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Police foot patrols on rise

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Ashburton’s top cop denies there are fewer police on the beat, despite new figures showing foot patrols have decreased.

New police figures show the number of foot patrols in Mid/ South Canterbury dropped by 23 per cent in February since the same time last year.

In February 2014 325 foot patrols were recorded – that decreased by 76 to 249 patrols in

February this year.

However, while foot patrols are down across the district, Senior Sergeant Scott Banfield believes Ashburton is bucking the trend.

Mr Banfield said in a statement the number of foot patrols in town have increased over the past year.

“Over the last 12 months foot patrols in the Ashburton CBD have increased, and we are receiving positive feedback from

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The monthly statistics, which provide information about crimes and police preventative activities, also showed drug supply offences more than doubled this February since the same time last year.

Fifteen drug supply offences were recorded last month, up from a total of six in February 2014.

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That was also a significant increase from January, when just two drug supply offences were recorded.

Drug use offences stayed steady at 17 last month, the same as February last year.

Reducing the amount of drug-related offending has been a major police focus in Mid Canterbury.

“Over the last 12 months targeted prevention work relating to drugs and drug supply has

been increased in the Ashburton area to come into line with activities being undertaken in the wider Canterbury District,” Mr Banfield said.

Violent crime also continues to rise, with serious assaults resulting in injury, public place assaults, dwelling assaults, and assaults on police all up since last February.

The number of vehicles stolen also rose significantly last month, from 10 to 25.

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Outstanding woman Harry Potter star Emma Watson has topped a new poll of outstanding women.

The young actress, who was recently named a leading celebrity feminist, has beaten mixed martial arts fighter Ronda Rousey to the top of online site AskMen’s new 99 Most Outstanding Women of 2015 list. Also making the top five are Kim Kardashian, Taylor Swift and Tiger Woods’ girlfriend, skiier Lindsey Vonn, while Beyonce, George Clooney’s new wife Amal and Jennifer Lawrence make the top 10.

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Elderly bare all for calendar The stars of a charity calendar are in their 80s and 90s, but that didn’t stop the men and women from an assisted living facility in Ohio from showing a little skin. Miss March, who’s 88, wears a green top hat and not much else in the calendar from Pleasant Pointe Assisted Living, and the centerfolds are two women in their 90s who seem to be playing poker with strategically placed oversize cards. Flip to February and you’ll see a smiling, white-haired Dottie Rutter soaking in a bubble bath and flower petals, with chocolates and lingerie nearby. At 87, she’s the same age as the youngest of three models standing in the cover photo, where their bare feet and shoulders peek out from behind a banner they hold advertising the Barberton, Ohio, facility and the affiliated Pleasant View Health Care Centre. It reads: “Pleasant View, Pleasant Pointe.” Administrator Teresa Morris said that the residents were clearly having fun the morning the photos were taken. “The residents were like 20-year-olds — giggling, and having the time of their lives,” Morris said.

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1D try to quash split rumour One Direction have spoken out to quash rumours they are set to split up in the wake of Zayn Malik’s departure. The band have vowed to continue as a four-piece after the pop star left so he can live like a “normal” 22-year-old. His shock departure was swiftly followed by reports the group is on the verge of breaking up, but singer Liam Payne thanked fans for sticking with the band and “not thinking it’s finished”. He tweeted: “I can see a lot of people thanking us for staying but your (sic) the real Heros (sic) here thanks for not thinking it’s finished.”

The band have continued their tour and have been playing concerts in South Africa.

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Pacino charging fans Al Pacino is giving fans the chance to travel with him on his private plane for a $40,000 fee. The Godfather star is handing devotees the opportunity to join him as he takes the short flight from Glasgow, Scotland to London for his An Evening With A Pacino stage show. Pacino is also giving film buffs the chance to have lunch with him for $12,000, and for $4000, audience members will be able to meet the Hollywood legend in his dressing room after the show for 20 minutes. Pacino will take to the stage for the question-and-answer session about his life in May.

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Little back to help Lorde Lorde could be back in the studio any day now to record her second album after collaborator and coproducer Joel Little tweeted about his return to New Zealand to team up with the teenage superstar. On Saturday, Little tweeted: “I’m at the airport ... don’t want to give too much away but let’s just say I’m flying to Shmew Shmealand to make some shmusic with Shmorde”. The Grammy-award winning producer and Lorde’s right-handman told Triple J radio in Australia late last month the pair would team up in March to start work on the follow-up to Pure Heroine.

“Within the next month or so we’ll be in the studio,” he said. Little said the pair would write songs but nothing definite was planned regarding style or sound. “I think we’re just going to start writing and when it starts to feel right, we’ll know that it’s right. It’s pretty simple really.”

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■ MID CANTERBURY SCHOOLS

Joint approach to gifted students

By Daisy HuDson

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Mid Canterbury schools have joined together for the first time to support the district’s gifted and talented pupils.

A new and innovative approach to teaching gifted and talented children has been agreed upon by local principals, with the programme set to kick off in Term 3.

The MindPlus programme is run by the New Zealand Centre for Gifted Education.

Pupils will attend the programme, which aims to provide intellectual, creative, social and emotional support, at least one day per week.

Mid Canterbury Principals’ Association president Chris Murphy said while people often recognised that schools

supported children with high learning needs, they also had an obligation to cater to students at the other end of the scale.

“To an extent, it’s easy to help the children who are struggling, and it’s pretty difficult to help those children who are right at the top,” he said.

Mr Murphy said while individual schools had run their own programmes in the past,

this was the first time a joint approach had been given the green light.

Methven Primary School head of the gifted and talented programme Rosie Robinson said the venture had come about after a need was recognised.

She said 13 schools had opted into the programme so far.

“We know that these students need to work with other like

minds,” she said. “So if we have this approach, we know we’re meeting their needs better.”

The focus now turns to funding the programme, to keep costs down for parents.

Mrs Robinson said the Ministry of Education did not fund gifted and talented programmes, so they would be turning to other avenues for financial support.

■ ALLENTON HIT AND RUN

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By Daisy HuDson

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An Ashburton woman at the centre of a hit and run is furious police refused to investigate the crash.

Police have admitted a staff member may have provided Gaylyn Spies with incorrect advice after she called 111 and was told police did not investigate hit and runs.

Mrs Spies was pulling out of a park opposite the Allenton Medical Centre on Friday when she was struck by another vehicle.

The car hit the front of her SUV - fortunately missing her two children, who were in the back seat.

Her shock was further compounded when instead of stopping, the car continued driving down the road.

Mrs Spies tried to follow the car, but to no avail.

“I tried to chase the person, I flashed my lights, I did everything, and they slowed down, but as soon as I slowed down they pulled off again,” she said.

With shock starting to kick in, she pulled over to the side of the road and phoned the police.

However, she was taken aback by the response she received.

“The woman said to me straight, ‘well we don’t attend hit and run cases, the insurance has to sort it out’,” she said.

“I was basically in tears, I think while I was on the phone the shock started to hit me, so I

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Gaylyn Spies was lucky to escape unscathed after a hit and run in Allenton last week.

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was shaking a lot.”

Mrs Spies is angry that despite having taken down the car’s registration number, police would not look into the incident.

“They hit the car and left, they left the scene of an accident,” she said.

“I had my son behind me, and it was the driver’s side that they hit me – if they had hit the back of my car, who knows what

would have happened?”

A police spokesperson said the Police Communications Centre received a 111 call from a member of the public in Ashburton about a hit and run.

“On this occasion the other party had allegedly failed to stop and exchange their details as required by law,” the spokesperson said.

“The police communicator may not have given the correct

advice on this occasion and the call will be reviewed to see if it could have been handled better.”

In the meantime, police would visit Mrs Spies to follow up and take a crash report, the spokesperson said.

The steering on Mrs Spies’ vehicle was damaged.

While she has insurance, she may have to pay $300 excess to have the vehicle fixed.

Woman stabbed multiple times in assault A woman remains shaken following a serious assault in Te Anau on Sunday morning.

Police are continuing to investigate the assault they have described as “serious”, which happened early Sunday morning at the Moose Bar in Te Anau.

A 27-year-old woman was admitted to Southland Hospital on Sunday with multiple stab wounds.

Yesterday, the woman’s mother said her daughter remained in intensive care, where she was being treated for stab wounds.

The woman said her daughter was at the bar for a work function when the assault took place at around 12.30am.

“It was meant to be a nice evening out.”

She said her daughter “was doing very well” but was still

shaken by the incident. “It’s all sort of a dream to be honest, we’re very lucky she is here.”

Operations manager for the Moose Bar Andrew Geldlard said he would not be making any comment as the matter was before the courts.

Meanwhile, police were still unsure as to what triggered the assault, a police spokesman said.

On Sunday police said early

reports that the stabbing was the result of a fight were incorrect.

Yesterday, the spokesman said statements were being taken from witnesses, which would help to form part of the police investigation.

“As the matter is now before the courts, police will be making no further comment in regards to this incident.”

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Recent rain in the Mid Canterbury foothills has resulted in the easing of some irrigation restrictions, but dry soils prevail in drought impacted areas.

The soil moisture deficit at the Winchmore Irrigation Research Station was still sitting at 109mm, hydrologist Tony Davoren said.

“To replenish the soil profile and not just the top 20cm or so, is going to take significant rainfall – roughly a couple of months’ worth,” Dr Davoren said.

“Given average monthly rainfall is about 50 to 60mm - that will take us well into May. “I think the question ‘Is it still a drought?’ is answered.”

However, the rain has brought some relief, perking up pasture and winterfeed crops, particularly on dry land farms.

Environment Canterbury monitoring and compliance manager Marty Mortiaux said most irrigation restrictions had been lifted on the main body of the Ashburton River, but restrictions were still in place on the north branch of the Ashburton and the Rangitata River.

“It’s still pretty variable across Canterbury – north Canterbury is still the most extreme,” Mr Mortiaux said.

“Things are getting better, but we haven’t had enough rain to really recharge the aquifers.

“We really need several days of steady rain to start to see a difference.”

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■ ASHBURTON SPCA

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Society’s future in jeopardy

By Sue NewmaN

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Ashburton’s SPCA could be just one meeting away from closing its doors.

With the animal welfare organisation’s annual meeting tonight, if people don’t turn up, then its future will be in jeopardy, says inspector John Keeley.

Dwindling numbers of people willing to be on the committee made it increasingly difficult for the organisation to do its job, raising money to look after animal welfare, he said.

“It’s teetering at the moment. We’ve had to try and keep people on the committee who wanted off just to keep it

going.” His warrant runs out in August. At this stage he plans to renew it for a further three years, but by the next renewal, he’ll be 78 and that will be time to bow out, Mr Keeley said.

That lack of committee members wasn’t the only threat the Ashburton SPCA was facing, Mr Keeley said, with creeping corporatisation of branches also becoming a significant issue.

He’s sceptical about plans to roll out the equivalent of a Plunket book for animals that come into SPCA care, tracking them through their lives when they’re rehomed.

This would see a nationalisation of all SPCA databases.

“I can track our animals now as they come in and as they’re rehomed; this is a corporatisation thing. This is not the SPCA it was when I joined 40 years ago.

When we started we were in a tin shed in the backyard at our home. Look where we are now.”

He believes that corporatisation of SPCA branches, voluntary or forced, is just a matter of time.

Over a year up to 600 cats and kittens and 100 dogs are picked up, cared for and in many instances rehomed through the Ashburton branch, but caring for unwanted animals was technically outside the SPCA’s

brief, Mr Keeley said; animal welfare is its prime function.

“That’s the only legal thing we have to do. I could shut the whole place down and just do animal welfare because we’re not responsible for rehoming cats or dogs, but we’ve chosen to always do this.”

It costs around $35,000 a year to run the SPCA and the organisation relies on grants and its rent and rates-free location in the grounds of Vetlife.

