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A last-minute extension has seen Bike Methven secure its target goal, which will now go towards the collective tender for the Mt Hutt Bike Park land purchase.

Late last week the situation was looking uncertain as just 73 generous backers had pledged $54,841.48, of the $105,000 target.

But when crowdfunding website Givealittle shifted the deadline to today at 4pm, it resulted in a final flurry of support that pushed donations over the line.

By yesterday afternoon, that figure had jumped to an astonishing $108,530.60 pledged by 235 supporters from across New Zealand and the globe

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Money raised will be part of a collective tender for the sale of the land, coordinated by local farmer, Bruce Sim. Bike Methven president Daniel Burgess said the support had been overwhelming.

While local businesses and the mountain biking community had been behind the project, last minute promotion at the national champs in Cardrona harnessed interest, and the Loose Riders Christchurch group, produced a video encouraging support.

“It’s incredible, absolutely phenomenal,” Burgess said.

“The response has been out of this world.”

However, while the group’s target has been reached, Burgess emphasised the

work continues. “A huge thank you to everybody who has donated from far and wide, but it’s important that although we reached the target, the collective tender still needs to be successful,” he said.

“Certainly, if anybody is still interested in getting involved in the project, Bruce would still love to hear from them.

“Bike Methven was to raise money so we could become part of the collective tender, now the tenders close on March 2 so we’re in waiting mode. We have our fingers and toes crossed.”

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■ HIGH COURT TIMARU

Jury set to retire in Gairns trial A High Court trial of two of four people accused of causing the death of Ashburton man Arran James (AJ) Gairns by manslaughter should wrap up in Timaru today.

The jury trial of Olivia Toby Frances Lucas, known as Toby, and Verdun Ashley Perry, both of Ashburton, began before Justice Gerald Nation on Monday last week. It was originally set down for five days but spilled over into this week.

The two are further charged with assault with intent to rob Gairns.

The offending took place in Ashburton almost three years ago, in the early hours of May 31, 2014.

Desmond Kapi Marshall, admitted assaulting Gairns with intent to rob him, at a hearing in Timaru in July 2014, and has been held in custody.

The trial for the fourth man involved will take place later in the year.

Justice Nation has imposed strict suppression orders on all submissions and evidence presented during the trial.

Yesterday Crown prosecutor Andrew McRae addressed the jury of six men and six women during his closing submissions.

Defence counsellors followed with Rupert Glover, assisted by Douglas Brown, speaking on behalf of Lucas and Serina Bailey, assisted by Ethan Huda, for Perry.

Members of Gairns’ family, supported by friends have been in the courtroom, for the duration of the trial.

Justice Nation will deliver his closing address this morning before the jury retires for deliberations.

Swimmer’s body found Searchers have confirmed that the body of a 21-year-old student missing at Lake Karapiro has been found.

The Police National Dive Squad discovered the man’s body just after midday yesterday, nearby where he was last seen swimming on Sunday.

Te Awamutu Courier reporter Dean Taylor said the man was an international student from Malaysia, who had been studying at Waikato University.

The man’s friends were standing on a bank near the lake yesterday afternoon.

It is believed the 21-year-old was swimming in the lake on Sunday afternoon when his friends heard splashing.

In the short time it took them to turn around, their friend had disappeared into the water.

The water level in the area where the man disappeared was about 6m to 8m deep.

A jet ski at the scene was initially used to look for the man, but was unsuccessful. Police, the harbourmaster and the Westpac Rescue Helicopter have also been involved in the search.

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Students put nautical skills to test This week will see Ashburton Intermediate students testing their nautical skills.

Students from class 7/7 got the first taste of watery action, spending half of their time buddied up in small sailing boats,

and the other half in kayaks, spending roughly and hour and a half in each.

Teacher, Danielle Walsh, said that the aim of the day is for the students to be able to learn basic water skills and have a bit of fun.

The day also links in with the student’s inquiry topic around water safety.

The other classes will be making their way down to the lake one by one over this week and next.

■ BIKE METHVEN

Bike park meets funding target From P1 The 208 hectares of land that encompasses the mountain biking trails, at the base of the Mt Hutt ski area road, is up for sale by a tender process on March 2.

The community-led project raises funds in a collective tender with the goal of protecting the trails and developing recreational resources on the land for the wider community and visitors to the area to enjoy.

Bike Methven is a sports club which facilitates mountain bik-

ing, BMX and road cycling opportunities, while developing and maintaining trails, and organises national and international race events.

The land was owned by the University of Canterbury Students’ Association (UCSA) who also built the lodge on the site that remains today. In 2007, Bike Methven became an incorporated society and a formal licence to occupy was developed with UCSA. The Canterbury quakes in 2010

created a new operating environment for UCSA, and it required funds for repairs.

Forced to put the land up for sale, the UCSA approached Bike Methven with a purchase proposal. The club had half the membership than it does now and lacked resources to purchase the land outright, however it approached the current owners who established a group purchase entity and then generously allowed the club to continue developing trails for the community good.

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■ HERITAGE RESCUE

Revamping museums and loving it

By Megan gnad

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Former Ashburton College student Libby Neumann will star on the new season of Heritage Rescue as the show’s design assistant.

After completing her study at the University of Otago, she returned home to Mid Canterbury and worked over the summer holidays as an intern at the Ashburton Museum.

But very quickly, the opportunity to appear on television came calling.

The Choice TV show is about to air its second season featuring Brigid Gallagher, from Time Team, travelling the country to visit a different heritage site each week.

Neumann is currently on the road with Heritage Rescue and told the Ashburton Guardian she was “loving it so far”.

“I’m really happy with the final design of both of the museums we’ve done,” she said. “We also have so many interesting stories to tell in those episodes.

“The entire team is really friendly and I am learning a lot.

I’m loving working with Rose Evans, who is a very experienced museum conservator and expert.”

New Zealand has more than 600 museums and heritage sites, from large impressive institutions with plenty of staff and resources, to humble, out-of-the-way collections manned by volunteers and fighting for survival.

During the series, Gallagher and her team of specialists, call on the local community to lend some elbow grease, and together they reorganise the existing exhibition, create new exhibits, discover fascinating stories behind some of the significant artefacts in the collection and ensure these items are displayed respectfully and according to protocol.

Neumann completed her Bachelor of Arts with Honours (BA(Hons)) in Classics last year, and prior to that, a double major in Classics and Theatre Studies.

An air date for the show is yet to be announced.

Libby Neumann hard at work on the upcoming series, Heritage Rescue.

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Anglers participating in the 34th annual Rakaia River Salmon Fishing Competition have taken part in what has been described as an “exceptional” competition.

Rakaia River promotions president Ken Lee said that more than 90 fish were caught over the duration of the weekend, more than the past two competitions combined.

There were 556 entries, with another 114 junior entries.

Friday was the biggest day of the competition, with 58 fish being weighed in, 47 of those being salmon, and the other 11 trout. Lee said it was great to see four of the salmon were caught by junior entrants.

“The fishing conditions were perfect,” he said. “We had great weather throughout.”

“It is great to keep the interest up in the competition and to promote the preservation of the river,” he said.

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■ TINWALD SCHOOL

Students compete in a triathlon

Crash mystery Mystery surrounds a burnt-out, mangled car wreck discovered on a remote Otago bridge early Sunday. State Highway 87 at Kokonga, about 20km from Ranfurly, was closed for much of Sunday as police attempted to piece together how the smashed car came to rest ploughed into the railings of the Kokonga bridge.

The car was so badly damaged police could not confirm its make or registration.

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The Tinwald Domain was flooded with about 150 Year 3-6 students from Tinwald School on Friday as they tried their best to cross the line first in the school triathlon. Six classes of students took to the course, organised by year and boy or girl, racing around the domain as quickly as possible. All students competed, be that individually or as part of a team to complete the race.

Students in Years 1 and 2 will get their chance to compete in the school duathlon next week, running and cycling their way around the school.

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■ ASHBURTON DISTRICT COURT

Taser in road rage incident Nico Michael Smith activated a taser in a road rage incident in December.

In the Ashburton District Court yesterday, Judge Stephanie Edwards convicted and remanded the 21-year-old for sentence on April 24 on possession of an offensive weapon, and wilful damage.

The court heard the defendant was driving at Tinwald on December 11 about 6.45pm when “due to the manner of his driving” another motorist attempted to film him with a cellphone.

When the motorist pulled over, the defendant took a torch-like electric stun gun, or taser, from his car.

The pair argued outside the car and the defendant activated the taser, “causing it to spark between its electrodes”.

Two bystanders noticed and

called out to the defendant, whereupon he left the scene in his vehicle.

In explanation the defendant said he had just finished a 12hour shift and was angry about the other motorist’s actions.

He kept the taser in his car as someone he knew had threatened his life.

The wilful damage related to an incident on February 18 when he overtook another complainant. He later stopped on the side of the road at Hinds and threw a rock, denting the front passenger door. Police sought reparation of $663.55.

Lawyer Marilyn Gilchrist said Smith was addressing his anger management issues, and was not taking the matters lightly.

In another road rage incident before the court, Tyler Vincent Smith, 21, was convicted and

remanded for sentence to April 24 on a charge of wilful damage.

At about 4pm January 27 he was driving north along the Rakaia highway between Ashburton and Rakaia, carrying two passengers.

Tyler Vincent Smith took offence to a northbound Mazda work van which pulled into the northbound passing lane to pass slower traffic.

He followed the van to Rakaia, until it parked, and he parked his vehicle perpendicular to the van and the two drivers yelled at each other.

The defendant drove his car forward to collide at low speed with the side of the van, the two drivers yelled again before the defendant again collided with the parked van.

He told police he was sorry and was happy to pay for any

repairs, and police sought reparation for $1382.16.

In another case before the court, Bradley John Stenhouse, 20, was remanded to April 24 after being convicted of wilful damage.

Police prosecutor Sergeant Mike Wingfield said overnight May 19 to 20 the defendant and occupants drove a vehicle around the Marlborough region and damaged a total of eight different vehicles.

The vehicles belonged to unknown people, as well as expartners and disliked associates.

The charge referred to damage done to one victim’s vehicle, in which the windscreen was smashed with an extendable baton.

The defendant had said he was too drunk and stoned to remember.

Lionel Patea has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Kiwi-born Tara Brown, his expartner and mother of his child.

Justice Debra Mullins handed down the sentence in front of a packed public gallery including Brown’s mother, siblings and other family and friends yesterday. Patea stood in the dock with his cuffed hands clasped in front of him. He did not show any emotion as Justice Mullins read through the ghastly details of the murder - which he claims he cannot remember committing. He did not react at all when he was sentenced. - NZME

Two dead; five hurt Two people have died and five others are badly injured after a serious crash on the Coastal Highway, also known as State Highway 60, in Redwood Valley.

Police were called to the crash site, about 25 kilometres west of Nelson, at 10.48am yesterday.

A car towing a caravan collided with a truck carrying scaffolding.

A third vehicle was also thought to be involved. Police first said some of the occupants of the vehicles had critical injuries, but confirmed later that two people had died.

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Shot man named The man shot by police in Porirua on Sunday morning was 44-yearold Christopher Wayne Brown.

Brown, who is from the wider Porirua area, was shot early on Sunday after approaching a police car brandishing a machete. He died in an ambulance on the way to hospital. Police had been searching for Brown after a domestic dispute call-out. Police are still investigating the incident.

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■ ASHBURTON DISTRICT COURT

Man ‘loses it’, assaults co-worker Sean Patrick Watson, 27, went into a rage and “just lost it” when he assaulted a co-worker on November 23.

Judge Stephanie Edwards convicted and remanded him for sentence to April 10, on an assault with intent to injure charge, in the Ashburton District Court yesterday.

Police prosecutor Mike Wingfield said in the summary that Watson and the victim worked on the same Methven area dairy farm at the time.

They were in the milkshed when an argument about work procedures turned into a faceto-face heated exchange. Watson head-butted the victim, causing him to step backwards. The victim walked out of the milk shed to his farm bike.

Watson followed and stood on the opposite side of the bike and discussion became heated again before he struck the victim in the face with an insulated coffee mug, breaking the mug. He grabbed hold of the victim’s clothing and pulled him across the farm bike onto the ground, and punched him in the face and head about three times with a closed fist.

The victim sustained a cut left cheek, swollen forehead, bruised scalp and forearm.

The defendant admitted the facts when spoken to by police, stating he had “got in a rage and just lost it”.

Lawyer Clare Yardley said her client was a 2IC on the farm and she referred to a good letter from his employer, and that Watson had written an apology letter to the fellow worker, who was no longer on the farm.

“This man has no history of violence, it was out of character, I think one would say,” Yardley said.

In addition Judge Edward referred the case for a restorative justice meeting with the victim.

Peter Ford, 23, had his Toyota Corolla confiscated and was fined $800 on two charges, one of careless driving and another of excess breath alcohol.

On November 25 last year the defendant was travelling north on Seaside Road at Wakanui when he failed to negotiate a moderate left-hand bend, and crossed the centreline, crashing through a roadside stock fence. He turned sharply back towards the road, going through the fence at another point, before coming to rest perched down a bank.

Police were called and Ford returned 581 micrograms of alcohol per litre of breath.

Judge Edwards also disqualified him from driving for eight months.

Jordy Ian Lintott, 28, is seeking discharge without conviction on a charge of trespass at the Methven Camping Ground.

He was referred to restorative justice and remanded to April 10.

Richard Hugh Gould was convicted and fined $250 on each of five charges of failing to provide tax return information to Inland Revenue.

The court heard Gould was a busy farmer who had let the filing slip for the years of 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016.

A middle aged Ashburton man received interim name suppression after pleading guilty to assaulting a child, and male assaults female.

The defendant was remanded for sentence on April 24.

The court heard the man struck his seven-year-old son twice in the foot with a steel pole. His explanation to police was that he got to “the end of his tether and snapped” after he overheard his son hit his daughter three times on the leg with the pole.

The assault of a female charge

arose from when his wife stood between him and his son, and he grabbed her by the throat and attempted to push her out of the way.

Phillip Apache Shannon Grey, 36, had to discontinue a Stopping Violence programme after becoming angry on the course.

He was at a session in Ashburton on December 9 about 2.30pm when he became aggressive, shouting and verbally abusing a counsellor after a miscommunication.

He threatened to smash the counsellor’s face in and was asked to leave.

The judge put in place an order for Grey to come up for sentence if called upon within the next six months.

Kavit Swamy, 25, was caught driving while disqualified on his way to Christchurch to see his son on his first day at school.

He was disqualified for a further six months and sentenced to 40 hours community work.

Anthony Guy Marshall, 25, faced two charges, one of careless driving and another of drink driving, in the Ashburton District Court yesterday.

