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BY COLIN WILLISCROFT

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The government’s decision to try to eradicate mycoplasma bovis from New Zealand is “absolutely ludicrous”, a Mid Canterbury farming leader says.

Chris Ford, who recently took over as chairman of Federated Farmers’ Mid Canterbury dairy section, said his personal opinion was that anything other than a plan for prolonged management of the disease would hurt the Ash-

burton District.

He said it was more than likely that a fair proportion of the more than 150,000 cows that would be culled as part of the eradication plan will come from the Ashburton area.

“The community here is really going to feel this,” Ford said. “It’s going to hit hard.”

He had grave concerns for many farmers’ mental health.

“My deepest concern is that MPI (the Ministry for Primary

Industries) completely mismanaged the 26,000 cows they’ve killed already, so how are they going to manage (the future cull), with the farmer mental health and animal welfare issues involved?

“My prediction is that it (eradication) won’t work – it will be a complete waste of money – but in the process they’ll be cutting the throats of dairy farmers.”

Ford was reacting to yesterday’s announcement that the govern-

ment and farming sector leaders had agreed to continue attempts to eradicate M. bovis.

In delivering the decision, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Agriculture and Biosecurity Minister Damien O’Connor said New Zealand has one shot at eradicating the disease.

Ardern said they basically had three choices: phased eradication, long-term management of the disease or doing nothing.

Eradication will require signifi-

cant resources, she said, but not to act would cost even more.

“Today’s decision to eradicate is driven by the government’s desire to protect the national herd from the disease and protect the base of our economy – the farming sector,” she said.

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No local opposition to NCEA overhaul

By Katie todd

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“Big, bold” ideas to shake up the NCEA system have been largely well-received by Mid Canterbury’s principals.

Removing exams from Level 1, reducing the amount of assessment and increasing the focus on core numeracy and literacy skills are among ideas shared in a NCEA review discussion document – and described as a potential step in the right direction by local principals yesterday.

The discussion document was developed by a seven-member advisory group and released by Education Minister Chris Hipkins on Sunday, and includes six main suggestions or big opportunities to radically overhaul the system.

Though some have slammed the ideas as irresponsible and dangerous, Mount Hutt College principal John Schreurs said nothing in the document comes as much of a surprise, given the amount of talk about NCEA “and the need for it to change”.

In particular, he said the suggested shift away from an assessment driven style of learning would benefit a broader range of students.

“We have an environment currently where we are definitely over-assessing,” he said.

“Assessment is good for some – like those going to university – but not so much for others … and I think we need to aim to meet the needs of students.”

Ashburton College principal Ross Preece said although the

NCEA system was far preferable than anything preceding it, including School Certificate, he also thought it had been very assessment dominated.

“Teachers feel it’s all about the assessments, and on the flipside students are shaped to the norm of this world that is NCEA credits – what’s worth credits, and what isn’t,” he said.

“The new system could create exciting opportunities for students to take skills into the future, to teach students how to be resilient, to be good communicators, to work collaboratively.”

Preece said he would probably support an exam-free level one, which at present is a very minimal qualification.

He hopes the system will be seen as a whole picture, in the future, facilitating changes that filter right down through the year levels.

NCEA was introduced 15 years ago and around 120,000 learners gain an NCEA qualification every year. The system was due for review this year, and Hipkins hope changes will benefit the alarming number of young New Zealanders who leave school and go on to do nothing.

Preece said he thinks a lot of principals would also like to see an education system free from political influence, and concepts like charter schools and national standards.

Public consultation will run until September, and Hipkins intends to take the recommendations to cabinet next February.

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Being stuck on a solo parent benefit was not somewhere Marianne Williams had previously pictured herself, nor wanted to be.

But taking the plunge back into education after 20 years is turning out to be the perfect step forward for the Ashburton motherof-two.

Williams is part-way through the New Zealand Certificate in Foundation Skills at Ara Institute of Canterbury and is excited about the opportunities that lie ahead.

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Williams worked part-time as a teacher aide and taught music and movement while raising her children, but changing family circumstances led her to give up work to focus on things at home.

Then a marriage separation resulted in her needing to go on the solo parent benefit.

“I didn’t want to be on a benefit,” she said. “I asked my caseworker at the Ministry of Social Development how I could prepare for a career, rather than just a job, and they suggested the Foundation Skills programme.”

It’s proving to be life-changing for Williams, who recently ticked off the first part of the programme.

“It’s really opened my eyes and

I’m proud of what I’ve achieved so far,” she said. “I’ve learned heaps, I’ve made good friends among my classmates and I’ve gained a lot of confidence.”

Williams described her tutors as fabulous – the best and said she is looking forward to starting the second part of the programme.

“That’s when we start exploring possible careers. I loved working with children but it’s exhausting so I want to do something different now – something that I can continue doing for a long time.”

Williams said she didn’t achieve as much as she probably could have at school, so once I decide what I want to do, I’m really keen to study or do further training.

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‘Perfect result’ for Mamma Mia!’s producers

By Katie todd

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After selling 94 per cent of their tickets, the team behind Mamma Mia! say they couldn’t be happier with the outcome of their hard work.

The production jived onto the Ashburton Trust Event Centre stage on Friday, May 18 and 10 shows took place in celebration of the Event Centre’s 10th anniversary.

Seven of the shows were fully sold out, and the producers say they have been inundated with messages of support and praise.

“It’s the perfect result,” director Roger Farr said.

“It’s just gone incredibly well, and it’s more than we could ever have hoped for.”

The show was a combined undertaking by the Ashburton Trust Event Centre and the Variety Theatre, with a cast of 33 predominantly local performers and a budget roughly double that of usual Variety Theatre shows.

In the lead roles were Heather McFarlane as Donna, Christchurch’s Miriam von Voorthuizen as Sophie and Luke Glendining as Sky. Kate Galbraith entertained as Tanya and Cherie Livingstone as Rosie, and in the roles of the three

“dads” were Chris Woods (Harry), Aaron Boyce (Sam) and Brent Gray (Bill).

Musical director Richard Marrett led an eight-piece live band, and seven backing vocalists also took part.

Farr said the cast and crew were not put off by the long run of the show.

“There’s going to be a few tired people around for a couple of weeks, but with each night we had a great audience response, and the cast used that to just grow and grow … although they might not want to listen to ABBA for a while now.”

Farr said the Ashburton public had been very supportive of the show – with the Event Centre and Variety Theatre receiving dozens of positive comments and messages on Facebook.

“The public feedback has not only been about the production, but on the facility – the Event Centre – and in terms of a 10th anniversary that’s all we could have hoped for,” he said.

Cast and crew members are now enjoying time away from the stage, however planning is already under way for the Variety Theatre’s 2019 performance of Sister Act.

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■ MYCOPLASMA BOVIS

Eradication ‘absolutely ludicrous’ From P1 The full cost of phased eradication over 10 years is projected at $886 million, Ardern said. Of this, $16 million is loss of production and will be borne by farmers, and $870 million is the cost of the response (including compensation to farmers).

The government will meet 68 per cent of that cost and DairyNZ and Beef+Lamb New Zealand will meet 32 per cent.

It’s expected that eradication

will see a further 126,000 cows culled over the next one to two years, on top of the 26,000 already destroyed.

Ardern said the alternative option was for long-term management, which was projected to cost $1.2 billion. Of that, $698 million would be the loss of production borne by farmers, with $520 million for response costs.

“To not act at all is estimated to cost the industry $1.3 billion in lost production over 10 years,

with ongoing productivity losses across our farming sector.”

“This is a tough call – no-one ever wants to see mass culls.

But the alternative is to risk the spread of the disease across our national herd. We have a real chance of eradication to protect our more than 20,000 dairy and beef farms, but only if we act now.”

O’Connor said it was important all farmers showed a collective responsibility for the sake

of the wider sector and get onboard with the eradication operation.

“We all agree that while there remains a chance to get rid of this disease, we should take it. It’s the only chance we’ll get.

“It won’t work without farmer support. In particular farmers need to be meticulous with animal movement records and the way they use Nait. We have already begun improvements to make it easier to use.

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“I’ve also asked MPI to revisit the compensation process and they’ve developed a new streamlined approach for those whose animals are culled to enable a substantial payment within a matter of days.”

Ford encouraged farmers and the wider community to get along to a public meeting at the Hotel Ashburton on Wednesday at 7.30pm, which will discuss the government’s decision and what it will mean for Mid Canterbury.

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■ ASHBURTON DISTRICT COUNCIL LONG-TERM PLAN

Impassioned plea for funds The Ashburton Art Gallery made an impassioned plea to the Ashburton District Council yesterday for $72,000 to hire another staff member and give pay rises to its existing hard-working and underpaid staff.

Existing staff were being paid up to 30 per cent below industryaccepted levels, councillors hearing submissions for its long-term plan were told.

Gallery curator Shirin Khosraviani said staff were working long hours and unable to get away for professional development.

While volunteers were helpful, exhibiting artists expected that trained staff deal with their work and there were also health and safety requirements around the use of a scissor lift that only two staff members were qualified to work.

The gallery had, however, built up an excellent reputation on the national stage and featured on the front cover of the current Art Zone magazine.

The funding increase sought was not a wish, but a must-have

to continue to support core staff and maintain high levels of service, Khosraviani said.

Art gallery president Derek Binnie agreed the gallery had grown from small beginnings and was looking forward to the next 10 years but desperately needed another paid team member.

Gallery supporter Bernie Davidson said the gallery had become a jewel in the crown of council’s assets and it attracted not only local, but out-of town visitors.

He urged councillors not to waste their initial investment in the gallery, which shares space in a new purpose-built facility with the Ashburton Museum. “Don’t choke.”

Council had originally pegged $44,000 for the gallery but many gallery supporters made submissions to the long-term plan, asking council to up it by $28,000 to the amount it actually needed.

Councillors will deliberate on the gallery’s request, and others on a range of issues, later this week.

Jewellery maker Elfie Spiewack is the centre of attention during a floor talk at the Ashburton Art Gallery earlier this year.

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Save the Rivers want increased flows in Ashburton river The long-term health of the Ashburton River was on the minds of Save the Rivers members yesterday as the Ashburton District Council considered the shape of a plan to take it 10 years into the future.

The river has been seriously degraded by over-allocation for irrigation over the years and the group wants to make sure plans for its restoration remain on track.

There is a plan to have the minimum flow at six cumecs by 2023 and at 10 cumecs by 2033.

Save the Rivers spokesman Matthew Hall told councillors hearing submissions yesterday

that the river was a natural park and in 10 years should be a place their children can safely swim and play and where people can picnic, fish and enjoy.

However, people in recent years had been discouraged from using the riverbed because of nesting birds, low flows and water quality issues.

Hall said increasing flows in the river meant pollution was diluted and it was vital council keep pushing for regional goals for the river to be achieved.

He said council also needed to keep an eye on its Oceanview Farm Sewage treatment facility to

ensure the quality of water going into the river near the mouth.

“Last year after a rainfall event, I saw significant water the colour of frothy green tea leaching into the river near the treatment facility.”

He was whitebaiting at the time and said the discharge was acidic and also had an odour. As the population of the town increased, it would be important to keep monitoring discharge as volumes of sewage going into the plant would increase.

The river is currently in the healthiest state it has been for some years, thanks to a wet sea-

son and less demand for irrigation. But Hall said that was thanks to nature, not work to reduce allocations.

The natural environment was also on the minds of other submitters who asked council to fund a full-time biodiversity officer so precious remnants of indigenous vegetation could be protected andvmaintained.

Val Clemens, from Forest and Bird, said there was a lack of specialised history and biodiversity knowledge within council and ecosystems were being lost as roadsides and properties were cleared and developed.

The biodiversity officer’s job would be to increase awareness and appreciation of indigenous biodiversity in the district, and work with schools and community groups to teach people how to recognise and value native species.

There have been incidents in the past where land had been cleared and indigenous plants lost.

Clemens said the Canterbury Plains had just 0.01 per cent of indigenous vegetation remaining, which was why people were concerned when natives like kanuka and cabbage trees were cut down.

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■ ASHBURTON DISTRICT COURT

Prison time for schoolyard bashing Emotional scenes unfolded as a 23-year-old was sent to prison for nine months in the Ashburton District Court yesterday.

Tyrone Curtis Rubon Laffey hugged a woman in the courtroom and the pair appeared to be crying as police officers waited to escort the defendant into the cells, following his sentencing on six charges.

Counsel Marilyn Gilchrist had previously appealed to the judge for a sentence of community work, pointing out her client was in a good space currently, was settled with the support of his partner, who was the mother of their son, and was willing to work with probation.

Judge Tony Couch disagreed, pointing out in particular two assault charges.

They related to Laffey going to a high school in Balclutha on September 13 last year, wanting to speak with his partner’s sister who was a pupil at the school.

She was with a 15-year-old and 17-year-old who were brothers.

“When she saw you she ran away,” Judge Couch said in his summing up of the incident.

The boys followed her, as did Laffey, and when all four were in the same place, Laffey punched the 15-year-old boy in the mouth, and the 17-year-old boy in the face.

“I regard the gravity of your offending as very serious, you were on school grounds in school hours, it was entirely unprovoked, they were vulnerable victims much younger than you,” Judge Couch said.

In addition there was a charge of intentional damage and a charge of assault, relating to an incident on December 16 when the defendent was home with his partner and an argument led to him punching the wall and assaulting her. In addition there were two charges of breach of parole, relating to a previous term of imprisonment.

Judge Couch said the defendent had only limited remorse, as his attendance at a restorative

justice conference showed, where he laughed at one of the boys’ descriptions of the effect of the assault and justified his actions to a probation officer.

His Honour handed down a sentence of nine months in prison for the assault charges and breach of parole, with one month to be served concurrently for the intentional damage charge, with leave to apply for substitution of sentence.

Carl Alfred Logan was sent to prison for 12 months on two charges – assault with intent to injure and assaulting police.

Judge Couch said the 33-yearold was drunk while walking along the street on an evening in January in Ashburton with his partner, when he grabbed her around the throat and held her against a fence, punching her face several times. He then carried on walking, pulling and punching the victim further. Police arrived and Logan threw punches at the arresting officer.

The victim received swelling to her eye and lacerations on her eyebrow and cheek.

“I regard the gravity of your offending is serious for this type of offence,” Judge Couch said.

He said the offending involved a prolonged attack to the head of the victim and occurred while the defendant was serving a sentence of supervision. The defendant had previous criminal offending, including 22 convictions relating to violent offending and five for assault on police.

Taking into account the mitigating factor of an immediate guilty plea, Judge Couch handed down a sentence of 12 months’ imprisonment on the assault with intent to injure charge and concurrent term of one month for assaulting the police officer.

Police found Richard Gordon Dodds, 51, unsteady on his feet and slurring his speech after the nature of his driving drew their attention on February 7.

A blood test showed metham-

phetamine in his system.

Dodds was convicted of driving while impaired and remanded to July 16 for sentence in the Ashburton District Court yesterday.

Not paying for his fuel earned Tony Green a date with Judge Couch in the Ashburton District Court yesterday. The 24-year-old pleaded guilty to two charges of theft.

The first related to a lawnmower which he stole and then traded to a second-hand dealer and the other to driving off without paying for fuel at Mobil Ashburton.

For the latter charge, police prosecutor Sergeant Ian Howard told the court Green drove off without paying after a service station attendant confronted him filling up his car, noticing his vehicle description matched that from previous drive-offs. The drive-off offender would wear his hood and always fill up at a pump where his car was partially obscured from security cameras.

Judge Couch convicted and remanded Green to July 16 on bail, and both matters were to be referred for restorative justice consideration.

Ryan Grant Clement answered in the affirmative when Judge Couch told the defendant he must be feeling uncomfortable and embarrassed by the situation he had put himself in.

The 19-year-old had pleaded guilty to drink driving, following being apprehended with breath alcohol level of 542 micrograms per litre.

The court heard he told police when caught in Ashburton at 2.30am on May 13, he had only been moving his vehicle to an area covered by surveillance cameras.

Duty solicitor Paul Bradford said Clement would seek a limited licence that would allow him to keep his job and he was clearly remorseful for what had been a significant error of judgement.

Judge Couch convicted and fined Clement $500 and dis-

qualified him from driving for six months.

Lawyer Clare Yardley said her client was disappointed in her behaviour and remorseful after kicking the rear panel of a taxi in Ashburton, causing panel damage.

Aroha Mere Toza, 28, was ordered to pay reparation of $1000, at $20 per week instalments. The court heard at an earlier appearance that the Rakaia woman caused the damage after being asked to get out of the taxi on February 18 because she was smoking a cigarette.

