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Ashburton’s new kerbside wheelie bin collection could add 11 per cent to rates, but it will do nothing to reduce the amount of organic waste finding its way to landfill.

After lengthy community consultation, the Ashburton District Council ticked off the new collection scheme, but its draft waste management plan shows that un-

less a third bin is added to the project, organic waste will continue to make up 50 per cent of Ashburton’s kerbside rubbish collection.

At yesterday’s meeting of the council’s service delivery committee councillors debated the plan, how it should be introduced and how the anticipated impact on rates could be reduced. The community will have an opportunity to have input on the plan as part

of the council’s mid-year annual plan process.

The wheelie bin collection will start in July, 2017, and will impact on rates in the 2017-18 year.

Council waste minimisation manager Craig Goodwin said the organic waste option was the ideal, but during the consultation process the community had thrown it out as too expensive.

“The community has made its

choices and we’ll now go to the market and see what they come back with,” he said.

“Green waste bins are not part of the picture. I was instructed to look at possible food waste bins, but that would have a significant impact on cost.”

Currently the average household spends $112 a year on black council rubbish bags and this could double when bins were in-

troduced, Ashburton Mayor Angus McKay said.

However, if a user-pay system was used through the identification of bins as they were emptied, low users would not be subsidising the scheme, he said.

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Wasp plague stings Ashburton

By Caitlin Porter

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Thousands upon thousands of wasps have made Ashburton their home this summer, much to the dismay of residents.

Allenton resident Alex Ching and her husband Bruce are recovering after an unpleasant encounter with a large wasp nest earlier this week.

While pruning Mrs Ching knocked a 20-year-old dead tree stump sitting in the bottom of the garden.

Much to her surprise it started moving and toppled, revealing a large wasp nest.

With hundreds of angry wasps buzzing around the backyard, Mrs Ching’s husband came to her aid and ended up getting badly stung.

Only a year old, the nest was likely to have kept growing, Mrs Ching said.

Sprayed by local pest controller AJ Kerr, there were no longer wasps lurking around the Chings’ backyard, but the pair said they would wait until the weekend to dispose of the tree stump for fear of being stung.

Mr Kerr said he often dealt to wasps and the nest – which had the proportions of a basketball – was of good size, although he had seen larger.

This summer had been particularly busy for Mr Kerr, who was busy spraying a number of nests all over the district.

Due to the exceptionally cold winter, Mr Kerr said he was not expecting wasps to be as much of a problem this summer, but they were and had been for some time.

They started causing problems before Christmas which was very early, but it was expected

Above – Ashburton resident Alex Ching was horrified to find a large colony of wasps living in her garden.

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Inset – The nest, complete with wasp larvae ready to hatch. they would ease off as the colder weather crept in, he said.

As to why there were so many wasps around, Mr Kerr said there was no rhyme nor reason.

Methven Primary principal Chris Murphy said his school had also been experiencing an issue with wasps.

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out of retirement to deal with four nests that were found on the property and quickly came across two more. Mr Murphy said there had only been one incident with

the wasps when a child was stung earlier this week.

People experiencing issues with wasps are advised to contact a pest controller.

Organic waste still huge in wheelie bin plan From P1 “We want to give people the opportunity to discuss this plan again at the same time as the annual plan. Council staff are doing what we’ve asked them to do and

we’re trying to find the best bang for our buck.”

“Staff are doing their best to lower the costs so that this will come down considerably per household,” he said.

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Peter Reveley wanted the waste plan and the annual plan discussions to be at different times.

“This is a serious issue, a major issue. It’s our heads that are on the block,” he said.

Doing that would double the costs said council community relations manager Vincie Billante.

“Do it at the same time and you can have your hearings at the same time. If you consult too

many times, people get consultation fatigue,” she said.

The waste minimisation plan is the council’s strategy to reduce residual waste making its way to landfill over the next six years.

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Mayfield students get gardening

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Mayfield School has recruited parents to help budding young gardeners get their gloves on.

The school held a meeting on Wednesday for parents interested in helping members of the garden club one lunchtime a week.

Principal Richard Kidd said there were about five parents interested in helping the children who have been growing vegetables, herbs and flowers.

“We’ve got really good garden facilities here.”

The garden was created by the school’s Room 2 students with the help of Mid Canterbury ecowarrior Sheryl Stivens last year.

The class is also in charge of looking after the garden and the school is hoping to enter some of the flowers in the Mayfield A&P Show next month.

Right – Mayfield School student Ella Mielnik, 8, pulls out some weeds in the school’s garden.

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Youth encouraged into good jobs

By RuBy HaRfield

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Mid Canterbury’s youth are being encouraged to pursue careers with good job prospects.

The Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment released their 2016 Occupation Outlook report and mobile app on Tuesday which contains information to help job seekers and students make good study and career decisions.

The report provides an overview of job prospects, income levels and training requirements for different career paths.

Jobs with good prospects include electricians, ICT and business systems analysts, farmers and farm managers, hospitality

workers and doctors.

Ashburton College principal Grant McMillan said they have had a number of students in the past working towards some of the jobs with higher prospects through their Gateway and Trades Experiences programmes.

Students can also do apprenticeships and training in Mid Canterbury through their own volition for trades’ roles such as carpentry, electrical and plumbing, and are encouraged by the school to focus on careers with good job prospects.

Others may need to leave the district to train in fields such as engineering and veterinary science but can always come back to Mid Canterbury because there

are jobs available, he said.

Most students at the Ashburton College pursue jobs with higher prospects, but there are always a few that go for careers where it is harder to get a job, such as acting.

The prospects are a direct reflection of the New Zealand economy, Mr McMillan said.

Students are encouraged to make use of Occupation Outlook’s app because of the amount of information on each industry which is available.

Grow Mid Canterbury chief executive Rob Brawley said Mid Canterbury is slightly different to the other parts of the country in terms of prospects because it has a stronger agricultural focus.

This means there are a lot of opportunities for farming and its support services, but less for ICT because Ashburton is not a large city.

However, the ICT industry should grow in Mid Canterbury in the next few years, he said.

“I think we’re going to see more opportunities in sectors such as ICT and engineering as we develop.”

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■ ASHBURTON BOROUGH SCHOOL

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Parking issues continue

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Ashburton Borough School’s parking woes continue after rain caused delays for new restrictions and road markings.

Congestion issues during pick-up and drop-off times, due to people parking outside the school all day, lead the school to request P120 parking restrictions on the school boundary of Short and Park streets last year.

Instead, council approved parking restrictions of 15 minutes along parts of Short and Winter streets from 8am-9.30am and 2.45pm-4pm on weekdays, with signs and road markings due to be completed by the beginning of the 2016 school year.

Ashburton District Council urban contracts engineer Hernando Marilla said this had been delayed due to heavy rain over the last few weeks.

The contractors could not lay the markings while the road was wet, he said.

Most of the signs were installed this week but the rest and the markings will be done next week.

They have also had to change their original plans of having restrictions on both Short Street and the cul-de-sac on Winter Street, because this area is too narrow, Mr Marilla said.

There are currently yellow

Vandals cost ratepayers more than $12,500 in November and December in damage around the Ashburton District. The biggest ticket repair job came with the Rakaia toilets where urinals and mirrors had to be replaced at a cost of $7300 while road signs that had to be replaced or repaired came at a cost of $3500. Damage was also caused to toilets in East Street and the Ashburton Domain, to the domain flag pool and several cherry trees, to a tree on the West and Kermode streets corner and to the East street fountain.

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Several P15 signs have been installed by the Ashburton District Council outside Ashburton Borough School to resolve congestion issues.

PHOTO AMANDA KONYN 110216-AK-027 lines in this area, which will stay, but their contractor accidently put P15 signs here when installing the other signs and these will need to be removed.

Once the work is completed there will be about 11 restricted parking spaces.

These will be monitored and if there is more demand, council would look at other options such as making more restricted parks available on Short and Park streets, he said.

“We will monitor it over the next few months.”

Ashburton Borough School business manager Kate Bond said because of the delays they had not noticed an improvement and they would have to wait and see if the restrictions would help.

“It is still very congested in the afternoons.”

■ GENERAL ELECTION

Labour Party seeks Rangitata candidate early The Labour Party plans to seek nominations within the next two weeks as they aim to install an early Rangitata candidate for next year’s election.

The party is undertaking an early selection after a disastrous choice of candidate for the 2014

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General Election, when Timaru businessman Steve Gibson embarrassed the party with a number of outbursts.

Rangitata Labour Electorate Committee (LEC) chairman Glen Cameron said the committee wanted to install a new candi-

date early, so that person could get to know people across the electorate.

The LEC was to make an application to the party’s governing body for an early selection process, and if approved, it would begin calling for candidates.

He confirmed Hinds Early Childhood Centre owner Jo Luxton was planning to put her name forward.

She was a “very credible person”, however, he wanted anyone else who was interested to also apply.

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Between March and December last year, 1100 building consents were issued by the council, down from 1242 the previous year.

The numbers might not be falling, but the residential sector was still strong and had remained so for about three years, Mr Wong said.

“And I’m pretty comfortable these will stay at a reasonable level,” he said.

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The ticket was sold at AJ’s Lotto in Tauranga and struck the jackpot in the Big Wednesday draw. But Lotto spokeswoman Amelia Mazur said the winner was yet to come forward. “We’ll be keeping an eye open. You’ve got 12 months to claim and it really depends on the winner [how long they take]. Last time someone won this much, it took them eight days.” AJ’s Lotto owner, Linda Seng, also hadn’t seen the winner. But that couldn’t keep the smile off her face.

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School bus crash A person has been taken to hospital with moderate injuries after a crash between a school bus and two cars in Christchurch yesterday morning. Ian Henderson, St John Ambulance South Island communications manager, said the injured person was taken by ambulance to Christchurch Hospital. Twenty-five others, including schoolchildren who were in the bus, were assessed at the scene and did not need treatment.

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Child sex pictures A West Coast man was sentenced to eight months’ home detention when he admitted possessing child sex abuse pictures, including some of babies. Stephen Marshall Neill, 27, unemployed, had earlier pleaded guilty to possessing objectionable publications – 250 computer image files depicting the sexual abuse of children aged about six months through to early teenage years. An Internal Affairs inspector tracked Neill to a West Coast address after a tipoff from Microsoft Hotmail and the United States’ National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children.

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Murder charge A man has been charged with murder after the death of a 61-year-old man at a house north of Whangarei on Wednesday night. Investigations are continuing at the Ngararatunua property where there was an armed police stand-off that evening. The Armed Offenders Squad was called to the Church Rd address at 6.30pm. Cordons were placed at either end of the road. The offender was taken into custody without incident. About 16 staff are working on the case, including forensic specialists from Environmental Science and Research.

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■ AGE CONCERN ASHBURTON

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Ashburton is only weeks away from hosting its first ever positive ageing expo.

Age Concern Ashburton will host the expo on March 3, and has already garnered a lot of attraction from stall holders.

President Trish Small said the indoor event had been in the works for well over a year and was targeted not only at over

65s but also to families of elderly people, or people who wanted to plan ahead for their retirement.

With 50 stalls booked out, the expo will feature health professionals, banks, community law, local support services and service clubs, government agencies, the Canterbury District Health Board and the Ashburton District Council, the event is bound to attract attention.

The local group decided to

host its own expo due to the success of the annual ageing expos held by Age Concern Canterbury in Christchurch.

“Absolutely delighted” with the level of interest, Mrs Small said all that was left to do now was to organise the floor plan.

Age Concern’s fall prevention demonstration Steady As You Go will also be shown to interested parties.

Knife sharpening will also be

operating, for a small fee.

The expo will take place on March 3, at the Ashburton Racecourse and run from 10am until 3pm.

Held indoors, a gold coin donation will be accepted upon entry and light refreshments will be provided.

Parking at the venue is free.

For more information contact Age Concern Ashburton on 03 308 6817.

■ NEW MEDICAL CENTRE

Clearance has side benefits

By Caitlin Porter

Collectors will hit the streets of Ashburton tomorrow for the annual Heart Foundation Appeal.

Mid Cantabrians are asked to give generously to the appeal which aids the Heart Foundation in their work and also funds research and helps to raise the awareness of heart attack symptoms.

Hit by car A woman, aged in her 20s, was transported by St John ambulance to Ashburton Hospital with moderate injuries after being hit by a car while walking at the intersection of Wakanui Road and Albert Street at 9.17pm on Wednesday.

Clarification The Mayfield Playcentre was inadvertently left out of a list of Mid Canterbury Playcentres published in a story last week.

It is one of seven active Playcentres in the region.

The Christchurch cyclist killed in a collision with a train was wellknown local man Richard Chandler.

Police said the 52-year-old died after the incident at the Fendalton Rd railway crossing at 8.11am yesterday. Senior Sergeant Roy Appley said investigations to determine what led to the tragic - NZME event were continuing.

14-year-old charged

The old Medifab building is on the way out and soon the site will be home to a brand new medical centre.

PHOTO AMANDA KONYN 110216-AK-019 it would remain until a suitable permanent location is found.

An ideal location would be close to town and easily accessible for all members, Mr Stewart said.

However, it could be a couple of years until something is found.

“It might be a long time before

we find somewhere to put it but at least we have got it,” he said.

“The opportunity was too good to let the shed go by.”

The group currently leases a shed located on Methven Highway and will remain there for the foreseeable future.

Mr Stewart said the group was

very grateful for Mr Donaldson’s generosity as well as other local businesses including Westside Hire and Mid Canterbury Building Removals.

Mr Donaldson said it made sense to donate the old building to the group. “I just think it’s a great thing for the community,”

■ POLICE CHASE

Baby boy flown to Starship after car crash A baby boy is lying seriously ill in Starship Children’s Hospital after the car he was in crashed during a police chase.

The five-month-old was in the rear of a silver car which rolled onto its roof after the driver lost control on State Highway 16, near Kumeu, just before 11am yesterday.

A witness described skid marks 200m long at the crash scene.

The baby was flown by Westpac Rescue Helicopter to Starship

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The Allens Road site once home to Medifab is now being cleared, to make way for a brand new medical centre.

Allenton’s new two-storey medical centre complete with pharmacy, radiology services, physiotherapy and large carpark is set to be constructed this year, with the build process likely to take 12 months.

Also benefitting from the demolition are members of the Ashburton Menz Shed.

The group was gifted the large Grieves Transport building next door to Medifab by contractor Greg Donaldson.

Mr Donaldson’s company GDC Ltd was charged with clearing the site to allow South Link Health Services to construct its new integrated family health centre.

Menz Shed committee member Dave Stewart said the project was being overseen by Menz Shed member and former builder Dick Hansen and already a handful of Menz Shed volunteers have been busy down at the construction site, removing sheets of iron from around the side of the building, to aid in its transportation.

The plan was to move the building to Ashburton Contracting Limited’s yard, where

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Children’s Hospital and a hospital spokeswoman said he was in a stable condition.

Police confirmed the male driver of the car, who has been arrested and is under police guard in Auckland City Hospital, was fleeing police when the crash occurred outside Cooper’s Creek Vineyard.

He has moderate injuries, and a woman sitting in the front seat was also taken to Auckland City Hospital with moderate to minor

injuries. The pursuit began when police attempted to stop the vehicle, according to the statement. “[It was being stopped] for driving at excessive speed. The driver failed to stop and was accelerating away from police when the driver has lost control and the car rolled.”

No other vehicles or people were involved, police said.

A photo of the car posted on the Waimauku Facebook page showed it lying upside down and

with what looked like a pram next to it.

Elaine Chamberlain walked past the crash and saw skid marks diagonally across the road. The car was “completely destroyed”, she said.

“Its windows are gone and doors are smashed in.”

A large number of emergency services’ staff also attended the crash, including six St John ambulances and firefighters.

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A 14-year-old boy has been charged with dangerous driving causing death after a crash in Masterton which claimed the lives of two 15-year-olds. The boy, who has automatic name suppression because of his age, appeared in Masterton District Court yesterday afternoon where the fresh charge was laid. He had earlier been charged with driving while forbidden, failing to stop for police and unlawfully getting into a stolen car.

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Bad timing The timing of a teenage murderer’s release from prison could be reviewed if it clashes with the anniversary of her victim’s death.

After being locked up for more than half of her life, the Parole Board, in a decision released on Wednesday, has decided Natalie Fenton will be released from prison in April. She and two other teenagers, sister Katrina Fenton and Daniella Bowman, were found guilty of murdering South Auckland man Raymond Mullins on April 1, 1999.

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Unexplained death A 54-year-old woman has been found dead outside her home in Papakura. She was pronounced dead by ambulance staff at the scene. “Inquiries are currently being completed to establish the circumstances surrounding her death,” police said. A person whose family lives on the street told the Herald there had been yelling and shouting from the house shortly before an ambulance arrived. At least two women were seen arguing on the front lawn.

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■ FAMILY FIRST

Anti-smacking law challenged ClaiRe TReveTT Family First has reignited its calls for the anti-smacking law to be changed to allow light smacking, saying child abuse and welfare statistics show no improvement since the law was passed in 2007.

Family First has released a report on the impact of the antismacking law, including analysis of changes in statistics in areas such as child abuse, neglect and behavioural problems since 2007.