He veered off the road while travelling about 100 kilometres per hour, and went into a ditch about 2.30am on December 11. He was located by police next to the vehicle and transported to Ashburton Hospital and was found to have a blood alcohol reading of 152 milligrams per 100 milliltres of blood.

Marshall received a six month sentence of supervision, in which he would be able to undertake an alcohol and drug assessment, and undertake any resultant counselling. He was also ordered to pay the $109.25 fee for the alcohol blood test, disqualified for six months from driving, while being convicted and discharged on the careless use charge.

Callum Izak Graham received 40 hours community work for aiding and abetting his brother drive while disqualified.

Carlos Julian Liberona, 35, was fined $600 for cultivating cannabis.

Police said they found seven plants in his possession.

Judge Edwards said generally that number of plants would generate a community work sentence, however his job as a dairy farmer affected his ability to undertake such a sentence.

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Top left – Longbeach School AgriKids competitors (from left) Jessica Taylor 10, Richard Russell 9 and Brodie Burrowes 11.

Above – AgriKids Chertsey School competitors identifying various farm machinery and equipment. From left: Leilani Fifita 11, Leighton Watson 9 and Aidan Watson 11.

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■ AUSTRALIA

‘Monster in control’

BY ANNA LEASK Tara Brown’s mother has read a harrowing victim impact statement in court.

Earlier Lionel Patea pleaded guilty in Brisbane to murdering the Kiwi-born woman, his ex-partner.

About 40 of Brown’s family and friends were in the courtroom yesterday morning to hear Patea’s last-minute plea change.

Justice Mullins addressed Patea first, telling him: “It’s really important that you listen carefully”.

Patea stared ahead as the mother of his victim read her statement.

“I am the mother of Tara Brown, deceased,” began Natalie Hinton, supported by her partner, Jonathan Gardner.

“I speak with extreme fondness of my daughter. She was a lover, loving and loved.

“She was a lover of life.

“From a very young age Tara would explore and seek fun, push herself to the limits, give anything a go.

“The world was her oyster.

“She cared immensely and was always willing to help others.”

Hinton said Brown was “empathetic, warm, trusting” and had a pleasant disposition.

Brown cherished her friends and family and was “forever present” at gatherings and social events.

Hinton said she was haunted by the echo of her daughter’s laughter, her joyful banter, her dimples and beautiful smile.

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Tara Brown was murdered in Brisbane by Lionel Patea.

She said when Patea entered her daughter’s life she saw “a cycle of domestic violence unravel”.

Patea, according to Hinton, was self-centred, a narcissist and a masochist. His abuse led Brown to doubt herself.

“Her self-confidence declined; the monster was now in control,” Hinton said.

“She feared him, which increased my fear of him.”

Hinton said when her daughter realised her emotional needs were not being met and decided to leave, Patea took it badly.

He saw it as Brown being selfish and Hinton said he “tried to make her life hell with abuse and repulsive threats until the day he murdered her”.

When Hinton was called on September 8, 2015, she knew

Patea had done his worst.

“I knew I knew in the pit of my stomach he had found her,” Hinton said.

She spoke about sitting at her daughter’s bedside soon after the horrendous attack.

“There lay Tara in hospital.

“Motionless, bandaged, bruised, black and blue, broken and swollen ... a shadow of her beauty,” she said, her body shaking as she tried to control her tears.

“And then I was told the words a parent should never have to hear in a life time ‘the magnitude of Tara’s injuries are fatal and she is not going to make it’.

“Tara was dying.

“But ... she continued to give.

“Her huge heart found the strength to grasp on to life another 36 hours and she gave us

all time to say goodbye.

“On the 9th day of the 9th month at 9pm Tara passes away and my whole world caved in around me.

“This masochistic narcissist had murdered my baby girl.”

The court heard that Patea cannot remember murdering his ex-partner.

His lawyer has revealed that in the days leading up to the brutal attack Patea was selfmedicating with illicit substances.

He remembered some parts of chasing Brown around the Gold Coast in his car, but not the crucial moments.

“He has no recollection of the incident,” his lawyer told the court. “He recalls part of the incident at the intersection but he can’t recall the incident itself.”

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■ UNITED STATES

Confusion reigns at the Oscars Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight — not, as it turned out, La La Land — won best picture at the Academy Awards in a historic Oscar upset and an unprecedented fiasco that saw one winner swapped for another while the La La Land producers were in mid-speech.

Presenters Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway apparently took the wrong envelope – the one for best actress winner Emma Stone – onto the stage.

When they realised the mistake, representatives for ballot tabulators Price Waterhouse Coopers raced onstage to stop the acceptance speech.

But backstage, Stone said she was holding with her envelope at the time.

“I think everyone’s in a state of confusion still,” said Stone.

Later the actress, who pledged her deep love of Moonlight, added, “Is that the craziest Oscar moment of all time? Cool!”

It was, nevertheless, a shocking upset considering that La La Land came in with 14 nominations, a record that tied it with Titanic and All About Eve. Barry Jenkins’ tender, bathed-in-blue coming-of-age drama, made for just $1.5 million, is an unusually small Oscar winner.

Having made just over $22 million at the box office, it’s one of the lowest grossing best-picture winners ever.

“Even in my dreams this cannot be true,” said an astonished Jenkins, once he reached the stage.

Host Jimmy Kimmel had come forward to inform the cast that Moonlight had indeed won, showing the inside of the envelope as proof.

“I knew I would screw this up,” said Kimmel, a first-time host. “I promise to never come back.”

Producer Jordan Horwitz then graciously passed his

Best actress Emma Stone statue to the Moonlight producers.

Up until the chaotic end, the telecast had seesawed between jabs at Donald Trump and passionate arguments for inclusivity, with awards going

to La La Land, Moonlight and Manchester by the Sea. Damien Chazelle’s celebrated musical La La Land, up for a record-tying 14 nominations, took a while to start cleaning up.

But as the night went on, its haul began piling up, winning for cinematography, production, score, song City of Stars and best actress for Emma Stone.

Chazelle, the 32-year-old filmmaker, also became the youngest to win best director.

“This was a movie about love and I was luckily enough to fall in love while making it,” said Chazelle, speaking about his girlfriend and Oscars date, Olivia Hamilton.

“I want to say thank you to President Trump,” Kimmel said in the opening on the event.

“Remember last year when it seemed like the Oscars were racist?”

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She appeared to reveal that she had finally married her long-term partner Simon Konecki at the Grammy Awards earlier this month. But Adele’s good news has reportedly infuriated members of her family, who were said to be anticipating joining the chart-topping singer for summer nuptials. A source said: “Adele and Simon have a big family but some of those closest to them weren’t aware of any impending wedding and were shocked to hear one might have gone ahead. They feel disappointed if it’s true.”

Sitting ovation for JT He steered clear of any talk about President Donald Trump, but Justin Timberlake’s musical opening for this year’s Oscars still had tongues wagging. Timberlake opened yesterday’s Academy Awards ceremony with a song-and-dance routine to his hit song Can’t Stop This Feeling, complete with a remixed middle section and an outro that included covering a portion of Bill Withers’ Lovely Day. It was a feel-good opening to the ceremony that turned a little awkward when he threw to host Jimmy Kimmel and experienced microphone feedback. As Kimmel walked on stage he quipped: “Oh good, I got a sitting ovation,” and Timberlake was seen jokingly skulking out of the way.

Kidman forgets how to clap Nicole Kidman has been turning heads at this year’s Academy Awards for an unusual reason; it appears she has forgotten how to clap. The Australian actress has been captured on tape twice, enthusiastically applauding the ceremony with her hands splayed in a bizarre fashion. Kidman’s non-clap stands out next to her husband, Keith Urban, and Octavia Spencer, who both appear to clap like normal people. The clips have been swiftly shared on twitter.

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Raising funds – it’s a whole new ball game Megan Gnad

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n an incredible show of community support, Bike Methven reached its impressive $105,000 target, yesterday, thanks in part to crowdfunding and social media.

Just last week, the attempt looked uncertain, but after a push on Facebook, a nudge by local media and lots of good, old-fashioned word-of-mouth, they were overwhelmed to walk away with more than they ever bargained for.

It is early days in a drawn-out tender process, but an amazing demonstration of the community banding together and pledging to support something they passionately care about.

It’s also a great example of how groups and their supporters can make their voices heard when every single organisation across the country is desperate to secure each cent of funding they possibly can.

The crowdfunding and sourcing concept is changing the way we view fundraising and interact with donors.

For those new to the idea, it works by having many people donate large or small amounts of money to support an advertised project.

Pages like Givealittle, Kickstarter, PledgeMusic, FundraiseOnline, Boosted and GoFundMe now mean philanthropy is literally just a click away.

And it can be applied to whatever you are interested in, whether you’re the one after the assistance, or you feel generous and want to help someone reach a goal you believe in.

I’ve seen musicians plan, organise, compile and fund entire album launches based on fan donations and hard work.

Often, the reality is that if they don’t make an attempt to do it themselves, they get lost amid the popularity contest of record labels and their dreams may never be realised.

But with platforms such as PledgeMusic, supporters can band together to enhance diversity and see projects launch off the ground.

On the other end of the scale, we see results like yesterday’s one, where passionate mountain bikers and community-minded individuals show their support for something they believe in. The results speak for themselves.

While there’s still a place for sausage sizzles and working bees, today’s clubs, organisations and individuals embarking on big projects, are thinking outside the box, and it’s changing the way they achieve results.

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For those who have never had to train for, or fight a fire, you’ll never understand the dynamics, forces at play, risks and the scale of a fire the size of the Port Hills blaze.

True heroes T

he recent days are a reminder of the frightening realities of fire when ground and weather conditions align.

Over recent weeks many regions have been gripped by extremely dry conditions, the sort that turn much of what grows to tinder dry, fuel for a fire.

Through this period, we have seen a number of regions experience fires of varying degrees cumulating with the recent Port Hills blaze Tragically this fire also claimed the life of one of the true heroes in this event. Helicopter pilot David Askin was involved in battling the blaze from the air and the ground.

He was a decorated former member of the New Zealand Defence Force, a man who would not have hesitated for a second before committing to assist

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minimising the damage this fire would cause.

For those of us who have never had to train for, or fight a fire, we’ll never understand the dynamics, forces at play, risks and the scale of a fire the size of the Port Hills blaze.

Sadly, in an event of this scale what can be saved is dictated by the weather, particularly the wind, terrain and access, the fuel load and the resources that are available.

Unfortunately, a number of homes and buildings were lost,

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for those owners a real tragedy, yet the wonderful skilled work of the firefighters saved many more, when at times it appeared they may succumb to nature’s forces.

These firefighters, whether in the air or on the ground, operate in an extremely challenging theatre, one of ever-changing conditions, often quite abrupt, with the constant personal risk changing all the time.

Co-ordinating and directing the team in these conditions of extreme heat, poor visibility and unpredictable conditions is a monumental undertaking, with protecting life being the number one factor.

When I was a young freshfaced farmer I had a very close call when burning sprayed bracken and blackberry. Having sprayed many patches, I proceeded to burn them leaving one

particular patch adjacent to the bush until I felt the wind conditions were right.

On the day I felt the wind was right I lit the fire on the downwind side so it would slowly back burn towards the bush. Brilliant, all going great till the wind swung round and little embers started floating over the fence into the bracken on the bush edge.

Suddenly, little wisps of smoke started appearing, Rick’s over the fence in a flash, jumping on each wisp, leaping from one to the next through the knee-high bracken.

Thankfully after about 10 minutes, which seemed an eternity, the wind swung back around and my fire burnt to its completion.

A little black soot ball of a farmer meanwhile sat in the edge of the bush for a further three hours, too scared to leave till he

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■ SELECT COMMITTEE

Progress at last on RMA reform The government’s long-stalled second tranche of reforms to the Resource Management Act is finally on the move again, with the select committee deliberating on the largest bill currently before Parliament due to report back today.

Today’s tabling of the report on the Resource Legislation Amendment Bill comes more than two months ahead of a mid-May deadline, the bill’s fourth extension of time since being sent to select committee in December 2015.

The bill covers several pieces of environmental legislation, but at its core are a range of widely supported changes to the RMA, which governs environmental and planning decisions.

A few contentious elements have held the bill up as the government seeks agreement with its two-member support partner, the Maori Party.

The Maori Party’s main concerns have been over the ability of the Minister for the Environment to override local government decision-making, including on such issues as whether to declare an

The select committee deliberating on the largest bill currently before Parliament is due to report back today.

Nick Smith said the local governopposed the RLA in its entirety, area off-limits to genetically modACT because it doesn’t believe the ment and environment select ified organisms. Also important reforms go far enough and United committee had completed its dehas been the detail of new particiFuture because it believes they go liberations last Thursday, that the pation rights for Maori in environtoo far. bill would be reported back today, mental and planning decisions.

Speaking at the National Party’s and that he expected it to pass The government’s other two Blue-Greens conference over the through the Parliament in its ensupport partners, the one-MP ACT weekend, Environment Minister tirety in March. and United Future parties have

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However, he indicated that negotiations with the Maori Party are not yet finalised.

“Obviously, when the detail of the bill is reported back, we’ll need to work with the Maori Party to ensure that the agreement we’ve reached is translated into the final text of the bill and there will be some discussions there,” he said.

He confirmed also that the Productivity Commission is close to issuing a report on the RMA. The report is expected to recommend that environmental and urban planning law be separated to improve the speed and efficiency of decision-making in growing cities such as Auckland, where regulatory processes and planning regulation have been blamed as a significant element in a shortage of housing stock that has contributed to very house high price inflation.

That approach is likely to be supported in principle by both the National and Labour parties, although the speed with which such a major reform could be attempted is likely to be regarded as challenging.

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Sky TV boss Fellet hits out at Spark Sky Television chief executive John Fellet has hit out at Spark signing a deal with Netflix after it had played a part in “blocking” his company’s merger with Vodafone.

Spark New Zealand yesterday said it would be offering a free subscription to Netflix for a year when customers signed up to a 24-month unlimited data broadband plan, in a bid to become a major player in the entertainment space.

The deal comes after competitor Vodafone’s proposed merger with Sky Television was declined by the Commerce Commission last week.

The regulator said a merger would stifle competition, especially with its premium sports content, however Fellet said this was not accurate.

“Sport is far from the only highly desirable content,” Fellet said.

“Right now television series are the best we’ve ever seen, with premium drama attracting huge audiences and viewership worldwide. This is exactly the kind of move we anticipated in our dealings with the Commerce Commission.”

“I would imagine Spark are feeling pretty chuffed at their part in blocking our merger and then being able to announce a deal like this,” he said. “The irony is there for all to see.”

