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Opposition to Musicians get top marks for NZ council tender process grows

By Myles Hume

By Sue Newman Ashburton businesses are banding together, demanding they get a fair crack at quotes and tenders for work generated by the Ashburton District Council.

For some time there have been rumblings of discontent from business owners, angry that the council was sending work out of town and that they were not given the opportunity to bid for that work.

Yesterday a business deputation met with mayor Angus McKay wanting answers.

The issue came to a head when the council selected its preferred tenderers for the EA Networks Centre. Seven registrations of interest were lodged and one of these was from Ashburton construction company Bradfords.

Three were invited to tender for the work but Bradfords was not among them.

For Ashburton businesses that was the final straw, said Ashburton Business Association committee member Kieran Breakwell.

“When we read that (in the Guardian) we were disgusted and we called an emergency meeting with the mayor. The thing we can’t get our head around is that the community got together and raised funds for this and now they’re giving the opportunity to do the work to someone from out of town.”

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Kieran Breakwell nity to tender wouldn’t have cost the council a cent but it would have given a local firm an opportunity. Like any company tendering for work there were no guarantees that Bradfords would have secured the contract but at least a local firm would have had a chance, Mr Breakwell said.

“We can’t let this lie. It’s absolutely disgusting. We’ve talked to them before about how there needs to be a process in place to ensure locals get an opportunity.

Council should be fighting tooth and nail to ensure as much work as possible is done locally.”

Local businesses weren’t asking to be automatically given the work but they did want a fair go at lodging tenders or quotes, he said.

“This is not about Bradfords it’s about keeping work local. It’s not the first time this has happened and it won’t be the last.”

Mr Breakwell described the meeting as “frustrating”.

“They just spun us the yarn that out of town firms have the opportunity to employ locals. They said that for some reason the local firm wouldn’t meet their criteria.”

If locals were submitting tenders to work on sub-contracts to the main contractor, the business association wanted to know so it could monitor the amount of work that was done by locals, Mr Breakwell said.

Mayor McKay is adamant that local businesses and contractors are given every opportunity to secure council work contracts.

“The council is made up of local people who want to see this district prosper and they want to see work done locally. The people of Ashburton this term and in the terms before have had a good crack at the tendering system.”

If anything, Mr McKay said, in their decision making, councillors were more weighted towards rather than away from locals when awarding council contracts.

“At the end of the day we have to do business on behalf of the people of Ashburton for the good of the people of Ashburton.

“Councillors are local people and will always have in the back of their minds a local contractor when making these decisions.”

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Mid Canterbury musicians (from left) Abbey Thirza Wright, 16, Simon Harford, 11, and Ross Allott, 17, claimed the top marks in the country for the internationally recognised Trinity College London exams.

Season ban for Hampstead player

By Jonathan Leask A Hampstead player will miss the rest of the season after being suspended for his involvement in the brawl that prematurely ended a senior B rugby game.

The match between Hampstead and Southern on April 20 had to be called off after 35 minutes when a high tackle sparked a fight that quickly exploded out of control, forcing the referee to call the game off.

The Mid Canterbury Rugby Union received the match called off report and passed the incident onto the independent review committee to investigate, drawing on the referee’s report and eyewitness accounts.

The result of the investigation was a three-part judiciary hearing in which two Hampstead

Lightning kills three cows, fries a TV, splits fence post

players were suspended.

The player whose tackle was the catalyst to things erupting was handed a two-week ban while a team-mate was found guilty of running in from the reserve bench to join the melee and will miss the rest of the season.

With the majority of the players from both teams involved in the scuffle or attempting to break it up, pin-pointing individuals proved a difficult task and both clubs dished out stern warnings with the match result voided.

The rugby was not the only judicial action this week with Mid Canterbury senior footballer Giuseppe Vassalini also punished for a head-butt during the 5-3 win over Selwyn on Saturday.

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Three young Mid Canterbury musicians are astonished to emerge with the highest marks in New Zealand for an internationally recognised exam.

Methven’s Simon Harford, 11, and Abbey Thirza Wright, 16, joined Ashburton College’s Ross Allott, 17, as the top New Zealand candidates to sit musical theory Trinity College London examinations.

The trio recently found out they were the top national performers for the world-renown test, with Simon scoring 100 per cent in his Grade 1 exam, Abbey claiming 91 per cent in Grade 5 and Ross posting 92 per cent in Grade 7.

After sitting the three hour exam at Ashburton Intermediate in November, Ross – who plays the saxophone and piano, recently taking up the clarinet – said he was surprised to claim the prestigious award with it being his first Trinity College theory exam.

“It’s a test that was sat by students right across the country, and a lot of them worked really hard to prepare for the exams, but I think sometimes it’s down to a wee bit of luck, you can get an awful question you might not understand that others might,” he said.

Simon too plays the piano and saxophone. The Mount Hutt College youngster had to answer a host of multi-choice questions, write out scales and interpret music.

“It’s pretty good, I told my music teacher I got 100 per cent and she said to me well done,” he said.

Abbey plays the piano for the school band and other groups.

And after finishing Stage Challenge for Mount Hutt College at 1am before her musical theory exam in May last year, she claims she is the most surprised out of all.

Both Ross and Abbey’s exams demanded a raft of knowledge, including asking them to interpret music, contained questions about instruments and also asked them to compose a piece of music that would be suitable for a particular instrument and that would meet the ability of a certain musician.

The next Trinity exams start this month, with a following exam block in November.

By Sue Newman Ashburton farmer Rachel Schmack feels she’s been singled out by the weather gods for some pretty rough treatment.

When an electrical storm hit coastal Mid Canterbury yon Tuesday, it appears to have vented most of its fury on the Schmacks Waterton farm, leaving Ms Schmack counting the cost in dead cows, a split fence post and a dead television set.

The storm arrived with little warning and certainly with no indication that anything other than a decent rainfall was on its way.

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LEFT: Farmer Rachel Schmack counts the cost of yesterday’s electrical storm in dead cows.

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“When it struck I was getting in the tractor in the yard. I nearly went through the roof it was so loud, it gave me such a fright. It was absolutely bucketing down and there was a big clap of thunder and lightning all in one go,” she said.

The storm lasted for about 15 minutes, dumping about 23 millimetres of rain on her Waterton property, but until the weather cleared and she headed back out into the paddock, Ms Schmack said she was unaware that the storm’s legacy would be counted in lost cows and a split fence post.

“I couldn’t believe it when I went back into the paddock. There was a fence post split in half and three dead cows. I’d been out there just 15 minutes before.”

She’s unsure how many light-

ning strikes there were but said the three cows had been blown about 50 metres apart by the strike.

The cows were three paddocks away from the split fence post.

Builder Mitch McIntosh was also on the Schmack farm when the storm hit. His crew of three took shelter in a nearby irrigation pump house.

“We felt pretty unsafe out there.

A bolt of lightning hit the ground about 300 metres away and then a second one hit the three cows,” Mr McIntosh said.

He’s surprised the lightning missed a nearby irrigator.

While yesterday’s weather bomb hit Christchurch with a vengeance, it appears to have been quite selective about where it dropped in over the Ashburton District.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS DEATHS CAIRNS, Roy – Beloved brother of Patricia.

He will always live on in our hearts as a man with strong family values, strength and courage beyond human needs, a man with great humility and humour. You will always be my big brother. We will miss you, our deepest condolences to all the Cairns family and friends. from Patricia, Neale, Steven and Farrah.

CAIRNS, Roy Oliver – Dearly loved brother of Doreen, brother in law of Dick, much loved uncle of Sonya, Greg, Nichola and Lichelle.

Will be remembered always with love.

HANDS, Bessie Esther – On May 1st, 2013, suddenly at home, aged 87 years, loved wife and best friend of Athol for 65 years, much loved mother and mother-inlaw of Karen and Allan Scott, Peter and Margaret, Jillian and Bruce Bensdorp, loved grandma of Martina and Mark, Courtney (Canada); Alexandra, Rhiannon, Jordan, and Madison. Messages may be addressed to The Family of the late Bessie Hands, c/- PO Box 39001, Christchurch 8545. In lieu of flowers donations to The Order of St John would be appreciated, and may be made at the service. The Funeral Service for Bessie will be held in our Westpark Chapel, 467 Wairakei Road, Burnside, Christchurch, on SATURDAY, May 4, at 2.00 pm, private cremation thereafter.

JAMES, Charles Clifford (Charlie) – On April 29, 2013. Suddenly at Ashburton. Loved father of Karen. Respected father of Stephen and Mouse, and a loved granddad, brother and uncle. Messages to P O Box 38, Fox Glacier 7859. A service to remember Charlie’s life will be held at Our Chapel, Cnr East and Cox Streets, Ashburton on FRIDAY, May 3, commencing at 2.00pm.

Followed by private cremation.

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“Dad you will be sadly missed.

Wish we had had more time”.

JAMIESON, Isobel Ethel – On April 30, 2013 at Coldstream House, Ashburton. Dearly loved wife of Eric. Much loved mum and mother in law of Wayne and Diane, and Sonia. Loved nana of Josh, and Harry.

Messages to 1/27 Suffolk Street, Ashburton. A service to celebrate Isobel’s life will be held at Our Chapel Cnr East and Cox Streets, Ashburton on FRIDAY, April 3, commencing at 11.00am.

Followed by Interment at the Ashburton New Lawn Cemetery.

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$1.361m spent on pokies

By Sue Newman Whether you gamble or not, statistics show that over the past three months you spent $45.38 on gaming machines.

Across the district for the first quarter of the year $1.361 million was invested in pokie machines, up on the $1.339 million invested in the same quarter last year. The local spend was, however, down

on the final quarter of 2012 when pokies pulled $1.396 million out of the local economy.

This time last year the pokie machine spend equated to $44.66, for every man, woman and child in the district.

Ashburton’s spend might have dropped over the past three months by 2.5 per cent, but that pull back on spending was not as marked as the rest of the country.

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Nationwide there were fewer licence holders, gambling venues and gaming machines at the end of March compared with 12 months earlier. Licence holders fell from 359 to 353, venues declined from 1403 to 1367 and the number of gaming machines decreased from 18,001 to 17,542.

Ashburton also lost one venue when Millie’s earthquake damage building was red stickered last year and that removed seven

machines from the district’s pool.

The district has had 152 machines spread over 13 venues since March last year.

The spending is captured through the electronic monitoring of non-casino gaming machines (EMS), which became fully operational in March 2007, enabling the Department to track and monitor operations, ensure the integrity of games and the accurate accounting of money.

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The Ashburton Police attended a single car accident early Tuesday, after a man lost control of his vehicle and crashed into a power pole on Singletree Rd. Remarkably, the driver walked away unscathed and police have yet to decide if charges will be laid.

• Library survey If opening hours at the Ashburton Library are not meeting your needs, don’t complain, do something about it. Library staff are surveying readers, asking them about their library visiting habits and the hours they want their library to be open. Judging by the line up outside the library doors when it opens at 10am, there is likely to be a request for earlier opening hours and how long the library stays open at night is also up for debate. Currently the library closes at 8pm on weeknights.

Library users are also being asked when and how often they visit the library. Space is provided for users to make comments about hours and the library in general.

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Celebrating the arrival of Curtain Bank in Ashburton are Community House Mid Canterbury facilities supervisor Kathryn Raedt (left) and Presbyterian Support manager Jackie Girvan.

Curtain Bank now open in Ashburton

By Sue Newman Keeping your house warm this winter could be as simple as putting up lined or thermal curtains.

For some families, however, that’s not always possible with over stretched budgets unable to run to curtaining their home.

Enter the Curtain Bank.

The Curtain Bank is run by the Community Energy Action Charitable Trust and it provides free recycled lined or thermal curtains to low income families.

That service is now available in Ashburton thanks to Presbyterian Support and Community House Mid Canterbury.

The two organisations have

become the Ashburton arm of the Christchurch curtain bank and they are working with a range of community organisations to ensure anyone living in a cold, uncurtained home will have access to free, good quality curtains.

“After almost a year of organising the service is here, it’s free and it’s finally available,” Presbyterian Support manager Jackie Girvan said.

The service is funded by Genesis Energy and the Lotteries Commission and while funds don’t yet stretch to bringing the curtain van to Ashburton, the service is available on a measure and make basis, she said.

Windows in the homes of people who qualify for the service are

measured, an order will be sent to Christchurch and made to measure, freshly lined curtains will be on their doorstep about two weeks later. Stocks of curtains were very high in Christchurch because of the large numbers salvaged from earthquake damaged homes.

“This is a free service and we’re delighted that it’s now available in Ashburton. This is all about heat and shutting out draughts. It’s not for people who simply want to change their curtains, it’s for people without curtains or with very ratty curtains that don’t keep out the cold.”

As a guideline, people accessing the service should have a Community Services Card, but that won’t always apply, Mrs Raedt

said. “Here in Ashburton we know we have families and individuals who do not have residency and therefore cannot apply for a card so we’re leaving it up to individual organisations’ discretion. They will know whether people are struggling financially and would benefit from some help.”

Curtains for the bank come from a wide range of sources including private home renovations, shop displays, insurance claims and often there are lengths of material handed in from shops.

Ashburton people can pass on their unusued curtains to the Curtain Bank by contacting either Presbyterian Support or Community House Mid Canterbury.

Local DOC staff await final decision on job cuts Department of Conservation staff in the Raukapuke office could know by next week if two more of their colleagues lose their jobs.

Raukapuke office manager George Hadler, who oversees conservancy from the Rakaia to the Waitaki River and to the main divide, said he understood his staff would know by the middle of next week if 2.8 jobs would go at the office as part of a

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The Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade were called to an incident at Page Engineering on Robinsons Street, following reports of a truck cab on fire. The fire proved to be minor.

Ashburton people have an opportunity to play a part in helping grow the district’s tourism industry.

The Ashburton District Council has changed the way in which Experience Mid Canterbury is run and wants to appoint a new board to take over the governance of the tourism body. The organisation is council funded and has now become a council controlled organisation.

That, however, council chief executive Brian Lester said, does not mean the council has a high degree of involvement in its dayto-day running.

“A council controlled organisation means the council is able to appoint a majority of the board members. The council will also provide performance objectives but it is up to the board and management to work out how they will deliver those objectives,” he said.

The council will appoint the majority of the Experience Mid Canterbury board members and it will provide performance objectives, but it is up to the board and management to work out how these would be delivered, Mr Lester said.

“We have been extremely fortunate in the quality of people we have had serve on the board. This community is lucky to be blessed with talented people who are willing to put themselves forward to serve community organsiations.”

Applications for board members close on Monday at 5pm.

Information and application requirements are available on the council’s website or from the council’s office.

By Myles Hume

Incidents attended to by the Ashburton Police and Mid Canterbury volunteer fire brigades recently.

Check out guardianonline.co.nz, for up-to-the-minute updates on every fire callout in the district during the week.

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proposed structural shake up at the Department of Conservation (DOC).

With 13 staff at the Geraldinebased office and four jobs left unfilled last year to ease the blow of the inevitable cuts, Mr Hadler said any job losses would impact severely on the small team who already “had too much work to do”.

But he remained optimistic following a Government rethink this week which saw Conservation Minister Nick Smith retract the initial proposal to cut 140 jobs and save $138

million over four years.

Instead, Mr Smith said the Government would only look to find $18m in savings with 80 jobs to go, meaning many frontline staff jobs were safe.

Mr Hadler said Raukapuke office staff put forward submissions on the proposal and overwhelming support from the public and closely affiliated volunteers Forest and Bird and could have contributed to the rethink.

Although the office was not out of the woods just yet, he was keep-

ing his fingers cross until next week when the Government is set to finalise its plans.

“I guess it’s a great thing it’s happened, and it means that our vision and the department’s goals will be more readily accessible,” Mr Hadler said.

“Just like all other areas around the country, there’s always too much work, too many opportunities in conservation to do things.”

Mr Hadler said if the proposals were to go ahead, it would put more

onus on volunteers and businesses to carry out conservancy work.

Forest and Bird Ashburton branch president Edith Smith is one of those volunteers.

She said the local branch worked closely with DOC staff on projects in the Ashburton Lakes District where they looked to wipe out Wilding Pine, which was a problem in the area.

She said the Government’s decision to back off its radical plans was “a bit of a relief”, but the district needed more DOC staff, not less.

Dementia patients well catered for Compliance rises

By Sam Morton

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and clubs in the first three months of the year pokie spending dropped 10 per cent Figures released by the Department of Internal Affairs show that spending dropped from $214.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2012 to $192.7 million in the first quarter of 2013. And for the 12 months ended March 2013 expenditure was down four per cent from $865.4 million to $828.7 million.

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Mid Canterbury is well prepared to handle a surge of dementia patients in the coming years, according to Associate Health Minister Jo Goodhew.

Her comments follow the latest Government announcement, revealing a whopping $70 million cash injection for aged care and home care services – and further training.

The pre-budget funding emphasises the significant issue dementia is likely to have in New Zealand, which is tipped to grow even further in the coming years.

Mrs Goodhew, who is also the Rangitata MP, believes Mid Canterbury is well equipped to deal with the demand, but encouraged industry experts to regularly review the local situation.

“It always pays to monitor the number of beds available and as the district is growing, there may well be some investment opportunities that people may look into,” she said. “(But) while we do need to plan ahead, at the same time we should take a step back and celebrate that people are living longer and staying in their homes for as long as they safely can . . . that’s good news.”

Since 2009, health experts have

been warning about the dangerous shortage of beds for dementia patients in the district’s rest homes, but with a 50 per cent increase in beds, Mid Canterbury has rose to the occasion.

In the last three years, the district has gone from housing 18 rest-home level dementia beds to 45 – progress Mrs Goodhew says is remarkable.

“Times are tight and I am sure the aged-care community will appreciate all the funding and facilities that comes their way. The Government has made addressing dementia a priority, by putting nearly $32 million extra into dementia services in the past two budgets,” Mrs Goodhew said.

Earlier this week, National also earmarked an additional $20 million over four years for home support services – in a bid to keep more elderly residents in their own homes for longer.

Mrs Goodhew welcomed the decision, pointing out the increased funding would benefit training programmes for carers and nurses.

“It’s heart-wrenching for anyone having to leave their home, so we support keeping people in their homes for as long as they can, but at the same time, they need to be safe,” she said.

“Those residents being cared for at home now are being wonderfully looked after and fortunately complaints are very rare . . . the quality

HOW IT LOOKS • $20 million additional funding over four years for home support services • $1.2 million over three years for dementia related training for health care workers • $2 million over three years to support dementia awareness programmes and assistance for clinical teams in early detection of dementia • $12 million increase in funding for dementia bed subsidies over four years, to encourage further investment in dementia beds • $1.5 million contribution to costs for training aged care staff • In addition district health boards have been funded to invest an additional $33.2 million on aged residential care subsidies over four years. of home care around New Zealand is high.”

Funding will be allocated by the country’s district health boards, who will be obliged to direct the funding to its intended purpose.

Dairy farmers could get top marks in the annual dairy effluent monitoring report, nearly completed by Environment Canterbury.

In a report to the Ashburton Water Zone Committee on Tuesday, compliance and monitoring section officer Melanie Burns said the last of the dairies being monitored this year were being inspected in the next few weeks.

“Without having looked at any statistics yet, there is an overall sense that compliance has

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been better this year, with fewer occurrences of significant noncompliances. That being said, there is one definite prosecution (charges laid in court) from this season and another potential.”

She said there had also been a large number of concerns and inquiries from consent holders worried about taking more than their allocated amount or taking on restriction.

“This has been due to the extremely dry weather, and these have eased off in the last few weeks with the bit of rain.”

• Submission class The process of making a submission on the Ashburton District Council’s annual plan will be demystified tonight when the Ashburton Citizens’ Association holds an annual plan workshop. Submissions on the annual plan can be made by any resident in the district and the association is also preparing submissions of its own. Association chair Diane Rawlinson said the annual plan was a once a year opportunity for people to have a say on the way the council planned to spend ratepayers’ money for the coming year.

The association’s annual plan workshop will be held at the MSA boardroom at 7.30pm.

• Driver hospitalised A driver was taken to hospital after a vehicle crash in Tauranga yesterday. A fire communications spokesperson confirmed a crash between a van and a car off Waihi road near the Otumoetai Rd intersection. The van’s driver was trapped in the wreckage and had to be removed from the vehicle. They were taken to Tauranga Hospital.

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• Sludge on beach Mount Maunganui beach has been swamped by thick sea sludge. Tonnes of the marine mess has washed ashore and covered the rocks at Leisure Island and the rocky inlet facing Shark Alley, spreading across the lower half of Main Mount Beach. Bay of Plenty Regional Council says the sludge is about 95 per cent brown algae with small amounts of red and green algae mixed in. It started washing up last week during the storm.

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• Deportation ordered Two Romanian men who plotted to skim money from bank cards in a Kapiti mall will be deported this week. The men were arrested almost a fortnight ago after allegedly preparing to access an ATM machine at Coastlands Shopping Centre in Paraparaumu. They appeared in Wellington District Court yesterday, and were fined $1000 each for planning to commit a crime.

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Police force set to go digital

By Sam Morton Mid Canterbury police will spend more time out of the office, as the force gets set to go digital.

Ashburton, Rakaia and Methven frontline officers will be issued both an i-Pad and an i-Phone when they take to the beat, in an initiative that local police are raving about.

Senior Sergeant Grant Russell said the devices would speed up routine calls and spot-checks, as well as aiding his officers’ safety – with a built-in GPS tracker.

