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McMILLAN ON A GOOD RHYTHM It’s nice being injury free as well. That’s the thing with bowling, you’re always going to have the odd niggle here and there

By Adam Burns adam.b@theguardian.co.nz

Harry McMillan has made good on his cricketing promise.

The left arm pace bowler could easily be described as Mid Canterbury’s answer to Trent Boult.

“I usually look to bring the ball back into the right hander,” he said.

Whatever the key ingredient is, he has forced Canterbury under-19 coach Fred Anderson to sit up and take notice.

The 18-year-old was selected last week for the Canterbury

squad for the national under-19 tournament which began this week at Lincoln.

He said he was thrilled with how he had been attacking the crease recently.

“It’s nice being injury free as well,” he said.

“That’s the thing with bowling, you’re always going to have the odd niggle here and there.”

The former AshColl pupil played for the school’s 1st XI in Year 11 before completing his final two years of school at Christchurch’s St Andrew’s College – a move which he said had allowed his cricket to thrive.

“It’s certainly different.

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“Trainings were a lot more intense and the workload.

“It probably prepares you a little bit better.”

McMillan was part of the initial wider training squad and was later retained when the squad was whittled down to 13 for the national tournament.

He was originally set to make his Hawke Cup debut for Mid Canterbury against Otago Country at the weekend before he was hauled into Canterbury under-19 camp ahead of the tournament.

Mid Canterbury’s next cup challenge against South Canterbury in January has now

been earmarked as a likely debut for the young quick.

McMillan has been an important member of STAC’s 1st XI bowling attack over the past two years where the swing bowler had got his pace up to about 120km/h.

Although disappointed that the Christchurch school missed out Gillette Cup cricket this year following a fruitful 2019, the team had still proven to be one of the topflight prospects of the Canterbury competition.

McMillan was nigh on impossible to face during STAC’s opening Ara competition clash against North West back in Oc-

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“The pitch was quite bouncy, which suited me.

“I was able to use my pace and bounce, but I was able to take a couple around the 25 over mark – the ball was still swinging.

“It was really going.

“It was just one of those days.”

Although not part of the playing 11, Canterbury’s campaign got off to a winning start on Thursday when it edged Auckland by eight runs.

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Jennifer’s busy, but life is good

Jennifer Geddes has green thumbs when it comes to growing vegetables.

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By Heather Mackenzie heather.m@theguardian.co.nz

If happiness is a choice then Jennifer Geddes has chosen well. It has always been a busy life, she said, “but I love it”.

Despite ongoing health issues and a back that doesn’t behave as it should, Geddes knits, crochets and gardens up a storm, and smiles.

Regulars at the Ashburton Craft Market will be familiar with Jennifer as she sits behind a stall that is overflowing with knitting and crocheted goods all made by her.

“I have been knitting and sewing for over 58 years and I still enjoy it just as much now.”

Geddes said she learned the skill from her mother and, as

a testament to her late mum, Geddes’ house is peppered with brightly coloured rugs made by her mother.

Handcraft is not the only thing the happy 78-year-old excels at, her expansive vege garden is enough to make even the best gardeners green with envy.

Tomato plants vie for space with potatoes, yams and courgettes. Carrots grow happily in bright blue tubs and strawberry beds are dotted about the place.

This is a garden where any weeds that dare to grow are quickly hoed out.

Knowing her limitations, Geddes said she does her gardening in short bursts throughout the day and being a keen horse racing fan, Geddes uses race times to guide her through her gardening

day.

“There is about 20 minutes between races, so when the race has finished I come out here for about 10 to 15 minutes and hoe weeds, water the plants or whatever and then I go back in, pick up my crochet and watch another race.”

When she is not gardening in 10-minute bursts she is off visiting her five children, 16 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren, and another one on the way, she added.

Geddes’ pride for her children and their children is obvious when she talks about them.

“I am blessed with a great family and they all help me a lot. Yes I have some health issues, but you have to adjust to that and get on with life.”

Last weekend Geddes spent

time in Orari at her daughter’s house with a cloud of other family members in attendance.

“We all brought lunch with us which was lovely and then spent the afternoon reminiscing. It was such a beautiful day, just absolutely lovely.”

Geddes grew up in Timaru where her parents owned a bakery and it was over the freshly baked bread and triangle shaped sandwiches that Geddes met her husband Bill.

“I was 15 at the time. Bill used to come into the bakery to collect the morning tea for his work mates.”

The pair married when she was 20 and he was 21. After a few years of bouncing around the South Island working as married couples on farms and truck driving, they

had gathered enough money together to purchase a farm in Winslow.

“Bill always said he wanted a farm and a clydesdale horse, he got the farm, but that meant we couldn’t afford the clydesdale horse.”

When her mum needed help Geddes and Bill moved a cottage on to the farm, for her to live in.

“I loved having Mum on the farm with us, I promised Dad I would look after her and that is what I did.”

Eighteen years ago the couple made the decision to leave the farm and move into Ashburton, the same house that Geddes still lives in today.

“Money is never the issue, you have to take care of each other,” she said.

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FORMER MP SPEAKS PUBLICLY FOR THE FIRST TIME

NO CHARGES AGAINST FALLOON – POLICE

By Matt Markham matt.m@theguardian.co.nz

Former Rangitata MP, Andrew Falloon will not face criminal charges over sending unsolicited images.

But the sordid story that led to Falloon’s fall from grace appears far from over with new allegations being unveiled yesterday – this time from Falloon – who confirmed he was awaiting legal advice following evidence of a breach on his personal Facebook account.

Speaking publicly for the first time since he announced his resignation from Parliament on Monday, July 20, Falloon also confirmed yesterday that he had attempted suicide and spent time under the care of mental health services and that despite his battles, he’d worked with police throughout

their investigation.

“Following a suicide attempt I spent some time under the care of mental health services, including my local mental health crisis team and have since been undergoing extensive counselling,” he said in a statement.

“Clearing my name of any al-

leged offences has always been a secondary consideration to my own mental health, however, I complied fully with a request from police to meet with them in September.”

The initial resignation of Falloon in July came as a shock.

The now 37-year-old, cited mental health reasons and having made a number of mistakes as the main reasons behind his decision to step down at the election as the MP for Rangitata.

In the hours following the announcement it was revealed that the National Party had dealt with an issue relating to Falloon’s behaviour the week prior which began with correspondence to the Prime Minister’s office.

Later that night various media agencies confirmed that Falloon had sent unsolicited images to a university student and that police had investigated the initial report and determined it did not meet the threshold for prosecution.

The next morning, National Party leader Judith Collins confirmed that further allegations had been revealed and that Falloon had emailed her, and Trevor Mallard, the speaker of the house, to advise that he had resigned from Pa r l i a m e n t effective immediately.

National Party leader Judith Collins said she believed Falloon had lied to a lot of people, including himself.

PHOTO SUPPLIED “I believe he has lied to a lot of people, possibly including himself,” Collins said.

Falloon again touched on those initial moments yesterday.

“As I noted in my resignation statement, I have made a number of mistakes and I again apologise to those affected, I regret the harm it has caused,” he said.

Yesterday, Falloon confirmed he had received a tip-off in regard to a potential security breach on his Facebook account following evidence which showed his password appearing in a data leak.

“Following a tip-off and subsequent search I have provided to police evidence, my Facebook account has been compromised.

“I have since added additional levels of security, including two-factor authentication.

“I am awaiting legal advice in

relation to making a criminal complaint against an individual identified through Facebook.”

The revelations in Falloon’s statement will see the saga roll into the New Year following yesterday’s police statement which acknowledged the seriousness of the situation.

“Whilst we acknowledge that the material sent was distressing for those who received the images, the investigation found that the actions did not meet the criminal threshold necessary to support a prosecution, and no criminal charges will be laid.

“We have today advised the complainants of the outcome of our inquiry.”

Falloon said that because he was now no longer a public figure he wouldn’t be making any further comment.

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New hosts for Christmas Market

By Jonathan Leask jonathan.l@theguardian.co.nz

A well-known market garden in Tinwald has new owners, a new name and a new direction.

Libby Ruddenklau and Ryan Nicholson purchased the Carters Terrace property in July and have renamed it Terrace Acres.

The new owners are gearing up to host the annual Christmas Market.

December has traditionally been Christmas lilies, but they left with the previous owner, Victoria Johnson, who relocated to Methven, as per the sale agreement.

Ruddenklau and Nicholson considered re-establishing the flowers, but have maintained the existing strawberry and raspberry patches.

“We couldn’t really do much when we moved in in July.

“We didn’t have enough time, so we are just working with what was here.”

The young couple made the leap from a garden of a few square metres to a 2.7-hectare property.

“We went from a town garden to the scale we are working on now which has been a bit of a challenge.

“It’s been a difficult season and a big learning curve for us being our first season.

“It has been really fun and we have loved it so far.”

Both growing up on farms in Southland, they met at Lincoln University and already had a passion for agriculture.

Ruddenklau said a market gar-

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Terrace Acres owners Libby Ruddenklau and Ryan Nicholson will host the annual Christmas Farmers’ Market.

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den was always something she wanted to get into and seeing a market garden featured on Country Calendar convinced the couple it was something they both wanted.

Then, during the lockdown, they saw the property advertised.

“I saw it and thought this would be perfect.”

It all fell into place from there.

The market garden is the side job at the moment, with Ruddenklau a farm consultant with Dairy Farm Management Services, and Nicholson an agribusiness ana-

lyst at RaboBank.

Having run the gardens on an almost as is where is basis, Ruddenklau said once they get through this season they will be looking to expand.

“I think we will expand the fruit and vegetable growing and focus on edible produce from next spring.”

The plan is also to work towards being an organic producer.

Ruddenklau said the name change, from Terrace Croft (previously Terrace Gardens) to Terrace Acres, was to reflect their

new direction. They have already been selling their produce at the Ashburton Farmers’ Market and next week, as per tradition, Terrace Acres will play host to the Christmas Market on Wednesday night.

The regular weekend market and craft stallholders will be on site from 4pm.

All the traditional Christmas foods such as raspberries, new potatoes, turkeys, peas and carrots will be on sale as well as a range of Christmas desserts and cakes.

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A time to remember

By Sue Newman

History funding plea falls flat

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By Sue Newman

When you can count Christmas in the people who are missing from around your Christmas table, it might be a time of sadness, but it should also be one of happy memories, says Ashburton woman Judith Smith.

She is one of many dozens of people who have taken a moment as they’ve walked through the Ashburton Arcade to place a star with a message on what has become a very large Christmas tree filled with memories.

The Altrusa Memory Tree has been a regular in the Arcade for many Christmases and each year, by Christmas Eve, it is covered in stars, each carrying a special message and memory.

Smith placed two stars on Friday. One for husband Lindsay and the other for her brother-inlaw. She plans to return to place additional stars next week.

And while each of those stars represents someone missing from someone’s life, and that pausing to remember might bring a moment of sadness, it’s important to remember all the good and happy times you shared with that person, she said.

The tree stars come with a small cost, a donation to Ashburton’s Palliative Care service, and that cost is one people are happy to pay, with some giving Taking a moment to remember, Jeanette Sinclair (left) and Judith Smith placing stars on the Altrufar more than the suggested $2. sa Memory Tree.

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Recording the past for the future might be the responsibility of the people of today, but not everyone’s keen to foot the bill.

When the Ashburton Museum and Historical Society asked the Ashburton District Council to fund the writing of the next chapter of the history of the Ashburton District, they hit a wall.

The society has a potential writer in the wings for the second chapter of the history, from 19402020, but it does not have the money to fund the work.

Costs are likely to range between $40,000 and $50,000 and the society said the project could only happen with a clear commitment from council for financial support. The project is anticipated to take between two and four years, depending on author commitments.

At Thursday’s council meeting group manager community services Steve Fabish recommended declining the funding request. There were other funding agencies it could apply to and council funds it could apply for, he said.

“My intention is to meet with the society to think tank the options, and there are plenty out there,” he said.

Councillor Carolyn Cameron did not agree. She wanted the council to fund the project up front.

“It’s a very important project and we need to do more than just saying we’ll do our best. We need to be committed to this.”

If the society was unsuccessful in its applications to other agencies, Cameron wanted the council to be in the wings as back-up funder.

She was a lone voice. Her fellow councillors said offering a funding fall back was not the right way to go and if the council did that it would be sending a message to other groups that the council could be tapped as their funding backstop.

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Community Christmas Recycling habits lunch another winner slowly improving

By Jonathan Leask

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If you thought Christmas was busy at your place, try Ann Allott’s Christmas lunch on for size.

For the past 10 or more years Ann, son Ross, and a huge team of volunteers have spent their Christmas Day making the festive feast a treat for dozens of strangers.

They’re the crew behind the Community Christmas lunch and this year indications are numbers will be up to, if not above, those of other years, Allott said.

Registrations have been flowing in and while these have officially closed at about 150, no one is ever turned away, she said.

There are always people who simply turn up on the day, and most years she receives phone calls on Christmas Eve from people deciding they don’t want to spend Christmas Day alone.

For those without transport, a ride to the lunch venue can be arranged, but this does have to be booked in advance, so the most efficient pick up route can be designed, Allott said.

Vans are made available by the Ashburton Fire Brigade and by Community House and they’re crewed with volunteer drivers.

“We’ve got everything we need

The Community Christmas lunch relies on a host of donations plus a huge team of volunteers to feed the masses. to run another successful lunch, although we’ve still got a few items to collect. As usual we’re very grateful to those many businesses that continue to support us,” she said.

And one of the biggest supporters of the Christmas lunch is caterer Dan Lysaght. He’s been the man behind the big cooking effort for many years and happily whips up a feast that includes turkey, ham, vegetables and all the trimmings.

“We’re a good partnership. He

knows I’ll be there and I know he’ll deliver the goods,” Allott said.

Like all good events, there’s been a long lead-in to the lunch, but from Monday preparations step up and Allott and her crew will be starting to set up the Tinwald Hall well in advance of the big day.

When you’ve been part of the team for many years, and organiser for the last seven, there’s a pretty good formula to follow, she said.

Almost 100 homes in the Ashburton District have now had their recycling bins removed.

The Ashburton District Council monitoring programme has been running since August and had 93 bins, out of 11,250 properties, removed for breaching the threestrikes rule.

Council infrastructure services group manager, Neil McCann, said around 302 residential addresses, about 2.5 per cent, are currently on their final warning.

Only one confiscated bin has been returned so far.

After three months a property can receive its bin back after a session with a waste minimisation educator to go through what can and can’t go in the recycling bin.

The monitoring was introduced after the changes in recycling collection, with only plastics numbered 1, 2, or 5 being accepted - and the sorting facilities increasingly rejecting loads has been the cause for the council to step up and increase efforts to meet the new standards.

McCann said the council continues to maintain the kerbside monitoring in all service areas in the district and “aim to keep this as part of the new normal when it comes to recycling”.

“Our educational efforts, combined with responsible residents

adhering to the new recycling requirements, have improved our overall recycling activity,” he said.

“In November, all of our truckloads sent to Christchurch have been accepted, with a low contamination yield of only 4.15 per cent.”

A rejected load of recycling costs ratepayers an additional $1000 to be redirected to landfill.

Comparatively, the Christchurch City Council had 26 per cent of its of truckloads being sent to landfill in November at a cost of $161,000 – and around $1.6m since May. The Selwyn District Council introduced kerbside monitoring in December after 30 tonnes of recycling was sent to landfill in November.

The Waimakariri District Council has also had to step up its efforts after almost 200 truckloads of recycling had to be dumped since May. While there have been improvements in recycling practices in Ashburton there was still room to improve.

McCann said the monitoring team is still regularly seeing several that do not belong in the recycle bins including soft plastics and polystyrene.

There are also obvious items that should not be found in the yellow bin that have been found by the monitoring team such as food waste, appliances and clothing.

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Freshwater rules ‘will kill economy’

By Sue Newman sue.n@theguardian.co.nz

If people think Ashburton’s town centre is dying today, wait until the full impact of the government’s freshwater reforms are felt, says Ashburton District councillor Angus McKay. Counclliors this week discussed the council’s groundbreaking report, commissioned to spell out the impact of the land and water reforms that became law in September.

The council released its hardhitting report last week and it’s clear the district would see spending from the rural sector cut by $376 million as the full impact of the reforms were felt, and that loss is without the multiplier effect that will come with the loss of spending across the district’s economy.

And while many farmers would survive the changes it would be people working in the rural sector downstream who would really hurt, McKay said.

