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the police immediately.

“We were stunned mate, we didn’t know what the hell had An Ashburton man was left just happened – it came from stunned after a gun was pulled nowhere,” he said. on him with no warning early “Basically, if we got the AOS Sunday morning.

(Armed Offenders Squad) out The man was with a group of and started riling the man up friends at an Allenton drinking even more, anything could have establishment, enjoying a social happened. get-together away from family “We left it, but then when we life. thought about it the next day The four men, all in their and had a talk among ourselves, mid-20s, finished up at the bar we sort of knew the police needabout 12.30am ed to know about and were waiting this and in hindoutside for a taxi sight we should to travel through have rang straight to the Ashburton away.”

CBD. After several However, just attempts to conThis guy minutes before tact Ashburton just came their taxi arrived, police, the man was their night took a on all running out of unsuccessful serious turn for occasions. the worst.

Eventually, his his house and call was divert“This guy just pointed a gun ed through to came running Auckland where he out of his house at us, it was told a police official and pointed a what had happened gun at us, it was pretty intense and later that night pretty intense,” received a call from he said. a local police offic“We were maker, investigating the ing a little bit of incident. noise out on the “We should have street, probably enough to wake a few people, rang straight away mate, that’s but that’s no excuse to come the big message to take from all out and wave a gun around ... this,” the man said.

“We thought everything was this guy had no hesitation at alright, but then we realised all.

“We were in the middle of the the primary school is just a few street and once we realised this yards down the road and knew was the real deal and it wasn’t it wouldn’t be the last time a few just a replica, we all started yell- people were making a noise outing and tried to calm him down.” side the local bar, we thought we The man told the Guardian the need to prevent chaos. encounter was over in a matter “At the very least, his gun of minutes and the group hesi- should be taken from him and tated to ring the police, because he shouldn’t be allowed to posthey didn’t want the situation to sess firearms. Next time the escalate. situation could be a whole lot Though after reflecting on the worse,” the man said. situation the next day, the man Ashburton police could not be admits he should have phoned reached for comment.

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Experience Mid Canterbury general manager Nigel Birt views some of the action from the Mid Canterbury section of The Amazing Race.

By Coen Lammers A classic bit of Kiwi can-do attitude convinced the producers of The Amazing Race to film in Mid Canterbury last November.

The episode featuring the Rakaia Gorge and Mt Hutt Station screened in the United States yesterday afternoon to an audience of over 10 million viewers.

Experience Mid Canterbury general manager Nigel Birt yesterday revealed that the flexibility and generosity of the local farmers and tourism operators persuaded the American producers to base one episode around Methven.

True to the title of the programme, Mr Birt said that the locals had been “amazing” to accommodate all the last minute wishes of two highprofile Hollywood producers as they were driving and flying around the Mid Canterbury countryside.

Tourism New Zealand had secured the show as part of its international marketing programme to target overseas travellers.

Mr Birt had to act quickly as he only received 24 hours warning to put a proposal together for an unidentified reality TV show and when the producers from CBS arrived a few weeks later, he said he had to “think on his feet a bit” as the Americans tried to plan their story

line around the Mid Canterbury landscape.

“They’ve got no idea what you’ve got to offer and when you show them some things, their needs will change and adapt rapidly and you then have to come up with other ideas.”

At that stage Mr Birt still did not know which show he was actually pitching for “but that became clear as the day went on. It was all a bit hush-hush”.

Mr Birt said all the locals were falling over themselves to help the Americans, which convinced them to choose the Ashburton District.

“The support from the community was huge,’’ said Mr Birt, who wanted to thank the numerous people in Mid Canterbury who were involved in the bidding process.

The show’s presenter Kiwi Phil Keoghan, who grew up in Lincoln, had been the key instigator behind the Canterbury episode after growing up in the Lincoln area and becoming Canterbury Tourism’s ambassador.

“I am very proud and, of course, very excited about letting people understand what makes Canterbury such a fantastic destination,” Mr Keoghan said.

Mr Birt was full of praise for Mr Keoghan’s initiative.

“Phil was keen to do something for Canterbury after the earthquake and help it get back on its

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One of the participants, covered in feathers, emerges from a plastic tunnel in one of tests during The Amazing Race. feet. It was his initiative that made all this happen.”

The Guardian understands that several regions within Canterbury were invited to pitch for the programme to be filmed in their backyard before Mid Canterbury got the nod.

Mr Birt said the opportunities that the Rakaia Gorge had to offer and the possibility to do several activities in close proximity were the decisive factor for CBS to opt for Mid Canterbury.

“They had a very tight timeframe to work to.

“We needed to keep it compact and that’s where the gorge really suited. It had all the right ingredients, like the famers and tourism operators, complete with access tracks and incredible scenery to boot.’’

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Mr Keoghan himself posted about ‘the shemozzle’ at Mt Hutt Station, a rural-style combat course in which the contestants had to team up with a local shepherd and his dog while completing the course and transporting some eggs.

Like in every major operation, things did not all go as planned when the plane from Tahiti was delayed and the teams did not arrive until Sunday night, instead of Sunday morning.

The Guardian understands the contestants slept in 12 tents at the Rakaia Gorge before competing the next day and racing back to Christchurch on Monday afternoon for their next leg into Asia.

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Mr Birt, who hopes that many Americans and other nationalities will put Mid Canterbury on their wish-list, as the show and its repeats screen around the world.

“We have just showed Mid Canterbury’s landscapes and activities to tens of millions,” he said.

“We could never buy that amount of exposure”.

A spokesperson for TVNZ said the Mid Canterbury episode is likely to air on our screens in over a year. TV2 is currently showing season 18, while CBS is already into season 22.

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Murder accused’s appearance delayed The teenager accused of Sina Solomona’s murder will not appear in the Ashburton District Court this week.

The 16-year-old’s case has been remanded through until March 18, despite initially being set down for yesterday.

Last year, the teenager was arrested and charged with the murder of the Ashburton mother of one and has since appeared in Christchurch Youth Court and Ashburton Youth Court.

Ms Solomona was found in a pool of blood at her Cass Street home in December, which prompted a murder investigation, lasting for four days.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS DEATHS BINNS, David John – On March 3, 2013 at Christchurch, deeply loved husband of Helen for over 61 years. Adored, respected and caring father and fatherin law of Judy Satori and Tim Doyle, Margaret and Dennis Robertson, Jennifer Binns, Christine and Martin Wilson, and Susan Binns and David Wales. Loved and proud grandfather of Nicholas and Ellie Humphreys, Richard BINNS, David John – Humphreys, Courtenay On March 3, Robertson, 2013 at Stickels, Oliver Christchurch, deeply loved David Currie, and Robbie husband of Helen over and Kylie Currie,for Alice, 61 years. respected Hugh and Adored, Mary Wilson and and fatherWales, and fatherSid caring and Harry and in law of Judy Satori and great grandfather of Sarcha, Tim Doyle, Margaret and Gracie, and Rai Humphreys.

Dennis Robertson, The family would Jennifer like to Binns, Christine and staff Martin sincerely thank the of Wilson, and Susan Binns St John Ambulance, and David Wales.

Loved Christchurch Hospital and proudand CICU grandfather Emergency, units, of Nicholas and for their exceptional care.

Ellie Humphreys, Richard Messages to the Binns Humphreys, Courtenay Family, c/- 19 London Street, Stickels, Oliver 8013.

Robertson, Christchurch A David Currie, and Robbie celebration of David’s life and Kylie Currie, Alice, will be held in the John Hugh Mary Wilsonfrom and Rhind and Chapel, entrance Sid and Harry and London and Wales, Whitmore great grandfather of Sarcha, Streets, Christchurch, on Gracie, and RaiMarch Humphreys.

THURSDAY, 7, at The family would like to 10.00am. sincerely thank the staff of John Rhind Funeral St John Directors, FDANZAmbulance, Christchurch Hospital Ph 03 379 9920 Emergency, and CICU units, LOWE, Helen Elizabeth – for their exceptional care.

On March 3,to 2013, peacefully Messages the Binns at home, Much Family, c/- Ashburton.

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Christchurch A Adored mother and mother celebration of David’s life in lawheld ofin the Philippa will be John and Chapel, Garth entrance Anderson Rhind from (Cambridge), and London and Stuart Whitmore Kelli (Christchurch).

Beloved Streets, Christchurch, on nan of Thomas,March and Sophie; THURSDAY, 7, at Max, Alex, and Xena. In her 10.00am.

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Directors, Helen’s funeral service Ph 03 379 9920 will be held at – LOWE, Helen Elizabeth St. Paul’s Presbyterian On March 3, 2013, peacefully Church, Oxford Street, at home, Ashburton.

Much Ashburton TOMORROW, loved wife of Meredith.

Wednesday March 6, Adored mother mother commencing at and 1.30pm.

To in law of Philippa be followed by interment at and Garth Anderson the Ashburton Lawn (Cambridge), Stuart and Cemetery Kelli (Christchurch).

Beloved Paterson’s Funeral Services, nan of Thomas, and Sophie; FDANZ, Ashburton Max, Alex, and Xena. In her 71st year. Messages to P.O. Box 656, Ashburton, 7740.

Helen’s funeral service will be held at St. Paul’s Presbyterian LOWE, Helen Elizabeth – Church, Oxford Street, Loved sister and sister in law sister and sister in Ashburton of Maurice andTOMORROW, Karen law of Maurice and Woods Karen Wednesday March 6, (Methven).