James Clifton Maki took his passion for song choice so seriously it landed him in court.

The 42-year-old pleaded guilty to a charge of assault with intent to injure.

The summary of facts explained that Maki was at home drinking alcohol with the complainant when the pair argued about the music.

It turned physical and the complainant was said to punch Maki in the back of the head, whereupon he punched her in the face numerous times causing her nose to bleed.

Maki grabbed the complainant around the throat with his hand and squeezed, causing her to feel dizzy and sustain bruising to her neck.

Judge Couch convicted and remanded Maki on bail to July 30 for sentencing.

Annastasis Te Ora Hita, 32, was angry at a woman she knew and attacked her at her workplace on May 22.

The 32-year-old was convicted and remanded on bail to July 16 for sentencing on a charge of assault with intent to injure.

The t summary of facts explained Hita visited Rural Co Ashburton about 10.40am.

She approached the complainant who was sitting at her desk in her office, and punched her in the face about five times causing

swelling and bruising to the woman’s right eye.

She grabbed the complainant and dragged her to the ground causing the woman’s head to hit an office table and she then kicked the complainant twice while the woman was on the ground, striking her ribs and forehead.

Driving to get groceries with his partner and young child on a bitterly cold day did not pay off for Tyler Alexander Leckie-Ross.

He was stopped by police and charged with driving while suspended.

Leckie-Ross was convicted and fined $300 in the Ashburton District Court yesterday.

He was also disqualified from driving for six months, which will begin following the completion of the suspended driving sentence on July 4.

Daniel John Sampey received a sentence of 40 hours’ community work for driving while suspended. The 30-year-old was stopped while driving in Ashburton on March 1.

Judge Couch considered a community work sentence was appropriate considering the defendant was already serving a sentence of home detention and paying fines.

Sampey was also disqualified from driving for six months.

Suspended driver Blake Geoffrey Moore was representing himself when he told Judge Couch at least he had not been done for drink driving.

“And I never will,” the 33-yearold added.

“Pleased to hear it,” Judge Couch replied.

However, His Honour was not so impressed with the defendant’s suspended driving record, having pointed out it was now his eighth suspension.

Judge Couch convicted and fined Moore $300 and disqualified him from driving for six months, a period which would kick in on completion of the suspended driving period on June 29.

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OUR VIEW

Finally, a clear future direction I

’m not a dairy farmer, so I won’t pretend to try and make out that I know everything there is to know about mycoplasma bovis.

But as I sat at my computer yesterday listening and watching Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern lead a press conference of industry heavyweights as they announced that the plan was to continue to attempt to eradicate the disease that has gripped this country for the past six months or so, I couldn’t help but have some really mixed emotions.

First thoughts naturally went straight to those impacted farmers, particularly within our community.

They’ve sat in limbo waiting for a firm and definitive answer

and unfortunately what was announced yesterday was probably not what they wanted to hear.

We’ve all heard the stories by now of the farmers who believe they have maybe just one or two cattle infected but are having to watch hundreds of others who don’t have it, and were quite possibly never going to get it, go out their gate on trucks, off to be culled.

And unless you are in that situ-

ation, it’s hard to truly understand just how much of an impact that will have on you and your family.

There’s no doubt that those who fronted up yesterday and made the announcement have spent hours deliberating over the best course of action to take and you’d almost guarantee that there’s been times where they’ve wondered if putting their hands in the air and opting to manage as opposed to eradicating might be the best outcome for everyone.

The decision yesterday will without doubt split the country.

We’ve heard both sides and can sympathise with both, but ultimately it is the decision of those in power and not those who are at the coal face dealing with the

harsh reality of the disease, and the related decisions.

Time will be the only yardstick from which we can measure if it is the right decision or not.

As was mentioned yesterday by more than one party – we only get one shot at eradication and we don’t want to be sitting back in a few years muttering about the ifs and buts.

Yet there’s every conceivable possibility too, that we may still be doing that – just from the other side of the argument.

More than 150,000 cows are to be culled at a cost of close to $900 million over the next 10 years.

In a country where there are more than 4.1 million cattle, it’s a small price to pay in the bigger picture, but for those who are

facing eradication of their herds, they are very much the fall guys and girls for everyone else in this country.

And it’s those people who we must rally around. They will need the support of everyone as they fight their way back from this crippling situation.

If there is a shining light it’s that we have a clear pathway. We must hope that we don’t arrive just around the corner to find it’s blocked.

Nowhere else in the world has been able to eradicate mycoplasma bovis from its shores and it would be great to think that we could be the first, but the desire to be better than others before us should never be the defining factor in decisions which we make.

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President John F. Kennedy on the day he would have turned 100.

Manuel Noriega, a one-time US ally who was ousted as Panama’s dictator by an American invasion in 1989, died at age 83.

Today’s birthdays: Former Baseball Commissioner Fay Vincent is 80. Motorsports Hall of Famer Al Unser is 79. Actor Kevin Conway is 76. Actor Helmut Berger is 74. Rock singer Gary Brooker (Procol Harum) is 73.

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Tuesday, May 29, the 149th day of 2018. There are 216 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On May 29, 1953, Mount Everest was conquered as Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tensing Norgay of Nepal became the first climbers to reach the summit.

On this date: In 1453, Constantinople fell to the Ottoman Turks, marking the end of the Byzantine Empire.

In 1660, Britain’s King Charles II was restored to the throne on his 30th birthday after nine years in exile.

In 1765, Patrick Henry denounced the Stamp Act before Virginia’s House of Burgesses.

In 1943, Norman Rockwell’s portrait of Rosie the Riveter appeared on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post. (The model for Rockwell’s Rosie, Mary Doyle Keefe, died in April 2015 at age 92.)

In 1961, a couple in Paynesville, West Virginia, became the first recipients of food stamps under a pilot programme created by President John F. Kennedy.

In 1977, Janet Guthrie became the first woman to race in the Indianapolis 500, finishing in 29th place (the winner was A.J. Foyt).

In 1988, President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev opened their historic summit in Moscow.

Ten years ago: The Vatican issued a decree stating that anyone trying to ordain a woman as a priest and any woman who attempted to receive the ordination would incur automatic excommunication. Actor-comedian Harvey Korman, Emmy winner for The Carol Burnett Show, died in Los Angeles at age 81.

Five years ago: A US drone strike killed Waliur Rehman, the No. 2 commander of the Pakistani Taliban. The Rev. Andrew

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Email us! editor@theguardian. co.nz Facebook us! facebook.com/ ashguardian Federated Famers recently convened a meeting with growers, merchants and representatives from the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) to begin discussions around the development of a New Zealand Seed Standard.

Certification late fees is wasted money T

iming is everything for arable farmers. We know that a delay in harvesting crops over the summer period may result in farmers losing yield and quality, affect the timeliness of autumn establishment and even delay planting until spring when yield results will be impaired.

We know the consequences of not applying or completing spray and fertiliser programmes in the desired timeframes.

We know when seed crops need to be entered into the certification programme to avoid being charged a late entry fee.

It is surprising then to learn that arable farmers collectively paid AsureQuality, the service provider, $146,000 in late fees for late entries to the Seed Certification scheme over the past three years.

You read correctly, arable farmers are contributing needlessly to AsureQuality’s coffers.

That is $146,000 that could

Colin Hurst

FROM THE FARM

have been better utilised elsewhere in the arable farming system.

I realise the seed certification system is not perfect.

Sometimes we can be waiting on labels or other information from the merchants, which means we cannot put our entries in the certification system.

AsureQuality have advised that they expect merchants to provide farmers with the necessary information.

The first lot of seed entries are due on Monday, June 4 for any autumn-sown beet, fodder radish, rape, strawberry clover (for a change of cultivar), swede,

turnip and white (for a change of cultivar).

There is lots of work taking place in the seeds sector that growers should be acutely aware of.

Federated Famers recently convened a meeting with growers, merchants and representatives from the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) to begin discussions around the development of a New Zealand Seed Standard.

This will sit above the seed certification scheme and includes the range of steps we take to prove that our seed lines are pure, such as residues and weeds.

We have also commenced discussions with the New Zealand Grain and Seed Trade and Seed Processors Association about the situations where Blackgrass is detected on import certification.

Our Biosecurity Act (1993) currently provides the opportu-

nity for seed lines to be dressed, reshipped or destroyed should it be found.

It is our view that for Blackgrass, the only options should be reshipped or destroyed.

If you have some feedback on what you would like to see in a New Zealand seed standard or want to take part in the conversation on biosecurity, please join us at the Federated Farmers Arable Industry Group Conference on June 6 in Timaru.

Please contact Philippa Rawlinson at Federated Farmers for more information (prawlinson@ fedfarm.org.nz).

Colin Hurst, is Federated Farmers Arable Vice-Chairman The views, opinions, positions or strategies expressed by the author and those providing comments are theirs alone, and do not necessarily reflect the views, opinions, positions or strategies of the Ashburton Guardian Co Ltd or any employee thereof

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■ UNITED STATES, KOREA

Summit still happening?

President Donald Trump said a US team was in North Korea to plan a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, raising expectations that the on-off-on meeting would indeed take place.

The State Department said earlier that a team was in Panmunjom, which straddles the border inside the demilitarised zone, or DMZ, separating the North and South Korea.

One can cross the border simply by stepping across a painted line, but moving beyond several footsteps into the North at Panmunjom would be rare for US officials.

Trump withdrew from a planned June 12 Singapore summit with Kim last week, but quickly announced that it could get back on track. His tweet, which offered praise for the longtime US adversary, was the latest signal that his concerns about the North’s stance toward the summit had been allayed.

“Our United States team has arrived in North Korea to make arrangements for the Summit between Kim Jong Un and myself,” he tweeted.

“I truly believe North Korea has brilliant potential and will be a great economic and financial nation one day. Kim Jong Un agrees with me on this. It will happen!”

South Korea’s president, Moon Jae-in, gave details

Hairdo raises eyebrows

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (left), and South Korean President Moon Jae-in, walk after their surprise weekend meeting at the northern side of Panmunjom in North Korea.

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about his surprise meeting at the weekend with Kim in the Panmunjom truce village, saying Kim had committed to sitting down with Trump and to a “complete denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula”.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tapped veteran American diplomat Sung Kim to handle pre-summit negotiations. On a separate but complementary track was the CIA team Pompeo set up last year when he headed the spy

agency. And on a third track was a White House logistical group sent to Singapore on Sunday to prepare in case the summit takes place. It was led

by Joe Hagin, White House deputy chief of staff for operations.

Kim, the US ambassador to the Philippines, also served as ambassador to South Korea and was part of the US negotiating team that last held substantive denuclearisation talks with North Korea during

the George W. Bush administration in 2005.

The Korean leaders’ second summit in a month saw bear hugs and broad smiles.

The talks, which Moon said Kim Jong Un requested, capped a whirlwind 24 hours of diplomatic back and forth.

They allowed Moon to push for a US-North Korean summit that he sees as the best way to ease animosity that had some fearing a war last year.

- AP

■ UNITED STATES

Second flood in 2 years, community broken After flash floods sent cars floating down Main Street in historic Ellicott City, Maryland, local officials said they were heartbroken to see the community so severely damaged again less than two years after a devastating flood killed two people and caused millions in damages.

As the flood waters receded, officials were just beginning the grim task of assessing the destruction.

During a news conference, Howard County Executive Allan Kittleman said authorities weren’t aware of any fatalities or missing people. But first responders and rescue officials were still going through the muddied, damaged downtown, conducting safety checks and ensuring people evacuated.

Kittleman said the damage was significant and appeared to him to be worse than the flooding two summers ago.

Residents and business owners, Kittleman said, “are faced with the same daunting task again”.

“We will be there for them as we were in 2016,” he said.

Governor Larry Hogan also toured the area and promised “every bit of assistance we

All eyes should have been on the burgers on the latest episode of Australia’s MasterChef, as the wannabe winners competed to see who could reinvent, or in some cases just cook through, the pub classic. But no one cared about the patties because no one could take their eyes off something far more magnificent and extraordinary — the reinvention of British chef Gordon Ramsay’s hair.

The sharp intakes of breath from the contestants as the enfant terrible of the kitchen strode on to the set were not because of his fame or notoriety. Oh no, it was surely genuine shock at what the hell had happened to that mop.

Rescue personnel walk along Main Street in Ellicott City.

Roaring flash floods struck the Maryland city that had been wracked by similar devastation two years ago.

PHOTO AP possibly can.”

“They say this is a once every 1000-year flood and we’ve had two of them in two years,” Hogan said.

The flooding swept away parked cars in Ellicott City, set along the west bank of Maryland’s Patapsco River and about 20 kilometres west of Baltimore.

Jessica Ur, a server at Pure Wine Cafe on the city’s Main Street, told The Baltimore Sun that she watched as gushing waters swept three or four parked cars down the street.

“It’s significantly higher

than it was before,” she told the newspaper, comparing the floodwaters to those of 2016.

Mike Muccilli, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Sterling, Virginia, said it’s too early to make comparisons between the two floods. But he said both were devastating.

In July 2016, Ellicott City received 17 centimetres of rain over a two- to three-hour period. This time, the community received nearly 20.32 centimetres of rain over a sixhour period, but most of it fell during an intense, three-hour

period, Muccilli said.

“In a normal heavy rain event, you wouldn’t see this amount of flooding, where you see cars floating down the road,” Muccilli said. “This was a true flash flood.”

Ellicott City has been rebuilding since the 2016 flooding damaged and destroyed businesses. Local officials recently said that 96 per cent of the businesses were back in operation and more than 20 new businesses had again opened in the Main Street area.

Just two weeks ago, Hogan announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency had awarded the state and county more than $1 million to pay for projects aimed at reducing the flood risk in areas around Main Street.

Some are already asking questions about whether enough was done after the last flood to prevent a similar catastrophe.

Hogan said temporary improvements were in place and more things were in the works to reduce the community’s vulnerabilities. But he said big changes take time, and no one expected such a huge flood so soon after 2016.

- AP

Solo fails to soar In the largest disturbance yet in Disney’s otherwise lucrative reign over Star Wars, the Han Solo spinoff Solo: A Star Wars Story opened well below expectations with a franchise-low $US83.3 million ($NZ120m) in ticket sales over the threeday weekend in North American theatres.

Disney estimated that Solo would gross $US101 million over the four-day Memorial Day weekend, a figure below even the opening weekends of the muchderided Star Wars prequels. Last week, forecasts ran as high as $US150 million for the four-day haul of Solo. Overseas ticket sales were even worse.

Divorce filed Alicia Silverstone is divorcing her husband of nearly 13 years. The Clueless actress filed for divorce from Christopher Jarecki on Friday in Los Angeles County Superior Court. The two have been separated for two years.

Divorce documents say the 41-year-old Silverstone and the 47-year-old Jarecki will share custody of their 7-year-old son.

The papers cite irreconcilable differences as the reason for the split, and say spousal support will be based on a prenuptial agreement the couple signed when they were married, without giving details. Silverstone married the rock musician Jarecki in 2005.

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Review of Holidays Act expected

By Lucy Bennett

Iain Lees-Galloway police, corrections and DHBs and private companies such as Spark and McDonald’s.

Employers have called for changes to the act, saying they are too difficult to understand.

EY Law experts Christie Hall and Zena Razoki, in a column for the Herald, said the primary issue was a mismatch between the act and the practicalities of the New Zealand labour market.

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By ReBecca HowaRd First NZ Capital has cut its rating on Fonterra Shareholders’ Fund units as the dairy co-operative’s seeming inability to convert capital investment into earnings growth and poor track record in adding value raises questions over its ability to retain domestic suppliers.

Analyst Arie Dekker lowered his rating on the units, which give investors exposure to Fonterra Co-operative Group’s earnings, to ‘underperform’ from neutral, and sliced 17 per cent from his target price to $5.09. The units recently rose 0.9 per cent to $5.38.

The research house said its key concerns about Fonterra are the inconsistency between the growth strategy and capital structure which creates an inability to raise equity from farmers or retain earnings; poor track record in adding value from what investment has been made; and an inability to move earnings over 10 years.

On top of that, earnings are inherently volatile and neither Fonterra nor the market can predict them.

With “FSF consistently investing $800 million-plus with significant growth capex (and indicating it will continue to) our forecasts have factored in earnings growth that has been elusive and had us questioning whether we have been too positive despite a cautious overall bias,” said Dekker in a note to clients.

