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Ashburton Guardian Saturday, January 30, 2021

Hot, but not quite a record temp There’s always plenty of conjecture and debate when it comes to just how hot the temperature gets.

Different mechanisms will show different temperatures and thus the argument rages on with differing views on just where the mercury settled at its highest.

What is known, based on accurate readings from fixed locations is that Tuesday was the hottest day in Mid Canterbury in almost 50 years.

And while the 39 degrees recorded was the hottest temperature ever recorded in Ashburton in the month of January – it fell well short of the town’s record temperature of 41.3 degrees.

That mark was reached on February 2, 1973.

On Tuesday, MetService reported that the weather station at the Ashburton airport reached 39.3 degrees, the highest temperature at that site since its records began in 2006.

The previous record was back in February 2011, on a similar day with gusty northwesterlies.

At 2pm Methven was also sweltering at 33.7 degrees and to the south Timaru hit 37.5 degrees.

It was a scorcher, but New Zealand’s’ hottest temperature of 42.3 degrees, recorded in Rangiora on the February 7, 1973, remains in place.

Canterbury Weather Updates analyst Russell Voice said it was “collectively one of, if not our hottest day on record”.

Akaroa recorded its hottest temperature of all time while Ashburton and Temuka earned a place in the top 10 temperatures of all time in New Zealand, Voice said.

There was little respite at night Voice said as it would have been a restless night for many “with temperatures remaining above 20 degrees in many areas, in fact a number of towns were sitting on 24-25 degrees at 4.30am”.

The extreme heat continued on Wednesday with Ashburton hitting 34, Rakaia 35 and Methven 32.

Then came a 20 degree temperature drop in 24 hours as a southerly change moved north.

Riley Tasker was out to beat the heat this week.

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St John ambulances kept busy

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

St John ambulances in Mid Canterbury attended an average of almost 30 call-outs a week in 2020.

St John responded to nearly half a million medical emergencies across New Zealand in 2020 with ambulance communications centres answering nearly 97 per cent of the more than 550,000 emergency 111 calls within 15 seconds.

The three Mid Canterbury stations – Ashburton, Methven and Mt Somers – responded to 7930 calls in 2020, down from the 8,135 in 2019 – a slight 2.5 per cent drop.

Almost 20 per cent of all callouts are referrals from a GP with 1523 in 2020 (18.9 per cent) which was slightly down on the 1648 (20.3 per cent) in 2019.

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The next highest reason for call outs was chest pain, with 755 (9.86 per cent) in 2020, closely followed by traumatic falls and back injuries (9.37 per cent) then it was breathing problems (6.95 per cent).

The number of traffic incidents responded to was down from 351 in 2019 (4.31 per cent of all calls) to 305 (3.78 per cent) last year.

There was an increase in stroke call-outs, with 256 last year compared to 191 in 2019, and a similar story with heart problems up from 143 to 202 call-outs, but cardiac/respiratory arrest calls dropped from 89 to 56.

The reduced movement of New Zealanders during the Covid-19 lockdown saw a decrease in trauma-related accidents, the ambulance service was just as busy.

Due to the extra precautions necessary to keep both ambulance officers and patients safe, the duration of call-outs in-

creased nationally.

Despite the slight decrease in the number of ambulance callouts in April, the total number of 111 calls received during 2020 was similar to 2019 national total.

As the country moved down alert levels, the pre-Covid trend of increasing call numbers returned and in December 2020 St John had its busiest December yet, responding to over 1100 incidents per day.

The escalation continues into 2021.

Once New Zealand moved out of lockdown and people were able to socialise freely again, alcohol-related incidents increased.

New Zealanders also began to feel the impact of job losses and this, in addition to the general social, financial and mental strain associated with Covid-19, led to an increase in mental health callouts.

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tion of St John’s four-year project to double-crew all transporting ambulances, and in 2020 nearly 99 per cent of transporting ambulances were fully crewed.

St John Ambulance Operations Deputy Chief Executive, Dan Ohs, said it is particularly pleasing to see the project come to completion as it provides rural New Zealand with the same crewing levels as urban areas.

Double-crewing improves safety for ambulance officers and means all our patients can receive expert clinical care while being transported to hospital.

Ohs said that while St John always aims to get to people with life threatening conditions as soon as possible, meeting response time targets remains challenging and St John is always looking at new and innovative ways to respond to these challenges faced by the wider health system.

“We continue to work hard to take the pressure off hospital emergency departments, and in 2020 introduced a specialised paramedic role to respond to people in their home, provide treatment, and refer patients to more appropriate health care.

“In addition, skilled clinicians can provide advice to people over the phone when an ambulance may not be the most appropriate response.”

Thanks to these initiatives, St John was able to provide alternative care to nearly 20 per cent of patients, avoiding unnecessary hospital presentations.

Oh said St John will continue to seek out ways to address the continuing challenges and improve health outcomes for all New Zealanders in accordance with the recommendations of the Health and Disability System Review (2020).

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Civic project budget rise slammed

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

Bumping up the build cost of Ashburton’s new civic centre and library is a slap in the face for the community, says former district councillor Russell Ellis.

During his two terms around the council table Ellis was a member of the project control group that steered the project from concept to sign-off and says the $51.6 million agreed price was to be a no surprises, no changes one.

To find out that this had been increased was a disappointment, he said.

The council’s brief at the time was to involve the community and this happened from site choice through to approving the design plan the community wanted.

The $51.6 million plan came with contingencies built in and was to be a final price, Ellis said.

To find the cost had now jumped by potentially $5 million was a let down and the community should not simply accept this, he said.

“I feel we’ve been let down by the project manager and the architect, and now the council is letting the community down. We

were hoping to bring this project in under budget, but this $5 million is a significant amount and it should be consulted on.”

The council’s budget will go out for community consultation but if the community gives a resounding no to the extra money, Ellis questions what the council’s reaction will be.

same track, but the price agreed should be the price the project was delivered at, he said.

When the project was in its early stages, designs were prepared and each came with a build cost that was set by the architect and his team, not by the council.

“They promised it would not

I feel we’ve been let down by the project manager and the architect, and now the council is letting the community down.

- Former councillor, Russell Ellis “Will they stop the build? And if it’s going out for public consultation, are they putting the project on hold in the mean time?

“Blaming Covid is such a copout. It’s blamed for so many things.”

The budget blowout on the district’s art gallery and museum project would still be fresh in councillors’ minds and there was an obvious desire to ensure this project didn’t go down the

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go a cent over this. I’m happy the council has fronted this and told the community. If they hadn’t they’d have been toast, but on top of a rate increase, this won’t go down well.”

Ellis said he accepted the extra $5 million might not be used, but just signalling it could, made him nervous, he said.

How the increased budget for the project played out, would now be in the community’s hands, Ellis said.

Former Ashburton District Councillor, Russell Ellis has slammed the allocation of an extra $5m contingency for the new civic centre and library.

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Lions clubs backing shuttle Lions Clubs from around the South Island have banded together to support the Cancer Society’s Canterbury-West Coast (CWC) division shuttle service with a combined donation of almost $13,000.

The free shuttle service transports patients staying in the Cancer Society’s accommodation, Daffodil House and Daffodil Lodge, to and from radiation and chemotherapy appointments at Christchurch Hospital.

Janice Porter-Hoare, fundraising and events manager for the Cancer Society’s CWC division, said the Lions Clubs’ significant donation was a huge help towards funding the $65,000 required to operate the shuttle each year.

“The shuttle currently operates from 7.30am until 9pm Monday to Friday, which translates to approximately 16,000 individual patient trips,” she said.

“Given that the patients we are providing our service for come from all over the South Island, including Mid and South Canterbury, the West Coast and Nelson/Marlborough, it is fabulous to see local Lions clubs from these regions supporting this service.”

Ashburton County Lions Club representative Christine Stewart, 1st Vice District Governor for District 202J, visited Daffodil House to see the shuttle service in action and accepted a certificate of thanks from the Cancer Society on behalf of the contributing Lions clubs.

Stewart said that like most people she had family members and colleagues who had been diagnosed with cancer.

“Our club members are happy to support the Cancer Society shuttle service as you just never know when someone in your community is going to need it,” Stewart said.

Porter-Hoare acknowledged that this was the fourth consecutive year that the Lions clubs had donated to the shuttle service.

“The late John Cramond from Motueka organised the first donation in 2017 after having used the shuttle service himself while having cancer treatment in Christchurch,” Porter-Hoare said.

“Sadly John passed away last year, but his legacy lives on in this donation, which is extremely important to us given that we anticipate the demand for the shuttle service to grow even further during 2021.”

In front of the shuttle outside Daffodil House are (from left) Hannah Godfrey, manager of accommodation services for the Cancer Society’s Canterbury-West Coast Division, and (right) Lions Club representative Christine Stewart.

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BACK SEAT

Another round of food for thought Y

ou know how we were thinking about how nutritional tastes have changed over the last few decades, well here’s a little more food for thought.

Back then a Big Mac was what we wore when it was raining.

Brown bread was the entry level model.

And sliced bread – well that’s what a bread knife was for!

But with its arrival came the classic saying “best thing since sliced bread”.

Oil was for lubricating, fat was for cooking.

Tea was made in a teapot using tea leaves, which were never green.

Goodness gracious sugar enjoyed a good press in those days, and was regarded as white gold.

Sugar cubes were posh.

Which brings to mind the meaning and origin of the word “posh”.

Posh is a word used to describe something elegant or stylishly luxurious and sometimes the meaning extends to people.

But how did the word come into existence?

It is often mentioned the let-

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ters come from the phrase “port out, starboard home,” which designated the most desirable accommodation on a steamship voyage from England to India and back.

From 1842 to 1970 The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O) was the major steamship carrier of passengers and mail between England and India.

The P&O route went through the Suez Canal and the Red Sea. Cabins on the port side on the way to India got the morning sun and had the rest of the day to cool off, while starboard ones got the afternoon sun, and were still quite hot at bedtime.

On the return trip, the opposite was true.

The cooler cabins were therefore the more desirable.

It’s quite a romantic explanation, which of course brings to

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. mind in a bygone era travel was a quite different experience than it is these days – or maybe not on modern cruise ships.

But, and there’s often a “but”, some say the explanation doesn’t float.

Another possible source is a turn-of-the-century noun posh meaning “a dandy”.

This meaning is listed in two slang dictionaries of the period, but without corroborative evidence.

Murray Posh, a character in an 1892 novel, was described as “a swell”.

Ironically an oceanic term.

And then push came to posh and vice-versa with a bit of confusion, possibly caused by a spelling mistake around a P. G. Wodehouse character named Push or was he Posh.

Will we ever know?

Who knows, but “port out starboard home” has a certain nostalgic ring to it.

Returning to food, thinking of the briny and going back to the fifties and sixties, fish were just starting to get fingers.

And you can certainly get some pretty posh fish fingers these days.

Eating raw fish was called awful, not sushi.

Not many of us had ever heard of yoghurt.

Healthy food consisted of anything edible.

Pretty much all potatoes were peeled.

But not all, and what fun it was to cook some in the Saturday night bonfire lit after a hard day’s gardening to recycle garden clippings.

Cooking outside was called camping or throwing a spud in

the fire.

Seaweed was not a recognised food.

Was “kebab” even a word, never mind a food?

Prunes were medicinal, something to keep you going, so to speak.

Mind you, many will say they still are.

Surprisingly, muesli was readily available, it was called cattle feed.

Water came out of the tap.

If someone had suggested bottling water and charging more for it than petrol they would have become a laughing stock!

But the one thing that we never ever had on our table back in the swinging sixties – elbows or phones.

That would not have been posh!

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Philately – it’s in the Gluyas DNA

Gary Gluyas displays a letter addressed to H. R. Friedlander at St Thomas Hospital, London with the postmark, February 16, 1911. Friedlander was an early Ashburton name. The envelope and postmark are valued at $200.

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ary Gluyas is continuing a family tradition.

John Gluyas was a devoted stamp enthusiast with a collection unrivalled in New Zealand. Gary, his son, retains the family interest, but with a major difference.

Whereas John collected stamps, a huge variety of them, Gary is dedicated to postmarks. We all know what a stamp is – and New Zealand Post prints some of the finest – but a postmark is the impression on the envelope or package that gives the date, time and place.

It’s a small snapshot of history.

In his final years, John became even more enthusiastic about stamps, almost insatiable. He’d built the family business and now wanted to focus on his passion. When he died, he had thousands of stamps, in many divisions, valued at well over $100,000.

John’s collection included every health stamp from 1929 to 2005, specialist sheets of ploughing and scout jamboree stamps, Government Life Insurance stamps, general stamps of all descriptions and a unique assortment of errors and flaws in New Zealand issues.

“It was a very consuming hobby for him. He was clever with what he bought,” Gary recalls.

