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COVID UPDATE Active cases in Ashburton 577 New cases March 2 142 Active cases Canterbury 5025 (1046 new) They said it ...

Three local members of Voices for Freedom (from left) Annie Rhodes, Lauren Tate and Gary Rhodes express their opposition to the Government’s policy on mandates and want it lifted so they can return to their normal lives.

Protesters want freedom of choice Fifteen members representing Freedom of Choice lined West Street last night protesting over the Government’s mandate.

Among blasts of encouragement from passing motorists, local leader, David McFarlane, explained the members want the

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mandate lifted so they have freedom of choice to go ahead with their lives.

“We’re not anti-vax. Our membership includes people who’ve been vaccinated under protest,” he said.

“We want the right to choose

whether to receive the vaccination or not.”

Lauren Tate, who’s not vaccinated, wants to “take my kids to the library and pool”.

McFarlane said the local branch of Freedom of Choice has 300 members.

“Covid is well and truly in the district now. “[The 577 cases] sounds like a big number but in reality it’s less than 2 per cent of our population.

“There will be more.

“The next six weeks is going to be crucial for Covid throughout the whole country.”

– Ashburton Mayor Neil Brown

Vital support for people in isolation

By Malcolm Hopwood

workforce. Now its focus is on delivering food, About 20 households or medication and supplies 100 Mid Canterbury peoto people in isolation. ple, isolating from CovMost people with id-19, need extra support Covid or, who are close from Community Concontacts, have arranged nectors. for friends and family The agency, estabto meet their needs but lished in Ashburton last about a fifth have been year by the Ministry of approved by MSD for Jenny Rae Social Development further assistance.

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running errands or offering financial help.

Community Connectors also provide a care pack which includes face masks, wipes, hand sanitizers, educational packs with activities for children and a recipe book collated by Ashburton’s Base Youth Centre and S.E.E.D.S, a local family support group.

Community Connector, Jenny Rae, and two colleagues run the seven day a week service. They’re also assisted by the Rural Support

Trust who deliver to people in rural areas.

“We’re incredibly important for people in isolation and for their mental and emotional wellbeing,” she said.

Rae explains many are “doing it tough”. They aren’t just out of action for 10 days but, with family members progressively developing symptoms, they could be in isolation for up to a month.

Some families, whose livelihoods have been affected by Cov-

id, need ongoing financial help.

“If they qualify for more assistance, we can provide it with Work and Income (WINZ) approval,” she said.

However, she said the number of families in isolation is growing daily because of the rapid increase in Omicron cases.

“We need extra people to help, and I want to encourage volunteers to assist us with deliveries and be their outside contact,” Rae said.

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War to crush grain supplies Pat Deavoll Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could have damaging long-term implications for grain producing farmers worldwide, including those in Mid Canterbury.

That’s the worrying view of Mid Canterbury Federated Farmers’ president David Clark, who, like many, is watching nervously from afar as Russian troops attempt to take control of Ukraine.

Clark is concerned because Ukraine, the second biggest country in area in Europe after Russia itself, and home to 40 million people, is a significant agricultural producer.

It has incredibly productive soils and is a country that has gone from strength to strength since it shed the shackles of communism. Ukraine exports 20 per cent of the world’s wheat and 30 per cent of the world’s corn.

“The planting of crops was due to start in the next couple of weeks,” Clark said.

“Now there will be little appetite for going out on the tractor planting wheat when they are busy fighting the Russians off.’’

Clark said the invasion, and what that could mean for the grain farming industry, was “very significant’’.

“And if it is unfortunate that (Russian president Vladimir) Putin wins the war, all of those grain-producing assets, and all of those investments by western firms that have happened over the last 30 years, will be nationalised by communist Russia.”

Clark said if that happened the implications would be long term.

“What we are seeing is the thought of going back into the communist rule is so repulsive to the Ukrainian people that they

For Mid Canterbury Federated Farmers president David Clark (inset) the invasion of Ukraine holds some real concerns as to the future of the world’s agricultural supplies. have taken up arms and will fight to the death to prevent this happening,’’ he said.

Australia, who would normally buy grain from the Black Sea (Ukraine) region. They have been

there will be little appetite for going “ Now out on the tractor planting wheat when they are busy fighting the Russians off.

“It is an appalling situation and I understand from last week there were buyers from Asia active in

buying every tonne of wheat they can lay their hands on from Australia to take into Asia.”

The knock-on effect for the New Zealand market would be quite significant, according to Clark.

“It’s already happening. I know New Zealand mills that were trying to buy wheat in Australia last week but couldn’t because of the influx of Asian buyers.’’

Clark also said the hearts of Mid Canterbury arable farmers went out to colleagues in Ukraine.

Closer to home, Clark admitted the harvest in Mid Canterbury was going from bad to worse with a run of poor, wet weather.

“It’s just hopeless,’’ he said.

“We aren’t getting anywhere with the arable harvest. The damage is done now.’’

He said it was a “pretty disappointing period for the arable industry’’.

“But, as they say, that’s farming for you. Sometimes things go well and sometimes they don’t.

“But it’s never too late. We will get the harvest done but there is a lot of clover and ryegrass that has been abandoned. And there is a lot of straw that has been written off and abandoned.”

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2022 – it’s the Year of the Ear Bernard Egan This year (2022) might be the Year of the Tiger, but it’s also the Year of the Ear and the Ashburton Hearing Association is excited about it.

While today is World Hearing Day, the promotion extends throughout the year. It also incorporates the White Cat Campaign.

Hearing Association branch president, Aine Whiting, explained due to many white cats having hearing loss, they’ve become a symbol for hearing impairment.

“Just like humans, it’s hard to tell which white cats can hear and which can’t,” she said.

“People may not know they have hearing loss because they don’t know what they don’t hear.”

The only way to find out is having a hearing test, she said. The White Cat is the symbol of the campaign which the Ashburton Hearing Association supports.

While people can make an appointment with an audiologist or hearing therapist, technology also enables them to test and track their own hearing by using the hearWHO app on their phone.

Whiting said with specialists dealing with the medical and technical aspects of hearing loss, her branch will concentrate on social activities “which are enormously important within the hearing impaired community.”

“The association arranges functions including lunches and outings and, in recent years, has reached into the wider community by offering hearing seminars.”

Hearing NZ’s National Communications and Events Manager, Leonie Wilson, said compensations that hearing impaired people use, have been taken away by Covid-19.

Masks stop lip reading, distort sound and decrease the decibel level and clarity of speech. “This is why assistive technology support is so important,” she said.

It’s available through hearing aids having remote microphone functionality. If they don’t have it, then people are encouraged to use pen and paper, text/messaging or live transcribe/captioning function.

“Otherwise, you’ll find yourself having to repeat things a lot and we still may not hear you,” she said.

Mask stickers (Stick With Us), which are part of Year of the Ear, provide a fun way for the deaf community to visually communicate their needs to people they are interacting with.

Right – Wearing part of the White Cat promotional kit, Hearing Association committee member, Kathleen Vessey, believes it’s purr-fect for the campaign.

Changes may burst domestic tourism bubble Jonathan Leask A Methven tourism operator fears the border opening may not result in the economic boom many are forecasting.

James McKenzie, Mt Hutt Ski Area manager and Opuke Hot pools director, says the easing of border restrictions may not result in a big tourism boost but have the opposite effect.

“It could be worse because Kiwis can now head overseas for

holidays without having to isolate on the way back and the border remains closed for overseas tourists right now,” McKenzie said.

“Over the past two years, Kiwis have been effectively trapped in New Zealand and have made the most of good snow conditions at Mt Hutt.”

Mt Hutt has traditionally relied more on domestic skiers than the international market, he said, and with overseas travel not an option for the past two years Mt Hutt has had record numbers flock to the slopes.

McKenzie fears the borders opening may see that domestic travel market diminish, however, the addition of the recently

opened Opuke Hot Pools and Spa adds an extra drawcard to Methven, both domestically and for international tourists.

He is joining the chorus for the other international travel restrictions to be eased sooner, with the current July timeframe falling in the middle of the ski season.

“The sooner we see changes the better.

“Airlines need time to bring capacity on prior to winter.

“Given that the border still remains closed to overseas tourists [except Australia], you could argue it is too late for any changes to restrictions to have much of an impact this winter.”

He is hopeful that the now

quarantine-free travel from Australia may have an impact when the ski season opens in June, as well as easing of other restrictions.

“We might see an impact on average daily numbers with midweek business levels improving if the Aussies can get here.

“Peak days will not change too much as we have not increased our capacity on the ski field.

“It would be good to see a relaxation in the rules around occupancy of indoor spaces which has really hindered us over the course of the last two seasons.

“We also had a three week lockdown last season during one of our best periods of snow cover-

age and the risk of this happening again looks less likely moving into the 2022 season.”

After a big investment in its state-of-the-art eight-seater Nor’ West Express chairlift last year, Mt Hutt is currently installing new TT10 snowmaking fan guns which will produce more snow in marginal weather conditions while operationally super efficient, McKenzie said.

Housing project seeks funding support

By Maddison Gourlay The ground is not far from breaking to make way for a new era in community housing for older people in Ashburton, but the project still requires funding.

Haven Housing Mid Canterbury which is an extension of the Ashburton Housing and Support Trust currently owns and operates Cameron Villas, a nine-unit retirement complex located at the corner of Grigg and Elizabeth Streets.

The new development will occupy the previous council housing land at 16 Mona Square, the Ashburton District Council has given Haven

Jackie Girvan, Walter Van Der Kley, and Neil Donaldson next to the empty Ashburton District Council section which will eventually occupy 17 modern rentals for older persons.

PHOTO MADDISON GOURLAY Housing a long-term occupation of 50 years.

The previous council flats

that occupied the land were demolished in early 2021, and Haven Housing is hopeful

work can start on the rentals in June.

“We are seeking funding support from a range of community organisations, agencies, and individuals,” founding trustee of Haven Housing Jackie Girvan said.

Seeing a gap in the market for affordable rentals across all demographics, Haven Housing Mid Canterbury decided to develop rentals for people over 60 years old.