He said there is also a range of mounting concerns including what appears to be a negative bias in ingredients earnings; evidence that value-add businesses in Asia, Oceania and China have earnings

inversely related to that New Zealand milk price; an increasingly poor proposition for FSF farmers to hold shares which could see FSF continue to lose share to new independent capacity; and mounting concerns about FSF’s access to milk in New Zealand with environmental concerns impacting the milk growth outlook.

Fonterra last week cut its projected dividend payments to a range of 10-to-15 cents per share from a previous forecast of 25-to30 cents as increased global dairy prices pushed up what it planned to pay to its farmer shareholders.

FNZC’s Dekker said Fonterra has steadily lost market share to independent processors since it was formed and while this has generally been slow, “increasingly the investment proposition in FSF looks like it might be undermining FSF’s ability to retain critical mass in New Zealand milk supply – something that is particularly worrying for FSF if milk supply growth is harder to come by”.

That loss of market share in the South Island triggered a review of the law governing the regulated milk price, and while the previous administration had planned to relax some of the provisions imposed on Fonterra, the new government is holding a deeper investigation into the sector to ensure it’s fit for purpose and operating in the long-term interests of Kiwi consumers.

Dekker said Fonterra has invested significantly in capacity in New Zealand, flexibility in ingredients and new capacity for food services into Asia, but has an increasingly stagnant outlook for milk supply.

In the current season, Fonterra’s

key New Zealand milk supply will be broadly in line with where it sat in 2013, despite the significant investment in capacity.

He also said Fonterra’s poor performance, with variable earnings and low dividends in three of the past six years, makes it increasingly susceptible to market share loss.

“If FSF was performing better, owning FSF shares might be viewed positively – it is increasingly difficult to see being part of the co-operative positively, creating more opportunity for independent processors in a market environment where milk growth outlook is likely to be more muted,” Dekker said.

He called on the board to address several key questions including whether the growth strategy and the capital structure are consistent, whether Fonterra is too complex to manage and whether the milk price structure is undermining the wider business.

Former Fonterra director Harry Bayliss last week called for John Wilson to relinquish the chair over the co-operative’s continued under-performance.

Dekker said FNZC is reviewing its forecasts, but has reduced its forecast for FY18 and FY19 earnings and reduced its long-term outlook for Fonterra’s New Zealand milk supply growth from 1.5 per cent to 0.5 per cent.

FNZC expects FY18 earnings before interest and tax to be $925 million in the year ending July 31, down from its prior forecast of $1.23 billion. In the following financial year, the research house predicts ebit to be $1.4 billion versus a prior forecast of $1.6 billion.

– NZME

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Last sale

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S&P/NZX 50 Index Gross 8730 8664 8598 8532 8466 8400

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Fonterra fund ‘underperforming’

NEW ZEALAND SHARE MARKET

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caught out if that person does variable hours or earns a commission or other variable pay.

The law has caught out a huge number of employers, including government agencies such as

4/5

The Government is set to announce the formation of a task force to review the Holidays Act after it emerged employers had not been complying with the act on holiday pay for years, leaving thousands of workers out of pocket.

Workplace Relations Minister Iain Lees-Galloway will make an announcement today in relation to the Holidays Act. It is understood he will announce the formation of a task force to look at how the act can be simplified.

Further details of the focus of the task force will be announced today but a source said the “magnitude of the problem” had forced the Government to act.

The issues centre on the fact that there are two ways to calculate holiday pay – either on the basis of ordinary weekly pay or an employee’s average weekly earnings over the past 12 months.

Employers must pay whatever gives the employee the most money.

But employers who calculate holiday pay based on an employee’s contracted hours can get

“The act works well in calculating holiday pay and entitlements for workers with a regular working pattern. But the labour market is increasingly resourced by shift workers, casual workers and oncall workers.

“In addition, the use of flexible working arrangements and performance-related remuneration is growing.

“This mix sits poorly with the current leave calculation formulae set out in the act.”

A survey of employers by Simpson Grierson late last year found 88 per cent of them wanted the Government to change and simplify the Holidays Act. Partner Phillipa Muir said the survey supported Simpson Grierson’s view that the act needed urgent review.

“It is anachronistic, overly complex and extremely difficult to apply.

“The overwhelming majority of our employer clients continue to rate this as their number one workplace issue for reform.

“Holiday laws are important for both employers and employees – we urge the Government to simplify the Holidays Act.” – NZME

p S&P/NZX 50 Gross

8,645.19

+6.8

+0.08%

p S&P/NZX 20 index

5,709.49

+9.61

+0.17%

p S&P/NZX All Gross

9,414.78

+8.98

+0.1%

p Rises 56 q Falls 52

WORLD MARKETS

q S&P/ASX 200 index

6,004.0

–28.8

–0.48%

At close of trading on May 28, 2018

q Dow Jones Indust.

24,753.1

–58.7

–0.24%

At close of trading on May 25, 2018

p FTSE 100 index

7,730.3

+13.54

+0.18%

At close of trading on May 25, 2018

p Nikkei 225 index

22,481.1 +30.30 +0.13% At close of trading on May 28, 2018

METAL PRICES

Source: interest.co.nz

q Gold

1,303.50

London – $US/ounce

–1.35

–0.10%

p Silver London – $US/ounce

16.67

+0.16

+0.97%

p Copper London – $US/tonne

6,886.0

+51.0

+0.75%

NZ DOLLAR

Source: BNZ

Country

As at 4pm May 28, 2018

Australia Canada China Euro Fiji Great Britain Japan Samoa South Africa Thailand United States

TT buy

0.9336 0.9201 4.7272 0.6082 1.5043 0.5316 77.84 1.854 8.8255 22.51 0.7097

TT sell

0.9026 0.8863 4.1495 0.582 1.3673 0.513 74.58 1.6224 8.5018 21.43 0.6844

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Anzco reports $1.8m profit result Anzco Foods Limited has reported a pre-tax profit of $1.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2017.

“Revenue at $1.46 billion was consistent with the previous year.

This result reflects a tough year in beef processing, which comprises around 60 per cent of Anzco Foods business,” group chief executive Peter Conley said.

Anzco Foods has aggressively pursued its strategy to reposition itself and create net value from food, nutrition and healthcare products. These initiatives have contributed positively to Anzco Foods performance with a 30 per cent lift in sales in those categories, Conley said.

Growth of the Wakanui brand supported the company’s differentiated beef strategy in New Zealand, Asia and other markets, he said, including the first shipments to China with the opening of that market for chilled New Zealand beef and lamb.

The company reinvested $27.5m in capital projects during the year.

In November a new Wakanui steakhouse restaurant opened in Singapore, complementing the two restaurants located in Japan, an expansion the company said supported the promotion and growth of New Zealand food products.

Conley said Anzco Foods’ continued focus on health and safety delivered improved performance, with injury rates reduced by 27 per cent in 2017 compared to 2016. The upgrade of the Rangitikei lamb cutting room saw the company recognised in the Safeguard New Zealand Workplace Health and Safety Awards in the

category of best initiative to address a work-related safety risk.

Anzco Foods’ parent company, Itoham Yonekyu Holdings, reported a net profit of $NZ205m for the year ended March 31, 2018, on turnover of $NZ10.9b.

As a result of a shareholding change in 2017, Anzco Foods became a 100 per cent subsidiary of Itoham Yonekyu Holdings, a global top 10 meat company.

This shareholding change was a vote of confidence in Anzco Foods and the New Zealand food sector, Anzco Foods chairman Sam Misonou said, adding that Anzco is an important part of Itoham Yonekyu’s global growth strategy, leveraging Anzco Foods’ capability to grow the business internationally, particularly in Asian markets.

Left – Anzco Foods chairman Sam Misonou said last year’s shareholding change was a vote of confidence in the company and the New Zealand food sector.

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Federated Farmers high country chairman, Simon Williamson, said a new advisory group announced by Land Information New Zealand will provide a forum for constructive discussion on topics such as tenure review.

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High country advisory group welcomed A new high country advisory group could boost constructive discussions among stakeholders and increase the wider public’s understanding of tenure review, Federated Farmers says.

“It’s always a good thing when a government agency aims to be more transparent,” the federation’s high country chairperson, Simon Williamson, said.

Land Information New Zealand announced the creation of the advisory group at the recent Federated Farmers high country conference in Cromwell.

It would feature Department of Conservation representatives, someone from Federated Farmers, and three to six members of the public with experience in sectors such as the environment, farming, industry, iwi and central/local government.

“It’s always a good thing when different stakeholders can sit together as a forum and discuss issues constructively, as opposed to take pot shots at each other through the media,” Williamson said.

“Over recent years we have asked a number of individuals and groups to provide factual and non-emotive reasons for claims that ‘tenure review is not working’. The advisory group may provide an opportunity for this.”

However, much as Federated Farmers welcomes the initiative, it is adamant the new group should not be about reopening debate on the Crown Pastoral Land Act, which was tested in the Environment Court before being enshrined in legislation.

The federation believes the tenure review process and all issues related to the management of Crown Land in the South Island’s high country are widely misunderstood, mainly because they are complicated.

“A more visible process should help the whole community understand what’s going on,” Williamson said.

Applications for appointments to the advisory group close on June 14.

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Meat board changes strategy

Meat board chairman Andrew Morrison said the board favours a move away from its current conservative investment approach.

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National Velveting Standards Body committee member and Fairlie farmer Paddy Boyd (far left) talks to deer farmers about new shed standards at Aubrey Aitken’s Mayfield property last year.

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Clock ticking on new deer shed hygiene regulations Deer farmers are being reminded that deer sheds need to be audited for compliance in relation to new hygiene regulations.

Deer Industry New Zealand quality assurance manager John Tacon said last year the Ministry for Primary Industries allowed farmers to velvet in sheds that did not fully comply with the new Regulated Control Scheme (RCS), so long as an upgrade was under way.

“This no longer applies,” Tacon said. “If in the coming season your deer shed does not comply, your velvet may be ineligible for export. Having an audit will set your mind at rest that you are doing everything right.”

He said farmers who have finished upgrading their deer sheds can ask to be audited this season. They will then have 12 months to complete any minor fixes.

Last season the National Velvet Standards Body (NVSB) audited 300 sheds, of which 163 were signed off.

The sheds that needed work and those farmers who declined to take part have until September 30 to show they comply, Tacon said.

This year the NVSB will audit another

300 sheds for compliance. Tacon said any non-compliances will need to be completed within that year.

MPI compiles a list of farms that are non-compliant, as well as those where the owners have declined an audit or to upgrade their sheds. The ministry may follow up on those sheds at any time and followups may be on a cost recovery basis.

Tacon said the new regulations were not a DINZ scheme.

“It’s set up under the Animal Product Act as a regulation so the industry meets overseas market access food safety requirements. DINZ is very keen to see all velvet farmers comply, because it gives us continued access to the China market and is very important for the reputation of our velvet.”

He said for the next velvet season those farmers who have upgraded or replaced velveting facilities can sign off their velvet status declaration (VSD), even if they have not had an official audit.

“But if you haven’t done an upgrade and don’t meet the RCS standards, think carefully about signing a VSD … it’s a legal document that MPI takes very seriously.”

The New Zealand Meat Board is to change its investment strategy and reserves policy following consultation.

Earlier this year, the board proposed moving from the current “conservative” approach (all fixed interest) to a “balanced” approach (50 per cent fixed interest, 50 per cent equities); and to protect the reserves from inflation.

More than 760 submissions were received during the consultation. Of those, 92 per cent of respondents supported inflation proofing reserves, 90 per cent supported moving to a balanced portfolio from an all cash conservative fund and 87 per cent supported the reserves policy.

The board made some minor amendments as a result of the responses received and is essentially moving ahead with a strategy based around a balanced portfolio and inflation-proofing of reserves. It is now working with investment advisor Cambridge Partners to select a fund manager.

Board chairman Andrew Morrison said: “Based on the research and comparison with other funds, the board believes that with a little more risk, improved returns can be achieved that will see the reserves grow into the future, while at the same time provide for enhanced industry good funding in the medium term.”

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Farm gate price watch …

for the latest prices, visit www.interest.co.nz/rural 28-May-18 current price range Saleyard prices … u LAMB ($/head) weighted average Store 80 - 117 Prime 140 -198 u HEIFER (c/kg) 250-350 kgs Lwt Store 254 - 261 u STEER (c/kg) 481-580 Lwt Prime 239 - 273 This week

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Auction prices … u SI WOOL indicator prices (c/kg, clean) Mid mic (23.1-31.5) 1,029 751 Fine Xbrd (31.6-35.0) 356 392 Coarse Xbred >35 mic 364 340 Merino 2,239 2,332

985 323 314 1,679

Source: WSI, NZMerino 727 1,168 727 403 424 302 372 399 267 1,588 1,867 1,588

Local market prices … u GRAINS ($/tonne, delivered Canterbury) free price Wheat, milling,12.5%p 378 357 350 Wheat, feed 379 379 360 Barley, feed 379 378 370

Source: Midlands Grain 333 350 300 323 370 280 330 380 290

Processor prices … u LAMB ($) including 1kg woolly pelt 15.5 kg YM SI 115.18 17.5 kg YX SI 129.26 19.0 kg YX SI 139.81 21.0 kg YX SI 153.89 Local trade (c/kg) SI 730 (16-22kg) u MUTTON ($) including 0.5kg pelt 21.0 kg MX1 SI 108.89 u BEEF (c/kg) P2 steer SI 500 (270-295kg) M Cow SI 359 (170-195kg) M2 Bull SI 465 (296-320kg) Local trade P2 SI 530 (180-280kg) u VENISON ($/hd) gross AP Hind 50kg SI 550 AP Stag 60kg SI 666 AP Stag 80kg SI 888

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International market prices … u LOGS indicator prices, $/tonne Forest index Apr - 18 2018 130.00 127.00 127.00

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u DAIRY (NZ$/tonne) Butter Skimmilk powder Wholemilk powder Cheese - cheddar

7,445 2,831 4,595 5,185

Fonterra milk price Fonterra dividend Fonterra share price

8,330 3,029 4,832 5,770

7,656 2,690 4,621 5,311

7,360 2,717 4,505 5,159

2016/17 final $6.12 2016/17 final 0.40

0.7064 0.5834

Source: PF Olsen 139.00 114.48 8,874 3,624 4,765 6,052

6,055 2,473 3,928 4,680

2017/18 f'cast $6.75 2017/18 f'cast 0.25- 30c NZX FCG $5.35

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u EXCHANGE RATE (NZ$1.00=) US dollar 0.6933 Euro 0.5931

52 week high low

0.7269 0.5923

0.7018 0.6272

0.7538 0.6518

Comprehensive data is available from the supplier www.interest.co.nz/rural

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MARKET REPORT By the time this is published, the Government should have announced the result of its extremely prolonged and overdue deliberations of what the future is for farmers with mycoplasma bovis.

Given the extent the disease has spread and the late hour of this decision in relation to dairy Moving Day for cows, June 1, the decision almost should be predictable, almost, as nothing is ever guaranteed.

In the areas where the disease is most prevalent, Southland and Canterbury farmers are committed to moving cows to wintering blocks and the option of keeping cows on their existing habitats ie the milking platforms will involve some major logistics in getting suitable feed to them.

An average Canterbury dairy farm carries approximately 800 cows, requiring about 14kg of dry matter of suitable feed per day (for those not familiar with DM that is about 50kg of wet grass).

The wintering period is say 70 days, so multiply all of that and one farm requires an additional 784 tonnes of feed or 31 truck and trailer loads, and I repeat that is just for one farm.

So far 40 are confirmed, 300 are under suspicion and a further 1700 in the wings, so far.

Also remember, if the feed is available in the volumes required, then a payment of about 23 cents per kg dm is required from someone to purchase it.

In addition, the dairy farmer is likely to have a contract with the wintering landowner worth about $23 per week per cow for eight to 10 weeks, who is going to reimburse this?

Dairy farming is an incredible moneygo-round and this is what keeps many rural communities viable, so while MPI and the Government have been procrastinating, they have made the final decision almost inevitable.

The cows have to be allowed to move.

The question to decide will be under what restrictions will this take place and again, given the late hour, MPI’s options will be limited here also.

So, with this going on in the background,

the final payout forecast released by Fonterra on Wednesday at $6.75 and the very bullish predicted price for next season of $7.00 per MS is going to be a welcome respite from the onslaught of negative news and publicity the dairy industry has been operating under.

Sheep The store market for lambs has exceeded $200 ($212) in the North Island last week and the South is not far behind with Colgate getting to $198 last week.

Prices like these couldn’t even be imagined two or three years ago when the district was suffering under drought conditions and prices came down with it.

Whether these prices will remain in the 2018-19 season, only time will tell, but to date there are no real negative outlooks on the horizon.

