stallion Jakkalberry who stood at the Muollo family’s Novara Park Stud from 2014 until his untimely death earlier this year.

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Champion filly back The Michael and Matthew Pitmantrained Savvy Coup was crowned New Zealand’s Champion ThreeYear-Old at Sunday’s Horse of the Year Awards, and the daughter of Savabeel is pleasing her trainers ahead of her resumption in Saturday’s Tarzino Trophy (1400m). “She’s working really well and she should be competitive, but I think the bookies have got it pretty right,” Michael Pitman said of the $31 chance.

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Bounding sibling wins

Tauranga trainer Mark Blackie with Le Castile. stakes winner, Santa’s Kingdom who won the Pynne Gould Guinness Final (Listed South Island 2YO Championship) in the South Island.”

Blackie took a leave of absence from the sport for a couple of years, returning to the training ranks three years ago and could be in for his most exciting season yet with promising mares Le Castile and Joy Anna.

Dalghar mare Le Castile showed a good turn of foot to win two of her five starts last season, while she was luckless in her laststart unplaced effort in the Gr.3 Cambridge Breeders Stakes.

“It was a great effort in the Breeders Stakes, going back from 1400m to 1200m,” Blackie said.

“She sort of got lost coming around the corner on a wet track and at the furlong she got a bit of interference. She only finished

four lengths off the winner with a check and she didn’t really cop that track.”

Blackie said the four-year-old has matured since returning from a spell and will likely resume on her home track in November.

“We are waiting for the firm tracks, which are only a couple of months away and that’s perfect.

“She’s very promising.”

Meanwhile, Blackie has black type targets in mind for Joy Anna this season after the five-yearold mare narrowly missed out on achieving that status when finishing fourth to Savile Row in the Listed Hallmark Stud Handicap on Boxing Day last year.

“It was her second start at black type,” he said. “It was a decent sort of run and Savile Row is no slug, but she didn’t pull-up that great. She was still very weak

and had three months off.”

The daughter of Iffraaj won fresh-up over 1000m at Taupo last season and her trainer is hoping she can repeat the dose when she tackles the Counties Bowl first-up on November 24.

Variety will be the plan for the trios training routine over the next few months, with Blackie set to take advantage of Tauranga’s famed beaches.

“They’ll probably just have a jump out and then go to the races,” he said.

“We go to Papamoa East Beach and they walk in the water for thirty or forty minutes.

“It’s good for their heads. By the time they truck down there and back, they almost feel like they’ve had a gallop. It gets them back into the mindset of happily getting on the truck and going to the races.”

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Exciting Aidan O’Brien-trained colt Anthony Van Dyck, a half-brother to former champion New Zealand sprinter Bounding, put his hand up as a genuine three-year-old classic contender when scoring a strong win in the Gr.2 Futurity Stakes at The Curragh yesterday. “He is now as short as 10-1 for next year’s Epsom Derby,” O’Brien said. - NZME

Tiger Tara on track A wide draw and tough run saw NZ Cup hopeful Tiger Tara finish just midfield in the Group 3 Vic Frost Cup (1609m) at Menangle.

Kevin Pizzuto’s stable star was only second-up from a spell and worked hard three-wide then outside the leader and winner My Alpha Rock before tiring late for a 7.1m fifth. My Alpha Rock continues to emerge as a open-class player and there was plenty to like about his bold front-running win in a 1min50.9sec mile.

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Otago dogs

Today at Forbury Park Raceway 4 12.57 GREEN ISLAND BARBER STAKES C1, 545m

1 2131 Puzzle Tin nwtd J &.........................D Fahey 2 64544 Allen Hadrian 32.93 .....................C Roberts 3 11223 Country Gent nwtd .................... A Bradshaw 4 57744 Gotcha Rocky nwtd ...................J McInerney 1 12.05pm (NZT) OGRC MAIDEN SPRINT C0, 310m 5 37245 Forbury Flyer nwtd ....................J McInerney 6 35354 Glass Harpoon nwtd ......................J Guthrie 1 525 Forehand Raid nwtd ..........................J Dunn 7 25346 Freckle Flyer 33.46.............................J Allen 2 3 Little Lozza nwtd .......................J McInerney 8 64453 Know Potential nwtd.......................G Cleeve 3 42422 Yee Coo Coo nwtd ....................J McInerney 9 37667 Valyrian Steel nwtd ...................J McInerney 4 78 Three Gold Stars nwtd ...................C Healey 5 83 Dream Hard nwtd .......................... B Conner 10 73568 Southern Honey 33.02 ................R Hamilton 6 21 Loco Lola nwtd ..........................A Bradshaw 5 1.15pm KEYOSK SERVICE BAR SPRINT C2, 310m 7 68685 Homebush Connor nwtd ...........J McInerney 1 36741 Know Respect 18.42 ......................G Cleeve 8 88676 Dreamy Baxter nwtd .................J McInerney 2 78481 Zircon 18.58 ...................................J Jopson 9 22746 Homebush Mikey nwtd ..............J McInerney 3 78632 Shanly Star 19.04 .....................J McInerney 10 33845 Homebush Flynn nwtd ..............J McInerney 4 776x1 Shoe Fly nwtd ................................J Jopson 2 12.22 ALL FENCING SOLUTIONS SPRINT C2, 310m 5 36168 Homebush Skip 18.90...............J McInerney 6 36835 Homebush Ellie nwtd ................J McInerney 1 1211 Pita Ramos 18.70 .............................J Dunn 7 21824 Magic Jess Lass 18.65 ..................C Healey 2 77551 Goldstar Power nwtd S & ................B Evans 8 75234 Zefside 18.71 ............................J McInerney 3 56848 Jealous Much 18.80 ..................J McInerney 9 32256 Sierra Delta 18.58 S & ....................B Evans 4 15738 Homebush Maycee 18.90 .........J McInerney 5 66827 Super Bad 18.44 ..........................D Roberts 10 36351 Boston Powers nwtd ................. A Bradshaw 6 15541 Cosmic Marty 18.95 ..................J McInerney 6 1.32pm ST KILDA VET CENTRE SPRINT C3, 310m 7 15618 Epic Mate 18.85 .............................J Jopson 1 44117 Chief Doug 18.70 ......................J McInerney 8 34651 Elland Road nwtd ......................J McInerney 2 84138 Half Silver Fern 18.75 ...............J McInerney 9 14275 Epic Rose 18.69.............................J Jopson 3 55223 Special Affair nwtd ............................J Dunn 10 41235 Homebush Hazel 18.77.............J McInerney 4 44121 Lonely Baxter nwtd ...................J McInerney 3 12.40pm WWW.GREYHOUNDSASPETS.ORG.NZ 5 86532 Sozin’s Blue 18.69 ....................J McInerney 6 56122 Gotcha Zena nwtd.....................J McInerney C0, 545m 7 47413 Zipping Lance 18.46 .....................R Adcock 1 21 Idol Duke nwtd ................................R Wales 8 84537 Fiery Affair nwtd ................................J Dunn 2 243 Opawa Viking nwtd J & ...................D Fahey 9 36753 Zipping Clyde 18.45 ...................... B Conner 3 31 Frosty Blaze nwtd..........................R Adcock 4 87335 Our Greg nwtd ................................R Wales 10 15873 Macey Baxter 18.81 ..................J McInerney 5 6 Eye Star nwtd..................................R Wales 7 1.50 ROBBIE PHOTOGRAPHER STAKES C1, 545m 6 F4623 Ben Vane King nwtd ..................J McInerney 1 x1411 Zarbo Allen nwtd ..........................C Roberts 7 2431 Opawa Henry nwtd .........................R Wales 2 52673 Shift The Blame 32.60...............J McInerney 8 67223 Melting World nwtd.........................J Guthrie 3 36343 Know Equal nwtd ...........................G Cleeve 9 52262 Tianyu nwtd J & ..............................D Fahey 4 26862 Classy Witch 32.71 ........................G Cleeve 10 43326 Black Bobby nwtd.......................... B Conner 5 37472 Bashful Buffy nwtd ....................J McInerney