A spokesperson for Spark said the commission was aware of its plans to partner with Netflix, and so made its decision on a “fully informed basis”.

“In Thursday’s ruling, the Commerce Commission highlighted that it was Sky’s exclusive con-

trol of premium sports content rights that was problematic for New Zealand consumers – not general entertainment content,” a spokesperson said.

“Spark’s partnership with Netflix doesn’t stop customers from accessing Netflix or other services directly,” she said.

“We’ve put together a wholesale deal with a global content provider that makes economic sense for both parties – and as we’ve said before, we’d love the opportunity to do something similar with Sky in relation to sports content.”

A Vodafone spokesperson said the deal was not unexpected, and Netflix worked with all telco providers.

It said Vodafone had previously offered customers a similar deal with Netflix, and currently offered deals with Sky TV. - NZME

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■ NEW ZEALAND POPULATION

Immigration soars to another record The big migration trend, which underpins New Zealand’s strong economic growth, shows no sign of letting up.

Numbers for the year to January 31 showed a net migration gain of 71,300.

That’s a record for a 12-month period and the first time in New Zealand’s history the gain has topped 71,000.

It is also, as ASB economist Daniel Snowden points out, a new monthly record, with 6460 net arrivals (seasonally adjusted).

January was the fifth consecutive month above 6000.

Immigration looks set to be a key election issue with the opposition parties having highlighted the effect new arrivals may be having on house prices and other key infrastructure areas such as roads and schools.

The Government, along with many economists, argue strong immigration flows are a measure of the country’s success and contribute positively to the wider economy.

New Zealand’s economy is growing at 3 per cent and a year and is expected to accelerate.

However, on a per capita basis (accounting for the big popula-

tion gain) growth is more like 1 per cent.

A New Zealand Initiative report released last month concluded that “economic worries about immigration are overblown”.

It argued that migrants’ influence on house prices and unemployment are marginal while the value they add to the Government accounts is, on average, greater than that of citizens.

However, the report did note that a rapid population gain was putting the squeeze on infrastructures, such as roads and schools, and was creating shortterm costs.

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MARKET REPORT Dairy Canterbury continues to be dry, with little rain and high temperatures for February returning dryland pasture growth back to single-figure levels. Autumn rains will need to start soon, as nights cool. Any recovery will be limited by soil temperatures.

The global milk flows stagnate, with Europe reporting volumes down for the sixth month in a row. This is partially countered by US production that is up for the past four months.

At home, Fonterra report they have lifted their annual milk estimates and plan to increase offer volumes at auction by 10,500 tonnes in the next 12 months.

The latest auction followed milk future trends, as prices fell by 3.2 per cent. The market continues to be volatile and very sensitive to supply news.

On the positive side, a Ministry of Primary Industries report reinforces the importance of dairy to the NZ economy and Fonterra holds the milk forecast but increases the advance rate for the rest of the year.

Westland farmers rate this year the worst in the last 20, with many on restricted milking and production down 15 to 20 per cent.

The Aussie banks report agricultural impaired loans are increasing, mainly in the dairy sector, as those with reduced production and heavy debt face major survival issues.

Lamb Lamb schedules were steady this week but processors report prices are expected to ease after the Easter chilled programme ends this week.

Forward sales of frozen product look reasonable, but with this year’s kill behind the norm (13.2 per cent back on last January), increased supply could pressure prices to some markets.

The board of Blue Sky Meats now supports the $2.20/share takeover offer as another NZ meat processing works falls to Asian investors.

The South Island leads the north in local trade

prices for both lamb and mutton, although returns from prime lambs sold via the saleyards has evened out.

Wool This week’s small South Island auction saw prices lift as growers held back supply in a bid to stimulate the market.

Crossbred indicators rose by 17-21c/ kg clean and passings were at the lowest seen in the last two months.

Some report that values appear to have bottomed, but the double island auction next week rostered to sell 16,000 bales will reveal what volume these prices will sustain.

In Aussie, superfine merino wools (18mic and finer) are floating in record territory as demand for quality fine fibre seems to continue unabated.

Beef Another week of steady schedules for prime and further lifts for bull beef as processors look to acquire stock before the bull production season ends.

Like lamb, beef processing figures are well back on last year, led by reduced numbers of dairy cull cows.

Allied Farmers report their first half profit has fallen on the back of a lower bobby calf kill as more animals are reared to meet the demand from the beef sector.

The new water legislation plan has been announced by Government and it appears sheep and cattle farmers will be facing extra costs to fence off waterways like their dairy counterparts have had to do.

Deer Venison schedules lifted again this week as old programmes run out and demand builds for a shortage of stock.

Alliance is offering a minimum price contract for animals until the end of April as they look to share the risk of venison pricing itself off the market, compared to other animal proteins.

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Progress made Contestants all business as Young F on NZ trade with Iran Minister of Primary Industries Nathan Guy has witnessed an agreement in Tehran enabling the resumption of sheep and beef exports to Iran, and witnessed Zespri signalling its willingness to explore the development of the kiwifruit market.

“This is a crucial step for New Zealand meat companies as they look to re-enter the Iranian market,” Guy said.

The conclusion of a meat arrangement between the Iranian Veterinary Organisation (IVO) and the New Zealand Ministry for Primary Indus-

tries provides the conditions for chilled and frozen sheep and beef exports to resume with Iran, the second largest economy in the Middle East and North Africa region.

The agreement was witnessed with Iranian Minister of Agriculture Mahmoud Hojjati during their meeting in Tehran recently.

The ministers also discussed an action plan for agricultural cooperation in the year ahead.

Ministers Guy and Hojjati also witnessed the signing of a statement of intent between Zespri and Iran’s Ministry of Agriculture acknowledging the potential of the Iranian market as a large fruit consuming and growing country.

“Current import conditions mean that New Zealand is unable to export kiwifruit to Iran. However, the letter of intent outlines undertakings to further explore commercial opportunities in Iran.”

Iran has well-established kiwifruit orchards and supply chains, and operates in a counter seasonal supply window to New Zealand.

“This visit is an important opportunity to strengthen our agricultural relationship, following the signing of an agricultural cooperation arrangement last year.

“Iran has traditionally been an important market for New Zealand agricultural exporters, particularly dairy, and this visit has identified areas in which we can diversify these commercial ties and further technical co-operation.”

Young Farmers of all ages and stages enjoyed a day of competition and events on Saturday, for the Aorangi Regional FMG Young Farmer of the Year contest, held at the Methven A&P Showgrounds.

Guardian photographer Robyn Hood was there to take these pictures.

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Farmer competition heats up in Methven 1

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2 – Cameron Black tackling the irrigation challenge.

3 – John Mehrtens races off on his four-wheeler in the Agri-sports challenge.

4 – James Gunson of Foothills Young Farmers perfecting his calf-roping technique.

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6 – Toby How on fencing.

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Mrs Beeton, the family Google

BY VANESSA COULTER

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As with the commander of an army, or the leader of an enterprise, so is it with the mistress of a house.’ These are the opening words of Mrs Beeton’s famous Book of Household Management, published in 1861.

More than just a cookbook, this manual of life showed the newlymarried Victorian woman how to cook, nurse and hire a butler. It was the indispensable guide that came out with many of our early settlers and went on to inspire many more cookbooks and handy hints books.

Mrs Beeton’s books now provide a time portal to the everyday lives of Victorian families and makes for a fascinating read for anyone with an interest in the way Victorian households lived.

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Let’s bake a cake, Mrs Beeton style One of the problems with Mrs Beeton’s book, and the technology of the time, was a lack of standardisation and a great deal of assumed knowledge. For example, Mrs Beeton’s recipe for coffee cake calls for a tea cup of brown sugar and a cup of butter. Which cups you chose from your kitchen would have determined how well your cake turned out, because measuring cups had not then been invented.

The measuring cup was invented in 1896 by Fannie Farmer, a pioneer in the world of cooking, based in Boston.

You also had to, “pick, wash and stone your raisins and currants well”. Yes, that is how it is worded, but how you do that is not explained. I feel sorry for the newlymarried young lady who read this and didn’t have the foggiest idea either. No wonder anyone who could had a maid and cook!

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Sugar Then there was sugar. The young Victorian woman didn’t get off easily there either. Sugar loaf was the common form of sugar and was used in many of Mrs Beeton’s recipes. Unlike today’s easy-to-use granulated sugar, sugar loaf was as it sounds – literally a loaf of sugar that you had to break up by hand.

If you were lucky you were gifted sugar nips, a tool that was used to break pieces of sugar off the loaf. You then had to manually granulate the sugar through a grater or a grinder.

Some recipes called for sifted loaf sugar, just to add an extra step – because you were at home all day and had all the time in the world, right? Baking was not a quick activity in Victorian times.

Ovens Once you had attended to your raisins and finished mixing the batter, there was the not-sosimple task of baking your cake in a coal range. Hint: There were no temperature controls like we have today.

The coffee cake recipe calls for a “quick” oven. Yes a quick oven!

For me, that prompts visions of trying to catch my oven as it runs around the kitchen quickly. Other temperatures that were called

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1 – The beautiful labels on tinned kitchen supplies from the collection of Ashburton Museum.

2 – Young women learning aspects of household management at an Ashburton Technical School cooking class, 1912.

3 – An inspiring colour plate of puddings, pies, sweets and savouries from Mrs Beeton’s Book of Household Management. Plate VII.

for included cool, slow, brisk and tolerably brisk.

Women got to know their own coal range and could tell how well it was heated by splashing water on the front door or watching how a little flour thrown into the oven bounced across the oven tray.

If the oven was not ready then adjustments would be needed to be made to the wood or coal and the dampers, which controlled airflow.

The outcome Once you had guessed which cup and spoon size was the cor-

rect size, hoped your soda was in good order because baking powder was only invented in 1856 and was still expensive – even if you could get your hands on it.

Then selected and stoned your dried fruit and appropriately mixed your batter, plus caught your oven at the right speed and

kept it at the right speed, you may or may not have an edible cake at the end.

Don’t forget while all this was going on, being a Victorian wife and mother was more than a fulltime job. It is easy to see why Mrs Beeton’s Book of Household Management was essential reading.

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RESULTS ■ Bowls Allenton Bowling Club February 25 Ron White Cup – Club drawn triples - sponsored by Grieve Construction.

1st A. McGirr, F. McKnight & P. Gibson – 3 wins, 16 ends & 36 points, 2nd M. Smallridge, T. Johnson & A. Henderson – 3 wins, 13 ends & 29 points, 3rd B. White, K. McLaren & M. Foggo – 2 wins, 1 Draw, 16 ends & 24 points, 4th R. Kane, R. Smitheram & B. Officer – 2 wins, 1 Draw, 13 ends & 24 points.

Ashburton Bowling Club February 25 Saturday Roll Overs 1st Ted Connell, Colin Cross and Bruce Ching, 1st= Alison Gibbs, Chas Rooke, Colin Bird and Don Weir 2 wins 8 ends 11 points for 9 points against

MSA Bowling Club Result of MSA Bowling Club’s Ladies Triple Tournament Sponsored by Joanne Chapman, February 22 2017.

1st N. Wood, F. McKnight, A. Read. 3 wins 19 ends 44 points 2nd M. Foster, S. Thomas, J. Harris. 3 wins 19 ends 31 points 3rd D. King, G. Crack, K. Muir 2.5 wins 16 ends 37 points. 4th D. Gutberlet, O. Collins, A. Gibb. 2.5 wins 16 ends 35 points.

Hampstead Bowling Club February 24 Friday Half Day Triples - Proudly Sponsored by the Devon Tavern 1st Place B. Holdem, S. Holdem, A. Crawford 3 Wins, 18 Ends 30 Points, 2nd Place M. Anderson, Rodger, G, Colin. A 3 Wins, 17 Ends 36 Points, 3rd Place J. Argyle, B. Watson, C. Cleghorn 3 Wins, 14 Ends, 22 Points.

■ Bridge Ashburton Bridge Club February 13 2Rounds N/S 1st Ann Gilbert & Lynette Leadley, 2nd Ruth Logan & Fiona Williamson, 3rd Shirley Harris & Faye Priest. E/W 1st Dee Murdoch & Sheila Lyons, 2nd Pat Wise & Mary Bruce, 3rd Shirley Young & Marion Oakley February 14 2 Rounds N/S 1st Amanda Gray & Paul Fergus, 2nd Lois Rose & Trevor Coulter, 3rd Val Ferrier & Ian Doel. E/W 1st Carolyn King & Edna Segers, 2nd Pauline Fergus & Val Palmer, 3rd Linda Baker & Mike Holmes February 15 2Rds diff ptnr N/S 1st John Fechney & Sue Rosevear, 2nd Rosemary McLaughlin & Judith Edmond, 3rd Noreen Smith & David Wilkinson. E/W 1st Kay Robb & Pauline Fergus, 2nd Arthur Maude & Perry Jowers, 3rd Rona Brownlie & Val Palmer February 16 Mary Mulligan Trophy N/S 1st Mary Buckland & John Knight, 2nd Mike Holdaway & John Fechney, 3rd Bill Kolkman & John Shearer. E/W 1st Linda Baker & Arthur Maude, 2nd Jim Rooney & Maureen Kolkman, 3rd Kay Robb & Pauline Fergus February 20 B and C Ladder N/S 1st Bruce Leighton & David Wilkinson, 2nd Jan McClelland & Lynette Leadley, 3rd Bev Blair & Mary Bruce. E/W 1st Pat Wise & Joyce Johnson, 2nd Sheila Lyons & Ruth Logan, 3rd Gladys Baker & Noel Baker February 21 A ladder N/S 1st Melva Stowell & Pauline Fergus, 2nd Evelyne Taylor & Alan Wright, 3rd Amanda Gray & Paul Fergus. E/W 1st Sue Rosevear & John Fechney, 2nd Trish Small & Maurice Small, 3rd Annette Blain & Carolyn King February 22 Valetta Trophy N/S 1st Rosemary McLaughlin & Judith Edmond, 2nd Mary Buckland & Trish Small, 3rd Beth McIlraith & Maree Moore. E/W 1st Bev Macaulay & John Irwin, 2nd Rewa Kyle & Trish Downward, 3rd Val Palmer & David Wilkinson February 23 Mary Mulligan Trophy N/S 1st Mary Buckland & John Knight, 2nd Rona Brownlie & Peter Downward, 3rd Martin de Jong & Rosemary McLaughlin.

