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In October four new faces won themselves seats around the Ashburton District Council meeting table.

Reporter Sue Newman talks to those new councillors about why they stood for council and what they hope to achieve this term.

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Left – Rodger Letham looking ahead to giving his time to serving the Ashburton District as a first term councillor.

odger Letham’s roots are firmly in the Ashburton District, four generations

deep.

And when the district is the place your family has called home since 1862 there comes a time when you want to do your bit to ensure that district continues to thrive, Letham said.

Putting himself up for election as an Ashburton District councillor has been on his agenda for years. His father was a member of the Ashburton County Council for 18 years and its chairman for several of those.

Letham had it in mind to follow in his footsteps, but the farming crisis in the late 1980s put paid to that. His focus had to be on survival.

Letham’s early years were typical of those of many farmers’ sons.

“I did the typical Mid Canterbury farming family thing. Went to primary school at Lauriston, then to Timaru Boys’ High and then home to the farm and slowly worked my way towards buying it from my father in 1981.”

With a load of debt on board, Letham expected life to be tough for a few years, but those years coincided with a period of high interest rates and, after battling for eight years, the Letham family became one of the many farming families forced to leave their farms.

They arrived in town with a car, their clothes, a couple of suitcases and $45,000 to start a new life.

“It’s no big deal today but it did take a bit of adjusting.”

Moving to town meant finding a job was a priority and an offer from the late Colin McLeod to become part of his

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real estate team was a godsend, Letham said.

“I had to be head down and bum up. It took a long time to recover and today I feel, in terms of assets, I’m where I should have been when I was 45

or 50 and I’ll be 76 on Christmas Day. But I’ve got no complaints, I’ve got everything I want.”

Thirty-one years later he’s still on the job and said he finally feels he’s in a position where he can devote time and energy to

the council.

“It’s a real commitment and there’s no point in doing it if you can’t pull your weight.”

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“I may take some time to make up my mind, but once I do it needs to be a pretty strong argument for me to change it, but I will always keep an open mind – just not at both ends.”

Letham said he had a district-wide approach to issues but said he was focused on ensuring the district’s infrastructure was sound.

While there were many things that could be seen as attracting people to live in the district, if the fundamentals were right, people would come, he said.

With the business of council moving into top gear in the new year, Letham said he’s currently feeling a bit like a child starting primary school.

“I know where the headmaster’s office (chief executive Hamish Riach) is and the toilets, but that’s about it. In the short time I’ve been on council I’ve grown to respect Hamish very highly.

“He’s the right person for the job.”

And after years of putting off standing for council, he said he’s pleased to have finally made the commitment.

“I didn’t think I’d go to my grave happy until I’d had a go and now I’m looking forward to the next three years.”

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Hot rods ready to rock Methven

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On Sunday Methven will once again play host to around 200 hot rods. Now into its sixth year, the show attracts cars from both ends of the island.

Officially the event is for hot rods, however organiser Gerard McCloy said all classic cars and motorbikes are welcome.

McCloy understands the passion people have for all kinds of cars. He used the once very popular Ford Escort Mark II as an example.

“Funny how the cars that we grew up with are now classic cars.”

“Bring your Ford Escort or Hillman Imp, your original 1920s Model T. All special interest cars are welcome.”

One-hundred-and-fifty cars will be on display in the Blue Pub carpark and out the front, but they will not be the only ones for people to admire.

This is this kind of show that encourages enthusiasts from all over the South Island to dust off their own hot rod or classic car and come for a visit.

“Some of them will arrive as early as Christmas Day and stay until after New Year,” he said.

The streets of Methven will also be filled with cars.

“The area around the Mobil garage is quite often a show in itself.”

As well as the Sunday display McCloy has teamed up with Ashburton’s Americars Rod and Custom Club to hold other activities over the weekend.

Today around 50 hot rods will

The hugely popular Methven Hot Rod Show is on this Sunday. leave Methven in the morning.

They will travel along the foothills to Mt Somers, then into Ashburton for lunch.

At two in the afternoon, the main street of Ashburton will be full of colour and rumble as the cars drive up and down a few

times before heading to Trott’s Garden.

McCloy and his wife Anne-Marie have always run the event as a fundraiser for local causes.

In 2009, their first year, the pair handed over a cheque to KidzMethven for $6500 to go towards

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the local skate park, due to open soon.

The profits from the gate charge go to the Methven Fire Brigade.

“They always help us set up, so for the last few years the gate takings have been donated to them.”

McCloy said there is no entry

fee for those registering their cars.

“We don’t believe charging the owners a fee to be in the show, as they are the show. We prefer to take money at the gate.”

The show on Sunday 29th goes from 10am to 4pm. Check out facebook for more details.

Christmas, Boxing Day period quiet for firefighters

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Ashburton’s firefighters were able to get a good Christmas break in as they continue on track for another year of 400 callouts.

The Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade had no call-outs on

Christmas Day or Boxing Day. They were called to a false alarm on Christmas Eve morning.

“We haven’t turned a wheel, it is always a bit of a shot in the dark what is going to happen (over the festive break),” Chief Fire Officer Alan Burgess said.

“There is no real pattern to how it works, but it means the guys got a bit more time with family without being called away so that is a good thing.”

Burgess said a number of firefighters had headed away on holiday, but there would still be enough around ready to respond

to any emergencies.

In 2018 the Ashburton brigade responded to 405 call-outs, a figure Burgess expects them to be around once again in 2019.

“We are sitting at about 390 at the moment so it’ll be very similar to last year,” he said.

“There are still a few days to go

so it’ll probably get close to 400, but you never can tell, hopefully it doesn’t.”

2018 saw a significantly less amount of call-outs than in 2017, which hit 465, but that dip can likely be explained by the lack of things like weather events, Burgess said at the time.

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ack Saxon remembers being kicked out of class many a time when he was at Nelson College.

He ended up in a behaviourally-streamed class, and, while bright, was an under-achiever.

“I was a bit of an ADHDer,” he admits.

With many a learning difficulty represented among his friends and classmates, most of them had left school by the time they were 16.

Jack stuck at it, however, having been influenced by three events all within 12 months of each other.

The first was the gift of a book from his mother in Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series.

“I can remember truanting school and reading this book. I couldn’t show that to my friends, because they would have taken the mickey out of me,” he said.

The second thing was excelling at a creative writing assignment, the topic being saving someone in a fire. His teacher happened to be a rugby man and one that he liked and he did not want to let him down. The effort he put in paid off and the story was a hit at the school, being read out loud in class and assembly.

The third thing was meeting a girl who liked to study.

It seemed that the world of academia was not so bad after all and Saxon was all of a sudden on a path involving tertiary education.

After school he went to the University of Canterbury to undertake a law degree and Bachelor of Arts. His interest in law had been borne out of a passion for arguing a point and also wanting to prove some people wrong who had told him he wouldn’t be smart enough.

But as he got towards the end of his degree, he began to have a crisis of confidence and wondered whether law would be the right career. He remembered just how education had turned his life around and how much he had been inspired by all of its possibilities.

He also remembered a sense of unfairness he had felt at seeing

Mount Hutt College principal Jack Saxon was in the class for naughty kids when he was at high school, before three things happened which made him turn his life around.

Susan Sandys reports.

Jack Saxon says his role will be one of kaitiakitanga (a guardian or steward) as principal at Mount Hutt College.

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some struggle with learning difficulties, or failing to get ahead because they belonged to groups traditionally marginalised from the education system.

“My passion for education and that it’s successful for everybody was probably borne out of that,” he said.

As that passion once again stirred within him, he decided that upon completion of university he would head off to teachers’ college.

His first teaching job was at Nelson College, the same school just a few years ago he had attended as a student. It was not long enough for some teachers to

forget just what sort of student he had been.

“When you are a student who is a bit of a ratbag and now you are having to form relationships with people who were your teachers but are now your peers, I found that quite challenging,” Saxon said.

After three years, he and wife Kirsty wanted to accelerate their personal growth and work overseas. They headed to Syria, where for one year they taught children of the country’s dictators and other elite. They then travelled in Jordan for a year.

Upon their return, Saxon took a position as a teacher at Queen

Charlotte College, where he climbed the ladder into middle and senior leadership roles.

He then sent off his first ever principalship application, for a position at Kaitaia College, and was successful. He and Kirsty, who are parents of three children, settled at Ahipara on Ninety Mile Beach, becoming loved and respected members of the school and wider community.

After five years, they felt home calling and wanted to come back to the mainland to be closer to family.

They did not expect to move so quickly, but it just so happened that the Mount Hutt College

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“I felt really privileged to be able to come and enjoy this community, what a beautiful space this is,” he said.

Saxon said he wanted to see the college continue to grow into its own vision and students to become strengthened in their own voice.

He said he saw himself as a kaitiakitanga, that is a guardian or steward.

“My job is to guide the direction of the school to meet the aspirations of the wider community.”

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Mt Hutt Station resident Robyn Hood has been delving deep into a tale of greed, betrayal and murder, which unfolded on her property 52 years ago. Susan Sandys reports.

R

obert Richards had in recent years become scared of his brother.

In 1967, at the age of 35, the intellectually-impaired son of the late Leslie and Dorothy Richards was living on Mt Hutt Station, as he had his whole life.

His parents had farmed the station and by this time had passed away. But he had someone to look after him – an old family friend named Alma Smith, who was also his housekeeper.

The pair lived in a new cottage on the property. Robert had previously lived there with his mother; Smith moved in once Dorothy passed away in 1965.

Robert was known as simple and kind, and was well liked by

neighbours and townsfolk in nearby Methven.

Due to his disability, his affairs were managed by the Public Trust.

His older brother Bruce, 38, had fallen out with their mother before she died and had his own property, at Mitcham. Bruce was an admired and successful farmer, married to wife Elaine, with five children.

But underneath that façade of respectability, was a seething resentment toward Robert, and a sense of entitlement, in wanting to have Mt Hutt Station all to himself.

That was the contention of the prosecution at his trial, which took place following Robert being murdered in his home that year, on a moonlit November night.

Kathleen Lewis, neighbour to Robert and wife of the manager of the station, Ted Lewis, recounted as a trial witness that Robert had been frightened of his older sibling.

“Several times if he saw Bruce around, he would say to me ‘Save me from him, he will either put me away or kill me’.”

“I used to say to him that Bruce would not hurt him,” Lewis said.

Robert, she said, had been like a son to her and had been happy recently that Bruce had spoken to him. Usually, she never saw the two brothers together.

“Robert appeared to be very happy about this, it seems that the barrier between them might have been starting to break down,” she said.

And he had been even happier as he looked into his future with management of the farm soon to be divided with Bruce, and he did not mind if Bruce had first pick.

This was following the brothers working out an arrangement for the property to be partiROBYN HOOD

tioned with each brother looking after his own half. And Bruce planned to lease Robert’s half so he could have the whole estate under his care.

“He (Robert) told me on the afternoon before he died that he was the luckiest man in the world, as he had everything he wanted,” Lewis told the court.

Her account of the relationship between the two brothers is among fascinating information retrieved from the depths of newspaper archives by Mt Hutt Station resident Robyn Hood.

Hood said her interest was sparked in the case through hearing many locals talk about it. Today she lives with her husband and children in a modern house where the former Mt Hutt Station homestead once was, where Lewis lived. Hood was familiar with the former building, having worked there as a waitress when it was the Homestead Restaurant in the 1990s.

Her research journey took her to the Ashburton Library archives, where she delved into old Ashburton Guardian publications on microfilm. It also took her to cemeteries.

She has found the grave of Robert, buried at Methven Cemetery, and has found that Bruce, who died in 2015, is buried alongside wife Elaine, at the Prebbleton Anglican Church cemetery.

The headstone features their photos and describes them as a loved mother and father and treasured grandparents.

In 2017, Mt Hutt Station had a visit from resthome clients in Christchurch, and one of the residents, Bill Worthington, was able to give Robyn’s father-in-law some notes about his memories of the court case.

“He happened to be working here following the murder taking place, so it was great to get his first-hand perspective,” she said.

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Above – Bruce Richards, as pictured on his gravestone at Prebbleton, was committed to mental institutions following being found not guilty of his brother’s murder by reason of insanity.

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Worthington’s notes show an aspect of the trial which fascinated many locals at the time, that of Bruce successfully entering a plea of not guilty on the grounds of insanity.

His barrister, noted Christchurch QC Austin Young, had psychiatrists testify and seemingly convince the jury that his client had been influenced by a television show, called The Invaders, involving aliens brainwashing people to commit horrendous crimes.

“TV had just reached New Zealand and Austin Young made sure the jury understood that Bruce was one of the few people who could afford a TV set,” Worthington recounted.

It was a full moon the night Robert was murdered and Young made much of the fact that the aliens in the television show had come to earth during a full moon.

An eerie and ominous effect of the light from the moon was mentioned in other court testimony, in relation to the defence of insanity.

Dr Thomas Edwin Hall, who was superintendent of the Sunnyside mental hospital and a qualified psychiatrist, was called by the Crown to give evidence on the accused’s mental condition.

He had interviewed the accused, who had told him that when he woke up on the night of the murder it was not quite dark.

“He said he had a vision of driving up to Mt Hutt in a car in the moonlight. The mountain was silhouetted in the moonlight as he drove and he said he felt to be high and large above the steering wheel of the car.

He said he had a feeling that he just had to go up there.”

Bruce’s sentence was to be committed to Sunnyside and other mental institutions for nine years.

He was released after seven years for good behaviour.

Hood said her research, and reading of the court reports she had found, painted a picture of Bruce as a greedy man.

Before his mother died, he visited her in hospital and demanded she sign a new will stating the estate would pass in its entirety to him.

However, by this time Dorothy had had enough of her son’s entitled attitude and obsession with the station, and after her death it was discovered she in fact had signed a new will where Bruce would receive nothing.

Robert on the other hand was left a life interest in the house, the income from the remainder of her estate and a car. The remainder was left to Bruce’s children, who would benefit upon his death.

Hood drives past the place where Robert’s cottage was every time she goes along her driveway. It was located near the property’s entrance, off Route 72, about 200 metres from her home.

“There were remaining foundations of the house up until last year when the land was cleared of overgrown trees,” she said.

Hood said when she first came upon Robert’s grave at the Methven Cemetery it was covered in moss and looked derelict.

“I found this so sad and spent a morning removing the moss, giving his gravestone a good clean and leaving some flowers there,” she said.

“I always check on his grave when I visit my family’s plots at the Methven Cemetery.”

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n the evening of November 7, 1967, Robert Richards and his housekeeper Miss Alma Smith were at home on Mt Hutt Station. Miss Smith had a couple of visitors that night and they left around 10pm.

Robert retired to bed and Smith soon after, although she listened to the radio in her room until 11.25pm.

She was awoken at 1.20am when she heard a noise that sounded like a can falling to the floor in the toilet. She lay in bed thinking about the noise for some time and then decided to go and

see if she could find out what it was.

She got out of bed and was surprised to see a bright flash of light on the wall by her bedroom door. It seemed to be coming from inside the house, and she felt something was not right.

She peered around her slightly open bedroom door and when she did so, could smell diesel oil.

She realised it was familiar, similar to what she noticed when she went to bed earlier, but much stronger.

It seemed the light was from a torch that someone was shining at the power switchboard at the far end of the hallway. Suddenly the light swung round and shone towards her and she stood frozen

in fear. A man came at her shining the torch directly in her face.

The man shook his hands at her and made a funny noise, something like “viv viv viv”, very fast and several times. It was a most unusual noise that she had never heard made by any human before.

Robert used to make strange and incoherent noises when he was younger, but had ceased doing this many years before. It was as if the man in front of her was trying to pretend to be Robert, but she didn’t think it was him.

The man kept coming towards her so she jumped back into her room and slammed the door and snibbed the inside lock. She called out to Robert to ask if he had been out of bed and he said he had not.

She told him that there must be somebody in the house and she soon heard fighting and scuffling.

It sounded as if it were in Robert’s bedroom. After a while Smith heard Robert call out – “Alma, Alma! It’s him, it’s him!”.

It was not very clear and sounded as if something had been placed over his mouth. She called out to Robert again, asking if the intruder was still there. Robert said “Yes”, and then the fighting started again.

Smith found the light in her room did not work and put her slippers and cardigan on and climbed out of her bedroom window, running about 200 metres up the tree-lined driveway to the station manager Ted Lewis’ house.

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Robert Richards is buried at the Methven Cemetery.

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Above – Bruce and Elaine Richards are buried at the Anglican cemetery at Prebbleton and (right) Bruce Richards, as pictured on his gravestone at Prebbleton, was committed to mental institutions following being found not guilty of his brother’s murder by reason of insanity.

Top left – A sketch of the old Mt Hutt Station homestead.

Left – The historic Mt Hutt Station homestead.

Lewis and members of his family rushed to the cottage armed with shotguns and rifles. But upon their arrival the house was engulfed in flames and they were beaten back by smoke.

Emergency services were alerted. In addition, phone calls were made to Robert’s brother, Bruce, at his home in Mitcham, to let him know of the predicament his brother was in, but mysteriously there was no answer.

A policeman drove to Bruce’s residence and woke him up, whereupon he drove there quickly and was observed helping with the firefighting effort. By that time the Methven Volunteer Fire Brigade had arrived.

Constable Jackaways broke the

window of Robert’s bedroom and found it empty. Soon after a fireman found his body in the hall.

He was found to have head injuries and police immediately declared the death a homicide.

Bruce was questioned about cuts to his face in following days.

He said it had been caused by falling in the pump house at his farm on the evening before the murder.

On November 14, he and Elaine put a message of appreciation in the Ashburton Guardian, thanking the brigade, farm manager and neighbours for “the wonderful assistance and many gestures of kindness extended to us in the last few days”.

Bruce may have had some fooled as he ostensibly grieved

for his brother, but not detectives, who were all the while gathering evidence.

Officer in charge of the investigation Bob Meikle talked to Smith, who informed him there had been bad feelings between the brothers, and that Robert would always refer to his brother as “he” or “him” and not by name. Meikle recounted that Robert’s panicked cry of “It’s him” as he was attacked, pointed to Bruce as the murderer.

Other evidence kept piling up, including a torch and accelerant container left at the scene being proved as belonging to Bruce.

By November 20, Bruce had been charged with murdering his brother.

The evidence at trial showed

Bruce had left his farm at Mitcham on the night of the murder, to drive to Mt Hutt Station. He cut the heating unit lines into his brother’s house so the fuel would accelerate the fire he planned to light. He broke in, but was interrupted when Smith heard him moving around the home. After killing his brother and setting fire to the house, he quickly drove back home and got into bed.

He later claimed the reason he did not answer his phone at home was due to it being faulty.

Robert’s cause of death was found to mainly be eight blows to the head, but he also suffered burns and asphyxia due to the fire.

The trial in 1968 was one of the longest murder trials in

Christchurch of recent years and lasted 10 days. A total of 46 witnesses was heard, and more than 60 exhibits were produced.

Interest was high, and at the sentencing people had to be turned away from the public gallery.

Bruce Lawrence Richards, a 39 year old farmer of Mitcham Road, was found not guilty of murdering his brother on the grounds that, at the time of killing him, he was insane.

Compiled from a summary of Ashburton Guardian court reports and clippings retrieved from archives by Robyn Hood, as well as the book New Zealand Detectives

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June 2019 At the end of each year, Guardian staff choose the best of the year’s photos to share with you all and reminisce.

Above – The cast of Ashburton College’s production of High School Musical wowed crowds.

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Below – Students from Allenton School, keeping up the decades-old tradition of performing in the annual Mid Canterbury Schools’ Music Festival.

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Above – Ashburton College’s philosophy of creating an inclusive environment for all students saw Jacob Olsen (left) and Cole Beeman sharing a morning swim together at the EA Networks Centre pool.

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Above – Paul Plimmer had to bust out the shovel after Methven got a dumping of snow early in June.

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Above – Dancers wowed crowds at the DanceWorx show Past, Present and Future.

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Above – The East Street fountain was a big talking point in June with councillors voting to have it moved to the Ashburton Domain before a u-turn on the matter.

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he Mid Canterbury Vintage Club building is a popular place on a Tuesday.

Club members meet there once a week, but you won’t hear the normal discussion about whose turn it is to run the raffle or where to go for the club Christmas do, they are here for a cuppa and a chat.