6 66228 Storming Mack 32.87 .................... B Conner 7 72562 Zephaniah nwtd ........................ A Bradshaw 8 44235 Sozin’s Emperor 33.25 ..............J McInerney 9 55476 Go Belle nwtd..................................R Wales 10 13556 Homebush Izzy nwtd .................J McInerney 8 2.07 BROCKLEBANKS DRY CLEANERS STAKES C2, 545m 1 27311 Stompin’ Ground nwtd S & ..............B Evans 2 77738 Runway Bono nwtd S & ..................B Evans 3 38834 Archie’s Ranger 33.20....................J Jopson 4 55564 He’s All Power nwtd J & ..................D Fahey 5 55136 Know Leave 33.62 .........................G Cleeve 6 26542 Go Brat nwtd ...................................R Wales 7 57142 Goldstar Miley 32.59 S & ................B Evans 8 65221 Ming Ming nwtd ......................... A Bradshaw Emergencies: 9 45347 Opawa Racer 32.44 ........................R Wales 10 21457 Luciastar 32.67 .........................J McInerney 9 2.27 BAGLEY DRIVER LICENSING SPRINT C4, 310m 1 55611 Opawa Jumper 18.46 ......................R Wales 2 48213 Another Message 18.40 .................J Jopson 3 16548 Odin Slayer nwtd ....................... A Bradshaw 4 7F836 Sergess 18.36 ...........................J McInerney 5 67736 Cosmic Ruben 18.50 ................J McInerney 6 33314 Know Approval 18.75 .....................G Cleeve 7 16868 Botany Cold 18.73 ....................J McInerney 8 16673 Go All Lin nwtd .......................... A Bradshaw 9 85514 Princely Gold 18.31...................J McInerney 10 34764 Opawa Sheldon 18.35.....................R Wales 10 2.46 BRAMWELL SCAFFOLDING SPRINT C5, 310m 1 18x12 Ohoka Alex 18.57..........................R Adcock 2 71364 Debbie Baxter 18.44 .................J McInerney 3 22131 Grid Lock nwtd J & ..........................D Fahey 4 73355 Cosmic Jase 18.43 ...................J McInerney 5 73212 Flower Bomb nwtd .................... A Bradshaw 6 6351F Oskitz nwtd ..................................C Roberts 7 41112 Wheelchair Norm 18.09 ............J McInerney 8 66177 Nozzno Fear 18.51.................... A Bradshaw 9 84177 Epic Mango 18.70 ..........................J Jopson

3 28866 Tartan Watch nwtd .........................J Guthrie 4 28658 Homebush Hundy 19.18 ...........J McInerney 5 81333 Homebush Pete nwtd ................J McInerney 1 53226 Umbridge Bale nwtd.....................C Roberts 6 14743 Leanne’s Way nwtd ........................J Jopson 2 75427 Know Hassle 32.60 ........................G Cleeve 7 54262 Black Dan 18.86........................J McInerney 3 11443 Know Conclusion 32.66 .................G Cleeve 8 67883 Magic Tracey nwtd..................... A Bradshaw 4 62232 Opawa Brad 33.00 ..........................C Steele 5 41651 Barge Bale nwtd...........................C Roberts Emergencies: 9 61254 Smokey Dodger 18.94 ............. P Hammond 6 32146 Malaga Molly 32.81 ...................J McInerney 7 58826 Helski Bale nwtd ..........................C Roberts 10 74474 Idol Star 18.77.................................R Wales 8 76246 Lightning Crash 32.76 ...................R Adcock 15 4.24pm RACING AGAIN TUESDAY 11TH SEPTEMEmergencies: BER C1, 310m 9 75275 Cosmic Stu 32.65......................J McInerney 1 5x762 Tubby Kevie nwtd ...........................J Jopson 10 71755 Botany Alan 32.81.....................J McInerney 2 68424 Koputai 18.73 .................................J Guthrie 12 3.31pm NZ RACING SERIES ADVANCED (C4-C5) 3 87688 Cosmic Ryder nwtd ...................J McInerney 4 778x3 Extroverted nwtd ............................J Jopson FINAL NZRSf, 545m 5 68315 It’s A Joke nwtd .........................J McInerney 1 42234 Hankenstein 33.00 .................... A Bradshaw 6 43322 Avalanch City 18.80 ..................J McInerney 2 82243 Think Tank nwtd ........................J McInerney 7 67443 Zipping Jen 18.56 ......................... B Conner 3 47161 Lord Louie 32.00 ...........................R Adcock 8 32774 Jinja Cody 18.47 .......................J McInerney 4 62524 Dave’s Dot 32.22 .......................J McInerney 9 54284 Little Snicko nwtd ......................J McInerney 5 31144 Perfect Result 32.28 ......................R Adcock 10 67554 Mertz 18.75 ...............................J McInerney 6 31433 Southern Lights 32.19 .................R Hamilton 7 73375 Kia Tere nwtd S &............................B Evans SELECTIONS 8 52154 Goldstar Ashton 32.90 S & .............B Evans Race 1: Loco Lola, Little Lozza, Yee Coo Coo, Dream Hard 9 76526 Goldstar Marvely nwtd S & .............B Evans Race 2: Pita Ramos, Epic Mate, Elland Road, Epic Rose 10 21555 Torpedo Tuck 33.15 ................... A Bradshaw Race 3: Frosty Blaze, Opawa Henry, Opawa Viking, Tianyu Race 4: Puzzle Tin, Allen Hadrian, Know Potential, Forbury Flyer 13 3.50pm OTAGO NOVICE SPRINT SPEC, 310m 1 42312 Homebush Razor nwtd..............J McInerney Race 5: Know Respect, Magic Jess Lass, Zefside, Zircon 2 54778 Southern Fantasy 18.90 .................B Healey Race 6: Zipping Lance, Gotcha Zena, Chief Doug, Lonely Baxter 3 67633 Cornali nwtd ...................................J Jopson Race 7: Zarbo Allen, Shift The Blame, Sozin’s Emperor 4 31682 Pretty Keen 19.04 .............................S Keen Race 8: Go Brat, Stompin’ Ground, Ming Ming, Runway Bono 5 78885 Magic Jean Lass nwtd ...................C Healey Race 9: Opawa Jumper, Sergess, Botany Cold, Know Approval 6 65263 Dagny nwtd ....................................J Jopson Race 10: Wheelchair Norm, Grid Lock, Flower Bomb, Nozzno Fear 7 1 Hands Of Steel nwtd .....................R Adcock Race 11: Umbridge Bale, Barge Bale, Know Hassle, Opawa Brad 8 58733 Homebush Jasper 19.03 ...........J McInerney Race 12: Lord Louie, Perfect Result, Hankenstein, Dave’s Dot 9 61254 Smokey Dodger 18.94 ............. P Hammond Race 13: Hands Of Steel, Homebush Jasper, Cornali, Smokey Dodger 10 36116 Homebush Rieko 19.07.............J McInerney Race 14: Chop Shop, Black Dan, Magic Tracey, Homebush Pete 14 4.07 PETER SINTON PLUMBING SPRINT C1, 310m Race 15: Avalanch City, Jinja Cody, It’s A Joke, Tubby Kevie 1 33771 Springheel Jack nwtd .....................J Guthrie LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd 2 84734 Chop Shop 18.48 ......................J McInerney - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track 10 12288 Touche nwtd S & .............................B Evans