“A lot of people who have never had private ownership of a home can’t afford market rent. This is why the trust is here. There is a clear demand as we already have people who are on a waitlist,” Girvan said.

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Old girl to get minor student makeover Maddison Gourlay The Ashburton Vintage Car Club has donated a vintage car to the Ashburton College automotive class for this year’s project car.

New Ashburton College teacher Patrick Neal, decided a project car was needed to teach students essential skills, but wanted to get something that would increase in value.

“If you buy a $500 Honda and do it up it’s still going to be a $500 Honda,” Neal said.

“But if you get something like a classic car and do it up, there is some value in that.”

Neal sent an email to the Ashburton Vintage Car Club to see if any members had a restorable project that wouldn’t blow the budget.

“I [was] not after anything super valuable or rare, just a car that my auto students can learn a few things from and improve

its condition.” Club secretary Colin Sweetman said they took the email to a meeting and asked members if anyone had anything suitable to donate to the college.

“You never know what members have in their shed,” Sweetman said.

It turned out that member Trevor Begg had a 1958 Morris Minor 1000 in his shed which in the last 18 years had only done around 25,000km.

Sweetman said the project car has been donated to the automotive course on behalf of Begg, as it was in drivable condition but there was room for improvement.

“Morris Minor parts are easy enough to come by and there are parts at the Ashburton Vintage Car Club’s parts shed,” he said.

“We will take them and show them how to get parts for cars, and help provide support where we can.

“Following one of the club’s mottos of fostering an interest for vintage cars in the younger generation.”

Ashburton College Automotive teacher Patrick Neal (left) accepting the keys from Trevor Begg PHOTO MADDISON GOURLAY 010322-MG-003

Former SH72 ‘sucks’ up budget Jonathan Leask “It’s a real suck on our roading budget”.

Ashburton Councillor Stuart Wilson has called on Waka Kotahi to front up with much needed funds for the ongoing maintenance of the former State Highway 72.

Arundel Rakaia Gorge Road is part of the Inland Scenic Route 72 and stretches the length of

the district. As its highway designation was revoked in the early 1990s, it is only eligible for subsidised funding from Waka Kotahi of up to 51 per cent.

However, Wilson suggested that removing its State Highway status hasn’t stopped the traffic volumes or the maintenance requirements.

“It goes right across our county and it gobbles up so much of our maintenance funds,” Wilson said.

“So much of our resealing and rehabilitation goes into that one highway which is used by a lot of through traffic.”

Arundel Rakaia Gorge Road runs 57 km long though the Ash-

burton District, equating to 3.75 per cent of the total sealed network and carries an estimated 4.6 per cent of total traffic.

Over the past eight years council figures show it has spent a disproportionate amount of money on its section of Route 72.

The council’s maintenance spend on Arundel Rakaia Gorge Road has been 5.9 per cent ($1,063,400) of its total spend ($18,125,570), and the rehabilitation spend has been 16 per cent ($2,968,262) of the total ($17,639,827).

Wilson said the roading manager has described it as a never ending fix up where “you finish at

one end and start the other”.

He backed the mayor’s previous appeals for a higher subsidy on the former State Highway.

Waka Kotahi regional relationships director James Caygill said he was aware of calls for it to be restored as a State Highway but that “isn’t something we are actively considering”.

Waka Kotahi are aware of the maintenance costs he said and are interested in working with council as to how it can support that.

Contractors are currently making progress on a $1.3 million rehabilitation of Arundel Rakaia Gorge Road.

The first section of 2.5km started in January and is expected to be complete by Easter at an estimated cost of around $600,000, nearly a third of the council’s annual reconstruction budget.

The second section of the road will be rehabilitated in the 202223 financial year.

When that is complete, council will have rebuilt around 8km of the road since 2019.

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Council trims budget, 9.4% rate rise Ashburton District Councillors are planning to defer some projects as they wrestle with the rising cost of doing business in their Annual Plan 2022-23.

After a series of workshops over the past month to discuss budget challenges because of Covid-19 and inflation, a draft plan now shows Council will need to collect $44.265 million in rates across the district, compared to $40m collected this financial year.

Mayor Neil Brown said the overall rates increase was about 9.4 per cent, but that would vary across the district depending on where ratepayers lived and how much their properties had been affected by recent Government revaluations.

“We’ve spent a lot of time discussing how we can fund the things our ratepayers want and expect when the cost of doing business has risen so dramatically because of supply chain issues and inflation. The Annual Plan will be a no-frills plan about spending on projects we have to do, while maintaining day-to-day services.”

Council will consider approving the draft Annual Plan at its 6 April meeting, and given the plan is different from what was proposed in the Long Term Plan, Council will also be consulting with the community from 7 April to 6 May before finalising the Annual Plan in June 2022.

Mayor Brown said Council was committed

Deferring renovation work on Balmoral Hall is proposed in the Annual Plan.

to getting feedback from the community and hearing people’s views.

“We also want to talk about how we arrived at these figures and we will be holding several meetings across the district.

“A complicating factor this year has been the three-yearly revaluation of properties, which will affect urban ratepayers more as the value of their homes has risen more so than rural properties.”

As well as deferring a revamp of Balmoral Hall, Council is also proposing to defer building a new access road to the Ashburton Domain.

“We have been able to find some savings across Council operations, but other work has been dictated by Government. We must make improvements to our drinking water schemes to comply with new rules.

“Ashburton is facing the same economic factors that the whole world is navigating so this budget is about balancing needs and being realistic.”

He said Council had heard residents' concerns about roading and planned to use $2m from reserves to boost maintenance and improvements on the sealed and unsealed network.

Neil Brown, Mayor

Back to basics budget for 2022-23 Inflation, covid-related stresses and new property valuations have combined to have a big impact on rates this next financial year.

It’s these Big Three that we want to talk about when we consult on the Draft Annual Plan, which we expect to adopt in early April. That plan shows a 9.41 per cent increase on the amount of rates collected this financial year.

It’s not because Council has a string of major projects on the go.

The increase is the direct result of inflation, caused by covid. These financial circumstances are outside of our control as Councillors, but as we consider the budget for 2022-23 we have been able to make savings.

Not everyone will like them, but needs must in these unprecedented times.

In our Long Term Plan, we forecast rates would rise by an average 7.2 per cent based on 2.5 per cent inflation.

Now coming up to Year 2 of that plan, inflation has hit a 30-year high at about

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6 per cent and covid continues to affect supply chains and push up prices of everything from pipes to door handles.

So the budget is about keeping up levels of service expected by ratepayers – clean drinking water from your tap, the ability to flush the toilet and drive to work on roads that are in a safe condition. And it is about doing work that ensures Council infrastructure meets new Government compliance, like upgrading some of our drinking water supplies.

We’ve deferred other work, including the planned new entrance road into the Ashburton Domain.

The third issue that will affect people’s rates is their property rating valuation.

The district has just gone through its three-year cycle of property revaluations – urban properties have increased in value more than rural properties, quite the opposite from a few cycles ago.

So rates increases will vary across the district.

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Time limits in West St carpark extended

Good news for users of the West Street carpark: You can now park for 180 minutes (three hours) for free in the centre section. The two end sections remain free for all day parking.

Ashburton District Council operates the off-street parking facility and recently reviewed time-restricted parking in the centre of the carpark as part of the revitalisation of the CBD. Parking limits in the centre section have been extended from 120 minutes to 180 minutes.

Council Strategy and Compliance Group Manager Jane Donaldson said the West Street carpark had 142 all day spaces, 83 three-hour spaces, and two mobility spaces.

“Our data shows there is high demand for all day parking with 97 per cent peak occupancy in the end sections while the central spaces have a peak occupancy of about 60 per cent.

"We considered that increasing the time limit from 120 minutes to 180 minutes will allow visitors that extra time to enjoy their shopping experience in the CBD. There’s also plenty of space in the car park for camper vans and longer vehicles.”

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Rainwater recycled for EANC's gardens Hundreds of thousands of litres of rainwater are being harvested each year from the roof of the EA Networks Centre (EANC) and recycled for irrigation and washdowns.

Youth Council meeting, Tuesday 8 March, 4pm Methven Community Board meeting, Monday 14 March, 10.30am at Mt Hutt Memorial Hall Council meeting, Wednesday 16 March, 1pm (live-streamed)

In summer, water for irrigation is fed at night from the tanks through to gardens, lawns and trees at the front of the centre.

The rain now provides enough water for irrigation and washdowns to some external service areas.

It’s part of a focus on smart water use at the

Ashburton Water Zone Committee, Tuesday 22 March, 1pm Recycled rainwater keeps the EA Networks Centre gardens and lawn looking lush.

centre, where in the past the rain water just went into the stormwater ground swale.

The investment in irrigation means visitors are greeted by lush lawns and healthy trees and shrubs as the irrigation system is controlled by computer and happens between 11pm and 4am.

Council Community Services Group Manager Steve Fabish said rain that fell on the roof was an untapped resource.

“Recycling it for irrigation made good sense and it fits with our philosophy of using water and energy wisely.”

Agates add autumn sparkle at museum The Ashburton Art Gallery and Museum’s autumn exhibition From the Hills: Exploring our Agates will take visitors on a local journey that spans millions of years.

Art gallery and museum deputy director Danielle Campbell checks some of the agates for display at the museum.

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Rain that falls on the roof of the stadium and pool hall is fed by a network of gutters and pipes to two 33,000-litre tanks at the rear of the facility. A day of steady rain is enough to fill the tanks.

EANC staff have organised the area into different irrigation zones, with water supplied by drip and pop-up spray irrigation. Previous attempts to keep the grass green and trees and plants from dying were hampered by a lack of water.

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People with an interest in our district’s natural history will be able to learn more about how agates are formed, where they are found in Mid Canterbury and how they are cut and polished. Various agates from the Ashburton Museum’s collection will be on display, in addition to several that are on loan from Malcolm Luxton’s Agate Orphanage in Tinwald.

