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Gale-force winds whipped up a dust storm in Methven and a large fire at Mayfield on Saturday, both forcing families to flee their homes.

Winds reached 110 kilometres per hour at Methven, and the town was swamped by a thick cloud of airborne topsoil from nearby farm paddocks.

Residents including Debz

Wilson on Pudding Hill Road were worst affected. Ms Wilson said her young children were unable to breathe inside the house, despite all the windows and doors being shut.

Her parents, whom she was staying with while building a new home, had lived there for 20 years and never seen anything like it before.

“It was horrible, we had to wait for it to die down enough

to get the kids in the car and drive out,” she said.

They escaped to Timaru just after midday to take the children swimming. They now face weeks of cleaning up the soil and any farm chemical residues it may have in it from the home’s interior, and Ms Wilson was still dealing with a headache from inhaling the dirt.

Methven Golf Club operators suspended play on Satur-

day as the dust storm enveloped the course, and with the resulting soil on the green yesterday, had to cancel a weekend pennants tournament.

Golf co-ordinator Barry Wackwitz described the storm as “nasty” and “ugly”. He said it raged from about 8.30am to 2.30pm. There was only three metres visibility on Pudding Hill Road.

“The paddock was on the

move. A couple of guys went out and tried (to play), they just came in covered in dust,” Mr Wackwitz said.

On Mt Hutt, the skifield’s wind station was blown off-line by gusts estimated to be similar to the record of 251.9 kilometres per hour during last year’s September 10 windstorm.

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RFK Jr marries Robert Kennedy Jr and Curb Your Enthusiasm actress Cheryl Hines (left) are now husband and wife.

The couple married at the weekend before family and friends gathered at the Kennedy compound in Hyannis Port on Cape Cod. The 60-year-old Robert Kennedy is an environmental lawyer and activist who lives in New York. He is son of the late Senator Robert F Kennedy and nephew of slain President John F Kennedy and the late Senator Edward Kennedy. It is his third marriage. The 48-year-old Hines has been nominated twice for Emmys for her role playing Larry David’s wife on HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm.

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The new owners of Johnny Cash’s former Tennessee home are planning to turn the old place into a rehab centre. The sprawling Hendersonville pad the late country icon and his wife June Carter Cash called home for more than three decades is to be turned into a retreat for women suffering from eating disorders, according to the Tennesseean newspaper. The Old Hickory Lake estate was purchased in March from a company owned by musician Barry Gibb and his wife, Linda. The new owners, Lakehouse Holdings LLC, plan to revamp the place as a medical centre and recovery home. The home’s future will be discussed at a public hearing in early September.

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Back in August 1919, some people were worried about council spending on government jobs: Sir, Now, I don’t think the Borough Council should have anything to do with homes for the workers. I think it is the Government who should look after them. If the war had kept going the government would have found Twenty Millions a year and yet they cannot find Five Millions to build homes for the soldiers who helped win the war.

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Stan Walker to star in NZ hip hop film Stan Walker (right) the Kiwi who won the 2009 Australian Idol contest, will star in hip hop feature film, Born To Dance, which is being made in New Zealand in October. Born to Dance is a coming-of-age tale told through the eyes of Tu, a young man from Auckland who dreams of being a professional hip hop dancer. Walker, currently an X Factor New Zealand judge, will play the role of Benjy, one of the Tu’s close-knit group of friends from Papakura. “New Zealand is one of the biggest hip hop dance nations and it will be awesome to get our story and our dancers showcased to an international audience,” Walker said. The film will be choreographed by Parris Goebel, 22, founder of the Palace Dance Studio in Penrose, Auckland who has choreographed for Jennifer Lopez and Cirque du Soleil. Goebel, the Young New Zealander of the Year in 2014, and her team The Royal Family are the current titleholders at the World Hip Hop Championships, which get under way in Las Vegas next week. They are not competing this year because they have won three years in a row.

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A night at the castle Fans of British period drama Downton Abbey can bid for the chance to stay at the grand castle where the show is filmed. Christie’s bosses are staging an online auction for the opportunity to enjoy cocktails and dinner at Highclere Castle in Hampshire, England before staying overnight in the rooms used by characters Lady Sybil, Lady Edith and Lady Cora.

The visit is expected to sell for at least $US17,000 ($NZ19,000). Other lots in the auction include a tour of the state rooms, lessons in laying a dining table by Highclere butlers, a cooking class in the kitchen from the castle’s chef and a three-course Champagne meal. The sale continues until August 14. It is being held in aid of Armed Forces charities in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the start of World War One in 1914.

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■ MID CANTERBURY DRINK-DRIVING FIGURES

More women drink-drivers

By Erin TaskEr

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A growing trend of women drinking more, and in bigger quantities, is mirrored in the latest drink-driving figures for Mid Canterbury.

Women make up 24 per cent of those caught drink-driving on Mid Canterbury’s roads so far this year, compared to between 11 and 18 per cent in the three years prior, and that doesn’t surprise Ashburton Community Alcohol and Drug Service (ACADS) manager Chris Clark.

She said nationally, drug and alcohol support groups were aware of a disappointing gradual trend of women drinking more, but that had not in-turn resulted in an increase in more women seeking help for alcohol problems, and that was a concern, Ms Clark said.

“The levels is the concerning part and that’s why we are probably seeing an increase in drinkdriving. We know that females can’t drink the same levels as men because of our metabolism, but we try to,” she said.

Fewer crashes The Government’s decision to lower the blood alcohol limit will reduce the number of crashes on Mid Canterbury’s roads, a road safety advocate says.

Ashburton District road safety project officer Aileen Campbell said the move was a big step in making the district’s roads safer.

“Alcohol impairment was a factor in approximately 16 per cent (138 crashes) of all serious and fatal regional crashes in Ashburton District between 2009 and 2013.”

The Land Transport Amendment Act 2013 comes into force in December. From December 1, 2014, the blood alcohol limit will be 50 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood, compared with the current limit of 80mg per 100ml. The breath alcohol limit will drop from 400 micrograms to 250mcg.

Drivers caught with a breath alcohol level between 251-400mcg will receive an infringement fee of $200 and 50 demerit points. Drivers who accumulate 100 or more demerit points from driving offences within two years receive a three-month driver’s licence suspension.

In 2013, 168 police notices were issued for alcohol offences in the Ashburton District.

“Research shows that an adult who has consumed alcohol and has a blood alcohol level up to the legal driving limit of 80mg/100ml is approximately 16 times more likely to be involved in a fatal crash than a driver with a zero blood alcohol level,” Miss Campbell said.

At the most recent sitting of the Ashburton District Court, women outnumbered the men in drink-driving appearances, with four women appearing.

With a reduction in the drinkdriving limit due to come into force later this year, now was the time for people to look at their drinking habits, and if they had a problem, seek help, Ms Clark said. People can not turn a blind eye; if someone has been drinking and is planning on driving, do something about it.

“As our population grows,

cars get faster and people drink more, it’s a combination that’s going to have an effect, and unfortunately we are all driving on the road with drink-drivers, and I don’t like that.”

So far this year, 70 drinkdrivers have been caught in Mid Canterbury – 53 men and 17 women. The women ranged in age from 17 to 56 and 47 per cent were aged under 30, and 35 per cent were over 40.

In 2013 14 per cent of the 163 drink-drivers caught in Mid Canterbury were women, in

2012 it was 11 per cent of the 165 drink drivers, and in 2011 it was 18 per cent of a total 164.

Ashburton police senior sergeant Scott Banfield said drinkdriving remained a problem across the community.

“Clearly there are those still amongst the community who refuse to take on board that drinking and driving is unacceptable.

“The risk to our community is huge and as we have seen on Mid Canterbury roads, this negative attitude can have fatal consequences.”

■ MID CANTERBURY WINDS

Wind batters Mt Hutt Mt Hutt Ski Area general manager operations James Urquhart could not be happier. After five closed days in a row, where the mountain was hammered by strong winds, yesterday it started to snow. Thirty centimetres had fallen by late yesterday afternoon on the upper mountain. “It’s replaced the snow we have lost over the last four to five days with that crazy weather,” Mr Urquhart said. The weather had been so crazy he did not even know the maximum speed winds had hit over the summit, due to the ski area’s weather station faulting out in the gusts on Saturday. He estimated they would have hit similar to the record 251.9 kilometre gust measured during last year’s ferocious September 10 windstorm. Windows in the Summit Six top station had blown out. “We know that when we get that the wind is starting to punch high speeds,” he said. A Telecom wireless satellite repeater had blown from the top of the mountain, meaning no wireless for guests yesterday morning, and several snowmaking gun pads had gone missing.

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■ MAYFIELD FIRE

In brief Suspicious fires Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade members were called to two suspicious fires at the weekend.

Just before 1am yesterday they attended a fire in a car parked behind the Methodist Church on Cameron Street. And shortly after 4am on Saturday they attended a fire in a box next to a house on Dobson Street.

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Wind ignites embers

By SuSan SandyS

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Waiting for the fire brigade to turn up on Saturday felt like an eternity for Mayfield farmer Graeme Wall.

He had just dialed 111 after watching a fire sweep down 600 metres of a shelterbelt on the farm across the road from his house, and now the fire was on his farm. The strong winds meant anything could happen.

Thankfully, however, the brigade arrived within just 10 to 15 minutes.

Recalling the incident yesterday, Mr Wall said he had just got home and was having a cup of tea and watching the Commonwealth Games about 10.30am.

His wife Shelley noticed smoke coming from a shelterbelt on the farm across the road.

“I had just driven up the road 20 minutes before and there was nothing there,” he said. “I said - I will go out and have a look.

And then I shot out and the fire was right there.”

It burned a hay trailer on his farm and a few trees. He moved cows into a shed to keep them away from the blaze, and his wife and two children, aged eight and 11, evacuated to a friend’s house.

Mayfield brigade chief Ian Fielder said yesterday he called in other brigades shortly after arriving on the scene.

The biggest problem was smoke across Mayfield Valletta Road, and he organised a couple of firefighters to direct traffic through it slowly.

Crews were at the scene for three-and-a-half hours. The Mayfield brigade’s appliance and tanker were assisted by two appliances and a water tanker from the Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade, a water tanker from the Methven Volunteer Fire Brigade, and units from Hinds, Mt Somers and Alford Forest.

Mr Fielder understood a contractor had been burning off vegetation several days before the fire, and winds whipped up embers.

He reminded farmers and contractors to make sure such fires were completely out, especially when strong winds were forecast.

The farmer on the property where the fire started estimated the cost of damage on his farm was about $30,000. It included the loss of 200 bales of silage and a fence.

Business growth and excellence was recognised at the annual Ruralco Supplier Awards in Ashburton. The event for the South Island-wide group was attended by about 250 suppliers on Thursday night. The Supreme Supplier Award winner was ElectraServe while the Members’ Choice Award, for the supplier with the most nominations from cardholders, went to Smith and Church Appliances and Beds. Canvas fabricator Peter May Ltd was last year’s Supreme Supplier winner.

This year, it won the Excellence in Marketing Award. The Emerging Business Award was won by Methven Pharmacy. Another 17 business growth and development awards were also presented. Group chief executive Neal Shaw said the night recognised the growth, development and use of Ruralco since it was established just over a year ago.

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Methven’s dust storm on Saturday arose from paddocks recently ploughed by farmers taking advantage of warm and dry conditions. Weather station operator Michael Kemp last remembered such a storm in the town about 20 years ago, and it was from paddocks in the same area. “It was just like snowdrifts across the road, it made a bit of a mess,” Mr Kemp said. He recorded a maximum gust speed of 110 kilometres per hour in the town on Saturday. This was somewhat lower than that recorded during the damaging September 10 windstorm when weather equipment broke at 149km per hour. Ashburton recorded a maximum gust of 100km per hour on Saturday.

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■ MEMORIES OF WAR

Tree stands strong for the fallen

By Kurt Bayer Ashburton widower Harriet Sutton had five sons go to war. Francis and Benjamin never came home.