Loved auntie Woods (Methven).

Loved commencing 1.30pm.and To of Christopher, Daniel auntie of at Christopher, be followed interment at Rachael.

Danielt6 andby Rachael. the RestAshburton In Peace Peace Helen.

HelenLawn In Cemetery Paterson’s Services, REEVES, Funeral Cecil Henry – FDANZ, Ashburton On March 4, 2013, in St Allisa’s Rest Home, Christchurch, in his 90th year. Dearly loved husband of his recently deceased and LOWE, Helen Elizabeth – most treasured wife Jean, Much-loved sister of for 64 Helen years.big Much loved LOWE, Elizabeth – Gordon Woods and Teresa, loved father of Tonyand and Loved sister sister in auntie and great-auntie of Murray and Judy, Robin and law of Shane, Maurice and Karen Dean, Debbie and Susan, Virginia (Ginny) and Woods (Methven).

Loved the late Loved Vanessagrandad Woods and Dave. of auntie of Christopher, families.

Mike, Andrea, Scott, Karina, Danielt6 and Rachael.

Will be sadly missed.

Kylie, Shane, Brodie, Mark, Rest In Peace Helen. and Aaron. Proud great REEVES, Cecil Henry – grandad to Chloe, Millie, On March 4, Tayla, 2013, and in Maddox, Harper, St Rest forHome, Kobe.Allisa’s Messages the Christchurch, 90th Reeves family in C/- his Academy year. Dearly loved PO husband Funeral Services, Box of his01, recently deceased8443. and 111 Christchurch most treasured wife Jean, Donations would be for 64 years. loved appreciated for Much the S.P.C.A. father of Tony and Teresa, and can be made in Cecil’s Murray and Judy, Robin The and memory at the service.

Susan, Virginia (Ginny) and funeral service will be held Dave. Academy Loved grandad of in Funeral Mike, Andrea, Scott, Services Chapel, 65Karina, Main Kylie, Shane, Brodie, Upper Mark, South Road, and Aaron.

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Disabled transport code call

By Myles Hume The lessons learnt from improving transport for disabled pupils to schools in Ashburton could reach other parts of the country.

However, some parents remain wary of the bus system that has caused distress and frustration since Ritchies Bus and Coach company was handed the contract to take disabled pupils to Ashburton College and Hampstead School at the beginning of this year.

Ashburton College deputy principal Grant Congdon said the col-

lege was working with Ritchies to create a manual on the specific needs and requirements of disabled pupils when being transported to school.

Ritchies immediately responded to the concerns of parents after the service was found to have uncertified wheelchair restraints, unsuitable pick up and drop off times, had carried some pupils on the bus for more than an hour and dropped them off hundreds of metres away from their classrooms. “I think the manual would be very useful for seeing what’s need-

ed to meet the transport requirements for special needs students,�

Mr Congdon said.

With reports of up to 400 disabled pupils affected nationwide by the change-over in transport providers, he said some companies may not have realised what was needed when looking to secure contracts, but having information available would ensure they knew the standards asked of them.

Mr Congdon praised Ritchies for their immediate action to improve the service, but there was still an issue with the drop-off point at Ashburton College which meant

Methven’s trees a ‘traffic hazard’ Trees planted as part of Methven’s town beautification programme have now become a traffic hazard.

At yesterday’s meeting of the Methven Community Board, the town’s trees came under scrutiny after board members said they received on-going complaints about the way they blocked traffic.

The board had approached the Ashburton District Council in the past over the accident potential of the trees, but was told that the trees needed to have several years growth to establish their shape before they could be pruned. “You can’t have a tree on a corner blocking the view of on-coming traffic on your land so how does the council live under a different set of rules for town trees�, said board member Dan McLaughlin.

There was also the theory that the trees served as a traffic slowing measure said Anna Johnson, but the Methven trees had gone well beyond that with motorists at some intersections having to pull well out onto the road to check for oncoming traffic.

The board will make a formal request to the council to have the trees pruned, not just on the main street but on side streets as well.

The Ashburton Police arrested a local man for burglary and theft at 8pm on Friday night. He is due to appear in the Ashburton District Court later this month.

• Car broken into A vehicle was broken into on Saturday night, parked outside an address on Elizabeth Street. A gym bag and cordless drill was stolen in the early hours, between 1am and 3am. Police would like to hear from anyone that may have seen or heard anything suspicious in the area. If you can help, phone 3078400.

The skies above Pudding Hill were full of skydivers for last year’s Southern Summer Jam.

If you have some spare time this week, the best thing you could do is to drive to Pudding Hill, settle back in a chair and gaze at the sky.

Over several days the country’s best skydivers will be putting years of training to the test as they attempt to secure national

records over a range of events.

The national champs started yesterday and will continue today, with tomorrow put aside as a weather day.

While individual skills will be tested over the championship days, the most spectacular events will take place on Thursday to

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Ashburton motorists will have plenty of opportunities over coming months to check the accuracy of their vehicle’s speedometer against official speed monitoring devices.

The Ashburton District Council has invested in a speed monitoring device as a way to encourage drivers to keep within speed limits. The device will be located at a variety of points around the district.

It becomes part of the council’s Drive to the Conditions campaign, with road safety co-ordinator Rachael Chapman saying that while it was not being used as an enforcement device it would help raise awareness of the need to reduce speeds. “The new Viasis 3 speed display device tells motorists their travel speeds and reminds them of the 50 kilometre an hour speed limit. It also records the number and speed of vehicles and feeds speed information back to the driver,� she said.

The locations identified for using the device were determined through New Zealand Transport Agency crash statistics where speed had been reported as being an issue, Ms Chapman said. “Studies show that speed monitoring displays with radar reduces the average speed and percentage of drivers exceeding the speed limit. The council is committed to safer roads. Every motorist in the district should be aware of the speed limit in each area and the signs will help remind them and keep road users safer.�

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wingsuit flights, the longest free fall duration and the largest flying formation with skydivers hoping to create a 32 person formation.

The Southern Summer Jam has been held at Pudding Hill since 2010 but this is the first year the national championships have been on the foothills field.

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The Methven Search and Rescue teams were in dominant form on the weekend, accumulating the most points at a regional skill event.

A total of 12 Canterbury teams took part in the 24-hour challenge, which resulted in two Methven teams racking up more than 700 points each for their efforts at Alford Forest Station.

Methven Search and Rescue chairman Don Geddes said although the event was not based around a placing system, the effort from the top two teams was outstanding. “We’ve got some really great people in our Methven group and there is a promising bunch coming up and through the ranks. “It’s all about participation and continued commitment to the role – we have some brilliant volunteers that are helping each other to achieve some great things,� Mr Geddes said.

Methven team leader Brent MacDonald, who led one of the

top performing crews, said his team were exceptional and put on a master class for assessors. “We have a team that has the ability to think on their feet and make some big decisions in a matter of seconds. The skill level right across the board at that event was brilliant, but some of our local teams had that edge and we certainly made it count,�

Mr MacDonald said.

The exercise was hosted by the New Zealand Police, in conjunction with other regional SAR representatives and was aimed to assess competency levels in a realistic fashion.

Teams took part in a range of activities and demonstrated their ability through a series of skill drills such as navigation, fitness, clue processing, river crossings, first aid, air operations and search methods. “People can take a lot of faith knowing our SAR teams are among some of the best in the region,� Mr Geddes said. “It’s a tremendous effort.�

The Methven SAR team is called out up to a dozen times annually.

• Ambulance calls More than 70 calls were recorded for the week ending March 3 - reflecting St John Ambulance’s busy schedule in Mid Canterbury. Of the 77 calls, 29 were deemed urgent, 25 were non-urgent and 23 were considered routine calls.

A total of 62 call-outs were medical related, compared to just 15 for accident responses. Almost 3000 kms were travelled by the team during the week.

• Novopay protest Mid Canterbury school staff are planning to rally outside Rangitata MP Jo Goodhew’s office this morning. The protest, part of a nationwide event organised by teacher’s union NZEI, will be held outside the MP’s Harrison Street office. The protest was initiated after schools reached boiling point over the Novopay payroll system. School staff are to start about 7am before finishing about 8.30am before school starts.

• Weather ‘bomb’ A suspected “bombâ€? found at Hampden, North Otago at the weekend turned out to be just a downed weather-monitoring device. Senior Sergeant Jason McCoy, of Oamaru, said a “suspiciousâ€? parcel was spotted on Hampden Beach and reported to police at 1.40pm on Sunday. It had wires sticking out of it. The bomb squad was alerted, but was stood down after a local policeman identified the package as being a scientific device.

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the pupils, especially since summer has ended. “The ministry is asking students with mobility issues, to travel under their own steam, around a twisty driveway, in all weathers (electric wheelchairs don’t like rain) when they were all being picked up at the door of the unit where these students are based,� he said in a letter to the Guardian.

A new timetable began yesterday to establish a more efficient system to get pupils to and from school.

Parents said they would watch in anticipation this week to see if the service improves.

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

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The Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade was called to an incident on Johnstone Street, in Tinwald, yesterday. The call came through just after 2.30pm, but proved to be a false alarm.

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pupils had to make a 300 to 400 metre trek to the special learning unit in the campus.