The council report was conservative and was based on a nitrogen level of 6.9 mcg/per litre of fresh water whereas the government’s policy sets that level at 2.4mcg/litre, to be achieved within one generation.

The policy statement spells out a raft of rules for farmers that will force changes in farm practises that will result in a significant decline in farm profits.

The policy wants fresh water nitrates, the nitrogen

attribute levels in rivers to be at 2.4 mcg/per litre of water within a generation.

Achieving that, however, will cripple rural communities, its impact will be greater than anything rural based communities have experienced before, says Ashburton mayor Neil Brown.

He’s determined to push the report to the highest level. It has been discussed by the Mayoral Forum and he is pushing for it to become part of the government’s knowledge package.

There was a huge knowledge gap in how the policy would impact onfarm and that was what the council was trying to fill, but in

doing that it found the only real data available related to the Hinds catchment’s managed aquifer recharge project, which used a nitrogen level of 6.9mcg/ litre, he said.

Dire as the outcome might be, it had to be accepted that the 2.4mcg/per litre level was already set in policy and working towards this now to achieve the desired outcome within a generation was not optional, chief executive Hamish Riach said.

“In order to have a report that was not based around best guesses, we wanted to do this on existing literature, but it’s a conservative report, because 6.9 is not

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the rule, 2.4 is, and the real need is for an economic analysis at 2.4 as the outcome could be exponentially worse,” he said.

Councillors decided a second report on the likely impact at 2.4mcg/per litre should be prepared, and this is likely to come with a $70,000 price tag.

Achieving the government’s land and water outcomes while managing the negative impacts on business would be critical for the district’s economic and social wellbeing, Riach said.

“The 2.4 is not a theoretical number, it’s in the legislation and there is a lot of concern it may not be achievable, but what we do know is that we have to start working towards this now. Farmers can’t just carry on and say they don’t know what to do. The inevitable push is to do something and more of it. You have to think about it now and do something now.”

Farmers had no option but to demonstrate they were working towards this goal because if they didn’t provide evidence of this they could lose their consent to farm, he said.

For farmers, the reality was a lot would go broke, some would walk off farms and those farms would end up being owned by corporates. Families would lose their farms, Lynette Lovett said.

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Fly-tipping spikes post lockdown

By Jonathan Leask jonathan.l@theguardian.co.nz

Illegal rubbish dumping has cost ratepayers almost $6500 since May. The issue of illegal dumping is usually fairly consistent throughout the year, from year to year, Ashburton District Council infrastructure services group manager Neil McCann said.

“Only this year we did see a spike in the months following the Covid-19 lockdown period,” McCann said.

At normal levels, McCann said the council may receive reports of an incident per week.

“Out of over 15,000 households in the district, illegal dumping amounts to 0.34 per cent.

“While this percentage is low, there are clear negative impacts on this activity.

“In short, dumped rubbish damages the environment and costs the ratepayers money to clean up.”

The clean-up costs ratepayers between $150 and $300 per incident, whereas McCann said a typical load would cost less than $45 to dispose of properly at the Resource Recovery Park.

After a post-lockdown increase, the number of fly-tipping incidents has returned to “normal levels”, he said, but that is too much.

Since May, 23.6 net tonnes of rubbish have been illegally dumped in the Ashburton District.

September was the worst month with 4.06 net tonnes cleaned up at a cost to the ratepayer of of $1091.

After averaging 3.7 net tonnes from May to September, October was then just 1.69 net tonnes, costing $470.07.

November’s tally of 2.05 net tonnes ($555.32) has so far been followed by 0.64 net tonnes ($171.44) as of December 14.

The insurance claims just keep coming T

he explanations filed with insurance assessors continue to amaze and amuse us.

So here’s a few more which we hope you’ll also find funny.

“The accident occurred when I was attempting to bring my car out of a skid by steering it into the other vehicle.”

Thought – an interesting option!

“My car got hit by a submarine.”

Thought – that doesn’t happen every day!

But it did actually happen and here’s how: The navy informed the wife of a submariner that the craft was due in port. She drove to the base to meet her husband and parked at the end of the slip where the sub was to berth. An inexperienced ensign was conning the sub and it rammed the end of the slip, breaking a section away, causing her car to fall into the water. The navy paid the compensation claim.

Another thought – what happened to the wife?

Proof of the old saying that truth is sometimes stranger than fiction.

The English comedian Jasper Carrott has used funny insurance claims in his stand-up act for a long time, here are some:

By Bernard Egan FROM THE BACK SEAT

“I bumped into a lamp-post which was obscured by human beings.”

“The accident was caused by me waving to the man I hit last week.”

Thought – nice to think they are still on waving terms.

“I knocked over a man; he admitted it was his fault for he had been knocked down before.”

“A house hit my car.”

A house was being moved by a large truck. My friend had his car parked on the side of the road correctly. The house began to tilt off the truck and eventually fell off the truck, landing on my friend’s car. He eventually had the insurance paid, after a lengthy explanation and the moving company confirming the story.

Thought – almost on a par with being hit by a submarine!

And an interesting take on the old adage about things which fall off the back of trucks!

Bernard Egan is a well known man around these parts. Through Tales From the Back Seat he endeavours to put a light-hearted spin on tales from yesteryear.

A special message A message – not necessarily from the back seat – from the Ashburton Guardian Motoring Team – sub-editor Steve Devereux, advertising rep, Simon Bell and writers Roger Hart and Bernard Egan.

We thank those who have supported us during the year with advertising, by providing vehicles to test and in sharing their interests and story suggestions.

And, of course, we are grateful to our readers for looking at our stories and encouraging us.

Our hope is for you all to have happiness at Christmas and really good times in the New Year.

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Year 7 and 8 prize list 2020 Diligence Awards Diligence Across All Subjects in Year 7: Reuben Hart, Eilish McKerrow, Misha Pasiona Diligence Across All Subjects in Year 8: Seb Booth, Ava HensonFriend, Ruby Keeley The Marr Family Award - is awarded to a student who accepts challenges and exhibits the school motto “Strive for Excellence” - Noah Monson

Merit Awards – Year 7 Archie Cudmore - Merit in Technology Hard Materials Robbie Humm - Merit in Science William Jones - Merit in Social Studies Monty Kelk - Merit in Health and Physical Education Charles Morris - Merit in Technology Hard Materials Tobi Peek - Merit in Health and Physical Education Ruby Robinson - Merit in Languages Joshua Walker - Merit in Languages Rose Fletcher – Young - Merit in Health and Physical Education Catriona Burrows - Merit in Science and Technology Hard Materials Eoghan Cronin - Merit in Technology Hard Materials and Social Studies Lucy Farrell - Merit in Health and Physical Education and Languages Tilly Johnson - Merit in Art and Social Studies Mitchell Keller - Merit in Mathematics and English Eli Ahotaeiloa - Merit in Art, Food and Textile Technology and Technology Hard Materials Issy Marr - Merit in Art, Food and Textile Technology and Languages Sophia Maw - Merit in Food and Textile Technology, Mathematics, Music, Language and Social Studies

Merit Awards – Year 8 Henry Arbuckle - Merit in Technology Hard Materials Holly Boag - Merit in Technology Hard Materials Seb Booth - Merit in Digital Technology Ella Irwin - Merit in Music Ethan Riddle - Merit in Mathematics Stan Lock - Merit in Technology Hard Materials Bree Lough - Merit in Music Mackenzie Baty - Merit in Art and Languages Savannah Clark - Merit in Art and Languages James Ferguson-Cooke - Merit in Digital Technology and Science Noah Monson - Merit in Art and Technology Hard Materials Ryan Richan - Merit in Mathematics and Technology Hard Materials Samantha Wooding - Merit in Science and Technology Hard Materials Holly Watson - Merit in Digital Technology and Mathematics Blake Robinson - Merit in Mathematics, Science and Technology Hard Materials

Extra Curricular Awards Art - The Ponweiser Cup & Spruce Gardens Prize for Contribution to Art - Anabel Gorman Concert Band – Dedication and Commitment to Concert Band -

Mungo Gormly Written and Spoken Communication - Diana Limbrick Family Cup for Excellence - Hebe Gormly Music - Most Improved Itinerant Music Student - Matthew Glass MHC Intermediate Visual Art Award & Spruce Gardens Prize - Excellence in Design, Execution and Commitment - Harriet Brown Tennis – Rodger Harris Memorial Trophy for Junior Girls’ Tennis Jordan Oates Tennis – Rodger Harris Memorial Trophy for Junior Boys’ Tennis Jamie King Performing Arts – Contribution -Mungo Gormly

Special Awards School Involvement in Year 7: Emma Amour, William Brown, Emma Bungard, Jamie King, Chloe Lowe, Mac Smith The Reach for the Stars PRIDE Award for the highest achieving students in Year 7 of PRIDE Awards: Sophia Maw, Jordan Oates School Involvement in Year 8: Byron Campbell, Liam Chalke, Mungo Gormly, Lucie Hood, Jennifer Lopez, Sarah Reeve The Reach for the Stars PRIDE Award for the highest achieving student in Year 8 of PRIDE Awards: Nikita Cavanagh Citizenship in Year 7: Harriet Brown, Pippa Clark, Robbie Humm, Mitchell Keller, Issy Marr, Max Rooney.

Citizenship in Year 8: James Ferguson-Cooke, Georgia Gardner, Hebe Gormly, Lexi Hooker, Lucas Plimmer, M-Jay Sollano

Excellence Awards - Year 7 Stella Clyne - Excellence in Science Lucy Honeywell - Excellence in Science Gishbert Pangilinan - Excellence in Health and Physical Education Kaleb Riddle - Excellence in Languages Mac Smith - Excellence in Health and Physical Education Holly Thompson - Excellence in Technology Hard Materials Pinky Ancheta - Excellence in English, Merit in Technology Hard Materials Laeyton Huntley Benton: - Excellence in Music, Merit in Health and Physical Education Jamie King - Excellence in Mathematics, Merit in Health and Physical Education Amy Molyneux - Excellence in English, Merit in Food and Textile Technology Chandra Nicholas - Excellence in Art, Merit in Food and Textile Technology Jak Van Den Heuvel - Excellence in Social Studies, Merit in Food and Textile Technology Elise Dargue - Excellence in Art, Merit in Science and English Keeley Galbraith - Excellence in Technology Hard Materials, Merit in Mathematics, Music, English and Social Studies Matthew Glass - Excellence in Music, Merit in Food and Textile Technology, Mathematics, Science and English William Brown - Excellence in Health and Physical Education and Technology Hard Materials Sam Warburton - Excellence in Science and Social Studies Max Rooney - Excellence in Health and Physical Education and Mathematics

Top Year 11 students Georgia Blundell and Janre Lim.

Alise Maher - Excellence in Art and Languages, Merit in Music Georgia Monk - Excellence in Music and Languages, Merit in Mathematics and Science Olivia Keane - Excellence in Music and Languages, Merit in Food and Textile Technology, Science and Social Studies Emma Bungard - Excellence in Food and Textile Technology, Health and Physical Education, Technology Hard Materials and English, Merit in Art and Music Jordan Oates - Excellence in Food and Textile Technology, Science, Social Studies and English, Merit in Art, Mathematics and Music Taryn Williams - Excellence in Art, Food and Textile Technology, Mathematics and Social Studies, Merit in Music, Languages and English Chloe Lowe - Excellence in Food and Textile Technology, Health and Physical Education, Mathematics, Languages, Social Studies and English, Merit in Art Harriet Brown - Excellence in Art, Food and Textile Technology, Mathematics, Music, Science, Technology Hard Materials and English, Merit in Health and Physical Education The Rakaia Seed Cleaning Prize for General Excellence in Year 7 - Emma Armour: Excellence in Art, Food and Textile Technology, Mathematics, Music, Science, Technology Hard Materials, Languages and Social Studies, Merit in English

Excellence Awards – Year 8 William Davey - Excellence in Health and Physical Education Archie McKerrow - Excellence in Health and Physical Education Lua Otaki - Excellence in Health and Physical Education Byron Campbell - Excellence in Health and Physical Education, Merit in Art

Aidan Gorman - Excellence in Social Studies, Merit in Art Lochie Paterson - Excellence in Technology Hard Materials, Merit in Health and Physical Education Annabelle Waite - Excellence in Music, Merit in English Liam Chalke - Excellence in Health and Physical Education, Merit in Digital Technology and Music Eirene Mallari - Excellence in Art, Merit in Mathematics and Science Lily McConnell - Excellence in Technology Hard Materials, Merit in Science and Social Studies Lucas Plimmer - Excellence in Digital Technology, Merit in Social Studies and English Nikita Cavanagh - Excellence in English, Merit in Art, Health and Physical Education, Music, Technology Hard Materials, Languages and Social Studies Georgia Gardner - Excellence in Technology Hard Materials, Merit in Mathematics, Music, Science, Languages, Social Studies and English Sky Brodie - Excellence in Mathematics and Languages Matt Castil - Excellence in Digital Technology and Science, Merit in English Freddy Judd - Excellence in Technology Hard Materials and English, Merit in Health and Physical Education and Social Studies Geordie Pavey - Excellence in Health and Physical Education and Social Studies, Merit in Technology Hard Materials and English Anabel Gorman - Excellence in Art and Science, Merit in Mathematics, Music and Social Studies Mungo Gormly - Excellence in Science and English, Merit in Digital Technology, Music and Social Studies Ricky Davies - Excellence in Mathematics and Music, Merit in Art, Health and Physical Education,

PHOTOS SUPPLIED

Science, Technology Hard Materials, Social Studies and English Lexi Hooker - Excellence in Health and Physical Education, Science and Social Studies, Merit in Digital Technology and Languages Olivia Glass - Excellence in Music, Languages and English, Merit in Art, Health and Physical Education and Mathematics Olivia McCambridge - Excellence in Art, Science and Social Studies, Merit in Health and Physical Education, Mathematics and English M-Jay Sollano - Excellence in Digital Technology, Mathematics and English, Merit in Health and Physical Education, Music, Languages and Social Studies Sarah Reeve - Excellence in Digital Technology, Mathematics, Music and Social Studies Jennifer Lopez - Excellence in Art, Digital Technology, Mathematics and Music, Merit in Health and Physical Education, Social Studies and English Nicole Moore - Excellence in Art, Mathematics, Science and Social Studies, Merit in Digital Technology, Music and English Estella Lister - Excellence in Art, Digital Technology, Science, Languages and English Sophie Sauer - Excellence in Digital Technology, Music, Science, Languages and English, Merit in Art, Mathematics and Social Studies Gloria Masih - Excellence in Art, Digital Technology, Health and Physical Education, Music, Technology Hard Materials and Languages, Merit in Mathematics, Science and English.