Until moving into the new building at the Ashburton A&P Showgrounds earlier this year the club did not have a meeting room, so when the new building was being designed the group made sure to include one, with a kitchen.

Past club president John Hall said the group was growing in popularity. “In the beginning about eight people would attend, now there is normally around 14.”

Hall said some come every week and others turn up when they can.

“Everything gets discussed here,” he said. “Tractors, farming, council and politics, there is not much that we don’t cover at one time or another. Everybody has had different experiences with machinery so there is always something to chat about.”

As with most groups of its kind, on the surface it’s a collection of like-minded people with a common interest getting together.

However, it often serves a deeper purpose. This cuppa and chat can drive away loneliness and isolation.

It’s something to look forward to each week, providing regular social contact, he said.

New to the group is 87-year-old

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former Hinds farmer Jan Yeatman. Struggling with the recent loss of his wife, a family member suggested he might like to go along one Tuesday and have a look.

Relishing the chance to talk tractors for an hour or so, he didn’t hesitate to pop in.

Yeatman’s eyes misted over as he spoke of his wife: “Oh I miss her,” he said.

After a pause and a deep breath, his smile returned and he began telling stories of his childhood.

One of Yeatman’s fondest memories was of seeing an electric tractor working in Willowby.

“I would have been about 13 or 14 years old at the time. Each day

I would see it from the school bus window.

“It must have been running on 240 volts from a power pole in the paddock. I can still remember the power cable running across the paddock.”

The tractors where the brainchild of Mid Canterbury local Herbert George Kemp. Seven of them were built in Ashburton between 1932 and 1937.

Yeatman’s love of tractors goes back to his childhood in Ashburton. “My dad owned an International machinery business in town, selling tractors and headers to local farmers.”

When a farmer purchased a tractor his dad would take it for a test drive before delivering it.

“The test drive usually meant him driving it home to Cameron Street at lunchtime. I would sit on his knee and steer it.”

In the early '40s his father sold the dealership and purchased a farm at Coldstream. “It was the duck’s-guts when we moved to the farm. Dad went farming, I did the same and my children are involved with farming too – we have it in our blood.”

Graeme Neale has been a Vintage Machinery Club member for a number of years. After the death of his wife, Neale moved from Balclutha to be closer to his daughter.

His claim to fame was having the first ever hydraulic excavator in South Otago.

“I bought it in 1980. It was a Poclain, which is French. Bridge brothers had them at the time, so I bought it and trucked it back home.

“When I moved here I had to leave my machinery behind. I did bring a little Case tractor with me. That is now out at Darfield as I didn’t have any room for it when I moved house.”

Neale gets a lot out of the club.

“I have belonged to lots of clubs in my life, this is the best one.

Everyone here is really friendly and easy to get on with.”

He particularly loves the bus trips. “They are really well organised.”

On November 20 the club visited the Greendale area. The group of 45 had a busy and varied day, visiting Meadow Mushrooms compost plant, various farms around the area housing vintage machinery and even managed to fit in a beer and a steak at the West Melton Tavern.

Clubs such as this not only house and protect vintage machinery, they preserve memories as well.

With over 100 members the future looks positive for machine and memory alike.

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The hottest spot in the ocean NZME It’s the summer marine heatwave attracting huge attention – a massive blob of hot water off the eastern coast of New Zealand.

Right now the southern reaches of the Pacific Ocean is one of the warmest sea spots on the planet with temperatures of up to 20°C appearing as a bright red blob on satellite images.

Professor James Renwick, a weather and climate researcher at Victoria University, has a simple explanation for the phenomenon: “It’s just a patch of water that’s had a lot of sunny skies and not much wind”.

In fact, a very big patch of water measuring tens of thousands of square kilometres where the water is 4°C above the average temperature of 10°C to 15°C on a similar latitude to Wellington in the Pacific Ocean.

The central hot spot is about the size of the North Island (114,000sq km) or the South Island (150,000sq km). The wider area is larger than both islands combined.

“Sea temperatures don’t actually vary too much and a degree, plus or minus, is quite a big deal and this area is probably four degrees or more than that above average and that’s pretty huge.

“Right in the centre of the “blob” it’s likely to be more than six degrees warmer than average.

“It’s extremely warm water in terms of differences from average, it’s got to be one of the warmest spots on the planet at the moment,” said Renwick.

At 20°C, the blob in the southern Pacific is getting up there with temperatures in the Tropics that start in the 20s and reach 30°C.

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In brief $1.2m in property held Police have restrained more than $1.2 million worth of property after an operation targeting the manufacture and supply of methamphetamine in Northland.

Nine people were arrested in July during a four-day police operation, code-named Operation Nortiate.

As part of the operation, more than 150 police staff raided nine properties throughout Northland, including in Wheki Valley, Hukerenui, Helena Bay, Raumanga and Puwera. This month two of those properties in Wheki Valley, where firearms and drugs were found, were restrained by High Court orders under the Criminal Proceeds (Recovery) Act, police said yesterday.

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Burnt pub targeted The patch, or blob, of hot water is a bit too far off the New Zealand coast for Kiwis to feel its benefits, but it is “extremely warm”, experts say.

The coldest seas are in Antarctica and the Arctic Ocean where water freezes at -2°C because of salt content.

Renwick said the waters out to the east of the country had been experiencing “quite high pressures, sunny skies, light winds, so the surface of the ocean would warm up quite quickly”.

“But if the winds are strong then it gets all stirred up.

“If it’s not being stirred enough, the warming from the sun and so on will just be absorbed at the surface of the ocean where you get this quite thin layer of very warm water,

so what I’m wondering is, how deep is this very warm blob?”

Renwick said it was likely the shallow layer of warm water, possibly up to 50m below the surface, would likely fade and then dissipate as it heads towards South America.

This will happen as the wind picks up and the layer of warm water mixes with cooler water over the next few weeks.

Renwick said the blob was not a sign of global warming, just what happens in the ocean.

A similar blob occurred at the Bering Sea in September.

Pub workers are calling out “scum” who stole $10,000 worth of alcoholic drinks from a burnt down Canterbury pub. The historic Kirwee Tavern which was destroyed in a Christmas Eve fire has now been targeted by robbers who took all undamaged alcohol.

In a social media post made by Kirwee Tavern yesterday, officials said police wanted to speak to anyone who had seen or heard something between 6pm on Thursday and 9.30am on Friday.

“To the person/people who risked their lives last night to loot the chiller you are scum!”

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Boxing Day spend overshadowed NZME

around $300m - in line with the $297.5m spent on December 20. At its peak, Paymark was processing around 679,000 transaction an hour.

Over the six weeks leading up to Christmas Day, spending totalled $8.8 billion, an increase of 4.6 per cent compared to the same period last year.

Retail NZ chief executive Greg Harford said some Boxing Day retail spend had migrated into Black Friday, though he did not

on NZX. The scheme will be subject to the usual conditions, it said.

The trading halt will stay in place until midday on Monday or when Metlifecare makes an announcement.

Metlifecare also has $100 million of listed debt.

When rejecting the initial offer last week, the board said it had received two other expressions of interest from rival buyers and that its internal valuations indicated a price in excess of $8 a share, depending on the assumptions used.

No plans to enter cannabis market NZME Coca-Cola Co. is dousing speculation that it’s getting into the cannabis business.

Speculation surged after a video posted to YouTube – since deleted – by a user with the screen name Gabor the Blind Guy showed a Coca-Cola can with a childproof lid.

The man in the video says that his father is a head engineer for a company that “produces bottling and capping machines for many major pharmaceutical and food companies”.

He then says that Coca-Cola is planning on debuting a new line of its classic drink in Canada that will feature CBD extract, the non-psychoactive ingredient in marijuana that treats pain but doesn’t get you high.

“These rumours are untrue,” Coca-Cola said in an emailed

statement to Bloomberg News.

“As we have stated many times, we have no plans to enter the CBD market.”

A saved copy of the video was posted on Reddit Inc.’s WallStreetBets forum.

Coca-Cola said in 2018 that it was looking at the cannabis drinks market. The news fuelled stock gains for companies like Au-

rora Cannabis Inc. The Atlanta-based soft drinks maker was in talks with Canadian marijuana producer Aurora Cannabis to develop the beverages, according to a report at the time from BNN Bloomberg Television.

Aurora did not respond to inquiries from Bloomberg News yesterday about a possible partnership with Coca-Cola.

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Buy price

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Sell price

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Last sale

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Daily Volume move ’000s

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275.6 98.02 6.92 240.9 1.1m 376.8 367.6 493.8 46.00 92.36 545.9 40.25 27.71 56.37 13.24 215.5 97.41 62.16 4.50 34.38 351.4 11.94 160.6 832.4 – 5.19 4.35 677.0 68.20 411.3 16.87 74.21 4.27 208.2 102.4 16.27 49.61 311.2 93.89 557.2 92.16 89.13 382.0 41.90 12.78 71.06 14.25 12.79 2.78 134.4

S&P/NZX 50 Index Gross 11670 11548 11426 11304 11182 11060

27/12

Metlifecare’s mystery buyer has completed due diligence for its $1.49 billion takeover bid but needs this weekend to get final approval for the deal.

The retirement village operator’s board completed negotiations for a scheme implementation agreement – which needs a lower level of support than a formal takeover to get across the line – at $7 a share.

That’s up from the initial $6.50 offer that was rejected by Metlif-

ecare’s major shareholders and a small premium to company’s $6.96 a share net tangible asset value.

The shares last traded at $6.38 and have jumped from $5.08 before the unsolicited suitor emerged in November.

The would-be buyer’s final approval process is due over the weekend, after which the scheme will be signed off. Until then, there is no assurance the negotiated deal will proceed and trading in the shares remains halted, investors were told through a statement

NEW ZEALAND SHARE MARKET

Source: NZX and Standard & Poors

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Day down 7.6 per cent on last year.

Sport equipment retailers and hardware stores reported increases of more than 5 per cent.

Spending in the month of December reached new highs this year, with a new peak reached on December 20, according to Paymark.

No official figures have been released on how much was spent on Christmas Eve, but Paymark estimates this would be

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New Zealanders spent just shy of $150 million on Boxing Day, well behind the $253m spent on Black Friday last month, though an increase on last year’s total.

Figures from Paymark, which processes 75 per cent of the country’s electronic card transactions, show $149.8m went through its network on Thursday, up almost 4 per cent on the total spent on Boxing Day last year.

Last year, $139.5m was spent on Boxing Day through 2.5 million transactions.

While there was an increase in spending on Boxing Day this year, retail commentators seem to be right about Boxing Day having lost some of its appeal for shoppers.

On American flash sales shopping day Black Friday, on November 29, Kiwis spent $253m. Including the Saturday and Sunday that followed, a total of $652m was spent.

Paymark noted that Black Friday kicked off the official Christmas spending period, and that Black Friday had proven to be the busier day for spending over the more traditional spending drawcard of Boxing Day. Spending at supermarkets and liquor stores was up on Boxing Day last year, along with spending at cafes and restaurants. The spend at liquor retailers increased the most this year, up over 14 per cent.

For some retailers, including clothing and footwear retailers, spending on Boxing

believe the day after Christmas had lost its shine with shoppers.

“My sense is that Black Friday and Boxing Day are going to slug it out for a little while as they each compete to win the most sales,” Harford said.

“A lot of that Boxing Day spend is driven by people who perhaps got given gift vouchers for Christmas, and so they are keen to get out and spend while there are deals on.

“Fashions in retail and sales periods come and go. Twenty, thirty years ago we didn’t have Boxing Day sales at all, they have come into their own in the last decade, and what we’re seeing now is Black Friday emerging as a strong competitor to that, but I don’t think we’re going to see Boxing Day sales disappear anytime soon.”

Boxing Day sales remained “hugely popular” with New Zealand shoppers, he said.

Harford said he expected the volume of Boxing Day shopping conducted online to have increased significantly this year.

“We’re seeing more and more customers do Boxing Day shopping online.

“Online shopping has increased eight times faster than in-store shopping over the last year and my guess is there would have been a lot of shoppers that would have been making use of the ability to buy online and not head into the shops while they may well have been sitting on the beach and making their purchases on their phones.”

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11,602.12 –40.66 –0.35%

q S&P/NZX 20 index

7,624.39

–47.6

–0.62%

q S&P/NZX All Gross

12,557.3 –39.81 –0.32%

p Rises 52 q Falls 60 Top 5 NZX gainers Company

daily % rise

PaySauce +16.07% Oceania Healthcare +5.69% Arvida Gr +5.46% NZME +5.26% Summerset Gr Hldgs +4.71%

Top 5 NZX decliners Company

Sky Network TV Prop for Industry Fletcher Building Auckland Intl Airpt CDL Investments

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METAL PRICES

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London – $US/ounce

+0.21

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p Copper London – $US/tonne

6,184.50

+31.5

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TT buy

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TT sell

0.9459 0.8609 4.3663 0.5901 1.3897 0.5059 71.72 1.6099 9.2467 19.46 0.6582

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OUR VIEW

Christmas lunch a truly special occasion O

n Christmas Day I had the pleasure of spending a little time at the Community Christmas Lunch at the Tinwald Hall where more than 140 people came to enjoy the festivities of Christmas together in what is fast becoming a special event on the district calendar.

The numbers were about the same as what they have been in recent years, but the passion and care put in by the team that brings it all together each year continues to grow and grow as the years go by.

Not many of us probably think about spending Christmas Day alone, but for many that’s just the way it is and without a service like the community lunch,

Matt Markham

EDITOR

things would be even more lonesome.

But thanks to the kind generosity of a number of people from within our district there is an opportunity for people who find themselves at a loose end to come along, be treated like kings and spend the day with people who are in a similar boat.

I’ve been to the last three lunches, and each year I’ve

walked away thinking how great it is that there are people out there who are willing to give up such a special day each year to ensure that it is just as special for a whole heap of other people.

Their selflessness and dedication to the day is what makes it so special.

Whether it’s the ever-organised Ann Allott and her team of organisers who ensure that everything runs like clockwork or Dan Lysaght ensuring that the many variations of food on offer are cooked to perfection and that there is something there for everyone, or the many volunteers who rock up to serve food, wait on tables or play host to the guests – each is as impor-

tant as the other.

What was really encouraging this year though was to hear of the new people coming on board to lend a helping hand and equally as important, the youngsters who came along with family members and played a part as well.

Ensuring that Christmas isn’t just about presents, but giving young minds the opportunity to understand that nothing should be taken for granted during the festive season is a vitally important lesson and each of those youngsters there on Wednesday will have walked away with a new sense of meaning behind the entire occasion.

So, let’s ensure that this wonderful event continues from

year-to-year and the support that it receives from the community through goodwill and time, products, services and everything else remains in place.

The joy and happiness on the faces of those who made their way through the doors to enjoy the festivities on offer was all the reward I’m sure anyone would have needed to make it all the worthwhile.

This time of the year is special and it’s only special because of the goodness of people out there in the community who ensure that everyone is catered for during every occasion.

They’re all really important people and people we should consider ourselves lucky to have in our community.

during a flight from Indonesia to Singapore, killing all 162 people on board. The war in Afghanistan, fought for 13 bloody years and still raging, came to a formal end with a quiet flaglowering ceremony in Kabul that marked the transition of the fighting from US-led combat troops to the country’s own security forces.

One year ago: President Donald Trump cancelled New Year’s plans, deciding not to travel to Florida amid a partial government shutdown that was expected to continue into the new year. The Environmental

Protection Agency became the latest government agency to furlough employees during the partial government shutdown, but said it would keep disasterresponse teams and other essential workers on the job.

After a two-day manhunt, authorities arrested a suspected drunken driver accused of killing a California police officer who had pulled him over; they said the man later identified as Paulo Virgen Mendoza was trying to flee back to Mexico, where he lived before illegally crossing into the US (Virgen Mendoza has pleaded not guilty to murder in the shooting death of Cpl. Ronil Singh).

Today’s birthdays: Former United Auto Workers union president Owen Bieber is 90.

Actress Nichelle Nichols is 87.

Actress Dame Maggie Smith is 85. Rock singer-musician Edgar Winter is 73. Funk musician Joseph Zigaboo Modeliste is 71.

Actor Denzel Washington is 65.

Country singer Joe Diffie is 61.

Country musician Mike McGuire is 61. Actor Chad McQueen is 59.

Country singer-musician Marty Roe is 59. Actor Malcolm Gets is 56. Actor Mauricio Mendoza is 50. Actress Elaine Hendrix is 49.

Actor Brendan Hines is 43. Actor Joe Manganiello is 43. Actress Vanessa Ferlito is 42. Rhythmand-blues singer John Legend is 41. Rapper-musician-producer Terrace Martin is 41. Actor Andre Holland is 40. Actress Sienna Miller is 38. Actress Beau Garrett is 37. Pop singer Kasey Sheridan is 33. Actor Thomas Dekker is 32.

Actress Mackenzie Rosman is 30.

Pop singer David Archuleta is 29.

Actress Mary-Charles Jones is 18.

Actor Miles Brown is 15.

Thought for today: “There is no luck except where there is discipline.” — Irish proverb. - AP

TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Saturday, December 28, the 362nd day of 2019.

There are three days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On December 28, 1945, Congress officially recognised the Pledge of Allegiance.

On this date: In 1612, Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei observed the planet Neptune, but mistook it for a star. (Neptune wasn’t officially discovered until 1846 by Johann Gottfried Galle.)

In 1832, John C. Calhoun became the first vice president of the United States to resign, stepping down because of differences with President Andrew Jackson.

In 1879, a section of the Tay Bridge in Dundee, Scotland, collapsed as a train was travelling over it, sending an estimated 75 people to their deaths in the river below.

In 1895, the Lumiere brothers, Auguste and Louis, held the first public showing of their movies in Paris.

In 1908, a major earthquake followed by a tsunami devastated the Italian city of Messina, killing at least 70,000 people.

In 1929, New Zealand military police fired on Mau independence demonstrators in Apia, killing 11 Samoans, including the independence leader Tupua Tamasese Lealofi III. In 1961, the Tennessee Williams play Night of the Iguana opened on Broadway.

In 1972, Kim Il Sung, the premier of North Korea, was named the country’s president under a new constitution.

In 1981, Elizabeth Jordan Carr, the first American “test-tube” baby, was born in Norfolk, Virginia.

In 1987, the bodies of 14 relatives of Ronald Gene Simmons were found at his home near Dover, Arkansas, after Simmons shot and killed two other people in Russellville. (Simmons, who never explained his motives, was executed in 1990.)

In 2001, the National Guard was called out to help Buffalo, New York, dig out from a paralyzing, 5-day storm that had unloaded over 2 metres of snow.

In 2007, Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was laid to rest as

the country’s army tried to quell a frenzy of rioting in the wake of her assassination.

Ten years ago: Al-Qaida in Yemen claimed responsibility for a Christmas Day attempt to blow up a US-bound airliner.

A bomb blast killed at least 44 people in a Shiite procession in the southern Pakistan city of Karachi. In Argentina, two men turned away from Buenos Aires were wed in Ushuaia, the world’s southernmost city, in Latin America’s first same-sex marriage.

Five years ago: AirAsia Flight 8501, an Airbus A-320, crashed

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■■AUSTRALIA

Heatwave about to hit If you’re planning a trip to see in the new year you might want to reconsider your plans due to an “extreme” heatwave that’s building across southeast Australia in the coming days, authorities have warned.

The heatwave is already heating up parts of South Australia – where a number of cities hit 40C or higher yesterday.

Sydney is also beginning to heat up, with the mercury hitting 28C and the top temperature steadily increasing to 31C on Monday and 35C on Tuesday.

New Year’s Eve is being tipped as the real danger day for bushfires, as temperatures are due to soar to 43C in the city’s west.

Victoria will also cop hot, dry and windy conditions. In the state’s east, three fires are currently burning and it’s feared they could expand over the coming days.

Authorities are urging those travelling to regions affected by bushfires to reconsider their plans.

“Given the conditions we’ll see over the next few days, it’s probably not a good idea to be in the parks or forests camping,” Victoria’s Emergency Management Commissioner Andrew Crisp told reporters.

“If you’ve not already travelled, I would suggest that you rethink your plans over the next few days.”

Monday and Tuesday are tipped to be the worst days for bushfires and smoke haze, just as we’re welcoming in the new year.