A lift in the schedule of 10 cents per kg from most processors for lamb has kept the heat in the system.

Wool No big lift in the wool sale last week but still holding on to the price gains made in the previous weeks.

Lambs’ wool is coming to the end of its season and hogget wool is barely making up the numbers but selling well.

Beef Unlike almost all the other pasture products, beef is distinctly sluggish and the indications coming out of the US market are that, that market is not going to pick up any time soon.

There are plenty of forward cattle coming on to the market and the price of weaned calves falling.

US dollar aside, it may be a long wait for much positive news unless the Chinese influence really tips the balance.

Venison Other products can only dream of a season such as venison has had with the $11.10 per kg still holding and velvet returns also giving strong returns.

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TEST YOURSELF Test yourself with the Guardian’s weekday quiz 1 – In which year did the first public school open in Ashburton? a. 1862 b. 1872 c. 1882 2 – In May 2018, the world’s oldest prime minister was elected in which country? a. Peru b. Honduras c. Malaysia 3 – What nationality was the classical painter Jean Auguste Ingres? a. Portuguese b. Spanish c. French 4 – What, approximately, is the population of the UK? a. 65 million b. 80 million c. 95 million 5 – What is the English translation of Sierra Leone? a. Lonely River b. Lion Mountains c. Low Plateau 6 – The largest surviving area of rainforest is in which country? a. Brazil b. Indonesia c. Central Africa 7 – Shark species can...? a. Lay eggs b. Birth live young c. Both 8 – What is the distance between Wellington and Samoa? a. 2260km b. 3260km c. 4260km

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1.5kg piece beef corned silverside 30 whole cloves 4T golden syrup 6–8 bay leaves 10-12 whole black peppercorns 2 oranges

3 ■ Fill the saucepan with water; ensuring all of the meat is covered.

■ Place the lid on the pan and simmer until cooked, allowing 50 minutes cooking time per 500g.

■ Skim and clean the surface of the water with a ladle every 30 minutes or so to prevent the liquid from becoming cloudy. You may need to top up the pan with more water to keep the meat

completely covered.

■ Once cooked, remove meat from the pan, cover and set aside for 12–15 minutes.

■ Remove the cloves from the meat and carve; slicing it across the grain. Serve with mustard sauce and seasonal vegetables.

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■ Remove the meat from its wrapping and rinse under the tap.

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■ Take a large, deep saucepan and place the meat into the pan sitting the meat on a trivet if you have one, to ensure the meat cooks evenly.

■ Add the bay leaves, peppercorns and golden syrup.

■ Cut the oranges in half, squeeze the juice over the meat, place oranges into the pan.

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Tales of Kiwi grub from yesteryear

BY CONNOR LYSAGHT

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s with every culture, the world of Kiwi food has had its mainstays and it’s also had some strange fads along the way.

The culinary landscape of Ashburton today reflects how we eat a wider range of food now than ever before. You can obtain and eat virtually anything you’d want to eat here (within good reason), but it hasn’t always been this way.

In the early days of this country, the standard diet mainly consisted of things such as oatmeal or porridge, breads, meat such as mutton or beef, and some basic vegetables.

Moving to New Zealand was seen as a great improvement to people’s standard of living and an escape from poverty and hunger for many.

New Zealand was marketed as a land of plenty, a notion that attracted many colonists from the British Isles. Therefore, the New Zealand diet stems heavily from that of the English, with meat and three vege meals remaining commonplace up into the 21st century.

Among other sources, the book Letters from Early New Zealand by Charlotte Godley gives insight into how early settlers ate and produced food during the 1850s. Accounts of dairying in Otago, keeping cattle and the cooking and eating of various meals are given. With the diet being of primarily English influence, it is no surprise that tea drinking was also already widespread.

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Colonial goose As you can imagine, living in an isolated colony in the South Pacific can, among other things, yield interesting results. In terms of food, one interesting Kiwi creation was the colonial goose.

In essence, this dish consisted of a boned leg of mutton, with a savoury stuffing, which was prepared in such a way that it looked like a cooked goose. This may sound quite strange (at least if you’ve never found out what a turducken is), but placed within the context of colonialism it makes some sense.

Geese were hard to come by for

1. A cartoon from Punch, 1848, showing the benefits of emigration to the colonies, with a family around a laden dinner table.

2. A variety of roasted dishes, from Mrs Beeton’s famous cookbook.

3. The style of Marmite tin produced between the 1910s and the 1950s.

4. An unknown soldier enjoying a plate of roast – the classic Kiwi meal.

a good part of this country’s early history and sheep were abundant, so homesick and hungry immigrants devised this dish to fill the void.

This recipe is a classic example of colonial ingenuity, but it has fallen out of the wider public conscience and is rarely prepared anymore.

Colonial goose fell by the wayside later in the 20th century as numerous food products stayed in the mainstream.

Marmite The feelings associated with the very name of one particular food item can enrage even the calmest individual or instil a sense of passive nostalgia: Marmite (or Vegemite). The disconcerting brown yeasty spread has stayed relevant for over a century, which leaves us with one prevailing question – how?

Marmite, as it was eventually branded, was discovered by German chemist Justus von Liebig

in the late 19th century. It was commercialised and sold by the Marmite Food Extract Company from 1902 onwards and within five years the product was a success.

Sanitarium gained the rights to distribute Marmite in New Zealand and Australia by 1908 and the rest is history.

Over time, the true health benefits of this yeast extract spread were discovered.

As it turns out, Marmite contains a rich array of B vitamins and other nutrients – attributes that boosted Marmite to superfood status.

The true popularity of Marmite was revealed in 2012 when a national shortage, dubbed “Marmageddon”, occurred following the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake.

During the shortage, somebody listed a 250g jar of the stuff

on TradeMe for $800 – unsurprisingly nobody was that desperate for their Marmite fix.

Whether you consider it to be pure rubbish or the pinnacle of modern food science, the fact remains that Marmite has stuck around for over 100 years. At this point it seems unlikely that it, alongside its estranged brother Vegemite, will be dethroned as the ultimate Australasian acquired taste.

During the past half century, New Zealand has opened up to the big, wide world of culinary diversity. Again using Ashburton as our example – our town boasts numerous culturally diverse eateries and a yearly international food festival.

The speed at which our palate has widened is breakneck – to think merely 100 years ago we tried to pass off sheep meat as that of a tasty bird!

Honouring the Fallen The Ashburton Museum, with the assistance of the Rotary Club of Ashburton Plains, has erected in front of the museum one of the original Ferriman flagpoles, and on the centennial of the death of each Ashburton soldier will fly a replica flag. This week the Ashburton Museum honours: May 31: George Edward Carter ELLEN, John Robert WILLIAMS, William Rees WILLIAMS

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RESULTS ■ Basketball NBA playoffs Collated results from the National Basketball Association semi-finals (all series bestof-seven): Eastern Conference at Boston Cleveland Cavaliers 87 Boston Celtics 79 (Cleveland Cavaliers wins series 4-3)

■ Bridge Ashburton Bridge Club May 21s Duplicate N/S 1st Fiona Williamson & Maryke Blignault, 2nd Mervyn Jones & Mary Francis, 3rd Jan McClelland & David Fisher E/W 1st Pat Wise & Joyce Johnson, 2nd Noel & Gladys Baker, 3rd Shirley Young & Marion Oakley May 22 Duplicate N/S 1st Mary Buckland & Trish Downward, 2nd Melva Stowell & Mike Holdaway, 3rd Pauline & Paul Fergus E/W 1st Bev Turton & Rona Brownlie, 2nd Linda Baker & Leigh Wackrow, 3rd Sue Rosevear & Alan Wright May 23 Duplicate 1st Kay Robb & Rosemary McLaughlin, 2nd Shirley Harris & Beth McIlraith, 3rd Micheal Brierton & John Fechney May 24 2 rds, diff ptr N/S 1st David Sewell & Mary Buckland, 2nd Pat Jordan & Rosemary McLaughlin, 3rd Michael Brierton & Paul Fergus E/W 1st Alan Wright & Trish Downward, 2nd Sue Rosevear & Anne Reid, 3rd Lois Rose & Bill Kolkman

■ Cycling Mid Canterbury Social Wheelers May 26 14 Riders, 16km 1st Home Don Sutton CT. 29.56. HT. 2.00m.

RT. 27m 56s. 2nd Shane Gerken CT. 29.57.

HT. 2.00m. RT. 27m 57s. 3rd Ronnie Campbell CT. 29.58. HT. 2.00m. RT. 27m 58s. 4th Andy Skinner CT. 29.58. HT. 1.00m. RT. 28m 58s. 5th Lucy Kirwan CT. 29.59. HT. 1.00m.

RT. 28m 59s. 6th Colin Teahan CT. 29.59.

HT.1.00m. RT. 28m 59s. 7th Emma Hudson CT.30.03. HT. Go. RT. 30m 03s. 8th Brent Hudson CT. 30.06. HT. Go. RT. 30m 06s.

DRAWS ■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club June 2 This is a mixed day with an Irish Stableford competition.

Starting times: Morning (winter time starts) 8.30am; Afternoon report to the Pro Shop at 11.30am for a 12.00pm start Nine Hole golfers report at 12.30pm for a 1.00pm start.

June 4 Another mixed day with a mixed pairs 4BBB Stableford competition. Report at 11.30am for a 12.00 noon start

■ Rugby Luisetti Seeds Combined Competition Division 1 Luisetti Seeds Cup Quarter Finals Waihora v Darfield: Division 1 14:45 TT: 1 Kevin Opele [Referee], Jamie Rogers [AR1], George McKenzie [AR2] Prebbleton v Lincoln 14:45 Prebb: Oval Christopher O’Malley [Referee], Marcelo Wibmer [AR1], Donald Winter [AR2] Railway Tavern Rakaia v Saracens 14:45 Rakaia: Rak 1 Southbridge v Springston 14:45 Southb: 1 Steven Laird [Referee], Justin Currie [AR1], Barry Moir [AR2] Canterbury Rugby Supporters Club Trophy Section Southern Stu Tarbotton Contracting Ltd v Ashburton Celtic 14:45 Hinds: Glenmark Cheviot: Div 1 v Kaiapoi: Kaiapoi Div 1 14:45 Chev: Chev 1

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9th Dave Shurrock CT. 30.10. HT. Go. RT. 30m 10s. 10th Richard Kirwan CT. 31.36. HT. 7.00m. RT. 24m 36s. F/T. 11th Dave Knight CT. 31.36. HT. 7.00m. RT. 24m 36s. 2f/t. 12th Paul Macfie CT. 31.37. HT. 7.00m. RT. 24m 37s 3f/t. 13th Brad Hudson CT. 31.42. HT. 7.00m. RT. 24m 42s. 4f/t. 14th Debbie Skinner CT. 33.54. HT. Go. RT. 33m 54s.

■ Golf Ashburton County Veterans Golf Association Gross round in Grades.

Mayfield Golf Course 0-19: G. Sparrow with a score of 78, P Helmore 83, B McGregor 85.

20-27: J Lattimore by Lot 91, M Gray also 91, R Lake 95, M Holmes 97.

28+: O Everest 101, M Fechney 104, M Beach 104. Twos: A Dixon and M Moorhead.

Ashburton Golf Club May 26 Stroke round - Radius Care Player of the day: Jordan Bird with 82-13=69 nett. Other winning scores were: Peter Walker, Paul May and Kevin McStay 70; Blair Franklin 71; Pat Turton, Jeff Hewitt, Phil Kerr and Greg Fleming 72; Neil MacDonald, Greig Sparrow, Hamish Niles, Charlie Alexander, John Power, Peter Bain and Richard McKernan 73.

Twos: John Power, Richard McKernan, Jordan Green, Guildford Lane and Paul Greer.

Nearest Pins: South Island Seeds: Blair Franklin; Rothbury Insurance Guildford Lane; Allenton Meat Centre: Paul May; Braided Rivers: Ian Rive; Charming Thai Longest Putt: Paul MacFie; The Stables Family Restaurant Lucky Draw: Paul MacFie. Birdie Jackpot: #12, Nett Eagles: #12 Nine Hole Results The winner of the stableford round was Andrew Teale 23pts.

Other winning scores were: Laurence Hanrahan 21; Peter woods and Dick Hansen 19pts.

Mayfield Golf Club May 23 Mid-Week Stableford Competition Bill Allan 37 Stableford points, Gordon Duthie 36, Andrew Lake 35, Charlie.Rapsey 35 Nearest the Pin: Gordon Duthie Two’s: Christine Ross May 26 Fourball Final winners Jack Allan and Steve King beat Paul Gardner and Bill Allan on last hole 1 up. The rest played Bisque par winners Allan Dixon, John Low and Brian Fielder all 6 up Nearest pins no 2 Aon Insurance Paul Gardner, No 11 Jon McAuliffe Bayleys Wayne NCRSU Plate Section Ohoka: Div 1 V Methven: Wareings 14:45 Mand: Mand 1 Confirmed BDI Seniors: BDI Div 1 v Oxford RFC: Division 1 14:45 Duns: 1 Sam O’Reilly [Referee], Bruce Ward [AR1], George Schwass [AR2] Plaque Section Hurunui: Hurunui DIV1 v Ashley: Div 1 14:45 Cul: Cul 1 West Melton Rugby Football Club: West Melton Seniors v Hornby: Division 1 14:45 Wmelt: 1 Matthew Gallagher [Referee], Daryl Sullivan [AR1], Mark Bruhns [AR2] Rolleston: Division 1 v Hampstead: Devon Tavern Seniors 14:45 Roll: 1 Hayden Cook [Referee], Andrew Brosnahan [AR1], Luke Clark [AR2] Senior B Allenton Grieve Construction Allenton vAshburton Celtic 14:30 Alltn: 1 P Hunt [Referee], G Shaw [AR1], T Grieve [AR2] Mt Somers Rugby Football Club: Seniors B v Southern: Wholesale Seeds 14:30 MtSom: 1 J O’Connor [Referee], G Clement [AR1], M Southby [AR2] Collegiate RFC: Senior B v Rakaia Rugby Club: Senior B 15:00 Coll: 1 K Faalogo [Referee], A McGirr [AR1], P McKnight [AR2] Methven: Senior B V Hampstead: Senior B 15:30 Methvn: 3 D McKibbon [Referee], G Barr [AR1], C Marshall [AR2] Colts Ashburton Celtic RFC: Celtic Colts v Rakaia Rugby Club: Rakaia/Methven Colts 19:00 Celtic: 1 Kevin Opele [Referee] Lincoln Rugby Club: Colts v Springston Rugby Football Club: Springston Colts 13:00 Linc: 1 Simon Lamont [Referee] Waihora: Colts v Oxford RFC: Oxford Colts 13:00 TT: 1 Jamie Rogers [Referee] Darfield: Darfield Colts v Prebbleton: COLTS 13:00 Darf: 2 Nicholas Moyes [Referee]

Will Power, of Australia, crosses the start/finish line to win the Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, yesterday. Kiwi driver Scott Dixon finished in third spot.

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Vessey, No 5 Marylin Cross Property Brokers Jeff McNally, No 14 A.N.Z Bank Steve King, 2nd shot 9&18 A.T.S Paul Gardner Twos: John Low Kallara Texels player of day: John Low 86/16/70

Methven Golf Club May 23, Ladies Division 2nd Waddington Plate Roz Grant 107-33-74, Jenny Senior 92-1676, Tania Wilson 95-19-76 Margaret Lilley Putting Tania Wilson 30, Ellen Kemp 31 Aqua Japanese Restaurant best Nett: Roz Grant 74 Nearest the Pins #17 Silver Aribica Angela Mowbray, #4 Bronze A Cinema Paradiso Jan Lane, #6 Bronze B Methven Foursquare Gail Limbrick, #13 Open Methven Travel Angela Mowbray, #14(2nd shot Br B) Supervalue Marg Kelk, #17 Sat Ladies Methven Pharmacy Gail O’Duffy Two’s and Net Eagles: Gayle O’Duffy. Roz Grant. Heather Santy x2.