Worried parents wrote to the Guardian yesterday, still struggling with some of the changes which had come since the contract was taken away from Ashburton Taxis.

Concerned mother Faye Blackburn said her son suffered from a kidney disorder and if he got wet when making his way to the classroom from the drop-off point, he risked being hospitalised.

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Family loses home to fire

By Sam Morton A Methven family lost their home over the weekend after a fire broke out in the porch.

Despite the best efforts from the Methven and Rakaia volunteer fire brigades, the Darts Road house received substantial damage, although closed doors may have prevented the fire from

spreading even further throughout the house.

Chief fire officer Selwyn Allred, of Methven, said the property received serious smoke damage, as flames reached the roof cavities and rapidly spread through the upper house, about 5.30pm on Sunday.

“It’s hard to say if the house is beyond repair, but there was certainly a fair chunk of smoke

damage around the building, so we’ll leave that for the professionals to decide.

“I couldn’t tell you for sure what has happened, but it’s very sad and unfortunate for the people involved in all this ... we all did everything we could to put the fire out,” Mr Allred said.

Two appliances from Methven and a water tanker from Rakaia rushed to the scene after reports

the house was on fire.

It is understood the family had recently moved in and were on their way to Christchurch.

Fire risk management officer Shane O’Brien was in Methven yesterday completing his investigation on site.

Just before 5pm, Mr O’Brien, who is based in Christchurch, wrapped up his investigation and deemed the fire to be a result of

an electrical fault.

“This fire has no criminal element attached and it is not suspicious at all,” he said.

“I’ve found the fire to be caused by an electrical fault in the porch area, near the kitchen. At this stage it’s too early to say what the electrical fault was, but I’m comfortable that is the likely cause.”

Yesterday, neighbours in the area were quick to rally around

the family, who have been staying at another property since the fire.

“The family are fine, they have all made other arrangements and now they will go through the unfortunate processes in the aftermath of a house fire,” Mr O’Brien said.

The insurance company is expected to be at the scene later today.

Jacob makes short work of teacher’s hair

A list suggesting what children should find inside their lunch boxes has been met with scepticism by some Mid Canterbury principals.

The Heart Foundation released Healthy Lunch Ideas For Kids last week, a list of ideal lunch items for children in a bid to stamp out the ongoing concern over childhood obesity and poor nutrition.

The list has been labelled “ambitious” by some local principals, featuring sushi, fruit kebabs, leftovers and vegetable pieces as some of the key lunch box items.

Allenton School principal Graham Smith said some parents struggled to get their children out the door each morning, never mind creating extravagant lunches.

He called for easy everyday lunches, with sandwiches and fruit laying the base for a nutritious midday meal.

“Lunches are meant to be simple, some parents don’t have time to make some of the things on this list,” he said.

The list also suggested leftovers such as spaghetti bolognaise, potato salad and baked beans be included in school lunches, however Mr Smith said some schools would find that logistically impossible.

“I’m looking at it and seeing spag bol on there and that’s all well and good but how do you heat that up? We are just too big to allow pupils to do that,” he said.

Methven Primary principal Chris Murphy said he only saw about half the foods featured on the list in lunch boxes at his school and wondered where some of the traditional items had got to.

“It’s really interesting to see

• Don’t approach A 59-year-old man being sought over a serious assault on an elderly couple in Christchurch last Friday should not be approached, police say. A 72-year-old man and 80-yearold woman were attacked in their St Martins home about 1.15pm on Friday. Both were taken to Christchurch Hospital with serious injuries. Police are looking for 59-year-old Douglas James Archer in connection with the assault.

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• Stabbing charges A woman has been charged with attempted murder after a 30-year-old woman suffered stab wounds in Nelson on Sunday. A 57-year-old man died from stab wounds as a result of the same incident. A woman, 59, has been remanded in custody for psychiatric assessment, police said. The injured woman was in a stable condition in Nelson Hospital.

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Police officers struggling to pass a fitness test to stay on the thin blue line have been offered support from an unlikely source - weight loss guru Jenny Craig. Last week it was reported hundreds of officers would be taken off the frontline and told not to interact with the public for failing to pass their physical competency test (PCT). Yesterday Jenny Craig New Zealand and Australia managing director Amy Smith announced a complementary programme for police who took up the offer.

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• Bigger catch A fleeing driver who thought he had evaded police instead led them straight to a cannabis-growing operation in Manawatu. Highway patrol officers tried to pull over the man about 5pm yesterday after he was detected driving at high speeds on Highway 56. When they signalled for him to stop, the man fled and police followed him to a property. Officers detected a strange smell lingering around the house. After carrying out a search of the house officers discovered an indoor cannabis growing operation.

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POLL result Yesterday’s result Q: Was the Ministry of Education right in replacing special needs school transport taxis with buses?

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Leukaemia sufferer Jacob Adam, 5, shaves off his teacher Tessa Skevington’s hair with hairdresser Justine McCormick at Ashburton Montessori Preschool yesterday as part of Shave for a Cure this week.

Lunch box list met with scepticism by some principals

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By Myles Hume With her head in the small hands of Ashburton youngster Jacob Adam, teacher Tessa Skevington let her hair fall to her feet in appreciation for her young inspiration.

Jacob, 5, armed with a pair of clippers, lopped off his teacher’s locks as part of Leukaemia and Blood Cancer Shave for a Cure week, in what was a heartfelt moment for the Ashburton youngster and onlookers.

The Ashburton Montessori preschooler was diagnosed with leukaemia when he was two, travelling a long road full of hospital visits and strenuous treatment.

Mrs Skevington has held a close bond with Jacob and his family since the youngster joined the preschool, and put her trust in him to shave her head in a bid to raise more than $1000.

“It’s okay I have plenty of hats on hand,” she joked before geting in the barber’s chair.

Not giving her nerves away beforehand, Mrs Skevington had an anxious grin on her face as Jacob’s steady hand, with the help of hairdresser Justine McCormick, produced a quality job.

Jacob’s mother Sharon MacKenzie said it was an emotional moment, praising Mrs Skevington for her bravery and commitment.

“It’s really great to see her doing this and I’m sure Jacob enjoyed it,” she said.

More than 1500 New Zealanders have registered for this year’s Shave for a Cure week.

In 2012, $1.4 million was raised for blood cancer and leukaemia.

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THE LIST Heart Foundation’s healthy lunch box guide Scroggin Tick approved yoghurt Hard boiled eggs Sushi Vege pieces Frozen fruit pieces Fruit kebabs with a few marshmallows Tick approved fruit pottles Leftovers Cereal snack Plain popcorn Cereal bars sandwiches don’t feature on there, because they are still an important part of lunch today,” he said.

Although he questioned the viability of the list, he said it was vital parents still realised the importance of lunch.

“It’s important for sure, almost as important as breakfast. Like I say we have systems in place for kids that don’t have their lunch at school, we recognise that a good lunch and a good sized lunch is very important to students,” he said.

Tinwald School principal Peter Livingstone welcomed each item on the list, pointing out Mid Canterbury parents could create vegetable gardens and put together leftovers with little effort.

But he believed policy changes would make a huge difference to children’s health and nutrition.

“I would love to see fruit, vegetables, meat and dairy exempt from GST and have salt and sugar products picking up the slack, that would make a huge difference to school lunches,” he said.

‘I’m sorry but he’s gone’

By Anna Leask The wife of a man who fell 14 metres to his death on an adventure course has spoken about her frantic rush to get to him, and the devastating moment when she was told he was dead.

And she has defended the Tree Adventures company, saying she and her husband were properly briefed on safety before the tragedy.

Clifford Paul Brabet, 57, fell after stepping from a platform while taking part in a team-building day at Tree Adventures in Woodhill Forest near Helensville.

His wife, Liz, was with him when he died, two days before his birthday. He would have turned 58 today.

Mrs Brabet said the challenge, which involves traversing an obstacle course suspended between trees, was awkward at first, but their confidence grew and they were having fun.

But Mr Brabet fell when a wire

to which he was connected became unattached.

From the last section of the course, Mrs Brabet heard her husband fall.

“It was terrible. I had to attach my pulley to the wire and go down the flying fox to the bottom.

“I just ran to him. People were saying they didn’t think he had lived ... . I just stood by him. He wasn’t moving.”

A paramedic and doctor who were at the adventure course began CPR as Mrs Brabet watched helplessly.

“I asked someone if they could bring a person back after 20 minutes and they said, ‘Yes’. You sit there and you just hope, but Cliff didn’t look good.

“They said to me, ‘I’m sorry, but he’s gone. There’s nothing more we can do for him’. It’s just a tragedy, a shocking tragedy.”

The Government’s labour service has closed Tree Adventures until further notice. Investigators carried out a full scene examination yesterday and took equipment Mr Brabet was using.

Mrs Brabet was angry at criticism of the company and its safety procedures, including claims that safety briefings were not comprehensive enough and that the site was overcrowded and undersupervised at the time of her husband’s death.

“People have been talking about how poor the training was, but it was very good. They took us out and showed us how to use the different parts of the apparatus.

“They were very clear as to how to use the gear ...

“The guy who took us through the pre-climb lesson did a really, really good job. They were good to us at the beginning, and they were good to us at the end. I couldn’t have asked for more.”

Mr Brabet’s three adult children had been devastated by his death, as were Liz Brabet’s two sons, who thought highly of their stepfather.