At first Gary didn’t pursue his dad’s collection. “I didn’t touch it for three to four years, then started to get interested. I built a room in my home to house the thousands of stamps,” he said.

Philately was in the family DNA. But instead of building John’s collection, Gary focused on something else.

“My interest was the postmark collection. Post Offices were closing down all round New Zealand and I wanted to get the postmarks of all of them,” he said.

So he gave John’s New Zealand stamps to Peter, his brother, sold what he didn’t want and started to grow the postmarks.

At first Gary concentrated on all of Mid Canterbury’s postmarks from existing Post Shops to small rural Post Offices that closed down many decades ago.

“They were the ones that fizzed my interest,” he said. For example, the Porowhita Post Office that opened in 1909 and closed in 1920 had some rare and sought-after postmarks. In value Porowhita (Winchmore) postmarks have a rating of 10 out of 10.

“Collecting became a nightmare, a challenge. I decided to extend my interest and collect the whole of New Zealand,” he comments.

It was a huge undertaking. It was like climbing Mount Everest in sneakers.

Gary discovered there were 5059 Post Shops in New Zealand with their own individual date stamps and seven different classes of postmarks.

“I now have postmarks from about half of the different Post Offices,” he says.

He has 46,500 in all, neatly enclosed in folders in his philatelic room.

When Gary travels, he actively seeks old Post Shops, even if they’ve been adapted for other purposes. You can tell what they were by their shape.

He takes their photo to remind him of the time when letters, parcels and savings books were an important part of community life.

Gary seeks postmarks online, via Trade Me or from other collectors. Those from major centres where thousands have been issued have less value than hand stamped marks from isolated Post Offices that opened and closed more than 100 years ago.

He acknowledges that collecting stamps and postmarks could be a hobby that’s dying out, so he sought advice. He was told few people are collecting these days but, those that do, are cashed up, semi-retired enthusiasts who know what they want and can buy it.

That was enough for Gary. His quest for the rarest of rare postmarks continues. It’s a hobby, but there’s a strong purpose behind it.

“I’m looking for the one that got away. I’m on a chase to find the valuable one I don’t have,” he says.

Then there’s that moment in history. The date stamp records the place, time and date of posting and, if that letter or package changed history, Gary has that epoch all to himself to enjoy.

When Gary isn’t pursuing his passion, he’s sorting out his father, John’s, collection of general stamps.

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Whale watching with a difference

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

There will be whale watching at Lake Hood on Sunday.

In fact, there will be several kinds of whales and other aquatic life forms but not in the water, they will be in the sky as part of the Ashburton Kite Day. Ashburton Peter Lynn Kites team member Simon Chisnall said there would be big show kites as well as others of all shapes and sizes as the Kite Tour of New Zealand stops off at Lake Hood.

“There will be all sorts of art kites, but also a wide range of large inflatable kites a 25 metre- long dragon, 16 metre-long sperm whale and blue whales, giant stingrays, whale sharks and all sorts,” Chisnall said.

Last year a topless mermaid stole the show, but the Australian couple who own it will not be back, with no international visitors at all due to the current travel issues associated with Covid-19.

While there would be no international guests, Chisnall said there would be a giant penguin from Wellington, kites coming down from Whangarei and other parts of the country.

Chisnall said they were also encouraging people to bring their own kites on the day for a fly to add to the local contingent of kites.

“There will be plenty of room for the public to fly as well.

“Pack a picnic along with bring their own kites and head off to

Kites of all shapes and sizes will soar in the sky at Lake Hood on Sunday. the lake for a family day out there as it’s the ideal spot for it.”

The kite day is part of the sec-

ond annual Kite Tour of New Zealand which kicked off in Nelson last week, stops off in

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Christchurch today and then to Lake Hood tomorrow before heading to the North Island for

stops at Otaki and Eltham.

The Ashburton Kite Day at Lake Hood starts at midday.

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MUSIC

Gypsy jazz duo charm locals

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

A little slice of the south of France passed through Ashburton this week, leaving dozens of patrons in awe.

Violinist Fiona Pears and guitarist Connor Hartley-Hall performed to locals at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre, the first of a planned 24 shows around the country over the next five weeks.

About 80 guests turned out for Thursday’s performance where the gypsy jazz duo treated onlookers to a dynamic set of fiery boot-tappers and warm ballads, with Hartley-Hall’s classical guitar solos generating the biggest cheer during the opening numbers.

“It was fantastic,” she said.

“The nerves were a bit heightened being the first show, but the Ashburton crowd were just a lovely bunch of people.”

Pears admitted prior to the pair’s opening rendition that it was a more intimate show that she was used to which was both a treat and nerve-wracking.

The music performed was largely influenced by the likes of European gypsy jazz pioneers Django Reinhardt and Stephanie Grapelli.

Pears has performed and recorded around the world for about 15 years, appearing at such venues as London’s famed Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club and Joe’s Pub in New York.

The Lyttelton violinist and composer has also been a soloist with the Liverpool Philharmonic, Christchurch Symphony and Trust Waikato Symphony orchestras.

The pair performed in Akaroa last night before moving to Balcairn for their third show this evening.

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Expensive, ‘touristy’ activities off-putting for Kiwi travellers New research from Tourism New Zealand shows domestic travellers are put off by activities that are too expensive or feel too “touristy”.

The research is aimed at finding out what New Zealanders want from domestic holidays to help the industry adjust while borders remain closed.

Minister of tourism Stuart Nash says the research showed many were aware of the challenges facing the industry including regions struggling with visitor numbers and problems with freedom camping before Covid-19.

The research also found domestic travellers were looking much closer at their own backyard and at regions they might have taken for granted in the past, he said.

“Domestic tourists have different expectations from international travellers, although there is much common ground. Like international tourists, domestic travellers are attracted by our special qualities, like landscapes and friendly people, and our safe reputation,” Nash said.

They were more inclined to seek out local history, culture, hidden gems and personal connections in a bid to have more unique experiences, he said.

“The research shows an ideal regional holiday involves a personalised itinerary. It combines activities like walking, cycling,

The research found domestic travellers were looking much closer at their own backyard and at regions they might have taken for granted in the past. and food and beverage experiences; with events like a cultural performance, festival, or sports.

“However, domestic tourists are put off by activities that are too expensive, and the experience is spoiled if it feels too ‘touristy’. Kiwis are more in-

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More work could be done to champion the unique experiences offered by local destinations, Nash said.

“Tourism operators also suggested some in the industry had focused too much on profits and neglected the quality of the experience and tourism’s impact on small communities. Others had undervalued the role of Maori culture and needed to bet-

ter connect with it.

“The research analyses the tourism stories from each region and will be a valuable guide for tourism operators to rethink the way their wider region works together to attract domestic tourists.

Infrastructure future-proofing set to start Ashburton residents will soon be serviced by new wastewater pipes with bigger capacity for a growing urban population, thanks to a $10 million project starting this year.

The council is carrying out the Ashburton Relief Sewer (ARS) project on the eastern side of town with the help of a $7.98 million Government grant from the Three Waters Reform stimulus package.

The upgrades will see larger pipes ranging from 600 to 800 millimetres in diameter installed underground for 5.1 kilometres, starting at the new Ashburton River crossing pipeline on Milton Road South and ending on Bridge Street in Netherby.

The work will disrupt vehicle access on Milton Road South at various stages of the project, with road closures planned for the Beach Road East intersec-

tion and Wakanui Road intersection. Parts of Albert Street will also be impacted.

Council has contracted Ashburton Contracting Ltd (ACL) and Seipp Construction Ltd to complete the work, which is expected to finish in March 2022.

Council Infrastructure Services group manager, Neil McCann said the ARS is a continuation of the major upgrades council has been carrying out to future-proof Ashburton’s wastewater infrastructure.

“The ARS has been a big project on our books for some time and with the River Crossing and Pump Station project now complete, we can start installing the larger pipes around town that will transport our wastewater all the way under the river to the new pump station,” McCann said.

Ashburton District Mayor, Neil Brown added that the

council is very pleased to have the backing of the Government, which is covering 80 per cent of the project costs.

“When the first tranche of the Three Waters Reform funding was announced, we saw a good opportunity to save some money for ratepayers and we were delighted to be awarded such a significant sum,” he said.

Preparation work has begun at the river end of Milton Road South and this stretch of road to Beach Road East will eventually be closed to the public while the pipes are installed.

The Ashburton/Hakatere River Track will remain open to trail-users, however access will be unavailable via Milton Road South.

Council will provide further details of the upcoming road closures and detour routes as the project progresses.

Completion of the River Crossing and Pump Station project has meant other upgrades can now proceed.

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Retraining a rural Shortly after launching, local rural training providers Agri Training had to adapt and evolve due to Covid-19 impacts, and their hands-on approach provided an ideal fit for retraining people displaced

by Covid-19 into careers in the primary industries.

Jonathan Leask reports on what wasn’t the first year the primary industry trainers expected.

It was a big first year for local rural training providers Agri Training adapting to retraining people displaced by Covid-19 into careers in the Primary Industries.

I

t was a big first year for Agri Training and certainly not what they expected.

Agri Training was founded by Matt Jones, who started agricultural recruitment company Agstaff in 2001, and launched at the end of 2019.

Based at the former Winchmore Research Station, it was initially offering a two-year Diploma in Agriculture and an 18-month Diploma in Agricultural Business Management.

However, Covid-19 meant an abrupt refocus was required and Agri Training became the ideal fit for the reshaping economic situation.

“It brought a change in focus for us because of Covid,” project manager Trina Moore said.

“We started up to train New Zealanders in the primary industries through our trade certificates and diplomas.

“In response to Covid, which was early into us starting as a new business, we had to have a look at things because we couldn’t get out to sign people up and getting people into the classroom was difficult.

“That’s when we started our new initiative, the rural retrain programme.”

The introduction of the rural retrain course allowed people who had lost their jobs due to the impacts of Covid-19 to go through a crash course to change careers to the primary industries.

“We have been reliant on migrant labour and of course that was gone.

“However, we were starting

to see New Zealanders coming through with good transferable skills, but they just didn’t know how to start out in the primary industries or didn’t have any basic training to be able to move into the primary industries safely and to be able to be an asset to the farmer from day one.

“There is a lot of training out

there, but it isn’t about practical skills and that is why we are different to anything else that’s on offer.”

The courses are run under City and Guilds accreditation, which Moore said allows more flexibility in the learning, and are not about box ticking, but are task oriented to turn out capable employees.

“It’s about the skills the farmers need – those practical skills to have people go into farming knowing what they are doing.

“They are farm ready and farm safe to be a productive employee from day one.”

Agri Training’s rural retrain course covers the whole of the primary industries she said.

Agri Training takes an on the job approach to learning, with hands-on preferred to classroom theory.

“We do motorbikes, tractors, fencing, bee keeping, arable, pasture management, stock handling, health and safety and a huge range of stuff, so its full-on for those 13 days.”

Moore said the statistics showed 11 per cent of the people wanted to do dairy, but coming out of the course it was 70 per cent wanting to get into dairy.

“The change is solely because of the perception that they thought dairy was from the media.”

The course starts online with a week of webinars giving people an introduction to the primary industries.

“We have so far put 250 people through that online training programme.

“From there we have taken 60 people through a 13-day intensive live-in programme to get those practical skills and then we put them out to the workforce.”

Of the first 25 people to go through the course, who were funded by Agri Training, 23 went into permanent employment.

Due to that success the Ministry of Social Development came on board and the second round of the course saw 100 per cent gain permanent employment and the third round, completed at the end of the year, already had 80 per cent employed, exceeding their targets of 85 per cent.

Partnering with Mid Canterbury based recruitment companies, AgStaff and New Zealand Dairy Careers, has been key to the success she said, as well as offering pastoral care.

The fourth round of the course

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Above – Not only do students receive training on motorbikes, they also receive training on tractors, fencing, bee keeping, arable, pasture management, stock handling and health and safety.

Below – The Agri Training trainees learn basics of animal care and stock management.

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Bottom – Students getting first hand experience in fencing. in February will be full after a lot of applications.

They have had students from all across New Zealand, from all walks of life including chefs, pilots and school leavers.

Without career expos they had to find new avenues to drive enrolment and partnered with Craig Wiggins to run an online expo, open to all secondary schools

but the short courses also offered flexibility.

“We can tailor training to any farmer’s particular needs.

“We have trainers that will go out on farm and do things with a group of employees and tailor it to any level of staff.

“That’s what the industry wants and why Agri Training was started,” Moore said.

There is a lot of training out there, but it isn’t about practical skills and that is why we are different to anything else that’s on offer. across the country.

“We had experts from 18 different industries showing school leavers what the primary industries is about and that it is not just the farmer, it’s the accountant, rural health, and all sorts of jobs out there.”

