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Donn “Hopper” McLaren with his Ford/Mazda Escort that he is taking north for the Leadfoot Festival. PHOTO JAIME PITT-MACKAY 290119-JPM-0010
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One of the most successful club sport cars is set to tackle one of New Zealand’s most exclusive hill climb events, with its Ashburton owner and driver in the hot seat. Donn “Hopper” McLaren and his 1970 Ford/Mazda Escort are set to tackle the Leadfoot Festival this weekend in the Coromandel Peninsula. Property owner Rod Millen opens his 150-acre ocean-fronting estate each
year to host more than 150 champion and competitive race participants. There is a mile-long driveway, perfectly designed for a hill climb event, which is what McLaren is targeting after having his application accepted. “You have to write to Rod Millen and describe yourself and your car in less than 100 words and they decide from there if you will be accepted or not,” he said. The decision to have a crack at the event came about when sharing a drink
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Highway hampering district’s growth By Sue NewmaN
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Safety must be a priority but in the drive to make State Highway One safer, the Government should not lose sight of the need to protect the economic growth of the communities that highway services, an Ashburton businessman says. Medifab owner Roger Mascull knows first-hand how the reliability or otherwise of a highway can impact on a business. He relocated his business to Ashburton from Auckland in 2003 because of his belief in the strength of the district’s economy. Three years ago the deterioration in travel time between Christchurch and Ashburton and the impact that was having on staff travelling from Christchurch to Ashburton or making the reverse trip for meetings or to the airport, had forced him to rethink that plan. He’s now based at Rolleston and transports a large number of staff from Ashburton each day, a journey that now takes 20 minutes longer and comes with uncertainty around potential delays on the single carriage highway. Today he will present a submission to the Canterbury Regional Transport Committee on an NZTA proposal to construct wire safety barriers down the centre of the highway between the Selwyn River and Ashburton. Those barriers might improve safety, but they would do nothing to improve the efficiency and reliability of the highway, Mascull said. While a four-lane highway might be the ultimate answer, he believes the construction of two plus one alternate carriageways would be the commonsense interim step. “Since 2003 this road has be-
National MP for Rangitata Andrew Falloon is a strong advocate for a four-lane highway between Christchurch and Timaru. PHOTO ASHBURTON GUARDIAN come busier and less reliable and it’s that unreliability that’s the problem. If safety goes ahead without a priority for mitigating the effects of slowing traffic down it will create real problems.” Passing opportunities would be significantly lessened and that would make the journey between Christchurch and Ashburton even more difficult. And that in turn would impact on employment options for businesses in the district, Mascull said. Ashburton was already 500 jobs short and was losing millions each year in unrealised economic growth because of staff shortages; slowing highway traffic down would exacerbate this and ultimately see more businesses exit the area, he said. “To get the best result on this
we need to work carefully to prepare a solid business case but unfortunately we need to work with urgency. Do we want safety? We absolutely do but we also have to factor in economic returns.” The business case needed to be strong enough that someone in government would look at it and realise it had potential, that it was about more than just Ashburton, it was about regional prosperity, Mascull said. “I’m passionate about Ashburton and overall it’s going well but it’s always disappointing when a business moves out of town. For us – and it’s usually the case – it’s for staff. “Getting staff from Christchurch was doable earlier on but the road has become busier and unreliable and unreliabil-
ity is the crunch point.” Looking to the future, there needed to be an absolute commitment by the government to a four-lane highway between Christchurch and Timaru that would continue in stages from the Southern Motorway, he said. “This is the safest, most future-proof and most instantly advantageous investment in regional and provincial prosperity, and commitment to the project would facilitate families to consider relocating to Ashburton ahead of the development itself.” Mascull said it was important everyone was on the same page when it came to improvements on the highway. “I’ve got no axe to grind, no borax, I’m just saying let’s have a level look at this thing.”
Hopper to tackle Leadfoot From P1 The Ford Escort, which had been converted to run a Mazda rotary engine, has a long history in the club sport racing scene in the South Island, winning McLaren 20 Ashburton Car Club speed championships and three Timaru Car Club championships, along with more than 20 hill climb titles on both tarmac and gravel. The return to racing has got plenty of people excited for McLaren. “Everybody has been texting me, I just haven’t had time to reply to them,” he said. There is a confirmed number of 16 people heading north to cheer on McLaren, and 28 supporter shirts have been ordered for everyone else that he has met through motorsport around the country. With only a few finishing touches to still be put on the car, everything is looking positive now, but it has not always been plain sailing. “Around Christmas time I really started to wonder if I was going to get this thing done,” he said. “Most nights I have been up till two or three in the morning working on it (to restore it) and I don’t think I have been to bed before 2am this month.” The car also pays homage to another life member of the Ashburton Car Club, rally driver Hayden Paddon. A small green patch on the spoiler replicates the fronton look of Paddon’s former Hyundai rally car’s green roof scoop, a small touch to acknowledge one of the most famous faces of the car club. “He has also driven the car, he probably wasn’t meant to given his contract but he has driven it anger through a forest,” McLaren said.
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D-Day for giveaway shop By Sue NewmaN
The steady flow of customers to her garage proves there is a real need for her service, she said. Determined to keep her store open, she started a petition. She presented several pages of that to Favel during her visit and said there were now many more additional pages of signatures. That petition will be presented to the council on February 28 and Mockford believes that means her chances of remaining open are still alive. “If they haven’t made a final decision then I’m not closing. People are still signing this petition and the council needs to listen to the public.” She has been told she has two options – apply for a resource consent to run a business in a residential zone or relocate to a building in an appropriate business zone. Neither of those are going to happen, she said. “I’m absolutely flat out here, people are picking up goods as quickly as they’re unloaded.” Mockford said she’s been told if she does not close tonight she can be fined $780 every time she sets up shop because she is breaking the law. “I’ve got no money so good luck to them with that.”
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She’s been served with an abatement notice, but Cheryl Mockford is adamant she will not be shutting her charity shop tonight. She ran foul of the Ashburton District Council’s planning rules last year when she opened a giveaway shop in her garage. She accepts unwanted household furniture and clothing and makes this available to people in need. In doing that, council staff said, she is in breach of district plan rules because she’s running a business from a residential address. She’s been put on notice that the business must close. She’s refused, but an abatement notice served on January 14 made it clear she must close today. Over several months Mockford has had the closing date extended but earlier this month after a visit from mayor Donna Favel, she was told the council could not bend its rules. Favel suggested she put out a public appeal for a property in the appropriate zone. Mockford, however, is adamant that what she is doing cannot be described as a business. She says she is simply taking unwanted goods and giving them away.
Giveaway shop founder Cheryl Mockford is facing an Ashburton District Council-imposed closure deadline tonight, but is adamant she won’t be closing up shop. PHOTO ASHBURTON GUARDIAN
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Paving stones ‘should never have been installed’ By SuSan SandyS
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Paving stones in Methven’s town centre, laid as part of a $2.4 million town project, should never have been installed, says an Ashburton District Councillor. Leen Braam was at the Methven Community Board’s first meeting of the year on Monday, and made the comment as members discussed ongoing problems with the stones. The red and grey tiles were put in about 20 years ago, adding to beautification of the town centre. In recent years they have become slippery when it rains due to grime and mould build up. “That’s really your main problem,” Braam said, referring to the stones themselves, and told members they almost had to consider introducing a solution to long-term planning. However, board chairman Dan McLaughlin brought the discussion back to correct cleaning procedures, saying the council in Ruapehu had a good cleaning plan and did not have Methven’s problems. With regular cleans and a spe-
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Ashburton District Councillor Leen Braam says the paving stones in Methven should never have been installed. PHOTO ASHBURTON GUARDIAN cial machine, Ruapehu was able to keep on top of the issue. McLaughlin was disappointed with the standard of some of the water-blasting which had been done on the Methven stones,
however, in areas where the water-blasting had been done correctly the surface of the stones had improved. “Some areas they did quite a good job, other areas are quite
substandard,” McLaughlin said. The council had reported to the meeting that water-blasting began in December and was expected to be completed by the end of this month.
Scientist busy tracking harmful nitrates source It’s challenging work trying to track the source of potentially-harmful nitrates in the Tinwald area, says senior Environment Canterbury scientist Philippa Aitchison-Earl. Aitchison-Earl used nitrate isotopes to try to identify the source of high nitrate levels in an area of Tinwald stretching from Timaru Track Road to below Lake Hood. Her work was commissioned by the Ashburton Water Zone Committee and she reported back to them this week.
High levels were recorded at the site of the former Tinwald saleyards, while other elevated readings were attributed to septic tanks, animal effluent and fertiliser applied by farmers. She said high nitrate levels had also been recorded there in the 1980s and was the result of both past and current land use. In flat Canterbury, it could take decades for new practices to bring about lower levels. The Ministry of Health sets a safe nitrate level of 11.3ppm and 17 of the 33 samples tak-
en by Aitchison-Earl were over that. The area tested is urban, with cropping and sheep and beef farms. She said tracking suggested up to 30 per cent of nitrates came from effluent (human and animal) and the rest from fertiliser. It was difficult to be precise because of the time lag. Zone committee member John Waugh said the data was interesting. “What it does show is it is not
dairy farming that is messing up Carters Creek. It is likely residual and current practices coming from intensive cropping.” Aitchison-Earl said it was hard to prove, but “suspicious” that nitrates were high in the old saleyards area, where hundreds of thousands of animals were sold between 1878 and 2016, when it closed. Effluent and wash down water went straight onto the ground there. The senior scientist’s work is being published in a document.
Safer Ashburton District will host anti-family violence advocate David White in March. White’s daughter Helen Meads was shot in the head and killed by her husband at the stables of their Matamata farm in 2009. Meads had left her husband four days earlier, after suffering years of abuse. White has crusaded against family violence ever since, raising awareness of warning signs he says he never previously had any knowledge of himself. “I don’t want others to walk in my shoes and find out the hard way,” he said. White will talk at Hotel Ashburton 7pm on March 7. Safer Ashburton District is seeking registrations of interest in the gold coin donation event.
Good work recognised The good work of farmers in the Hinds district will be part of a pilot project telling stories about work being undertaken by farmers to address water quality issues. Irrigation New Zealand is leading the project, which is about sharing data and showing how their farming practices have changed. The Ashburton Water Zone Committee wants the stories to be engaging and relevant, not a mass of numbers that could be hard to understand.
Heatwave water hike The hot weather which pelted down on the Auckland region on Tuesday resulted in its residents smashing the previous water consumption record. According to Watercare, Auckland residents drank or used 524 million litres of water on Tuesday, which is 20 million litres more than the previous record. - NZME
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■ MULTI CULTURAL BITE
Peruvian fare on offer at festival By SuSan SandyS
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Kiwi cuisine has made its way into the kitchen of Ximena Cabrejos as she cooks for husband Fernando and their two children. But more often than not the Hinds mum finds herself preparing dishes from her home country of Peru. “I think this is what we miss the most, and when someone visits from Peru we ask can you bring this, can you bring that.” Chilli from the South American country in particular was something she liked to source, as it was desired for its flavour. Next week Cabrejos will be sharing the cuisine she loves so much with fellow Mid Canterbury residents, at the annual Multi Cultural Bite festival. Yellow spicy, a flavoured chicken dish, will be on offer alongside desserts such as purple mazamorra, and rice with milk. At the stall Cabrejos will have the help of her mother Patricia
Travizany and mother-in-law Cecilia Tipacti who are visiting from home. Kiwi fare which has made its way into the Cabrejos’ kitchen includes roasted vegetables such as kumara and pumpkin. This was a way of preparing vegetables she had not done previously. “And of course we like fish and chips,” she said. Multicultural Bite will have its 10th anniversary this Waitangi Day, when the event sets up on East Street between Havelock and Cameron streets. Traditionally the event attracts more than 12,000 people from around Canterbury. Right – Getting into the kitchen as they prepare for Multicultural Bite next week are Ximena Cabrejos of Hinds, with three-year-old son Franco Tipacti, mother Patricia Travizany (centre) and mother-inlaw Cecilia Tipacti. PHOTO SUSAN SANDYS 300119-SS-0041
Another toddler found locked in over-heated car An Auckland man was left shocked after discovering a toddler locked inside a vehicle at a supermarket in sweltering temperatures. David Le Roux said he parked up next to a heavily tinted, black SUV in the carpark of Pak N Save Silverdale about 12.30pm yesterday. While walking past he noticed a figure move slightly before peering in and seeing a toddler inside. “I saw movement and I looked in the back window which was quite heavily tinted and there was a baby sitting in a baby chair there. It was a black car and all the windows and everything were closed and the temperature outside must have been about 28 degrees. “I was quite shocked, you hear about these things on the radio, kids dying [left in cars] and here’s one right next to me.”