“He thought of them as his own sons, and they looked up to him like a father.”

Mr Brabet also had two grandchildren.

“He was just the best. I used to say to him, ‘I don’t need to win Lotto, I’ve got you’,” Mrs Brabet said.

“I was really lucky. You just don’t find many men like Cliff.”

The couple had been together for 11 years, and married for two.

“He was a diamond. I will never find another Cliffy.”

Tree Adventures co-director Jimmy Moore did not return calls or emails to the Herald but a statement issued on behalf of the company said staff were extremely upset.

“A tragic accident occurred, and we extend our deepest condolences to the family members and friends. Safety is always a numberone priority for Tree Adventures ... We insist on a lengthy and detailed safety briefing prior to anyone using the course, as well as ongoing supervision from Tree Adventures staff throughout participants’ use of the courses.”

Mr Brabet grew up in Auckland and worked as a computer and IT network administrator.

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File online - but it could be busy

By Simon Collins New Zealanders who follow official encouragement to file their Census returns online today may be met with a “busy” message.

About 7000 temporary staff will have handed out 6.4 million Census forms by tonight - 1.8 million dwelling forms and 4.6 million individual forms for a population estimated at 4.46 million plus visitors, who must also fill in the forms.

Census spokeswoman Vikki Carter said 35 per cent, or about 2.2 million, were expected to be returned online, but the system was designed to cope with no more than 200,000 an hour.

“The system can handle up to 200,000 forms being submitted per hour before it slows,” she said.

If that number is exceeded, “respondents will receive a notice advising that the site is busy. The site will be limited to a maximum number of users to ensure the site provides a good user experience,” she said.

“If our ‘site busy threshold’ is reached, those users already on the site will be able to complete their forms successfully. It is only new users that will receive a busy notice.”

The Minister of Statistics, Maurice Williamson, yesterday encouraged people to use the online option.

“It’s quick, easy and secure.”

Ms Carter said more than 500,000 forms had already been filed online by yesterday afternoon, and Statistics NZ did not expect all the rest today.

“While there is a Census day,

and we want as many people as possible to do it on Census day, there will be a few people who, for one reason or another, do it later,” she said.

About 30 per cent of Australians filed their Census returns online in 2011. The proportion was only 16 per cent in Britain in the same year, but 54 per cent in Canada where people were mailed an internet access code instead of a questionnaire.

A Herald Online poll last week found 58 per cent of Herald website readers planned to file their returns online. Only 31 per cent intended to return paper forms and 11 per cent said they would not file returns at all.

The $72 million Census is New Zealand’s first for seven years after the planned 2011 Census was can-

celled because of the Christchurch earthquake. The questions are identical to the last Census in 2006 except for minor wording changes such as replacing Scotland with India in the options listed for birthplace.

Filling in the forms is compulsory for everyone in New Zealand today, with a fine of up to $500 for nonfilers. In 2006 70 people were prosecuted for not filing returns.

But demographer Ian Pool said this was still “very, very low” compared with most countries and the Census was still the only source of information on detailed subsets of the population.

He said New Zealand was too small to follow some European countries that have replaced their censuses with sample surveys.

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ourism New Zealand, Tourism Canterbury and Experience Mid Canterbury have scored a massive coup by convincing Hollywood producers to film The Amazing Race in this district.

Some of our readers may not have heard of the programme, but the adventure race has been the outstanding reality television show in the world over the past decade.

During that time thousands of reality shows have flooded screens around the globe,

OUR VIEW some bad and some really bad, but The Amazing Race has continued to outshine all of them.

The show has won 13 Emmy Awards over the past 13 years and has grown a global audience of hundreds of millions of viewers.

Yesterday, America got a good look at Mid Canterbury as the contenders competed on quad bikes, in rally cars, with fishing rods and in mud obstacle races

along the Rakaia River and Mt Hutt Station. The piece de la resistance was the finish line, or pit stop, at Terrace Downs, where the beauty of Mid Canterbury was displayed in all its glory.

Hundreds of countries and regions these days vie for the pleasure of having The Amazing Race in their own backyard as the advertising value of the programme just cannot be bought.

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For example last night more than 10 million Americans viewed the show in the primetime Sunday night slot.

Tourism New Zealand and Canterbury Tourism had been

working hard behind the scenes with presenter Phil Keoghan who grew up in Canterbury and was determined to take the show to his home province in the wake of the Christchurch earthquakes.

Enterprise Mid Canterbury general manager Nigel Birt got less than a day’s notice to pitch his ideas to Hollywood producers to check out sites in North Canterbury, Selwyn and Mid Canterbury to decide where the programme would be filmed.

The deal was clinched on the

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event did not seep out in the tight Mid Canterbury community, speaks volumes about how serious everyone took their confidentiality agreement.

It will be over a year until we will see the episode on our New Zealand screens but by then millions around the world will already have enjoyed the incredible countryside we have to offer.

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back of the can-do attitude of the Mid Canterbury people who truly came to the party during the scouting day by adapting to the needs of the American producers.

Once the location was confirmed they also provided the manpower, the material, the entertainment, the accommodation and everything else the 140-strong cast and crew needed for their 24-hour dash through the back country.

And all of this occurred in total secrecy.

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YOUR VIEW Disabled pupils’ welfare ‘ignored’

remains to be seen if it will work out.

I had been in contact with David Gale from Ritchie’s who keeps The meeting at the college was saying it is a bus service now not a ‘crisis meeting’. not a taxi, yes we parents know It was a meeting of all con- that but our children’s safety has cerned to improve what we had. been put at risk by the unsuitaThe bus at this time was certified ble restraints for the wheelchairs, to transport wheelchair-bound the lack of seat belts for the chilstudents. dren as some are liable to get up David Gale from Ritchie’s has and move, they are not regular always been extremely dedicated children on a regular bus, they and hard working in his efforts to all have special needs of some convert an every-day passenger kind, also some parents have to bus to a wheelchair compliant work in with carers before or after bus in the timeframe he had to school and it has not been taken work within. into account when timetables My main concerns are that were worked out as no consultathe Ministry of Education, after tion was made with the school or changing the contract for these parents on any of the children’s students’ transportation, had individual needs. nobody physically check the vehiI was rung late Saturday night cle to ensure it was up to legal with the new times and was told a standard before being used. time for the morning pick up but The MOE knew that by putting for the drop off all they could say a bus on the run that these stu- it be 20 minutes later than when dents, that were using the seats it has been, and she has been provided, would not have individ- arriving home any time from just ual seatbelts, therefore lessening after 3.30 to after 4pm ... so if it is the safety levels they all had with to be 20 minutes later does that the previous contractor. mean it could be up to 4.20pm My last point is the MOE is ask- before she gets home, which is ing students with mobility issues, a long time to have been on to travel under their own steam, the bus, and we have a support around a twisty driveway, in all worker for her that was meant to weathers (electric wheelchairs work from 3.45 to 4.45pm three don’t like rain) when they were days a week but I have had to all being picked up at the door change that time to 4pm to 6pm of the unit where these students and due to other family commitare based. ments etc cannot make that time This contract also includes later.

Borough School but at this time it Even though they say it is not has no students that require this about money and cost saving it service. How can the Ministry seems that way to me and has believe that one bus could deliver not been about what is best for all students to three schools at the children. I have heard of the same time! one child getting off and runWe need to remember that ning round the back of the bus these students are at school to and nearly out in front of a car, receive the education that they others have not been let off right are entitled too. outside their houses as the bus Mark Somerville had overshot the corner or could not turn being such large bus in * * * small streets.

I am also a parent of one of So it will be interesting to see the students on the bus, and what happens now with the new have been unhappy since the timetable, but school has been beginning of year with the stand- back for over a month and it is ard of transport for the children. still not all sorted out.

The bus they use is way too big Unhappy parent and unable to get near the SLU * * * (special learning unit) at college and what will the students do I dont believe the min of ed wen on wet days, some of which have they say the change in provider low immunity and getting to and for transporting special needs from the bus will get them cold students was not a financial deciand wet. sion.

The length of time they are on Its always about the money and the bus is not good, in your arti- not whats best for the students. cle you say that Ritchie’s have Because special needs students altered the timetables and stu- have so many more complications dents are getting to school on than mainstream students they time, but in fact the new time- can’t work on a one size fits all table only just started today so because it doesn’t work for these

students.

Why cant they ever make the effort to consult with the schools involved or check out whether the schools were happy with their current provider & system.

Isn’t modern technology (Computers & email) meant to make these difficult jobs easier, so saying its too big a job for them to consult is just a cop out.

We are not as gullible as the ministry of education seems to think we are.

The previous providers (ashburton taxis) did a wonderful job and were so good with the students.

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Religion Just mulling over what the lady said about religion being nothing but a fairy tale.

I’m proud of being allowed to take a religious education class each week at Hampstead School, and hope it sows good seeds to show there is a God in control of life and as well children can turn out to be good citizens.

Have you ever met people who have been in utter despair or had feelings of hopelessness beyond what other people can offer help with?

It’s not the fairies you turn to, but God. Margaret Hawkey

Marriage bill In The Press Saturday, March 2, the Prime Minister was quoted as saying that proposals to extend the parliamentary term to four years “would need to be decided through public support in a referendum”.

During the past week the Labour and Green Party leaders have been exerting pressure on the government to test the public support for asset sales by way of referendum.