E/W 1st Mike Holdaway & John Fechney, 2nd Paul Fergus & Sue Rosevear, 3rd

■ Cycling Mid Canterbury Social Wheelers Wednesday night McGee and Social Wheelers Cups and Trophies Series 1st Brian Fauth 28m 41s. 2nd Paul Hands 28m 41s. 3rd Emma Hudson 28m 41s. 4th Matt Marshall 23m 17s. 5th Oliver Davidson 23m 18s. 6th. Paul Macfie 23m 21s. 7th Rob Hooper 23m 21s. 8th Ross Templeton 23m 22s. 9th Kevin Opele 23m 22s. 10th Doug Coley 23m 23s. 11th Don Morrison 25m 53s. 12th Drew Titheridge 24m 26s. 13th Mark Smitheram 24m 27s. 14th Peter Restieaux 34m 58s. 15th Amy Ferguson 27m 28s. 16th John Ferguson 27m 28s. 17th Michelle Davidson 25m 58s. 18th Isabella Roulston 27m 29s. 19th Paul Summerfield 26m 10s. 20th Michael Templeton F/T 21m 50s. 21st Nathan Tew 2f/t. 21m 51s. 22nd Brad Hudson 3f/t. 21m 51s. 23rd Tony Ward 4f/t. 21m 51s. 24th Myles O’Donnell 5f/t. 21m 53s. 25th Ethan Titheridge 25m 12s. 26th Dave Shurrock 28m 15s.

27th Bruce McClelland 25m 27s. 28th Brent Hudson 29m 59s, 29th Roger Wilson 26m 24s. 30th Jelle Hendricksen 23m 13s.

■ Football English League Cup final English League Cup results Final: Manchester United 3 (Ibrahimovic 19, 87, Lingard 38) Southampton 2 (Gabbiadini 45+1, 48)

■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club February 24 Midlands Seed Friday night teams Top Team: Hit & Miss 93 – Deborah Baron, Michael Wong, Peter York, Men: Cunning Studs 89.5, The Fishermen 87, Dude Where’s My Par 86, I P Knightly 86, Women: Brandy Slice 86, Mixed: Gabites Swingers 89.5, Rate Payers 89 Top lady: Deborah Baron 33, Top man: Matt Tait & John Fechney 33 Nearest the Pins: Templeton Motors – not struck, Paul May Motors – John Baird, Mac & Maggies – Ron Carlson, BP Ashburton – Peter Morrison, Gabites Lucky Player – Tom Wing, BP Lucky Player – Jude Stoddart Twos: Craig Goodwin, Charlie Alexander, Ron Carlson, Pete Bruce February 25 and 26 A highlight of the Harvey Norman Classic was a hole in one at #4 to Pat Turton on Saturday.

Overall winners: S Restieaux & M Hickman 123.

Nine Hole: W Hopwood & C Anderson 66.75, P Woods & G Clinton 68, S Prince & R Hansen 69.25.

Women: S Bradford & J Austin 129.5, M Wederell & J Evans 130.25, C Knight & C Bell 133.5, P Bell & J Senior 133.5 Mixed: M Smith & S Fowler 123.75, B & P Turton 127.5, J Tutty & J Hurst 130, M & P Walker 130.25.

Men: G Douglas & A Tindall 124.5, B Franklin & P Bailey 124.75, B MacGregor & H Niles 127.25, B Ferriman & J Girvan 128, A Neill & T Hale 129.25, J Pruden & S Cunnold 129.5, P Bradford & B Walsh 129.75, B Nuttall & E Davis 130, C Grant & L Moore 130, J & D Green 130.25, V Carr & R Winter 132, P Morgan & T Sa 132.

Sadness Award; F Williamson. Lucky Cards: J Welch and B Smith Nearest the Pin: Saturday - P Turton (Hole in 1), T Bain, C Grant, S Murphy. Sunday – R Carlson, C Bell, P May, W Lin. Longest Drives: Women: B Flannery (both days). Men: J Green and C Grant.

Twos: B Franklin, B Collins, C Bell, A Middleton, P Bailey and R Carlson.

Saturday Shootout: P Walker.

Mayfield Golf Club February 16 9 hole division Handicap Ladies 1st Jo Cook 56:23:33, 2nd T Gallagher 57:19:38 Stroke and Stableford February 23 Ladies 1st B Morrison 55:22:33, 21 stbf, 2nd T Gallagher 55:19:36, 18 stbf, on c/b J Cook 59:23:36, 18 stbf, Men 1st J Greenslade 56:16:40, 16 stbf, 2nd G Jacobson 69:23:46, 13 stbf Nearest the Pins: Greg Sim Building and Excavating 2nd Shot No 2 – J Greenslade, Mayfield Transport Ltd No. 5 – T Gallagher February 22 Final Twilight 9 Hole Stableford Competi-

United’s Marcos Rojo celebrates with Zlatan Ibrahimovic, at the end of the English League Cup final. tion: Gordon Duthie 21 stableford points, Mark Greenslade 20, Hayden Tasker 19, Arnold Rushton 19, Ian Beach 19, Steve Cross 18. Nearest the Pin: Ali McLeod; Two’s Gordon Duthie.

Next Wednesday 1pm start.

Methven Golf Club February 22 Ladies Division White or Yellow Teas. Drawn Partners.

Winners: Lynn Worsfold 93-23-70, Sharyn Bree 94-22-72, Robyn Maw 99-26-73 Nearest the Pin: Silver No 4 Jenny Senior, Bronze A No 6 Lyn Schott, Bronze B No 17 Sandra Marr, Open No 13 Sharon Bree Sponsers: Supervalue, Methven Travel, Methven Pharmacy and Methven Four Square Supermarket.

Two’s and Nett Eagles Naomi Fairful, Jenny Senior, Robyn Maw(2), Lynn Worsfold February 24 9 Hole Golf: Satoshi Otaki 60-24-33, Hiromi Ikehata 43-8-35, Bridget Thompson 64-29-35, Sharon Burrell-Smith 56-19-37, Lorna Dent 57-19-38, Alan Dent 58-20-38, Annette Maw 58-19-39, Mike Markillie 5516-39, Adrienne Goodwin 68-29-39, Alister Goodwin 60-20-40, Jodie Monk 59-19-40, Pam Callaghan 72-29-43 PGG Best Player = Satoshi Otaki February 25 Men’s Division 2nd Round Rodger Harris Memorial, Stableford Aggregate Senior: Craig Middleton 40, Intermediate: Mark Gorman 44, Junior A: John O’Duffy 44, Junior B: Rodger Callaghan 43.

Other Good Scores: 43 Lames Rooney, Les Linton. 39 Bob Collins, Max Ferris. 38 Pete Wood, Peter Kemp, Keith Middleton.

37 Athol McAlpine, Sam Fitzgibbon, Piers Rolton. 36 Bruce Dickson, Gavin Santy, Phil Johnson, Ross Breach By lot.

Two’s: Max Ferris, Craig Middleton, Dayle Lucas, Jeremy Johnson.

Dubliner Best Nett: Mark Gorman 63. Methven Foursquare Second Best Nett: James Rooney by lot. Methven Travel Best Gross: Keith Middleton 76 by lot.

Closest to the Pin-Aqua Japanese Restaurant No 4: Graeme Gunn; Hunters Wine No 6: Max Ferris; Ski Time No 13: Barry Wackwitz; Green Parrot No 17: Piers Rolton: Cinema Paradiso 2nd shot No 14: Peter Chadwick.

Next Week: Medal Round - Blue Tees. 1st Round Callaghan Trophy.

Rakaia Golf Club February 22 Ladies Divison, 3 clubs and Putter Sally Smith 96- 25 – 71, Marion Wederell 96 - 73. Railway Tavern 2nd shot no 3: - Marion Wederell, Rakaia Seed Cleaning 2nd shot no 6: Jo Johnson, V Bell Nearest Pin no 8: Teresa Booker, Chertsey Spraying 2nd shot no 15: Michelle Kingsbury, S. Quinn 2nd shot no 17: Teresa Booker

Tinwald Golf Club February 23 Twilight Stroke – alternate teas Leading scores in the stroke round with the men playing off the yellow tees and the women off the red on Thursday: Men: -6; Mata Kamate 31, Jeff Hewitt 32, Brain Rouse 32, Tony Sheppard 33 b/l. 7-10; Ryan Fahey 29, Kerry Venmore 30, John Schofield 30, Richard Hewson 31, Eugene Davis 32. 11 plus; Ryan Braddock 32, John Young 33, Darren Green 33. Women: 0-14; Maxine Whiting 31, Jacqui Beardsley 32, Leen Bell 32. 15 plus; Carol Shanks 33. Bayleys nearest the pin: # 2 Eugene Davis. 312 Leen Bell. Two’s; Michael Thomas, Eugene Davis.

February 25 Stroke

Leading scores in the 1st round of the Smitheram and Grant Trophies played on Saturday. Men: Senior -12; Kevin Bishop 66, Ryan Ford 67. Intermediate: 13-18; Wayne Mellish 68, Steve Kircher 70, Brian Rickerby 70. Junior: 19 plus; Ben Hobson 64 c/b Tony Inwood 64, Nigel King 69. Women; Barb MacGregor 68, Jacqui Beardsley 72. Nearest the pin; Tinwald Liquorland #2; Jason Mactier. Gluyas Ford # 6; Sally Lane. Bedrock Bar and Stonegrill # 12; Randall Feutz.

Ace Auto Electrical # 16; Kevin Bishop. G&R Seeds 2nd shot # 11; Selwyn Munro.

Two’s; Neil Rayner, Trevor Emery Net eagle; # 6 Not struck.

■ Petanque Ashburton MSA Petanque Club February 26 Presidents Triples held in Ashburton Winners: Richard Browne, Betty King, Bev Attewell, Runner-up: Stephen Kyle, Val Partleton, Marion Harrison, Third: John McKay, Irene Herron, Wil Nuberg.

■ Rugby Six Nations Six Nations Championship results, standings England 36 Italy 15 Ireland 19 France 9 Scotland 29 Wales 13 Standings P W D L F A BP Pts England 3 3 0 0 76 47 0 13 Ireland 3 2 0 1 104 46 0 10 Scotland 3 2 0 1 72 57 0 9 Wales 3 1 0 2 62 57 0 5 France 3 1 0 2 47 54 0 5 Italy 3 0 0 3 32 132 0 0

■ Squash Celtic Squash Club Results from last week’s round of the Celtic Squash Club’s summer league: Brendan Clark drew with Mike Jackson 2-2, Reece Wallington drew with Rob Giles 2-2, Mike Keen beat Charlotte Smith 3-1, Jock O’Connor lost to Brendon Adam 1-3.

Ben Kruger drew with Pat Summerfield 2-2, Chris Thompson lost to Chris O’Reilly 0-3, Rebecca Abernethy lost 6to Andy Morrison 1-2, Ryan Jackson beat Kate O’Reilly 4-0, Adam Clement lost to Chris O’Reilly 1-2.

Ian Dolden lost to Mark O’Grady 1-3, Ron Carlson drew with Steve Devereux 2-2, Kirsty Clay lost to Di Ness 1-2, Ed Harrison drew with James McCloy 2-2, Jess McCloy lost to Phil Andrew 2-4, Chrissie Stratford beat Rebecca McCloy 3-0, Marie O’Reilly beat Steve Devereux 2-1, Billy Nolan beat Paul Cousins 2-1.

■ Tennis Mid Canterbury Tennis February 22 Twilight Division 1 Smithies 19 v TBC 14, Tridents 17 v Hackers 16, We Are Stihl Suzuki 18 v Famous Grouse 15, High Raters 18 v Get a Grip 15, Hit and Miss 14 v Council Crew 19, ADC Aces 15 v Miss Hits 18.

Division 2 Hit 4 Brains 16 v The Unknowns 17, String Quartet beat Raqueteers by default, Lucky Strings 17 v Triple Threat 16.

February 23 Sunset Doubles Ladies Go Girls 3 v Wanna Bees 3, Casual Sets 2 v Dorie Damsels 4, The Sunset Girls defaulted to Backhand Babes, The Ladies 2 v In with A Shot 4.

Division 1: AFC 3½ v Carrfields 1 2½, Serve n Volley 6 v Cates Grain & Seed 0, Fairton

Turkeys 2 v Heineken Openers 4.

Division 2: Double Faults 6 v New Boys 0, Ball Wackers 6 v Carrfileds 0, Lakers 4 v Coasters 2.

Division 3: Cream of the Crop 3 v Backspin 3, Winchmore 3½ v Faultless 2½, Miss Hits 2 v Golden Flyers 4 Division 4: Rough Enough 6 v Highly Strung 0, Burton Battlers ½ v Read Revellers 5½, 4 Aces 4 v I’d Hit That 2.

February 25 A Reserve Methven lost to Tinwald 6 matches to 0: N. Alombro & J. Sheridan lost to H. Tawatao & J. Jones 2-6, 4-6, C. Hollings & V. Talbot lost to J. Leslie & L. Scott 6-7 (4-7), 0-6, N. Alombro lost to H. Tawatao 2-6, 3-6, J. Sheridan lost to J. Jones 3-6, 4-6, C. Hollings lost to J. Leslie 0-6, 2-6, V. Talbot lost to L. Scott 6-7 (2-7), 2-6.

Hampstead lost to Southern 6 matches to 0: L. Prendergast & J. Barry lost to A. Watt & A. McKeown 2-6, 6-7 (6-8), O. Bubb & A. Spicer lost to R. Watt & L. Adam 2-6, 6-0, 0-1 (7-10), L Prendergast lost to A. Watt 1-6, 0-6, O. Bubb lost to R. Watt 2-6, 2-6, J. Barry lost to L. Adam 4-6, 3-6, A. Spicer lost to A. McKeown 1-6, 2-6.

Allenton lost to Dorie 4 matches to 2: J. Parsons & G. Preston lost to J. Jackways & F. Pye 2-6, 3-6, C. Collins & H. Preston lost to L. Pye & C. Sloper 3-6, 3-6, J. Parsons beat J. Jackways 6-7 (5-7), 6-2, 1-0 (11-9), G. Preston beat L. Pye 6-1, 3-6, 1-0 (10-3), C. Collins lost to C. Sloper 2-6, 2-6, H. Preston lost to F. Pye 2-6, 2-6.

Junior A Southern Stingers beat Methven 4 matches to 2: J. Adams & M. Veix lost to S. Fulton & G. Newton 3-6, J. Keating & C. Brook beat C. Wareing & E. McSweeney 6-1, J. Adams beat S. Fulton 9-4, M. Veix lost to G. Newton 6-9, J. Keating beat E. McSweeney 9-4, C. Brook beat C. Wareing 9-3.

Hampstead/Dorie beat Hampstead 33 games to 30: M. Hopkins & J. Barry lost to O. Bubb & R. Breen 1-6, Z. Aschen & E. Trumper beat A. Whittaker & W. Copland 6-4, M. Hopkins lost to O. Bubb 1-9, J. Barry lost to R. Breen 7-9, Z. Aschen beat A. Whittaker 9-1, E. Trumper beat W. Copland 9-1.