Staff at a supermarket, helped to coax a toddler to open the front passenger door of the black SUV he was locked inside. (This photo is a stock image and not the toddler in the story). He tried the doors but all were locked. After getting the attention of another shopper – who stayed with the child – he went inside to
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get help from supermarket staff. “I called the duty managers and they rushed outside. The little boy, he must have been about 2, luck-
ily he wasn’t strapped in. He was okay, he wasn’t stressing yet. “One of the managers was a lady and she talked to him and he was smiling at her and she asked that he open the door, and he couldn’t because the child lock was on. So she coaxed him to the front door and he managed to open that and they took him inside.” He then left the child in the hands of supermarket staff. “They were onto it right away, they took it very seriously.” After doing his shopping he returned about 10 minutes later and the car was still there, unattended. A Foodstuffs spokeswoman confirmed the incident at the store but said the child was “absolutely fine” due to the quick actions of everyone involved. “We are aware of an incident at one of our stores where a child
has been left briefly unattended in a hot car. “A customer notified store staff who acted swiftly to remove the child from the vehicle and tracked down their caregiver – fortunately despite the intense temperatures the quick action of all meant the child was absolutely fine.” The spokesperson said it was a timely reminder, especially given the heatwave the country was currently experiencing, not to leave children or pets in their vehicles. “Customers should leave pets at home and take their children into the shop with them rather than leave them in the car. “Even a quick trip in-store could lead to discomfort for someone left in a hot car, and it’s simply not worth taking the risk.” - NZME
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New theory on MH370 It remains one of the greatest aviation mysteries of all time but now a mathematician says he has a new theory on where MH370 went down. The whereabouts of doomed flight MH370 remains one of the greatest aviation mysteries of all time. But a mathematician from Cardiff University in Wales believes he’s calculated a “new impact location” where the doomed Malaysian Airlines aircraft went down in 2014 with 239 people on board. Writing for The Conversation, Dr Usama Kadri — a lecturer in applied mathematics and engineering — focused his argument for the new impact zone based on “acoustic waves”. Dr Kadri, whose work focuses on physical oceanography, quantum analogs, multiphase flows and wave power harnessing, said he and his team of researchers have been able to identify two locations where the aeroplane could have impacted with the ocean, as well as an alternative route that it may have taken on March 8, 2014. One theory puts the crash site further north in the Indian Ocean than previously believed, while the other points to a flight course taking MH370 closer to Madagascar. Dr Kadri’s argument lies around waves — both outside and inside the water — and the distorted noise caused by nearby military action. He also questions 25 minutes of “missing” data recordings
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Map of hydrophone signals recorded on March 7 and 8, 2014, which may indicate a new location for MH370. which were made at a secret US defence facility. “When you drop a pebble in a lake, water waves are generated from the location of the impact, while sound waves create the splashing noise you hear,” he wrote in the article. “Another type of wave is generated inside the water too: hydroacoustic. Similar to a sound wave, hydroacoustic waves move relatively slowly through the dense water, at 1500 metres per second (m/s).” Typically, when an object hits water, surface waves tend to become smaller and smaller until we can’t see them anymore. But, they do keep trav-
elling through the water at a lower depth. These “acoustic-gravity waves” can travel for thousands of kilometres undisturbed, and even cross an entire ocean. As for a plane, like MH370, the impact is “violent at the surface” of an ocean, meaning it “generates large surface waves, and a family of sound waves that come from a sudden change in pressure known as acoustic-gravity waves”. “These can travel thousands of kilometres through the water, carrying vital information on the source of the impact, before dissipating,” he said.
“Previous studies have mostly looked at the signals collected by station HA01, as well as signals that related to the last satellite data transmission from MH370. However, with our new understanding of acoustic-gravity waves we decided to look at hydroacoustic data from HA01 that was recorded during a wider time frame … and analysed data from the further away HA08s station too. “Allowing for the effects of sea floor elasticity, the signal locations that we had previously identified using data from HA01 were now different.” - NZME
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Queensland couple brutally murdered Police from across Queensland have descended on Rockhampton to figure out how a couple were brutally left for dead in the bedroom of their suburban home on Monday night. Investigations are continuing into the man and woman’s deaths almost two days after police rushed to the Frenchville home following a frantic triple-0 call made just after 9.30pm. A Queensland Police spokesman confirmed forensic experts were still scouring the Frenchville Road property yestetrday as homicide detectives travel from Brisbane to join the investigation, news. com.au reported. Police cordoned off the home late on Monday night after the horrific discovery which Detective Senior Sergeant Luke Peachey described as “significant”. “Forensics have been working throughout the night and we still haven’t been able to remove bodies from that
Queensland detectives are treating the death of a man and a woman in Rockhampton as suspicious. scene, so obviously it’s quite a significant investigation we’re conducting at the moment,” Detective Senior Sergeant Luke Peachey told reporters. A QPS spokesman later told
news.com.au it “wasn’t a very nice discovery” for emergency services. Since Peachey’s comments, an undertaker has been called to the home to remove the
bodies. Police were unable to confirm the relationship of the two found and said they were working to notify the family. “No positive identification has been made,” he said. “We have our suspicions but until we are able to do a positive identification, to be fair to the family, we will not be releasing anymore information.” Detectives are also in the process of gathering information from neighbours and witnesses in the usually quiet suburban street. “At this stage we’ve only briefly spoken to the neighbours … I don’t want to speculate on what they’ve heard or what they may have heard so far,” Peachey said. The two deaths are being treated as suspicious however police said they were yet to bring anyone into custody. Police have not revealed the cause of death and would not say if firearms had been invol ved. - NZME
American stand-up Marc Maron has described an off kilter appearance from former legend of comedy Chevy Chase as “bizarre” and called the 75-year-old “cranky” and “nasty”. In the most recent episode of his popular podcast WTFPod, Maron described heading down to The Comedy Store to test out new material and seeing Chase, who he thought might “be lonely” and want to “see some comedy”. But he said the National Lampoon legend then took to the stage with “no act” and proceeded to answer questions from the audience for almost half an hour. “It was slightly sad,” Maron said.
‘We’re just friends’ Celine Dion insists Pepe Munoz is just her “best friend”. The Think Twice hitmaker – whose beloved husband Rene Angelil passed away in 2016 – has been accompanied everywhere by the dancer for the last two years and though their instant bond has “evolved” and he treats her like a gentleman, the 50-year-old singer is adamant she is “single”. She said: “We bonded right away as friends, we had a good time. It evolved. But when people started to take pictures and it was like, ‘Who’s that guy? Rene?’ Let’s not mix everything. We’re friends, we’re best friends.”
Her heart on her cheek The Kiwi singer who made headlines for her Harry Styles face tattoo says she simply “wears her heart on her cheek”. Kelsy Karter, who is Kiwi-born but based in Australia, spoke to a local radio station about her decision to get the controversial tattoo of her pop idol. The tattoo is of the One Direction star’s face with his initials in a heart, and takes up prominent real estate on Karter’s right cheek. Explaining why she did it, Karter said: “I’m a big fan of Harry and I’m not afraid to express it. I honestly just don’t really know how to do anything halfarse.”
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Mockford determined to continue T
here appears to be no end in sight for the battle of what is right and wrong between the Ashburton District Council and Tinwald resident Cheryl Mockford. It’s now been months since this story first landed on the Guardian desk – a resident trying to offer a free service to the community to help them get rid of unnecessary items and give those in need of something somewhere to find what they require. Only for that same individual to then be given notice by the authorities that her operation/ business/free shop or whatever you want to call it, was in breach
of conditions of the District Plan. In short, they say it’s wrong, and she says there’s nothing wrong with it. Two sides, differing views. Sounds a bit like a match made in heaven for the news world. But we have had to be cautious ourselves. During the months this has
been unfolding, we’ve dealt with conjecture, complaints, threats of closure and an alarming amount of emotion-charged disdain from other members of the community who sit on both sides of the fence. We have had individuals claiming that the story is not all as it may seem and that Mockford isn’t completely innocent in everything she does – but that is, in some ways, beside the point. But all the backwards and forwards movement has got us nowhere. Today Mockford has been told she has to close the shop for good.
The abatement notice has been served and there’s no turning back from that. She’s in breach of the District Plan by operating a business from a residential address. The debate of whether what she is doing is actually a business or not is open to interpretation. What it means though is that it is time to shut up the shop. Close the doors until you find a more suitable location which is within the laws of the town. And that should be the end of it. But, Cheryl, bless her, hasn’t been backwards in coming forward throughout this entire
ordeal and she’s not about to change that now. She’s determined to stay open and risk the chance of being fined $780 every time the garage door is opened for the public to visit. It’s a big risk to take, but she says she’s got no money to pay any bills and to bring it on. So, knowing that now, it would seem that the day of resolution is not actually upon us and we might just be getting to the start of a brand new chapter in this twisting tale. Buckle yourselves in, it’s going to be a very interesting ride ahead.
In 2000, an Alaska Airlines MD83 jet crashed into the Pacific Ocean off Port Hueneme, California, killing all 88 people aboard. Ten years ago: Iraqis passed through security checkpoints and razor-wire cordons to vote in provincial elections considered a crucial test of the nation’s stability. A gasoline spill from a crashed truck erupted into flames in Molo, Kenya, killing at least 115 people. Five years ago: The long-delayed, controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline cleared a major hurdle
toward approval as the US State Department reported no major environmental objections to the proposed $7 billion project. A week of peace talks aimed at stemming Syria’s civil war ended in Geneva with no concrete progress. One year ago: A train carrying dozens of Republican members of Congress to a strategy retreat crashed into a garbage truck in rural Virginia, killing one person in the truck and injuring others; there were no serious injuries aboard the chartered Amtrak train.
Today’s birthdays: Composer Philip Glass is 82. Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands, the former queen regent, is 81. Actor Stuart Margolin is 79. Actress Jessica Walter is 78. Blues singermusician Charlie Musselwhite is 75. Actor Glynn Turman is 73. Actor Jonathan Banks is 72. Singer-musician Harry Wayne Casey is 68. Rock singer Johnny Rotten is 63. Actress Kelly Lynch is 60. Actor Anthony LaPaglia is 60. Singer-musician Lloyd Cole is 58. Actress Paulette Braxton is 54. Rock musician Al Jaworski is 53. Actress Minnie Driver is
49. Actress Portia de Rossi is 46. Actor-comedian Bobby Moynihan is 42. Actress Kerry Washington is 42. Bluegrass singer-musician Becky Buller is 40. Singer Justin Timberlake is 38. Actor Tyler Ritter is 34. Country singer Tyler Hubbard is 32. Folk-rock singermusician Marcus Mumford is 32. Actor Joel Courtney is 23. Thought for today: “We live in a moment of history where change is so speeded up that we begin to see the present only when it is already disappearing.” – R D Laing, Scottish psychiatrist (19271989). – AP
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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Thursday, January 31, the 31st day of 2019. There are 334 days left in the year. Today’s highlight in history: On January 31, 1971, astronauts Alan Shepard, Edgar Mitchell and Stuart Roosa blasted off aboard Apollo 14 on a mission to the moon. On this date: In 1606, Englishman Guy Fawkes, convicted of high treason for his part in the Gunpowder Plot, was set to be hanged, drawn and quartered, but broke his neck after falling or jumping from the scaffold. In 1863, during the Civil War, the First South Carolina Volunteers, an all-black Union regiment composed of former slaves, was mustered into federal service at Beaufort, South Carolina. In 1865, the US House of Representatives joined the Senate in passing the 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution abolishing slavery, sending it to states for ratification. In 1917, during World War One, Germany served notice that it was beginning a policy of unrestricted submarine warfare. In 1921, New Zealand’s first regular airmail service began. In 1929, revolutionary Leon Trotsky and his family were expelled from the Soviet Union. In 1945, Pvt Eddie Slovik, 24, became the first US soldier since the Civil War to be executed for desertion as he was shot by an American firing squad in France. In 1950, President Harry S Truman announced he had ordered development of the hydrogen bomb. In 1958, the United States entered the Space Age with its first successful launch of a satellite, Explorer 1, from Cape Canaveral. In 1961, NASA launched Ham the Chimp aboard a MercuryRedstone rocket from Cape Canaveral; Ham was recovered safely from the Atlantic Ocean following his 16 1/2-minute suborbital flight.
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omehow we are already at the end of the first month of 2019. I hope that you have had a chance to spend time with family and friends, and to enjoy the beautiful weather we have been having. It actually feels like summer now! While many whanau are still finalising their New Year’s resolutions, this government is back and ready to face 2019 head-on. Whilst we had a long list of achievements for our first year in government, we will not become complacent. We know there is much work to be done, and we are committed to getting it right. There are some big topics that will be in the spotlight this year. Euthanasia, abortions and marijuana reforms are likely to be in the headlines. I am always happy to hear your opinions and thoughts on what is being proposed in these spaces.