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In brief Kemp tips Warriors Former coach Tony Kemp is tipping the Warriors to reach the NRL grand final after the side booked a spot in the playoffs for the first time since 2011. Kemp, who played 25 tests for New Zealand, said the Warriors could beat any other side in such a tight top eight. “I’ve been saying it for the last month, if the Warriors make the eight they’re as good as anyone to make the final and probably win the competition,” he said. “The competition is so close this year I wouldn’t care whether you finish one or eight.

If you’re in it, you’re in it with a chance to win it.”

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Maguire open to offers With at least two clubs without a head coach next season, Michael Maguire believes he’s much wiser now than when he spearheaded South Sydney to their premiership four years ago. Maguire has been linked with the vacant roles at Manly and Penrith next year, and has also been mentioned as a possible replacement for Wayne Bennett once he completes the final year of his contract next year.

And if any of those clubs opt to chase after him, Maguire insists they’d be getting a new man. “I’m a lot wiser coach now than I think I was in 2014.”

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Nightingale’s career over?

Ashburton’s Devaun Thompson (left) and Ash Searle both turned out for the Aoraki Eels rugby league side in Timaru on Saturday.

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■ RUGBY LEAGUE

Eels downed in a thriller When the Aoraki Eels rugby league side took to the field against Southland in Timaru on Saturday, a couple of Ashburton blokes were in the mix.

Ash Searle started the match and in doing so become the first member of the district’s newest rugby league team, the Chertsey Oilers, to play representative rugby league, while Devaun Thompson from the Ashburton Barbar-

ians started from the bench.

It wasn’t the Eels’ day though, going down in a nailbiter at Ashbury Park 30-28, in what was their second outing in the 2018 South Island rugby league premiership.

Last weekend they took on the Tasman Titans in Timaru and won 42-16 after leading 12-6 at half time, and this weekend they are set to head south to take on Ota-

go. The week after that they will be heading away again, to play the West Coast in Greymouth.

Thompson didn’t feature in game one, while Searle was 18th man due to a slight injury heading into the match, but both received the call-up for the Southland match.

The Eels – drawn from clubs in Mid and South Canterbury as well as North Otago – headed

into this season hopeful of backing up well from a top 2017, where they surprised many and finished second in what was coach Sonny Hammond’s first year in charge.

They had the bye in round one this season, and were dominant in their first outing against Tasman, and now they would be looking to step it up a notch again this weekend against Otago.

Warriors still very much in premiership mix

By Matt Encarnacion Cronulla have emerged as arguably the biggest challenge to Melbourne’s crown as NRL premiers after moving into the all-important top four just a week before the finals.

The Sharks on Sunday made it three wins on the trot with a 26-point win over Newcastle to be arguably the most in-form team in the competition.

The victory meant Shane Flanagan’s side leapfrogged St George Illawarra into fourth after the Dragons dropped their fourth match in five games with a crushing 38-0 loss to Canterbury.

The Sharks’ statement victory comes as fellow rivals Sydney Roosters and South Sydney suffered upset defeats to all but

hand over the minor premiership to the Storm.

The Storm were the only team in the top four to notch another two points in round 24, having held on for a two-point win over Gold Coast despite having four top-line players injured.

The Roosters were outclassed

by Brisbane and face the prospect of losing Dylan Napa for most of the finals series, while the Rabbitohs were outdone by Canberra.

Should the top four hold their positions with wins next week, a dream week one of finals could unfold with matches between the Storm and Sharks plus Roosters and Rabbitohs.

Perhaps somewhat ominously for the premiers, the Sharks beat the Storm 17-14 just two weeks

ago in their clash Melbourne.

“Obviously three wins at this time of the year, especially how tight the competition is, is really important,” Flanagan said.

“I wouldn’t say we’re playing great. We played well against Melbourne and the last couple of weekends have been a bit patchy, but we’re winning footy games so I can’t be too harsh.”

Intrigues also surrounds the make-up of the bottom half of the top eight, with fifth-placed Penrith and sixth-placed St George Illawarra in deeply concerning slumps.

The Dragons were thumped by the suddenly resurgent Bulldogs, while the Panthers were barely in the contest in a 36-16 knockout by the Warriors.

Penrith, who haven’t led dur-

ing a contest since Anthony Griffin’s sacking three weeks ago, have also been hit by injuries to Dean Whare, Tyrone Peachey and Wayde Egan.