Ashley: Colts bye Under 18 SCRFU: Aoraki Country V Methven: Methven/Hampstead 13:00 Temuka: 1 Prebbleton: UNDER 18 v Rolleston: Under 18 13:00 Prebb: 1 Donald Winter [Referee] Confirmed Under 18 TotalSpan Shield Match Dunsandel/Irwell: Under 18 Plains United v SCRFU: Aoraki City 13:00 Duns: 1 Bruce Ward [Referee] Darfield: Waihora v Ashburton Celtic RFC: Hanham Concrete U18 13:30 TT: 2 George McKenzie [Referee] Southern: NZ Livestock Brokers bye Under 16 Tinwald RFC: RD Petroleum Tinwald v West Melton Rugby Football Club: West Melton 16 13:00 Tinwld: Tinw1 Lincoln Rugby Club: Under 16 v Amberley: Northern Raiders 13:00 Linc: 2 Christopher Love [Referee] Hampstead: Mid Canterbury Mechanical v Prebbleton: PREBBLETON/ROLLESTON COMBINED 13:00 Hamp: Hamp1 Waihora: Waihora U16 v Southbridge: Southbridge Under 16 13:00 TT: 3 Kelvin Hore [Referee] Ohoka: Waimak Stags bye Under 14.5 Waihora: Waihora U14.5 v Hampstead: Lemacon 12:00 TT: 2 Rolleston: Rolleston/Lincoln Combined v Methven: Methven/Tinwald 12:30 Roll: 2 George Schwass [Referee] Prebbleton: UNDER 14.5 v West Melton Rugby Football Club: West Melton 14 12:45 Prebb: 2 Ashburton Celtic RFC: Fowler Homes v Leeston: Lstn- Sthbrdg-DI U14.5 13:00 Celtic: 1 Rolleston: Black v Collegiate RFC: Collegiate U14-5 13:00 Roll: 5 Emily Johnson [Referee] Rolleston: Black bye

May 25, 9 hole Golf 3rd Stableford: Barbara Duffy 56-21-35, 20 stablefords, Mike Markillie 51-16-35, 17, Jodie Monk 53-16-37, 18 Best Stableford: Barbara Duffy, PGG Best Player: Barbara Duffy, Methven Travel 2nd Shot – Alister Goodwin May 26 Men’s Division Duff Trophy winners: Mike Gray & Gavin Santy. Middleton Trophy winners: Bruce Dickson & Jim Lattimore.

Senior: Craig Middleton 78-9-69. Intermediate: Peter Harper 89-17-72. Junior A: Mike Gray 90-17-72. Junior B: Russel Currie102-29-73.

Other Good Scores: 69 Mark Gazzard. 71 Bruce Dickson. 72 James Rooney, Alister Maxwell.

Two’s: Mike Gray x3, Paddy Helmore, James Anderson, Dayle Lucas, Alister Maxwell.

Dubliner Best Nett: Mike Gray 69 by lot.

Methven Foursquare Second Best Nett: Craig Middleton 69. Methven Travel Best Gross: Craig Middleton 78.

Closest to Pin-Aqua Japanese Restaurant No 4: Craig Middleton. Hunters Wine No 6: Piers Rolton. Ski Time No 13: Mike Gray.

Green Parrot No 17: Mike Gray. Cinema Paradiso 2nd shot No 14: James Rooney.

Next Week 2nd June: Medal Round, 3rd Round club champs qualifying.

Rakaia Golf Club May 23, Ladies Division Stroke Total Par 3,s Marion Wederell - 11. 9 Hole Lillian OHanlon – 4. Railway Hotel 2nd Shot No 3 Marion Wederell, Rakaia Seed Cleaning 2nd Shot No 6 – Marg Lloyd, Val Bell Nearest the Pin No 8 – Judy Moore, Chertsey Spraying 2nd Shot No 15 – Not Struck, S Quinn 2nd Shot No 17 – Jill Burrowes

Tinwald Golf Club May 26, Stroke Leading scores in the medal and championship qualifying round played on Saturday; Senior; -12: Phill Hooper 69, Terry Reynolds 73. Intermediate; 13-18: Kieron Gray 69, Kevin Bishop 70, Chris Hart 72, Steve Kircher 72 b/l. Junior; 19 plus: Kerry Whiting 74, Lindsay Jackson 75, Keith Bonnington 75.

Women: Leen Bell 75, Christine Kinita 78 b/l.

Nearest the pin: Tinwald Liquorland # 2; Brent Smith. Gluyas Ford # 6; Jason King.

Bedrock Bar and Stonegrill # 12; Phill Hooper. Ace Auto Electrical # 16; Andrew Barrie.

G & R Seeds 2nd shot # 11; Jeff Naish. Two’s; Phill Hooper, Jeff Naish, Keith Bonnington, Brent Smith, Andrew Barrie. Net eagle; # 7 Not struck.

■ Motor racing Monaco Grand Prix Results from the Monaco Grand Prix yesterday (78 laps): 1. Daniel Ricciardo (AUS) 1hr 42m 54.80s 2. Sebastian Vettel (GER/FER) +7.336 3. Lewis Hamilton (ENG/MER) 17.013 4. Kimi Raikkonen (FIN/FER) 18.127

5. Valtteri Bottas (FIN/MER) 18.822 6. Esteban Ocon (FRA/FOR) 23.667 7. Pierre Gasly (FRA/STR) 24.331 8. Nico Hulkenberg (GER/REN) 24.839 9. Max Verstappen (NED/RBR) 25.317 10. Carlos Sainz Jr (ESP/REN) 1m 9.01 11. Marcus Ericsson (SWE/SAU) 1m 9.86 12. Sergio Perez (MEX/FOR) 1m 10.46 13. Kevin Magnussen (DEN) 1m 14.82 14. Stoffel Vandoorne (BEL/MCL) 1 lap 15. Romain Grosjean (FRA/HAA) 1 lap 16. Sergey Sirotkin (RUS/WIL) 1 lap 17. Lance Stroll (CAN/WIL) 2 laps 18. Charles Leclerc (MON/SAU) DNF 8 laps 19. Brendon Hartley (NZL/STR) DNF 8 laps Not classified: Fernando Alonso (ESP/MCL) 26 laps

Superbike World Championship Results from the Superbike World Championship yesterday: Race 1: 1. Michael van der Mark (Yamaha) 34:02:4 2. Toprak Razgatlioglu (TUR/Kawasaki) +2.328 3. Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki) 2.614 4. Alex Lowes (GBR/Yamaha) 2.894 5. Chaz Davies (GBR/Ducati) 4.797 6. Tom Sykes (GBR/Kawasaki) 8.224 7. Lorenzo Savadori (Aprilia) 9.16 8. Leon Camier (GBR/Honda) 18.488 9. Jordi Torres (ESP/MV Agusta) 19.964 10. Loris Baz (FRA/BMW) 20.207 Overall Standings 1. Jonathan Rea (GBR) 245 2. Chaz Davies (GBR) 181 3. Michael van der Mark (NED) 163 4. Tom Sykes (GBR) 163 5. Marco Melandri (ITA) 136 6. Xavi Fores (ESP) 124 7. Alex Lowes (GBR) 118 8. Toprak Razgatlioglu (TUR) 78 9. Loris Baz (FRA) 67 10. Jordi Torres (ESP) 64

■ Squash Celtic Squash Club Results from last week’s round of the Celtic Squash Club’s winter league competition: Ben Kruger lost to John McDonnell 1-3, James McCloy lost to Ed Harrison 1-3, Nathan Forbes lost to Phil Andrew 2-3, James Bowker beat Kirsty Clay 3-0, Mike Keen lost to Riley WIlson 1-3, Hannah Mowat lost to Kyla Clement 0-3.

Paul Cousins lost to Kevin Milne 0-3, Jimmy Hunn lost to Brendon Adam 0-3, Ron Carlson beat Julie Smith 3-1, Chris Thompson beat Brendan Clark 3-1, Rob Giles beat Hamish Trott 3-0, Charlotte Smith beat Sam Kuipers 3-0.

Nick Marshall lost to Billy Nolan 1-3, Adam Clement beat Mick Hooper 3-2, Pete Blacklow beat Jordan Hooper 3-0, Rebecca Abernethy lost to Melissa Wilson 1-3, Tim Kuipers beat Robbie Kok 3-0.

Chris O’Reilly beat Ben Kruger 3-1, Harry Stanway beat Ian Dolden 3-0, Nathan Forbes beat Steve Devereux 3-0, Gary Casey beat Shane Muckle 3-1, Reece Wallington lost to Blair Horrell 0-3.

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In brief Bennett makes history George Bennett has completed New Zealand cycling history at the Giro d’Italia. Bennett has negotiated the disjointed final stage of the 2018 Giro to finish eighth overall – the best result by a New Zealand rider in a Grand Tour. He breaks his own record – previously, the best Grand Tour finish by a Kiwi was Bennett’s 10th in the 2016 Vuelta a Espana. Bennett isn’t completely satisfied, having aimed for a top five finish or a stage win. - NZME

Cooper just misses A blink separated Anton Cooper from his first victory in an elite UCI Mountain Bike World Cup when he was pipped by World and Olympic Champion Nino Schurter in the Czech Republic yesterday. A photo finish was needed to separate the pair, after Schurter was beaten in a sprint finish by Sam Gaze in the opening round of the World Cup in South Africa. Yesterday it was the Oceania champion Cooper who took up the challenge, sprinting from behind but missing out in the frantic lunge for the line by the closest of margins.

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Watson ton does it

Georgia Muir sends a pass down the turf during her Opuke Hakatere side’s game against Craighead’s 2nd XI on Sunday.

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■ HOCKEY

Slow start costs Wakanui

By Erin TaskEr

Erin.t@thEguardian.co.nz

Wakanui travelled to Timaru looking to start their second round of the Mid/South Canterbury senior men’s hockey competition with a win on Saturday but came home with a disappointing loss instead.

Mid Canterbury’s sole team in the competition, Wakanui had lost just one game – their season opener – heading into Saturday’s match against Northern Hearts and were hoping to keep that winning feeling going after missing the first game of round two with the bye.

But it wasn’t meant to be, with Northern Hearts running out convincing 5-2 victors.

Wakanui captain Sam Moore said his side was made to pay for a slow start.

“We just didn’t really turn up to play.

“We were two goals down in the first 10 minutes and were always fighting uphill after that,” Moore said.

Wakanui did improve in the second half, but they were always chasing, Moore said.

Despite the loss they still maintained a spot in the top half of the ladder, which was topped by Temuka, but there would be no points added to the leaderboard this weekend with all teams having a weekend off due to the Ian Smith Trophy tournament being held in Cromwell.

Mid Canterbury, which is effectively the Wakanui team, is one of six teams taking part in the Queen’s Birthday Weekend tournament alongside South Canterbury, North Otago, Eastern Southland, Invercargill and Central Otago.

When Wakanui return to their regular competition next week-

end, they will face a tough task in the form of top-of-the-table Temuka.

There would also be no hockey for Mid Canterbury’s two senior women’s division one sides in the Mid/South Canterbury competition this weekend.

In their latest round on Saturday Hampstead/Collegians were home to Timaru Girls’ High School and went down 4-0 in their second match of the second round.

Wins had been hard to come by for the Karen McIntyre coached Hampstead/Collegians so far this season, but McIntyre said her young side was improving with every week, which was a positive.

Meanwhile round one winners Hampstead took on Geraldine and won 3-2.

Geraldine got on the board first and led 1-0 before Hampstead

landed three in a row to lead 3-1.

Geraldine nabbed a second goal with only a couple of minutes to go to narrow the gap.

“It wasn’t pretty, it was a tough fought battle,” Hampstead coach Rex Turnbull said.

Sam Dalziel scored two of Hampstead’s goals in a playerof-the-day performance, while Sarah Hayman slotted the other.

Down in division two, a combined Ashburton College and Mt Hutt College girls’ team under the banner of Opuke Hakatere was in action at the Ashburton hockey turf on Sunday.

They took on the Craighead 2nd XI and came away with a 5-0 loss, with two late goals blowing the score out.

“We did have some good opportunities from penalty corners that we just couldn’t convert,” Opuke Hakatere coach Brent Gray said.

Hockeyroos thrash NZ in tri-series final Revenge was on the mind of the Hockeyroos as they dominated Commonwealth Games champions New Zealand on their home turf in the final of a women’s triseries tournament.

The Australians thumped the Black Sticks 4-1 on Sunday in the decider of a week-long event in Cromwell.

In temperatures that bordered on freezing in most of their games, Paul Gaudoin had his team playing an up-tempo style that New Zealand and Japan couldn’t match.

Twin hammerings of New Zealand in the round robin phase – by scorelines of 4-1 and 3-0 – was followed by another compelling

display on Sunday.

The team marked captain Emily Smith’s 200th international with a performance she said was driven by the heartache of falling short on the Gold Coast six weeks earlier.

“Obviously after the Games we were disappointed that we couldn’t perform in a pressure game,”

she said. “We were using this as a chance to improve and practise playing in finals, and work out how to win in a pressure situation.”

Smith provided drive in the middle of the turf while Stephanie Kershaw, Kristina Bates and young forward Rosie Malone were standout performers on attack.

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Shane Watson smashed an unbeaten century as Chennai Super Kings beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by eight wickets to win its third Indian Premier League title yesterday. Watson’s 117 off 57 balls in the final led the Stephen Fleming-coached Chennai to 181-2 after Hyderabad had scored 178-6. Watson only scored his first run off the 11th delivery.

Earlier, after being put into bat, captain Kane Williamson (47) and Yusuf Pathan (45 not out) lifted Hyderabad’s total.

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Request for evidence Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland says there is no credible evidence linking Australian players to corruption after claims were made in a documentary against two unknown players. Al Jazerra aired the allegations yesterday, shining the spotlight directly on last year’s drawn test between Australia and India in Ranchi, as one of several to be questioned.

The International Cricket Council says it is taking the allegations of corruption seriously and they have launched an investigation. - AAP

England thrashed Pakistan cruised to a nine-wicket win over England in the first test, needing just one session on day four to take four wickets and then chase down a victory target of 64 at Lord’s. England resumed on 235-6 but lost its last four wickets for seven runs in 25 balls. The final test begins Friday at Leeds, with England potentially already needing to rejig its team after rolling over meekly at the home of cricket to extend its winless run in tests to eight matches.

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Eden Park ‘dinosaur’ All Blacks legend Buck Shelford says Eden Park is a dinosaur and it’s time for a new Auckland stadium. The 60-year-old played six of his 22 tests at Eden Park, including the 1987 World Cup final against France. Shelford said it’s time Auckland built a new stadium, ideally with a roof and a 50,000 capacity. “I think Eden Park is a dinosaur,” he said.

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In brief Inglis the new skipper The Maroons have deviated from their longstanding pick and stick philosophy, axing veterans Matt Scott and Darius Boyd from the side to play NSW at the MCG in nine days. There was no room for 30year-old Boyd – nor Brisbane wing Corey Oates – as Kevin Walters opted for a back three of Billy Slater, Dane Gagai and Valentine Holmes.

Walters also preferred youth in the forwards with Jarrod Wallace and Dylan Napa as his starting frontrowers, while Gold Coast star Jai Arrow and Cowboy Coen Hess will come off the bench. Greg Inglis was named as captain.

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Shark attack looming As far as first impressions go, Matt Moylan knows he and Cronulla didn’t hit it off straight away. But the Sharks recruit is finally blossoming at his new club after steering them into the NRL top four for the first time this year with easily his best 2018 performance in a romp over Newcastle. Moylan played a hand in seven of Cronulla’s nine tries on Sunday, showcasing his entire attacking repertoire. His six total try assists more than doubled the five he had over the opening 11 rounds for the Sharks. - AAP

Boost for Cowboys Shane Muckle, from host club Celtic, serves it up during his match with clubmate Reece Wallington in the club’s tournament at the weekend. Muckle won that encounter, and went on to contest the men’s D grade plate final, which he lost to another Celtic player, James Bowker.

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■ SQUASH

Quality squash on show

By Steve Devereux

steve.d@theguardian.co.nz

The Celtic Squash Club hosted their annual Ray McBeth Memorial tournament over the weekend, and with four A-graders on court, the standard of squash on display didn’t disappoint.

Jackson Beresford (graded A1) was top seed for the tournament, and demonstrated why he carries the A1 tag, producing consistently amazing squash that kept the gallery enthralled in all his games.

Beresford disposed of Kevin Milne and then Christchurch A2 player Nick Wilson on his way to the final, where he met second seed Charles Barker, also a Christchurch A2.

Barker had to work hard to make the final, eventually beating Keidah Bungard in a thriller of a five-setter in the semi-final.

But class will prevail, and despite Barker giving it his all, Beresford just kept retrieving every brilliant shot Barker could muster, and returned them with dazzling interest to win in straight sets.

In the ladies open grade, top seed Lily Rae (B1) marched imperiously to the final, as she had in last year’s edition of this tournament, and met second seed Ella Knutson (B2) in the decider.

Again the difference between gradings showed, and Rae put in a classy performance to hold on to the title, even if the third game had to go to an incredible 22-20.