Buried in foreign fields, the grieving mother worried their short lives would be lost, forgotten.

She decided to plant a tree.

In a corner of Ashburton Domain and Gardens, by the rose gardens, green moss is rubbed on the chunk of grey stone laid at the trunk’s foot. A carved inscription says, ‘This tree was planted

by Mrs H. Sutton, mother of five soldiers, on July 21st 1919, in memory of the men who fell in The Great War 1914-18. Greater love hath no man’.

Ninety-five years on, the sturdy pin oak, Quercus palustris, still stands.

Harriet Sutton Plugged into the mud by the stone, is a simple wooden cross put there by great, his family last year – 96 years on.

“A few members of our family have great nephew Donald Sutton.

He takes his family to the tree every been there over the years, I might’ve been the fifth person to see his grave. It Anzac Day. “It was a huge thing sending five kids was real neat to pay tribute to my great away to war back then ... It wouldn’t be uncle,” said Donald, who grew up hangallowed to happen now. Our kids know ing on to the few words his own father, all about it. We lay a poppy and just pay a World War Two air force veteran, uttered about his own experiences. our respects,” Mr Sutton said.

Mrs Sutton’s three others sons surBenjamin Sutton had been living a quiet, albeit hard working life as a farm vived.

Charles Henry Sutton became a serlabourer on the family’s block of land at Staveley outside of Ashburton when geant and died in 1972.

William, a private, was wounded in war broke out in Europe. the foot but made it Like many other through the war, as young men all across did brother Arthur New Zealand, he who survived a gredidn’t hesitate no ennade exploding in his list – no doubt thinkhand. ing an adventure lay Around 1800 men ahead. He would be from Ashburton home by the followtown, and the suring Christmas, the rounding country papers said. district, served overHe left Wellington seas during World in December 1914 War One. More than with the Canterbury 400 did not return.

Infantry Battalion.

But their legacy After a short stopolives on through ver in Suez, Egypt, the obelisk memohe landed at Galliporial in the town li, at the head of the centre and at the Dardanelles – the exHampstead memopanse of water that Arthur Sutton rial baths which bear spears into heartland their names on white Turkey, who sided wrought-iron gates. with the war-hungry Germans.

And the Sutton boys are remembered Just three days later, on April 28, 1915, Benjamin Sutton was killed in action. He by the tree at Ashburton Domain thanks to mum Mrs Sutton, an English immiwas 31.

Ominous news reached home months grant who lost her husband William in later. The Ashburton Guardian printed 1905.

Ninety-seven years old, its thick trunk, on July 26 that he was “reported missstretching branches, and splayed roots ing”.

His younger brother Francis signed up indicate it will be around for a few more generations to enjoy yet. and set sail the following month.

David Askin, curator of the domain He fought in the trenches of the Western Front with Canterbury Infantry which also has a tree tribute to Florence Nightingale, planted in 1910, says trees Regiment, 2nd Battalion.

But in Belgium on July 23, 1917 his play an important role in preserving hisluck ran out, dying of wounds suffered tory.

“Trees live for such a long time, and in battle – probably at the bloody Battle are a living reminder of events and perof Messines – aged 27.

He was buried at Wimereux Com- sonalities that have come before us,” said munal Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France Mr Askin, who has his own professional – the same resting place as Lieutenant link to The Great War. John Readhead had been curator of Colonel John McCrae, who penned one of the most poignant poems of World the 37-hectare botanical gardens for six years when war broke out in 1914.

War One: In Flanders Fields.

He was too old to serve at the front, Donald Sutton, 48, visited there with

Francis Sutton

William, Charles and Francis Sutton

but instead joined the Ambulance Corps in late 1915. Arriving on the Western Front, he was greeted by a truly nightmarish world.

The New Zealand Division was part of the second “big push” of the stalled offensive.

Fifteen thousand Kiwis went over the top and 2000 – including 41-year old Pri-

vate Readhead – lost their lives.

A towering West Himalaya Cedrus Deodara tree at his old domain also remembers him.

Amidst fallen leaves, a simple plaque says all it must: ‘To the memory of Private John Readhead, Curator of Ashburton Domain, killed in France, 22nd September 1916’.

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■ FATAL INJURIES

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Man stabbed in mass brawl

BY SOPHIE RYAN Millie Elder-Holmes has lost another important man in her life, after her boyfriend of six years was killed in a brawl outside a house in Auckland.

Connor Morris died after suffering a serious head injury in a fight that involved as many as 30 people in Massey on Saturday night.

He was 26 years old, and the son of a patched Head Hunters’ gang member.

Ms Elder-Holmes’ father Sir

Paul Holmes died 18 months ago.

Detective Inspector Greg Cramer of Waitemata Police said an investigation into the homicide began in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Mr Cramer said Mr Morris was walking with a group of around 15 people on Don Bock Road to go to the service station for refreshments.

On the way to the service station they came across a second gathering of people, and a fight broke out.

“From the information available at the moment we don’t believe it was gang related,” Mr Cramer said.

He wouldn’t say whether Ms Elder-Holmes was at the scene when the fight broke out.

He said a weapon was used on Mr Morris. “What that weapon was is yet to be determined.”

Ambulance staff treated Mr Morris but he died on the way to hospital.

Two people were arrested at the scene for disorder-related offences, but as of last night no

charges had been laid.

Other people were injured in the altercation, Mr Cramer said. “There were a number of minor injuries consistent with a fight.”

A resident who lived around 500 metres from where the brawl broke out said the house had a bad reputation.

“I see a lot of very shady people coming and going from there. I always thought it was a drug house.”

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■ METHVEN CRAFT FAIR

Kiwi attacked A New Zealand man who was attacked in Kuala Lumpur is in reportedly a stable condition in a Malaysian hospital. According to Malaysian media the 47-year-old New Zealand tourist was slashed by a taxi driver, following an argument over a woman in a hotel room at Jalan Changkat, Bukit Bintang on Friday. It was reported that the man, suffered from cuts on his face and neck before he managed to escape from the room and find help. He is reported to be in a stable condition at Kuala Lumpur Hospital.

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Knife in head A Christchurch man was left with a knife protruding from his skull, after a domestic dispute with his partner, police say. Senior Sergeant Stephen McDaniel said police attended the domestic incident just after midnight. When they arrived at the New Brighton address they found that in the heat of an argument a woman had allegedly thrown a knife at her partner. The knife had lodged itself just above the man’s forehead, he said. The man was taken to Christchurch Hospital and has now been discharged. “The knife has since been successfully removed and he is recovering,” said Mr McDaniel. The woman is set to appear in Christchurch District Court today, and has been charged with wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.

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Over 2000 people attended the Methven Craft Fair at the weekend.

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Almost $1200 had been raised at the raffle for organisers Methven Playcentre, and all up the playcentre raised about

$3200 from the fair.

Mrs Lock said while many stayed away on Saturday, due to strong winds and a dust storm in the town, everyone made up for it yesterday.

The fair, at the Mount Hutt Memorial Hall from 10am to 4pm Saturday and Sunday, attracted about 35 stallholders from throughout the South Island.

A finals day ended on a sour note for a Northland rugby club on Saturdayday, when two people were taken to hospital after being stabbed in a fight. The fight broke out at the Moerewa Rugby Club, at Simpson Park Memorial Hall near Kaikohe. There had been a grand final game earlier that day between Moerewa and Kerikeri rugby clubs. Ambulance spokesman Norm Ngatai said they arrived at the scene at around 11.30pm and two patients were treated, one a 30-year-old male with a stab wound to the head.

Both patients were transported to Bay of Islands Hospital with moderate injuries, said Mr Ngatai.

According to initial reports, five people had been stabbed in the fight.

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Ministry assistant Dellwyn Moylan and reverend David Brown with congregation members Dorothy Banks (front left), Alyth Melrose and Helen Coldicott.

Blankets blessed for freezing orphans in Europe Handmade blankets and other items crafted

by St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church members will help orphans in Eastern Europe.

At a service to bless the items on Friday, ministry assistant Dellwyn Moylan said the project was a “practical way of living out our faith”.

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19 scarves, 41 scarves, 19 pairs of mittens and five pairs of slippers. And this year would be on a par with that.

“These goods are welcomed by those who receive them as they live in temperatures as low as minus 25 degrees,” Mrs Moylan said.

They would be bundled in with creations from other volunteers throughout New

Zealand for shipment, and would arrive in time for Christmas.

Meanwhile, the parish held a presbytery centennial concert and dance at the Sinclair Centre on Saturday. About 100 people attended, and were entertained by the Foothills Band. The $500 raised would go towards the work of the Chaplains at the Hospitals in Church.

Marcia Pera isn’t able to talk to media for long - her phone charger is missing, as are her windows, chimney and roof.

Ms Pera’s Coakley Street house in Greymouth is one of three made uninhabitable by a tornado which tore through the suburb of Blaketown on Saturday night.

Her dog has been recovered from the rubble and is sheltering at a friend’s house. Her baby is at a friend’s too, while her four year old daughter stays with her mummy at another friend’s house.

“She’s okay, except she wants to go home and can’t.”

It all began not long after Ms Pera got home from work.

“It was like listening to jets start up at the airport, just real loud noise. You can’t really hear anything, you had to scream to be heard. It went straight over us,” said Ms Pera, 39. “It flattened the garage and made a big tree fall into our home.” - APNZ

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The two-hour-long execution of a US inmate last month required 15 doses of a relatively untested drug cocktail, according to documents, prompting renewed calls for an independent investigation.

Arizona’s July 23 execution by lethal injection of double murderer Joseph Wood was drawn out for an agonising 117 minutes rather than the usual 10, during which the condemned man gasped and snorted. Wood’s execution was the third this year to have gone on far longer than usual, as US states experiment with an untested combination of lethal medications amid a shortage of tried and tested drugs after European manufacturers halted exports.

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Both Israel and Hamas have vowed to continue their bloody 26-day confrontation in Gaza, shunning efforts to broker an end to violence which has claimed more than 1700 lives.

With no end to the bloodshed in sight, a senior Palestinian delegation landed in Cairo for talks on an Egyptian ceasefire initiative, although Israel said it was not sending a negotiating team.

Earlier, Israel had pulled back troops from two areas in Gaza in what was initially interpreted as a sign it was winding down its biggest military operation in Gaza in decades.

But there appeared to be little indication Israel was plan-

ning to wrap up its operations, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promising that Hamas would pay “an insufferable price” for continued cross-border rocket fire.

“We will take as much time as necessary, and will exert as much force as needed,” he said at a news conference, adding that troops had also dealt a “significant blow” to Hamas’s infrastructure.

Troops would complete their mission to destroy a complex network of tunnels used by militants to infiltrate southern Israel before the next security objectives would be decided, he said, warning that “all options” were on the table.

“I don’t plan on saying when we’ll finish (the operation), we have no obligations apart from our security interests,” he said.

“We will deploy in the places convenient to us.”

But a spokesman for the Islamist movement mocked Netanyahu’s statements as “confused” and testimony of the “real crisis” he was facing.

“We will continue our resistance till we achieve our goals,” Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhum said.

Meanwhile, Palestinian officials arrived in Cairo ahead of truce talks with Egypt which will also be attended by Hamas and Islamic Jihad.

US Middle East envoy Frank

Lowenstein was also expected to arrive for talks on ending the Gaza bloodshed, which has claimed 1712 lives and displaced up to a quarter of the territory’s population.

Earlier, the Israeli army gave a first indication it was ending operations in parts of Gaza, informing residents of Beit Lahiya and Al-Atatra in the north that it was “safe” to return home. Witnesses in the north confirmed seeing troops leaving the area as others were seen pulling out of villages east of Khan Yunis in the south.

It was the first time troops had been seen pulling back since the start of the Israeli operation on July 8.