The museum has over 100 agates in its collection and Mr Luxton has over 4000 in

The new exhibition will include agates on display, photographs of agates, a vinyl ‘hashtag’ wall of agates that people can take photos in front of, an interactive map of Mid Canterbury where people can see what types of agates have been found where, and a quiz and selection of ‘fun facts’ for kids to discover.

There will also be a video of Mr Luxton talking about how he cuts and polishes agates.

The exhibition will be officially opened on Sunday 6 March at 2pm and people are welcome to come along then, or view the exhibition any time until Sunday 5 June.

Feedback closes 5pm, Sunday 13 March 2022.

The ANZ Business of the Year Awards and gala dinner have been rescheduled to later this year because of the increase in Covid-19 numbers and current restrictions.

Council Community Services Group Manager Steve Fabish said up to 400 people were expected to attend the gala, but it would have been limited to 100 under current restrictions.

“Given the level of interest and ticket sales, it was decided to push back the gala dinner to a date when everybody could attend. The quality of entrants was high and we want to ensure we can celebrate the successes of our amazing local businesses in the best possible way.

“We would like to thank the continued support of our primary sponsor ANZ Bank and the category sponsors Sheep Milk New Zealand, Mt Hutt, Naylor Love, Catalyst Performance Agronomy, Lynda Stevenson Chartered Accountants, Croys Ltd, HEB Construction and MediaWorks. We will work with our partners to monitor developments to lock in another date.”

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BOYA gala evening postponed by covid Ashburton District Council is partnering with ANZ Bank and Ri Ra Events to run the inaugural awards, which attracted an incredible 70 entries from businesses across eight different categories.

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Mixed views on cellphone ban Maddison Gourlay

Ashburton College may still be deciding whether to do about student cellphone use at school, but members of the public have strong views on the touchy subject.

It has become something of a domino effect, with one South Island school’s decision to ban cellphone use having now sparked others to think about making the same decision.

Recently Otago Boys’ High School decided to ban students’ cellphone usage during lunch and interval time, following Christchurch’s Hillmorton High School’s ban last year.

Ashburton College principal Ross Preece is yet to decide on whether they should be banned from his school.

He personally believes they’re “less than helpful,” but wants more evidence before deciding to ban them, limit them, or allow their ongoing use.

Guardian Facebook followers had mixed views on whether mobile phone usage should be banned during school breaks.

“I think kids need to reconnect with what school is for, there is plenty of time outside of school time in general for kids to need to use their phones,” Abby Calder said.

“Kids need to go back to connecting with people in person. I agree with the phone bans. Hand them in before school and retrieve

With several schools already banning the use of cellphones by students, Ashburton College principal Ross Preece is yet to decide on whether to ban them from his school. them after, unless for a specific reason.

Many parents commented on how a cellphone ban could have stopped the bullying their children went through.

“As a parent of a child who was recorded at school without his knowledge and a hate page created about him I say ban them completely from school,” Melissa

Gawn said. Gawn said her daughter goes to another school in the Otago area and they banned cellphone use last year and it has boded well for the students.

But although there were plenty in favour of banning cellphones, there were some people against the ban.

“Nope this is crap if this was the other way around and you were

trying to take adults’ phones at break time it could be an outrage and wouldn’t stand,” Sam Wills said.

“No to banning sometimes I need to contact them for important messages, lunch time is their free time, and for some maybe the only thing they have to occupy themselves,” – Trudy Beach.

There were plenty of comments

about how half a century ago people didn’t have phones and survived.

“Back in the 60s,70s 80s, how many had phones at school, if you needed to ring home you went to the office. There is no need to have phones at school, if you need to ring your parents go to the office.

I’m sure they have phones,” Margaret Horton said.

War outbreak means scams on the rise Scam advice

Lili Haydon Putin’s not the only one on the “rise”, scammer warnings are being issued as the worldwide turmoil increases.

District Neighbourhood Support co-ordinator, Sue Abel, is warning the public, especially the elderly, that scams will be on the rise due to the conflict with Ukraine and Russia.

Neighbourhood Support is working with the Ashburton police and other services on a sixweek campaign to advertise the most prevalent scams.

“These scams are particularly sophisticated and are trending upwards while Europe deals with its conflict,” Abel said.

The sanctions on Russia means the world will feel the impact financially in a trickle-down effect, so scammers will be more prevalent than ever.

According to Abel, scammers will be targeting the general public, but particularly the older population because they are more trusting and inclined to believe what they are told.

At the end of last year scams had become a concern within the Ashburton District elderly community. Many are becom-

If you do receive a message or text and are not sure please contact: Citizens Advice Bureau on 928 8761 or Sue Abel Neighbourhood Support on 027 296 1006.

Abel is also available at Community House on Tuesday morning at the Neighbourhood Support clinic from 9am to 12 noon.

The Ashburton District’s older population are being urged to be extra wary of messages or texts from strangers with a huge rise in scams expected. ing more isolated due to the increasing threat of Omicron and are also having to use technology they are not familiar with.

The concern became real when a local woman in her 80s got scammed out of $682 last year. A scammer told the woman to go buy iTunes vouchers, so they could swap the code on the vouchers for money. Luckily

the woman bought Countdown vouchers instead, so she managed to get her money back.

Abel is working with Ashburton Police Senior Sergeant Leigh Jenkins and Safe Communities Co-ordinator at Safer Ashburton, Lesley Symington, along with other specialists on collecting data and information to gather into a booklet with all of the find-

ings to help the community.

Jenkins also regularly uses his weekly radio slot on Hokonui to provide education and prevention information about how the community can avoid being the target of scammers.

According to Abel most scammers target the elderly by calling them and saying that they haven’t paid a bill, and through this ob-

tain their banking information.

“They feel silly, and they don’t know who to turn to,” Abel said.

In the meantime, Abel is imploring people to read everything they receive from strangers carefully before responding or pushing a button.

“Just from responding to an email or text – they can follow you,” Abel said.

This means scammers can track your every move, emails, banking transactions and deposits, they can even hack your social media accounts.

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Valerie Adams, a Kiwi sporting giant I

remember it like it was yesterday.

This striking, towering but oh so shy young girl of Tongan descent approached me for a chat. Except, she didn’t really say much. Hardly said boo, in fact.

She had a helper, someone to encourage her to speak to this visiting reporter, who was after the best story from the national schools’ athletic championship event in Hamilton.

She was a lady, who would later go on to shape so much of the young lass’s life. Her name was Kirsten Hellier.

The other person? You may have heard of her. Try Valerie Kasanita Adams. Back then, of course, and it was in the late 1990s, her surname was Vili.

She was just 14. But she was already making everyone stand

Daryl Holden up and take notice and not just because of how big and imposing she was. Because this giant of a girl – muscle-bound and well over six foot but perhaps embarrassed by her physique – was already a shotput and discus throwing sensation.

She was breaking records left, right and centre. She was destined to become one of the greatest, if not the greatest thrower of them all, and the ultimate ambassador for New Zealand, just for good measure.

And so it has proved.

She’s a Dame now, is our Val

Adams, who’s contemplating life outside the shotput circle after officially hanging up her size-14 throwing shoes after almost two decades at the top of her sport.

After two Olympic gold medals, eight world indoor and outdoor titles, three Commonwealth Games crowns and two babies, the 37-year-old has said that’s enough.

She’s retired from athletics, with a bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics last year capping an incredible career.

And it’s a career worth celebrating and acknowledging, especially when you understand where Dame Val has come from and how she matured into such a delightful, well-spoken national identity we should all be proud of. Because early on, life would not have been easy.

Her mum died when she was just 15 and her father was not really around. She had no parental figure, which is where Hellier’s influence well beyond a coach-athlete relationship became so pivotal.

Hellier became Adams’ surrogate mother, opening her life and house to the youngster.

The Hellier and Adams relationship went on to become one of the most dominant in New Zealand sport, which looking back seems hard to believe.

Because Hellier was a javelin thrower, a former national champion, who knew the basics of shotput, but didn’t know the real detail.

Together, they learned the art of shotputting and how to get the best out of each other while travelling the world.

It really was a remarkable sto-

ry, which lasted 12 years before, like all stories, it came to an end when Hellier decided she could offer no more to Adams as her coach in a messy split.

So now Adams has quit, but she’ll never be forgotten. She’s achieved things and set records that could last forever. Seven times she was named New Zealand Sportswoman of the Year, twice taking out Halberg Supreme honours.

Famously, she shares her champion genes with 17 siblings, including Paralympic shotput gold medallist Lisa Adams, whom she will continue to coach, and NBA basketball centre Steven Adams.

A remarkable family. A remarkable woman. The transformation from a shy young girl to a giant in world athletics well and truly complete.

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MSA Tai Chi Classes at 10am. Cost $3 per session Mt Hutt Memorial Hall at the MSA on Havelock Street.

160 Main Street, Methven Justice of the Peace NZ Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, JP available for all signing services Art Gallery and Hall of Memories. on Tuesdays and Fridays at 12pm10am 2pm. No appointment necessary.

Ashburton Aviation Musuem No fee. Community House, 44 Cass Static displays, collection of aircraft Street. and memorabilia on display from Ashburton MSA Petanque Club 1-3pm. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Competition and social play, all Road. welcome from 1pm at 115 Racecourse Road.

Weekdays R.S.A. Indoor Bowls Weekly social indoor bowls from Mid Canterbury Connector 1.15pm at the RSA Linton Lounge on Mid Canterbury Connector provides Cox Street. low-cost return trips to Ashburton Pickleball Ashburton from smaller towns or rural areas in an on-demand service, Mondays to Come and have a go at EA Networks Fridays, any time between 9am and Centre from 5-7pm. Paddles are 4.30pm. Book via the direct phone provided. line for bookings, which is 03 928 Mid Canterbury Badminton 8164.

Club Ashburton Aviation Museum Badminton Club night from 7-9pm.

Static displays, collection of aircraft All abilities welcome at EA Networks and memorabilia on display daily centre. from 1-3pm . Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

Monday

St David’s Union Church Women’s circuit training in the hall at 6am and 6pm at 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

Age Concern Ashburton Programme for the elderly runs Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at 10am. Enquiries to 308 6817.