Sky News Meteorologist Rob Sharpe said the extreme heatwave is currently lingering over northwestern parts of the country, where the mercury is break-

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There’s no escaping the heatwave about to hit Australia. ing 45C. “As we move through the week though, that heat is going to build through southern parts of Australia,” he said.

“Initially, winds are not going to be that strong so we’re going to see a few regions with severe fire danger on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

“It’s not going to be that dangerous, but it really ramps up at the end of heatwave on Monday.”

He said that, on Monday, strong winds will “suddenly” pick up and severe heat will hit Victoria, South Australia, NSW and even Tasmania.

Temperatures are set to hit the 40s on the mainland and the mid-30s in Tasmania.

Mr Sharpe said “dangerous” fire conditions are expected to

peak on that day and it’s likely there will be smoke haze in Sydney on New Year’s Eve. Two firefighters were killed and as many as 100 houses destroyed when bushfires ripped through NSW on Thursday and Saturday last week.

More than 1700 firefighters were in the field on Christmas Day, slogging away to strengthen containment lines before the dangerous weather arrives.

Firefighters have used milder conditions in recent days to strengthen containment lines.

Fire danger ratings are very high for the ACT, the greater Hunter, the central and southern ranges, the northern and southern slopes and northwestern NSW. There is a high fire danger

rating from the far South Coast up to Sydney, with a low-moderate danger rating in western parts of the state.

In South Australia, firefighters are working tirelessly to control the 25,000-hectare blaze burning in Adelaide Hills before temperatures rise to about 40C today.

A heatwave bringing severe to extreme conditions started moving towards the Australian east coast yesterday, affecting the northern parts of the state.

Adelaide will be untouched by the heatwave with maximum temperatures forecast at 33C. The fires have destroyed 84 homes and hundreds of other buildings as well as claiming one life.

■■UNITED STATES

Massive rise in processed meat recalls Bits of metal, hard plastic, rubber and even glass are increasingly getting mixed and baked into processed meat products reaching consumers, triggering a record number of safety recalls, a Washington Post analysis of federal records shows.

So far this year, the Agriculture Department in the United States has announced 34 recalls involving 17 million pounds of meat products after stray materials were found in them.

That’s a sharp increase from a decade ago, in 2009, when there were five such recalls involving about 1 million pounds of processed meat.

Metal parts are breaking off machines that mix, chop and puree ingredients.

Plant workers’ rubber gloves are falling into the meat mixes.

And bits of plastic and glass

from meat packaging and ingredient containers are getting ground into the food.

The makers of some of the most beloved and recognisable ready-made food staples have issued the recalls, including Tyson Foods chicken tenders, Jimmy Dean sausages and Spam.

The stray items, which the USDA calls “foreign objects,” typically are found after a consumer bites into a meat product, records show, sometimes chipping teeth in the process.

The objects can cause choking and can injure the intestinal tract.

“There is this initial shock when you find something that clearly does not belong, such as a screw or shrapnel or packing material,” said Robert Rausch, a New York food safety lawyer.

“It’s shock; it’s disgust. The

concern always is whether there were other pieces that you swallowed.

“It’s like the old joke: What is worse than finding a worm in your apple? It’s finding a half a worm.”

A number of changes are causing the recalls to rise, according to USDA and industry experts.

Manufacturers are revving up processing line speeds to increase production, sometimes using old equipment that breaks down under the added strain.

Consumers are taking their complaints public, naming the companies on social media, often including photos of the contaminated food. And USDA reporting requirements for the contamination, in response to a congressional mandate, became more stringent in 2012.

The USDA acknowledges

that consumer complaints about the contamination are on the rise.

It issued guidelines in March to food manufacturers to get them to respond more quickly to reported problems, saying companies sometimes issued recalls only after “multiple customer complaints.”

Two months after the guidelines were issued, Tyson Foods announced what is said to be the largest US processed meat recall ever for foreign matter contamination – metal shavings may have ended up in as much as 12 million pounds of chicken strips.

The recall was expanded once – adding nearly 11.8 million pounds of chicken strips to the original recall of 69,093 pounds – and involved six consumer complaints, three with “oral injuries,” records show.

Swift missed on big role Taylor Swift nearly landed a role in the 2012 film Les Miserables. Director Tom Hooper explained in a new interview that while Swift “rather brilliantly auditioned” for a role in the adaptation, he ultimately passed on casting the superstar. “I didn’t cast her, but I got very close to it.

Ultimately, I couldn’t quite believe Taylor Swift was a girl people would overlook,” Hooper told Vulture. “So it didn’t quite feel right for her for the most flattering reason.” The role went to actress Samantha Barks instead. Swift would get her big chance seven years later in Cats.

Daniels a slow starter Anthony Daniels went through a painful experience after not receiving the same amount of public recognition as other co-stars when the first Star Wars film was released in 1977. But in time, Daniels’ C-3PO character became one of the most popular in the franchise and he’s the only cast member to have appeared in all nine of the main Star Wars films. The British actor plays the soft-spoken “protocol droid” built by young Anakin Skywalker that is fluent in six million languages.

C-3PO’s witty exchanges with fellow droid R2-D2 often served as comic relief, making the tandem fan favourites.

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Trophy nearly in cabinet

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One of Mid Canterbury’s greatest bowling prizes goes on the line this weekend when the Cotula Classic begins at the Ashburton Bowling Club.

The highly competitive tournament, held each year, will see 16 teams of four competing over two days of play in a slightly different format of play than the normal tournaments around the district.

Teams play three rounds each day consisting of a game of fours, a game of triples and singles and two games of pairs, with players playing in six games each across the course of the weekend.

Play begins today at the Ashburton

Bowling Club with a round of fours, before teams split up to compete in matches of singles and triples before a game of pairs this afternoon.

Then on Sunday morning it’s games of pairs before singles and triples and then fours to round out the weekend.

This year’s fields consists of some strong combinations, including a number of local faces as well as some from outside of the Mid Canterbury region.

Teams from Timaru Town and Country, Bowls Hornby, Beckenham and Riccarton Racecourse will be joined by local sides from Allenton, Ashburton, MSA, Hampstead and Methven.

Local skips with teams entered are; Rose-

Pete Whinham in action at last week’s final day of Friday triples for 2019.

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mary Bennett, Graeme Bishop, Gavin Eder, Roger Gutbertlet, Tony Inwood, Sandra Keith, Len Luke, Reg McGarry, Brent Mayson, Lynton Muir, Doug Thorne and Wendy Watson.

Meanwhile, a permanent fixture on the Mid Canterbury bowling scene finished up for the 2019 season last week when the final Friday triples of the year was held at Allenton.

A rescheduled day from earlier in the season, a full green of players took to the Allenton turf for the afternoon to compete.

At the end of the competition it was the Eric Maw-skipped side from Methven who emerged on top.

Maw was joined on the greens by Anthony Holmes and Graham Brooker and they ended the day with three wins, 13 ends and 25 points.

Second placing went to Min Hill, Bryan Williams and Don Taylor with two wins and a draw while third was Maurice Reid, Alistair Mackenzie and Russell Lowe with two wins.

Friday triples return to the greens again next Friday, January 3 at Hampstead.

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■■FOOTBALL

One hand on the trophy AP When Liverpool lifts the English Premier League trophy in May – barring a monumental collapse – the end of a three-decade title drought will owe so much to Trent Alexander-Arnold.

No game more so than the complete all-round performance from the right back that tore apart the closest challenger yesterday.

After a key role in the first three goals, Alexander-Arnold netted himself to add the final flourish in a 4-0 victory over Leicester that sent Liverpool 13 points clear.

And that’s with a game in hand, and half of the season remaining.

Victory in the chill of central England to complete a packed Boxing Day programme came five days after the European champion added the Club World Cup to its trophy haul.

“We played really good football, especially after all the travelling we’ve done and the intense period we’ve had,” Alexander-Arnold said.

“It probably is our best performance of the season.”

Roberto Firmino netted the winner against Flamengo in Qatar and the forward completed two crosses from Alexander-Arnold at King Power Stadium.

The goal that suppressed any hope of a Leicester comeback came when James Milner grabbed the second of the night from the penalty spot in the 71st minute.

The move that led to the penalty being awarded inevitably came from another of Alexander-Arnold’s crosses which was handled by Leicester defender Çalar Söyüncü.

If Leicester had any hope of repeating its remarkable 5000-1 title triumph from 2016, it surely ended with this first home loss of the season.

“The big thing that Liverpool have is confidence, having won competitions,” Leicester manager Brendan Rodgers said.

“They have got that feeling there now, the squad is very strong, and they will be hard to shift in the second part of the season.”

And unlike when Rodgers was Liverpool manager in 2013-14, this is surely a title that can’t get away from the club trying for so long to land a 19th English championship – and the first in the post-1992 Premier League era.

“I can write the story myself: ‘Never before in the history of

Trent Alexander-Arnold has played a pivotal part in Liverpool being in full control of the English Premier League this season.

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British football has a team had a bigger lead and lost the lead,’” Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp said.

“That sounds in my ear negative so why should we think about that?”

There was no doubting the significance of the occasion to Leicester, which turbo-charged a 10-match prematch build-up.

From cannons exploding fire to a light show, Leicester raised the tension.

It just couldn’t manage a shot in the first half in a meek surrender when the defensive high line was

exposed and Liverpool relished launching counterattacks.

If you are looking for a breakthrough, you look to Alexander-Arnold.

A cross was delivered with such precision in the 31st that either Mohamed Salah or Firmino could have got on the end of it.

It was the Brazilian who soared highest to power in the header.

Sadio Mane spurned a chance to extend the lead before halftime, striking too casually at Kasper Schmeichel, whose double save frustrated Liverpool.

The frustration wouldn’t last

long, once the only spell when Leicester’s attack came to life had been suppressed.

Milner had been on the pitch barely a minute when Liverpool earned the penalty that the captain converted in the 71st.

It started a dizzying seven-minute spell when Leicester was blown apart. Another delivery from Alexander-Arnold – low this time – was controlled by Firmino before he lifted the shot in and raced over to hug Klopp.

Then Alexander-Arnold got to savour the acclaim himself.

The Englishman surged the

length of the pitch to receive the ball from Mane and then slip the ball through Ben Chilwell’s legs for only his second goal of 2019.

“I don’t get on the scoresheet too often,” Alexander-Arnold said. “(It was) a good counterattack, I saw the space, and Sadio has played a lovely ball and I thought, ‘Hit it first time.’”

That he did, before going over to celebrate arms folded, beaming in front of the Liverpool fans.

Soon, those hands are likely to be filled with another trophy.

Maybe even some personal accolades.

Martial inspires comeback victory for Man United Anthony Martial’s double helped Manchester United come from behind to beat Newcastle 4-1 in the English Premier League.

United was stunned when Matty Longstaff netted the opener for Newcastle.

Martial equalised in the 24th minute.

Mason Greenwood’s strike and

Marcus Rashford’s header sent United into the lead before halftime and Martial sealed the victory six minutes after the break.

United rose to seventh place, while Newcastle is 10th in the standings.

Meanwhile, playing at home is giving Chelsea the blues.

Coach Frank Lampard blamed

the pressure of expectation at Stamford Bridge for inhibiting his players after a 2-0 home defeat against Southampton.

Chelsea had not lost consecutive league games at home since 2011.

“We have to mix up our game and break defensive lines, because teams aren’t stupid,’’ Lam-

pard said. ”You can’t have near on 70 per cent possession and not do more, not hit better crosses and final passes and create more shots on goal.’’

The defeat to Southampton – a modest side which only two months ago lost at home to Leicester 9-0 – was a sixth at home for Chelsea in 15 games overall.

“If you’re on a run like we are at home then there’s more pressure, because everyone talks about it and we feel it,” Lampard said. “People are respecting us as Chelsea, but we’re not playing like Chelsea.”

By contrast, it was a second consecutive away win for coach Ralph Hasenhüttl’s Southampton.

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Leonard shines for the Clippers AP Kawhi Leonard scored 11 of his 35 points in the fourth quarter and had 12 rebounds to help the Los Angeles Clippers beat the Los Angeles Lakers 111-106 in the NBA’s marquee Christmas game.

Montrezl Harrell had 18 points off the bench, Paul George added 17 and the Clippers improved to 2-0 against the Lakers this season.

Kyle Kuzma led the Lakers with 25 points.

LeBron James had 23 points, 10 assists and nine rebounds, and Anthony Davis had 24 points.

The Lakers have lost four straight games.

Los Angeles had a chance to tie in the final seconds, but video review showed James touched the ball last after Patrick Beverly knocked it away as James went up for a 3.

George hit two free throws for the final margin.

Meanwhile Joel Embiid outplayed Giannis Antetokounmpo in Philadelphia’s first home Christmas game in 31 years, finishing with 31 points and 11 rebounds to help the 3-point happy 76ers beat Milwaukee.

Tobias Harris sank five 3s, Josh

Clash of the titans: LeBron James and Kawhi Leonard battle for the loose ball.

Richardson and Furkan Korkmaz each had four and even Embiid hit three as part of Philly’s season-high 21 3s (on 44 attempts) against a Bucks team that had the best record in the NBA. Harris and Al Horford hit 3s over the final 90 seconds to push back

a late Bucks run, and the Sixers improved to 16-2 at home.

Khris Middleton scored 31 points for Milwaukee, and Antetokounmpo had 18 points and 14 rebounds. Antetokounmpo got flustered over a perceived missed call and was whistled for a techni-

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Brandon Ingram scored 31 points, Derrick Favors grabbed 13 rebounds and the Pelicans surprised Denver to halt the Nuggets’ seven-game winning streak.

The 9-23 Pelicans spoiled the festive mood at the Pepsi Center

as the Nuggets played at home on Christmas for the first time in 25 years.

New Orleans sprang the upset despite committing 19 turnovers.

The Pelicans pulled away late courtesy of the long-range shooting of Lonzo Ball and Ingram.

New Orleans finished a fourgame trip with a 3-1 mark, which includes consecutive wins for the first time in a month.

Jaylen Brown scored 30 points, Kemba Walker had 22 and Boston beat Toronto in the first Christmas Day NBA game played in Canada.

Enes Kanter had 12 points and 11 rebounds as the Celtics snapped an eight-game losing streak north of the border and became the first Atlantic Division opponent to win in Toronto in more than four years.

Draymond Green scored 16 of his 20 points in the second half, Damion Lee had 22 points and a career-high 15 rebounds and Golden State beat Houston.

D’Angelo Russell added 20 points, and Glenn Robinson III had 18 to help the Warriors win their third straight and end the Rockets’ four-game winning streak.

Injury-ravaged Golden State improved to 7-24.

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Teens teaming up for ASB The teen American duo Cori ‘Coco’ Gauff and Catherine McNally have confirmed they’ll play doubles together at the ASB Classic.

The pair who are both still eligible for junior tournaments, won their first WTA doubles tournament in Citi Open in their first appearance together at a WTA event.

The teen queens then went on to play at the US Open via a wildcard, making the round of 16.

In their two final doubles events this year, the pair advanced to the semi-finals in Austria and captured their second WTA doubles title in Luxemburg. ‘McCoco’ as the team has been dubbed is clearly one of the form combos on tour right now.

The young duo saw the same success in the junior ranks winning the US junior doubles titles in their debut appearance together last year.

Gauff hit the headlines in June by firstly becoming the youngest to ever qualify for the singles main draw at Wimbledon, then by beating tennis legend and her idol Venus Williams in the first round.

The youngster continued her winning ways and made it to the second week of the grand slam confirming herself as the “future of American tennis”.

The young protégé went on to win her first WTA tournament in Austria where she beat world No. 8 Kiki Bertens.

She’s now the youngest player ranked in the top 100 and has a career-high ranking of No. 68 in the world.

McCoco’s confirmation comes a day after tennis legends Serena Williams and Caroline Wozniacki announced their decision to play doubles together in Auckland, and Tournament Director Karl Budge is thrilled about how the field is coming together.

“The Women’s Doubles field really rounds out an epic line up for us this year across both women’s and men’s weeks,

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Coco Gauff is one half of ‘McCoco’. which includes a mixture of super stars and super teens,” said Budge.

“With Serena, Caroline and now Coco confirmed for both singles and doubles, fans will almost be guaranteed to see these superstars each day over the opening round.

“Monday and Tuesday will be our best yet,” continued Budge.

The 2020 ASB Classic doubles draw looks set to deliver some of the tournament’s most exciting games ever more star pairings likely to be confirmed with additional places in the draw allocated for sign-ins once players arrive in Auckland.

The ASB Classic will span for two weeks; the women’s tournament kicking off on January 6 to January 12 followed by the men’s tournament from January 13 to 18.

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June 2019 At the end of each year, Guardian staff choose the best of the year’s photos to share with you all and reminisce.

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Above left – Mid Canterbury Combined’s Sam Ree was forced to clear the ball from the back of the ruck in horrible muddy conditions against Lincoln Combined.

Above – Sammy Holden looks to move the ball through the court during her College A side’s upset win over Celtic A.

Left – Town took on Country in hockey for the second Sunday running, and doing battle for possession on the turf were Jacob Robinson (Country) and Jethro Dove (Town).

Below – Stephen Halmshaw looks to control possession during the opening night of the new futsal competition at the EA Networks Centre.

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Precious victory for regally-bred mare Wingatui trainer Claire Anderton got the Christmas present she wanted this year, it was just a day late.

Stable star The Precious One had been knocking on the door

winner and New Zealand Champion Three-Year-Old of her year, The Jewel, had previously been runner-up twice at stakes-level and Anderton was delighted to get the result on her home track.

“We have all known that she has got the ability, but it was just giving her the chance to be able to show it,” Anderton said.

A trip north is now on the cards for The Precious One.

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Hazlett Stakes at Wingatui.

She beat home fellow local Raise You Ten by 1-1/2 lengths, with a further 1-1/2 lengths back to Canterbury raider Sensei in third.