Junior B Methven Black lost to Southern Stars 6 matches to 0: B. Giera & J. King lost to G. Austin & S. Henson 4-6, S. Furndorfler & R. Giera lost to C. O’Connell & S. Wilson 3-6, B. Giera lost to G. Austin 1-6, J. King lost to S. Henson 4-6, S. Furndorfler lost to C. O’Connell 1-6, R. Giera lost to S. Wilson 1-6.

Allenton beat Dorie 4 matches to 2: D. Gilbert & K. Harrison beat S. Kingsbury & S. Pye 6-0, J. Amos & J. Gilbert lost to O. Jackways & B. Sloper 0-6, D. Gilbert beat S. Kingsbury 6-0, K. Harrison lost to O. Jackways 4-6, J. Amos beat S. Pye 6-2, J. Gilbert beat B. Sloper 6-5.

Grade Unknown Methven BYE lost to Hampstead 6 matches to 0: L. Farrell & L. Markillie lost to A. Spooner 0-6, N. Cavanagh & H. Watson lost to G. Butler & J. Bruce 0-6, L. Farrell lost to A. Spooner 3-6, L. Markillie lost to R. Wall 1-6, N. Cavanagh lost to G. Butler 2-6, H. Watson lost to J. Bruce 0-6.

Methven Green beat Southern Smash 4 matches to 2: G. Casey-Solly & J. Ermio beat M. Armstrong & H. Bishop 6-4, M. Hydes & A. Ermio lost to S. Scott & A. Pearson 4-6, G. Casey-Solly beat M. Armstrong 9-5, J. Ermio beat H. Bishop 9-5, M. Hydes lost to S. Scott 8-9 (5-7), A. Ermio beat A. Pearson 9-1.

Methven White beat Allenton Aces 30 games to 26: J. Campbell & C. Perham lost to A. Ciora & S. Hoskins 2-6, E. Watson & A. Armour beat H. Bradford & C. Gorton 6-5, J. Campbell lost to A. Ciora 5-6, C. Perham beat S. Hoskins 6-3, E. Watson lost to H. Bradford 5-6, A. Armour beat C. Gorton 6-0.

DRAWS ■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club March 4 A Stroke round off the Blue Tees will be played as the first qualifying round for the Club Championships.

Report for an 8am morning start or at 12 noon for a 12.30pm afternoon start.

March 5 A mixed day including the first round of the White Trophy. Report at 12noon for a 12.30pm start.

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■ RUGBY

Italy upsets Eddie

By Patrick Mckendry During his successful stint with Japan, Eddie Jones was known as an innovator; the World Cup victory over rugby superpower South Africa in Brighton two years ago was inspired by his unorthodox approach.

It was seen as a David v Goliath triumph and made waves around the world.

Now Jones, the outspoken Australian, is in charge of a superpower himself – England – and after his team’s 36-15 Six Nations victory over Italy at Twickenham, he was in no mood to congratulate the visitors for their innovation in not contesting the breakdown and therefore not being bound by the offside line.

In fact, as his fellow countrymen might say, he was filthy, and those of a critical nature could probably find a little hypocrisy in his post-match statements.

The Azzurri, brilliantly coached

by Irishman Conor O’Shea and former Springbok Brendan Venter, led England 10-5 at halftime and completely bamboozled the English attack until a flurry from the home side in the final 10 minutes.

“I’m not happy with what happened – I don’t think that’s rugby,” Jones said afterwards.

“I was remembering Trevor Chappell, mate.

“Remember Trevor Chappell, bowled underarm along the ground.

“Similar rules today.”

England’s victory put their test streak at 17; they need to beat

England coach Eddie Jones isn’t amused by Italy’s bending of the rugby rules.

PHOTO AP Scotland at Twickenham in a fortnight to equal the All Blacks’ record of 18 and if so have the potential to beat it against Ireland in what would be a blockbusting test at Dublin a week later.

Italy’s tactics were not dreamed up the day before the England test.

In a comprehensive report written by ESPN’s Tom Hamilton, coach O’Shea said the tactic, named the Fox, had been devised earlier in the Six Nations follow-

ing Italy’s defeat by Ireland.

“There was an offside in the Ireland game that was clarified as being onside,” O’Shea said.

“We thought it was a missed penalty but we got the reason why and thought ‘oh, that’s interesting’.

“Brendan said ‘please listen and don’t think I’m mad’.

“We talked last Sunday as a group of coaches and said ‘ok, will we go for this?”’

However, a meeting with refer-

ee Romain Poite on the eve of the Twickenham test almost scuppered the plan when the Frenchman told the pair the rule had been tweaked that week.

Hamilton wrote: “The issue was this: the lack of an offside line behind the breakdown remained, but they could no longer take out the opposition scrum-half as it had been deemed not to be in ‘the spirit of the game’.”

The plan instead was to disrupt England’s attack by standing in the way of halfback Danny Care rather than tackling him.

“We are not inventing anything,” O’Shea said.

“If there’s a tackle there’s no offside. We can go there.

“We never played the No9. We just occupied space.

“We didn’t just dream this up on Friday night.

“A lot of planning went into it.

We wanted the ball.

“The purpose of defence is to get the ball.

“We came here to play.

“Just remember, we attacked off scrums, we kicked into the corner, we did not come here to roll over.

“We challenged people’s minds and a lot of credit to Brendan Venter for doing what he did.

“Look at the number of turnovers we got today.”

After the heavy loss to Ireland, O’Shea was determined to try something different and it could only be the start.

“We have a few other animals up our sleeves as well, not just the Fox.” - NZME

Mo’unga may be out for eight weeks

By Patrick Mckendry The reality of Super Rugby has quickly hit for rivals Scott Robertson and Tony Brown in their first seasons as head coaches.

Both have lost a key back after round one, with Richie Mo’unga and Ben Smith injured, and of the two teams who face each other in Dunedin on Saturday it is perhaps the Crusaders who are worst off.

First-five Mo’unga, who fractured a hand in his team’s victory over the Brumbies in Christchurch, started every match for the Crusaders last season and has been ruled out for up to eight weeks following surgery.

All Blacks fullback Smith suffered concussion in the Highlanders’ loss to the Chiefs and will miss the next two matches at least.

The Crusaders will back their depth to cover the absence of 22-year-old Mo’unga – specifically Marty McKenzie and Mitchell Hunt, with the latter impressing at the pre-season Brisbane Global 10s tournament.

Richie Mo’unga broke his hand in last Saturday’s game.

But Mo’unga showed in filling Dan Carter’s boots so well last season that he will be missed.

He is a young man who knows what he wants and how to get it – as a 14-year-old he seized the opportunity provided by his parents’ holiday in Australia to get his first Samoan and Tongan tattoos – so confidence and decisiveness clearly aren’t issues for him.

The Highlanders, meanwhile,

have Matt Faddes as Smith’s replacement after the All Black suffered concussion when his head hit the turf, an injury which will have grabbed the attention of Steve Hansen as much as Highlanders coach Brown.

Faddes didn’t have the easiest of nights after his first-half substitution as his team put in an error-ridden performance, but he was a quality operator for the Highlanders last year and pos-

sesses pace and the ability to make something from nothing.

The injuries to Mo’unga and Smith over the weekend were by far the most serious suffered by the five New Zealand teams.

Another potential blow for Robertson is Seta Tamanivalu’s hamstring niggle which forced him to leave the field against the Brumbies. Tamanivalu, an offseason signing from the Chiefs, offers a point of difference for the red and blacks with his power on attack.

But overall, while Brown will be bitterly disappointed with the Highlanders’ defeat after they dominated the Chiefs but failed to put them away, Robertson should be quietly satisfied with the Crusaders.

A couple of mistakes let the Brumbies off the hook, and Robertson’s forwards provided a pushover try against a relatively tough Aussie pack who are no mugs in this area.

Robertson should also welcome back flanker Matt Todd, a late withdrawal against the Brumbies with a leg infection.

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In brief Selection headaches As expectations of the Blues inevitably rise after their brilliance in dismantling the Rebels, the spotlight before their next, tougher, assignment against the Chiefs in Hamilton will fall on whether coach Tana Umaga changes his winning team, and in particular whether he selects All Blacks Patrick Tuipulotu and Jerome Kaino. The two key forwards were never in the frame for the round one match at AAMI Park – Tuipulotu got the green light to train with the franchise only a fortnight ago following the upheaval of his positive, and then negative, drugs test, and Kaino was never going to be available due to his managed return in accordance with the wishes of the All Blacks coaches.

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Hardie loss for Scotland Scotland have suffered another injury blow to their RBS 6 Nations campaign after it was confirmed John Hardie will miss the Dark Blues’ final two games of the Championship. Saturday’s 29-13 win over Wales at Murrayfield means Vern Cotter’s side will travel to England in two weeks’ time looking to claim their first Triple Crown in 27 years. But having already lost skipper Greig Laidlaw and loose forward Josh Strauss for the remainder of the competition, they will now have to take on Eddie Jones’ rampant England side without another of their influential back-rowers.

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Victory up with best Australia’s first test crushing of India could be considered the nation’s best-ever triumph on foreign soil, ex-test great Jason Gillespie says.

Gillespie says the 333-run thumping in Pune has set up Australia for its first series victory in India since 2004. “It’s one of, if not the best, performance by an Australian side overseas pretty much ever,” Gillespie said. “With everything that was going against them, I think it’s right up there.”

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Planning for the future Jeetan Patel’s selection in the expanded 15-man New Zealand squad for the fourth one-day international against South Africa is a means of countering the three left-handers in the visitors’ top six, but also forms part of a wider Champions Trophy plan.

The 36-year-old off spinner’s brief, if picked, will be to turn the ball away from Quinton de Kock, JeanPaul Duminy and David Miller on helpful Seddon Park clay. However, Patel’s county experience could be a factor when New Zealand play what is effectively the International Cricket Council’s biennial miniWorld Cup in June.

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Hutson, Garvey run hot Mark Hutson and Amelia Garvey have recorded hugely dominant victories at the South Island Stroke-Play Championship in Dunedin. St Clair Golf Club played host to some clinical golf from both champions as Hutson won by a comfortable five shots and Garvey an incredible 12 shots. With rounds of 65, 69, 66 and a final round of five-under 66, Hutson was unstoppable as he continues to elevate his game to new heights.

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In brief Statham just misses New Zealand Davis Cup team member Rubin Statham has fallen just short in his bid to win a second consecutive $15,000 Futures singles title in consecutive weeks in Anning in China. Statham won the title in the same city the previous week, but on this occasion was defeated in the final 2-6 6-4 7-6(7) in two hours 21 minutes by Chinese Taipei Davis Cup player Tsung-Hua Yang, a former top 200 ranked opponent.

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Raonic withdraws Top-seeded Milos Raonic has withdrawn from the Delray Beach Open final because of a hamstring injury, handing the title to American Jack Sock. The 26-year-old Canadian, the fourth-ranked player in the world, slightly tore his right hamstring in his semi-final victory over Juan Martin del Potro which forced him to pull out yesterday.

The third-seeded Sock wound up with his second title of the year and moved up to a career-best 18th in the ATP rankings.

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Marshall stoked

The Mid Canterbury tennis side which claimed the coveted Browning Shield for a fourth consecutive year on the weekend.

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■ TENNIS

Shield stays in the cabinet

By Matt MarkhaM

matt.m@theguardian.co.nz

The Browning Shield is again Mid Canterbury’s shield.

The prestigious piece of tennis silverware was won by Mid Canterbury on the weekend for the fourth consecutive year after a nail-biting final round clash with Ellesmere.

Heading into the final round of play – the mixed doubles – Mid Canterbury needed to win two of their matches, which they managed to do with both games going to a tie-break.

“It was about as close as it could get,” Mid Canterbury coach Andre van Rooyen said.

“But to see our team rally together and pull through the results that we needed was really great to watch.”

Van Rooyen said the team were buzzing about the success after such a long weekend of matches against teams from Ellesmere, Malvern and also North Canterbury.

Play was held in Kaiapoi on Saturday and for the beginning on Sunday before the inclement

weather sent the final matches to Wilding Park and onto the inside courts.

Mid Canterbury ended up winning the overall title with 13 matches next to their name, two wins clear of Ellesmere on 11.

“We couldn’t have probably scripted a better final to be honest, and all the matches were so close so it was like a true final.”

Mid Canterbury managed to put a strong squad on to the courts of 10 men and 10 women over the two days of play and it was the effort of everyone that,

ultimately, got them over the line.

“To single out one or two players who shone, because they might have won more matches over the weekend wouldn’t be fair.

“This was a fantastically balanced side featuring players of great experience and some talents that are still quite young to it all.

“But each and every one of the players who took the court for us contributed to the result and that was probably the most satisfying aspect of it all.”

After taking second place at round two of the Demon Energy D1NZ National Drifting Championship Northland’s Tom Marshall went one better in round three of the Pro Series with victory at Baypark Stadium. The win means Marshall sits atop the points standings ahead of title contender Cole Armstrong, who suffered at his local event.

“This is our fourth year now so to finally get a win in the Pro Series is amazing,” said Marshall. “I’ve always wanted a win, but to finally do it – we’re stoked!”

- NZME

Frosty wants title back Ford star Mark Winterbottom has described the pain of losing his Supercars crown as like a “dagger in you”, but has vowed to fight back against Triple Eight domination this year. After claiming his maiden title in 2015, Winterbottom was forced to hand over his crown to Shane van Gisbergen last year as he limped home to sixth. As the Supercars season prepares to kick off with the Clipsal 500, Winterbottom said he and his Prodrive Racing team were fiercely motivated to get their hands back on the title. - AAP

■ MOTOR RACING

Rea takes a double

Busch takes maiden Daytona 500

Jonathan Rea has celebrated a home-away-from home double after sweeping the opening world superbike championship round at Victoria’s Phillip Island. The Northern Irishman began his world title defence in style, triumphing narrowly on his Kawasaki in final lap duels with Ducati arch-rival Chaz Davies in both races. Rea, married to Phillip Island’s Tatia Weston, spends summer at the island, wasted no time in enjoying the triumph with his local supporters.

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Kurt Busch had a monster start to the season with a last-lap pass to win the crash-filled Daytona 500.

Busch is sponsored by Monster Energy, which kicked off its first season as the title sponsor for NASCAR’s top series yesterday with the season-opener.

It wasn’t NASCAR finest moment, though, as multiple accidents pared down the field and had a mismatched group of drivers racing for the win at the end.

“The more that becomes unpredictable about Daytona, the more it becomes predictable to predict unpredictability,” Busch said.

“This car’s completely thrashed.