“From a safety point of view, if things turned to custard, we would know exactly where any one of our team is at any time, so that’s a real plus,” Mr Russell said.

“I think having the devices is going to be a great asset for everyone and will make us far more accessible to the public, as the duty officers will be contacted on their phones.”

Mid Canterbury mobility trainer Senior Constable Mark Dryland has been teaching staff members the basics of the devices – but explains they are “quite self-explanatory” and easy to use.

He undertook a short course to familiarise himself with the devices last month.

“They will free up radio channels, as we’ll be able to do spot checks on the vehicles we stop and the people we deal with,” Mr Dryland said.

“We will no longer have to go through the comms (communica-

tions) centre and that will save a lot of hassle and quite a bit of time.

“The expectation from the department is that each officer should be able to spend at least an extra half an hour out of the station, as we won’t have to keep coming back to file information,” he said.

The device is securely connected to an officer’s email account, meaning they can clear and respond to queries at any time on duty.

Other key features include interactive mapping, instant incident reports and high quality camera software.

The devices are also fully equipped with the internet and connected to the internal police server.

“It’s going to mean police will have a higher presence out there, as we won’t be in and out all the time.

“A lot of our work can now be done from our vehicles and that will benefit right across the board,” Mr Dryland said.

“We will still use the radio channel for the more urgent matters and for occasional welfare checks, but most of the work we do will be attempted on the devices.”

The devices will be rolled out later this month.

Thousands of Mid Cantabrians have flocked to get vaccinated against a killer flu.

As winter creeps in, the district’s medical centres have been inundated with a steady flow of residents aiming to protect themselves from influenza.

Last year flu hit the Canterbury region hard and it appears families in and around Ashburton are not sitting back, taking the same risk.

Flu was identified as a contributing factor to two deaths in Mid Canterbury last year and swept through the district’s productive workforce.

The six local practices confirmed the uptake this year has been, in most cases, “steady”.

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RIGHT: Senior Constable Mark Dryland has been training Ashburton police staff how to use their new i-Pads and i-Phones, due to be rolled out later this month.

ager Diana Warring is expecting more.

“It’s been great so far, we’re seeing lots of parents bringing their children along to take up the free vaccine offer and I suspect we will be seeing many more in the coming weeks,” Mrs Warring said.

“While I don’t have absolute figures, there has definitely been a good increase compared to this time last year.”

The Rakaia Medical Centre has also experienced a fresh trend, with many residents requesting the vaccine for the first time.

A centre spokeswoman told the Guardian the uptake throughout the community had been good.

“Anecdotally, that’s the impression our practice nurse is getting,” she said.

“While we haven’t compared or measured the population base against the uptake level, we are seeing more people asking for the vaccine, who perhaps

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haven’t done so in the past.”

Mid Canterbury GP spokesperson Rachael Norman, of Sealy Street Medical Centre, said it was encouraging to hear people had sought the flu vaccine.

“There has been a lot of children coming through with their parents, which is great.

“We haven’t had any cases of flu yet, but now we will start upping our surveillance and taking swabs of suspected cases.

“The good news about a high uptake means if people do get flu, it certainly won’t wipe through the district as fast as it would if people weren’t vaccinated,” Dr Norman said.

Despite some pharmacies making the vaccine readily available, Mid Canterbury pharmacies are currently not – although it is understood Unichem could be soon.

The flu vaccine is available at all medical practices, at least until the end of June.

There is no minimum wage for workers under 16.

Ashburton New World had recently adjusted the pay of some of its workers to the new adult minimum wage, and were not in a position yesterday to speak about the youth wage.

Paper Plus Ashburton owner Terry McNab said he understood the Government’s logic behind the youth wage which could see more jobs open up to young job seekers, but it was something he was not considering.

“It depends on the situation, I have got a young girl here and there’s no way she’s worth that, she’s worth a lot more than $11 an hour.

“But if it was a school kid sweeping the floors they aren’t worth $13.75 an hour.

“I certainly wouldn’t pay that (youth wage) if they were using their head, you want someone with common sense but you

By Myles Hume Wages for several Mid Canterbury teenagers will remain untouched, as the district’s big employers look to ignore the $11 an hour youth wage introduced yesterday.

Big retail and restaurant chains such as McDonald’s, KFC, Pizza Hutt, Farmers, Countdown and The Warehouse employ a large portion of youth in Mid Canterbury, and yesterday came forward saying they would not pay their employees the youth wage.

Other local businesses such as Paper Plus and Mac’s Fish also said it was likely they would not adopt the wage, which means businesses can pay 16 to 19-year-old workers a minimum wage of $11 an hour for their first six months – 80 per cent of the $13.75 adult minimum wage.

are going to pay someone $11 if they aren’t going to think – that’s how I look at it.”

Mac’s Fish owner Duncan Case said “people are worth more than the youth wage”, and he employed the teenagers currently working for him for $14 an hour.

On the other side, Creek Road Food Bar owner Terry Chen said he already paid some of his part time workers under 15 years of age $12 an hour for the first year and gave them a pay rise a year after employment.

Meanwhile, Foodstuffs, which owns the Pak’nSave and New World brands, said its individual supermarkets were still considering whether to adopt the youth wage.

Auckland Pak’nSave workers took action yesterday morning and met with fellow Foodstuffs employees around the city to show their discontent for the wage.

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radfords Construction is not happy it has missed out on the lucrative contract to build the EA Networks Centre without being given the opportunity to put in a tender.

The Ashburton building firm has a proud record of constructing many of the key structures around the district and was hoping to get a big slice of the $30 million pie on offer.

Despite this reputation, Bradfords management is stunned that the Ashburton District Council did not even

OUR VIEW allow the biggest local building firm to put in a tender.

Instead, the council selected three high-profile out-of-town companies to put in a bid for the Riverside Stadium project.

Naturally this will raise a few eyebrows around the district as the local citizens have raised $5 million to get the project off the ground and those businesses, schools, sports clubs, and all individuals involved would hope that their hard-earned cash

would be injected back into the local economy.

Many smaller operators will argue that Bradfords already gets a fair share of the local building trade, including the multimillion dollar Art Gallery and Heritage Centre currently being constructed on West Street.

Bradfords on the other hand will tell you that they should not be punished for their success and they employ hundreds of local staff including the local

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sub-contractors they use on their projects.

According to the company, the council had concerns over the technical expertise the Ashburton firm could offer to pull off a complicated, specialist

project like the EA Networks Centre which includes several swimming pools.

Mark Wilson of Bradfords, however pointed to his company’s involvement in Timaru and Rolleston pools which appears to make a mockery of the council’s decision not to consider the local firm.

He accused the council of not backing local firms but council property manager John Rooney claims that the successful tender will include strict guidelines to use as many local subcontractors as possible.

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Around 50 roles potentially affected are currently vacant because of a staff freeze imposed in February, he said. Fonterra employs 17,000 people globally and an annual revenue of around $20 billion.

The farmer-owned co-operative is conducting a review of its sup-

port services in New Zealand and would consult with staff on the proposed changes, Mr Spierings said.

“Fonterra has a clear strategy to drive growth.

“While we are investing in growth, we have to make sure our people are working on the right

things and that we are spending our precious capital on the right priorities.

“The review has identified potential opportunities for us to deliver a range of corporate services centrally, reducing duplication and removing layers of management.”

An emotional haka is performed as the coffin of former Maori Affairs Minister Parekura Horomia is brought onto Hauiti Marae at Tolaga Bay yesterday morning.

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We are lucky to have such a facility available to all residents.

We had three hours of fun entertainment, and all we needed was a bike and a bottle of water.

I would encourage Ashburtonians of all ages to make use of this track and thank those who have dedicated so much time to make the facility such great entertaining fun for families.

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Heartfelt wailing was the backing track as the body of Labour MP Parekura Horomia was bought onto Hauiti Marae in Tologa Bay yesterday morning.

Just before 10am, an honour guard formed by mourners outside the marae fell quiet after a call that the former Maori Affairs minister’s cortege was just minutes away.

But when he arrived at the gate with more than eight pallbearers, the mood turned electric.

College students from Lytton School, Gisborne Boys and Girls Highs led the haka powhiri as the feather-cloaked coffin moved past them to the whare Ruakapanga, where it will lie for the next five days.

In the middle of it Derek Lardelli, a haka exponent, exhorted mourners to move quicker on so that the 1000 or so people gathered could fit on the marae.

Watching on, one local shook their head and said: “They keep coming, and this is just the start of it.”

Prayers were shared on the marae yesterday morning ahead of the arrival of Mr Horomia’s body. The Te Aitanga a Hauiti

padre said prayers of encouragement and strength for the home people who will host the thousands of mourners until Saturday.

Another organiser told people to turn to their next-door neighbour but not to hongi them or shake their hand but instead to give them an awhi or hug.

Hundreds gathered before 9am in the large marquee outside the marae to wait for Mr Horomia’s arrival as the rain bucketed down.

Labour MPs and former MPs arrived for Parekura Horomia’s tangi yesterday morning.

The party chartered a plane from Auckland to fly MPs, including Labour leader David Shearer, Phil Goff, Annette King and Maori MPs Shane Jones, Rino Tirikatene and former MP Dover Samuels.

Other former MPs who travelled for the tangi included Margaret Wilson, Pete Hodgson and Kelvin Davis.

The Labour group, wearing red roses, were welcomed on to Hauiti Marae after midday.

Mr Shearer returned from a trip to the United States early and said he was devastated by the news.

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Fonterra to shed 300 jobs Dairy giant Fonterra will shed 300 corporate staff in New Zealand, in the latest support services shakedown.

The proposed restructuring would provide ongoing savings of $65 million a year, before costs, Fonterra chief executive Theo Spierings said yesterday.

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The decision to not even allow Bradfords to have a fair crack at this job seems contrary to Ashburton’s long-running reputation and success of co-operation and looking after each other.

The company and the population would have grudgingly accepted if Bradfords’ bid proved to be too expensive or genuinly lacked the expertise in an open contest.

Instead the council once again chose to take a route that many locals will struggle to understand.

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Judging by the way the big boys operate in Christchurch, the sub-contractors in Ashburton should not start popping the champagne corks just yet.

As they well know, these major firms drive a hard bargain to keep the contractors’ wages down.

The majority of the $5 million fundraised by the local population and the $25 million from the ratepayers is likely to disappear out of town and the decision could seriously undermine further fundraising efforts.

Forty angry Christchurch red zone property owners who yesterday launched a legal battle to force Gerry Brownlee to change his mind over compensation says the Earthquake Recovery Minister’s refusal to listen left them with no choice.

The group, known as Quake Outcasts, who own vacant land and uninsured properties in red zones, have engaged high-profile civil lawyer Grant Cameron to pursue a judicial review at the High Court.

A statement of claim was filed to the High Court in Christchurch at 2.15pm yesterday, a court official confirmed.

Mr Cameron said legal action comes as a last resort for the group.

“We’ve tried to engage and communicate with the minister but

he’s made it quite clear that he’s not wanting to listen,” he said.

Mr Brownlee wouldn’t comment because the matter is before the courts.

At issue is the Government’s offer of 50 per cent of the value of their land.

The claimants want the same compensation offer other red zone properties owners received - the 2007 rateable value of their properties.

Bare land cannot be insured, which left many people facing huge financial burdens when the magnitude-6.3 February 22, 2011 quake struck.

They are bringing the action against Mr Brownlee and Roger Sutton, chief executive of the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority.

“These property owners have suffered tremendously because of unlawful decisions by the minister and the chief executive,” said

group spokesman Ernest Tsao.

“We think the evidence will show that the Crown acted with complete disregard for New Zealander’s property rights and human rights.”

Quake Outcasts is confident its case will establish that Mr Brownlee’s decision to establish red zones was unlawful and “obliterated” the market value of their properties.

They also think his decision as to who was deserving of compensation, was unlawful and not for any proper purpose.

Mr Brownlee’s decision sought to “avoid statutory processes and to unlawfully drive down costs regardless of who it hurt in the process”, the group claims.

Quake Outcasts believes the case has widespread implications for New Zealanders’ property rights.

A date for the hearing, expected to last two to three days, will now be set down, probably within three months.

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By Kurt Bayer of APNZ A major probe into allegations of fraud and corruption involving Canterbury earthquake rebuild contracts has concluded there’s been no wrongdoing, the Serious Fraud Office said yesterday.

However, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) continues to warn of the potential for fraud and corruption as work gears up in rebuilding the devastated city.

The investigation began last July following a complaint that raised some specific concerns in relation to repair ‘scope of work’ - the process of providing insurers with an estimate of likely repair or rebuild costs, prior to settling claims.

The concerns related to suspicions that estimates were being inflated and resulting in more lucrative repair contracts once

claims were accepted.

Having previously highlighted concern for the potential for serious financial crime during a rebuild period, SFO wanted to minimise or eradicate any risk of fraud with early intervention.

But no evidence was identified in the case to support that suspicion, the SFO has ruled.

The case has, however, highlighted some of the difficulties facing all organisations and individuals in Christchurch, given the post-earthquake aftershocks, the on\going reclassification of land and buildings and the divergence of opinions on rebuild technical requirements, the SFO said yesterday.

All of these factors contribute to a changing and difficult financial and commercial environment, it says.

The rebuild was an opportunity for law enforcement agen-

cies, along with other agencies involved in the private sector, to work collaboratively to prevent any further losses to the people of Christchurch, said SFO acting chief executive Simon McArley.

“We intervened early in this case to quickly address concerns.

“We believe that that early intervention in itself will have had a deterrent effect,” he said.

“Industry co-operation is paramount to addressing these emerging risks and SFO will continue to provide support to the construction and insurance industries to ensure positive and genuine activity surrounds investment back into the city.”

In March, the SFO confirmed that it was investigating a number of alleged fraud cases.

It warned the scale of fraud could run to a billion dollars.

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By Simon Collins New Zealand’s Catholic bishops have joined a call for a national food programme in schools after seeing a doubling of numbers requesting food on suburban streets in Hamilton in the past two months.

St Vincent de Paul Society manager Mike Rolton said “Fullfill” food vans operated by the Catholic charity were now feeding almost 800 people a week across five Hamilton suburbs, and smaller numbers in Tauranga and Rotorua.

“We’ve gone from 60 a night to 150 a night [in Hamilton] in the last two months,” he said.

Catholic Bishop of Hamilton Denis Browne said all Catholic bishops were concerned about the problem and endorsed a bill put forward by Mana MP Hone Harawira to provide free breakfasts and lunches in all decile 1 and 2 schools.

“We should all hang our heads in shame to think that it’s our children who are hungry in this land of plenty,” Bishop Browne said.

The bishop went out with the van in Hamilton recently and described it as “an eye-opener”.

“The van has become easily recognisable. They would turn a street corner and initially the kids would come flocking to them, and after a while I’d see the parents coming out as well,” he said.

Volunteers hand out sandwiches, soup, eggs and Milo. Food is donated by local supermarkets and

by Catholic parishioners who have been asked since the recession began to bring one item of food to church each Sunday for hungry families.

Mr Rolton said 78 per cent of the food went to children, mostly in families on welfare, but he also saw growing numbers of working

families queueing for food. “A lot of it is having their hours reduced, so instead of the husband working 50 or 60 hours a week he’s back down to 40, and they can’t survive,” he said.

Major Campbell Roberts of the Salvation Army said he did not know of any other service in the country that was feeding families in the suburbs, but he was not surprised at the need.

The Salvation Army has also seen a 22 per cent jump in food parcels handed out in Auckland and Northland in the past year.

Salvationists, the Anglican and Methodist churches, Plunket, Barnardos, the Principals’ Federation and the Royal NZ College of General Practitioners are among 24 groups backing a community campaign this month to muster support for Mr Harawira’s bill, which is expected to get a first vote in Parliament next month.

College of GPs president Tim Malloy, a Wellsford doctor, said support for the bill was part of doctors’ commitment to eliminate social inequities which led to poor health.

“There is no question that nutritional foods are more costly than processed foods,” he said. “This bill is an attempt to begin to address the issue.”

Every Child Counts co-ordinator Deborah Morris-Travers said the bill was supported by 60 of Parliament’s 121 MPs including the Labour, Green, NZ First, Maori and Mana parties.

But a spokesman for United Future MP Peter Dunne, who holds the balance of power on the issue, said Mr Dunne opposed the bill.

“It is far too simplistic to be an adequate solution to what is a real problem,” he said.

“But the whole issue requires further discussion.”

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• Houses shot at Police are investigating after two houses in Palmerston North were shot at. The homes were occupied but there were no injuries in the incident on Farnham Avenue, Highbury, about 10.30pm on Tuesday, police said. “We believe the incident is gang-related.

However, I want to stress that this is not a whole-of-gang issue, it’s a conflict between some individuals from the Mongrel Mob and Black Power,” Detective Senior Sergeant Craig Sheridan said.

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Shani Sol served her first customers at the Piece of Cake café on Victoria Street on Tuesday, helped by Olga Shenker and Tina Cunneen.

New café opens in the Triangle

By Gabrielle Stuart Hard work and big dreams came to fruition for Methven resident Shani Sol as she opened the doors to her new café in Ashburton on Tuesday.

Twelve years ago she came to New Zealand as a newlywed, with a backpack and a limited grasp of the language. Now she juggles work as a wife, mother and business owner, and has hand-made every pastry, cake and dessert in her Victoria Street café.

And with a warm, cheerful atmosphere, good coffee and plenty of food to try, the Piece of Cake café looks set up for success.

With help from her family and the community, she has spent two months renovating the 100-yearold building and setting up the kitchen and café.

Even her eight-year-old son had a hand in preparing the café for opening day, donating some of his toys and books for the children’s play area, she said.

“He’s so proud of it. I’m not sure who’s more excited actually, although the pastries might be part of that!”

Her desserts and pastries won’t be new to many people, as she has been making and selling them to restaurants across Canterbury for the past year.

She began using the commercial kitchen at the Methven Heritage Centre to make her desserts, but said that as orders increased to several hundred a week, she had to look for her own site.

“It wasn’t easy to find a good place at a reasonable price, so I thought once I found a kitchen, why not make it something more?”

She said that one of the things

that would set her food apart was the recipes gleaned from cultures across the world.

“In my family every generation was born in a different country.

My mum was born in Argentina and my dad in Israel, so I have a lot of South American and Mediterranean influences. Now it’s a matter of seeing what Kiwis like and what their tastes are.”

Always adventurous, Mrs Sol was looking forward to experimenting with new recipes and getting feedback from her customers.

She said that since setting foot in New Zealand it had felt like home, and she was excited to be putting down deeper roots in the community.

“New Zealand was supposed to be just our first stop – but we fell in love. We went to immigration and said ‘we want to stay, what can we do?’ and they sent us to a

dairy farm in Canterbury.”

She said that it was the friendliness and open attitude of New Zealanders that attracted her to the country, and they were personality traits she looked for when she chose staff.

“The response I got from the advert was overwhelming, and after 15 interviews I had to say that’s it, I had no more time! In the end it was a personality I was looking for.”

Front-of-house Tina Cunneen certainly has the personality, and after working for several years in retail she was looking forward to having more time to chat to customers.

But there were downsides to working in a café, she said.

“Shani’s been out the back for days cooking up the most wonderful pastries, and they’re all so good I’m going to have to watch my waistline!”

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Hallett found guilty of Tahu’s murder

By Jamie Morton There were emotional scenes outside the High Court at Rotorua yesterday afternoon as a family joined together and sang, finally having received closure over the murder of a loved one nearly 34 years ago.

The family of Rodney Tahu were seen to cry and lean on one another as Menzies Reginald John Hallett was found guilty of murdering Mr Tahu at a Turangi service station in 1979.

It came at the end of a weekand-a-half-long trial that heard how Hallett, now aged 72, had gunned down Mr Tahu in a “flash point” of rage but had lived free for the last three decades.

Outside court, tearful whanau of Mr Tahu hugged Detective Inspector Mark Loper, who led the cold case after it was reopened two and a half years ago.

Law changes meant Hallett’s former wife could now give crucial evidence against him. Without it, the original murder case against him faltered.

“I think let’s for a moment go back to 1979 ... and I think if you’d asked anybody then, you would have said he was a good bloke, he was a man who worked hard, who was well respected in his community,” an emotional family spokesman Colin Hair said of Mr Tahu following the verdict.

“He loved his family and his wife and his two daughters.

Menzies Hallett - found guilty of murder.

“Nobody could have known on that particular night when he went about his normal day to day business that somebody he’d never met – a perfect stranger – would turn up with a loaded firearm and would shoot him, and the family were naturally devastated at that point.. and were further devastated when an anomaly in the law at that stage meant he walked free until now,” Mr Hair said.

“You have to understand that the events of the last 13 or 14 months since the arrest, the trial, the media coverage and everything has re-opened those old wounds, and to some extent has

rubbed them a little bit more over the last week or so. But I think now we are in a position where we can put some closure to this ... and we can all move on.

“I think the hardest part is we’ve always known who was responsible for this.”

Mr Loper acknowledged how hard it had been for the family.

“All files, especially homicide files, are reviewed regularly, and this was one of those cases,” he said.

“So you know, through time, people [who are involved in such cases] might think that they may be free to reign and have stopped looking over their shoulder, but

this was a classic case where sometimes the police will come and tap you on the shoulder.”