Last year it was forced to pull $8000 out of its cash reserves to keep its doors open.

The SPCA’s annual meeting will be held in the St John rooms, Tancred Street at 8pm tonight.

Incidents reported yesterday: No incidents were reported by police yesterday.

Home invasion One week on from a dramatic police operation in Allenton, Canterbury police are still refusing to release details of the progress of the investigation. The incident, which sparked an armed police response, was initially described as a burglary – however, it has since been upgraded to a home invasion.

Police have refused to release details of the incident, including the number of offenders, if any weapons were involved, or whether or not any alleged offenders have been caught. A Canterbury police spokesperson said due to the sensitive nature of the investigation, police are unable to provide any further comment at this time.

Pam fundraiser Ashburton’s Ann McKay is organising a Sunday afternoon tea dance to raise funds for Cyclone Pam victims in Vanuatu. It will be held April 12, 3pm to 7pm, at the Ashburton Club and MSA hall.

Glenys Donnelly of Glenys’ Dance Group is bringing music, while Temuka pianist Elisabeth Bisdee and other musicians will play.

Mrs McKay said people could come along to sequence dance, or watch the dancing and listen to the music. “The people of Ashburton usually support us really well,” she said. She had held similar fundraisers for disaster relief in the past, including for victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami, Haiti earthquake and Victorian bushfires. The cost of admission will be $5 per person, and funds will go to Save the Children Fund.

There will be a bring and buy table, and people are asked to bring a plate of finger food for tea.

■ CRICKET CUP

Players’ bad behaviour ‘no surprise’

By SuSaN SaNdyS

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Cricket World Cup behaviour from Australian players showing a so-called lack of class was no surprise to Ashburton cricket fans.

Mid Cantabrians Jeff Naish, Dave McKimmie and Russ Young were among the record crowd of 93,000 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground to see the match on Sunday.

“We have grown to expect that’s how Australia play their cricket, that’s how they have played for the last couple of years,” Mr Naish said from the Victorian capital yesterday.

He was referring to sledging, particularly aimed at Black Caps batsmen Martin Guptill, Grant Elliott and Dan Vettori as they were leaving the field.

Black Caps fans have not only had to witness such behaviour from players but also read Aussie newspaper headlines suggesting the game result had them “crying into their fush and chups”.

“You learn just to ignore it,” Mr Naish said.

He believed the Black Cap team could hold its head up high after showing a lot more class than the Aussies, and making such huge sporting progress for a small country in getting to the final.

“I am still pretty proud of how we have grown, the team is still so young, there’s nothing to stop us from winning in four years. I might have to go to that one too,” Mr Naish said.

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■ ASHBURTON MACKENZIE COMMUNITY GROUP

Special trip a step back in time Ashburton MacKenzie Community Group clients, Peter Judge (back seat, left) and Tresea Thompson (back seat, right), along with Ashburton MacKenzie Community Group president Colleen Inwood (front seat) were whisked off in Trevor Shaw’s 1937 Chevrolet yesterday. Ashburton Vintage Car Club member Vern Ellis, along with other members, spent the morning taking clients of the group for rides in seven of their prized vehicles. The ride finished up at the Ashburton Vintage Car Club museum in Tinwald, where the MacKenzie Group clients got a chance to pick out their favourite cars, and ask the car club members questions.

Trusts, relationships under spotlight A Rotorua sawmilling magnate – whose $28 million divorce wrangle has big implications for trusts – is trying to take the case to the Supreme Court.

Mark Clayton has significant sawmilling interests in the central North Island and his business and other assets are owned by a series of companies and trusts.

He considers none of the trust assets are relationship

property and that his exwife is entitled only to their $850,000 matrimonial home and $30,000.

Melanie Clayton, however, believes she is entitled to half of the value of the business and trust assets.

The pair, who separated after 17 years of marriage, have already been through the Family Court, High Court and Court of Appeal.

Now Mark Clayton is seek-

ing leave for the Supreme Court to hear the case, a registrar confirmed yesterday.

The decision he is trying to appeal, according to Melanie Clayton’s lawyer, redrew “the landscape” on trusts and relationship property.

Queen’s Counsel for Melanie Clayton, Lady Deborah Chambers, said that was because the Court of Appeal found powers of appointment for trusts are property.

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Gout support A new campaign for those with gout has been launched, to inspire hope and raise awareness.

Over 110,000 New Zealand have gout, a potentially crippling form of arthritis. The campaign Don’t get trapped by gout! was launched yesterday by Arthritis New Zealand. Gout is caused by too much uric acid in the blood and affects joints, causing sudden attacks of pain but can be managed with medication.

New Guinea quake No Kiwis are thought to have been affected by a large magnitude 7.6 earthquake off the the coast of Papua New Guinea. The 33kmdeep quake struck about 50km southeast of Kokopo, in the northeastern New Britain region, at 12.49pm NZT yesterday. A spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade said there were no indications that any New Zealanders had been affected by the earthquake.

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Lundy jury retires

By Rob Kidd

Ashburton College students including (front of stage, from left) Brett Puleaga, Matthew Symes, Danielle McArthur and Maisie Looij rehearse for Stage Challenge yesterday.

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■■ASHBURTON COLLEGE

Serious message behind having fun

By Susan Sandys

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Ashburton College students in this year’s Stage Challenge will be having fun and sending a serious message at the same time.

They have titled their piece The Great Divide, which bases its theme around the difficulties of getting ahead for those caught in the poverty trap.

The many students involved

in the production brainstormed to come up with the idea.

Their stage set and costumes will be simple, and their main props will be cloth and blankets.

The latter are to be used as everything from children’s dress-up Superman capes to houses, as the students perform to bring the piece of dance theatre to life.

Head of drama Claire Bubb

said the simplicity of the set, costumes and props would ensure the focus would remain very much on the performers themselves.

Music students have chosen include a selection of songs about money, including by Pink Floyd.

Students are rehearsing two lunch times per week as they prepare for the performance at the Horncastle Arena in

Christchurch on May 15.

The challenge and joy of performing was not the only fun aspect of Stage Challenge, Mrs Bubb said.

The day leading up to it was full of excitement as the many schools competing had to be on site.

“We get to spend a whole day with 1500 students, all day, and it’s like a huge party,” Mrs Bubb said.

■■ASHBURTON HOSPITAL

Safety system to roll out here

By Caitlin Porter

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A new South Island-wide incident management system is now being rolled out in Ashburton Hospital.

The system, called Safety 1st, is set to benefit not only staff, but patients too.

Safety 1st is an electronic incident and risk recording and investigation system that is being rolled out across the district health board, and will go live in Ashburton today.

CDHB project manager for Safety 1st Colin Browne said the system would enable safety-related data from across the health system to be obtained and reviewed more easily.

“Its real value lies in what we can learn from that data,” he said The system will give hospitals and the DHB a better picture of which strategies are effective, and which are not, as well as identifying existing or potential safety risks.

“Using what it tells us, we can improve processes that contribute to patient and staff safety,” he said.

In his latest CDHB chief executive officer update, David Meates said the DHB was aiming for zero harm in regards to patients and with the new system the DHB will have real time data for learning about harm and risk.

With the implementation of the new system, the DHB and in turn, Ashburton Hospital, will be going “paper-lite” as everything will be done electronically.

“Our processes will be leaner, we will have a new tool to use instead of playing pass the paper,” he said.

The last training session for nominated managers with a role in Safety 1st took place yesterday.

Managers underwent a three and a half hour group session with trainers from Christchurch and for those who submit the forms, a self-directed video was screened.

The jury in the Mark Lundy double murder trial has spent three hours deliberating without reaching a verdict.

The 56-year-old is accused of hacking to death his wife Christine and 7-year-old daughter Amber in their Palmerston North home on August 30, 2000, and the court has heard from dozens of witnesses over the past seven weeks.

Justice Simon France crystalised that evidence as he summed up the case in the High Court at Wellington yesterday and his words were the last the jury heard before they retired.

Justice France acknowledged Lundy’s first trial in 2002 at which he was found guilty, but told the jury to shelve any views they had about that, despite some of the evidence being replicated.

“It’s important you reach your verdicts on the basis of the evidence you’ve heard,” he said.

“Put aside anything you thought you knew about the case before it started, anything you heard or read outside these four walls.”

When the jury resumes deliberations today they will attempt to reach unanimous verdicts.

It would only be “much later on” that the judge would consider a majority verdict of 11 to 1.

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■ ASHBURTON DISTRICT COUNCIL

Plans afoot to extend Park Street

By Sue NewmaN

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Land is about to be set aside for an extension to Park Street that will eventually see traffic signals installed at the corner of Park and Moore streets.

While plans to alleviate congestion on Moore Street are well in the future, negotiations are under way between the Ashburton District Council and EA Networks on a deal that will see land protected for the route of the new stretch of road.

Council contracts manager Brian Fauth said an extension of Park Street to Dobson Street west had been tagged in a Transportation Study prepared by the New Zealand Transport Agency in 2009. The demolition of unused buildings on the EA Networks Kermode Street site meant the council now had an opportunity to secure the land it would need for the future, he said.

Acquiring the land, however, did not mean the new road would be constructed, as any

work on this would need to be tied in with the installation of traffic signals at the Park and Moore streets intersection that would need NZTA funding, Mr Fauth said.

“All we’re doing is saying is that securing the land at this point in time is a good option.

There’s no urgent need for this (the extension) at the moment, but this could change with the new stadium, this may put pressure on other links to the business estate.”

The council could become proactive in pushing for change if the accident rate on Moore Street west increased. While the multiple exits from businesses onto the street created a situation that was far from ideal, motorists appeared to be very aware of the need for caution in that area, Mr Fauth said.

“We’re hoping that by putting lights, long term at Park Street, business traffic out of Dobson Street and out of the business park would use those lights to access Moore Street and then

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the state highway.”

EA Networks general manager Gordon Guthrie confirmed his company was in negotiations

with the council over a strip of land for the new road.

Once this was signed and sealed, the remainder of the

land, about two hectares, would be sold.

It is zoned to accommodate big box retail.

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Crash victims’ DNA found

By Kate Millar

A blogger has been hacked to death in the Bangladesh capital, in the latest brutal attack on the country’s independent writers, a senior officer said. Police have arrested two men over the murder yesterday which comes just weeks after an American atheist blogger was also hacked to death in Dhaka, a crime that triggered international outrage, the officer said.

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A Jerusalem court has found former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert guilty of corruption over allegations that he received envelopes of cash from a US businessman. The former premier, who already faces a six-year prison sentence in a separate bribery case that he has appealed to the supreme court, will be sentenced on May 5, media reports said yesterday. The 69-year-old had initially been acquitted of fraud and corruption in the case, escaping with a $19,000 fine and a suspended jail sentence.

- AFP

Rhino on rampage

The German and Japanese flags are deployed during an homage ceremony with family members of Japanese victims in front of a stele, a stone slab erected as a monument, set up in memory of the victims in the area where the Germanwings jetliner crashed in the French Alps.

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“Some things have to be done by abseiling. Since safety is key, the recovery process is a bit slow, which is a great regret,” he added.

Most body parts were being winched up to helicopters and transported to a lab in the nearby town of Seynes, where a 50-strong team of forensic doctors, dentists and police identification specialists is working.

Between 400 and 600 body parts were being examined, Touron said.

“In catastrophes, normally around 90 per cent of identifications are done through dental records,” he added, but in the case of flight 9525, DNA was likely to play a greater role than normal.

Once DNA samples have been taken, they are sent to another lab outside Paris where they are compared with samples taken from family members this week.

Captain Yves Naffrechoux, a mountain ranger, said finding the second black box - the flight data recorder which logs all technical data - was a priority.

Germany’s Bild newspaper yesterday reported more details of the flight’s final moments.