The Mt Hutt Ski Area Prize: for General Excellence in Year 8: Hebe Gormly: Excellence in Mathematics, Music, Science, Technology Hard Materials, Languages, Social Studies and English, Merit in Digital Technology

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Year 9 and 10 prize list 2020 Mathematics Emlyn Rees - Merit in Health and Physical Education and Maori Anna Tuamoheloa - Merit in Science and Social Studies Aisling Monson - Merit in English, Health and Physical Education and Social Studies

Extra Curricular Awards

Diligence Awards Diligence Across All Subjects: Brooke Clark, Lochlainn Hall, Alice Jackson, Milly Stockdill, Xyla Teriaki, Sophie Thomas, Brooke Wylie Emily Brennan Challenge Award Awarded to a student who accepts challenges and exhibits the school motto “Strive for Excellence”: Brooke Milmine Merit Awards – Year 9 Tia Baisagale - Merit in Technology Hard Materials Sam Coldicott - Merit in Technology Hard Materials Maisie Cornelius - Merit in Science Cody Etheridge - Merit in Art Rion Gaze-Inia - Merit in English Stevie-Lee Gregan - Merit in English Jazmyn Hodgetts - Merit in Design and Visual Communiction Layla Manning - Merit in English Jennifer McClintock - Merit in Music John McConaghy - Merit in Mathematics Will Murphy - Merit in Art Fritz Marc Pajo - Merit in Music Shakira Bailey Payne - Merit in Maori Damon Pulley - Merit in Technology Hard Materials Rhodes Taylor - Merit in Physical Education Tara Annan - Merit in Maori and Food and Textile Technology Nikita Burton - Merit in Mathematics and Physical Education Jack Foster - Merit in Art and Mathematics Merit Awards – Year 10 Holly Askew - Merit in Art Kimberley Foster - Merit in Technology Hard Materials Connor Galbraith - Merit in English Leo Gilpin - Merit in Art Hannah Hayes - Merit in Art Charlie McDonald - Merit in Technology Hard Materials Jack Pulley - Merit in English Shianne Skerten - Merit in Art Xyla Teriaki - Merit in Mathematics Fergus Middleton - Merit in Agriculture and Technology Hard Materials Rebecca Rutter - Merit in English and Science Zywrone Pervera - Merit in Health and Physical Education and

Art - The Oram Cup for Contribution to Art: Emma Papworth Choir – Award for Dedication & Commitment to Choir: Zanthe-Lee Butterick Chamber Music – Award for Dedication & Commitment to Ensemble: Emma Papworth Concert Band - Award for Dedication & Commitment to Concert Band: Emily Watson Football – Most Promising Player: Muzzammil Khan Golf – The Grant Family Cup: Jack Brown Music – Most Improved Itinerant Music Student: Emma Papworth Netball – McTigue Cup (Sportsmanship in Junior Netball): Victoria Talbot Performing Arts – Thirza Currie Trophy for Commitment to the Performing Arts: Emma Papworth Rugby – Leadership and Sportsmanship Trophy: Jack Brown Tennis – Girls’ Year 9/10 Champion: Victoria Talbot Tennis – Boys’ Year 9/10 Champion: - Mitch Veix Written and Spoken Communication - Le Lievre Family Cup for Excellence: Lucy Reeve Shooting – The McLaren Trophy: Amelia Swan Swimming – National Age Group Representative: - Henry King

Special Awards School Involvement in Year 9: Shellie Ermio, Henry King, Patrick McHugh, Thomas McKenzie, Genna Oates, Lucy Reeve School Involvement in Year 10: Andy Armour, Jack Brown, Juliet Campbell, Caleb Jones, Gabriella Lilley, Gareth Peel, Anna Tuamoheloa, Emily Watson Citizenship in Year 9: Jack Butterick, Joshua McKenzie, Caden McSweeney, Lucy Reeve, Melenaite Tuamoheloa, Morgan Welsh Citizenship in Year 10: AJ Aquino, Lachlan Gardner, Leah Johnson, Aisling Monson, Xavier Parris, Lucy Reeve, Victoria Talbot Green Family Cups: Awarded for Top Year 10 Citizenship: Lili Kearvell, Emlyn Rees The Social Studies – “Thinking Outside of the Square”: Arlo Bruce Outstanding Contribution to Current Events: Caleb Jones Jeanette Paul Award for Enthusiasm & Contribution in Technology: Andy Armour Excellence in Opuke Time: Juliet Campbell, Jess Moore, Amelia Swan.

Outdoor Education – Contribution and Enthusiasm: Muzzammil Khan Agriculture - South Pacific Seeds Prize for Interest and Enthusiasm in Agriculture: Zanthe-Lee Butterick Presbyterian Support Cup: Awarded to a student who has shown excellence in assisting others through their supportive attitudes and actions. - Emma Papworth

The Reach for the Stars PRIDE Award – For the highest achieving student of PRIDE Awards in 2020 Year 9 - Lauren Campbell, Steffi Furndorfler.

The Reach for the Stars PRIDE Award – For the highest achieving student of PRIDE Awards in 2020: Year 10: Maddison Foster, Madison Holgate, Victoria Talbot

Excellence Awards – Year 9 John Mae Gumanay - Excellence in Design and Visual Communication Alice Jackson - Excellence in Food and Textile Technology Kerstin Burrows - Excellence in Food and Textile Technology, Merit in Design and Visual Communication Caitlin McKay - Excellence in Food and Textile Technology, Merit in Design and Visual Communication Elsie Dwyer - Excellence in English, Merit in Social Studies Jack Keane - Excellence in Physical Education, Merit in Art Tyler Maher - Excellence in Physical Education, Merit in Maori Mischka Van Staden - Excellence in Music, Merit in Art ViliSoni Ahotaeiloa - Excellence in Maori, Merit in Art and Music James Clark - Excellence in Physical Education, Merit in Mathematics and Technology Hard Materials Leah Maw - Excellence in Mathematics, Merit in English and Music Caleb Barr - Excellence in Maori, Merit in Art, Mathematics and Music Toby Brown - Excellence in Physical Education, Merit in Food and Textile Technology, Music and Technology Hard Materials Jessie Lill - Excellence in Technology Hard Materials, Merit in Art, Food and Textile Technology, Maori, Mathematics and Science Arlo Bruce - Excellence in English and Maori Bailey Fletcher- Young - Excellence in Maori and Physical Education Henry King - Excellence in Art and Physical Education Ruben Birt - Excellence in Design and Visual Communication and Technology Hard Materials, Merit in Art Mia Braidwood - Excellence in Art and Technology Hard Materials, Merit in Science Ella Burrowes - Excellence in Design and Visual Communication and Food and Textile Technology, Merit in Art Max Philpott - Excellence in Physical Education, Technology Hard Materials, Merit in Science Isabella Casey-Solly - Excellence in English and Science, Merit in Food and Textile Technology and Music Lauren Campbell - Excellence in Design and Visual Communication and Maori, Merit in Food and Textile Technology and Physcial Education Caden McSweeney - Excellence in Mathematics, Physical Education and Science, Merit in Maori Joshua McKenzie - Excellence in Mathematics, Science and Technology Hard Materials, Merit in Music Ella Monk - Excellence in English, Maori and Mathematics, Merit in Food and Textile Technology, Music and Physical Education Madeleine Webb - Excellence in

Design and Visual Communication, English and Food and Textile Technology, Merit in Mathematics, Music and Technology Hard Materials Jessica Heaven - Excellence in Design and Visual Communication, Food and Textile Technology, Physical Education and Social Studies, Merit in English and Maori Rose Dargue - Excellence in Design and Visual Communication, Mathematics, Music and Technology Hard Materials, Merit in Art, English, Food and Textile Technology and Science Morgan Welsh - Excellence in Art, Design and Visual Communication, Music and Science, Merit in Food and Textile Technology, Maori, Mathematics and Technology Hard Materials Alice Miers - Excellence in Art, Design and Visual Communication, English, Food and Textile Technology and Science, Merit in Maori, Mathematics, Physical Education and Social Studies Melenaite Tuamoheloa - Excellence in Design and Visual Communication, Food and Textile Technology, Maori, Music and Technology Hard Materials, Merit in Art, English, Mathematics and Physical Education Shellie Ermio - Excellence in Art, Design and Visual Communication, English, Mathematics, Music and Science, Merit in Food and Textile Technology, Physical Education and Technology Hard Materials Steffi Furndorfler - Excellence in Design and Visual Communication, Mathematics, Music, Science, Social Studies and Technology Hard Materials, Merit in English, Food and Textile Technology, Maori and Physical Education Jess Moore - Excellence in English, Maori, Mathematics, Music, Science and Social Studies, Merit in Art, Design and Visual Communication, Physical Education and Technology Hard Materials Genna Oates - Excellence in Art, Design and Visual Communication, Food and Textile Technology, Maori, Mathematics, Music and Physical Education, Merit in English and Science The KT’s Contracting Prize for General Excellence in Year 9: Lucy Reeve: Excellence in Art, Design and Visual Communication, English, Food and Textile Technology, Mathematics, Physical Education, Social Studies and Technology Hard Materials, Merit in Science

Excellence Awards – Year 10 Zanthe-Lee Butterick -Excellence in Agriculture Brooke Clark - Excellence in Food and Textile Technology Lachlan Gardner - Excellence in Agriculture AJ Aquino - Excellence in Design and Visual Communication, Merit in Health and Physical Education Charlotte Hydes - Excellence in Design and Visual Communication, Merit in Technology Hard Materials Xavier Parris - Excellence in Maori, Merit in Science Ana Gomes - Excellence in Maori, Merit in English and Mathematics Riley Green - Excellence in Technology Hard Materials, Merit in Business Studies and Maori

Erica Gumanay - Excellence in Design and Visual Communication, Merit in Food and Textile Technology and Mathematics Leah Johnson - Excellence in Science, Merit in English and Food and Textile TeArlina Smith - Excellence in Design and Visual Communication, Merit in English and Health and Physical Education Amelia Swan - Excellence in Food and Textile Technology, Merit in Business Studies and Science Naomi Taylor - Excellence in Mathematics, Merit in English, Maori and Social Studies Muzzammil Khan – Excellence in Health and Physical Education and Technology Hard Materials Chnology Hunter Lill - Excellence in Agriculture and Technology Hard Materials Juliet Campbell - Excellence in Business Studies and Health and Physical Education, Merit in Mathematics and Music Madison Holgate - Excellence in Maori and Social Studies, Merit in English and Science Maddison Foster - Excellence in Health and Physical Education and Science, Merit in Agriculture, Food and Textile Technology, Mathematics and Social Studies Morgan Lamb - Excellence in Design and Visual Communication and Mathematics, Merit in Art, Business Studies, English and Music Gabriella Lilley - Excellence in English, Mathematics and Music, Merit in Science Victoria Talbot - Excellence in Agriculture, Design and Visual Communication and Mathematics, Merit in Food and Textile Technology, Health and Physical Education, Science and Social Studies Christel Castil - Excellence in English, Mathematics, Science and Social Studies Caleb Jones - Excellence in Art, English, Food and Textile Technology and Social Studies, Merit in Maori and Mathematics Lili Kearvell - Excellence in Art, Design and Visual Communication, English and Health and Physical Education, Merit in Music and Social Studies Andy Armour - Excellence in Business Studies, Design and Visual Communication, Health and Physical Education, Science and Technology Hard Materials, Merit in Mathematics Abigail Cavanagh - Excellence in Design and Visual Communication, Food and Textile Technology, Health and Physical Education, Maori and Mathematics, Merit in Science Emily Watson - Excellence in Design and Visual Communication, Mathematics, Music, Science and Social Studies, Merit in Agriculture The Ashburton District Council & Crossroads Prize with the Veteran Cup for General Excellence in Year 10 - Paige Humm: Excellence in Art, Design and Visual Communication, Food and Textile Technology, Health and Physical Education, Science and Social Studies, Merit in English and Mathematics Emma Papworth: Excellence in Art, Design and Visual Communication, English, Mathematics, Music and Social Studies, Merit in Health and Physical Education and Science

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Senior prize list 2020 (Year 11, Diligence Awards The Snowfed Builders Prize and the Fitzgerald Family Cup - Recognition of Service of the Deputy Head Students: Neil Alombro & Annina Birt The Principal’s Award for Head Girl - Grace Bleach The Principal’s Award for Head Boy - Sam Ree

Year 11 Merit Awards Ryan Kulsen - Merit in Music Jack McKenzie - Merit in History Gina Ensor - Merit in Technology (BCATS) Jayden Etheridge - Merit in Physical Education Colt Hill - Merit in Physical Education Aidan Mains - Merit in Art Isaac Morrison - Merit in Art Daniel Jones - Merit in English & Physical Education Johan Struwig - Merit in Digital Technology & English Georgia Gerard - Merit in Economics & Geography Friso Warmerdam - Merit in Mathematics, Science & Outdoor Education

Year 11 Excellence Awards Andrew Ermio - Excellence in Design & Visual Communication Mark Pasiona - Excellence in Art Molly Rudge - Excellence in History Mabelle Davidson - Excellence in English, Merit in Mathematics Emma Begg - Excellence in Physical Education, Merit in Science Thornton Taylor - Excellence in Technology (BCATS), Merit in Digital Technology and Science Meghan Foster - Excellence in Physical Education, Merit in English, Food Nutrition and Health and Science Lockie Atkinson - Excellence in English, Merit in Mathematics Physical Education and Science Shan Ancheta - Excellence in Design & Visual Communication and Digital Technology, Merit in English, Mathematics and Science Reuben Brown - Excellence in Mathematics and Physical Education, Merit in Economics, Outdoor Education and Science Jessica Bleach - Excellence in English, Music and Science, Merit in Food, Nutrition and Health Ella McSweeney - Excellence in English, Mathematics and Physical Education, Merit in Food, Nutrition and Health and Science Sophie Monk - Excellence in Geography, History and Mathematics, Merit in Economics (Dist Ed), English and History George Wingfield-Clements - Excellence in Digital Technology, Design and Visual Communication, Economics and Mathematics, Merit in Science Janre Lim - Excellence in Design and Visual, Communication, English, Food Nutrition and Health and History, Merit in Mathematics and Science The Mt Hutt Ski Area Prize for Top Academic Achievement in Year 11: Georgia Blundell: Excellence in Design and Visual Communication, English, Food Nutrition and Health, History, Mathematics and Science

Year 12 Merit Awards Sam Cuttle - Merit in Technology Tino Heripo - Merit in Real World Skills Thomas Luff - Merit in History

Charlotte Blundell and Cameron Holmes (Year 11).

Charlotte Blundell (Year 11).

Bree Middleton - Merit in Physical Education Megan Rutter - Merit in Physical Education Ella Docherty - Merit in Tourism Hayden Dove - Merit in Outdoor Education Jessie Eaton - Merit in Geography Mini Munro-Hepburn - Merit in Art Adam Shears - Merit in Mathematics Angus Spittal - Merit in Economics & History Jasmine Thomas - Merit in Mathematics & Tourism Hinano Horio - Completion of Study in New Zealand (International Student)

Year 12 Excellence Awards William Middleton - Excellence in History Reilly Duff - Excellence in Outdoor Education Alyssa McGinity - Excellence in Tourism Bianca Birchler-Stockdill - Excellence in Mathematics Timothy Taylor - Excellence in Music William Jacobs - Excellence in Outdoor Education Connor Hall - Excellence in Outdoor Education

Erin Watson - Excellence in Technology Caitlin Roberts - Excellence in Art Merit in Agriculture Gus Casey-Solly - Excellence in English, Merit in Physics Georgia Williams- Freeman - Excellence in History, Merit in English Edward Millichamp - Excellence in Agriculture, Merit in Biology Kitty Bloomfield - Excellence in Physical Education, Merit in Food Nutrition and Health and Mathematics Jacob Ermio - Excellence in Design and Visual Communication, Merit in Chemistry and Physics Jessica Smith - Excellence in Biology, Merit in Agriculture, English and Mathematics Penny Nell - Excellence in Design and Visual Communication, Merit in Art, English, Music and Physical Education and The Talbot Family Cup for effort in Classroom Music Chloe Keijzer - Excellence in Biology and English Lance Pangilinan - Excellence in English for Speakers of Other Languages and Mathematics, Merit in Food Nutrition and Health and Physical Education Zuleka Khan - Excellence in Accounting (Distance Learning), Mathematics and Tourism, Merit

in English and Geography Sammie Mackle - Excellence in Design and Visual Communication, English and Mathematics, Merit in Biology and Economics The Philip Wareing Ltd & Wrights Dry Cleaning Ltd Prizes with the ANZ Bank Cup for Top Academic Achievement for Year 12: Jessica Barron: Excellence in Art, Design and Visual Communication, Economics and Mathematics, Merit in English Jessica Hydes: Excellence in Chemistry, Food Nutrition and Health, History and Physics, Merit in English

ical Education Brielle McDonald - Merit in Tourism Renee Wairepo - Merit in Tourism Grace Bleach - Merit in Agriculture and Chemistry Ella Braidwood - Merit in History and English Chloe Small - Merit in Biology, Physics and Statistics Everyday Hero Award & The Arabica Prize: This award is for a school leaver who, every day, faces life with courage, determination and dignity. The 2020 Mount Hutt College Everyday Hero recipient is: Will Copland

Year 13 Merit Awards

Year 13 Excellence Awards

Will Copland - Merit in Technology Hard Materials Cameron Holmes - Merit in Agriculture Monique Johnson - Merit in Food, Nutrition and Health Sam Ree - Merit in Physical Education Gemma Tutty - Merit in Real World Skills George Butterick - Merit in Economics Liam Heaven - Merit in Outdoor Education Tummehang Limbu - Merit in Phys-

Ella Gardner - Magpie’s Café Award for Excellence in service to Mount Hutt College Hazel De Paz - Excellence in Design and Visual Communication Lauren Pluck - Excellence in Physical Education Isabella McDonald - Excellence in Tourism, Merit in Food, Nutrition and Health Nina Atkinson - Excellence in English and Biology, Merit in Art Ella Gardner - Magpie’s Café Award for Excellence in service to Mount Hutt College

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12 and 13) Te Uru Rakau Forestry Scholarship - Chloe Small Methven Agricultural & Pastoral Association Academic Scholarship: Cameron Holmes The Midlands Music Scholarship: Elise Heffernan The Methven Lions Club Tertiary Prize (to a school leaver with academic success and contribution to school life) - Emma-Lake Hill The Prime Minister’s Vocational Excellence Award: James Smith Methven Masonic Lodge Good Citizenship Awards: Charlotte Blundell, Cameron Holmes Board of Trustees’ Award for Best All-Round Boy: Neil Alombro Board of Trustees’ Award for Best All-Round Girl: Grace Bleach Proxime Accessit: The R O McDowell Crystal Globe and The Ashburton High School and Rotary Club of Ashburton Prizes - Charlotte Blundell 2020 Dux: Rotary Club of Ashburton and Philip Wareing Ltd Cup - Neil Alombro

Extra Curricular Awards

Neilvrod Alombro (Year 13).