If it is so vital that the public should be consulted on these matters why is it that a major issue such as the status of marriage should be decided by a simple majority in the parliament?

The final decision could well be determined through the votes of members who have not been placed there by voters, rather they have gained seats by way of our coat-tail voting system.

Allowing around 60 politicians to make such a huge decision as redefining the status of marriage without the input from the people they claim to represent does not promote democracy and will be unacceptable to many citizens.

John Lawler

Town safety Comments and tables in your paper late last week purporting to present a picture of a town centre safe for the people and well under control of the various organisations claiming to exercise authority in these regions were to put it bluntly farcical.

Statistics do not present a picture they are rather a political method of answering questions.

Depending upon presentation they can tell any story required.

Ashburton at night is neither safe nor is it a pleasant place.

Even after attending the theatre, parents who have permitted their children to attend make provision for their safe escort home.

The CBD after dark is operated for and by the booze industry and the streets simply not safe and even people in their homes on the homeward route to what have become ghettos dare not go outside to check just where the broken glass lies.

What was also sadly lacking were comments from shopkeepers and their staff who regularly have to clean up around their properties each morning when they discover the areas have been used as toilets.

The only people who have authority to really improve this situation are the Police and they are understaffed and severely restricted in their actions.

Town Watch and the Safer Community council appointees can do no more than observe.

The Licensing Trust and other liquor interests seem rather to just tell the district council what they want, hence the proliferation of outlets and seemingly uncontrolled hours.

Perhaps to demonstrate awareness the district council buildings and functions could be declared liquor free.

There will certainly be no improvement if the present situation is not tackled forcefully and with determination.

M. N. Richards

A Christchurch couple who have challenged a $337,000 insurance payout to repair their earthquake-damaged home by lodging a $900,000 claim at the High Court means the case will be “impossible to resolve”, a court heard yesterday.

Matt and Valerie O’Loughlin have taken insurers Tower Insurance Ltd to court after rejecting offers to repair their cracked and broken house.

The retired couple believe their two-storey Gayhurst Rd property in the badly-hit suburb of Dallington is so damaged it can’t be fixed.

They say Tower is “obligated” to pay for a new home outside the red zone.

But Tower has refused to budge on their stance that the damaged home can be repaired for $337,000.

Around 50 O’Loughlin supporters greeted them on the steps of the High Court in Christchurch yesterday. Many are homeowners in similar positions and are following the landmark case with interest.

Justice Raynor Asher heard opening submissions from both parties before visiting the O’Loughlins property yesterday afternoon.

The O’Loughlins say their insurance policy entitles them to have a “replacement functional quality house”.

“That’s what the O’Loughlins expected, that’s what was sold to them,” their lawyer Grant Shand told the court.

It was critical that the full replacement value would mean the new property would be in the “same condition and extent as when new.”

“That is Tower’s ultimate obligation,” Mr Shand said.

The current offer means they couldn’t afford anywhere near a replacement quality home, he argued.

Mr Shand said a new house, which would be similar to their damaged one with a rateable value of $420,000, could cost around $700,000 - twice what Tower is offering.

The O’Loughlins are also claiming $50,000 in general damages from Tower for “distress, inconvenience and mental anguish”.

The couple has until July to move out of their home, which will then be demolished.

Dallington was a “particularly hard-hit land area”, the court heard, where most people had already moved out, and houses were being demolished regularly.

Justice Asher asked if they could get a payout and then buy a better home than the one they had pre-quakes.

Mr Shand accepted that they “theoretically” could.

Alan Galbraith QC, acting for Tower, said they would lead with evidence from engineers and repiling experts which would say the house could be repaired for $337,000.

It was a contractual dispute, where it was Tower’s obligation to replace the damaged property to a standard comparable as new, he said.

But since the O’Loughlins took on insurance claim adjusters WorldClaim to look at their legal case, they are seeking a payout cap of $888,000 - down from an original claim of $1.3 million which Mr Galbraith said means it is “impossible to resolve”.

He said the O’Loughlins’ high repair figure was reached by calculating the costs of rebuilding on its present damaged site, which would have to include expensive foundation work.

Given the fact the O’Loughlins want to live outside the red zone, the foundation work won’t need doing to the same extent, and therefore the additional costs don’t apply, he said.

Although Tower stands by its repairs decision, if Justice Asher ruled that option out, the insurer would accept that the O’Loughlins could spend money on buying or building a comparable property, Mr Galbraith said.

But that would object to them spending up to $1m, when Tower believes a comparable property could be bought for about $500,000.

The case continues today with Mrs O’Loughlin expected to take the witness stand.

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Timaru deer hunter found safe and well

By James Beech A 22-year-old deer hunter from Timaru was found safe and well yesterday afternoon, after the alarm was raised when he did not return from the Manapouri area as expected yesterday morning.

Te Anau police said the man, who had been part of a hunting trip, returned to Back Valley Hut at Manapouri about lunchtime.

Acting Sergeant Alan Johnston, of Te Anau, said yesterday the man left his companion at the hut to hunt deer on Sunday at 5pm.

“He was only carrying a rifle and lightly clad. He was inexperienced and had only been in the area once, three years ago.”

The hunter did not return at

dark and his companion searched along the track for him. At midnight, the companion set off a locator beacon at the hut.

A Southern Lakes helicopter was dispatched to the area but the crew was unable to find the missing man.

Another aerial search after daybreak also proved fruitless.

“About a dozen police and LandSAR volunteers were being dispatched into the field around 1.30pm when the man turned back up at the Back Valley Hut uninjured and safe,” he said.

“This is a timely reminder to hunters and trampers to be prepared for the unexpected and if a locator beacon is available, it should be carried,” Sgt Johnston said.

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Charges over fatal Iroquois crash

By APNZ and David Fisher A Royal New Zealand Defence Force officer has been charged in relation to a fatal Iroquois helicopter crash on the Kapiti Coast on Anzac Day, 2010.

The formation leader has been charged with negligently failing to perform a duty contrary to section 73(1) of the Armed Forces Discipline Act 1971.

The charge did not allege the accident was directly caused by this omission, the Defence Force said.

Three air force staff were killed and one critically injured when their helicopter crashed in thick fog into the side of a hill at Pukerua Bay. The helicopter was one of three in a formation on their way to Wellington for Anzac Day celebrations.

The charged officer, who was in command of the formation, has been accused of negligently failing to abort the mission when weather conditions deteriorated below the required minimum levels, which was his duty as formation leader.

A formal investigation under the Armed Forces Discipline Act 1971 is scheduled to take place next month.

A pilot who led the three military helicopters into the bad weather later told a widow of one of the victims there was blame right up the chain of command to the Chief of Air Force.

Flight Lieutenant Dan Pezaro earlier said he was flying under confused standing orders while his unit had training levels later found

to be below standard at the time of the crash.

Two months after the crash, he wrote to Kim Madsen, the widow of flight lieutenant Hayden Madsen who was flying Black 2, the second helicopter in the chain.

In the email, Mr Pezaro said: “I’ve been haunted by the delima (sic) of why we didn’t turn around earlier since the day and think I always will be, but that’s ok because it means I will never forget.”

He said the three helicopters were about 3km north of Pukerua Bay when it was becoming clear the weather would be too bad to go further.

Mr Pezaro said he believed it was a good idea to turn at Pukerua Bay. In hindsight, he said, it was not.

He said the crash investigation had already found failures around training on flying on instruments in bad weather.

“We weren’t doing enough or the right sort of training for that emergency. This has definitely changed.”

He said he wanted Mrs Madsen to brace herself for the possibility her husband might be among many who would be criticised in the investigation.

“I’ll be responsible in some part for leading the formation into the bad weather, the [commanding officer] and execs will be responsible for the crews’ training and preparedness for the flight, even the [Chief of Air Force] will have his part to play in engendering the ‘can do’ attitude on [squadron] which caused us to push limits.”

The then-Chief of Air Force, Air Vice-Marshal Graham Lintott, is now New Zealand’s defence attache in Washington.

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Principal to be disciplined

By Rebecca Quilliam A school principal who was in a sexual relationship with a staff member is to face a Teachers Tribunal disciplinary hearing for failing to declare a conflict of interest when the teacher was being investigated for assaulting a student.

The principal, whose name was suppressed, has been accused of serious misconduct by the Complaints Assessment Committee.

The committee said the woman failed to declare her “very close friendship and sexual relationship” with the resident director of the school, who was also not named, “some time before September 2007 and December 2007”.

It has accused her of 10 actions amounting to misconduct in her dealings with the man, including signing off on his growing phone bill which included calls to the TAB, and declaring him fit to practice despite being aware of a Child Youth and Family investigation into assault.

The woman asked the tribunal to dismiss the charge against her because the committee had failed to comply with natural justice, and delays in hearing the case were “inordinate”.

Tribunal chairman Kenneth Johnston said the woman had asked for the charge to be dismissed without going into the merits of her reasons.

Mr Johnston said the tribunal could not review the committee’s proceeding to determine whether the charge had been properly laid.

The High Court was the proper venue for such a review, he said.

Mr Johnston ordered for a hearing into the accusations she faced.