Ashburton Community Walking Group Walking for about 30-40 minutes on Mondays and Fridays at 10.30am.

Meet Walnut Avenue Pavilion.

Mid Canterbury Linedancers Beginner class 1pm-2pm, intermediate 2pm-4.30pm at the Tinwald Memorial Hall. Instructor Annette Fyfe.

Tuesday

Ashburton Menz Shed Call in and have a chat and a cuppa from 9am-2pm at 8 William Street.

St David’s Union Church Walking group meets outside the church at 9.30am, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

Waireka Croquet Club Golf Croquet, draw singles from 9.45am Ashburton Domain off Philip Street.

Age Concern Ashburton Steady as you Go Gentle Falls Prevention Exercises. All levels of ability are welcome. $2 per 1hr session.

Held at Methven All Saints Anglican Church Chapman St at 10:30am Held at Rakaia St Andrews Presbyterian Church Bridge St at 1pm.

Held at Hampstead Hakatere Church Rooms, Oxford St at 1.30pm.

MSA Tai Chi Class is at 10.45am. Cost $3 per session at the MSA on Havelock Street.

Device Drop-In Sessions Free Device Help Sessions at the Ashburton Public Library every Wednesday between 2pm and 4pm.

Art Addicts Art Addicts (AA) is the Ashburton Art Gallery’s weekly art space for kids. Wrap up your Wednesday school day and head to the gallery to get creative and explore themes in art. A great space for children to learn and interact with each other.

Children of all ages are welcome.

Donations appreciated. 3 - 4.30pm Mid Canterbury Linedancers Beginner class 6.30pm-7.30pm, intermediate 7.30pm-9pm at the Tinwald Memorial Hall. Instructor Annette Fyfe

Thursday

Ashburton Menz Shed Call in and have a chat and a cuppa from 9am-2pm at 8 William Street.

Wednesday Age Concern Ashburton St David’s Union Church Women’s Circuit training in the hall at Ladies exercise class at 9.30am at the Ashburton Seniors Centre at 206 6am at 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

Cameron Street.

Ashburton Menz Shed Park Street Line Dancers Call in and have a chat and a cuppa Low impact, during the school term. from 9am-2pm at 8 William Street.

9.30am - 11am at St Stephen’s Parish Age Concern Ashburton Centre.

Steady as you Go Gentle Falls Mid Canterbury Badminton Prevention Exercises. All levels Club of ability are welcome. $2 per 1hr Weekly morning games, free racket session. Contact 308-6817. hire, all welcome from 9.30am-11am Held at Allenton St David’s Church, at the E A Networks Sports Centre.

Allens Rd at 9.30am.

Fit Kidz Held at Ashburton Buffalo Lodge For preschoolers and caregivers at Rooms, Cox St at 10.30am.

10am at St David’s Union Church, 48 Held at Ashburton Buffalo Lodge Allens Road.

Rooms, Cox St at 1.30pm.

MSA Tai Chi Held at Staveley Community Hall at Classes at 10.45am. Cost $3 per 2pm. session at the MSA on Havelock Pickleball Ashburton Street.

Check out this fast growing racket Age Concern Ashburton sport. Come and have fun every Steady as you Go Gentle Falls Wednesday from 9.30am - 11.30am Prevention Exercises. All levels at EA Network Centre.

St Stephen’s Anglican Church of ability are welcome. $2 per 1hr session. Contact 308-6817.

Holy Communion at 10am on Park Held at Tinwald Holy Spirit Church, Street.

Thomson Street at 11am.

Hip Hop for Seniors Held at Ashburton St Stephen’s 10am-11am at the Ashburton Senior Church Park Street at 1pm.

Centre, 206 Cameron Street, Held at Ashburton Buffalo Lodge Ashburton. $5. Phone 308-6817 Rooms Cox at 1pm.

Waireka Croquet Club Ashburton St Stephen’s Association Croquet 10am Church 12am, doubles from 1-4pm at the Ashburton Buffalo Lodge Rooms Cox Ashburton Domain off Philip Street. at 1pm.

Gold Croquet 1.15pm draw.

Ashburton MSA Petanque Club Ashburton open coffee Social play for beginners and mornings If you are new to town or been living experienced players from 1.30pm at 115 Racecourse Road. Ashburton. here all of your life, come and have a coffee and chat at a child-friendly location. All are welcome at the Friday Plunket rooms, 222 Cameron Street.

St David’s Union Church Please contact Adi 027 220-8791 Women’s Circuit training in the hall or Sue-ann 021 679-348 to register.

10.30am - 12 noon at 6am, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

Ashburton Community Walking Group Walking for about 30-40 minutes on Mondays and Fridays at 10.30am.

Meet Walnut Avenue Pavilion.

St Stephen’s Anglican Church Seniors Coffee Club at 10.30am St Stephen’s Parish Centre Park street Ashburton Justice of the Peace JP available for all signing services from 12-2pm. No appointment necessary. No fee. Community House.

44 Cass Street.

Age Concern social group Seniors social group with speaker, entertainment, quiz, exercises and morning tea at 10am in the Seniors Centre on Cameron Street.

Pickleball Ashburton Come and have a go at EA Networks CentreCentre from 6-8pm. Paddles are provided.

Morning Worship at 65 Oxford Street led by Rev Johanna Warren at 10am.

Vaccine Pass mandatory please.

Pickleball Ashburton Come and have a go at EA Networks Centre from 3-5pm. Paddles are provided.

Waireka Croquet Club Casual play from 1.15pm at the Ashburton Domain off Philip Street.

Saturday

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Run And Walk Ashburton Meet outside frontrunner on Moore Street at 7.30am, runners and walkers, all fitness levels welcome.

Coffee and chat at Columbus Cafe afterwards.

Ashburton Farmers’ Market Support local stall holders selling local fresh produce, plants, hot food and drinks. North end of West Street car park Ashburton from 9am 12.30pm.

Craft market Plants, woodwork, toys and much more weekly from 9am - 12pm in the West Street carpark.

Ashburton Vintage Car Club Museum and parts shed open from 10am-12pmat 86 Maronan Road.

Tinwald.

Ashburton Aviation Museum A great selection of many aircraft, from the past to the future at the Ashburton Airport from 10am - 3pm.

Waireka Croquet Club Golf Croquet 1.15pm draw at the Ashburton Domain off Philip Street.

Sunday

St Stephen’s Anglican Church Holy Communion at 8am and 10am on Park Street.

Ashburton Strollers Club Dry Achern, All welcome. Meeting at courthouse 8:30am.

St David’s Union Church Worship Service led by Rev Henry Mbambo from 9.30am at 48 Allens Road, Ashburton.

St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church Morning Worship led by Rev Eric Mattrock from 10am at Sinclair Centre Park Street. Vaccine passes mandatory.

St Andrew’s Anglican Church Holy Communion at 10am on Thomson Street.

Hakatere Presbyterian Parish

Every Tues and Fri

Blacksmiths Come and view the new display at the Methven Museum on blacksmiths who were operating in and around Methven. Open Tuesday and Friday 2-4. Admission is free but donations are welcome.

St Stephen’s Anglican Church Evensong at 5pm Park Street.

Ashburton Toy Library Open every Thursday and Saturday from 9.30am - 12.30pm, , plus every alternate Tuesday afternoon 3.30pm5pmat 106 Victoria Street.

Second Fri of every month

In Colour, art and craft club In Colour is the Ashburton Art Gallery’s monthly programme for unleashing your creativity. Bring along your art and craft projects to share with others over morning tea once a month. 10.30am - 12 noon.

Second and fourth Friday of every month St Stephen’s Anglican Church Seniors Coffee Club 10.30am on Park Street.

Last Sun of every month

Nor’Westers Muso’s Club A monthly open mic afternoon at Feeney’s Lounge in the Devon Tavern, Ashburton. All the gear is set up, just bring your talent – all are welcome, as is any style of music.

2pm - 6pm.

First Sunday of every month

Methven Market A local produce and craft market at the Methven Resort on the first Sunday of each month from 9am to 1pm.

Monthly

Ashburton Embroiderers’ Guild Meet Seniors Centre 206 Cameron Street held on the first Saturday of the month 10.30am - 3.30pm, second Thursday of the month 1pm 3.30pm, third Tuesday of the month 7pm - 9pm, and the fourth Thursday of the month 10.30am - 3.30pm.

All events are subject to change under Covid restrictions March 19-20 Militaria and Aviation Extravaganza The Ashburton Aviation Museum is joining forces with the Military Adventure Group to put on an extravaganza over a two-day period. The display will see one of the largest presentations

of military uniforms, weapons, and equipment ever assembled at one display. This will be situated in the Superhanger provided for use by the museum. 9am-4.30pm both days.

Tickets: Family pass $38, Adult: $16, Child $5, MotorHome Parking: $5.

September 19 Kevin ‘Bloody’ Wilson Kevin ‘Bloody’ Wilson returns to NZ, bringing Kiwi’s another side-spitting dose of his original fair-dinkum Aussie humour supported by Jenny Talia from Australia. His latest stage

show, F.U.P.C, spotlights Political Correctness for what it is and how Kev sees it – a big giggle crafted in song – guaranteed to have you bellylaughing at subject matter you’re not supposed to be laughing at. At the Ashburton Trust Event Centre at 7.30pm.

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Canes prove a point The Canes deserve a public apology

Last week a misinformed critic (OK, it was me) wrote that it was hard to tell if the 14 points the Hurricanes scored in the last 10 minutes against the Crusaders was due to “a lapse in concentration from the Crusaders, or a sign of steel in the Canes”.

After the Windy City Wonders’ stunning comeback for a 33-32 victory over the heavily favoured Blues, a big mea culpa is needed for not seeing the high-tensile nature of the backbone in this Canes team.

It was a perfect touch that the thrilling last-gasp try was scored by captain Ardie Savea, a player who gives everything he’s got, and then somehow drags out another burst of energy.