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Shelling disrupts MH17 search Shelling has forced international experts to abandon part of the crash scene of the downed Malaysia Airlines jet in east Ukraine as sniffer dogs working elsewhere on the vast site helped uncover the remains of more victims.

Seventy Dutch and Australian police investigators were back for a second day to scour the wreckage strewn over some 20 square kilometres but members from the probe team hurriedly left a village where some debris was lying after mortar fire nearby.

“We heard at a distance of ap-

proximately two kilometres incoming artillery from where we were and that was too close to continue,” said Alexander Hug, deputy chief monitor with the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) mission in Ukraine.

“It was close enough to decide to leave. The artillery impact was very loud and the ground was shaking.”

Government troops and rebels battling across the wartorn region had pledged to halt fighting around the rebel-held site of the MH17 site and Hug said the visit to the village of

Petropavlivka had been agreed with both sides.

Closer to the main impact site, Dutch police experts said they managed to recover an unspecified number of remains after deploying two sniffer dogs to help comb through the fields of debris, over two weeks after the plane was shot down killing all 298 people on board.

The perilous security situation highlights the difficulties facing investigators as they try to recover remains and then puzzle together what happened, a grim task that those in charge say could take some three

weeks. The US accuses insurgents of blowing the airliner out of the sky with a surfaceto-air missile likely supplied by Russia, while Moscow and the rebels have pointed the finger at the Ukrainian military.

More than 220 coffins have already been sent back to the Netherlands, but more body fragments remain lying out in the cornfields where the plane came down.

Across the rest of the region the violence that’s claimed some 1150 lives since mid-April raged on.

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Thousands of people in northeastern Nepal have been displaced after a massive mudslide blocked the course of a river, killing at least eight people and causing flooding in nearby villages.

Eighteen people remain missing after an entire hill slid into the Sunkoshi River, burying nearby houses and creating an enormous mud dam in the river. Army and private helicopters have been sent to the affected area, located east of the capital Kathmandu, to rescue trapped residents. A state of emergency has been declared in the Sunkoshi River region. - DPA

Ebola case on US soil Doctors are working to save America’s first Ebola virus patient after he arrived in the United States aboard a private air ambulance and was whisked to a state-of-the-art hospital isolation unit. Onboard was stricken doctor Kent Brantly, one of two American aid workers infected with Ebola as they helped to battle an Ebola outbreak that has claimed more than 700 lives in West Africa since March. The Gulfstream jet, equipped with a collapsible isolation chamber, landed at Dobbins Air Reserve Base outside Atlanta, Georgia yesterday. Images showed three individuals wearing white bio-suits emerge from the ambulance, with one, apparently Brantly, led gingerly into the hospital. His wife Amber Brantly asked for people to pray for his recovery and that of those stricken with the virus in Liberia.

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Blast toll reaches 69 The death toll from an explosion at a Taiwan-invested car parts factory in China has reached 69.

The blast at the weekend in a wheel hub polishing workshop at the Zhongrong Metal Products Co in Kunshan, near Shanghai, also left nearly 200 injured, state television said, many with severe burns. The force of the explosion caused metal siding on the factory building to peel back, while state television showed broken machinery and smashed windows.

Kunshan’s mayor Lu Jun classified the incident as a “serious” industrial accident which a preliminary investigation showed was caused by the ignition of powder or dust from the production process. Authorities have detained two company officials.

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he possible sale of another of New Zealand’s big farms to foreign buyers has reignited a debate rooted in the myth of an inalienable right to land.

Successive polls say we New Zealanders do not want foreigners owning “our” land – especially if potentially productive and profitable.

We fear the reverse could be true if land is sold offshore.

We fear losing economic sovereignty, profits and opportunities overseas.

The same fears are overseas.

Australia has clamped down on foreign home ownership and China does not let foreigners buy land at all.

Here, foreigners buy houses and land with oversight from the Overseas Investment Office.

The argument is that investment encourages development.

But the fear we lose more than we gain has been around for so long that it makes sense that it should be prodded in the rush toward the election.

Conservative leader Colin Craig used revelations Chinese interests want to buy Lochinver Station to outline his party’s policy to limit foreign investment. Labour and New Zealand First followed suit. They said the sale was far from unusual – and far from insubstantial.

An Overseas Investment Office report shows 15 sales, for which foreign and New Zealand jointventure investors paid $1.57 billion, were approved in June.

In the six months to June there were 67 approvals for deals in which investors paid $2.57 billion. That would be a lot to find from New Zealand investors alone.

Well, it may be easier now.

New Zealanders are not bit-part actors: they are often vendors and they accept the offers foreigners make.

There is an argument that prices are inflated by offers buoyed by cheap money. New Zealanders cannot compete when paying local interest rates.

Conversely, restricting sales to locals could also restrict the value achieved at sale. An investor would lose for the benefit of another.

The debate will continue past the election but as it does, we should consider whether we really want to close the door to new money.

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f Conservative Colin Craig (CC) wishes to enter parliament by winning the electorate of East Coast Bays, he will now have to it entirely off his own bat without the hopedfor assistance from National.

The PM has ruled out an Epsom-type deal with the eccentric Blue Leader which, in turn, means the incumbent MP there for the last 27 seven years, Murray McCully, is not being asked to step gracefully aside to let CC in out of some perceived overall benefit to the National Party’s election prospects.

He will thus stand again and, with a current majority of 14,500, be more than likely to retain his seat.

Obviously, PM John “Noone seemed to worry about my holiday in Hawaii” Key, boosted by endlessly invigorating polls, feels there’s no need to involve himself in a risky arrangement with a man whose political pronouncements seem never less than controversial and often downright mystifying.

To have done so would likely have caused such ructions and reverberations - with the media salivating on all cylinders - to have swept from our screens all other election news for the next 24 hours, at least.

If, indeed, there was no cause to tangle with a man of such unpredictability, why chance it? Though the danger of preelection complacency is ever present, to give the Opposition fodder to gorge on just when they’re right out of feed would be generous to the point of political hara-kiri.

No, much better leave CC to persuade the East Coast fraternity of his wayward merits strictly on his own and concentrate on Ohariu and Epsom where the wonders of MMP have been so successfully exploited for the last several elections and are - remarkably, one might think - still available for perfectly legal manipulation.

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Thus, Mr Dunne seems set for yet another term in office even though his is a “United Future” of which he is ever the only representative. This time round he is likely to find himself sharing power with National’s latest Act “Epsomian” draftee, the personable, upwardly mobile and “going places” (we’re told), David Seymour.

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So that’s two certain partners for National should they still need them post September 20, and they may.

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In most corners of the world, an Ashburton person can be found. So the Guardian’s Erin Tasker decided to track some of them down. This week it’s sisters Keryn and Rachel Macdonald whose short stints in Singapore turned out to be long ones.

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eryn Macdonald moved to Singapore when her husband got a job there, and when younger sister Rachel embarked on her OE, her first stop was to stay with her sister.

Neither intended to be there for long, but they’re still there and loving it.

Keryn has lived there for four years after initially telling her husband “we can go for two years and not one day longer”. Rachel joined her in July 2012. After six months on a working holiday visa she was offered sponsorship to stay and found the travel opportunities and the climate too good to give up. Two years later, Singapore is firmly her home too.

Rachel initially worked as a freelance graphic designer which led to a full-time role at The Australian New Zealand Association (ANZA), a member based association for Australian and Kiwi expats in Singapore.

“We act as a social link from the two high commissions and commerce chambers to provide sports, business and social functions for expatriates. My role is the in-house designer alongside an editor, to produce a monthly magazine covering topics from across South East Asia.”

Keryn works for a bank called Standard Chartered as a management accountant in the finance department.

“I have a global role which includes a lot of interaction with our regional and country offices along with exposure to senior global management on a daily basis,” Keryn said.

They love the Singaporean people; they’re friendly and kind. But Singapore is a melting pot of cultures with a large Indian and Malaysian community, and an ex-pat community now numbering well over 100,000.

English is the first language, but both the Macdonald girls have found their Kiwi accents have given them some trouble.

“We need to remember to slow down as we tend to speak very fast and the locals struggle if we run our words together,” Keryn said.

“Generally day-to-day life is not too much of a hassle. The most common problem is communicating with taxi drivers which often results in ending up the complete wrong destination,” Rachel said.

The inside of those taxis – and offices - is generally around 15-20 degrees, which in a

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with Keryn and Rachel Macdonald in Singapore country with a warm climate, is welcome.

“The heat can be testing at times. It definitely takes a few months to acclimatise, especially to playing sports outdoors. Although once you are wise to the city’s layout you can manage to get around without stepping a foot outside,” Rachel said.

It’s hot, but when it rains, it really rains. For both of the women, their worst experiences involve getting caught out in monsoons.

“It always seems to rain just when you need to leave the house and you are often soaked by the time you arrive at your destination,” Keryn said.

For Keryn – not a big fan of cold – the heat makes it easier to get out of bed in the mornings.

“It’s also great being able to live in shorts, t-shirt and jandals all of the time.”

Keryn is a runner, and despite the heat, has entered a few fun runs in Singapore, and a half marathon completed last year.

It’s a beautiful country in which to run, and see the sights, and is incredibly clean.

“The island is really well landscaped meaning there’s pockets of beautiful rainforest type plantations contrasting ultra modern high rises and the low rise traditional shop houses,” Rachel said.

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of its buildings are modern, but there are historical places which are well reserved, she said.

“Singapore has a really rich culture and there’s some amazing pockets of historical homes that have been preserved over many years.

“The city is very well manicured, and you’d be lucky to spot any rubbish on the ground on a day-to-day basis. Chewing gum is banned, which seems to make a huge difference.”

Living in such a clean country made other countries seem dirty when visiting them, Keryn said.

“We have a resident leaf man on our street, every morning he is out there raking up the leaves from the hundreds of trees on our street.

“I was at the airport one day and witnessed a man cleaning, or rather polishing, the leaves on the pot plants. Unemployment is very low to almost non-

existent here and I’m convinced this is due to the number of cleaning jobs available across the island.”

Both sisters live in condos, like most people in Singapore.

Rachel’s on the 21st floor of a building in the heart of Little India, while Keryn’s on the 11th floor of an older style building just one suburb away from the city.

“Needless to say our cat isn’t allowed on the balcony - she has a habit of walking along the edge of the balcony ledge,” Keryn said.

Rachel said the biggest downfall of living in Singapore was the lack of beaches and the view of a thousand ships anchored around the island waiting to get into the port.

“The sea water is highly polluted with oil/fuel so is not really swimmable.”

For a small island nation, Singapore is densely populated

and can feel cramped at times, particularly at weekends and on public holidays.

“Once you become wise to where not to go, you can avoid being in the crowds,” Rachel said.

“The commute to work in the morning can often mean waiting for a few trains, however the city runs very efficiently meaning it can cope with the population.”

Venturing into the many shopping malls any time of the day can be a mission.

“Because the locals often live in apartments which don’t have air con and sometimes up to two to three generations in one apartment, they tend to flock to the air conditioned shopping malls and spend the day there,” Keryn said.

Singapore can be an expensive place to live but it has a very low tax rate, which means it’s relative to other cities.

“Taxis are very cheap. I can get to work for around $12 which is a 20-minute trip through the city.

“If you choose to eat the local food it’s very cheap, you can get a good sized meal for $5. Western food is expensive; things like steak, sausages, burgers are at least double the price of home.

“Alcohol is extremely expensive and this is seen as a way to ‘tax’ the expat population as the locals don’t drink very much.

It’s not uncommon to pay $20 for a glass of wine or a pint of beer.”

Rachel recently fell ill after an overseas trip and was landed with a $500 bill for a blood test.

“The cost of things really does vary but the main killer is the abundance of social activities available in the weekends,” she said.

The last time the sisters were home was for Keryn’s wedding in October last year, which followed a memorable engagement on the tallest roof-top bar in Singapore at sunset one night after work.

With Keryn’s husband being Australian they try and make a New Zealand/Australia trip once a year.