On Tuesday Crown prosecutor Fletcher Pilditch said during his closing submissions that the 72-year-old had retracted an earlier admission that he had killed Mr Tahu.

The stunning revelation came a day after three separate witnesses - Hallett’s ex-wife Susan Sharpe, a flatmate of Hallett’s from the mid-1980s and a woman he briefly dated later that decade - all gave evidence stating that the former real estate agent and musician admitted to them that he had killed Mr Tahu.

The defence called no witnesses, and Hallett did not give testimony.

The Crown said Hallett was in a belligerent mood after receiving a letter from his wife.

The court heard how there was some dialogue that Hallett might get custody of their children, but Ms Sharpe refused. His oldest daughter also said she did not want to stay with him.

He arrived at the Turangi Shell service station just after 1am after hearing a rattling noise in his car and demanded oil from Mr Tahu, who had just closed up.

After calling Mr Tahu a “black bastard” when he refused to sell him some oil, Hallett is alleged to have used his .22 revolver to shoot the 31-year-old twice.

Hallett will be sentenced on July 12.

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Algal bloom warning Mid Canterbury duck shooters should be aware of toxic algal bloom in Lake Roundabout this weekend, the Canterbury District Health .

It is one of three Canterbury lakes on notice that will still be on notice when the duck shooting season opens on Saturday.

The others are Te Wairewa/ Lake Forsyth on Banks Peninsula and Lake Rotorua near Kaikoura.

Canterbury medical officer of health Dr Alistair Humphrey said the lakes are still in bloom with concentrations of blue-green algae (planktonic cyanobacteria) above the levels considered to be safe for recreational activities.

“People should avoid contact with these lakes until the health warnings have been lifted, because there is increased probability of respiratory, irritation and allergy symptoms from exposure to the high density of

the cyanobacterial material present,” Dr Humphrey said.

“If you experience any of these symptoms visit your general practice team immediately and please let your doctor know if you have had contact with the lake water.”

Dr Humphrey says algae are particularly harmful to dogs and hunters should not let their pets come into contact with or drink water from the lakes.

“Hunters should also wash their hands thoroughly if they come in contact with the lake water or when handling ducks from these lakes.

However, ducks can be cooked and eaten if their gut has been removed.”

Environment Canterbury continues to monitor the lakes and the public will be advised when they are clear of concentrations of algae deemed to be of public health significance.

FACTBOX Facts about cyanobacteria: • The algae occur naturally but can increase rapidly during warmer months.

• If the water is cloudy, discoloured, or has small globules suspended in it, avoid all contact.

• Not all cyanobacterial blooms are visible and toxins can persist after the blooms disappear.

• Cyanobacterial concentrations can change quickly with changing environmental conditions such as wind.

• If a health warning is in place avoid contact with the water.

Officers joked about framing Thomas, recalls bar worker

By Nicholas Jones Senior police officers joked about framing Arthur Allan Thomas for the Crewe murders while drinking at a bar, says a woman who worked there.

Queenie Edmonds said she overheard the talk while working at the Mangere Hotel 43 years ago at the time of the investigation.

Ms Edmonds told One News that she heard police officers, including Bruce Hutton, who led the investigation, call Thomas a “half-wit”.

She said police had bragged they could get away with anything. “I thought it was idiocy that they

could do that to another human being,” Ms Edmonds said.

Harvey and Jeannette Crewe were shot dead at Pukekawa in 1970.

Mr Thomas, a local farmer, was convicted at two trials of murdering the couple before being pardoned. A royal commission later named Mr Hutton and another officer as responsible for planting the bullets that led to the convictions. Police unsuccessfully challenged the finding.

The case is the subject of a police review after the daughter of the murdered couple asked Prime Minister John Key to help find her parents’ killer. The findings of the

two-year review are expected to be released soon.

Ms Edmonds said the bar had been reserved for a short time for police investigating the murders, and she had been sworn to secrecy.

“What I heard and saw in there was to stay in there,” she told One News.

She also claimed to have seen the original murder suspect, Jeanette Crewe’s father, Len Demler, drinking with the police inquiry team.

Deputy commissioner Mike Bush’s eulogy at Mr Hutton’s funeral last month caused controversy after he described him as a man of “great character”. -APNZ

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The Cypriot parliament narrowly approved a controversial 10 billion euros ($A12.76 billion) bailout deal agreed with international lenders to stave off bankruptcy for the eurozone member.

The agreement with the European Commission, European Central Bank and International Monetary Fund was backed by 29 MPs and opposed by 27, in a live television broadcast of the vote.

Among the parties that voted in favour

were the ruling rightwing Disy, its coalition partner Diko, and an MP from the centrist Evroko party.

Ahead of the vote, Disy party chief Averoff Neophytou admitted the bailout was “tough” but said the island had no

other choice. “It is a tough memorandum that will mean the more sensitive groups of society needing to make painful sacrifices along with the rest of society. It is the only way because this way, we avoid bankruptcy and we are

presented with a prospect to steady the ship in these turbulent waters,” he said.

Those who rejected the bailout were the communist Akel party, socialist Edek, an MP from the Green party and two independents.

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Feedback wanted over Orion’s $86m rebuild plans

By Paul McBeth The Commerce Commission is giving the Christchurch public a say on local lines company Orion New Zealand’s plan to claw back the extra $86 million it needs to rebuild its network, which was damaged by the Canterbury earthquakes.

The antitrust regulator has released an issues paper asking Canterbury electricity consumers their views on Orion’s proposal, which would lift the average household bill by 5 per cent, or $8.70 a month. The lines company, owned by the Christchurch and Selwyn councils, applied to the commission in February to increase its prices and reduce its quality targets.

“It is important that Canterbury electricity consumers have their say,” deputy chair Sue Begg said in a statement. “We also have to allow Orion to charge prices sufficient to make the necessary investment in its network.”

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Submissions close on May 24, with a draft determination scheduled for mid-July and a final decision in November. That would mean Orion’s new pricing plan could take effect from April next year.

Orion said the extra charges would be in addition to the usual inflationary creep in electricity prices, which climbed at an annual pace of 5.2 per cent in the year ended March 31, ahead of the overall pace of 0.9 per cent.

Retail electricity prices have been in the spotlight in recent weeks after the Labour and Green parties promised to introduce a central buying agency if they win the Treasury benches at next year’s election in an effort to cut the cost for households.

While that may see an initial cut in retail prices, AMP Capital Investors head of equities Guy Elliffe told a media briefing last month the longer-term viability was less clear due to the cost of investing in New Zealand’s transmission system through national grid operator Transpower and the lines companies.

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The result posted by Switzerland’s biggest bank, headquartered in Zurich and Basel, Switzerland, caused shares to jump to 16.6 francs, a gain of 5.67 per cent in a day.

Though net profit was down 4.5 per cent from the comparable period a year ago, the result was nonetheless a significant recovery from the $2 billion loss the bank posted for the fourth quarter of 2012 in the wake of a series of major lawsuits,

scandals and a wave of restructuring. “While it is too early to declare victory, we have shown our business model works in practice,” chief executive Sergio Ermotti said. “Although markets improved, we still saw challenges, so I am very pleased with our performance.”

Ermotti said the bank’s capital cushion as demanded by global and Swiss regulations rose to 10 per cent “and our leading capital cushion continues to be a competitive advantage for the bank”.

In the first quarter, the investment bank saw a profit of 977 million francs before taxes and the wealth management arm posted a profit 664

million francs before taxes. Its total operating expenses decreased more than 1.7 billion francs, down to 6.3 billion francs, mainly due to fewer net charges on its legal and regulatory bills, and general and administrative expenses were also lowered by 1.8 billion francs.

But personnel expenses including higher performance awards rose 357 million, up to 4.1 billion francs, despite 846 fewer jobs to pay for since the end of 2012.

UBS said it had cut down to 61,782 jobs at the end of March – 2461 fewer jobs than a year earlier – and warned of continued high expenses.

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Obama: Chemical weapons a game changer A bombing in the heart of Damascus has killed at least 13 people as US President Barack Obama says he won’t be rushed to act on allegations Syria is using chemical weapons.

The attack in Marjeh district came a day after Syrian Prime Minister Wael al-Haqi survived a car bombing in an upscale neighbourhood of the capital.

Russia, meanwhile, banned its

civilian planes from Syrian airspace after the crew of one reported coming under threat over the war-torn country.

Obama warned against rushing to judgment on Syria’s use of chemical weapons but said proof of their use would trigger a “rethink” of his reluctance to use military force.

“I’ve got to make sure I’ve got the facts. That’s what the American

people would expect,” he told a White House news conference.

“If I can establish in a way that not only the United States but also the international community feel confident in the use of chemical weapons by the Assad regime, then that is a game changer,” he warned.

In New York, Syria’s UN ambassador Bashar Jaafari alleged that an opposition group used “chemi-

cal material” during an attack near the northern city of Idlib.

Back in Damascus, state media blamed “cowardly terrorists” for a bombing that it said killed 13 people and wounded, using its term for rebels fighting to oust President Bashar al-Assad.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported 14 dead, including nine civilians and five security forces members, in the

attack near the old interior ministry.

Official television showed smoke billowing over the scene, with the ministry’s windows blown out, a business complex devastated and cars damaged.

Mutilated bodies could be seen in the street, and at least one body wrapped in a white sheet was laid out alongside an ambulance.

On Monday, a car bomb tar-

geted Haqi’s convoy as it passed through Mazzeh neighbourhood, killing one of his bodyguards and five other people, said the Observatory.

Halqi is the latest in a growing list of regime officials to be targeted for assassination.

As bloodshed continued unabated, the White House said Obama raised “concern over Syrian chemical weapons” in a telephone call

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Researchers measure tweets for happiness Take all the comments expressed on Twitter, crunch them with an analytics program and you can get a sense of the mood of a city, state or country.

US researchers say they have come up with such a tool, called a “hedonometer”, which is effectively a happiness sensor.

The project at www.hedonometer.org, which went live yesterday, has been collecting data for five years, measuring the ups and downs of the moods expressed on the popular messaging platform.

The tool analyses roughly 10 per cent of all tweets posted in English, giving a sense of the mood of the internet community, albeit with a heavy weighting in the United States.

The researchers found that the day of the Boston Marathon bombings, April 15, was the saddest day measured in five years, slightly worse than the day of the Newtown, Connecticut school massacre.

The happiest days were on holidays such as Christmas or Thanksgiving.

The hedonometer draws on the “psychological valence” of about

10,000 words. Using a scale of one to nine, “happy” is ranked 8.30, “hahaha” 7.94, “cherry” 7.04. At the bottom, “crash” is rated 2.60, “war” 1.80, and “jail” 1.76.

The team collects some 50 million tweets from around the world each day “then we basically toss all the words into a huge bucket”, to calculate a happiness score, said lead researcher Peter Dodds.

“It gives us some great insight and it works in real time,” Dodds told AFP. The day of the US raid which killed Osama bin Laden was ranked as a sadderthan-average day, according to Dodds, because of the negative words expressed in tweets. “It happened to a negative person, and the texture of that day is talking about death, a negative event,” he said.

The hedonometer’s initial measurements come from Englishlanguage tweets, but researchers say the hedonometer will soon be drawing in other data streams, like Google Trends, The New York Times, blogs, CNN transcripts, and text captured by the linkshortening service Bitly. And it will be mining data in 12 languages.

– AFP

Bomb kills 3 Nato personnel Three members of the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force were killed by a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan, ISAF says.

A spokesman declined to give any further details about the attack, which came a day after a civilian cargo plane crashed at Bagram airfield north of Kabul, killing all seven crew members.

“Three International Security Assistance Force service members died following an improvised explosive device attack in southern Afghanistan today,” the statement said without stating the nationalities of the victims, in line with policy. There was no immediate claim of responsibility but Taliban militants frequently use roadside bombs against US-led foreign troops and their Afghan allies.

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An official in a semiautonomous region of Somalia says the government has executed 13 prisoners, including a woman. Abdifatah Haji Aden, Puntland’s military court chairman, said the prisoners were executed by firing squad on the outskirts of Bossaso, Puntland’s commercial hub, yesterday. Aden said one soldier who helped carry out the execution died after being struck by an errant bullet fired by a colleague. Six of the prisoners were convicted for the murder of Ahmed Abdirahman, a religious leader killed by gunmen in December 2011. The other seven were convicted of various other crimes, mainly targeted killings.

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Darryl Warren and Lee Young-mi visit their 2-year-old daughter, Hannah Warren, in a post-op room at the Children’s Hospital of Illinois in Peoria, Illinois, after having received a new windpipe in a landmark transplant operation on April 9.

Toddler gets windpipe made from stem cells A two-year-old girl born without a windpipe now has a new one grown from her own stem cells, the youngest patient in the world to benefit from the experimental treatment.

Hannah Warren has been unable to breathe, eat, drink or swallow on her own since she was born in South Korea in 2010. Until the operation at a US hospital, she had spent her entire life in a hospital in Seoul.

Doctors there told her parents there was no hope and they expected her to die.

The stem cells came from Hannah’s bone marrow, extract-

ed with a special needle inserted into her hip bone. They were seeded in a lab on to a plastic scaffold, where it took less than a week for them to multiply and create a new windpipe.

The windpipe was implanted April 9 in a nine-hour procedure.

Early signs indicate the windpipe is working, Hannah’s doctors announced yesterday, although she is still on a ventilator. They believe she will eventually be able to live at home and lead a normal life.

“We feel like she’s reborn,” said Hannah’s father, Darryl

Warren. “They hope that she can do everything that a normal child can do but it’s going to take time. This is a brand new road that all of us are on,” he said in a telephone interview.

“This is her only chance but she’s got a fantastic one and an unbelievable one.”

Warren choked up and his wife, Lee Young-mi, was tearyeyed at a hospital news conference yesterday.

Hannah did not attend because she is still recovering from the surgery. She developed an infection after the operation but now is acting like a healthy

two-year-old, her doctors said.

Warren said he hopes the family can bring Hannah home for the first time in a month or so.

Hannah turns three in August.

“It’s going to be amazing for us to finally be together as a family of four,” he said. The couple has an older daughter.

Only about one in 50,000 children worldwide are born with the windpipe defect. The stemcell technique has been used to make other body parts besides windpipes and holds promise for treating other birth defects and childhood diseases, her doctors said.

– AP

Mosque attack leaves 10 injured in Myanmar An Afghan policeman stands guard in Kabul. taking over responsibility for security, but there is growing concern over the war-torn country’s prospects after 2014 when all foreign combat deployments will finish.

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Ten people were injured and police fired warning shots as a mob attacked a mosque in central Myanmar (Burma), authorities say, in the latest religious unrest to hit the country.

Fighting in the small town of Oakkan, around 100km north of Yangon, was sparked after a woman bumped into a young

novice monk knocking his alms bowl on to the ground, according to a Myanmar state television announcement.

It is the latest unrest to flare in the region north of Yangon, Myanmar’s main city, after a series of attacks by Buddhist mobs on Muslim homes, businesses and mosques in March.

“Security forces had to fire warning shots to disperse the crowd as they threw stones at a religious building, destroyed the facades of shops and dragged things out of the premises in Oakkan town,” said the evening bulletin.

“During the clash, 10 people were injured, eight of whom had minor injuries,” it said.

Earlier, presidential spokesman Ye Htut posted on his Facebook page that a mosque had been attacked, adding calm had been restored.

The state television announcement, which was also published on the information ministry website, said 25 shops and a “religious building” were attacked. – AFP

Tests link poison to suspect Ricin was found in the former martial arts studio of the man suspected of sending poison letters to President Barack Obama and other officials, and it was discovered on a dust mask and other items he threw in the trash, federal prosecutors said in a court document made public yesterday.

The affidavit says an FBI surveillance team saw James Everett Dutschke remove several items from the studio in Mississippi on April 22 and dump them in a trash bin down the street. The items

included a dust mask that later tested positive for ricin, the affidavit said.

Traces of ricin also were found in the studio, and Dutschke used the internet to buy castor beans, from which the poison is derived, the affidavit said.

Dutschke, 41, was arrested at the weekend as part of the investigation into poison-tainted letters sent to Obama, US Sen. Roger Wicker and Judge Sadie Holland in Mississippi. He is being held without bond pending a hearing tomor-

row. He faces up to life in prison if convicted.

The FBI has not yet revealed details about how lethal the ricin was. A Senate official has said the ricin was not weaponised, meaning it wasn’t in a form that could easily enter the body. If inhaled, ricin can cause respiratory failure, among other symptoms. No antidote exists.

Dutschke said last week that he didn’t send the letters. His lawyer, George Lucas, had no comment yesterday.

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Key political players are saying his credibility is on the line, but the White House is seeking precise intelligence into how and when such weapons may have been used.

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The Dutch monarchy has turned a page with Willem-Alexander becoming the country’s first king in more than a century following his mother’s abdication.

Millions of people celebrated Tuesday night’s (NZ time) event at street parties and other venues in the Netherlands and overseas, including on the Dutch island of Curacao in the Caribbean.

“For 33 years she gave trust and never violated the trust given to her and that was the basis for her authority,” King Willem-Alexander said in his inauguration speech, a few hours after Queen Beatrix had signed her abdication.

Unlike his mother, the king will not play a role in forming Dutch governments. That role ceased

in 2012 after a new law pushed through by pro-reform parties.

In a recent television interview, the king had said he accepted the more ceremonial role of the monarch, and in his investiture speech he stressed that “democracy rests on the mutual trust, of citizens in their government, and government in its citizens.”

With a stroke of a pen, Beatrix had earlier relinquished the throne, saying she was making way for a “new generation.” She was the fourth queen since 1890, and will now be known as Princess Beatrix.

“It was a very special, very emotional moment,” Prime Minister Mark Rutte said after witnessing the signing at the Royal Palace.

In his remarks, Willem-Alexander

said the Netherlands and overseas parts of the kingdom “were privileged” to have had Beatrix as queen.

He also mentioned the economic slowdown that has plagued Europe, and which has to a degree increased criticism of the costs that the monarchy generates.

“It is no longer so self evident as it was in the past that children will be better off than their parents,” he said, adding that “our strength lies not in exclusion but in cooperation”.

In addition to thanking his parents, he also thanked his Argentinian-born wife, saying: “I am intensely happy with the support of Maxima. She has accepted this country and become Dutch among the Dutch.”

– DPA

A spokeswoman for Catherine Zeta-Jones says the actress has “proactively” checked into a mental health facility for treatment of her bipolar condition. Publicist Sarah Fuller said in an email yesterday that Zeta-Jones “is committed to periodic care in order to manage her health in an optimum manner”. Two years ago, the 43-year-old Oscar winner checked into a similar facility for treatment of her condition, known as Bipolar II. The disorder is characterised by mood swings and depressive episodes and is commonly treated with medication and psychotherapy.

– AP

• Job opportunity Do you enjoy the outdoors and have strong vocal cords? If so, Norway might have a summer job for you: three weeks in the Arctic wilderness spotting polar bears. The governor’s office on the remote northern islands of Svalbard is seeking a polar bear spotter to warn researchers doing projects in the region. The job starts July 8 and also requires previous experience with the outdoors, good polar bear spotting skills and a competence with firearms. But Helge Solli from the governor’s office says the successful candidate likely won’t have to use a gun “just as long as they have a loud voice” to scare off any bears. There are an estimated 3000 polar bears in the Svalbard archipelago, which has a human population of about 2400.

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• Baby gorilla’s debut An abandoned baby gorilla from Texas has made its debut at the Cincinnati Zoo with some of the people who have served as its primary caregivers. The three-monthold lowland gorilla is named Gladys Stones. She made her media debut yesterday in a yard where she’ll spend time over the next month with her human caregivers, climbing trees and getting familiar with being outdoors. Gladys was born January 29 at the Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville, Texas.

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• Referee badly hurt A referee for a recreational soccer league is in critical condition after being punched in the face by a teenage player who didn’t like a call the man made in a weekend game.

The 17-year-old was booked into a juvenile detention centre on suspicion of aggravated assault, said Police Lt. Justin Hoyal. Those charges could be amplified if the 46-year-old referee’s condition worsens. The incident happened in a flash during a soccer game at a field at Eisenhower Junior High School near Salt Lake City, Utah.

– AP

• Plane crash Six people travelling in a small plane belonging to the Mexican Attorney-General’s Office have died when it crashed in the northern state of Zacatecas. “Regrettably the occupants died,” a spokesman for the AG’s office confirmed.

He said the identities of the victims and the cause of the accident are not known. The plane went down in the municipality of Morelos.

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The New Zealand Veterinary Association’s annual roadshow hit town this week, with veterinarians, DairyNZ and milk companies working together on dairy animal health and welfare.

The association is travelling around New Zealand until May 22, hosting 15 meetings between local vets and dairy sector professionals. Vets from Mid and South Canterbury met at the Hotel Ashburton on Monday.

It focused on the contribution rural veterinarians can make to meet the target of doubling primary sector export earnings by 2030.

Veterinarians, Dairy NZ, milk companies and the Ministry of Primary Industries are all working together on improving dairy animal health and welfare and at the same time improving the productivity, profitability and sustainability of the industry.

LEFT: Ministry for Primary Industries specialist animal welfare adviser Richard Wild talks to vets from Mid and South Canterbury during a roadshow in Ashburton this week.

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“Our programme of gene discovery and DNA sequencing is improving our ability to isolate negative genes. This is a good thing for the dairy industry.”

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Hamilton, attracted about 100 elite breeders from around New Zealand, from Hikurangi in the far North to Invercargill in the deep South.