Accusations against the principal: * signed the staff member’s application for a renewal of his practising certificate and declared him fit to practise when she was aware of a CYFs investiga-

tion into alleged assault; * failed to appropriately monitor his excessive use of his cellphone and payments of his phone accounts authorised by the school, which included frequent calls to the TAB; * failed to declare a conflict of interest to her employer, when she realised CYFs was investigating the man; * despite the known conflict of interest, the woman inappropriately started an investigation into the allegation that the man had inappropriately manhandled a child by reviewing camera footage, reading an incident report and speaking to witnesses; * from her investigation, she inappropriately determined he should not be suspended or restricted in any way other than removing him from direct contact with the student concerned; * failed to suspend the man or take appropriate advice on his suspension when he was arrested in December 2007 for assault on a student; * attempted to get the man’s legal costs paid through the school’s insurance policy; * sent a copy of the student’s incident report summary to the lawyer acting for the man without permission from either the student’s parents or her employer; * continued to approve payment of an extra $1000 per month to the man during the period of their relationship, despite the terms of the payment not being complied with or without declaring a conflict of interest; and * between July 1, 2005 and September 30, 2005, and again between January 1, 2006 and December 19, 2007, failed to ensure that appropriate financial practices were followed by authorising payments of $1000 per month to the man over and above his salary.

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The untold hours spent trawling through school work and text books was finally revealed at Mount Hutt College’s Academic Assembly.

The college gathered on Friday to celebrate the success of 45 pupils who were recognised for earning Merit and Excellence Endorsements in their NCEA examinations.

Seventeen Year 11 and 12 pupils picked up Opuke Awards for claiming a Merit endorsement while a host of 28 pupils received Academic Colours for generating at least 25 excellence credits in 2012.

The college’s top three performers in Level 1 last year were Markus Body, Abbey Wright and Irene Anderson while Mikayla Lewis, Chaniaide Fulton, Alice Todhunter and Darren Ritchie all gained more than 80 excellence credits in Level 2.

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Police chiefs ‘comfortable with pursuit actions’

By Matthew Backhouse and Kieran Campbell Police say they are “comfortable” with the actions of officers involved in a one-minute pursuit that resulted in four teenage girls fighting for their lives in hospital.

The girls, one aged 16 and three aged 17, allegedly sped away from police in a stolen car before crashing so hard into a brick fence that the impact shook neighbouring houses on Kepa Rd in Kohimarama on Sunday night.

The younger girl is in a stable condition, while two others are critical but stable and the fourth is critical, a spokeswoman at Auckland City Hospital said yesterday afternoon.

The four girls were allegedly fighting and knocking over tables at a Mission Bay cafe on Sunday night, which prompted multiple calls to police about 11pm.

Inspector Andy Brill said there were reports of disorder and fighting and “all sorts of bedlam going on”.

Auckland Police District Commander Superintendent Michael Clement said a patrol located the car the girls were in, and established it had been stolen from Green Bay on Saturday.

Police said they tried to stop the car as it left the area but the driver immediately accelerated and drove up Kepa Rd. Inspector Jim Wilson told Radio New Zealand police followed the vehicle at some distance without activating the patrol car’s flashing lights.

It then activated its lights and sirens for less than a minute.

He said road spikes were in place but the stolen vehicle lost control before it reached them.

The car hit a concrete median strip and crashed into a 2 metre-tall concrete block wall, knocking down

a large portion of it and trapping the girls inside the vehicle.

Police and other emergency services attended to the girls at the scene.

At least one of the girls was still conscious and cried for help while firefighters cut them free, a witness said.

“One was screaming, ‘I can’t breathe, I can’t feel my legs. I’m going to die, I’m going to die’,” neighbour Humphrey Hart said.

“I heard the bang, it was pretty loud.”

One neighbour, who did not want to be named, said she heard the car speeding and a siren before the crash.

“They must have been absolutely hoofing it,” she said.

“We thought they had crashed into our fence. It was one hell of a bang. It’s terrible.”

Another neighbour two houses away from the crash said the impact shook their home.

The white timber home where the car crashed is unoccupied.

Neighbours said it was recently bought by a family who were in the process of moving in.

A labourer at the house this morning said the owner was aware of the crash and would have to wait for insurance before the fence could be repaired.

Mr Wilson said he was “comfortable” that police had followed procedures.

A spokeswoman for the Independent Police Conduct Authority said they were expecting a complaint to be made, and an investigation would be held into the actions of the officers.

Police were seeking witnesses to the behaviour in Mission Bay and the driver’s behaviour as the vehicle was driven from Tamaki Drive, up Ngapipi Rd and on to Kepa Rd. - APNZ

Elderly person dies in house fire

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Road works shut water off to domain Water supply into the Ashburton Domain pond will be sporadic over coming weeks because of road works in the Allenton Shopping Centre.

And while there might seem to be no connection between the two, the water that flows down the open channels along

Harrison Street supplies water to the domain ponds.

This water is sourced from a water race which is then fed through Coniston Waters along Farm Road and then down Harrison Street. The channels go underground at Oak Grove and from there feed into the ponds.

To enable underground work to be carried out in the Allenton area the water supply is shut off temporarily during the week and turned on again at weekends to allow the ponds to partially fill, said Ashburton District Council roading and street services manager Brian Fauth.

UN condemns Prosser’s anti-Muslim rant

By Kate Shuttleworth The Government will seriously consider a United Nations condemnation of NZ First MP Richard Prosser’s anti-Muslim comments, Justice and Ethnic Affairs Minister Judith Collins says.

The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination issued a report on New Zealand’s progress at tackling racial discrimination and inequality.

It found Mr Prosser’s comments were “inflammatory”, and urged the

New Zealand Government to intensify its efforts to promote ethnic harmony and find a way to combat existing stereotypes and prejudices against certain ethnic and religious groups.

Mr Prosser said in an Investigate magazine column that young Muslim men from “Wogistan” should be banned from flying on western airlines and he described Islam as being “a stone age religion”. The comments were found to be counter-productive to New Zealand’s efforts to reduce racial discrimination.

Ms Collins represented the New

Zealand Government at a twoday UN committee meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, on 21 and 22 February. “I am very pleased to say that during the review, the Committee noted New Zealand’s efforts to combat racial discrimination represented many examples of best practice globally and that these would be recommended to other countries.”

She said the committee observed New Zealand was addressing the drivers of crime, introducing the youth employment package, the alcohol and other drug courts and the New Zealand police ethnic

strategy, aimed at improving ethnic relations and raising multi-cultural awareness.

The committee also noted it regretted the Treaty of Waitangi is not a formal part of domestic law, even though the Government considers it a founding document of New Zealand.

“The committee recommends that the state party consider adopting the recommendations by the special rapporteur on indigenous peoples that any departure from the decisions of the Waitangi Tribunal be accompanied by a written justification by the government”. -APNZ

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Repeat drink-driver sent to prison for 10th conviction A recidivist drink driver was sent to prison on his tenth conviction yesterday.

Samuel Joseph Townhill, 39, of Pendarves, appeared for sentencing in front of Judge Joanne Maze in the Ashburton District Court.

His counsel Roz Burnside asked Judge Maze to stand back from a custodial sentence, saying Townhill’s teenage son had recently moved to live with him, and that both father and son had

When the water is turned off again on Monday, the ponds will drain again, but the shut down in supply is necessary to carry out the Allenton work, he said.

“We are looking to minimise the disruption to the water supply to the ponds as much as we possibly can,” he said.

Police will be able to start investigating the cause of a fatal Wellington house fire today.

An elderly person was killed when their Woodhouse Avenue property in Karori caught fire about 11.30am yesterday.

Detective Senior Sergeant Donna Howard from Wellington CIB said an elderly couple lived at the house, but she could not confirm whether it was the husband or wife who died in the blaze.

Police needed to remove the body from the house before the body could be formally identified, she said.

Fire crews were still dampening down hotspots at the house, which was destroyed, and police had not been able to start a scene examination.

“We’ll start our scene examination in conjunction with the fire service. That will kick off tomorrow morning,” Ms Howard said.

When fire crews arrived yesterday morning, the house “was well involved”, central fire communications shift manager Jan Wills said.

Six trucks and crews were needed to battle the blaze.

A neighbour of the elderly couple told Radio New Zealand the speed of the flames was terrifying.

Vivienne Boyle, who lived across the road, heard someone calling for help and went outside to see a young woman calling that the house was on fire.

“We could see smoke coming out and the start of some flames.

“It was pretty scary you could see that pretty soon the (front) room was about to be totally on fire.”

Ms Boyle said she knew an elderly woman lived in the house.

A person attempted to get into the property but the front door was locked, she said.

She and other neighbours were able to get close to the house and attempted to put the blaze out with hoses.

The flames moved “extremely fast”, Ms Boyle said.

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work with a painter.

She admitted Townhill had a major breach of a community detention sentence for similar offending two years ago, when he removed his ankle bracelet and went on a drinking binge following the death of his father.

Ms Burnside told the court her client had arranged for a co-worker to transport him and his son to and from work, or failing that he could work at a nearby factory.

She also said Townhill had indicated a willingness to get help with his alcohol problems.

However Judge Maze was not convinced, saying that Townhill had been caught driving with an alcohol level more than twice the legal limit.

“Your criminal record is littered with driving convictions,” Judge Maze said, adding that recidivist drink drivers’ actions are condemned by the courts and the

community alike, putting everyday roads users at risk of harm or worse.