In contrast, the Broncos were impressive in their 22-8 victory over the Roosters while the Warriors are also starting to heat up with their third win in four weeks.

Dragons stand-in captain Tyson Frizell said it was disappointing to put in a poor performance for retirement-bound wing Jason Nightingale, but said it was important they not dwell on their form.

“We’ve got a similar squad that we did at the start of the year.

We’re going through a tough period at the moment, but there’s no reason why we can’t get back to that form,” he said.

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Jason Nightingale’s NRL farewell likely rests in the fate of his St George Illawarra team-mates as the Dragons’ fan favourite admits he may have played his last first grade game. The veteran wing, who will retire at the end of the year, dislocated his left elbow in Sunday’s 38-0 loss to Canterbury. Although the elbow was placed back in on the sideline, there are fears he will miss between four and six weeks.

Nightingale might not return until the September 30 grand final – a scenario that appears unlikely after the Dragons dropped their sixth game in eight weeks.

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Bulldogs’ new dawn At the start of the NRL year, Canterbury’s plans were much more Kieran Foran than they were Lachlan Lewis. Aaron Woods was their chief forwards recruit to partner David Klemmer up front, and Moses Mbye was shifting to fullback to allow Will Hopoate to strike out wide. Rhyse Martin was an uncapped reserve grader. And Reimis Smith? He was a winger who scored two tries on debut two years ago and hadn’t been seen again. “There were some guys there not even in our top 30,” Bulldogs coach Dean Pay said after the Bulldogs fourth win in five games against St George.

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Three-game ban for Napa Dylan Napa will miss the start of the Sydney Roosters’ NRL finals campaign after pleading guilty to a dangerous contact charge on Brisbane hooker Andrew McCullough. Napa entered an early guilty plea yesterday, meaning he will be sidelined for three games instead of four as a result of the charge. He will only play again this year if the Roosters play a third match in the finals series, requiring them to reach either week three or the grand final depending on their result in the opening week. - AAP

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In brief The Bend eyes F1 Build it and they will come – maybe even Formula One. The remote $110 million Tailem Bend track an hour’s drive of Adelaide may have only just hosted its maiden Supercars round, but its developers are dreaming big, not ruling out a tilt at bringing a grand prix back to South Australia. The difficult 18turn, 4.95km circuit made some of Supercars’ biggest names see red last weekend as they slid off time and again trying to get their heads around the category’s first permanent track since 1999. But the circuit’s developer, Sam Shahin, believes the signs are good for The Bend to usher in a F1 return to SA. - AAP

Scotty up for challenge

Charles Leclerc walked away from this crash despite Fernando Alonso’s McLaren landing right on top of his cockpit.

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Weather beats MGP

Halo proves its worth Fernando Alonso’s McLaren car spiralled into the air and bounced – yes, bounced – on top of Charles Leclerc’s Sauber during a dramatic first-lap crash at yesterday’s Belgian Grand Prix.

Both Formula One drivers walked away unscathed, with the halo protective device surrounding Leclerc’s cockpit appearing to save him from a serious head injury.

“I don’t know how it would have ended up without it. I am happy it was there,” said Leclerc, a 20-year-old driver from Monaco.

“It all happened very quickly.

“At the time, I knew there was an orange car, I thought it was Fernando.

“I felt the impact, but it wasn’t that big in the car. I was lucky.”

Motorsport governing body FIA made the head protective device mandatory in F1 this year in order to protect drivers from

The message from Ford gun Scott McLaughlin to Shane van Gisbergen after the Holden star snatched away his Supercars series lead at Tailem Bend was simple – bring it on. Van Gisbergen turned an 89 point deficit into a 19 point lead at The Bend track after a dream weekend for his Red Bull Racing team. The Kiwi stormed to victory in Saturday’s 120km opener before finishing second behind Jamie Whincup in Sunday’s 200km finale at the $110 million circuit. While he admitted losing the lead “sucks”, McLaughlin vowed to meet RBR’s challenge as the series moves into the high stakes enduro rounds starting with next month’s Sandown 500.

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potentially fatal impacts such as loose tires barrelling at high speed, other flying debris and – in this case – one car landing on another.

“What is clear is the significant tyre marks on the chassis and the halo,” FIA race director Charlie Whiting said.

“It doesn’t take much imagination to think the tyre marks could have actually been on Charles’ head.”

The FIA has been looking at ways to improve cockpit protection and limit the risk of head injuries, after French F1 driver Jules Bianchi – who was a close friend of Leclerc’s – died in July 2015 and British IndyCar driver Justin Wilson died a month later.

In yesterday’s crash, Leclerc’s head would most likely have been hit, if not for the halo. “(Alonso’s car) would probably have made contact with his head,” Whiting said.

Last Sunday, IndyCar driver Robert Wickens suffered a spinal cord injury in a crash at Pocono Raceway in Pennsylvania.

Wickens’ car flew into a fence and darted back toward the exposed head of another driver, Ryan Hunter-Reay — who ducked down and escaped unharmed.

Video footage from HunterReay’s in-car camera provided a terrifying glimpse at just how close Wickens’ car came to striking Hunter-Reay’s head in what would have almost surely been a fatal blow.

Whiting says the FIA is sharing all of its halo information with IndyCar. “We are talking to them,” he said.

Alonso, who was sent airborne

by Nico Hulkenberg’s Renault ploughing into the back of his car, was thankful no one was harmed.

“On the positive side we are all OK, with Charles, with the halo.

“It’s good news all three of us are OK,” Alonso said.

“It’s good proof (for the halo).

We didn’t need any proof, but it’s a good thing.”

The halo forms a semi-circular barrier around the driver’s helmet in the front half of the car’s cockpit, protecting the head without completely closing the cockpit.

When first tested ahead of 2016, drivers were split as to whether they liked it with some – such as four-time F1 champion Lewis Hamilton – criticising it on aesthetic grounds.

Others, like two-time F1 champion Alonso and four-time champion Sebastian Vettel were outspoken in backing its usage.

Former F1 champion Nico Rosberg tweeted: “We can end the HALO discussion now. It will save lives.”

- AP

Silverstone circuit organisers have apologised to MotoGP fans after the British round of the championship was cancelled due to heavy rain making it too dangerous to race. “I am so sorry,” said director Stuart Pringle in a video statement yesterday, promising to contact all ticket holders during the week. “In the end the riders felt that the conditions were not going to be right today to race at all and they made the decision not to race.”

- AAP

Trans-Tasman rally Leading rally drivers on both sides of the Tasman are calling for a trans-Tasman championship to capitalise on the sport’s recent renaissance in New Zealand.