Those breeders have all contributed dairy bull calves to LIC, selected by the co-operative based on the animal’s impressive ancestry records or their DNA profiles. Intergenerational progress is the ‘name of the game’, and this is commonly referred to as genetic gain.

Independent research shows genetic gain in the national dairy herd, over a 10-year period, is responsible for about 60 per cent of the production gains made on New Zealand dairy farms.

Estimates put the economic contribution 400 of LIC’s bulls to the dairy industry at $16 billion over the past 390 46 years.

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Ashburton dairy farmer Ken Going was among leading dairy farmers – who specifically breed some of the highest-performing dairy cows and bulls in New Zealand – at a celebration hosted by genetics company LIC recently.

Each year this handful of special farmers use a combination of science, breeding nous, experience, and a pinch of luck to produce some of the best-available pasture-based dairy progeny in the world.

The progeny go on to produce bulls that are “cherry picked” by dairy co-operative LIC. LIC collects semen from the bulls and distributes it for insemination in to the majority of New Zealand’s 4.5 million dairy cows.$71 This practice is a major reason for $70 New Zealand’s international success in dairying. $69 Breeders’ Day, hosted recently $68 Newstead headquarters in at LIC’s

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Ben O’Brien, Beef and Lamb general manager market access, said the forum provided an opportunity to engage with leading farmers who have demonstrated a commitment to the environment.

“We were able to update them on activities we have undertaken to help the sector and individual sheep and beef farmers meet their environmental responsibilities while ensuring that the sector as a whole is represented in discussions with Government on environmental policy,” Mr O’Brien said.

“We were very happy with the commitment we received from participants and we will be keeping in touch with them and providing further support and information to assist them in continuing their leadership roles within their communities.”

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“These farmers have already achieved a huge amount in terms of environmental leadership. So a key aim of the forum was to refresh their skills and give them the tools to work successfully with a range of community stakeholders to address environmental issues,” he said.

The forum featured an excellent line-up of speakers, and participants were able to network with politicians, government officials and other environmental leaders.

“I think the farmers who participated were genuinely surprised by the range and calibre of the speakers and presenters involved.

I’m sure all the participants went home with a much deeper understanding of the challenges our sector faces and they will be better equipped to deal with these issues.”

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The first Beef and Lamb New Zealand Environmental Leadership Forum has been hailed an outstanding success.

Twenty-five sheep and beef farming leaders attended the event in Wellington last month.

The forum was facilitated by the New Zealand Farm Environment Trust, which has run a similar annual event for dairy farmers and also delivers the Ballance Farm Environment Awards.

Participants included pastwinners of the Ballance Farm Environment Awards and Beef and Lamb Farmer Council members.

Simon Saunders, deputy chair of the NZFE Trust, says the forum was designed to equip farmers with the skills needed to become effective ambassadors for the sheep and beef industry.

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Use of DNA sequence technology by farmer co-operative Livestock Improvement (LIC) has led to the discovery of a recessive small calf gene - opening the door to managing Small Calf Syndrome out of the dairy industry.

David Hemara, acting CEO of LIC, said it was an important discovery. “Identifying the gene means we can start managing a problem which has existed on farms for decades.”

The Small Calf Syndrome affects predominantly Holstein Friesian and a lesser number of

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tempted to take the money seemingly on offer. Doing that marks a shift in the co-operative’s ethos.

Yet farmer-shareholders also need to know that the price won’t be set until May 16.

“The FSF unit price today may not be the farmer price come May 16. This is a big chunk of a Fonterra farmer-shareholder’s equity so they need to think long and hard before committing.”

Mr Leferink said farmers needed to spend money on quality independent financial advice.

Fonterra will pilot its GMP scheme across 200 dairy farmers.

It will allow farmers to lock in the milk price at the start of the season for up to 75 per cent of their milk supply.

Supply chain director Ian Palliser said the past few years confirmed that volatility in commodity prices was here to stay.

“We recognise that every farming business is different. And while most farmers can live with the market volatility, there are times when some farmers would prefer more certainty as it would help them manage their own farming businesses,” he said.

“Certainty can be particularly important for farmers at times when they are considering investing in new equipment, expanding or undertaking a new conversion. It’s a bit like having a fixed interest rate on your mortgage versus a floating rate. It enables you to know exactly where you stand with a percentage of your production and this can help with future planning.

“As well as providing farmers with the certainty they are looking for, GMP also has benefits for the co-op.

“That’s because we know what a certain proportion of our milk will cost us for the season and this in turn provides us with another selling tool when talking to our customers, some of whom are also looking for price certainty.”

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From today shareholders will be able to indicate how many economic rights they wish to sell to the Fonterra Shareholders’ Fund.

The news comes on the back of the announcement of the dairy giant’s trial of a Guaranteed Milk Price scheme.

“Ten out of 10 for Fonterra trying something new with its Guaranteed Milk Price,” said Willy Leferink, Federated Farmers dairy chairperson.

“In most seasons, excepting the global meltdown of 2008/9, I have the suspicion farmer-shareholders would have ended up being out of pocket if they had ‘fixed’ their payout at the season opening.”

He said generally forecasts had risen toward the end of a season.

“Take the current 2012-13 season. The opening forecast was in the $5.95-$6.05 range per kilogram of milk solids (kg/MS) but $6.12 kg/MS is looking more likely. For the average herd under GMP that difference adds up to being between $7500 and some $18,000.

“GMP is a risk management tool but it is seemingly one more for the co-operative than farmershareholders. For farmers to fix intelligently, they would need to take into account seasonal weather outlooks here and overseas, global markets and what the dollar may do.

“In other words, the sorts of complex risk management farmers rely on the co-operative for and expressed through the forecast payout.”

Federated Farmers would be concerned if GMP implied there was going to be less accurate forecasts going forward, he said.

From today, Fonterra’s farmershareholders will also be able to sell their economic rights in up to a quarter of their production based “wet” shares to the Fonterra Shareholders’ Fund, or FSF. “As the FSF is currently trading at $7.81 per unit, farmers may be

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Draw on the walls kids Contrary to the usually rules, youngsters at the Ashburton Art Gallery were encouraged to draw on the walls yesterday. Magdalene Haugh, 10, Jessica Cowan, 9, Jessica Eaton, 9, Drew Porter, 9, Mac Holmwood, 9, and Diana Barbu, 12, took up the challenge, creating a colourful artwork in the hall.

Steve McDonald and Andrew London will take the stage at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre tonight.

Do you have a hankering for haggis?

From Aberdeen to Aotearoa, join Andrew London and Steve McDonald on a journey that explores the Kiwi cultural zeitgeist from the historical to the present, pointing out along the way that gen-Y’s body piercing was a totally different concept to a 16th century Highlander!

London, mainstay of popular trio Hot Club Sandwich, is a favourite performer

with Arts On Tour NZ, and has teamed up with Steve McDonald to tour Haggis Sandwich – a show which sandwiches Andrew’s typical wry humour with Steve’s songs detailing Scottish tales of run-ins with the English as well as the great diaspora to Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

And given the number of Kiwis who

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claim Scottish descent, it is not surprising that Steve McDonald’s Celtic-inspired music inspires floods of patriotic nostalgia and over a million CD sales worldwide.

Haggis Sandwich offers a wide-angled and often irreverent approach to Kiwi culture – where some of it came from (Scotland), where it is now, and what we can expect in the future, given the every-

recurring themes and inspirations. This is a free event, beginning at 6pm.

• Tonight – Christchurch artist Ira MitchellKirk opens her exhibition A Time To Blossom at Terrace Downs Resort, to run until June 6.

• May 24 – Miss Saigon by the Variety Theatre of Ashburton to stage at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre to May 31.

• May 3 - The Nutcracker, Moscow Ballet La Classique. Ballet skills, lavish costumes and magnificent sets, this show has it all.

• May 5 – Roger Hall’s Taking Off at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre. A sensitive comedy that trails four Kiwi girls on their big OE. • To May 5 – Zonta Youth Art Awards exhibition at the Ashburton Art Gallery.

• May 11 – Mt Somers artist Sarah Harper and New Zealand artist Jean Laming open their exhibitions at the Ashburton Art Gallery with an artist talk at 1.30pm.

Exhibitions to run until June 2.

• May 22 – In conversation with Sarah Harper - an informal evening to be conducted as a casual interview between Sarah and the gallery’s curator focusing on

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ARIES (Mar 21st Apr 20th) Today can be exciting as other people figure prominently in events.

Think about networking or accepting that party invitation that seems to call out to you. Social involvements show no danger of getting out of hand unless you give in to that wild and carefree feeling. One meeting may be fortuitous.

Money and friends don’t mix but be there for them in other ways.

• June 22 – Ten Years of Song by the Mid Canterbury Choir, concert at 7pm.

Winners of Country Calendar on Horseback DVDs are: Park Street Day Centre, Janet McNally, Fiona Flanagan

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If you have an event coming up and you think it might be suited to the Arts Diary, please let us know by contacting Susan Sandys on 307-7961 or susan.s@theguardian. co.nz

GEMINI (May 22nd Jun 21st) If it feels like you don’t have as much control over life as you could or should, you may be right. The current line-up suggests that fate may be at work and that trying to force anything to happen before it’s ready may affect the outcome. An intuitive hunch may encourage you to plan a trip or to think about learning a subject in more depth.

CANCER (Jun 22nd - Jul 23rd) The social wheels seem to be moving smoothly and placing you in the path of interesting and supportive people. The urge to collaborate on projects may make you new friends and lead to productive and fruitful action. If you’ve been sensitive about romance lately, friends may come to the rescue with ideas for a night out that can take you out of yourself.

LEO (Jul 24th - Aug 23rd) You seem to be storming ahead career-wise and impressing the right people. Yet don’t let an arrogant comment ruin a chance to get some good advice if someone offers it to you. The more generous and open-hearted you are in your journey to the top, the better you’ll do. A social event may be the icing on the cake.

Friends may have a surprise for you.

VIRGO (Aug 24th Sep 23rd) The determination to get away may encourage travel plans. You may be in the mood to enjoy a taste of paradise or simply a chance to indulge yourself. When you follow your heart today, you may open doors to new people and places that encourage you out of your comfort zone. A disagreement at work can be smoothed over with a compromise.

LIBRA (Sep 24th Oct 23rd) Fear of financial loss may be the reason you are loathe to take advantage of a scheme that might help you make money. Look into options that could make a big difference to the money picture.

There’s a chance that financial anxieties may be preventing you from deeper emotional sharing with your sweetheart too. A chat may help.

If you would like to go into the draw to win a copy of Earth Flight DVD, write your name, address and the DVD’s title on the back of an envelope and send to: Goodie Giveaway, PO Box 77, Ashburton.

Alternatively you can email goodies@theguardian.co.nz with the above details.

Entries must be received no later than 9am, the following Wednesday.

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TAURUS (Apr 21st May 21st) A self-indulgent mood could spoil your best intentions.

You mean well today but may leave things until the last minute when the pressure forces you to take action.

However, you may also be in a constructive mood, so when you do get to it, you’ll be sensible and thorough. An authority figure may irritate you. Just be your easygoing self!

Each week the Ashburton Guardian gives readers a chance to win DVDs courtesy of Roadshow Entertainment. Winners will be announced in this column the following week, so keep looking! If you see your name in the winner’s box, come into the Guardian and tell our lovely staff at reception you’re a DVD winner. ID may be required.

Winners have two months to claim their prize.

More than three years in the making Earthflight is an aerial adventure that will take your breath away. A stunning and wondrous series combining stateof-the-art technology and sophisticated techniques each episode explores a different continent, with birds providing a dramatic narrative of their journeys across it.

Using an array of devices – onboard cameras, drones and birds trained to fly right alongside microlights – Earthflight takes us over the planet’s most incredible landscapes and wildlife spectacles and reveals what it’s like to fly like a bird.

• May 28 – A morning with Jean Laming.

This is a free event, beginning 11am. Light refreshments will be served as gallery staff converse with Jean Laming about her life, exhibition and artistic career.

• Ashburton Society of Arts weekly art and printmaking group Wednesdays 10am to 2pm, life drawing group first Monday of the month 10am to midday, mixed media art group Mondays 10am to 2pm, Saturday painting group 10am to 2pm.

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day issues that consume and confuse so many of us.

Food fads, youth culture, male insecurities, weddings, rugby, coffee – all of these and more are explored and exploited in Haggis Sandwich.

Haggis Sandwich is on at the Ashburton Trust Events Centre tonight, starting at 7.30pm.

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• Tonight – Haggis Sandwich at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre, 7.30pm.

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SCORPIO (Oct 24th - Nov 22nd) Love may be in the air but is a fear of being hurt preventing you from making progress with a person you really like?

You may be holding yourself back in other ways despite the encouragement of family and friends.

One thing that may help is feeling the fear but doing it anyway. This maxim could take you a long way today Scorpio.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 23rd - Dec 21st) You may be hardpressed to persuade work colleagues of the benefits of an idea. A stubborn attitude may prevail, which may prove hard to counter. You may have to lead by example. A sociable plan may, however, work out. A friend can also appreciate your honest advice. Your blunt assessment of their situation may be just the ticket!

CAPRICORN (Dec 22nd - Jan 20th) When it comes to romance, it doesn’t pay to be too possessive. You may find yourself obsessing over someone when the relationship needs space and freedom to help it grow. You could end a happy occasion on a sour note if you’re not careful. A money-making proposition shows potential and if this is so it may give you reason to smile today.

AQUARIUS (Jan 21st - Feb 19th) Food and cooking could be a pertinent subject on a day when diet issues may come to your attention. The tendency to indulge may be hard to resist, especially as you may have a secret flair for throwing ingredients together and coming up with a mouth-watering dish.

It may be an idea to increase your amount of daily exercise to compensate.

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PISCES (Feb 20th Mar 20th) Grounded and well thought-out ideas provide fuel for a productive conversation.

You may have to work hard to cut through red tape to make enough headway though.

Perseverance may win through, even if it takes some time.

You may be a source of support and downto-earth advice for a friend in need. It can also be a good time to write a business plan.

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FRISKY fillies. Lots of lovely ladies to choose from, New lady; Sandy, 22, blonde surfer babe. Phone 021-565126.

PRIVATE HORIZONTAL exercise to enhance fitness, will leave you relaxed and smiling. Meet new genuine kiwi ladies 30+ in Canterbury? To join phone Kate 027 437 8345 make a time to preview, you won’t be sorry.

Travelling South Canterbury and Christchurch, Thursday/Friday.

BUSINESS NOTICES ASHBURTON LAW - Peter Ragg. Fully operational.

Text Peter to 8808 or phone 027 281 4686, email: nzragg@gmail.com

EDUCATION VEGETABLE Production Horticulture Training includes organics, composting, soil, crop production, plant nutrition, pest and disease management.

Supplement your income, change your lifestyle.

Other course options available. www.agribusiness.ac.nz Phone 03-308-7870.

FOR SALE FREE instruction cupcake decorating class. Kirsten Day will be in store promoting her new book “Kiwiana Cupcakes, Cake Pops and Whoopie Pies�. A great Mother’s Day gift.

Friday, May 3, 1.30-2.30pm, Saturday, May 4, 10.3011.30am. Look forward to seeing you. At Kitchen Kapers, The Arcade, 03 308 8287.

MAKE Mum Smile on Mother's Day. with a porcelain Robert Gordon coffee mug $25.00 or a Breakfast Cup and Saucer or a Tea for One set. See our window display at The China Shop in the Arcade.

TRADES, SERVICES CERAMIC Tiles - tile quality guaranteed - Tile Warehouse selection available at Redmonds Furnishing and Flooring, Burnett Street.

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Any person who wishes to object to the granting of a licence to the applicant must give notice of the objection to the Registrar not later than 14 days after the date of the second publication of this advertisement, which is May 2, 2013.

The notice of objection must include a statement of the grounds on which the objection relies. Further details on grounds and other requirements for making an objection can be found at www.reaa.govt.nz or contact the Real Estate Agents Authority on 0800forREAA (0800 367 7322).

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Bowls Mid Canterbury Sub Centre Annual General Meeting 2013

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Ashburton Bowling Club Rooms Thursday, June 13, 2013 7.30pm.

All full financial members of bowling clubs affiliated to Bowls Canterbury are welcome to attend.

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TOMORROW FRIDAY MAY 3 9.00am. ST ANDREW’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Drop in centre, free preloved clothing. St Andrews Church Hall, Cnr Thomson and Jane Street, Tinwald.

9.30am. ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Children’s holiday programme. 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

1.00pm - 3.00pm. ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. Classic aircraft on display. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

1.30pm. R.S.A. Euchre. R.S.A. Cox Street, Ashburton.

2.00pm, CAVENDISH CLUB. Visit to movies, meet at 1.45pm, Regent Cinema, Wills Street.

The Arcade, Ashburton 03 308 8287

Alexandra Cojocaru Alexandra all the best with love Mummy, Daddy, Iulii, Ron, Deirdre, Mikaela, Florin and Paul.

Jesse Oakley Happy 8th Birthday Jesse Enjoy your day.

Love from Mum, Dad, Hayden, Grandma, Gran and Grandad.

Wiremu Robertson Congratulations on your graduation from Ruma Whakawhanui - The Extension Room. Happy birthday and happy school days from all your friends and teachers at Childs Play Preschool.

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Riverton RC fields and form Fields for Riverton RC meeting at Riverton today.

NZ Meeting number: 6 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8 Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 6, 7 and 8 RACE 1 12.20pm (NZT) HAZLETT CONTRACTING RST OPEN HURDLES $12,000, RST OPN HDL, 2600m 1 68241 Deceptive tm (1) 66................ R Doherty (a) 2 Fx080 Air Cadet (3) 65...............................G Walsh 3 x5042 Gargamel m (5) 65............... A Browne (1.5) 4 4x970 Keep It Tight m (7) 65........K Veenendaal (3) 5 6x084 Winning Genes m (6) 65.................. C Studd 6 70049 Uncle Jim t (2) 65 7 94065 Kapua Jock (4) 65...............................S Moir RACE 2 12.55pm THE ROADING COMPANY RST OPEN STEEPLECHASE $12,000, RST OPN STP, 3400m 1 x5x59 Quartze tdm (1) 68.............................S Moir 2 71x87 Dane Ruler m (5) 67.5.....................G Walsh 3 25x02 Pakitin Pete b (4) 65........................ C Studd 4 x6073 Day Centre (6) 65................. A Browne (1.5) 5 7x943 Lagerfeld (2) 65.................K Veenendaal (3) 6 5x00F Power Pack tm (3) 65............. R Doherty (a) RACE 3 1.30pm TRAVELLERS REST TAVERN AND VITAL SIGNS MAIDEN $7000, MDN, 1600m 1 x9736 King Tap h (5) 58.5............... R Doherty (a2) 2 68855 Rotar (4) 58.5...............................C Johnson 3 000x7 Big Boy Socks (6) 58.5.............. S Muniandy 4 0670x Suspend Us (1) 58.5........... D Prastiyou (a3)

5 03453 Voodoo Beach h (7) 56.5..... H Y Cheng (a4) 6 x2x64 See You At Divas (8) 56.5...K C Walters (a1) 7 5x646 Yamission (2) 56.5........................... J Morris 8 0x950 Dana Pascalle (9) 56.5...........C Barnes (a3) 9 20x87 Four Gees (3) 56.5.......................T Moseley RACE 4 2.05pm SPG RIVERTON AND MARQUEE & PARTY HIRE MAIDEN $7000, MDN, 1200m 1 3308x Riccioli (2) 58.5...............................R Bishop 2 828 Gunna Fly (8) 58.5........................T Moseley 3 606x0 Indiana Jones (5) 58.5............ B Pitman (a1) 4 2x Muddles h (7) 56.5.................... R Black (a3) 5 9653 Emma Savanna (1) 56.5.....K C Walters (a1) 6 76 Northern Tap h (3) 56.5........ R Doherty (a2) 7 7 Halo Dolly (6) 56.5...................L McKay (a3) 8 497x6 Legal Aid bh (4) 56.5...................C Johnson RACE 5 2.40pm TONY ROY BUILDING & APARIMA PLUMBING R65 HCP $7000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1200m 1 33971 Valencia’s Image d (6) 59... D Prastiyou (a3) 2 10x77 Navigator d (8) 59...........................R Bishop 3 58604 Gannicus dmh (3) 58.5................C Johnson 4 x674x Windswept mh (9) 58............ R Doherty (a2) 5 60992 Tuatap dh (7) 57..................... B Pitman (a1) 6 7857x Lucky Nemo dm (1) 56.5..............K Williams 7 47490 Just Frank t (4) 56...................... S Muniandy 8 38570 She’z A Prima Donna (5) 55...C Barnes (a3) 9 x0704 Krissies Choice h (2) 54.5............T Moseley RACE 6 3.15pm HAPPY BIRTHDAY HAZEL HILLIS F&M

MAIDEN $12,000, MDN F&M, 1400m 1 72433 Structure (4) 57.5....................C Barnes (a3) 2 9x324 I’m A Taart b (3) 57.5...................C Johnson 3 2 Resplendent (7) 57.5.......... D Prastiyou (a3) 4 0x802 Sweet But Neat h (2) 57.5...... B Pitman (a1) 5 3624 The Bubbly One (6) 57.5..............K Williams 6 07x43 Langham Lady (1) 57.5................T Moseley 7 0308 Polly’s Sister (8) 57.5................. S Muniandy 8 7479 Down Here Up There (5) 57.5.R Doherty (a2) RACE 7 3.50pm MAINLAND MEATS & TUATAPERE FREIGHT R75 HANDICAP $8000, Rating 75 Benchmark, 1400m 1 75x68 Al Askan d (1) 59............................. J Morris 2 78x03 Belle D’Or tm (10) 58................. S Muniandy 3 626x8 Astralight m (8) 56..........................R Bishop 4 87809 Heza Kool Kat tmh (11) 56....... R Black (a3) 5 30611 Our Jackman d (3) 56............. B Pitman (a1) 6 1380x Bethune Billy m (5) 55.5....... R Doherty (a2) 7 57497 Golden Tower dmh (12) 55.. H Y Cheng (a4) 8 900x0 Citycenta tdh (6) 54.5..............L McKay (a3) 9 41548 Luv Da Bling dh (9) 54.................C Johnson 10 x130x Rushinella tm (4) 54.....................T Moseley 11 3810x Ustibecasual dm (2) 54............ J Chong (a3) 12 46302 Stand Up m (13) 54......................K Williams 13 1x820 Touchdown dmbh (7) 54.........C Barnes (a3) RACE 8 4.20pm WRENS AND J R MILNE & SON LTD R65 HANDICAP $7000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1600m

1 04095 Amigo dmh (9) 59.....................D Bothamley 2 70x95 Captorg m (3) 59................K C Walters (a1) 3 54453 Phil Wenneck dmh (7) 59..... R Doherty (a2) 4 74043 Honora Flynn d (4) 57...................K Williams 5 17753 Double Tap bh (17) 57.................C Johnson 6 51045 Rikho db (16) 57 7 50531 Ima Geegee m (5) 56...................T Moseley 8 9x0x9 Ambitious Folly dm (11) 56........ S Muniandy 9 58577 Buffys Boy dm (13) 55.5.................. J Morris 10 59106 Sophronia (2) 55......................L McKay (a3) 11 x0078 Young Bachelor d (18) 55... D Prastiyou (a3) 12 766x4 Flirtation mh (10) 54.5....................R Bishop 13 42003 Powder Creek (15) 54.5..........C Barnes (a3) 14 23686 Kasbah Keeper h (1) 54........... J Chong (a3) 15 840x8 Chocolate Cake m (6) 54 16 85680 Lets Talk Gold (14) 54 17 7x970 Knightonthetown d (8) 54 18 58604 Gannicus 56.5............................... Scratched 19 47490 Just Frank t (12) 54 Emergencies: Chocolate Cake, Lets Talk Gold, Knightonthetown, Gannicus, Just Frank Blinkers on : Kapua Jock (R1), Lucky Nemo (R5), Captorg (R8) Blinkers off : Just Frank (R5), Knightonthetown, Just Frank (R8) Winkers on : Northern Tap (R4), Just Frank (R5), Knightonthetown, Just Frank (R8) Winkers off : Legal Aid (R4), Citycenta (R7)

Fields for Forbury Park Trotting Club Inc meeting at Forbury Park today.