As well as targeting the more traditional rural schools, Moore said they were focusing on metropolitan areas “that aren’t exposed to the primary industries”.

For existing workers in the primary industries, Moore said Agri Training offers short courses to up-skill in areas as well as well as the advanced diplomas for “the management side”.

The trade certificates and diplomas are essentially an apprenticeship in farming, Moore said, and were starting to gain momentum,

It all means that after one year, Agri Training has become a huge asset to the local economy.

Retraining New Zealanders and moving them into the industry, and predominantly into Canterbury, reduces the reliance on bringing in foreign workers who take their earnings offshore.

“We can also retain them in the industry and the churn is not going to be the same and will certainly help long term.”

From the initial remit of getting New Zealanders trade certificates, Agri Training adapted and evolved rapidly to already be ahead of their plans to expand as a rural training provider.

“We have expanded quite quickly in our first year and have a lot of different things happening this year,” Moore said.

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CROMWELL

Summer gold in Cromwell With a sculpture like that you can only be in one place – Cromwell, the country’s fruitbowl.

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trung around the shoreline of Lake Dunstan at Pisa Moorings, Heritage Collection Lake Resort Cromwell is a head-turning boutique property, perfectly proportioned with a purpose-built marina.

Hugging the lake’s edge, the elegant over-water villas are architecturally designed with a striking boatshed theme that breathe easily with the lustrous setting.

Awakening to the first glint of sunrise over Lake Dunstan and the sound of gently lapping water around my boatshed-style villa, is my idea of idyllic summer holiday bliss, writes Mike Yardley.

Light and shadow playfully bathe the spectacular, bronzed landscape where chiselled hillsides frame Lake Dunstan’s

revitalising, blue splendour.

The resort features its own waterway access to the lake, with moorings available by

Another Cromwell calling-card is undoubtedly its fruit – both fresh and fermented.

the accommodation, if you’re floating in!

Also on site is the fabulous Moorings restaurant and bar, which offers divine eats and drinks from the crack of dawn to after dark.

For dinner, I plumped for the spectacular Prime NZ Eye Fillet, which is served on a succulent tower of extravagance.

At its base, the in-house bacon and potato crumble patties, complemented with cauliflower puree, blue cheese, seasonal mushrooms, honey glazed beetroot, baby carrots and rosemary jus. It’s a sensational dish not to be missed.

If you’re dashing through Cromwell, en-route to Queenstown, you could be mistaken for thinking Cromwell is just a modern service town. But its history stretches back to the heady gold rush days of the 1800s.

This history is best experienced in the Cromwell Heritage Precinct, a banner visitor attraction.

In the 1980s and 90s Cromwell underwent a major transformation with the construction of the Clyde Dam power station.

When the dam was complet-

ed in 1992, the valley behind it was flooded to create the dam’s reservoir, Lake Dunstan. As a result, the main street of the original township at the junction of the Kawarau and Clutha Rivers now lies at the bottom of the lake.

I vividly recall as a child, on a family summer holiday, peering down at the dam construction site, just prior to the township’s dramatic staged flooding.

Today, the precinct showcases a trove of character buildings and cottages that were salvaged before Noah’s flood.

Many date back to the 1860s’ gold rush, some of which were dismantled and rebuilt in the historic precinct.

Highlights include the Cromwell Post & Telegraph Office, Wisharts Blacksmith and Motor Garage, The Globe Hotel, D A Jolly & Sons and Stumbles.

Many have been repurposed as charming bijoux shops, cafes and galleries chock-full of local artists’ accomplished work.

Stumbles is now home to Zen Interiors & Lifestyle Store, while the Grain & Seed Café is occupied in the stone confines of Jolly & Sons.

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Above and below right – Hugging the lake’s edge, Pisa Moorings, Heritage Collection Lake Resort Cromwell consists of elegant over-water villas are architecturally designed with a striking boatshed theme.

If you happen to be in town on a Sunday, don’t miss Cromwell Farmers’ and Craft Market, staged within the Cromwell Heritage Precinct.

I’d venture to suggest it’s one of New Zealand’s greatest farmers’ markets, because the slew of fresh local produce and artisan craft is beyond abundant, the stallholders informally double as authentic ambassadors for the region, as big-hearted and laidback as the mighty Cromwell Basin.

Coupled with its sublime setting, this market is a multi-sensory delight and an abiding meeting place for the wider community.

Another Cromwell calling-card is undoubtedly its fruit – both fresh and fermented. Over summer months, you will be captivated by the taste of sunshine locked in succulent cherries, peaches and apricots that the region’s orchard fruit stalls are famous for.

Jones Family Fruit stall is one of Central Otago’s best, stocking a huge array of fresh fruits, dried fruits, nuts, hon-

ey products and vegetables.

On a hot summer’s day, there is nothing beats a real fruit ice cream made to order.

Why not stretch your legs in Mrs Jones beautiful English-style garden? The garden contains hundreds of roses and is open all-year round.

Another stop is Jackson Orchards, a family owned and operated enterprise on the Cromwell-Luggate road. Hop on board Jackson Orchards’ yellow electric bus for a 45 minute fun, informative and educational insight into this working orchard, which is one of NZ’s largest apricot exporters.

During summer months you get to sample lip-smacking fruit you’ve picked from the tree.

For adrenaline junkies, Highlands Motorsport Park offers passengers the thrill of travelling at speeds of 200 kilometres-an-hour while being driven by a race driver around the international standard race track.

This world class facility boasts multiple ways to experience the circuit at speed

from Ferraris to Porsches.

Rides cost $179. It’s also home to the best outdoor go-kart circuit in the Southern Hemisphere.

The on-site National Motorsport Museum includes New Zealand’s most expensive car.

To celebrate Highlands third birthday in 2016, Tony Quinn splashed out on a 7-litre V12-powered Aston Martin Vulcan, one of only 24 in the world and the most expensive production car ever in New Zealand with a $4.2 million price tag.

The Vulcan has a top speed of more than 320 kilometres per hour and a 0-100km/h time of 3 seconds and to date, hot laps in the Vulcan have raised over $160,000 for various charities.

Home to some of the rarest cars in NZ motorsport history, some of the hidden gems include an authentic American sheriff’s patrol car, Michael Schumacher’s Benetton Formula One car, a larger than life Transformers’ Bumblebee action figure on display and even several arcade driving games. www.cromwell.org.nz

The National Motorsport Museum includes New Zealand’s most expensive car.

For adrenaline junkies, Highlands Motorsport Park offers passengers the thrill of travelling at speeds of 200 kilometres-an-hour.

Above and below – The Cromwell Heritage Precinct, a banner visitor attraction, it showcases a trove of character buildings and cottages that were salvaged before Noah’s flood.

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Church of Christ, c. 1916. The edge of the manse can just be seen at the left-hand edge of the photo. The foundation stone is visible on the right side of the building on the face of the brickwork, bordered by the gates.

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Top view, part of the original architectural plan of the Church of Christ, built by W. E. Olsen in 1916.

The Church of Christ – a labour of love

By Connor Lysaght

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rantwood Chapel is a beautiful historic building situated at Trott’s Garden on Racecourse Road, which can be hired as a wedding and events venue.

At first glance, without knowing the history of the building you may assume that it had always been there – after all, it fits in perfectly amid the pristine scenery of the garden.

Brantwood was originally the Church of Christ, and was built in 1916 on the corner of Cass and Wills Streets on the current site of the Salvation Army store.

The story of this particular church building is one of dedication – great care was taken in its construction, relocation, and restoration many years later.

The Church of Christ Missionaries from the Church of Christ had visited Ashburton since the 1880s, but according to Mr C. Watt, when he came to deliver his first service here at the start of that decade, the only

attendee was a little black cat.

One source states that the church was founded in 1878, two years earlier.

In April 1906, the Church of Christ had grown popular enough that they became formally established in Ashburton.

By 1916, the congregation found themselves in want of a new building for worship – their building was large enough, but “it failed to afford the comfort to members that the financial position warranted”.

Initially, members of the church worshipped in the Templar Hall and in private homes.

Eventually they erected the Mission Hall on Wills Street, and then a manse on Cass Street.

Mr W. E. Olsen, a member of the congregation, drew up the plans and specifications for the work, and claimed the tender for building the church.

Specifications for the Church of Christ planned for most of the woodwork to be done in red pine (rimu), with the wall plates on the brickwork being of totara and the edge sleepers being of

jarrah.

Roughly a month later in April, the foundation stone for the new church was laid during a well-attended ceremony, at which Mayor Galbraith congratulated the church for their progress.

Also unsurprisingly, we are given a reminder of the times during which the church was built, as during the ceremony the Mayor “praised those members who had sent their sons to the front – a sacrifice in a great cause”.

The new church opened on the 21st of September 1916.

The ceremony was conducted

by Olsen’s wife, alongside Mr Briton Jarvis, the head evangelist of the church.

To the garden On the 19th of November, 1998, the church’s new owners Alan and Catherine Trott had the building essentially cut in half, placed on two trucks, and shifted it three kilometres across town to its new home at Trott’s Garden.

The brickwork was removed, and the church was moved es-

Moving the church onto Racecourse Road, November 19, 1998. Two movers in high-vis can be seen preparing to remove the stop sign at the intersection.

sentially from the windows up.

A work crew from Laing Properties assisted Alan in moving his church, an operation which proved to be a great logistical challenge.

Power and phone wires had to be taken down on Racecourse Road to allow the church passage, and at least one road sign had to be pulled from the ground to make way.

Following the move, it took Alan and carpenter Les Leath eight months of hard graft to get Brantwood Chapel in good shape – much longer than the three month deadline Alan had anticipated.

The results were phenomenal – the church had been fully renovated, restored, and found itself in much more pristine surrounds.

Moving on The chapel will be 105 years old this September, and we are fortunate enough to be able to screen the short documentary film, Moving On, as part of our current exhibition Reel Life of

Brantwood Chapel at Trott’s garden from above.

CONTACT Material for this page is co-ordinated by the Ashburton Museum. Articles from other organisations are welcomed, as is any feedback on what appears.

Email: museum@adc.govt.nz Mail: PO Box 94, Ashburton 7700 Phone: 307-7890 Copies of the photos on this page are available for purchase from the Ashburton Museum Ashburton at the Ashburton Museum.

Produced by Geoff Fitzgerald, Moving On documents the shifting of the Church of Christ to Trott’s Garden in 1998, and it also covers the history of the building as well as the chapel’s restorative works.

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OUR VIEW

Rolling out the welcome mat

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

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n a hot real estate market, is there any better time to be looking to sell than now.

Speaking to people around the district over the past few weeks, the one defining slice of information that’s been evident is that if there’s houses available, they’re selling.

And in many cases it would appear they’re selling as is where is, with some people only looking at the properties digitally before signing on the dotted line.

Whether it’s a situation across the country, or we’re seeing an influx of people looking to escape the busy life of the bright city lights, this district should be buoyed by that news.

Again, and I know it sounds like a broken record, but in the wake of Covid-19, who could have predicted such an impressive bounce back from one of the most fragile and temperamental sectors.

We’re a district on the move, and it seems that people want to be a part of that shift.

With exciting things on the horizon and an always strong rural sector, Mid Canterbury is appealing to people outside of the district and they’re looking to move here, adding a valuable resource to our communities.

For some, it won’t be seen as great news. Change is always a bit uncomfortable. And seeing someone move into the house next door that Mrs Smith had lived in for decades will be a bit unnerving.

But that shouldn’t stop the Mid Canterbury welcoming smiles from coming out.

A recent survey listing the top 10 most welcoming places in New Zealand didn’t feature anywhere in Mid Canterbury and perhaps that’s something we should be trying to achieve in the coming 12 months with the promise of plenty of new faces coming into our little corner of the country.

We are friendly folk. Most of the time. And by extending that friendliness to newcomers to our area we teach them our way of life.

So, strike while the iron is hot.

Be welcoming, embrace change and look forward to what’s ahead.

Have a great weekend.

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When Mrs Mother-in-law asked: “Why don’t they provide chairs in shops for older or infirm people to rest on.” It got me thinking.

Cheers for chairs

“I

have something for you to write about,” chirped in the spritely Mrs Motherin-law.

“Oh yeah, what’s that,” was my not unpredictable response.

And so began her discourse which I had to admit, matched her 94-plus years on this planet with substance.

You see, she and her daughter had been in to town to “do some jobs”.

No walker, no stick and she’d happily bent down and picked up something someone a quarter of her age had carelessly discarded on the footpath.

But here was her beef.

Or to put it more politely.

Her suggestion.

“Why don’t they provide chairs in shops for older or infirm people to rest on.”

Bingo. An excellent question from the floor.

I quickly scanned the shallows of my brain (there are no deep areas) for a lightning-quick justifiable response.