There’s been a lot of media

scepticism about Super Rugby this year, but anyone who didn’t find the last 10 minutes in Dunedin exciting needs to consider a new career as that whinging guy (it’s always a guy) at the RSA bar who reckons the game’s been stuffed ever since it went professional.

Deja vu all over again

Roger Tuivasa-Sheck’s debut in professional rugby was deeply impressive. It’s worth keeping in mind that the 28-year-old wasn’t just a good league player, he was a great one. Even the Aussies had to acknowledge that he was the best fullback in the NRL, which is really something, given that since 1995 they’d never given a Dally M award to anyone in the Warriors.

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Nobody would ever suggest a four-hour bus trip from Queenstown to Dunedin is an ideal way to prepare to face a gutsy, revved-up Highlanders side.

But the opening stages of the game in Dunedin, which they eventually won 34-19, was as weird as any 13 minutes of rugby the Crusaders have played since Scott Robertson was at the helm.

The Highlanders put enormous pressure on from the opening whistle, but still, for the Crusaders to be behind 13-0 after 13 minutes did feel a little like a scarfie’s Speights-induced hallucination.

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The only unsettling thought was that the poor man’s been hearing that this was going to be the Warriors’ year for six years.

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The good news for Christie, as he’s about to turn 24, is that his rugby future, after surgery last March, looks assured again, so there’s no urgent need to find an office job to use the accountancy degree he’s almost completed.

Technically he’s impeccable on the tackle, which allows the former New Zealand under-20 captain to stop rampaging big men like Shannon Frizell head on, while his cat-like reflexes make it hard for even Aaron Smith, such a brilliant runner near the breakdown, to find breathing space.

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Run Jordan through a rugby testing station and the warrant would be guaranteed. Good under the high ball? Tick. Safe in the tackle, with the heart and the size, at 1.88m and 94kg, for the job? Tick.

Much stronger than his rangy physique might suggest?

Tick.

Just ask Rhys Marshall, the powerful 107kg Highlanders hooker, who got a vice-like grip on the back of Jordan’s shorts 10 metres from the tryline in Dunedin, but was towed to the chalk as Jordan scored the sensational 66th-minute try that put the result beyond doubt.

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Ashburton Guardian Thursday, March 3, 2022

Mid Canterbury’s horse and dog racing action

Making hay while the sun shines who does the majority of the stable driving these days – was handed a suspension at Matt Oamaru on Sunday.

That means he’ll jump in the cart behind Markham maiden pacer Bettorlini, and also promising trotter Westar Milly, through the early stages of tonight’s meeting, and both look It’s been a steady diet of racehorses and to hold strong each-way chances.

It’s not just the Hope stable who have headers for the past few weeks for Ricky called May in off the bench either.

May. Cran Dalgety and his wife Chrissie will The champion horseman has been splitting his time between his racing require- use the winner of more than 3000 races on ments and those of running a successful their smart filly Suntan in a very even field, farm operation on the outskirts of Meth- and it will require all of May’s patient brilliance to get the ven, as the It will require all of May’s patient mare into the rush is on to right spot after get an interbrilliance to get the mare into the she picked up rupted harright spot after she picked up a tricky a tricky marble vest completon the second ed after a few marble on the second line. line. weeks of wet If May can weather.

But the weather will be the least of May’s get a run from there, she’s shown more concerns tonight, as he swaps the farm than enough ability in the past to be a very gear for driving gear and heads to Adding- strong contender in the event.

May also gets the chance to sit behind ton Raceway, where he’s been the benefactor of some bad luck to one driver, and on talented trotting mare, Time Up The Hill, hand to pick up a few catch drives from for good friend Michael Ward in the night’s feature trotting race. others.

The race became a little easier on TuesMay has six drives on the nine-race card, including two pick up drives for the Greg day when likely dominant favourite Three and Nina Hope stable after their son, Ben – Wise Men was scratched, but there’s still a

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big field of trotters to contend with for the mare, who looked to be getting back to her best with a good second last time out.

Rakaia horseman Gerard O’Reilly will be looking to start the night on the right note when he lines up his own horse, Bettor Be Sharp, in the first race.

The three-yearold filly has shown plenty of promise in two starts with two placings, and from a good draw this evening looks a big chance to go one spot better than last time and pick up her maiden success.

Later in the night, ultra-consistent trotter Vertigo will look to build on her excellent recent form for trainer/driver, Lawrence McCormick.

The daughter of Peak hasn’t missed a beat

since winning at the Methven meeting in January with two starts since, both netting strong showings including finishing second last time out.

She falls into a very even race this evening, with another local hope, Test The Boundaries also a serious contender for success for the father and son combination of Allan and Jason Ford from Rakaia.

Ricky May has six drives at Addington tonight.

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NZ Metro harness Today at Addington Raceway

R1 IRT. YOUR HORSE. OUR PASSION MOBILE PACE $12,000 1980m 17:26 1 Rodasi R J Butt 2 Sweet Joy B N Orange 3 Wotsonyamind 4 56233 Bondi Lustre M J Williamson 5 32 Bettor Be Sharp G D O’Reilly 6 58454 Sheza Manipulator M P Edmonds 7 8 Backburn K M Cox 8 9x348 Vincent Vega T S Chmiel R T May 9 7x7 Bettorlini R D Close 10 90543 Hey Tonight 11 38988 Hikoi Hine Korbyn Newman R2 NZB STANDARDBRED MOBILE PACE $12,500 1980m 17:52 1 17608 Kowhai Magic T S Chmiel T M Williams 2 43012 Matt Major 3 9745 Mighty Reactor Sheree Tomlinson B N Orange 4 31 Coachella 5 38338 Baileys Diamond R D Close G D O’Reilly 6 00x27 Shanika R T May 7 17073 Ruby’s A Delight 8 82231 Best Trio John Morrison R J Butt 9 10833 Ultimate Bird

M J Williamson 10 44257 Sneak A Peek J R Dunn 11 57585 Silk R3 SPEIGHTS MOBILE TROT $12,500 1980m 18:16 1 53049 Ready I Am P J Wakelin 2 26573 Rachmaninov T J Grant 3 310qx Top Hat And Tails B N Orange 4 54372 Trixton Time Sarah O’Reilly 5 094x8 Gaz Man R D Close 6 x0303 Steel Dust G D O’Reilly 7 91202 Muscle Bank G D Smith 8 41375 Bright Glow I R Cameron S J Ottley 9 93014 Sioux Princess R4 McMILLAN EQUINE FEEDS MOBILE TROT $12,000 1980m 18:41 1 7x065 Rush Craig D Thornley 2 20 Lil Miss Muscles S J Ottley 3 902 Cosmic Angel M G Heenan 4 68x4 Westar Milly 5 3x553 La Dama B N Orange 6 Bellerophonte Korbyn Newman 7 46x Roydon Muscle R D Close 8 733xq Mr Love R T May R5 HYDROFLOW MOBILE PACE $13,500 1980m 19:06 1 4821 Better Fly R D Close

G D O’Reilly 2 21085 Stephs Boy 3 4737x Peraki Reactor T M Williams K Butt 4 6x001 Sonic Reign 5 4060x Duffy Hollow 6 49603 Jack Ryan R T May 7 7472 Off The Edge B Weaver 8 53543 Bettor Grunter B N Orange 9 21402 Acento R D Holmes 10 55343 Suntan S O’Reilly 11 22304 Riveered J W Cox M J Williamson 12 40516 He’s Tough R6 HOTEL MONTREAL HANDICAP TROT $15,000 2600m 19:31 1 x4492 Time Up The Hill R T May B J Borcoskie 2 62314 The Bloss 3 36447 Show Me The Gray R D Close B N Orange 4 34832 Cochy Malc 5 710 Repeat Pat G D Smith T M Williams 6 0616x Fighting Fire M J Williamson 7 10626 Missalyssa 8 9x287 The Player Korbyn Newman S J Ottley 9 18458 Majestic Chick R J Butt 10 74511 Phoebe Onyx 11 64x35 Chief Of Staff J R Dunn

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12 11x34 Five Wise Men R7 RICOH PACE $12,500 2600m 19:56 1 5974x Megarock G D O’Reilly 2 47x1 Itsamoneymaker J R Dunn 3 x8998 Bolzano B Weaver 4 1x Carana J C Hay 5 22155 Here’s Herbie C J DeFilippi 6 1096 Gronkowski G D Smith 7 35109 Watching Our Coin M P Edmonds 8 48351 Get Back John Morrison B N Orange 9 24416 Dannemora R J Butt 10 23126 Himself R8 DUNSTAN HORSEFEEDS HANDICAP TROT $12,500 2600m 20:26 1 54317 Bryan Boru Korbyn Newman 2 26152 Vertigo L D McCormick 3 33309 Boss Kenny John Morrison 4 530 Ali Lindenny J R Dunn 5 4684 Awesome Impee P J Wakelin 6 x0605 Silverlinings R T May 7 23122 Magnifique Dimanche K M Cox 8 23107 Prince Teka K G Cameron S J Ottley 9 54007 Escargo 10 73663 Test The Boundaries Jason Ford

R9 FIRST DIRECT TAXIS MOBILE PACE $15,000 1980m 20:51 1 6947x Serg Blanco Z C Power 2 60x09 Georgie Zukov John Morrison 3 93242 Yorokobi R D Close 4 52283 A Bettor Act J R Dunn 5 2902x Peraki Seelster B N Orange 6 36521 Cloudy Bay T M Williams 7 40637 Soundsofcash G D Smith 8 45063 Heza Sport C J DeFilippi J W Cox 9 12405 Samhara