Hazel De Paz - Excellence in Design and Visual Communication Lauren Pluck - Excellence in Physical Education Isabella McDonald - Excellence in Tourism, Merit in Food, Nutrition and Health Nina Atkinson - Excellence in English and Biology, Merit in Art Academic Prizes Accounting – The Rural Business Accountants Prize Neil Alombro Agriculture - The South Pacific Seeds (NZ) Ltd Prize Chloe Small Agriculture - The South Pacific Seeds (NZ) Ltd Award for Interest in Agriculture. (Awarded to the student who irrespective of scholastic ability or academic attainment through qualities of diligence, tenacity of purpose and enthusiasm for rural life gives evidence of being most likely to become a successful farmer) Emma-Lake Hill Agriculture - Primary Industries Prize for the Top Student in Year 11 in Primary Industries Academy - Piper Hood Art – The Peter Beaven Architect Memorial Prize - Caitlin Roberts Biology – The Jackson Holmes Con-

tracting Prize Charlotte Blundell Classics - The Paper Plus Ashburton Prize - - Ella Braidwood Chemistry - The Methven Autoservices Ltd Prize and the Holdaway Family Cup - Chloe Small Design and Visual Communication – The Photolife Ltd Prize - - Hannah Stratton Digital Technology – The Heartland Ricoh Prize and the McLaughlin Cup for Computer Skills - - Neil Alombro Economics - The Croys Ltd Prize Neil Alombro English – The Methven Seed Cleaning & Super Liquor Methven Prize: Charlotte Blundell, Elise Hefferan English for Speakers of Other Languages – The Shaun Lightfoot Painting and Decorating Prize: Kimberly Mallari Amanda Vaughan Trophy – Diligence in Digital Technology Kimberly Mallari Food, Nutrition and Health - The Aqua Japanese Restaurant Prize and the Edna Low Trophy for Home Economics with recipe book from the Mid Canterbury Federation of Women’s Institutes: Lauren Pluck Gateway - The Naish Builders Ltd

Prize for Excellence in the Gateway Programme - Erin Watson Gateway – The Rudstone Farms Prize - For Dedication, and Service - Ella Docherty Geography – The Methven Travel Prize with the ‘BD’ Trophy and book award - Ella Braidwood History - The Methven Branch RSA Prize for History with the Irene Dalton Memorial Trophy - Nina Atkinson Mathematics with Calculus – The Bradford Building Prize - Neilvrod Alombro Mathematics with Statistics – The Methven Medical Centre Prize Neilvrod Alombro Music – The R & R Spreading Ltd Prize with the Rita Mangin Trophy for General Excellence in Music - Charlotte Blundell Outdoor Education – The Currie Family Trophy for contribution, perseverance and achievement in Outdoor Education - Cassius Kulsen Physical Education - The Flow Pool + Studio Prize with the Collins Cup - Will Copland Physics – The Humm Engineering Prize - Neil Alombro Technology (Fabric) – The Methven Panel & Paint Prize and Fabric Technology Trophy - Chloe Small

Technology (Hard Materials) – The Dixon Machinery & Diesel Tech Prize - Justin Garcia Tourism – The Methven Trucking Company Prize - Justine Caranay Vocational Pathways - The Warehouse Prize for a student who through their diligence, enthusiasm and development of workplace skills is well prepared for employment - Isabella McDonald

Major Awards The Matt Wallace Memorial Award & Dubliner Prize: – Best All Round Year 11 Boy: Janre Lim The Matt Wallace Memorial Award & Dubliner Prize: – Best All Round Year 11 Girl: Georgia Blundell The Ken Lowe Memorial Prize with the Limbrick Memorial Cup for Diligence and Involvement in School Activities: Victoria Hutana Rotary Club of Ashburton Awards to students with high achievement and significant contribution to school activities over their school career at Mount Hutt College: Chloe Small, Annina Birt The Argyle Schoolwear & Ballantynes Cup - For Innovation and Excellence: Cassius Kulsen EA Networks Academic Scholarship: Neil Alombro

Boyd Keepa – Big Buddy Award and Trophy: - Megan Rutter Music – Christine McArtney Cup for Most Improved Itinerant Student: Bianca Birchler-Stockdill Touch Rugby – Keepa Trophy Player of the Year: - Charlie Brown Rugby - Edmund Body Trophy for Sportsmanship in Senior Rugby: - Michael Hennings Rugby – Ballantrae Cup for Contribution to Girl’s Rugby: Grace Bleach Rugby (Girls) –The Methven Rugby Club Trophy for Most Improved Player: Caitlin Roberts Tennis – Girls’ Senior Champion: Emma-Lake Hill Tennis – Boys’ Senior Champion: Neil Alombro Skiing - Nicol Duff Memorial Trophy - Most Meritorious: - Chloe Keijzer Snowsports – The Boekholt Family Cup for Most Promising Student in Snowsports: - Chloe Keijzer Snowboarding – Big Al’s Snowboarding Trophy: - Lear Otaki Swimming – National Age Group Representative: - Bree Middleton Mountain Biking – The Big Al’s Trophy - Reilly Duff Written and Spoken Communication - The Diana Limbrick Family Cup for Excellence: - Charlotte Blundell Vocal Music – The Rhys Smith Trophy - Charlotte Blundell Music - The Mid Canterbury Choir Scholarship - Penny Nell Music - The Holmes Family Cup for Most Improved NCEA Music Student - Gus Casey-Solly

Major Extra Curricular Awards Arts – The Shirley Body Trophy This award is for the senior student who best exemplifies commitment and high participation in the Arts, and whose contribution to the Visual Arts of the school has been outstanding: - Jessica Barron Brian Blackwell Sports All Rounder Trophy - for the senior student with all round achievement, contribution and participation in school sport this year: - Charlie Brown Cochrane Trophy for Highest Achievement - Outstanding achievement to the highest level in a sport for the year: Bree Middleton 2020 House Trophy GREEN House

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Drenched in history and Rising up from the heart of the North Island the volcanic plateau looms like a year-round dome of adventure and discovery, as Mike Yardley found out.

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ow many times have you whizzed through Waiouru, passing by the fortress-like façade of the National Army Museum, making a mental note to actually stop and check it out one day?

I’ve been quite the recidivist.

Breaking the habit of a lifetime, I finally did stop to pay the museum a visit and was handsomely rewarded. What a treasure-chest. I took a personally guided tour, with the most enthralling aficionado for military history, Daniel Tizzard.

He was like a Harry Potter without the spectacles.

We started off at Roimata Pounmau (Tears on Greenstone), the soaring memorial wall which is the largest jade structure in the Southern Hemisphere.

Commemorating all Kiwis lost in conflict, a veil of water descends down the greenstone face, as the names of the fallen are continuously read.

It’s a stirring experience and every army recruit who graduates from training at Waiouru, swears their loyalty to the Queen, in front of this memorial.

The exhibits, dioramas and sets, including iconic military vehicles, are spectacularly curated on this walk-through of every theatre of conflict Kiwis have been engaged in, starting with the Boer War. That’s where you’ll find Gus the Horse who represents all eight thousand horses sent over to South Africa – and only one came back.

The personal exhibits are particularly poignant, like the uneaten box of chocolates Queen Victoria sent to every Kiwi soldier as a New Year’s gift.

From the Red Coats of the Imperial Forces to the Blue Berets of our peacekeepers, the museum delivers a comprehensive exposition of our military story, which culminates in the glorious medal repository. But what really gobsmacked me was Daniel’s matter-of-fact accounts that revolved around his numerous encounters with museum ghosts. You name it, it happens, particularly when they move exhibits – according to Daniel.

Just 10 minutes north of the museum, the Tangiwai Memorial stands guard over our worst railway disaster.

Why is it that the scenes of such harrowing tragedy are so often situated in places of such overwhelming beauty?

The memorial site is magnificent, lovingly maintained by various service groups in the area and the short walk to the lookout over the Whangaehu River is chilling.

You can see remains of the old Tangiwai rail bridge, that col-

Above and right – Biking the Ohakune Old Coach Road.

Below – Dinosaur House in Raetihi has been open barely a year and is the country’s largest collection of dinosaur exhibits.

Below – Mike Yardley at the Taonui viaduct via the Ohakune Old Coach Road.

Right – Another view of the Taonui viaduct.

lapsed as a result of the lahar flow, right alongside its replacement.

The sense of history here is raw.

It’s the stories of battered teddy bears and Christmas presents that subsequently washed up from the river that really embodies the full wrench of human tragedy.

I do love stumbling upon unexpectedly good museums in small-town New Zealand and a knock-out specimen is the Dinosaur House in Raetihi.

Housed in the century-old county council building on the main street, this labour of love is under the command of self-professed dinosaur obsessives, Ian and Sarah Moore.

Open barely a year, your jaw will drop at their trove of curated exhibits, including the suit Sam Neill wore in Jurassic Park, dinosaur skeletons and fossils, life-size reconstructions and tantalising animatronic models. T-rex and

the spinosaurus are the stars of the show. It’s the country’s largest collection of dinosaur exhibits – guaranteed to enthral your inner-child.

I spent a couple of leisurely nights, nestled at the foot of snowclad Mt Ruapehu, in the charismatic mountain town of Ohakune.

The beloved Big Carrot landmark now has a supporting cast of vegetable friends scattered across the eye-catching Carrot Park and

playground, ripe for adventure with an augmented reality game that will titillate your kids.

Ohakune is all about adventure and my signature assignment was to strike out on the Ohakune Old Coach Road.

First up, I hooked up with TCB, Ohakune’s leading ski, bike and board retail, rental and repair specialists.

James from TCB kitted me out with a top-of-the-line E-bike and

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adventure

Above – The National Army Museum in Waiouru.

Above – The Powderhorn Chateau in Ohakune.

Below – Ohakune’s beloved Big Carrot landmark.

joined me on the 15km thrill ride connecting Horopito to Ohakune.

Cycle buffs will know it as the second leg of the wider Mountains to Sea Cycle trail, but this ride is pitch-perfect for newbies to mountain biking. It’s a grade two trail so is not too taxing, but I highly recommend starting from the Horopito end for a more downhill ride.

Adjacent to the trail is the traffic-stopping sight of ‘Smash

Palace’ car-wreckers, which also featured in Goodbye Pork Pie. Horopito Motor Wreckers is the largest vintage car dismantlers in Australasia and the spectacle is captivating for its rustic beauty.

This cycle trail deserves its reputation as one of New Zealand’s best day rides, an evocative old pack-track and restored cobblestone road around the foothills of Mt Ruapehu, traversing Tongariro National Park forest and farm-

land, with sweeping lookouts over the volcanic plateau. But it’s the Victorian engineering, spooky tunnels and two herculean railway viaducts that are the runaway highlight.

The fatally-rusted Taonui viaduct makes for a striking backdrop but the old Hapuwhenua Viaduct is good to go.

You can cycle or walk across this colossal and curved structure, the longest viaduct in the Southern

Hemisphere at 284 metres long and 45 metres above the river. I dare you to look down between the sleepers! It was restored as part of the Cycle Trail development, while the newer Hapuwhenua Viaduct does a brisk trade for KiwiRail.

There’s a bucketload of history to lap up, imparted by the information panels, sprinkled along the route.

The old cobblestone road was

originally built for horse-drawn coaches in the early 1900s to transport passengers between the two rail heads of the unfinished North Island trunk line.

Shortly after completion, it fast became obsolete and was consumed by the forest, when the railway line was linked up.

It’s a riveting ride of movie-set good looks, spectacularly scenic and richly drenched in pioneering history.

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Pupils at Mt Somers Springburn School have unveiled a new plaque to commemorate the planting of the memorial oak at the 50th Jubilee in 1926.

The children in Rata had been investigating an area of the history of our school throughout 2020.

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OUR VIEW

Was 2020 really that bad?

By Matt Markham matt.m@theguardian.co.nz

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here’s a lot that people would rather forget about the year that has been

2020.

A year unlike any other for the majority of us, with curve balls and challenges aplenty.

A year that’s tested, at times, even the hardiest of souls.

Right now, there’s a lot of sentiment being thrown around that people will be pleased to see the back of this year and on face value, how can you really disagree with it?

But perhaps we should also look back on the past 12 months with a bit of fondness too, because, despite the struggles, we’ve come through it relatively unscathed.

In a time where the rest of the world seemed to crumble under the pressure of Covid-19, New Zealand shone brighter than almost any other.

We held our head up high, took the hit and began to pick things back up at the first moment we were allowed.

Resilience is a word a lot of people will talk about. And it’s a word that aptly describes our nation’s people. We are resilient, we can handle any challenges thrown our way and in the large, we will always rally around each other in times of desperation.

And we should be really proud of that.

Had Covid-19 and lockdown not arrived, who knows what the year would have shaped up like.

For many, those weeks cooped up at home will have generated some of the happiest memories of their lives.

Time with family to do things that you just never seemed to have the time to do and an opportunity to stop, reset the clock a bit and then get ready to tackle things head-on once again.

Again New Zealand has shown it can handle anything that anyone throws at it and do it in our typically relaxed, calm and focused Kiwi manner.

So, don’t think 2020 has been a complete disaster. Look back at what you’ve achieved and be proud of that.

In our own ways, we’ve all had a bit of luck and success.

We’re still here, we’re still healthy and we can look forward to another exciting 12 months.

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2020 – Go to your room

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s I drop off my better half and her 94-year-old mother at the airport to attend her 70-year-old son’s birthday, I reflect on the year that’s been.

And what a unique privileged position that is to be in.

2020, you’ve been one out of the bloody box.

This time last year, the prospect of turning shortly into a new decade and all the promise that went with that seemed quite attractive.

2020 looked kinda good on paper. It felt like the cusp of something new.

And it was.

A global pandemic.

Without going back over the finer details ’cos we are all “covidtigued”, what started out as a fledgling news item based around a virus out of a Chinese wet market, pretty quickly became our very personal business.

We had seen these things before. Bird flu, SARS, swine flu, but this one was suddenly

By Peter McQuarters PETE’S PERSPECTIVE

different and impacting in a way none of us had ever realistically envisaged.

The 48-hour warning that the country would go into level 4 lockdown, the reality of that, the realisation that home detention wasn’t all that it’s cracked up to be, the loss of person-to-person contact, the estrangement from family members who needed our love and support more than ever, the impact on jobs, supply chains of essentials.

It very quickly became a world we had never conjured, had never planned for, because things always worked out right.

Right?

But here it was. I was one of the lucky ones. Who knew

playing tunes on the radio in the afternoon and relaying local information was an “essential service”? Not me, but I was humbled and grateful for it to be.

To be able to escape from home confinement, armed with my piece of “essential worker” paperwork from my employer in case I was pulled over and questioned by the police, was my go free card.

The lowest of the lows for me personally, and others caught in the same trap, was the enforced abandonment of cherished family members as they coped with their final hours alive on earth.

Alone, in care, with strangers sharing their last breaths.

No one’s fault.

All because of Covid.

You utter bastard!

The old saying life isn’t fair never truer.

As we began to relax in our levels, things we had taken for granted began to come on stream again.

I bet you’d forgotten how people lined up from dawn the day Maccas drive thrus opened again.

Judgemental wowsers poured scorn on people for that. It wasn’t the burgers you morons.

It was the return to a kind of normal that it represented.

Those that dissed missed the point completely.

Planes began laying up, airline staff in the their thousands lost jobs or went on furlough.

Boeing 777 pilots stacked supermarket shelves. And we braced for a global financial catastrophe.

And then something happened.

When the restraints came off, the economy took off.

Exploded even.

The real estate market is a classic example.

And just today I read that the airlines are re-employing their A320 crews with a view to a return to fuller services in the first quarter of 2021.

Grant Robertson tells us this week that because of the strength of the economy, the fiscal hole will be 10 billion bucks shallower.

So my resolution for the New Year will be to try and be a more positive thinker.

It won’t be easy because I tend to worry about absolutely everything.

The end of life choice vote at least removed one of those concerns.

Admit it, you feel easier now too right?