It said the captain, which it identified as Patrick S., shouted at the co-pilot to “open the damn door” as he desperately tried to get back into the locked cockpit after leaving to use the toilet.

“For God’s sake, open the door” he yelled as passengers’

screams could be heard in the background, it said, citing information from the cockpit voice recorder.

Bild said “loud metallic blows” against the cockpit door could then be heard, before another warning alarm went off.

As investigators seek to build a picture of Lubitz and any possible motives, media reports have emerged that he suffered from eye problems, adding to earlier reports he was severely depressed.

German prosecutors believe Lubitz hid an illness from his airline but have not specified what it was, and said he had apparently been written off sick on the day the Airbus crashed.

- AFP

Court hears expert support for Bali appeal An expert witness has argued for the death row challenge of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran to be heard in an Indonesian administrative court, testifying it is the correct forum.

The court last month threw out a challenge against the rejection of clemency for the Bali Nine pair, determining the decrees by President Joko Widodo were not within its jurisdiction.

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■ FRANCE

Investigators picking through the wreckage of a passenger jet that crashed on a remote Alpine mountain say they have found DNA from more than half of the victims, as more details emerged concerning the doomed flight’s last minutes.

Forensic teams have announced they have isolated almost 80 distinct DNA strands from body parts at the Germanwings crash site in the French Alps, as recovery personnel continue their grim task following last week’s tragedy.

French officials say the plane’s black box voice recorder indicates that co-pilot Andreas Lubitz, 27, locked the captain out of the cockpit of the Airbus jet and deliberately crashed Flight 4U 9525, bound for Duesseldorf from Barcelona.

Investigators have described the difficulty searching for bodies and a second black box as “unprecedented” due to a combination of mountainous terrain and the violence of the impact.

The plane is said to have crashed at a speed of 700 kilometres per hour, killing all 150 on board instantly.

Prosecutor Brice Robin, one of the lead investigators, said an access road was being built to the site to allow all-terrain vehicles to remove some of the larger parts of the plane and help transport bodies.

He said forensic experts had identified 78 different DNA strands.

“We haven’t found a single body intact,” said Patrick Touron, deputy director of the police’s criminal research institute.

“We have slopes of 40 to 60 degrees, falling rocks, and ground that tends to crumble.

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The men sentenced for heroin smuggling in 2006 have no other legal avenues left and have resorted to the administrative court appeal to spare them from the firing squad.

Otong Rosadi of Ekasakti University yesterday gave his opinion in support of the challenge.

The law expert said in his opinion, all “products of the law” can be reviewed, even clemency, which he argued was not purely a matter of presidential

prerogative. The constitutional rights of the president were still a product of the law, he said.

“The legal product is the presidential decree and a presidential decree rejecting or granting clemency, it’s a state administrative matter,” he told the court in Jakarta.

“The forum to challenge it is the state administrative court.”

Mr Otong maintained this view under questioning from lawyers for the state and judges, who asked if other consti-

tutional rights of the president could also therefore be challenged in the administrative court.

Lawyer for Chan and Sukumaran, Leonard Arpan, said he was confident Mr Otong’s evidence was strong. “I think the expert has delivered all the statements that were required,” he told reporters.

Both sides are due to give their conclusions on Wednesday for a decision soon afterwards.

- AAP

A woman has been killed by a rhinoceros in Makwanpur district in central Nepal. The rhino, believed to have come from nearby Chitwan National Park, entered a marketplace in Hetauda city yesterday and went on a rampage, according to a local TV station. Six other people were injured in the attack, police said. It is common for rhinos to enter the settlements bordering Nepal’s forests, especially during the winter and dry seasons. - DPA

Anti-gay laws slammed Apple chief Tim Cook has slammed what he called a wave of “dangerous” laws in several US states that he says promote discrimination and erode equality.

Cook - one of the most prominent chief executives to publicly acknowledge his homosexuality - wrote in an editorial published in the Washington Post that so-called “religious freedom” laws passed in several states threaten to undo progress toward greater equality. “There’s something very dangerous happening in states across the country,” Cook wrote.

- AFP

Air base going ahead Japan’s central government has muscled the governor of Okinawa out of the way in a row over the construction of a US air base, suspending his stop-work order in the latest fraught chapter of a twodecade row. The move allows the central government to press on with a much-delayed project that will see the shuttering of the Futenma Air Base, which sits in a crowded urban area, and its replacement on a rural coastline at Nago.

- AFP

Tainted liquor fatal At least seven people have died after drinking contaminated alcohol in an Indonesian town, reports say.

The victims fell ill last week after drinking liquor allegedly mixed with energy drinks and mosquito repellent on Sumatra island, the Kompas daily said. Dozens of Indonesians die every year after consuming home-brewed drinks, often adulterated with a variety of toxic substances to increase their potency.

- AFP

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OUR VIEW

Kiwi class versus Aussie crass Sue Newman

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ompared to our Aussie neighbours we Kiwis are a quiet lot.

We celebrate the good times, accept the bad, soldier on and maintain our dignity. Generally we’re pretty gracious when we win and just as gracious when we lose.

Never was that demonstrated more clearly than in the final two matches of the Cricket World Cup. As we celebrated our hard-fought victory over the South Africans in the semifinal, the image that will endure is of batsman Grant Elliott.

He dealt the final blow to the opposition’s hopes of making the final with a smack over the boundary, but in that moment of glory he still stopped and offered a hand of support to the opposition captain.

That one gesture said more about the Kiwi approach to sport than a thousand words.

Throughout that tight semifinal, the Kiwi crowd played fair. There was no sledging on or off the field. It was a match fairly contested, a match anyone could have won. It was played in fine spirit by both sides.

Not so Sunday night’s final.

Yes, New Zealand was outplayed on every front, but not when it came to the way the match was played.

The weight of the crowd was inevitably behind the home team and you can forgive the punters for making their feelings clear when Australia took a wicket or delivered a good smack with the bat.

What is harder to forgive is the attitude of the Australian team who were constantly in the faces of the Kiwis if a wicket fell or a ball was hit to the boundary.

In sporting parlance it’s called sledging, but in the real world it’s called bad manners.

To the Black Caps’ credit they refused to react to the Aussies’ crass behaviour, keeping their reactions to the good and the bad among themselves.

If the result was counted in sportsmanship – NZ 10, Aussie 0.

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t was great to see our Trade Minister Tim Groser signing the free trade agreement with South Korea in Seoul this past week.

It means that the beef export industry will pay $3 million less in import duties to South Korea than it paid last year.

In the next 15 years the starting rate yearly tariff bill of $43.5 million, or 40 per cent, will disappear.

Our beef industry needs the market access which FTAs provide. Numbers of beef animals have been in decline for the past 25 years. Not as quickly as sheep numbers, but downwards nonetheless.

The South Korea FTA will give our meat exporters a more even playing field in South Korea. United States exporters have enjoyed a head start in tariff reductions for South Korea. Their FTA began in 2012.

The United States itself is easily New Zealand’s largest beef market and has been for years. South Korea, along with China and Japan, are important secondary markets. Exports to South Korea are worth $125

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million.

Unfortunately, as the South Korea door is levered open, the Indonesia access door is closing.

Indonesia has a population of more than 250 million, with an increasingly affluent population who like eating beef.

Indonesia is not only a reasonably significant beef market, but a major one for beef offal, which is not easy to find an export market for.

The trouble is that agriculture producers in Indonesia have put pressure on their government to adopt a self sufficiency policy of food production.

It is not a new idea. The Europeans have been using subsidies for years to achieve the same thing, which they call food security – in case there’s a war or huge natural disaster.

Europe can’t pay for implementing the idea, nor will Indonesia be able to do this effectively, or long term.

What brought matters to a head in 2011 were public pictures of horrific slaughter methods of Australian beef cattle exported live to Indonesia. Australia cut off live exports. Indonesia retaliated by restricting beef imports.

New Zealand exports slumped in what was then New Zealand’s second beef market, worth $185 million a year.

Now the move is underway for New Zealand and the United States to join in a World Trade Organisation case against Indonesia for implementing trade restrictions contrary to WTO rules.

It’s one of those ironies of international trade that New Zealand’s most difficult ever meat access case that it took to the WTO, was against the US. The US was restricting New Zealand sheepmeat imports to protect its own industry.

In the trade context I should also mention a comment made by Fonterra CEO Theo Spierings when he announced

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farmgate return projections for this season. At a press conference he was asked by TV3 reporter Tony Field how much international price volatility was driven by regional wars and political crisis. The extent and effect of these can never be accurately predicted.

Mr Spierings thought the question a good one. He replied at length that conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa in particular, big markets for Fonterra, were going to be increasing factors in international dairy market volatility.

It’s a reminder that so many of our primary exports are vulnerable, even in countries where middle class numbers of dairy and meat eaters are growing rapidly.

It would only take a few rockets fired over the border between North and South Korea for instance, to start a widescale conflict that could make our FTA with the south just an academic footnote to crisis politics.

Rick Powdrell is Federated Farmers Meat & Fibre chairperson

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■ THE WAREHOUSE

Chief executive stepping down

BY CHRISTOPHER ADAMS The Warehouse Group boss Mark Powell is to step down from the firm’s helm and a process has begun to recruit a new chief executive.

New Zealand’s biggest listed retailer said Powell had indicated last year that he did not see himself continuing in the role beyond February 2016.

“As a result of subsequent discussion, The Warehouse Group has announced today that a formal process has been initiated to recruit a new Group CEO,” the company said.

“This will allow up to 10 months to ensure a planned and orderly succession process.”

Since taking up the role in 2011, Powell has spearheaded a turnaround strategy that has included a $100 million refurbishment programme for its Red Sheds stores and numerous acquisitions, including electron-

The Warehouse chief executive Mark Powell.

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However, there has been some impatience in the market about a lack of bottom-line results.

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director,” he said.

Warehouse founder Sir Stephen Tindall said Powell had made a tremendous contribution to the retailer.

“His goal was to drive this phase of the strategic journey by starting with the customer and putting a real focus on people, culture and a clear way of working,” Sir Stephen said.

“This has provided the strategic path and investment required to transition the business from Red and Blue into a broader group encompassing new businesses, including financial services.

“At the same time he addressed the changing market needs with online and digital demands.

“Mark has positioned the business well for a new leader to take the group on the next phase of its strategic journey and drive the results from these investments.”

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said back in January that the strategy had failed and changes needed to take place at the CEO and board level.

The company reported a 19 per cent drop in adjusted first-

half profit, to $37.2 million, this month.

Powell said he never saw himself staying in the role “for more than the four to five years required to establish a new strategic platform and culture for the future”.

“The last four years have been personally very fulfilling The group is now very different.

Customers and the team have seen the positive difference.

“The challenge in the next strategic cycle is to fully translate this platform into profitable growth for our shareholders in the future.

“I know we have the team in place to do this.”

Powell said he did not want to take on another executive role.

“Instead I will look to apply my knowledge, skills and experience where I can to help in my areas of passion, both in the faith-based not-for-profit sector and as a professional company

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Collaboration the key, not mergers

BY JAMIE GRAY Rationalisation of the New Zealand meat industry could take place through collaboration in processing and freight, rather than through mergers and acquisitions, Silver Fern Farms chairman Rob Hewett said.

Earlier this month, Meat Industry Excellence (MIE), a group formed to effect change in the industry, came out in favour of single co-operative business model similar to Fonterra’s to deal with decades-old issues of overcapacity and too much competition for dwindling supplies of stock.

Silver Fern, the country’s biggest meat company, has long acknowledged there has been overcapacity in sheepmeat processing, but the industry’s strategy of waiting for one of its number to fail had to change, Hewett said.

“The form that change takes has to be one of mutual development and benefit and working together or it can wait until somebody falls over – which has been the strategy to date.

“People have been talking about Silver Fern Farms falling over.

“We are not going to fall over.