Family First has long lobbied against the anti-smacking law, saying it was unnecessary and would lead to parents being punished for trivial offences.

National director Bob McCoskrie said none of the relevant social indicators for abuse and welfare had significantly improved since the anti-smacking law passed in 2007, despite claims at the time that it would help to address child abuse.

“The fact is so many social indicators around the welfare of children prove we simply are not tackling the real causes of child abuse.

It also proves the law has been completely ineffective in terms of tackling the problem it was supposed to confront.”

The report calls on the Government to change the law to allow light smacking, provided it was with the hand – a measure National had unsuccessfully tried to get included in the bill in 2007.

However, the Government has little appetite to revisit the issue at the moment. Ministers have yet to read the report, and a spokesman for Justice Minister Amy Adams said there were no plans to review the law.

Family First did have some support from Act leader David Seymour, who said the law change had done nothing.

“If I had children, would I smack them? Probably not. On the other hand, do I think the Government can help matters by regulating smacking – I think the evidence is, no it can’t.

You create a grey area, you’ve got accusations of vexatious complaints and at the same time no apparent evidence that real child abuse has been affected at all.”

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■ EA NETWORKS CENTRE

Students enjoying swimming lessons Ashburton Christian School student Rachel Hokstra, 10, tests out the water at the EA Networks Centre during a swim session on Wednesday afternoon. The school have been attending swimming lessons at the centre all week.

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■ EDUCATION

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BYOD – choosing the right device

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With more schools around the country embracing students using their own computers and tablets in the classroom, parents need to be mindful of getting the right device.

Both Mid Canterbury’s colleges and several primary schools offer Bring Your Own Device (BYOD), which is an initiative that allows students to bring their own device to school to assist with learning – it can be optional or compulsory.

Cyclone schools sales manager Leigh Gibbard said his company works with many schools around the country, including Mount Hutt College, to provide information and purchasing options best suited to each individual school.

Before buying a device, parents need to understand what IT systems their school uses and what their child will be using their device for, he said.

“There’s no point buying a certain device unless it fits with the platform and strategy of the school.”

Some schools use Google apps or Microsoft Office 365 and devices will need to be compatible with this. Others may only need students to have a device

Hampstead School students using a device to help with maths at school.

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for web-browsing – meaning any will do.

“The first thing they should be doing is looking to the school for the guidelines.”

The company sells IT products to students of schools they partner with, and sees parents

spending between $400 and $2000 on devices. The cost of a product often depends on the age of their child and what they will be using it for, he said.

Older students will need higher quality machines, especially if they are interested in art or

graphics, whereas younger students may only need the basics.

Mount Hutt College has made BYOD compulsory for years 9, 10, 12 and 13 students to give them better access to information and allow for more individual learning this year.

It is time for Ashburton’s hardest working volunteer groups to step up and be noticed.

Entries for this year’s Trustpower Ashburton District Community Awards, which recognise the volunteers at the heart of every community, are now open.

The awards, which started in 2001 have seen more than $70,000 been given to groups and organisations in the Ashburton District.

This year, there is $5000 up for grabs.

The awards are open to any voluntary group or organisation and cover five categories; Heritage and Environment, Health and Wellbeing, Arts and Culture, Sport and Leisure, and Educational and Child/Youth Development.

Entries close at 5pm Friday April 8 and entry forms are available from the Ashburton District Council offices or online at www. trustpower.co.nz/communityawards.

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Organic collection can’t be ignored Sue Newman

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s a country we simply cannot continue dumping our rubbish into holes in the ground.

Yes, today’s holes might be a whole lot more sophisticated than the farm offal pits and rubbish dumps of the past, but wherever they are and however that rubbish is treated, there’s still thousands of tonnes of stuff that doesn’t belong in the ground being buried for the future.

And it should be alarming to discover that in Ashburton more than 50 per cent of the stuff we off load at our kerbside every week for collection is organic material that could find a new life as compost. That’s green waste from the garden and food waste and scraps that will lie wrapped in plastic, fermenting in the ground until it eventually finds its way into waterways and underground aquifers.

That material, collected and treated appropriately could be the ultimate green gold, when it is reused and returned to the soil.

In Ashburton we’ve made the decision to change to a wheelie bin collection in July 2017. We’re behind many parts of the country in making the change, but at least we’re finally moving in the right direction.

Unfortunately, we’ve only gone half the distance, we’ve tossed out the opportunity to have a third bin added to our recycling and rubbish bins, one dedicated to organic waste.

The community was consulted to death on the wheelie bin issue and we were overwhelmingly in support of the concept.

We wanted wheelie bins and we wanted them now. But when the costs arrived we slammed on the brakes and so did the Ashburton District Council.

In ticking off wheelie bins two years out, however, we’ve sold ourselves short by letting cost overcome the right outcome, the third wheelie bin.

The council is committed to a zero waste policy and that’s not a commitment it made lightly.

It would therefore seem appropriate that, rather than lumber ratepayers with the all-up costs of wheelie bins, it dug into its reserves to foot some of the bill to ensure Ashburton stepped up to the mark by adding an organic waste collection and process plant to rubbish day without ratepayers footing the bill.

Let us be leaders in the zero waste race.

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Is it possible that my white chook could have ADHD?

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I love my chooks!

Except the white one I

was tidying up my gardens the other day and tossing weeds and grass cuttings into the chicken run.

I took a moment to sit back and watch my four chooks scratch and pick through the goodies thrown to them.

I find it kind of therapeutic watching them, especially when I let them out to roam around the backyard. The sound of their happy wee clucks as they wander around the place exploring, on the hunt for food, makes me grin.

Even as I stand in a bit of their lawn fertiliser I think to myself that’s okay, it’s giving a bit back to the earth the natural way and I’m sure the neighbours are a lot happier that my chooks are doing it and not me.

Most of our food scraps go out to them, even potato peelings, which I zap in the microwave with a wee bit of butter for them.

They certainly save us money on rubbish bags!

If anyone tells you that there is no difference between a caged chicken egg and a free-range one,

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hand them a roll of toilet paper and tell them to wipe their chin.

Not only do they taste better, they stay intact when you poach them.

The white chook is nuts though! I’m not sure if it’s possible for chickens to get ADHD, but I’m pretty sure she has a dose of it.

When I’m wandering over to their run to feed them, she throws herself up and forward at the windbreak fencing set I constructed like a skinhead in the mosh pit at a Sex Pistols concert.

But as soon as I get as close as a couple of metres away, she hightails it to the furthest point and circles tightly, as if she’s performing some sort of Michael Jackson dance move (that line was stolen

from the movie Boy).

On top of that, she’s a bully!

Once I have thrown the tucker over the fence and stood back far enough for the Michael Jackson moves to subside, she hoes into the food. If the two younger chickens get in her way, she gives them a jolly good pecking to the nut. They have to dart in and out of the food-eating area like a kid raiding the cookie jar just before dinner is served without the old lady catching you.

I know there is a pecking order in the chicken world, but I think she goes over the top sometimes and has been on the end of a lash from my super soaker.

The two youngest chickens have had a pretty traumatic life already without her doing her woodpecker impersonations on their heads.

When I first got them, they were very flighty and before I could trim their wings, they both flew out of the chicken run and over to the neighbours’ place.

I thought ‘oh well, that’s them done for, the dog next door will

be dining on them in no time’.

About a week later I received a call from the neighbour who was enquiring whether I would like to extract the two chickens from her trees, where they had been roosting about 10 feet off the ground.

After about an hour of chasing these two wayward youngsters around our neighbourhood with the help of half of Amanda’s family, the birds ended up locked away with wings trimmed.

Their raiding runs of the food are showing signs of success and they have really got bigger of late, so I’m sure the tables could be turned on the mosh pit, breakdancer very soon. I for one think that will be eggcellent.

Till next week.

Hoo roo Phill Hooper Chicken farmer Phill Hooper is the breakfast host of Ashburton’s Hokonui radio station. The views expressed in this column are his and do not reflect the opinion of his employer or the Ashburton Guardian.

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Christie’s campaign over Chris Christie - the brash New Jersey governor whose fast rise in Republican politics was undone by a petty scheme to clog traffic on a bridge - suspended his presidential campaign yesterday, saying that his standing in the polls was “just not enough” to justify soldiering on.

Christie finished sixth in this week’s primary in New Hampshire, the state on which he had pinned his last presidential hopes.

Christie spent 71 days campaigning in the Granite State, and he had his best debate there just days before the primary - flustering rival Senator Marco Rubio into robotic repetition by criticising his lack of experience in office.

After all that, Christie garnered only 7 per cent of the vote.

“While running for president I tried to reinforce what I have always believed - that speaking your mind matters, that experience matters, that competence matters and that it will always matter in leading our nation,” Christie wrote in a Facebook post announcing his withdrawal.

He added: “I leave the race without an ounce of regret.

“I’m so proud of the campaign we ran, the people that ran it with me and all those who gave us their support and confidence along the way.”

Christie’s short-lived run for the presidency was a remarkable turnabout for a corruption-busting federal prosecutor who was elected Governor in 2009.

He quickly made a name by battling the state’s public-sector unions and engaging in well-

Chris Christie: Too liberal on guns and social issues.

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publicised shouting matches at public meetings that became YouTube sensations.

Christie’s career had once seemed so promising that in 2012 - after just two years in office - some Republicans urged him to challenge Mitt Romney for the GOP nomination.

Christie demurred, saying he wasn’t ready.

This time, he said he was.

Christie was reelected by a wide margin in 2013 in New Jersey, a state where Demo-

crats heavily outnumber Republicans.

Then, as Republicans looked ahead to the 2016 election, Christie was an early frontrunner in both national and New Hampshire polls.

But then came “Bridgegate.”

In the fall of 2013, two lanes leading to the George Washington Bridge - between Fort Lee, New Jersey, and New York City - were closed on the first day of school.

The result was an enormous

traffic jam, for four days running.

The state first blamed the jam on a “traffic study.” But later, evidence seemed to indicate that Christie’s aides had arranged the jam on purpose, to punish Fort Lee’s Democratic mayor for his refusal to endorse Christie’s re-election.

Christie was exonerated by an independent, taxpayerfunded investigation, carried out by a law firm.

But fundraising data has raised questions about that firm’s independence: The news outlet NJ Advance Media reported that the firm’s lawyers had given heavily to Christie’s presidential bid.

Christie had expected that his in-your-face personality would be an advantage in this race: His slogan was “Telling It Like It Is.” But the bridge scandal turned that plus into a minus, since it appeared that Christie’s administration had used the power of the state to punish someone over a petty grievance.

Conservative activists never warmed to Christie, believing he was too liberal on guns and social issues.

Then Donald Trump got into the race, stealing the role that Christie had envisioned for himself: the brash loudmouth who got things done.

Christie wound up squeezed: He was too aggressive for voters who wanted a milder statesman and not aggressive enough for those who wanted Trump.

Even if Christie were to stay in the race, he probably would not have qualified for the next Republican debate. - Reuters

■ SYRIA

Orphaned, and in the hands of Isis The jihadi widow of Australian Islamic State terrorist Khaled Sharrouf has reportedly died in Syria.

Tara Nettleton, a Muslim convert originally from Sydney, is believed to have passed away last year following complications associated with appendicitis.

Family friend Robert van Alst told The Sydney Morning Herald that the 31-year-old’s mother, Karen Nettleton, had only recently been informed.

“She said it was the worst day of her life.

“And it was made worse because she could not be with her daughter when she was dying to give her comfort,” he said.

Mr van Alst said Karen is extremely worried about her

daughter’s children, who are just “innocent Australian kids”.

Tara was reportedly living in Raqqa with four of her five children and one grandchild after the death of her husband.

She had fled to Syria in February 2014, just months after her husband slipped out of Australia to join friend, Mohamed Elomar, in the Isis stronghold.

Tara told relatives she was taking her family on a “cultural” visit to Turkey following a trip to Malaysia, but instead travelled to Syria.

During her time in Syria, Tara shared pictures with a number of other jihadi brides, holding rifles and Isis flags.

Her husband Sharrouf sickened the world by sharing a

Karen and Tara Nettleton picture of his son holding the severed head of a Syrian soldier with the caption, “That’s my boy.”

Sharrouf, Australia’s most notorious terrorist, was reportedly killed in drone strikes last year, along with Elomar.

However some of his friends last year claimed his death was faked in an elaborate plot.

Australian authorities had always been sceptical about reports of the terrorist’s demise and government sources had cautioned that it was in Sharrouf’s interest to appear dead.

Charles Waterstreet, the lawyer for the Nettleton family, said Tara and her children claimed Sharrouf was dead.

“The family have held ceremonies for him and it would be an elaborate ploy if he wasn’t,” he said.

The Nettleton family had previously lobbied authorities to extract Tara and her children Zaynab, 13, Hoda, 11, Abdullah, 10, Zaqawi, 9, and Humzeh, 4, from Syria.

- Reuters

Meltdown on the set Cuba Gooding Jr thought he was having a “nervous breakdown” while filming The People v OJ Simpson: American Crime Story. The 48-year-old actor plays the disgraced American footballer in the TV drama and recalls how he “couldn’t stop crying” when he filmed one scene where he has to kiss the face of the late Nicole Brown Simpson, Simpson’s wife who he was found not guilty of murdering, while she is in her coffin. He said: “I had to rush out to my trailer, I just could not stop crying. I realised it was because, in real life, rooting for OJ, I had never acknowledged the victims. We had even gone to church to pray for Johnnie Cochran to get OJ ‘out of his predicament’.

Crying tears of purple rain Disappointed fans say they’re “crying pools of Purple Rain” after missing out on tickets to Prince’s first New Zealand shows. Prince tickets were in hot demand when they went on sale at midday yesterday, with all 4000odd tickets selling out within 10 minutes. At 12.30pm, fan demand had caused Ticketmaster’s website to crash, with users getting a ‘403 Forbidden’ error message. Disappointed fans shares their woes on social media, with one saying: “Can’t get Prince tickets.

Been in since noon on the dot. Nothing.

I’m crying pools of Purple Rain.” Another said: “I just missed out on Prince and am considering leaping out my office window.”

Depp does Trump Donald Trump’s first place finish among the GOP candidates in the New Hampshire primaries was greeted by a mock online documentary of the brash businessman starring a furiously wigged Johnny Depp.

Funny or Die Presents Donald Trump’s The Art of the Deal: The Movie was released yesterday on the Funny or Die site with Ron Howard narrating, co-starring Jack McBrayer and Henry Winkler. The film takes its name from Trump’s 1987 best-selling advice book and pretends to be a TV special that Trump petulantly tossed away when it got preempted by a football game.

Hitler movie on Netflix A controversial German movie that imagines Hitler returning to live in modern day society will screen on Netflix in April. Look Who’s Back, or Er ist wieder da in German, is based on a bestselling book by Timur Vermes in which Hitler returns to live in the modern age, struggles with modern technology and gives interviews on talk shows. The film’s plot is described like this: “Adolf Hitler wakes up in present-day Berlin, with no memory of anything that happened after 1945, and interprets modern situations and things from a Nazi perspective. He is mistaken for a method actor or a comedian, and lands himself a career in television, to which he takes advantage of for a political comeback.”

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Aust banking system ‘solid’

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record $474 million.

“Right now we’re not seeing any impact on our business ... We’re well funded at the moment so there’s no need for it to cause us any concern.”

Commonwealth Bank shares recovered yesterday, to close at $A74.20, after the bank reported a record half-year profit of $A4.8 billion ($NZ5.1 billion), but other

Aussie bank stocks fell again after a major sell-off on Tuesday.

Shares in National Australia Bank, the parent of BNZ, closed yesterday at $A24.42, while ANZ closed at $A22.42. Westpac shares finished the day at $A28.53.

Chapman said the Australasian banking sector was well capitalised and in a strong position.

Much of the fear in global fi-

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by a media sector sell-down.

The local reporting season got off to a slow start this week, although will really ramp up next week. SkyCity was the only New Zealand company to report.

The result was in line with prereleased guidance and there were no surprises.

SkyCity’s New Zealand casinos continue to perform well, while its Darwin Casino dragged on performance. Its flagship Auckland casino led the charge again.

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This coming week the reporting calendar is very full

In Australia, Commonwealth Bank reported better-than-expected results as profits climbed 4 per cent, driven largely by the strong retail arm of the bank as well as lower levels of bad debts.

The bank was rewarded by investors as its share price rose 3 per cent following the announcement.

This coming week the reporting calendar is very full, with particularly heavy days on Wednesday and Thursday. Some companies to watch out for include

bilise somewhat before doing so.

The market has almost completely written off the chance of a rate hike happening this year, although following Yellen’s address the probability increased for much later in the year.

Jeremy Flood works for Craigs Investment Partners.

This article should not be deemed as advice. Disclosure statement available free of charge and on request.

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a2 Milk, Fletcher Building, ANZ Bank, Sydney Airport and Port of Tauranga. The biggest economic event on our global calendar this week was Janet Yellen’s testimony to congress.

The Federal Reserve chairwoman spoke to the House financial services committee and expressed concern that the current global environment could be detrimental for the US economy.

China remains a concern for the Fed, along with the current financial market turmoil.

However, despite the risks, the Fed is unlikely to reverse its plan to raise rates further and expects the US economy to continue to grow, albeit at a slower pace.