Australians Nathan Quinn, Brendan Reeves and Aussie-based Irishman Richie Dalton have all competed in a significant portion of the New Zealand Rally Championship this season, making the move over the Tasman to tackle the best Kiwi competitors and some of the best rally roads in the world. The New Zealand championship is thriving, littered with new generation R5 and AP4 cars that look like modern WRC cars and WRC star Hayden Paddon has competed in all but one round this year.

- NZME

Vettell takes honours; Hartley misses points again Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel made an early pass on world champion Lewis Hamilton to win the Belgian Grand Prix and cut the Brit’s lead in the championship battle.

Kiwi driver Brendon Hartley failed to capitalise on his 11th place grid position and eventually finished 14th in his Toro Rosso.

The opening corner of the race saw a couple of different incidents take place and took out four drivers from the race. Nico Hulkenberg locked his brakes and rear-ended Fernando Alonso’s McLaren. The Spaniard was launched in the air over the top of the Sauber of Charles Leclerc forc-

ing all three cars out of the race.

Hartley survived the carnage but dropped spots on the opening lap to both Williams cars.

He ran long on his first stint but wasn’t in a position to make up spots late in the race.

Toro Rosso team-mate Pierre Gasly also managed to avoid the

first lap contact and made good on his 10th place start to secure ninth in the same week he was confirmed as the replacement for Daniel Ricciardo at Red Bull next season.

Vettel made a strong start and moved by Hamilton just as the safety car was deployed after the

opening corner crash. Hamilton had a crack as the race went green but Vettel was able to hold him off and he cruised to his 52nd career win.

Hamilton retains a 17-point lead but admitted he didn’t have an answer to the Ferrari in this race.

- PA

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“Making a difference for Children”, St Davids Church, Allens Road 10am - 3pm AGE CONCERN, 206 CLUB. Fun filled days for over 60 years, for more information ring 308-6817. Cameron Street.

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 R.S.A. INDOOR BOWLS. Weekly social indoor bowls. Linton lounge, R.S.A. Cox Street.

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

2pm ASHBURTON BREAST CANCER SUPPORT. Meeting at McKenzie Centre, All Welcome 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.

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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 - 3pm AGE CONCERN 206 CLUB. Monday Tuesday and Wednesday each week, 60 years and older. More information ring Age Concern 308-6817.

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10.30am AGE CONCERN, SAYGO 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).

1.30pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Weekly Euchre with cash prizes and afternoon tea. Waireka Croquet Club, The Domain, Philip Street.

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AGE CONCERN, SAYGO EXERCISES. CENTRAL- Gentle exercises for muscle strength and balance in a friendly supportive environment. Buffalo Lodge rooms, Cox Street, Ashburton.

6pm RUN AND WALK ASHBURTON. 5km town circuit. All walking abilities and fitness levels catered for. Leaves from Philip Street beside the croquet lawn at 6pm sharp.

7pm BOOTCAMP. Catering for all levels of fitness. Hinds Domain. Contact Georgia 0276888686 or Aleisha 0278489309.

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7.30pm ASHBURTON SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCE CLUB. Fitness Fun and Friendship. Buffalo Hall, Cox Street.

7.30pm ALLENTON INDOOR BOWLING CLUB. Club night at the McNally Street Stadium.

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

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

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 ASHBURTON U3A. Speaker Assoc Prof Nicola Atwool

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ACROSS 1. Gets down (from a train) (7) 5. Conceals (5) 8. Banish from church (13) 9. Go brown (3) 10. Go too far, financially (9) 12. Working with a garden tool (6) 13. Social errors (6) 15. Consequences (9) 16. Centre (3) 18. Soccer on a small scale (5,8) 20. Guide (5) 21. Quickly (7)

ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): You’re not very worried about whether people like you or not, and the others can sense this. It’s an admirable quality that will attract interesting characters to you today.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): It’s not really about giving of yourself until it hurts today; rather, you’ll do more good by giving the right thing in the right amount, which is to say the amount that others can best handle.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): You like being around funny people, and you’re funny when you’re around people you like. There will be plenty of laughter in your realm today, and this helps everyone relax.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): Funny people make you happy, and happy people make you funny. A sense of openness makes both of these dynamics possible. Whatever you can do to make others comfortable will pave the way for an easy day.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): Because you’ve shown you can maintain and protect your assets, you’ll find it easier to acquire more. Go carefully, taking on only what you need, and you’ll avoid the dead weight that could only slow you down.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): You’ve already solved problems that were bigger than the sort you’ll encounter today. So take stock of where you’ve been. Remember what worked, and apply what you’ve learned.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): You know where you want to go and approximately where it is, too, but you realise, wisely, that it doesn’t necessarily mean that you know how to get there. Ask for a map, a recipe, directions or guidance.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): You won’t have to work at being confident. Confidence is the natural benefit of knowing you did the correct thing and the best job you could possibly do. Right is might.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): There are reasons you’re feeling rather private about your struggles, but weigh them against the benefits of sharing what you are going through, which include advice, solutions and help from all sides.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): You’re in a rebellious mood and will feel strangely restless until you do something to, as the French say, “shock the bourgeoisie.” You should know that your behaviour will be extremely attractive to a Leo. AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): The extra discipline you need to reach a personal goal is readily available today, maybe not tomorrow. So take time to set yourself up for success. Alter your environment to make success inevitable.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): Enjoy the natural popularity surge you’ll get today. People will be drawn to you and very interested in what you have to offer, both personally and professionally.

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Family Notices 22 Ashburton Guardian DEATHS

ARTHUR, Isabella (Bella) – On August 26, 2018, at Radius Millstream, Ashburton. In her 91st year.

Loved wife of the late Bert.

Dearly loved mother and mother-in-law of Lynette, Isabel and Keith, Jennifer and Barry, Tony and Stefanie.

Much loved Nana of Craig, Meagan and Sam; Mark and Kathleen, Paul and Lauren; Darren, Nicole and James, great Nan of Archie, Nicholas, Annabel, and Wren.

Messages to the Arthur family, PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740. In lieu of flowers donations to the Stroke Foundation would be much appreciated and may be left at the service. A celebration of Bella’s life will be held in our Chapel, cnr East and Cox Streets, Ashburton on WEDNESDAY August 29, commencing at 1.30pm.

Followed by interment at the Ashburton New Lawn Cemetery.

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Rain about the divide, with occasional falls further E, clearing in the afternoon but a few showers lingering about the divide. Snow to 1300m. Wind at 1000m: NE 45 km/h, changing NW 55 km/h in the afternoon.

Wind at 2000m: NE rising to gale 75 km/h in the morning, then turning NW 60 km/h in the afternoon.