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Another big topic, and one that is of particular interest to me, is education. Jacinda Ardern’s aim to make Aotearoa the best country in the world means that we have to ensure every kid, no matter where they live, their background, ethnicity, ability or extra needs, has the best education possible. Education is the main reason that I got involved with politics. I firmly believe that it is the one thing that overcomes every disadvantage with which a child might begin life. Whether it is first, second or third chance education, it remains the most transformative influence in our lives, and that
transformation benefits everybody. Locally, our roads are due to receive safety improvements. These are designed to connect our communities and save lives. Nearly 400 families were devastated by losing a loved one on Aotearoa’s roads in 2018. We must focus on safety. I’m proud that this government has swiftly made road safety a top priority. Installing rumble strips, widening shoulders and improving signage and highways right across the country will do that. In 2019, we will continue delivering for families, by raising the minimum wage to $17.70 from April 1, continuing to improve the quality of our rivers, and responding to the recommendations from the recent mental health and addiction inquiry by overhauling how Aotearoa responds to depression, suicide and more. This work will be a core factor
in New Zealand’s first Wellbeing Budget. Budget 2019 won’t just measure our country’s success on GDP, but through five fresh priorities focused on making real improvements to your well-being, the health of our environment and the strength of our communities. As Finance Minister Grant Robertson said: “It will show how we are building an economy that is more productive, more sustainable and more inclusive”. I’m looking forward to it. Remember your sunscreen and to keep hydrated with this weather! Jo Luxton is a Labour list MP. 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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Beekeepers at critical juncture Beekeepers are at a “critical juncture’’ as they get set to vote on whether they want to pay a commodity levy to lift their industry. The levy would provide funding to improve the health of the bee population, biosecurity, sustainability, education and better beekeeping and go to increasing market opportunities. Voting papers are due to go out next month with the last votes accepted on March 1. Apiculture New Zealand (ApiNZ) is calling on commercial beekeepers to vote for the levy. Chairman Bruce Wills said beekeepers were at a crucial juncture in their industry’s history and they needed to make a clear statement through their votes. He said some challenges facing beekeepers were holding the industry back. “This is a successful industry with enormous future potential for growers and processors. It is also an industry with some challenges. A commodity levy would provide the foundation and resources to realise this enormous potential,” he said. The honey industry has surged ahead in the past few years, with a 10-fold increase in export earnings over the past 10 years to reach $350 million last June. Hive numbers have more than doubled over the period to reach 895,860 hives last month.
Beekeepers have encountered several poor seasons as a result of bad weather and more lately a slow-down in sales for some honey types. Wills said the challenges needed to be faced and worked through in a united manner. Chief executive Karin Kos said the levy would provide investment for critical areas such as the health of the bee population, biosecurity, sustainability, education and best beekeeping practice, as well as market opportunities and market access issues. She said most primary industry sectors had a commodity levy and found them effective. “Over the last two years we have built a capable and professional organisation that is addressing the challenging issues. The commodity levy is going to make us stronger and more effective.’’ A levy of 10 cents per kilogram is proposed on all honey extracted for commercial purposes. A majority vote in favour would be needed for the levy to proceed. Voting papers are going to beekeepers with 26 hives or more and ApiNZ leaders have met them to outline the proposal. If the levy vote is successful ApiNZ will apply for a levy order by April and aim to have it in place by the beginning of October for the 2019/20 season, with levies payable after that season.
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A leading European carpet manufacturer has replaced British wool with perendale fibre to use only blended New Zealand wool for its printed carpet range. Denmark-based Ege is a market leader in the printed carpet sector and lately came into PGG Wrightson’s Wool Integrity programme. This was after the two companies worked to develop a wool blend for Ege’s carpet printing process. PGGW spokesman Palle Petersen said the printing gave much greater detail in carpet designs than traditional manufacturing and at a lower cost. “Producing the best quality printed wool carpets requires the whitest wool as raw material. New Zealand wool surpasses all others in its whiteness and capacity to take dye.’’ In the past, Ege had used a blend of New Zealand and British wool to provide a higher bulk yarn, he said. “We have worked closely with Ege to
develop a specific wool blend to meet their requirements, replacing the British component with New Zealand perendale wool.’’ Ege now uses entirely New Zealand wool, blended here before scouring and this provides wool of more consistent quality. Many Ege products use varying mixes of wool and synthetics. Petersen said wool needed to conform to strict standards of whiteness and purity to ensure that the end product was of the highest quality. He said the Wool Integrity programme provided clients with assurance around animal welfare and quality. Ege manufactures wool carpet tiles, wall to wall carpet and rugs for domestic and commercial use, including for high end hotel chains and luxury cruise liners. The company is represented in more than 50 countries worldwide.
Blade shearing legend Billy Michelle dies The shearing community is mourning the death of Timaru bladeshearer Billy Michelle after he lost his battle with cancer. Michelle represented New Zealand at three consecutive world shearing and woolhandling championships abroad, despite his fear of flying. He was fifth in the individual final in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 2003, sixth in Toowoomba, Australia, in 2005 and with fellow South Canterbury blade shearer Peter Race, of Fairlie, was third in the team event in Norway in 2008. He was still competing until last season, when he made the New Zealand Spring Shears blades final at Waimate and the national lambshearing blades final at Fairlie. He last logged a win when he collected the big treble of the New Zealand Merino Championships, the Spring shears and the Canterbury Show’s New Zealand
Corriedale Championships in just over a month in 2011. Heading to the woolsheds at the age of 15 or 16, he was taught the blade shearing craft by his uncle, Jimmy Deer. For more than 40 years he was a shearer with the blades and made only the rarest of attempts with the machines, in between stints at the freezing works. He worked for Donny Hammond, and then Tom Rarere, who took over the run, and reached Master Blade Shear status. Peter Race said Michelle was a great travelling companion, “always the entertainer” and known on the shearing board for his fierce approach in the finals. “When Bill made the final, you always knew the pace was on,” he said. Survived by wife Debbie, Michelle learnt late last year that he was suffering from cancer.
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Mortgage rate war reignites The banks have reignited their mortgage war for home loan customers with Kiwibank’s two-year 3.99 per cent fixed rate the latest ultra-low deal to hit the market. It follows on from Westpac’s current one-year 3.99 per cent fixed rate and from historic low rates offered by all major banks late last year. It also comes as Kiwis take on more debt, with total home loan lending last year jumping almost 10 per cent compared to 2017 to hit $64 billion, according to Reserve Bank of NZ data. Loan Market mortgage broker Bruce Patten says the low rates showed competition for customers was fierce. His brokerage had found major banks willing to price-match Kiwibank’s two-year 3.99 per cent rate, even though they weren’t officially advertising rates that low. It indicated the low rates could last for a while yet, he said. Yet – despite the low rates and increased home loan lending levels – some pundits are warning a credit crunch could be on the way as banks run out of “good quality” customers to lend to. This fight for quality home loan
customers flamed into a mortgage war last November when ANZ offered a one-year fixed term rate of 3.95 per cent. It was the lowest offered by a major bank since just after World War Two and other banks quickly followed. But despite only offering its historic low rate for a short period, ANZ said about 15,000 customers took advantage of the special. “This helped grow our market share in November, contributing
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While the last global recession was caused by banks’ exposure to bad debts, Davidson said the RBNZ’s figures indicated most recent home loans had been to the “best borrowers”. “Risky interest-only lending” to customers wanting to only pay off the interest payments on their mortgages rather than also paying off the loan amount had been restricted to less than 30 per cent of all approved mortgages, he said.
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to more than $500 million in new home lending,” a bank spokeswoman said. The low rates helped total home loan lending across the country climb to $64.3b last year, up by 8.9 per cent on the $59.1b lent in 2017, according to the RBNZ. December was the ninth consecutive month total home lending had risen and the 11th month of rises in the past 12, CoreLogic research analyst Kelvin Davidson said.
Banks were instead putting most customers through stringent approval processes in which they must have at least a 20 per cent deposit, meet income and expense tests and be able to pay off loans at theoretical rates as high as 7-8 per cent. However, Australasian Trading Management director Hamesh Sharma warned property prices could be hit by an upcoming credit crunch as banks run out of “good customers” to lend too. Interest rates could also be driven up by new regulations that require banks to keep larger reserves of cash as a safety precaution, he said. “These factors combined could make it much more difficult to borrow and service a mortgage, significantly hitting property demand as buyers will be unable to obtain lending,” he said. Loan Market’s Patten said while business had been good at the start of this year, the banks had “definitely tightened up” their lending and this was likely to hit the market. “We really see the next two-orthree years being quite a flat market,” he said. – NZME
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Hellers fined heavily for labelling error Sausage-maker Hellers has been fined almost $40,000 and ordered to pay $15,000 to three children after they suffered allergic reactions to mispackaged sausages. The children became sick after an incident in September last year when staff at Hellers’ Wiri factory did not follow procedures, resulting in Cheese Sizzlers being packaged as Original Sizzlers. One child ended up in hospital due to an anaphylactic reaction. The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) prosecuted the company following an investigation. Manager of food compliance Melinda Sando said the incident could have been prevented if staff had cross-checked labels and the product itself before packing. “Cheese Sizzlers were sent to market packaged as Original Sizzlers, which did not have cheese included in the ingredient list. They were distributed to various outlets, including supermarkets,” she said. “Three children who were allergic to milk complained of allergic reactions after consuming the mispackaged sausages. “One had a moderate reaction, one a moderate to severe reaction and one a severe anaphylactic reaction that required hospital treatment.” Following these reports from the public, Hellers initiated a recall of the affected product. Prior to sentencing, Hellers pleaded guilty to one Food Act 2014 charge of failing to ensure food is safe and suitable. A reserved judgment by District Court Judge J Bergseng was released late Tuesday. The company was fined $39,375
and ordered to pay $5000 to each of the three victims together with court costs of $130. This is the first time that tougher penalties introduced in the Food Act 2014 have been imposed. Since the incident, the company has put in place additional staff training and procedures to prevent the problem recurring. Allergy New Zealand’s CEO Mark Dixon said the prosecution was a timely reminder of the need for food businesses to take food allergen management seriously. “The recent tragic death of Auckland teenager Edyn Rubena-Misilisi shows how dangerous accidental food allergic reactions can be. “Food allergy is not a life-style choice, it is a challenging condi-
tion which needs to be managed all day every day for many thousands of people. “They need the food industry to comply with regulations on food allergen management and labelling so they are able to access safe and suitable food wherever they are.” Dixon said there has been a significant increase in the past 12 months in food recalls for undeclared allergens. “An issue we need to address is how to get warnings to consumers who have already bought a product believing it to be safe for them, which is subsequently recalled because of an undeclared allergen. In this case, it could have had tragic consequences.” – NZME
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Allenton Bowling Club Morning bowlers, another month gone and we head to a very busy February. Some results first: Friday Triples January 18 - 1st B Mayson, P Collins, M Foggo won this day well done. Progressive Pairs: January 20 Leads 1st Bruce Henderson Skips 1st Maurice Reid January 26 Leads 1st Des Thomas Skips 1st Neil Sharplin. Nice bowling all. Tuesday Night Pairs January 15 Winners were Min Hill & Alastair MacKenzie Sponsor was Beehive Products again thank you. January 22 Winners Shane Calder & Dave McDonnell Sponsor again was Beehive Products - thank you. January 29 Winners Brent Mason & Rod Greaney Sponsor Wendy Watson - thank you. The support we have for this event is wonderful and is played in great spirit and friendship and an excellent night entertainment (Fig the red braces have to go!) Championship games are getting played especially with this lovely spell of weather we are having. Lots of our members have performed with merit at outside competition in Ashburton and Christchurch and congratulations to all of them - go Allenton. Our 7s team playing in Christchurch this weekend we wish them good luck. Bish’s Team has the greens running beautifully and Trev’s Painting etc. Shirley’s gardens have our grounds and clubhouse looking a picture and we send a huge thanks to them and also to all the volunteers that assist under these umbrella’s in any way, makes us proud to be members of Allenton. Good luck and good bowls to our men playing reps in Oamaru this weekend. Cheers bowlers see you on the greens soon. Great bowling everyone.
Ashburton Bowling Club Unfortunately the weather Gods were not kind to us on Wednesday January 23 for our Terrace View Retirement Village 2 bowl Open Triples and we had to abandon the tournament after two games, but were able to get the winners as follows. 1st: Roger Gutberlet, John Kewish, Diane Gutberlet. 2nd: Neil Owens, Gary Blackwell, Wendy Blackwell. 3rd: Gary Eddington, Laraine Mills, Jim Mills. 4th: Rosemary Bennett, Mike Quinn, Shirley Doig. 5th: Colin Dennis, Rodger Herriott, Wendy Herriott. We acknowledge and thank Terrace View Retirement Village for their generous sponsorship. MSA Friday Triples: 1st: Murray Anderson, John Kewish, Jim Mills, 2nd: Russell Anstiss, Heather Goodall, Bruce Smith. Well done to these players. Congratulations to Allan Hill & Brentton Donaldson, Murray Anderson & Min Hill, Doug Kinvig & John Kewish for qualifying in the Sub-centre pairs. Results: Min & Murray were runners-up. John & Doug played well, but were beaten in the first round. Allan & Brentton had a bye and then lost by one. Great effort shown by these members. Saturday Rollovers: 1st. Don Ross & Alison Gibbs. Champion of Champion Triples have been won by: Murray Anderson, John
Flyer going out to all households in the District with details. Tail Twister Bob Rogers had a good repertoire of stories as he extracted fines. Lion Jim Martin was the Master of Ceremonies for the Scottish entertainment. Lion Robert Spencer read an Ode to Robbie Burns, Gwenda Hansen read My heart is in the Highlands, and Marian Martin, The Red Red Rose. With guest Diane Ross at the piano, Lions Peter, Ron, Les and Jim led the singing of Scottish melodies. The choruses were interspersed with solos by the four leaders. The happy evening concluded with the singing of Amazing Grace and Auld Lang Syne.