NZ Meeting number: 8 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 RACE 1 5.18pm (NZT) MAINLINE ELECTRICAL TROT $5500, 2yo+ non winners trot, stand, 2200m 1 40374 Speedy Success (1) fr............. N Williamson 2 Roaming (2) fr.................................G Shand 3 0P620 Last Love (3) fr.................................M Jones 4 06 Contiki (4) fr...................................B Barclay 5 88 The Ritz fr..................................... Scratched 6 9x55 Gorilla Playboy (5) fr...........M Williamson (J) 7 8 Final Effort (6) fr.............................M Denton 8 766x5 Forest Galleon (7) fr.......................A Armour 9 04576 Miri (8) fr...........................................D Dunn 10 Px092 City Courage (9) fr.............. B Williamson (J) 11 53770 Veecewah (10) fr............................... A Milne 12 080P7 Mr Majestic (U1) fr...........................J W Cox 13 0000x Queen Mary (U2) fr.................. L McCormick 14 03698 Zoogin (U3) fr....................................P Davis RACE 2 5.45pm LIFE MEMBER FRANK O’DRISCOLL MOBILE PACE $5500, 3yo non winners mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 0x399 Gotta Go Sassy’s Jet (1) fr..........G A Payne 2 06 Kirsty Jaccka (2) fr..........................P Hunter 3 06824 Alexis Mary (3) fr..................... S Stewart (J) 4 0x5 Missy Mach (4) fr.............................J W Cox 5 005x0 Matai Bryan (5) fr.............................. A Milne 6 5 Cavallo Volante (6) fr.......................M Jones 7 690x8 Doctors Point (7) fr............................D Dunn 8 00x80 Hezahotdude (8) fr..............M Williamson (J) 9 29 Aveross Brachole (9) fr............ N Williamson 10 7P500 Franco Synergy (21) fr....................K Larsen 11 One Out Of Four fr........................ Scratched 12 8 Sammy The Bull (22) fr............... B McLellan RACE 3 6.10pm WASHINGTON VC FILLIES & MARES MOBILE PACE $5500, 2yo+ f&m non winners mob. pace, mobile, 1700m 1 0050 Go The Stags (1) fr.................. N Williamson 2 5709 Kawatiri Dawn (2) fr..........................P Davis 3 32 Flyin Armalight (3) fr........................J W Cox 4 3 Cracker Three fr............................ Scratched 5 00 Gracetown (4) fr.................................. B Butt 6 x7883 Juliana Belle (5) fr..........................A Armour 7 77327 Dream Gal (6) fr.......................... S Ottley (J) 8 x9035 Seldom Getit (7) fr............................. S Lock 9 52 Pembrook Belle (21) fr......................D Dunn 10 59874 Lady Suffragette (22) fr..................K Barclay

RACE 4 6.35pm COLIN KEEN MEMORIAL HANDICAP TROT $6500, 1 to 3 wins discrhcp trot, stand, 2200m 1 07225 Eyrewell Pegasus (1) fr.....................P Davis 2 2D460 Alley Way (2) fr....................M Williamson (J) 3 42644 Waitoto Express (3) fr...................T Williams 4 72731 Yankee Horizon (4) fr.......................J W Cox 5 48056 Marchesa (5) fr.............................B Norman 6 10509 French Desire (6) fr.................A Malcolmson 7 00984 Southland Reflector (7) fr............. C Buchan 8 90704 Starlight Invasion (8) fr.....................M Jones 9 10708 Beyond Me (1) 10............... B Williamson (J) 10 74069 Three Strangers (2) 10............... S Ottley (J) 11 10797 The Doctor (U1) 10........................K Barclay 12 30242 Whitney (1) 20..................................D Dunn 13 21909 Westmelton Willie (U1) 20....... N Williamson RACE 5 7.05pm RICOH PACE $5500, 2yo+ non winners pace, stand, 2200m 1 60x83 Blanco fr........................................ Scratched 2 True Legend (1) fr............................ G Smith 3 3885 Arising Easton (2) fr..........................D Dunn 4 3 Vera’s Delight (3) fr..................... B McLellan 5 9P989 Just A Jak Up (4) fr..........................M Jones 6 46306 Killin (5) fr.......................................B Barclay 7 64895 Bushi (6) fr..........................................M Kerr 8 8 Phin’s Twin (7) fr............................K Barclay 9 0x602 Canndew (8) fr..................................P Davis 10 32664 McArdle Meg (9) fr..........................P Hunter 11 0790x Darnie Cornetta (10) fr...................... S Lock 12 Belle Delight (11) fr........................A Armour 13 57007 Manchester Tom (12) fr..........M Prendergast 14 6 Advance Supreme (13) fr.................... G Lee 15 3 Comrade (14) fr.................................. B Butt Emergency: Just A Jak Up RACE 6 7.30pm BIDVEST JUNIOR DRIVERS MOBILE PACE $6500, 4yo+ 2 wins mob. pace jun.d, mobile, 1700m 1 65081 Its Nukes (1) fr.........................B Thomas (J) 2 60666 Redmaro (2) fr............................... K Cox (J) 3 05800 Timely Loch (3) fr....................... J Trainor (J) 4 05530 Hudson Sully (4) fr................ C Ferguson (J) 5 57001 Nothing But Girls (5) fr................ S Ottley (J) 6 90034 Ronnoco (6) fr..................... B Williamson (J) 7 72243 Sonia Ellen (7) fr.................M Williamson (J) 8 27042 Race Cafe (8) fr....................... S Stewart (J) 9 63080 Graceandtemika (21) fr................J Young (J) RACE 7 7.55pm TIP TOP MEMPHIS MELTDOWN MOBILE PACE $8000, 3 to 6 wins mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 54x86 Murfees Law (1) fr.................... N Williamson 2 10391 Delightful Song (2) fr......................K Barclay 3 91024 Royal Impression (3) fr.......M Williamson (J) 4 08074 Just Rose (4) fr........................... S Ottley (J)

3 8417x Kaylea Bolter (3) fr.........................A Armour 4 6808P Drum Major (4) fr..............................D Dunn 5 13050 Kate Stephanie (5) fr.......................M Jones 6 75970 Greshees Angel (6) fr.......................G Telfer 7 0x700 Spunky’s Dream (7) fr...................... G Smith 8 95754 Gritty Girl (8) fr............................ S Ottley (J) 9 07x06 Alexy (9) fr..........................M Williamson (J) 10 02610 Christy Breanna (10) fr............ N Williamson 11 06093 Stingray (11) fr.................................... B Butt RACE 10 9.25pm SIGNPRINT MOBILE PACE $5000, 4yo+ non winners mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 27974 Rescarn (1) fr....................................D Dunn 2 3x708 Tristan Bromac (2) fr.......................K Larsen 3 33448 Master Lachlan (3) fr....................T Williams 4 67 Just Kris (4) fr..............................G A Payne 5 x0796 Trophy Hunter (5) fr........................ K Cox (J) 6 40870 Bryleigh Star (6) fr..................... J Trainor (J) 7 4x000 Scobie H (7) fr....................M Williamson (J) 8 98905 Wood Fire (8) fr........................ L McCormick 9 000x7 Rumpole (9) fr.................................... S Lock RACE 11 9.55pm MOSGIEL MOTOR COURT CLAIMERS MOBILE PACE $5000, claimers mob. pace, mobile, 2200m Dexter Dunn 1 10058 Kelvin Grove (1) fr............................... G Lee 2 77480 Barberino (2) fr...................... C Ferguson (J) 3 71605 Benihana (3) fr...............................B Barclay 5 721x5 Flyin Courage (5) fr................................D Dunn 4 80328 Here’s Shifty (4) fr......................... C Kennett 6 11213 Ballindooley (6) fr.............................J W Cox 5 5x354 Valhalla (5) fr....................................J W Cox 7 81113 Jackaroo Bromac (7) fr....................M Jones RACE 8 8.25pm ACME METAL & DRUM MOBILE PACE 6 84547 Del Sur (6) fr....................... B Williamson (J) 7 14593 Lake View (7) fr..............................A Armour $6500, 3yo+ 1 to 2 wins mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 8 69x78 Fiery Rascal (8) fr.............................D Dunn 1 30640 Vienna Eyre (1) fr....................... S Ottley (J) 9 21611 The Lutts (9) fr............................ S Ottley (J) 2 46100 The Witch Doctor (2) fr............ N Williamson 10 61631 Cullen’s Finest (21) fr..........M Williamson (J) 3 38374 Shard N Awe (3) fr...........................M Jones 11 70963 Rome (22) fr............................. N Williamson 4 83375 Kellyrox (4) fr.......................M Williamson (J) RACE 12 10.25pm BRYLIN BOYZ HANDICAP TROT $6500, 5 Px005 Batini (5) fr........................................D Dunn 1 to 3 wins discrhcp trot, stand, 2200m 6 62352 Justalittlebettor (6) fr........................... B Butt 1 13806 Goodboy Tiger (1) fr............M Williamson (J) 7 16002 Halfmoon Bay (7) fr........................B Barclay 2 02006 Face Value (2) fr................. B Williamson (J) 8 67142 El Diablo (8) fr....................... C Ferguson (J) 3 23100 Midnight Music (3) fr.....................B Norman 9 12000 The Fickle Finger fr....................... Scratched 4 4200P Trade Me Now (4) fr.................... S Ottley (J) 10 94080 Esteem (21) fr.....................................M Kerr 5 80070 Earls Buller Girl (5) fr.................... N Buchan 11 00610 Eagle Rock (22) fr.......................... K Cox (J) 6 888P0 Forrest Heights (6) fr........................M Jones 12 19702 Maybe Flyin (23) fr.......................J Young (J) 7 4028P Whendaboysliteup (U1) fr................J W Cox 13 00900 Share The Joy fr........................... Scratched 8 26267 Sarah Palin (1) 10.............................P Davis 14 0006x Shiney Princess (24) fr...................... S Lock 9 51640 Space Ace (U1) 10........................B Barclay 15 24161 Quick As I Can (25) fr......................J W Cox 10 5P135 Armori (U2) 10................................G McLay 16 x8909 Courageous Boy (26) fr.................A Armour 11 21212 Nickelson (U3) 10.................... N Williamson Emergencies: The Fickle Finger, Share The Joy RACE 9 8.55pm DUNEDIN CITY FORD PACE $6500, 3yo+ 12 56813 Moon Countess (1) 20........................ G Lee 13 74612 So King (2) 20...................................D Dunn 1 win pace, stand, 2200m Pacifiers on : Matai Bryan (R2), Face Value (R12) 1 05079 Farmer Dons (1) fr............................ A Milne Pacifiers off : Gritty Girl (R9), Earls Buller Girl (R12) 2 30521 Clifton Venture (2) fr.........................J W Cox

Auckland greyhound fields, form

TODAY - THURSDAY, MAY 2 ASHBURTON BUDGET ADVISORY SERVICE INC. For free budget advice and workshop enquiries. Phone 307-0496. 60 Cass Street Consultancy House.

9.30am - 11.30pm. MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON CLUB. Daytime section, new players very welcome. Sports Hall, Tancred Street.

9.30AM - 12noon. ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Childrens holiday programme. 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

9.30am - 12.30pm. ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY. Open today. Methodist Church Hall, Baring Square East.

9.30am - 1.00pm. ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH. Second time round op shop. Ashburton Baptist Church, Cnr Cass and Havelock Street.

1.00pm. ASHBURTON SCOTTISH SOCIETY INDOOR BOWLS. Bowls afternoon new and old members welcome.

Balmoral Hall, Cameron Street.

1.00pm - 3.00pm. ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM, Classic aircraft on display including DC 3. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

1.15pm. WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Mahjong - beginners welcome. Waireka Croquet Club, the Domain, Philip St. 1.30pm. ASHBURTON SENIOR NET. Heartland demonstration of internet banking. Q&A. M.S.A. Lounge, Burnett Street.

7.30pm. GLENYS’ DANCE GROUP. Old time/sequence dancing. learn to dance. All welcome. Pipe band hall, Creek Road.

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Forbury Park TC fields, form and drivers

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Fields for Auckland Greyhound Racing Club meeting at Manukau Stadium today.

NZ Meeting number: 10 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 RACE 1, 5.15pm (NZT) CAROL’S TABS SPRINT C1, 318m 1 64354 Flyin’ Shifty 18.61 R M &.................. J Smith 2 6317 Positivity 18.67.................................. B Craik 3 74644 Major Tom nwtd........................... L Laagland 4 12838 Asia Ostee 19.03............................. M Mann 5 33238 All In All 18.88......................................J Udy 6 56837 Exciting Girl 18.87............................ M Mann 7 16763 Bit Roso 18.95..............................H Mullane 8 52425 Mic Player nwtd............................... P Lowen 9 x1785 Tiger Tess 18.98..............................P Green 10 72776 Madam Norris 18.95........................T Green RACE 2, 5.33pm GREYHOUND FUNCTION CENTRE SPRINT C0, 318m 1 36365 Skyhigh Levi nwtd...........................G Parker 2 32436 Tarapunga nwtd..........................D Schofield 3 28425 One Way Paeroa nwtd................ R O’Regan 4 66247 On The House nwtd............. H S L Laagland 5 63642 Hell Fire nwtd.......................................J Udy 6 8x5 Chance On Me nwtd........................P Green 7 552 South Bay Dream nwtd............... R O’Regan 8 72 Gypsy Brad nwtd........................ R O’Regan 9 685 Paige Me nwtd................................G Parker 10 25657 Wheezy Appeal nwtd.......................P Green RACE 3, 5.55pm CLENDON INN STAKES C1/2, 527m 1 13211 Fancy Jill nwtd............................D Schofield 2 21313 Gainsford 30.71................................ B Craik 3 64631 Jetsun Dream 31.12.......................G Wilson 4 56443 Shark Bite nwtd................................. S Clark 5 44267 Star Bound 30.68........................ G Pomeroy 6 47646 Realon Rose (c1) nwtd............... R O’Regan

7 54466 Sambucca (c1) nwtd................... R O’Regan 8 71434 Edward Cullen 30.67........................ B Craik 9 75647 Clover Appeal (c1) nwtd..................P Green RACE 4, 6.25pm PLASTER BOARD LTD STAKES C1, 527m 1 75554 Future Proof 31.43......................D Schofield 2 35833 Our Bernie 31.14..........................H Mullane 3 88772 Judge To Excel nwtd........................... R Udy 4 32355 Alpinador 31.21................................. S Clark 5 85544 Bigtime Whizz nwtd..................... R O’Regan 6 F7755 Imagination nwtd......................... B Littlejohn 7 12221 Just Jordana 31.09........................... B Craik 8 47471 Cawbourne Kirsty nwtd......................C Hore 9 75647 Clover Appeal nwtd..........................P Green RACE 5, 6.53pm TROPHIES PLUS SPRINT C2/3, 318m 1 86767 Samson Dash 18.53......................... B Craik 2 44223 Shalf nwtd................................... R O’Regan 3 2115 Lord Will nwtd....................................C Hore 4 74786 Agent Victor 18.71...............................J Udy 5 64455 Lochinvar Yasi 18.22...................D Schofield 6 22111 Big Bolt 18.42..................................T Green 7 65584 Hot Lass 18.53...............................A Cleaver 8 36418 Jackson Town 18.40.......................... S Clark 9 8x678 Bigtime Bender (c2) nwtd........... R O’Regan 10 57654 Mr. Reece (c2) 18.88.......................... R Udy RACE 6, 7.18pm REEL FISHIN.COM SERIES HEAT 1 C4q, 318m 1 33823 Knock ‘Em nwtd...................................J Udy 2 68881 Crixus 18.87.................................... G Farrell 3 12514 Thrilling Abra 18.86............................ L Bliek 4 62258 Lochinvar Valero 18.90...............D Schofield 5 35673 Cherry Tree Lane 18.59.................... B Craik 6 82876 Cash Knocka 18.98.........................T Green 7 73665 Space Race nwtd.............................. S Clark 8 74725 Percentage Man 18.75................ L Laagland 9 27575 Dolly Scramble (c3) 0.00................G Parker RACE 7, 7.45pm ALL SEW EMBROIDERY SERIES FINAL

C2f, 318m 1 88253 Naughty Courty 18.74...................... M Mann 2 36811 Good Perception 18.70............... G Pomeroy 3 63627 Peno Boy 18.83.................................J Black 4 57536 Wolf Marine 18.91..........................P Cleaver 5 46415 Testify 18.64.....................................P Green 6 71244 Crafty Graham 18.77......................P Henley 7 44332 Berridale Bullet nwtd................... R O’Regan 8 66186 Cawbourne Bully 18.59......................C Hore 9 8x678 Bigtime Bender nwtd................... R O’Regan 10 57654 Mr. Reece 18.88.................................. R Udy RACE 8, 8.10pm REEL FISHIN.COM SERIES HEAT 2 C4q, 318m 1 37867 Legend Bee 18.64...............................J Udy 2 287x2 High Flyer 18.62.................. H S L Laagland 3 18547 This Is Swip 18.70............................ S Clark 4 42672 Lafayette 18.78................................. B Craik 5 87868 Rando Reason 19.28.......................... R Udy 6 34261 Charlie’s Funds 18.42......................P Green 7 31641 Bigtime Drifter 18.80................... R O’Regan 8 82837 So Insignificant 18.68......................T Green 9 27575 Dolly Scramble (c3) 0.00................G Parker RACE 9, 8.40pm $5,000 BONUS QUADDIE STAKES C3/4, 527m 1 83174 Mahalo Rhode (c4) 30.46 W &........T Steele 2 15283 Riddle Mate (c4) nwtd..................... G Farrell 3 14263 Beau Rivage nwtd W &....................T Steele 4 35122 Lockey’s Call nwtd...................... R O’Regan 5 85516 Lil’ Miss Krunch 31.42................. R O’Regan 6 44161 Diva Rhode 30.70 W &....................T Steele 7 86774 Lektra Fantasy 30.56........................ S Clark 8 45534 Lochinvar Onyx (c4) 30.70..........D Schofield 9 62755 Only Kate 31.13.......................... R O’Regan RACE 10, 9.10pm SEL’S TAB MANGERE STAKES C5, 527m 1 13125 Riley’s Mate 30.72............................ S Clark 2 82412 Lachlan’s Cash 30.45.................D Schofield

3 36831 Kiwi Girl 30.48....................................J Black 4 35153 Kiki Rhode 30.37 W &......................T Steele 5 16426 Threat nwtd W &..............................T Steele 6 54734 Lochinvar Laredo 30.53..............D Schofield 7 41653 Indi Rhode 30.71 W &......................T Steele 8 16317 Tentens 31.46..................................T Green 9 33465 Mint Power 30.67........................D Schofield 10 71746 Makinen 30.92 W &.........................T Steele RACE 11, 9.40pm THE BROWNZY SPORTS BAR SPRINT C5, 318m 1 34841 Proven Shelly 18.56........................P Henley 2 27121 Versatility 18.51..................................C Hore 3 37825 Ima Spice nwtd........................... R O’Regan 4 752x5 Ruby Tron 18.69................... H S L Laagland 5 13533 Cosmic Mack 18.48....................D Schofield 6 12525 Cosmic Pearl 18.39....................D Schofield 7 21213 One Tough Cookie 18.24................P Henley 8 48711 Predator Drone 18.79 W &..............T Steele 9 3337x Alabaster 18.93................................. B Craik 10 42356 Harvey Nichols 18.52........................ B Craik RACE 12, 10.10pm SERGIO @ STUD SPRINT C1, 318m 1 65734 Tiger Karen 18.61............................P Green 2 63561 Redsky nwtd R M &.......................... J Smith 3 53752 King’s Mistress nwtd..........................J Black 4 87855 Ila Gladys 19.01..............................G Parker 5 86752 Bubble Ostee nwtd.......................... M Mann 6 117 Cawbourne Henry 18.53....................C Hore 7 57574 Lace Them Up 18.88....................H Mullane 8 27684 Opawa Crusher nwtd...........................J Udy 9 85645 Amicus Curiae 18.86........................ S Clark 10 3556x Deb Bale 19.00........................... G Pomeroy LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

Christchurch greyhound fields Fields for Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club meeting at Addington Raceway today.