The daughter of dual Group One

at stakes level for some time and the five-year-old mare was able to deliver for her connections on Boxing Day when recording her breakthrough black-type win in the Listed Southern Wide Realty

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4 60 Peak Again (4) fr..............................W Higgs $8500, non-winners 3yo+, stand, 2000m 1 800x9 Olde Oak Ellie (1) fr.......................B Orange 5 x00x6 Little Miss (5) fr........................ C D Thornley 2 39x30 Nadira Franco (2) fr......................... H Clarke 6 0x603 Gotta Ticket (6) fr...........................B Orange 3 87964 The Diva (3) fr............................ B Borcoskie 7 70500 Eilish Hall (U1) fr...............................J Curtin 4 7507 Pembrook Tilly (4) fr................. C D Thornley 8 00239 Tequila Sunset (1) 35M............... K Cameron 5 00938 Franco Hatton (5) fr..............................K Butt 9 453x0 My Eyre (2) 35M...............................P Davis 6 00x66 Handsome Harry (6) fr................. B Hope (J) 10 77x77 Gin Rummy (3) 35M......................I Cameron 7 03 Archaic Lustre (7) fr..........................R Close 11 45854 Prince Teka (4) 35M......................... G Smith 8 9x5 Bobby’s My Girl (8) fr........................P Davis 12 97x07 Scarlett Lane (5) 35M.......................R Close 9 0 Pennetta (9) fr........................ G Thornley (J) 13 77072 DD’s Super Stuart (U1) 35M....... J Markham 10 2 Myanmar Prince (10) fr.....................J Curtin 4 3.03 FRESH CHOICE MOBILE PACE $8500, non 11 243P0 Budvar Eyre (U1) fr.......................... G Smith winners 3yo+., mobile, 2600m 2 1.48 NBS PACE $8500, non-winners 3yo+ stand, 2000m 1 0x008 Pocket Rocknroll (1) fr......................K Gill (J) 1 07x00 Mysistersapoledancer (1) fr...B Laughton (J) 2 66xPP Conquistador (2) fr................... C D Thornley 2 0 Lynies Pinny (2) fr................................K Butt 3 P33 Mossman (3) fr...............................B Orange 3 88806 Webs Reactor (3) fr.....................C Markham 4 0x86 Maggie (4) fr...................................J Geddes 4 0 Westburn Vista (4) fr................... K Cameron 5 43435 Speciale Uno (5) fr............................P Davis 5 00 Prodigal Pete (5) fr............................P Davis 6 x8707 Dixie Reign (6) fr......................... K Cameron 6 8 Sa Fact (6) fr.......................... G Thornley (J) 7 000 Mocha (7) fr.............................. C R Thornley 7 76905 Genelis (7) fr...............................R Cameron 8 8x509 Lilac Change (8) fr.................B Laughton (J) 4 Ireby Hugo (9) fr................................R Close 8 94494 Bonny’s Gem (8) fr.................A Cameron (J) 9 9 0 Samarias Mach (9) fr................... B Hope (J) 10 048x2 Taumalolo (21) fr.............................. G Smith 10 2 Fernleigh Colleen (10) fr...................J Curtin 5 3.39pm VALSPAR CHANGE MADE EASY MOBILE 11 9 Nizzarda Franco (11) fr............ C D Thornley PACE $8500, non-winners., mobile, 2600m 12 7x733 Star Watch (12) fr............................. G Smith 1 700x8 Swish (1) fr.......................................K Gill (J) 13 80427 Loissonya (13) fr...............................R Close 2 53 Willachy (2) fr.........................B Laughton (J)

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3 95009 Just A Smile (3) fr.............................R Close 4 x7804 Shezsomethinspecial (4) fr...............J Curtin 5 6 Reinimin Patron (5) fr....................... G Smith 6 0x057 Ever So Bettor (6) fr..................... B Hope (J) 7 35 Fixed Odds (7) fr...............................P Davis 8 0 Betancourt (8) fr......................... B Borcoskie 9 462 Razors Edge (9) fr..........................J Geddes 6 4.19pm SIKA MOBILE PACE $10,000, 3yo+ r40-r58., mobile, 2600m 1 x0004 Sonic Reign (1) fr..........................I Cameron 2 70x67 Donegal Carnbouy (2) fr........B Laughton (J) 3 83606 Opawa Mach (3) fr...................... K Cameron 4 00597 Swap Over (4) fr....................... C D Thornley 5 0x801 Been To Jenny’s (5) fr 6 9027P Markham Eyre (6) fr................... B Borcoskie 7 000x0 Fortune Tiller (7) fr...........................S Clarke 8 86975 Givemewhatineed (8) fr.....................P Davis 9 65232 Bush Man (9) fr................................ G Smith 10 6x881 Malinka (21) fr...................................J Curtin 11 14002 Jazelle (22) fr..............................C Markham 12 17078 Machs Mareta (23) fr.............A Fitzgerald (J) 13 05P31 Fun In The Dark (24) fr..........A Cameron (J) 14 75618 Bobby T (25) fr............................R Cameron 15 06609 Silent Rapture (U1) fr........................R Close 16 70031 Bossmaro (U2) fr............................B Orange Emergencies: Been To Jenny’s, Bobby T 7 4.59 FULLER HAND TOOLS PACE $10,000, r40-r49, stand, 2000m 1 4x050 Omar Sharif (1) fr..................... C D Thornley 2 20082 Pine Cone (2) fr........................... K Cameron 3 3Px34 Garry’s Legacy (3) fr........................ G Smith

Race 1: Myanmar Prince, Pembrook Tilly, Bobby’s My Girl Race 2: Star Watch, Nizzarda Franco, Fernleigh Colleen Race 3: DD’s Super Stuart, Makura, My Eyre, Prince Teka Race 4: Mossman, Taumalolo, Maggie, Ireby Hugo Race 5: Reinimin Patron, Fixed Odds, Razors Edge, Willachy Race 6: Bush Man, Markham Eyre, Jazelle, Fun In The Dark Race 7: Garry’s Legacy, Pine Cone, Tombelina, Dana Dawn Race 8: Tango Tara, Stars Tonight, Vinnie Rulz, Fynn Frost Race 9: Rockntommy Rulz, Miss Daytona, God Only Knows Race 10: Mikemaro, Baxter, Sods Law, Bright Glow

LEGEND: X - Spell from racing of at least 3 months P - Retired (or pulled up) from race L - Driver unseated U1 - Unruly beginner {C} - Concession driver {C.cl} - Claiming concession driver which allows horse to start one class down

Matamata gallops Today at Matamata Raceway

Racing Matamata Venue: Matamata Meeting Date: 28 Dec 2019 NZ Meeting number: 2 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8 Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 6, 7 and 8 1 12.12pm K BELL ELECTRICAL MAIDEN 1600 $10,000, MDN, 1600m 1 x0503 Alfa Rosso (1) 58.5......................... A Calder 2 0x303 Stratius (6) 58.5.............................J Waddell 3 0x800 Kia Ora Keith h (10) 58.5.......... D Danis (a2) 4 53 Americo h (14) 57 5 30635 Red Hussar bh (3) 57.....................M McNab 6 4x09 Ocean Spirit (12) 57........................V Colgan 7 9x8x8 Mister President h (15) 57................ T Harris 8 Solar Venture h (7) 57 9 07825 Famous Belle (4) 56.5..................T Thornton 10 79x43 Endean Lass (9) 56.5..........S Weatherley (a) 11 40x35 Kiwianna (16) 56.5 12 7x573 Sardonia (2) 56.5......................... D Johnson 13 8x57 Bouffant (8) 56.5................................R Elliot 14 32 Kabu (11) 55.................................... C Grylls 15 8x553 Selenelion 55................................ Scratched 16 90x3 Swiss Idol h (13) 55.................E McCall (a3) 17 50885 Ego Fast (5) 58.5.............M Hashizume (a3) 2 12.47pm CUNNINGHAM DECORATING SERVICES MAIDEN 1200 $10,000, MDN 2YO, 1200m 1 4 Jamieson’s Tipple h (6) 57.5............ C Grylls 2 Yourpoint h (9) 57.5........................O Bosson 3 Encantador 57.5............................ Scratched

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4 Oscar Eighteen (2) 57.5............... D Johnson 5 6 Escudo h (5) 55.5...........................M McNab 6 Le Chamossaire h (3) 55.5..........T Thornton 7 Vernazza (8) 55.5...............................L Innes 8 Kelly Renee h (4) 55.5.......... M Kareem (a4) 9 8 Leeside h (7) 55.5........................C Lammas 10 Power Of The Kitty (1) 55.5.S Weatherley (a) 3 1.22pm MATAMATA CLUB INC CENTENARY MAIDEN 1200 $10,000, MDN, 1200m 1 x6622 Sham On Toast b (3) 58.5..............J Waddell 2 50885 Ego Fast 58.5................................ Scratched 3 Rock In The Park (5) 57.....................L Innes 4 Royal Charm (6) 57.....................M Cameron 5 52 Limentis h (1) 56.5.......................C Lammas 6 4x3 Its So Easy 56.5............................ Scratched 7 0x Miss Hepburn 56.5........................ Scratched 8 On Demand h (2) 56.5............C Burdan (a3) 9 8x Pipsqueak Rose 56.5.................... Scratched 10 2 Terracotta h (4) 55........................ D Johnson 11 Crystal Bellini 55........................... Scratched 12 Satin Ruby (7) 55 4 1.57 PARAMOUNT SCAFFOLDING 1400 $22,500, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1400m 1 74918 Leaf tdm (11) 59.................... M Kareem (a4) 2 x445x Sahar (12) 59..............................M Cameron 3 8x275 Satriani (1) 59..................M Hashizume (a3) 4 251x4 Up ‘n’ Gone dh (9) 59..............C Burdan (a3)

5 18x Glenhope tmbh (3) 58.5................... C Grylls 6 53321 Making Waves td (2) 58.5..............J Waddell 7 9419x Mighty Aslan (8) 58...................... D Johnson 8 79x43 Khorabella dh (10) 57.5............ D Danis (a2) 9 41 Ginger Too 57.5............................. Scratched 10 1063 Pimlico m (6) 57..............................V Colgan 11 35x40 Witchery 56.5................................ Scratched 12 3x216 Amal Rose d (7) 55.5.........................R Elliot 13 51 Lavaglo (4) 55.5...........................C Lammas 14 306x3 Marija h (5) 55.5.............................M McNab 5 2.32pm ANCROFT STUD 1200 $22,500, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1200m 1 80305 Bit Lippy dh (8) 59..................... D Danis (a2) 2 74x1 Servilia td (9) 57.............................. A Calder 3 138x Cenghar d (2) 56.5.......................... S McKay 4 70x01 Eridani td (10) 56.5 5 x0932 Ristretto 56.5................................. Scratched 6 312 Highlighter dh (5) 56........................ C Grylls 7 2320x Almarie (6) 56..................M Hashizume (a3) 8 3x198 Kylie Bax dh (7) 56.........................M McNab 9 x0684 No Finer Pins tdh (3) 56...............C Lammas 10 1 Levante th (12) 55.5...........................R Elliot 11 7x421 O’Charm (11) 55.5....................... D Johnson 12 32941 Riverfalls 55.5............................... Scratched 13 62393 Roc Cha (4) 55.5.................S Weatherley (a) 14 46082 Mannie’s Power td (1) 54.5..........T Thornton 15 26x8x Willpower 58................................. Scratched

6 3.09pm HOBBITON MOVIE SET 1200 $30,000, Rat-

ing 82 Benchmark, 1200m 1 6380x Age Of Fire 61............................... Scratched 2 4626x Howbowdat d (9) 59.5..................... S McKay 3 98x90 Cyber Attack d (3) 56.5...................V Colgan 4 10544 Island Bay d (4) 56.............................R Elliot 5 1x755 Bevan Street d (1) 56....................... C Grylls 6 11232 Sai Fah dmb (2) 54.5................... D Johnson 7 4x755 Rocket Fuel mh (5) 54.................C Lammas 8 57x66 Memories Only d (7) 54...........E McCall (a3) 9 1645x Le Sablier h (10) 54............S Weatherley (a) 10 x1945 Darci Palmer db (8) 54 11 20606 Ottavio m (6) 54....................R Beemud (a4) 7 3.45pm FLETCHER SHEDS 2000 $25,000, Rating 72 Benchmark, 2000m 1 6x404 Voler Pour Moi tdh (2) 59..... T Yanagida (a2) 2 50430 Whenharrymetsaddle (3) 58.5...........R Elliot 3 39364 Joe Cargo tdh (9) 58........................ C Grylls 4 12404 Scaglioni m (4) 58............................R Smyth 5 x5030 Farm Boy (6) 57.5............................ T Harris 6 x7283 Spring Delight (8) 57..........................L Innes 7 82571 Peloton (7) 56.5...............................V Colgan 8 0x175 Initiative m (1) 55.5.............S Weatherley (a) 9 16726 It’s Doable (5) 55.5.........................M McNab 8 4.25pm FAIRVIEW MOTORS 2000 $22,500, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 2000m

Blinkers on: Ocean Spirit, Mister President, Bouffant (R1), Limentis (R3), Pimlico (R4) Blinkers off: Kia Ora Keith, Red Hussar (R1), Amal Rose (R4), Rocket Fuel, Memories Only (R6), Initiative (R7) Winkers on: Bevan Street (R6) Winkers off: Pimlico (R4) Pacifiers off: Mighty Aslan (R4)

SELECTIONS

Race 1: Kabu, Sardonia, Americo, Swiss Idol Race 2: Escudo, Jamieson’s Tipple, Yourpoint, Vernazza Race 3: Sham On Toast, Limentis, Terracotta, Royal Charm Race 4: Amal Rose, Khorabella, Lavaglo, Pimlico, Glenhope Race 5: Highlighter, Levante, Cenghar, Kylie Bax Race 6: Sai Fah, Howbowdat, Bevan Street, Rocket Fuel Race 7: Spring Delight, Peloton, Voler Pour Moi, Joe Cargo Race 8: London Banker, Koolascuz, Beached As Bro

Timaru gallops Today at Phar Lap Raceway

South Canterbury RC Venue: Timaru Meeting Date 28 Dec 2019 NZ Meeting number: 6 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9 1 12.29pm MCMILLAN EQUINE FEEDS & MORE FM MAIDEN SPRINT $10,000, MDN 2YO&UP, 1200m 1 33x Just Tickety Boo b (14) 58.5.........K Kwo (a3) 2 0400x Chorister (1) 58.5....................B Morgenrood 3 Are There h (13) 57.................. K Asano (a2) 4 8x433 Dublin Rose 56.5.......................... Scratched 5 02824 Exclaim (12) 56.5...................... Y Chew (a4) 6 3565x Shock And Awe h (8) 56.5............T Moseley 7 6x030 Quintuple Twins 56.5..................... Scratched 8 7x307 Show Cloud (3) 56.5............... B Murray (a2) 9 Rocket Ship (16) 56.5............ S Toolooa (a3) 10 x3535 Xplosion (9) 55................................S Wynne 11 x50x0 Cointreau (17) 55..........................K Mudhoo 12 40 Verdigris (11) 55.................. C Campbell (a2) 13 00 Bright Flash (4) 55...............J Anderson (a4) 14 So You Reign (5) 55...........................L Hemi 15 Perceive (2) 55............................... C Barnes 16 Magnolia Man 57.......................... Scratched 17 Spindleshanks (6) 56.5................ C Johnson 18 Fionnuala (7) 56.5 19 Goodthingstaketime (15) 56.5 20 Magical Mystery (10) 56.5 Emergencies: Perceive, Magnolia Man, Spindleshanks, Fionnuala, Goodthingstaketime, Magical Mystery 2 1.04pm CATERING SOUTH CANTERBURY 1200 $10,000, 0-1 WIN SWP, 1200m 1 3x706 Mister Mocha td (3) 58.5.......... K Asano (a2) 2 70x01 Alonzo d (7) 58.5............ K Chowdhoory (a2) 3 2145x Visconti 58.5................................. Scratched 4 60x57 Running Man d (9) 58.5..................S Wynne 5 00750 Lincoln Zephyr d (11) 58.5.. C Campbell (a2) 6 00x00 Park Ranger mh (1) 58.5........B Morgenrood 7 x0900 Titanium Jack d (12) 58.5............ C Johnson 8 048x4 Mr Tool (6) 57......................... S Toolooa (a3)

9 20531 Montreux Miss 56.5....................... Scratched 10 190x9 Colette d (10) 56.5 11 x2390 Fascino Lass 56.5......................... Scratched 12 40x80 Miss Maxipark tdm (4) 56.5...A Bohorun (a3) 13 86630 Miss Tanira tdh (8) 56.5......... R Mudhoo (a2) 14 8x090 Lady Davone td (2) 56.5.....................L Hemi 15 7000x Louvres (5) 57...............................T Moseley Emergency: Louvres 3 1.39pm ONCEUPONATIME & NIGHT N DAY PARK DASH $12,000, Rating 82 Benchmark, 1200m 1 74404 Killarney d (8) 59.....................T Comignaghi 2 x4001 Mr Typhon td (11) 58................ K Asano (a2) 3 7653x Nowhere Man dm (9) 57.5 Chowdhoory (a2) 4 3317x Flytime td (5) 56.5.........................K Mudhoo 5 8x395 Waimate Bill tdm (3) 56.5......A Bohorun (a3) 6 0566x Dreaming Easy dm (10) 56......Z Bholah (a3) 7 x3162 Wekaforce db (2) 56......................K Williams 8 5x762 Vendima d (12) 54..............................L Hemi 9 0x746 Celtic Cross tdm (6) 54................ C Johnson 10 x3305 Lake Chalice (1) 54.....................D Prastiyou 11 082x8 Middagurd 54................................ Scratched 12 60444 Supatwista dh (4) 54............. R Mudhoo (a2) 13 00x60 Docket dh (7) 54..................R Beeharry (a3) 4 2.14pm WILLOW GLEN STUD & MONGOLIAN FALCON MAIDEN 1600 $10,000, MDN, 1600m 1 8x082 Aristotle (12) 58.5..................... K Asano (a2) 2 2 Charlie Brown h (11) 58.5.............K Williams 3 64738 Oceans Away (13) 58.5 4 0x379 Grab The Bar (14) 58.5......................L Hemi 5 08x06 Jiminy Cricket h (7) 58.5.................S Wynne 6 Crikey It’s George (19) 58.5........D Prastiyou 7 00 Kristofferson (6) 57...................... C Johnson 8 68902 Kandhu (18) 56.5....................T Comignaghi 9 2560x Barzellar (2) 56.5................ C Campbell (a2) 10 x553x Rockwithme (1) 56.5.....................K Mudhoo 11 640x0 Elva (10) 56.5................................T Moseley 12 40x60 Succoso Segreto (5) 56.5....... B Murray (a2)

13 56x08 Aquattack (9) 56.5.......... K Chowdhoory (a2) 14 9 Trekolure (3) 56.5.....................Z Bholah (a3) 15 x8x08 My Excuse (4) 55 16 080 Tantalee (16) 55 17 00x90 Nicole Ashley (8) 56.5......................J Laking 18 0x800 Bi Ying 56.5................................... Scratched 19 0x000 Artic Warrior (15) 58.5 20 0x0x0 Lift Off To Rio (17) 56.5 Emergencies: My Excuse, Tantalee, Nicole Ashley, Bi Ying, Artic Warrior, Lift Off To Rio 5 2.50pm NZB INSURANCE PEARL SERIES RACE $10,000, R65 Benchmark Fillies and Mares*, 1600m 1 x5605 Ataahuadreamsrfree d (5) 59.............L Hemi 2 010x4 Mowenna td (1) 58.5.................... C Johnson 3 17x73 Fine And Dandee d (13) 58... R Mudhoo (a2) 4 63429 Gloss td (14) 58............. K Chowdhoory (a2) 5 169x8 Larippa d (8) 57.5..............................J Lowry 6 80064 Sure Is td (12) 57.5............. C Campbell (a2) 7 180x6 Thunder Bay (4) 57.5............... K Asano (a2) 8 14007 Iffida mh (9) 57..............................T Moseley 9 x0072 Gemstone Jewels (2) 56.5............. C Barnes 10 70x89 Major Ish Choux td (3) 56.5..........K Williams 11 4067x Shaz The Bank td (11) 56.5........D Prastiyou 12 04300 Veuve Clicquot (6) 56.5 13 x6968 Viva La Blues (10) 56.5....................J Laking 14 62656 Boyslightup m (7) 56...............T Comignaghi 15 7x222 Lady Byron 59.5............................ Scratched Emergency: Lady Byron 6 3.25pm DOMINATOR DOORS WIN A WATCH MAIDEN 1600 $10,000, MDN, 1600m 1 63980 Acre (15) 58.5....................... R Mudhoo (a2) 2 55 Jack Be Quick b (6) 57................. C Johnson 3 89 Ifithappensagain (9) 57 4 44042 Too Ferlaxed (4) 56.5............... K Asano (a2) 5 0872 Chitter Chat h (14) 56.5.......R Beeharry (a3) 6 23477 Figeameout (11) 56.5................ Y Chew (a4) 7 x2785 Wondering b (5) 56.5....................T Moseley

8 409x0 Reliably Perky (3) 56.5................D Prastiyou 9 0830x Jingo (7) 56.5......................... S Toolooa (a3) 10 0x579 Melanite 56.5................................ Scratched 11 0850x Volvik (13) 56.5...............................S Wynne 12 Miss Adelaide (17) 56.5...............L Callaway 13 5x964 Nymphadora Tonks (1) 55... C Campbell (a2) 14 4x878 Vivace Lady (2) 55..................T Comignaghi 15 x8x08 My Excuse (10) 55 16 080 Tantalee (12) 55 17 00x90 Nicole Ashley 56.5........................ Scratched 18 0x800 Bi Ying 56.5................................... Scratched 19 0x000 Artic Warrior (8) 58.5 20 0x0x0 Lift Off To Rio (16) 56.5 Emergencies: My Excuse, Tantalee, Nicole Ashley, Bi Ying, Artic Warrior, Lift Off To Rio 7 4.05pm CRAIGMORE SUSTAINABLE HOLDINGS LTD TIMARU CUP $50,000, OPN HCP, 1600m 1 1170x Who Dares Wins tdm (2) 60............S Wynne 2 54849 He Kin Fly (7) 57..........................L Callaway 3 95054 Son Of Maher db (8) 55.5.K Chowdhoory (a) 4 26181 Ticket To Ride dm (5) 55...............K Williams 5 11144 Monza Circuito dmb (4) 53...... R Mudhoo (a) 6 05485 Wild Jack dm (10) 53..............A Bohorun (a) 7 36210 Owen Patrick dh (6) 53.............. K Asano (a) 8 85233 Pamir d (1) 53................................ C Barnes 9 49003 Savapak d (3) 53................................L Hemi 10 8x001 Lady Style d (11) 53......................T Moseley 11 7x222 Lady Byron (9) 53........................ C Johnson 8 4.45pm CHAMPIONS OF SEADOWN MILE $11,000, Rating 72 Benchmark, 1600m 1 440x3 Forged dm (4) 60.................. R Mudhoo (a2) 2 31016 The Growler td (1) 60.......................J Laking 3 09415 Top Laurels (11) 60........ K Chowdhoory (a2) 4 08260 Selfie (8) 59.5............................... C Johnson 5 600x9 Nightcap h (7) 58..................... K Asano (a2) 6 9x050 Jin Lu d (12) 57.5...............................L Hemi 7 98582 Khimar War (6) 57.5............ C Campbell (a2)