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Trophy winners are: Back - Raymond Logan, Malcolm Whyte, David Oakley, Megan Ellis, Haley Fisher, Catherine McMahon, Clarrie Brake. Front - Carol Efford, Maria Chamberlain, Cindy Lovett, Nel Davison, Gaynor Hurst, Suzanne Watson.
Ashburton Photographic Society We are about to start the Photography Year, our first meeting is on Wednesday February 13, 2019 with a guest speaker talking about her trip to Afghanistan, we welcome guests along to the Senior Centre Rooms at 206 Cameron Street to join us for our first meeting. Our last meeting last year was the Finals Night. The Top Ten Prints were: Lester Hurst “Blue Tounge Lizard”, Carol Efford “Levels”, Cindy Lovett “Seeing What The Future Holds”, David Oakley “Plenty of Smoke”, Gaynor Hurst “Kereru”, Maria Chamberlain “Racing for the Try Line”, Megan Ellis “Do You See What I See”, Nel Davison “O. M. G.” Kewish, Doug Kinvig. By the time this goes to print, the bus trip will be nearly over. We hope you are all having a wonderful time.
Ashburton Golf Club What a cracking weekend we have just had down at the Brandon, the sun was shining, the course was in immaculate condition (no change there then), and big crowds turned out both days. On Saturday we had men’s opening day, playing pairs best ball for the Jim McKenzie memorial trophy where Lucas McGee and Kirk Schmanski tore the course apart with a wonderful 56 to beat allcomers. Lucas in fact shot a 59 on his own with a magnificent 74 off a 15 handicap. That great round saw Lucas come bouncing to the course on Sunday taking his place in the Property Brokers Shootout final and he rode the tidal wave of euphoria for a massive two holes before carving two balls into the trees on three and taking the long trudge back to the club house with his tail between his legs. Oh the shame! At least he wasn’t the first faller and in the toughest first hole ever, a nett 5 was not good enough to get through. Now, no one can call me insensitive, of course I won’t name names, let’s just call the first two fallers Merry Tolloy and Derek
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and “Rhesus Macque Monkey” Print of the Year: Gaynor Hurst “Waterfall Arthurs Pass” Top Ten Digital Images were: Anita Badger “Toadstool”, Carol Efford “Tracks”, David Oakley “Makikihi Canola Fields” and “We’re Watching You”, Lester Hurst “Dingos Playing” and “Eye On You”, Malcolm Whyte “Iron Bridge Camper”, Maree Hunter “Hot Rod”, Suzanne Watson “Shadows” Digital Image of the Year: Nel Davison “Rabbit” Other Trophy Winners were Suzanne Watson for Best Artistic Impression, Catherine McMahon for the Margaret Clifford Trophy, Gaynor Hurst for the Farr. We had a few nerves early with yours truly almost having a gin shot on the first tee and only managing to just get past the ladies tee. After the early jostling everything calmed down a bit and the large crowd where well entertained with some wonderful golf, the cream certainly rose and on the 16th we were left with Hamish Niles, Bill Hetrick, Wendy Parr and Dave Hewitt. Wendy had a 5 on 16, all the boys shot 4 and as everyone had a shot Wendy was out. On 17, Bill and Dave had shots over Hamish and both got wonderful pars with Dave getting up and down from 120 metres out in the trees, but Hamish wasn’t going to give in easy and he also managed to up and down for a lovely birdie so a 3-way putt off ensued. Hamish and Dave putted theirs close and Bill’s just trickled a bit wide so that was the end of a superb challenge by the club patron and legend. The 18th was a spectacle. Dave hit a great drive, Hamish put it in the hedge bottom, Dave’s rescue wood was just short of the green, Hamish chipped out and pulled his third well left of the green. Dave chipped up to 10 feet, Hamish hit a glorious wedge to 8 foot. Dave lipped out his put, Hamish canned his, both boys tied on 5 net 4. Another putt off. A long raking putt was laid out, Dave’s missed the flag by an inch but ran a metre and a half past, and Hamish just finished about a metre short, so Mr Property Brokers picked up the Property Brokers Shootout. What a day. Thanks to all helpers especially Nutts, Terry, Paul, Bunge, Perry and Caty. Same again next year I think! This Saturday we have Brandon Open 36 hole Sponsored by Hydraulink still a couple of spaces but get in quick. Good golfing
Ashburton Horticultural Society President Trevor welcomed 14 members to our January meeting. Graham Gunn gave a brief talk on the trials and tribulations of being a judge at a flower show. The Dahlia Society have a book which classifies all types of dahlias, before the judging starts entries are checked to ensure they are in the correct class. Our guest speaker was Joyce Read
Norman Early Memorial Trophy, Clarrie Brake for the Anderson Set of Three Competition, Carol Efford for the Eric Burton Field Trip Memorial Trophy, and Nel Davison for the Nicol Trophy for the Most Points Overall. Congratulations to all of the trophy winners in 2018. We have had an amazing competition and the quality to entries have been of a very high standard. Our Annual General Meeting has seen a change of office bearers, Bill Cabout is the president, Maria Chamberlain has taken over as secretary and Nel Davison has replaced Bill as treasurer. Competition secretary remains Jude Box, who is also the past president. speaking on dahlias. Joyce has over 400 different dahlias growing in her garden which she plants so they are colour co-ordinated. She explained her spraying methods etc and when June comes around Joyce spends about three weeks lifting, dividing, labelling and packing the tubers in sawdust to store for the winter, then in November it starts all over again. Joyce bought several lovely blooms to show the different varieties. Table Show results: Pat Tarbotton - 9 firsts, 9 seconds, 3 thirds, Rosemary Case - 3, 2, 1, Surrey Lamont – 3, 3, 3, Joy Jaine – 5, 1, 2, John Hoogweg – 3, 3, 0, Anne Gamblin – 2, 1, 1, Brian Glassey – 1, 1, 0, Trevor Gamblin – 1, 0, 0, Cyril Keen – 0, 1, 1, Premier award went to Pat Tarbotton with a begonia. The raffle was won by Brian Glassey. Next meeting will be our awards evening on Monday February 25 at 7:30pm at the Sports Pavilion, Walnut Avenue. New members and visitors most welcome.
Ashburton Pakeke Lions Club Robbie Burns and a Touch of Scotland was the theme for the first meeting of the New Year. Many members and partner had donned the kilt for the occasion. The playing of the bag pipes was a welcoming sound during the pre-meeting social time. President Ron Paterson and his guests were led into the dining room by two pipers, one of whom was Lion Bill Doak. The Selkirk Grace was recited by Social Member Jones. Following the meal, a short session of Pakeke matters was held. Lion Bob Crean reported on the very successful social outing when a good number of members took part in a car trial. Upcoming events highlighted included the February 6 Waitangi Day Stall, a street appeal for the Heart Foundation on February 22 and the Golf Day on March 7. First VP Lion Noel outlined plans for the Charity Market Day on March 2. All members are expected to assist if possible. There will be an advertising
Our first stroll in December was the RDR Walk, starting at SH72 approximately 2.5km north of Mt Somers. We followed the RDR to the Bowyers Stream siphon, then on to Staveley, then up to the Staveley Lime Kiln built in the late 1800s. Later on the Christmas barbecue was held at the Alford Forest Hall where other members joined up for the function. The final stroll for last year, exploring Lyttelton, was cancelled due to wet weather. The first stroll in 2019 was to Peel Forest. We took the Fern Walk to Blandswood with its beautiful forest and ferns, then returned to Peel Forest by walking part of the Dennistoun Bush Walk. We then climbed up to the Acland Falls which was well worth the effort as the flow was heavy due to recent rain. The day concluded with a visit to the restored Holy Innocents Church. The second January stroll to Castle Hill and Cave Stream unfortunately had to be cancelled due to unsuitable weather. The next stroll is on Sunday February 3 to Washpen Falls between the Rakaia Gorge bridges and Glentunnel, departing from the Ashburton Courthouse at 8.00am. On Tuesday February 5 there is a club night at the Sinclair Centre, Park Street, at 7.30pm, where there will be a guest speaker. The second February stroll is to Allandale, following a track around the head of Lyttelton Harbour. Strolls are held on the first Sunday and second Wednesday of each month, and visitors are welcome to join us. For further information, please telephone Jenny on 308 6862.
MSA Golf Section Eight members of the MSA Golf Section travelled to Christchurch on January 27 to play in the Brown Bros Trophy held at McLeans Island. Battling the heat we fell short of the winners Kaiapoi on 147 points by 17 points, never mind always next year. Our section winners on the day were Steve Thomas 35 points and Richard Thompson 35 points. Good luck to the 8 men travelling to Alexandra on February 9 and 10, to compete in the South Island Men’s Tournament
MSA Outdoor Bowling Club Club members have been busy participating in our club activities and supporting other bowling clubs tournaments. Our team of Tony Inwood, Terry Caldwell, Darcy Lysaght and Charlie Cleghorn taking out major spoils in the recent Methvens Doug Hood Tournament - well done team. Our green, thanks to green keeper Tony and supervisor Richard, continues to play very true and it is real pleasure to play on. Championship games are progressing well with the fours and triples down to the finals. Our annual Loftus Cup v Richmond Club 2nd leg takes place at our green on February 3 with 24 players from each club participating, Linton’s popular business bowls recommence February 7 any forms or groups interested contact Linton 0272225432. Names are required our annual chartered clubs 2-3s competition commencing in March get your name on the notice board. Upcoming events our Getaway Tournament Sunday March 10 at 9.00am. South Island Chartered Clubs Fours March 23 - 24 open to any chartered club members entry forms on notice board Racecourse Road or at Burnett St. Good Bowling.