Yellen intends to stay the course in terms of rate hike plans, however, will want things to sta-

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The market week in review t has been another volatile week for markets as they continue to move further away from their 2015 highs.

Both Japan’s Nikkei and Australia’s ASX200 have moved into bear territory, meaning that they are down more than 20 per cent since their 2015 highs.

The NZX50 continues to hold up better than its global peers, falling only 5 per cent from its 2015 highs.

Oil prices remain volatile, with West Texas Intermediate crude falling further below $US30 a barrel. Earlier in the week reports that oil reserve holdings in the US were close to capacity sent oil prices lower, reversing the gains made in a short-lived rally staged last week.

Reporting season continues in the US, albeit at a slower pace than the previous few weeks. Of the companies on the S&P500 that have reported, 76 per cent have beaten earnings estimates.

However, only 47 per cent have surprised at the revenue level as corporates continue to find top line growth elusive.

Next week look out for results from Reckitt Benckiser, Nestle and Deere & Co. Disney reported better-thanexpected results this week, benefiting from the release of the latest Star Wars movie.

Its studio entertainment revenue increased 86 per cent.

However, earnings from its cable networks declined as ESPN continues to struggle. Investors appeared to focus on the latter and the share price fell as much as 5 per cent in after-market trading.

The share price was also hurt

government debt.

The credit risk fears add to existing concerns that have plagued markets this year, including a slump in commodity prices – which has taken oil below $US30 ($NZ45) a barrel – and worries about the outlook for the global economy and an economic slowdown in China.

Michael McCarthy, chief market strategist at CMC Markets, said the idea that banks were facing a liquidity crisis was “absurd”.

“We are at historic levels of stimulus from central banks around the globe – there’s never been so much money sloshing around the monetary system,” McCarthy said.

Investors had a relentless focus on risks at present, he said, and shareholders in the Australian banks were simply responding to “price action”.

“They’re seeing [the stocks] go down; they’re not understanding the argument but they’re selling anyway,” McCarthy said. “Just as a crowd can riot, a sharemarket can sell off for no good reason.”

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ASB boss Barbara Chapman is keeping a close watch on mounting global fears about credit risks, but says Australasia’s banking system remains “extremely solid”.

Shares in Australia’s top lenders, including ASB’s parent, Commonwealth Bank, have taken a hammering this week amid bearish sentiment about financial institutions, especially in Europe – Deutsche Bank’s stock has tumbled 40 per cent this year.

On Tuesday, an Australian gauge of credit default swaps (essentially insurance policies against debt default) jumped to its highest level since September 2012.

Massey University banking expert David Tripe said funding expenses for New Zealand banks could rise as a result of increased credit default swap costs, which could flow through to higher interest rates for Kiwi borrowers.

“Obviously it’s something we’re watching quite closely,” Chapman said this week as ASB reported a 7 per cent lift in interim profit to a

nancial markets is around European banks. The cost of protecting Deutsche Bank’s debt against default has more than doubled this year.

The German lender’s shares are trading at about a third of the company’s liquidation value, Bloomberg reports. Analysts at CreditSights warned on Tuesday that Deutsche Bank could struggle to pay coupons on its riskiest bonds, known as CoCos, next year.

In a letter to employees this week, Deutsche Bank co-chief executive John Cryan said the firm remained “rock solid”, with a strong capital and risk position.

“On Monday, we took advantage of this strength to reassure the market of our capacity and commitment to pay coupons to investors who hold our Additional Tier 1 capital [CoCo],” Cryan said.

“This type of instrument has been the subject of recent market concern.”

In response to fears about the state of global credit markets, investors have fled riskier assets such as equities for the relative safety of

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+45.4

+0.95%

At close of trading on Feb 11, 2016

q Dow Jones Indust.

15,914.7

–99.6

–0.62%

At close of trading on Feb 10, 2016

p FTSE 100 index

5,672.3

+40.11

+0.71%

At close of trading on Feb 10, 2016

q Nikkei 225 index

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q Gold

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London – $US/ounce

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–0.08%

–0.22

–1.43%

q Silver London – $US/ounce

15.12

q Copper London – $US/tonne

4,501.0

–71.0

–1.55%

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Source: BNZ

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As at 4pm Feb 11, 2016

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QUICK MEAL 1/4 t saffron threads 2C reduced-salt chicken stock 2T olive oil 1 Tegel size 16 whole bagged chicken, fresh or frozen (thawed), cut into pieces or; 1 kg Tegel chicken portions 1 onion, chopped 2 cloves garlic, crushed 1t ground coriander 1t ground cumin 1t paprika 1t ground ginger 1/2 t ground cinnamon 1/2 C dried apricots Fresh coriander or Italian parsley to garnish

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high heat until they are golden brown. Remove from the pan and place into a large casserole dish.

■ Add the onion and garlic to the pan and cook for 3 to 4 minutes over medium heat or until golden.

■ Add the coriander, cumin, paprika, ginger, and cinnamon and cook, stirring, for a further minute.

■ Add the stock with saffron and

bring to the boil.

■ Place the onion and stock mixture into the casserole dish along with the dried apricots.

Cover and bake in the oven for 1 hour or until the chicken is tender.

■ Garnish with the coriander and serve with couscous flavoured with lemon and coriander.

Recipe courtesy of Tegel www.tegel.co.nz

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Addington Dogs

Today at Addington Raceway

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SUPER PETS DASH

$1,100, c0, 295m Trainer

PX # REC Greyhound Fastest time

1 2 2 3 3 4 1 5 6 7 4 8 9 10

53346 Go McIndoe nwtd 834F6 Cairnella nwtd 34225 Chile Mustard nwtd 752 Uno Marcus nwtd 43331 Yahbini Bale nwtd 8 Totes nwtd 3684 Wow Madonna nwtd 4 Sahara Sam nwtd 7288 Another Relm nwtd 8XF48 Gordons My Mate nwtd

12:28PM

1 4 2 1 3 4 3 5 6 2 7 8 9 10

R Blackburn H Cairns A Waretini Lane & Wales C Roberts J T McInerney M & P Binnie Hart & Taylor J T McInerney D T Barnes

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SHIRLEY VET CLINIC SPRINT $1,100, c0, 295m

74552 Belfast Barry nwtd 52354 Opawa Blinky nwtd 266 Southern Blue nwtd 54824 Reality nwtd 232 Cawbourne Craig nwtd 73763 Kelly’s Boy nwtd 82275 Barcia Express nwtd 63487 Jinga Snag nwtd 7288 Another Relm nwtd 7675 Hilton Cust nwtd

12:46PM

Hart & Taylor Lane & Wales C Weir B Dann C Roberts S Whall M Grant A Joyce J T McInerney A Bradshaw

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DOGZONE STAKES

$1,900, c1, 520m

1 41365 Know Style 30.26 4 2 54546 Protonic Pedro 30.33 3 53673 Goldstar Coco 30.74 2 4 11714 Opawa Jemaine 30.03 5 77462 Kinloch Action 30.72 6 14224 Raewyn 30.52 1 7 32321 Majestic Action 30.24 3 8 55X52 Paua Shot nwtd 9 77344 Cawbourne Ohio nwtd 10 27481 Homebush Buck 30.60

G Cleeve B Dann S & B Evans J & D Fahey S & B Evans Hart & Taylor J & D Fahey J & D Fahey C Roberts J T McInerney

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C Weir Lane & Wales C Roberts J & D Fahey Lane & Wales B Dann Hart & Taylor M Roberts J T McInerney A Williams

CLARKSON SIGN STUDIO STAKES $1,800, c0, 520m

7 Opawa Bucks nwtd Goldstar Dallas nwtd 24767 Uno Nigel nwtd 3 Opawa Diva nwtd 54641 Jon Snow Lives nwtd 42227 Cronos nwtd 47263 Opawa Libby nwtd Opawa Alex nwtd 56378 Opawa Poppy nwtd Goldstar Jagger nwtd

1:38PM

1 2 2 3 3 4 5 1 6 7 4 8 9 10

$1,100, c0, 295m

You’re The Best nwtd 33844 Uno Nathan nwtd 46647 Big Catch nwtd 53345 Ekali nwtd 2432 Opawa Whisper nwtd 53 Fancy Nomikai nwtd 85 Speedy Dispatch nwtd 47353 King Caesar nwtd 86 Homebush Freddo nwtd 8 Flash The Cash nwtd

1:21PM

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February 12, 2016 AMBER CLEANING SERVICES DASH

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Lane & Wales S & B Evans Lane & Wales Lane & Wales C Roberts R Blackburn Lane & Wales Lane & Wales Lane & Wales S & B Evans

GREYHOUNDS AS PETS SPRINT $1,200, c1, 295m

35211 Royal Bash 17.35 31732 Homebush Justine nwtd 15322 Alex Rumble 17.43 831 Sea Spray Elsa 17.71 33822 Know Energy 17.50 111F4 Go Poppy 17.29 F4621 God Particle 17.63 F5331 Ebony Fancy 17.33 63156 Cosmoholic 17.88 83581 Morning Gypsy 17.56

Addington Harness

Today at Addington Raceway

B Dann J T McInerney J T McInerney B Freeman G Cleeve M & P Binnie A Lee M Grant L Waretini Casey & Fagan

February 12, 2016

7 30593 Sunoflindenny (u1) M Jones S Ottley M Williamson $23,500, 3yo+ c0 to c3 mob. pace, 1950m 8 09000 Free Bird (u2) B Ward 1 9 43361 Eyre I Come (u3) M Jones B Orange PX # REC Horse (Start pos) Trainer Driver P O'Reilly 1 69097 Volente (1) N Brady N Brady 10 45130 Never Fear (1) P O'Reilly 2 11 01111 Bordeaux (2) P Iggo D Dunn 2 30564 Lucky Three (2) H Hunter H Hunter J Smith 3 87025 Red River Lochee (3) J McDermott S McNally 12 23748 All Lit Up (3) L & J Smith N Williamson 4 76542 Toot Toot (4) P Burrows M Williamson 13 8X180 Santorini Sunset (u1) K Townley

Aile Rouge SCRATCHED 5 7X214 Imola (5) G Smith G Smith 14 J Dunn 6 15511 Celestial Arden (6) G Payne C DeFilippi 15 11167 Queen Kenny (1) T Barron 4 16 1149X Any Old Way (2) P Nairn B Butt 3 7 21211 Bite The Bullet (7) R Dunn J Dunn B Williamson (J) 1 8 13041 Classie Brigade (8) N McGrath R May 17 14421 Pyramid Monarch (u1) P Williamson

J Young (J) 6:55PM PGG WRIGHTSON SIRES STAKES HARNESS 5000PACE 9 11271 Franco Texas (9) D Taylor 5:25PM OPT 801

ALABAR SUPER SERIES MOBILE PACE

Barrier

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81221 Innocent Artist (21) C Dalgety 112 Buster Brady (22) K Austin 2P412 Kompressor (23) C Dalgety

D Dunn B Orange N Williamson

OPT

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$40,000, 3yo, 1950m

1 7X187 Scotlynn Jack (1) D Taylor J Young (J) 2 50104 Kotare Kasai (2) R Dunn J Dunn 1 3 41423 Nek Time (3) T & G Chmiel D Dunn 3 4 22129 Franco Tai (4) T & G Chmiel 5:55PM TERROR TO LOVE LOUNGE OPEN AT ADDINGTON PACE T Chmiel OPT 802 $20,000, 4yo+ c3–c5, 1950m 2 5 11253 Dreamy Damien (5) A Garters C DeFilippi 4 1 58306 Pepe Bromac (1) N McGrath B Orange R May 6 27214 RR Sand Dollar (6) P Court 4 7 22581 Lebron (7) Cooney/Hopkins 2 55053 That Guy Finn (2) J Howe D Butcher J W Cox 3 21413 Joey Maguire (3) R Dunn T Williams R Houghton 8 31591 Omar Sharif (8) B O'Meara 4 72510 Return To Sender (4) R Dunn 9 16350 Game Changer (9) M Nyhan P Davis J Dunn

Barrier 3 5 00217 Clive (5) D Ross L O'Reilly 6 60670 Northview Gambler (6) B Mowbray B Cusdin 7:25PM GARRARDS HORSE&HOUND PREM MARES C’SHIPMBL 1 7 11421 Field Marshal (7) T Butt D Dunn OPT 805 PACE $40,000, 4yo+ mares, 1950m 2 8 47X52 Hug The Wind (8) Purdon/Rasmussen

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4 1 26110 Lightning Mach (1) C Dalgety D Dunn Barrier 2 63531 Valor Lustre (2) I Court B Orange 6:25PM MASTER CLEANING TROT $20,000, 4yo+ c3 & 3 41005 Flyin Heather (3) P Burrows B Butt OPT 803 faster discrhcp, 2600m 4 06460 Tangos Delight (4) G Smith G Smith 1 55755 Xmas Joyella (1) F Morris S McNally 5 13171 Dalness Xchange (5) R Dunn C DeFilippi 2 25246 Wanna Play (2) B Negus R May 6 86414 Eva Sophnally (6) G & N Hope R May 0 3 52020 Clover Mac (3) C & J DeFilippi 1 7 X1118 Rocker Band (7) M Jones S Ottley 3 4 20114 Mon Richie (4) D Ross L O'Reilly 3 8 95002 Art Critic (8) R Dunn J Dunn 0 5 93425 Clean Break (5) R Holmes R Holmes 2 Democrat Party (9) B Purdon N Williamson 9 71133 Barrier 6 41054 Galleons Royale (6) C & J DeFilippi C DeFilippi

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Te Rapa Races

Tomorrow at Te Rapa

POWER FARMING 2400 RATING 85

$30,000, rating 85 benchmark, 2400m PX # REC Horse (Barrier) kg Trainer Jockey OPT

1 2 1 3 4 4 5 6 2 7 3 8 9 10

83097 Dubai Shuffle (3) 60 G Richardson 85037 El Soldado (1) 58.5 P Devcich 01443 Cafe Culture (7) 57.5 M Larsen 65932 Guarantor (2) 57 M Oulaghan 76022 Apache Fireworks (6) 54 M Brosnan 31344 Crimson Prince (9) 54 G & D Rogerson 51733 Blue Flag (5) 54 Baker/Forsman 75326 Michelin (4) 54 G Nicholson 09500 Silk Chardonnay (10) 54 K Fursdon 52205 Diesel (8) 54 S Clotworthy

1:25PM 202

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FOSTER MAINTAIN 1200 2YO

$30,000, 2yo sw+p, 1200m

2LX5 Savasava (2) 57 G & D Rogerson 2. Wyndspelle (6) 57 Logan/Gibbs 3. Showpin (5) 57 McKee/Chippendale 21. O’Rachael (3) 56.5 McKee/Chippendale 732. I Am Gracie (4) 55 M Murdoch Shenandoah (1) 55 Busuttin/Young

2:00PM 203

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L Innes C Dell (a1) C Grylls M Coleman J Parkes L Allpress M Cameron S Collett A Jones (a1) M Du Plessis

R Elliot (a3) D Johnson A Schwerin (a3) S Spratt L Innes L Allpress

THE DESIGN DEPOT 1400 RATING 65

$30,000, rating 65 benchmark*, 1400m

1 4120. Lanciato (4) 60 L Noble 1 2 2 331 Heart Beat (5) 60 Trevor & Martin Cruz 3 7X08X Klitschko (11) 60 K Parsons 1 4 15 Straight Sets (1) 59.5 G & D Rogerson 5 0X194 Chadsdale (7) 59.5 Autridge/Richards 6 84503 Silver Bubbles (8) 59 D & C Bothwell 4 7 218 Cambridge (9) 59 Logan/Gibbs

M McNab C Grylls G Cooksley L Magorrian (a1) M Cameron A Jones (a1) M Du Plessis

February 13, 2016

8 17X20 Makarios (3) 59 Moroney/Ormsby 3 9

Ambitious Power 10 39617 Chatham Whisper (2) 59 A Herbert 11 51090 Crucial (6) 58.5 R Priscott 12 00X56 Miss Pareto (10) 56 R Simpson

D Johnson SCRATCHED U Holmquist (a2) S Collett L Allpress

1:56PM

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THE TURF BAR STAKES

54513 Rich Action 30.91 61116 Opawa Knocka nwtd 52213 Tamara May 30.26 11418 Jinja Squeak 30.30 42133 Whip Uppa Storm 30.62 26824 Patty’s Pick nwtd 73434 Cawbourne Kin nwtd F8327 Opawa Smoke 31.38 54F45 Hip Hop Sofia 30.78 46285 Plutonium 30.37

2:13PM

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1 87678 Mulberry Brook 17.45 4 2 587X7 Thumb Print Tony nwtd 1 3 11645 Opawa Bucks Eye 17.26 4 375X8 May May Last 17.22 2 5 15525 Baduzzi 17.48 3 6 12724 Mr. Marine 17.51 7 22836 Giganaire 17.41 8 32486 Another Key nwtd 9 67861 Look At Lucy 17.21 10 27684 Kingman 17.39 2:31PM

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$1,900, c1, 520m

S & B Evans J & D Fahey M Grant J & D Fahey G T Bennett R Adcock C Roberts Lane & Wales A Bradshaw Hart & Taylor