Celtic’s John McDonnell was top seed in the men’s A grade, and lived up to that seeding, eventually meeting third seed Scott Butterick in the final, and just had too much firepower in an entertaining four-set contest.

Another home club player, Melissa Wilson, was top seed in the women’s A grade, and didn’t drop a set on the way to the final.

Heather Bowker (Celtic) was also untroubled to make the final, but had no answer to Wilson’s all-round game, and had to settle for second spot.

Form continued to go with seedings in the men’s B grade, with Ryan Ko getting to the final with wins over Trent Reynolds and Chris O’Reilly, although Tom Ravenscroft came from midfield to contest the final.

Ko proved too strong in that contest, winning in three.

In the C grade Celtic’s Adam Clement had a straight run to the final as well with wins over Hamish Woolsey and Ivan Brown, and met Brad Hanifin in that final, but again the top seed prevailed,

in four sets, giving yet another title to the host club.

There was a change to proceedings in the men’s D however, with top seed Matt Parsons losing to Matt McComish in the semi-final.

In the final Michael Collett took the second set to make it interesting, but McComish eventually took the spoils with a 3-1 victory.

“It was great to watch such a high level of squash being played throughout the grades,” said club president Ed Harrison.

“The younger players from outside our region playing in the open grade certainly showed what talent they have.

“A huge thank you to the Celtic committee that ran the tournament – without your efforts these things wouldn’t go as smoothly as they did.”

Minjee Lee wins LPGA title on birthday It was a happy birthday indeed for Minjee Lee as she broke her LPGA Tour title drought just four days out from the US Women’s Open yesterday.

The Australian celebrated her 22nd birthday in style by birdieing the last hole to win the LPGA Tour’s Volvik Championhip by

one shot in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Lee fired a closing four-underpar 68 and clinched a thrilling victory from South Korea’s InKyung Kim (67) at Travis Pointe Country Club.

The former teen prodigy won three times on the LPGA Tour before the age of 20 but she had

gone 38 LPGA starts since winning her fourth and most recent title at the 2016 Blue Bay Championship.

Her breakthough yesterday came at the same event where she finished tied second, behind Shanshan Feng last year.

The victory was worth $195,000

to Lee and takes her season earnings to $628,726, moving her up to fourth on both the money list and the season-long points race.

It could hardly have been better timed for her confidence, with the year’s biggest event, the $5m US Women’s Open, starting on Thursday in Alabama. - AAP

North Queensland back Kyle Feldt admits star half Johnathan Thurston looks a little lost as he prepares for life without State of Origin. But having retired from representative football, Thurston’s NRL availability during the Origin period will be a bonus for a side currently floundering in second last spot. Matt Scott, overlooked for an Origin berth, could join him in club colours if the prop can overturn a shoulder charge citing at the judiciary. - AAP

Rose takes Fort Worth Justin Rose has claimed his ninth PGA Tour title with a comprehensive three-shot win at the Fort Worth Invitational. The 37-year-old Englishman carded a six-under-par closing round of 64 to finish with a 20 under total – three clear of nearest challenger Brooks Koepka.

The victory is Olympic champion Rose’s fourth global success since November 2017 and comes three weeks ahead of the US Open. - PA

Big win for Davis Australian Open golf champion Cameron Davis has one eye on securing a US PGA Tour card after breaking through for a maiden win on the secondary Web.com circuit in Tennessee. The 23-year-old fasttracked his push towards the American main tour with a come-frombehind win at the Nashville Open yesterday, in eerily similar fashion to his triumph at The Australian Golf Club in November.

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Molinari rolls McIlroy Italian Franceso Molinari has won the PGA Championship title at Wentworth as Rory McIlroy faded in the final round to miss out on the chance of victory in the European Tour’s flagship tournament for the second time.

The pair started yesterday level on 13 under par and while Molinari carded a flawless 68 to finish at 17 under, McIlroy’s 70 left him two shots adrift in second place despite birdies at the last two holes. - PA

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■ EL DOUTE

In brief

New role for big winner Canterbury vet Peter Scholes is expanding his thoroughbred involvement.

He was the major shareholder in the well-related stakes performer El Doute during the entire’s racing days and this season will be standing the son of Redoute’s Choice at stud at his Leithfield Lodge operation in North Amberley.

Scholes is well-known in racing circles through his veterinary work.

“I graduated in Australia in 1970 and worked in England and the United States before I started the Canterbury Equine Clinic,” he said.

“I retired from that 20 years ago and went on to other things.

“It’s still the biggest clinic in the South Island.

“I’m still practising and three or four horses come to my place

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El Doute turns on winning form at Riccarton. every day, mainly those with back issues.”

El Doute was a A$90,000 yearling purchase for Scholes and his brother-in-law Gary Kirkpatrick, former Black Caps captain Bren-

don McCullum, Brian McLaughlin and Riccarton trainer Michael Pitman.

“He’s a lovely animal with a beautiful temperament,” Scholes said.

Shaune Ritchie has good reason to think his promising staying mare Princess El Jay can make further progress this winter. “She’s by Rip Van Winkle and a half-sister to Bee Tee Junior so she’s got the pedigree to suggest she’ll handle the tracks,” the Cambridge trainer said. “She’ll go to Te Rapa next.

It will be six weeks between runs, but she’s not a mare that carries a lot of condition.”

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Kiwis in superb form New Zealand-bred gallopers dominated the Sha Tin card in Hong Kong on Sunday evening winning six.

Savabeel two-year-old Romantic Bonanza started the ball rolling when he won the opening event and O’Reilly’s son Goko then also opened his account over 1000m. Sunny Power, by Tavistock, broke his maiden over 1600m and Honest Way, a three-year-old, followed suit over 1200m. The Kiwi dominance was completed by Sacred Ibis,

by O’Reilly, and another son of Savabeel in Rattan who won their respective races.

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Otago dogs

Today at Forbury Park Raceway

Otago Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Forbury Park Raceway 9 6 Bahama Queen nwtd ........................J Dunn Meeting Date: 29 May 2018 NZ Meeting number: 3 Doubles: 1 10 557 Pretty Keen nwtd ...............................S Keen and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12; 13 and 4 1.05 WWW.GREYHOUNDSASPETS.ORG.NZ C0, 545m 14 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 5, 6 and 7; 8, 9 and 10; 12, 13 and 14 1 64454 Goldstar Hurley nwtd S &................B Evans 2 8888 Watch Levi nwtd .............................J Guthrie 1 12.12pm OTAGO NOVICE SPRINT SPEC, 310m 3 62 Sefton Jill nwtd ................................R Wales 1 18746 Glass Harpoon nwtd ......................J Guthrie 4 1 Sefton Force nwtd ...........................R Wales 2 77x35 Sozin’s Treasure 19.05 ..............J McInerney 5 6 Idol Ben nwtd ..................................R Wales 3 23353 Cosmic Ryder nwtd ...................J McInerney 6 Opawa Tai nwtd ...............................R Wales 4 83566 Zip Zap Zoe 18.92.....................J McInerney 7 67547 Goldstar Auburn nwtd S &...............B Evans 5 62515 Cosmic Marty nwtd ...................J McInerney 8 6 Idol Jan nwtd ...................................R Wales 6 57786 Uncle Jock 19.12 ..................... P Hammond 7 88312 Magic Jess Lass 18.86 ..................C Healey 5 1.22pm KEYOSK SERVICE BAR STAKES C1, 545m 8 36765 Southern Fantasy 18.90 .................B Healey 1 633x2 Freckle Flyer 33.46.............................J Allen 9 17857 Tartan Watch nwtd .........................J Guthrie 2 23126 Archie’s Ranger nwtd .................J M Jopson 10 86667 Magic Tracey nwtd.....................J McInerney 3 42842 Zipping Ripley nwtd ..................... B I Conner 4 7888x Opawa Richie 32.79 ........................R Wales 2 12.30pm OGRC MAIDEN SPRINT C0, 310m 5 73321 Spring Sam 32.42 .....................J McInerney 1 53487 Homebush Maycee nwtd...........J McInerney 6 77764 Awesome Annie 32.70 ................ B I Conner 2 27432 Goldstar Alfie nwtd S & ...................B Evans 7 28645 Elland Road nwtd ......................J McInerney 3 88464 Pam Arising nwtd .......................J M Jopson 8 25573 Avalanch City 32.24 ..................J McInerney 4 Smokey Dodger nwtd ............... P Hammond 9 48357 Forbury Flyer nwtd ....................J McInerney 5 25534 Goldstar Wilson nwtd S & ...............B Evans 6 Dream Stone Jade nwtd ...................S Keen 10 81478 Sly Bet 33.33..............................J M Jopson 7 2 Ketchikan Kim nwtd...........................J Dunn 6 1.40 BRAMWELL SCAFFOLDING SPRINT C2, 310m 8 752x Zara Nixon nwtd ........................J McInerney 1 75654 Tricky Action 18.89 S & ...................B Evans 9 7876 Homebush Izzy nwtd .................J McInerney 2 36148 Goldstar Tu Puc nwtd .................J M Jopson 10 557 Pretty Keen nwtd ...............................S Keen 3 43834 Mitcham Reado 18.68 ...............J McInerney 3 12.47 ROBBIE PHOTOGRAPHER SPRINT C0, 310m 4 85642 Homebush Miles 18.46 .............J McInerney 5 14732 Homebush Hundy 19.18 ...........J McInerney 1 42446 Chasing Great nwtd ..........................S Keen 6 86112 Cosmic Ruben 18.50 ................J McInerney 2 1 Astrid nwtd ........................................J Dunn 7 56177 Goldstar Spotty nwtd S & ................B Evans 3 Neil’s My Name nwtd ........................M J Hill 8 63153 Sozin’s Emperor 19.04 ..............J McInerney 4 57674 Springheel Jack nwtd .....................J Guthrie 9 71478 Special Affair nwtd ............................J Dunn 5 65 Nippa Mint nwtd ........................J McInerney 10 41671 Melan nwtd S & ...............................B Evans 6 38278 Homebush Satara nwtd.............J McInerney 7 63263 Goldstar Galaxie nwtd S & ..............B Evans 7 1.57 BROCKLEBANKS DRY CLEANERS C2, 310m 8 77458 Homebush Bow nwtd ................J McInerney 1 17231 Kalonga 19.08 S & ..........................B Evans

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“I’ve dabbled in this game as a breeder and owner for a long time and I wanted to keep him a colt at all costs.”

El Doute won twice as a twoyear-old and the following season doubled his winning tally before finishing fifth in the Gr.1 Levin Classic (1600m). He was then narrowly beaten in the Listed Dunedin Guineas (1400m).

“I always believed he was capable of Group victories in New Zealand,” Pitman said.

“His two wins as a two-yearold showcased his real ability.”

El Doute subsequently transferred to Chris Waller’s Sydney stable and was successful during his stint with the champion trainer.

“We’re going to stand El Doute at $2000 + GST with grazing and stud veterinary bills included in the fee,” Scholes said.

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Top winter credentials

2 77177 Chief Doug 18.72 ......................J McInerney 3 54748 Sozin’s Blue 18.69 ....................J McInerney 3 85155 Darlek Ian nwtd .........................J McInerney 4 65435 Know Approval 18.75 .....................G Cleeve 4 82364 Sea Fever nwtd ........................... B I Conner 5 12847 Homebush Boden nwtd.............J McInerney 5 54831 Homebush Patriot 18.77 ...........J McInerney 6 16236 Cosmic Jase 18.62 ...................J McInerney 6 46618 Goldstar Po nwtd S & ......................B Evans 7 11613 Detective Dash 18.75 ................J McInerney 7 75351 Sergio Star 18.86 ......................J McInerney 8 81767 Sierra Delta 18.58 S & ....................B Evans 8 48534 Senorita Julie 18.65 ..................J McInerney 9 14873 Fiery Affair nwtd ................................J Dunn 9 53364 Homebush Scribe 18.66 ...........J McInerney 10 71655 Homebush Austin 18.62 ............J McInerney 10 71358 Goldstar Linkin 18.60 S & ...............B Evans 11 3.17pm GREEN ISLAND BARBER STKS C3, 545m 8 2.20pm (NZT) HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRIAN BAGLEY 1 13154 Know Other 32.80 ..........................G Cleeve 2 37667 Know Answer 32.70 .......................G Cleeve STAKES C2, 545m 3 87512 Opawa Brad 33.00 J & ....................D Fahey 1 47324 Cosmic Stu 32.65......................J McInerney 4 53115 Hard Questions nwtd .....................G Cleeve 2 46141 Know Conclusion 32.66 .................G Cleeve 5 65465 Perfect Result 32.28 ......................R Adcock 3 82822 Lightning Crash 32.76 ...................R Adcock 6 12113 Dave’s Dot 32.75 .......................J McInerney 4 81738 Goldstar Miley 32.59 S & ................B Evans 7 32476 Botany Alan 32.81.....................J McInerney 5 57464 Shift The Blame 32.60...............J McInerney 8 44134 Opawa Racer 32.44 ........................R Wales 6 51627 Luciastar 32.67 .........................J McInerney 9 31187 Storming Mack 32.87 .................. B I Conner 7 45654 Opawa Plum nwtd ...........................R Wales 8 57751 Zipping Jen 33.01 ....................... B I Conner 10 46751 Edge Of Town 33.14......................R Adcock 9 56388 Goldstar Scooby nwtd S & ..............B Evans 12 3.36 PETER SINTON PLUMBING DASH C5, 310m 10 71876 Know Leave 33.62 .........................G Cleeve 1 13141 Zipping Clyde 18.45 .................... B I Conner 9 2.36 ALL FENCING SOLUTIONS SPRINT C3, 310m 2 17423 Inside Affair nwtd...............................J Dunn 3 81512 Cosmic Richie 18.49 .................J McInerney 1 6751x Obeyance nwtd ..................................J Allen 4 11845 Justin Ryan 18.51 S &.....................B Evans 2 45641 Know Respect 18.42 ......................G Cleeve 5 73617 Botany Cold 18.73 ....................J McInerney 3 65414 Know Scrutiny 18.58 ......................G Cleeve 6 75523 Opawa Sheldon 18.35.....................R Wales 4 78117 Princely Gold 18.62...................J McInerney 7 24114 Wheelchair Norm 18.09 ............J McInerney 5 747F2 Flaming Sambuca 18.57 ...........J McInerney 8 21516 Think Tank 18.40 .......................J McInerney 6 58743 Opawa Jumper 18.68 ......................R Wales 9 77118 Must Be Rusty nwtd ..................J McInerney 7 77851 Koputara 18.73...........................J M Jopson 8 66673 Opawa Binge 18.36.........................R Wales 10 15188 Gotcha Majenta 18.61...............J McInerney 9 84442 Know Sweat 18.74 .........................G Cleeve 13 3.56pm PRESIDENT’S SPRINT C1, 310m 10 37155 Unverified 18.67 ........................J McInerney 1 54466 Mitcham Moody nwtd ................J McInerney 10 2.54pm ST KILDA VET CENTRE SPRINT C4, 310m 2 57737 Epic Rose nwtd ..........................J M Jopson 1 61888 Chop Shop 18.48 ......................J McInerney 3 21162 Zefside 18.71 ............................J McInerney 2 83127 Zugzwang nwtd ...........................R Hamilton 4 64242 Homebush Skip nwtd ................J McInerney

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35662 Black Dan 18.86........................J McInerney 28888 Opawa Leigh 18.99 .........................R Wales 5612F Bigtime Kendall 18.74 .................R Hamilton 16743 Homebush Pansy nwtd .............J McInerney 3787x Rhinegolde 18.77 ...............................J Allen 38867 Trendy Blake nwtd .....................J McInerney

14 4.12 RACING AGAIN TUESDAY 12 JUNE C1, 310m 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

64825 Gotcha Penny 18.66 .................J McInerney 21554 Mick The Mower nwtd ...............J McInerney 18778 Magic Jean Lass nwtd ...................C Healey 83483 Homebush Sloan 18.54 ............J McInerney 61123 Chasing Fame 18.79 .........................S Keen x6377 Southern Affair 18.93 ..................R Hamilton 4575F Homebush Ragna nwtd ............J McInerney 57286 Rib Curler nwtd ..................................J Allen 53577 Little Snicko nwtd ......................J McInerney 37855 Mounga 19.00 ...........................J McInerney SELECTIONS