We have got a strategy and have got a plan and we are working towards it,” he said.

“What’s more we are in the middle of an equity raising process which will recapitalise our balance sheet even more than the work that we have been do-

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ing, which will allow us to reinvest in our value creation strategy which is where the real game should be.”

Silver Fern is looking at its options to raise up to $100 million in new capital to repay debt, upgrade plants, and to accelerate its “value-added” product strategy.

The company expects to decide by the end of May as to how it goes about that.

Hewett said Silver Fern was broadly “in alignment” with MIE, but differed on some of the detail. However, he said suggesting the sector adopt a Fonterra model was too simplistic.

In Fonterra’s case, there existed a culture of common ownership, as co-operatives amalgamated over several decades to eventually form up as one entity.

In contrast, the meat sector comprised the full range of ownership models, from pure co-operatives such Southland’s Alliance Group, to hybrid cooperatives such as Silver Fern,

through to privately owned companies, joint ventures and foreign-owned companies.

“Getting these different ownership models to the starting point is significantly more challenging than Fonterra ever had, and that’s part of the reason why we are in the situation we are in at the moment,” Hewett said.

“Having said that, there are still opportunities for us to work together.

“There is plenty of opportunity for solid commercial outcomes to be gained through collaboration without any form of merger, around things like examining toll processing opportunities, around things like freighting opportunities.

“The interests of the company are bound up with the interests of the industry.”

While it was the co-ops – Silver Fern and Alliance – that have the sheepmeat capacity that has been talked about as being surplus to requirements, those single-chain plants leveraged that capacity in times of drought, Hewett said.

“The suppliers to those single-chain plants also have to supply others to get their processing done at peak drought periods and that falls to us,” he said.

“To say that the cost of closure and rationalisation should fall to the co-operatives is a nonsense in my view because it’s an industry issue.”

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New tool to help with bull selection A new online bull team builder will allow farmers to see the impact of genetic improvement on farm profit and team averages.

Developed by DairyNZ subsidiary NZ Animal Evaluation Limited (NZAEL), the website offers an alternative to searching catalogues to compare bulls.

“Farmers will have all the information now available in one place,” NZAEL manager Dr Jeremy Bryant said.

“They will be able to visit the DairyNZ website and select bulls which meet their specific needs without com-

promising breeding worth (BW). Preferred traits might include enhanced BW, productivity, fertility, long-life, calving ease, conformation or temperament.”

Hauraki Plains farmers Heather and Stewart Fowlie have tested the team builder and appreciate its user-friendliness.

“I really love the programme. It enables me to move bulls in and out easily and see the effect of my decisions on team average breeding values and BW,” Mrs Fowlie said.

MARKET REPORT Dairy More variability of rain received this week, as moisture levels improved in the south of the region, but worsen in some areas of North Canterbury.

Temperatures are dropping and the days are now autumnal, as managers look to extend round length, plan when to dry off, and stimulate pastures with nitrogen fertiliser.

Disappointment at Fonterra’s half year result for shareholders, as the predicted payout remained stable, but in a surprise, the dividend fell and shares fell to an all time low.

Reports surfaced of big waiting lists to supply alternative milk processors, as some farmers are looking to cash up their shares, as they aim to ease the financial burden of the dairy downturn.

Costs have now risen to $5.40/kg ms, and with the drought sure to push the costs of wintering higher, cash flows of many operators will soon come under significant pressure.

Lamb Lamb schedules still sit close to their seasonal lows as processors report lamb markets are under pressure. Chinese sales continue to disappoint and European buyers are hesitant to commit ahead, until they see the outcome of Easter sales.

The weak euro is not helping NZ’s price competitiveness in this important market and is a double whammy with demand being soft.

The early kill has seen processing slow, and now is falling back into line with the norm, and it appears the April production period will be free of backlogs.

Saleyard prime lamb values are easing upwards driven by shortages of quality animals, and a steady flow of store lambs are also attracting building prices.

Wool A strengthening currency and completed shipping deadlines saw values ease at auction, passings increase, and a price disparity between islands disappear.

The Commerce Commission has ruled positively on the merger of Cavalier and NZ Wool Services scouring assets and growers will hope some of the efficiency savings will be reflected in future stronger wool prices.

Beef Big changes are starting to be seen in the US beef market as the West Coast port dispute has been resolved, and the early cow kill has seen some NI beef plants cutting back shifts.

Only small schedule increases as yet, but Beef+Lamb figures suggest shortages will soon arrive to drive future pricing.

Good rains in many North Island areas has also slowed processing and stimulated the weaner market, but lack of feed could put a dampener on Canterbury calf sales that are just about to start.

for the latest prices, visit www.interest.co.nz/rural current price range Saleyard prices …  LAMB ($/head) weighted average Store 59 - 64 Prime 98 - 99  HEIFER (c/kg) 250-350 kgs Lwt Store 212 - 231  STEER (c/kg) 481-580 Lwt Prime 249 - 272 last week Processor prices …  LAMB ($) including 1kg woolly pelt 15.5 kg YM SI 74.41 17.5 kg YX SI 83.36 19.0 kg YX SI 90.58 21.0 kg YX SI 99.55 Local trade (c/kg) SI 520 (16-22kg)  MUTTON ($) including 0.5kg pelt 21.0 kg MX1 SI 54.19  BEEF (c/kg) P2 steer SI 458 (270-295kg) M Cow SI 318 (170-195kg) M2 Bull SI 435 (296-320kg) Local trade P2 SI 480 (180-280kg)  VENISON ($/hd) gross AP Hind 50kg SI 306 AP Stag 60kg SI 373 AP Stag 80kg SI 466

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Auction prices …  SI WOOL indicator prices (c/kg, clean) Mid mic (23.1-31.5) 796 796 Fine Xbrd (31.6-35.0) 558 557 Coarse Xbred >35 mic 489 496 Lambs 644 651

796 538 503 621

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Source: WSI 800 691 590 496 564 472 664 500

Local market prices …  GRAINS ($/tonne, delivered Canterbury) free price Wheat, milling,12.5%p 410 410 415 Wheat, feed 380 380 400 Barley, feed 370 370 400

Source: Midlands Grain 426 452 410 416 445 380 412 445 370

International market prices …  LOGS indicator prices, $/tonne Forest index Mar - 15 101.3 101.96 98.83

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Fonterra milk price Fonterra dividend Fonterra share price

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5,112 3,585 4,249 4,913

4,215 3,066 3,129 4,726

2013/14 final $8.40** 2013/14 0.10

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2014/15 f'cast $4.70 2014/15 f'cast $0.20 to $0.30 NZX FGG $5.54

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 EXCHANGE RATE (NZ$1.00=) US dollar 0.7561 Euro 0.6952

Source: PF Olsen 110.28 84.83

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Longbeach couple takes dairy farm award

By Michelle NelsoN michelle.n@theguardian.co.nz

There were no selfies for Stuart and Sara Russell (right), when the Mid Canterbury couple took the dairying award at the Canterbury Ballance Farm Environment Awards.

“I don’t really like having my photo taken,” Mr Russell told the Guardian yesterday.

The Russells were taken by surprise when their name was called out as the winner of the LIC Dairy Farm Award on Thursday evening.

They even needed a nudge to enter the regional BFEA. “We entered at the last moment – actually our Donaghys rep put our name forward. He reckoned we were doing something a bit different to other people.

“We didn’t expect to win at all – it was a big surprise and very humbling actually.”

The Russells are sharemilkers on Sara’s parents’ property, farmed as the Bourke Family Trust Farm on Windermere Road in the Longbeach District.

The couple went on to the newly converted farm in 2007, following a stint overseas. Prior to entering the industry Mr Russell was a builder, operating his own

company for four years. However dairying was not new country; he had grown up with cows.

“My old man was a dairy farmer, but he decided we had to get a trade under our belts and do something else.”

It has turned out to be good advice.

“It’s a bloody good trade to

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“We have been on 40 per cent [water] restriction for a while now, but with the heavier soils down here we haven’t been too bad – we’re still on twice-daily milking.”

Recent rain has taken the pressure off and Mr Russell hopes the irrigators will remain off for the remainder of the season.

We didn’t expect to win at all – it was a big surprise and very humbling actually

have and it’s been really useful,” he said.

The Russells calve about 700 cows on the 255ha property.

“We are self-contained here, all the young stock stay on the property and all the cows are wintered on.”

Production was slightly down this year, influenced by feed availability, but the Russells haven’t been forced to buy in supplements either, which helps keep expenses down.

Omarama high country farmers Richard and Annabelle Subtil were the Canterbury BFEA supreme winners. The couple also collected the Massey University Innovation Award, WaterForce Integrated Management Award, Ballance Agri-Nutrients Soil Management Award and the Environment Canterbury Water Quality Award.

Mike and Ruth Williams from Decanter Bay won the Donaghys Farm Stewardship Award.

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Swede survey results due soon The results of a detailed farmer survey carried out to help understand the factors behind the toxic swedes issues that hit Southland dairy herds last year are expected to be available by the end of May. DairyNZ interviewed 134 affected and unaffected farmers and 34 graziers last year as part of its study into why many cows became ill after feeding on swedes last season. The detailed interviews followed a general short survey of all dairy farmers that generated more than 400 replies. Analysis of all the survey data is now nearly complete.

“We interviewed farmers across the region to help us understand whether farm management practices may have been a contributing factor,” DairyNZ’s Southland regional leader Richard Kyte said.

“We had some delays in getting the data from the field as farmers got busy just as we started approaching them for information. Until all this analysis is complete, we won’t know if we need to gather more background information.

We are expecting to have the results of all this work released to farmers from around mid to late May.” DairyNZ has already released the results of its analysis of the blood and autopsy samples collected from dairy cows.

Those findings indicated that the cows experienced liver damage consistent with liver damage known to be associated with cows grazing brassica forage crops, except the visible signs of illness seemed to be more severe. Meanwhile,

the analysis of plant material samples taken from Southland swede crops last year as part of the DairyNZ study is taking longer than expected because of delays in getting the necessary testing equipment from overseas.

“The testing of the plant samples has proved a real challenge for us. This has never been done before in New Zealand so we’ve had to organise an accredited commercial testing facility for glucosinolates (GSLs) – the compounds we are testing for in the swedes,” Mr Kyte said.

“We needed the most up-todate technology to provide us with the best chance to identify

the issues with these swedes.

The testing has to stand up to our high standards for scientific rigour.

We have identified 27 GSLs that could have contributed to the issues with the swedes and we had to develop benchmarks to enable us to measure them correctly. We also needed the right equipment in place. These have had to be sourced internationally from three countries and that took quite a lot of time – much longer than we’d expected.”

The testing process is expected to take about six weeks.

Analysis of the plant samples should be complete by the end of May and the interpretation

of that data by mid-July, Mr Kyte said.

“Our key message for farmers is to be cautious when transitioning cows on to brassicas and fodder beet,” he said.

“Transitioning your cows well from grass to brassicas and fodder beet and offering the correct ratio of crop to forage supplement – both are essential.

“When allocating swede crops, we’re advising farmers to be cautious if they see the plant showing signs of developing flowerhead, which increases GSL content, or if leaf regrowth is occurring.”

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1 A sample of the wage books prepared in anticipation of tax.

2 The original issue comprised nine stamps (left) and (right) war years overprints.

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When tax was paid in stamps

BY VIV HANSON

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ith the effects of the world-wide depression being felt in New Zealand the Unemployment Amendment Act 1931 was introduced.

One of the measures taken was to levy a tax on all wages and salaries earned as a means of providing relief to the unemployed.

“Every person, male or female, (except women or girls in private domestc service) in receipt of any kind of salary or wages (including any bonus, gratuity, extra salary or emolument of

any kind in relation to employment or services is liable to pay this charge” – so read the text in most wage books prepared in anticipation of the tax introduced on August 1, 1931.