And I couldn’t come up with one.

“VERY good question,” was the best I could come up with.

I’m a bit on the senior side myself, certainly no longer qualify for the Tinwald Boys’ Brigade Youth Unit and I am beginning to feel what Molly’s feeling.

When I’m shopping alone I use the slingshot method of perpetual motion and whip through everything and back to the car.

But when one is dragging a boat anchor (wife, husband, partner,

By Peter McQuarters PETE’S PERSPECTIVE

other living soul) around a retail store it can quickly become tiresome, and I often have looked for a chair to have a quick sitdown and usually, there are none to be found.

A shop that sells shoes is a good get out of jail card ’cos you can sneak a quick sit-down on a foot stool more correctly provid-

dry-cured Scandinavian Gnats Foreskin and sets about delivering a 15-minute sales pitch.

You wish you’d just dug in a bit and remained standing. Displacing your weight gently and regularly from one leg to another whilst your partner in shopping moves at an almost indeterminable crawl and reads the docket on every single thing in store.

And so, I’m with Molly.

Not everyone who comes into your store is 23 or 35.

Many are well into the Golden Years, they spend money, they assist you to generate an income.

Even one well-placed easy

I’m a bit on the senior side myself, certainly no longer qualify for the Tinwald Boys’ Brigade Youth Unit ed for a prospective shoe buyer to perform their due diligence.

But needs must.

Beyond that though, generally nought.

Nada.

The furniture store offers another possible fudged solution, but one does run the risk that the sleuth-like ultra-driven, target-oriented sales person mistakes your resting for genuine interest in the $12,000 lounge suite made from imported genuine

chair would make a heck of a difference.

I don’t think there’s any risk of a senior digging-in and sitting there for the entire day and dissuading your clientele.

Maybe there could be one of those sensors like they’ve been trialling for the one-hour free parking on East Street. Perhaps after one hour, if the sit-ee has not moved on, a gentle 24 volts could be fed into an over-parker’s posterior.

The furniture store offers the ideal time-out solution, but one does run the risk of being targeted by an over-zealous salesperson.

But seriously, is a chair, or if a bigger store maybe even two chairs, too much to ask?

Why is this not a thing? And are there good reasons for it not to be so?

So many questions, so few resting options.

Are you with Molly on this one?

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.

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Test yourself with the Guardian’s quiz 1. How many colours are featured on the squares of a rubix cube? a) Four b) Six c) Seven 2. Which country was formerly known as Lusitania? a) Lithuania b) Portugal c) Italy

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Second spot for Braden P23

STAGS STEP UP The Stags celebrate the run out of Star batsman Chris Hogan during the sides’ T20 clash in Ashburton on Thursday PHOTO ADAM BURNS 280121-AB-26 T20

The Stags celebrate the run out of Star batsman Chris Hogan during the sides’ T20 clash in Ashburton on Thursday.

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

A heavyweight clash against the competition leaders marks the Technical Stags’ return to the oval today.

Pleasantries resume in South Canterbury’s 50-over senior competition, where the Stags host frontrunners Pleasant Point at the Ashburton Oval, in the third clash between the two sides this summer.

It is also the first of two showdowns with the South Canterbury club ahead of their T20 semi-final at Aorangi Oval tomorrow.

Tech will be boosted by their returning rep stars, after Mid Canterbury’s Hawke Cup campaign came to an end last weekend.

The Stags will be buoyed by the previous Pleasant Point meeting back in

November, where their depleted squad pushed the league favourites hard, going down by just 27 runs.

Pleasant Point have only dropped the one game this season but the Stags, with their rep contingent back on deck, should back themselves on home terrain today.

Spinner Ryan Bell shapes as a key man at the bowling crease for the home team, and if he can wield any influence should be able to restrict Pleasant Point.

Some big contributions with the bat will also be significant on a ground that has proven tricky to bat on in the past.

Some have spoken about the Oval playing much better as a cricket wicket and with the Stags’ recent acumen – both at rep and club level – around how to consolidate and navigate on this track may hold the key to the home side’s chances.

Play gets under way today at noon.

Big win sets up vital clash A dominant 20/20 display by the Stags on Thursday has set up a semi-final showdown in Timaru tomorrow.

Technical hammered Star by nine wickets at the Ashburton Oval in the South Canterbury 20/20 preliminary final, which leaves them one win away from a possible grand final appearance against Celtic at the Aorangi Oval tomorrow afternoon.

Pleasant Point, who finished top of the 20/20 standings, were humbled by 83 runs by the Celts in Thursday’s 1v2 prelim final, which pits them to a major semi-final clash with the Stags.

After finishing fourth on the table, the Stags were clinical in disposing of Star.

Batting first, the Timaru club were bowled out for 111 in the final over of their

innings, after losing their final five wickets for 29 runs. Chris Hogan (40 off 29) was set for the visitors before Harry Jones and Ryan Bell conspired to leave him stranded short of his crease in the 11th over which left them at 82/5.

Star never recovered from that point on as Alex Hooper, Richard Print and Sam Clark all made solid contributions with the ball.

Although Jason Morrison was sent on his way in the first over of the innings, Bevan Richan (46 from 43) and Clark (58 from 46) put on a century stand for the hosts as Tech completed an emphatic win.

Tomorrow’s semi-final clash with Pleasant Point begins at 11am on Timaru’s Aorangi Oval.

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Catch and pass CRICKET

The old one-two punch

got off POW E the R mark, I Nbefore G Hamish McCulloch hit 48 from 38 balls,

By Adam Burns

which included five fours and two sixes.

The best supporting hand was Hamish MacKenzie’s 18 not out, as the Stags were wrapped up for 98 in the 17th over.

Satveer Singh’s 3-7 from an eventful eight ball spell was the best out of the bowlers.

On the neighbouring field, Allenton’s Progressive team blasted their way to 214/6 from its 18 overs.

Jordan Bird (69 from 37 balls) and Matt Tait (52 from 25) both blazed potent half-centuries, which had the majority of the Old Boys’ attack going for more than 10 an over.

Coldstream were only able to muster 60 in reply with only one batsman able to cross double digits.

Jack Meyrick and Dylan Stoddart both claimed three-fors as Allenton completed a resounding 154 run win.

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It got fairly unsightly for Coldstream’s cricketers on Wednesday as both sides caught dangerous Allenton outfits.

Both Allenton’s Phat Duck and Progressive teams ran out big wins over the Stags and Old Boys respectively, both margins of victory exceeding 100 runs.

The club, which draws heavily from the southern country districts, would have been delighted to see the back of Allenton following this week’s matches, however the Stags have Allenton again on the agenda next week.

While all that was going on in Ashburton, Lauriston completed the task at hand further inland with a nine-wicket win over Methven off the back of a superb all-round display from Bevan Richan with both bat and ball.

Methven were all out for 75 (eight down) in the 17th over after it lost seven wickets for 21 runs with Richan picking up 2-4 from his two overs.

He then iced the result with the bat, hitting an unbeaten 51 from 36 balls as Lauriston comfortably reached the target with 9.2 overs in hand.

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Coldstream Stags’ Hamish McCulloch bowls during the side’s T20 clash with Allenton at the Ashburton Domain on Wednesday.

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Satwant Singh top scored with

40 with Coldstream’s Richard McClea making late inroads with 4-23 from his three overs.

Coldstream had lost three batsmen before their innings

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Allenton eyes up top spot

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

Top of the ladder is potentially up for grabs for Allenton in the Canterbury Country Combined competition.

Allenton host Cheviot in Ashburton today as the North Canterbury club faces the competition’s toughest road trip.

Cheviot managed to put Weedons away comfortably last weekend after having the bye in the opening week and sit in second spot.

Allenton meanwhile had last week off after dispatching Sefton by five wickets a fortnight ago.

If it can knock over Cheviot today then Allenton should go to the top of the table on 12 points with competition leaders Peninsula-Harbour having both the bye and a less favourable net run rate.

However Allenton won’t have fond memories of the last meeting between the two sides back in October after the Mid Canterbury club were bowled out for 59, chasing 72 for victory.

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Temp drop for twilight

RESULTS Div A Late Comers 19-14 Famous Grouse We are Stihl Suzuki 16-17 Highly Strung What’s the Score 14-19 Donald’s Dux Council Crew 16-17 Family Affair Out of Service 13-20 Tridents The Gee Bee Gees 16-17 Hackers Div B The Racqueteers def to Grand Slammers What a Racquet 18-13 Mighty Meerkats Courtiers 17-16 One Hit Wonders

After a day of record-breaking temperatures in Ashburton the previous day the clime was more bearable on Wednesday for Twilight Tennis. It was the second week of the social doubles competition for the year and the tenth round for the 2020-21 summer. Rose Trudgeon (above) steadies herself to deliver a shot during Wednesday’s action.

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TRIATHLON

Currie’s best ever not enough A primed Braden Currie broke the course record at last weekend’s Tauranga Half.

Yet he still did not win.

Currie’s record-breaking turn at Mount Maunganui last Saturday was eclipsed by Taupo triathlete and defending champion Kyle Smith, who stomped the course last year.

Both competitors broke the previous course record by more than 2 minutes, with Smith finishing in a time of 3:39:43 and Currie 10 seconds back to claim second place in the most brutal of fashion.

Auckland’s Jack Moody achieved a 1 hour 10 minute run on the hilly two lap run course and was a close third.

Remarkably, it is the first time in New Zealand half distance triathlon racing that any athlete has broken through the elusive three hour 40 minute mark.

“I didn’t think I would be able to bring Kyle back on the run,” Currie said.

“I had only managed to take 30 seconds out of him in the first lap, and the last update I had at the turn-around had me three minutes behind.

“But I wanted to have a really good hitout today in the lead into Ironman New Zealand, and my best training has often been hard racing.”

The next race for the Wanaka-based Mid Cantabrian is the Ironman New Zealand on March 6.

Currie has already qualified for the Ironman World Championships scheduled for October, but is hoping to have his day at

what he considers to be his key event of the summer in New Zealand.

He said that he is yet to find his best form in the Ironman, however was hoping that a low-key 2020 may work to his advantage.

“My coach Val (Burke) always reminds me that it’s pretty hard to peak for every

event I compete in, but I still like to believe I can.

“2020 gave me a bit of breathing space to be honest. I actually think I would have been cooked had I not had a bit of time off.

“As a result of not travelling and racing, I am feeling really good.”

Braden Currie’s best ever half distance time was still not enough to win the Tauranga Half last weekend.

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Ashburton Guardian Saturday, January 30, 2021

CELTIC RUGBY

A Celtic celebration T

Above – The Murney Stand is one of the jewels in the Celtic crown.

Above – The Celtic clubrooms have been undergoing some serious renovations.

photos from over the last hundred his Easter, April 2-4, marks a years will be on show. very special occasion for the Continuing the photo theme, on the Ashburton Celtic Rugby FootSaturday morning there will be decball Club – their 100th year. ade photos taken, and Gray urged all A big weekend of celebrations is in the offing, with no doubt the memories attending to be aware of that and not be of many road trips, big finals and many late, due to the historical importance of such photographs. other occasions being recalled.

The Celtic clubrooms are in the midst Centennial committee chairman of a major refurbishment with the Kieron Gray said that registrations beginning of a new century in mind, were open for Celtic members past and with new carpets and curtains, glazed present via ashburtonceltic.co.nz/100, windows and sliding doors, completely and while early responses had been a repainted interior and new energy-effibit slow, the committee was well aware cient lighting, largely thanks to a grant that many intending to attend ‘hadn’t from the Lion Foundation. got around to it just yet’.

The club celebrated its 75th and 90th The weekend begins with an informal catch-up on the Friday night birthdays in style, and expected the at the Celtic clubrooms, where players centennial festivities to be a step up from many generations will get the from those. opportunity to meet up again with old Gray said some standout memories friends. over recent times for the club included On Saturday afternoon the current the opening of the new Murney grandstand, and winning the Watters Cup in seniors will be out to show their wares 2018. to all their predecessors with a game The club also fields a on the Celtic number one women’s rugby team, one ground, and they will be that is rapidly going from wearing their superb new strength to strength. commemorative strip.

Club president Darion A dinner will be held at Gray said the Celtic club the Ashburton Racecourse was most definitely a that night, with speeches family-orientated one, from former presidents with so many members and club captains, and giving their time and a band and dance will energy unselfishly to club follow. activities.

A special feature of the She said there were night will undoubtedly Celtic club president Darion Gray. generations of players be the auction of replica with surnames like Hurley, Prenderold-style player jerseys commissioned gast, Dwyer, O’Grady, Summerfield and by the club.

Morrison, with many of those names These are expected to be hot property, as there will be only one of every inscribed forever on the honours board. playing number (1-15) in existence.