Race 1: Cosmic Ryder, Cosmic Marty, Uncle Jock, Glass Harpoon Race 2: Ketchikan Kim, Dream Stone Jade, Zara Nixon Race 3: Astrid, Goldstar Galaxie, Nippa Mint, Bahama Queen Race 4: Sefton Force, Sefton Jill, Goldstar Hurley, Idol Jan Race 5: Spring Sam, Freckle Flyer, Zipping Ripley, Avalanch City Race 6: Cosmic Ruben, Mitcham Reado, Tricky Action, Melan Race 7: Kalonga, Darlek Ian, Sea Fever, Chief Doug, Sergio Star Race 8: Know Conclusion, Cosmic Stu, Zipping Jen, Goldstar Miley Race 9: Princely Gold, Know Scrutiny, Obeyance, Opawa Binge Race 10: Sozin’s Blue, Chop Shop, Zugzwang, Know Approval Race 11: Perfect Result, Dave’s Dot, Know Other, Know Answer Race 12: Wheelchair Norm, osmic Richie, Must Be Rusty Race 13: Zefside, Epic Rose, Mitcham Moody, Bigtime Kendall Race 14: Gotcha Penny, Magic Jean Lass, Homebush Sloan LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

Christchurch dogs Today at Addington raceway

Christchurch Greyhound Racing Venue Addington Raceway Emergencies: 2 56734 Dream Kay 30.29 ............................R Wales 10 76665 Goldstar Jagger 30.80 S &..............B Evans Meeting Date 29 May NZ Meeting number: 9 Doubles: 1 and 9 48752 Verta Bale 30.65 ..........................C Roberts 7 4.23 AMBER CLEANING SERVICES C1, 295m 3 6x772 Know Courtesy 30.89.....................G Cleeve 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12; 13 and 14 10 84x86 Fab Action 30.62 ........................D Stapleton 4 56212 Dig Dig Dig nwtd ........................J M Jopson 1 15444 Hi Ho Tonto 17.66 ...............................A Lee Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 5, 6 and 7; 8, 9 and 10; 12, 13 and 14 4 3.26pm CRATE & BARREL HOTEL DASH C1, 295m 2 8F846 Lavarno 17.72 S & ..........................B Evans 5 14322 Oh So Nitro 29.98 J & .....................D Fahey 6 31573 Cerrone Bale 31.05 ......................C Roberts 1 2.30pm THE FITZ SPORTS BAR DASH C1, 295m 1 47374 Homebush Kazzy nwtd .............J McInerney 3 55465 Cee Ash nwtd.................................G Cleeve 7 274F2 Opawa Millie 30.92.......................D Roberts 1 26514 Disobedience 17.74 S & .................B Evans 2 75454 Cornali 17.68..............................J M Jopson 4 31111 It’s A Must 17.25 J & .......................D Fahey 8 36344 Black Eye Bill 31.05 .................. M Dempsey 2 75534 Ana Dior 17.40 .............................C Roberts 3 38233 It’s That Fresh nwtd S & ..................B Evans 5 25552 Smash Gator 17.51 ......................... M Grant 3 22227 Rion King 17.45 .............................. M Grant 4 35487 Mamma Rose nwtd .........................R Casey 6 86234 Jealous Much 17.67 ..................J McInerney Emergencies: 9 48752 Verta Bale 30.65 ..........................C Roberts 4 55412 Cold Affair 17.84 .......................... L Waretini 5 83645 Red Margin 17.43 ........................... M Grant 7 42638 Jinno Gino 17.51 ......................... J McMillan 5 78482 Just James 17.43 .......................H Anderton 6 52237 Venetia 17.53 ............................... K Cassidy 8 74556 Verbena 17.52 .............................. K Cassidy 10 76665 Goldstar Jagger 30.80 S &..............B Evans 6 88781 Okuku Terra 17.61...........................R Casey 7 35646 Dapper Danny 17.56 ................... J McMillan 9 48888 Bursar 17.40 ................................ K Cassidy 11 5.36 DURASTEEL STRUCTURES PH 033796195 7 67155 Gotcha Rocky 17.83 .................J McInerney SPRINT C1, 295m 8 78622 Ohoka Magic 17.45 ...................... L Waretini 8 4.41pm ISLINGTON TAVERN SPRINT C1, 295m 8 45217 Where’s Snoopy 17.43 H & .................Taylor Emergencies: 1 64772 Chippy Jordy 17.37 .........................J Tanner 1 55656 Rum Gin Mixer 17.37 .......................A Joyce 9 48888 Bursar 17.40 ................................ K Cassidy 2 23261 Distinctive Miss 17.50 ......................A Joyce 9 48888 Bursar 17.40 ................................ K Cassidy 2 17464 Butterface 17.51 ..............................J Tanner 3 18745 Bula Roberts 17.40 ......................C Roberts 3 76761 Twizel Storm 17.95 ..........................

M Grant 2 2.45 CAROL’S TAB CLENDON INN SPRINT C1, 295m 5 3.46pm CLARKSON’S SIGN STUDIO C1, 295m 4 82677 Homebush Hazel 17.52.............J McInerney 4 26688 Feral Whanau 17.95 .....................M A Butler 1 86467 Loose Donald 17.81 .................. M Dempsey 1 23x34 Opawa Janet nwtd ..........................R Wales 5 14355 Holly Grace 17.92 ........................... M Grant 5 15488 Nippa Martino nwtd ...................J McInerney 2 32356 Goldstar Sawyer 17.60 S & .............B Evans 2 x7622 Unfounded 17.43........................J M Jopson 6 32626 Poetik 17.59 S & .............................B Evans 6 38652 Rand 17.19 ................................J M Jopson 3 45165 Feral Dove Love 17.83 .................M A Butler 3 87736 My Ginger Kiss 17.80 S & ...............B Evans 7 68218 Taieri Terra 17.61 ............................R Casey 7 7756x Goldstar Whitey nwtd S & ...............B Evans 4 x6535 Wong Box 17.48.........................J M Jopson 4 52878 Inky Lord 17.53 ............................S Hindson 8 62833 Scissor Clip nwtd ........................B Freeman 8 56887 Opawa Shay nwtd ...........................R Wales 5 47774 Coleridge Jim 17.60 M &..................... Smith 5 28551 Whose He 17.44 ..............................A Joyce 9 48888 Bursar 17.40 ................................ K Cassidy 9 48888 Bursar 17.40 ................................ K Cassidy 6 41451 Know Dollars 17.51 ........................G Cleeve 6 326F8 Sass ‘Em Up 17.31 ................... A Bradshaw 7 65665 Matariki nwtd ....................................A Joyce 7 35414 Parmigiano 17.94 ................................A Lee 9 4.57pm KAISA EARTHWORKS 0272073323 DASH 12 5.51 ROBBIE PHOTOGRAPHER DASH C1, 295m 8 56864 Pip Baxter 17.43 .......................J McInerney 1 31777 Homebush Tasha 17.62 ............J McInerney 8 68623 Half Silver Fern 17.98 ...............J McInerney C1, 295m 9 48888 Bursar 17.40 ................................ K Cassidy 1 14553 Broken Penniless 17.49 .................G Cleeve 2 37882 Bossy Affair 17.47 ........................ L Waretini 9 48888 Bursar 17.40 ................................ K Cassidy 3 3.11pm ADDINGTON EVENTS CENTRE STAKES 6 4.06pm ANGLER’S ARMS TAVERN STKS C1, 520m 2 43x77 White Not Wong 17.53 ...............J M Jopson 3 44567 Idol Georgie 17.31 ............................ J Rush 3 87784 Botany Whisper 17.77 ...............J McInerney 4 58787 Mr Black Magic nwtd S & ................B Evans C1, 520m 1 52841 Opawa Al 30.75...............................R Wales 4 54333 Koroibete 17.92 H & ............................Taylor 5 8x676 Smash Prince 17.66....................D Kingston 1 72425 Opawa Sophie 30.52.......................R Wales 2 12226 Know Shame nwtd .........................G Cleeve 5 73845 Auros Advantage 17.67 S & ............B Evans 6 33345 Gordy Junior 17.51 ....................J M Jopson 2 55746 Jinja Ellie 31.40 ................................A Joyce 3 4883F Opawa Pam nwtd ............................R Wales 6 xT281 Astro Tipple 17.53 ................J Tanner 7 17535 Knocka Rush 17.95......................... M Grant 3 23313 Goldstar Hemi 31.16 S & ................B Evans 4 211 Dangerous Motion 30.68 J & ..........D Fahey 7 86128 Okuku Billy 17.49 ............................R Casey 8 18544 Promise To Keep nwtd ........................A Lee 4 x2578 Cheese Please 31.14..........................A Lee 5 63236 Zara Zoe 30.85 ...............................R Wales 8 48646 Running Freer 17.69 ..........................C Weir 9 48888 Bursar 17.40 ................................ K Cassidy 5 64485 Valyrian Steel nwtd ...................J McInerney 6 65755 Extra Salsa nwtd S & ......................B Evans 9 48888 Bursar 17.40 ................................ K Cassidy 13 6.10pm COALGATE TAVERN SPRINT C1, 295m 6 52538 Little Krakatoa 30.80 .................A Bradshaw 7 74353 Smash Rebel 30.58 ........................ M Grant 7 27244 Go Belle 30.96 J & ..........................D Fahey 1 65124 Go All Lin 17.30 ........................A Bradshaw 8 54442 Cossie Cooper 30.70 .........................C Weir 10 5.16pm LITTLE BROWN JUG STAKES C1, 520m 8 12723 Know Flare 30.35 ...........................G Cleeve 1 6762F Peekay Shout 30.89 ........................R Wales 2 74324 Sea Spray Elsa 17.47 .................B Freeman 9 48752 Verta Bale 30.65 ..........................C Roberts

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F5882 We Rocking 17.52 H & ........................Taylor 26566 Smokey Action 17.49 .................D Stapleton 73186 Goldstar Power 17.65 S &...............B Evans 73468 Homebush Ellie 17.39 ...............J McInerney 688x8 Game Controller 17.26...................G Cleeve 57655 Opawa Lawsey nwtd .......................R Wales 48888 Bursar 17.40 ................................ K Cassidy 14 6.26pm LIVAMOL DASH C1, 295m 1 168F6 Goldstar Renee nwtd S & ...............B Evans 2 17333 Platonic Affair 17.77 ..................... L Waretini 3 75743 Culvie Lass 17.45 H & ........................Taylor 4 86878 Homebush Jasper nwtd ............J McInerney 5 76778 Magic Velvet 17.64 ......................D Kingston 6 22642 Jinja Cody 17.65 .......................J McInerney 7 76568 Leanne’s Way 17.81 ...................J M Jopson 8 65236 Dime Diva 17.55..............................J Tanner 9 48888 Bursar 17.40 ................................ K Cassidy SELECTIONS

Race 1: Rion King, Disobedience, Ana Dior, Okuku Terra Race 2: Pip Baxter, Know Dollars, Wong Box, Feral Dove Love Race 3: Know Flare, Go Belle, Goldstar Hemi, Verta Bale Race 4: It’s That Fresh, Homebush Kazzy, Red Margin, Cornali Race 5: Opawa Janet, Unfounded, Half Silver Fern, Parmigiano Race 6: Dangerous Motion, Opawa Al, Know Shame, Verta Bale Race 7: It’s A Must, Hi Ho Tonto, Jealous Much, Smash Gator Race 8: Rand, Butterface, Rum Gin Mixer, Nippa Martino Race 9: Broken Penniless, Koroibete, Okuku Billy, Running Freer Race 10: Oh So Nitro, Dream Kay, Peekay Shout, Verta Bale Race 11: Distinctive Miss, Chippy Jordy, Poetik, Scissor Clip Race 12: Bossy Affair, Gordy Junior, Idol Georgie, Bursar Race 13: Go All Lin, Sea Spray Elsa, Opawa Lawsey, We Rocking Race 14: Platonic Affair, Jinja Cody, Dime Diva, Bursar 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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In brief Big changes for Boks New Springboks coach Rassie Erasmus appeared set to make sweeping changes from the disastrous tenure of predecessor Allister Coetzee as he gave 17 uncapped players a chance in his first squad selection yesterday. As well as trying out a large number of untested players, Erasmus also recalled some experienced veterans who had been out of the frame after moving overseas.

Those are hooker Bismarck du Plessis, No. 8 Duane Vermeulen, utility back Frans Steyn and fullback Willie le Roux. The 34-yearold du Plessis, in particular, was a surprise inclusion, although his return may have been helped by the injury absence of current first choice No. 2 Malcolm Marx. - NZME

Support for ‘nipple rule’ It has received derision in some quarters, but All Blacks coach Steve Hansen supports World Rugby’s new trial which states all tackles must be made below a ballcarrier’s “nipple line”. In a further bid to protect the safety of players – and especially their head area – the game’s governing body will bring in the trial for the under-20s World Cup in France which kicks off later this month. Presumably if it is successful the regulation will be rolled out to all levels of the game. The law currently states that tackles must be made below the shoulder.

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More gold for rowers

LeBron James gets the Celtics’ home crowd well stirred up during yesterday’s dramatic Game 7.

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LeBron carries Cavs With another Game 7 victory at stake, LeBron James would not sit out. He would not say goodbye to Cleveland again – not yet, anyway.

And he would not be denied an eighth straight trip to the NBA Finals.

The four-time league MVP scored 35 points with 15 rebounds and nine assists yesterday, leading the Cleveland Cavaliers to an 87-79 win over the Celtics and eliminating Boston from the Eastern Conference finals in the decisive seventh game.

“He’s had a lot of gaudy games,” Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue said.

“But I just think Game 7, in Boston, all the circumstances that surround Boston, the history behind Boston ... to come here in a hostile environment: (it’s) right there.”

In the first close game of the series, the lowest-scoring and the first victory for a road team, James played all 48 minutes, scoring 12 of his points in the fourth quarter for his sixth straight Game 7 win.

“Our goal going into the series was to make him exert as much energy as humanly possible and try to be as good as we can on everybody else,” Celtics coach Brad Stevens said.

“For the most part, I thought we were pretty good at that ... but he still scored 35.

“It’s a joke.”

For the would-be free agent, the victory postponed a decision about his future until next month.

Now, the only question is who the Cavaliers will play for a chance at their second title in three years: The Rockets host

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Tatum had a dunk over James with 6:41 left – staring down the Cavaliers star and bumping him with his chest – then followed it with a 3-pointer that gave the Celtics a 72-71 lead.

But that would be Boston’s last basket for more than five minutes while Cleveland went on a 15-2 run to put the game away.

James embraced Horford and Tatum after the buzzer, then the

Our goal going into the series was to make him exert as much energy as humanly possible

Game 7 of the Western Conference finals against Golden State today, and the winner will host the opener of the NBA Finals on Thursday.

Jayson Tatum scored 24 points, Al Horford had 17 and Marcus Morris added 14 points with 12 rebounds for the Celtics, who were looking to return to the NBA Finals for the first time since 2010.

They had been a perfect 10-0 at home this postseason.

Cavaliers donned celebratory hats and T-shirts before shuffling off the court to receive the Eastern Conference championship trophy.

It’s not the one they want.

James has been in the finals every year since 2011 – four with Miami, and now four straight with Cleveland.

This might be his weakest supporting cast.

He had to do it without Kevin Love – Cleveland’s only other all-

star – who sustained a concussion in Game 6 and was replaced in the lineup by Jeff Green.

Making his first start since the first-round opener against Indiana, Green scored 19 points and added eight rebounds – the star of James’ starless supporting cast.

“We said we want to do this for Kevin,” Lue said. “Kevin wanted to play, to be in a Game 7 situation like this in the Eastern Conference Finals, being an All-Star, being our second-best player, and he just wasn’t able to go. The guys picked him up, so now he has another chance when we get to the finals to be ready.”

The Celtics have had more time to get used to their injuries: Gordon Hayward has been out since the first game of the season, and Kyrie Irving has been sidelined since March.

“It was pretty incredible run by an incredible group of guys, and an absolute pleasure and privilege to be around them every day,” Stevens said.

“We obviously have a good thing going.”

But the present still belongs to James.

And, for now, that means Cleveland, too.

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A change of personnel made no difference to the outcome for New Zealand’s K4 500m women’s kayak crew at the World Cup regatta in Duisburg, Germany yesterday.

Rebecca Cole replaced regular Kayla Imrie, along with three-time Olympic medallist Lisa Carrington, Caitlin Ryan and Aimee Fisher to win the gold in a thrilling finish.

New Zealand were pushed hard all the way, winning in 1min 31.652s, just .340s ahead of the Poles, with Russia a further .627s back in third.

It was the toughest challenge any of the senior New Zealand crews have had on their two-regatta European trip.