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Rose, Scott hit $50m mark together Anderson Justin Rose won at Torrey Pines. Adam Scott challenged him to the final hole. And thanks to that 1-2 finish at the Farmers Insurance Open, both surpassed $US50 million in career earnings on the PGA Tour. It’s a feat achieved by only five other players. These days, it’s little more than a monetary milestone. But it was fitting they did it together. Born 14 days apart in July 1980, they have been great friends since they tussled in South Africa at the Alfred Dunhill Championship in January 2001. Both were 20. Scott made a 4-foot birdie putt on the last hole to beat Rose and win for the first time as a pro. Oddly enough – or maybe not – Rose won his first professional title a year later in the same tournament. What makes the timing so appropriate that both joined the $50 million club on the same day is that their PGA Tour careers effectively began together, with a little help from the men who now run the PGA Tour (commissioner Jay Monahan) and the PGA of America (chief executive Seth Waugh). Go back to a rainy Labour Day in 2003 on the TPC Boston to find Scott closing with a 66 for a four-shot victory in the inaugural Deutsche Bank Championship, which had given him a sponsor exemption. The victory gave him instant PGA Tour membership. Rose also was given an exemption, shot 67 in the final round and finished third. He earned $340,000 that day, giving him enough money to earn a tour card. Waugh at the time was CEO of Deutsche Bank Americas, the title sponsor of a new tournament that had the Tiger Woods Foundation as the charitable arm. Monahan was hired as the tournament director. “We gave them both exemptions,” Waugh said his week from Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he was caddying for his son in a PGA Tour Latinoamerica qualifying tournament. “Adam was pretty obvious. Jay called me and said, ‘Let’s talk about exemptions,’ which I’d never done.” Monahan mentioned using a special exemption for international players on an English kid who had had a good British Open, turned pro and missed 20 consecutive cuts before getting his career on track. Waugh already was aware he was talking about Rose, who had won on three tours (Europe, South Africa, Japan) the previous year. And then Waugh really got to know him. “We get to the pro-am draw party Wednesday night at the statehouse in Boston,” Waugh said. “It was a formal deal. Mitt Romney was the governor, and we’re all giving our suit speeches. There’s this tall kid by the seafood bar eating shrimp and looking lonely. I walk up to him and said: ‘How are you doing? Are you Justin Rose?’ I
back after two years Shamed former Kiwis league coach Daniel Anderson is back in the game, and he’s starting off at the top. Anderson was deregistered by the NRL over the Parramatta salary cap scandal, but the champion Sydney Roosters have helped arrange his return to the game, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. The Roosters are “restructuring” their front office, according to the SMH, and Anderson – a childhood fan – will be involved with recruitment and development. The report says the Roosters had to convince the NRL’s integrity unity that Anderson was fit for registration after two years in the league wilderness. The 54-year-old Anderson won acclaim for guiding the Warriors to the 2002 grand final, and did the same with an unheralded Parramatta team in 2009. But after returning to the Eels as head of football, Anderson was among a group of the club’s bosses suspended by the NRL in 2016 over a salary cap drama which saw them stripped of points and heavily fined. - AAP
Adam Scott, of Australia, watches his shot off the first tee with Justin Rose, of England, during one of their early tournaments together back in 2014. PHOTO AP said, ‘What are you doing here?’ “He said Deutsche Bank was nice enough to give him an exemption and he thought he would come up and thank somebody,” Waugh said. “He was staying all the way in Providence. I said, ‘You just did.’ But that’s Justin. No agent, nobody telling him what to do. He ended finishing third. And the rest is history.” The history between Scott and Rose was just getting started. They have piled up victories around the world, amassing long streaks of winning. Scott went 14 consecutive years with at least one victory worldwide and has 27 for his career. Rose won Sunday for the 22nd time worldwide, extending his streak to 10 consecutive years with at least one victory, including his gold medal at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. They now are neighbours at Albany in the Bahamas, both married with two children. They each have won one major, which they won consecutively. Scott finally delivered Australia a green jacket when he won the 2013 Masters. Rose
sent him a text message of congratulations, which prompted this famous reply from Scott: “This is our time.” Two months later, Rose won the US Open at Merion. He had practised the week before the Masters with Scott in the Bahamas, even played a couple of rounds together. “I took his money both times,” Rose said. And then Scott won the Masters, which made the text exchange really hit home. Indeed, it was their time, and they kept going. Scott reached No. 1 in the world in the spring of 2014. Rose reached No. 1 in the world late last summer, and the Englishman extended his lead atop the world ranking with his two-shot victory at Torrey Pines. Waugh still thinks about that Monday afternoon at the TPC Boston, where Scott and Rose spent the entire week together, at restaurants and on the leaderboard. They have won so much and done so well that money doesn’t define them. In this case, it was simply a reminder of where it all began. - AP
Val welcomed members to the first meeting of the year and wished us an enjoyable year. She also welcomed two visitors and acknowledged celebrations. Jill Bennett and her husband had celebrated their 66th wedding anniversary. There were 12 apologies. Those who had helped with the ‘over 90’s’ afternoon in December were thanked. The report on Christchurch bus trip was recorded in the Highlights Magazine. Members were reminded that the AGM is in March and 3 members are required for the new committee. The raffles were won by Judy Keith and Joyce Watson. By happy coincidence, both speakers spoke overseas trips to Canada. Faye Ruddenklau shared her experience of a cruise on the Sojourn to view the Inside Passage and after
morning tea Alison Scammell shared a visit to the famous Butchard Garden on Vancouver Island. Faye’s trip was in mid-August and coincided with her son’s 50th so included a trip to Seattle as well. Their trip got off to a bad start when their plane was delayed by 6 hours so they missed all their connecting flights but they eventually joined the ship in Seward - a three hour trip-from Anchorage. She spoke of the fascinating life aboard ship as they travelled and the overwhelming beauty of the landscapes and the superb scenery as they cruised the fjords. After the cruise they flew to Oregon for the celebration and following that on the way home they had three relaxing days in Rarotonga before heading home. Alison and her husband Roger went on their trip in July. They enjoyed a two-day train trip in the Rocky Mountains and the Calgary Stampede and a nineday cruise from Vancouver to Anchorage. After 3 days sightseeing and watching river fishing for
The wavering career of league legend Greg Inglis has hit another major snag with the Rabbitohs back set to miss the opening NRL rounds because of a weight issue. Inglis has already pulled out of the Indigenous All Stars team to face the New Zealand Maori in Melbourne in two weeks, saying “I need to manage the body ahead of the season”. The former Indigenous captain is dealing with problems related to the knee he had reconstructed in 2017, and is now reported to be a whopping 15kg over weight. Inglis has blown up so much that the Triple M radio station says new Souths coach Wayne Bennett has already rubbed him out of contention for the season start. - AAP
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salmon they flew to Vancouver Island. The Butchard gardens are world famous with plants gathered from all over the world. Ian Ross was given the garden as a 21st birthday present in 1959 by his grandparents who had established it and it is now run by his descendants It covers 55 acres and is open all year and is famous for not only the spectacular gardens but also High Teas and firework displays. The greenhouse tours in November are booked out as is the 12 days of Christmas which finishes on Jan 6th Alison and Roger had put together a very impressive slide show of the Rose Garden, the Italian Garden the Japanese garden and the Sunken garden and not only were we treated to the daylight version we were also treated to the spectacular night version that they had attended following a concert in the garden. Alison was thanked and members were reminded that the next meeting is on February 25.
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Youngsters bring home medals, PBs By Matt MarkhaM
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The younger members of the hugely successful Ashburton Swim Team have shown that the future is looking bright with some grand results in the water at the Canterbury Junior Championships last weekend. The championships, which were for swimmers 12 years and under, saw a squad of 14 heading to Jellie Park in Christchurch to compete. And with some golden results over the course of the weekend, some new personal best achievements and some outstanding application, swim team coaches walked away full of pride for their charges and excited about what the future might hold for some of the rising talents on show. Lucie Hood led the Ashburton charge in the water with seven medals for the weekend. She claimed gold in both the 100 and 200 metre freestyle, silver in the 100 metre breaststroke and butterfly and also the 200 metre individual medley, and she picked up bronze in the 50 metre fly, 200 metre backstroke and had a 100 per cent strike rate for new personal best times in her events. Kylana Peauafi Symonds was in hot form too claiming nine personal best times with 10 top 10
placings, a silver in the in 200 metre individual medley and bronze in the 200 metre backstroke. Henry King picked up a bronze in the 50 metre backstroke and also had a 100 per cent strike rate with personal best times. Bede Giera, Lucy Reeves and Phoebe McKenzie could also boast 100 per cent personal best times for the weekend. Giera also picked up bronze in the 200 metre breaststroke, Reeves claimed silver in the 200 metre butterfly and McKenzie got bronze in the 50 metre breaststroke. Finn Veix claimed bronze in the 200 metre breaststroke and set nine personal best times with 10 top 10 finishes. Others to pick up good results during the championships were Ruby Giera who had two top 10 placings and eight personal bests, Hannah-May Joyce who had 100 per cent personal bests with two top 10 placings, and Chris Lowe who had five top 10 placings and nine personal bests. Leah Reid had six personal bests and a 10th placing in the 400 metre freestyle, Cooper Ward had a personal best and a top 10 finish, Bronte Brown had a personal best in the 50 metre fly and Liam Chalke stepped up to compete in two events gaining good racing experience.
Lucie Hood, Kylana Peauafi Symonds, Bede Giera, Finn Veix and Phoebe McKenzie were all in the action at the Canterbury Junior Championships last weekend. PHOTO SUPPLIED
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Underarm incident laid bare in doco A young fan’s immediate reaction to the underarm delivery was enough to tell Greg Chappell he’d overstepped the line. A documentary that unpicks every aspect of the incident still regarded as the darkest act in the trans-Tasman sporting rivalry will go to air in New Zealand next week. Trevor Chappell’s rollout to tailender Brian McKechnie at the MCG happened 38 years ago tomorrow. To mark the occasion, a collaborative broadcasting effort from both sides of the Tasman interviewed the key players from each team. Interviewer Eric Young said the exercise proved cathartic for both Chappell siblings and most obviously for an emotional Greg, the underarm mastermind. Young said he could hear an exhalation of relief from the former Australian captain when he was pitched the interview. “Some of the things Greg has to say about his little brother will touch anyone who has a little brother,” Young told AAP. “There are some quite moving moments. “Greg’s very honest about his emotional wellbeing on that day. His mental and physical exhaustion, is the origin story of underarm.” Greg instructed Trevor to roll
the final delivery – legal at the time – to deny McKechnie any chance of hitting a match-tying six. McKechnie blocked the ball and flung his bat in disgust. It didn’t take long for recriminations to begin. As spectators invaded the ground, a young girl tugged on Greg Chappell’s shirtsleeve, he revealed in the documentary. “She was looking up at me and she said ‘you cheated’. At that moment I thought that this might be a bit bigger than I’d
even imagined.” Australian vice captain Kim Hughes and opener Graeme Wood were also interviewed. The Seven Network will show the documentary in Australia at an unspecified date. Hughes drew comparisons between the underarm and the Cape Town sandpaper scandal that rocked Australian cricket last year, believing both stemmed from intense pressure to win. “Hughes doesn’t lay blame of any kind at the feet of Greg Chappell,” Young said.
For Kiwis, the underarm incident has had 38 years of positive spinoffs, and not just for the sporting banter moral high ground they’ve been gifted. The captain on February 1, 1981 was Geoff Howarth, who was angered at first but then noted how interest in his team subsequently exploded. “Geoff said it was the greatest thing to happen to New Zealand cricket,” Young said. “We call it the ball that changed cricket.” - AAP
Murray undergoes hip op Andy Murray has undergone hip resurfacing surgery in London. The two-time Wimbledon champion was debating having the procedure, which involves putting a metal plate into the joint, in a final bid to prolong his career. The 31-year-old had previously said ahead of the Australian Open earlier this month that he intended to retire after this year’s Wimbledon. Murray said on Instagram: “I underwent a hip resurfacing surgery in London yesterday morning ... feeling a bit battered and bruised just now but hopefully that will be the end of my hip pain.” The operation does not guarantee the Scot will be able to make a comeback, but will allow him to live a pain-free life. Murray was set for a farewell six months after emotionally announcing he was in too much pain to carry on in the build-up to the first grand slam of the year. But after a monumental fiveset tussle with Roberto Bautista-Agut, where Murray showed he still has the ability and desire to compete at the top level, he said he would do everything he could to keep playing. The surgery took place on Monday. -AAP
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NZ under pressure after demo job By Niall aNdersoN Not since Queen teamed up with David Bowie has the New Zealand public heard so much about the adversity that comes from being under pressure. India’s triple demolition of the Black Caps in their ODI series to date has followed a familiar theme, and it doesn’t matter which member of the Black Caps is speaking, you hear the common lament – “India have put us under pressure.” Where has this pressure been applied, you may ask? Well, whether it be Kane Williamson, Ross Taylor, Mitchell Santner, Trent Boult or Gary Stead talking, they’ll all tell you the same thing – India’s bowlers have put the Black Caps under pressure from the start with early wickets, and conversely, the Black Caps’ opening bowlers haven’t put India under pressure at all. As monotonous as the line may be, they’re not wrong, and Taylor offered the bluntest assessment of how India have dominated the series so far. “We just haven’t been up to it. If we’re brutally honest, with both bat and ball we haven’t been able to penetrate. We back ourselves to keep wickets in hand with the bat, we haven’t been able to do that – India have put us under pressure for long periods of time and got wickets at crucial times. In New Zealand, if you’re three or four down with still 25 overs to go, you’re still a long way behind the game.” The Black Caps are yet to have a moment where they have been in control of any of the three one-dayers, and if these are the days it never rains but it pours, then the Black Caps’ despondency may not be over yet. Not since 2005 have New Zealand lost four consecutive ODIs at home – as part of a seven-match losing streak at the hands of Australia – but despite minor improvements as the series has progressed, nothing to date has shown an indication that a sudden turnaround is on
Australia’s Ben Simmons will lead the World team in a match against the NBA’s Rising Stars next month during All-Star weekend. Ten firstand second-year NBA players from the United States will play 10 firstand second-year NBA players from around the world in the annual showcase of some of the league’s best young talent on February 15. 76ers star Simmons will captain the World team in the match in Charlotte, and will be joined by such players as Toronto Raptors forward OG Anunoby (United Kingdom), Phoenix Suns center Deandre Ayton (Bahamas) and Sacramento Kings guard Bogdan Bogdanovic (Serbia). The US team includes Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell, Brooklyn Nets center Jarrett Allen and Los Angeles Lakers guard Lonzo Ball. - AAP
Wellington Phoenix have snared their second defensive signing in the space of 24 hours after agreeing to terms with Antony Golec. Centre-back Golec, 28, joined his sixth A-League club after he was released on Tuesday by Central Coast. He played 31 games for the Mariners but only nine this season in his return from a broken leg. Before that, he played for Sydney FC, Adelaide United, Western Sydney Wanderers and Perth Glory, and has 90 A-League games to his credit. - AAP
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The Black Caps still have pride to play for when they face India today. the cards. In their favour though is the departure of star Indian batsman Virat Kohli, rested for the remainder of the series, and India will surely experiment with some new faces and lineups now that they have clinched series victory. However, one of those faces could be 19-year-old phenom Shubman Gill – a player who Kohli this week said he wasn’t
even 10 per cent as good as when he was the same age – while classy all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja is still waiting in the wings. It’s all fairly daunting for the Black Caps, but they have won eight of their last 10 ODIs at Hamilton’s Seddon Park, where they play this afternoon, and Taylor is holding out for a turnaround. “Even though the series is gone
there’s still a lot of pride in the team. Hamilton’s been a good hunting ground for us and the World Cup’s not far away, there’s still some combinations to sort out.” It’s not quite the last dance for the Black Caps, but their World Cup hopes will look slimmer by the game if they can’t find their form. The first step to doing that? Putting India under pressure.