K Cassidy J T McInerney Lane & Wales J Tanner J T McInerney R Adcock S & B Evans J T McInerney Mitchell & Smith M Grant

2:49PM

$2,200, c2, 520m

J Dunn C Roberts J T McInerney C Roberts J T McInerney C Roberts A Bradshaw J & D Fahey R Blackburn R Adcock

7:53PM 806

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$25,000, ffa mob. trot, 1950m

1 19093 Sunny Ruby (1) S Smolenski 2 811X5 Aile Rouge (2) R Holmes 3 07860 Experiment (3) T Barron 3 4 12512 The Earth Moved (4) G & N Hope 1 5 27180 Waterloo Sunset (5) P Nairn 6 31321 Monty Python (6) P Williamson 4 7 02608 Jag’s Invasion (7) R Dunn 8 64537 Alley Way (8) C & J DeFilippi 9 6X168 Royal Aspirations (9) S Smolenski 2 Springbank Sam (u1) P Williamson 10 57111 Barrier

3:05PM

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$1,400, c2, 295m

J Tanner J T McInerney M Grant J T McInerney S & B Evans Mitchell & Smith J T McInerney R Adcock Casey & Fagan R Adcock

HAMPDEN TAVERN DASH $1,200, c1, 295m

A Lee L Waretini J T McInerney C Roberts M Grant J T McInerney Lane & Wales Casey & Fagan L Waretini S & B Evans

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PROTEXIN DASH

$1,400, c2, 295m

15542 Royal Action 17.37 42413 Tilt nwtd 13364 Bellwave 17.20 33855 Maudie’s Babe 17.18 73315 Mighty Mac 17.48 63667 Bad Week 17.33 45563 Homebush Slinky 17.42 31475 Ohoka Coby 17.13 67861 Look At Lucy 17.21 17838 Thrilling Echo 17.55

DOUBLES TREBLES QUADDIES FIRST 4 PLACE 6

S & B Evans R Adcock J Tanner Casey & Fagan C Weir J T McInerney J T McInerney L Waretini Mitchell & Smith McCook & Jopson

1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10 1-2-3, 4-5-6, 8-9-10 2-3-4-5, 7-8-9-10 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 5-6-7-8-9-10

G Smith R Holmes B Orange R May B Butt M Williamson J Dunn C DeFilippi D Dunn B Williamson (J)

$150,000, 3yo fillies, 1950m

S Ottley M Williamson N McGrath D Butcher C DeFilippi J Curtin G Smith J Dunn S Abernethy D Dunn B Orange C D Thornley R May M House R Houghton

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Track Information Type: Grass; Expected: Good; Direction: Left-handed; Length: 1800m; Straight: 420m; Rail: Rail; Weather: Mainly Fine 62971 Be Beautiful (5) 57 C Linkhorn 53175 Tasha Aimee (11) 57 G & D Rogerson 65567 Ocean Bound (10) 55.5 P Kelly

A Collett J Parkes M Coleman

B Orange SCRATCHED R May C Ford C R Thornley M Williamson P Davis D Dunn A Tomlinson SCRATCHED J Dunn C DeFilippi B Williamson (J)

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UNITED STEEL/METALCRAFT ROOFING SUMMER CUP $25,000, ffa mob. pace, 2600m

1 47X52 Hug The Wind (1) Purdon/Rasmussen 2 3 2 41412 Maverick (2) N McGrath 4 3 34125 Cullect A Guinness (3) R Dunn 4 65537 Mighty Flying Mac (4) C Dalgety 5 Art Union 1 6 26X11 Locharburn (5) K Chapman

Belkmyster (6) G Anderson 7 00256 Barrier

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1 2 4 3 4 8:53PM DAKINS GROUP/ALABAR SUPER SERIES HANDICAP TROT 5 3 6 OPT 808 $23,500, 3yo+ c1 to c5 spechcp trot, 2600m 0 1 0P754 Chivasion (1) M Edmonds L O'Reilly 7 2 223D4 Sunny Afternoon (2) P Nairn 2 8 P Nairn 3 6D3P2 K D Muscles (3) M Edmonds 1 9 S McNally

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Cuddly Jess 6 X0206 Alvira Hest (u1) A Faulks 7 52216 Little Mo (1) K Ford 8 72051 Young Stranger (2) T Grant 2 9 00322 Father Christmas (3) P Williamson 10 36029 The Zigmeister (4) M Nyhan 11 00901 Royal Shine (5) S Smolenski 3 12 81211 Amaretto Sun (1) K Ford 13 Bordeaux 1 14 17011 Harriet Of Mot (2) C & A Edmonds 15 41054 Galleons Royale (3) C & J DeFilippi PGG WRIGHTSON NZ YEARLING SALES FINAL PCE 4 16 11812 Springbank Eden (u1) P Williamson

1 95563 Real Torque (1) M Jones 1 2 X2123 Luisanabelle Midfrew (2) N McGrath 0 3 0X736 Maia Maguire (3) N McGrath 2 4 31345 Killer Queen (4) R Green 5 25701 Apassionato (5) Hollis/Robertson 6 50821 Kashana (6) N McGrath 4 7 12047 Scarlett Banner (7) G Smith 8 X9172 Artful (8) R Dunn

Real Courage (9) D Gale 9 61170 Barrier

3 10 111 Talkerup (21) C Dalgety 11 13208 Amazon Lily (22) K Barron 12 21265 Millwood Maizie (23) J Gameson 13 89699 Northern Velocity (24) M Jones 14 X5009 Sem’s Delight (25) M House 0 15 9X320 Angel Of Destiny (u1) R Dunn

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1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10, 11-12 1-2-3, 4-5-6, 7-8-9, 10-11-12 2-3-4-5, 9-10-11-12 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 7-8-9-10-11-12 SOZIN’S COMET AT STUD SPRINT

1 126 Major Bloodnok 17.69 4 2 87333 Brooke Davis 17.25 3 47118 Chair Up 17.58 4 125 Lexie Rae 17.53 1 5 36114 Starburst Emma 17.39 6 53341 Glory Hog 17.55 2 7 F3622 Uno James nwtd 3 8 X4334 Sal’s Babe 18.01 9 63156 Cosmoholic 17.88 DAVE ROBBIE PHOTOGRAPHER STAKES 10 64561 Star Apache 17.42

Track Information Type: All weather; Direction: Left-handed; Length: 1193m; Weather: Fine

OPT

DOUBLES TREBLES QUADDIES FIRST 4 PLACE 6

1 41323 Cawbourne Teash nwtd 2 2 65651 Homebush Gru 17.41 1 3 68X32 Dad’s Ambition 17.41 4 31415 Apollo Baxter nwtd 5 35574 Goldstar Bomber 17.35 6 62341 Big Muddy 17.29 3 7 37323 Tepirita Hendrix 17.16 8 16167 Definite 17.43 4 9 87816 Terra Alert 17.35 CHRIS & LISA EARL DASH $1,400, c2, 295m 10 14686 Hello Blondie 17.36

84145 All About Echo 30.36 74222 Miss Valley Inn 30.10 14865 Nina Baxter 30.53 33812 Dyna Quirk 30.42 78867 Punch On Jaime 30.69 65845 Cawbourne Kenny 30.67 11733 Long Stockings 30.59 53442 Ugo Flash 30.18 45851 Luminary 30.37 63731 Birchbrook 30.43

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T Williams N McGrath J Dunn R Holmes SCRATCHED D Dunn M Williamson

$23,500, 4yo+ c1–c5 spechcp, 2600m

54780 Take After Me (1) G Scott 56508 Bird Of Paradise (2) B Ward 14224 Crackabella (3) D Taylor 82363 Gunpowder (4) B Hutton 97647 It’s All Over Now (5) B Ward 02506 Louie Finn (1) M Jones 89134 Booster (2) B Mowbray 41161 Seel The Deal (1) G McStay 11131 Costa Del Magnifico (2) B Shirley

DOUBLES TREBLES QUADDIES FIRST 4 PLACE 6 4:57PM OPT 208

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B Orange T Williams J W Cox J Curtin M Williamson S Ottley C DeFilippi R May N Williamson

2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 1-2-3, 4-5-6, 7-8-9 2-3-4-5, 6-7-8-9 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 4-5-6-7-8-9 NRM SPRINT GROUP 1

$200,000, wfa, 1400m

1 0590X Volkstok’n’barrell (13) 59 Logan/Gibbs L Innes 2 2 31310 Ryan Mark (12) 59 J Morell 1 M Coleman 1 3 56X40 Sacred Star (3) 59 T Pike V Colgan 2 1 41811. Capella (8) 56.5 D Guy M Du Plessis 1 1 26111 Kawi (9) 59 A Sharrock L Innes 4 X9130 Natuzzi (9) 59 Williams/Richards C Johnson 1 2 15411 Duchess Kate (6) 56.5 Autridge/Richards M Cameron 2 69010 Nashville (1) 59 A & H Bull M Du Plessis 5 97123 Antonio Lombardo (10) 59 P McKay S McKay (a) 3 22252 Bella Court (10) 56.5 L Latta D Bradley 3 05773 Breaking Dawn (6) 59 J Mason S Collett 4 6 12420 Allez Eagle (5) 59 T Pike J Parkes 4 12622 Mime (13) 56.5 Baker/Forsman M Coleman 4 92301 Nymph Monte (7) 59 G Nicholson M Coleman 7 0X640. Fast Dragon (1) 59 B Wallace M Hills 4 5 18145 Coldplay (2) 56.5 Baker/Forsman L Allpress 3 5 11345 Soriano (4) 57 G & D Rogerson J Parkes 8 2X5X5 Vespa (11) 59 Benner/Wynyard M Du Plessis 6 38913. Megawatt (5) 56.5 S Ritchie B Hutton (a) 2 6 11122 Stolen Dance (2) 57 D Greene 1 S Spratt 9 12114 Mabeel (6) 59 Busuttin/Young 3 7 21571 Cool Tart (12) 56.5 R James D Johnson 4 7 44116 Vavasour (5) 57 Williams/Richards D Johnson 10 X9501 In Style (2) 57 D Guy C Grylls 8 51552 Preetha Varma (4) 56.5 M Forbes C Grylls 8 12394 Ronchi (8) 54 B Wallace G Cooksley 11 0X533 Sports Illustrated (8) 57 Baker/Forsman D Johnson 9 51347 Fame Seeker (7) 56.5 L Noble M McNab 9 14351 Valley Girl (3) 52 Logan/Gibbs L Allpress 12 X2200 Recite (4) 57 J Bary M McNab 10 4361 Promise To Reign (3) 56.5 M Murdoch L Innes S Spratt 11 68490 Alarmist (11) 56.5 D & C Bothwell D Turner 4:22PM DIAMONDJEWELLERS.COM 1400 RATING 75 13 77093 Trepidation (14) 57 C McNab 3 14 31114 Xtravagant (7) 55.5 Autridge/Richards 12 13057 Fanatic (9) 56.5 Sanders/Sweeney M Cameron L Magorrian (a) OPT 207 $30,000, rating 75 benchmark, 1400m 13 44222 Maytra Dee (1) 56.5 B Wallace G Cooksley 1 11493 Watch This Space (9) 60 Hillis/Kesner U Holmquist (a2) 5:35PM THE EDGE 97.8 FM 1600 RATING 85 D Johnson OPT 209 $30,000, rating 85 benchmark, 1600m 3:10PM BUPA CARE SERVICES 2100 RATING 65 2 172X9 Keeping Tom (1) 59.5 S Manning 1

3 X1312 Iwannadancelikehim (11) 59 S Logan

M Coleman 1 17780.

Little Alfie Brown (1) 60 P Blick R Norvall OPT 205 $30,000, rating 65 benchmark*, 2100m 1 52205 Diesel (2) 60 S Clotworthy 3 4 23171 Rock My Soul (5) 59 E Holmes L Innes 2 X7245 Packing Tycoon (10) 60 Trevor & Martin Cruz S Spratt 2 2 0X1 Victory Drive (9) 59.5 Baker/Forsman 2 5 X1412 Astrid (7) 58.5 Autridge/Richards M Cameron Z Moki (a3) 3 02709 Smedley (3) 60 C Stevenson L Magorrian (a1) 1 3 65102 All Knitted Up (4) 59 Moroney/Ormsby 4 6 80222 Bhiwani (3) 58.5 R James 2 4 163X3. Sound Proposition (7) 59.5 O'Sullivan/Scott D Johnson D Johnson M Du Plessis 4 4 21 Humidor (12) 59 Benner/Wynyard 4 5 12174 Kolonel Kev (6) 59 L Latta L Allpress 7 30152 Jackofall (12) 58 L Latta J Parkes L Innes 5 35732 Laddie Of Oakview (1) 59 Sanders/Sweeney S Spratt 8 6X510 Empathy (2) 57.5 R Simpson D Bradley 6 X3332 Nippin (4) 59 P Moseley M Du Plessis 3 6 46517 The Hassler (6) 58 R James 3 7 221X2. Endorsement (9) 58.5 B Wallace V Colgan 9 96084 Adrenaline Rush (8) 57 S Ralph 1 C Dell (a1) G Cooksley 7 0X927 The Postie (7) 58 P Moseley M Du Plessis 10 X8X1X Emily Monk (4) 56.5 Williams/Richards V Colgan 8 27914 Trojan Warrior (8) 56.5 A Herbert M Cameron 8 53615 Jesdemona (3) 57.5 T Mitchell 1 9 2X113 Arpeggio (5) 56 Autridge/Richards L Satherley 11 1X014. Gracehill (6) 55 R James L Allpress V Colgan 9 00749 Sing For The Sun (8) 57.5 T Devcich U Holmquist (a2) 12 23952 Garland (10) 54 T Cole S Collett 10 07191 Heavens Keep (2) 54.5 L Tanner J Parkes 2:35PM 204

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CAMBRIDGE STUD SIR TRISTRAM FILLIES CLASSIC G2 $100,000, 3yof sw, 2000m

3:47PM 206

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$10,000, mdn, 2000m Jockey

1:35PM OPT 613

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February 13, 2016

PUNTERS CHALLENGE ON APRIL 16 ENTER NOW 2&3YO $20,000, 2&3yo set weight, 1200m

1 10523 Johnny Jones (2) 57.5 J & K Parsons 1 K Mudhoo (a3) 2 2 1407 Enzo’s Lad (3) 57.5 M & M Pitman M Chui 1 507X2 High In Demand (1) 58.5 T & M Stokes R Black S Wynne (a) 2 952 Minutes To Midnite (9) 58.5 K & P Hughes K Mudhoo (a3) 4 3 6352 Moreira (5) 56 K Hampton K Kalychurun (a3) 2 3 07245 The Young Pretenda (7) 58.5 S Laming L Callaway 4 354X7 Bushido (8) 56 J & K Parsons 0 Enefess (6) 56 D Frye T Moseley 4 4 X7074 Freight Train (3) 58.5 Kennedy/Furlong D Prastiyou (a2) 5 6 Right As Rain SCRATCHED 5 0X654 Monte Cinto (6) 58.5 R Ryan S Muniandy 0 Flytime (1) 56 Russell & Ashley McKay C Barnes 3 6 X6836 Velluto (2) 58 Champion/Murphy S Wynne (a) 7 S Muniandy 1 7 68233 Prosperity (4) 56.5 Kennedy/Furlong J Lowry (a2) 8 0X Fugawi (10) 56 N Ridley 3 9 150 Madam Courtney (12) 55.5 B Court D Walsh 8 28X77 Shahzadi (8) 56.5 Young/Smith R Black 9 45 Lady Byron (5) 56 D Frye T Moseley 10 89009 Fascinate Me (11) 55.5 T & M Stokes 11 62573 Tickets On Her (4) 54 J & K Parsons G Jogoo (a3) 1:00PM RICCARTON PARK FUNCTION CENTRE MAIDEN 12 Mimimac (7) 54 S Laming A Chan (a4) OPT 612 $10,000, mdn, 1400m 13 88XF. Ruanui (9) 54 C Trembath T Direen 1 3X549 Serengetti Sun (3) 58.5 M Daly J Morris 2:10 PM NZB SOUTH ISLAND SALE APRIL 15 OPEN HANDICAP 2 X7640 Opihi Jade (17) 58.5 M & W Coles D Walsh $30,000, opn hcp, 1000m OPT 614 2 3 40646 Hannibal Lecter (10) 58.5 A McLeod D Prastiyou (a2) 4 1 0X770. King Montrose (7) 60 N Ridley A Chan (a4) 4 Nesta SCRATCHED 2 2 26272 Toma Valea (4) 59 T & M Stokes K Mudhoo (a3) 5 09X95. Madethecut (8) 58.5 J & K Parsons C Barnes 1 3 16142 Signify (5) 57.5 A Cowan J Lowry (a2) 1 6 424 Moby (11) 58 Champion/Murphy S Wynne (a)