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Fine with high cloud and northerlies dying out. Cloud increasing later with southeasterlies developing.

Winter Appeal

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Please support our Winter Appeal today and help ensure that those in need can get the basics of food, warmth and shelter.

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Cloud increasing with a few showers south of Springfield, spreading further north from afternoon. S developing in the morning, then turning NE from afternoon.

The Salvation Army wants every Kiwi to have enough to make it through winter, and the cold winters beyond. Because no-one should have to choose.

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Winter is one of the busiest times of the year for The Salvation Army, with more people seeking emergency support with the basics of survival—food, warmth and shelter—as well as long-term care such as budgeting, counselling and life skills.

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Sadly, this is a decision that thousands of Kiwi families living in poverty are forced to make each winter—whether to feed their children at the expense of paying a power bill, or to miss a rent payment—falling further into crippling debt so a family member can visit a doctor.

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Ashburton Airport Temperature °C At 4pm 15.6 17.4 Max to 4pm 0.5 Minimum -4.4 Grass minimum Rainfall mm 0.0 16hr to 4pm August to date 29.4 Avg Aug to date 53 2018 to date 645.4 453 Avg year to date Wind km/h N 15 At 4pm Strongest gust NW 33 Time of gust 3:03pm

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6am Breakfast The Breakfast team presents news, interviews, weather, and information.

9am The Ellen DeGeneres Show With guest Khloe Kardashian. 0 10am Tipping Point Quiz show in which players take on a machine, hoping to win its jackpot.

11am The Chase 0 Noon 1 News At Midday 0 12:30 Emmerdale PGR 0 1pm Coronation Street Catch-Up PGR 0 2pm Alphabetical 0 3pm Tipping Point 4pm Te Karere 2 4:30 Funny You Should Ask Comedy game show featuring a panel of stand-up comedians who interact with contestants for prizes.

4:55 The Chase 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0 7pm Seven Sharp 0 7:30 F Eat Well For Less 0 8:45 The Accused A look at how being accused of a serious crime affects every aspect of someone’s life, and how they cope with this. 0 9:50 Coronation Street PGR 0 10:20 20/20 0

11:20 Sunday A weekly in-depth current affairs show. 0 12:20 Major Crimes AO 3 Phillip Stroh and his young British accomplice edge closer to their end game. 0 1:15 Te Karere 3 News and current affairs from a Maori perspective. 2 1:40 Infomercials 5:35 Te Karere 3 2

6:30 Kune’s Kitchen 3 0 6:40 Takaro Tribe 6:50 Peppa Pig 0 7am Alvinnn!!! And The Chipmunks 3 0 7:25 Matt Hatter Chronicles 3 0 7:50 Thunderbirds Are Go! 0 8:15 The Lion Guard 0 8:35 Captain Jake And The Neverland Pirates 3 0 9am Infomercials 10:30 Neighbours 3 0 11am Less Than Perfect PGR 3 0 Noon Jeremy Kyle PGR 1pm Judge Rinder PGR 2pm The New Adventures Of Old Christine 3 0 2:30 Home And Away 3 0 3pm Shortland Street PGR 3 0 3:30 Chuggington – Little Trainees 3 0 3:35 Raven’s Home 0 4pm Fanimals 0 4:30 Friends 3 0 5pm The Simpsons 0 5:30 Home And Away 0 6pm The Big Bang Theory 3 0 6:30 Neighbours 0

7pm Shortland Street PGR 0 7:30 The Middle PGR 0 8pm Motorway Patrol 0 8:30 Wentworth AO 0 9:30 Killing Eve AO 0 10:30 Two And A Half Men PGR 3 0 10:55 Mom AO 0

11:25 Empire PGR 3 0 12:15 Beyond AO 1am Shortland Street PGR 3 0 1:25 Infomercials 2:25 Stitchers AO 3 3:15 Jeremy Kyle PGR 3 4:05 Judge Rinder PGR 4:55 Regular Show 0 5:05 Neighbours 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

The Accused

Wentworth

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8:45pm on TVNZ 1

10am Beverly Hills Pawn 3 10:30 Catfish 3 11:30 Snapped 3 12:30 The Real Housewives Of Miami 1:30 How To Look Good Naked – UK PGR 2:30 Glam Masters PGR 3 3:30 Clean House 4:30 Dress To Impress 5:35 Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 3 6:35 Catfish 3 7:33 The Dish 7:35 Tabatha Takes Over 3 With the business on the verge of failure, Tabatha must step in to clear the air and help Mike turn the once bustling business into the upscale barber shop it was intended to be.

8:35 Bachelor Australia 10:05 The Real Housewives Of New York City AO 11:03 The Dish PGR 11:05 Snapped

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Midnight Beverly Hills Pawn 3 12:25 Infomercials 3

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6am Jeopardy! PG 6:25 Wheel Of Fortune PG 6:50 The Simpsons PG 7:15 Combat Dealers PG 8:05 Hardcore Pawn PG 8:30 Supergirl MVS 9:20 Border Security M 9:45 NCIS MV 10:40 CSI – Miami MV 11:35 Jeopardy!

PG Noon Raw MVC 3:15 Survivor – Blood v Water PG 4:05 The Simpsons PG 4:35 Jeopardy! PG 5pm Wheel Of Fortune PG 5:30 Border Security M 6pm Supergirl MVS 7pm Hardcore Pawn PG 7:30 NCIS MV 8:30 Ice Road Truckers PG 9:30 Appalachian Outlaws M 10:30 CSI – Miami MV 11:25 Supergirl MVS

WEDNESDAY

12:20 Survivor – Blood v Water PG 1:20 Hardcore Pawn PG 1:50 Ice Road Truckers PG 2:40 Appalachian Outlaws M 3:30 CSI – Miami MV 4:20 Border Security M 4:45 NCIS MV 5:35 The Simpsons PG

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6am The AM Show 9am The Café 3 10am Infomercials 11:30 Entertainment Tonight 3 Noon Dr Phil AO 3 1pm The Block NZ PGR 3 0 2pm Wipeout 3 0 3pm Celebrity Name Game PGR 3 4pm NewsHub Live At 4pm Comprehensive coverage of global and local news.