“There’s not a straight panel on it. The strategy today, who knew what to pit when, what segments were what.

“Everybody’s wrecking as soon as we’re done with the second segment.

“The more that I’ve run this race, the more that I just throw caution to the wind, let it rip and just elbows out. That’s what we did.”

It appeared to be pole-sitter Chase Elliott’s race to lose, then he ran out of gas.

So did Kyle Larson, Martin Truex Jr. and Paul Menard.

As they all slipped off the pace, Busch sailed through for his first career Daytona 500 victory.

It also was the first Daytona

500 win for Stewart-Haas Racing, which is co-owned by Tony Stewart.

The three-time champion retired at the end of last season and watched his four cars race from the pits.

“I ran this damn race (17) years and couldn’t win it, so finally won it as an owner,” Stewart said.

Ryan Blaney finished second in a Ford.

AJ Allmendinger was third in a Chevrolet, and Aric Almirola was fourth for Richard Petty Motorsports.

The win was a huge boost for the Ford camp, which lured Stewart-Haas Racing away from Chevrolet this season and celebrated the coup with its second Day-

tona 500 victory in three years.

Joey Logano won in a Ford in 2015.

NASCAR also this year passed a rule that gave teams just five minutes to repair any damage on their cars or they were forced to retire.

But the race was slowed by wreck after wreck after wreck.

That included a 17-car accident at the start of the final stage that ended the race for seventime and reigning series champion Jimmie Johnson and Danica Patrick.

It was a particularly rough incident for Patrick and her StewartHaas Racing team, which had all four of its cars collected in the accident.

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Red Bull unveil new car Red Bull have become the final of Formula One’s elite teams to reveal their car to be driven by Australian Daniel Ricciardo and Dutchman Max Verstappen in the forthcoming season. Red Bull, the former world champions, are hoping to take advantage of the change to the sport’s technical regulations and usurp Lewis Hamilton’s dominant Mercedes team this year.

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■ NZ DERBY

Breslin pleased with roughie Mike Breslin believes punters are under-estimating his chances as he prepares to have his first New Zealand Derby runner at Ellerslie on Saturday.

The Awapuni trainer will be represented in the Gr.1 $1 million Vodafone New Zealand Derby by Stephenstihls, who will be ridden by Hayden Tinsley.

“My horse is a $60-shot and he’s better than that,” Breslin said.

“There is going to be classier horses in the Derby, but I’m confident mine will run out the 2400 metres.

“Hayden feels the same. He says he relaxes and should have no trouble with the distance.”

Breslin says he and the owners have completely changed focus with Stephenstihls since purchasing the son of Smart Missile for $220,000 from the Select Yearling Sale at Karaka.

“We bought him as a Karaka Million two-year-old but he was never going to get there,” Breslin said.

“Then as an early three-yearold we looked at having him ready for the 2000 Guineas, but he wasn’t ready.”

Stephenstihls did pick up black-type last October when second to Hall Of Fame in the Listed Zacinto Stakes at Riccarton and during NZ Cup week he cleared maiden ranks over 1600 metres.

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Impressive debut winner Aim Smart will be sidelined until spring.

The Tony Pike-trained juvenile, who races in the colours of the China Horse Club, was sent out the $1.90 favourite for Saturday’s Listed Reid & Harrison (1980) Ltd Slipper, but faded to finish second-last. The well-regarded son of Smart Missile was subsequently found to be sore behind and will not race again this season. - NZME

Dee on Rising Red Caulfield-based jockey Michael Dee will return to his homeland to partner the Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young-trained Rising Red in Saturday’s Gr.1 $1 million Vodafone New Zealand Derby.

A son of Redwood, Rising Red proved too good for his older rivals at Sandown last week and previously had finished a closing second to subsequent Group Two winner Farson.

- NZME

First ride a winner

Stephenstihls in winning form for Johnathan Parkes at Trentham.

Freshened-up he then completed a double when winning at Trentham over 1400 metres and since then Breslin has given him just two starts.

The first was at Ellerslie in the Listed NZB Insurance Karaka 3YO Mile when second-last and the other at Woodville when stepping up to a staying test for

the first time and finishing fourth to Irish Chat over 2100 metres.

“I could have given him his first run over ground in the Avondale Guineas, but decided to go up for Karaka Million night instead and use that to look around Ellerslie,” Breslin said.

“I was happy with his Woodville run. He carried 58 kilos that

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day and he’s improved a lot since then.”

Stephenstihls will go into the New Zealand Derby with three weeks between runs, but Breslin isn’t perturbed.

“I could have pushed on and given him one more but he’s not a robust horse and he didn’t need it,” Breslin said.

- NZME

Dead Cat Bounce happy to call Menangle home Former Kiwi trainer Nicole Molander made a triumphant return to the scene of some of her greatest moments on Miracle Mile night.

When Molander and husband Dean first made the move from NZ to live in Australia, Menangle was their backyard.

Aim Smart sidelined

They won a stack of races there with champion trotter Keystone Del – including the now defunct Group 1 Glenferrie Challenge twice.

Molander was back on the big stage winning another feature trot last Saturday night with another former Kiwi trotter,

Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Addington Raceway Meeting Date: 28 Feb 2017 NZ Meeting number: 3 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9; 10 and 11; 12 and 13; 14 and 15 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12; 13, 14 and 15 1 12.11pm THE FITZ SPORTS BAR SPRINT C0, 295m 1 2F624 Unbridled nwtd M &...........................Jopson 2 62 Asserting Power nwtd ............... A Bradshaw 3 47 Jinja Cream Fizz nwtd......................A Joyce 4 34322 Fabre’s Lass nwtd .....................R Blackburn 5 31 Vallende Star 17.53...........................J Dunn 6 67448 Goldstar Beckham nwtd S & ........... B Evans 7 Duke Baxter nwtd ...................J T McInerney 8 Cannonball Bolt nwtd C & .................. Fagan 9 71 Amelia Rob nwtd ....................... M Robinson 10 4FF67 Festive Flair nwtd ...................J T McInerney 2 12.29 HAPPY 75TH BIRTHDAY PETER ROSANOWSKI DASH C0, 295m 1 35641 Stu On It 17.67 M & ............................ Smith 2 F833 Sweet As Brad nwtd..................R Blackburn 3 Sozin’s Noir nwtd ...................J T McInerney 4 226x6 Camside Rose nwtd ......................R Adcock 5 63467 Goldstar Delta nwtd ...............J T McInerney 6 33555 Tepirita Wyatt nwtd M & ....................Jopson 7 53 Captain Chilly nwtd ................... A Bradshaw 8 36455 Machine Man nwtd ......................D Kingston 9 71 Amelia Rob nwtd ....................... M Robinson 10 856x6 Kim’s My Name nwtd ......................J Goode 3 12.47 CLARKSON SIGN STUDIO STAKES C0, 520m 1 275 Opawa Lass nwtd L & ........................ Wales 2 33455 Dead Wong nwtd M & .......................Jopson 3 63223 David’s Legacy nwtd ................. M Robinson 4 55274 Hello It’s Me nwtd ...................J T McInerney 5 655x5 Call Me Soon nwtd ..........................J Goode 6 36566 Know Other nwtd ...........................G Cleeve 7 427 Rum Gin Mixer nwtd.........................A Joyce 8 Magma nwtd C & ............................... Fagan 9 25768 Know Bargain nwtd ........................G Cleeve

seven-year-old mare Dead Cat Bounce.

Taking the mare to Menangle has proved to be an inspired move.

She was struggling to regain peak form in Victoria and has won three on end at Menangle.

Last Saturday night was by far

the biggest in the $54,000 Group 1 Australian Pacing Gold Trotters’ Cup (1609m).

Just moments after he won the Miracle Mile, Chris Alford produced another gem of a drive, weaving through gaps late to dash past the leaders in a 1min54.1sec mile.

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Matamata apprentice Tegan Newman is still coming to terms with her successful start to her riding career. Newman (21), had her first ride on stable runner Massofdash for her employer, Jim Collett, and she guided the Align mare to a decisive win in the New World Maiden 1400 at Matamata on Saturday. “It’s still kicking in a bit,” said Newman. “I could hear the whole crowd screaming as I was getting to the finish. Everyone was so happy for me.”

- NZME

Hirini seeking treble Weissmuller continued the country cups run for apprentice Danielle Hirini and trainer Kevin Myers when winning the $30,000 Affco NZ Ltd Wairoa Cup on Sunday. Hirini has won the last two runnings of the Poverty Bay Cup on Weissmuller’s stablemate Scapolo and has now ridden 11 winners for Myers. She took Weissmuller to the front and had him travelling well coming to the home turn then kicked him clear to win by a length and three-quarters from Francis Drake.

- NZME

Christchurch dogs Today at Addington raceway

4 61848 Royal Descent 17.60 .................R Blackburn 5 1728 Devil’s Tongue 17.67 ................. A Bradshaw 6 32212 Settle Grettel 17.69 .........................J Tanner 1 Jazz Me Blues nwtd ............................A Lee 7 48333 Kalonga 17.47 S & ..........................B Evans 2 Magnetrix nwtd C &............................ Fagan 8 77356 Wunzee 17.21 ........................J T McInerney 3 Fill The Till nwtd ...........................A Williams 9 75485 Seaspray Cracker nwtd ...............B Freeman 4 61 Pyro Polly 17.51 ................................J Dunn 5 71732 Nicey Spicey 18.08 ................... A Bradshaw 10 74685 Wong Box 18.00 M & ........................Jopson 6 27667 Manhattan Style nwtd ............J T McInerney 8 2.30pm CHEVIOT TRUST HOTEL STAKES C1, 520m 7 21321 Ohoka Angel 17.60 ...................... A Waretini 1 21275 Opawa Mine 31.62 L &....................... Wales 8 37T35 Andolas nwtd ............................R Blackburn 2 66132 Waimac 31.07 ........................J T McInerney 9 71 Amelia Rob nwtd ....................... M Robinson 3 46474 Arcane Sabre 30.35 M &...................Jopson 10 768 Epic Nunu nwtd M & .........................Jopson 4 25555 Opawa Val 30.50 L &.......................... Wales 5 47141 Bombs Falling 30.46 J & .................D Fahey 5 1.22 DREAM COLLECTOR AT STUD STKS C1, 520m 6 62723 Charlie Runkel nwtd ..........................J Dunn 1 53212 Opawa Plum 30.51 J & ...................D Fahey 7 12426 Cawbourne Palmer nwtd ..............C Roberts 2 53678 Another Message 30.42 M & ............Jopson 8 53836 Sergio Destroyer 30.88 ..........J T McInerney 3 27424 Pipe Dream nwtd ...................J T McInerney 9 48662 Poetik 30.78 S & .............................B Evans 4 11131 Vikings 30.37 J & ............................D Fahey 5 26656 Opawa Pam nwtd L & ........................ Wales 10 65657 Spring Sam 30.74 ..................J T McInerney 6 44644 Cawbourne Ridge nwtd................C Roberts 9 2.50 AMBER CLEANING SERVICES SPRINT C1, 295m 7 53637 Goldstar Miley 30.64 S & ................ B Evans 1 57x73 High On Vee 17.94 .......................A Williams 8 788x8 Zipping Sonny 30.43 ..............J T McInerney 2 34273 Kelly’s My Name 17.74....................J Goode 9 48662 Poetik 30.78 S & .............................B Evans 3 62537 Max Brainstrain 17.39 M & .................. Smith 10 28637 Opawa Alex 30.79 L & ....................... Wales 4 43428 Crazy Sunday nwtd ................J T McInerney 6 1.46pm COALGATE TAVERN SPRINT C1, 295m 5 42252 Hatfield 17.53 ............................ A Bradshaw 1 14 Know Sweat 17.72 .........................G Cleeve 6 58571 Unconscionable 17.66 M & ...............Jopson 2 13222 Talk Talk 17.42 ....................................A Lee 7 x2146 Pipes Of Peace 17.60 ...............R Blackburn 3 4148 Zulu Jasper 17.63 ...........................J Tanner 8 24735 Cisco 17.28 S & .............................. B Evans 4 83576 Ester Action nwtd S & ..................... B Evans 9 77673 Ultra Action 17.24 S &..................... B Evans 5 42312 Nippa-A-Spot nwtd .................J T McInerney 10 17845 Terra Alert 17.31 C & ......................... Fagan 6 38485 Another Cruise 17.39 M &.................Jopson 10 3.09pm NINA’S GIRL DISTANCE C1d, 645m 7 44738 Mulberry Thunder 17.70 ............... K Cassidy 1 51441 Translator 38.33 J & ........................D Fahey 8 23487 Sparkling Terra 17.23 C & .................. Fagan 2 F5353 Goldstar Dallas 39.00 S &............... B Evans 9 16683 Ngakawau 17.56 ...............................J Dunn 3 46467 Mystic Action 38.14 S & .................. B Evans 10 36674 Hilton Cust 17.61 ...................... A Bradshaw 4 37665 Luciastar nwtd ........................J T McInerney 7 2.10pm FAST ARCHER AT STUD DASH C1, 295m 5 74174 Gentleman Tim nwtd J & .................D Fahey 1 63661 Goldstar Tu Puc 17.77 S & .............. B Evans 6 45146 Opawa Hope 38.37 J & ...................D Fahey 2 35343 Falconhurst 17.73 ............................A Joyce 7 53414 Vicarious 38.68 ............................C Roberts 3 32452 Know Bias nwtd .............................G Cleeve 8 22223 Opawa Cheviot nwtd J & .................D Fahey 10 54652 Opawa Sledge nwtd L &..................... Wales