What’s gone wrong with the Black Caps? Scott Styris said it best last Sunday at Mount Maunganui. It went something like: “Three games ago, New Zealand thought they knew who their best eleven was. As of now right now though, we really have no idea.” What the former Black Cap and Sky Sports commentator was simply and perfectly articulating is exactly what so very many of us are now also feeling. A million questions and very few answers with just five oneday games left to figure it out be-
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fore June’s World Cup. So what has gone so suddenly wrong? Or are we just being shown up by a side infinitely superior to ours? Without doubt that is a major part of it. India are to us what the All Blacks are to the Wallabies. If we played them 10 times we’d do well to win one, lucky to snatch two. Fact is we have been caned in all three matches. We have not even looked likely. Our openers have failed, our run-chase has been chaotic, we have thrown wickets away,
dropped catches, bowled poorly. You name it, we’ve been poor at it. And now the selection dilemma. Do you stick with those not performing in the hope they come right in the next two dead rubbers or do you make wholesale, dramatic changes and hope that some miracle quick-fix formula is found? Major problem being that, if we’re honest, we don’t have sufficient strength in depth to make a significant difference anyway. No disrespect to our domestic game but doing well in the Su-
per Smash bash crash lash nash mash is like saying you’re playing well for the Breakers so next week you’ll be heading to the NBA. Truth is, to quote my mum, we’re up S-Street without a shovel. We all know the equation, the difficulty being in finding a solution. Thing is if we make the final four in England then none of this will matter much at all. What does matter is making sure that in these next five games we can at least answer some of the questions people like Styris are quite rightly posing.
Portsmouth and QPR have been charged by the Football Association following the mass brawl which broke out late on in their FA Cup tie. All 22 players were involved in the incident in the 76th minute of the 1-1 draw at Fratton Park on Saturday after a tussle between QPR’s Josh Scowen and Portsmouth’s Ronan Curtis escalated. The brawl followed the equaliser by Nahki Wells for QPR. - AAP
RESULTS ■ Golf Mayfield Golf Club January 26 Stablefood round Winners: Kerry Read on count back from Jack Allan 41 Mark Greenslade 40 Roger Lake and Paul Garder 38 Fraser Hutshinson 37 Nearest Pins: No 2 Aon Insurance: not struck, No 11 Jon McAuliffe Bayleys: Paul Garder, No 5 Marilyn Cross Property Brokers: Mark Greenslade, No 14 ANZ Bank: Tom Bell 9&18 second shot: Kerry Read Twos: Mark Greenslade, Jack Allan Rosehope Rommey Player of the Day: Kerry Read 80/13/67
Tinwald Golf Club January 29 Women’s Division Ruth Cornwall Salver – Winter Opening Di Bell 67, Phylis Smith 69 c/b, Kirsty McAuliffe 69 Murray Young Property Brokers #2 Ina Divers, Sims Bakery #6 Di Lowe, Mac & Maggie #12 Phylis Smith, Outdoor Adventure #16 Sally Lane. 9 Hole Competition Sylvia Williams Trophy – Winter Opening Jan Fitzgerald 31, Shirley Young 36. Euromarque Longest Putt #18 Kirsty McAuliffe
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Scorcher debut on the cards
Preparing for Oaks Previously unbeaten filly Miss Labasa finished unplaced in the Karaka Million 3YO Classic (1600m) at Ellerslie on Saturday, but her trainer John Bary wasn’t disappointed with his filly’s run. “She pulled up really well and travelled home well,” Bary said. “I’m not disappointed at all.” Bary was philosophical about the result and is looking forward to continuing his charge on a Classic campaign, which will culminate with a tilt at the Gr.1 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai New Zealand Oaks (2400m) at Trentham in March.
Harris booked Triple Group One-winning mare Melody Belle will have a change of rider when she competes in the Gr.1 BCD Sprint (1400m) at Te Rapa on February 9. With the unavailability of regular riders Shafiq Rusof and Opie Bosson, Te Akau have engaged former stable apprentice Troy Harris to ride the daughter of Commands. “With Opie Bosson suspended and Shafiq Rusof returned to Singapore, the management team had a fresh look at all options and we decided to engage Troy,” Fortuna syndicate manager John Galvin said. “Troy has had issues with his weight over the years, but he is fine now.” Noosa Beach winning at last week’s Ashburton trials. It’s a little bit like heading into the unknown, but Ken Barron is hoping he knows enough to consider himself a bit of a chance in the first two-year-old race of the season at Addington tomorrow night. The West Melton horseman will unleash the first batch of his juvenile male pacers at the meeting with two runners engaged in the seven-horse event and one in particular has shown he’s a little bit more than just your normal rookie. His name – Noosa Beach, and Barron thinks a little bit of him. “He’s got the right attributes to be a nice horse, that’s for sure,” he said.
“At this stage what we’ve asked of him, he’s handled it nicely and his trial last week at Ashburton was very good. “So, while we don’t know a whole lot about those we’re racing against this week, you’d like to think he’s got a pretty good chance.” The race features the two Barron runners, three from the All Stars stable of Mark Purdon and Natalie Rasmussen and one runner each from Geoff Dunn and Paul Court’s stables as well. Dunn lines up Laver – the first foal of exceptional mare, Venus Serena. He finished last in the trial heat at Ashburton last week, when
M9 Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Addington Raceway Meeting Date: 31 January, 2019 NZ Meeting number: 9 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 1 4.34pm (NZT) THE FITZ SPORTS BAR SPRINT C3, 295m 1 12221 Dusky Brew 17.33 S & ....................B Evans 2 75216 Vasterbottenost 17.47 .........................A Lee 3 61426 Smash Damage 17.24 .................... M Grant 4 41185 Know Respect 17.28 ......................G Cleeve 5 25111 Mertz 17.47 ...............................J McInerney 6 72123 Astrid 17.20 .......................................J Dunn 7 18467 Epic Rose 17.50.............................J Jopson 8 77664 Aussie Hoon 17.21 S & ...................B Evans 9 44453 Cosmic Marty 17.65 ..................J McInerney 10 53468 Saraya Jayde 17.25 ..................... L Waretini 2 4.50pm HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARK GALLAGHER DASH C3, 295m 1 64732 Know Approval 17.32 .....................G Cleeve 2 41116 Bahama Queen 17.08 .......................J Dunn 3 15355 Homebush Hundy nwtd .............J McInerney 4 22823 Jitterbug Jewel 17.36 ...................C Roberts 5 26587 Know Sweat 17.33 .........................G Cleeve 6 22415 Sierra Delta 17.34 S & ....................B Evans 7 84461 Boston Powers 17.36 ................A Bradshaw 8 76312 Smash Bomber 17.23 ..................... M Grant 9 48327 Kalonga 17.36 S & ..........................B Evans 10 37566 Lightning Crash 17.27 ...................R Adcock 3 5.07pm COALGATE TAVERN DASH C4, 295m 1 16131 Ring Clown 17.19............................ M Grant 2 15122 Flora Dora 17.16 ...........................R Adcock 3 57711 Idol Nifty 17.17 ..................................M Flipp 4 23512 Business Ethics 17.20.......................J Dunn
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Noosa Beach was a dominant victor. In the hands of Blair Orange, the son of Somebeachsomewhere sped to the lead early and never really looked like getting headed, dashing away from his rivals at the top of the straight and coasting to the line to win in 1:57, the last half in 56.5. “He has improved each time we’ve taken him off the place and seems quite a sensible type of horse,” Barron said. “He covers the ground really well and has a nice action which should work well for him.” A $40,000 purchase at last year’s Australasian Classic Yearling Sale at Karaka, the half-brother to the
talented Australian pacer, Mitch Maguire is also hoping to act as a bit of a return to form for owners Grant Dickey and Steve Thompson, long time clients of the Barron stable who have been a little quieter in recent seasons. “They’re overdue to get themselves another handy one and hopefully this guy is it,” Barron said. Barron also lines up another Somebeachsomewhere, The Warrior. The gelding is the third foal from handy mare Bedtime and was fourth in the Noosa Beach trial last week, showing good potential after enjoying a nice trip just off the speed. - NZHN
Raid on stables Melbourne Cup-winning trainer Darren Weir has been arrested along with two others during a police raid of his Victorian stables where a gun and taser were seized. Victoria Police and Racing Victoria raided stables at Miners Rest and Warrnambool from 6am yesterday. Three people have been arrested including Weir, 48, a 38-year-old Yangery man and a 26-year-old Warrnambool man. “They will now be interviewed in relation to sporting integrity matters,” a Victoria Police statement read. Those matters include obtaining financial advantage by deception, engaging in conduct that corrupts a betting outcome and use of corrupt conduct information for betting purposes.
Christchurch dogs Today at Addington Raceway
5 43658 Shanly Star 17.26 .....................J McInerney 6 12776 Ketchikan Kim 17.25 .........................J Dunn 7 84827 It’s That Fresh 17.29 S & .................B Evans 8 1F444 Smash Reward 17.23...................... M Grant 9 14552 Sunlit Johnny 17.13 ...........................C Weir 10 63558 Special Affair 17.30 ...........................J Dunn 4 5.23pm I PAVE CONCRETE DASH C5, 295m 1 86826 Bookie Monster 17.19 .......................J Dunn 2 21132 Torpedo Tuck 17.29 ...................A Bradshaw 3 61115 Nelso Allen 16.89 .........................C Roberts 4 64313 Dizzy Banjo 17.12 ..............................C Weir 5 12312 Botany Cold 17.22 ....................J McInerney 6 171F7 Sheza Rippa 16.91 J & ...................D Fahey 7 81312 Fired Up Jed 17.23 .......................... B Dann 8 34611 Hankenstein 17.28 .................... A Bradshaw 9 73158 Danziger 17.10..........................R Blackburn 10 67364 Cawbourne Britty 17.26 ...............C Roberts 5 5.39pm THURSDAY PLACE PICK SPRINT C5, 295m 1 21347 Ming Ming 17.26 .......................A Bradshaw 2 36432 Chitina Tin 17.15 .................................A Lee 3 51351 Mitcham Reado 17.24 ...............J McInerney 4 33221 Cash A Roo 17.27 S & ....................B Evans 5 13631 Rocket Raccoon 17.01 .......................C Weir 6 27222 Platinum Marshal 17.00 ...............C Roberts 7 51181 Fired Up Jasper 17.04 ..................... B Dann 8 77511 Shady Banjo 17.01.............................C Weir 9 118x7 Dyna Kushida 17.00 .....................C Roberts 10 86324 Pita Ramos 17.26 .............................J Dunn 6 5.56pm CHRISTCHURCH CASINO STAKES C4/5, 520m 1 52132 Dyna Dave 29.73 .........................C Roberts 2 66571 Too The Nail 30.05 J & ....................D Fahey 3 67614 Dyna Weslyn 29.81 ......................C Roberts 4 44231 Bertie Allen 30.03 ........................C Roberts
5 15327 Dyna Monty 29.94 ........................C Roberts 6 33314 Avenger Bale 29.82......................C Roberts 7 43137 Mina Allen 30.08 ..........................C Roberts 8 11424 Eyrewell Turbo 30.25 ...................... H Cairns 9 15324 Viktoria Vikkers 30.19 ..................C Roberts 10 46352 Goldstar Ashton 30.35 S & .............B Evans 7 6.14pm ACTIVE ELECTRICAL CHRISTCHURCH NZ ST LEGER HEAT R/Aq, 520m 1 37444 Our Tyson 30.70 ................................M Flipp 2 23574 Waitohi nwtd................................A Turnwald 3 21222 Opawa Viking 30.81 J & ..................D Fahey 4 22225 Jinja Shake 30.42 J & .....................D Fahey 5 68872 Know Shame 30.04........................G Cleeve 6 32141 Double Speed 30.53 .....................R Adcock 7 13132 Gem 30.32 J & ................................D Fahey 8 75118 Joe Bonanza nwtd ....................J McInerney 9 3118 Max Dancer 30.30 J & ....................D Fahey 10 44425 Goldstar Alaska nwtd S & ...............B Evans 8 6.43pm ACTIVE ELECTRICAL CHRISTCHURCH NZ ST LEGER HEAT R/Aq, 520m 1 24547 Diddilee 30.09 .............................A Turnwald 2 11135 Go Glow 30.25 J & ..........................D Fahey 3 31324 Zefside 30.75 ............................J McInerney 4 44111 Kiwi Gal nwtd U & .............................Cottam 5 13477 Sefton Stan 30.60 ...........................R Wales 6 12331 Busy Flash 30.41 J & ......................D Fahey 7 11112 Lacko Allen 30.09.........................C Roberts 8 36534 Know Flare 30.24 ...........................G Cleeve 9 3118 Max Dancer 30.30 J & ....................D Fahey 10 x5253 Opawa Mason 30.46 J & .................D Fahey 9 7.13pm ACTIVE ELECTRICAL CHRISTCHURCH NZ ST LEGER HEAT R/Aq, 520m 1 14363 Hot Platter nwtd ..........................A Turnwald 2 15665 Mr. Matt 30.11 J & ...........................D Fahey