8 22457 All Black Magic m (9) 56...............K Mudhoo 9 x4191 I Got A Rock (3) 55.5......................S Wynne 10 10x81 Vouch td (10) 55.5.........................K Williams 11 00233 Pop ‘n’ Rock b (5) 55.5............T Comignaghi 12 4470x Friday Knight h (2) 55...........R Beeharry (a3) 9 5.25pm CENTRAL SI OWNERS & TRAINERS ASSN STAYERS $10,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 2200m 1 9x866 Vee Twelve (1) 59..........................K Mudhoo 2 66233 Stop Making Sense t (4) 56.5.......K Williams 3 x0852 Miss Diorella (7) 56.......................T Moseley 4 58654 Leuluai h (6) 56........................ K Asano (a2) 5 67682 Metasequoia td (2) 55.5............... C Johnson 6 70087 Scooby m (5) 55.5...................T Comignaghi 7 0x900 Run Forrest Run th (9) 55...............S Wynne 8 07x05 Mossy Creek (8) 54.5..................... C Barnes 9 97969 Roullette (3) 54..................... R Mudhoo (a2) Blinkers on: Bright Flash (R1), Lincoln Zephyr, Louvres (R2), Major Ish Choux, Veuve Clicquot (R5), Vivace Lady (R6), Top Laurels (R8) Blinkers off: Lady Davone (R2), Celtic Cross, Lake Chalice (R3), Succoso Segreto (R4), Jingo, Volvik (R6) Winkers on: Succoso Segreto, Aquattack (R4), Ifithappensagain, Jingo (R6), Selfie (R8) Winkers off: Lincoln Zephyr (R2), Kristofferson (R4), Major Ish Choux (R5), Vivace Lady (R6) Pacifiers on: Park Ranger (R2) Pacifiers off: Shaz The Bank (R5) SELECTIONS

Race 1: Just Tickety Boo, Exclaim, Xplosion, Show Cloud Race 2: Mister Mocha, Mr Tool, Alonzo Race 3: Wekaforce, Killarney, Lake Chalice, Mr Typhon Race 4: Kandhu, Aristotle, Rockwithme, Succoso Segreto Race 5: Larippa, Thunder Bay, Ataahuadreamsrfree, Iffida Race 6: Jack Be Quick, Too Ferlaxed, Wondering, Vivace Lady Race 7: Who Dares Wins, Ticket To Ride, Monza Circuito Race 8: Khimar War, I Got A Rock, Pop ‘n’ Rock, Jin Lu, Forged Race 9: Metasequoia, Leuluai, Miss Diorella, Vee Twelve

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Saturday, December 28, 2019

M7

Banks Peninsula harness

M5

Waikato harness

Tomorrow at Motukarara Raceway (grass)

Banks Peninsula Trotting Club Inc at Motukarara Raceway (Grass) Meeting Date: 29 Dec 2019 NZ Meeting number: 7 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9; 10 and 11 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 5, 6 and 7; 9, 10 and 11 1 12.02pm DAKINS GROUP TROT $8000, non-winners 3yo+, stand, 2170m 1 9874 Emma Louise (1) fr.................... M Edmonds 2 00 Yea You (2) fr............................ S O’Reilly (J) 3 583 Go Marg (3) fr.......................... M Williamson 4 8x047 Sunny Valley (4) fr......................M Anderson 5 34635 Maranatha Atlas (5) fr......................... R May 6 x9759 Halfway There (6) fr................. C D Thornley 7 038x Hide N Speak (7) fr....................J Harrington 8 0x786 Fast Wet N Windee (8) fr............... P Wakelin 9 24783 Superfast Lad (9) fr...........................S Ottley 10 09x9 Play Dough fr................................ Scratched 11 04782 Mono Gamble (10) fr 12 32x36 Midnight Memories (11) fr 13 06007 Shes So Right fr............................ Scratched 14 497x9 Lane’s Ace (U1) fr 15 09x5 Same (U2) fr..................................... J Smith 16 0x023 Rites Of Zhou (U3) fr............................K Cox 17 22622 Luminosity (U4) fr.........................C DeFilippi 18 85x90 Break Free (U5) fr.........................K Hadfield 19 00800 Faith No More (U6) fr.................... M Cations Emergencies: Yea You, Play Dough, Shes So Right, Lane’s Ace, Faith No More 2 12.32pm TAI TAPU HOTEL MOBILE PACE $8000, up to mr45., mobile, 2000m 1 47860 Social Media (1) fr.......................M Lewis (J) 2 29600 Carita (2) fr 3 59800 American Flyer (3) fr.............S Tomlinson (J) 4 70065 Shadow Aveross (4) fr.............J Young-Grant 5 07x50 Sheelasinleague (5) fr...........K Tomlinson (J) 6 35862 Fraud (6) fr...................................C DeFilippi 7 66709 Boilover (7) fr............................ C D Thornley 8 00849 Chalberg (8) fr................................B Orange 9 75423 For Today (9) fr.....................................B Butt 10 97x37 Smooth Debate (21) fr......................R Close 11 06093 Kastell Briant (22) fr 12 80470 President Pat (23) fr........................N Burton 13 780x0 Natural Fire (24) fr...................... M Edmonds 14 60504 Silent Shadow (25) fr.............. J Morrison (J) 15 5359x It’s Me (26) fr....................................... R May 16 47450 Minnelli Smile (27) fr.........................S Ottley Emergencies: Social Media, Carita 3 1.05pm CRATE & BARREL LEESTON PACE $8000, non-winners 3yo+, stand, 2170m 1 43692 Calypso Rock (1) fr.................... R Houghton 2 7558 Adhika (2) fr...................................B Orange 3 x7055 Spinatale (3) fr.............................C DeFilippi 4 2x2 Jake (4) fr...............................B Laughton (J) 5 47860 Social Media (5) fr.......................M Lewis (J) 6 6700 Rocknroll Scooter (6) fr

7 Auchtercairn (7) fr...................J Young-Grant 8 0780x Thunderfromthethrone (8) fr..... C D Thornley 9 43 Chal Be (9) fr................................. G O’Reilly 10 08x7 Megarock (10) fr 11 659 Scotlynn On Thebeach (11) fr...........R Close 12 006 Woolfie Mac (12) fr.............................J Dunn 13 00240 Gottagettabeer (13) fr......................... R May 14 2389 The Black Shadow fr..................... Scratched 15 496P4 Spanna (14) fr......................... J Morrison (J) 16 388 Regatta (15) fr...................................S Ottley 17 6 Corey Bee (16) fr.................................B Butt 18 48300 Glenledi Bandit (U1) fr Emergencies: Social Media, Rocknroll Scooter, Megarock, Woolfie Mac 4 1.39 MITCH KERR & MATT ANDERSON MOBILE PACE $8000, non-winners 3yo+ mr45 to mr50., 2000m 1 P Attache (1) fr.......................................R May 2 90x97 Jeremy Wells (2) fr.....................J Harrington 3 90872 Deja Blue (3) fr................................T Chmiel 4 46293 Krystal Delight (4) fr..................... B Hope (J) 5 35332 Duke (5) fr......................................B Orange 6 Atomic Blast (6) fr......................M Anderson 7 Cheapcheap (7) fr................... J Morrison (J) 8 Hot N Gold (8) fr......................S Thornley (J) 9 47506 Kenya (9) fr.................................S Payne (J) 10 4 Lucy P (21) fr................................T Williams 11 08x7 Megarock (22) fr 12 Ifyousayso (23) fr.......................... G O’Reilly 13 006 Woolfie Mac fr............................... Scratched 14 P78 Ticking Over (24) fr.................. C D Thornley 15 P Mini Dot Morris (25) fr....................R Holmes 16 00 Albasini (U1) fr Emergencies: Megarock, Woolfie Mac 5 2.14pm PETER SMITH TROT $9000, r40-r49, stand, 2170m 1 x0700 Midnight Sioux (1) fr................. C D Thornley 2 08469 Milly An Eyre (2) fr 3 88429 Rusty I Am (3) fr............................ P Wakelin 4 70P60 Deborahs Gem (4) fr..................M Hurrell (J) 5 43984 Blink N Bones (5) fr.............................B Ford 6 80255 Natives Lasting Love (6) fr................R Close 7 06360 Rogie Falls (7) fr.................................. R May 8 34964 Chivasion (8) fr........................... M Edmonds 9 04707 Tonique De Feu (9) fr 10 P4424 Lisa Marie P (10) fr.................. M Williamson 11 35277 Franco Josiah (11) fr............... J Morrison (J) 12 190Px Fekitoa (12) fr................................T Williams 13 00x40 Mickey Jay (U1) fr..........................R Holmes 14 99066 Rachmaninov (U2) fr......................... T Grant 6 2.49pm PGG WRIGHTSON STANDARDBRED DIVISION MOBILE PACE $9000, r40-r48., mobile, 2000m 1 005x0 Spicy Girl Becqui (1) fr........................ R May 2 0303x Claus (2) fr 3 59899 Jonty James (3) fr........................C DeFilippi

4 40363 Highland Reign (4) fr...............J Young-Grant 5 24207 Barkley (5) fr..................................L O’Reilly 6 0480x Doc Seelster (6) fr 7 9x098 Get It On (7) fr...............................T Williams 8 00355 Shardan Suzie (8) fr...................... G O’Reilly 9 35x88 Beaudiene Gambler (9) fr.......... R Houghton 10 17172 Gotta Party Doll (21) fr...................B Weaver 11 76728 Shot In The Dark (22) fr 12 09x46 Playboy Prince (23) fr............... M Williamson 13 0008x It’s A Deal (24) fr.........................R Cameron 14 54894 Thats Bettor (25) fr.........................R Holmes 15 56014 Night Lights (26) fr 16 00904 Star Paige (27) fr...................S Tomlinson (J) Emergencies: Doc Seelster, It’s A Deal 7 3.23 ROSS STANBURY SUPPORTS JUNIOR DRIVERS MBL PACE $9000, 4yo+ mares r40-r55. jun.d, mobile, 2000m 1 04837 My Nikayla (1) fr......................... R Heads (J) 2 x0290 Ruby Tues Bay (2) fr................K Newman (J) 3 82100 Refine (3) fr.................................M Lewis (J) 4 27222 Glacier Coaster (4) fr............K Tomlinson (J) 5 63070 Tin Roof Blues fr........................... Scratched 6 47x43 Ava Adore (5) fr....................... J Morrison (J) 7 x4286 Lilac Star (6) fr......................... S O’Reilly (J) 8 55312 Folklore (7) fr..............................M Hurrell (J) 9 51x Firenze Amore (8) fr................... L McKay (J) 10 36529 Soundslikeart (21) fr.................... B Hope (J) 11 50x07 Lilac Becky (22) fr..................B Laughton (J) 12 23375 Invisible Girl (23) fr.....................E Barron (J) 13 7827x Sagano (24) fr.......................S Tomlinson (J) 14 5765x La Bella Vita (U1) fr.................S Thornley (J) 8 3.59pm PAUL RENWICK JOINERY MOTUKARARA XMAS CUP HCP PCE $13,000, r56+ discrhcp, 2810m 1 24850 He’s A Ladies Man (1) fr............ R Heads (J) 2 x3429 Mad Lu Li (2) fr.....................................K Cox 3 08P01 Isla’s Joy (3) fr.............................R Cameron 4 44070 Homebush Lad (4) fr.................... B Hope (J) 5 08660 Linton Shard (5) fr.................K Tomlinson (J) 6 73107 Three Ideas (6) fr................................ R May 7 39293 Rollova (7) fr.........................................B Butt 8 11424 Taxman (8) fr.................................T Williams 9 70451 Kotare Yolande (U1) fr................ R Houghton 10 07052 Be Mine Tonight (U2) fr.....................S Ottley 11 35801 Baltimore Jack (1) 10M 12 31746 Doctor Tim (2) 10M....................... G O’Reilly 13 78581 Dadndave (3) 10M.......................C DeFilippi 14 9x014 Eureka (4) 10M 15 23x59 Spot On (5) 10M 16 14116 Yorkshire (6) 10M..................... C D Thornley 17 90x35 Memphis Tennessee (1) 20M..........T Chmiel 18 22118 Scorcha (2) 20M............................B Orange 19 35443 Hayden’s Meddle (3) 20M..................J Dunn 20 12634 Sweet Mary (U1) 20M Emergencies: Homebush Lad, Linton Shard

CAP TROT $10,000, r50+ discrhcp, stand, 2810m 1 0x000 One Over Dover (1) fr 2 001 Pacino (2) fr................................ L McKay (J) 3 053P9 Ali Lindenny (3) fr...........................R Holmes 4 150 B D Yasothon (4) fr.....................M Anderson 5 24x93 Midnight Assassin (5) fr...............C DeFilippi 6 34905 Take After Me (6) fr.................... R Houghton 7 76146 Sally Lindenny (7) fr...................... G O’Reilly 8 58P02 In Sequence (U1) fr........................B Orange 9 30080 Escargo (U2) fr.............................. K Townley 10 18422 Momentous (1) 15M..........................S Ottley 11 2124x Chief Of Staff (2) 15M...................T Williams 12 1034P Riteur (3) 15M.......................... M Williamson 13 58x51 Grand Princess (4) 15M........S Tomlinson (J) 14 1x010 BK Dawn (5) 15M.......................... P Wakelin 15 9x29x Valmagne (1) 25M............................... R May 16 66534 We’ll Meet Again (2) 25M.................. J Smith 17 49114 Sundons Flyer (1) 35M...........J Young-Grant 18 51115 Lovey Dovey Moment (1) 45M 11 5.36pm CANTERBURY PRINT SERVICES MOBILE PACE $9000, 3yo+ r49-r55., mobile, 2000m 1 03x35 Rockahula Joe (1) fr..........................S Ottley 2 43416 Georgie Zukov (2) fr............................ R May 3 556x7 Jenora (3) fr....................................T Chmiel 4 12465 Cloud Nine (4) fr.............................B Orange 5 7x253 Ragnarr (5) fr.......................................B Butt 6 23685 Essence Of Easton (6) fr.......... M Williamson 7 17172 Gotta Party Doll (7) fr.....................B Weaver 8 35337 Delightful Tanner (8) fr..........................K Cox 9 29701 Magical Mellissa (9) fr......................J W Cox 10 99908 Hands Up Jack (21) fr 11 0x001 One Direction fr............................. Scratched Top driver Blair Orange drives Scorcha 12 0x090 Geoff’s Legacy (22) fr 13 175x0 Fear Rockn (23) fr...................J Young-Grant in the Motukarara Cup tomorrow.

14 8x592 Hilarious Prince (24) fr...............J Harrington 340x6 Little Rain (25) fr..................... J Morrison (J) 9 4.36pm CHALLENGE LINCOLN PACE $9000, 3yo+ 15 16 80007 Stetson (26) fr.............................. B Hope (J) r40-r55, stand, 2170m 1 38345 Shadow Minister (1) fr....................L O’Reilly Pacifiers off : Yea You (R1) SELECTIONS 2 91692 Dynamite (2) fr 3 99x11 Just Holla fr................................... Scratched Race 1: Rites Of Zhou, Go Marg, Luminosity, Maranatha Atlas 4 21656 Alyssa Delight (3) fr...................... B Hope (J) Race 2: For Today, Shadow Aveross, Minnelli Smile 5 03354 Tracksarefortrains (4) fr.....................S Ottley Race 3: Jake, Chal Be, Calypso Rock, Scotlynn On Thebeach 6 x8509 Gotta Future (5) fr................... J Morrison (J) Race 4: Deja Blue, Atomic Blast, Krystal Delight, Duke 7 00x28 Takemybreathaway (6) fr............ R Houghton Race 5: Blink N Bones, Rachmaninov, Natives Lasting Love 8 0500x Just Ben (7) fr.......................... M Williamson Race 6: Highland Reign, Gotta Party Doll, Shot In The Dark 9 15215 Beau Major (8) fr............................R Holmes Race 7: Soundslikeart, Ava Adore, Sagano, Refine 10 8x686 Clive (9) fr......................................... G Ross Race 8: Eureka, Scorcha, Dadndave, Sweet Mary 11 40750 Rainy River (10) fr...................... C McDowell Race 9: Beau Major, Tracksarefortrains, Shadow Minister 12 1984 Southerly Change (11) fr..................... R May Race 10: B D Yasothon, Sally Lindenny, Riteur, Grand Princess 13 00090 Flamboyant (12) fr..................B Laughton (J) Race 11: Ragnarr, Essence Of Easton, Georgie Zukov 14 63070 Tin Roof Blues fr........................... Scratched LEGEND: X - Spell from racing of at least 3 months P - Retired 15 80300 Dodgethebullet (13) fr...................T Williams (or pulled up) from race L - Driver unseated U1 - Unruly beginEmergency: Tin Roof Blues ner {C} - Concession driver {C.cl} - Claiming concession driver 10 5.06pm ALL THINGS HARNESS RACING HANDI- which allows horse to start one class down

Tomorrow at Cambridge Raceway

Waikato Bay Of Plenty Harness Inc at Cambridge Meeting Date: 29 Dec 2019 NZ Meeting number: 5 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 8, 9 and 10 1 1.58pm MOVENPICK @ CAMBRIDGE RACEWAY TROT $8000, r40-r51,r53 w/c, stand, 2200m 1 38635 Burt Munro (1) fr.........................P Ferguson 2 80920 Secretofthesea Smile (2) fr 3 03214 Tears Of Joy (3) fr..........................Z Butcher 4 96045 Danke (4) fr..................................... G Martin 5 61086 Splitting Image (5) fr.............. D Ferguson (J) 6 70001 Aldebaran Bonny (6) fr...................T Mitchell 7 391x0 Duchess Of Cambridge (7) fr........ D Butcher 8 7x667 Our Rosa (8) fr.............................S Cornwall 9 57567 Majestic Stride (9) fr..........F Schumacher (J) 10 31D6x Lollieprop (10) fr 11 26047 The Rev (U1) fr............................. S Dickson 2 2.33pm GAVELHOUSE.COM MOBILE PACE $8000, non-winners 3yo+., mobile, 2200m 1 92536 Reckon Im Smart (1) fr.................. D Butcher 2 0343 Brookies Jaffa (2) fr.....................P Ferguson 3 Bankers Gold (3) fr 4 4x505 Miss Shuga (4) fr......................... T Cameron 5 56439 Emmi Rose (5) fr.............................S Phelan 6 04509 Super Actor (6) fr.........................A Poutama 7 5x3 Bet West (7) fr............................... B Mangos 8 47736 Manhattan Sunshine (8) fr......... J Abernethy 9 x5705 Billy Idol (21) fr............................. K Marshall

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10 994x The Greenkeeper (U1) fr................T Mitchell 11 497x0 Patagonian Princess (U2) fr Schumacher (J) 12 x8609 Blake (U3) fr...................................Z Butcher 3 3.08 DUNSTAN HORSE FEEDS HANDICAP TROT $8500, r53-r69 discrhcp, stand, 2200m 1 79x61 Anna Kate (1) fr..................... D Ferguson (J) 2 38891 Aoraki (2) fr 3 68095 Fira (3) fr.........................................S Phelan 4 10742 Superfast Ninja (4) fr....................A Poutama 5 343P8 Grey Stoke (U1) fr..........................Z Butcher 6 17131 Lukyanova (1) 10M................. A Harrison (J) 7 265x6 Need Luck (U1) 20M......................B Butcher 8 13074 The Hulk (U2) 20M..................... J Abernethy 4 3.43 TIRAU EARTHMOVERS MOBILE PACE $8000, non-winners 3yo+., mobile, 2200m 1 00390 Dametoro (1) fr.............................. D Butcher 2 4x0x7 Lucy’s Badboy (2) fr 3 Hawthornden Hunk (3) fr.............P Ferguson 4 08682 Comedy Act (4) fr..............F Schumacher (J) 5 2x454 Hughie Junior (5) fr.........................J I Dickie 6 9P2 Doctor Love (6) fr............................. M White 7 4x655 Lady Ameera (7) fr..................... J Abernethy 8 x223x Sampan (8) fr............................ T Hanara (J) 9 55645 Major Rage (21) fr...........................S Phelan 10 48558 Courtney Jane (22) fr.....................T Mitchell 11 5 Richmond Tiger (23) fr...............S Abernethy 5 4.19pm 1-DAY.CO.NZ MOBILE PACE $8000, 4yo+ r40-r60. jun.d, mobile, 2700m