1 77371 Homebush Archie J T Mc Inerney 2 32155 Notorious Heist A G Bradshaw 3 53213 Edge Of Reason J E Dunn 4 64158 Smooth Step M M Grant 5 25572 Rapid Raccoon C J Weir 6 13712 Goldstar Nolan R L Evans 7 68157 Mustang Megan A L Hart 8 78512 Romeo J T Mc Inerney 9 41667 Ghost Mode A L Hart 10 18285 Goldstar Linda R L Evans R9 Selwyn-Rakaia Vet Services Stakes $5500 520m Type:C4/5 14:20 1 51728 Go Johnny Go Matt Roberts 2 53612 Opawa Harper R Wales 3 13442 Goldstar Yankee R L Evans 4 25616 Opawa Anita J & D Fahey 5 7x541 Seductive Kiwi C J Weir 6 5x114 Opawa Star J & D Fahey 7 67137 Money Spinner C Roberts 8 52466 Dalisha Bale C Roberts R10 Steve Anngow Drapes & Blinds Ph0272719588 Sprint $3,600 295m Type:C5 14:36 1 43311 Goldstar Portia R L Evans 2 13363 Hilton Hope B C Dann 3 x1661 La Rochelle J E Dunn 4 67741 Nova Rapide A G Bradshaw 5 55142 Miss Adobe Matt Roberts 6 81625 Homebush Chloe J T Mc Inerney

7 21623 Amuri Fury J T Mc Inerney 8 61641 Goldstar Shaggy R L Evans 9 41667 Ghost Mode A L Hart 10 18285 Goldstar Linda R L Evans R11 Balcairn Stockfoods & CopRice Dog Food Dash $2700 295m Type:C4 14:56 1 43113 Souffle Sue J T Mc Inerney 2 47443 Trousseau J E Dunn 3 45212 Tweet About It A L Hart 4 31167 Goldstar Quinn R L Evans 5 61666 Claws In Creed Matt Roberts 6 11764 Jocelyn J M Jopson 7 14642 Right On Ramsay A G Bradshaw 8 71151 It’s Better J & D Fahey 9 45866 Impressive Sonic J T Mc Inerney 10 14668 Diamond Harmony M M Grant R12 Racing Again 4 March @ 11.56pm Sprint $2700 295m Type:C4 15:13 1 23726 Thunder Hallows A G Bradshaw 2 31875 Opawa Oscar R Wales 3 55681 Coffee Biscuit J M Jopson 4 13333 Reddy Moth A L Hart 5 441x5 Peponi Bale C Roberts 6 34187 Barbara’s Angel J T Mc Inerney 7 51576 Goldstar Harper R L Evans 8 37751 Epic Addi J M Jopson 9 45866 Impressive Sonic J T Mc Inerney 10 14668 Diamond Harmony M M Grant

Matt Markham’s Addington Selections Race 1: Bettor Be Sharp, Sweet Joy, Wotsonyamind, Rodasi Race 2: Matt Major, Coachella, Best Trio, Shanika Race 3: Sioux Princess, Muscle Bank, Steel Gust, Gaz Man Race 4: Mr Love, Bellerophonte, Westar Milly, La Dama Race 5: Riveered, He’s Tough, Jack Ryan, Stephs Boy Race 6: Phoebe Onyx, Chief Of Staff, Missalyssa, Time Up The Hill Race 7: Dannemora, Carana, Itsamoneymaker, Carana Race 8: Magnifique Diamanche, Test The Boundaries, Vertigo, Boss Kenny Race 9: Samhara, Heza Sport, Cloudy Bay, Yorokobi BEST BET: Matt Major (R2) VALUE: Sioux Princess (R3)

Today at Addington Raceway

R2 The Fitz Sports Bar Dash $2700 295m Type:C4 12:01 1 58167 Adobe Derulo Matt Roberts 2 55125 Homebush Stasser J T Mc Inerney 3 64124 Beck Eleven L J Waretini 4 17175 Starr Blueblood J T Mc Inerney 5 81425 Ovens Angler A L Hart 6 45132 Smash Ready M M Grant 7 37247 Mine Hunter J M Jopson 8 44312 Goldstar Larson R L Evans 9 45866 Impressive Sonic J T Mc Inerney 10 14668 Diamond Harmony M M Grant R2 Happy Birthday Warren (Noddy) Smith Dash $2400 295m Type:C3 12:18 1 45564 Longshanks A G Bradshaw 2 15321 King Kali M M Grant 3 21412 Clark’s A Lark A H Lee 4 44724 Goldstar Ange R L Evans 5 477x2 Amuri Batman J T Mc Inerney 6 65764 Impressive Mario J T Mc Inerney 7 45377 Homebush Liam J T Mc Inerney 8 75567 Know Pick G A Cleeve 9 68286 Onesie L J Waretini 10 17886 Penny Jane A L Hart R3 mayhounds.org.nz Rehoming Group Sprint $2400 295m Type:C3 12:35 1 88265 Rowdy’s Message J M Jopson 2 26145 Goldstar Clover R L Evans

3 15858 Mable Jewel C Roberts 4 73223 Calculated Risk A G Bradshaw 5 24166 Lady Sobers J T Mc Inerney 6 22431 Denarau Delight M M Grant 7 46633 Amuri Early J T Mc Inerney 8 15818 Homebush Roxy J T Mc Inerney 9 68286 Onesie L J Waretini 10 17886 Penny Jane A L Hart R4 Travel Bug Charlie On Instagram Sprint $2400 295m Type:C3 12:52 1 338x2 Young Mase J M Jopson 2 77122 Smash Shadow M M Grant 3 12165 Know Hinder G A Cleeve 4 42117 Miss Madrid J T Mc Inerney 5 76333 Amuri Patti J T Mc Inerney 6 11135 Sozin’s Princess J T Mc Inerney 7 34448 Homebush Sparkle J T Mc Inerney 8 15544 Gary A L Hart 9 68286 Onesie L J Waretini 10 17886 Penny Jane A L Hart R5 Thursday Place Pick Stakes $3300 520m Type: SPECA 13:10 1 x8154 Opawa Gina J & D Fahey 2 75752 Diamond Warrior M M Grant 3 46332 Claws In Rambo Matt Roberts 4 11413 Opawa Pip L J Waretini 5 62114 Carlos Jewel C Roberts 6 17571 Frank J T Mc Inerney

7 21126 Chatty Mavis J & D Fahey 8 54621 Mandy Jewel C Roberts 9 75x37 Tomfoolery L J Waretini 10 28528 Humbling J & D Fahey R6 Clarkson’s Sign Studio Sprint $2700 295m C4 13:27 1 71524 Goldstar Flora R L Evans 2 25471 Bushvale Briley J M Jopson 3 84365 Suck It Up A L Hart 4 15348 Amuri Luck J T Mc Inerney 5 47841 Free For All M M Grant 6 22213 Homebush Glitch J T Mc Inerney 7 73856 Goldstar Wynter R L Evans 8 52276 Simon The Pieman A H Lee 9 45866 Impressive Sonic J T Mc Inerney 10 14668 Diamond Harmony M M Grant R7 Suck It Up Ltd Sprint $2400 295m Type:C3 13:45 1 48278 Homebush Fanta J T Mc Inerney 2 44241 Sozin’s Queen J T Mc Inerney 3 32415 Homebush Honey J T Mc Inerney 4 47481 Goldstar Gigi R L Evans 5 55426 Know Ratio G A Cleeve 6 81184 Fly High Buddy L J Waretini 7 75533 Opawa Jaws R Wales 8 35285 Regal Jock J T Mc Inerney 9 68286 Onesie L J Waretini 10 17886 Penny Jane A L Hart R8 Active Electrical Christchurch Sprint $3600 295m Type:C5 14:01

CLUB NEWS 15

Ashburton Guardian Thursday, March 3, 2022

Ashburton Bowling Club

Contrary to recent and current weather conditions, Tuesday the 22nd was a glorious day for the Rakaia Farmers Tournament in which 60+ bowlers took part. As part of a composite team skipped by Mike Quinn, and which included John Drayton, Ashburton’s Murray Anderson and John Kewish won the tournament with 4 wins and Ashburton’s Doug Kinvig, Graham Taylor, Russell Lowe and George Crack came a worthy 5th with 3 wins.

At the Friday Triples at Allenton on the 25th, Ashburton’s Doug Kinvig, Des Prendergast and Peter Quinn came 2nd with 3 wins and 14 ends.

Ashburton’s Rollover Triples on Saturday was cancelled because of no-shows. A handful of members, unable to take part, had their own rollover in the chilly drizzle, but glad of the chance to be on a green again!

The weather did deteriorate as the afternoon progressed but did not stop the Lowry Cup going ahead. Ashburton members (ladies and men) withstood the ever-increasing chilly drizzle to gallantly mark cards and boards for the Lowry Cup matches throughout the day. Well done to them!

Competitions scheduled to be played at Ashburton BC are the Friday Triples, sponsored by Toyota, on the March 4 at 12.30pm, and the Ashburton Ladies Triples, sponsored by Ashburton Trust, on Monday March 7 at 10 am. Names have also been asked for the white board for the Harry Lee Drawn Teams, sponsored

by Pearson’s Coachlines, on the 10th at 12.30pm. All these events are subject to weather conditions and the effect of the prevailing situation in the country.

In House Glassey Pairs, sponsored by Subway, has been re-scheduled for 21st March, names on board please.

Confirmation of re-scheduled events not yet advised: Ladies Prestige (unfinished); Sub Centre over 75s triples (postponed); Ashburton Ladies Drawn Fours (postponed). In the meantime, good bowling everyone, but more importantly, please stay safe!

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Ashburton Bridge Club

There are some hands where distribution is a vital factor in the bidding and the final contract – this hand is very much one of those.

Dealer, North will pass leaving East with 11 high card points, an eight card Heart siut, and the added value of a void in Spades, to open 1 Heart. Whether West chooses to bid 2 Diamonds or show his Heart support with a bid of 3 Hearts, the final contract will be 4 Hearts. West is limited by his singleton Club Q when elevating his hand.

What will South lead against 4 Hearts? A Spade, a Diamond, or the Club A? It really matters not, and now the end result depends on how declarer, East, plays the Heart suit.

There are only 2 Hearts out in defenders’ hands but are they both in the one hand, or divided 1 apiece? As the cards lie, the Heart K will drop under the Heart A and the contract is made with 2 overtricks – a very pleasing result.

Ashburton County Lions

President Sue welcomed members and a visitor from the Oamaru Lions Club.