Both Rachel and Keryn miss the wide open spaces of New Zealand, and their friends and their family, but Singapore being a stopover destination means there’s always people passing through.

“I do miss mum’s roast chicken and the custard squares from the bakery in the arcade.”

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■ NEW ZEALAND

Lower the pace on South Island

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here are people among us that take a decidedly dangerous approach to

Ben McKay recently visited our southern playground and found the slower pace to his liking.

life.

Thrill-seekers. Extreme sports-folk. Mountain climbers, bungy jumpers and downhill skiers.

For these types, when the mercury drops, New Zealand’s South Island shines bright for all things adventurous.

But while Queenstown serves as a centre for those rushing to the end of their term, there’s plenty around the bends and hills of Lake Wakatipu to delight those with a more placid palate.

Nestled in the hills north of Queenstown, Victorian-era Arrowtown is a great place to start.

First settled as a gold rush town in the 1860s, your first impressions of Arrowtown are likely to hail from the 19th century.

Hundreds of trees – sycamores, elms and oaks – line the town’s streets and hills. Planted by the town’s first citizens, their stunning gift still floors tourists and residents to this day.

Come autumn, a thousand shades of green leaves are replaced by vibrant reds and golds, both underfoot and above the eyeline.

It’s a scene more associated with New England or rural Japan, but worthy of celebration.

The locals certainly think so, and throw an annual Autumn Festival each April, with free entertainment, walking tours, art displays and markets.

During winter, the colours are replaced by crisp white snow, making the many woodfired establishments even more inviting.

The main promenade, Buckingham Street, is full of heritage buildings that now serve local brews, meals, crafty endeavours, and – staggeringly – plenty of ice cream.

The town proudly boasts that not one international chain restaurant or bar has found its way into the street.

Long may it be so.

To the west of the Buckingham Street is a largely preserved Chinese settlement, one of the many excellent walking and cycling opportunities.

For those keen to ruin that

Golden autumnal hues shine down on this quaint cottage in Arrowtown.

walk, the town also boasts three excellent golf courses.

Twenty minutes down the road, bigger and brasher Queenstown also has its share of pulse-lowering endeavours.

A walk around the waterfront will give you a glimpse of the life of the adventurous as jet boat rides, paragliding and bungy operators all tout for business.

There’s even a shark-boat which nauseatingly bobs in and out of the water at unappealing speed.

No thanks.

It’s best instead to pick up a hot chocolate from one of the many local cafes (try Vudu www.vudu.co.nz), perhaps an empanada from the local hole in the wharf, and walk around the bay to the historic Queenstown Gardens.

The gardens sit on a peninsula jutting into Lake Wakatipu and give tremendous views of Cecil Peak and hills surrounding the township.

Short of climbing one of the many peaks or walking into forests, it’s here you can find a calmness unworthy of a walk

five minutes from the centre of noir – well worth a cellar door town. visit or two.

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In brief Whincup back on top Holden’s Jamie Whincup has regained the V8 Supercars championship lead for the first time since February.

The Red Bull Racing driver holds a 15-point lead over Ford’s Mark Winterbottom after finishing sixth in yesterday’s 200km race at Queensland Raceway. Holden’s James Courtney used a smart tyre strategy to take out the race and keep his own championship hopes alive as Winterbottom’s horror weekend continued. Courtney’s win means he’s now fourth in the standings after his second victory of the season.

- AAP

Melbourne keeps GP The Formula One Australian Grand Prix will stay in Melbourne until at least the end of the decade. Victorian Premier Denis Napthine says the five-year deal between his government and event organisers will keep the annual race at Albert Park until 2020. “This is a terrific announcement that reaffirms Melbourne and Victoria as the major events and sporting capital of the world,” he told Fairfax Radio yesterday. Dr Napthine, whose government has been critical of the amount of public money spent on the Grand Prix, said the new contract was a “great deal” for taxpayers.

- AAP

Kiwi golfers fade Kiwi golfers Tim Wilkinson and Danny Lee both endured disappointing third rounds at the Barracuda Championship in Nevada on the PGA Tour. Wilkinson only accumulated one modified stableford point during his round yesterday, which included two birdies and three bogeys, as he slipped to a share of 25th for the tournament having begun the day inside the top five. Lee produced an evenscoring round and was left in a tie for 56th on 15 points.

- APNZ

New All Whites coach If Anthony Hudson is appointed as the next All Whites coach, New Zealand Football will not only be getting a coach desperate to make his name at the highest level but also someone who has faced the ultimate depths of despair. Hudson is seemingly days away from being confirmed as Ricki Herbert’s successor after a worldwide search that attracted more than 100 applicants. According to reports, the 33-year-old resigned from his post as Bahrain coach last week and has been offered the New Zealand role.

- HOS

Fouhy into coaching Ben Fouhy has returned to canoe racing, this time as a coach ahead of this week’s world championships in Moscow. The 35-year-old retired from top competition last year after a decorated, but sometimes troubled, career. He had previously stated an ambition of competing in his fourth Olympics at Rio in 2016 but walked away after the world championships in Germany. Fouhy has been assisting head coach Gordon Walker with the women’s K4 team, who will contest the 500m race on Krylatskoye Canal this week as the sport attempts to build on the success of 2012 Olympic gold medallist Lisa Carrington and consequent boost in taxpayer funding.

- HOS

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■ NETBALL

By Jonathan Leask

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Premiers upset

Methven have sent a second shockwave through premier netball with View or purchase a surprise 32-30 win over Celtic on photos online Saturday.

Last year’s runners-up had to guardianonline.co.nz stave off relegation twice this season, but in recent weeks have become a dark horse to push for the premier title, handing Celtic only their second loss of the season.

“We were always in it, and just had to stay in it and only worry about the win at the very end,” Methven’s Sally Williams said.

“We picked up tips and turnovers and converted them to get two points ahead.”

“It was a really good effort from everyone and our attacking end really did us proud.”

The two sides were level after the first quarter before Celtic pulled ahead by three at halftime at 17-14.

In the second half Methven clawed their way back to draw level at 22-all at three quarter time, before they were able to get their nose ahead and hold on for the win.

“We just didn’t play well enough and Methven played really well.”

“We had been up by three but couldn’t pull away. Methven came back and we didn’t rise to the challenge.”

The shock win also looks to have confirmed the top four after United, who lost to Methven two weeks ago, suffered a 14-23 loss to College A. In the other math Hampstead were too strong for Collegiate 3218.

With Hampstead and College both collecting bonus points in their losses to Celtic this round, they now sit equal the defending premiers, who earned one against Methven, on the points table on 13 heading into the final round.

Methven hold fourth place with United a win back in fifth and needing to beat Celtic in the final round to be any chance of taking View or purchase photos online fourth, while Methven face Collegiate. guardianonline.co.nz In senior B netball, College Y10A also shook things up eclipsing College B 32-23 – the former premier side’s second loss of the round, while Rakaia remain unbeaten after a 34-15 win over Celtic defenders Zoe McComick (left) and Hayley Whiting (right) wait for Methven’s Annah Hampstead B and Methven B beat Casey-Solly to put up her shot in the premier netball clash on Saturday.

Allenton 26-23.

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■ EQUESTRIAN

Paget’s bumpy ride close to an end By andrew aLderson Jock Paget’s chances of representing the New Zealand eventing team at the World Equestrian Games at Normandy this month appear more certain.

Paget was barred from all competition in October after his horse, Clifton Promise, test-

ed positive for the banned substance reserpine, a derivative of the Indian snakeroot plant. The test was conducted after Paget’s victory in the Burghley horse trials, a title which passed to fellow New Zealander Andrew Nicholson.

Paget subsequently took his case to a June tribunal hearing

with the world governing body, Federation Equestre Internationale.

His provisional suspension was removed with the tribunal stating it was “satisfied on a balance of probabilities that the PR [Person Responsible, Paget] has demonstrated that he bore no fault or negligence for

the EAD [equine anti-doping] rule violation”.

As the circumstances stand, Paget can compete at the World Equestrian Games but a source close to the issue suggested he could make an unconditional return to competition as early as this week, two months after the hearing.

- HOS

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■ RUGBY

In brief

Read rues poor start

BY GREGOR PAUL It was the first 25 minutes that killed the Crusaders.

They know it.

They didn’t turn up in that opening period - stood back and let the Waratahs own the game.

And to be fair to the Waratahs, they owned it all right.

They didn’t stand back and look this particular gift horse in the mouth.

They didn’t relent.

They held possession, made sure the Crusaders couldn’t get their hands on the ball and hurt the visitors by making sure they scored points.

They had 14 before the Crusaders had even, really, had touched the ball and it was that period captain Kieran Read was ruing last night.

“We definitely started slowly,” he said.

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“I can’t pinpoint why. It was pretty tough to come back from that.

“In the end, we couldn’t.

“Certainly proud of the way we fought back. I thought we did enough to control the game.

“It came down to one kick in the end.

“We are gutted. We came here for only one result and it’s disappointing not to get that win.

“It’s a game where there is a winner and loser.”

That one kick will live with them.

There will be various views about it.

One is that they didn’t need to panic when defending the breakdown, especially as it was an area they were dominating once they got into the game.

If they had held their discipline, they probably would have held out.

Crusaders’ skipper Kieran Read

The second view is that referee Craig Joubert was overly harsh on Richie McCaw. Certainly Crusaders coach Todd Blackadder wasn’t sure.

“It was 50-50, I thought,” Blackadder said.

“It could have gone either way. It comes down to those moments between winning the competition or not. I’d like to see it again.

“It’s not the end of the world.

“They have been the best team all season and they should be proud.”

History can’t be changed, though.

They will have to stew on that moment for another year.

They will have to hear all over again how they have lost their once-treasured skill of winning games that really matter.

They have been in two finals now and more semi-finals than they can remember under Blackadder - but still no title.

Maybe it would have been different had Daniel Carter stayed on the field.

His composure and accuracy under pressure might have made a difference.

The update on him was at least encouraging. He has a corked thigh and, while sore, should be able to get over it reasonably quickly.

- HOS

Beckley Cup hoodoo continues on

BY JONATHAN LEASK

JONATHAN.L@THEGAURDIAN.CO.NZ

A 14-man Southern took down Tinwald 45-29 to lift the Bruce Beckley Memorial Cup in Mt Somers yesterday.

The Beckley Cup hoodoo continued as defending cup holders Tinwald couldn’t repeat their efforts of 2013 and the cup changed hands for an eighth straight season, as Southern lifted the cup for the second time in three years.

But they had to do so with 14 men for 50 minutes after Micky Collins was red carded for a stomp 10 minutes before halftime.

Tinwald’s Joe Carroll scored an early try, converted by Hemi Stephens, for a 7-0 lead, but that would prove the only time the senior B champions would hold the lead.

Two tries from James Hastings, both converted by Jason McMath put Southern in front, and by halftime they pushed out to a 28-7 advantage with tries to Collins, and Jono Doig with a penalty from McMath on halftime.

Tinwald increased their advantage at the start of the second half with tries to Vero Akanaa and Brad Stocker to close the gap back to 17-28.

Southern struck back with a penalty and then a converted try to McMath to move back out to a 29 point buffer.

Carroll scored and converted his second try as Tinwald launched another comeback, before Southern dealt the killer blow when Inaki Etchegaray scored under the posts, which McMath converted for a 47-29 lead.

Tinwald had the final say with a try to Jeremy Reuben which Carroll converted, but Southern had done enough to take the trophy.

Double for Folau Israel Folau ranks his Super Rugby crown with the NSW Waratahs right alongside his NRL grand final triumph with the Melbourne Storm - but knows this one can’t be stripped. Folau joined an elite group of only five players, including Sonny Bill Williams and Brad Thorn, to have tasted grand final glory in both major football codes when the Waratahs eclipsed the Crusaders 33-32 in a thriller on Saturday night. The dual international had his 2007 premiership with Melbourne removed from the record books for the Storm’s massive salary-cap breaches, but says he still feels like he’s accomplished the rare golden double.