4 87X36. Jazzman (2) 56 M & M Pitman P Shaikh (a3) 7 278. Darci Inn (5) 58 J & K Parsons K Mudhoo (a3) 3 5 01470 Red Dirt Girl (3) 55.5 M McCann S Muniandy 8 44 Mr Typhon (13) 58 M & M Pitman M Chui 6 X746X Conscious Mistake (1) 54 M & M Pitman H Bennet (a3) 9 948 Yogi (16) 58 M & W Coles R Black 7 29852 Gunnadoo (6) 54 T & M Stokes T Moseley 4 10 2X572 Ashwini (6) 56.5 Russell & Ashley McKay A McKay 8 05148 Mels Evie (8) 54 J Hay L Callaway 3 11 5396X St Lamour (2) 56.5 K Thomson T Moseley 12 40X0 Windermere Lass (15) 56.5 J Blackadder J Lowry (a2) 2:44PM #RIDEWITHTHEACTION PHOTO COMPETITION RATING 75 13 $22,500, rating 75 benchmark, 1400m Hou La La (9) 56.5 S Hewitt T Direen OPT 615 14 539 Not Available (18) 56 M McCann 4 1 X0640 Dillinger (10) 60.5 J & K Parsons S Muniandy G Jogoo (a3) 15 5 Shezatoucha (12) 56 J & K Parsons 1 2 15142 Feelin The Love (8) 60 B McDonald G Jogoo (a3) K Mudhoo (a3) 16 06. Bossy Ace (19) 56 S Kellow A Chan (a4) 3 04230 Do Uno Whoiam (2) 60 J Burrows J Lowry (a2) 0 17 8 Sleepyhead (7) 56.5 C Trembath L Callaway 4 83459 Zero Tua Hundred (5) 58.5 T & M Stokes R Black 0 18 70 Moeraki Mist (1) 56 J & K Parsons 5 337X3 Forever Vital (3) 57.5 B & S Anderton A Chan (a4) 0 19 X4000. Sea Tiger (4) 58.5 M McCann 6 38365 Diamond Edge (6) 57.5 Kennedy/Furlong D Prastiyou (a2) 0 20 0X Fugawi (14) 58 N Ridley 2 7 56442 Pat In Brackets (4) 57 K & P Hughes T Moseley PX # REC Horse (Barrier) kg Trainer

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Invercargill Harness Sunday at Ascot Park Raceway

February 14, 2016

Red Electric (8) D McLachlan A Beck 8 34255 Barrier

12:30PM $5,000, 3yo+ c0 trot, 2700m

9 400 Nimbo Stratus VC (21) D O'Connell

D O'Connell PX # REC Horse (Start pos) Trainer Driver 10 8857 Leander Lily (22) H Hunter S Walkinshaw 1 1 PX7 Pegasus Hanover (1) O Lawrence N Williamson 11 0 Delight My Soul (23) S Baucke C Ferguson (J) 3 2 Way To Go (2) B Gray B Barclay 12 00995 Mandolin (24) H Hunter H Hunter 3 Giventake SCRATCHED 13 Money Talks SCRATCHED 4 29806 Eyre’s A Rag Doll (3) G McEwan G McEwan 3 14 5X073 Nicky Minaj (25) G & J Knight B Williamson (J) 4 5 22809 Easy Moment (4) B Gray S Walkinshaw LONE STAR CAFE & BAR MOBILE PACE 2 6 36326 Denn Nee Nose Best (5) E Swain E Swain 2:01PM $5,000, 3yo+ c0 mob. pace, 2200m 7 00459 Strathspey Boy (6) A Kyle A Kyle 0 1 8857 Leander Lily (1) H Hunter 8 0 Jackofdiamonds (7) S Moore S Moore 1 2 8X047 Dancing Dixie (2) C Barron C Barron 9 00 Bricky McGowan (8) D Kelly T Dewe (J) 2 3 3 Fcee (3) G & J Knight B Williamson (J) 10 37853 Phoebe Flyer (9) K Franks K Franks 8 Gold VC (4) G & J Knight B Barclay 11 08024 Pure Emotion (10) S Lock R McIlwrick (J) 4 R McIlwrick (J) 12 809 Best Of The Bunch (u1) C Barron C Barron 5 95085 More Alimony (5) A Hoffman 4 6 454 Just Say Go (6) K Barclay N Williamson 13 98 Beat The Shakes (u2) A Armour A Armour 48 Jetenara (7) K Barclay A Beck 14 4670X Snoop Dog (u3) P Andrews A Milne 7 0 T Robertson 8 50008 Fear Xchange (8) L & T Robertson CENTREPOINT & SOUTH CITY LIQUORLAND TROT

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WAXY O’SHEA’S CLAIMERS PACE $5,000, claimers

c0 with cond. +claimers, 2200m

1 X0837 Ticks Babe (1) W McEwan 2 78009 Springfield Cal Neva (2) M Saunders 3 3 69230 Blow A Cloud (3) M G Brown 4 07045 Wayward Roc (4) K Wood 5 75005 Benz Buy (5) G & J Knight 1 6 0844 Courcelles (6) M Jones 2 7 765 It’s A Deal (7) N Williamson 4 Kate Jackson (8) K Barclay 8 63065 Barrier

1:30PM

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M Parker (J) S Walkinshaw A Armour B Williamson (J) B Barclay C Ferguson (J) N Williamson K Barclay

HOMESTEAD COBB & CO F&M MOBILE PACE

$5,000, 3yo+ f&m c0 mob. pace, 2200m

1 X9514 Justan’s Sister (1) P Ellis 4 2 06874 Tilly Patron (2) A Milne 3 0908 Two Birds (3) L Veint 1 4 63373 Cyclone Charlie (4) N McGrath 5 690 Gen Mac VC (5) C Laurenson 6 0 Catch The Breeze (6) C Barron 2 7 2336 Rose Corsage (7) M G Brown

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8 16294 Madam Bentley (12) 56 J & K Parsons 3 9 04200. Prince Ransom (9) 56 M & M Pitman 10 X2110 Opihi Ranger (7) 55.5 M & W Coles 11 04036 Double Blue (11) 55 K & P Hughes 12 76974 Springwater (1) 54.5 S Woodsford

K Kalychurun (a3)

DOUBLES TREBLES QUADDIES FIRST 4 PLACE 6

2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 1-2-3, 4-5-6, 7-8-9 2-3-4-5, 6-7-8-9 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 4-5-6-7-8-9

2 6X40X Halo Pete (12) 59.5 L Morris 4 D Prastiyou (a2) 3 X9507 Coffee (4) 59 M & M Pitman M Chui 4 4X566 Rejoice (14) 59 M McCann S Muniandy 5 51707 Peggy’s Choice (11) 58 Russell & Ashley McKay T Moseley 1 6 80136 Mulberry (6) 57 N Ridley D Walsh 3:22PM CHRISTCHURCH CASINO OPEN HANDICAP S Wynne (a) OPT 616 $30,000, opn hcp, 1800m 7 75X35 Di Monet (13) 56.5 Champion/Murphy 3 8 88213 Still Waters (9) 56.5 L Robinson J Lowry (a2) 3 1 29799 El Chico (4) 60 M & M Pitman S Wynne (a) D Chin (a3) 2 2 98117 No Emotion (7) 57 M & M Pitman P Shaikh (a) 9 22090 Falzano (10) 56.5 R Didham 2 10 46042 Mare Mia (2) 56 S Woodsford C Barnes 3 77283 Speedy Jax (2) 55 K & P Hughes T Moseley R Black 1 4 31404 Five Kings (6) 54.5 B Tapper C Barnes 11 X0800 Elusive Pete (1) 56 J & K Parsons G Jogoo (a3) 4 5 41536 Locket (1) 54 J & K Parsons G Jogoo (a) 12 608X7. Carpathia (8) 55 J & K Parsons 13 6X677. Goodtago (3) 55 M McCann A Chan (a4) 6 35500 She’s Insatiable (3) 54 Charles/Corbett J Morris 7 73351 Sir Singo (5) 54 M & M Pitman M Chui 14 0X568 Carmen Sandiego (7) 54 A Carston

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3:57PM 617

OPT

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D Walsh B Moore S Wynne (a)

FASTTRACK INSURANCE RATING 75

$22,500, rating 75 benchmark, 2000m

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5:08PM 619

OPT

1 62534 Commanding Oak (13) 60.5 M & M Pitman H Bennet (a3) 3 2 31217 Revelator (1) 60.5 J & K Parsons K Mudhoo (a3) 2 3 35412 Coulee (10) 57 B & S Anderton J Lowry (a2) 4 4 01262 Rosheen (2) 57 J & K Parsons G Jogoo (a3) 5 21031 Shadow Player (11) 56.5 T & M Stokes R Black 6 53135 Lukander (6) 56.5 M & M Pitman 1 7 17211 Night Nurse (5) 56 M & M Pitman M Chui 8 X7625 Southern Raider (8) 55.5 K & P Hughes S Muniandy 9 64851 Ina Jam (12) 55 P Rudkin T Moseley 10 57616 McMay (9) 54 T & L Prendergast S Wynne (a) 11 16690 La Musique (7) 54 K Prendergast C Barnes 12 94605 Show MacCool (3) 54 Charles/Corbett J Morris 13 90944 Moonofklairessa (4) 54 B Smith K Kalychurun (a3)

RACECOURSE HOTEL & MOTOR LODGE RATING 65

$20,000, rating 65 benchmark*, 1600m

1 28154 Luke (14) 60 N Ridley 2 4 2 X5966 Mitcham (11) 60 N Coulbeck 3 31223 Hot Property (12) 59 M Daly 4 57490 Patricio (7) 59 N Coulbeck 5 13256 Kirina Belle (6) 58.5 T & L Prendergast 6 X5919 Yourlips Ar Movin (2) 57.5 J O'Flanagan 7 50X80 Lion Rock Hill (4) 57.5 Charles/Corbett 1 8 43183 Alyth (13) 57 J & K Parsons 9 06423 Bridget Town (10) 57 T Foley 10 41085 Its No Secret (3) 57 M & M Pitman 11 30097 Sheez All Heart (1) 57 T & M Stokes 12 86010 Roc City (9) 56.5 P Gray 3 13 32870 Honor That (8) 56 P Rudkin 14 X0400 Southerly Change (5) 56 K & P Hughes 4:32PM SPEIGHT’S MID ALE RATING 65 15 Moonofklairessa OPT 618 $20,000, rating 65 benchmark*, 1200m 16 00459 Gallant Babe (16) 54 D Frye 1 06884 Jakob Gambino (5) 60 B Tapper K Mudhoo (a3) 17 65060. Habitude (15) 54 A Carston

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Track Information Type: All weather; Direction: Left-handed; Length: 1029m; Weather: Mainly fine

10 08840 Franco Huntington (22) R Swain 11 55009 Bold Ruler (23) P Hunter 12 98975 Sweet As (24) A Paisley 13 4370X Rattling Thunder (25) A Black 3 14 64551 Genuine Excuse (26) K Larsen 15 Matai Vision 16 67078 First Flight In (u1) A Black

R Swain P Hunter A Milne A Beck K Larsen SCRATCHED B Williamson (J)

DOUBLES TREBLES QUADDIES FIRST 4 PLACE 6 4:21PM

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S Muniandy J Lowry (a2) J Morris S Wynne (a) K Mudhoo (a3) T Moseley K Kalychurun (a3) R Black G Jogoo (a3) M Chui C Barnes T Direen D Walsh D Prastiyou (a2) SCRATCHED D Chin (a3)

1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10 1-2-3, 4-5-6, 8-9-10 2-3-4-5, 7-8-9-10 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 5-6-7-8-9-10 ILT FOUNDATION SUMMER CUP HANDICAP PACE $9,000, 4yo+ c3 to c8 spechcp pace, 2700m

1 53852 Devil May Care (1) H Hunter 3 H Hunter 1 2 5X212 Statham (2) N Williamson N Williamson 4 3 47376 Robyn’s Bad Boy (3) R Wilson C Ferguson (J)

4 37977 Groomsman (4) H Hunter S Walkinshaw INVERCARGILL LICENSING TRUST PACE 3:11PM $6,000, 3yo+ c1 pace, 2700m 5 79441 Char Do Neigh (1) A McVicar B Barclay 2 6 82561 Wick (2) B McLellan B McLellan 1 00040 Pegasus Kommander (1) S Lock R McIlwrick (J) 2 7X500 Elle Ko (2) M G Brown C Barron A Armour 7 10665 Regal Ideal (1) T Barron 3 20008 Drive The Dream (3) W Adams C Ferguson (J) 8 94580 Bettor’s Brigadier (u1) D McLachlan A Beck 3 4 7675X Vera’s Delight (4) B McLellan B McLellan SOUTHERN VETERINARY CENTRE SPEED SERIES PACE 4 5 54231 Highland Girl (5) L Pearson B Barclay 4:56PM $9,000, 4yo+ mares c0–c4, 1700m 1 6 12472 Bernie Winkle (6) N Williamson N Williamson A Beck 7 18007 Takitimu Express (7) S Baucke B Williamson (J) 1 09177 Rahuri Badlands (1) W Bryant

2 04281 Hot Chilli (2) R Wilson C Ferguson (J)

8 28291 Gene Time (8) G & J Knight

K Barclay Barrier C Barron 9 07895 Laughing Cavalier (9) H Hunter H Hunter 3 70305 Van Eva (3) S Cook 9 09 Our Symphony (21) B McDonald C Ferguson (J) A Armour 2 10 3361 Six Diamonds (10) A Black A Beck 4 54546 B D Windermere (4) J Tither 10 Comic Book Hero (22) H Hunter S Walkinshaw 5 Dachy SCRATCHED 11 48803 Justasip (11) P Hunter P Hunter 11 80047 Pocket Caesar (23) L Veint B Morris 3 6 81246 Annajodi (5) M G Brown B Barclay 3 12 50X09 Three Dreams (24) M G Brown A Armour SPEIGHTS ALE HOUSE MOBILE PACE 1 7 01322 Bootie Bromac (6) N Williamson N Williamson 13 27406 Vera Mac (25) B McLellan B McLellan 3:46PM $6,000, 4yo+ c1 mob. pace, 2200m 2 Leigh Major (7) B McLellan B McLellan 14 36407 Concorde Dawn (u1) T Stratford 8 56136 Barrier 1 1 48X65 Cool Changes (1) N Williamson J Kennett (J) 15 70X6 Franco Nixon (u2) R Swain R Swain 2 25721 Semper Fidelis (2) G & J Knight B Barclay 9 07341 The Charging Moa (21) G & J Knight B Williamson (J) 16 658X9 Skyfall (u3) K Barclay K Barclay 3 000X0 Viscountess (3) K Norman T Dewe (J) 4 10 P8125 My Rona Gold (22) K Barclay K Barclay

4 03187 Will I Am (4) A McVicar M Parker (J) ASCOT PARK HOTEL MOBILE PACE 2:36PM ELMWOOD CATERING MOBILE PACE 4 5 62990 Mr Handleman (5) B McLellan B McLellan 5:31PM $5,500, 3yo+ c1 mob. pace, 2200m $6,500, 3yo+ c2 mob. pace, 2200m 2 1 1 Perfectly Ideal (1) P Devery S Walkinshaw 6 41X50 Pulling The Strings (6) A Black B Williamson (J) 2 Franco Harrison SCRATCHED 7 647X1 Melina Lowe (7) K Larsen C Barron K Larsen 1 70080 Mach Of The Man (1) T Stratford 3 2210X Great Abbey (2) H Hunter 2 2 35939 Heretic Franco (2) T Barron T Dewe (J) M Parker (J) 8 X6203 Memphis Mafia (8) P Hunter P Hunter

Barrier 4 03670 Arthur Lowe (3) K Larsen 3 23404 Nightmarch (3) M Kerr B Barclay R Swain 2 9 4153X Jetsdream (21) H Hunter S Walkinshaw 4 5 65232 The Tisbury Terror (4) K Barclay 3 4 88343 Ossessione (4) A Black K Barclay A Beck S Tomlinson (J) 5 07834 Jerry Fitz (5) G & J Knight 6 07960 Leolas Delight (5) M G Brown S Tomlinson (J) 10 2746X Hank Bromac (22) M G Brown C Ferguson (J) C Barron 7 1 6 51220 Zenmach (6) G & J Knight First Son SCRATCHED 11 619 Sumthin Special (23) C Barron B Williamson (J) 3 12 P1X60 Lamborne Road (24) W Adams C Ferguson (J) 0 4 7 17830 Fleeting Grin (7) A Armour 8 000X0 Viscountess (6) K Norman

A Armour

Barrier 13 14 Razor Rascal (25) A Hoffman R McIlwrick (J) 8 96909 Ronnoco (8) K O'Connor R McIlwrick (J)

Barrier 1 9 78357 Tuapeka Troy (21) B Shirley

N Williamson 14 X0P70 Matai Vision (u1) A Milne A Milne

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1:00PM

Track Information Type: Grass; Expected: Dead; Direction: Left-handed; Length: 2400m; Straight: 400m; Rail: Rail true; Weather: Mainly fine