This “wage tax” as it became commonly known was set at the rate of threepence in the pound and was to be paid by affixing stamps of the appropriate value to the wage book adjoining the entry and “cancelled” either by the employee signing, initialling or effacing the stamps by dating.

The original issue comprised nine different coloured stamps ranging in value from one penny to four pounds – with “New

Zealand” across the top and “Unemployment Relief ” across the lower quarter, but with a change of rate to one shilling in the pound in May 1932 a few new values were added and by 1936 when the overprinting of the date on the stamp commenced there were 13 values including fourpence, fivepence, eightpence and tenpence.

In 1937 under provisions of the Employment Promotion Act 1936 the words “Unemployment Relief ” and the fivepence and tenpence values were dropped to be replaced with the word “Employment”.

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the taxation rate was two shillings and sixpence in the pound the National and Social Security Tax regulations saw a change once again in the wording on the stamps to “Social Security” – this proved to be the final change until March 1958 when this type of taxation collection was abolished and PAYE was introduced.

This taxation system was in place for a period of 27 years and proved to be most efficient with many checks and balances to ensure compliance; some employers, such as farmers, were able to bypass the purchase of tax stamps and submit monthly

returns by cheque or payment at local post offices and there were frequent audits by tax inspectors.

There were some years, particularly during World War Two, where shortages of stamps necessitated the use of “overprinted” previous years’ stamps, but overall there were few complaints.

As for the philatelists, the system provided a unique collecting opportunity with a total of 397 stamps in a simplified collection, together with many variations and errors for specialists ... there are still some searching for the hard-to-gets.

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RESULTS ■■ Athletics Ashburton Junior Athletics March 25 Shot Put Girls 7yrs 1 Emily-Jane Elliott 5.04m 2 Abby Henderson-Geddes 5.00m 3 Casey Cousins 4.57m, Girls 8yrs 1 Amelia Chambers 6.37m 2 Ashley Andrews 6.11m 3 Angel Spooner 5.62m Boys 12yrs 1 Grayson McLean 9.68m 2 Kaleb Finn 6.55m 3 Ben Nordqvist 6.28m, Boys 14yrs 1 Oliver McKeown 8.04m Discus Girls 12yrs 1 Isabella Roulston 16.30m, Girls 13yrs 1 Emma Stagg 14.15m 2 Amy Pearson 13.40m 3 Natasha Waddell 13.05m Boys 7yrs 1 Joshua Eketone 16.20m 2 Korin Chambers 8.72m 3 Ben Pearson 8.40m, Boys 8yrs 1 William Lemon 15.33m 2 Tom McKenzie 13.96m 3 Jonty Ross 11.46m, Boys 9yrs 1 Daniel Cousins 15.95m High Jump Boys 10yrs 1 Jack McKenzie 1.13m, Boys 11yrs 1 Ryan McNulty 1.35m 2 Phoenix Andrew 1.30m 3 Jake Jackways 1.25m Long Jump Girls 7yrs 1 Marlie Ross 2.76m 2 Abby Henderson-Geddes 2.73m 3 Adasyin McLean 2.60m Girls 9yrs 1 Emma Becroft 4.15m 2 Catelyn Henderson-Geddes 3.55m 3 Rosaria Gibson 3.34m Girls 10yrs 1 Ella Pearson 3.63m 2 Amelia McKeown 3.34m 3 Harmyn McLean 3.09m Girls 11yrs 1 Jenna Borthwick 3.95m 2 Mia Pearson 3.40m Boys 7yrs 1 Tomas Harrison 2.97m 2 Korin Chambers 2.90m 3 Joshua Eketone 2.29m, Boys 8yrs 1 William Lemon 3.26m 2 Jonty Ross 3.01m 3 Tom McKenzie 2.95m, Boys 9yrs 1 Daniel Cousins 3.55m Track – 60m Girls 7yrs 1 Georgina Gibson 11.13 2 Ella Colquhoun 12.84, Girls 9yrs 1 Emma Becroft 9.53 2 Felicity Pye 10.50 Track – 100m Girls 7yrs 1 Adasyin McLean 17.59 2 Abby Henderson-Geddes 18.01 3 Georgina Gibson 18.36, Girls 8yrs 1 Angel Spooner 16.86 2 Kasey Higson 16.93 3 Charlotte Bota-Wilson 17.69, Girls 9yrs 1 Emma Becroft 15.57 2 Catelyn Henderson-Geddes 16.50 3 Rosaria Gibson 17.42, Girls 10yrs 1 Ella Pearson 15.68 2 Amelia McKeown 16.14 3 Harmyn McLean 17.95, Girls 11yrs 1 Jenna Borthwick 15.39 2 Mia Pearson 15.93, Girls 12yrs 1 Isabella Roulston 17.65, Girls 13yrs 1 Emma Stagg 13.95 2 Natasha Waddell 14.62 3 Amy Pearson 15.88 Boys 7yrs 1 Tomas Harrison 17.58 2 Korin Chambers 18.04 3 Joshua Eketone 18.12, Boys 8yrs 1 William Lemon 16.59 2 Tom McKenzie 16.93 3 Jonty Ross 17.38, Boys 9yrs 1 Daniel Cousins 16.16, Boys 10yrs 1 Jack McKenzie 17.69, Boys 11yrs 1 Phoenix Andrew 14.24 2 Ryan McNulty 14.79 3 Jake Jackways 14.85, Boys 12yrs 1 Grayson McLean 13.02 2 Ben Nordqvist 14.47 3 Kaleb Finn 16.02, Boys 14yrs 1 Oliver McKeown 14.82 Track – 400m Girls 10yrs 1 Ella Pearson 1.22.75 2 Amelia McKeown 1.32.97, Girls 11yrs 1 Jenna Borthwick 1.12.97 2 Mia Pearson 1.18.85 Boys 10yrs 1 Jack McKenzie 1.32.16, Boys 11yrs 1 Jake Jackways 1.09.04 2 Phoenix Andrew 1.17.83 3 Ryan McNulty 1.18.04 Track – 1500m Girls 12yrs 1 Isabella Roulston 7.58.94, Girls 13yrs 1 Natasha Waddell 5.22.21 2 Amy Pearson 5.54.25 3 Emma Stagg 6.37.40 Boys 12yrs 1 Grayson McLean 6.09.93 2 Ben Nordqvist 6.31.26 3 Kaleb Finn 6.47.75, Boys 14yrs 1 Oliver McKeown 6.33.16

■■ Basketball NBA results Collated NBA results yesterday (home team in CAPS): WASHINGTON WIZARDS 91 Houston Rockets 99, NEW ORLEANS PELICANS 110 Minnesota Timberwolves 88, BROOKLYN NETS 107 LA Lakers 99, CLEVELAND CAVALIERS 87 Philadelphia 76ers 86, SAN ANTONIO SPURS 103 Memphis Grizzlies 89, PHOENIX SUNS 97 Oklahoma City Thunder 109, BOSTON CELTICS 106 L.A. Clippers 119, MIAMI HEAT 109 Detroit Pistons 102, INDIANA PACERS 104 Dallas Mavericks 99.

■■ Bowls Ashburton Bowling Club March 25 Aussie Pairs: 1st G Clarke and W Blackwell;

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2nd B White and N Woods; 3rd H Boag and B Molloy; 4th M Anderson and W Watson; 5th R Gutberlet and S Holdom.

March 28 Closing Day Bird Cup: 1st Colin Dennis, Rosemarie O’Sullivan, Lex Johns and Owen Gray 3 wins 15 ends 26 points.

Ski Time No 13: Graham Gunn; The Green Parrot No 17: Aaron Haugh; Dubliner 2nd Shot – No 14: Dave Marsh Next Week: Medal round, 1st Championship qualifying round, 2nd round Callaghan Trophy, 2nd round Green Jacket.

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March 25, Ladies Division Nancy McCormick 36 holes foursome AM: Michelle Kingsbury & Shiree Blackburn 70.5, PM: Sally Smith & Robyn Copland 74, over all: Sally Smith & Robyn Copland 145 9 Holers: Stroke Round Lillian O’Hanlon 49-18-31. Railway Tavern 2nd shot no 3: Lillian O’Hanlon V Bell Nearest Pin no 8: AM Jean Evans, PM Sally Smith. Chertsey Spraying Nearest Pin no 15: not struck.

March 29 Champion of Champion Pairs: Men’s Pairs: Craig Carter and Bruce Harper (Methven) beat Rodney Greany and Pete Whinham, (Allenton) 16-13 Women’s Pairs: Melva Middleton and Wendy Blackwell (Methven) beat Diane Gutberlet and Ollie Collins, (Ashburton) 13-12 Men’s Junior Pairs: Larry Neal and Darcy Lysaght (MSA) beat C Tubb and G Brown, (Hinds) 14-7 Women’s Junior Pairs: Judy Moore and Lynda Currie (Rakaia) beat Lynn Manning and Rose Johnson (Allenton) 18-12 Men’s Colt Pairs: John Withell and Linton Muir (MSA) beat Maurice Carter and John Foster (Rakaia) 14-8

night of summer league: Devin Francis beat Chris O’Reilly 3-2, Rebecca Abernethy lost to Cath Blacklow 2-3, Mick Hooper beat Axel Fox-Holmes 3-1, Jess Dargue beat Jess McCloy 3-2, Rachel Jemmett beat Suzanne Nijjar 4-0, Nik Millichamp lost to Di Ness 2-4, Adam Clement lost to Craig Campbell 1-3.

Brendon Adam beat Sam Harrison 2-1, Robbie Kok lost to Gary Casey 0-3, Charlotte Smith lost to Chrissie Stratford 0-3, Ron Carlson beat Brendan Clark 2-0, Nathan Forbes beat Steve Devereux 3-1, Sam Harrison lost to Billy Nolan 1-3, Terry Hutchinson beat Chauntel Kentish 2-1, Scott van den Bemd lost to Lawrence McCormick 1-3, Terry Hutchinson beat Laura Gundry 3-0.

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Malaysian Grand Prix

Results from the Malaysian Grand Prix yesterday (56 laps): 1. Sebastian Vettel (FER) 1hr 41m 5.793sec 2. Lewis Hamilton (ENG/MER) +8.569 3. Nico Rosberg (GER/MER) 12.310 4. Kimi Raikkonen (FIN/FER) 53.822 5. Valtteri Bottas (FIN/WIL) 1min 10.4 Ashburton Bridge Club 6. Felipe Massa (BRA/WIL) 1min 13.5 7. Max Verstappen (NED) 1m 39.0 March 27 8. Carlos Sainz Jr (ESP/TOR) 1 lap Monday Evening – B and C Ladders 9. Daniil Kvyat (RUS/RBR) 1 lap N/S 1= P Scott and H Briggs and D Wilkin10. Daniel Ricciardo (AUS/RBR) 1 lap son and L Leadley, 3 Paul Fergus and A 11. Romain Grosjean (FRA/LOT) 1 lap Gray. E/W 1= P Wise and Joyce Johnson 12. Felipe Nasr (BRA/SAU) 1 lap and G Branthwaite and A Gilbert, 3= G and 13. Sergio Perez (MEX/FOR) 1 lap N Baker and M Bruce and B Blair 14. Nico Hulkenberg (GER/FOR) 1 lap Tuesday Evening – A Ladder 15. Roberto Merhi (ESP/MAR) 3 laps N/S 1 K Robb and R McLaughlin, 2 M StowNot classified:Pastor Maldonado 9 laps ell and Pauline Fergus, 3 J Fechney and S Jenson Button (ENG/MLA) 15 laps Rosevear. E/W 1 M Moore and A Maude, 2 T Fernando Alonso (ESP/MLA) 35 laps Downward and M Buckland, 3 J Rooney Marcus Ericsson (SWE/SAU) 53 laps and W Kolkman Wednesday Afternoon – Individual Ladder MotoGP World Champs N/S 1 M Buckland and T Downward, 2 R Kyle Results from the MotoGP World Champiand R McLaughlin, 3 V Palmer and J Wright, onship yesterday: E/W 1 A Maude and J Irwin, 2 M Moore and 1. Valentino Rossi (ITA/Yamaha) 42:50:717 E Segers, 3 P Downward and K Robb 2. Andrea Dovizioso (ITA/Ducati) +0.174 Thursday Evening – Mary Mulligan Trophy 3. Andrea Iannone (ITA/Ducati) 2.250 N/S 1 M Buckland and J Knight, 2 I Taylor 4. Jorge Lorenzo (ESP/Yamaha) 2.707 and M Moore, 3 M Holdaway and J Fechney.