All the Celtic JAB teams will be sporting new jerseys for 2021 with crests With the number of exceptional marking the centenary, sponsored by players in the Celtic ranks in various the Foodstuffs Charitable Trust and positions over the years, bidding is expected to be fast and furious, definitely Ashburton New World. a highlight of the evening.

Kieron and Darion Gray have been “The fellas who played in these numjoined on the centenary committee by bers will want these jerseys,” said Gray.

Kevin and Helen Hurley, Greg Prendergast, Paul Summerfield, Paul Casey, On the Sunday there will be a display of junior rugby skills and games, and a Darcy Lysaght, Rodger Gundry, Richie McCrea, Donald Summerfield, Simon barbecue.

A large marquee will be erected at the Adlam, Steve Devereux, Al Grieve, and club’s Keenans Road grounds, and team Ross and Kevin Donaldson.

A special feature of the night will undoubtedly be the auction of replica old-style player jerseys commissioned by the club Above – No doubt many memorable victories will be revisited over Easter weekend.

The Celtic rugby clubrooms on Keenans Road, with the squash club courts on the left. Inset: The old ‘White House’ clubrooms.

Saturday, January 30, 2021 Ashburton Guardian OPINION

Time to look ahead

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

R

ugby has this near-perfect blueprint in this country that’s hard to deviate from.

It’s worked for years, and we’ve developed a methodology that has seen continued success of the game from decades and there’s been very little need to stray away from the normal.

Sure, there have been developments.

But then again, there always are.

You roll with those. Learn, then adapt.

That’s usually the best way to go about it.

But the game could face the threat of being a little too loyal at times.

A little too concerned about feathering the own nest and not thinking collectively alongside other unions and regions about what’s best for the future development of the game.

Here in Mid Canterbury, we’ve got it pretty good – some might even say we are a little bit blessed.

We’re strong from the grassroots right up to the top levels in the region.

Sure, you could always do with a few more players in the senior grades – but that’s not a problem any region is averse to.

There’s a strong board at the top of the game, making the key decisions and providing the pathway from which the sport should be run.

They’re well supported, first and foremost by a dedicated and passionate team of staff and that flows down to the club level where, for the large, things are incredibly well run.

But there’s never any harm in looking to extend the arm of support.

And perhaps we are coming nearer to the time where Mid Canterbury Rugby

W

hen you think of New Zealand’s motor racing heroes, or at least the ones that go round and round on the tarmac, the names Bruce McLaren, Denny Hulme and Chris Amon are the ones that instantly spring to mind; all of them prominent in the higher echelons of the top of the world competition, Formula One. If you wanted to add all the other forms of wheeled, motorised competition, the list of Kiwis would be a long one indeed, so just for now we’ll keep it to those who rush around on the solid-surface tracks.

But right now, there’s a name that’s suddenly looming large to be added to that first list (and probably the other, bigger list as well).

Last weekend Shane van Gisbergen etched his name into history, by taking out the New Zealand Grand Prix.

Why is that such a big thing, you might ask; he’s a car racer, and somebody’s gotta win the thing.

The notable thing about The Giz is that he’s not a single-seater driver, one who has come through the ranks and forced his way to the top in that genre of the game – he’s a V8 Supercar tin-top driver, a massively different package whatever way you look at it.

It’s like a 200m sprint champ taking on a 3000 metre hurdles race and expecting

RTS owes Warriors nothing adam.b@theguardian.co.nz

I Mid Canterbury A’s Paovale Sofai tries to evade the Ellesmere Colts’ defence out wide.

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may have to seriously start looking at a way of expanding the empire – opening the game up to a whole new world of possibilities and opportunities that could further the game even more for future generations.

And a potential merger with our nearby neighbours, Ellesmere, might be the start of that process.

For many years now, there’s been whispers of behind door discussions with our friends over the river, and for many years those claims have remained just that.

Some of the strongest minds in the game have come together and talked through the pros and cons of it all, but there’s never really been a point where it’s come to actually throwing the option out

on the table and seeing if there’s anything there to take the bait.

As it stands, both unions could probably continue for many years to come without too many problems on their own.

But these are exceptional times, and Covid-19 put a big strain on unions who will now need to forge ahead and try and get back to where they once were – with the limited resources available to them.

So, perhaps the opportunity is now greater than ever, and a revisit of any former discussions would be well worthwhile.

Ultimately, the public will decide on the merits of it and they’ll talk with their rugby boots, more likely than not.

Joining hallowed company steve.d@theguardian.co.nz

OPINION

By Adam Burns

OPINION

By Steve Devereux

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to do well; not gonna happen.

In comparison with harness racing, it’s like a top trotter taking on the best of the pacers. That one has actually happened; back in the early 80s the laconic and slightly oddball Slim Dykman stunned New Zealand Cup week by entering Scotch Tar in the NZ Free-For-All, a move which certainly had the crowd on their feet, and the harsher critics expecting the trotter to run a miserable last for the entire distance.

Instead, Scotch Tar astonished the hordes of harness fans by rushing to the front, and proceeding to run the best pacers in the land off their feet, only succumbing late in the piece to Lord Module and Hands Down, and that’s absolute pacing royalty right there.

Back to the Grand Prix.

Even on the day, The Giz was making life hard for himself; he pushed the fire extinguisher button instead of the start button, and caused enough mayhem for the team to be ordered to start from pit lane.

For mere mortals, that’s straight out the end of your winning chances.

But this man is nothing if not ubercool on the track, and he slowly but surely reeled in the entire field, to record a victory that will go down as one for the ages.

One other notable entrant in Sunday’s spectacular was Kenny Smith.

Way back in the day, when seemingly every young fella in Ashburton joined a convoy up to Wigram on a yearly summer’s expedition to the Lady Wigram Tro-

phy race, Kenny Smith was there on track as a regular competitor/winner, and to us he seemed like a crusty old bloke already; this was in the 1970s.

To be fair, most of us were there to have a great day in the sun, drink vast quantities of whatever liquids seemed appropriate – and watch the PDL Mustang exhilaratingly crush all comers on the track.

Despite longer and longer handicaps, the yellow-orange V8 behemoth just kept blasting on by, and rumour had it that the car didn’t even need a driver, it just knew its way around Wigram, and knew exactly where that winning line was.

Eventually the PDL Mustang was retired; it simply had no-one to play with any more.

But there was Kenny Smith in the ‘big’ race, always in the front echelon.

And today he’s still suiting up, cramming himself into the tiny cockpit, and still giving it, and his competitors on track, everything.

Still on the Wigram events as far as the paying customers were concerned, no matter how many dozen Lion Red cans had been disposed of, or kegs for the more organised ones, there was always the obligatory stop at Ed Smith’s fine establishment on the way home to top up.

But I digress, as happens on occasion.

Add a recent one-out-of-the-box win on the dirt in the Jack’s Ridge Rally, and his penchant for doing incredible things on the drifting track, and Shane van Gisbergen’s name is rapidly heading right to the top of the tree.

t seems that it is a case of now or never for Roger Tuivasa-Scheck.

A whisper that has reared its head occasionally over the past few years that the Warriors captain was in talks with New Zealand Rugby around a possible code switch at the end of theseason, felt more legitimate yesterday when they resurfaced.

Assuming that it may be a done deal in the next few days, there’ll be an outpouring of views as to whether it is the right move for both parties.

However, no-one can argue that the 27-year-old deserves a crack, if that’s where his aspirations lie.

Tuivasa-Scheck has given his all for the Warriors as their tireless skipper playing behind a paper-thin forward pack for the most part, an issue that the club’s recruitment officers have only managed to address somewhat for 2021 (touch wood).

He won a premiership ring with the Roosters back in 2013, and maybe he figures he is fighting an uphill battle at Penrose.

Should the deal be inked, the question remains as to where he sees himself factoring in from a playing perspective.

As good as an athlete as Tuivasa-Scheck is, it is difficult this, at least this early on, as to how he is going to fit in to the All Blacks’ 2023 World Cup thinking.

Of course he will have to earn his union stripes down the chain.

A glaring complication is that there is an abundance of outside backs around the All Blacks and on the periphery.

There is some starting footage of RTS carving up for the Junior Blues on the right wing back in 2011, when he was an exciting young prospect at Otahuhu College, so he is not without rugby credentials, considering he also played for the national team at secondary school level.

But unveiling a position in the 15 where he could thrive is problematic.

Ten years is a long time, and the life span of explosive wingers within the All Blacks is minuscule, as the likes of Julian Savea and Waisake Naholo have found out.

Tuivasa-Scheck will be 30 by the time the World Cup rolls around and as an out and out wing, he may already be over the hill.

There is little evidence as to whether he has the kicking game to foot it as a test match custodian also, something that is pertinent when it comes to winning World Cups.

Maybe the midfield?

Could he provide the cut-and-thrust the incumbent All Blacks’ midfield seems to be lacking?

It would still seem unusual for a player with little time in the saddle to develop the necessary skill set and positional awareness as a centre.

All of which makes the feats of one Sonny Bill Williams even more remarkable.

There is plenty of water to go under the bridge, of course, and these are all just speculative musings not conducive to where things stand right now.

Yes it would be a blow to the Warriors, but whether it is the right move for the star player, he has earned the right to depart on his own terms.

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Ashburton Guardian Saturday, January 30, 2021

METHVEN

Locals eye Little Green Jug

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

A group of Methven locals will be hoping they can be the first to etch their name into a new feature Mid Canterbury harness event at tomorrow’s Methven Trotting Club meeting.

The progressive club have evented a new race, for threeyear-old pacers, at a new meeting on their annual calendar tomorrow, The Little Green Jug. The race, for those who are of a lesser rating than the best of their age group, has drawn a good field for its inaugural running – including Rakaia pacer, Sweet Belle.

The Gerard O’Reilly-trained filly is owned by three harness racing fanatics from Methven; Richard Ashworth, Bryan McGirr and Martin Hickman, along with Ashworth’s brother, Stuart, who resides in the North Island.

A winner of her first two races, Sweet Belle has since finished fourth and then fifth in her two following starts but looks a leading contender for tomorrow’s $15,000 event.

Strong last week in a good race at Addington, where she finished

fifth, the daughter of Sweet Lou should be ready to rock and roll tomorrow, with O’Reilly more than happy with last week’s pipe-opener.

“She’ll improve a lot of that run, I’d expect her to be a lot more forward at Methven,” he said.

Purchased for a low-key amount as a young horse, Sweet Belle already carries a residual value far superior to the initial price that was outlaid.

She’s one of two runners in the race from the O’Reilly stable, with the other, A Rocknroll Star also harbouring strong local connections. He is raced by the Terranova Syndicate, alongside Warren and Christine Hyndman.

A winner of one from four starts, the talented pacer will be driven by O’Reilly’s daughter Sarah. He will start from the second line, while Sweet Belle has drawn favourably at five, giving Gerard the option to press forward and find a good position in the running.

While the O’Reilly runners highlight the local connection in the Little Green Jug, there is plenty of other local flavour to the race as well.

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runners will compete across the 12-race card, with a chance in every race.

The meeting will be certain to draw a large crowd, with a guaranteed 650 on course as part of the Clubs of Canterbury Raceday.

A major event on the social calendar for many of the workingmen’s clubs around the region, the group converge in the big marquee to celebrate.

Initially the meeting was held at the Methven September meeting, but the addition of tomorrow’s date allowed for a change to a much more suitable time with the weather.

Matt Markham’s Methven Selections

daughter of Mach Three from My Baby’s Laughing, who they raced as part of a syndicate before she went to stud.

Wendy Nordqvist will also be out for local luck with Got You Covered from the Robert Dunn stable, arguably with the best form in the race as he’s dropping out of country cup class to contest tomorrow’s three-year-old event.