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Sunday at Phar Lap Raceway

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15 720 Handsome Hero (13) G Kelk G O'Reilly EQUINE VETERINARY SERVICES TROT 1 1:15PM R May $6,000, 3yo+ c0 trot, 2600m 16 7X979 Automatic (14) M Heenan 0 17 0070 Lord Jase The Mace (15) W Lake T Chmiel PX # REC Horse (Start pos) Trainer Driver 4 18 PX348 Volatile Lavra (u1) R Kennedy C D Thornley 1 58850 Duchess Grace (1) C McDowell C McDowell 0 2 9X70X Riverboat Princess (2) L Smart MAGNESS BENROW 2YO FILLIES (HT 1) MOBILE PACE 3 44726 South Coaster (3) B Mowbray S Golding (J) 2:19PM $22,000, 2yo fillies mob. pace, 2000m 0 4 00007 Prince George (4) L McCormick L McCormick 1 April Rose (1) G Smith G Smith 5 00 Abbys Delight (5) Wakelin/Noble P Wakelin 2 Major Rocket (2) C Dalgety D Dunn 6

Rollin Thunder SCRATCHED 1 3 Renske B (3) Purdon/Rasmussen T Williams 3 7 50444 Look Ahead (6) L & J Smith J Smith 2 4 Partyon (4) Purdon/Rasmussen M Anderson (J) 8 659 Anse Vata (7) P Iggo P Iggo 5 Crimson Lane (5) T McMillan T McMillan 9 4087 I’m Not Eyre (8) T Trathen T Trathen 6 Maczaffair (6) G Payne G A Payne 10 03469 China Express (9) F Baigent R Curtin 4 7 Millwood Daisy (7) C Dalgety R May 2 11 3 Lady Angus (10) C & A Edmonds J Dunn 3 8 Seaswift Joy (8) M Shinn

12 86958 Wandering Star (11) A Lowe G O'Reilly Barrier 13 54 Gee Gees Invasion (12) R Holmes R Holmes 14 86540 King Of The Roses (13) J Versteeg SAIKOU BAR & PORT FM MOBILE PACE J Versteeg 2:55PM $7,000, 4yo+ c2 mob. pace, 2000m 15 07948 Majestic De Fence (14) C Morrison J Morrison (J) 16 80390 Don’t Look Back (15) D Gillespie G Smith 4 1 18969 Media Queen (1) C Dalgety D Dunn 0 17 0X7X7 Ella Lavra (u1) R Kennedy S Ottley 2 32085 Igottastar (2) T Cleave B Orange 4 18 07005 Brylins Choice (u2) D Isherwood C Markham 3 3 50172 Pocket Of Jewels (3) L Hanrahan S McNally 1 19 84000 Landora’s Girl (u3) P Nairn P Nairn 4 64867 Danny Del Vito (4) L Mosely T Chmiel 5 03108 Franco Hammond (5) S McRae C D Thornley CHANGEOVER & LION BEVERAGES PACE 1:45PM 2 6 34577 Little Lion Man (6) R Dunn J Dunn $6,000, 3yo+ c0 pace, 2600m 1 7 26X04 Cullen Keefe (7) L Hanrahan R May 1 0 Nikeira (1) N Hamilton L O'Reilly M Williamson 2 Well Armed (2) A Ford A Ford 8 76132 Boomer Bailey (8) G Telfer 9 89134 Booster (9) B Mowbray C DeFilippi 3 65700 Jayees Supreme (3) G Telfer G Telfer

Barrier 0 4 86900 What A Curtainraiser (4) K James K James 5 Jay Jayz Boy (5) S McNally S McNally HOLY FAMILY CATHOLIC PARISH PICNIC PACE $6,500, 6 950 Heir Pocket (6) Wakelin/Noble P Wakelin 3:29PM 6yo+ c1–c2, c3 with cond., 2000m 7

Bouncer SCRATCHED 3 1 5998X Natural Courage (1) J Cox J W Cox 2 8 03 OK I’m Bad (7) D Ottley S Ottley 2 85420 Special Delight (2) S Blake B Orange 9 5X0X0 Chauhan (8) G Shand G Shand 3 5P600 Handlebar Hank (3) D Paterson D Paterson 10 Playboy (9) R Dunn J Dunn 4 30364 Billy Jack (4) D & C Butt J Dunn 11 67090 Lilac Reign (10) D Taylor J Young (J) 4 5 46328 Bute Courage (5) L Hanrahan G O'Reilly 12

Charlees Wishes SCRATCHED 6 348X0 Nic Mac Willy (6) S Hale P Davis 13 54244 Rainy River (11) C McDowell C McDowell 7 12336 Thats Bettor (7) D McKenzie R Holmes 3 14 95268 Sioux West (12) R Todd 1 8 74927 Franco Harrington (8) T Butt R Close S Ottley

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Track Information Type: All weather; Direction: Left-handed; Length: 1200m; Weather: Fine

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97007 Uncle Trevor (9) G Cook Barrier

70010 Aveross Rustler (21) A Faulks 20007 Fair Dinkum Bromac (22) M Jones

4:04PM

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13 4 14 BROSNAN TRANSPORT PASSING LANE MOBILE PACE 15 $6,500, 4yo+ c1 mob. pace, 2600m

1 50X09 Shezalegend (1) S Dolan 2 X0050 Big Shot (2) D Taylor 3 83350 Coringa Delight (3) M Jones 1 4 95309 Degas (4) J Cox 5 065X4 Corroboree (5) K Barron 6 18X00 Lilly Jones (6) S Hale 4 7 5X909 Parramatta (7) T & G Chmiel

Elusive Flight (8) S Allen 8 8X783 Barrier

9 Handlebar Hank 10 49009 Tuscaloosa (21) C Morrison 0 11 0X0X0 Alan Golightly (22) A Garters 2 12 54425 Sauchiehall (23) J Gameson 13 66686 Twitter Bromac (24) J Gameson 3 14 22636 Kingi Hone Kira (25) S McNally 15 01086 Gerald (26) B Negus 16 490X9 Shrieks Of Delight (27) P Vermeulen 4:39PM

R May

DOUBLES TREBLES QUADDIES FIRST 4 PLACE 6

J Dunn J Young (J) W Higgs J W Cox B Orange P Davis T Chmiel M Williamson SCRATCHED J Morrison (J) C DeFilippi D Dunn C D Thornley S McNally R May S Golding (J)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROSANNA SHAND PACE $6,500, 3yo+ c1 pace, 2600m

1 36217 Man Of Steel (1) T & G Chmiel 2 83620 Franco Sanchez (2) T McMillan 3 89808 Live To Tell (3) B Negus 4 38276 Sounds Swift (4) K O'Reilly 5 90103 Beale Street Boy (5) R Winter 6 99080 Midfrew Tarpediem (6) W Lake 7 Sandoval 3 8 02735 Sans Le Sou (7) R Alfeld 1 9 X1050 Thisgirlisonfire (8) J Howe 10 394X0 Hopeful Harriet (9) M Fuller 11 19030 Mossdale Lucky (10) G & N Hope 2 12 5121 Double Shot (11) C Dalgety

T Chmiel T McMillan C DeFilippi K O'Reilly M Williamson G O'Reilly SCRATCHED R Alfeld J W Cox B Orange S Golding (J) D Dunn

2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 1-2-3, 4-5-6, 7-8-9 2-3-4-5, 6-7-8-9 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 4-5-6-7-8-9

14278 Paddy McCole (12) J Gameson 93748 Fabuleux (13) G Payne 44X1 Clarendon’s Last (14) D Ottley

5:14PM

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THE TWO NOEL’S SPECIAL HANDICAP TROT

$7,000, 4yo+ c1 to c3 spechcp trot, 2600m

1 24743 Missie Castleton (1) L Marshall 2 68378 BK Dawn (2) Wakelin/Noble 3 67005 Henley Park (3) B Borcoskie 4 P0069 Need Success (4) M Austin 5 04097 Momentous (5) A Garters 4 6 0X000 Sheza Trendy Monarch (6) N Taylor 3 7 76X02 Kowhai Monarch (u1) M Jones 2 8 31708 Tornado Valley (1) T McMillan 9 5440X Evander D Go (2) N Burton 10 17609 Danke (3) M Jones 11 62450 Soney Beatt (4) K Ford 12 06310 Peterhof (5) B Graham 1 13 77103 Ruby’s Jewel (u1) P Williamson 14 12920 October Rain (1) G Smith 15 00550 Bono Hest (2) A Faulks 0 16 30593 Sunoflindenny (u1) M Jones 5:49PM

C D Thornley R Payne S Ottley

R May P Wakelin P Borcoskie B Orange C DeFilippi D Dunn S Ottley T McMillan N Burton M Jones A Tomlinson G Archer M Williamson G Smith A Faulks

9 HAPPY VALENTINES TIMARU CURRY CLUB MOBILE PACE $6,000, 4yo+ c0 mob. pace, 2000m

1 42365 Tirol’s Rocket (1) B Zampese 4 2 2 8F323 Martin John (2) A Stuart 3 3 0X24 Mighty Impact (3) B Mowbray 4 40466 Beaudiene Gambler (4) D Paterson 5 Rico Gold 6 88X60 Buscemi (5) G Payne 1 7 64263 Rocki Warrior (6) D Ottley 8 02 Nakayla Franco (7) S McRae

Bontz (8) J & J Geddes 9 97 Barrier

10 70258 Rostriever Victory (21) R Crawford 11 90370 Rock Diva (22) R Dunn 12 Thats Fine Julius (23) D Reardon

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Friday, February 12, 2016

Ashburton Guardian 17

In brief Itoje in England squad Saracens powerhouse Maro Itoje could be given the chance to show his prodigious talent for England in Sunday’s Six Nations rugby clash with Italy. Lock-flanker Itoje and No.8 Josh Beaumont have been included in a 25-strong England squad for the trip to Rome.

England coach Eddie Jones is set to name his starting XV this morning and has hinted there will be changes to his pack.

Itoje has been in outstanding form for Saracens this season and could be in line for a first cap.

- PA

ARU considers options CEO Bill Pulver says the Australian Rugby Union will keep an open mind and won’t rule out any option which allows them to retain their top players. The issue of player sabbaticals is under the spotlight again little more than two weeks before the start of the season, following reports Wallabies back-rower David Pocock wants to take a year off after his contract expires at the end of 2016. Pulver said Pocock having a year off for study leave was “in the mix” of ongoing discussions, but stressed keeping him in Australia and away from overseas sides was a major priority. - AAP The Methven under-12 rugby team will play twice on a seven-day tour across the Tasman.

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Methven boys on tour

By James Ford

James.F@TheGuardian.co.nz

Methven’s under-12 rugby team will jet across the Tasman in April to play two matches on a seven-day tour.

Methven will travel to Goondiwindi for their opening tie and stay in the Queensland town for four days before heading to Brisbane to lock horns with Southport School.

Methven Rugby Club has a long affiliation with Goondiwindi Rugby Club, who annually travel to Mid Canterbury to play Methven and Rakaia teams, but

this will be the first time Methven have returned the favour.

“Last year they brought 80 people, players and mums and dads, and no-one has taken a team out there, but Brownie (Methven under 12 co-coach Mark Brown) said we should do it,” Methven coach Phil Hill said.

Methven players and parents have been busy fundraising for the trip, and have reached their target of almost $30,000.

“We built a shed as a fundraiser, a heap of dads worked on that, and we’ve sold pies, hot

chips and catered at different events,” he said.

“The boys have been involved in bagging sheep poo and cutting kindling and we’ve had sponsorship from local businesses.”

More than 50 players and parents will head to Queensland, which Hill believes will be an experience the boys will not forget.

“We’re rapt, we can’t wait to get over there.

“The Goondiwindi community is great and they’re looking forward to us coming.”

In preparation for their clash

with the Goondiwindi under-12 side, the Methven team, which includes a large Mount Hutt College contingent, have been learning the College’s haka to perform prior to the match.

Hill thanked the local community for their backing and looks forward to welcoming Goondiwindi on their return visit to Methven later this year.

“I guess for us, we’d like to say a huge thanks to everyone that got behind us and supported us.

“Without their support it wouldn’t have happened.”

Smith lined up for Harlequins role

By Wynne Gray As conjecture swirls about Wayne Smith taking on a role with Harlequins, there is speculation former England coach Stuart Lancaster wants to turn his talents to Super rugby.

English media report Smith, who is on a year’s leave after helping the All Blacks win the last World Cup, has been courted by the London club to replace Conor O’Shea who leaves at the end of this season.

Behind the scenes Lancaster is mulling over his next move after being part of England’s debris when they failed to reach the World Cup playoffs.

There is some noise the 46-year-old career-coach is keen to test his talents and broaden his experience with a New Zealand side in Super rugby.

Both the Crusaders and Highlanders are looking for replacement head coaches as this is Todd Blackadder’s last campaign and Jamie Joseph is leaving to coach Japan.

Lancaster coached England in 46 tests with a record of 28 wins (one win from six against the All Blacks) one draw and 17 defeats before he was replaced by Eddie Jones.

A drop in salary is unlikely to be a deterrent for Lancaster because England would have paid

him out for the last five years of his unfulfilled contract.

If Lancaster applied he would make a shortlist of Super rugby coaching candidates, but New Zealand Rugby might struggle to convince Wayne the rugby public he should be appointed, simply because it would reverse the trend NZR complains about – that New Zealand coaches have to go offshore because there aren’t enough Super rugby roles for them here.

Warren Gatland, Joe Schmidt and Vern Cotter all headed away

and are now in Six Nations combat.

Provincial coaches want to progress to Super rugby and that has occurred this year for Tana Umaga and Chris Boyd as head coaches at the Blues and Hurricanes. Paul Smith Feeney and Kieran Keane have also been elevated to Super rugby roles.

The Crusaders have a long record of using coaches from within their ranks and after indications last year Tabai Matson wanted a promotion he would appear to be the successor to Blackadder.

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Strong Brumbies side Wallabies captain Stephen Moore is among a host of Australian stars set to play their first game since last year’s World Cup in the Brumbies’ final Super Rugby trial against the Queensland Reds today. Coach Stephen Larkham has named a strong 26-man squad for the clash in Brisbane, including Moore and David Pocock.

Co-captains Moore and Christian Lealiifano will both start after being rested from last week’s 21-17 pre-season loss to the NSW Waratahs, as will Wallabies flankers Scott Fardy and Pocock.

- AAP

Fekitoa has ‘issues’ All Blacks midfielder Malakai Fekitoa has revealed he suffers from anger issues in a forthright post on Instagram. The 23-year-old star shared a message with his 173,000 followers yesterday, admitting that he has struggled with anger “on and off the field”. Fekitoa provided no particular reason for the post but encouraged those who suffered from similar problems to seek help.

- NZME

Welsh star will be ok Wales five-eighth Dan Biggar did not suffer a serious injury and has made “excellent progress” in his recovery from an ankle sprain that forced him to limp out of Sunday’s Six Nations match against Ireland.

A decision on Biggar’s fitness to face Scotland in Cardiff on Saturday will be taken later in the week, the Welsh Rugby Union said yesterday to allay fears the No.10 could miss the rest of the championship. Biggar was one of the standout performers at last year’s Rugby World Cup. - Reuters

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In brief Interchange helping JT? World All Stars forward James Graham fears Johnathan Thurston may have an even bigger impact on the game due to new interchange rules to be introduced this NRL season. This year the number of interchanges will be reduced from 10 to eight in what the NRL hopes will place a greater emphasis on endurance over power. Graham was wary that it may free up fourtime Dally M Medallist Thurston to create even more havoc during North Queensland’s NRL title defence. “Johnathan Thurston is the best player in the game. Is he going to have more influence? I guess we will wait and see.” - AAP

Profit or perish

Sithum Jayatilleke in action during Lauriston’s eight wicket loss to Coldstream a fortnight ago. Lauriston will hope to record their first win of their Muirhead Rosebowl campaign against Methven tomorrow.

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Tech, Lauriston still winless

By James Ford

James.F@TheGuardian.co.nz

Week three of the Muirhead Rosebowl senior cricket competition will see Methven host Lauriston and Allenton entertain Tech, while Coldstream have the bye.

Coldsteam are currently at the top of the Rosebowl points table having taken an eight-

wicket win over Lauriston a fortnight ago, followed by a sixwicket victory over Allenton last weekend.

Methven and Allenton are in second and third spot respectively with one win each, while winless Tech and Lauriston prop up the rest.

Methven produced last weekend’s upset with an 85-run win

over Pritchard Shield winners Tech.

Methven were sent in to bat after losing the toss and were all out for 152 in the 42nd over, but a demolition job from fifteenyear-old Richard Turpie (five for 29 off 7.3 overs), left Tech all out for a meagre 67 in reply.

In week two’s opposite fixture, Coldstream inflicted Al-

lenton’s first loss of the year, posting a six wicket win, but Jeff Naish’s side will back themselves to return to winning form against a depleted Tech outfit tomorrow.

Muirhead Rosebowl week three fixtures, 12.30pm: Methven v Lauriston, Methven Domain. Allenton v Tech, Tech-1.

Red cards in cricket - it had to come By andrew alderson Yesterday was an unfortunate but inevitable day for cricket.

Yellow and red cards will now be trialled in England at club, university and school level next season to stop poor behaviour.

The move seems drastic but cricket has dealt with reprobates mouthing off or getting into altercations for too long.

Five games were abandoned in England last season.

Threatening an umpire, assault, racism and deliberate beamers come under the brief.

The problem starts at international level with its regular footage of intimidation.

There seems to be a perception the International Cricket Council’s spirit of cricket award, won

by New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum last year, is a booby

prize for those who can’t handle vitriol.