- AAP

McCaw ‘gutted’ Shattered Richie McCaw admits he “should have done better” after conceding the penalty that allowed the NSW Waratahs to snatch the Super Rugby crown in the dying seconds of an epic in Sydney. The game’s most decorated player has made a career out of pushing the limits of the law, landing a Rugby World Cup, four Super Rugby titles and a record three world player of the year awards. But on Saturday night the champion flanker gambled and lost - and his Crusaders paid the ultimate price.

Referee Craig Joubert pinged him for illegally entering a ruck from the side with the Crusaders clinging to a 32-30 lead. McCaw then watched on helplessly as Waratahs five-eighth Bernard Foley nailed the 44-metre attempt to clinch NSW a maiden title. “It’s pretty disappointing really but at least you rolled the dice and that’s what can happen and I’m pretty gutted mate,” a dejected McCaw said.

- AAP

Money for sevens A near $2 million slush fund is likely to be put aside to help New Zealand achieve their high-priority goal of winning two sevens gold medals at the next Olympics. The money is being put aside to ensure high-profile players such as Sonny Bill Williams, Liam Messam and Cory Jane are able to commit to the sevens programme without being out of pocket. The Herald on Sunday understands the definitive cost of chasing gold has not yet been finalised but that close to $2m is being viewed as a realistic budget.

- NZH

Concerns for AB camp

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Southern’s Inaki Etchegaray dives in for a try that helped seal Southern’s 45-29 win over Tinwald in the Bruce Beckley Memorial Cup in Mt Somers yesterday.

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There’s an element of concern within the All Blacks coaching team that next year they will have to get through 23 weeks of Super Rugby before getting their hands on their World Cup squad. Some of that is just natural angst about having to be patient in World Cup year. Some of their concern, however, is being driven by this increasing trend of good players falling into bad habits during Super Rugby. The transition from Super Rugby to tests has never been smooth but the challenge for the All Blacks coaches in the past has been more about switching the emphasis. It’s questionable whether Super Rugby is advancing the skill-sets of top players. The All Blacks coaches don’t see much at all from Super Rugby to inspire them.

- APNZ

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■ HOCKEY

Souths hammer Knights An expansive South Sydney have made light work of a poor Newcastle 50-10 at Barlow Park in Cairns yesterday to move to second on the NRL ladder. Rookie winger Alex Johnston scored a hat-trick of tries in the Rabbitohs’ biggest-ever win over Newcastle.

With Sam Burgess and captain John Sutton sidelined and Greg Inglis captaining the side for the first time, the Rabbitohs laid on five first-half tries to race to a 26-0 lead at the break. Kirisome Auva’a, Lote Tuqiri, Tom Burgess, Dylan Walker and Chris McQueen all crossed for four-pointers in an opening stanza completely dominated by the Rabbitohs, who took their round-21 home game to the North Queensland city. When Inglis scored just after the interval the match was over as a contest. - AAP

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Farah staying put Wests Tigers coach Mick Potter says his captain Robbie Farah doesn’t want out of the NRL joint venture amid reports the NSW No.9 has asked for a release from his contract. Farah was given time off from training this week after Potter said he was emotionally drained following continued speculation over the future of the Tigers’ mentor and talk Farah was undermining his role. But ahead of tonight’s vital round 21 match with Melbourne at Campbelltown Stadium Potter said Farah was committed to the Tigers and the relationship between coach and captain was fine.

- AAP

Coaching role for Johns Newcastle great Andrew Johns has been approached by the Knights to take up a coaching role at the NRL club next season following the departure of Wayne Bennett.

Former Knights coach Rick Stone remains the frontrunner to take over the head coaching role for 2015, with Bennett to move back to Brisbane on a three-year deal.

However rugby league Immortal Johns, a two-time premiership winner with the Knights, and former NSW assistant coach, has been linked to an assistant’s role at Newcastle. The former Knights skipper has had great success as a halves coach at premiership leaders Manly working with superstars halves Daly CherryEvans and Kieran Foran.

- AAP

Nines at Eden Park The NRL Nines will go ahead in Auckland next year, and is set to be staged at Eden Park after all.

A clash of dates with the 2015 Cricket World Cup had put the event in doubt, with talk it would have to be moved to Sydney or another Australian location. But the Herald on Sunday understands a compromise arrangement has been reached after negotiations between event organisers and the ICC and it will go ahead across the weekend of January 31-February 1. The nines had been in jeopardy, due to a contractual arrangement with Cricket World Cup organisers that locked other events out of Auckland’s biggest stadium for the 30 days leading up to Eden Park’s first World Cup match on February 28. The clause meant no other events could be held at the stadium from January 27.

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Hampstead-Collegians’ Georgia Clarke makes a run through the middle against Timaru Girls’ in the Mid-South Canterbury hockey competition at the NBS Ashburton Hockey Turf on Saturday.

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Hampstead slips from top spot

By Jonathan Leask

Jonathan.l@thegaurdian.co.nz

It wasn’t happy home weekend for the Hampstead women’s teams in the Mid-South Canterbury hockey competition on Saturday.

Hampstead lost their grip on the top of the table following a 1-0 loss to Geraldine while Hampstead-Collegians were tipped up by Timaru Girls’ 1-2 at the NBS Ashburton Hockey Turf.

Hampstead picked up a bonus point from the loss, but with St Andrews claiming a bonus point 5-2 win over Craighead, the defending champions secured top spot, and will host Hampstead in the major semi-final in Timaru on Saturday.

The winner goes directly to the final, while the loser will meet the winner of the minor semi-final between Geraldine and Craighead.

After conceding Timaru Girls’ their first win of the season, Hampstead-Collegians will get a rematch in the first weekend of the playoffs.

In the men’s draw the two Wakanui men’s sides were drawn to meet each other, but will meet midweek after both teams headed to the West Coast for their annual representative fixture over the weekend.

The men then have a final round next weekend before getting into their playoffs.

Wakanui Black are assured to finish top going into the sharp end of the competition, and will meet the lower ranked of either Tainui or Cambridge in a sudden death semi-final the following weekend, while Blue has missed the playoffs, barring a miracle, and will take on Timaru Boys’ for fifth place.

■ RUGBY LEAGUE

Rampaging Warriors round up the Raiders

By DaviD BarBeLer Canberra’s NRL season of woe has sunk to new depths after being hammered 54-18 by a rampaging Warriors yesterday at Canberra Stadium.

The Raiders were wearing Hulk-inspired jerseys as part of Marvel Super Heroes round, but the only person who would have been blowing a gasket during the 10-tries-to-three romp was their coach Ricky Stuart.

There were no excuses this time around for his abysmal outfit.

Conditions were perfect, the Warriors were missing their star halfback Shaun Johnson, and they were playing at home.

In fact, the Warriors hadn’t

tasted victory at Canberra Stadium since Stuart was running around the paddock as halfback back in 1997.

And didn’t they break the drought in style.

Manu “The Beast” Vatuvei will haunt the dreams of Brenko Lee for weeks to come after picking up a second-half hattrick against the youngster.

The Warriors might have thumped the Raiders 54-12 back in round nine at Eden Park, but the humiliation of this loss, in front of a home crowd of about 7000 frustrated fans, will sting the Green Machine so much more.

Just like the week before, the Raiders started strongly with back-to-back sets, before releas-

ing the pressure while on attack with a simple error.

The Warriors immediately made them pay in just their first set with the footy, going 90 metres before Sione Lousi exploited the Raiders’ brittle left-edge defence to score in the fourth minute.

English fullback Sam Tomkins scored nine minutes later, before Konrad Hurrell finished off a try that wouldn’t have looked out of place at a Harlem Globetrotters exhibition to extend their lead to 16-0 at the 29th minute.

If the floodgates hadn’t officially opened, they soon did, Ben Matulino and then Sam Rapira scoring to help their side take a 28-0 lead into halftime.

Hurrell was taken off the field at halftime as a precaution due to a hamstring complaint, but that didn’t slow the Warriors’ momentum, Rapira picking up his second four-pointed three minutes after the break.

From there it was just all too easy for the Warriors, Vatuvei picking up a hat-trick, while Ngani Laumape crossed in the 58th minute.

The Raiders picked up three late consolation tries to deny the Warriors from overtaking the sixth-placed Cowboys on the ladder on for-and-against.

Meanwhile the Raiders remain second last on the ladder - not far ahead of Cronulla on for-and-against.

- AAP

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■ COMMONWEALTH GAMES

On target for Rio

By Nik SimoN After stopping his post-fight interview session to watch David Nyika receive his gold medal, David Light looked over to the youngster and said: “That’s the future of New Zealand boxing, right there.”

It was a touching moment during an emotionally-charged few minutes, with New Zealand’s team director, John McKay, breaking into tears after his two fighters delivered the country’s most successful result in the sport’s recent history.

But while Nyika is destined for a bright future in the sport, Light is less certain about his career path, with the Aucklander concerned about the possible long-term damage caused by head injuries in the professional ranks.

While Light will take some time out before deciding on his next career move, Nyika has already set his heart on a place at the Rio Olympics.

The youngster has previously mentioned a long-term dream of turning professional, but at the moment his focus does not look beyond 2016.

“Rio is definitely the target,” said Nyika. “My coach has a vision and we’re slowly getting there.

“If our best performance isn’t enough to win a medal then so be it, but we train to be the best and to fight the best.

“Boxing’s a tough sport and you don’t want to look too far ahead.

You need to find short-term goals to keep you occupied.

“We’ll take each fight as it comes and after Rio 2016 we’ll look at what’s on offer in terms of a professional career or another Commonwealth Games.”

At just 18 years old, Nyika has a long future in the sport. Standing in at a slender 1.91m, he also has a considerable amount of physical development ahead of him, which could eventually result in a switch from light heavyweight to heavyweight.

“I’m still growing,” said Nyika.

“It’s been a bit of a grind to front up with the big light heavyweights, but I’m just going to let my body do its thing.

“If I grow, I grow. If I stay between 79kg and 84kg, then I’ll stick to light-heavyweight.

“I’m sure I’ll fill out eventually.”

If Nyika does eventually join the heavyweight division, then he will be coming up against opponents the size of Liam Messam.

The youngster has enjoyed sparring sessions with the All Blacks star at their training base in Hamilton, where Nyika will return to after picking up his gold medal at these Games.

“When I get opportunities overseas then I usually come back and think ‘Ah I want to go back out there’, said Nyika. “But you have to come back to the gym and hone your craft back at home.

“That’s what I’ll do and my aspiration is to become the next big thing.”

- NZH

Willis looking forward Nick Willis will be back racing the mile next weekend, aiming to put the frustration of his Commonwealth Games 1500m run behind him. Willis is heading home to Michigan with his wife and son having spent most of his time in Glasgow in an apartment, rather than the athletes’ village. He has been in fine form of late and really felt this was a big opportunity.

Instead he had to settle for bronze, behind Kenyans James Magut and Ronald Kwemoi, and as he put it was left with “a huge amount of frustration thinking what could have been”. I’m not saying I would have beaten those guys, but at least you want to be in the conversation with 100m to go. “I wasn’t in that conversation. But at the same time you don’t want to miss out on being on the podium,” the 31-year-old said.

- NZH

A disappointed Stuart Farquhar will continue in the javelin despite an underwhelming performance at the Commonwealth Games.

The 32-year-old was unable to replicate his silver medal from Delhi, finishing fifth in the final at Hampden Park yesterday after producing only one throw he was happy with. That was on his first attempt, recording 78.14, before finishing with five no-throws after deliberately stepping out of bounds shortly after the javelin left his hand. Although upset with his efforts in Glasgow, Farquhar vowed to remain in top-level competition, desiring a more positive way to end his career.

- APNZ

New star on the rise

Gold medal winner David Nyika of New Zealand gets a little emotional during the medals ceremony in Glasgow.