NZ Meeting number: 9 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 RACE 1, 12.10pm (NZT) SUPER PETS SPRINT C3, 295m 1 76784 Jed Norton 17.36........................... G Cleeve 2 25454 Theokoles 17.51........................R Blackburn 3 63273 Cawbourne Reeah 17.44...........J McInerney 4 67552 Visual Illusion 17.38....................... G Cleeve 5 88626 Homebush Coco 17.84..............J McInerney 6 24248 Another Jewel 17.32..................J McInerney 7 47354 Knox 17.44........................................ B Dann 8 82254 Okuku Lilly 17.51............................ R Casey 9 8x825 Obsessed 17.16 C &....................D Roberts 10 837x6 Where’s Robyn 17.46...................... M Grant RACE 2, 12.29pm (NZT) CTV DASH C3, 295m 1 42462 Anytime Will Do 17.48...............J McInerney 2 55252 Ringa Ding 17.54.......................J McInerney 3 66734 Turbo Tundra 17.57.......................... M Grant 4 78118 Billy Muggins 17.49........................... B Dann 5 5276x Jazzy Jet 17.40.............................A Williams 6 74666 Sosan 17.43 C &..........................D Roberts 7 33657 Cawbourne Flippa 17.35................... M Flipp 8 32536 Home Truth 17.32.......................... G Cleeve 9 565F4 Blickling Bridge 17.54 J &.......................May 10 67783 Another Blend 17.39..................J McInerney RACE 3, 12.47pm (NZT) THURSDAY PLACE PICK DASH C5, 295m 1 67281 Campaigner 17.34 H &........................Taylor 2 16214 Wandy Boiler 17.33........................ G Cleeve 3 63664 Jackson Cat 17.21............................ B Dann 4 82162 Gitcha Easy 17.34 W &...................... Nissen 5 71147 Sea Spray Tich 17.50..................... R Casey 6 13117 Ocotillo 17.03 J &............................D Fahey 7 14245 Cawbourne Moff 17.00..............J McInerney 8 86173 Jumpin’ Julia 17.30....................J McInerney 9 12374 Zebidiah 17.02 J &...........................D Fahey 10 65471 Homebush Helen 17.18.............J McInerney RACE 4, 1.04pm (NZT) SHIRLEY VET CLINIC SPRINT HEAT C4q, 295m 1 34663 Austin Wana nwtd W &...................... Nissen

2 54261 Know Jealousy (c5) 17.29................... G Cleeve 3 73557 Lynny Southcombe 17.45..........J McInerney 4 55846 Fireman’s Salute 17.14.................. G Cleeve 5 63626 Starburst Hannah 17.56................... M Grant 6 23223 Dillmanstown 17.54............................J Dunn 7 21487 Okuku Ollie 17.29........................... R Casey 8 21844 Smash Amego nwtd......................... M Grant 9 85768 Another Colt 17.35.....................J McInerney 10 67885 Hot Shot Lawyer 17.48 H &.................Taylor RACE 5, 1.22pm (NZT) GARRARD’S HORSE & HOUND STAKES C2, 520m 1 77482 Thrilling Jonah nwtd......................... M Grant 2 87266 Barnaby Bale 30.84 C &...............D Roberts 3 43717 Junior What 30.75............................. M Flipp 4 56357 Opawa Marg 30.39 L &....................... Wales 5 52646 Cawbourne Kesha 30.74...........J McInerney 6 14273 Homebush Violet nwtd...............J McInerney 7 26223 Mick and Paddy 30.34 W &............... Nissen 8 Fx758 Girl Racer 30.42 H &...........................Taylor 9 75654 Rambunctious 30.63..................A Bradshaw 10 47631 Opawa Bomb (c3) 30.67 L &.............. Wales

RACE 6, 1.39pm (NZT) SHIRLEY VET CLINIC SPRINT HEAT C4q, 295m 1 86111 Primitive 17.19...................................J Dunn 2 75877 Just A Mate 17.29......................J McInerney 3 22737 Runway Queen 17.41.................... G Cleeve 4 68186 Pure And Special 17.25................... M Grant 5 45378 Know Trust 17.23........................... G Cleeve 6 24371 Another Coffee 17.40.................J McInerney 7 72716 Stirling Dann nwtd C &....................... Fagan 8 72136 Cawbourne Dusty 17.51.................. M Grant 9 85768 Another Colt 17.35.....................J McInerney 10 67885 Hot Shot Lawyer 17.48 H &.................Taylor RACE 7, 1.57pm ISLINGTON TAVERN STAKES C3, 520m 1 53526 Know Peril 30.62............................ G Cleeve 2 31475 False Step 30.42................................J Dunn 3 31756 Dittman 31.01....................................J Dunn 4 77126 Molly Paisley 30.47............................J Dunn 5 36562 Indi’s Grace 30.92............................ M Grant 6 11161 Pindari 30.32 J &.............................D Fahey 7 77468 Opawa Midnight 30.66 S &..............B Evans 8 58384 Another Star nwtd......................J McInerney 9 36552 Alisaray 30.59............................... L Waretini 10 56866 Dyna Diego nwtd C &...................D Roberts RACE 8, 2.15pm BUY SELL & EXCHANGE SPRINT C5, 295m 1 34726 Life’s A Laugh 17.39..................R Blackburn 2 77188 Matti Oah 17.08.........................J McInerney 3 22121 Know Advantage 17.04.................. G Cleeve 4 31163 Ciri Rioli nwtd J &............................D Fahey 5 53512 Starburst Josh 17.16........................ M Grant 6 12153 Homebush Chopper 17.31.........J McInerney 7 82645 Fireman’s Escort 17.28.................. G Cleeve 8 26657 Gazza’s Pride 17.24......................... M Flipp 9 12374 Zebidiah 17.02 J &...........................D Fahey 10 14625 Excuse Please 17.35................... J McMillan RACE 9, 2.32pm SHIRLEY VET CLINIC SPRINT HEAT C4q, 295m 1 54163 Wandy Chick 17.36........................ G Cleeve 2 58x42 Nerd Corner 17.63........................... M Grant 3 48655 Enable 17.45 H &.................................Taylor 4 42647 Know Attention 17.10..................... G Cleeve 5 87273 Wise Wonder 17.34 C &..................... Fagan 6 53612 Pick The Tip 17.32........................... D Voyce

7 86733 Fiery Flower 17.48............................ B Dann 8 71785 My Little Oah 17.35...................J McInerney 9 85768 Another Colt 17.35.....................J McInerney 10 57788 Cawbourne Levi 17.20...............J McInerney RACE 10, 2.50pm ANGLER’S ARMS TAVERN STAKES C3/4, 520m 1 45587 Take No Prisoner 30.42................. G Cleeve 2 47844 No Undies Sundy 30.39.............J McInerney 3 32675 Flying Moe 30.56..............................B Shaw 4 66382 Cawbourne Kim 30.63...............J McInerney 5 88357 Homebush Iris (c3) 30.66..........J McInerney 6 41132 Jinja Power 30.47 J &......................D Fahey 7 848x3 Waterview Lass 30.66 C &................. Fagan 8 x8535 Adulterous nwtd C &.....................D Roberts 9 36552 Alisaray (c3) 30.59........................ L Waretini 10 56866 Dyna Diego (c3) nwtd C &............D Roberts RACE 11, 3.07pm SHIRLEY VET CLINIC SPRINT HEAT C4q, 295m 1 65443 Nova’s Fortune 17.27.................J McInerney 2 57751 Know Mistake (c5) 16.95............... G Cleeve 3 11456 Georgie Wong 17.26..........................J Rush 4 26728 Benny’s Angel 17.50..................J McInerney 5 82874 Memphis Hotcakes 17.38................. M Flipp 6 38165 Smash Amy 17.30........................... M Grant 7 74683 Cool Jordie 17.27..............................S Whall 8 52281 Finn McMissile (c5) 17.28................L Philips 9 85768 Another Colt 17.35.....................J McInerney 10 57788 Cawbourne Levi 17.20...............J McInerney RACE 12, 3.28pm SPEIGHT’S SPRINT C5, 295m 1 3275F Princely Dollar 17.41..................J McInerney 2 11715 Know Favours 17.37...................... G Cleeve 3 43135 Butterbean 17.29 M &....................PT Binnie 4 32157 Wandy Paul 17.47............................ M Grant 5 71547 Another Gon 17.17....................J McInerney 6 31314 Roqette 17.22 C &........................D Roberts 7 13666 Homebush Edith 17.21..............J McInerney 8 11141 Dixie Lee 17.00..........................R Blackburn 9 12374 Zebidiah 17.02 J &...........................D Fahey 10 53834 Adini 17.16.................................... L Waretini LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

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ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, Thursday, May 2, 2013

CLUB NEWS

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Allenton Netball Club The 2013 season is already under way with a couple of grading days under our belt.

We would like to welcome our coaches for both senior and junior netball and thank you for giving up your time to coach our netball teams for the 2013 season. Your help is much appreciated.

We would also like to congratulate all the players for being selected into your teams and wish you well and good netball for the upcoming 2013 season.

We would also like to thank our sponsors, New World, Wilson Bulk Transport and Laser Electrical for your interest and sponsorship for our Club. We are a big Club and all sponsorship help that comes our way is a huge help and much appreciated also.

Our president this year is Amy McIntyre (307 0045 evenings or 027 518 1000), Treasurer is Ange Chudleigh and Secretary Jenny Wells backed up by a very able committee.

We are running a raffle at the rugby clubrooms on Saturday. Players and their families are welcome to come along and enjoy the fun – the bar will be open and food available. The clubrooms are open every Saturday so we would like to see more netballers and their families enjoying the facilities.

Other upcoming events that the netball club is hosting are a movie night and a quizco evening (hopefully some time in late June/early July). Teams are to consist of no more than six people and cost will be $5 per player or $30 per team. Further details will be advised when dates and other details have been finalised. We are hoping for good support for these two fundraisers.

Contact person for: Junior Netball Mandy Chivers 308-2618 Senior Netball Kellie Johnson 0274 601 3357

Allenton Rugby Club Allenton Senior B’s winning streak came to an end on Saturday at the hands of Tinwald. With the half-time score at 24-8 it looked likely to be a big loss, but the Allenton boys managed a converted try in the second half and kept Tinwald scoreless, making the full time score 24-15. Try scorers were Dan McDonald and Pete Leonard, with a penalty to Nick Wilson and a conversion to Jayden Faunge.

Player of the Day was Richard Bell.

The Allenton/Celtic U16s posted a huge score against Methven, coming away with a 67-0 win.

Tries were scored by Benji Barry (3), Anton Herewini (2), Logan Flett, Matt Beveridge, Harry Ferguson, Conner Wilson, Kieran Hunt and Iakapo Iakapo.

Kieran Hunt kicked 4 conversions and Richie Sooaemalaigei 2 conversions. Players of the Day were Harry Ferguson and Conner Wilson.

A special mention should go to Big John. His wife bought some toy eggs for the grandkids’ supermarket, Big J thought they were the real deal and went looking for them the next morning to cook up for his breakfast.

This Saturday is Club Day at Allenton so we hope to see a good turn-out of supporters.

Ashburton Golf Club Well the championship semi finals are all done, and four great finals are in store for the men, this coming Sunday. Junior B sees Ken Clucas taking on Mike Holmes. Junior A has John Davis battling it out with Gavin Douglas. Intermediate finds Paul Greer and Ross Chatterton locking horns, and in the Senior final we have Robbie Bell facing off against Owen Miller. Now, as last year, I don’t want anyone to get uptight with expectation, that I may or may not place upon them, so I will not give out my tips, just wish all the finalists the best of luck and good golfing.

I see that Matt has got a flyer out around the club house, offering his professional services to all the ladies, with a putting clinic. Now I don’t know why it is only the ladies, but maybe he saw the result from the Baker Trophy and noticed a niche in the market.(I bet that will cost me)! Talking about putting it was noticed that Roasty had his name down for the clinic, that did cause quite a few comments last weekend, about the state of his putting and how he always manages to catch his putter in his handbag strap, and then I was told from a very reliable source that the big guy has taken to using a belly putter, to try and escape his putting woes. His good friend Boomer did inform me that he hasn’t had to get a new putter, he just undid his belt buckle a bit, and let gravity do its work, and hey presto, belly and putter grip in contact.

This Saturday has the Brandon Cup first round which is a stableford competition.

Ashburton Hearing Association

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Ellen. (R) Cowboy Builders. (PGR) One News. (T) Emmerdale. (PGR, T) Val’s deep in thought, Lisa decides to speak to Davey, and Debbie’s annoyed at Cain.

Come Dine With Me. (G) Cookery School. (G, R, T) Chef Richard Corrigan has taken on the challenge of improving Britain’s cooks.

Dickinson’s Real Deal.

(G) David Dickinson proves one man’s trash is another man’s treasure.

Te Karere. (T) Ellen. (G) With guests Jennifer Love-Hewitt and Ryan Lochte.

Millionaire Hot Seat.

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6.00 One News. (T) 7.00 Seven Sharp. (T) 7.30 Coronation Street.

(PGR, T) David can’t believe Kylie, Dev is shocked by Amber’s secret, and Becky has a surprising reaction.

8.30 Miranda. (PGR, R, T) Miranda’s experience in the graveyard gets her thinking.

9.05 Mrs Brown’s Boys.

(AO, R, T) 9.40 The Catherine Tate Show. (R, T) 10.20 ONE News Tonight. (T) 10.50 Tagata Pasifika.

11.20 Fatal Attractions.

(AO, R, T) 12.25 Diplomatic Immunity. (PGR, R, T) 1.00 Te Karere. (R, T) 1.35 Infomercials. 5.05 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. 5.35 Te Karere. (T)

The AGM was held on 26 April 2013 at the Seniors Centre. President Russell Anstiss welcomed Mayor Angus McKay and 48 members.

Russell presented his Annual Report. The continuing activities of lunches and bus trips are very popular. Three new members were welcomed this year but membership is declining slightly and it is suggested that friends and relatives, who may enjoy our activities, be invited to join.

Thanks were expressed to: Muriel Lay (Treasurer) and Elizabeth Imrie (Secretary); Kathleen Vessey for her visits to members and Maree Chambers for her volunteer work in the office. Gary Maxey continues to assist with repairs to hearing aids.

Margaret Bennett very ably keeps our Website up to date. Jim Lischner as Reviewer and Hon. Solicitor Tim Silva.

The Safe Sound Indicators we have donated to our Kindergartens have been successful in educating these young children to be aware of the damage excessive noise can do their ears.

We will endeavour to have them installed in all our pre-school centres this year.

The Election of Officers resulted as follows: Patron: Angus McKay, President: Russell Anstiss, Vice-President: Dick Bennett, Secretary: Elizabeth Imrie, Treasurer: Muriel Lay, Committee: Kathleen Vessey, Marie McGrath, Maree Chambers, Jan Hammond, Elizabeth Temple, Aine Whiting, Trevor Gamblin Brian Lill’s resignation from the committee was received with regret Brian has played a major part in the structure of the administration and we thank him for his efforts. His wife, Dorothy, is our only Foundation member of 55 years. Brian and Dorothy received gifts in acknowledgment of their service.

Russell introduced our guest speaker, Nerolie Davies (nee Prouting) Nerolie has had a unique upbringing, which is described brilliantly in the book The Fabled Land.

She was born on the Mesopotamia High Country station and spent her first five years there. A shift to Mt Arrowsmith Station meant she was homeschooled by correspondence, starting at 7.30am, finishing at 10.30am with the rest of the day spent working on the land.

Aged 12 she was sent off to boarding school, but city life was not for her, and at the end of her schooling she was pleased to return to the land she loved. Her second career, as a beautician, is in full swing as she operates her own successful beauty business in Ashburton.

Ashburton Indoor Bowls On Saturday the Doak Mixed pairs was played with 14 entries and six qualifiers D Turner and D Bell got the byes Sam Morton & Robyn Atkinson defeated Rosemary Bennett & Maurice Sunbeam and Paul & Tania Berkeley defeated Murray & Caitlyn Bassett Semi-Final-Sam Morton & Robyn Atkinson defeated Daren Turner & Hazel Mitchell and in the other semi final – Paul & Tania Berkeley defeated Donald Bell & Gaynor Hurst In the final Sam Morton & Robyn Atkinson played Paul & Tania Berkeley the first end was a drawn end then Berkeley picked up 1 on the 2nd end on the 3rd & 4th ends Morton picked up a 3, 1 to be 4-1 up after 4 ends Berkeley picked up 3 on the 5th to be all square, ends 6, 7, 8 Morton picked 2,2,2 to take out the Doak Trophy 10-4 . The Plate round- was won by Joan Hardy & Charlie Cleghorn from Lloyd & Jan Walker After 5 ends the score was 3-3 an extra end had to be played were Hardy picked up 2 to take the win 5-3.

Ashburton Indoor Bowls Representative game: Sunday Ashburton played North Canterbury in a Representative game. At lunch time North Canterbury had the lead being up 44-40. Ashburton picked up in the afternoon to win that round 56-32, to take back the Trophy they lost last year 96-76 The best team for Ashburton was Grant Wilson, Murray Bassett, Sam Morton & Daren Turner with 5 wins out of 7 games in the morning loosing one 4’s and one pair and in the afternoon had 6 wins with just the loss in the 4’s.

Ashburton Musical Club On April 13 a public concert was held at the Sincliar Centre, featuring visiting artists Rebecca Steel (Flute) and Bruce Greenfield (Piano) who had travelled from Wellington to perform for the club.

Members and visitors warmly greeted Rebecca and Bruce, who in turn presented a full programme and left those in the audience amazed by their brilliance and skill. Their commentary regarding the reasons behind the compositions of the various pieces played was well received by the audience.

The programme was as follows: Sonata for Flute and Piano in G minor - J S Bach

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Supper concluded a wonderful evening of music.

The next concert “Autumn Concert” arranged by the Committee, is on Saturday 11th May at 7.30 pm at the Sinclair Centre, supper will be served.

Visitors welcome $5.

Ashburton Pakeke Lions Club President Meredith Lowe welcomed 70 members, partners, and social members to the monthly meeting on Monday 22th April, 2013 held at Hotel Ashburton.

The Roll Call was taken by Ted Bird Mary Smith said grace prior to the evening meal being served.

Lion Stewart Lovett introduced Matt Lovett who was our speaker for the evening. Matt spoke to us about his 9 days at The Berwick Experience. Lion Bob Jones thanked Matt for a very informative and interesting talk.

Reports – 1st VP John was away so there was no report.

But Lion Peter O’Neil thanked everyone that helped on the gates for the vintage tractor rally.

2nd VP Bob thanked everyone that helped at the bowls afternoon.

3rd VP Ray reported that all was quiet on the collection front.

Norma Galway spoke about the 3 day trip away to Kaikoria for the craft ladies Tail Twister Lion Maurice managed a successful extraction of fines.

John Marshall spoke about membership and that we all need to look out for new members.

Colin reported that he had to cancel the golf match on Sunday because of the continued wet weather.

It was reported that the pumpkin competition was to be judged next tea meeting.

A clip Board for the Methven Lions Golf on 2nd May went around.

Also a clip board for Wheels Week on Sunday 5th May was sent around.

The meeting closed at 8:30pm with the singing of the National Anthem accompanied on the piano

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Ashburton Ladies Probus Club The Ashburton Ladies Probus Club held their March meeting in the Doris Linton Lounge. President Sheila welcomed members and three visitors.

The national Anthem was sung./ Nancy Barton was congratulated on her recent 90th birthday. A report on a trip to Hanmer by some of our members was given by Mavis Trott.