4:30 Entertainment Tonight 5pm Family Feud Australia 5:30 Modern Family 3 Claire wants to give Haley and Alex a great experience on Take your Daughter to Work Day, but employees make things difficult; Jay must help out at Joe’s preschool when Gloria has jury duty. 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm

MAORI

6am Codename – Kids Next Door 3 6:25 Duck Dodgers 3 6:50 Kid v Kat 3 7:15 The Fairly Odd Parents 3 7:40 Danger Mouse 3 8:05 Sanjay And Craig 3 0 8:30 Nicky, Ricky, Dicky And Dawn 3 8:55 Tiki Tour 3 0 9:20 Jeopardy 3 9:50 The Crowd Goes Wild PGR 3 10:20 The Doctors PGR 11:15 Hot Bench 11:40 Escape To The Country 3 12:40 Chicago Justice AO 3 0 1:35 Mad About You PGR 3 2:05 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PGR 3 3pm Wheel Of Fortune 3:30 Jeopardy 4pm Antiques Roadshow 3 5pm Frasier 3 0 5:30 Prime News 6pm American Restoration 3 0 6:30 Pawn Stars 3 7pm The Project 7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 The Block NZ PGR 0 7:30 The Great Australian Bake 8:30 NCIS AO Off The NCIS headquarters are The 12 new bakers begin by evacuated after the team making cakes. 0 discovers bomb materials on 8:35 Poldark PGR the roof of the squad room. 0 9:50 Knightfall AO 9:30 Valour AO 0 10:45 Angel From Hell PGR 10:20 NewsHub Late 10:50 Chicago PD AO 0 11:50 Infomercials

CHOICE

6:30 Zoomoo 6:40 Dora Matatoa 2 7:10 Kia Mau 3 7:20 Te Nutube 3 7:30 Haati Paati 7:40 Pukana 3 2 7:50 Huritua 3 8am Te Kaea 3 2 8:30 KaweKorero 3 9am Whanau Living 9:30 F Cam’s Kai 3 10am Angelo’s Outdoor Kitchen 3 10:30 Paki Vault 3 11am Haka And Guitar AO 3 Noon Toa – Toa O Aotearoa PGR 3 12:30 Funny Whare – Gamesnight PGR 1pm Haka Life PGR 3 1:30 Te Mana Kuratahi – Primary Schools’ Kapa Haka 3 2pm Opaki 3 2:30 Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 3pm Zoomoo 3 3:10 Dora Matatoa 2 3:40 Kia Mau 3 3:50 Te Nutube 3 4pm Haati Paati 3 4:10 Pukana 3 2 4:20 Huritua 3 4:30 Waka Warriors 3 5pm Tagata Pasifika 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Polyfest Kapa Haka 6:30 Te Kaea 3 2

6am The Home Show 7am Tiny House Hunting 7:30 Love Nature – Tigers About The House 8:30 Backroad Bounty 9:30 Jamie’s 30-Minute Meals 10am Hemsley And Hemsley – Healthy And Delicious 10:30 American Pickers 11:30 Billy Connolly’s Tracks Across America PGR 12:30 Treasures Decoded 1:30 Expedition Unknown 2:30 Morocco To Timbuktu – An Arabian Adventure 3:30 Love Nature – Land Of Primates 4:30 Food Safari 5pm Healthy Food Guide 5:30 Cash Cowboys 6:30 Posh Pawn

7pm KaweKorero 7:30 Moosemeat And Marmalade PGR 3 8pm F School Of Training 8:30 F Shear Bro PGR 9pm Waka Man 9:30 Hunting Aotearoa AO 10pm Whawhai – Fight Night 10:30 SmackDown PGR 3

7:30 How Not To DIY Disastrous DIYers have filmed their less-than-perfect handiwork.

8:30 My Dream Home 9:30 Escape To The Chateau – DIY 10:30 Cash Cowboys

11:15 The Late Show With 11:30 Te Kaea 3 Maori Television’s Stephen Colbert PGR The best of daily news programme. 2 Stephen Colbert’s satire and comedy, Midnight Closedown discussing politics, entertainment, business, and more.

12:15 The Crowd Goes Wild PGR 3 The team presents the best of the day’s sports news.

12:45 Closedown

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MOVIES GREATS

6:05 Madame MLS 2017 Comedy. Toni Collette, Harvey Keitel. 7:35 Perfect Plan M 2010 Thriller.

Emily Rose, Lucas Bryant.

9:05 Any Day MVS 2015 Drama. Sean Bean, Eva Longoria. 10:45 The Edge Of Seventeen MLS 2016 Comedy. Hailee Steinfeld, Woody Harrelson.

12:30 Black Butterfly MVL 2017 Thriller.

Antonio Banderas, Jonathan Rhys Meyers.

2:05 Madame MLS 2017 Comedy. Toni Collette, Harvey Keitel. 3:35 Perfect Plan M 2010 Thriller.

Emily Rose, Lucas Bryant.

5:05 Chronically Metropolitan MLSC 2016 Comedy. Mary-Louise Parker, Chris Noth. 6:30 The Birth Of A Nation 16VLC 2016 Drama.

Nate Parker, Armie Hammer.

8:30 Landline 16LSC 2017 Comedy. When two sisters suspect their father is having an affair, it sends them into a spiral that reveals the truth behind the family facade.

Jenny Slate, Jay Duplass.

10:10 A Dog’s Purpose PG 2017 Adventure.

Dennis Quaid, Josh Gad. 11:50 Swept Under M 2015 Thriller. WEDNESDAY 1:20 Chronically Metropolitan MLSC 2016 Comedy. 2:45 The Birth Of A Nation 16VLC 2016 Drama.

4:45 Nothing But Trailers MVLSC 5am Landline 16LSC 2017 Comedy.

6:55 American Psycho 2 16VLS 2002 Horror.

Mila Kunis, William Shatner.

8:20 Abraham Lincoln – Vampire Hunter 16V 2012 Horror. Benjamin Walker, Rufus Sewell, Dominic Cooper.

10:05 Mystic River 16VL 2003 Drama. Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon.

12:20 Magic Mike 16LS 2012 Comedy Drama.

Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer, Olivia Munn. 2:10 Bad Teacher 16LS 2011 Comedy. Cameron Diaz, Justin Timberlake.

3:40 American Psycho 2 16VLS 2002 Horror. Mila Kunis, William Shatner. 5:05 Dark Shadows MVL 2012 Comedy Horror. Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer. 6:55 And So It Goes MS 2014 Romance.

Diane Keaton, Michael Douglas.

8:30 Contraband 16VLC 2012 Crime. To protect his brother-in-law from a drug lord, a former smuggler goes to Panama to acquire millions of dollars in counterfeit bills. Mark Wahlberg, Kate Beckinsale, Ben Foster.

10:25 The Secret Life Of Bees MV 2008 Drama.

Queen Latifah, Dakota Fanning.

WEDNESDAY 12:20 The Two Faces Of January MVL 2014 Thriller. 1:55 The Making Of Ocean’s Thirteen PG 2:10 Dark Shadows MVL 2012 Comedy Horror.