So 2021, you’ve got a big ask.

Your year older brother ballsed it up, but there is always hope.

We are depending on you.

Broadcaster Peter Mac is Ashburton born and bred and the afternoon host on the Hokonui Radio Network.

The views expressed in this column are his and do not reflect the opinion of his employer or the Ashburton Guardian.

‘Fear not because a Saviour has been born’ T

he most popular way to describe this year is unprecedented. A year when change and lockdown has been forced upon us.

A year where fear and anxiety has increased like no other year.

As we come to the end of 2020 so many people are living in fear. Fear of Covid-19, fear of losing their job, fear of not being able to pay the mortgage, fear of not being able to get on the property ladder.

That is all Covid-related fear, however there is underlying

By Mark Taylor CHRISTIAN COMMENT

fear of what is happening with climate change, what will the government freshwater rules really mean for our district, fear about the world our kids are growing up in, fear for the future.

There is so much fear in so-

ciety today and it is not healthy for us. Fear is good when it stops us doing stupid things, however fear is a problem when it stops us living a fulfilling life now.

As we come to Christmas time we are reminded of the true story of the birth of Jesus, the shepherds and the wise men visiting.

When the angel visited the shepherds, the first thing he said was “Fear Not”.

That wass not just a message for the shepherds, but was a

timeless message for each one of us.

Fear Not was partly because a visit from an angel was a scary thing. However, Fear Not was more than that.

In the Gospel of Luke in the bible it says in Luke 2:10-11 “And the angel said to them, ‘Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. 11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord. Fear Not because a Saviour has been born’.”

That statement still stands today some 2000 years after Jesus’ birth. We do not need to live in fear of all that is going wrong in the world because Jesus our Saviour has been born.

This Christmas don’t live in fear of what might happen, get along to your local church and meet Jesus as your Saviour.

When you accept Jesus He will bring his peace, joy and hope into your life this Christmas.

Mark Taylor is the pastor at Mt Hutt Elim Church

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Cover of Between the Wind and the Water, 1991.

Cover of Rosemary’s book on Lake Coleridge, published 2000.

Remembering Rosemary Britten

By Connor Lysaght

■■ Lake Coleridge: The Power, the People, the Land (2000) Rosemary also wrote for publications such as the Historic Places Magazine.

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osemary Britten (nee Graham), prolific Canterbury historian and researcher, sadly passed away on Tuesday, December 8 in Christchurch, leaving behind a captivating legacy of stories of our past.

Born on November 4, 1933, Rosemary spent her earliest years in what was then the Ashburton County before leaving the area at three years old.

She returned to attend Ashburton High School, where she excelled in the long and high jump open events at the girls’ athletics annual events, and in 1949 she received the Malcolm Campbell memorial senior prize for arithmetic.

Rosemary is named in the Ashburton High School centennial booklet as being part of the 7th decade, 1941-1950.

She was also part of the Tinwald Methodist Church young women’s bible class, who welcomed her happily when she came back to Ashburton.

After high school, she returned to Christchurch where she has resided since, and developed a keen knack for weaving captivating stories over the following decades.

Her deep interest in history Rosemary Britten wrote local history articles for The Press during the eighties and nineties, which included stories about Ashburton and surrounds including Pendarves.

She was also featured in the

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Rosemary Britten, as she appears in Between the Wind and the Water, 1991.

Ashburton Guardian – a copy of a 1991 article detailing the Battle of Mill Creek exists in our archives in which she summarises the situation in an eye-catching manner: “Dynamite was among the tools when the Ashburton Borough Council, on the side of the mill owners, clashed with the county council in 1898 over water rights. More than 100 men were involved as first one side created an intake and then the other side demolished it. The town’s three newspapers had a field day.”

Her penchant for writing history led to her writing several books, such as: ■■ Rangi Ruru: Rangi Ruru Girls’ School, Christchurch, New Zealand, 1889-1989 (Published 1988) ■■ Between the Wind and the Water: Ashburton County Council 1876-1989 (1991) ■■ Save the Children: Fifty Years of Save the Children Fund, New Zealand (1997) ■■ Central Canterbury Electric Power Board: A Story of Success (1999)

Between the Wind and the Water is a special favourite of ours here at Ashburton Museum, serving as great reference for us, researchers, and curious visitors.

While she was writing the book in January 1991, Guardian feature writer Ray McCausland caught up with Rosemary to see how she was getting on.

He expressed that Rosemary had a great interest in the scientific and experimental flair of the Ashburton County Council in the 1890s when it came to early irrigation.

“They were very scientific in the way they did those things in the 1890s, measuring the results: I was pretty impressed,” she told Ray. Rosemary felt as if she had “got to know some of the leading characters in the council story quite well”.

She even had the aptitude to challenge preconceptions about Ashburton’s history at the time, as Ray explained: “Mrs Britten has found that the brick building in Havelock Street at the rear of the former county council chambers was not William Baxter’s, (the first county engineer) office after all, although it was used by council staff sometime after 1916, but that it was

built for the Ashburton Hospital.”

Rosemary Britten was a very effective and passionate writer, and a keen historian who I am sure is sorely missed, and fondly remembered, by her family and those who knew her, and her work.

If you would like to read Between the Wind and the Water or her book on Lake Coleridge, the former can be picked up and read at the Research Room here at the Ashburton Museum, and the latter can be accessed from our archives on request with supervision.

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Email museum@adc.govt.nz, mail to PO Box 94 Ashburton 7700 or phone 307-7890.

Copies of many of the photos on this page are available for purchase from the Ashburton Museum

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CHAMPIONS Mid Canterbury’s under-17 cricket reps have been crowned Canterbury regional winners off the back of four clinical performances and a rained-out finals day. Sports reporter Adam Burns surveys the side’s key performers.

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COUNTRY CHAMPS

By Adam Burns

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A final day washout has handed Mid Canterbury’s under-17 cricketers a rare tournament win.

Mid Canterbury were set to meet Christchurch Metro Black in Thursday’s Canterbury Cricket Under-17 Regional Final on a batting-friendly surface at Timaru’s Ashbury Park.

However, nagging drizzle throughout the day wiped out any prospect of play with Mid Canterbury gifted the silverware.

A superior run rate following a sharp week of cricket from Mid Canterbury proved to be the deciding factor.

The team were jointly coached

by Garfield Charles and senior rep bowler Shaun Stagg.

Charles told the Guardian he could not recall when Mid Canterbury last won the long-standing regional tournament.

He reserved special praise for captain Angus Jemmett and Devon Flannery who were immense throughout the week.

Mid Canterbury had booked their spot in Thursday’s decider courtesy of an unbeaten run in two T20s and two 50-over encounters earlier in the week down in South Canterbury.

The side dispatched Buller by nine wickets on Tuesday to begin their 50-over campaign in emphatic fashion.

The side began their campaign on Monday with a T20 double-header, where it looked the goods.

Mid Canterbury edged Christchurch Metro Red by six runs in their first hit-out in the morning.

Later in the day, they hammered South Canterbury by 55 runs, after Flannery blasted a magnificent unbeaten 106 off 54 balls.

Flannery finished the week

with a batting average of 230 across both formats, having only been dismissed once in three innings.

The next day as proceedings moved into the 50-over format, Buller were unable to bat out their overs as they were bowled out for 199 in the 46th over, having won the toss earlier in the day.

Mid Canterbury were effective with the ball and merciless in the field throughout, effecting three run-outs during the innings.

Wil Jemmett was the pick of bowlers with 2-27 with wickets shared evenly through the rest of the attack elsewhere.

Mid Canterbury made light work of the second innings chase as they chased down the target of 200 by the 36th over with just the one wicket lost.

Angus Jemmett was the ace in the hole for Mid Canterbury with an unbeaten 100, steering his side to the win alongside brother Lachie, who hit 49 not out.

George Robins made 43 at the top before falling in the 21st over – the only moment of cheer for Buller in the field.

Mid Canterbury backed up the next day with a seven-wicket win over Canterbury Country at Timaru Boys’ High School.

Another stifling effort in the field restricted the opposition Mid Canterbury’s under-17s were crowned Canterbury Cricket under-17 regionPHOTO ADAM BURNS to under 200, with Angus Jem- al champions on Thursday. mett, Devon Flannery and Toby Robinson starring with the ball, claiming two wickets apiece.

Set 177 to win, Mid Canterbury were again comfortable in pursuit of the prize, with Flannery completing a fine all round day at the office with a blazing 69 not out.

The Ashburton teen’s knock came off 41 balls, hitting four fours and five sixes in the process.

Mid Canterbury completed the task in the 34th over, with the loss of three wickets, to claim top spot.

Flannery finished the week with a batting average of 230 across both formats, having only been dismissed once in three innings

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Tough week for the U15s

It was an uphill battle for the under-15 reps in Christchurch for their tournament week.

The group put up a staunch fight in their games, but were unable to get across the line in their handful of matches.

The side went down to both Christchurch Metro sides in Monday’s T20 double.

Mid Canterbury then faced Christchurch Metro Invitational the next day, going down by five wickets.

They suffered a heavy defeat to Canterbury Country on Wednesday before bouncing back strongly to push South Canterbury on Thursday.

Despite a spirited comeback from the previous day, the side were edged by three wickets in their final outing.

U17 SCOREBOARDS Mid Canterbury 137/5 (20 overs) Christchurch Metro Red 131 (19.5 overs) Mid Canterbury won by six runs Mid Canterbury 193/1 (20 overs) South Canterbury 138/9 (20 overs) Mid Canterbury won by 55 runs Buller 199 (46 overs) Mid Canterbury 200/1 (35.5 overs) Mid Canterbury won by nine wickets Canterbury Country 176 (46.2 overs) Mid Canterbury 181/3 (33.2 overs) Mid Canterbury won by seven wickets

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Saturday, December 19, 2020 Ashburton Guardian CROQUET

Croquet conquerers

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Interclub heads into final leg

By Adam Burns adam.b@theguardian.co.nz

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Above – Logan McCorkindale won the South Island Association Croquet Championships’ singles event.

Right – Logan and Reece McCorkindale teamed up to win a second title in consecutive weeks.

The McCorkindale trophy cabinet continues to flourish.

Mid Canterbury brothers Logan and Reece McCorkindale stomped the doubles event at the South Island Association Croquet Championships in Nelson last week.

The pair won four of their five games, and had an impressive net hoops count of +59 en route to the title.

Logan also went on an unbeaten

run to clinch the singles event which sees the local croquet ace in possession of both association and golf croquet South Island open titles.

It comes a week after the pair dominated the Windsor Richards Association Croquet handicap and Open Association Croquet Championship events in Oamaru.

Logan’s win in the singles came off the back of a five-from-five run in the round robin phase before knocking over Nelson’s Brian Winslang in the semi-final. He then accounted for Greg Bryant, of the West Coast, winning in straight games 26-10, 26-12.

Interclub moves into the third round as the curtain is drawn on the tennis year.

Both open grade and junior grades take to the middle for one last salvo on court as the march towards the finals kicks into gear, albeit briefly.

With one eye potentially on the Christmas break, the leading seeds will need to keep their wits about them with every weekend of play proving crucial in the overall points picture.

Team Wilson took their foot off the gas last weekend and as a result lost pole position.

Jason Feutz and Pete Leonard will again be integral to the side’s chances as the side faces off with Team Head, who themselves have fallen off the pace, despite boasting some of the best young guns in the region.

The battle between Team Yonex and Team Babolat, the latter who overtook Wilson on top of the table, should provide a compelling matchup with Yonex only the six points behind the interclub frontrunners.

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Lauriston plunder Coldstream Residential

By Adam Burns adam.b@theguardian.co.nz

A hefty batting display by Lauriston has led the side to a crushing victory in the local T20 competition.

Led by a white-hot assault by Bevan Richan and Alex Hooper, followed by Kunal Saluja’s fourfor, Lauriston ran out emphatic 161 run winners on Wednesday, to notch their second success of the season.

It was a tall order for Coldstream at the break after Lauriston posted 211/2 from their 18 overs.

Needing just under 12 an over, Coldstream were continuously rocked back in their quest as they were flushed for 50 (for eight) in just the 11th over.

Lauriston’s imposing total came off the back of Richan, who carried his bat with 80 from 50 balls, which included 11 fours

and two sixes.

Even more belligerent was Hooper, who belted 47 from 15 balls as Lauriston’s scoring swelled.

A total of 82 runs were leaked between overs six and 11 as the flow of runs ballooned.

Elsewhere, Rob Hooper (33no) and Liam O’Connor (30) chipped in with nifty contributions.

It was contrasting fortunes during Coldstream’s reply as the side slumped to 31/5 in the sixth over.

Only Jagtar Singh was able to get past double figures, as Kunal Saluja took control with 4-18 from his four overs.

It was similarly one-sided between the Coldstream Stags and Methven, with the latter running out a nine-wicket win.

The Stags posted 128/8 from their 18 overs, with Hamish Mackenzie top scoring with 31.

Alex Keenan’s two wickets in

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an over ensured leading figures for Methven as the side claimed the advantage at the break.

Methven were unruffled in response, courtesy of 68 from 39 at the top from Sam Clark.

Matt Mason simply kept the scoreboard ticking over at the other end with an unbeaten 38 from 31 deliveries, before Luc Rodwell put the icing on the cake with 23 not out from seven deliveries.

In what was easily the most closely fought match-up of the evening, Allenton’s seniors held off Allenton (Progressive Livestock) by seven runs.

The seniors posted 180/7 from their 18 overs with Manpreet Hakkla’s 37 in the middle followed by Hasdeep’s Singh’s 36 doing the biggest damage.

Both batsmen were striking at over 300 courtesy of a total of 10 sixes between them.

The competition resumes in the new year on January 20.

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Giving it The Bash

By Steve Devereux steve.d@theguardian.co.nz

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he Big Bash has rushed into full swing across the ditch, and this year they’ve attached a whole heap of bells and whistles to it, presumably to add to the spectacle, the show, the cricketing exhibition that has been an extremely popular feature on our screens for the past decade.

For a start there’s now six commentators telling us all about what’s right there before our very eyes.

Six! I suppose it’s a good cricketing number.

Three in the commentary box, and three back in the studio doing the talking-head thing.

Why on earth do they persevere with Andrew Symonds in the studio?

He may have been a cult-figure player in his day, and he may even have plenty of knowledgeable thoughts on the game – but he does not have any remote sense of articulation to get those thoughts across; it’s usually cringe-time when he’s talking.

But mostly, they’re very good, as are most Aussie commentators in most sports – up until the time their team starts losing, then things tend to change, dramatically.

Ricky Ponting was always eloquent and lucid whenever he was called upon for interviews on either side of the microphone, or working in the comm box, and it looks like he’s the anchor everyone works around this

year, he’s done so many games.

And he’s stepped up to the mark, with some remarkable insights and predictions, getting so many right on the button it’s been a bit uncanny this week.

He’s not all sweetness and light though; he got very prickly (very!) when he was describing how two batsmen out in the middle had some historic running-between-the-wicket issues, and his co-commentators dug into the history books and found that he himself was a serial, topend offender in test cricket at running out people!

Anyway, I digress, as happens on rare occasions.

There’s now something called a Power Surge, which has never really been known as a particularly good thing.

And on the pitch it doesn’t seem to be doing much for those who take it either, it seems to guarantee the instant loss of a wicket.

Now you can also have X-factor players.

It appears that if something isn’t working, you can sack your spinner and bring on someone else, a batsman to shore up your turn at bat perhaps.

In other words, you get the luxury of being able to admit you’ve made a mistake, and instantly fix it.

Soon, at this rate, every batsman will soon get a ‘life’, and despite being caught/bowled/ run out, they’ll be able to just carry on, just as William Gilbert Grace did, so perhaps it’s all just going full circle.

Then there’s the Bash Boost.

Winning at the halfway mark.

Not sure about that one either – the whole game’s only 20 overs.

And there’s the crux of the matter; I suspect maybe they’re all over-thinking the whole deal.

You have 11 batsmen, and nowadays your 7, 8 and 9 at the very least are expected to be able to ably contribute to your total, and there’s only 120 balls to face in the entire innings.

There was an enlightening interview with erratic, provocative and intensely talented England player Kevin Pietersen on the tel-

ly recently (don’t think it was on Spark), and he candidly revealed his batting philosphy.

As the ball (and this is EVERY ball) is delivered, he’s thinking where he can hit it for a four.

If that option doesn’t eventuate, he’s looking for that big gap to register two runs.

Failing that, a bunt for a single, then the last-gasp option, defend.