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By kriS ShaNNoN

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The Black Sticks celebrate bronze, but would have preferred gold.

end that we didn’t have enough good players,” said men’s coach Colin Batch. “The semi-final’s always another step up and we didn’t deliver.”

Kayla Whitelock, captain of the women’s side, agreed with that assessment, pointing to a lack of depth as the difference

In brief

Farquhar misses out

Black Sticks bemoan lack of depth New Zealand will become accustomed to bronze medal matches at hockey tournaments unless they produce more players of a higher quality.

That’s the view of both the men’s and women’s Black Sticks after they failed to achieve their long-stated goals of reaching the gold medal match at the Glasgow Games.

It is becoming a recurring theme for hockey in this country.

Both sides haves shown plenty of potential leading into blue ribbon tournaments but disappointments are more common than appearances on the top of the dais.

So what can be done to change the trend of disappointing performances in the biggest of matches?

“I think it comes down in the

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between the Black Sticks and the top nations in the world.

“Those other teams are wellfunded and live together and train together and we can’t compete with that.

“But we need to develop better depth in our game so we have more young players com-

ing through. That would leave us under pressure for our places and that’s always a good thing when you get to a tournament like this.”

It does seem like fine-turning is the answer, as opposed to a complete overhaul, considering how close the Black Sticks come at many Games.

Getting over the line, men’s captain Phil Burrows explained, will be about minor adjustments instead of massive changes.

“International hockey is close,” he said. “The first thing we have to realise is there’s not much between the top eight teams in the world, and you have to be at the top of your game to be there.

“And that’s what we weren’t able to do. I agree that we’ve made some progress - but we still have a wee way to go.

“We got pretty close to that, but we haven’t quite got there.”

- APNZ

As Tina Hakeai was confirming herself as New Zealand’s brightest field athlete prospect, another longer standing one was hinting her time might be up. Hakeai and high jumper Sarah Cowley crossed each other’s path after their events finished at Hampden Park yesterday and swapped a big embrace. For Cowley, there was a ninth placing with a best leap of 1.86m, below her best.

The 30-year-old was misty-eyed and made plain she’s got some hard thinking ahead. Hakeai is at the other extreme, a gifted 20-year-old who has her sights set on clipping the record marks of the woman she grew up admiring, former world champion Beatrice Faumuina. The younger woman recently said when she was growing up she wanted to be like Faumuina - “but now I want to beat her”.

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Robertsons in limelight The mercurial talent of the Robertson brothers will be nurtured to ensure the fireworks emerge while running rather than off the track. The twins have been one of the revelations of the New Zealand team in Glasgow, creating headlines both during and after races in their first appearance at a Games. And although some of the attention was undesirable, the 24-year-olds are set to compete among the elite of long-distance running until Tokyo 2020 and beyond. Zack’s bronze medal in the 5000m was one of the more impressive Kiwi efforts of the Games.

- APNZ

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■ SINGAPORE ‘ATTRACTIVE’

■ HOME ADVANTAGE

Ownership group going international

Pair ‘promising’

One of the powerful forces behind the 2013/2104 National Trainer’s premiership winner, Lisa Latta, remains committed to the national racing scene as they explore opportunities offshore to boost returns for their ever growing ownership partnerships.

Lincoln Farm principals John and Lynne Street, along with their thoroughbred partnerships manager Ian Middleton, have just returned from a fact finding visit to Singapore to assess the viability of extending their ownership interests in the international market.

For Street, the opportunity to compete internationally with horses purchased and developed under the Lincoln Farm banner is a natural extension of the extensive ownership investment they currently hold in the New Zealand industry.

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“With the success that Lisa has had in Australia in recent years with horses such as Platinum Kingdom some of our current ownership partners have asked that we look further afield for racing opportunities,” explained Street.

“While we remain totally committed to the local industry the opportunities in places like Singapore are very attractive given the structures and incentives they offer.

“Incentives such as starter’s fees, subsidised veterinarian and farrier services along with the fantastic facilities and superior prizemoney levels across the board are very attractive and we are taking a good hard look at how we can best take advantage of that.”

The expansion to one or more international markets is a component of a new operational strategy for Lincoln Farm who have shed their existing broodmare band to fo-

John and Lynne Street: Looking further afield.

cus solely on purchasing their thoroughbred bloodstock interests from Australasian sale opportunities.

“We’ve bought a number of horses from various New Zealand sales in the past two years along with several others from Australia,” noted Street.

“That allows us to purchase a variety of different types that we hope will suit the

opportunities we will have in place for them whilst giving those who want to partner with us in the ownership plenty of choice.”

Currently Lincoln Farm retains a 50 per cent share in all of their horses with a maximum of four partners taken in to each horse through privately negotiated syndicates.

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T McCracken NAL C0f, 457m 3 42128 Allegro Master 21.49 ........................L Ahern 6 F6125 Secret Sprite 21.64 .......................A Speight 1 62452 Bigtime Kaz nwtd .............................L Ahern 4 74313 Trojan Troy 21.99 F & .....................Turnwald 7 44311 Rock On Sprite 21.85 G & .................Denby 2 22431 Weepu nwtd .....................................L Ahern 5 32374 Cawbourne Crazy nwtd................M Roberts 8 41512 Freedom Flyer 21.69 K & ..................Phillips 3 75788 Leroy Jethro nwtd R U & ....................L Bliek 6 53265 Another Rule nwtd ....................J McInerney 9 56443 Uno Orange 21.74 ..........................S Maher 4 48368 Goodtime Mike nwtd ............... T McCracken 7 54327 Kotumba 22.00 L & ............................ Morris 5 2 Bolt Allegro nwtd ..............................L Ahern 8 77224 Joey’s Secret nwtd ..........................J Tanner 10 13825 This Time Pedro 21.53 U & ...............Cottam 6 46525 Big Job Jonesy nwtd ............J Woolston-Bell 9 55577 Boomerang Man 21.96 .............. B Johnston 8 2.21pm INTERISLANDER C2 C2, 375m 7 54616 Te Maari Style nwtd G & ...................S Ross 10 11577 Shinzigzag 21.98 G & ........................Denby 1 66464 Uno Flash nwtd ...............................S Maher 8 76686 Just Like Moon nwtd ..................R N Maisey 2 66373 Bigtime Chip 22.21.........................R Murray 5 1.20pm MANAWATU RACEWAY C1 C1, 457m 2 12.20pm OUTBACK TRADING JACKPOT DOG C0 1 82534 Uno Charm nwtd ..................... T McCracken 3 55711 Gay Thorley 21.82.....................J McInerney 4 33285 It’s A Doll 21.92 ...........................A Turnwald FINAL C0f, 375m 2 x4231 Legal Aid 26.18 .............................. P Lowen 5 37436 Daisy’s Boi nwtd ............................. P Lowen 1 28322 Homebush Pippi nwtd ................R N Maisey 3 16251 Allegro Class 26.12 ..........................L Ahern 6 41835 Toxic Revenge 21.77 .....................A Speight 2 75525 Buzzy As nwtd .................................. R Hunt 4 55672 Pseudonym nwtd .........................M Roberts 7 44268 Flirt With Me 22.03 .................. T McCracken 3 67568 Gummy Gumpsta nwtd G & ..............S Ross 5 18521 Boston Lass 26.29 F &...................Turnwald 8 78Fx7 Homebush Hayley 21.89 .................J Tanner 4 27833 Members Only nwtd .........................L Ahern 6 42276 That’s King 26.60 ........................B Hodgson 9 67472 Thrilling Abra nwtd R U &...................L Bliek 5 314 Here Without You 21.90.............. B Johnston 7 36844 King’s Selection nwtd ............... S Gommans 10 77675 Donky Deep 21.57 G & ......................Denby 6 54287 Wairere Mike nwtd ..........................P Knight 8 11122 Trendy Boy 26.40 .............................L Ahern 7 67685 Cool Gypsy nwtd .............................L Wright 9 2.46pm ADOPT A GREYHOUND C4 C4, 375m 9 54654 Applause nwtd ........................ T McCracken 8 28348 Dark Faerytales nwtd ............... S Gommans 1 85266 Talk It Over 21.55 ................................ L Bell 9 88837 Homebush Magic nwtd K & ............ J Maisey 10 72577 Indefinite Order nwtd............... T McCracken 2 31785 Crystal Wave 21.54 .....................B Hodgson 10 7787 Fijian Dandy nwtd ............................. R Hunt 6 1.40pm PALMERSTON NORTH GREYHOUND RAC- 3 54252 Dolly Peg 21.72 F & .......................Turnwald ING CLUB C2 C2, 457m 4 71376 Ya Laughin’ 21.57 ..........................B Mitchell 3 12.40pm J P PRINT PETONE C1 C1, 375m 1 44311 Magic Arrow nwtd ........................M Roberts 5 24477 Fastback King 21.85 ........................ A Clark 1 47541 Procrastination nwtd R U & ................L Bliek 2 41658 Amy Wineglass 26.53 ..............A Duganzich 6 43324 Sheik ‘Em Up nwtd ............................. N Udy 2 11527 Manu Rama nwtd P & ........................Doody 3 86558 Kay Road 26.67 ..............................S Maher 7 11116 Caesar Queen 21.60 F & ...............Turnwald 3 23363 Dogged Dan 22.01 ............................ R Hunt 8 45114 Flying Trance 21.54 F & .................Turnwald 4 32726 Rocky Baxter 26.27...................J McInerney 4 7413 Wheelie Rascal 22.00 F & .............Turnwald 9 47562 Wee Diger 21.72 ........................ G Hodgson 5 47252 Not Bad nwtd ............................. B Johnston 5 78654 Chelsea’s Beauty 21.75 ............... T Downey 10 58252 Bit Coin 21.73 ..........................A Duganzich 6 56553 Hear Hare Here 26.24 P & .................Doody 6 78867 Rijeka 21.76 ..................................M Gowan 7 73334 All About Amy 26.73 A & .....................

J.Hall 7 23123 War On Terror nwtd ..........................L Ahern 10 3.09pm GREYHOUNDS AS PETS C5 C5, 375m 8 21318 Curious Life 26.11 ...........................M Olden 8 35674 Fire Boy Baxter 21.55 ...............J McInerney 1 13658 Shaga Banga Bang 21.58 G &...........Denby

An opportunity to prove themselves in top company at the Ellerslie Christmas Carnival beckons for two promising members of the Donna & Dean Logan team after impressive performances on their home track last weekend.

Five-year-old gelding To Be Sure shrugged off a 59kilogram impost and seven-day turnaround to post his fourth win from just ten starts as he waged a successful home straight battle with stablemate Big Voices in the second event on the day’s seven race programme.

“It was a really tough effort as he was backing up just seven days after his last run and he had plenty of weight to carry,” noted Donna Logan 24 hours after the victory.