Take Australian all-rounder John Hastings’ quote about New Zealand to a radio station yesterday: “They want to be the big spirit of cricket in the ICC, but when it comes down to it, with a big series on the line, you’re obviously going to take that one aren’t you?”

It’s as though the concepts of ‘winning’ and ‘spirit of the game’ are mutually exclusive in some players’ worlds.

Many cricketers have probably had a crack at sledging at some stage, be it through seeking acceptance from peers or faux cleverness drawn from mob courage.

It can leave a hollow feeling.

Celebrated acts like Michael Holding kicking over the stumps, the Monkeygate saga between

Harbhajan Singh and Andrew Symonds, or Michael Clarke telling James Anderson to “get ready for a broken f****** arm” all sully the game.

It’s labelled the heat of the moment and there’s often a reference to a mythical line which can be challenged but not crossed, but that reasoning is just an excuse to condone lack of self control.

Temperament is a basic cricketing tenet.

Players should not feel compelled to be role models – is there such a thing given humans’ capacity for diversity in values and behaviour? – but engaging in some form of decorum on the field can’t be that hard.

The next impressionable generation is on its way, and what do they see?

Mitchell Marsh morphing into

the Incredible Hulk and mouthing an oath when it became obvious he was out in the deciding Chappell-Hadlee one-dayer.

Sometimes you’ve just got to accept the good (a $1 million cheque into the IPL after his man-of-the-match performance in Wellington) with the bad (a replay on the big screen proving you’re a goner when you thought you’d dodged a dismissal).

Resorting to punitive measures is a shame, but on this occasion it appears warranted.

Sometimes cricketers, particularly with the baubles of adulation at the top level, think they are bigger than the game.

No-one, from Grace to Bradman to Hobbs to Sobers to Richards to Warne, has achieved that feat.

Just watch this trial gain traction.

- NZME

Struggling NRL clubs have been warned: profit or perish. ARL Commission chairman John Grant has told clubs if they are not running at a profit by 2018 when more increased funding arrives, they risk having their licences revoked and being thrown out of the competition. Thirteen of the 16 NRL clubs reportedly ran at a loss in 2015, with South Sydney, Brisbane and the Warriors the only clubs to turn a profit. The ARLC has already been forced to bail out the likes of Gold Coast, Newcastle, St George and the Wests Tigers in recent years.

- AAP

Aloisi praises Miller Brisbane Roar coach John Aloisi has hailed his Newcastle Jets counterpart Scott Miller for turning last season’s A-League basketcase into a solid, defensively sound and occasionally dangerous outfit. Fresh off an upset 2-1 win over Melbourne City last weekend, the Jets take on second-placed Brisbane at Suncorp tonight. It’s a match the Roar should win if they’re serious about their title ambitions, but Aloisi remains wary of a side he believes deserves more credit.

- AAP

Liverpool back down Liverpool’s American owners have bowed to pressure from the club’s fans by backing down on plans to increase ticket prices significantly for next season following a mass walkout protest at Anfield on Saturday. Around 10,000 supporters headed for the exits during the club’s 2-2 draw with Sunderland, in protest against proposals to introduce a highest-priced STG77 ($NZ157) ticket for next season.

Principal owner John Henry issued a statement apologising for any distress and saying those plans had been scrapped.

- Reuters

Paperwork blunder The Wellington Phoenix career of English striker Alex Jones may be over before it’s begun with the paperwork required for his loan transfer from Birmingham City to the A-League club not submitted before football’s global transfer window closed. The incident leaves another stain on New Zealand Football’s blotted record, given the paperwork was submitted to them on time but they didn’t forward it onto Fifa before the cutoff. Publicly, the Phoenix were playing a straight bat yesterday, but privately they’re fuming at the oversight which leaves them no option but to apply to Fifa for an exemption for Jones to play.

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Exiting on record note As one New Zealand test cricketer exits after this series against Australia, a 269th will debut today at the Basin Reserve.

Brendon McCullum has spoken to the media as he prepares to become the first of 2809 test cricketers to play 100 consecutive tests from debut.

He has named a side which will include the awarding of a cap to Henry Nicholls as Ross Taylor continues to recover from a side strain, and the returns of Corey Anderson in place of the injured Mitchell Santner, as well as Mark Craig for Neil Wagner.

McCullum is the third New Zealand cricketer to play 100 tests after Stephen Fleming and Daniel Vettori.

He reflected on his time wearing the same black cap after debuting in it against South Africa at Hamilton in 2004.

“It stinks. I got it out of the bag before ... rancid.

“It’s a quirk of test cricket that we use the same equipment ... but it’s also a sign of character.

“It symbolises the hard work, places you’ve been and emotions you’ve dealt with.”

McCullum shared some fond memories, but a generic one summed up his time in the team.

“I’m proud of the evolution of the team and the performances we’ve started to put up. “[I like] seeing a group of guys achieve something over five days with dirty whites, sweaty black caps and a beer in hand looking back on hard work achieved.

“I’m most proud of being able to get off the canvas when I’ve struggled for runs under pressure ... when you’re desperate for a performance.

“With strength of character and mind you can do it.”

He was thrilled Nicholls had earned his opportunity.

“He’s an unflappable guy in clutch moments.

“He puts the team first, he tries to do something positive and I expect him to have a long and prosperous career.”

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New Zealand’s senior seamer Tim Southee is confident he’ll be ready to lead the bowling attack when the first cricket test against Australia starts at the Basin Reserve in Wellington today. Southee has been sidelined from national duty since damaging his right foot against Sri Lanka at New Year. He hopped about in a moon boot for a time and has one first-class game for Northern Districts last week as practical leadup.

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Bird gets a call-up James Pattinson has been axed from the Australian XI due to a lack of fitness, meaning Jackson Bird will play his first test match in nearly three years against New Zealand today. It’s a major blow to the Australian attack in the sense that the explosive pace of Pattinson was the major x-factor Steve Smith was going to have at his disposal. Smith declared the wicket one of the greenest he’d seen and New Zealand counterpart Brendon McCullum stated Wellington was certainly a bowl first pitch - making the toss potentially crucial. - AAP

Windies stand firm The impasse between the West Indies squad for the Twenty20 World Cup and the region’s cricket board appeared no closer to resolution yesterday with both sides sticking to their positions. West Indies Cricket Board chief executive Michael Muirhead says a new team will be chosen if the players do not abide by the previously agreed financial terms to play in the global event, which takes place in India from March 8-April 3.

- Reuters

Pietersen out of favour

TEST LINE-UPS New Zealand: Brendon McCullum (c), Martin Guptill, Tom Latham, Kane Williamson, Henry Nicholls, Corey Anderson, BJ Watling, Mark Craig, Doug Bracewell, Tim Southee, Matt Henry, Neil Wagner, Trent Boult.

Australia: Steve Smith (c), Joe Burns, David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Shaun Marsh, Adam Voges, Mitchell Marsh, Peter Nevill, Peter Siddle, James Pattinson, Nathan Lyon, Chadd Sayers, Jackson Bird, Josh Hazlewood.

Southee ready to go

New Zealand skipper Brendon McCullum: First player to play 100 consecutive test matches.

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England have named uncapped Hampshire allrounder Liam Dawson in their 15-man squad for the Twenty20 World Cup from next month in India, but there has been no dramatic recall for Kevin Pietersen. Dawson has performed well with the England Lions side who played Pakistan A in the UAE and will link up later this week with the senior squad in South Africa. Pietersen’s form in recent domestic T20 tournaments in South Africa and Australia had led to calls for his return to the side, although these were quickly snuffed out this week by captain Eoin Morgan. - Reuters

Steyn to play T20

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Stars turn out for Warriors match The Vodafone Warriors’ excursion to Whangarei for this weekend’s first fully-fledged NRL trial in the winterless North, against the Gold Coast Titans, will be boosted by several big names.

New signing Issac Luke, veteran wing Manu Vatuvei, and second rower Ben Henry headline the Warriors’ squad for tomorrow’s match at Toll Stadium, which will double as Luke’s first appearance for the club since being signed from South Sydney last year.

Vatuvei will make his return from off-season shoulder sur-

gery, while Henry, who missed almost all of the 2015 season after a second serious knee injury, is a good chance to return to the fray.

“It was bittersweet for myself; bitter in the sense that it happened a second time, but sweet in the sense that I knew what was expected and what I had to do,” Henry said of his return to first grade footy.

“I’m really excited actually.

“It’s been sort of 10 months and I’ve just been looking forward to getting on the paddock and playing with the boys, play-

ing something that I’ve trained hard for, and hopefully everything goes alright.”

Star playmaker Shaun Johnson will miss the trial, with coach Andrew McFadden confirming he wants to rest his leading players.

New recruit Roger TuivasaSheck is also set to be rested after suffering a calf strain in the latter stages of the Downer NRL Auckland Nines, along with Solomone Kata (ankle) and rookie Henare Wells (hamstring).

While a number of Junior Warriors have been picked for the first grade game, Northland’s

recent Warriors signee Nathan Newton will be making a trip home, and will line up in the curtain-raiser to the main event when the Vodafone Warriors NYC team faces the Vodafone Warriors NSW side at 3pm.

Almost 3000 tickets have been pre-sold, and that organisers were expecting a good walk-up crowd.

It will be the city’s fourth major rugby league occasion in recent years following the Kiwis’ appearance against Toa Samoa in 2014 en route to winning the Four Nations title.

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South Africa have named fast bowler Dale Steyn in their 15-man squad for the World Twenty20 in India next month, but will ask him to prove his fitness following a debilitating shoulder injury.

Steyn, a key component of the South African bowling line-up, has missed most of the 2015/16 season with first a groin strain and then a shoulder problem that has required intensive treatment. The side will be captained by Faf du Plessis, who takes over from AB de Villiers.

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TRADES, SERVICES

Ko backed as unbeatable

By Michael DonalDson Not even when Tiger Woods was at his absolute peak in the early years of the 20th century has golf seen such a prohibitive favourite as Lydia Ko ahead of today’s New Zealand Women’s Open at Clearwater Resort in Christchurch.

Ko is paying $1.57 on the New Zealand TAB and according to England’s Laura Davies, perhaps the most experienced observer of women’s golf, those odds are unparalleled.

“In English prices she’s 8/13 (invest $13 to return $21) which is unprecedented for a field of this size.

“It’s extraordinary but having said that a lot of top punters I know will think this is a great bet - put 13 grand on to make eight grand [profit] - it’s a great bet, I wish I had 13 grand,” Davies said.

“Tiger is the only one who’s started this short - I saw him once at 10/11 ($1.90) when he was at his absolute best but this is the shortest price ever [for a golf tournament].

“It’s a shame in some ways as it makes it look like the rest of us can’t play.

It’s just that she’s exceptional and the odds reflect that.

“If Lydia plays well she will win. She’s the No 1 player in the world - I’m not sure who the second highest ranked player is but I’m sure she’s not that high.”

And she’s right: the second highest ranked player is Nicole Larsen of Denmark - at 73.

“But having said that Lydia still has to go and play the golf ... but the chances are Lydia is going to win.”

New Zealand Golf might not be splurging $13,000 on Ko - there’s a lot more than that already staked on the hope she can claim a third Open title in four years.

If she successfully defends her title it will almost certainly ensure she returns next year ... and for many years to come.

Ko is a massive drawcard for fans and a magnetic force driving global media coverage the New Zealand Open would not otherwise receive given the relatively paltry prizemoney on offer.

It’s a blessing for New Zealand Golf and one they shouldn’t take for granted, Davies suggested.

“It’s a great credit to Lydia that she comes back to New Zealand.

“Obviously the money is not an issue for her but it’s lovely that she still wants to come back here and play because there’s a lot of girls who don’t go back to Sweden or Spain when they are those countries’ best players.

“Yet Lydia is in a position, as No 1 in the world, where she still wants to come back and play.”

Davies said the wider world of golf

With Rickie Fowler closing in, Jason Day is itching to get back into competition and resume his push up golf’s world rankings.

Day was unable to defend his US PGA Tour title at Torrey Pines the way he would have liked last month due to a viral infection, the latest in a litany of injury or ill-

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Lydia Ko: Hot favourite to retain title. wouldn’t bat an eyelid if Ko failed to front for her national open.

“No-one would criticise her but everyone should be praising her because she’s such a lovely girl as well.

“Some of the other No 1s haven’t been so receptive about embracing the No 1 status – I’m not saying they weren’t nice people, I’m just saying they didn’t want to go that extra mile.

“It seems Lydia is really happy to take everything on board and go with it – which is why I don’t think I’ve heard anyone say a bad word about which is pretty extraordinary at a high level of sport.

“That says it all really.”

That said Davies still backs herself to play a role over the 54-hole tournament which ends on Sunday.

“A chance?

“I wouldn’t be here if I didn’t think I could win it but having said that I have to play as good as I can play and putt really well because I don’t think Lydia is going to shoot any less than 15-under.”

She said if someone else could shoot better than 15-under it would start to put pressure on Ko. “It’s a massive ask but there are players here who can do it.

“Gwladys Nocera, Rebecca Artis is playing really well.

“You want to be the player who plays with her on Sunday and tries to put the pressure on her - I’m not saying anyone is playing for second.”

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www.guardianonline.co.nz CRYPTIC ACROSS 1. The so-longs, for example? (12) 8. Bury one with gold and find part away from the coast (8) 9. A thousand in one stroke, that’s the highest one can get (4) 11. Made the roof and had it sent back when guided to do so (5) 12. Performed part of a play, in need of change (7) 13. Move a very small amount at a time to island Irish (4) 15. She is endlessly after me for the engagement (4) 19. One may take it in dudgeon and bare gum like this (7) 20. This says one wasn’t where one was supposed to be (5) 22. I sadly have to do without sex appeal with nonchalance (4) 23. Confirmation of exit sign is unqualified (8) 24. Never-changing, the middle points of the ganglia (5-7)

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YESTERDAY’S SOLUTIONS CRYPTIC Across 1. Semitone 4. Grub 8. Vat 9. Rhino 10. Vow 11. Uplifts 12. Norse 13. Interviewer 17. Octet 18. Private 20. Ana 21. Vying 22. Use 23. Eels 24. Delivery Down 1. Savour 2. Metal 3. Noils 5. Reverse 6. Bowler 7. Countering 9. Reflective 14. Netball 15. Forage 16. Celery 18. Prime 19. Acute

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QUICK Across 1. Drastic 5. Credo 8. Imperceptible 9. Too 10. In general 12. Fright 13. Aviary 15. Stand fast 16. Sum 18. Predominately 20. Toyed 21. Spectre Down 1. Drift 2. Approximately 3. Tarnished 4. Clergy 5. Cot 6. Embarrassment 7. Overlay 11. Novitiate 12. Fusspot 14. Ratios 17. Maybe 19. Odd

QUICK ACROSS 6. Sailor (7) 7. Implements (5) 9. Carton (3) 10. Unused skill or ability (9) 12. Lastingly (11) 15. Overbearing (5-6) 17. Support one view over another (4,5) 19. Scientific workplace (3) 21. Moor (5) 22. Amazing occurrence (7)

DOWN 1. Horse-drawn cart (5) 2. Irish dance (3) 3. Prohibit (4) 4. Satisfied (9) 5. Distinctly (7) 8. Restrain (4,2) 11. Napkin (9) 13. Goat product (6) 14. Linked (7) 16. Deficiency (5) 18. Give off (4) 20. Devotee (3)

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When your brain needs a workout, you read.

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GREYGOOSE, Teresa Mary – On February 8, 2016. Passed away peacefully at Ashburton, surrounded by her family. Much loved sister of Patsy, Margaret, Alfie, and Jimmy. Special auntie to Nadia, Simala, Danielle, and Alyshia and loved great auntie to Alex, and EmmaRose. Messages to the Greygoose family C/- P O Box 472, Ashburton 7740. It was Teresa’s wish for a private service which has been held.

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Loved and respected sisterin-law of Jim and Yvonne Ruck (both deceased), Mavis and George Drever, Elsie and the late Jim Horsburgh, Edna and Murray Williamson (both deceased), Alice and the late Ian McLaren, and Lois and the late Jim Alexander. Also a loved aunt.

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SKY SPORT 1

6am Breakfast 9am Whanau Living Natalie Oldfield makes chocolatealmond cheesecake and steamed pudding with orange sauce; Jenny May Clarkson visits an inner-city dog daycare centre.