5. Marc Marquez (ESP/Honda) 7.036 E/W 1 T Small and R Kyle, 2 I Doel and R 6. Dani Pedrosa (ESP/Honda) 10.755 McLaughlin, 3 P and T Downward 7. Cal Crutchlow (GBR/Honda) 12.384 8. Bradley Smith (GBR/Yamaha) 12.914 9. Pol Espargaro (ESP/Yamaha) 13.031 Ashburton Golf Club 10. Yonny Hernandez (Ducati) 17.435 Overall Standings: March 28 1. Valentino Rossi (ITA) 25 Par round - best score +6 by Joe McGrath, 2. Andrea Dovizioso (ITA) 20 next best was +5 by Alan White. Other 3. Andrea Iannone (ITA) 16 winning scores: Kevin Bishop +4, Troi King4. Jorge Lorenzo (ESP) 13 sford +3; Gavin Douglas, Peter MacAulay, 5. Marc Marquez (ESP) 11 Chris Lovelock, Noel Sutton and John McArthur +2 by c/b.

Nearest Pins: Robbies: John Dudley, Braided Rivers: Noel Sutton, Rothburys InsurAshburton Racing Pigeon ance: Joe McGrath, Netherby Meats: Ray March 28 Suttie, Charming Thai Restaurant (Longest Cape Campbell Flock, 7 Flyers – 133 Birds Putt #9) Peter MacAulay Winners Flying Time 3 Hours, 32 Minutes, Twos: Noel Sutton (2), Brian Nuttall and 46 Seconds Ron Carlson.

1st T. Drummond 1503.378 m.p.m 2nd M. Nett Eagles # 2; Birdy Jackpot # 3 Davidson 1489.657 m.p.m 3rd S. Davidson Mayfield Golf Club 1487.657 m.p.m 4th L. Davidson 1486.943 m.p.m 5th N. Martin 1472.693 m.p.m 6th March 25 L. Quinn 1401.317 m.p.m 7th R. Cornwall Mid-Week Stableford Competition 1394.192 m.p.m Ian Beach 40 Stableford points; Don Ingold 38; Jack Allan 37; Hayden Tasker 36 Nearest Pin: Richard Spicer; Twos: Ian Beach.

Men’s Division, March 28 Mid Canterbury Rugby 2nd Ruapuna A Lake beat D Ingold March 28, Senior Division 1 – Luisetti Seeds Par round: P Phillips 8 up; D Morrow, W VesCombined Competition sey, N Ormrod 3 up; A Mcleod 2 up, G Cook Section One: Kaiapoi 17 v Lincoln 42, 1up. Nearest Pins: Aon Insurance No: 2 Southbridge 37 v REL Rakaia 35, Glenmark W Vessey; John McAuliffe Bayleys No 11; 44 v Hornby 3, Oxford 20 v Darryl Phillips A Lake; Marilyn Cross Property Brokers No Motor Company Celtic 7, Prebbleton 14 v 5; A Mcleod; ANZ Bank No 14; W Vessey; West Melton 23, ATS No 9 & 18 N Ormrod Section Two: Saracens 15 v PWL Methven Nett Eagle not struck. Twos: A Dixon, A 40, Devon Tavern Hampstead 22 v Ashley Mcleod. Ashvegas player of the day: P Phil10, Darfield 12 v Burn/Duns Irw 18 Ohoka 7 lips 100-36-64 v Claas Harvest Centre Southern 37, RollesMethven Golf Club ton 6 v Waihora 20, Senior B - Michael Duff Memorial Trophy March 28: Duff Qualifying Round – Round 1 Senior: Brian Bedford 77-11-66; IntermeAllenton 0 v Southern Tinwald Tavern 80, diate: Barry Wackwitz 82-16-66; Junior Collegiate Eclipse Services 17 v Rakaia A: Rob Watson 87-20-67; Junior B: Micky Murray Hood Baling 16, Hampstead KFC 22 Marr 107-39-68 v Mt Somers 13, Methven R & R Haulage 12 Other Good Scores: Mark Gazzard 67, Ross v Celtic Kelly’s Café & Bar 38, Bye: Tinwald Haugh 67, Bruce Kerbs 68,Gavin Santy 68, Alan Smith 68, Ian Lucas 69, Eric MeaSuper Rugby Round 7 cleam 69, John Robinson 69, 70s David HURRICANES 36 (Nehe Milner-Skudder Marsh, Mike Gray, Gary Eddington, Gary 2, Callum Gibbins, Cory Jane, TJ Perenara Kermode, Phil Johnson, Murry Elliot, James tries Jason Woodward 4 cons pen) bt REAnderson, Neil McArthur, Athol McAlpine.

BELS 12 (Mike Harris 4 pens) at Westpac Twos: John Eddington, Keith Middleton, Stadium. Referee: Stuart Berry.

Aaron Haugh, B Kerr, Michael Kemp.

LIONS 18 (Warwick Tecklenburg, Harold Topnotch Four Square Supermarket – Best Vorster tries Elton Jantjies con 2 pens) Nett: Brain Bedford 66 By Lot; Aqua Japabt QUEENSLAND REDS 17 (1 penalty try) nese- 2nd Nett: Barry Wackwitz; Methven (Samu Kerevi try Quade Cooper 2 cons pen) Travel - Best Gross: Ross Haugh. at Suncorp Stadium. Ref: Glen Jackson.

Closest to Pins: Arabica Cafe No 4: Grahan CHIEFS 37 (Sam Cane, Andrew Horrell, Gunn; Hunters Wines No 6: Eric Meaclem;

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Valentino Rossi was home first in the MotoGP World Championship race at the Losail International Circuit in Doha, Qatar yesterday.

Michael Leitch, Liam Messam tries Aaron Cruden 4 cons 3 pens) bt CHEETAHS 27 (Heinrich Brussow 2, Boom Prinsloo tries Joe Pietersen 2, Willie du Plessis cons Pietersen 2 pens) at Waikato Stadium. Referee: Craig Joubert.

HIGHLANDERS 39 (Waisake Naholo 2, Patrick Osborne, Daniel Pryor, Aaron Smith tries Lima Sopoaga 4 cons Marty Banks, Sopoaga pens) bt STORMERS 21 (Juan De Jongh 2, Michael Rhodes tries Kurt Coleman 2, Demetri Catrakilis cons) at Forsyth Barr Stadium. Referee: Rohan Hoffman.

NSW WARATAHS 23 (Peter Betham, Nick Phipps tries Bernard Foley 2 cons 3 pens) bt BLUES 11 (Francis Saili try Daniel Bowden 2 pens) at Allianz Stadium. Referee: Jaco Peyper. Crowd: 16,342.

SHARKS 15 (SP Marais, Lwazi Mvovo tries Fred Zeilinga con pen) bt FORCE 9 (Sias Ebersohn 2, Luke Burton pens) at Kings Park Stadium. Referee: Nick Briant.

BULLS 31 (Grant Hattingh, Francois Hougaard, Burger Odendaal tries Handre Pollard 2 cons 4 pens) bt CRUSADERS 19 (Nemani Nadolo try Daniel Carter con 4 pens) at Loftus Versfeld. Ref: Angus Gardner.

Bye-Brumbies NZ Conference P W D L PF PA PD BP Pts Hurricanes 6 6 0 0 167 82 85 3 27 Chiefs 7 5 0 2 175 129 46 4 24 Highlanders 6 4 0 2 138 116 22 4 20 Crusaders 6 3 0 3 162 131 31 2 14 Blues 6 0 0 6 102 141 -39 4 4

■■ Shooting

Ashburton District Rifle Club March 29, 15 shot final of club Championship 600 yards: John Snowden 74.7, plus qualifying score 298.34 aggregate 372.41, John Miller 71.4, 292.22, 363.26, John Fleming 69.2, 285.22, 354.24, Coby Snowden 69.5, 283.20, 352.25, Brian Hawksby 70.1, 281.12, 351.13, Murray Cook 68.4, 262.13, 330.17.

FTR, Brian Graystone 64, 238, 302.

Other scores, John Fleming 48.5, John Miller 48.4, Brian Hawksby 47.2, Murray Cook 46.2, Brian Graystone 54.

Nelson Championships at Westport March 21 and 22 Target rifle, A grade, Malcolm Dodson 343.38, Allan White 343.25, John Snowden 342.33, Owen Whiteman 339.30, Herman Jansen van Vuuren 337.25, John McLaren 336.28, Darryl Crow 336.26, Chris Kershaw 335.28, Murray Steele 335.23, Karl Valpy 332.19.

B grade, Charlie Ledbrook 332.20, Chris Burgess 329.29, Coby Snowden 321.14.

C grade, John Fleming 326.23, Brian Hawksby 314.11, Murray Cook 309.17.

FO, Joey Meldrum 402.24, Rod Fairlie 399.19, Chris Brown 389.21.

FTR, Darren Swaney 388.17, Erica Alexander 385.10, Daniel Alexander 378.13, C Crawford 369.9, KS-Singer 360.9, Geof Smith 343.10, Brian Graystone 324.5.

■■ Squash Celtic Squash Club Results from the Celtic Squash Club’s final

Twilight Competition, March 25 Division 1 Misfits 15 v Tridents 18; High Raters 15 v Electric Donkey Bottom Biters 18; Famous Grouse 18 v Council Crew 15; Balls of Steel 15 v ACA’s Hackers 18; Spare Parts 15 v What’s The Score 18; 5 Shades 19 v Property Brokers 14.

Division 2 Baseline Bandits 18 v The Racqueteers 15; Rob’s Mates 18 v Team Alpha Sandrey 15.

DRAWS ■■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club April 4 Mixed day with the game of the day being Greensome - (Keig Cup for family pairing and Coasters Cup for any (pairing) Starting Time: Morning 8.00am; Afternoon Report at 11.30 for a 12.00 noon start.

Saturday Starters: Morning tba; Afternoon Match Committee Results Match Committee April 6 Annual Turkey Trot match will be held, this is a mixed day and the competition is individual stableford Report at 11.30am for a 12noon start.