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72631 Opawa Light 30.32 J & ....................D Fahey 12136 Long Live Love 30.23 ...................... M Grant 12241 Bashful Buffy 31.09 ...................J McInerney 51111 Ophelia Allen 30.10......................D Roberts 13428 Manooka 30.47 J & .........................D Fahey 17151 Know Threat 30.21 .........................G Cleeve 3118 Max Dancer 30.30 J & ....................D Fahey 44425 Goldstar Alaska nwtd S & ...............B Evans 10 7.33pm ACTIVE ELECTRICAL CHRISTCHURCH NZ ST LEGER HEAT R/Aq, 520m 1 11114 Von Strass 29.94 J &.......................D Fahey 2 42137 Our Brad 30.28 J & .........................D Fahey 3 66571 Fare Dodger nwtd ........................M Goodier 4 82471 Goldstar Trooper 30.73 S &.............B Evans 5 62136 Idol Dude nwtd ..................................M Flipp 6 74826 Malaga Molly 30.58 ...................J McInerney 7 16434 Ringside nwtd ...............................R Adcock 8 27187 Go Brat 30.14 J & ...........................D Fahey 9 3118 Max Dancer 30.30 J & ....................D Fahey 10 x5253 Opawa Mason 30.46 J & .................D Fahey 11 7.57pm HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRAHAM VAN TONGEREN STAKES C3, 520m 1 61455 Black Dan nwtd .........................J McInerney 2 45877 Replica Casino 30.37 .....................B Pringle 3 86374 Opawa Brad 30.19 ..........................C Steele 4 71758 Frosty Blaze 30.42 ........................R Adcock 5 74122 Classy Witch 30.49 ........................G Cleeve 6 41243 Umbridge Bale 30.20 ...................C Roberts 7 31524 Know Equal 30.66 ..........................G Cleeve 8 45457 Eyrewell Martin 30.35 .................... H Cairns 12 8.24pm LIVAMOL SPRINT C4, 295m 1 42478 Cosmic Ruben 17.23 ................J McInerney 2 16667 Forehand Raid 17.19 ........................J Dunn 3 46142 Inside Affair 17.16 .............................J Dunn
4 52232 Custom Paint 17.06............................C Weir 5 33755 Beck Eleven 17.42 ........................R Adcock 6 54138 Come A Guster 17.33 ..................... M Grant 7 37754 Nozzno Fear 17.16.................... A Bradshaw 8 33264 Disobedience 17.36 S & .................B Evans 9 7x127 High Return 17.29 ........................... M Grant 10 8x833 Fiery Jen 17.19 ................................ B Dann LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance SELECTIONS: Race 1: Astrid, Dusky Brew, Smash Damage, Mertz, Know Respect Race 2: Bahama Queen, Jitterbug Jewel, Boston Powers, Know Approval, Smash Bomber Race 3: Flora Dora, Idol Nifty, Smash Reward, Ring Clown, Ketchikan Kim Race 4: Nelso Allen, Sheza Rippa, Bookie Monster, Torpedo Tuck, Fired Up Jed Race 5: Rocket Raccoon, Fired Up Jasper, Chitina Tin, Shady Banjo, Dyna Kushida Race 6: Dyna Dave, Dyna Weslyn, Avenger Bale, Too The Nail, Dyna Monty Race 7: Opawa Viking, Double Speed, Waitohi, Gem, Jinja Shake Race 8: Lacko Allen, Diddilee, Go Glow, Busy Flash, Know Flare Race 9: Ophelia Allen, Know Threat, Mr. Matt, Opawa Light, Hot Platter Race 10: Von Strass, Ringside, Our Brad, Idol Dude, Go Brat Race 11: Umbridge Bale, Classy Witch, Eyrewell Martin, Replica Casino, Know Equal Race 12: Custom Paint, Forehand Raid, Beck Eleven, Nozzno Fear, Cosmic Ruben
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Vigorous effort expected from Brennan 3yo
M3 Waikato Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Cambridge Raceway Meeting Date: 31 January 2019 NZ Meeting number: 3 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9; 10 and 11 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 5, 6 and 7; 9, 10 and 11 1 12.01pm (NZT) THE CLUBHOUSE SPORTS BAR SERIES HEAT 1 C1q, 375m 1 13865 Platinum Tears nwtd ......................... S Clark 2 78858 Rambo nwtd H & ............................... Woods 3 83548 Rockin’ Robyn nwtd........................ S O’Neill 4 56447 Opawa Big nwtd ............................. G Farrell 5 67322 Jetsun Jamie 21.29 ........................G Wilson 6 52453 Waiterimu Ripper nwtd R & .................L Udy 7 25664 In Focus 21.72 P &........................ J Cleaver 8 62756 Thrilling Arnold 21.48 ......................S Codlin 2 12.18pm THE CLUBHOUSE SPORTS BAR SERIES HEAT 2 C1q, 375m 1 27623 Barossa nwtd ............................ A Lawrence 2 14756 Unconscionable 21.45 R & .................L Udy 3 33533 Talkabout Sophie nwtd .....................M Black 4 x4312 Go Home Harry 21.58 ...................... S Clark 5 74536 Snoopy’s Hero 21.52 .......................... D Ray 6 86655 Doug Deep 21.51 R & .........................L Udy 7 3F447 Secret Babe nwtd W & ....................T Steele 8 57476 Jinja Lad 21.72.............................R McPhee 3 12.35pm THE CLUBHOUSE SPORTS BAR SERIES HEAT 3 C1q, 375m 1 87761 Twelve Gauge 21.70 ........................M Black 2 36588 Opawa Loyal 21.27 .......................... S Clark 3 33882 Crackling Gal nwtd U & .....................Cottam 4 34232 Bigtime Panther nwtd ....................M Gowan
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head to the Wellington Guineas, but we’ll just play it by ear and wait until after he runs,” Brennan said. Another stable runner that is exciting connections and punters alike is fellow Classic contender Sword In Stone. The Redwood gelding stormed home late to win his maiden at Ellerslie earlier this month by 1-1/4 lengths and will contest the Gr.2 Waikato Guineas (2000m) next week in preparation for a tilt at the Gr.1 Vodafone New Zealand Derby (1400m) in March. “It’s nice to have a couple in the stable that win like that,” Brennan said. “He’s going to go to the Waikato Guineas next week and Michael Rodd will ride him. “Paul Hickman owns him and called Michael to see if he would come over and ride him, he rides a bit for Paul up in Singapore. He answered the call and so he’s on him, and Magnum in the sprint, so that’s good. “We have got to get through the Waikato Guineas and if he runs credible enough we’ll head to the Derby. It would be straight into the Derby from there.” – NZ Racing Desk
Harris rode Vigor Winner to victory on debut and Brennan has elected to stick with the winning combination and believes her charge will be better suited to the 1400m distance. “Troy Harris will stay with him, he knows the horse. He has a couple of quirks,” Brennan said. “He couldn’t be training any better. It is probably a better distance than the 1200m for him, going the 1400m.” That will be welcome news for slot holders Woburn Farm who will be hoping to cap off a big week at Karaka with victory in the Summer Challenge with their selection. Brennan said she is lucky to have Vigor Winner in her stable, with the Hong Kong-owned gelding previously earmarked to race in the Asian racing jurisdiction before failing several vet inspections. “He was supposed to go up to Hong Kong, but he failed the vet a number of times,” she said. If he performs as expected on Saturday, Vigor Winner will be set to line-up in the Gr.2 Wellington Guineas (1400m) at Trentham in March. “If he runs well, he’ll probably
Cambridge trainer Lauren Brennan is excited to be armed with two quality three-year-olds as the season starts to heat up for New Zealand’s Classic crop. One of those runners is Vigor Winner, who won impressively on debut over 1200m at Hastings on New Year’s Day by 3-1/2 lengths. “We knew he could gallop, but to win like he did was really impressive,” Brennan said. “He’s trained on really well.” Brennan has a lot of time for the Declaration of War gelding, so much so that he was set to tackle stakes company in just his second start, but Brennan opted to save her charge for the Platinum Homes Taranaki Summer Challenge (1400m) at New Plymouth on Saturday. “We had him entered on Karaka Million night in the Mongolian Khan Trophy (Gr.3, 1400m), but just in his second start with big crowds, it might have been a bit too overwhelming for him,” she said. “He drew eight of 10, but now he has drawn 12, so you can’t win. We have just got to hope that Troy (Harris, jockey) can figure it out.”
Vigor Winner winning on debut at Hastings on New Year’s Day. PHOTO PETER RUBERY
Waikato dogs Today at Cambridge Raceway
5 34128 Kai Nan nwtd.................................. G Farrell 6 74738 Finkle Foot Hero 21.52....................... D Ray 7 81657 Tilly’s Silly nwtd R & ............................L Udy 8 75867 Seven Sharp 21.70 ...........................S Ross 4 12.52pm THE CLUBHOUSE SPORTS BAR SERIES HEAT 4 C1q, 375m 1 52367 Agistri 21.37 ...................................S E Hunt 2 25516 Just Maddie 21.72............................M Black 3 78577 Bark De Triomphe 21.31 ...................B Craik 4 72348 Jinja Liv 21.44 U & ............................Cottam 5 77865 Home Bound nwtd R & .......................L Udy 6 677x4 Sings Like Elvis 21.67 ...................... S Clark 7 5F772 Jay Grim nwtd ................................ G Farrell 8 63834 Little Trilise 21.89 ...................... A Lawrence 5 1.09pm GARRARDS HORSE & HOUND SPRINT C2, 375m 1 84164 Don Morocco 21.33 P & ................ J Cleaver 2 62648 Billy Bullet 21.47 ...............................H Scott 3 25713 Secret Lily 21.56 W &......................T Steele 4 12127 Typical 21.51 .....................................S Ross 5 16835 Nardango 21.50 ................................E Potts 6 64643 Disclaimer nwtd...............................P Green 7 85388 El Hefe 21.67 ............................... D R Laing 8 76362 Grouch Pawset 21.57......................P Green 9 11664 Gao Gao 21.54 .............................. G Farrell 10 74657 Hitch A Ride 21.43 .......................... T Green 6 1.26pm HAPPY BIRTHDAY PETER HENLEY STAKES C1/2, 457m 1 75538 Cosmic Barwon 25.67 ....................C Henley 2 61 Shozip Boomer 26.25 .....................T Patton
3 22625 It’s A Stroll nwtd .............................P Henley 4 3878x Bigtime Brucie nwtd ...........................L Cole 5 15346 Thrilling Watch 26.07 ...................... K Walsh 6 51441 Thrilling Amigo 25.68 ...................... K Walsh 7 35311 Thrilling Trev 26.11 .......................... K Walsh 8 14148 Odnoc Ankie 25.85 ....................P Ferguson 9 132 Thrilling Vice nwtd ........................... K Walsh 10 561x5 Sir Kinloch nwtd ............................... S Clark 7 1.43pm GOLDEN CHASE ENTRIES CLOSE TODAY SPRINT C3, 375m 1 65636 El Narco nwtd..................................P Green 2 56124 Elouera Mist 21.33 .....................P Ferguson 3 686x5 Jimmy’s Rocket 21.00 ...................... S Clark 4 61435 Stay Rich 21.52 M & ........................ J Smith 5 73372 Jetsun Woody 21.52 ......................G Wilson 6 12283 Ti Amo 21.38.....................................B Craik 7 57412 Botany Wayne 21.31 .......................P Green 8 61335 Eye Kno 21.53 H & ........................... Woods 9 72467 Bigtime Jacob 21.24 .................... H Mullane 10 13548 Sisco Kid 21.22 ..............................C Henley 8 2.00pm SUPERIOR CHUNKY DOG ROLLS SPRINT C4/5, 375m 1 37167 Thrilling Katie 21.23 ..........................E Potts 2 11211 Sparta 20.81 ................................... K Walsh 3 53843 Bigtime Phantom 21.38................ H Mullane 4 76241 Fancy Fox 21.25.............................C Henley 5 11386 Botany Esmay 21.58 .......................P Green 6 67144 Reality Check 21.43 ........................ K Walsh 7 56646 Retired Mouse 21.34....................... T Green 8 12422 Just One Smile 20.89........................B Craik
9 75847 Powerful Lomar 21.29 .......................B Craik 2.17pm MIKE STENT DECORATORS LTD SPRINT C4, 375m 1 2124F C’est L’Amour 21.44 ..........................B Craik 2 888x5 Beautiful Boy 21.16 ...........................B Craik 3 227x7 Alyeska 21.31 ...................................B Craik 4 18417 Mahala Bay nwtd H &........................ Woods 5 27571 Raging Demon 20.99 R & ...................L Udy 6 71286 Butterball nwtd ..............................M Gowan 7 32222 Smash Charger nwtd ....................M Gowan 8 42225 Ekali 21.28 ..................................... G Farrell 9 62376 Mobility Scooter 21.33 .....................M Black 10 81578 Bigtime Kiowa nwtd ...................... H Mullane 10 2.33pm HAPPY 90TH BIRTHDAY TOM MCGILLIVRAY C3, 457m 1 76553 Heart Shaped Box 26.03...................B Craik 2 21554 Thrilling Carly 25.83 ........................ K Walsh 3 82482 Pat Tama 25.59 ................................ S Clark 4 65464 Go Angel nwtd ............................... G Farrell 5 85636 Zipping Cobra nwtd ............................L Cole 6 22215 It’s A Danger 26.00 ........................C Henley 7 64234 Finkle Foot Fred 26.04 ....................... D Ray 8 51257 Thrilling Jo 25.69............................. K Walsh 11 2.53pm FARMLANDS VIRKON STAKES C4/5, 457m 1 21415 Rumble Soldier 25.64 ................P Ferguson 2 16638 Opawa Jimbo 25.91 W & ................T Steele 3 54432 Bigtime Levi 25.87..............................L Cole 4 65224 Over Indulgence 25.69 ...................P Henley 5 52215 Blazin’ Audrey nwtd ............................L Cole