1 P0782 Benjamin Button (1) fr................K Bublitz (J) 2 56654 Maria Kirilenko (2) fr.................... C Smith (J) 3 x7619 Betterbebetter (3) fr................... N Delany (J) 4 13132 Sabreur (4) fr........................... A Harrison (J) 5 2788x L L Cool J (5) fr......................... T Hanara (J) 6 x7660 Edamfast (6) fr......................... J Cowden (J) 7 84324 The Bandit Queen (7) fr..........Z Meredith (J) 8 54343 Spirit Of Anzac (8) fr.........F Schumacher (J) 9 11523 Vanhalem (21) fr......................... A Drake (J) 10 51x54 Shandelier (22) fr.................. D Ferguson (J) 6 4.54 BETAVET PREMIUM NATURAL SOLUTIONS MOBILE PACE $8000, r40-r47,r48 w/c., 2200m 1 0x473 Veneto (1) fr 2 77549 Allonblack (2) fr..............................N Chilcott 3 2409x Waingaro Mara (3) fr 4 08420 Lady Santanna (4) fr.....................R Fensom 5 539x8 Rainbow Wiri (5) fr........................... L Maher 6 94502 The Blue Beat (6) fr.................... J Abernethy 7 69293 Clifton Flutter (7) fr.......................J Stormont 8 0x000 Mighty Monica (8) fr...................... D Butcher 9 98x02 Cool And Calculating (21) fr............. M White 10 900x8 Sarabi (22) fr........................... A Harrison (J) 11 60509 Live Reactor (23) fr.........................S Phelan 12 09x00 McDaknife (24) fr.........................A Poutama 7 5.24 WELCOME HOME KIM LAMB MOBILE PACE $8000, 3yo+ r54-r58., mobile, 2200m 1 L4421 Bettor Get It On (1) fr 2 96x17 Sonny Reactor (2) fr.............. D Ferguson (J)

3 63214 Lavazza (3) fr 4 23204 Ally Mae (4) fr...................................G Gillies 5 9412 Cruzee Mach (5) fr 6 56x90 J Bee (6) fr.................................... D Butcher 7 12615 Im A Denny Too (7) fr.................. T Cameron 8 55141 Bugalugs (8) fr............................P Ferguson 9 22238 All Yours (21) fr................................. M White 8 5.54pm SKYCITY HAMILTON MOBILE PACE $8000, 3yo+ r48-r53., mobile, 2200m 1 P2865 Captain Max (1) fr...............................S Quill 2 5x8P0 Brooke’s Image (2) fr 3 32436 Lynton Creek (3) fr 4 42442 Matai Minky (4) fr 5 98567 Runcle fr........................................ Scratched 6 60006 Drum Withers (5) fr................... M McKendry 7 10559 Red Atom (6) fr............................A Poutama 8 44312 Molly Dooker (7) fr 9 0794x Starry Star (21) fr 10 47482 Milner (22) fr.................................. B Mangos 11 18058 Thumbs Up (23) fr..................... N Delany (J) 12 43484 Olivia Rachel (24) fr.......................B Butcher 9 6.24pm FLYING MILE JAN 10TH SAVE THE DATE HANDICAP PACE $8500, r55+ discrhcp, stand, 2700m 1 21Px6 Catch The Dream (1) fr................. B Mangos 2 50398 Fleeting Grin (2) fr.......................P Ferguson 3 91057 Comic Book Hero (1) 10M 4 135x0 Racketeers Boy (1) 20M...F Schumacher (J) 5 23411 The Lone Ranger (2) 20M..............B Butcher

6 0452x The Night Hawk (3) 20M 7 45162 Parker (4) 20M....................................S Quill 8 x1131 Mister Harris (U1) 20M.......... D Ferguson (J) 10 6.54pm SAFE HOLIDAY TRAVELS. SEE YOU ALL ON THE 5TH HCP $8000, 3yo+, non-winners & up-r44 w/c spechcp, stand, 2200m 1 7 Expensive Crumpet (1) fr.............. D Butcher 2 45 Cepheus (2) fr 3 47P83 Battle Commander (U1) fr............B Edwards 4 065P2 Manchester On Fire (U2) fr............T Mitchell 5 64x6 Isaac H (U3) fr....................................D Balle 6 65438 Flying Taine (1) 25M.......................N Chilcott 7 58705 Still Eyre (2) 25M..................... T Macfarlane 8 600x8 Ain’t No Princess (U1) 25M.............S Phelan 9 87006 Keystone Cavalier (U2) 25M 10 000x9 Topnotch Titan (U3) 25M SELECTIONS Race 1: Aldebaran Bonny, Duchess Of Cambridge, Lollieprop Race 2: Brookies Jaffa, Bankers Gold, Bet West, Miss Shuga Race 3: The Hulk, Anna Kate, Lukyanova, Superfast Ninja Race 4: Hughie Junior, Sampan, Doctor Love, Richmond Tiger Race 5: L L Cool J, Edamfast, Sabreur, Shandelier Race 6: The Blue Beat, Veneto, Allonblack, Cool And Calculating Race 7: Cruzee Mach, All Yours, Bettor Get It On, Bugalugs Race 8: Thumbs Up, Milner, Matai Minky, Molly Dooker Race 9: The Lone Ranger, Parker, Mister Harris, The Night Hawk Race 10: Manchester On Fire, Flying Taine, Still Eyre, Cepheus

Taranaki gallops

Tomorrow at New Plymouth Raceway

Taranaki Rc Venue: New Plymouth Meeting Date: 29 Dec 2019 NZ Meeting number: 4 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7 Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 5, 6 and 7 1 12.37pm LOOKING GOOD PROMOTIONS MAIDEN $10,000, MDN, 2000m 1 0x044 Pondering (8) 58.5.............................R Elliot 2 8x085 The Barman Pays h (1) 58.5 3 80 Octavious (4) 58.5........................ R Hannam 4 42788 Wholetthefoxout (10) 58.5....... T Taiaroa (a3) 5 x5642 Foogayzee (9) 57............................V Colgan 6 72 Take That (7) 57............................... C Grylls 7 66603 Detonate (12) 56.5.........................H Andrew 8 0506 Southern Vogue (3) 56.5................L Allpress 9 98086 Eureka Rising (5) 56.5...........S Macnab (a2) 10 9 Violet Belle (11) 56.5...............C Burdan (a3) 11 57652 Seven Seas (6) 55...........................R Myers 12 96 Hakuna Matata (2) 55............... D Danis (a2) 13 0 Gretel 55....................................... Scratched 2 1.10pm ANTON MORA & SON PAINTERS MAIDEN $10,000, MDN, 1200m 1 Justaskme h (4) 58.5 2 00x04 Buster’s Habit (3) 57 3 Barocca h (8) 57................................R Elliot 4 King’s Capital (2) 57......................... C Grylls 5 Rock In The Park 57..................... Scratched 6 Conor O’Ceirin (12) 57 -

7 Keen To Run h (5) 57......................V Colgan 8 4x2 Cate Blanco h (6) 56.5...................L Allpress 9 4652 Oceans Eight b (10) 56.5 10 2 Shanghai Express 56.5................. Scratched 11 68x3 Excuse My Hotness 56.5.............. Scratched 12 4 Mozart’s Mistress h (9) 55 13 Crystal Bellini (7) 55.......................M McNab 14 Drop The Beat h (13) 55....................L Hemi 15 5 Lite De Fuze h (1) 55..........S Weatherley (a) 16 69 Excitonic 57................................... Scratched 17 0x Petit Leon 55................................. Scratched 18 0x Miss Hepburn 56.5........................ Scratched 19 De Toros h (11) 57 20 Cathay Nova 55............................ Scratched 3 1.45 DENIS WHEELER EARTHMOVING 1200 $10,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1200m 1 80x05 Here We Go tdh (11) 59..................V Colgan 2 8x00x Rose Bowl td (3) 59............S Weatherley (a) 3 31 Barney Rubble tdh (5) 58.5..............R Myers 4 48440 Straight Sets tdm (7) 58.5.....R Beemud (a4) 5 x4524 Celtic Wonder d (10) 58.......... T Taiaroa (a3) 6 5x7x1 La Feelya th (2) 58.........................L Allpress 7 5159x Stateline dm (6) 58.............................R Elliot 8 x0932 Ristretto t (1) 57.5..........................M McNab 9 3x198 Kylie Bax d (9) 57 10 69x00 Cuidado Caliente d (8) 55.5...........H Andrew

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11 08x08 Bangles (6) 54........................M Hudson (a3)

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Cooper dominates the Cemetery

By Andy McGechan He came, he saw and he conquered ... visiting British champion Richard Cooper swept the major trophies at this year’s edition of the popular Suzuki International Series.

The Suzuki hero from Nottingham was invited to New Zealand to race for the first time this year and he delivered all that was expected of him when he wrapped up the premier Formula One class outright at the series’ third and final round on Whanganui’s famous Cemetery Circuit on Boxing Day. He then exceeded those expectations when he also clinched victory in the glamour all-capacities Robert Holden Memorial feature race at Whanganui.

The Robert Holden race win came at the end of a thrilling handlebar-to-handlebar battle with Whakatane’s Damon Rees, the young man who is shortly to head offshore to challenge Cooper on his home turf as the likeable Englishman seeks to defend his British Superstock 1000 title in 2020.

The 36-year-old Cooper (Suzuki GSX-R1000) showed right from the opening round of the Suzuki International Series, in Taupo on December 7-8, that he was a fast learner, taking virtually no time at all to learn the unfamiliar Kiwi race tracks, although he was forced to settle for overall runner-up during the Taupo weekend, ending the event nine points behind Bay of Plenty’s Rees.

Cooper came on strong at round two at Manfeild a week later, wiping out the deficit and rocketing to a one-point series lead over Rees.

Although Cooper had his hands full battling Rees’ elder brother Mitch at Whanganui’s final round on Boxing Day – Mitch Rees winning both F1 races on the day – this was not too much of a concern to Cooper, who knew that it was really only Damon Rees that he needed to keep at bay.

Cooper responded to Mitch Rees’ back-to-back F1 class wins at Whanganui by twice finishing runner-up, while Damon Rees finished third both times, and this was easily enough for Cooper to win the series outright, ending up five points clear of Damon Rees, with Mitch Rees claiming third overall for the series, a distant 29 points further back.

Damon Rees led early in the 10lap Robert Holden Memorial feature race, with Cooper and Mitch Rees in hot pursuit.

It stayed like that for the next eight laps, until the leaders start-

Richard Cooper took out the Robert Holden Memorial at Whanganui on Boxing Day.

ed lapping other riders and that’s when Cooper pounced, zipping past Damon Rees and into the lead, which he held until the end.

Taupo’s defending Suzuki Series champion Scott Moir and Glen Eden’s national superbike champion Daniel Mettam rounded out the top five in the Robert Holden race.

“I had no answer for Mitch (in the F1 class races) today,” said Cooper.

“His pace was unbelievable and he broke the lap record here at Whanganui.

“I was comfortable and I just did what I had to do to win the series. In the last race we always put a little bit more on the line and I saw my opportunity when the back-markers came into play.

“I had planned to pass him on the first corner of the last lap, but I had an issue with my brakes and the lever was coming right back to the bar.

“I had brake fade because the Robert Holden race was so soon after our second F1 superbike race and the brake pads were just too hot.

“I was adjusting the brakes as I was riding and that was tricky.

“To come here and win this series for Sloan Frost Suzuki and TSS Red Baron is amazing, but then to top it all off by winning the Robert Holden race too is pretty special.”

Cooper said he’d love to return and race again in the Suzuki International Series next year, adding “it would be a shame not to come back”.

Meanwhile, Auckland’s Toby Summers won the 600cc Formula Two class at Whanganui’s finale, finishing the day ahead of Hastings rider Adam Chambers and Whanganui’s Richie Dibben, although Upper Hutt’s Rogan Chandler had done enough at the earlier two rounds to clinch the series win for this class.

Hamilton’s Jesse Stroud, the 17-year-old son of Suzuki’s ninetime national superbike champion Andrew Stroud, won the GIXXER Cup class for a second consecutive season.

Other class winners in the series this year were Taumarunui’s Leigh Tidman (Formula Three); Whanganui’s Ashley Payne (For-

mula Sport/Bears, senior); North Shore’s Gui Mendes (Formula Sport/Bears, junior); Hastings’ Gian Louie (Post Classics, Pre 89, senior); Lower Hutt’s Dean Bentley (Post Classics, Pre 89, junior); Auckland’s Peter Goodwin and Kendal Dunlop (F1 sidecars); Tauranga’s Barry Smith and Tracey Bryan (F2 sidecars); Whanganui’s Richie Dibben (Supermoto); Whanganui’s Bryan Stent and Tracey Bryan (Classic sidecars).

Leading standings after the third and final round of the 2019 Suzuki International Series at Whanganui’s Cemetery Circuit on Boxing Day: Formula One Superbikes: 1. UK’s Richard Cooper 162 points; 2. Whakatane’s Damon Rees 157; 3. Whakatane’s Mitch Rees 128.

Formula Two (600cc): 1. Upper Hutt’s Rogan Chandler 134 points; 2.

Palmerston North’s Ashton Hughes 124; 3. Auckland’s Toby Summers 123.5.

Formula Three: 1. Taumarunui’s Leigh Tidman 175 points; 2. France’s Xavier Denis 133; 3. Auckland’s Matt Dunlop 121.

GIXXER Cup: 1. Hamilton’s Jesse Stroud 114 points; 2. Whanganui’s Caleb Gilmore 132; 3. Whanganui’s Cameron Goldfinch 111.

Formula Sport/Bears, senior: 1.

Whanganui’s Ashley Payne 117 points;

2. Ngaruawahia’s Steve Bridge 112; 3.

Whanganui’s Dwayne Bishop 110.

Formula Sport/Bears, junior: 1. North Shore’s Gui Mendes 126 points; 2.

Whanganui’s Blane Hannah 121; 3.

Palmerston North’s Robert Lammas 117.

Post Classics, Pre 89, senior: 1. Hastings’ Gian Louie 165 points; 2. Invercargill’s Jon Rawcliffe 126; 3. Napier’s Eddie Kattenberg 123.

Post Classics, Pre 89, junior: 1. Lower Hutt’s Dean Bentley 142 points; 2.

Woodville’s Kieren O’Neill 131; 3. Castor Bay’s Scott Findlay 118.

F1 sidecars: 1. Auckland’s Peter Goodwin and Kendal Dunlop 150 points; 2. Australia’s Jeremy Joyce and Whanganui’s Louise Blythe 144; 3.

Christchurch’s Dennis Charlett and Dan Jenkins 120.

F2 sidecars: 1. Tauranga’s Barry Smith and Tracey Bryan 171 points; 2. Australia’s Sam Watson and New Zealand’s Jo Mickleson 96; 3. France’s Estelle Le Blond and Belgium’s Frank Claeys 95.

Supermoto: 1. Whanganui’s Richie Dibben 153 points; 2. Taumarunui’s Russell Josiah 118; 3. Whanganui’s James Clarke 117.

Classic sidecars: 1. Whanganui’s Bryan Stent and Tracey Bryan 50 points; 2.

Hastings’ David Black and Dan Franzen 40; 3. Whanganui’s James and Lucy Dowman 36.

Palou scores IndyCar drive for Coyne in 2020 Dale Coyne hired Spanish driver Alex Palou to drive the 2020 IndyCar season this week, the latest twist in a wild off-season of seat changes that has left a handful of decorated veteran drivers still looking for rides.

Coyne did not announce a car number for Palou, who will race for a partnership to be called Dale

Coyne Racing with Team Goh. The team said it will have “further details on its complete 2020 programme at the beginning of the new year.”

The team in November fired Sebastien Bourdais and has yet to announce any sort of extension with rising young American driver Santino Ferrucci.

Earlier this week, Bourdais’

championship-winning engineer Craig Hampson moved to Arrow McLaren.

The abrupt dismissal of Bourdais, a four-time series champion, came on the heels of the shocking benching of James Hinchcliffe by the team created when McLaren bought into Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports.

The McLaren team said it will pay Hinchcliffe the remainder of his contract, but it would rather put a pair of rookies in its cars for 2020 than bring the Canadian back for a sixth season.

Hinchcliffe could have been a candidate at Coyne after Bourdais was bought out of the final year of his contract, but the team

instead has gone with the 22-yearold Palou, who most recently was a top rookie with one win in the Japanese Super Formula Series with TCS Nakajima Racing.

It has been a scramble for seats since the IndyCar season ended in September and several organisations have yet to announce anything for 2020.

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WHEEL alignments at great prices. Maximise the life of your tyres with an alignment from Neumanns Tyre Services Ltd, 197 Wills Street. Phone 308 6737.

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SPORTING NOTICES Tinwald Golf Club New Year Tournament

FIREWOOD tree lines wanted, 20 tonne digger to clean up. Phone 027 611 3334.

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January 2, 2020 Stableford competition Open to all golfers, handicap and nonhandicap grades Cash prizes Make up a four or come along for a clubhouse draw Report 11.30am for 12 noon three tee start $20 entry Food available Contact: Bruce Collins 027 426 0849

Beckley Coachlines Programme ◊ TRIP TO THE COUNTRY

Saturday, January 11, 2020.

Departing 9.30am, Hotel Ashburton.

Travelling to the coastal side of Mid Canterbury. Tickets $45 includes lunch.

For bookings phone 308 7646

Moore Street Medical Centre, Moore Street, Ashburton, will be the duty practice for Saturday until 8am Sunday. Consultations will be by appointment only. To make a booking please phone 0800 700 155.

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For all other medical assistance outside of normal hours, please phone your General Practice team, 24/7, to speak with a health professional who will give you free health advice on what to do or where to go if you need urgent care If you don’t have a regular General Practice, call any GP team 24/7 for free telephone health advice.

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Open daily: 10am – 4pm, Wednesday: 10am – 7pm

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If you do not have or cannot contact your regular dentist, please phone 027 683 0679 for the name of the rostered weekend dentist in Christchurch. Hours 9am - 5pm, Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays.

Three Rivers Health, Allens Road, Ashburton, will be the duty practice for Saturday until 8am Monday. Consultation will be by appointment only. Please call ahead for an ELPLINE ERVICES appointment.

Alcoholics Anonymous Please bring your Community Services Card. All non New Zealanders should bring their passport with them, Call 0800 AA WORKS (0800 229 6757) or visit www.aa.org.nz for more information.

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For weekend and emergency services please phone Methven Medical Centre on 302 8105 or Rakaia Medical Safe Care - 24hr Rape and Sexual Assault Crisis Centre on 303 5002 for details on how to access the Support. Phone 03 364 8791 after-hours service each weekend.

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Freephone for reservations: 0800 802 802.

BUSES - Southbound: 9.30am, 3.20pm.

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Wises Pharmacy, Countdown Complex, East Street, will be open from 9am - 1pm Saturday, from 10am - 1pm Sunday and from 5pm - 7pm both evenings.

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ANIMAL SERVICES Ashburton District Council 03 307 7700 - 24hr service.

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All enquiries - phone 308 4432 or 027 3329286.

Havelock Street. Ph 308 7192. Saturday: 10am - 1pm.

Sunday: 1pm - 4pm.

Mid Canterbury Animal Shelter

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20 River Terrace - phone 03 308 4020. WEEKEND HOURS: ASHBURTON VETS - Ph 0276 838 000, Sat and Sun 7am - 7pm. Public holidays 10am - 5pm.