A total of 30 locally-trained

Race 1: Aldebaran Floss, Shifty, Majestic Jag Race 2: Le Pole Dancer, Fraud, Play By Ear Race 3: Missmollygoodgolly, Yankee Jay, Rocknroll Diva, It’s A Shawthing Race 4: Line A Love, Ali Lindenny, Take After Me Race 5: Cristiano Buccini, Morrie’s Girl, With Grace, She’s Watching Race 6: Puzzled, Beyond The Horizon, BK Dawn Race 7: Sweet Belle, Corravally Star, Got You Covered, A Rocknroll Star Race 8: Kiss The Girls, The Kaik, Blue Chip Delight, She’s Tough Race 9: Ultimate Rocker, Lilac Change, Myrcella Race 10: Aveross Majesty, Prince Teka, Girls Let Loose, Midnight Assassin Race 11: Johnny Eyre, Magicol Ideal, Just Michael Race 12: Lilac Star, Glen Elgin Thomson, John James Preston, Givemewhatineed BEST: Missmollygoodgolly (Race 3) VALUE: Lilac Star (Race 12)

7 80006 Archman Sh Tomlinson M J Williamson 8 30242 She’s Tough 9 4138 Terrier R D Close 10 60705 Jake K M Barron 11 55438 Overarm T S Chmiel J W Cox 12 83571 The Kaik D J White 13 51300 Kiss The Girls 14 74344 Blue Chip Delight J Herbert 15 71805 Already Gone J R Dunn 16 x0044 Rocknroll King R T May 17 65070 Homebush Lad Ben Hope R9 OAMARU CLUB MBL PACE $8000 2300m 15:22 1 17000 Star Reactor Gem Thornley 2 000x0 Archaic Lustre C J Defilippi 3 2970 Betstars Blue Jean L F O’Reilly John Morrison 4 5960 Paul’s Verdict 5 96974 Precious Sara M J Williamson 6 35960 Superstar Legend S J Ottley 7 22443 Ultimate Rocker R T May 8 98007 Mr Asia Craig Thornley 9 74782 Lilac Change Sarah O’Reilly S J Ottley 10 6008 Playboy Prince 11 856 Donegal Carrickfin R L Houghton 12 x0060 Franco Sherborne Craig D Thornley 13 36260 Myrcella G D O’Reilly 14 3 Lydia R D Close 15 96609 Dreaminsover R D Holmes 16 88423 Westburn Bliss R10 NEW BRIGHTON CLUB HANDICAP TROT $9000 2400m 15:57 1 21456 Bright Glow I R Cameron 2 x0100 Girls Let Loose G D O’Reilly 3 50235 Bj Lindenny G D Smith 4 45622 Midnight Assassin C J Defilippi 5 43243 Prince Teka K G Cameron 6 7197q Playboy’s Brother S J Ottley 7 90510 Boyz Invasion M G Heenan 8 53015 That’s The Story Kerryn Tomlinson 9 3209 Mikemaro B N Orange M J Williamson 10 7281 Sun Swinger 11 1080 Milliondollarmonkey J R Dunn 12 67142 Zsa Zoe Sh Tomlinson

13 80564 Globe Trekker A L Lethaby 14 14239 Rebel Kibbybones J C Hay 15 70416 Aveross Majesty J J A Young R11 ASHBURTON CLUB & MSA PACE $8000 2400m 16:32 1 8004 Khaki Nui R H Jenkins 2 96609 Dreaminsover J W Cox 3 90512 Mickey Fitz B N Orange K G Cameron 4 74964 Pine Cone 5 25750 Little Rain 6 80400 Just N Awe C J Defilippi 7 52712 Magicol Ideal J R Dunn 8 6808 Spanna Sarah O’Reilly 9 31 Key Reactor J J A Young 10 88898 Essence Of Easton R T May R D Holmes 11 57001 Conquer Me 12 40600 Sweeney Todd B A Zampese 13 6400 Classy Kid A L Lethaby 14 10203 Jeremy Wells G D Smith 15 34329 Makasar Boy S J Ottley L F O’Reilly 16 0x070 Just Michael 17 29506 Caesar’s Quest Laura Mckay Ben Hope 18 26097 Johnny Eyre 19 25600 Fun In The Dark Alana Cameron R12 CLUBS OF CANTERBURY & CLUB NZ MOBILE PACE $8,500 2300m 17:08 1 5310 Ashes To Ashes T M Williams 2 198x3 R K Finn Jamie Campbell 3 97150 Mordecai K Tomlinson R T May 4 6203 El Dorado S J Ottley 5 80686 Sister’s Delight 6 25750 Little Rain J Herbert 7 4220 Hurricane Banner Ellie Barron 8 17854 Dallas Grimes J C Hay 9 97405 Mad Lu Li K M Cox Alana Cameron 10 3451 Jenabella 11 35332 Glen Elgin Tomson B N Orange 12 30845 Spicy Girl Becqui M J Williamson 13 7003 Lilac Star Sarah O’Reilly 14 x4103 John James Preston J J A Young 15 20014 Givemewhatineed P J Davis 16 25600 Fun In The Dark

1 64603 Jewel Of Patch C R Barnes (9) 60 2 16446 Just Tickety Boo C K Kwo (13) (A2) 60 3 8546 Are You Cereal T R Moseley (1) 59.5 4 94630 Express Rip G A Jogoo (12) 59.5 5 6408x Clooney R Mudhoo (16) (A2) 59 6 4x43x Panzer 59 7 91232 Tradition R Cuneen (3) 58 8 x2228 Ataahua Dreamtime J R Lowry (7) 57.5 9 31942 Shock Prospect Ms K Williams (8) 57.5 10 53536 Miss Curious A Balloo (14) 56.5 11 x2126 Recommended Flight Bothamley (10) 56.5 12 1x08 Imakeepa Chowdhoory (11) (A1) 56 13 0079 Heartoheart M Gestain (4) (A4) 55.5 14 470x Jojo Roxx S L Wynne (6) 55.5 15 4703 Drake Bay B M Murray (5) 55.5 16 49x5 Johnnie Redmond L Callaway (15) 55.5 R8 Speight’s Timaru Stakes $50,000 1400m 16:33 1 14005 He Kin Fly J R Lowry (2) 60 2 40074 Killarney G A Jogoo (11) 55.5 3 59x61 Belle Fascino K Mudhoo (8) 55 4 5044 El Bee Darci R Mudhoo (3) 55 5 7113 Meara Mary A Comignaghi (9) 53 6 64532 Beneficial C K Kwo (7) 53 7 4207 All About Magic S L Wynne (10) 53

8 4162 I Am A Rock C R Barnes (1) 53 9 13601 Severine Ms K Williams (6) 53 T R Moseley (5) 53 10 455x1 Blackbook 11 68419 Goodanya K Chowdhoory (4) 53 R9 R’course Htl Lodge-Bm65 $22,500 1800m 17:10 1 42241 Zakunda Chowdhoory (6) (A1) 59 2 60510 Battlinaway L Callaway (2) 58.5 3 65718 Belindabella 58 4 65644 Too Ferlaxed C K Kwo (5) (A2) 58 5 9072 Monash A Comignaghi (4) 58 6 4300 Aristotle J R Lowry (10) 57.5 7 27970 Yeah Right T R Moseley (9) 57 8 60205 Aquattack A Balloo (8) 56.5 9 71709 Colorado Miss 56.5 10 103 Easy On The Eye C R Barnes (15) 56.5 11 7662 Mcgowan D Bothamley (3) 56.5 12 20822 Shock And Awe G A Jogoo (13) 56.5 13 8476 Pickup C Campbell (1) (A1) 56.5 14 32195 Last Letter T Jonker (16) 56 15 3056 Rockwithme S L Wynne (7) 56 16 36636 Sulu Sea 56 17 7 Coup Dreamwood W Papier (12) (A4) 56 18 700x0 Effervescent B M Murray (18) 56 19 58 Lady Byron 54

Martin Hickman, Gerard O’Reilly, Bryan McGirr and Richard Ashworth will be hoping for more smiles after The Little Green Jug at Methven tomorrow with smart filly, Sweet Belle.

catch-drive on the lightly raced Sophie, who will start from the inside of the front line, while John Morrison has taken over the training of the talented Boudica, who he will also drive.

Well known local sporting identities, Bo Houston and Ryan Cockburn, will be hoping their luck continues with Boora, who is a winner of her last two races for Katie Cox. The pair bred the

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R1 “WELCOME TO CLUBS NZ MID-SOUTH RACEDAY” TROT $8,000 2400m 12:00 1 0 Reindeer Trouble R T May 2 77650 Tarukenga C J Markham 3 Piper Highlander B N Orange M J Williamson 4 60928 Majestic Jag 5 3675 Break Free K V Hadfield 6 232 Aldebaran Floss C J Defilippi 7 8708 Superfast Gorsey Gem Thornley 8 45243 Summars R D Close 9 95 Jakarta R H Jenkins 10 0x59x Dreamsinthe Mist G T Ward Sarah O’Reilly 11 802 Moonlight Angel 12 0x726 Bacardi Pride M P Edmonds 13 70442 Random Jude John Morrison Westland Peak 14 R D Holmes 15 544 Ready I Am P J Wakelin G D Smith 16 22323 Shiffty 17 85609 Dashing Dutchy L F O’Reilly 18 60 Bourbon On The Rocks J P Versteeg 19 9 Glide Along T S Chmiel R2 RICHMOND CLUB MBL PACE $8000 2300m 12:25 1 65385 President Pat Neil Burton 2 47407 I Miss Mum K M Cox 3 27245 King Arthur Joseph Gray R D Close 4 33273 It’s A Laugh 5 37520 Zircon Lass M J Williamson 6 7950 Bombolla Craig D Thornley 7 x0908 Mayhem In Malibu S J Ottley 8 9760 Shadow Aveross Anj Mugford 9 26354 Fraud R T May P J Davis 10 20374 Le Pole Dancer 11 24420 Dalness First Ben Hope 12 53550 Play By Ear J J A Young 13 50082 Maldito J R Dunn 14 30050 Stella’s Delight L D Mccormick 15 84704 Pennetta C J Markham R D Holmes 16 790 Taliesin R3 HORNBY CLUB PACE $8,000 2400m 12:50 1 0 Is He Watching Me R T May 2 883 Charnui R H Jenkins 3 505 It’s A Shawthing J J A Young

4 685 Billie Vista A L Lethaby 5 33x3x Missmollygoodgolly L D Mccormick 6 84480 Caballe Beach R D Close S J Ottley 7 27742 Starkers 8 975 Franco Hatton She Tomlinson 9 9006 Living Delight 10 999x0 Kiwi Dream R D Holmes 11 60 Rocknroll Diva G D Smith 12 80400 Unchanged Memory K G Cameron John Morrison 13 9006 Bromac Hype 14 7 El Sirrar J W Cox 15 Yankee Jay 16 98 Ars Gratia Artis C J Markham 17 95 Webs Reactor M J Williamson R4 PAPANUI CLUB TROT $8,000 2400m 13:15 1 76889 Show Me The Gray J W Cox 2 80302 Sally Lindenny G D O’Reilly 3 x0080 Look Both Ways M G Heenan J R Dunn 4 50006 Ali Lindenny 5 38321 Line A Love J B Patterson 6 96080 Sunny Bill G D Smith 7 79103 Sunnivue Phileah B N Orange 8 l7007 Dd’s Super Stuart J D Markham 9 89400 Amabede Sheree Tomlinson P J Wakelin 10 8x005 Rusty I Am G W Hunt 11 7844 Foreigner 12 49629 Bk Dawn 13 00x79 Majestic Rollon A L Lethaby 14 x0308 Gin Rummy I R Cameron 15 9463 Smudgee P T Borcoskie W E Higgs 16 60674 Michelle 17 775 Take After Me G D Smith 18 92700 Orlando Magic S J Ottley R5 LINCOLN CLUB & FAMOUS GROUSE MOBILE PACE $8,000 2300m 13:40 1 83 Shes Watching M J Williamson 2 29438 Beta Than Love R T May 3 469x5 With Grace J R Dunn J B Geddes 4 9060 Lumberjack 5 8847 Jordy John Morrison 6 72362 Morries Girl Ben Hope 7 007x Vache A Lait R D Holmes

T M Williams 8 6762 Ashes Of Desire 9 Sparkling Pearl G D O’Reilly 10 00x95 Reggie Golightly Korbyn Newman 11 928x0 Iksaka R J Butt 12 33990 Dixie Flyer Sarah O’Reilly 13 7950 Bombolla Craig D Thornley 14 32300 Cristiano Buccini B N Orange 15 5556 Piece Of Gold S J Ottley 16 9760 Shadow Aveross Anj Mugford R6 KAIAPOI WMC HCAP TROT $9,000 2400m 14:06 1 89400 Amabede Ellie Barron 2 71628 Prince Ranier T M Williams 3 910 Buffy Northstains J J A Young P J Wakelin 4 49629 Bk Dawn G D O’Reilly 5 95650 Momentous 6 63532 Beyond The Horizon J W Smith 7 96080 Sunny Bill G D Smith 8 10056 This Time Gamble S J Ottley 9 70910 Some Time L F O’Reilly 10 54008 Justamollyarcher R H Jenkins 11 36773 Time In A Bottle John Morrison 12 95251 Harry H 13 18000 Puzzled J R Dunn 14 qx80x Craddock C A Butt R7 LATHER UP LITTLE GREEN JUG 3YO 1609m 14:31 1 9 Sophie R T May 2 13730 Dashtothebeach J W Cox 3 2631 Perfect Cut S J Ottley John Morrison 4 12445 Boudica 5 1x145 Sweet Belle G D O’Reilly 6 1 Chal Patch B N Orange 7 77311 Booraa K M Cox 8 41123 Got You Covered J R Dunn 9 75112 Corravally Star J J A Young Sarah O’Reilly 10 5413 A Rocknroll Star R8 TIMARU T&C HCAP PACE $9000 2400m 14:56 1 1052 Woodlea Explorer John Morrison 2 40600 Sweeney Todd B A Zampese 3 96609 Dreaminsover J J A Young G D Smith 4 20502 Kusanova 5 25750 Little Rain B N Orange 6 25600 Fun In The Dark Alana Cameron