District Governor Christine presented President Sue with a Certificate of appreciation of the work she has carried out during her year as President.

Ten-year membership Chevrons were presented to Lions Cynthia, Lynda, Gwenda, and Julie. 15-year chevron to Lion Nicola, 20 years to Lion Lynette, 25years to Lion Helen.

The club will assist with the Blind Low Vision Red Puppy appeal on 25/26th March.

An updated Club Protocol booklet was given to each member.

Lion Janet gave us a summary of the Emerging Leaders Lions Course that she attended in January, along with 24 other Lions. 3 days of presentations, covering all aspects of the Lions work/philosophy and looking to the future of the organization.

She came away from the course, tired but full of enthusiasm and passion to continue and encourage the work of Lions within our club, community and internationally.

District Governor Christine introduced

Entrants line up for Run and Walk Ashburton’s Summer series.

Derek Wardell, who gave a brief outline of his involvement in Lions. The County Lions Club will submit his nomination for 2nd Vice District Governor for 2022/23 year.

Due to covid restrictions the annual Lions Convention has been cancelled but online voting will take place.

Members enjoyed a lovely meal and fellowship followed by a Quiz – Lion Gill had come up with some tricky but fun questions.

In May this year County Lions will celebrate the 35th anniversary of the club – a small committee has been formed to organize a suitable celebration. Any ideas from members most welcome.

With the uncertain times we are all facing at the moment, a lot of activities/ fundraisers are having to be postponed or cancelled, but the welfare of our members and community is paramount.

The Tailtwister had her usual ‘fines’ and jokes to make us all laugh and go home on a happy note.

Ashburton Electronic Organ And Keyboard Club

Rose started the evening off by playing us in to some good old favourite tunes, Blue Smoke, Baby Blue, Words and By the light of the Silvery Moon being just a few of them. Nice to listen to. Janet then played a medley on her keyboard followed by Mockingbird Hill and You always hurt the one you love. – Very enjoyable.

Colin was next up and he entertained us playing his ukulele. Considering there are only 4 strings, he was able to produce some great and different music including, The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde, Sunrise Sunset, Estudio and What a Wonderful World. John was next and he recalled some of the escapades he got up to as a 17 year old. – Must have been quite a lad I think.

Suzie’s Group made up of Suzie, Alison, and Irene playing accordions, Bernard on keyboard and Margaret on piano included in their item Love Letters in the Sand, Let me Call You Sweetheart, Baby Face and She”ll Be Coming Round the Mountain. Really neat to listen to. Iris on keyboard entertained us by playing Celebration Rag, If I Were a Rich Man and Lily of Laguna, to name a few. Margaret and Ian produced a great item playing the spoons and ukulele and singing Banks of The Ohio, Are you Mine and Have I told You Lately That I Love you.

Bev then had a few jokes to share before Ann on the piano played several interesting variations of Happy Birthday played from the book of 88 Happy Birthday Variations by Forrest Kinney.

Alison’s group (which was the same as Suzie’s group) then finished the evening off with Spanish Eyes, Girl of My Dreams, Down by The Riverside, Five Foot Two, If you knew Suzie and Four Leaf Clover.

A very interesting and enjoyable evening was had by all.

Ashburton Golf Club

Club champs qualifying first round was held last Saturday. Stroke round off the Blue tees. The course was playing long, the greens were fast and you could have discovered lost tribes in the deep rough.

Throw in a howling southerly storm in the afternoon, what more do you need. Could any mere mortal shoot anywhere near there handicap?

Well, 3 players shot bang on it; Tonee Hurley, Oliver Davo and Josh Coyle with net 72s. Jen Sheppard and Noel Sutton did even better with 71s.

Dave Morrison had a great round of 73 gross for net 70, but top of the pile for the first time in two years with a net 67 was a Bald Yorkshireman. Maybe because the week was sponsored by Harveys Bakehouse, I had been sampling some treats and with the extra poundage it kept me well anchored through the wind, or the fact that my handicap had ballooned out to 19 with the bad hip and now that I’m fully fit again, its time to make hay.

Anyway, it was great to get back in the

prizes. I’m sure it was just a flash in the pan and normal service will soon be resumed.

This week Matt is holding one of his popular pro shop days and the whole week is sponsored by Sega Golf. Check out his poster on the website, you can choose your tees red/yellow, white or blue, but no drivers allowed. Come along and support our wonderful pro and enjoy a great day.

Coming up at the end of the month our great friends from Tinwald are holding their 3500. This is a wonderful two-day tournament, very well run, and the Ashburton members are always made very welcome, as long as we don’t win anything! The Tinwald gang brought a good number over the bridge to our Classic so its payback time. Get your entries in soon because it will fill up.

Pennants are on the horizon; we have put quite a few teams in the grades. Jeff Hewitt and Robbie will be captaining teams in the Holmes/Hayes scratch league, Davo will take on the Redpath team. The young pups had a mutiny and threw captain Tom overboard and First mate Dylan takes over.

The old dogs welcome back Paddy, their much-loved leader, and Shane will control the Alex team. The old man Penney teams will be organised by Old Spud and Dave Fisher. If you fancy a game of pennants just catch up with one of the captains and make yourself known.

That will do for now; good golfing.

Ashburton MSA Petanque

Over the weekend 10 local players competed in the South Island Triples Tournament in Christchurch. Congratulations to Neville Bensdorp, who won the title along with his Christchurch partners, while Richard Browne and his Dunedin partners were runners-up in the Consolation, and Chris Taylor along with her Dunedin partners were 3rd in this category. Karen Bensdorp was part of the team who won the Plate, with the two remaining Ashburton teams coming 3rd and 6th.

While it got very cold both days we were lucky it didn’t rain. It was a very friendly tournament and great to see so many of our players up there.

Following our Have a Go Day recently, it was pleasing to see several new people arrive last week to play and they all enjoyed their games and are keen to join.

We would love to see more men join and of course some younger people would be great to ensure the future of the club. We aim to trial Saturday play later this year in an attempt to attract people who work during the week.

The visit from Lochlea has been cancelled this week due to Covid, so hopefully we will get a chance to play against them later in the year when hopefully things are back to normal.

We really are very lucky with our sport that we can continue to play in tournaments in other towns, due to the fact that players must be double vaccinated, and usually there is less than 100 people attending in total.

This weekend the NZ Women’s Triples and the NZ Triples are being held in

Beautiful blooms from the Dahlia Circle Table Show.

Horowhenua, best of luck to our players attending.

The following Sunday we have the Club Mixed Doubles and then the Over The Hill tournament for 80 years and over on the Wednesday. Other clubs have been invited to play in this also.

March will end with our 10 year anniversary, which we are looking forward to.

Remember you are most welcome to join us any Tuesday and/or Thursday to learn the game. Be at 115 Racecourse Road by 1pm, equipment and tuition is provided, and enjoy a cuppa at the end of play. A Vaccine Pass is required.

Dahlia Circle

Our 2nd table show was held this week, 154 vases displayed, a very good number considering the wet weather leading upto the show.

Judges passed comment that some of the blooms were a bit bruised but took the weather into consideration. They thanked all exhibitors for their displays and made mention about the excellent display in the novice/beginner section. Lovely to have some new members come along and learn about Dahlias as well. While judging took place our meeting was held, followed by an informative chat for the beginners on what classes their blooms need to be in, angles of blooms and staging, great to learn this knowledge from the experienced judges. Supper followed and then everyone packed up their flowers, an enjoyable evening.

Our Combined Dahlia Show with Canterbury is on March 6, 2022, this is our largest show for the year and it’s a great time to come along and see such an impressive display from growers. Held at the Tinwald Hall, open to the public from 1pm onwards, raffle at the door, please sign in, wear a mask and provide vaccine passes at the door.

Results from Table Show: Champion of Champions - A & J Davey, Jomanda, Champion Bloom - Open, A & J Davey, Hillcrest Candy, Champion Bloom - Novice, Maryanne Heaven, Jomanda, Champion Bloom - Intermediate, Brian Glassey, Show n Tell, Champion Vase Intermediate, Alison Donald, Western Pirate , Champion Vase - Open, A & J Davey, Jomanda.

tions of food monetary donations and many other items. Anything Karen receives is divided evenly among the members of the group.

During the school holidays Karen and Peter are able to have a break as the children are welcomed to their other grandparents at the north of the South Island, however this is not without difficulty as the other grandmother is coping with a disabled husband. But they want to see the children.

Karen and Peter Kilgour, we salute you.

Ashburton Inner Wheel had a surprise for another member. Lesley Blane became an Honorary Active Member for many years of membership holding most positions in the club over many years. Congratulations Lesley. A new information book has been produced to assist new members joining the club.

The walking groups are still going along with the stitch up group.

Run And Walk Ashburton Our annual 5km Summer Series began mid-January and was this year decided to hold it over just six weeks.

We have been delighted at the community support given to our event, with many familiar faces returning and many new participants joining us. We were determined to do all we could to hold our event under the Governments red setting and have been pleased we made this happen. The weather has played its part over this period and the feedback has been very positive. Being witness to participants weekly improvements is rewarding for the participants and organisers’ equally.

On Tuesday February 15 our chosen charity for funds to be donated, was the Cancer Society. Then on Saturday February 19, when Relay for Life should have been held, it was decided to continue with our own mini event at Argyle Park between 1.30pm and 3.30pm. A good number of members, friends and family turned out to walk or run laps for as little or long as they chose. The weather started out warm and calm but soon conditions changed, and the wind picked up, however we were fortunate to have finished before the rain arrived. Attendees at both events very generously donated almost $1500 for the Ashburton Cancer Society. A huge thank you to all who attended and donated, we are proud to pass on these funds on your behalf.

Our season will officially begin on Saturday March 12, so until then, keep moving everyone, and again thank you to all who have supported us in the past six weeks.

Inner Wheel

Taking on her responsibility for her stepdaughter’s children age 16 months, 3 years and 4 years was no mean feat for Ashburton’s Inner Wheel monthly speaker.