■■ Rugby Mid Canterbury Rugby April 1 Senior B - Michael Duff Memorial Trophy – Round 2 Celtic Kellys Bar & Café v Southern, Celt 1, 7pm G Clement Rakaia Murray Hood Baling v Methven R & R Haulage, Rak 1, 7pm, G Shaw April 2 Senior Division 1 – Luisetti Seeds Combined Competition Section One Lincoln v Glenmark, Linc 1, 7pm, G Peddie, M Quinlivan, G White; West Melton v Oxford, West Melton 1, 7pm, A Stead, R Amyes, S Lamont; Hornby v Kaiapoi, Denton Oval, 7pm, S Laird, A Brosnahan, R Busch; Darryl Phillips Motors Celtic v Southbridge, Celt 1, 7.30pm, K Opele, M Bell, P Hunt; REL Rakaia v Prebbleton, Rak 1, 7pm, K Pottinger, G Shaw, C Kelland Section Two Burn/Duns/Irwell v Ashley, Duns 1, 8pm, J Shalfoon, D Sullivan, C Love; Rolleston v PWL Methven, Roll 1, 7.30pm, R Goodman, S O’Reilly, G Schwass; Ohoka v Darfield, Mandeville 3, 7.30pm, K Fitzgerald, K Hancox, G Dunseath; Waihora v Devon Tavern Hampstead, Tai Tapu 1, 7pm, M Gameson, P Turnbull, K Jones Pre-Season game Ashburton College 15 v Methven/Rakaia U18, Celtic 1, 6.00m, M Bell Friday 3 Claas Harvest Centre Southern v Saracens, Hinds 1, 2.30pm, M Gallagher, A McGirr, J Greenslade April 4 Senior B - Michael Duff Memorial Trophy – Round 2 Mt Somers v Allenton, Mt Som 1, 2.30pm A McGirr, Tinwald v Hampstead KFC, Tinwald 1, 2.30pm, D McKibbon; Bye: Collegiate Eclipse Services April 5 Pre-Season game Celtic U13 v Napier, Celtic 1, 4.00pm, D Maruera

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Facebook favourites Almost four million people around the globe were talking about the Cricket World Cup final on Facebook on Sunday night, and Brendon McCullum was one of two names on everyone’s mind. Data from Facebook shows Australian captain Michael Clarke was the other most mentioned player competing in the Melbourne final - an event which inspired a total of 9.3 million interactions on the platform. These numbers top off the social media frenzy that has surrounded the tournament. So far this year, 53 million people have mentioned the Cricket World Cup on Facebook, with a higher percentage of these interactions in New Zealand than Australia. Since January 1, nearly 20 per cent of monthly active people on the platform in New Zealand have talked about the World Cup. - NZME

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Methven’s Craig Carter rolls up during the Mid Canterbury Champion of Champions pairs tournament in Methven on Sunday.

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■ BOWLS

Methven bowlers clean up

By Jonathan Leask

Jonathan.l@theguardian.co.nz

The Methven Bowling Club had a double delight on their home green in the Mid Canterbury Champion of Champions pairs tournament on Sunday.

In the men’s it was Methven’s Craig Carter and Bruce Harper who came out on top, getting the better of Allenton’s Rod-

ney Greany and Pete Whinham 16-13 in the final.

In the women’s final it was Methven’s Melva Middleton and Wendy Blackwell edging out Ashburton’s Diane Gutberlet and Ollie Collins 13-12.

Down by one point on the last end of the match the Methven women picked up two shots to snatch the win.

In the junior men’s Larry Neal and Darcy Lysaght of the MSA club beat the Hinds pair of Cecil Tubb and Gary Brown 14-7.

Rakaia’s Judy Moore and Lynda Currie beat Allenton’s Lynn Manning and Rose Johnson 18-12.

John Withell and Linton Muir made it two wins for

the MSA taking out the men’s colts final 14-8 over Rakaia’s Maurice Carter and John Foster.

The pairs was the third instalment of the champion of champions series after the singles was rained off earlier this month.

A new date for the singles will decided later this week.

■ CRICKET

Bird rewarded for season’s run-fest

By Jonathan Leask

Jonathan.l@theguardian.co.nz

Jordan Bird was rewarded for a big individual club season at the Mid Canterbury Cricket Awards.

The Allenton batsman collected the Supporters Club Batting Aggregate Trophy with his 413 runs from the senior 45-over competitions, and with an average of 45.89 also had the top average for the G. Murray Memorial Trophy.

Coldstream’s Richard Print took 28 wickets at an average of 6.32 to win the Ken Butler Bowling Average trophy and the best figures for the season went to Methven’s An-

drew McCreery for his 7/14 against Coldstream.

Tech’s Morgan Gallagher’s busy season behind the stumps accounting for 25 dismissals had him take home the ACCA wicket keeping trophy.

Gallagher was up and down all night as the Tech captain was also formally presented with the Bevan Stroud Memorial Challenge Trophy, Pritchard Shield, Muirhead Rosebowl and the Studholme Shield.

Coldstream were presented the Twenty20 trophy while their juniors also had a good haul, winning all three junior grades 6th, 5th and 4th

grades - pre-Christmas competitions.

Bevan Ravenscroft was named the Senior Representative Player of the Year and received the Ivan Griffiths Memorial.

Archie Redfern was a dominant figure across the grades, named the player of the year in the under 15s and primary - as well as being the South Island Primary Schools’ Tournament MVP - to collect the Gary Ashworth Memorial as Junior Representative Cricketer of the Year.

Sam Ree was the year 7 player of the year as was Ben Middleton for the year 5/6 team.

The Black Caps are set to pocket up to $210,240 each for their performance in the Cricket World Cup. The cash prize is a hefty drop from the potential $410,942 the players would have banked if they brought the trophy home. But after their dream of winning the Cricket World Cup was dashed by the Australians, the team will share a $2.322m runners-up prize fund. If the Black Caps had won the final the squad would have scooped a $5.3m jackpot - a whopping $355,543 each - because of their unbeaten run to the final.

The potential earnings dwarf those of the All Blacks, who pocketed a $100,000 bonus from the New Zealand Rugby Union for winning the 2011 Rugby World Cup, on top of their $7500 weekly fee. - NZME

‘One hell of a ride’ Brendon McCullum was filled with pride after the Black Caps fell at the final hurdle in the Cricket World Cup. New Zealand were comprehensively outplayed by Australia in cricket’s showpiece at the MCG, losing by seven wickets in a onesided affair. But McCullum had no regrets when considering the efforts of his side, praising Australia as deserved victors. “It’s been one hell of a ride for us right the way through,” McCullum said. “I think we’ve played some outstanding cricket but we ran into an Australian team who continue to set the way in international cricket. Michael Clarke deserves to bow out a World Cupwinning champion.” Looking back on the tournament, McCullum said he would take overwhelmingly positive memories from the last six weeks of cricket, describing it again as the time of his life. - NZME

Five Kiwis in Cup team

Morgan Gallagher on keeping duties.

Champions Australia have only three players included in the ICC’s team of the World Cup, which contains five New Zealanders. The ICC team (in batting order): Martin Guptill (NZ), Brendon McCullum (NZ, capt), Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka, wicketkeeper), Steve Smith (Aust), AB de Villiers (South Africa), Glenn Maxwell (Aust), Corey Anderson (NZ), Daniel Vettori (NZ) Mitchell Starc (Aust), Trent Boult (NZ), Morne Morkel (South Africa). Brendan Taylor (Zimbabwe, 12th man). The team was chosen by a panel of experts headed by ICC general manager cricket, Geoff Allardice.

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■ GOLF

Kiwi sprinter stars Aerovelocity has struck another major blow for the New Zealand thoroughbred industry with his latest international success. The Kiwi-bred son of Pins provided trainer Paul O’Sullivan with further Group One glory in Japan after a gallant victory in the Takamatsunomiya Kinen at Chukyo.

“I’ve trained a lot of good horses in my career, but he is possibly the greatest horse I have ever trained,” O’Sullivan said. They have included the mighty mare Horlicks, the 1989 winner of the Japan Cup he prepared in partnership with his father Dave at Matamata. - NZME

Distance key to Mabeel Beaten last-start favourite Mabeel needs more ground to redeem himself, according to co-trainer Trent Busuttin. A two-time winner from five starts, the four-year-old found 1200 metres too short when fifth at Awapuni on Saturday. “He looked the winner on the turn and Opie (Bosson) got off him and said he needs further,” Busuttin said.

- NZME

Showcasing’s fee to rise The service fee for the champion freshman sire in waiting Showcasing will increase to $10,000 + GST in 2015. The Haunui Farm shuttle stallion’s leading performers include the Listed Karaka Million winner Hardline, Group Two winner Showboy, the unbeaten Boodles and the stakes performed-filly Platinum Express. The fee for Showcasing’s associate stallion Iffraaj, New Zealand’s leading sire of three-year-olds and the sire of 11 stakes performers this season, remains at $15,000 + GST. - NZME

Europe trip ‘unlikely’ A European campaign for the Group One-winning mare Silent Achiever is now unlikely. Trainer Roger James has voiced doubts about the venture after the six-year-old’s sixth placing in Saturday’s Gr.1 BMW Stakes at Rosehill behind Hartnell and To the World. “I think she is absolutely as good as she was last year and is at the top of her game, but they were just too good for her,” he said. “I’d say it’s most unlikely that we will press ahead, though I still have to discuss it with Kevin.”

- NZME

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AJ Kerr (right) chips out of a bunker during the annual 3500 tournament at the Tinwald Golf Club at the weekend.

Phill Hooper and Pete Nolan combined to win the two-day tournament that had 180 players take to the course.

The pair had a four-ball score of 54 and then a combined net of 139 for a total of 193, finishing one shot clear of runners-up Robin Simms and Terry Kingsbury, with a further shot back to Victor and Jim Hylands.

Nigel Heney was fourth, with Steve Anderson, after a stunning gross 65 – but three shots off his course record he set in 2011 with a 10 under par 62.

In the women’s Judith Smith and Helen Argyle converted their top four-ball score to an overall win with their combined net of 206, two shots clear of Anne Dwan and Barb Cochrane, with Marion Wedderall and Jean Evans third.

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Ko continues top three finishes Lydia Ko (left) fell short of claiming another LPGA Tour title but she finished third at the Kia Classic in California yesterday.

Ko ended the week at 17-under after shooting a five-under 67 in her final round. She was three strokes back from American Cristie Kerr (-20). Ko-

rean Mirim Lee was second at 18-under.

The Auckland-educated golfer began the day four strokes back from the leader and made five birdies on the front nine and looked like she might take the title herself. But the back nine wasn’t as kind to her as she only made one birdie and a

bogey, which allowed Kerr, who fired a seven-under 65 yesterday, to earn the title.

Ko, the world No 1, will likely hold on to her billing at the top of the global pecking order but No 2 Inbee Park finished fifth at the Kia Classic to send a reminder that she is in hot pursuit.

- NZME

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RURAL TRADING POST Ashburton College rower Veronica Wall stands with her proud coach and father Justin Wall after collecting Ashburton College’s first ever gold medal at the Maadi Cup National Secondary Schools’ regatta at Lake Karapiro.

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■ ROWING

Wall makes trials Veronica Wall, rowing for the Ashburton College team, won the gold in the under 16 single and also collected a silver medal with Grace Wilson in the under 16 double at the Maadi Cup at Lake Karapiro, and her efforts had the 15-year-old named to row at the South Island under 18 trials at Lake Ruataniwha from April 10-12.

The selection extends what has already been a successful season for the youngsters, winning a silver in the open women’s single at the National Championships in February.

Wall’s two medals contributed to the college’s best ever Maadi Cup results with a gold and silver medal their best tally after qualifying for a superb five A and five B finals.

Wall and Wilson were also in the under 16 quad with Emma Jansen, Lara Biggs and cox Maddie Evans that finished fifth.

The boys’ under 18 double of Benji Barry and Mark Tait was also fifth in their A final.

Matt Beveridge was seventh in the boys’ under 18 single A final.

■ ATHLETICS

Relay team brings home title

By Jonathan Leask

and a fourth place finish in the 100m.

Jonathan.l@theguardian.co.nz It was silver for the girls’ under 14 4x The Mid Canterbury contingent col- 100m relay team of Emma Stagg, Amy lected one title at the South Island Sec- Pearson, Natasha Waddell and Georondary Schools’ athletic championships gia Bennett-Collett, finishing 0.10s behind Christchurch Girls’ High in Nelson at the weekend.

School.

Overall Ashburton College College were followed in by had 23 and Mount Hutt ColMt Hutt’s combination of Ellege had 10 top eight finishes lie Boekholt, Tyla Harraway, which included a gold, five silIsabelle Talbot and Abbey ver and two bronze.

Magill in third.