Today at Riccarton Park Raceway

R1 Picnic In The Bar (Bm74) $27,500 1200m 12:25 1 75652 Exuberant S L Wynne (1) 59 2 73986 Final Savings G A Jogoo (4) 59 3 31933 Rock Sensation K Chowdhoory (5) (A1) 59 B M Murray (6) 58.5 4 68419 Goodanya 5 37312 Ripa Ruby A Comignaghi (3) 57.5 6 83751 Benaud W Papier (2) (A4) 55.5 7 96741 Arnage Ms K Williams (7) 54.5 R2 Riccarton Pk Function Ctr-Bm65 NZD $22,500 1100m 13:00 1 x2221 Our Echo A Balloo (5) 59 2 0x216 Make Believe K Mudhoo (7) 57 3 2630 Our Rosette K Chowdhoory (3) (A1) 57 4 0163x Madam Sequoia T R Moseley (1) 56.5 5 9x316 Roc Music D R Bothamley (10) 56.5 6 60x46 A Little Vague L Callaway (9) 56 7 54693 Lovebug A Comignaghi (2) 55.5 8 50484 Ophelia Rose Ms K Williams (8) 55.5 9 183x8 Touchabeel S L Wynne (4) 55.5 R Mudhoo(6) (A2) 54 10 77x8x Bella Eve R3 Nzb S Island Sale 14/4 2yo $22,500 800m 13:35 1 Mackenzie Lad S L Wynne (5) 57 2 Arsenio G A Jogoo (7) 57 3 74x Mozzarella A Comignaghi (3) 55

R Mudhoo (1) (A2) 55 4 Durban Way 5 Emanon T R Moseley (4) 55 6 March To The Beat Ms K Williams (2) 55 7 Swiss ‘N’ Giggles C R Barnes (6) 55 R4 Punters Challenge 10/4 $27,500 1600m 14:10 1 71x25 El Gladiador A Comignaghi (8) 60.5 2 93052 Hee’s Our Secret J R Lowry (2) 58 3 x6754 Manhattan Flame Ms K Williams (1) 58 4 66212 Fishermans Blues D R Bothamley (5) 56.5 5 06x38 Pamir Rn Mudhoo (4) (A2) 55 6 24x07 Skaaboom T R Moseley (7) 55 7 x5587 Original Gangster S L Wynne (9) 55 8 45054 Yamuna C R Barnes (3) 54.5 9 4x43x Panzer Chowdhoory (6) (A1) 54.5 R5 Book Suite For Racing Mdn $10,000 1400m 14:45 1 0x223 Kapalka K Chowdhoory (5) (A1) 58.5 2 x6236 Tormund B M Murray (16) 58.5 3 0x0x3 Romantic Hero G A Jogoo (1) 58.5 A Comignaghi (14) 58.5 4 64 Bentley 5 460 Speck Savers T R Moseley (15) 58.5 6 775 Allasera Ms K Williams (4) 57 7 9 Kudos De Sothys S L Wynne (6) 57 8 6 Milford Sound 57 9 Demand Respect J R Lowry (3) 57

10 233x6 Just A Promiss C R Barnes (9) 56.5 C K Kwo (8) (A2) 56.5 11 9x245 Fionnuala 12 3645x Highly Polished D Prastiyou (2) 56.5 13 756 Amazon Goddess A Balloo (12) 56.5 56.5 14 0x So You Reign 15 x5522 Scala Sancta R Mudhoo (11) (A2) 55 Theunnamedfeeling Toolooa (18) (A3) 55 16 17 7 Iffraajable 55 18 0 Diceland K Mudhoo (7) 55 19 0x99x Purple Rain 55 20 77x8x Bella Eve 56.5 R6 Chch Casino Dunedin Cup $32,500 2000m 15:23 1 32684 Who Dares Wins J R Lowry (6) 62 2 84x76 Flag The Groom C K Kwo (1) (A2) 56.5 3 22174 Beached As Bro K Mudhoo (2) 54 4 68069 Diorissimo C A Campbell (5) (A1) 54 C R Barnes (9) 54 5 40632 Zabay 6 7261 Mamma Sans B M Murray (3) 54 7 27345 Baby Menaka A Comignaghi (8) 54 8 8127 Queen Jetsun Ms K Williams (7) 54 9 36636 Sulu Sea S L Wynne (4) 54 10 58 Lady Byron A Balloo (10) 54 R7 Reynolds Electrical (Bm65) $22,500 1400m 15:58

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): Don’t get too hung up on nailing the accuracy of every decision right now because that will hold you back from making any choice at all. Best guesses are good enough.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): There are times in life when it does seem as though all your happiness is dependent on a single outcome. It’s an illusion, and if it’s not helping you, then it’s time to be more realistic about the stakes.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): The limits on your perception include mechanisms adapted over hundreds of thousands of years to keep you safe and grounded in a shared reality. Even so, you’ll challenge them and win.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): No one wants in on the process; they just want the transformation. That’s fine.

You can use the principle to your advantage.

Do the transformational work. Don’t talk about it. Put that energy into the price tag.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): With a mind abuzz with ideas, wishes, hopes and dreams, just be sure to also spend a good deal of focus on the practical aspects of the present moment. If you don’t enjoy today, pleasure stays out of reach.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): Relationships, projects and dreams have a life cyclem like anything that breathes. When it’s over, it’s over, and there’s nothing that can revive it. The gift is a clean slate, the embrace of something entirely new.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): You know how to buckle down and work hard, but that’s not the best strategy for today. The situation asks you to envision solutions that are different from the ones that brought success in the past.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): You’re a social genius. You play well with others and you also introduce people who wouldn’t otherwise know one another. You put two and two together in a way that adds up to so much more than four.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): Some of the best people you know have fallen right into your life without ever being vetted in any way. You just happened upon greatness, and you will do it again.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): When you do nothing, nothing happens. There’s a time and place when “nothing” is just about the most perfect thing you could do! Not now though.

Today, the risks will be worth it.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): You’ll praise someone, and it will go straight to the heart. The other thing is that people are generally sceptical of flattery, but the way you do it is so pure that it dissolves defences.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): This is a rare moment with a cosmic gift. What a boon! You’ll have an idea about how to improve your life and, bonus, you will be completely right about it, too.

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Ashburton Guardian Saturday, January 30, 2021

SITUATIONS VACANT

SITUATIONS VACANT

Hinds School Office Secretary / Office Administrator Permanent part-time position The Secretary/ Office Administrator is a varied sole charge role empompasing office administration, principal assistant and personnel duties; finance, payroll, school communication, and front person of our school. The Office Administrator plays a key role in supporting staff, students, whanau and Board of Trustees to enable the smooth and professional running of our school.

The successful applicant will have a proven ability to ● work collaboratively and independently with strong time management, ● have strong interpersonal skills and foster relationships, ● possess initiative, flexibility and maintain confidentiality, ● possess computer and online social media skills, ● enjoy a challenge and diversity of a job and have a willingness to learn, adapt and grow into this position.

The successful applicant will be expected to ● Know our students and whanau and ensure they are all valued ● Be the front person of our school, and part of a collaborative team ● Enjoy learning and education ● Manage school financial systems, and Novopay payroll, ● Manage school promotion and communication ● Have some flexibility with hours to cater for busy periods Up to 30 hours per week Monday to Friday during the term with some flexibility to work as required during the school holidays (up to 4 weeks during term breaks).

If you think this position is for you, please forward your CV and covering letter outlining your financial, administrative and PA experience and what you can offer Hinds School. If you would like further information or to visit our school please contact principal@hinds school or contact Vicki on 027 258 8798. Please send your application to principal@hinds.school.nz .

Applications close Friday 10th February 2020

ADULT Vintage Machinery ENTERTAINMENT

AUCTION SALES

& Horse Drawn Vehicle Auction From the Estate of Ken Macklan, Carriage Maker & Wheelwright

MOTORING

SITUATIONS VACANT

WHEEL alignments at great prices. Maximise the KIWI, mature plus-size. life of your tyres with an Saturday plus Sunday, no alignment from Neumanns text. Phone 022 6336 297. Tyre Services Ltd, 197 Wills Street. Phone 308 6737.

STUNNING, mature lady in Ashburton now. No texts.

Please phone 021 0275 9055.

FOR SALE

Monday February 8, 2021 at 11am Viewing from 9am 961 Waterholes Rd, Templeton, Christchurch EFTPOS Available, No cheques

SWEET Asian , beautiful, sexy body, busty DD, friendly, good massage. Please phone 021 0904 0157.

TWO Asian lady special, good massage, excellent service 1n/out calls.

Phone 022 572 5823.

For more details see facebook.com/ Vintage-MachineryHorse-Drawn-VehicleAuction101733991785084

Birthday Greetings Payson Alsop Happy 10th birthday for tomorrow (31st). Have a great day. Lots of love from all your family.

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.

FIREWOOD. Dry shed stored Old Man Pine, $90 per 3m³.

Larch Oregon, hot mix $100 per 3m³. Blue Gum $120 per 3m³. Semi dry Blue Gum $90 per 3m³. Semi dry Poplar, $80 per 3m³. Delivered.

Please phone Jimmy on 0274414073.

NEW ZEALAND BIO GRAINS LTD We have a vacancy available for a person to work with the Bio Grains team. Position would be processing grains with stockfood pelleting, seed dressing, oat hulling and various responsibilities relating to the processing of grain.

Please contact 03 3087349 for an appointment

HIRE GENERAL hire.

Lawnmowers, chainsaws, concrete breakers, trailers, and more. All your DIY / party hire, call and see Ashburton U-Hire. 588 East Street.

Open Monday-Friday 7am - 6pm; Saturday 7.30am - 5pm; Sunday 8.30am 12.30pm - Phone 308 8061. www.ashburtonuhire.co.nz

GARAGE SALES CHARITY Market Garage Sale. Pakeke Lions Charitable Trust. Serving our community, helping local charities. 9.00am Saturday 6 March. Ashburton R a c e c o u r s e .

GARAGE sale Saturday 30th January. Harrison Street.

Signs out. Gates open 7am-1pm.

Kitchenware, Linen, Tools, Children’s games and bric-a-brac.

Factory and Field Worker Positions Available We’ve got agricultural, warehousing and factory positions available throughout Canterbury. All with immediate start.

Agstaff have 20 years experience in agricultural recruitment, we are committed to our business.

Apply now on 0800 247 8233 or email jobs@agstaff.co.nz

Ashburton Weather

Saturday: Cloudy with a few light showers during the morning, then fine. S, turning E in the afternoon, then dying out.

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Saturday: Mostly cloudy, with a few light showers north of Timaru during the morning, then becoming fine. Southerlies, turning light easterly in the afternoon, then dying out.

Sunday: Fine. Northeasterlies, becoming fresh in the morning.

Monday: Fine spells. Northeast breezes.

A broad ridge covers much of southern and central New Zealand, resulting in a southeast flow across the upper North Island. A weak front remains slowmoving to the south of the South Island. A subtropical low passes well to the east of the country on Monday and Tuesday, but does direct a cloudy southeasterly flow to the eastern North Island.

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Safer Mid Canterbury provides a range of child, youth, adult and family community services across the Ashburton District. We are a non-profit organisation that has been operating as a charitable trust for more than 25 years, providing free and confidential services that focus on a healthier, stronger and safer community for all. Due to the retirement of two staff and increased workload we currently have three vacancies available.

Youth Support Worker Are you committed to supporting young people to reach their potential?

Do you have experience in supporting young people individually and in group environments?

Do you have experience in developing, overseeing and assessing personal client plans?

Do you have an understanding of the needs of young people and how to address these?

Do you have a knowledge of and commitment to strength based processes?

This is a full time role 40 hour per week position that would see you providing intensive support to young people with behavioural / low level mental health needs. The role involves the development of person client plans and supporting young people over a three month period to achieve their goals within the plan.

School Attendance Officer Are you committed to supporting young people to reach their potential?

Do you have experience in supporting young people and their families?

Do you have experience in developing, overseeing and assessing personal client plans?

Do you have an understanding of the needs of young people and how to work with clients and families who may be reluctant to engage?

Able to build relationships with schools and other social service providers?

Do you have a knowledge of and commitment to strength based processes?

This is a part time 16 hour per week position over school term (approximately 44 weeks per year) that would see you taking referrals from schools for non-attending and non-enrolled students.