9:30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 30 10:30 The Chase 0 11:30 Brendan’s Magical Mystery Tour PGR 0 Noon One News 0 12:30 Emmerdale PGR 0 1pm Coronation Street 3 0 2pm Come Dine With Me Couples 0 3pm Dickinson’s Real Deal 3:55 Te Karere 2 4:25 The Chase 0 5:25 Millionaire – Hot Seat 0 6pm One News 0 7pm Seven Sharp 0 7:30 MasterChef Australia The bottom four contestants from the invention test must cook off to survive in the competition. 0 8:40 Coronation Street Gary feels the pressure; Maddie’s deception is discovered; will Maria keep Marcus out of Liam’s life? 0 10:40 One News 0

6am Creflo Dollar 6:30 Tiki Tour 3 0 6:52 Angry Birds Toons 0 6:55 My Little Pony – Friendship Is Magic 3 0 7:20 Star v The Forces Of Evil 7:45 Numb Chucks 0 8:10 Jake And The Neverland Pirates 3 0 8:35 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 3 0 9am Infomercials 10:30 Neighbours 3 0 11am Home And Away 3 0 11:30 Shortland Street PGR 3 0 Noon Hope And Faith 3 0 12:30 Jeremy Kyle AO 1:30 Judge Rinder PGR 2:30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 0 3:30 Angry Birds Toons 3 0 3:35 Inspector Gadget 4:05 Girl Meets World 0 4:30 Pair Of Kings 0 5pm Friends 30 5:30 Home And Away 0 6pm The Middle 0 6:30 Neighbours 0 7pm Shortland Street PGR 0 7:30 Supergirl PGR 0 8:30 M Charlie’s Angels AO 2000 Action. Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz, Lucy Liu. 0 10:25 Mike And Molly PGR 0 10:50 The Big Bang Theory 3 When the university makes Sheldon take a holiday, he goes to work with Amy in her neurobiology lab; Bernadette wants Howard to sign a prenuptial agreement. 0

6am Paul Henry 9am The Queen Latifah Show PGR It’s game time, and Queen Latifah takes on Grey’s Anatomy star Chandra Wilson.

10am Infomercials 11:30 Baggage PGR 3 Noon NewsHub Midday Coverage of global and local news.

12:30 Dr Phil AO Gary says his nephew Zach, whom he has been raising since he was a few days old, and considers a son, has revealed a desire to become a woman.

1:30 M A Mother’s Nightmare PGR 2012 Thriller. Annabeth Gish, Jessica Lowndes, Grant Gustin.

3:30 Entertainment Tonight 4pm American Ninja Warrior (Part 2) 0 4:55 The X Factor Australia 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm 7pm Road Madness PGR 3 0 7:30 N Jono And Ben PGR 8:30 The Graham Norton Show AO Graham is joined by Ralph Fiennes, comedian and actress Tracey Ullman, and James Nesbitt, with music from singer-songwriter James Bay. 0 9:30 7 Days AO 10pm Fail Army AO 10:30 NewsHub Late

6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Peppa Pig 3 7am As Told By Ginger 3 7:25 Digimon Fusion 3 7:50 Power Rangers – Super Megaforce 3 8:15 Chuggington 3 8:25 Hi-5 House 3 8:50 Ready, Steady, Wiggles 3 9am Peppa Pig 3 9:05 Fireman Sam 3 0 9:15 Thomas And Friends 3 9:25 Bob The Builder 3 9:35 Barney And Friends 3 10am Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Pingu 3 3pm Peppa Pig 3 3:05 Strawberry Shortcake 3 3:30 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom 3 3:40 Fairly Odd Parents 3 4:05 The Best Of Sticky TV 4:35 Strange Hill High 3 5pm The Nanny 3 0 5:30 Life’s Funniest Moments 3 6pm Punk’d 3 6:30 How I Met Your Mother 3

6:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 7am Deal Or No Deal 3 7:30 Home Shopping Noon The Doctors PGR 1pm The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon PGR 3 2:05 MasterChef USA 3 The contestants compete to create threecourse meals for the chance to win the MasterChef title.

3pm The Crowd Goes Wild 3 3:30 Antiques Roadshow 3 4:30 Hot Bench Judge Judy and other judges exchange debate before reaching a verdict.

5pm Deal Or No Deal 5:30 Prime News 6pm Escape To The Country British couples or families search for the perfect country home while exploring the surroundings of each location.

7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7pm The Simpsons PGR 3 0 7:30 M Ice Age – The 7:30 Nitro Circus Live PGR 3 Meltdown PGR 2006 8pm Nitro Circus Live PGR 3 Animated. As the end of 8:30 M Street Kings 2 – the Ice Age looms, Diego, Motor City AO 3 2011 Action.

Manny and Sid must warn A rebellious detective and his everyone that their valley partner solve the murders of will be destroyed by a flood, an elite group of undercover and find a route to survival. officers, but discover a trail Voices of Ray Romano, John of corruption within their Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Detroit police unit. Ray Liotta, Queen Latifah.

Shawn Hatosy, Clifton Powell.

9:30 American Idol 10:25 Dream Factory 3 0

6am Ice Hockey – NHL (Replay) Montreal Canadiens v New Tampa Bay Lightning. From Centre Bell in Montreal.

8am Sky Sport Select 8:30 Fishing And Adventure The crew heads to Whakatane to pit their skills against 250 other anglers in the 10th annual Surtees fishing competition.

9am Being Kevin Pietersen An unprecedented insight into the cricketer’s life.

10am L Cricket – International Blackcaps v Australia – First Test, Day One. 12:35 Sky Sport Select 1:05 L Cricket – International Blackcaps v Australia – First Test, Day One. 6pm The Cricket Show 6:30 World Rugby 7pm Hurricanes Pre-Season 7:30 Being Kevin Pietersen An unprecedented insight into the cricketer’s life.

8:30 New Zealand Rural Games A series of traditional rural sports attracting top competitors from throughout New Zealand and Australia.

9:30 Cricket – International (Highlights) Blackcaps v Australia – First Test, Day One.

11:10 Red Widow AO 3 When Marta’s drug smuggling hits a snag, and crucial details change at the last minute, she must think on her feet, and is surprised by her own ability. 0 12:10 Castle AO 3 A body is found at a sci-fi convention. 0 1am Te Karere 3 2 1:25 Infomercials

11:20 Two And A Half Men AO 0 12:20 Scrubs PGR 3 0 12:50 Shortland Street PGR 3 0 1:20 Infomercials 2:25 Marvel’s Agents Of Shield AO 0 3:15 Arrow AO 3 0 4am Regular Show PGR 3 0 4:10 Secret Mountain Fort Awesome 3 0 4:20 Jeremy Kyle USA PGR 3 5:10 Neighbours 3 0 5:35 Zeke And Luther 3 0

11pm The Michael McIntyre Chat Show PGR 3 Michael is joined by actress Joanna Lumley, rapper Tinie Tempah, and British television presenter and columnist Richard Madeley. 0 12:05 The Good Wife AO 3 1am Infomercials

11:20 Entertainment Tonight 11:45 Infomercials

11:30 Basketball – NBL (Highlights) Midnight Ironman Series (Highlights) 2am The Cricket Show 2:30 Cricket – International (Highlights) 3am Motorsport – Toyota Racing Series 4am New Zealand Rural Games 5am Sailing – ISAF World Cup (Highlights)

CHOICE TV 6am Benny Hinn 6:30 Jonathan Phang’s Gourmet Trains 7:30 Extreme Collectors 8am The Liquidator 8:30 Trouble In Lemur Land 9:30 In Search Of Perfection 10am Food Safari 10:30 Double Your House For Half The Money 11:30 Auction Hunters PG Noon Iron Chef America 1pm Rachel Khoo’s Kitchen Notebook – Melbourne 1:30 Food Safari Fire 2pm Jonathan Phang’s Gourmet Trains 3pm Extreme Collectors 3:30 The Liquidator 4pm World’s Wildest City 4:30 Monkey Thieves 5pm Shane Delia’s Moorish Spice Journey 5:30 The Lazy Chef 6pm Million Dollar Contractor 6:30 Yard Crashers 7pm Auction Kings 7:30 Restoration Man 8:30 Beeny’s Restoration Nightmare 9:30 Selling New York 10pm Gardeners’ World 10:30 Auction Kings 11pm Shane Delia’s Moorish Spice Journey 11:30 The Lazy Chef

SATURDAY

Midnight IFish 12:30 Benny Hinn 1am Extreme Collectors 1:30 The Liquidator 2am World’s Wildest City 2:30 Monkey Thieves 3am Million Dollar Contractor 3:30 Yard Crashers 4am Beeny’s Restoration Nightmare 5am Gardeners’ World 5:30 IFish

11:30 Cricket – International (Highlights) Blackcaps v Australia – First Test, Day One. Midnight The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon PGR A celebrity chat show.

1am The Crowd Goes Wild 3 1:30 Home Shopping

MAORI TV 6:30 Pukoro 2 7am Dora Matatoa 2 7:30 SpongeBob Tarau Porowha 2 8am Pukana 2 8:30 Te Kaea 3 2 9am Wairua PGR 9:30 Kai Time On The Road 3 10am Korero Mai 3 2 11am Toku Reo 3 2 Noon Korero Mai 3 2 1pm Toku Reo 3 2 2pm Ako 3 2 3pm City Slickers Rodeo 3:30 Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 4pm Whanau Living PGR

THE BOX 6am CSI MV 6:50 The Simpsons PG 7:15 Piha Rescue PG 7:40 Counting Cars PG 8:05 Survivor – Heroes v Villains PG 8:55 CSI – Miami MV 9:45 Criminal Intent MV 10:35 Criminal Minds 16VS 11:25 Graceland MVLC 12:15 Ice Road Truckers PG 1:05 Shipping Wars PG 1:30 CSI – Miami MV 2:20 CSI MV 3:10 Survivor – Heroes v Villains PG 4pm Piha Rescue PG 4:30 Counting Cars PG 5pm The Simpsons PG 5:30 CSI – Miami MV 6:30 Shipping Wars PG 7pm Piha Rescue PG 7:30 Criminal Minds 16VS 8:30 Law And Order – LA MV 9:30 Longmire 16V 10:30 Criminal Intent MV 11:30 Criminal Minds 16VS

SATURDAY

12:30 Survivor – Heroes v Villains PG 1:20 Counting Cars PG 1:45 CSI MV 2:35 Criminal Intent MV 3:25 The Simpsons PG 3:55 Law And Order – LA MV 4:45 Longmire 16V 5:35 Shipping Wars PG

SKY SPORT 2 4:30 Patapatai 5pm Tribe 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Pukoro 2 6:30 Pukana 2 7pm Waiata 7:30 Iwi Anthems 3 8pm Whanau Living PGR 8:30 Code 9:30 My Reggae Song 10pm The Festival PGR 3 10:30 Te Kaea 3 2 11pm Te Kauta PGR 3 11:30 Closedown

DISCOVERY

The Big Bang Theory 10:50pm on TV2

MOVIES PREMIERE

6am Destroyed In Seconds PG 6:30 Deadliest Catch PG Cornelia Marie Blue. 7:30 Alaska – The Last Frontier M 8:30 MythBusters PG Big Rig Myths. 9:25 Incredible Engineering Blunders – Fixed PG 10:20 Engine Addict With Jimmy De Ville PG KTM 125 SX Engine. 11:15 Dead Of Night M 12:10 Murder Comes To Town M 1:05 True Crime With Aphrodite Jones M 2pm How It’s Made PG 2:25 How It’s Made PG 2:55 How Do They Do It? PG 3:20 Auction Hunters PG 3:50 Alaska – The Last Frontier M 4:45 Gold Rush PG 5:40 MythBusters PG 6:35 Secret Space Escapes PG 7:30 How The Universe Works PG 8:30 Running Wild With Bear Grylls M 9:30 Alaska – Battle On The Bay PG 10:30 How It’s Made PG 11pm How It’s Made PG 11:30 Alaska – The Last Frontier M

6:55 Maggie MV 2014 Thriller. Abigail Breslin, Arnold Schwarzenegger. 8:35 Last Call 16VLS 2012 Comedy.

Travis Van Winkle, Tara Reid.

10am Horns 16VLSC 2013 Drama Fantasy Thriller. Daniel Radcliffe, Juno Temple. 11:55 The Gambler 16VL 2015 Drama. Mark Wahlberg, Brie Larson. 1:45 Project Almanac MLS 2015 Sci-fi. Jonny Weston, Sofia Black-D’Elia. 3:30 Santorini Blue MLS 2011 Drama. Ice-T, Richard Belzer, Coco Austin.

5:10 Allegiance MVL 2012 Thriller.

Bow Wow, Seth Gabel. 6:40 Edge Of Tomorrow MVL 2014 Action.

Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt. 8:30 Walk Of Shame MLS 2014 Comedy.

Elizabeth Banks, James Marsden.

10:10 Wild Card 18VLS 2014 Drama.

Jason Statham, Michael Angarano.

11:40 Santorini Blue MLS 2011 Drama. Ice-T, Richard Belzer, Coco Austin.

12:30 A Crime To Remember M 1:25 Web Of Lies M 2:20 Auction Hunters PG 2:45 Wondernesia PG 3:15 Deadliest Catch PG 4:10 Dirty Jobs PG 5:05 Ice Cold Gold PG

1:20 Allegiance MVL 2012 Thriller.

Bow Wow, Seth Gabel. 2:50 Walk Of Shame MLS 2014 Comedy. 4:25 Wild Card 18VLS 2014 Drama. 5:55 Edge Of Tomorrow MVL 2014 Action.

SATURDAY

SATURDAY

The Graham Norton Show 8:30pm on TV3

MOVIES GREATS 6:05 Sherlock Holmes MV 2009 Action. Robert Downey jr, Jude Law, Rachel McAdams. 8:10 Fantastic Four – Rise Of The Silver Surfer PGV 2007 Action. Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, Michael Chiklis. 9:40 Hannibal 18 2001 Thriller. Anthony Hopkins, Julianne Moore, Gary Oldman.

11:50 American Dreamz MLS 2006 Comedy. Hugh Grant, Mandy Moore.

1:35 Sherlock Holmes MV 2009 Action. Robert Downey jr, Jude Law, Rachel McAdams. 3:45 Groundhog Day PG 1993 Comedy. Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, Chris Elliot.

5:25 Birthday Girl M 2001 Romance.

Nicole Kidman, Ben Chaplin.

6:55 The Ringer MLS 2005 Comedy.

Johnny Knoxville, Katherine Heigl.

8:30 American Gangster 16VLSC 2007 Crime. Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe. 11:25 Team America – World Police 16VLS 2004 Animated Action. Voices of Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Kristen Miller.

SATURDAY

1:05 Groundhog Day PG 1993 Comedy. 2:45 American Gangster 16VLSC 2007 Crime. 5:35 The Ringer MLS 2005 Comedy.

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6am Sky Sport Select 6:30 Hockey – Indian League (Replay) Delhi Waveriders v Ranchi Rays.

8am Super League Fulltime 8:30 L Rugby League – Super League Salford Red Devils v St Helens. From AJ Bell Stadium in Salford City.

11:30 Rugby League – NRL Auckland Nines (Highlights) Day Two. From Eden Park.

1pm Sailing – ISAF World Cup (Highlights) 2pm Football – ASB Premiership (Replay) Waitakere United v Team Wellington. From QBE Stadium in Auckland.

4pm Rugby League – NRL Auckland Nines (Highlights) Day Two. From Eden Park.

5:30 Rugby League – Super League (Replay) Salford Red Devils v St Helens.

7:30 L Basketball – NBL New Zealand Breakers v Melbourne United. From the North Shore Events Centre in Auckland.

9:30 L Basketball – NBL Illawarra Hawks v Adelaide 36ers.

From the WIN Entertainment Centre in Wollongong.

11:30 Cricket – International (Highlights) Blackcaps v Australia – First Test, Day One.

SATURDAY

Midnight New Zealand Rural Games 1am Hurricanes Pre-Season 1:30 Football – OFC Champions League (Highlights) Preliminary.

2am Football – A-League (Replay) Brisbane Roar v Newcastle Jets.

4am Cricket – International Blackcaps v Australia – First Test, Day One.

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Friday, February 12, 2016

Sport

The 2016 Coast to Coast is set to be the most competitive in recent years.

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Coast to Coast ‘wide open’

Elina Ussher: Cool and calm

This year’s Coast to Coast is expected to be one of the most competitive in years with Whakatane multisport athlete Sam Clark and Nelson’s Elina Ussher the leading contenders for one-day honours.

Missing from the starting line of the one day world championship event will be two key names, defending champions Braden Currie and Jess Simson.

But race director Richard Ussher believes the duo’s absence will make for an unpredictable race.

“It’s a shame that we won’t see Jess and Braden racing, but it’s also really exciting as it really

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opens things up,” he said.

Two-time winner Currie has set his sights on a qualifying spot at the Rio Olympics in triathlon, while Simson is now living Canada.

Clark, who pushed Currie in finishing second last year, is focused on making the top step of the podium this year, stressing that the home advantage for the Kiwi contenders will play a huge factor, but expects tough competition from across the Tasman.

“With the likes of Australians Alex (Hunt) and Jarad (Kohlar) racing there’s no doubt some

strong contenders,” he said.

“But locals have a definite advantage as we can learn every rock, every eddy and shallow point in the river, and unfortunately for them they just don’t have those opportunities.”

Australian multi-sport athlete Hunt was a late entry and although it is his first crack at the Coast to Coast, the Tasmanian is in red hot form after a dominating win in Wanaka’s recent two-day adventure race, while two time women’s one-day winner Elina Ussher is cool, calm and collected.

“Everybody has the same

chance standing on the start line and there are plenty of good talented girls racing,” she said.

“But I know if I have a good day the chances of winning is high.”

The two-day Coast to Coast event will be a little harder to predict, but the red hot favourite in the men’s individual race is 19-year-old Hayden Wilde.

Wilde is the current under-19 New Zealand/Australasian multisport champ and under-19 New Zealand and World Xterra champ who is expected to do some serious damage on the mountain run over Goat Pass.

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