It was Ashburton College Mt Hutt’s Victoria Pluck that came away with one tiwas second in the girls’ under tle, with the under 16 boys’ 4x 15 shot put with a throw of 100m relay team coming home 10.69, and was fourth in the first. discus with a 27.86m.

Adam Phillips, Keegan GenDallas McLeod was second tle, Gareth Hunt and Alin On- Keegan Gentle in both the under 16 boys’ icas combined to clock 45.41s to win from Otago Boys’ High School by shot put with a 12.94m effort and in the 0.47s, translating to almost 10m on the discus with a 42.73m throw. His older brother Cameron was third in discus track.

Gentle was second in the under 15 with a throw of 43.94m and a fourth in boys’ long jump with a leap of 5.69m the under 19 shot put with a 13.91m.

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9.30am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON METHODIST PARISH GOODWILL SHOP. Pre-loved clothing. Tinwald Methodist Church, Cnr Main Road and Jane Street, Tinwald.

9.30am M.S.A. TAI CHI. Stretching exercises and Tai Chi maintenance, Social Hall, Havelock St.

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9.45am “GOLF CROQUET’ WAIREKA. Golf Croquet singles. Philip Street.

10.00am NEWCOMERS. Social group coffee morning, All welcome. Nosh Cafe in the Ashford Village, West Street.

10.00am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand and Agriculture Encounter.

11.00am M.S.A. TAI CHI. Class for beginners. M.S.A. Social Hall, Havelock St. 12.00pm - 3.00pm ASHBURTON JUSTICE OF THE PEACE ASSOCIATION

mobility. Social hall, Havelock Street.

11.00am 6.00am MID CANTERBURY LADIES PROBUS CLUB. ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Real women circuit Movie “What we did on our Holiday”. Meet at 11am at training in hall. 48 Allens Rd, Allenton. the Regent Cinema, Wills Street.

9.00am - 11.00am 11.30am HAKATERE MARAE HEALTH CLINIC. ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Open today at Hakatere Marae, Fairton, State H/W1.

Mid-week Service and Lunch. 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

9.30am - 1.30pm ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH. Second time around 1.00pm - 3.00pm ST ANDREWS ANGLICAN CHURCH. Op- shop. Cnr Cass and Havelock St. Pre-loved clothing sale, bargains and cuppa. St 10.00am Andrews Anglican church hall, cnr Thomson and Jane ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Street, Tinwald.

Holy Communion, Park Street.

1.00pm - 4.00pm 10.00am ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. ASHBURTON POTTERY SOCIETY INC. Every New rooms open for research. Ground floor Heritage Wednesday, new comers welcome. Nixon St, Tinwald.

Centre, West Street.

10.45am 1.15pm M.S.A. TAI CHI. TINWALD 500 CARDS. Seated exercises suitable for people with limited

(INC).

Document or service from a JP, open every Tuesday.

Community House, 122 Tancred Street. (rear of Westpac Bank).

1.00pm - 3.00pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of many aircraft from the past to the future, Seafield Rd. 1.30pm M.S.A. PETANQUE CLUB. For new and regular players. M.S.A. Sports Grounds, Racecourse Road.

2.00pm ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Senior Parishioners Easter Holy Communion. Park

Street.

6.00pm ASHBURTON ATHLETICS. 5Km run, jog or walk. Weekly from January 13 - March 31. Ashburton Domain Walnut Avenue, opposite the end of Creek Road.

7.30pm ASHBURTON ASTRONOMY GROUP. Monthly meeting, Menorlue. Ashburton College, Walnut Avenue.

7.30pm - 9.30pm MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON CLUB. Night section club night, new players welcomed, racquets available. Sports Hall, Tancred Street.

Playing cards and fellowship. Tinwald Hall, Graham St. 1.15pm “GOLF CROQUET” WAIREKA. Doubles, drawn partners. Waireka, Philip Street.

1.30pm ALLENTON CROQUET CLUB. Association and Golf Croquet. Allenton Sports Club, Cavendish Street.

1.30pm ASHBURTON HERB SOCIETY. Talk by member on special herbs. 1/51 Peter Street.

1.30pm M.S.A. GARDEN SECTION. Monthly meeting with speaker Mr T Gamblin. M.S.A. meeting room, Havelock Street.

6.00pm M.S.A. PETANQUE CLUB. Welcomes regular and new players. M.S.A. Sports grounds, Racecourse Road.

7.00pm ASHBURTON UKUKELE GROUP. Beginners and new members welcome. St Paul’s Church hall, Oxford Street.

7.00pm ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Park Street.

7.00pm GLENYS’ DANCE GROUP. Sequence dancing. Pipe Band Hall, Creek Road.

7.00pm - 9.30pm MID CANTERBURY LINE DANCERS. Learn to line dance 7pm, beginner/intermediate (8pm-9pm). Annette (instructor) phone 307-7138a/h.

Tinwald Hall, Graham Street.

7.30pm ASHBURTON SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCE CLUB. Dancing, music, fitness, fun. New members welcome phone 308-5437. Buffalo Hall, Cox Street.

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ARIES (MAR 21 – APR 20) While your birthday month and new solar year began 10 days ago it’s only now that you’re finally ready to commit to the future and the journey ahead.

TAURUS (APR 20 – MAY 21) Ten days into the month long wind down of your old solar year you’re ready to commit to closing old doors, getting your head around the past.

GEMINI (MAY 21 – JUNE 22) While Mercury leaves your career sector today don’t think you can hang up your professional hat yet, with the real journey just beginning.

CANCER (JUNE 22 – JULY 24) This is a day where brains and brawn come together or where the job of fuelling your professional passions becomes one of walking the talk.

LEO (JULY 24 – AUG 23) With a sense of wanderlust, curiosity and adventure in the air it’s the things that money can’t buy that now want and need your attention.

VIRGO (AUG 23 – SEP 23) The job of keeping the communication lines open on the relationship front falls to you, but with all the resources you could ever need.

LIBRA (SEP 23 – OCT 23) You’ve reached a point in the working year where, while things will continue to evolve all your cards are on the table and you call the shots.

SCORPIO (OCT 23 – NOV 24) All your best efforts to maintain a balance between work and play are being put to the test, with the job becoming harder but just as important.

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AQUARIUS (JAN 20 – FEB 19) While the money gods pull resources off the income focus of recent months they leave you with a smart head for money and momentum.

PISCES (FEB 19 – MAR 21) Mercury’s return to your income sector today comes with Mars’ last full day, bringing a smart head for money and a sense of determination together.

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6am Breakfast 9am Good Morning 10am Whanau Living Series that focuses on Stacey Morrison’s discovery of how to balance a busy life while being a mother of three young children, a wife, and a radio and TV presenter.

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6am 3 News – Firstline 8:30 Infomercials 10:30 Rachael Ray 3 Rachael shares her 10 must-have condiments and money-saving organisation tips.

11:30 Crazy Ones PGR 3 Lauren gets her big break with a high-profile client when her co-workers fall ill.

Noon 3 News 12:30 Baggage AO 1pm The Bold And The Beautiful PGR 1:30 Dr Phil AO 3 (Part 1) 2:30 The Real Housewives Of New Jersey PGR 3:25 Jamie’s 30 Minute Meals 30 3:55 Entertainment Tonight 4:25 Million Dollar Minute 4:55 The Block – Fans v Favourites 6pm 3 News 7pm Campbell Live 7:30 The X Factor NZ Following the live performances, one act is eliminated; performances from Ricky Martin and Kiwi singer Jason Kerrison.

8:30 The Bachelor New Zealand PGR 0 9:30 NCIS – LA AO 0 10:30 3 News

6am Sesame Street 6:55 Peppa Pig 3 7am Sticky TV 3 7:30 Beyraiderz – Shogun 3 8am Danny Phantom 8:25 Chuggington 3 0 8:35 Care Bears 3 9am Peppa Pig 3 9:10 Bob The Builder 3 9:20 Thomas And Friends 3 9:30 The Moe Show 3 0 9:40 Barney And Friends 3 10:05 Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Pingu 3 3pm Sticky TV 4:35 Punk’d PGR 5pm Life’s Funniest Moments 3 5:30 The Nanny 3 0 6pm Futurama 6:30 How I Met Your Mother

11:30 Scandal AO 12:30 Embarrassing Fat Bodies AO 3 0 1:30 Infomercials 2:30 Scandal AO 3 0 3:20 Hart Of Dixie 3 0 4:05 Regular Show 3 0 4:15 Zeke And Luther 3 0 4:40 The 4:30 Show 3 5:05 Neighbours 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

11pm The Good Wife AO Finn discovers a piece of evidence against Cary that could affect Alicia and Peter.

11:55 Infomercials 5am Infomercials

11:20 F Witches Of East End AO 3 It is Freya’s wedding day; Joanna and Wendy discover the identity of the shifter.

12:15 Entertainment Tonight 12:40 Infomercials

7pm The Simpsons PGR 0 7:30 Family Guy PGR Meg gets a new job at the airport, where she is instantly popular for being the hottest employee there.

8pm Family Guy PGR 3 8:30 The Xtra Factor NZ 9pm M Fools Rush In AO 3 1997 Comedy Romance.

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6:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 7am Deal Or No Deal 3 7:30 Home Shopping Noon The Doctors PGR 1pm The Jeff Probst Show Jeff Probst hosts a daytime talk show.

2pm Big Families PGR 3 A look at parents with large families.

3pm Gordon Ramsay – Ultimate Cookery Course 3 Gordon Ramsay’s simple guide to cooking.

3:30 The Late Show With David Letterman 4:30 Hot Bench Judge Judy and other judges exchange debate before reaching a verdict.

5pm Deal Or No Deal 5:30 Prime News 6pm The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 3 A celebrity chat show.

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Dylan Robb hits the lead in the adult ministocks, which were racing for the Philip Duffield Memorial Trophy on Sunday.

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Huge day on the track

BY JONATHAN LEASK

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It was one of the biggest days of racing in a long time at the Ashburton Speedway on Sunday.

“We had 10 grades, 96 competitors and over 750 laps completed so it was an absolutely massive day,” Ashburton Speedway president Lance Maher said.

“There was a lot of racing to get through which is why we didn’t finish until six o’clock.”

The Philip Duffield Memorial Trophy was claimed by Grant Hansen in a tight contest featuring 19 adult ministocks.

Heading into the third and final race the trophy was any-

one’s for the taking and after a torrid race that resulted in seven DNFs, a third place finish was enough for Hansen to come out on top with 59 points followed

by Matt Peterson on 57 and Daniel Cox third with 56.

The Jo Giles Memorial returned to Ryan Marsden as the former defending champion outgunned the defending champion Pete Walsh by a solitary point in the saloons.

The Mid Canterbury stockcar title racing was exciting stuff with plenty of collisions and a few dings to fix in the track wall, with James Holtham on 61 points from Brad Triggs on

Time of my life, says McCullum P17

“

Unfortunately one hit the wall, did a double somersault and landed on his back.

57 and one point back was Paul Walker.

The C grade Mid Canterbury title went to Jason Glastonbury on 60 points from James Wheeler on 56 and third was Alex Rondel with 53.

They had the biggest field of TQ’s - the next step up from a

quarter midget - they have ever had with 10 cars taking to the track where Breston Davidson won the 20 lap feature race from Ryan Barry and Kyle Glover.

A rare field of ATVs also took to the track and was comfortably won by Anthony Graham, but there was a major incident

that resulted in a lengthy delay.

“Unfortunately one hit the wall, did a double somersault and landed on his back.

“Thankfully it wasn’t too serious with a broken wrist and torn knee ligaments.”

In the other support grades, Matt Anderson continued his dominance in the Six Shooters, as did Ron Koole in the production cars.

Both drivers will be looking to continue that form come May 2-3 when Ashburton host their New Zealand title weekend, with the national production, six shooter and ministock titles all up for grabs.

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