6 88281 Damaging Lomar 25.96 ....................B Craik 7 45741 Thrilling Billy 25.48 .....................P Ferguson 8 x1152 Talkabout Missy 25.68 .................... K Walsh 9 64127 Lunch Special nwtd ............................L Cole 10 75787 Yooldome 25.81 ............................. G Farrell LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance SELECTIONS Race 1: Jetsun Jamie, Thrilling Arnold, Waiterimu Ripper, Platinum Tears, Opawa Big Race 2: Go Home Harry, Talkabout Sophie, Barossa, Unconscionable, Snoopy’s Hero Race 3: Kai Nan, Opawa Loyal, Twelve Gauge, Bigtime Panther, Crackling Gal Race 4: Little Trilise, Sings Like Elvis, Just Maddie, Jinja Liv, Bark De Triomphe Race 5: Grouch Pawset, Typical, Don Morocco, Nardango, Disclaimer Race 6: Shozip Boomer, Thrilling Amigo, Thrilling Trev, It’s A Stroll, Thrilling Watch Race 7: Elouera Mist, Ti Amo, Jimmy’s Rocket, El Narco, Botany Wayne Race 8: Sparta, Just One Smile, Fancy Fox, Thrilling Katie, Reality Check Race 9: Beautiful Boy, C’est L’Amour, Smash Charger, Alyeska, Ekali Race 10: Thrilling Jo, Thrilling Carly, It’s A Danger, Zipping Cobra, Pat Tama Race 11: Rumble Soldier, Talkabout Missy, Blazin’ Audrey, Over Indulgence, Bigtime Levi
7 78430 Holdon Toyaspurs (7) fr ............B Williamson 8 95520 Matai Jetstar fr ............................. Scratched 9 42x10 Abby May (8) fr....................... J Morrison (J) 10 906P0 Cuddly Trouble (9) fr 11 13665 Moniburns (10) fr...........................B Orange 12 99058 Glendhu Gem (11) fr .......................R Swain 13 02174 Nottingham K Two (12) fr ..........E Barron (J) 14 04717 Robbie Royale (U1) fr ................... B Barclay 15 07728 Zoned Scarlett (U2) fr ............. M Williamson 16 53400 Sage Trouble (U3) fr ...................C Ferguson 17 56514 Whatwillbeewillbee (U4) fr...... S Walkinshaw Emergencies: Svelt, Wayward Roc, Cuddly Trouble 7 6.52pm MARSHALL’S EXCAVATION SUMMER CLASSIC MOBILE PACE $14,999, w/c., mobile, 1609m 1 33087 Mach’s Back (1) fr ......................... B Barclay 2 1142 Rockabilly Blues (2) fr ............. N Williamson 3 5214x Whata Razzle Dazzle (3) fr .... S Walkinshaw 4 36464 Benio Ben (4) fr ............................T Williams 5 11872 Santanna’s Rocket (5) fr...........B Williamson 6 91235 Please Shuddup (6) fr ............. M Williamson 7 4P311 Direct Control (7) fr .......................B Orange 8 P1275 Shezacullengirl (8) fr ..................... K Barclay 8 7.23pm MATAI FARM/ P & B DUFFY MOBILE PACE $9000, 3yo+ r48-r58., mobile, 2400m 1 6x096 Thaboyz Toy (1) fr ........................T Williams 2 58217 Flogging Molly (2) fr ................ N Williamson 3 79813 Glacier Coaster (3) fr ........................A Beck
4 44217 Ripsnorter (4) fr............................. B Barclay 5 45076 Rock On (5) fr ...............................B Orange 6 04710 Knockmanaugh (6) fr ...............B Williamson 7 7x331 Ansett Flight (7) fr .......................... P Hunter 8 95120 First Son (8) fr ......................S Tomlinson (J) 9 53594 No More Change (21) fr ........ J Campbell (J) 10 25286 I’m Trouble (22) fr ................... J Morrison (J) 11 65552 B Mac C (23) fr................................J W Cox 12 5682x Christian Grey (24) fr .................C Ferguson 13 981 Tartan Robyn (25) fr ................ M Williamson Pacifiers on : The Little One (R2), Glendhu Gem (R6) SELECTIONS: Race 1: Major Sass, Gemma Mac, With The Stars, Allaboutjoy Race 2: Tara Bromac, Ronnie Pickering, Don’t Need An Excuse, Flame Lady Race 3: Ay Boy, Thisexcusebetterbeit, Delight N Gold, Mighty George Race 4: Clifton Flutter, Ardent Lustre, Queen Of The Nite, El Dinero Race 5: Bettor Enforce, London Delight, Bridesdale Robyn, Allaboutdreams Race 6: Miss Bamboocha, Moniburns, Robbie Royale, Zoned Scarlett Race 7: Rockabilly Blues, Please Shuddup, Benio Ben, Shezacullengirl Race 8: I’m Trouble, Rock On, B Mac C, Tartan Robyn
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Wyndham Harness Racing Club Inc Venue: Young Quinn Raceway Meeting Date: 31 January 2019 NZ Meeting number: 7 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8 Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 6, 7 and 8 1 3.37pm (NZT) CALDWELL CONTRACTING/ GOLDPINE MOBILE PACE $8000, non-winners 2yo+ f&m., mobile, 1609m 1 82372 Hans Ideal (1) fr .........................C Ferguson 2 0000 A Rocknroll Maid (2) fr ............ M Williamson 3 98775 Razcal Alley (3) fr .....................B Williamson 4 Major Sass (4) fr ...........................B Orange 5 Gemma Mac (5) fr ........................T Williams 6 73 Allaboutjoy (6) fr ...................... N Williamson 7 46 Dublin Street (7) fr...........................R Swain 8 78243 With The Stars (8) fr ........................J W Cox 2 4.12pm A R SLOAN BUILDER MOBILE PACE $8000, non-winners 3yo+ mr46 to mr50., mobile, 2400m 1 Ronnie Pickering (1) fr .................. B Barclay 2 32764 The Mighty Cullen (2) fr .......... M Williamson 3 0P0x The Little One (3) fr .......................... A Milne 4 049 Kramer (4) fr........................... J Morrison (J) 5 58 Verdlea (5) fr ....................... K McNaught (J) 6 Flame Lady (6) fr..........................T Williams 7 06 Mickey Fitz (7) fr.................... J Campbell (J) 8 Tommys Reactor (8) fr...............E Barron (J) 9 543 Don’t Need An Excuse (21) fr S Walkinshaw 10 P Ava Classy Gal (22) fr .......................A Beck
11 5x Tara Bromac (23) fr .......................B Orange 12 78340 Shuzi (24) fr ............................ N Williamson 13 0x604 Wolfenstein (U1) fr .....................C Ferguson 3 4.41pm EASTERN CONCRETE/ MALCOLM MCKELVIE MOBILE PACE $8000, non-winners 3yo+ mr40 to mr45., mobile, 2400m 1 44058 Particular (1) fr .........................C Faithful (J) 2 59900 Rakabeamer (2) fr ......................... B Barclay 3 0x866 Be Inspired (3) fr ..................... N Williamson 4 03234 Ay Boy (4) fr ................................B McLellan 5 87890 Tact Denzel (5) fr ..................... M Williamson 6 58x60 Mighty George (6) fr ............... S Walkinshaw 7 00040 Bettor Move On (7) fr ................M Parker (J) 8 x3643 Delight N Gold (8) fr ........................R Swain 9 76950 Dreaminsover (21) fr ....................T Williams 10 50507 Thisladyrocks (22) fr ................B Williamson 11 00640 Mach O’Melley (23) fr ....................B Orange 12 x2229 Bettors Atom (24) fr....................C Ferguson 13 60923 Chain Reaction (25) fr ..........S Tomlinson (J) 14 83323 Thisexcusebetterbeit (26) fr ......E Barron (J) 4 5.14pm LES FRISBY FENCING/CLYDE ENGINEERING MOBILE PACE $8000, r40-r47., mobile, 2400m 1 x0000 Honour Scroll (1) fr................. S Walkinshaw 2 00050 Doubt Me Not (2) fr .......................B Orange 3 87488 El Dinero (3) fr..................... K McNaught (J) 4 90063 Kansas City Jim (4) fr.............. N Williamson 5 92960 Chief Kapai (5) fr ........................... B Barclay
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63784 Clifton Flutter (6) fr ..........................J W Cox 92807 Man I’m Good (7) fr ............................ A Kyle 48080 Kagee VC (8) fr ........................B Williamson 90691 Matinee Idol (21) fr .................. M Williamson 08946 Ardent Lustre (22) fr ............... J Morrison (J) 56647 Rahuri Badlands (23) fr ............C Faithful (J) 48027 Nightmarch (24) fr ...........................R Swain 09703 Queen Of The Nite (U1) fr .........E Barron (J) 5 5.47pm HERBERTS TRANSPORT MOBILE PACE $10,000, 3yo+ f&m r40-r59., mobile, 2400m 1 23416 Stay Aboard (1) fr .................S Tomlinson (J) 2 43264 Dachy (2) fr ............................. N Williamson 3 3169x Donegal Mary Francis (3) fr .........T Williams 4 184 Shop Girl (4) fr ..........................E Barron (J) 5 51403 Allaboutdreams (5) fr .................... B Barclay 6 15375 Bridesdale Robyn (6) fr ..............C Ferguson 7 64333 Bettor Enforce (7) fr...........................A Beck 8 11 Balcatherine fr .............................. Scratched 9 1900x London Delight (21) fr ...................B Orange 6 6.22pm MCNEILL DRILLING/ WYNDHAM ELECTRICAL TROT $9000, r40-r55, stand, 2400m 1 31x35 Our Foxy Lady (1) fr ....................T Dewe (J) 2 75002 Dipendra (2) fr ..............................R Stevens 3 01033 Miss Bamboocha (3) fr .........S Tomlinson (J) 4 34799 Somethings Burning (4) fr ............. K Barclay 5 7P996 Svelt (5) fr....................................... K Franks 6 59P07 Wayward Roc (6) fr ................. N Williamson
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New world rugby contest pivotal for NZ By Chris rattue Los Angeles is known as the City of Broken Dreams, the perfect place for a rugby summit. Few things are more broken in world sport than Super Rugby, a half-hearted provincial competition which is destroying the game in Australia and turning it into a yawn in New Zealand. South Africa, meanwhile, is so disillusioned or confused that some are dabbling with hitching a wobbly wagon to Europe. Super Rugby started so brilliantly in the mid 1990s, yet somehow it has gone wrong. No wonder teenage boys are leaving the game in droves, with so many other entertainment options available in the digital age. In the absence of a successful professional club/provincial competition, a World League is rugby’s potential if imperfect saviour in this part of the world. Rugby’s leaders met in a (I’m guessing) posh Los Angeles hotel this week, and good luck to them in re-organising their sport on a dramatic level. It’s the northern hemisphere
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Bob Holdom keeps his eye on the prize during the qualifying stages of the Sub Centre Pairs held last weekend.
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Hot contest brings first title BY MATT MARKHAM
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Graeme Clarke and Craig Fowles have been crowned Ashburton Sub Centre pairs winners after a big weekend of play across the district against some formidable combinations. The Allenton duo emerged on top of a hot field of competitors having worked their way through the qualifying stages on Saturday at Methven and Rakaia before grabbing the victory on Sunday in post-section play.
“It was a great result, we were over the moon with it,” Clarke said. “It was Craig’s first title down here too, which made it all the more special.” While it was a case of euphoria for Clarke and Fowles, it was again a case of close, but not close enough for Murray Anderson and Min Hill who were the beaten finalists. They were beaten in the final of last year’s running of the event. “I think we might be earning
the tag of bridesmaids,” Anderson said. “We’ll have to come back again next year and try and go one better.” To get to the final Clarke and Fowles had to fend off some strong combinations. They beat Bruce White and Graeme Bishop in the quarterfinal before accounting for the Methven pairing of Rob Fensom and Bruce Redmond in the semi. After a big weekend last weekend, there’s no chance to rest up
this week with plenty more action on the greens. Saturday will see four representative sides heading to Oamaru to tackle the annual fixture against their North Otago counterparts and on Sunday the Anstiss Cup Open Fours will go on the line at Hampstead. Further up the road, in Methven, the second round of the new look Canterbury Premier League competition will be held at the Methven Domain. After a strong opening run dur-
ing the opening weekend of the tournament, which sees six clubs all vying for a share of the $10,000 prize money, Methven are on top of the competition and looking strong after winning four of their six games – including their marquee player Sandra Keith producing an unbeaten opening day. Methven will be hoping to continue that form this weekend with good results seeing them gain ascendency in the competition heading into the second half of the competition.
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