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14445 Lost in Light 21.44............................L Ahern 36833 Embee Dee nwtd ......................J McInerney 64128 Winning Knocka 21.50 .....................L Ahern 32677 Bolt Rama 21.44 P & .........................Doody 17365 Stirling Dann 21.59 ............................ N Udy 75522 Bee Rabbit 21.62 .............................L Ahern 42151 Varga Frost 21.57..........................A Speight 18536 Deathstar 21.76 ............................A Speight 83787 Wise Crack Lad 21.76 .....................M Olden 11 3.28pm WWW.RACINGDOGS.CO.NZ C5 C5, 375m 1 71575 Swapan 21.76 .................................... N Udy 2 54267 Homebush Crash nwtd..............J McInerney 3 11431 Stellar Force 21.45 ................... S Gommans 4 11161 Wild As Angels 21.68 ......................M Olden 5 56314 Cosmic Fury 21.59 ...........................L Ahern 6 11536 Figlia 21.49 G & ................................S Ross 7 36581 Individual Lily 21.57 .........................L Ahern 8 23211 Big Jamesy nwtd F & .....................Turnwald Emergencies: 9 18536 Deathstar 21.76 ............................A Speight 10 13888 Ever So Hopeful 21.51 G & ................Denby 12 3.49pm STEVE THE AUCTIONEER DAVIS C4, 457m 1 5x181 Uno Heidi 26.36 ...............................L Ahern 2 42712 Cider Drinka 26.18 ..........................M Olden 3 67786 Bigtime Dasher 26.17 ......................L Ahern 4 37874 Mammy Brown 26.00 .......................L Ahern 5 23232 Tifino 26.16 ......................................L Ahern 6 25216 Alamein Jah 26.18 K & .....................Phillips 7 11111 Lochinvar Maui 25.84 F & ..............Turnwald 8 45362 Bigtime Jet 26.20 .............................L Ahern Emergencies: 9 24477 Fastback King 26.36 ........................ A Clark 10 68777 El Jetta 26.03 ...................................L Ahern

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www.guardianonline.co.nz CRYPTIC ACROSS 1. Sales area suitable to hold end of line that doesn’t ring true (11) 8. A flier that might annoy, for example, not bright returning (5) 9. Hats for the punters perhaps (7) 10. The most remote pretext remembered as containing it (7) 11. Discover the whereabouts of a vestige (5) 12. The Spanish can leave the descant, none being older (6) 14. Mountain dew might be sort of mist that’s hardly there (6) 18. View by way of getting around the street (5) 19. Traveller has sort-out and gets the story back (7) 21. Totter, first and last, with more than enough to walk over (7) 23. Work to be sung by turncoats? (5) 24. Not much time to put another costume on? Cheat to do so! (5-6)

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15. What pigeon toe does: hands one over to the police!

(5,2) 16. One held who loses head when on the boards (7) 17. Very keen to find a private retreat in painting (6) 18. It’s very necessary Virginia accepts it before fifty (5) 20. Not a one on? No comparison: perhaps it hasn’t been mended (5) 22. Half to adopt a grey animal with long ears (3)

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SATURDAY’S SOLUTIONS CRYPTIC Across 1. Subterraneous 9. Salivated 10. There 11. Edify 12. Theme park 13. Unhallow 15. Mildew 18. Obtain 20. Receiver 23. Inclusive 24. Porch 25. Alone 26. Intensive 27. Flying doctors Down 1. Sostenuto 2. Bullish 3. Envoy 4. Rotation 5. Nodded 6. On the side 7. Steward 8. Clerk 14. Leisurely 16. Worthless 17. Repeated 19. Tick off 21. Vertigo 22. Minion 23. Imago 24. Punic

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YOUR STARS

by Forecasters

ARIES (MAR 21 – APR 20) There is something special happening on the financial front, with your inner drives, passions and fighting spirit starting to fight back.

TAURUS (APR 20 – MAY 21) If your relationships have been in the doldrums it’s time to do something about it, especially as you already know the answers.

GEMINI (MAY 21 – JUNE 22) On the work front or with any stalled project it’s time to come out of your corner fighting, believing in yourself and in what you’re fighting for.

CANCER (JUNE 22 – JULY 24) With the Moon fuelling your emotional responses and Mars your romantic and creative passions, saying no to your heart is no longer an option.

LEO (JULY 24 – AUG 23) It’s on the home and family front that there is a need to pay attention to your emotional responses, especially those that inspire you to take action.

VIRGO (AUG 23 – SEP 23) A communication breakthrough is possible today, with the stars aligning to provide the courage and motivation needed to speak out.

LIBRA (SEP 23 – OCT 23) As well as giving you a nose for money today’s lunar vibes will add fuel to a sense of entitlement and a belief in what you deserve.

SCORPIO (OCT 23 – NOV 24) If you haven’t done so already there is a chance and a need today to start taking your power back, even if to start with it’s just one step at a time.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV 24 – DEC 21) No matter how busy your schedule or how little time you have for navel gazing, that’s exactly what you need today.

CAPRICORN (DEC 21 – JAN 20) The tide has turned on the social front and with a team spirit now alive and well and the laws of synchronicity in effect, dare to follow your hunches.

AQUARIUS (JAN 20 – FEB 19) As your professional instincts, passions and fighting spirit align with the power to move mountains this will reveal what excites you.

PISCES (FEB 19 – MAR 21) While your professional star is on the rise there is a sense of wanderlust, curiosity and adventure in the air today that there is no getting around.

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Family Notices 22 Ashburton Guardian DEATHS

BUICK, Annie Elizabeth, (Betty) On August 2, 2014 passed away peacefully at Ashburton.

In her 98th year. Betty was the loved second daughter of Annie Clemintina and Hugh Edmond Buick (Oamaru). Dearly loved sister and sister-in-law of Alice and Jack Couper (Te Puke) (both deceased), Robbie (Bob) and Doris Buick (Ashburton) (both deceased), Mavis and Arthur Hellewell (Dunedin) (both deceased), Valmai and Ernie Ludemann (Ashburton), June and Stewart Walker (Dunedin) (both deceased) and John and Joyce Buick (Oamaru) (both deceased). Very special and much loved aunt of her nieces and nephews and their families. Many thanks for the wonderful care extended to Betty by the staff while Betty was in residential care. A celebration of Betty’s life will be held at St David’s Union Church, Allens Road, Ashburton on Thursday August 7, commencing at 1.30pm. Followed by cremation at Ashburton Crematorium.

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MAX 15 OVERNIGHT MIN 0 Adored husband of the late Ash bur to Kath. Beloved father of Sarah, Geraldine n Midnight Tonight and the late Jane and fatherCanterbury owned, in-law of Peter. Treasured Ra n locally operated gitata Granddad of Dan, Bridget, Nicholas and Pip; Jacques Patersons and Genevieve and his many great grandchildren.

Funeral Services TIMARU Son of the late John and 11 and Ashburton Jane, brother of Phyllis, the late Bert, and Maurice. Mes- Crematorium Ltd sages to Von Tunzelmann Family, PO Box 472 AshburOffice and Chapel ton. Donation to the AshburCorner East & Cox ton Lions Club would be much Streets, Ashburton appreciated and may be left at Waimate the service. Grateful thanks to Wind km/h Monday, 4 August 2014 NZ Situation the team at Coldstream Rest less than 30 Westerlies spread over the country tomorrow. A front in home who cared for Von so fine mainly isolated cloudy drizzle drizzle few showers compassionately. this flow moves onto southern New Zealand tomorrow fine showers clearing showers “A life well lived. Thanks 30 to 59 night and weakens as it crosses the country on Wednesday. for the special memoNorthwesterlies strengthen from late Wednesday, ahead of ries Von. Rest in peace.” fog isolated snow sleet thunder rain snow hail 60 plus a more active front which crosses much of the country on A service to celebrate Von’s thunder flurries life will be held at Our Chapel, Thursday, followed by colder showery southwesterlies.

MID CANTERBURY Corner East and Cox Streets, FUNERAL SERVICES overnight Ashburton on Saturday Canterbury Plains NZ Today Canterbury High Country max low August 9, commencing at Galbraith’s provide choice!

Auckland showers 14 6 TODAY TODAY FZL: Rising to 1400m for a time 10.30am. Followed by cremaGalbraith’s We have a team of highly respected, professional funeral directors and Fine.

Paterson’s Funeral Services tion at Ashburton Crematocelebrants. We offer you complete funeral care including pre-arrangement, Fine with morning frosts. Northeasterlies Hamilton cloudy 13 0 provide choice! and your choice of venue, funeral celebrants and catering.

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Kelsey, and Shania; Mia, and classifieds@theguardian.co.nzOfficial Opening 18 Feb - 9am til 4pm THURSDAY Joseph; Aspen, and Phoebe; FUNERAL WEDNESDAY Brief rain. Strong gusty northwesterlies, Any queries and Ella, and Georgia. MesBecoming fine in the morning with W. NW please contact FURNISHERS sages to Shanks family PO followed by a change to cold southerlies.

0800 Box 472, Ashburton 7700. A rising to severe gale evening with late rain MASTER ASHBURTON FRIDAY Funeral Mass for Allan will be about the divide, falling as snow above 1200m.

(0800-274-287). MONUMENTAL MASON Showers with snow down to 400 metres. held at the Church of the Holy THURSDAY Name, Sealy Street, AshE.B. CARTER LTD Cold southwesterlies, strong in exposed burton on Tuesday August 5, Heavy snow setting in, but only scattered For all subscriber places.

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6am Breakfast The Breakfast team presents news, interviews, weather and information.

9am Good Morning 10am The Chase 0 11am The Renovation Game A team of up-and-coming builders and designers put their fees on the line if they fail to raise a property’s value.

Noon One News 0 12:30 Emmerdale PGR James is left frustrated; Moira tries to be supportive; Marlon and Nicola are left feeling guilty. 0 1:30 Come Dine With Me UK PGR 2pm Four Weddings PGR 0 3pm Dickinson’s Real Deal 3:55 Te Karere 2 0 4:25 The Chase 0 5:25 Millionaire – Hot Seat 0 6pm One News 0

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7pm Seven Sharp 0 7:30 Border Security A traveller is unshaken by positive drug readings from his suitcase; a travelling musician says she has special powers, but fails to predict what Immigration has in store for her. 0 8pm The Force 3 0 8:30 Criminal Minds AO 0 9:30 Intelligence AO 0 10:25 One News Tonight 0 10:55 Alcatraz AO 3 0

6am Creflo Dollar 6:30 Tiki Tour 3 0 6:55 Buzzy Bee And Friends 3 0 7am Gravity Falls 3 0 7:25 Back At The Barnyard 3 0 7:50 Transformers Prime 0 8:15 Dinosaur Train 3 0 8:25 Fireman Sam 3 0 8:35 Mike The Knight 3 0 8:50 Fireman Sam 3 0 9am Infomercials 10:30 Baby Daddy 3 0 11am Neighbours 3 0 11:30 Home And Away 3 0 Noon Shortland Street PGR 3 0 12:30 Two And A Half Men AO 3 0 1pm Jeremy Kyle PGR 2pm Jeremy Kyle USA PGR 3pm According To Jim 3 0 3:28 Angry Birds Toons 0 3:30 Robot And Monster 3 0 4pm Jessie 0 4:30 The 4:30 Show 5pm America’s Funniest Home Videos 3 0 5:30 Home And Away 0 6pm Friends 3 0 6:30 Neighbours 0 7pm Shortland Street PGR Kylie uses her sexuality inappropriately; Sarah puts others at risk; Brooke suspects the worst. 0 8pm My Kitchen Rules 0 9:30 Grey’s Anatomy AO 0 10:30 N Shameless AO Lip has difficulty at college; Debbie discovers boys; Carl enters puberty; Frank is worse than ever medically; Fiona dates her boss. 0

11:50 The Missing PGR On a summer morning in 1998, Johnny Isinger went for his regular walk in Kaiteretere, but never returned. 0 12:50 Te Karere 3 2 0 1:15 Infomercials 5:05 Impact For Life 5:35 Te Karere 3 2 0

11:40 Happy Endings PGR 3 0 12:30 Devious Maids AO 3 0 1:25 Infomercials 2:25 Gossip Girl PGR 3 0 3:15 Pretty Little Liars 3 0 3:55 Bethenny PGR 3 4:40 The 4:30 Show 3 5:05 Neighbours 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

CHOICE TV 6am Benny Hinn 6:30 Walking Through History With Tony Robinson 7:30 Martin Shaw – Aviators 8am Monty Hall’s Great Escapes – Beachcomber Cottage 9:20 Return To River Cottage 10am Sarah Beeny’s Selling Houses 11am Lonely Planet – Best Parks Ever 11:30 Gourmet Farmer Noon The Jonathan Ross Show PGR 1pm New Zealand Design And Architecture 2pm Walking Through History With Tony Robinson 3pm The Picker Sisters 3:30 Untamed Asia 4pm Bread With Paul Hollywood 4:30 Pioneer Women 5pm Location, Location, Location 6pm Catch And Cook – World 6:30 House Crashers 7pm Extreme Collectors 7:30 Lonely Planet – The Odyssey 8pm Holiday – Heaven On Earth 8:30 Coast 10pm Lonely Planet – 1000 Ultimate Experiences 10:30 Extreme Collectors 11pm Location, Location, Location

TUESDAY

Midnight House Crashers 12:30 Benny Hinn 1am The Picker Sisters 1:30 Untamed Asia 2am Bread With Paul Hollywood 2:30 Pioneer Women 3am Catch And Cook – World 3:30 Classical Destinations 4am Lonely Planet – The Odyssey 4:30 Coast

TV THREE 6am 3 News – Firstline 8:30 Infomercials 11:25 The Nanny PGR 3 0 Noon 3 News 12:30 Dr Phil AO A mother concerned with her daughter’s interest in converting to Islam seeks advice.