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Open odyssey all over Mohamed Safwat is the first man from Egypt to play in a grand slam tennis tournament’s main draw in 22 years – and he got very little notice that chance would come at the French Open. Safwat, ranked 183 in the world, got into the field as a lucky loser, someone who failed to make it out of the qualifying rounds but is given a berth when another player withdraws. In this case, Serbia’s Victor Troicki pulled out. So the 182nd-ranked Safwat made his grand slam debut at age 27 against No.4-seed Grigor Dimitrov. Not surprisingly, the Bulgarian won 6-1 6-4 7-6(1) to be the first player through in the men’s draw.

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Kyrgios out of open Nick Kyrgios’s 11th-hour withdrawal from the French Open has left redfaced officials in a mad scramble to find a replacement to play Bernard Tomic today. In unprecedented and rather comical scenes at Roland Garros, the tournament ran out of “lucky losers” – players who failed to qualify – available to fill the void in the main draw.

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Hartley crashes out Australian Daniel Ricciardo nursed a de-powered Red Bull Renault to claim the Monaco Grand Prix in race that did little to promote Formula 1 yesterday.

Kiwi Brendon Hartley suffered another disappointing result – failing to finish after he was taken out by the Sauber of Charles Leclerc late in the race.

Hartley had been running just outside the top 10 at the time.

Starting from pole position, Ricciardo won the race to the first corner and led the entire race despite battling a lack of power for the majority of the contest but held on to win in Red Bull’s 250th race start.

It goes some way to making up for his bad luck at the same venue two years ago when a win went begging.

Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel and the Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton completed the podium but the pair didn’t have the tyre life or the space on the tight city street circuit to make any serious move on the ail-

Brendon Hartley ing Ricciardo. The leading drivers all opted for a one-stop strategy, which delivered a pass-free race that lacked any real pace.

“I think I can show more emotion today than yesterday,” Ricciardo said. “I thought the race was done.

“We got home just using six gears. I’m stoked. There were a few doubts that came in mid-race, but we’ve won Monaco – feels good.”

Hartley also made a decent start but picked up some damage at

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some point on the opening lap as the cars bunched up on the tight circuit. He damaged part of his front wing and lost some downforce as a result.

Hartley’s Toro Rosso team opted to pit him earlier than most – on lap 14 – but he was handed a five-second time penalty for speeding in the lane. It was yet another mistake from the Kiwi in what is becoming a run of missed opportunities for the Le Mans winner. He ran in 12th for a long time and jumped up a spot when the gearbox on Fernando Alonso’s McLaren let go.

Leclerc suffered a failure on his Sauber as he trailed the Kiwi with a handful of laps remaining but couldn’t stop and plowed straight into the Toro Rosso.

“A tough old race out there,” Hartley said. “I was happy with the job I was doing out there. I was holding ground and I was catching Carlos [Sainz] at the end but I think Charles had a brake failure at the end.”

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): In situations in which one person’s preference or opinion is understood to carry more weight than everyone else’s – enough! You might dismantle the unjust power structure by refusing to take part in it.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): You’ll invest your attention and hours in what makes you happy. It’s a great strategy. You can’t go wrong with this – not in the long term, and not over the course of this day.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): What good is it to feel another person’s pain unless one is also moved to help relieve it? Your compassion hits you like a call to action today, and this could significantly alter your original plans.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): Technically, discoveries are made by those who got there first, though they are often credited to those who got there loudest, most powerfully and with great support. How important is it to stake your claim?

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): You’ll get together with people who happen to be in a different mood than you are. So, whose mood prevails? Do both meet somewhere in the middle? Hopefully, the better mood will lift the other.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): Work fast so you can play slow, or at least play without distraction for nice blocks of time. This will be a reward to savour, and, better yet, it will lead to more of the same.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): Loving people do not always get to choose how that love gets distributed.

You’ll set out to direct your focus on one who always rewards it, and yet there will be others who need you more. That’s how it goes.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): As much as you would like to be able to explore every option, there won’t be time for meandering. Your intuition will come in the form of a preference. It will be practically impossible to miss this one.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): You’ll be in a position to lead. The first order of business is to help the others see what there is to want. Create an appetite for what’s in it for them. Tell a story that makes people wonder what’s next.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): Rejection is a necessary part of life But there’s no reason to put yourself in the position to risk rejection today.

You’ll talk to people who want to be talked to.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): Check in with each member of your group to make sure everyone is on the same page. When you all work together you’ll turn out a result all will be proud to claim.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): When the situation doesn’t feel right, that doesn’t make it wrong; it’s just not for you. Trust that enough to walk away so you can find something that is right for you.

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

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

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4 3 5 Across 1. Feud 8. Importance 9. Tactless 10. Tiff 12. Create 5 2 8 1 14. Occurs 15. Sacred 17. Please 18. Seep 19. Renowned 1 3 21. Title deeds 22. Edge.

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TODAY’S GOALS: Good – 11 Excellent – 15 Amazing – 20

Previous solution: IDEALISM

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ACROSS 1. Where favourites go to the dance one may be sold a pup (7) 5. Baby-wrapper with clip, hard to adjust (5) 8. Stingy rate demand showed how it was spun (7) 9. Boat’s crew is drunk, having one over them (5) 10. Ruffian who dreads Poe being upset (9) 12. Yet this roof is corrugated iron! (3) 13. So worthy one is at fault (5) 17. Clumsy chap doesn’t begin to loiter about (3) 19. At event, it turns out to be far from sure (9) 21. Be around the furrow that belongs to the lower animals (5) 22. Study, with diplomacy, how one can get in touch (7) 24. Bumps end so confusedly (5) 25. The height at which woman will take things easy (7) DOWN 1. Father takes a deity inside this eastern temple (6) 2. Pushes forward this corrosion inside, one having left (7) 3. Trick of three successive wickets fashioned by milliner (3) 4. Where in Italy a DA might get up to it (5) 5. Such extraordinary things to heap on men like this (9) 6. Get off a vehicle when short of cash (5) 7. Not liking to give 3 a gin cocktail (6) 11. Makes one acrimonious to have met tribes in uproar (9) 14. Thomas Atkins will keep himself to himself (7) 15. Old shilling receptacle used with cotton on it (6) 16. Half a dozen may be applied to notes (6) 18. Establish how it was discovered (5) 20. Cognac receptacle partly made of mother-of-pearl (5) 23. It shows one to have been born a woman (3)

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ACROSS 6. Breathe out (6) 7. Portable computer (6) 10. Come before (7) 11. Nonsense (5) 12. Portent (4) 13. Guide (5) 16. Cold (colloq) (5) 17. Influential leader or expert (4) 20. Smallest part (5) 21. Abandons (7) 22. Heavenly (6) 23. Pick (6)

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DOWN 1. Fast-moving (colloq) (3-9) 2. Exhorted (7) 3. Narrow lane (5) 4. Big cat (7) 5. Lay bare (5) 8. Requirement (12) 9. Many-legged insect (9) 14. Far off (7) 15. Argue (7) 18. Pale purple colour (5) 19. Theatre attendant (5)

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and John Hayward (Auckland), Mary (deceased) and Ray Grigg (Invercargill).

Loved grandmother and great grandmother. A service to celebrate Margaret’s life will be held in J Fraser and Sons Chapel, cnr Esk and Doon Streets, Invercargill, at 10.30am, on THURSDAY, May 31. Private cremation to follow. Messages to 117 Great North Road, WintonMay 29, 2018 Ashburton Guardian Tuesday, 9720.

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ALLAN, James Raisbeck – Passed away at home surrounded by his family on May 28, 2018, after a courageous battle with Mesothelioma. Aged 78 years. Dearly loved husband of Susan for 56 years. Loved father and father-in-law of David and Laurel and Andrew and Prue. Loved Poppa Jim of Maggie, Brigitte, Larissa and Connor.

Gone to be with his twin brother, where the salmon are always running and the golf course is bogey free.

The service to celebrate Jim’s life will be held at the Rotorua Crematorium Chapel on FRIDAY, June 1 at 10.30am.

In lieu of flowers, donations to Rotorua Community Hospice, PO Box 1092, Rotorua 3040 would be appreciated.

FREW, Margaret Elizabeth (nee Leslie) – On Saturday, May 26, 2018, at Ascot Care Home, Invercargill. Aged 96 years.

Loved wife of the late Ern Frew. Beloved mother and mother-in-law of Peter and Eleanor Frew (Cromwell), Aileen (deceased) and Jim Jones (Invercargill), Glenys and John Hayward (Auckland), Mary (deceased) and Ray Grigg (Invercargill).

Loved grandmother and great grandmother. A service to celebrate Margaret’s life will be held in J Fraser and Sons Chapel, cnr Esk and Doon Streets, Invercargill, at 10.30am, on THURSDAY, May 31. Private cremation to follow. Messages to 117 Great North Road, Winton 9720.

Respectfully cared for by J Fraser & Sons Ltd, FDANZ Dwww.frasersfunerals.co.nz EATHS

GREENAWAY, James – On May 28, 2018, passed away peacefully at Terrace View Retirement Village, Ashburton. Aged 81 years.

Dearly loved husband of the late Freda. Much loved Dad of Tony, and Mike and a loved Grandad of all his grandchildren. Messages to the Greenaway family, PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740.

Donations to Ashburton Cancer Society would be appreciated and may be left at the service. A service to celebrate James’ life will be held at our Chapel, cnr East and Cox Streets, Ashburton Come with your smile on on WEDNESDAY, June 6, commencing at 2.00pm.

Followed by private cremation.

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GREENAWAY, James – On May 28, 2018, passed away peacefully at Terrace View Retirement Village, Ashburton. Aged 81 years.

Dearly loved husband of the late Freda. Much loved Dad of Tony, and Mike and a loved Grandad of all his grandchildren. Messages to the Greenaway family, PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740.

Donations to Ashburton Cancer Society would be appreciated and may be left at the service. A service to celebrate James’ life will be held at our Chapel, cnr East and Cox Streets, Ashburton Come with your smile on on WEDNESDAY, June 6, commencing at 2.00pm.

Followed by private cremation.

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6am Find It, Fix It, Flog It 7am Home By Novogratz 7:30 Love Nature – Great Barrier Reef 8:30 Brother v Brother 9:30 Hugh’s Three Good Things – Best Bites 10am Luke Nguyen’s Food Trail 10:30 American Pickers 11:30 Travel Man 12:30 WWII Great Escapes – The Freedom Trails 1:30 Heritage Rescue 2:30 Vienna – Empire, Dynasty And Dream 3:30 Love Nature – Freddie Flintoff Goes Wild 4:30 Jamie’s Comfort Food Jamie Oliver demonstrates how to make delicious, delightful, and simple guilty pleasures, with an insanity burger, lobster mac’n’cheese, huevos rancheros, and marshmallow pavlova.

5:30 Animal Park 6:30 Cash Cowboys 7:30 Flat Pack Mansions Special following three very different flat pack builds.

8:30 Escape To The Chateau – DIY Dick, a former army engineer, visits Philip and Angelina and helps them build a bridge at their chateau.

9:30 Money For Nothing 10:30 Animal Park 11:30 Jamie’s Comfort Food 12:30 Home By Novogratz 1am Cash Cowboys 2am Love Nature – Freddie Flintoff Goes Wild 3am Heritage Rescue 4am Flat Pack Mansions 5am Escape To The Chateau – DIY

SKY SPORT 2

8am Netball – ANZ Premiership Tactix v Mystics. 9:30 Netball – ANZ Premiership Stars v Magic. 10am Golf – PGA Tour Fort Worth Invitational.

11am Golf – PGA European Tour BMW PGA Championship.

11:30 Golf – LPGA Tour Volvik Championship – Round Four. Noon Cricket – IPL Grand Final. 3:30 Cricket – International England v Pakistan – First Test, Day Four. 4pm Rugby Nation 5pm The World Rugby Show 5:30 Rugby – First XV Sacred Heart v Kings. 7pm Rugby – Super Rugby Chiefs v Waratahs. 7:30 Rugby – Super Rugby Reds v Highlanders. 8pm Rugby – Super Rugby Crusaders v Hurricanes. 8:30 The Breakdown 9:30 The Back Page 10:30 Netball – ANZ Premiership Tactix v Mystics. 11pm Golf On Par 11:30 The Breakdown

6am Rugby – Super Rugby Chiefs v Waratahs.

6:30 Rugby – Super Rugby Crusaders v Hurricanes.

8:30 Rugby – First XV Rugby Sacred Heart v Kings.

10am The World Rugby Show 10:30 Cricket – International England v Pakistan – First Test, Day Four. 11am Cricket – IPL Grand Final. 11:30 Tennis – Roland Garros Day Two. 12:30 Football – UEFA Champions League Final.

1pm Golf – PGA Tour Fort Worth Invitational – Round Four. 2pm Golf – PGA European Tour BMW Championship. 2:30 World Surf League 3:30 Golf – LPGA Tour Volvik Championship – Round Four. 4pm Sport TBC 5pm Polocrosse – NZ High Goal 6:30 Rugby League – NRL Friday. 7pm Rugby League – NRL Saturday.

7:30 Rugby League – NRL Sunday. 8pm Rugby League WEDNESDAY – NRL Warriors v Rabbitohs.

12:30 Motorsport – Nascar 8:30 NRL 360 9:30 The Cup Series Coca-Cola 600.

Fan 10pm Queenslanders 1:30 Motorsport – FIM Speedway 2:30 Motorsport Only 10:30 Try Time – Formula One Monaco Grand 11:30 Rugby League – NRL Prix. 3am Motorcycling WEDNESDAY – FIM Superbike World Midnight Cricket – Championship British International 12:30 The Round – Race One. Back Page 1:30 The World 3:30 Motorcycling – Sailing Show 2am Golf – FIM Superbike World On Par 2:30 Polocrosse Championship British Round – NZ High Goal 4am Golf – Race Two. 4am Cycling – – PGA Tour 5am Cricket – Giro D’Italia 5am Athletics International 5:30 Cricket – IAAF Diamond League – IPL

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DISCOVERY 6:35 Gold Rush PG Dozer Wars. 7:30 How It’s Made PG 7:55 How It’s Made PG 8:20 Fast ‘n’ Loud PG Gas Monkey Bandit Car 2/2.

9:10 Alaska – The Last Frontier M Big Changes.

10am Fast ‘n’ Loud PG PanTera’s Labyrinth. 10:50 Diesel Brothers PG Good Bros and Goodbyes. 11:40 Web Of Lies M 12:30 Evil Kin M Old Men Die Hard. 1:20 A Crime To Remember PG Black Sheep. 2:10 How It’s Made PG 2:35 How It’s Made PG 3pm How Do They Do It? PG 3:50 Gold Rush PG Pink Slip.

4:45 What On Earth? PG 5:40 Fast ‘n’ Loud PG Troll’s Choice Rolls-Royce.

6:35 Fast ‘n’ Loud PG PanTera’s Labyrinth.

7:30 BattleBots PG The Gears Awaken.

8:30 What On Earth? PG 9:25 Street Science PG Homemade Lightning.

9:50 Street Science PG Superpowered Glue.

10:15 Naked And Afraid M Category 5 Survival.

11:05 Naked And Afraid M Bad Blood.

11:55 A Crime To Remember PG Black Sheep.

WEDNESDAY

12:45 Evil Kin M 1:35 How Do They Do It? PG 2:25 Alaska – The Last Frontier M 3:15 Deadliest Catch PG 4:05 Treehouse Masters PG 4:55 How It’s Made PG 5:20 How Do They Do It? PG 5:45 MythBusters PG

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Tuesday, May 29, 2018

Sport KILTED KIWI’S TOP TIPS

Tamati Graham watches on as John Leslie puts some junior rugby coaches through their paces at a clinic in Ashburton on Sunday.

An ex-Highlanders player was in Mid Canterbury on Sunday passing on some of his extensive rugby knowledge to the district’s junior coaches.

John Leslie has this year ramped up his goal to boost the number of junior rugby coaches by rebooting his acclaimed training programme.

The former Scotland international said there was no shortage of mums and dads willing to get involved in coaching, but they often lacked good resources to make it happen, so he wanted to do something about it.

The Dunedin-based rugby guru held workshops at the Allenton Rugby Club and

the Rakaia Rugby Club on Sunday, passing on tips as part of a new series of free workshops for volunteer rugby coaches throughout New Zealand.

Leslie, who set up LeslieRugby in 2006 to foster the game at grassroots level, had reworked his training ideology and said it had never been easier for people to gain the

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skills to be involved in junior rugby.

At the workshops, course participants learnt the latest coaching techniques and picked up a copy of Leslie’s new junior coaching book.

Leslie said he was determined to put the fun back in coaching and the workshops were aimed at empowering attendees.

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