4am Contraband 16VLC 2012 Crime. 5:50 The Secret Life Of Bees MV 2008 Drama.

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SKY SPORT 1 6am Rugby – First XV (RPL) UC Final – Christchurch Boy’s High v Christ’s College.

7:30 The 1014 Rugby Show 8am Aussie Rules – AFL (RPL) 11am Rugby Nation Noon Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup (RPL) Northland v Auckland.

2pm Golf – European Tour (HLS) Czech Masters – Round Four.

2:30 Golf Central 3:30 Golf – PGA Tour (HLS) The Northern Trust Event.

4:30 Golf – LPGA Tour (HLS) Canadian Pacific Women’s Open – Round Four.

From Wascana Country Club, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.

5pm Rugby – First XV (RPL) UC Final – Christchurch Boy’s High v Christ’s College.

6:30 Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup (RPL) Northland v Auckland.

8:30 The Breakdown 9:30 The 1014 Rugby Show Hosted by Gareth Dinneen and Steven Prescott.

10pm Rugby – The Championship (HLS) All Blacks v Australia.

10:30 Rugby – The Championship (HLS) Argentina v South Africa.

11pm The Breakdown

11:30 Food Safari Host Maeve O’Meara takes a culinary trip across Australia.

Midnight Healthy Food Guide 12:30 Waterfront House Hunting 1am Posh Pawn 2am Love Nature – Land Of Primates 3am Expedition Unknown 4am How Not To DIY 5am My Dream Home

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DISCOVERY

6:35 Gold Rush PG Frankenstein Machinery.

7:30 How It’s Made PG 7:55 How It’s Made PG 8:20 Fast ‘n’ Loud PG 9:10 Alaskan Bush People M Bush Code. 10am Misfit Garage PG Crushed GTO and Chopped 1941 Ford 1/2. 10:50 Garage Rehab – Revisited PG Offset Kustoms Revisited. 11:40 A Crime To Remember M Paradise Lost.

12:30 Murder Comes To Town M Stipps Hill Massacre.

1:20 Web Of Lies M Tainted Love. 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 PG Mutiny. 4:45 Homestead Rescue PG 5:40 Fast N’ Loud PG 6:35 Misfit Garage PG Crushed GTO and Chopped 1941 Ford 1/2.

7:30 Outback Opal Hunters PG 8:30 MythBusters PG Fire Arrow v Gas Tank. 9:25 What On Earth? PG Curse of Medusa.

10:15 Naked And Afraid XL M All-Stars – Africa Strikes Twice. 11:05 Naked And WEDNESDAY Afraid M 11:55 Web Of Midnight Controversy Lies M WEDNESDAY Corner 12:30 Rugby League 12:45 Murder Comes To – NRL (HLS) Sunday. 1am The Town M 1:35 How Do They WEDNESDAY Back Page 2am AFL Weekly Do It? PG 2am How Do They Midnight Rugby Nation 1am The 1014 Rugby Show Highlights 2:30 Rugby Do It? PG 2:25 Alaskan Bush League – Challenge Cup 1:30 Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup People M 3:15 Deadliest (HLS) Final – Catalans Dragons (HLS) Sunday. 2am Rugby – Catch PG 4:05 Treehouse v Warrington Wolves.

Mitre 10 Cup (RPL) Tasman Masters PG 4:55 How It’s 3am Rugby League – v Southland. 4am Rugby – Made PG 5:20 How Do They Mitre 10 Cup (RPL) Northland v NRL (RPL) Sharks v Knights.

Do It? PG 5:45 MythBusters PG 5am The Hunters Club Auckland.

0 Closed captions; 3 Repeat; 2 Maori Language; HLS Highlights; RPL Replay; DLY Delayed. CLASSIFICATIONS: 16/18 Approved for persons 16/18 years or over; AO Adults only; C Content may offend; L Language may offend; M Suitable for mature audiences; PG/PGR Parental guidance recommended for young viewers; S Sexual content may offend; V Contains violence. Local Radio: NewsTalk ZB 873AM/98.1FM FM Classic Hits ZEFM 92.5; Port FM Local 94.9, 98.9 and 106.1

6:30 NRL 360 7:30 Big League Wrap 8:30 Rugby League – Challenge Cup (RPL) Final – Catalans Dragons v Warrington Wolves.

10:30 Daily International News Bulletin 11am UFC Connected 11:30 Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Sunday.

Noon NRL 360 1pm Big League Wrap 2pm Rugby League – NRL (RPL) Warriors v Panthers.

4pm Fight Night 6pm AFL Weekly Highlights 6:30 Rugby League – Challenge Cup (RPL) Final – Catalans Dragons v Warrington Wolves. From Wembley Stadium, London.

8:30 NRL 360 9:30 The Fan 10pm Queenslanders Only 10:30 NRL Try Time 11:30 Rugby League – Challenge Cup (HLS) Final – Catalans Dragons v Warrington Wolves. From Wembley Stadium, London.

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FAIRWAY FAMILY FUN

Watching the progress of her putt during a family golf day at the Ashburton Golf Club on Sunday was Gabbie Tindall, who was playing with her dad Andrew.

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Aorangi Golf brought their family winter series, a family team fourball ambrose event, to the Ashburton Golf Club for the first time on Sunday.

And they couldn’t have asked for a better day. The sun was shining as 32 pairings took to the course for a day of fun and learning.

Family team golf is a new initia-

tive aimed at getting more young people into the sport and it was open to young beginners aged 14 years and under paired with an adult.

They could enter as pairs of any family combination including a child and an adult, with extended family pairings welcome, and played over nine holes.

Ashburton Golf Club pro Matt Davis said the key to getting more

youngsters involved in the game was involving the whole family, and Ashburton’s first family team golf day went well so they’d now look at the feedback from the first event and start planning more.

“The next stage would be to have one where there’s prizes and a BBQ and a few drinks at the end,” Davis said.

The introduction of family team golf in Ashburton would be fol-

lowed by the introduction of another golfing format aimed at getting young people picking up a set of clubs.

Aorangi Golf community golf manager Malcolm Wood said Timaru clubs had been part of a New Zealand Golf pilot of a new team golf concept earlier this year and they were looking to roll that out at Mid Canterbury clubs in November.

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Team golf was aimed at kids who had been through the golf in schools programme and saw them compete in teams of four in a four ball ambrose format.

They’d play over five weeks on a Sunday afternoon, playing six holes off junior tee markers.

The team golf competition would be followed by a junior golf tournament in the first weekend in December.

Lisa Carrington still our golden girl on the water

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