She pointed out that Townhill had removed his electronic monitoring ankle bracelet twice, and that the sentencing report showed he had little insight into his offending.

“You told the report writer you can stop drinking at any time, but that hasn’t been evident.

Indicative of this is that you took

off your ankle bracelet twice – these actions show a lack of commitment and level on addictions.”

Judge Maze said imprisonment was the only viable sentencing option. Starting with an 18-month sentence, she deducted 25 per cent for his guilty plea, leaving Townhill to serve 13 months. He was disqualified from driving for two years, and ordered to hold a zero alcohol licence for three years if he got his licence back.

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‘A serious error of judgement’ - judge Meanwhile, Alexander William Lloyd, 17, of Allenton, pleaded guilty to a charge of assault.

The court was told Lloyd went to the Ashburton skate park to confront another youth, who it was claimed had abused him earlier in the day.

Lloyd retaliated by punching and kneeing the victim in the head, causing bruising, lacerations and concussion. Judge Joanna Maze acknowledged the element of provocation, but said Lloyd had made a serious error of judgment when he retaliated.

He was convicted and fined $300, ordered to make reparations of $500 to the victim, and pay court costs.

Joshua John Leath, 17, unemployed of Ashburton, pleaded guilty to five charges of intentional damage, two of driving while suspended, careless use of a motor vehicle, careless driving and assault.

The intentional damage charges related to Leath’s response to being kicked out of a party late on February 2, which he took out on a number of mailboxes on Havelock Street. A resident noticed Leath attack a nearby brick mailbox and called the police.

The driving charges occurred on November 30, when Leath failed to take a corner and damaged a power pole, and on February 4, when he was caught riding a trail bike on a grass verge. The assault charge was laid after a stoush at the Ashburton skateboard park, where Leath punched the victim in the head several times.

Judge Maze said she was concerned that Leath, a first offender, had made his debut into district court in such a dramatic way, especially in regard to the “gratuitous violence”. She convicted and sentenced him to 100 hours community work, disqualified him from driving for nine months, and ordered him to pay reparations of $660 to the owners of the damaged mailboxes.

Nathan Carl Frew, 28, a builder of Winslow, appeared on a charge of aggravated drink driving. Frew, who has three previous convictions for drink driving, was found to be driving with an excess alcohol level (EBA) of 1018mg milligrams of alcohol per litre of breath (1018mg/l) on February 22, after members of the public complained about his driving. He was convicted and remanded on bail for a pre-sentence report, with appendices, and sentencing.

Choosing to drive after drink-

ing proved a costly experience for Jasmine Mary Davern, 18, of Tinwald. Davern pleaded guilty to drink driving with an excess blood alcohol level (55 milligrams per 100 millilitres). She was convicted and fined $275, disqualified from driving for three months and ordered to pay court costs and expenses totalling $496.

Abraham Jim, 22, of Pendarves, pleaded guilty and was convicted of drink driving (EBA 547mg/I). He was fined $550, disqualified from driving for six months and ordered to pay court costs.

Damian Uday Ripimai Otene, 18, a builder of Ashburton pleaded guilty to drink driving (EBA 398mg/l), and driving while forbidden. On the drink driving charge he was convicted and fined $385, disqualified for three months and ordered to pay court costs. He was fined a further $200 on the driving while forbidden charge.

Shaun Harley Boaz-Wornall, a painter of Ashburton, pleaded guilty to disqualified driving. He was convicted and fined $600, disqualified from driving for six months from April 14 (when his current disqualification ends), and ordered to pay court costs.

Brooke Anthony McCormick, 17, a butcher of Allenton, pleaded guilty to cultivating and possessing cannabis. He was fined $1700 in total and ordered to pay court costs. An order was made for the destruction of the equipment and cannabis.

Shaun Nathan Hurst, 20, of Ashburton, pleaded guilty to possessing cannabis for supply. He was convicted and remanded until April 8.

Juniyah Hawi Philamel Ripia, 32, of Ashburton, appeared to face stealing and trespass charges. He was remanded, but returned to custody on a current sentence he is serving on other charges.

Brendon Aaron Edgeler, 25, selfemployed of Leeston, pleaded guilty to drink driving (EBA 492mg/l) and possession on cannabis. He was convicted and fined $495 and disqualified from driving for six months on the driving charge, fined $300 on the cannabis charge and ordered to pay court costs.

Arrest warrants for non appearance were issued for: Selena Angelina Johnstone, Marli Anthony Joseph Tairi, Joshua David SeedHawthorne, Bart Clive Tucker and Wilson Kira Whare.

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Karachi shuts down to bury dead

By Hasan Mansoor Pakistan’s largest city has shut down to mourn 45 people killed by a car bomb in a Shi’ite Muslim neighbourhood, the latest in a series of devastating pre-election attacks.

Traffic was thin as Karachi’s educational institutions, businesses and markets closed yesterday after the local government announced a day of mourning and Shi’ite groups three days of mourning for those killed in the blast.

The bomb exploded as Sunday worshippers were leaving mosques in Abbas Town, ripping through two apartment blocks and trapping people beneath piles of rubble.

Those who survived but whose homes were damaged or destroyed are being housed temporarily in schools, officials said.

Local transport and traders’ associations said they would not be working on Monday.

“There will be no public transport on the roads today,” said Karachi Transporters Association chief Irshad Bokhari.

Head of the Karachi Traders’

Alliance, Attique Mir also said shopping centres and malls as well as business activity would remain suspended.

Karachi is vital to Pakistan’s economy, contributing 42 per cent of GDP, 70 per cent of income tax revenue and 62 per cent of sales tax revenue.

But the city is plagued by sectarian, ethnic and political violence that last year killed more than 2200 people and which routinely forces closures, damaging businesses.

Yesterday, the stockmarket was open, but Mohammad Sohail of brokerage firm Topline Securities said there were fewer dealers and trading volumes were low.

Officials said 45 people, including women and children, were killed and around 150 others wounded in the attack.

Although Abbas Town is a mainly Shi’ite neighbourhood, officials said some Sunni Muslims were also among the dead.

Police are preparing a list of those killed and are trying to identify the dead with the help of their relatives.

Pakistan’s parliament is due to dissolve in two weeks in preparation for elections but rising vio-

lence against Shi’ites, who make up around 20 per cent of the 180 million population, has raised serious questions about security.

“The unfortunate reality is that things could take a turn for the worse as tensions increase ahead of the approaching general elections,” newspaper The News wrote in an editorial on Monday.

“The risk of violence, especially in Karachi, is very real. With election preparations in full swing, the processions, meetings and rallies that accompany our electoral campaigns have the potential to lead to chaos,” it added.

Last year was the deadliest year on record for Shi’ites in Pakistan with more than 400 killed, according to Human Rights Watch.

A bomb at a shrine visited

by Shi’ites in Shikarpur district, some 400 kilometres northeast of Karachi, killed two people last Monday.

A day later the Supreme Court ordered the authorities to come up with a strategy to protect Shi’ites after bomb attacks on Shi’ite Hazaras in the southwest on January 10 and February 16 killed nearly 200 people.

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last week. They were also banned for life from every Barminco project around the world.

It’s sparked a furious online debate on websites, Facebook and Twitter.

A Facebook page calling for the reinstatement of the “sacked WA Harlem Shake Miners” has been set up and hundreds are having

their say as the story spreads as quickly as the viral video craze.

Many support the move to sack the workers.

“An underground mine is no place for cowboys, clowns or fools. It’s an inherently dangerous place to work and workers are entitled to expect those working alongside them to respect

Pakistanis gather at the site of a car bombing that killed 45 people in Karachi, Pakistan.

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Brokers set for Mighty River float

By Tamsyn Parker and Jamie Gray Market players are anticipating strong demand for the Government’s partial float of Mighty River Power and are ramping up their businesses in preparation for its sharemarket listing.

Prime Minister John Key yesterday confirmed up to 49 per cent of the power company would be listed after the Cabinet passed the order-in-council, the final part of enacting the legislation.

A pre-registration period will begin from today with the company expected to list ahead of the Government’s May Budget.

Rob Cameron, former head of the Government’s Capital Markets Development Taskforce, said confirmation of the float was an important day for the capital markets.

“The mixed ownership model progress is the one single initiative the Government could do to have an impact on the size of the listed market.”

Cameron said it was an opportunity for a broad range of investors to participate in the sharemarket.

Mighty River had been expected to float in October last year but was delayed by a challenge from the Maori Council.

That challenge was overcome last week after the council’s appeal to the Supreme Court failed.

Cameron said the delay had probably worked in the Government’s favour as the sharemarket had recovered further and the extended timeframe had also allowed Mighty River Power to get market ready.

He said the country had gone through a period of household saving and money in the bank was now at record level. Now was the time for people to look at what to do with that money.

“I think we are going to be surprised by the interest.”

People will be able to invest a minimum of $1000 in the float and the Government

to

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has said it will not scale down the amount of shares for those who buy under $2000 worth.

Brian Gaynor, a fund manager at Milford Asset Management, said if 250,000 people bought $2000 worth that would equate to only $500 million - just a small portion of the $1.92 billion float.

But he thought those who bought more than $10,000 could face being scaled back.

About 228,000 investors bought into the Contact Energy float and Gaynor expected between 200,000 and 300,000 investors buy into Mighty River.