That’s not exactly from the Geoffrey Boycott playbook, a legendary opener who was known

for scoring thousands of runs, but at a pace somewhere around the glacial level.

But, if applied to the Big Bash, you’re going to get lots of runs, and should be good enough to keep your wicket for a few overs at least, while the guy whose turn it is to be super-lucky today smashes a couple of 23-run overs, because that’s generally what wins these games.

So all this tinkering smacks a little of desperation; trying to breathe life into a part of the game that has slumped alarmingly from the super-popular version that blasted onto the cricketing landscape, on the back of the IPL juggernaut, which itself shows no sign of slowing down – but it wouldn’t, not with a billion cricket-mad Indians hanging on every ball.

No mistake, it’s still an excellent competition, but it’s not the raw, visceral bash-and-smash excitement machine that it was for the first five years of its existence.

And there’s another elephant in the room when you’re on the subject – as soon as the whites come on and the big boys step out into the arena for a bit of test cricket, all the coloured clothing boys are instantly forgotten.

Watching Virat Kohli locked in mortal combat with a hungry pack of feral, but exceptionally good Aussie quicks, plus a very handy spinner, is absolutely absorbing viewing, and you are rapidly reminded what real cricket is all about.

Even if you have to put up with a usually-mindless rabbiting on from Warnie.

PICKLEBALL

Breakthrough for pickleball New Zealand has earned a seat at the big pickleball table.

After several tournaments and clubs sprouting up around the country in recent times, including Ashburton, the national governing body confirmed New Zealand as the latest member of the International Federation of Pickleball (IFP).

The IFP announced New Zealand’s inclusion as the 31st member country during the week.

The Ashburton-based Pickleball New Zealand Association (PNZA) joins a burgeoning list of member countries helping to perpetuate the development and growth of the sport throughout the world.

PNZA board president Ruben Garcia said pickleball had spread throughout New Zealand to over 50 clubs, with new playing locations increasing each year since it was first introduced in Rotorua five years ago.

“With pickleball becoming quite popular in every region of the country, we felt it was time to join the international pickleball community, and benefit from the support the IFP offers its member countries,” he said.

“Local clubs have not only intro-

duced regular social playing sessions, but are now producing excellent competitive players resulting in regional and national tournaments to be organised in places like Rotorua, Auckland, Hawke’s Bay, Wellington, and Ashburton.”

The “fun sport” combines many elements of tennis, badminton, and table tennis and can be played both indoors and outdoors, catering to players of all ages and skill levels.

Earlier this year, Ashburton hosted the two day Mid Canterbury Winter Classic pickleball tournament which attracted competitors from around the country.

IFP’s Director of Member Countries Steve Sidwell said the joining of PNZA helps achieve its goal in introducing pickleball to all nations.

“Our ultimate goal is to achieve official recognition by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in order to establish pickleball as an Olympic sport.

“PNZA’s membership helps us get one step closer to achieving that goal.

“We are proud of the Pickleball New Zealand Association joining our growing family of IFP member counAshburton hosted the Mid Canterbury Winter Classic pickleball tournament in July this year. tries.”

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BOWLS

Age no barrier on the greens

By Matt Markham matt.m@theguardian.co.nz

Bronson Kellet (11).

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A casual eighty years might have separated them by age, but for two players on the Ashburton Bowling Green last weekend, there was no other differential.

11-year-old Bronson Kellet was the youngest player taking part in the Men’s Milsom Cup triples last weekend while George Crack at 91, was the eldest, further untangling the myth that bowls is just a sport for the elder generation.

Kellet is without doubt the youngest player in the Ashburotn district, and despite his infancy in the game, many astute heads are already tipping him for good things in the game in the future.

Playing out of the revitalised Hampstead club, the youngster wasn’t in on the prizes last weekend, but then again neither was Crack, as both players had to settle for also-ran prizes at the only fully-fledged men’s tournament in the district for the season.

Instead, honours went with the MSA Bowling Club trio of Mike Skilling, Ray Mitchell and Trevor Pearce

who picked up four wins, 29 ends and a positive points differential of 32 for their day’s effort.

That had them just three shots clear of their closest rivals – the home green side of Roger Gutberlet, Mike Quinn and Murray Anderson, who ended the day with a positive differential of 29.

Min Hill, Jo Ryk and Doug Kinvig finished in third spot with three wins, while Rowan Tonks, Bob Holdom and Denys McEvedy were fourth from the 14 teams who took to the green to compete.

It’s a quiet time of it on the bowling greens competition wise for the next week or so, with many eyes firmly focused on the hugely popular Cotula Cup Holiday Classic on December 27 and December 28 – again at the Ashburton Domain based bowling greens.

A full 16 teams will compete in the tournament over the two days which sees teams playing in all four disciplines of the sport; fours, triples, pairs and singles.

Some notable names, and former winners, feature among the entry sheet for the tournament, which is one of the most popular on the annual Mid Canterbury bowling calendar.

George Crack (91) PHOTO HEATHER MACKENZIE 131220-HM-110

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FORBURY

O’Reillys’ luck of the Irish

By Jonny Turner HRNZ

Striking Gladiator continued a winning run for trainer Gerard O’Reilly at Forbury Park on Wednesday.

The Rakaia horseman had Striking Gladiator ready to score a returning win with his daughter Sarah in the sulky, and the pair delivered in style by taking out race seven.

Set aside after clashing with star 3-year-old It’s All About Faith in July, Striking Gladiator thrived during recent time in the spelling paddock.

“He has got better this time in and he is a bit stronger,” Gerard O’Reilly said.

“He has got a big frame and even though he looks like a big, strong horse he has had growing issues.”

“The spell did him well and he has come back good.”

Punters did not miss the improvement in Striking Gladiator that was seen in his workout and trial wins leading into his resumption.

The pacer, who is owned by his driver and The Clann Syndicate, was backed into a $1.80 win price.

Striking Gladiator is now likely to be aimed at the two-day Nelson meeting on the second weekend in January.

“Sarah is pretty keen to take him to

Nelson, he will end up on the circuit up there all going well,” O’Reilly said.

Striking Gladiator’s win came just three days after the O’Reilly stable unleashed another impressive 3-yearold winner.

O’Reilly himself was in the sulky this time, behind Sweet Belle when she scored comfortably to remain unbeaten in two starts at Methven on Sunday.

“She is a lovely filly,” O’Reilly said.

“She had a spell after her first start as a two-year-old.

“She is not paid up for any fillies’ series, so we had the luxury of giving her a good break.

“She has come back good, she has been a lovely horse right from day one.”

O’Reilly’s brother, Leo, also cashed in on a rare trip to Forbury Park.

On a night when Alexy made headlines for equalling New Zealand’s record for most starts, fellow 11-yearold Jerry Garcia took winning honours with his victory in race 4.

The victory was Leo O’Reilly’s first as a driver at Forbury Park since he scored with Top Brass in 2013.

The Rakaia horseman’s last win as a trainer at the Dunedin track came with Him Himself in 2000.

Gerard and Sarah O’Reilly with Striking Gladiator after a previous win.

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GORE

Gallant Boy on song for Tapanui Cup He may be in the eighth season of his remarkable career, but veteran gelding Gallant Boy is showing no sign of slowing down.

Following a first-up victory at Wingatui and a last-start second placing at Cromwell, the 10-year-old son of Gallant Guru will line up as a leading contender for Sunday’s Dynes Transport Tapanui Cup (1335m) at Gore.

The winner of 14 of his 70 starts and more than $350,000 in stakes, Gallant Boy’s achievements tower over his rivals and have earned him the clear 62kg topweight for Sunday’s race. But apprentice jockey Rahul

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Beeharry, who has ridden Gallant Boy three times for two wins and a placing, will reduce that impost by three kilograms.

“He’s been a very consistent horse all the way through his career, and that’s just continued this spring,” co-trainer Shane Anderton said.

“We’ve looked after him and never over-raced him, and he seems to be still enjoying it.

“We’ve been quite happy with his work leading into the race on Sunday.

“He still has a bit of improvement in him, but Rahul Beeharry’s claim will put him in a competitive position

in the weights. He’s ridden him in his last couple of starts and seems to get on pretty well with him.

“So he’ll be a chance, but Flying Sardine’s going to be a hard horse to give seven and a half kilos to.”

This is Gallant Boy’s second attempt at the Tapanui Cup, having run a good third 12 months ago.

However, that was a very different race to the 2020 edition.

“He placed in it last year, but it was a 2000m race then and this time it’s 1335m,” Anderton said. “So we’ve kept him on the fresh side this time around.”

Rangiora harness Tomorrow at Rangiora Raceway

R1 CANTERBURY TROTTING OWNERS ASSN. TROT NZD $7,500 2600m 12:15 1 95980 Ilsas Son R G Anderson 2 Moonlight Angel Sarah O’Reilly 3 88634 This Time Gamble B N Orange 4 499 Silverlinings Ben Hope 5 2x900 Greenbank Betty J R Dunn 6 30 Show The Way John Morrison 7 369 Illegal Alien Craig D Thornley R D Close 8 60945 Summars 9 Andover Harry R M Cameron 10 Jakarta R H Jenkins 11 6086 Shes So Right Sheree Tomlinson 12 57x0x Goose Healy Neil Burton 13 0 Bourbon On The Rocks J P Versteeg J F Curtin 14 37037 Eilish Hall 15 0 Ready I Am P J Wakelin R2 KAIAPOI CLUB RACING SECTION MBL PACE NZD $7,500 1950m 12:40 1 85637 Perfect Cut J J A Young 2 Wickenheiser 3 Schiavone M J Williamson 4 45 On The Buzzer B N Orange 5 55 Taurus Bromac Sarah O’Reilly 6 Starvin Marvin J R Dunn 7 88 Carrera Dance G D Smith 8 Piece Of Gold C J Defilippi 9 80096 President Pat Neil Burton 10 74400 Play By Ear J W Cox 11 500 Sense Of Occasion M P Edmonds 12 43503 Cristiano Buccini Ben Hope Joseph Gray 13 48272 King Arthur 14 0x033 Mark O’ronga R J Butt 15 68x Dennis Denuto R D Close 16 790 Taliesin R D Holmes R3 JD & EA PROPERTIES LTD TROT NZD $8,000 2600m 13:05 1 0600x Majestic Rollon A L Lethaby 2 x947x Awapuni Ben Hope

R D Holmes 3 7209x Sierra Gold 4 55438 Blink N Bones B J Ford 5 0x380 Sally Lindenny G D O’Reilly 6 8002 Faith No More Laura Mckay 7 40889 Tres Magnifique Scott Iremonger 8 82300 Call This Fun Jason Ford 9 0 Play Dough L F O’Reilly 10 30839 Orlando Magic B N Orange R4 VERMEULEN FAMILY FILLIES & MARES MOBILE PACE NZD $7,500 1950m 13:30 1 0 Caribbean Lily B N Orange 2 x9600 Shadow Aveross Anj Mugford 3 5704 Times Are A Changin M J Williamson 4 Big Mama Morris K G Cameron G D O’Reilly 5 7 Play It Now 6 2008 I Miss Mum K M Cox 7 x0890 Sheezagoldengirl Sam Thornley 8 Jacinda Eyre Ben Hope 9 Wickenheiser J R Dunn 10 9x6 Kowhai Shadow B N Orange 11 670 Hey Tonight R D Close 12 Bettor Achiever A L Lethaby 13 0928x Iksaka R J Butt 14 834 A Guinness Dance R L Houghton 15 Jenny Gump R T May 16 Schiavone R5 COUNTRY FEASTS PACE $7500 1950m 13:55 1 9x90x Woolfie Mac J R Dunn 2 4 Morano Chief John Morrison 3 89009 Unchanged Memory K G Cameron B N Orange 4 00x0x Kennedy 5 0x50x Sport Mental G D Smith 6 02x60 It’s A Laugh J W Cox 7 0x00 What The Hell J F Curtin 8 80000 Key Reactor J J A Young J Herbert 9 62 Taumata Vc 10 434 Teds Legacy M P Edmonds 11 x00x0 Changeover Jo L F O’Reilly 12 20090 Bromac Hype R T May

13 000x0 It’s A Shawthing Joseph Gray 14 Shady Ruler M J Williamson 15 057x0 Webs Reactor Neil Burton R6 JACK BEHRNS MEMORIAL HANDICAP TROT NZD $8,000 2600m 14:25 1 25201 Tequila Sunset K G Cameron 2 5x940 Kowhai Sundown B N Orange 3 698x0 Gin Rummy I R Cameron P T Borcoskie 4 49709 Smudgee 5 24696 Rachmaninov T J Grant 6 73707 Foreigner G W Hunt 7 x0956 Momentous G D O’Reilly P J Wakelin 8 9349 Bk Dawn 9 6350 Ali Lindenny J R Dunn 10 57x07 Sun Swinger M J Williamson 11 44165 Take After Me R L Houghton R7 TAGGART EARTHMOVING LTD MOBILE PACE NZD $8,000 1950m 14:50 1 607 Little Rain 2 3x197 Mad Lu Li K M Cox 3 3479x Rockntommy Rulz Ben Hope 4 226 Southerly Change R T May T S Chmiel 5 41220 Deja Blue 6 8x1 Idealindreams M J Williamson 7 96808 Johnny Eyre R D Close 8 30x80 Pink Flamingo Run K A Butt 9 37x41 John James Preston J J A Young 10 481 Serious Moonlite B N Orange 11 1900 Spanna Olivia Thornley 12 10 Judgement Bay L F O’Reilly 13 4001 Dallas Grimes J C Hay 14 300 Ashes To Ashes 15 5680 Be Mine Tonight J R Dunn 16 8x00x Clive Grant Ross R8 RANGIORA NEW WORLD SUMMER CUP NZD $12,500 2600m 15:16 1 7x513 Kiss The Girls D J White 2 15 Buckskin Sarah O’Reilly

3 80127 Blue Chip Delight J Herbert 4 13045 Longview Lady B N Orange 5 28452 Yossi J C Hay K G Cameron 6 16777 Fynn Frost 7 10752 Somekindawonderful J R Dunn 8 8531 Gilligans Island Sheree Tomlinson 9 45994 Franco Niven J R Dunn 10 11303 That Alexander Guy R D Close R9 NORTH CANTERBURY TROTTING HANDICAP TROT NZD $8,500 2600m 15:41 1 18833 Alvira Hest B N Orange 2 x5023 Bj Lindenny K G Cameron 3 4220x Girls Let Loose G D O’Reilly I R Cameron 4 58429 Prince Teka 5 8795 Boyz Invasion M G Heenan 6 10000 Andoverlov R J Butt 7 60626 Zsa Zoe Sheree Tomlinson Jason Ford 8 1x030 Navara 9 91804 Easy Pickings Ben Hope 10 1x036 Maria Tsarina P C Nairn 11 15x10 Mataderos J R Dunn 12 63951 Rebel Kibbybones J C Hay R10 FERN LAW HANDICAP PACE NZD $8500 2600m 16:06 1 5x000 Precious Sara M J Williamson 2 67002 Caesar’s Quest Laura Mckay 3 3980 Mr Asia J W Cox Ben Laughton 4 53686 Flamboyant 5 9040 Sweeney Todd B A Zampese 6 6775 Corravally Star J J A Young 7 6244 Champagneandwine John Morrison 8 80332 Bettor Believe It C J Defilippi 9 70408 Madame Frost K G Cameron 10 59058 Go Davey Sam Thornley 11 75618 Sister’s Delight R T May 12 568x1 Peraki Reactor B N Orange 13 60542 Playa Vista Craig D Thornley 14 8718 Already Gone R D Close 15 80127 Blue Chip Delight J Herbert

16 8x09x Matthew Eyre Ben Hope R11 MORRISONS SADDLERY FEED MOBILE PACE NZD $8,000 1950m 16:31 1 x0195 Vincent Van Gone G D O’Reilly 2 420 Highland Reign J W Cox 3 94030 Spicy Girl Becqui M J Williamson 4 607 Little Rain B N Orange 5 169x6 Silver Lady 6 008x7 Lilac Change Sarah O’Reilly 7 300 Ashes To Ashes 8 96730 Arizonawildcat J R Dunn 9 46470 Hells Shadow R D Close 10 85139 Dreaminsover J J A Young 11 59845 Uno Mia Sheree Tomlinson 12 8x009 Baker Creek L F O’Reilly 13 4200 The Kaik K A Butt 14 3980 Mr Asia Craig D Thornley 15 70709 Comfortably Numb John Morrison 16 0 Lydia J D Markham

Matt Markham’s Rangiora Selections Race 1: This Time Gamble, Eilish Hall, Greenbank Betty, Jakarta Race 2: On The Buzzer, Perfect Cut, Schiavone, Mark O’Ronga Race 3: Call This Fun, Sally Lindenny, Awapuni, Orlando Magic Race 4: Jacinda Eyre, Kowhai Shadow, A Guinness Dance, Iksaka Race 5: Morano Chief, Taumata VC, Ted’s Legacy, Sport Mental Race 6: Sun Swinger, Momentous, Ali Lindenny, Tequila Sunset Race 7: Southerly Change, Deja Blue, Judgement Bay, Johnny Eyre Race 8: Kiss The Girls, Yossi, Buckskin, Longview Lady Race 9: Navara, Mataderos, Girls Let Loose, Rebel Kibbybones Race 10: Corravalley Star, Bettor Believe It, Playa Vista, Sister’s Delight Race 11: Spicy Girl Becqui, The Kaik, Silver Lady, Vincent Van Gone BEST: Southerly Change (R7) VALUE: Jacinda Eyre (Race 4)

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): While you’d be uncomfortable if you had to boast of your success, you do realise that people need to know what you’re good at, otherwise they will try to utilise you in all the wrong ways.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): Start something new and you’ll find that there’s fun in the world of amateurs and novices. In fact, the phase where you know you’re not good at it but you love it anyway is most wonderful in so many ways.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): It’s counterintuitive but sometimes niceties are a turn-off because they set unspoken standards. You may opt for the low-fi, no-frills comfortable route because of this.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): You’re comfortable with some attention on the things you want observed.