Mini Speaker spoke of her new business, Driving Miss Daisy, a service that enables non drivers to maintain their independence Angels Mitchell, an ex Silver Fern was the main speaker. She told us of her love of netball, from a young girl to the present, when she now coaches.

Both speakers were thanked and given fruit trays.

After the meeting some members went to platters for lunch.

Ashburton Woodworkers Geoff Brown welcomed 22 members to our meeting then asked for a moments silence in memory of Russell Jaine who passed away recently.

President Geoff then outlined the process to ratify our charitable status which has finally been granted by the Charities Commission. Show and Tell theme of “head gear” resulted in several entries; Adriaan Slooten two hats of ribbon wood and a re-turned walnut bowl, plus an oily piece of wood identified as a piece of resinous pine, ex from a boat keel. Ross Close a small tulipwood bowl. Peter Ireland a small hat rack containing four small hats of different styles and a large cherry wood hat. Wim Melchers a variety of small hats/caps plus a Rimu square bowl and a natural edged Tasmanian Blackwood bowl. Bruce

tV3 3 News.

Infomercials. (G) The Shopping Channel.

Everybody Loves Raymond. (G, R, T) 3 News.

Home And Away.

(G, R, T) Dr Phil. (PGR, R) The Dr Oz Show.

(PGR, R) Save Yourself In 60 Seconds The Real Housewives Of New York City. (PGR) The London getaway winds down with a game of croquet and a battle royal heating up between Carole and LuAnn. Rachael Ray. (G, R) Entertainment Tonight.

(G) Home And Away. (G, T) Natalie and Zac take Kyle on as a new housemate, and Ricky opens up.

6.00 Home Shopping. (G) 6.30 The Crowd Goes Wild.

(G, R) 7.00 Deal Or No Deal. (G, R) 7.30 Home Shopping. (G) 12.00 The Doctors. (PGR) 1.00 The Jeff Probst Show.

(PGR) 2.05 The Restaurant Inspector. (G, R) 3.00 Better Homes And Gardens. (G, R) Ideas and practical guides to improvement projects for your home and garden, plus recipes and entertaining solutions.

4.00 The Late Show With David Letterman. (G, R) 5.00 Deal Or No Deal. (G, R) Game show hosted by Andrew O’Keefe that gives contestants the opportunity to win up to $200,000 each night.

5.30 Prime News.

6.00 Friends. (G, R, T) 6.30 Neighbours. (G, T) 7.00 Shortland Street. (PGR, T) Sarah secures her dream team.

7.30 Police Ten 7. (PGR, T) 8.00 RBT. (G, T) 8.30 Once Upon A Time.

(PGR, T) Dr. Whale is tasked with mending Hook’s wounds and performing surgery on the stranger whose car crashed upon entering Storybrooke.

9.30 Embarrassing Bodies: Live From The Clinic.

(AO, T) 10.30 Vampire Diaries. (AO, T) 11.30 Police Ten 7. (PGR, R, T)

6.00 3 News.

7.00 Campbell Live.

7.30 Grand Designs Revisited. (G, R, T) 8.30 Bones. (AO, T) The remains of a 15-year-old boy are the subject of an investigation that begins to paint an unflattering portrait of the teen.

9.30 Bones. (AO, R) When the remains of a couple are discovered in a cave at National Park, the team must piece together the identity of the man and the woman.

10.30 Nightline.

11.10 ANZ Golf World.

11.40 Saving Grace. (AO)

6.00 Deal Or No Deal. (G) 6.30 Millionaire: Hot Seat.

(G) 7.00 The Crowd Goes Wild.

(G) 7.30 Great Rift: Africa’s Wild Heart. (G, R) 8.30 Doctor Who. (PGR) There’s something terrifying hiding in Caliburn House, and soon enough the Doctor and Clara find themselves part of a ghost hunt.

9.30 Vegas. (AO) 10.30 The Crowd Goes Wild.

(G) 11.00 The Late Show With David Letterman. (G)

12.00 Chase. (AO, T) 1.00 Crash Course. (G, R, T) 1.30 Infomercials.

2.30 Shameless. (AO, R, T) 3.20 The Amazing Race. (G, R, T) 4.10 Jeremy Kyle. (PGR, R) 5.05 The Erin Simpson Show. (R) 5.30 Infomercials.

12.40 Infomercials. (G) 5.00 Joyce Meyer. 5.30 Infomercials. (G)

6.00 Creflo Dollar. 6.25 Buzzy Bee. (G, T) 6.35 Tiki Tour. (G, R, T) 7.00 Flapjack. (G, R, T) 7.25 Kick Buttowski. (G, R, T) 7.50 Beyblades Metal Masters. (G, T) 8.20 Dinosaur Train. (G, R, T) 8.30 Guess How Much I Love You. (G, T) 8.40 Fireman Sam. (G, R, T) 8.50 Bird Bath. (G, R, T) 9.00 Infomercials. 10.30 Neighbours.

(R, T) 11.00 Shortland Street.

(PGR, R, T) 11.30 Spin City. (PGR, R, T) 12.00 Make It Or Break It. (PGR, R) 1.00 Jeremy Kyle. (PGR) 2.00 Anderson Live.

3.00 Mr Men. (G, R, T) 3.05 Jungle Junction. (R, T) 3.30 Back At The Barnyard.

(G, R, T) 4.00 Austin & Ally. (G) 4.30 The Erin Simpson Show.

5.00 Horace In Slow Motion.

(G, R) 5.01 America’s Funniest Home Videos. (G, R, T) 5.30 8 Simple Rules. (G, R, T)

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FOUR 6.00 Sesame Street. (G, R) 6.55 Pingu. (G, R) 7.00 Sticky TV. (G) 8.35 Planet Sheen.

(G, R) 9.05 Bob The Builder. (G, R) 9.15 Thomas & Friends. (G, R) 9.25 Peppa Pig. (G, R) 9.30 Peppa Pig. (G, R) 9.35 Wonder Pets. (G, R) 10.00 Tickety Toc. (G) 10.10 Infomercials. (G) 2.00 Sesame Street. (G, R) 2.55 Peppa Pig. (G, R) 3.00 Sticky TV. (G) 4.30 FOUR Live. (G) 6.00 Everybody Hates Chris. (G, R) 6.30 Futurama. (G, R)

7.00 The Simpsons. (G, R) Homer gets in shape to impress his son and undertakes a mountaineering challenge.

7.30 Family Guy. (PGR, R) Stewie vows to change his evil ways after he has a near-death experience.

8.00 American Dad. (PGR) Francine tries to mould Stan into her ideal husband when he gets amnesia after falling off an arcade game

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during a CIA operation.

Cleveland Show. (PGR) When Arianna The Bear is rude to Donna, Cleveland defends her honour by egging Arianna’s house.

Bob’s Burgers. (PGR) South Park. (AO, R) Cops. (AO, R) Cops takes you to the streets to witness real police in action as they confront the crime gripping American cities and comfort the victims of violence.

Skins. (AO, R) Entertainment Tonight. (G)

Ferriman a small Ash hat and Walnut hat. Geoff Brown a large helmet with a spike. Mighty Hesketh a nice small knife. Fred Jackson an Elm helmet complete with almost real looking bullet holes. Bruce Ferriman then emonstrated the marbling method.

A bucket of lukewarm water with a little Isopropyl alcohol add then a few drops of different colour paint. Into this mix he immersed a turned vase, which he had sealed with a lacquer first, rotating it then withdrawing it to show the amazing streak of colours, fascinating to all of us. He removed the dye floating on the surface with newspaper then put in different colours and repeated the procedure again with a different vase and again the results startling. A riveting demonstration, thanks Bruce.

Methven Bowling Club On Saturday we held our presentation night followed by a lovely meal at Ski Time. Ladies Dulcie Lyttle Singles R Smith; Joyce Thomas Tray singles runnerup S Pagey; Doreen Straight Pairs M Middleton & W Suttie; Gladys Callaghan Triples M Sullivan, R Isherwood, W Suttie; Fours R Smith, W Blackwell, W Carter, M Stone; Nora Stephens Tray R Isherwood & J Goodwin; Ngaere Dalton Tray S Pagey & M Stone. Men Ashley Dean Singles C Carter; G. G. Stephens Pairs C Carter & S Fleetwood; Triples D Isherwood, B Harper, E Maw; Gene Pagey Fours A Hill, K Meiklejohn; D Callaghan, I Syme; Ken Waterreus Trophy C Carter, H Weir, R Callaghan; Timpson Trophy R Thomas & D Callaghan; Harry Maw Farmers Day D Callaghan; P Shorten, J Wigzell; Junior Men Singles I Syme; Pairs I Syme & J Limbrick; Triples A Holmes, D Callaghan, J Lattimore; Fours I Syme, R Fensom, G Brooker, J Lattimore; Colts Singles R Fensom; Pairs R Fensom & J Lattimore. Most improved player N Bilby.Mixed Trophies Lock Cup over 60s B Harper, J Martin, G Brooker, N Bilby; Hart Trophy C Carter & M Stone; Ian & Joyce Hart Trophy G & S Pagey; Jack and Jill Trophy B Mayson & R Smith; Neville Goodwin Memorial Trophy W Blackwell; Morris Carter Memorial Trophy A Allred, W Carter, M Allred, L Allred; Dave McLaughlin R Smith, R Isherwood, M Stone, A Holmes.A reminder to members our AGM is on the Thursday 16th at 7 30pm everyone welcome.

When to plant sweet peas? St Patrick’s Day, but almost any time.

When to transplant hydrangeas? When the leaves have all gone.

How to ripen green tomatoes? Pick with vine on and lie them in sunny position or the hot water cupboard.

Competitions: Decorative: 1st Faye Howard, 2nd Monica Hanrahan, 3rd Gail Schat Flowering Shrub: 1st Janice Dent, 2nd Trish Molloy, 3rd Monica Hanrahan Flower over 5cms: 1st Faye Howard, 2nd Monica Hanrahan, 3rd Pam Dolan Flower under 5 cms: 1st Faye Howard 2nd Pam Dolan, 3rd Gail Schat Bloom of the Month: 1st Faye Howard, 2nd Pam Dolan, 3rd Monica Hanrahan Spike: 1st Gail Schat, 2nd Faye Howard, 3rd Pam Dolan Cluster: 1st Monica Hanrahan, 2nd Pam Dolan, 3rd Faye Howard Produce: 1st Trish Molloy, 2nd Monica Hanrahan, 3rd Pam Dolan Next meeting Monday May 13 at Rakaia Community Centre. 2 pm. Workshop on smaller floral arrangements.

Containers will be supplied but if you wish bring your favourite vase and any spare foliage and flowers .

Waireka Croquet Club On April 7 the Interprovincial between South Canterbury and Canterbury was held at Waireka with seven teams from each province competing. Disappointing to have such low numbers but it has been a busy season Those who did attend thoroughly enjoyed themselves with South Canterbury winning by a small margin and retaining Basil the Ram Only association players were involved as no satisfactory format has been decided with the golf croquet but hopefully this will be solved for next season.

A week later the interprovincial South Canterbury versus Otago was played in Oamaru, golf croquet only. We were proud to learn the college team of Adam Greaney and Andrew Hawthorne together with Waireka,s Jeanette Lovett had been chosen to represent South Canterbury.,who won by a mile which means Percy the Penguin also stays in South Canterbury. These fixtures are an important part of croquet,s history and a good way to wind the season up. Congratulations to all

who played. Our closing day and Prize giving was held on the 13th April. Play commenced at 12.30pm finishing at 3pm so we could enjoy an excellent afternoon tea and presentation of the prizes by our patroness Lucy Symons. All really enjoyed themselves and regretted the season was once again ending. However time to get organized for the winter. Congratulations to all who managed to win a trophy .On the 27th April Waireka held a tea party to honour our life members and older members,. and what a lovely afternoon we had. The effort was made to bring out the fine china and silver tea services, complete with the cake plates and cream sponge. Fine dining at its best and a real memory for all.I am sure the members who washed and provided the Royal Albert cups and polished the silverware enjoyed themselves as much as our invited guests – a real ‘blast from the past’. Thankyou for all who helped.

Time for the winter activities. Mahjong (counting) will be held Monday at 1.15pm and Mahjong (Beginners ) Thursdays 1.15pm.

Euchre Wednesday afternoons at 1.30pm. The AGM on May 14 at 2pm – all are welcome.

All will be held in the Clubrooms, The Domain Philip Street.

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Mid Canterbury Mountain Bike Club With the growth of mountain biking in the last few years a number of races and rides in the Mid Canterbury district have become popular with both experienced and recreational riders. From this group of mountain bike riders the Mid Canterbury Mountain Bike Club was formed with their main achievement being the continued development of main and single tracks including loop circuits and man-made structures to improve riding for all.

On the 12th of May the Mid Canterbury Mountain Bike Club will be hosting their inaugural 6 Hour race to be based at the Allenton Rugby Club rooms. The course will incorporate the mountain bike track that runs alongside the Ashburton River.

We are delighted to have obtained Naming sponsorship from The Trust Ashburton with many other supporting sponsors. This event is the Mid Canterbury MTB Clubs major fundraiser and funds are to be used for the development and maintenance of the mountain bike track. We hope to grow it to become a popular event on the calendar for all South island riders Competitors can ride as an individual or as part of a team with a maximum of 4 riders. Categories include Men’s, Women’s, Mixed, Corporate, Family, Children’s or Solo. Riders will compete on the river track then wind their way through the teams area and back to transition. You and your team mates have 6 hours to ride as many laps of the course between 10am and 4pm.

For this first event entry has been limited to 50 teams but we welcome social riders as well. All ages and levels will enjoy a fun but challenging day on the bike. For all race rules, information and entry details visit our website at www.sportsground. co.nz/midcanterburymtbclub or text 0274305709 with your address to have an entry form mailed out.

Rakaia Garden Club Rakaia Garden Club held its monthly meeting on the 8th April at the Community Hall. After a short meeting each member supplied gardening questions for the wider group to answer. There was a lot of knowledge to be tapped and it made an enjoyable session learning about gardening locally.

Some of the questions and answers in brief were: To stop yellowing Daphne. Try Epsom salts or specific fertilizer.

What causes Buxus to die? Look for any disease.

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Ashburton Golf Club Club Championship Finals May 5 starting from 8.30am.

The draw on Number 1 tee is: Thirty Six Hole Matches 8.30 Junior B Final Ken Clucas vs Mike Holmes 8.37 Bronze II Final Sheryl Reid vs Hilary Ward 8.44 Junior A Final John Davis vs Gavin Douglas 8.51 Bronze I Final Abby Hopwood vs Jenny Williams 8.58 Intermediate Final Paul Greer vs Ross Chatterton 9.05 Silver Final Catherine Bell vs Sharon Bradford 9.12 Senior Final Robbie Bell vs Owen Miller Eighteen Hole Matches 11.00 Junior B Plate Laurie Thomas vs Gerald O’Sullivan 11.07 Bronze II Plate Janet Holmes vs Karen Mc Rae 11.14 Junior A Plate Kevin Turner vs Murray Anderson 11.21 Bronze I Plate Deidre Simmons vs Brenda Fechney 11.28 Intermediate Plate Matt Smith vs David Fisher 11.35 Silver Plate Shirley Elliott vs Nicky Gill 11.42 Senior Plate Greig Sparrow vs Adrian Hopwood 11.49 Bronze III Final Jenny Kean vs Hazel Benke Nine Hole Matches 2.00 9 Hole Final Finalists not yet determined 2.07 9 Hole Plate Finalists not yet determined The course will be closed to all other players until the championships have been concluded some time after 3.30pm.

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Ashburton’s Emma Sloss plays a backhand return as Celtic’s Chris O’Reilly awaits developments in the centre of the court in their match at Celtic on Tuesday night.

O’Reilly won this one in a long five-setter to help his team to a comfortable victory on the night.

Interclub squash gets back on court The Mid Canterbury Squash interclub competition is well and truly under way, with the second round of competition being played on courts throughout the district on Tuesday night.

Being run this year by the Geraldine club, under the umbrella of Mid Canterbury Squash, the interclub competition sees teams from the 11 clubs in the catchment area competing over four grades, with a place for all levels of proficiency at the game.

With eight teams contesting Division

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hile the Warriors’ current situation is pretty much quite a bit on the wrong side of dire, there are a few things that will keep the faithful turning up or tuning in.

One is current form.

Yes, despite the fact that on the scoreboard they are in a losing slump of magnificent proportions, and on paper hot favourites to take out the wooden spoon this season, keen observers will be well aware that on the field there are some good things happening.

Being a fan of both codes, I’ve always been of the opinion that a top game of rugby will always be better than the best league can produce, but last week there were three examples from across the ditch that would sorely test that notion.

First-up was Sonny Bill and his mates in a thriller against the Dragons, which once again showed that the man is a sporting freak; even if he gets a halfopportunity once in a game to demonstrate his uncanny offloading ability, that can, and did in this case, lead to vital points on the board.

For the rest of the game, he’s constantly taking out three, or four, defenders merely by standing there, and that’s just gotta tell eventually elsewhere on the paddock.

The last example of the three was Friday night’s spectacular, Manly v the Rabbitohs.

If there was ever a showpiece for the game, this was it.

The big hits, the sublime attacking and defending skills on show, the crackling tension as two top-three sides smashed each other in a brutal clash, the refs spending most of the game with one hand on red or yellow cards in their pockets, and lots of post-match accusations and counter-accusations made for a superb advertisement for rugby league, absolutely riveting from minute one.

In between those two matches, the lowly Warriors took on the might of Melbourne, with the superstar-laden Storm seemingly marching inexorably toward the finals.

Whenever the Storm get into bother, they call on the masterclass triumvirate of Cronk, Slater and Smith to get them out of trouble, and last week they needed to dig very deep indeed, as except for one tiny mistake

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at a play-the-ball by Warriors late in the piece, the champs were groggy, on the ropes, and just one blow away from an epic loss to the cellar-dwellers.

But the mistake was made, the Storm capitalised as good sides do, and instead of a major upset there was again no points for the Warriors.

That’s the same Warriors who had taken the Bunnies right to the wire a week before.

The key here is the new man wearing the coach’s cap.

Matthew Elliott will already have next year’s team etched firmly in his mind, and will have his eye on championship glory in 2015.

The owners will keep the faith with him, and one of reasons will be the parallels they see with the rise and rise of the Breakers over the last eight years.

That basketball team, wallowing in the doldrums, picked up a coaching assistant from a rival team with promise, and stuck with him for a couple of seasons of hard yakka, seasons that didn’t seem to be bearing any fruit.

Many were the mutterings that they’d picked the wrong guy, with Tab Baldwin on the outer.

Eventually, in the last three years, Andrej Lemanis’ charges swept all before them and took home all the major spoils, with a team that had lost its own superstars on the way but proved the old adage about a star team being way superior to a team of stars (the Highlanders??).

Good things take time, say the cheesemakers, and they’re right.

Matthew Elliott is thinking longterm, and hopefully the club’s front office is going along for the ride, because the possible end result is right there for all to see, in the game with the round ball and baskets.

So for this year the Warriors’ chances are long, long gone.

But the same name will be on the coach’s door next season, and there’ll be a lot of teams looking warily over their shoulders when Warriors loom as their next opponents.

squash players in the district to what has always been a highly popular competition.

With teams from clubs as far afield as Rakaia, Methven, Geraldine, Fairlie and Temuka and everywhere in between taking part every week there is a fair amount of travel involved, as the teams work towards finals night at the business end of the tournament.

Mid Canterbury Squash also oversees the annual round of open tournaments held in turn by each of the clubs, the first being held at the Ashburton club a few weeks ago, with the Geraldine Open coming up on May 24-25.

Kiwi flavour in Lions squad

By Cameron McMillan Should it be the British, Irish and New Zealand Lions?

Kiwi Warren Gatland has named his Lions squad to tour Australia next month with three New Zealand-born players making the cut.

England’s Dylan Hartley (Rotorua-born) and Mako Vunipola (Wellington) and Scotland’s Sean Maitland (Tokoroa) all made the 37-man squad compared to only two Scottish-born players.

Glasgow Warriors utility back Stuart Hogg and Sale Sharks lock Richie Gray join Maitland as the only Scotland representatives in the squad.

Gatland named 15 Welsh players in the squad along with 10 English, nine Irish and three Scottish players as the Lions attempt to claim their first series victory since 1997.

It’s a fast rise for former Crusaders wing Maitland who made his Scotland debut against England in February. The former Maori All Black and New Zealand under20s representative arrived in Scotland in October after signing a three-year contract with Glasgow. He played five seasons for the

Crusaders from 2008 to 2012, making 54 appearances and scoring 23 tries.

He could face off against his cousin Quade Cooper during the Lions tour with the Reds and Wallabies first five-eighths likely to feature for the hosts.

“We could talk about a rivalry that started at the age of five, when he beat me in a long-distance race,” Maitland said today.

“He’s had the wood over me in a few recent battles so hopefully we can get one over him.”

Cooper also tweeted: “Hooooly omg my cousin made the lions!!!! I’m so damn proud of my lil cuz. Came along way from the back yard tokoroa boys with snotty noses!!”

Hartley will feature in his first Lions tour, having made 43 test appearances for England since his debut in 2008. Fellow front rower Vunipola will also make his first Lions tour with nine tests for England under his belt.

The New Zealand-born trio are part of seven Lions squad members born outside of the home nations and Ireland. Welshman Toby Faletau was born in Tonga, England’s Manu Tuilagi was born in Samoa while Matt Stevens (England) and Ian Evans (Wales) were both born in South Africa.