4 1.04pm HAMPDEN TAVERN SPRINT C0, 295m

9 45152 Dyna Alk nwtd ..............................C Roberts 10 87888 Chase Me nwtd ......................J T McInerney 11 3.26pm LITTLE BROWN JUG DASH C1, 295m 1 16534 Goldstar Phelps 17.71 S &.............. B Evans 2 51565 Sophie’s Last 17.85 C &..................... Fagan 3 78572 Eug The Scrooge 17.69 M & .............Jopson 4 25735 Tricky Action 17.48 S & ................... B Evans 5 54328 Ohoka Hunter 17.80..................... L Waretini 6 11866 Minder 17.57 ..........................J T McInerney 7 32388 Cawbourne Brandy nwtd..............C Roberts 8 11 Know Logic 17.73 ..........................G Cleeve 9 86854 Fear Marina 17.51..................J T McInerney 10 76x83 Lagoon Twist nwtd...........................J Tanner 12 3.44 SPECTATOR’S BAR & BISTRO STKS C1, 520m 1 25558 Thoracic 30.49 .......................J T McInerney 2 51372 Cawbourne Excite nwtd ...............C Roberts 3 14383 Opawa Kim 30.41 J & .....................D Fahey 4 44878 Opawa Minstrel 30.57 L & .................. Wales 5 32122 Goldstar Jagger 31.16 S & .............. B Evans 6 15352 Sader Nation nwtd .........................G Cleeve 7 71648 Graeburn nwtd .......................... A Bradshaw 8 82636 Trendy Blake nwtd ..................J T McInerney Emergencies: 9 48662 Poetik 30.78 S & .............................B Evans 10 68773 Opawa Judy 30.84 L & ....................... Wales 13 4.07pm BARRON’S SUPPLIES SPRINT C1, 295m 1 34276 Coleridge Jim 17.60 M &..................... Smith 2 45572 Royal Action 17.29 S & ................... B Evans 3 52211 Zugzwang 17.62 ....................... A Bradshaw 4 44485 Lucky Sunday 17.58...............J T McInerney 5 24242 My Hoki 17.58 M &............................Jopson 6 53354 Jinga Snag 17.85 .............................A Joyce 7 23446 Jinno Gino 17.65 ......................... J McMillan 8 6314 Sozin’s Blue nwtd ...................J T McInerney 9 8x555 Ohoka Tyler 17.47 ........................ L Waretini 10 64766 Goldstar Dodge nwtd S & ............... B Evans 14 4.25 ROBBIE PHOTOGRAPHER DASH C1, 295m 1 84852 Lagoon Allira nwtd M & ....................... Smith

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

54263 Timely Reminder 17.17 M & .............Jopson 1 Crotty 17.98 .............................. A Bradshaw 27748 Smokey Action nwtd S & ................. B Evans 81144 Homebush Tulip 17.59 ...........J T McInerney 47455 Kelly’s Boy 17.60 .............................. S Whall 12545 Tip The Babe 17.46 C &..................... Fagan 62318 Ohoka Magic 17.70 ...................... A Waretini 16683 Ngakawau 17.56 ...............................J Dunn 7x674 Mississippi Girl nwtd ..............J T McInerney 15 4.45pm PROTEXIN DASH C1, 295m 1 25176 Agent Anna 17.57 ..................... A Bradshaw 2 4713 Nippa Eel nwtd .......................J T McInerney 3 82643 Terra Jago 17.41 C & ......................... Fagan 4 86546 Blazin Action 17.86 S & .................. B Evans 5 21171 My Bro Michael 17.54 ............... M Robinson 6 66562 Wong Answer nwtd M & ....................Jopson 7 57266 Jinja Billy 17.47 ............................ L Waretini 8 867x8 Glory Hog 17.55 .....................J T McInerney 9 77673 Ultra Action 17.24 S &..................... B Evans 10 86566 Goldstar Bomber 17.33 S & ............ B Evans SELECTIONS

Race 1: Unbridled, Duke Baxter, Vallende Star, Fabre’s Lass Race 2: Captain Chilly, Camside Rose, Stu On It, Amelia Rob Race 3: Opawa Lass, David’s Legacy, Dead Wong, Know Other Race 4: Ohoka Angel, Pyro Polly, Nicey Spicey, Fill The Till Race 5: Opawa Plum, Opawa Pam, Pipe Dream, Goldstar Miley Race 6: Talk Talk, Another Cruise, Know Sweat, Nippa-A-Spot Race 7: Royal Descent, Kalonga, Settle Grettel, Falconhurst Race 8: Cawbourne Palmer, Opawa Val, Opawa Mine, Arcane Sabre Race 9: Cisco, Hatfield, Kelly’s My Name, Pipes Of Peace Race 10: Translator, Vicarious, Opawa Hope, Gentleman Tim Race 11: Tricky Action, Cawbourne Brady, Know Logic, Minder Race 12: Thoracic, Cawbourne Excite, Opawa Kim, Sader Nation Race 13: Coleridge Jim, Zugzwang, Sozin’s Blue, My Hoki Race 14: Lagoon Allira, Smokey Action, Crotty, Timely Reminder Race 15: My Bro Michael, Agent Anna, Terra Jago, Nippa Eel, LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

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Rotary Club of Ashburton

Vintage & Collectable Fair

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Two ladies visiting this week two resident.

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Situations Vacant

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Daily Events TUESDAY

Havelock Streets.

9.30am ASHBURTON U3A. Professor Steve Ratuva presents Pacific Studies, St David’s Church, Allenton.

9.45am WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Golf Croquet handicap singles. Waireka. Philip St. 10am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand and Agriculture Encounter.

Main Street, Methven.

10am M.S.A. TAI CHI. Exercises and Tai Chi for Arthritis. M.S.A. Social Hall, Havelock Street.

12pm - 3pm JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. Signing Centre, New Community House, 44

Cass Street.

1pm - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of many aircraft from the past to the future, Seafield Road.

1.30pm ASHBURTON M.S.A. PETANQUE CLUB. Club day, non-members welcome. 115 Racecourse .

6pm RUN AND WALK ASHBURTON. 3km or 5km run/jog or walk. Domain Pavilion on Walnut Avenue, opposite Creek Road.

7.30pm THE ASHBURTON BREAST CANCER SUPPORT GROUP. Meeting at Kermode Street, Enquiries to Faye 308 1852.

WEDNESDAY

11am MID CANTERBURY LADIES CLUB. Movie - Lion or Whiskey Galore. Regent Cinema, Wills Street.

11.30am St David’s Union Church.

Midweek Service and Lunch, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

1pm - 3pm ST ANDREW’S ANGLICAN CHURCH HALL. Pre loved clothing sale, bargains and cuppa. Cnr Thomson and Jane Strs.

1pm - 4pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Association doubles, Waireka Croquet Club, Philip Street.

1pm - 4pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research.

Heritage Centre, West Street.

1.15pm WAIREKA CROQUET

CLUB. Golf Croquet, drawn doubles. Waireka, Philip Street.

1.15pm ALLENTON CROQUET CLUB. Association and Golf Croquet. Allenton Sports Club, Cavendish Street.

1.30pm ASHBURTON HERB SOCIETY. Herb Awareness Week Preparation, 51 Peter Street.

6pm MID CANTERBURY SOCIAL WHEELERS. 6.30 start, Fords Road.

7pm ASHBURTON M.S.A. PETANQUE CLUB. Practice night, families welcome. 115 Racecourse Road.

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

9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Walking group meets outside church. 48 Allen’s Road.

9.30am - 4pm ASHBURTON MENZ SHED. Open day for all members.

182 Methven Highway.

9.30am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON METHODIST PARISH GOODWILL SHOP. Selling clean pre loved clothing. Tinwald Methodist Church, cnr Archibald and Jane Streets, Tinwald.

9.30am - 1.30pm ASHBURTON BAPTIST OP SHOP. Good clean ‘Second time around” clothing for sale. Ashburton Baptist Church, cnr of Cass and

6am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Sweaty Betty’s circuit training in hall. 48 Allens Road.

9.30am - 1.30pm ASHBURTON BAPTIST OP SHOP. “Second time around” good clean clothing for sale. Ashburton Baptist Church, cnr Cass and Havelock Street.

10am ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Ash Wednesday Service, Park Street.

10am - 12pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Tasmanian doubles.

Waireka Croquet Club, Philip Street.

10.45am M.S.A. TAI CHI. Seated exercises suitable for people with limited mobility. M.S.A. Social Hall, Havelock Street.

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Tuesday, February 28, 2017

TODAY’S GOALS: Good – 8 Excellent – 12 Amazing – 17

ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): People are paths, not points.

Knowing a person at one time of life is different than knowing that person at another.

Your path will join with someone else’s, and you’ll take the next stretch together.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): The work that used to be hard will get easy. For fleeting but profound moments you’ll lose yourself in it, your senses alert and alive in a feeling of oneness with all things.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): Do not accept that the way things are is the way things have to be. First of all, to accept such a thing would be a slight to that amazing imagination of yours.

And secondly, you have more heart than that.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): You are valid in what you need.

If the person you seek it from cannot provide it, that’s nobody’s fault, just a mismatch. The passing of blame confuses things and stalls the search for a better match.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): From belladonna to foxglove, many poisonous plants are the source of lifesaving medicines. So it is in your current circumstance. A low dose of the source of toxicity will actually make you better.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): No matter how well you plan or how many resources you have to work with, life will offer challenges. You’ll handle them better when you’re well-rested and fed.

Set yourself up for success: Get more sleep.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): There are emotions you have a low tolerance for. These get locked up in certain areas of your body. They become like an armour of tightness, tension and pain.

Free yourself to creativity and fun.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): The key to riches is extremely simple these days; make more and bigger deposits than withdrawals. When there are people around you who are doing the same thing it will be much easier.

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CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): Many things can be true.

The cynical view may be true, but that doesn’t make it better than any other view. There’s a nastiness in cynicism that makes it destructive to the very things worth cherishing.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): If you read much but believe little of it, you’ll find yourself in the sweet spot of being reasonably informed, mightily empowered and perhaps even wise.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): Start the social planning straightaway. To hold out for the wittiest people in the world so that you can have the best dinner party since the dawn of time is to set yourself up for a frozen dinner for one.

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Guardian

Family Notices 22 Ashburton Guardian ANNIVERSARIES th

60 WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

Dutton-McKibbin David John to Joan Mary on February 23, 1957 at St Andrews Church, Ashburton.

Congratulations on the milestone, from all the family and friends.

DEATHS SPIERS, John William – Of “Maranoa”, Takapau, Hawkes Bay on February 24.

Much loved husband of Marie. Dearly loved son-inlaw of Arnold and Elaine Rushton, and much loved and respected brother-in-law of Pauline, Michael and Margaret and Gerard and Claire, and loved uncle John to all his nieces and nephews.

Another leaf has fallen from our tree.

Please note all late death notices or notices sent outside ordinary office hours must be emailed to:

STEWART, Margaret Lessie – On February 24, 2017.

Suddenly at home, surrounded by her loving family. Dearly loved and cherished wife of James (Jim) for 51 years. Loved mum of Richard and Jo, Andrew, and Bevin and Julia. Adored gran of Connor, Ryan, Savannah, and Angus. Loved eldest daughter of the late Henry and Peggy Amberger, sister of Gloria Watson, Shirley and Stan Hydes, and Claire and Raymond Sutherland. Loved sister in law of Janet and Bill Hood, Gloria and John Stubbs, and Hazel and Stephen Chambers. Loved aunt to her many nieces and nephews. Friend to Karen and Leo Ponsonby.

Messages to the Stewart family c/- RD 12, Rakaia 7782. Donations to the Rakaia Fire Brigade and St John would be much appreciated and may be left at the service. A service to celebrate Margaret’s life will be held at the Rakaia Community Centre, THIS DAY TUESDAY, February 28, commencing at the 1.30pm.

Followed by interment at the Ashburton New Lawn Cemetery.

Paterson’s Funeral Services FDANZ Ashburton Ph 307 7433

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Light wind and sea breezes.

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A high pressure system covers the country. A ridge of high pressure lies over the country through until Friday. A front crosses the South Island during Friday, then weakens as it moves up the North Island on Saturday.

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TODAY: A sunny day, but chance early morning fog. Light winds.

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DEATHS

TROTTER, Lynn Howe – For all subscriber On February 26, 2017 at Terrace View Retirement enquiries, missed deathnotices@theguardian.co.nz Village, Ashburton. Aged 68 deliveries, new to ensure publication. years. Cherished husband subscriptions, temporary and soulmate of Bev. Dearly To place a notice during office hours please contact loved son of the late Syd and stops – text, call or email: Joan. Cherished brother and us on 03 307 7900 Text brother in law of Richard, for more information 021 271 3399 Terry and Sharon, Pete and Any queries Helen, and Nicolette. Loved Phone please contact brother in law of Dennis, 0800 274 287 0800 Shirley and John, and ASHBURTON Maurice and Angela. Devoted Email (0800-274-287) uncle to all his nieces and circulation@ nephews and Dad and friend to many. Messages C/- PO theguardian.co.nz Box 472, Ashburton 7740.

Donations to the Guide Dog Foundation would be appreciated and may be left at the service. A service to celebrate Lynn’s life will be held at our Chapel, cnr East and Cox Streets, Ashburton on WEDNESDAY, March 1, commencing at 2.00pm.

Followed by private Cremation.

We help save lives every day through the research and development of improved diagnosis, be er prediction and treatment of heart disease in our hospital and community.

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7pm The Project 7:30 The Block Australia PGR The challenge apartment takes shape, but the teams are affected by sickness, stress, and trouble. 0 8:35 Married At First Sight Australia PGR 0 10:05 NewsHub Late 10:35 The Night Shift AO

11:15 F Major Crimes A video wire elicits admissions as seven murders are tied together, and suspects are narrowed down to three. 0 12:10 F Allegiance AO 0 1:05 Te Karere 3 2 1:30 Infomercials 5:35 Te Karere 3 2

11:05 Mom PGR 3 0 11:35 The Last Ship 3 0 1:20 Shortland Street 3 0 1:45 Infomercials 2:45 Pretty Little Liars PGR 3 0 3:35 The Real 3 4:20 The Regular Show PGR 4:40 The Adam And Eve Show 3 0 5:05 Neighbours 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

11:30 The Project 3 12:05 Infomercials

MOVIES PREMIERE

How to Stay Young 9:30pm on TVNZ 1

BRAVO 10am Teen Mom 3 10:55 Catfish (Starting Today) 3 11:45 Snapped PGR 3 12:40 Vanderpump Rules 1:35 Intervention 3 2:35 Dance Moms 3 3:30 Hoarders 3 4:30 Dance Moms 5:30 Teen Mom 6:30 Catfish 7:30 Botched 3 Dr Nassif helps a man who wants his ears back; Dr Dubrow hopes to repair a botched butt implant; the doctors meet a woman who has had 17 surgeries to look like the perfect pixie.

8:30 The Real Housewives Of Sydney 9:40 N Dating Naked Joe and Wee Wee go on three romantic, adventurous, tropical dates, hoping to make a lasting connection, but if they want to find love, they will have to bare everything.

10:35 Intervention 11:30 Snapped PGR (Starting Today) 3 12:20 Infomercials 3

6:05 Ghostbusters PGL 2016 Action.

Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon. 8am Child 44 16VLC 2015 Drama.

Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman.

10:15 Don’t Blink 16VLS The Great British Bake Off 2014 Horror. Mena Suvari, Brian Austin Green.

7:30pm on Prime 11:50 Criminal Activities 16VLSC 2015 Crime.

THE BOX John Travolta, Dan Stevens.

6am CSI MV 6:50 Criminal 1:25 Ghostbusters PGL 2016 Intent MV 7:40 The Glades Action. Melissa McCarthy, MV 8:30 Shipping Wars Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon.