Too much attention, or attention on the wrong things, will have you changing how you show up, or whom you’re showing up to.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): In this introverted mood, the slightest social gestures can feel like a real chore. It’s a big effort just to get up to say hi, or send the email, or make the call. Do it anyway though. You’ll be happier for it VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): Like most people, you have been known to fantasise about being the winner overall. And yet, you’re really out to better your last outcome, as being the winner over yourself is the most satisfying victory.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): People who are blocked off from their creativity may hit you up for inspiration. Perhaps you can feel that you’re being watched and emulated – flattering, also it keeps you on your toes.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): If you want to improve, make it a point to fail a few more times.

If you want to be a champion, go harder.

Double up on those failures (also known as your best teachers): SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): You shouldn’t have to set every expectation yourself. Work in a team. Send someone before you to smooth the way and get the others ready to trust you.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): You’re feeling free and a little rebellious. You inspire people to encourage them to make mistakes. You will be a channel of creative energy for those who are blocked.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): How do you know if you’ve made a difference? It should not even be a matter of debate. Things are different because you’re here. Is this the difference you want to make? You’ll get clearer about that part today.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): You’ve made too many appointments. It wasn’t supposed to be torturous. Reschedule to lift some of the stress off. People will be willing to work with you on timing.

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You will be covering local authorities and other publiclyfunded organisations, but also going out and talking to the people affected by these organisations’ decisions, sharing their stories, and coming up with your own stories on similar topics.

You will report to Ashburton Guardian’s Editor. You will receive extra training and support from RNZ, and your work will be made available at the same time to all of the programme’s media partners, including RNZ. We are looking for someone with as many of the following qualities as possible. You don’t need all of these to apply, but you do need to have at least two years’ experience in daily news journalism.

About the role We are looking for an energetic person to join our Field Services Team as a Trade Assistant. This entry level role will appeal to someone seeking onthe-job learning opportunities within a diverse field service environment.

This opportunity is a great start to a career with EA Networks and will vary from one day to the next, giving you the chance to work across most service areas within our business including: • • • • •

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Overhead Line Crews Underground Crews Earth Rig Operators Assisting with Traffic Control General yard duties All the work you perform will be completed while promoting and practising positive health and safety.

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Ideally you will have the following attributes: • Hold a current driver’s licence with classes 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 (or be willing to complete licensing requirements to obtain each).

• Physically fit and motivated • Reliable and punctual • A team player • Excellent communication skills

• • • • • •

Join Us A competitive hourly rate is on offer, as is the opportunity to develop your career with a stable, trusted organisation. To apply, please visit our company careers page and complete an Employment Application through our career’s portal in confidence. Applications close Monday, January 11, 2021.

Able to spot a strong story and make it come alive for your audience Able to meet the highest standards of accuracy, fairness and balance Understanding of the Treaty of Waitangi / Te Tiriti o Waitangi Knowledge of te reo Māori Knowledge of local government processes Excellent writing skills

This is a full-time role for a fixed term. Assistance with relocation costs may be considered.

Applications close 31 December 2020. Your CV, cover letter, work samples, etc should be sent to Matt.M@theguardian.co.nz Visit RNZ’s website for more information about the LDR service: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/ldr

Please note EA Networks is committed to a safe and healthy work environment. Successful candidates must be legally entitled to work in NZ and prepared to undergo a pre-employment medical, which includes a drug and alcohol test and a Ministry of Justice check.

ASHBURTON COLLEGE ‘Individual Excellence in a Supportive Learning Environment’

Learning Support Assistant (Mainstream) To support students with their learning needs.

This is a fixed, term-time only position for 2021, to commence Term 1, 2021 Hours: Approximately 25 hours per week, to be confirmed with successful applicant.

Employment is under the Support Staff in School’s Collective Agreement, Grade B. Initial payment step commensurate with experience.

Applications close noon, Friday 15 January 2021 Information package enquiries and applications please contact Jodee Ross, Principal’s Secretary Phone (03) 308 4193 ext 809 Email: rj@ashcoll.school.nz

Birthday Greetings

For more information about the role and EA Networks please visit www.eanetworks.co.nz

Jackson Bishop Happy 9th Birthday on Monday December 21.

Love Mum, Dad and Ashton xxx

Guardian Situations Vacant

307 7900

Call the Guardian today for your advertising requirements.

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Weekend Services MEDICAL SERVICES

IN EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY PHONE 111.

For all other medical assistance outside of normal hours, please phone your General Practice team, 24/7, to speak with a health professional who will give you free health advice on what to do or where to go if you need urgent care.

If you don’t have a regular General Practice, call any GP team 24/7 for free telephone health advice.

DUTY DOCTORS Eastfield Health, 135 Tancred Street, Ashburton, will be the duty practice Saturday until 8am Sunday. To make an appointment call your regular GP. Tinwald Medical Centre, Archibald Street, Ashburton, will be the duty practice for Sunday until 8am Monday. To make an appointment call your regular GP. Please bring your Community Services Card. All non New Zealanders should bring their passport with them, New Zealanders should bring some form of ID.

Methven & Rakaia Area

For weekend and emergency services please phone Methven Medical Centre on 302 8105 or Rakaia Medical Centre on 303 5002 for details on how to access the after-hours service each weekend.

Healthline is a free health advice service. It operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The toll-free number to call is 0800 611 116. Healthline is staffed by registered

DIAL 111 in the event of a Medical or Accident Emergency

nurses who are trained to assess health problems and offer outside of these hours leave a message. advice over the phone. The service is free and confidential.

Alcohol Drug Help Line

Call us free on (0800 787 797).

Lines open 10am - 10pm seven days.

Wises Pharmacy, Countdown Complex, East Street, will be open from 9am - 1pm Saturday, from 10am - 1pm Lifeline Sunday.

Toll-free: 0800 353 353.

Countdown Pharmacy, Ashburton South, 2 East Street, open from 9am - 8pm daily.

OMMUNITY ERVICES

Pharmacies

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Ashburton Rest Homes Please contact directly for hours.

Emergency Dentist

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Art Gallery

327 West Street, Ashburton, phone 308 1133.

Open daily: 10am – 4pm.

If you do not have or cannot contact your regular dentist, please phone 027 683 0679 for the name of the rostered weekend dentist in Christchurch. Hours 9am - 5pm, Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays.

Ashburton Museum

HELPLINE SERVICES

Havelock Street. Ph 308 7192. Saturday: 10am - 1pm.

Sunday: 1pm - 4pm.

Alcoholics Anonymous

Call 0800 AA WORKS (0800 229 6757) or visit www.aa.org.nz for more information.

Mental Health - Call free on 0800 222 955.

Ask for the Crisis Team.

Safe Care - 24hr Rape and Sexual Assault Crisis

Support. Phone 03 364 8791

Victims Support Group

24hr - Freephone 0800 VICTIM (0800 842 846).

Direct dials to a volunteer.

Ashburton Office - 307 8409 week-days, 9am - 2pm,

Birthday Greetings are free for those aged 12 and under only. Free birthday greetings must be received at least two working days before date of insertion otherwise there is no guarantee that it will appear on the day requested. Photos will be available at our level 3 office for collection after notice has appeared in the paper.

327 West Street, Ashburton, phone 307 7890.

Open daily: 10am – 4pm.

Ashburton Public Library

EA Networks Centre - Pools

20 River Terrace - phone 03 308 4020. WEEKEND HOURS: Sat and Sun 7am - 7pm. Public holidays 10am - 5pm.

Ashburton Operations Centre ASHBURTON MAIL CENTRE STANDARD POST: Mon - Fri 5pm POST DELIVERY CENTRES Allenton & Tinwald: Mon - Fri 5pm Methven & Rakaia: Mon - Fri 2pm

ASHBURTON’S STREET RECEIVERS Business Area: Mon - Fri 5pm Residential Area: Mon - Fri 5pm

Information Centre

Methven - Saturday and public holidays 10am until 2.30pm. Phone 302 8955 or isite@midcanterburynz.com

ANIMAL SERVICES Dog, Stock & Noise Control

Ashburton District Council 03 307 7700 - 24hr service.

Animal Welfare Centre

All enquiries - phone 308 4432 or 027 3329286.

Veterinarians

ASHBURTON VETS - Ph 0276 838 000, 149 Cameron Street, Ashburton: Duty vet: Ben Hallenstein.

Full emergency service all weekend.

VET ENT RIVERSIDE - Ph 03 308 2321, 1 Smallbone Drive, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Weekend 24-hour emergencies.

VETLIFE ASHBURTON - Ph 03 307 5195, Cnr East Street and Seafield Road, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Weekend 24-hour emergencies.

CANTERBURY VETS - Ph 03 307 0686, West Street Clinic, West Street, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Weekend emergencies: Jonathan Christian.

Vet Ent and Vet Life operate a joint after-hours SMALL animal emergency service. To use this service please phone your vet as usual.

Saturday, December 19, 2020 Ashburton Guardian

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PERSONAL

Mid Canterbury Hockey Development Officer

The Development Officer will be responsible for the development and implementation of coaching programmes designed to increase coaching and player capability in Mid Canterbury hockey.

Duties/responsibilities include; • Delivery of Small Sticks Hockey in Schools programme • Delivery of Fun Sticks programme • School holiday & other coaching programmes • Develop & implement new coaching opportunities for coaches & players Hours will vary during the year but will average to approx 25 hrs per week. There is the requirement to work some evenings and weekends throughout the winter season.

You will need to; • Be passionate about the sport of hockey • Have previous experience in a coaching and development role • Have proven experience in planning and facilitating programmes • Have excellent organisational, time management, decision making & people skills If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you.

For a copy of the job description and to apply, please email: admin@mchockey.co.nz Applications close 5 pm Friday 8th January 2021

Night Shift Forklift Operator Canterbury Dried Foods Ltd is based at Wakanui, Ashburton.

We are looking for a Night Shift Forklift Operator, on a four on four off roster; 12 hour shifts 6pm – 6am.

Full Time, Fixed Term January 2021 to June 2021 Previous factory experience desirable; previous experience on a forklift essential.

For further details please contact the HR Manager. Lyn Foord (0223260883) or email lyn@canterburydriedfoods.co.nz

PUBLIC NOTICES

SUMMER CAMP ADVENTURE Holiday Programme

SCOUTS 3 DAYS

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20, 21 and January 2021 Scouting is worldwide and22 offers life skills to8am boys- 5pm and girls

FOR T 3 DAYS

A variety of activities to suit all interests Ages from six to eighteen for all youth Weekly programmes with Fun activities A great way to meet and make new friends for Youth and Adults Adults are welcome to join as Leaders or Committee Members All Adult Leaders are Trained in First Aid and the New Zealand Outdoors

Tramping, Biking and 1 night camping

Girls and Boys age 10 - 13 years, good to average fitness required.

Contact 0800 SCOUTS or mania-o-roto.zoneleader@scoutmail.org.nz

Non scouting children welcome ADVENTURE PLUS! For enquiries, please email turkeys@xtra.co.nz or binghamfamily@outlook.com Ph: 308 5678

ADULT ENTERTAINMENT

FOR SALE

GREEN Pine $180 – 3.6m³ split and delivered .

ASIAN Angel, sweet, Phone Shane hot, sexy 40DD, James 027 611 3334 beautiful, good service, professional massage.

Phone 021 0860 1853. GRAZING LAMB Grazing wanted.

NEW Asian, busty 38D, Good prices paid. Please sexy body, professional phone Jason 0274 288 402. massage, best service.

Phone 022 1974 434. HIRE GENERAL hire.

NEW blonde, 27 slim, Lawnmowers, chainsaws, fun and discreet. Phone/ concrete breakers, trailers, text 021 0906 8709. and more. All your DIY / party hire, call and see Ashburton STUNNING mature lady, in U-Hire. 588 East Street. town now. Happy to please Open Monday-Friday 7am older gentlemen. Discretion - 6pm; Saturday 7.30am assured. Please phone - 5pm; Sunday 8.30am 021 0275 9055 (no texts). 12.30pm - Phone 308 8061. www.ashburtonuhire.co.nz TWO Asian lady special, good massage, excellent service. in/out calls. MOTORING alignments at Phone 022 572 5823. WHEEL great prices. Maximise the life of your tyres with an alignment from Neumanns Tyre Services Ltd, 197 Wills AUCTION SALES Street. Phone 308 6737.

Vintage Machinery & Horse Drawn Vehicle Auction From the Estate of Ken Macklan, Carriage Maker & Wheelwright For more details see facebook.com/ Vintage-MachineryHorse-Drawn-VehicleAuction101733991785084

PLANTS, PRODUCE

NADINE new potatoes, $2.50kg.

Christmas orders taken.

Phone 308-3195 or 027 5319 103. 81 Elizabeth Street.

NEW Potatoes, $2kg.

Rakaia.

Please phone Alistair 021 0258 8194.

NEW Potatoes, dug daily $3 per kg, 2 kg for $5.

R Bennett, 22 Melrose Road. Phone 308 4015.

FULL TIME AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY OPERATOR

On the evening of Wednesday 16 December, my brother had a fall from his mobility scooter at the Walnut Ave/West Street roundabout. I would like to offer my sincere thanks to the people who came to his aid, including the men who lifted the scooter onto their truck and delivered it home and the lovely couple who stayed with him until I arrived. Unfortunately I failed to get names, but would like you to know we are very grateful. He is recovering at home with grazes and a bruised ego.

Again THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart.

May Brothers Contracting Ltd is an agricultural contracting business based 10 min from Methven, Mid Canterbury.

We are currently looking for a skilled and hardworking Tractor Operator to work in the cultivation part of our business with two years’ experience in the agricultural sector.

The successful applicant will operate one of our four seed drills and other cultivation implements.

Apart from drilling, daily tasks involved in the role are: raking, mowing, windrowing, baling, chopping, cultivating, fodderbeet harvesting, truck driving, and other general agricultural activities.

Show initiative and flexibility by assisting in other areas of operation as needed. Ensure vehicles and machinery used is maintained in a safe operating state.

Comply at all times with the health and safety requirements.

The position can start early January.

Applicants must be able to work as part of a team as well as PERSONAL WANTED unsupervised, should have NZ residency or a valid NZ work visa, TO the Countdown blackberry RECORDS, tapes and two years’ experience within the agricultural sector, full clean driver’s jam lady. Would you like Hi fi gear wanted. licence. a coffee? Popeye 169.

Excellent prices paid.

Pre employment drug testing will be required. Applicants must be Pennylane has a buyer able to pass a police and drug check and have an up-to-date CV with Make contact through in your area. Please current and contactable references the Guardian reception. phone 021-222- 6144.

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Daily Diary SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19 9am - 12pm ASHBURTON CRAFT MARKET. Lovely gifts, plants, woodwork and much more. West Street Car Park.

9am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON FARMERS MARKET. Locally grown fresh produce, hot drinks, well worth a visit. North end of West Street Car Park.

9am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY. Toys to hire, the Triangle, 106 Victoria Street, look us up on facebook - Ashburton toy library.

9am - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 20 8am ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Park Street.

9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Service of carols led by the choir.