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Midweek Women May 7 LGU, Medal, Rnd 1 Mildred Doak Draw steward: Leigh Wackrow 308 3790 Tuesday starters: Fairlie Matsinger, Erin Porter Please report from 9am, 30 minutes prior to tee times given: No 1 Tee 9.30 Bronze 3 players No 7 Tee 9.48 Bronze 1 players No 10 Tee 9.30 Silver players followed at 9.45 by Bronze 2 Nine Hole Men and Women’s Section May 9 Report 9.15 for Sue Bunt (stroke), Rnd 3 Jean Drummond Trophy (putting) Nine hole convenors Carolyn King 308 7022 and Carol O’Reilly 308 8758 May 4 Report 8.20 for 8.45 start for weekend play May 5 Club champs finals day Club Captain Alison Grant 302 4635

Tinwald Golf Club May 4 2nd round Findlay Cup. Stroke Starters; am, B Collins. pm, S Newman, W Stevenson. Cards; Committee House Duty: House Committee No 1 Tee 12.30, M Fechney, T McAndrew, v, P Gray, S Anderson,12.36, J King, D King, v, S Kennedy, D Gill. 12.42, S Webster, P Boon, v, B McFarlane, B Rouse,12.48, L Jackson, R Harris, v, R Bruce, L Moore. 12.54, W Stevenson, S Newman, , J VanderHeide, E Collins. No 10 Tee 12.30, J Smitheram, K Whiting, v, J Smith, B Smith.12.36, R Kirdy, B Kirdy, v, T Clarke, W Eddington.12.42, D Allan, M Beach, v, P Marshall, R Feutz.12.48, A Barrie, G McCall, v, B Collins, G Rennie.

No 13 Tee, 12.30, B Shanks, D Green, O Everest. 12.36, D Osborn, W Mason, R Shearer, A Moore. No 7 Tee.12.36, J Beardsley, S Lane, M Moore, 12.42, N Rayner, P Hefford, A Pierce, R Wards.

Tuesday Ladies May 7 L.G. U. 2nd Ailsa Jary (M.P) 2nd Stones & 2nd Twilighters 65+ Please check in by 9.15.

Starters: A. Dwan & E. Pierce Cards: B. Cochrane & P. Bishop Tea Duties: a.m.

I. Ross.: p.m .J. Bruhns & L. Glassey: No. 1 - 9.30a.m. J. Smith, P. Bishop, B. Cochrane: 9.35a.m. P. Bell, C. Shanks.

D. Wellman: No. 7- 9.30a.m. C. Linney, D. Bell, J. VanderHeide: 9.35 a.m. B. Harris, L. Glassey, M. Pawsey No. 10. - 9.30a.m. K. McAuliffe, P. Ellis, M. Kennedy: 9.35a.m. A. Dwan, S. Durry, s. Vucetich: No. 13 - 9.30a.m. M. Colville, M. Smith, B. O’Neill: 9.35a.m. P. McLauchlan, I. Divers, V. Cartney, B. Jackson.

9 Holers: 3rd Bell Trophy No. 1 – 9.40a.m. P. Gibson, N. Burrowes, M. Sherriff, J. Hill: 9.45a.m.

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2012 /13 season trophy winners Men Colts Championshp: Larry Neal.

Runner up: Kevin Burke.

Juniors Championship: Larry Neal.

Runner up: Kevin Burke Singles Championship: Tony Inwood.

Singles Runner up: Guildford Lane.

Pairs Championship: Dave Muir, Tony Inwood.

Pairs Runners up: Bob Neilson, Geoff Laird.

Triples Championship: Alan Stead, Robin Petrie, Don Eaden.

Triples Runners up: Tony Inwood, Bob Neilson, Geoff Laird.

Fours Championship: Dave Muir, Guildford Lane, John Argyle, Larry Neal.

Fours Runners up: Alan Stead, Robin Petrie, Don Eaden, Ron Cockburn.

Handicap Singles: John Argyle.

Runner up: Hamish Nish.

Drawn Fours: Alan Stead, Ray Mitchell, Syd Harrison, Hamish Nish.

Mixed Ted Peck Trophy: Guildford Lane, John Argyle, Daphne Nish.

Beryl Murchie Trophy: Bob Neilson, Margaret Watson.

Flo Goulding Trophy: Bob Neilson, Barry Stott, Marie Harnett.

Ngaire Hunt Triples: Bob Neilson, Joyce Cleghorn, Lorraine Boud.

Hands Trophy: Robin Petrie, Lorraine Boud, Kath Muir.

Totara Trophy: Stuart Garforth.

Ladies Singles Championship: Lorraine Boud.

Singles Runner up: Irene Devereux.

Pairs Championship: Joyce Cleghorn, Kath Muir.

Pairs Runners up: Lorraine Boud, Helen Dowdle.

Triples Championship: Shirley Taylor Cynthia Dudley, Kath Muir.

Triples Runners up: Lorraine Boud Anne Burke, Helen Dowdle.

Fours Championship: Joan Hardy, Joyce Cleghorn, Marie Harnett, Irene Devereux Fours Runners up: Shirley Taylor, Cynthia Dudley, Anne Burke, Kath Muir.

Club Fours: Joan Hardy, Kath Muir, Anne Burke, Helen Dowdle.

Runner ups: Joyce Cleghorn, Lorraine Boud Marie Harnett, Margret Watson.

Taylor Trophy: Margaret Watson Annual general meeting Sunday May 26, Racecourse Road at 10am.

Bridge April 26 Monday Evening – Flaxmere Trophy N/S 1 B Leighton and D Wilkinson 2 W Cocks and Joyce Johnson 3 R Copland and A Vanderweg E/W 1 M Jones and I Wray, 2 O and J Hooper 3 S Annan and M Bruce Tuesday Evening – Robinson Salver N/S 1 M Buckland and J Edmond 2 J Fechney and K Robb, 3 P Fergus and M Stowell E/W 1 A Maude and M Moore 2 M Small and V Ferrier 3 M Holmes and J Shearer Wednesday Afternoon - Valetta Trophy N/S 1 S Rosevear and M Stowell, 2 M Buckland and B Smith ,3 B McIlraith and M Moore E/W 1 L Baker and E Segers, 2 A van Dyk and V Palmer, 3 M Muir and L Rose Thursday Evening – Mary Mulligan Trophy N/S 1 M Buckland and J Knight 2 J Rooney and M Holdaway. 3 B Smith and M Stowell E/W 1 P Fergus and T Small. 2 A Maude and L Wackrow 3 P and T Downward On Saturday our club hosted the MidCanterbury Pairs Tournament with pairs from Timaru and Christchurch competing against many local pairs.

Winners were Mehboob Chiba and John Kruiniger by a narrow margin over Max Morrison and David Skipper.

Third were Eamon and Sharon Jackson, with Paula Gregory and Michael Johnstone in fourth place.

Cycling Development Cyclists 2013.

T/T. 2km. and a Handicap over 6km B. Grade T.T. 1st. Josh Kershaw 4m 12.93s. 2nd. James Skinner 4m 21.17s.

3rd. Caitlin Titheridge 4m 26.15s. C. Grade 1st. Ethan Titheridge 4m 38.65s.

2nd. Luke Skinner 4m 47.16s 3rd. Ryan Jackson 4m 49.73s. D. Grade 1st.

Maddie Lowry 5m 13.25s. 2nd. Madison Clark 5m 19.71s. Handicap race. Overall Placings. 6km. 1st. Madison Clark 14m 55.38s. 2nd. Maddie Lowry 14m 56.41s.

3rd.James Skinner 11m 46.37s. 4th.

Josh Kershaw 11m 21. 38s. 5th. Caitlin Titheridge 11m 47.82s. 6th. Ryan Jackson 14m 03.45s. 7th. Luke Skinner 14m 11.53s. 8th. Ethan Titheridge 13m

02.34s. B. Grade 1st. James Skinner (4.30m) 2nd. Josh Kershaw (4.55m) 3rd.

Caitlin Titheridge (4.30m) C. Grade. 1st.

Ryan Jackson 2.30m) 2nd. Luke Skinner 2.30m) 3rd. Ethan Titheridge (3.45m) D. Grade 1st. Madison Clark (Go) 2nd.

Maddie Lowry (Go).

Next week it is back on Fords Road for a 2pm Start.

Mid Canterbury Wheelers.

Social

April 27 Social ride on Fords Road 1st home Shona Proctor(7.m)23m 59s.

2nd.Liz Wylie (5.30m) 25m 59s. 3rd.

Janette Hooper (5.30m) 26m 00s.4th.

Lucy Kirwan (7.30m)24m 03s. 5th.

Bruce Paterson (5.30m) 26m 03s. 6th.

Bruce McClelland (7.30m) 24m 11s. 7th.

Alan Cox (3.50m) 28m 10s. 8th.Steve Hands (12.30m)F/T. 19m 48s. 9th. Scott Albon (12.30m) 2f/t 19m 50s. 10th. Sam Cullimore (12.30m) 3f/t 19m 51s. 11th.

Rob Hooper (11.40m) 20m 41s. 12th.

Russell Ward (12 30m) 19m 52s. 13th.

Ross Templeton (11.40m) 20m 43s.

14th.Pam Harcourt (9.25m) 22m 59s.

15th.Kathy Askin (9.25m) 23m 00s.

16th. Bruce Albon (9.25m) 23m 00s.

17th. Brad Hudson (12.30m) 19m 56m.

18th. Dave Shurrock (9.25m) 23m 07s.

19th. Ross Proctor (9.25m. 23m 18s.

20th Tonee Hurley (11.40m) 21m 50s.

21st. Richard Kirwan (11.40m) 21m 51s.

22nd.Caroline Askin (11.40m) 21m 52s.

23rd.Wayne Clement (11.40m) 21m 52s.

24th.Kevin Hurley (7.30m) 26m 03s.

25th. Bruce Arnst (Go) 34m 27s. 26th.

Doug Coley (11.40m) 23m 15s. 27th.

Paul Houston DNF.

Golf Ashburton County Veterans’ Golf Association.

April 29 McPherson Shield.

1st = with Net 68 scores were: Owen Everest, Riki Shearer and Graeme Moore.

A Grade 0-19 Best Gross = Alan Dixon with 82.

Net = Alan T Smith, Dave Hewitt and John McArthur with 71.

B Grade 20-27.

Best Gross = Gavin Santy with 91.

Net = Colin Divers and Eddie Tulip with 69.

C Grade 28+ Best Gross = Ray Goodman with 105.

Net = John Bilverstone with 72.

Graham Taylor and Jim Allison with 73.

Ashburton Golf Club Women’s Section April 30 Rnd 1 Championships – Winners Silver Catherine Bell, Sharon Bradford Bronze I – Jenny Williams, Abbie Hopwood Bronze II – Sheryl Reid, Hilary Ward.

Non Championship Stableford Janet Holmes – 31, Jenny Kean - 29.

Nearest The Pins: No. 4 Gabites: Not Struck No 8 House of Travel Ashburton: Heather Robertson No.12 Lynn’s Small Salon: Not Struck No. 14 Todds of Ashburton: Not Struck 2nd Shot to Green: Not Struck

Tinwald Golf Club Stroke. Findlay Cup. April 27 Senior: B ill Mason net 70, Justin Smith 71b/l. Intermediate: Graham Mills 70, Colin Johnstone 71. Owen Everest 71.

Junior: Shane Green 66, Allen Moore 70, Graham Hortin 71. Women: Joyce VanderHeide 72, Wendy Stevenson 73.

Winning pairs in the Findlay Cup 4BBB match play were Malcolm Fechney and Tony McAndrew, Paul Gray and Stephen Anderson, Dave and Jason King, Steve Kennedy and Dave Gill, Shane Webster and Paul Boon, Bryan McFarlane and Brian Rouse, Lindsay Jackson and Rod Harris, Roger Bruce and Lyndon Moore.

Nearest the pin: Tinwald Liquorland # 2; Wendy Stevenson . Gluyas Ford # 6; Warren Ineson. Stirling Sports # 12; Wayne Lloyd. Ideal Electrical # 16; Kevin Bishop. Two’s: Bill Mason, Josh Smith, Kevin Bishop.Net Eagle; # 2 Shane Green, Graham Hortin Winners and top scores in the Anzac trophy competition played on Thursday 25th were Chris Hart and John Schofield with 66, Brock Peddie and Brent Green 67 and in the mixed section Warren Scott and Barb MacGregor 66, Gavin And Phyllis Smith 66.5, Wendy Stevenson and Brendan Hurley 68

Shooting Mayfield Smallbore Rifle Club April 29 P McClintock 94.1; P Fleming 91.4; J Fleming 98.3; S Bartlett 94.0; M Fleming 99.6; A Wakelin 98.6

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By Jonathan Leask

Mid Canterbury footballer Giuseppe Vassalini has been handed a two-game suspension and $100 dollar fine after being red carded for a head-butt on Saturday.

In his side’s 5-3 win over Selwyn in Ashburton Vassalini scored two goals but he head-butted a Selwyn player who had brought down the Mid Canterbury goalkeeper in the 75th minute and was sent from the field by referee Owen Wylie.

Mid Canterbury coach Peter Roberts described the incident as an “an out of character moment

of madness” but will be without the dynamic player for two weeks.

Vassalini played the first half in defence but moved into the forward attacking line to score two goals but then went from hero to villain after his over-reaction to the tackle on his goalkeeper.

Under New Zealand Football’s code of conduct his indiscretion was deemed as violent conduct and receives a standard two-game suspension which comes with a $50 fine per playing day.

“I think the two weeks is about right for his offence,” Roberts said.

“It’s not a major offence but it’s not something you want to

see every week. It depends on the severity of the offence what the suspension is and I think in this case the punishment is about right.”

Vassalini’s misconduct garnered the mandatory punishment, but when a player commits a second or subsequent red card offence in a game that is when they will be referred to the judiciary.

On the Mainland Football website are a list of previous judicial incidents, from the past few seasons, used to set a precedent for similar cases.

One player was sent to the judiciary for a head-butt and received a three-week suspension.

Another was sent before the judiciary for kneeing a player in the head while they were on the ground, and also received three weeks.

There were several instances of verbal abuse of a referee, varying from a five-game suspension, for excessive language, to a one-game stand-down for mild, non-threatening language.

At the top end of the scale a club breached the code of conduct with fighting on and off the field, resulting in a $1000 bond held over a year while a youth side was also involved in an all-in brawl, resulting in a hefty $2000 bond held over a year.

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with by the referee, into a melee involving a number of players.

“The clubs were advised that any future incidents of a similar nature involving the two teams will be dealt with by the judiciary severely.”

However, Patterson also suggested there would be a wider scope warning to all clubs, especially at the senior B level.

“We are clearly concerned that on-field incidents aren’t escalated into major incidents involving payers fighting.

“We are concerned about these types of things occurring and it appears to be a bit more common at senior B level than other levels, so we will be taking steps within the union to address this type of behaviour with all clubs.”

The judicial committee also ruled that the match was annulled and no competition points were awarded for the match.

Despite the non-result Southern are still on top of the table on points differential from Collegiate after three bonus point wins, while Hampstead are at the bottom of the ladder without a win.

Emily Hickman has made the New Zealand under 16 girls’ basketball team.

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Hard work pays off for Emily

By Jonathan Leask After three months of hard work Emily Hickman has been named in the New Zealand under 16 girls’ basketball team.

After making the final 15 Hickman attended the last trial in Auckland that finished on Sunday and earned her place in the travelling 10 to play at the Australian State Championships in Adelaide in July.

In an unorthodox but modern fashion, her coach James McGilvary posted the team list on the team’s Facebook page.

So while she was sitting in

the Auckland Airport waiting to fly home wondering how she had done, Hickman checked her Facebook on her phone and found out she had made the team.

“It was quite good finding out straight away and made for a good flight home. It was a lot better than having to wait for two weeks,” Hickman said.

“It was really exciting because I didn’t really think I was going to get in.”

Heading to the final trial Hickman was hopeful of earning a place in the 10-strong travelling squad but was also just intent on enjoying the experience and making the most of the opportunity.

“Everyone gets along and it’s a great bunch of girls which is a big plus.

“I really enjoyed (the training).

Heaps of the stuff we did was about moves so it was like “now we are a real team” and we learnt what we are going to do against the Australians.”

What she didn’t know at the time for sure was whether or not she would get the chance to put the training into practice for real.

The selection process began back in February and Hickman, the only South Island player in the team, had to adapt her style of play to the more physical North Island style.

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The hard work and training has been well worth it, but it only gets harder from here.

“We already have our new training programme which has an additional 30 minutes of shooting in it and I’m just waiting to see what the new fitness programme will be.”

She has almost two months of training, which involves recording her sessions to send off for McGilvary to analyse before she gets her chance to represent New Zealand.

“We meet up again for a week’s training camp in the last week in June before we go straight from Auckland to Adelaide.”

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The Mid Canterbury Rugby Union’s Independent Judicial Committee has had a busy fortnight following a senior B brawl that has one player suspended for the rest of the season.

On April 20 the senior B match between Southern and Hampstead at Hampstead resulted in the referee calling off the match after 30 minutes when a high tackle sparked a melee.

The incident was investigated by the rugby union’s independent judicial committee, who received eye witness accounts that resulted in three separate hearings.

At the first hearing a Hampstead player received a two-game suspension for the high tackle which sparked the incident.

At a second hearing a second Hampstead player was suspended until October 30 for entering the fight from the reserves bench.

“Contrary to earlier reports, this player did not hit the Southern player who was injured in the melee,” Mid Canterbury Rugby Union chief executive Ian Patterson said.

The third hearing held on Tuesday night was into the general fracas between the players of both sides.

“In reaching a decision on the matter, the judicial committee determined both teams were equally culpable in escalating the incident in a way that was totally disproportionate to the original high tackle incident.

“Both teams and their clubs were formally cautioned on their behaviour which resulted in the escalation of the high tackle incident, which was about to be dealt

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Canterbury High Country

TODAY: Becoming cloudy, periods of rain. NE winds turning S.

TODAY

TODAY

MAX

13 OVERNIGHT MIN 5

MAX

13 OVERNIGHT MIN 4

MAX

20 OVERNIGHT MIN 3 TOMORROW

TOMORROW: Fine breaks. Northeasterlies developing.

SATURDAY: Increasing high cloud.

Strengthening northwesterlies.

SUNDAY: Showers gradually clearing.

Cold southwesterlies.

MAX

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Midnight Tonight

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Wind less than km/h 30

Ashburton Forecast

30 to 59

Auckland Hamilton Napier Palmerston North Wellington Nelson Blenheim Greymouth Christchurch Timaru Queenstown Dunedin Invercargill

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morning min max

fine 14 21 fine 9 20 fine 9 22 fine 8 20 cloudy 9 18 rain 7 18 rain 2 18 NZ Situation rain 7 15 A trough becomes slow-moving over central showers 1 14 New Zealand tomorrow, while a front moves rain 3 13 east across the south Tasman Sea. The front rain 4 11 rain 6 12 moves onto the South Island on Saturday, and rain 6 11 crosses the rest of the country on Sunday.

Becoming cloudy, outbreaks of rain.

Northeasterlies turning southerly in the afternoon.

Rain clearing early morning, then fine breaks. Northeasterlies developing.

SATURDAY Mainly fine with increasing high cloud and gusty northwesterlies. Cold showery southerlies developing south of Banks Peninsula in the evening.

SUNDAY

FZL: Rising to 2000m

Rain developing in the morning, with some heavier falls near the divide and snow falling to 1200 metres. Rain clearing from the south towards evening.

Wind at 1000m: NW 35 km/h, dying out.

Wind at 2000m: NW 40 km/h, dying out.

TOMORROW

Remaining rain clearing early morning, then long fine spells. Wind at 1000m: NW developing. Wind at 2000m: NW dying out.

SATURDAY

Mainly fine with increasing high cloud, but showers developing south of Arthur’s Pass later, with snow lowering to 1300m. NW rising to gale about the tops and exposed valleys, dying out south of Arthur’s Pass later.

SUNDAY

Showers becoming scattered about exposed coasts, becoming fine elsewhere.

Cold southwesterlies.

Showers becoming widespread, and turning to snow in many places, but then clearing and becoming fine. Light winds at low levels, strong southerly about the tops.

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Mainly fine with morning frosts.

Southwesterlies easing.

Mainly fine with morning frosts. Light winds at low levels, southerlies about the tops easing.

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River Levels

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151.5 4.29 5.10 75.0

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Canterbury Readings

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14.5

Temperatures °C

Rainfall mm

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0.2

0.2 229.2

NE 30

Christchurch Airport 14.6 -1.4 -3.3

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0.2 136.8

E 35

Timaru Airport

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NW 17

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9:23 3:32 9:53 4:10 10:25 4:33 10:54 5:09 11:24 5:32 11:52 The times shown are for the Ashburton River mouth. For the Rangitata river mouth subtract 16 minutes and for the Rakaia river mouth subtract 6 minutes.

Rise 7:26 am Set 5:33 pm

Good

Good fishing

Set 1:16 pm Rise 11:58 pm

Last quarter

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Rise 7:27 am Set 5:32 pm

Good

Good fishing Set 1:50 pm

New moon

10 May 12:30 pm www.ofu.co.nz

Rise 7:28 am Set 5:30 pm

Good

Good fishing Rise 1:07 am Set 2:21 pm

First quarter

18 May 4:36 pm

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