Karen Kilgour, who is the Ashburton co-ordinator for Grandparents raising Grandchildren gave us an insight into something most of us knew nothing about. Karen explained there are 26 families registered with this group, although Karen knows of other families who are not attached and are on their own. One grandparent registered with the local group is raising 5 little girls. When Karen and Peter took over their grandchildren, the oldest child was very unsettled and now after 3 years and with counselling assistance, he at age 7 is finding his way is settled into school and is able to connect with his peers. The second child was also very unsettled but again at age 6 with love and a loving home is now finding his feet and coping reasonably well. The youngest child at 16 months wasn’t too bad as he was too young to know what was going on.

Of course, the courts have to be involved to give guardianship to the grandparents and the parents must agree. The foetal alcohol syndrome affects most of these children which makes it very hard for grandparents.

One question asked of Karen was “what happens if the grandparents can no longer look after their grandchildren” Karen answered, “They are returned to their parents.” However, since that Karen has contacted Parliament and grandparents can now add an additional guardian within the family.

Karen and Peter receive a subsidy called the Unsupported Child’s Benefit, but rely heavily on the generosity of local clubs and organisations who supply grocery vouchers, Christmas gifts, various dona-

Dr Rose Crossin.

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Dr Rose Crossin, Department of Health, University of Otago, spoke on her research into Understanding and Measuring Drug & Alcohol Harms in New Zealand.

Drugs (legal or illegal) are psychoactive substances that cause changes in people, who use known drugs such as stimulants, alcohol, and nicotine, one of the top three drugs. Harm can be acute and chronic and can harm self or others. Addiction can cause brain disease, though use doesn’t necessarily equal harm. Biopsychological model factors include biology (genetics), psychology and social effects.

Three Pillars of Drug Policy are supply, demand and harm reduction.

Funding is not equal, with restricting supply attracting most funding, with harm reduction the least.

As New Zealand has a strong drinking culture, alcohol shows the most harm, involving individuals and the community, with $7B spent in 2010. Prosecutions related to drugs don’t match the harmfulness of those drugs. The aim of the current Public Health research Drug Harms Ranking Study is to accurately describe, inform, deal with drug harm, design and provide effective interventions.

The International Drug Policy Index 2021 places New Zealand second out of 30 countries.

We need to improve equity of drug policy, harm reduction funding, and healthbased measures.

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Upward spiral for Country MC

Seb McMillan looks to clean up the St Andrew’s line-up before the rain came on Saturday.

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Rain continues to impact school cricket Matt Markham It’s been a frustrating few weeks of very little cricket for the Ashburton College 1st XI cricket side.

After a strong start to their 2022 campaign in the Ara Institute Cup for Youth XIs from around Canterbury, there’s been very little cricket played since, with only two completed rounds for the local side.

It extended further on the weekend, where they looked likely to get a result from their match before the weather intervened, meaning that three of their last four matches haven’t been able to be completed.

The side opened the year in style with a six-wicket win over Sydenham Cricket Club at Cashmere High School, chasing down the 110 runs set for them.

Last week they managed to get a

game in, but fell to the sword of the St Bede’s 2nd XI who made light work of their 96-run target.

Then, on the weekend, their match against St Andrew’s College looked set to be a good opportunity to get the wheels moving again.

Playing in Ashburton, they had their guests in real trouble at 107/9 when the clouds opened up and the rain came, resulting in the match being abandoned.

The side get the chance to regroup this week and look forward to a clash with the Christ’s College Development XI up the road in Christchurch. Post that match, just three more rounds remain for this stage of the schooling year before play resumes late in 2022.

Ashburton will play their final match of this stage of the year at home when they take on Shirley Boys’ High School on the Ashburton College ground on Saturday, March 26.

Before then they’ll also play away games against St Thomas’ 1st XI and also St Bede’s 1st XI.

Riley Breen (left) and Pete Leonard picked up a good doubles victory on the weekend.

Matt Markham With the end of the normal season bearing down, the fate of two Country Mid Canterbury tennis sides is firmly in their own hands as the race for a spot in the playoffs in both Division One and Two heats up.

It was a good weekend on the courts for both the local based sides in the Tennis Canterbury competitions with wins on the board, and most importantly valuable points to see them maintain and climb up the standings.

Just four weeks of play remain before the normal season comes to a halt – but for both teams it’s a tough run in, with some strong-standing teams laying in wait to take them on.

The Division One side picked up a clean sweep on the weekend to get maximum points out of their match against Bishopdale, which keeps them in a clear second on the standings behind competition leaders Elmwood.

A clean run through the next three weeks would set up an intriguing final round, with

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the two sides set to meet in a match which could determine who finishes as top qualifier in the division.

Keeping the unbeaten run together won’t be easy with the side also set to play the third placed Burwood Park this weekend and then also matches against Shirley (fourth) and Edgeware after that.

After a tough start to their first foray into the competition the Division Two side picked up a confidence boosting win against Elmwood on the weekend to give themselves a sniff at the top four in what is a very tightly compacted middle of the ladder.

One match wasn’t completed in the tie with Mid Canterbury claiming 11 competition points to put them just outside the top four standings. Riley Breen was in good form for the team, winning his singles match and then combining with Pete Leonard for a strong win in the doubles.

They’ve got a tough run home too, though, with matches against three of the top four ranked teams in the competition but with the arc heading back in a positive direction, they’ll look to cause more than a few upsets before the season is out and perhaps sneak in at the 11th hour to push for a playoff spot.

They take on the second placed Bishopdale this weekend, in what could prove to be a pivotal match for the competition.

Lowry Cup qualifiers found Matt Markham The final make-up of this year’s Lowry Cup has been decided, albeit a little later than it should have.

Rain put an end to the first attempt at holding the qualifying stage of the competition a fortnight ago, but on the weekend 34 players stepped out in a bid to try and win the necessary three of their four matches to make it through to the knockout leg of the prestigious lawn bowls singles event.

Playing on the day that the finals were supposed to be held, 11 players qualified to make it through to the next phase across three greens on Saturday and there’s some well-credentialed names among those to make it.

On the Ashburton Bowling Club green, former winners and Allenton club-mates, Michael Lawson and Mat Bassett, both worked their way through with the required wins, and were joined by Richard Kane and

another former winner in Methven’s Jeff Nowell.

Play was a little tighter on the Methven green, where players were met with very wet conditions late in the day. Local Brent Mayson flew the Methven flag to qualify, and was joined by Jock O’Connor and Linton Muir as the qualifiers.

On the Ashburton MSA green, John Drayton – who was a beaten semi-finalist in last year’s event gave himself another chance alongside Craig Fowles, Wayne McCarthy and also Simon Fleetwood – who featured prominently in last year’s competition.

A few big names of the competition faltered and didn’t make it past the first stage.

Most noticeably missing in action from the post-section stage of the competition is two-time winner and defending champion Brentton Donaldson, who dipped out in the qualifying stage, while other noted players to miss included Rob Fensom and Graeme Bishop.

With the reshuffle due to the first day having to be abandoned, a date is still being worked through where all players are available to hold the final stage and crown the 2022 champion.

Lowry qualifiers Mat Bassett Richard Kane Jeff Nowell Michael Lawson Brent Mayson Jock O’Connor Linton Muir Craig Fowles John Drayton Wayne McCarthy Simon Fleetwood

Jeff Nowell advanced to the next stage of the Lowry Cup on the weekend.

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): Mixed in with sunny and constructive thoughts will be unhelpful ones trying to pass themselves off as truth. Shut them down by questioning your thoughts to make them prove their merit.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): The first step to acing the assignment is understanding that there is one. Find out what is expected of you, and then decide whether it’s an expectation you care to fulfil.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): Play with mental focus as if it were the zoom lens of a camera, toggling between a detailed observation and the wide focus that lets more world in and makes problems seem small, if they exist at all.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): You learned the unhappiness that can come from mistaking the extras for necessities. A grateful heart remedies the distortion; a humble attitude prevents such confusion from happening in the first place.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): It may seem like you crave a particular circumstance, though it could really be a feeling you’re craving -- and that can be conjured in a number of ways. Stay open to the possibilities.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): You think you sense what the other person wants, and then it’s not what you thought. But actually, you’re more correct than he was about it. People are notoriously bad at knowing their own wants.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): Evidenced in parties where people hide in the dark and pop out yelling, the element of surprise is often planned and planted. But not today! The spontaneous novelty shows up out of the blue.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): Nothing is fixed in life. You can tinker with the variables and completely different outcomes will unfold. There’s the exciting feeling of everything being up in the air without a hint as to how it will all land.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): There have been times when you’ve dared to act on impulses counter to reason and the results were right for you.

Now you wonder what would happen if you were to function completely on intuition.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): You’re not afraid of change.

You’ve accepted it as the only constant! Still, you like to have a general sense of where things are going. Today features a fascinating information-gathering session.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): This phase of life is like a costume you wear for a time, as you enact a role. Changing things about the costume doesn’t change the role, but it makes you feel and move differently inside it.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): You may fumble around to find your place. You’ll be served by every mishap, enriched by the contrast of an eruption of confusion that settles into perfect peace.

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Dearly loved husband and best friend of June. Loved father of David, Scott, and Ben Pierce, and Lynda and Steve Saxton. A loved grandfather and Grumps to his grandchildren.

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1 1 On This Day 1 2 3 March, 1936: Gales, first from the northwest, then 1 0 from the south swept over much of the country. The 1 2 winds were accompanied by heavy rain. At Thames a was electrocuted by touching a live wire, which 1 2 man was blown down by the strong winds. Meanwhile a 1 1 tornado at Tauranga caused some structural damage.

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Thursday Mountain weather hazards: None issued.

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Wind at 2000m: Light.

Freezing level: Above 3500m.

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FinalWhistle The Guardian’s sports wrap

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calling time on a week of sport

Lining them up Lowry Cup contenders P16

Country tennis strong P16

Ashburton College 1st XI player, Lachie Gardner, shapes for a throw at the stumps during his side’s rain-affected match against St Andrew’s in Ashburton.

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Racing action

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