1:30 The Dr Oz Show PGR Weightloss expert Joel Fuhrman and Dr Oz discuss the most popular diets and why they fail, and how to increase longevity, lose weight, and never count calories again.

2:30 Rachael Ray 3:30 The Queen Latifah Show 4:30 Entertainment Tonight 5pm The Simpsons 3 0 5:25 Million Dollar Minute 6pm 3 News 7pm Campbell Live 7:30 Territory Cops PGR 3 0 8pm Road Madness PGR 3 0 8:30 M The Incredible Hulk AO 3 2008 Action.

Fugitive Dr Bruce Banner must use the genetic accident that transforms him into a giant to stop a dangerous former soldier.

Edward Norton, Liv Tyler. 0 10:45 The Paul Henry Show 11:15 Sons Of Anarchy AO 3 Samcro’s first foray into its new business venture, a trip to Tucson, is complicated by a dispute with the local SOA chapter, Samtaz. 0 12:15 Infomercials 5:30 City Impact Church

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10am Korero Mai 3 11am Toku Reo 3 Noon Korero Mai 3 1pm Toku Reo 3 2pm Korero Mai 3 3pm Kai Time On The Road 3 3:30 Dora Maataatoa 4pm SpongeBob Tarau Porowhaa 4:30 Pukana 2 5pm Toi Whakaari 2 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Nga Pari Karangaranga o te Motu

THE BOX 6am Law And Order MV 6:50 The Simpsons PG 7:15 Parking Wars PGL 7:40 America’s Funniest Home Videos PG 8:05 Survivor – Marquesas PG 8:55 Criminal Intent MV 9:45 SVU MV 10:35 NCIS PGV 11:25 SmackDown! MC 1:05 Whose Line Is It Anyway? PG 1:30 Criminal Intent MV 2:20 Law And Order MV 3:10 Survivor – Marquesas PG 4pm Parking Wars PGL 4:30 The Simpsons PG 5pm Criminal Intent MV 6pm America’s Funniest Home Videos PG 6:30 The Simpsons PG 7pm Parking Wars PGL 7:30 NCIS PGV 8:30 No Man’s Land M 9:30 CSI – New York MV 10:30 SVU MV 11:30 NCIS PGV

TUESDAY

12:30 Survivor – Marquesas PG 1:20 Whose Line Is It Anyway? PG 1:45 Law And Order MV 2:35 SVU MV 3:25 No Man’s Land M 4:15 CSI – New York MV 5:10 Whose Line Is It Anyway? PG 5:35 America’s Funniest Home Videos PG

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6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Peppa Pig 3 7am Sticky TV 3 7:30 Max Steel 3 7:55 The Wild Thornberrys 3 8:20 Chuggington 3 8:30 Ready, Steady, Wiggles 8:45 Peppa Pig 3 8:55 The Moe Show 0 9:05 Bob The Builder 3 9:15 Thomas And Friends 3 9:25 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom 9:35 Barney And Friends 3 10am Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Pingu 3 3pm Sticky TV 4:30 Smash!

6pm Everybody Hates Chris PGR 30 6:30 Just Shoot Me! 3 0 7pm The Simpsons 0 7:30 How I Met Your Mother PGR 8pm Bad Teacher PGR 8:30 N New Girl PGR 9pm Crazy Ones PGR 9:25 Community PGR When the group’s science project is ruined, they hunt for the culprit and hold a trial, over which the reluctant Professor Kane presides.

9:55 Raising Hope 10:25 American Horror Story AO

6am Good Morning Glasgow 8am Commonwealth Games Closing Ceremony 10:30 Home Shopping Noon The Doctors PGR 1pm The Test PGR Celebrities and viewers answer moral questions.

2pm Bondi Rescue PGR 3 2:30 Whose Line Is It Anyway?

UK PGR 3 3pm Harry’s Practice 3 3:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 4pm The Late Show With David Letterman 3 5pm Deal Or No Deal 5:30 Prime News 6pm Glasgow 2014 Review Show Coverage of the many achievements from the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.

11:20 Entertainment Tonight 11:45 Infomercials

11:50 The Late Show With David Letterman A late-night comedy and talk show.

12:55 Home Shopping 1:25 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

1:55 Home Shopping

7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 Best of Top Gear PGR 3 8:30 F The Moaning of Life AO Karl begins a cultural journey of death and grieving, where he goes coffin shopping, visits the working dead, and is taught how to cry.

9:30 Ready, Set, Glasgow 10pm Glasgow 2014 Review Show

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8:30 Motorsport – V8 Supercars (Highlights) Ipswich 400 – Race 23.

9am Motorsport – V8 Supercars (Highlights) Ipswich 400 – Race 24.

9:30 Motorsport – V8 Supercars (Highlights) Ipswich 400 – Race 25.

10am Cricket – Twenty20 Blast (Replay) Quarter-final Four – Teams TBA. 1:30 Golf Central 2:30 Cricket – International (Highlights) England v India – Third Test, Day Five.

3pm Sky Sports News UK 3:30 Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) Round 21 Sunday.

4pm Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) Raiders v Warriors.

4:30 Rugby League – 40/20 5pm Golf Central 6pm Golf – World Golf Championships (Highlights) 7pm Arena Access A show that highlights upcoming payper-view events in boxing, wrestling and mixed martial arts.

7:30 Motorsport – Le Mans Classic (Highlights) From Sarthe, France.

8:30 #SkyRugby – Breakdown 9pm Rugby – Super Rugby (Replay) Final – Waratahs v Crusaders. From ANZ Stadium, Sydney.

11:30 Golf Focus 12:30 Golf – World Golf Championships (Highlights) 1:30 Rugby League – NRL (Replay) 3:30 Monday Night With Matty Johns 4:30 Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) 5am Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) 5:30 Rugby League – 40/20

SKY SPORT 2 6:30 Ako 2 7pm Te Kaea 3 2 7:30 #Hakanation Show hosted by Ria Hall that takes kapa haka to the nation.

8pm Re-Think PGR Looking for a way out of the energy trap.

8:30 Native Affairs 9:30 Firefly AO 10:30 Focus 3 11pm Te Kaea 3 2 11:30 Closedown

DISCOVERY 6am Auction Kings PG 6:30 Deadliest Catch PG 7:30 Man v Wild PG 8:30 MythBusters PG 9:30 Treehouse Masters PG 10:30 Bear Grylls – Escape From Hell M 11:30 Dates From Hell M Noon Dates From Hell M 12:30 Southern Fried Homicide M 1:30 Crimes That Shook The World M 2:30 Sons Of Guns M 3:30 Dukes Of Haggle PG 4pm Auction Kings PG 4:30 Gold Rush PG 5:30 MythBusters PG 6:30 Rods ‘n’ Wheels PG 7:30 Auction Hunters PG 8pm Auction Hunters PG 8:30 MythBusters PG 9:30 Magic Of Science PG 10pm The Mind Control Freaks M 10:30 Auction Kings PG 11pm Web Of Lies M

TUESDAY

Midnight Stalked – Someone’s Watching M 12:30 Stalked – Someone’s Watching M 1am Stolen Voices, Buried Secrets M 1:30 Stolen Voices, Buried Secrets M 2am Dirty Jobs PG 3am Deadliest Catch PG 4am Extreme Forensics M 5am Dirty Jobs PG

10am Golf Central 11am Motorsport – World Rally Championship (Highlights) Rally Finland – Day Three.

11:30 Motorcycling – British Superbike Championship (Highlights) Round Six – Thruxton.

12:30 Golf – World Golf Championships (Highlights) Bridgestone Invitational – Round Four.

Ready, Set, Glasgow Community 1:30 Sky Sport – What’s On 9:30pm on Prime 9:25pm on FOUR 2pm Motorsport – World Rally Championship (Highlights) Rally MOVIES PREMIERE MOVIES GREATS Finland – Day Three.

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Mid Canterbury captain Jon Dampney stretches out to score the first of his two tries against Southland at Centennial Park in Oamaru on Saturday.

Inset: An historic scoreboard.

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Hammers hunt down Stags

By Jonathan Leask

Jonathan.l@theguardian.co.nz

Mid Canterbury secured a historic win when Murray Williams’ last minute penalty sealed a 40-38 win over Southland in Oamaru in a pre-season rugby match on Saturday.

The Hammers hadn’t secured a win over the likes of Southland since the 90s, but produced a magnificent fightback to stun the Stags - despite having 15 players from the squad unavailable.

Even with the the lengthy list of missing players, Glenn Moore had asked for the same level of attitude and commitment that the side displayed last month against another ITM Cup side, Counties Manukau, and he certainly received it and more.

“The young guys stood up today which was all that we asked from them and everyone just lifted.

“It shows we have a bit of depth and there is certainly a lot

of competition for places.

The guys that were unavailable will come back in knowing that the standard has been set.

“The attitude is there now that every time this team goes out we are expecting to win, and they showed that.”

After a rusty start, and a period of missed tackles, the Hammers showed a superior skill set and fitness, while Southland had the edge in the set piece.

Southland were missing their Super Rugby players, but they were still heavy favourites to come out with the win over a Heartland Championship team outclassed 10-46 by fellow ITM Cup side Counties Manukau last month.

After conceding an early try Williams laid on a try for Sam Houston but couldn’t convert.

Within 10 minutes Southland ran in three soft tries to lead 24-5 and a blowout seemed ominous.

The Hammers fought back.

Jon Dampney took a quick tap,

found Josh Nonu and received the ball back to score.

Williams converted before he laid on another try from a second scything run, before looping the ball out wide for Nonu to force himself over with three defenders on his back.

The sideline conversion made it 17-24 at the break, as Southland showed signs of slowing down.

Nete Caucau set up the next try, breaking through the midfield before he linked with Andrew Smith, and Williams converted to level the scores.

Smith then looked to have turned provider but his inside pass couldn’t be regathered by Cawte Whiting with the try-line begging.

The setback was short-lived as Dampney went in for his second try under the posts to have Mid Canterbury in the lead for the first time in the match. Williams converted and a penalty soon after stretched the Hammers’ lead out to 10 points.

Mark Jackman: Try on debut

Mid Canterbury looked like they were on top, but within an instant Southland snatched back the lead.

Whiting had a kick charged down that was run around under the posts and his replacement, Jake Ashby, suffered the same fate, gifting Mid Canterbury product Mark Jackman a try on debut for Southland, which he

converted for the Stags to lead 38-34 with 10 to go.

The opportunity looked to have slipped away but again the Hammers dug in.

Williams missed a penalty shot from 52m but made no mistake moments later from closer range to bring the game back within one.

A strong run from Seta Koroitmamana moved the Hammers back within range, where they received a penalty and Williams hammered home the winner.

Even with the big scalp on the mantle, it is only the start of campaign and Moore said they have plenty to work on.

With some big calibre players to come back in and the benefits of more time together, Mid Canterbury loom as favourites to defend the Meads Cup, but October is a long way off.

The next step is Heartland rivals South Canterbury in a nonHanan Shield pre-season match in Ashburton this Saturday.