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ASHBURTON’S STREET RECEIVERS Business Area: Mon - Fri 5pm CANTERBURY VETS - Ph 03 307 0686, Residential Area: Mon - Fri 1pm West Street Clinic, West Street, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Weekend emergencies: Jonathan Christian.

Information Centre Vet Ent and Vet Life operate a joint after-hours SMALL Methven - Saturday, Sunday and public holidays 10am until 3pm. Phone 302-8955 or isite@midcanterburynz.com animal emergency service. To use this service please phone your vet as usual.

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SUNDAY 8.30am HOLY SPIRIT CHURCH. Mass, Holy Spirit Church, Thomson Street, Tinwald.

9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Worship Service led by Rev Henry Mbambo. 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

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Dec 28, 29 & 30, 2019

Woodwork, jewellery, Rawleighs products etc. West St car park.

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

10am - 12pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP.

Open for research, visitors welcome. Heritage Centre, West St. Closed most public holidays.

10am - 4pm ASHBURTON MUSEUM. The Topp Twins interactive exhibition celebrating NZ’s comedy duo and The Great Santa Hunt around the museum, plus hands on activities for kids free.

West Street Ashburton.

10.30am - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of over 30 aircraft from the past to the future on display. Open daily with extended hours on a Saturday and Wednesday. Ashburton airport, Seafield Road.

Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Sinclair Centre, Park Street.

10am ST ANDREW’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Thomson Street.

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

10am ST ANDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Combined worship led by Rev Eric Mattock, all welcome, Sinclair Centre, Park Street.

10am MT HUTT MEMORIAL HALL. NZ Alpine and Agriculture

Encounter, Art Gallery and Hall of Memories. 160 Main St, Methven.

10am ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH. Morning service, all welcome. 67 Cass Street.

10am - 4pm ASHBURTON MUSEUM. The Topp Twins interactive exhibition celebrating NZ’s comedy duo and The Great Santa Hunt around the museum, plus hands on activities for kids free.

West Street Ashburton.

10.30am VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH. Worship God and study his word.

131 Thomson Street (Tinwald School hall).

10.30am GRACE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Worshipping God and transforming lives. 63 Princes Street, Netherby.

1pm - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of over 30 aircraft from the past to the future on display. Open daily with extended hours on a Saturday and Wednesday. Ashburton airport, Seafield Road.

7pm VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH. Worship God and study his word.

131 Thomson Street (Tinwald School hall).

The Topp Twins interactive exhibition celebrating NZ’s comedy West Street Ashburton.

12pm BAPTIST CHURCH FREE LUNCH. Weekly lunch, available at Baptist Church, Cass Street.

1pm - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of over 30 aircraft from the past to the future on display. Open daily with extended hours on a Saturday and Wednesday. Ashburton airport, Seafield Road.

1pm - 4pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research, visitors welcome. Heritage Centre, West Street. Closed most public holidays.

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6am Country Calendar 3 0 7am Start Me Up MOD visits local man Phil for parts at a backroad property with plenty of motoring secrets to be revealed. 0 7:30 Infomercials 0 9am Whanau Living 3 9:30 Tagata Pasifika 10am Pacific Island Food Revolution 0 11am John And Lisa’s Weekend Kitchen Noon A Place To Call Home PGR 3 0 1pm Coast v Country 3 0 2pm F Kirstie And Phil’s Love It Or List It 3 0 3pm Fantasy Homes By The Sea 0 3:55 Embarrassing Pets 0 4:55 The Chase 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0 7pm F The Casketeers PGR 3 0 7:30 Britain’s Got Talent – The Champions George Sampson, Tape Face, and Colin Thackery return. 0 8pm L Lotto 8:05 Britain’s Got Talent – The Champions Continued. 0 9:25 F Class Act 0 10:30 F Blue Murder – Killer Cop AO 3 (Mini-series) 0 12:15 All Round To Mrs Brown’s AO 3 Agnes and her family are joined by celebrity guests including cricketer Freddie Flintoff, comedian Jason Manford, and Olympic and Paralympic stars, Fatima Whitbread and Jonnie Peacock. 0 1:15 Coronation Street Catchup 3 0 3:20 Infomercials

Labyrinth

7pm on TVNZ 2

BRAVO 6am Infomercials 3 10am Yours, Mine, Or Ours PGR 3 10:30 Million Dollar Listing NY 3 11:30 Million Dollar Listing NY 3 12:30 Love It Or List It – Vancouver 3 1:30 Love It Or List It – Vancouver 3 2:30 Dress To Impress 3 3:30 Dress To Impress 3 4:30 The People’s Court 3 5:30 The People’s Court 3 6:30 The People’s Court 3 7:30 Botched PGR 3 8:30 Body Fixers PGR 3 9:30 Body Fixers PGR 3 10:30 Murder And Justice – The Case Of Martha Moxley AO 3 11:30 Dress To Impress 3

Sunday

12:20 Infomercials 3 5am Love It Or List It – Vancouver 3

THREE

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PRIME

MAORI

CHOICE

6am Takaro Tribe 3 0 6:10 Custard’s World 3 0 6:25 The Wiggles, Emma! 0 6:35 PJ Masks 3 0 7am The Insectibles 3 0 7:10 Thunderbirds Are Go! 0 7:30 Super Dinosaur 0 7:55 Pokemon – Sun And Moon: Ultra Legends 3 0 8:20 F Star Wars Rebels 0 9:05 Regular Show 0 9:20 Dragon Ball Super 0 9:45 The Simpsons 3 0 10:40 AP Bio PGR 3 0 11:10 Suburgatory PGR 3 0 11:40 God Friended Me PGR 3 0 12:30 American Housewife PGR 1pm Australian Survivor PGR 3 0 2:30 The Great Kiwi Bake Off 3 0 3:55 N House Rules 0 6pm The 100k Drop 0 7pm M Labyrinth PGR 1986 Adventure.

A teenager babysitting her little brother accidentally sends him to the land of the Goblin King, and must get him back by midnight or he will be turned into a goblin. 0 8:55 M The Bodyguard AO 1992 Romantic Thriller. 0

6am Charles Stanley 6:30 Infomercials 9:30 Malaysia Kitchen 3 Alvin shares a Malaysian salad said to promote good fortune, makes coconut calamari, and is joined by veteran chef Carol Selva Rajah to make Mysore dahl.

10am Miguel’s Tropical Kitchen 3 10:30 Survivor – Heroes v Healers v Hustlers 3 11:30 Face Off – All Stars PGR 3 12:30 F Married At First Sight UK 3 1:30 All-Aussie Adventures PGR 3 0 2pm Fresh Off The Boat PGR 3 2:30 9JKL PGR 3 0 3pm F America’s Got Talent – The Champions 3 0 4:55 Grand Designs UK 3 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm 7pm M Power Rangers PGR 2017 Adventure. 0 9:25 M Edward Scissorhands PGR 3 1990 Drama.

A man created by an inventor, who died before replacing his scissor hands with real ones, goes to live with an ordinary American family. 0

6am Codename – Kids Next Door 3 0 6:25 Batman – Brave And The Bold 3 0 6:50 Max Steel 3 0 7:15 Hank Zipzer, The World’s Greatest Underachiever 3 0 7:40 Legion Of Super Heroes 3 0 8:05 Teen Titans 0 8:30 Batman – The Animated Series 0 9am Justice League Unlimited PGR 9:30 Samurai Jack PGR 0 10am SmackDown PGR 3 11am Raw PGR 3 Noon Ice Road Truckers PGR 3 0 1pm Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 3 2pm Pawn Stars 3 2:30 Massive Engineering Mistakes PGR 3 3:30 Antiques Roadshow 3 0 4:30 Hot Bench 3 5pm Fishing Classics 0 5:30 Prime News 6pm Portrait Artist Of The Year 0 7pm Shipping Wars PGR 0 7:30 Harry Potter – A History Of Magic 3 0 8:35 Football – A-League (RPL) Western United v Wellington Phoenix.

10:35 Whose Line Is It Anyway?

PGR 3

6:30 Te Ao – Maori News 3 7am Tamariki Haka 3 7:10 Pukoro 2 7:40 F Kainga Whakapaipai 3 7:50 Polyfest Kapa Haka 3 8:20 Huritua 8:30 Pukana 3 2 10am Swagger 10:30 Celebrity Playlist 3 11am School Of Hard Knocks PGR 11:30 City Slickers Rodeo 3 Noon IVF World Sprints 3 1pm Haati Grassroots Rugby 3 2pm Poitukohu Kura Tuarua 3 3pm The Pits TV 3 4pm Tangaroa With Pio 4:30 Ka Tu Ka Korero Series which aims to help participants overcome their fear of public speaking.

5pm My Country Song 3 5:30 Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 6:30 Te Ao – Maori News 7pm M Blinky Bill PGR 2015 Animated Adventure. An adventurous young koala embarks on a journey across the wild and dangerous Australian outback in hope of finding his missing father.

8:40 M Raid On Rommel AO 1971 War. 10:25 Te Ao – Maori News 3 10:55 Kairakau PGR

6am Gardeners’ World 6:30 Monty Don’s French Gardens 7:30 Craft It Yourself 8:30 Location, Location, Location 9:30 Mysteries At The Museum 10:30 James Martin’s American Adventure 11:30 American Pickers 12:30 Building The Dream 1:30 Escape To The Chateau – DIY 2:30 American Idol 4:30 Food Safari – Fire 5pm Food Safari – Earth An exploration of the many possibilities of fruits, vegetables, herbs, spices, and more.

5:30 Lonely Planets – Roads Less Travelled 6:30 Mysteries At The Museum 7:30 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces In New Zealand, on the outskirts of Auckland, George travels to an ordinary residential street to see a Geodesic dome home that is out of this world.

8:30 Antiques Roadshow 9:30 Hidden Britain By Drone 10:30 Food Safari – Fire

11:30 M The Guardian AO 2006 Action. 0 2:05 M Air Force One AO 1997 Action. 0 4:10 F The Bachelorette PGR 3 0 5:20 Regular Show 3 5:30 Religious Infomercials

11:30 M Heartthrob AO 3 2017 Thriller. A shy teenager falls into an unexpected romance with a beautiful and popular girl, but his love becomes obsession, and anyone who competes for her affections will pay the ultimate price. 0 1:30 Infomercials 5am Hillsong TV 3 5:30 Charles Stanley

11:20 The Selection AO 3 The remaining candidates must go on a 13km march while carrying 23kg.

12:15 Closedown

11:25 Closedown

11pm Food Safari – Earth 11:30 Lonely Planets – Roads Less Travelled 12:30 Gardeners’ World 1am Antiques Roadshow 2am Wasted PGR 3am Land Of Primates 4am George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces 5am Mysteries At The Museum

MOVIES PREMIERE

MOVIES GREATS

6am World’s Wildest Weather PGV 6:50 The Simpsons Super Saturday PG 9:35 World’s Wildest Weather PGV 10:35 Blood And Treasure MV 11:25 Arrow MVS 12:15 The Flash MVS 1:05 Ax Men ML 2pm SmackDown Live MVC 4:05 Main Event MV 4:50 Blood And Treasure MV 5:35 The Simpsons Super Saturday PG 7:30 World’s Wildest Weather PGV 8:30 Counting Cars PG 9pm Ax Men ML 10pm Classic Pawn Stars PG 10:30 World’s Wildest Weather PGV 11:20 The Simpsons PG 11:45 The Simpsons PG

6:05 Austin Found 16VLSC 2017 Comedy.

Linda Cardellini, Skeet Ulrich.

7:46 Breath MLS 2018 Drama.

Simon Baker, Samson Coulter.

9:41 Nothing But Trailers M 9:56 Battle Of Dunkirk – From Disaster To Triumph MVC 2018 Documentary.

11:10 Vows Of Deceit MVC 2018 Thriller. Katherine Bailess, Damon Dayoub. 12:40 Crazy Rich Asians ML 2018 Romantic Comedy. Constance Wu, Henry Golding. 2:40 The House Of Tomorrow 16L 2018 Comedy. Ellen Burstyn, Asa Butterfield. 4:05 Burying Yasmeen MVLC 2019 Comedy.

Jason Lott, Mike Langer.

5:20 Fallen MVL 2016 Drama.

6:50 Little Pink House ML 2017 Drama. Catherine Keener, Jeanne Tripplehorn. 8:30 Five Feet Apart ML 2019 Drama.

Two teenagers with lifethreatening illnesses meet in a hospital and fall in love, but restrictions dictate they must keep five feet apart. Haley Lu Richardson, Cole Sprouse.

10:30 Spider In The Web 16VLC 2019 Thriller.

Ben Kingsley, Monica Bellucci.

7:23 Law Abiding Citizen 18VC 2009 Crime. Jamie Foxx, Gerard Butler. 9:08 Bounce ML 2000 Drama. Gwyneth Paltrow, Ben Affleck. 10:53 Sleepy Hollow MC 1999 Horror.

Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci.

12:37 Our Idiot Brother MLS 2011 Comedy. Paul Rudd.

2:07 The Insider ML 1999 Drama. Russell Crowe, Al Pacino, Diane Venora, Christopher Plummer.

4:40 House At The End Of The Street MV 2012 Horror. Jennifer Lawrence, Max Thieriot, Elisabeth Shue.

6:20 The Family Man MVL 2000 Comedy Drama.

Nicolas Cage, Tea Leoni, Don Cheadle.

8:30 The Dark Knight MV 2008 Action. Batman sets out to destroy organised crime in Gotham City for good, but soon finds himself prey to rising criminal mastermind, The Joker. Christian Bale, Heath Ledger.

11:05 Wedding Crashers MVLS 2005 Comedy.

Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn.

12:15 The Simpsons Super Sunday PG 2:10 Counting Cars PG 2:35 The Flash MVS 3:20 Main Event MV 4:05 Classic Pawn Stars PG 4:30 Ax Men ML 5:15 Chicago PD 16V

12:25 Camp Cold Brook MVLC 2018 Horror. 1:50 Burying Yasmeen MVLC 2019 Comedy.

3:01 Fallen MVL 2016 Drama.

4:30 Nothing But Trailers M 4:45 Five Feet Apart ML 2019 Drama.

Edward Scissorhands 9:25pm on Three

SKY 5

Sunday

Sunday

Sunday

1am Our Idiot Brother MLS 2011 Comedy. Paul Rudd.

2:27 The Insider ML 1999 Drama. Russell Crowe, Al Pacino, Diane Venora, Christopher Plummer.

5am House At The End Of The Street MV 2012 Horror. Jennifer Lawrence, Max Thieriot, Elisabeth Shue.

SKY SPORT 1 6am Pro14 – Blues v Dragons (RPL) 8am French Top 14 Highlights 8:30 L Pro14 – Ulster v Connacht From Ravenhill Stadium, Belfast.

10:35 Pro14 – Scarlets v Ospreys (RPL) 12:30 Sevens – Ignite7 (HLS) 1:30 Pro14 – Ulster v Connacht (RPL) 3:30 Gallagher Premiership – Bears v Wasps (RPL) 5:30 Ranfurly Shield Matches (RPL) Otago v Waikato.

From Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin.

7:30 Ranfurly Shield Matches (RPL) Otago v Canterbury.

From Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin.

9:30 Ranfurly Shield Matches (RPL) Canterbury v North Harbour.

11:30 Pro14 – Ulster v Connacht (RPL) From Ravenhill Stadium, Belfast.

Sunday

1:25 National Co-Ed Final (HLS) St Kentigern’s v Feilding High.

1:55 L Pro14 – Benetton v Zebre From Stadio Comunale di Monigo. 4am L Pro14 – Edinburgh v Glasgow Warriors From Murrayfield Stadium in Scotland.

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

SKY SPORT 2

DISCOVERY

6am Australia v Blackcaps (RPL) Second Test, Day Two. From Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne.

8am Big Bash (HLS) Stars v Strikers.

8:30 Australia v Blackcaps (HLS) Second Test, Day Two. From Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne.

9:30 Women’s Super Smash (HLS) Hinds v Blaze.

From Pukekura Park, New Plymouth.

10am Super Smash (HLS) Stags v Firebirds.

From Pukekura Park, New Plymouth.

10:30 Australia v Blackcaps (HLS) Second Test, Day Two. From Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne.

11:30 L Australia v Blackcaps Second Test, Day Three.

From Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne.

8:30 Big Bash (HLS) Stars v Strikers.

9:05 L Big Bash Sixers v Thunder.

From the SCG.

6:35 How It’s Made PG 7:05 How Do They Do It? PG 7:30 Gold Rush PG 8:20 Outback Opal Hunters PG 9:10 Outback Opal Hunters PG 10am Outback Opal Hunters PG 10:50 Outback Opal Hunters PG 11:40 Outback Opal Hunters PG 12:30 Expedition Unknown PG Lost Tomb Of The Mummy. 1:20 What On Earth? PG 2:10 Fast N’ Loud PG Thunderstruck.

3pm Finding Escobar’s Millions PG What’s in the Box? 3:50 Alaskan Bush People PG King of the Mountain.

4:45 Alaskan Bush People PG The Wolfpack v the Wolf.

5:40 Alaskan Bush People PG Clear and Pheasant Danger.

6:35 BattleBots PG 7:30 Nasa’s Unexplained Files PG 8:30 UFOs – The Lost Evidence PG 9:25 Alaska – The Last Frontier PG Bears Descend.

10:15 Changing China PG 11:05 BattleBots PG 11:55 How It’s Made PG

12:30 Australia v Blackcaps (HLS) Second Test.

From Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne.

1:30 Women’s Super Smash (HLS) Hinds v Blaze.

2am Super Smash (HLS) Stags v Firebirds.

2:30 Super Smash (RPL) Stags v Aces.

12:20 How Do They Do It? PG 12:45 What On Earth? PG 1:35 Car Crash TV PG 2am Car Crash TV PG 2:25 Evil Lives Here PG 3:15 Web Of Lies M 4:05 American Monster M 4:55 The Coroner – I Speak For The Dead M 5:45 Killer Instinct With Chris Hansen M

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6am Heathrow – Britain’s Busiest Airport 0 6:50 Tiny House Nation 3 7:40 F Tagata Pasifika 3 8:05 Praise Be 3 8:40 Yours Faithfully 3 0 9:30 How Not To Get Cancer 3 0 10:15 Waka Man 3 0 10:40 Waka Huia Summer Series 3 11:05 Secret Scotland 3 0 11:55 The Job Interview 3 0 12:55 Coast v Country 3 0 1:50 Outback Truckers PGR 3 0 2:50 The Checkup 3 0 3:45 Big Cats 3 0 4:55 The Family Chase Family teams of four must answer quick-fire questions, with each correct answer earning them $2,000 as they seek to stay one step ahead of the chaser. 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0 7pm Motown 60 – A Grammy Celebration Artists perform classics, paying tribute to a sound that changed America. 0 8:45 M Moulin Rouge PGR 2001 Musical. 0

6am Paw Patrol 3 0 6:20 Thomas And Friends 0 6:35 Puppy Dog Pals 3 0 6:55 Alvinnn!!! And The Chipmunks 3 0 7:05 Masha And The Bear 3 0 7:15 Dorothy And The Wizard Of Oz 0 7:35 Elena Of Avalor 0 8am M Brother Bear 2003 Animated. Voice of Joaquin Phoenix. 0 9:25 M The Good Dinosaur PGR 2015 Animated Adventure. Voices of Jeffrey Wright, Frances McDormand, Maleah NipayPadilla. 0 10:55 M Daphne And Velma 2018 Action, Comedy. 0 12:15 M Honey, I Shrunk The Kids PGR 1989 Family Adventure. 2pm Kevin Can Wait 0 2:25 Cats Make You Laugh Out Loud PGR 0 3:20 House Rules PGR 0 6:05 The 100k Drop 0 7pm M Peter Rabbit PGR 2018 Animated Adventure. Feature adaptation of Beatrix Potter’s classic tale of a rebellious rabbit trying to sneak into a farmer’s vegetable garden. 0 8:40 M The Longest Yard PGR 2005 Comedy. 0 10:50 M The Gift PGR 2015 Thriller.

6am Life TV 6:30 Hillsong TV 7am Charles Stanley 8am Life TV 8:30 Turning Point 9am R&R With Eru And K’Lee 3 9:30 Getaway 3 10am Sara’s Australia Unveiled 3 10:30 Sandcastles 3 10:55 Tasty Conversations 3 11:05 Big Angry Fish 3 0 Noon Entertainment Tonight Weekend PGR 1pm Celebrity Name Game PGR 3 1:30 M The Terminal PGR 3 2004 Drama.