48 Allens Road, Allenton.

9.30am ASHBURTON METHODIST CHURCH. Carol service with Rev Heather Kennedy, Paterson’s Chapel, corner East and Cox streets.

10.00am HAKATERE PRESBYTERIAN PARISH.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 21 6am SWEATY BETTY’S. Circuit training in St David’s Union hall, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

10am - 3pm 206 CLUB AGE CONCERN. Join us for a fun day filled with activities for the over 60 years. For information phone Age Concern 308 6817. Seniors Centre, 206 Cameron Street.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22 9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Walking group meets outside church. 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

10am - 4pm NZ ALPINE AND AGRICULTURE ENCOUNTER AND THE ART

2020 MUSEUM. Static displays with collections of up to 30 aircraft and memorabilia.

Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

9.30am - 3pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Association Croquet, singles or doubles - new players welcome.

Waireka Croquet Club, Philip Street.

10am - 12pm ASHBURTON VINTAGE CAR CLUB. Museum and parts shed open. 86 Maronan Road, Tinwald. - (Closed reopens 16 January 2021).

10am - 4pm CHRISTMAS TREE REMEMBRANCE.

Remember a family member or friend by putting a message on a star and placing on the tree. $2.

Daily from now until Thursday 24 December. Altrusa International of Ashburton. In the Arcade Burnett Street end.

10am - 4pm NZ ALPINE AND AGRICULTURE ENCOUNTER AND THE ART GALLERY. Open for viewing. Mt Hutt Memorial Hall, 160 Main Street Methven.

10.15am ALLENTON CROQUET CLUB. Golf Croquet. Allenton Sports Club, Cavendish Street.

1.15pm ALLENTON CROQUET. Association Croquet, Allenton Sports Club, Cavendish Street.

1.15pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Golf Croquet doubles, 30 minute games - new players welcome.

Waireka Croquet Club, Philip Street.

1.30pm - 4pm ASHBURTON WOODWORKS (INC).

All interested and likeminded people welcome to come and take a look. Open Wednesday’s and Saturdays. Plains Railway, Maronan Road.

Morning worship at Oxford Street, led by Rev Johanna Warren. All welcome. 65 Oxford Street.

10am ST ANDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Morning Worship, and Holy Communion, led by Rev Eric Mattock, all welcome, Sinclair Centre, Park Street.

10am ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH. Morning worship, all welcome, 67 Cass Street, Ashburton.

10am ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Park Street.

10am ST ANDREW’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Lessons and carols, Holy Communion, please note services are only being held at Tinwald on the 2nd and 4th Sunday of each month. Thomson Street, Tinwald.

10am - 4pm NZ ALPINE AND AGRICULTURE ENCOUNTER AND THE ART GALLERY. Open for viewing. Mt Hutt Memorial Hall, 160 Main Street Methven.

10am - 4pm CHRISTMAS TREE REMEMBRANCE. Remember a family member or

friend by putting a message on a star and placing on the tree. $2.

Daily from now until Thursday 24 December. Altrusa International of Ashburton. In the Arcade Burnett Street end.

1pm - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSUEM. Static displays, collection of aircraft and memorabilia on display.

Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

1.15pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Golf Croquet, doubles, new players welcome. Waireka Croquet Club, Philip Street.

10am - 4pm NZ ALPINE AND AGRICULTURE ENCOUNTER AND THE ART GALLERY. Open for viewing. Mt Hutt Memorial Hall, 160 Main Street Methven.

10am - 4pm CHRISTMAS TREE REMEMBRANCE. Remember a family member or friend by putting a message on a star and placing on the tree. $2.

Daily from now until Thursday 24 December. Altrusa International of Ashburton. In the Arcade Burnett Street end.

10.30am COMMUNITY WALKING GROUP. Meet and walk from the Hockey pavilion, Walnut Avenue.

1pm - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSUEM. Static displays, collection of aircraft

and memorabilia on display.

Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

1.15pm ALLENTON CROQUET CLUB. Association Croquet, Allenton Sports Club, Cavendish Street.

6pm SWEATY BETTY’S. Circuit training in St David’s Union Church hall, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

GALLERY. Open for viewing. Mt Hutt Memorial Hall, 160 Main Street Methven.

10am - 4pm CHRISTMAS TREE REMEMBRANCE. Remember a family member or friend by putting a message on a

star and placing on the tree. $2.

Daily from now until Thursday 24 December. Altrusa International of Ashburton. In the Arcade Burnett Street end.

12pm - 2pm JUSTICE OF THE PEACE ASSOCIATION. Signing service, no appointments

necessary and no charge, available Tuesday and Fridays. Community House, 44 Cass Street.

1pm - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSUEM. Static displays, collection of aircraft and memorabilia on display.

Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

Trades & Services To place a Trades & Services ad, call 307-7900 or email classifieds@theguardian.co.nz

Mobile Mower servicing • Rotary Mowers • Ride-on Mowers • Water Blasters • Small Motor Repairs

• Reel Mowers • Chainsaws • Rotary Hoes • Generators

TALBOT SECURITY GROUP Key Cutting Solutions

100% locally owned and operated

Stan Keeley, Owner

• • • •

Car and house keys Electronic car remote keys Deadbolts and locks 24 Hour Locksmithing

A - 62c Dobson Street, Ashburton E - operations@talbotsecurity.co.nz P - 03 307 2409 anytime 24/7

Ph 307 0002 - Mobile 021 88 34 36

HEAT PUMPS KEEP YOUR HOME THE PERFECT TEMPERATURE ALL YEAR ROUND

HEAT PUMPS

electriCOOL Ltd Phone Paul Crequer, your local authorised Daikin dealer for a free quote on all domestic and commercial systems phone 0274 362 362 or 308 4573.

Solar power when you need it most

CALL GROUTPRO FOR AN HONEST DISCUSSION ABOUT YOUR GROUT AND TILE AFTERCARE

We are experts at installing solar power systems for motorhomes.

To deal with Dirty Tiles and Grout CALL GROUTPRO WE HELP YOU KEEP ON TOP OF YOUR SHOWER AND TILE MAINTENANCE

• SOLAR PANELS • BATTERIES • DC MANAGEMENT • CAMERAS • TV SATELLITE • PUMPS • REFRIGERATION

• Tile shower makeovers • Professional tile and grout cleaning • Re-colouring existing grout

AA Solar & SUN POWER PLUS South Island

• Sealing and repairing/replacing tiles/grout • Replacing mouldy and tired silicon

WE TRANSFORM TILES/GROUT IN BATHROOMS, KITCHENS, SHOWERS, BALCONIES, CONSERVATORIES AND ANY TILED AREA

4 McGregor Lane Ashburton 03 307 4777 - 027 442 3103 ashsolarpower@xtra.co.nz aasolarsouthisland.co.nz

Contact GroutPro Brett Muir for a quote and an upfront honest discussion.

www.groutpro.co.nz

027 746 7632

Keeping your property protected with a security camera system from Masterguard Protect your biggest asset with a home security camera package from Masterguard

To advertise here contact Cushla on 021 959 783 or 03 307 7955

Call me today for a free, no obligation quote

Hartley Curd phone 0800 788 393 or 021 328 301 57 Dobson Street, Ashburton.

Lifestyle

Cushla Harborne

CONNECTIONS Wednesday, December 23, 2020 4.30pm to 7pm Terrace Acres, 80 Carters Terrace, Tinwald (will be signposted).

Open all hours

Phone 308 3927 Cell 027 434 4809 Website: ashburtonapiaries.com 205 Alford Forest Road, Ashburton

Get all your fresh Christmas goodies Potatoes, vegetables, berries (weather permitting), Christmas baking, Christmas flowers, Hipi cheese, preserves, Turkey, Fish, honey, sausage rolls, The Rollin’ Pedaler ice cream, hot food and drinks.

Lucky shopper prize draw, sausage sizzle, Mother Christmas is coming with Christmas Treats.

Santa is arriving 5.30pm approx

Saturday, December 19, 2020 Ashburton Guardian

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS FUNERAL FURNISHERS

DEATHS

TAVENDALE, Lynley Kay – John, Mark, Maria, James, Sarah and families sincerely thank all who provided support to us all before and after Lynley’s passing.

Canterbury owned, Thanks to all who attended locally operated the celebration of Lynley’s life at Matamua Farm. We Patersons were overwhelmed by the Funeral Services compassion shown. To Dr Young and the and Ashburton Dianne Palliative Care Team at Crematorium Ltd Ashburton Hospital, a special thanks for your support, Office and Chapel which allowed us to keep Corner East & Cox Lynley at home,this was very Streets, Ashburton much appreciated. Lynley was a loving and supportive wife, mother, nana and friend. Please accept this as a personal ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS acknowledgement from her CLELAND, Marion Jean – family.

Marion’s family thank everyone who supported our mother, gran and great-gran over her lifetime in WARD, Phyllis Mary Ashburton, and particularly (Mary) – to thank the many people David, Jennifer, Malcolm, who came and supported us Lesley and their families at the memorial service. sincerely thank you for the Special appreciation to the cards, messages, phone Scouting family of Allenton calls, flowers and baking and Mania-a-roto area, following the loss of Mary. thanks to the St Andrews Many thanks to those who Church community, thank attended her service to you to St John, the staff at celebrate a long and fulfilled Ashburton Hospital and the life. Grateful thanks to community of sports groups Patersons Funeral Services that were such a big part of for their support to the family.

Marion's life. Our heartfelt Please accept this as our thanks to each and every personal acknowledgement. one of you.

Ph 307 7433

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620 East Street Ashburton Phone 308 5369 or 0274 357 974 ebcarter@xtra.co.nz NZMMMA Member

Jo Metcalf

18-22 Moore Street, Ashburton | 0800 263 6679 027 637 1229 | www.memoryfunerals.nz

Tuesday, Dec 22 Wednesday, Dec 23 Saturday, Dec 26 Tuesday, Dec 29 Wednesday, Dec 30 Saturday, Jan 2, 2021

Monday, Dec 21 Tuesday, Dec 22 Thursday, Dec 24 Thursday, Dec 24 Tuesday, Dec 29 Thursday, Dec 31

12 noon 12 noon 12 noon 12 noon 12 noon 12 noon

For all general enquiries phone 03 307 7900 or email classifieds@theguardian.co.nz Thursday, Dec 24 Friday, Dec 25 to Jan 8 Monday, Jan 11

10am-12noon Closed 10am-2pm Normal hours resume

Advertising enquiries to Sonia Gill 03 307 7976

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Ashburton Weather

Saturday: Fine with increasing high cloud.

Northwesterlies from late morning.

Midnight Saturday

Canterbury Plains

MAX

29 MIN 13

Saturday: Fine with increasing high cloud.

Northwesterlies developing from late morning.

Sunday: Cloudy with rain, becoming confined mainly to the foothills by afternoon. An early south to southeasterly change.

Monday: Mostly cloudy with scattered rain developing in the morning, easing in the evening.

Northeasterlies.

A ridge persists over northern and central New Zealand on Saturday and remains over most of the North Island until Wednesday. Meanwhile a weak front gradually moves up the lower South Island on Saturday and Sunday. A complex low from the Tasman Sea moves over the lower South Island Monday through Tuesday. On Wednesday another Tasman low approaches, pushing several associated fronts across New Zealand.

Around The Region Saturday

Sunday

Monday

Sunday: Cloudy with morning rain, easing.

An early southerly change.

MAX

Canterbury High Country

20 MIN 11

Saturday: Rain spreading north about the divide from afternoon. Fine with high cloud in the east. Wind at 1000m: Rising to northwest gale 65 km/h in exposed places from morning. Wind at 2000m: Northwest gale 65 km/h, rising to 80 km/h for a time late morning through afternoon. Freezing level: Above 3000m.

Sunday: Cloudy, with scattered rain developing from morning. Wind at 1000m: Northwest 50 km/h, changing light southeasterly in the morning. Wind at 2000m: Northwest 60 km/h, dying out in the morning.

Freezing level: Above 3000m.

29 15 22 12 17 12 Monday: Mostly cloudy, with scattered rain.

26 14 19 11 15 12 Northerlies developing.

23 11 18 8 20 10 SUN PROTECTION ALERT 25 13 17 10 16 12 27 14 17 12 15 13 PROTECTION REQUIRED : 5 5 9 : 00 am – 5 pm 29 12 19 11 17 10 Wear a hat and sunglasses For the very latest weather information, including Weather Warnings, visit metservice.com © Copyright Meteorological Service of New Zealand Limited 2020 Compiled by Christchurch Darfield Lake Coleridge Methven Rakaia Timaru

Monday: Mostly cloudy with scattered rain developing in the morning, easing in the evening. Northeasterlies.

MAX 18 MIN

Readings to 4pm Friday Temp °C Maximum Minimum Grass min 24hr Rain mm Month to date Wind km/h Strongest gust Sun hrs on Thu Month to date

Ashburton Airport 26.6 11.9 12.3 0.0 5.2 E 37 3:24pm 0.0 166.1

Methven 27.2 10.2 – – – – – – –

Christchurch Timaru Airport Airport 21.6 23.9 12.5 11.3 12.3 – 0.2 0.0 2.8 5.2 E 44 N 33 1:18pm 11:46am 0.0 – 154.1 –

Tides, Sun and Moon Saturday

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Sunday

Monday

Ashburton H 8:26am 8:54pm Mouth L 2:07am 2:40pm

9:22am 9:51pm 10:17am 10:46pm 3:00am 3:35pm 3:53am 4:30pm

Rakaia Mouth Rangitata Mouth

9:14am 2:53am 9:06am 2:44am

H L H L

8:22am 2:02am 8:10am 1:51am

8:49pm 2:37pm 8:38pm 2:24pm

9:41pm 10:04am 10:31pm 3:29pm 3:45am 4:21pm 9:35pm 10:01am 10:30pm 3:19pm 3:37am 4:14pm

Data provided by NIWA

5:44am 9:17pm

5:44am 9:17pm

5:45am 9:18pm

10:06am 12:27am 11:14am 12:59am 12:19pm 1:26am

first qtr Dec 22

full Dec 30

last qtr Jan 6

new Jan 13

Don’t Miss Out 4 Sold - 2 Left Call or come on over and we will show you through our new villas Monday to Friday

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Ashburton Guardian Saturday, December 19, 2020

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Christmas deals SAVE $10 was $9.98 now

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Perroplas

Arrow

Heavy duty plastic construction.

Can be used as a sandpit. H: 945mm, W: 1010mm, D: 200mm.

315mm x 315mm pieces.

36 piece. Interlocking and easy to clean.

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6

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50 each

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Orbit Lighting

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Clamshell Pool

Remote included (single remote works with multiple bulbs.10 Watt. 806 Lumens. E27 or B22 base. RGB.

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Beatermix Hand Mixer Compact and lightweight. 6 speed settings. Dishwasher safe. 200 Watt.

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Caterpillar

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Toy Construction Set 10" push powered Cat construction toy dump truck with play Cat hard hat and sand tools.

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Fry, roast, bake, toast and grill the healthy way. 3.2 litre.

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Sunbeam

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Air Fryer Opti-Fry

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ABC Puzzle Mat

Westinghouse

was $39.98 now

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2998

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376464

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NEW PRODUCT

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15

Jobmate

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Steel Tool Box

8

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57 Litre Heavy Duty Storage Box

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Durable metal latches.

Two top compartments.

Removable internal tray.

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76

Double lock handles. Stackable. H: 295mm, W: 430mm, D: 630mm.

347498 30 & 100 litre also available.

Nouveau

Chilly Bin

25 litre capacity. Metal base.

Keeps food and drinks cold for hours.

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1999

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Bestway

Cole & Bright

Single Air Bed

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Garden Torch

Includes 2 spot lights and 4 post lights. Solar powered with automatic night sensors.

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350kg max weight per shelf.

Ready to assemble.

H: 1830mm, W: 914mm, D: 457mm.

Lawnmaster

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125cc Petrol Lawnmower

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High Velocity Box Fan

B&S OVH 450E series engine. 460mm (18 inch) chassis.

Plastic catcher.

3 heat settings. 85 Watt. High velocity, 5 blade design.

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5 Shelf Unit

479

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364772

Muscle Rack

was $529 now

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Can be used with citronella oil.

1.5m tall refillable fuel canister.

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369496

Offers valid till December 25th 2020, or while stocks last.

ASHBURTON MITRE 10 MEGA West Street, Ashburton PHONE 03 308 5119

One gift.

Heaps of choices.

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pack

6 Piece Solar Illumination Value Pack

Comfortable flocked sleeping surface.

Sturdy coil beam construction.

Indoor and outdoor use.

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