PG 8:55 The Simpsons 3:20 Unfriended 16VLSC PG 9:20 Criminal Minds 2015 Horror. Shelley Hennig, MV 10:10 CSI – Miami Renee Olstead. 4:45 Crimson MV 11am Shearing Gang Peak 16VLSC 2015 Drama. Tom Hiddleston, PG 11:30 Border Security Mia Wasikowska. 6:45 The M Noon Forensics New Last Witch Hunter MVL 2015 Zealand MVC 12:50 Pawn Stars PG 1:15 Criminal Intent Action. Vin Diesel, Elijah Wood.

8:30 Scout’s Guide To MV 2pm Raw MV The Zombie Apocalypse 5:15 The Simpsons PG 16VLSC 2015 Comedy. Three 5:40 Criminal Intent MV boy scouts team up with a 6:30 The Carbonaro Effect PG waitress to save their town 7pm Pawn Stars PG from the undead. Tye Sheridan, 7:30 CSI – Miami MV Sarah Dumont.

When a priest is murdered in 10:05 Southpaw 16VLC 2014 his church rectory, Horatio and Drama. Jake Gyllenhaal, Rachel McAdams. the team investigate.

8:30 Covert Affairs MV WEDNESDAY 12:05 Popfan MVLC 2014 9:30 Hawaii Five-0 MV Thriller. Chelsea Kane, 10:30 Criminal Minds MV Nolan Gerard Funk, 11:25 CSI – Miami MV Benjamin Hollingsworth.

WEDNESDAY 1:35 Unfriended 16VLSC 12:15 Raw MV 2:40 CSI 2015 Horror. Shelley Hennig, MV 3:30 The Simpsons Renee Olstead. 3am Crimson PG 3:55 Covert Affairs Peak 16VLSC 2015 Drama.

MV 4:45 Hawaii Five-0 MV 4:55 The Last Witch Hunter 5:35 The Carbonaro Effect PG MVL 2015 Action.

MAORI

6am The Fairly Odd Parents 6:25 World Of Quest 6:50 The Penguins Of Madagascar 7:15 Hank Zipzer, The World’s Greatest Underachiever 7:40 Johnny Test 8:05 Avatar – The Last Airbender 8:30 Sanjay And Craig 8:55 Million Dollar Minute 3 9:25 Wheel Of Fortune 3 9:50 Jeopardy 3 10:20 The Doctors PGR 11:15 Hot Bench 11:40 Jane The Virgin PGR 3 12:35 Under The Dome AO 3 1:30 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon PGR 3 2:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 3pm Escape To The Country 4pm Antiques Roadshow 0 5pm Million Dollar Minute 5:30 Prime News 6pm Wheel Of Fortune 6:30 Jeopardy 7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 The Great British Bake Off For the first time, an episode is devoted to a period of history, with challenges themed around Victorian times, and recipes dating back to the late 1800s. 0 8:35 Bruce Springsteen – In His Own Words AO 10:35 Elementary AO 3 11:30 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon PGR A celebrity chat show.

12:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 The team presents the best of the day’s sports news.

1am Closedown

MOVIES GREATS 6:20 PS I Love You MS 2007 Drama. Hilary Swank, Gerard Butler, Lisa Kudrow.

8:25 The Hot Chick MVS 2002 Comedy.

Anna Faris, Rob Schneider, Matthew Lawrence.

10:10 In Bruges 16VLC 2008 Thriller. Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson. 11:55 The Three Musketeers MV 2011 Adventure. Logan Lerman, Matthew Macfadyen.

1:45 The Time Machine MV 2002 Sci-fi. Guy Pearce, Mark Addy, Phyllida Law. 3:20 The Break-Up MLS 2006 Romantic Comedy. Jennifer Aniston, Vince Vaughn. 5:05 Blades Of Glory MS 2007 Comedy.

Will Ferrell, Jon Heder, Will Arnett, Amy Poehler.

6:40 Scream 4 16VLC 2011 Horror. Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette.

8:30 Chocolat MVS 2000 Comedy Drama. In a small French village, a woman and her daughter open a chocolate shop that shakes up the rigid morality of the community.

Johnny Depp, Juliette Binoche.

10:35 Picture Perfect M 1997 Comedy. Jennifer Aniston, Jay Mohr, Kevin Bacon.

WEDNESDAY

12:15 Poseidon MV 2006 Drama. Josh Lucas, Kurt Russell, Richard Dreyfuss.

1:55 The Time Machine MV 2002 Sci-fi. 3:30 Blades Of Glory MS 2007 Comedy.

5:05 Chocolat MVS 2000 Comedy Drama.

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CHOICE

6:30 Pukoro 2 7am Team Umizoomi 7:30 Pukana 2 8am Miharo 2 8:30 Te Kaea 3 2 9am Kawe Korero – Reporters 9:30 R And R 10am Korero Mai 3 2 11am Toku Reo 3 2 Noon Korero Mai 3 2 1pm Toku Reo 3 2 2pm Opaki 3 2:30 Ako 3 2 3pm Swagger 3:30 Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 4pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 4:30 Hahana 5pm Kapa Haka Regionals 3 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Pukoro 2 6:30 Team Umizoomi 6:50 Poly Movement – Kanikani

6am Benny Hinn 6:30 Grand Tours Of The Scottish Islands 7:30 Baby Animals – In Our World 8:30 American Pickers 9:30 Beverly Hills Pawn 10am Cheese Slices 10:30 My Floating Home 11am Tiny House Hunting 11:30 American Restoration Noon Grand Tours Of The Scottish Islands 1pm Vienna – Empire, Dynasty And Dream 2pm Treasures Of The Indus 2:55 The Delicious Miss Dahl 3:30 Bondi Vet 4:30 Paul Hollywood City Bakes 5pm Valentine Warner’s Wild Table 5:30 The Living Room 6:30 Flippin’ RVs

7pm KTK – Next Level 3 7:30 Tangaroa With Pio 8pm Both Worlds PGR 8:30 M Endurance – Shackleton’s Legendary Antarctic Expedition 2009 Documentary History.

10:15 Media Take 3 10:45 Te Kaea 3 2

7:30 Building The Dream Charlie is in Pembrokeshire helping a retired couple build an upside-down eco-house by the sea, but his suggestions raise a few eyebrows.

8:30 Brother v Brother 9:30 Money For Nothing 10:30 Flippin’ RVs

11:15 Kawe Korero – Reporters News reporters dissect and discuss the day’s news and events.

11:45 Closedown

11:30 Paul Hollywood City Bakes British baker Paul Hollywood sets out to sample the recipes that have helped shape the culture and heritage of some of the world’s cities.

Midnight Valentine Warner’s Wild Table 12:30 Benny Hinn 1am Walking The Nile 2am Bondi Vet 3am The Living Room 4am Building The Dream 5am Brother v Brother

SKY SPORT 1 6am Bowls – Australian Premier League Day One. 7am Cricket – International India v Australia – First Test, Day Five. 7:30 Cricket – Women’s International White Ferns v Australia – First ODI. 8am Shaun Johnson – Across The Mekong 9am Golf – US PGA Tour Honda Classic. 10am Golf – European Tour Joburg Open. 10:30 Golf – LPGA Tour Thailand – Round Four. 11am Hockey – India League Third Place Playoff. 12:30 Cricket – International 1pm Golf – US PGA Tour 1:30 Golf – LPGA Tour 2pm Golf – European Tour 2:30 Golf Central 3:30 Pure Fly NZ 4pm Air & Style Snowboarding 4:30 Motorsport – Nascar Sprint Cup Series 5:30 Motorsport – Xfinity Series 6:30 The Fishing Show 7:30 Fox Sports News 8pm The Crowd Goes Wild 8:30 Rugby – The Breakdown 9pm Rugby Nation 10pm Cricket – The FortyNiners WEDNESDAY Midnight Shaun Johnson – Across The Mekong 1am Bowls – Australian Premier League 2am Bowls – Australian Premier League 3am The Crowd Goes Wild 3:30 Football – NZ Premiership Highlights Show 4am SKY Sport TBC 4:30 Golf – European Tour 5am Golf – US PGA Tour

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 6am Netball – Super League Hertfordshire v Bath.

7:30 Motorsport – Nascar Sprint Cup Series Daytona 500. 8:30 Motorcycling – World Superbikes Australia – Race One. 9am Motorcycling – World Superbikes Australia – Race Two. 9:30 Bowls – Australian Premier League Day One. 10:30 Rugby – Super Rugby Highlanders v Chiefs. 11am Rugby – Super Rugby Kings v Jaquares.

1pm Rugby – Super Rugby Sunwolves v Hurricanes.

3pm Cricket – International India v Australia – First Test, Day Five. 3:30 Motorcycling – World Superbikes Australia – Race Two. 4pm Late Night With Matty Johns 5:30 Shaun Johnson – Across The Mekong 6:30 Football – A-League Shootout 7:30 Football – NZ Premiership Highlights Show 8pm Football League Show 8:30 NRL 360 9:30 Sterlo – On The Couch 10:30 Rugby League – Super League Warrington Wolves v Castleford Tigers. 11pm Rugby League – Super League Hull FC v Catalans Dragons. 11:30 Rugby League – Super League Fulltime WEDNESDAY Midnight Rugby – Super Rugby 2am Fox Sports News 2:30 Rugby League – Super League Fulltime 3am Rugby – Super Rugby 5am Rugby Nation 28Feb17

DISCOVERY 6am Auction Hunters 6:30 You Have Been Warned Again PG 7:30 How Do They Do It? PG 8am Auction Hunters 8:30 MythBusters PG Square Wheels. 9:25 You Have Been Warned M Nailed It. 10:20 What On Earth?

PG 11:15 Disappeared M 12:10 Forbidden – Dying For Love M 1:05 Unravelled M 2pm How It’s Made PG 2:25 How It’s Made PG 2:55 How Do They Do It? PG 3:20 Auction Hunters 3:50 Deadliest Catch PG Lost at Sea. 4:45 Everest Rescue PG 5:40 MythBusters PG Revenge of the Myth.

6:35 Running Wild With Bear Grylls M Mel B. 7:30 Running Wild With Bear Grylls M Marshawn Lynch. NFL Super Bowl champion Marshawn Lynch joins Bear in the Corsican mountains.

8:30 Everest Rescue PG 9:30 Taking Fire PG Hero Flight.

10:30 River Monsters PG 11:30 You Have Been Warned Again M Coolest Inventions.

WEDNESDAY

12:30 Unravelled M 1:25 Forbidden – Dying For Love M 2:20 Auction Hunters 2:45 Auction Hunters 3:15 Deadliest Catch PG 4:10 Treehouse Masters PG 5:05 Edge Of Alaska PG

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Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Sport

Illness costly for Day Illness has cost Jason Day a chance to quickly regain the world No.1 ranking, forcing him to withdraw from this week’s World Golf Championship event in Mexico City. Frequently blighted by injury and illness in recent years, world No.2 Day was scheduled to tee it up alongside the rest of the world’s top 50, including defending champion and fellow Australian Adam Scott, new world No.1 Dustin Johnson and No.3 Rory McIlroy. “I’m truly disappointed to announce that I won’t be able to play in next week’s World Golf Championship-Mexico Championship,” said Day. “I have a double ear infection and the flu.”

Stars click for Lightning Ashburton rowers Veronica Wall (front) and Grace Wilson won the Under 18 Girls’ Double Sculls event at the Canterbury Regatta at Lake Hood on the weekend.

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Rowers burn up the lake

BY MATT MARKHAM

MATT.M@THEGUARDIAN.CO.NZ

Ashburton rowers have again punched well above their weight at another major rowing regatta.

The Canterbury Regatta, held at Lake Hood on Saturday saw close to 700 competitors take to the water over two days of rowing from 27 schools around the region.

Of the strong Ashburton squad in competition, 10 A finals were reached with victories coming in four events.

Rowing dynamo, Veronica

Wall claimed triple success winning the Under 17 and Under 18 Single Sculls events breezing her way through both events unbeaten to continue her golden run on the water.

She then teamed up with Grace Wilson and the pair dominated the Under 18 girls’ double sculls event to complete a great weekend.

Wilson herself was in good form, finishing second in both the heat and the final to Wall in the Under 18 girls’ singles sculls event.

The Ashburton Under 16 girls’ coxed quad sculls team of Lara Biggs, Mollie Gibson, Emma Stagg, Katie Dolan and Emma Jansen suffered a defeat in their heat, but bounced back to claim the title in the final with an impressive row.

Gibson had a good weekend too.

She finished second in the Under 16 girls’ single sculls and then teamed up with Stagg to also grab silver in the Under 16 double sculls.

Haxby Hefford produced a

great performance to finish third in the Under 17 single sculls final against some stiff opposition and then teamed up with Harrison Davies to grab second prize in the Under 17 double sculls.

Davies also finished third in the Under 18 single sculls event.

With some big events still remaining, the Ashburton squad is looking in good fettle for further success particularly as they build towards the popular Maadi Cup at Lake Ruataniwha in Twizel.

McCartney sends a clear message to rivals One essential quality in champion athletes is the ability to turn it on at the right time.

Put Eliza McCartney in that category after she raised her personal best pole vault mark to 4.82m in winning the Auckland Track Challenge on Sunday.

In one notable leap it gave the 20-year-old an improved national record, the Oceania record and the equal best jump this year. Sure, the year is only two months old, but even so there’s no harm in clearing your throat early so the other lead-

Italy’s tactics upset Eddie P17

ing rivals know you’re not going anywhere anytime soon.

McCartney was turning it on before an adoring audience of her people. She does, after all, hail from the North Shore.

The crowd had come to see the local hero, and coach Jeremy

McColl labelled her record-setting vault as “probably the best technical jumping Eliza has ever done.”

It all bodes well for the year ahead, which culminates in the world championships in London in August.

- NZME

Netballers Caitlin Bassett and Geva Mentor are fierce rivals on the international scene. But as team-mates for Super Netball newcomers Sunshine Coast Lightning they are already proving to be a lethal duo who can lead their club to a championship in their first year. Australian shooting star Bassett is just two goals shy of 100 in her first two Super Netball games.

Mentor, who has played more than 100 games for England, has taken ownership of a team which contains players from all around the world.

Nervous comeback

By Friday morning, a usually laidback Jamal Idris could be an anything but. The Wests Tigers star has admitted nerves are stirring ahead of his NRL comeback in the roundone blockbuster clash with South Sydney on Friday night. “Ask me Friday morning. There’ll probably be a couple (of nerves),” Idris said yesterday. “I never get nervous and that’s the funny thing. I remember the trial game, the week building up to it, everything I did, just thinking about it, I was getting sweaty. I ran out and my legs were shaking.”

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