Tom Hanks, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Stanley Tucci. 0 4pm Badlands – Hard Rock 3 4:55 Gone Fishin’ 5:25 Fish Of The Day 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm 7pm The Block Australia PGR 0 8:30 M The Fast And The Furious – Tokyo Drift PGR 3 2006 Action. To avoid jail after one crash too many, an outsider is sent to live with his estranged father in Tokyo, and enters the underground world of drift racing. 0 10:30 Blue Bloods AO 0

6am Religious Programming 7am Nella The Princess Knight 3 0 7:30 Religious Programming 10:30 Sport Box The best of the past week’s sports from New Zealand and around the world.

Noon 100 Day Bach 3 0 1pm Heroes And Survivors PGR 3 0 2pm Mad About You PGR 3 2:30 Rugby – World Schools Sevens (HLS) 4:30 The Great Australian Bake Off 3 0 5:30 Prime News 6pm The Great Escapers A French hotel needs reinforcements; after an exhausting few weeks, a family from the northeast finally open their restaurant.

7pm Storage Wars PGR 0 7:30 Russia With Simon Reeve 30 8:30 M Charlie’s Angels AO 2000 Action. Three elite investigators use their skills to find a kidnapped computer ace.

Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz, Lucy Liu. 0 10:35 SmackDown PGR

11:10 Catch 22 AO 3 Yossarian pursues desperate measures to get home; Milo sees war as a growth industry. 0 12:10 F An Ordinary Woman AO Marina asks Galya to help her rescue Zhenya.

1:05 Coronation Street Catchup AO 3 0 3:05 Infomercials

12:45 F Hell’s Kitchen All Stars AO 3 1:30 Famous In Love PGR 3 0 3am First Dates US PGR 3 3:45 Infomercials 4:15 Religious Infomercials 4:45 F Mike And Molly PGR 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

11:25 Hawaii Five-0 AO 3 The team goes to Mexico, where Chin puts his life in danger to rescue his kidnapped niece. 0 12:20 Infomercials

11:35 60 Minutes PGR Lesley Stahl speaks to the survivors of the worst anti-semitic attack in US history; Christine Lagarde talks to John Dickerson about the dangers facing the global economy.

12:35 Closedown

Charlie’s Angels 8:30pm on Prime

BRAVO 6am Love It Or List It – Vancouver 3 6:45 Love It Or List It – Vancouver 3 7:35 Love It Or List It – Vancouver 3 8:20 Love It Or List It – Vancouver 3 9:10 Dress To Impress 3 10am Dress To Impress 3 10:50 Botched PGR 3 11:40 Love It Or List It – Vancouver 3 12:30 Million Dollar Listing NY 3 1:25 Million Dollar Listing NY 3 2:15 Million Dollar Listing NY 3 3:10 The People’s Court 3 4:05 The People’s Court 3 5pm Hollywood Medium With Tyler Henry 3 6pm Love It Or List It – Vancouver 3 7pm M New Year’s Eve PGR 3 2011 Romantic Comedy.

Hilary Swank, Ashton Kutcher.

9:30 M For Richer Or Poorer AO 3 1997 Comedy.

11:50 Yours, Mine, Or Ours PGR 3 12:20 Infomercials 3

Molly’s Game

8:30pm on Choice

SKY 5 6am Counting Cars PG 6:25 The Flash MVS 7:10 NCIS – New Orleans MV 7:55 Main Event MV 8:45 The Amazing Race PG 9:35 The Flash MVS 10:25 Pawn Stars PG 10:55 NCIS – New Orleans MV 11:45 Ax Men ML 12:40 Montana Wild M 1:30 Counting Cars PG 2pm The Amazing Race PG 3pm Raw MVC 5:45 SmackDown MVC 7:30 NCIS – New Orleans MV 8:30 Criminal Minds 16VS 9:30 Criminal Minds 16VS 10:30 Chicago PD 16V 11:25 The Amazing Race PG

Monday

12:15 SmackDown MVC 1:55 Chicago PD 16V 2:45 NCIS – New Orleans MV 3:35 The Amazing Race PG 4:25 Criminal Minds 16VS 5:10 Criminal Minds 16VS

MOVIES PREMIERE

MOVIES GREATS

6:37 Spider In The Web 16VLC 2019 Thriller. Ben Kingsley, Monica Bellucci. 8:32 Little Pink House ML 2017 Drama. Catherine Keener, Jeanne Tripplehorn.

10:12 Camp Cold Brook MVLC 2018 Horror.

Chad Michael Murray, Danielle Harris. 11:37 Five Feet Apart ML 2019 Drama.

Haley Lu Richardson, Cole Sprouse. 1:29 Nothing But Trailers M 1:44 Spider In The Web 16VLC 2019 Thriller.

3:39 To Hell And Back – The Kane Hodder Story MVC 2018 Documentary. 5:25 Humour Me MLSC 2018 Comedy.

7pm Breaking In 16VL 2018 Action. Gabrielle Union, Billy Burke. 8:30 The Hustle MLS 2019 Comedy. Two female con artists, one low-rent, the other high-class, team up to defraud a young, naive tech billionaire in the South of France. Anne Hathaway, Rebel Wilson.

10:05 Cold-Blood Legacy 16VLC 2019 Action. Jean Reno, Sarah Lind.

11:35 Discarnate 18VC 2018 Horror. Thomas Kretschmann, Nadine Velazquez.

6:37 The Dark Knight MV 2008 Action. Christian Bale, Heath Ledger. 9:04 Wedding Crashers MVLS 2005 Comedy.

Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn.

11:02 Our Idiot Brother MLS 2011 Comedy. Paul Rudd.

12:30 Hitchcock M 2012 Biography Drama.

Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren, Scarlett Johansson, Toni Collette. 2:10 Life Of Pi PGC 2006 Drama. Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan. 4:20 Collateral MV 2004 Thriller. Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx. 6:20 Syriana 16VL 2005 Drama. George Clooney, Matt Damon. 8:30 Johnny English PGV 2003 Comedy.

An accident-prone secret agent must rescue the crown jewels from a French business magnate. Rowan Atkinson, John Malkovich, Natalie Imbruglia.

10pm Inception MV 2010 Action. Leonardo DiCaprio, Ellen Page.

Monday

12:59 Save This Dance PG 2018 Romance. 2:19 To Hell And Back – The Kane Hodder Story MVC 2018 Documentary.

4:04 Humour Me MLSC 2018 Comedy. 5:34 Breaking In 16VL 2018 Action.

Monday

12:23 Celeste And Jesse Forever 16LS 2012 Comedy Drama. Rashida Jones, Andy Samberg, Elijah Wood.

1:53 Hitchcock M 2012 Biography Drama.

Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren, Scarlett Johansson, Toni Collette. 3:29 Life Of Pi PGC 2006 Drama. Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan. 5:32 Collateral MV 2004 Thriller. Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx.

CHOICE

6:30 Te Ao – Maori News 3 7am Tamariki Haka 3 7:10 Pukoro 2 7:40 Kainga Whakapaipai 3 7:50 Polyfest Kapa Haka 3 8:20 Huritua 8:30 Waka Ama Sprints 9am Globe 3 9:30 Swagger 10am Cam’s Kai 3 11am Ride Or Die PGR 11:30 Waka Man 3 Noon Toa – Toa O Aotearoa PGR 3 12:30 IVF World Sprints 3 1pm Touch Rugby – National Championships 3 2pm M Blinky Bill PGR 2015 Animated Adventure.

3:40 F Grid 4:10 Change 3 4:15 Someday Stories PGR 3 800 Lunches. 4:30 F Easy Eats 3 5pm Tagata Pasifika 5:30 Matangi Rau 3 6:30 Te Ao – Maori News 7pm Off The Grid With Pio 3 7:30 Artefact 8:30 M Theeb AO 2014 Drama.

During the First World War, a Bedouin boy embarks on a dangerous desert journey to guide a British officer to his destination. Jacir Eid Al-Hwietat.

10:20 Te Ao – Maori News 3 10:50 Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 11:50 Closedown

SKY SPORT 1 6am Seven – Ignite7 (HLS) 6:55 L Pro14 – Munster v Leinster From Thomond Park.

9am Pro14 – Benetton v Zebre (RPL) 11am Pro14 – Edinburgh v Glasgow Warriors (RPL) 1pm Pro14 – Munster v Leinster (RPL) 3pm Gallagher Premiership – Saints v Gloucester (RPL) From Franklin’s Gardens.

5pm Gallagher Premiership – Bath v Sharks (RPL) From the Recreation Ground.

7pm Gallagher Premiership – Warriors v London Irish (RPL) From Sixways Stadium.

9pm Gallagher Premiership – Harlequins v Tigers (RPL) From Twickenham Stadium.

11pm Seven – Ignite7 (HLS) 11:55 Ranfurly Shield Matches Otago v Canterbury.

From Forsyth Barr Stadium.

Monday 1:55 Gallagher Premiership – Bears v Wasps (RPL) From Ashton Gate Stadium.

3:55 L Gallagher Premiership – Chiefs v Saracens From Sandy Park.

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

6am Gardeners’ World 6:30 Through The Bible With Les Feldick 7am Leading The Way 7:30 Food Safari – Fire 8am Food Safari – Earth 8:30 Lonely Planets – Roads Less Travelled 9:30 Mysteries At The Museum 10:30 Better Homes And Gardens Noon Tom Kerridge’s Fresh Start 12:30 Antiques Roadshow 1:30 Hidden Britain By Drone 2:30 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces 3:30 Bondi Vet 4:30 Rick Stein’s Taste Of Shanghai 5:30 Toy Hunter 6pm Storage Wars – New York 6:30 Jamie And Jimmy’s Food Fight Club 7:30 Outback Vet 8:30 M Molly’s Game AO 2018 Drama.

Based on the true story of Molly Bloom, an Olympicclass skier who directed an elite, high-stakes poker game before she was arrested by the FBI. Jessica Chastain, Idris Elba.

10:30 Toy Hunter 11pm Bondi Vet Midnight Jamie And Jimmy’s Food Fight Club 1am Rick Stein’s Taste Of Shanghai 2am Egypt’s Lost Queens 3am Outback Vet 4am Better Homes And Gardens 5:30 Storage Wars – New York

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6am Australia v Blackcaps (RPL) Second Test, Day Three.

From Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne.

8am Big Bash (HLS) Sixers v Thunder.

8:30 Australia v Blackcaps (HLS) Second Test, Day Three.

From Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne.

9:30 Women’s Super Smash (HLS) Hinds v Hearts.

From Pukekura Park in New Plymouth.

10am Super Smash (HLS) Stags v Aces.

From Pukekura Park in New Plymouth.

10:30 Australia v Blackcaps (HLS) Second Test, Day Three.

From Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne.

11:30 L Australia v Blackcaps Second Test, Day Four.

From Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne.

8:30 Big Bash (HLS) Sixers v Thunder.

9:05 L Big Bash Renegades v Strikers.

From Marvel Stadium in Melbourne.

6:35 How It’s Made PG 7:05 How Do They Do It? PG 7:30 Blowing Up History PG Hunt for the Real Atlantis.

8:20 UFOs – The Lost Evidence PG 9:10 BattleBots PG 10am Expedition Unknown PG Lost Tomb Of The Mummy. 10:50 Finding Escobar’s Millions PG What’s in the Box? 11:40 Gold Rush PG 12:30 Alaskan Bush People PG Clear and Pheasant Danger. 1:20 Alaska – The Last Frontier PG Bears Descend. 2:10 Mega Marine Machines PG Firefighting Super Ships. 3pm Mega Marine Machines PG World’s Largest Cruise Ship. 3:50 Mega Marine Machines PG Epic Earth Mover. 4:45 Mega Marine Machines PG US Navy Super Fleet. 5:40 Mega Marine Machines PG 6:35 Mega Marine Machines PG 7:30 Blowing Up History PG 8:30 BattleBots PG 9:25 Nasa’s Unexplained Files PG 10:15 UFOs – The Lost Evidence PG 11:05 Expedition Unknown PG 11:55 How It’s Made PG

12:30 Australia v Blackcaps (HLS) Second Test, Day Four.

1:30 Women’s Super Smash (HLS) Hinds v Hearts.

2am Super Smash (HLS) Stags v Aces.

2:30 Super Smash (RPL) Volts v Knights.

12:20 How Do They Do It? PG 12:45 Naked And Afraid XL PG 1:35 Wheels That Fail PG 2am Wheels That Fail PG 2:25 Naked And Afraid M 3:15 Naked And Afraid M 4:05 Naked And Afraid MLC 4:55 Naked And Afraid MLC 5:45 Naked And Afraid M

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CONWAY, Angela Monica – 9.01.1936 – 22.12.2019 Passed away peacefully at home, Ashburton. Aged 83 years. Loved wife of Richard, loved mother and mother-inlaw of Catherine and Michael, Rachel and Richard, Hamish and Alice. Loved Oma of Alex, Oliver and Tilly; Sophia and James; Max and Millie.

And loved special friend of Olive, her extended daughter.

She will be greatly missed.

Messages to PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740.

A celebration of Angela’s life will be held at the Sinclair Community Centre at St Andrew's, Park Street, Ashburton on MONDAY, December 30 commencing at 3pm. Followed by a private cremation at the Ashburton Crematorium.

PALMER, Pauline Marie – On December 22, 2019 passed away suddenly but peacefully at her home, Ashburton. Aged 80 years.

Dearly loved wife of the late Des Santy. Dearly loved mother and mother-in-law of the late Sue, and Jonathan Reveley, and Michael (Perth).

Cherished and much loved Gran of Ben and Jessie, Todd, Matt and Jemma and much loved great Gran of Hailey-Marie, Evah, Lachlan, and Oscar. Special friend of Kim, Megan, and Amy. Messages to the Reveley family, PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740. A service for Pauline will be held at our Chapel, cnr East and Cox streets, Ashburton on TUESDAY, December 31 commencing at 11.00am.

Followed by interment at the Ashburton New Lawn Cemetery.

WEIR, John Alan (Doc) – Passed away on December 23, 2019 at his home surrounded by his family in Ballina, Australia after a courageous battle with cancer. Aged 66 years.

Dearly loved husband of Gail, treasured father and father-inlaw of Jason and Sroinapa and adored Poppy of Ariya.

Loved eldest son of Gordon and Gretta (deceased).

Cherished brother and brother-in-law of Donny, Ann and David Lusk (Ashburton), Sharon (deceased) and Maree and Paul Sheehan (Ballina). Loved uncle of Renée and Danny Kay (Brisbane), Amy Lusk (Christchurch), Brady and Tara Sheehan (Brisbane), Gemma Sheehan (Ashburton) and Great-Uncle of Emily Kay. Respected friend of Swaine Ratana and Logan Ford.

Fly free on your final journey.

IN MEMORIAM ESLER, Kate Coreen (Katie) (nee Wainwright) – Taken too soon, peacefully at Ashburton Hospital on Sunday, December 22, 2019, aged 35 years. Dearly loved and cherished wife of Hamish. Much loved and devoted Mum of Holly and Ryan. Cherished daughter of John and Julie Wainwright (Timaru). A loved sister and sister-in-law of Matt and Jillisa, Bex and Nick, Simon, and Stacey and Greg. Loved daughter-in-law of Diana and Angus and Jim and Julie. A good friend to many.

Messages to 75 Pages Road, Ashburton 7700. Special thanks to the District Nurses and staff at Ward 1, Ashburton Hospital.

Donations to the Ashburton Cancer Society would be appreciated and may be left at the service. Katie will be farewelled at our Chapel, cnr East and Cox streets, Ashburton on MONDAY, December 30 commencing at 1.30pm. Followed by private cremation at the Ashburton Crematorium.

PALMER, Pauline Marie – Dearly loved younger sister and sister-in-law of Frances and Brian Nelson and Glenis and Graham Pluck.

BLACKWELL, Faye Precious memories of you Maureen – will last forever.

Ten years have passed.

We often think of you and miss you always.

Ken, Pam and family.

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ACROSS 1. It is fashionable for Monsieur to do his version of it (6) 4. It is an easy walk south with the goblin (6) 8. It will make one angry seeing it burnt in thurible (7) 10. That on the cake is a desirable addition (5) 11. Is it a mistake to call it lingerie? (4) 12. A dollar may cheer one up (4) 13. How to achieve the return of a young sheep (3) 15. He could be akin to a corporal in India (4) 16. An instruction to take away a smaller amount (4) 19. Wise old bird starts off with lucidity (3) 21. Company he is forming gives a sound return (4) 22. Fairylike being returns to a thing that bites (4) 24. It’s all right having a tailless pig or other animal (5) 25. If tense, it couldn’t be better (7) 26. It is not sound to rent it out (6) 27. Saves trying a part in which parish meeting may be held (6) DOWN 1. Cakes for ladies in royal service (5,2,6) 2. The way one speaks of it in cod form (7) 3. The North Sea is on the turn, which is rational (4) 5. Short and stocky, one might sketch it like this (8) 6. Being due to come first, go up and hold it (5) 7. It might be illuminating to see them on the march (5,8) 8. A Muslim lady will be first to stick to it (5) 14. Is by the hearth, if put up to live there (8) 17. Is not bankrupted by its abuse, but intoxicated (7) 18. How to form heaps of it (5) 20. It is said to be the soonest mended quantity (5) 23. One may be given this hand, to draw without instruments (4)

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): You can think of a challenge as an unfair obstacle thrown into your path or you can think of it as a test to reveal just how far you’ve come, how capable you are and where to focus your efforts toward mastery.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): On one hand, creative people can get bored by circumstances that don’t inspire them. On the other hand, remarkably creative ideas are born by pushing through that boredom into new possibilities.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): The social media influencer lost followers by superimposing herself onto Paris instead of actually going there. There is no substitute for showing up in real life, and everyone knows the difference.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): Symptoms are never the problem. Symptoms are the SOS in a bottle sent from the island of the problem. Avoid picking up the bottle and trying to comfort it.

Go find the island where help is needed.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): We’re always changing, just not always in the direction we want to. That’s why everyone needs a witness. Trusted friends, competent professions and objective strangers provide an outside perspective.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): Some shrink from danger.

Others seek it. And you do neither. You meet life as it comes, assess your risk and act. This is the cool-headed approach of confident living.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): It will be pretty easy to get your way today. It only involves a couple steps.

1. Establish a line of communication. 2. Ask. The heavens are arranged to favour your diplomatic skill.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): Write about your daily life including the small details of food, self-care, thoughts and routines. You’ll gain objectivity, insight and appreciation that extends both inward and outward.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): You respect a careful decision-making process when you see it and will take into consideration others’ experiences before you make your choice.

This is the smart way, and it will pay off, too.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): You will give people what they want if you’re sure you can for the right reasons. To avoid future resentment, figure out what’s in it for you. If the answer is only “charity,” and you feel good, that’s enough.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): Minute gestures convey deep and complicated emotions. Attention flows to certain things and doesn’t flow to others and the trail of that attention is a journey and a story.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): You know the difference between small gifts and great ones. It has everything to do with the intention, affection and care that goes into the package.

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“The democas a council candid d, he “I’m taking been party ely a clean skin; ate. ratic proces whether the opport I have not my hand s will decide I I’ve obviou to any prior decisio unity to declare earlier and hand up get in or not. You sly followe I hope it and put your ing on. d what’s ns, but may encourby declaring early have its say.” it’s up to the commu been gotheir name nity to “I don’t forward forage others to put Todd will see it as While he counci join counci having been a disadv in the mayora antage not llor Leen ing delega had been outspo l.” on counci there are l race. He Braam ken tions tention l, in but a leadlot declare to counci al commu to stand d his inup to speed of things I’ll need I know l over severnity issues, It is unclea in May. with.” to come town parkin includi r, howeve With 54 cumbent Ashburton g and the closureng inner Donna Favel r, whether inhe’d learnedyears as a retailer second i-SITE, Todd of the , will be term to the public,how to deal with Todd said said he earlier saying in the mayora seeking a and listen was qualitie l chair. After important other term, she would be in a mayor.s he believed were seeking she is now decide whethe saying she anwill nominations r or not to stand when open on July 16. ian

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