The role involves assessing the barriers to engaging in education and finding the right support for students and families to address these needs.

Receptionist / Office Administrator / Personal Assistant Are you welcoming and warm with a caring non-judgmental personality?

Have great computer skills with knowledge of Microsoft Office and well versed in using social media?

Have experience in providing administrative support?

Have excellent written communications skills (which includes the ability to proof read documents)?

Have strong attention to detail?

Open to a role that has a wide array or of administrative and office duties?

This is a full time 37.5 hour per week position that would see you carrying out a wide array of office duties and providing administrative support to a range of services areas within our organisation.

All positions will require staff who: Are sensitive to, and accommodating of, cultural and individual differences Are able to maintain a high level of confidentiality Have a commitment to, and understanding of, the Treaty of Waitangi Have a passion for, and commitment to, providing non- judgemental services and supports to vulnerable people In return we offer a family friendly, professional work environment with the ability to make a real and significant difference to the lives of people in our district.

To apply for a position please go to the careers page of our website to download an application form and to view the position descriptions. Please follow all instructions on the application form.

Please call us on 03 308 1395 if you require further information. www.safermidcanterbury.org.nz Applications close Friday the 12th of February 2021

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For just $10!* Phone 03 307 7900 Email: classifieds@theguardian.co.nz

(Under 12 children’s birthday greetings remain FREE)

Level 3, Somerset House, 161 Burnett Street

*Terms and conditions apply.

Sunday: Fine. Northeasterlies, becoming fresh in the morning.

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Monday: Fine spells. Northeast breezes.

24 MIN 10

Saturday: Areas of morning cloud, with isolated showers north of Lake Tekapo during the morning, otherwise fine.

Wind at 1000m: Light.

Wind at 2000m: Light.

Freezing level: 2600m, rising to above 3000m in the afternoon.

Sunday: Fine apart from areas of morning cloud.

Wind at 1000m: Light.

Wind at 2000m: Light at first, northwesterly 30 km/h developing at night.

Freezing level: Above 3000m.

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Book your birthday greeting, including a photo, for just $10!

Ten words only.*

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Ashburton Airport Temp °C Maximum 17.0 Minimum 3.6 Grass min -0.6 24hr Rain mm 0.6 37.8 Month to date SW 43 Wind km/h Strongest gust 12:24am Sun hrs on Thu 3.5 197.4 Month to date

Methven 15.8 3.6 – – – – – – –

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H 5:44am 6:07pm L 12:02pm H 5:29am 5:44pm L 11:40am 11:59pm

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Saturday, January 30, 2021 Ashburton Guardian

PUBLIC NOTICES

SITUATIONS VACANT

For all your classified requirements.

We are on the hunt for two qualified panel beaters/fabricators/automotive restorers to work in our busy workshop.

Phone the Guardian 307 7900

Daily Diary SUNDAY JANUARY 31

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9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Worship service, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

10.00am HAKATERE PRESBYTERIAN PARISH. Morning worship led by Rev Johanna Warren, all welcome. 65 Oxford Street.

10am ST ANDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

MONDAY FEBRUARY 1

6am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Circuit training in the hall, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

9.30am ASHBURTON COUNTY VETERANS GOLF. 1st round Heartland Championship at Ashburton Golf Course. Facebook: Ashburton County Veterans Golf Association.

10am AGE CONCERN ASHBURTON, 206 CLUB. Programme for the elderly runs Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

Enquiries to 308 6817.

TUESDAY FEBRUARY 2

9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Walking group meets outside church.

48 Allens Road, Allenton.

9.30am - 10.30am MID CANTERBURY NETBALL, $2 A GAME. EA Networks Centre, River Terrace.

10am MSA TAI CHI. Cost $3 per session, classes start this week, MSA, Havelock Street.

10am AGE CONCERN ASHBURTON, 206 CLUB. Programme for the elderly runs Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

Enquiries to 308 6817.

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

10.30am AGE CONCERN ASHBURTON. Steady As You Go. Fall prevention programme. Contact 308 6817. Held at All Saints Anglican Church, Chapman Street, Methven.

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Combined service with Hakatere Presbyterian Parish, at 65 Oxford street. No service at St Andrews.

10am ASHBURTON METHODIST CHURCH. Service led by Rev Heather Kennedy and team, The Chapel at Paterson’s, cnr Cox and East streets.

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

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

1pm - 4.30pm THE MID CANTERBURY LINEDANCERS. 1pm-2.15pm, weekly beginners learn to line dance, following on to easy intermediate. 2.30pm-3.30pm and intermediate level from 3.30pm4.30pm. Instructor Annette Fyfe 027 4813131. Tinwald Hall, Graham Street.

6pm ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Circuit training in the hall, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

7pm - 9.30pm R AND R LINEDANCING ASHBURTON. Upper Improvers/intermediate weekly line dance classes. Balmoral Hall, 240 Cameron Street.

1pm AGE CONCERN ASHBURTON. Steady As You Go. Fall prevention programme. Contact 308 6817. Held at St Andrews Presbyterian Church, Bridge Street, Rakaia.

1pm - 2pm R AND R LINEDANCING ASHBURTON. Beginners weekly linedance classes.

MSA Social Hall, Havelock Street.

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

Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

2pm - 3pm R AND R LINEDANCING ASHBURTON. Upper beginners weekly linedance classes. MSA Social Hall, Havelock Street.

3pm - 4.30pm R AND R LINEDANCING ASHBURTON. Intermediate weekly line dance classes.

MSA Social hall, Havelock Street.

5.45pm (registration) - 6pm start.

RUN AND WALK ASHBURTON. Summer series. Run or walk 1, 3 or 5km, adults $2, children free. Everyone welcome. Meet Ashburton Domain, Walnut Avenue.

ENTERTAINMENT

The role will offer you: • Varied working from general panel beating to full metal fabrication on older restorations, including classic, customs as well as hot rods. This not only includes the panel beating and rust work, but also all LVV cert modifications, engine transplants, air suspension, C notching of chassis and everything in between.

• You will also carry out the repairs right through the process from metalwork to filler, primer, block sanding and even painting if you are comfortable behind the spray gun.

• We have a large workshop with all the correct gear needed to do the job.

• Plenty of space for applicants to have own work area.

• Great hourly rate for the correct applicant.

• Standard 40-hour week, however, hours can be negotiated if more or less is wanted.

• We also carry out general engineering, so there is an opportunity to learn general engineering and exhaust fabrication.

• Our shop/business is not on unit time, so this gives you the time to do the job once and do it right!

The ideal applicant will have to have the following skill and experience: • You will be a trade qualified panel beater who is able to work unsupervised.

• Be someone who has well developed organisational skills and be a person who understands workflow in a workshop.

• You will be someone who knows how to create efficiencies in a panel and paint shop without compromising quality.

• Be punctual, reliable and honest.

• Experience working on a variety of vehicles, both old and new.

Successful applicants will be left to his/her own devices to have the freedom to get creative, have fun and produce some spectacular vehicles.

If you are looking for a shop that allows you the time needed to do a great job and love working on all aspects of a vehicle from the ground up, then please email a copy of your CV in the strictest of confidence to dartservicesnz@gmail.com

SITUATIONS VACANT

THINKING ABOUT SOMETHING TO DO THIS SUNDAY?

Advertising Representative You will be selling into our newspaper, monthly rural publication and community app. Delivering great local content & news around the district and South Island.

Enabling local clients to promote their businesses effectively, through a variety of media.

The skills required for this position include: • Great knowledge and passion for ALL things sales & customer service • Sales and office experience • Good level of English, both verbal and written • Organised and confident • A great personality and enjoy dealing with people In return, we will provide you with an attractive base salary and uncapped commission structure.

Why not come along to Millhouse Kitchen ... sit back and relax to a very talented young local @jack.bubb.

Jack is playing from 12pm to 2.30pm in our fantastic outside area.

PH 03 307 9249 ADDRESS 427 West Street

The application form will include these questions: • Which of the following statements best describes your right to work in New Zealand?

• Do you have experience in a sales role?

• Do you have customer service experience?

• Do you have experience working towards targets and KPIs? • Do you have experience in a cold calls sales environment?

If this is you, please send your CV and cover letter to: Sonia Gill, Sales Manager, PO Box 77, Ashburton 7740 Or email sonia.g@theguardian.co.nz Applications close Friday, February 12, 2021 Applicants for this position should have NZ residency or a valid NZ work visa and a current New Zealand driver’s licence.

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

TALBOT SECURITY GROUP Key Cutting Services • • •

HEAT PUMPS KEEP YOUR HOME THE PERFECT TEMPERATURE ALL YEAR ROUND

HEAT PUMPS

Car Keys House Keys Electronic Car Remote keys

electriCOOL Ltd

E - operations@talbotsecurity.co.nz P - 03 307 2409 anytime 24/7

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.

Let’s start the conversation call 0800 764 846 455 West Street, Ashburton Email: ashburton@smith-sons.co.nz or visit: smithandsons.co.nz

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Solar power when you need it most We are experts at installing solar power systems for motorhomes.

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

AA Solar & SUN POWER PLUS South Island

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

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

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

• 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.

027 746 7632

www.groutpro.co.nz

Lifestyle ASHBURTON LEARNING CENTRE

CONNECTIONS

Free range eggs also availble

Do you need help with:

Learning English as a second language?

Your apprenticeship paperwork?

With reading, writing or maths?

Developing your computer skills?

Check out our courses now!

www.ashburtonlearningcentre.co.nz

Contact the Centre Phone 308 5322 Corner Park and Havelock Street, Ashburton

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

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FAMILY NOTICES 31 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS DEATHS

Raising the bar, always Consistently one of Bayleys high performers, Mike has enjoyed continuous success with Bayleys Canterbury. Backed by a boundless energy, informed intellect and determined hard-work, Mike’s rise to the top of Ashburton’s rural property sector is no means by accident.

Experience the results that Mike Preston brings to the table today.

WHALAN AND PARTNERS LTD, BAYLEYS, LICENSED UNDER THE REA ACT 2008

MIKE PRESTON 027 430 7041

Guardian Real Estate

BRADFORD, Rodger – Claire, Gendy and Sam, granddaughters and families wish to sincerely thank everyone for their kindness and support during the recent passing of Rodger.

We greatly appreciated the cards, flowers, baking, visits and phone calls that we received. A special thank you to the staff in the acute stroke unit at Christchurch Hospital who cared for Rodger with respect and compassion. We were overwhelmed by the attendance of so many people at the celebration of Rodgers life and the tributes that were paid to him. A special man dearly loved by his family and who will be sadly missed by all. Please accept this as a personal acknowledgement as many addresses are unknown.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

McINTOSH, Nancy Clare – 22-04-1935 - 05-10-2020 Nancy’s family would like to acknowledge and thank everyone for their kindness and support shown at the passing of a much loved and amazing mother. Your friendship and support will be remembered by us all. We would like to acknowledge this and a special message of thanks to Terrace View Retirement Village and Dr Emma Andrew and Netherby Pharmacy for the extra care FUNERAL they gave to mum, also the quilting ladies for their friendFURNISHERS ship and joy they brought to mum. Nancy will be missed MASTER MONUMENTAL MASON deeply by us all for the kind loving person that she was.

E.B. CARTER LTD Please accept this as a perFor all your memorial sonal acknowledgement from requirements us all.

New headstones and designs The song has ended but the Renovations, melody lingers on.

Additional inscriptions,

CHAMBERS Betty Jean (nee Jamison) – On 28 January, 2021, at Ashburton in her 96th year.

Dearly loved wife of the late Vic, and dearly loved mother of Maree. Loved sister and sister-in-law of John and the late Agnes, Shirley and the late Bob, the late Ray and Fay, Lorna and Murray, Dorothy and Ron, Bill, and Gracie.

A kind and gracious lady at rest.

Messages to the Chambers family c/- PO Box 472 Ashburton 7740. Special thanks to the staff at Radius Millstream for their loving care of Betty. A service to celebrate Betty’s life will be held at our Chapel corner East and Cox streets Ashburton on TUESDAY, February 2 commencing at 2pm, followed by cremation at the Ashburton Crematorium.

307 7900

YOUR ONLY LOCALLY AND FAMILY OWNED

DEATHS

Cleaning and Concrete work Carried out by qualified tradesmen.

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

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.

Guardian Classifieds

Ph 307 7433

DUTY DOCTORS Tinwald Medical Centre, Archibald Street, Ashburton, will be the duty practice for Saturday until 8am Sunday. To make an appointment call your regular GP. Moore Street Medical Centre, 254 Moore 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,

Patersons Funeral Services and Ashburton Crematorium Ltd Office and Chapel Corner East & Cox Streets, Ashburton

307 7900

Weekend Services

Canterbury owned, locally operated

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.

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