Latest Reserve Bank figures show there is $112 billion sitting in banks and Gaynor said if just $1 billion of that money was invested as well as local and institutional investors buying in, the offering would easily be filled.

Frank Aldridge, managing director at Craigs Investment Partners, which is one of the lead broking firms in charge of selling the shares, said the company had been building up its resources in the past 18 months in preparation for the float.

Craigs had set up a call centre, something it had never had before, and hired more specialist investment advisers.

Neil Paviour-Smith, managing director at Forsyth Barr, the other lead broker, said the confirmation of the float was exciting and had been a long time coming.

“We have been doing a lot of preparations and we are looking forward to getting out there.”

Shane Solly, portfolio manager at Mint Asset Management, said he expected to see an appetite for Mighty River Power shares, despite a growing number of new investment opportunities acting to divert investor interest.

“I think there is an appetite for an organisation with appropriate governance in place with well-located assets.”

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A shallow 5.5-magnitude earthquake has hit southwest China, causing 700 homes to collapse and leaving 30 people injured. The quake struck a rural area in the province of Yunnan yesterday, damaging a further 2500 houses, but there were no reported fatalities, according to the state-run Xinhua news agency. The quake’s epicentre was 9km beneath the surface, Xinhua said, adding that thousands of people were affected by the tremor, which prompted authorities to dispatch tents, cotton quilts and coats to the area. Southwest China is prone to earthquakes, with twin quakes in Yunnan last September triggering landslides that killed at least 80 people.

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get sacked,” said Stacey Hughes on Facebook. A dismissal letter sent to the workers, obtained by The West Australian newspaper, said Barminco saw the stunt as a clear safety issue and a breach of the company’s “core values of safety, integrity and excellence”.

The workers denied they were endangering safety, pointing out

that helmets, portable oxygen and other measures were worn.

Long-sleeved shirts were removed to prevent the Barminco branding being seen, an unnamed worker said.

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Cyprus police say they have alerted Interpol over a possible sighting of missing British girl Madeleine McCann in the holiday resort of Ayia Napa.

Police spokesman Andreas Angelides said a Briton informed police he had “seen a girl who looked like Madeleine with a British couple as one of their three children”. He said this information was given to police on February 20 and they passed it on to the European authorities. “We asked Interpol to also look into the matter,” Angelides said, but added the family in question had most probably left Cyprus. Madeleine was nearly four when she vanished from her Portuguese holiday apartment in Praia da Luz in 2007. - AFP

• Crash kills 12 children A school bus collided with a truck laden with bricks in northern India yesterday, killing 12 children and their driver, police said. The crash happened as the children were on their way to school on the outskirts of Jalandhar, said police officer Harmeet Singh. The city is nearly 400km north of the Indian capital. Singh said seven children and the bus driver died on the spot and another five children succumbed to their injuries in a hospital.

Police were looking for the truck driver, who fled after the accident, Singh said.

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Dotcom to float Mega site in NZ or Australia

By Miles Godfrey Colourful internet identity Kim Dotcom is forging ahead with plans to launch his new Mega file storage website on the Australian or New Zealand stockmarkets.

The German-born internet entrepreneur, who faces possible extradition to the US on copyright infringement charges, has advertised for a chief financial officer to oversee an initial public offering in about 18 months.

“Due to some aggressive growth plans, we require a full-time CFO capable of taking the company from just after initial setup, through rapid growth and to IPO within the next 18 months,” the job advertisement said.

It does not state if the stock market launch would take place in Australia or New Zealand but asks for candidates with experience raising capital in either countries and says the position would be based in Auckland.

Dotcom, a New Zealand resident, has previously said the Kiwi or Australian stock exchanges would be logical choices for any Mega float.

It comes as the US government continues efforts to extradite Dotcom and three co-accused men in relation to copyright infringement, money laundering and racketeering charges.

An extradition hearing, which has

Kim Dotcom been delayed several times, is scheduled to get under way in Auckland District Court in August and last about four weeks.

The charges relate to Dotcom’s former file sharing site Megaupload, which allowed users to store access files anonymously but which has led to accusations of piracy – which Dotcom strenuously denies.

Dotcom launched Megaupload’s successor, Mega, two months ago.

The cloud-based filed storage site also allows users to store and access encrypted files anonymously.

Dotcom signalled during the launch that he intended to take the site public and hoped to hire a “few hundred” employees in New Zealand.

Dotcom appointed former InternetNZ head Vikram Kumar as Mega’s chief executive in February.

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Invercargill accountant suspended

By Ben Chapman-Smith An Invercargill accountant who was arrested in a major South Island drug bust last year has been suspended by the industry’s disciplinary tribunal.

David Christopher James Payne was one of seven people arrested in June when police terminated Operation Canary, a four-year investigation into large-scale illegal commercial cannabis growing operations in Southland.

He faces 11 charges for cultivating cannabis and one charge for possessing cannabis with the purpose of selling or offering to sell.

Police alleged the accused were part of a crime syndicate which had grown more than 1000 cannabis plants over a period of years, with an estimated value of $4.5 million.

Payne was called before the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants’ (NZICA) Disciplinary Tribunal last last year.

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Payne was in the news again last month after police accidentally disclosed sensitive information to Operation Canary defendants.

Southland police had provided digital files to the accused but failed to properly edit out censored information, including details about police informants.

The information was returned late last month under a court order.

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Brothers the best in dairy awards The first of the regional winners in the country-wide Dairy Industry Awards have been announced, with Whangarei brothers Ian and Tim Douglas winning the premier award at the Northland event at the weekend.

The brothers equity manage a 300ha family farm they are shareholders in, along with their parents, Murray and Marcelle Douglas.

It is the first time a pair of brothers has won the award, and they collected cash and prizes worth $26,100, and the opportunity to compete for further honours in the national finals in Wellington on May 24.

Judging in the CanterburyNorth Otago region is still underway, with the final round for trainees to be completed this week. The final round for farm managers and sharemilkersequity farmers will begin on March 18.

All regional winners will be announced at a function at Hotel Ashburton on April 9. Field days at the winners’ properties will be held in late April.

Northland’s other big winners were Niall and Delwyn McKenzie, the Farm Managers of the Year, and Jake Thomson, winner of the

Trainee of the Year title.

The Douglas brothers have been involved in the farm’s management for as long as they have understood farming, but have only been in the partnership for the past three years after returning to the farm following work in other sectors.

“We are stronger together than we would be apart, and as the root of success in any business is the people we have a real emphasis to grow people within our business.”

The pair says they have a solid business plan with good systems

and financial monitoring.

“This gives a consistent return for all stakeholders and allows for growth.”

It was the first time the brothers, aged 28 and 29, had entered the awards and, as well as the win, they won five merit awards.

They plan to grow the business to 2500 cows (currently 950) and to also expand a farming business they have in Brazil.

Wellsford 50 per cent sharemilkers Johann and Jemal Guitry placed second in the Sharemilker/ Equity Farmer contest, winning

$6500 in cash and prizes.

Northland Farm Managers of the Year, Niall and Delwyn McKenzie, love what they do and want to continue to develop their farm skills and business.

The McKenzies, who won $12,400 in cash and prizes, are managing a 320-cow farm near Wellsford owned by Andrew and Angelea Fleming.

They entered the awards for a third time as they welcome the opportunity for internal evaluation of their farm management and business.

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“We also enjoy the comradeship it brings meeting like-minded people, along with the competitiveness of the contest.

“One of our strengths is our low environmental impact by having sustainable systems. We also enjoy farming in a partnership of farming profitably and loving what we do.”

The couple says their goal is to grow within the business and to purchase a small coastal winter milk farm.

Poroti contract milkers Mike and Donna Carroll placed second

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in the Northland farm manager contest winning $2500 in prizes, and Wellsford farm manager Steven Ketter was third, winning $1500 in prizes.

The Dairy Trainee of the Year, Jake Thomson, says entering the awards has been an “awesome” way to gauge his career and personal development.

“I got feedback from entering last year and have been able to re-motivate myself to get ahead. I met awesome people and I enjoyed being around people who are passionate about dairy farming.”

Mr Thomson, 24, won $5200 in prizes and is currently on a 350-cow Maromaku farm owned

by John and Jacqui Kehoe.

With wife Alana, he plans to move into a herd management position for the new season and progress towards lower-order sharemilking.

“Our long-term goal is to own our own herd and sharemilk on a profitable farm. We hope the NZ Dairy Awards will help us to keep moving onwards and upwards.”

Twenty-two-year-old Kokopu trainee, Luke Boylan, placed second in the trainee contest, winning $1500 in prizes, and Dargaville trainee, Julia Mathis, 20, was third winning $1000.

Weather tool planned NIWA researchers are working with five Canterbury farmers to develop and trial an innovative tool that generates tailored, site-specific weather forecasts to help manage irrigation. The tool could result in significant improvements in water use efficiency and, ultimately, considerable financial savings.

The initiative forms part of the Primary Innovation project funded by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE). The project involves scientists from a number of research organisations serving the primary sector, as well as growers, farmers and foresters, and aims to convert scientific research into innovations that will add value to New Zealand’s economy.

Farmers commonly rely on irrigation to maintain productivity.

They need to know when and how much water to use, and the amount of water available to them, especially in drier periods.

The five farmers trialing the new management tool are members of the Waimakariri Irrigation Scheme, which draws water from the Waimakariri River.

The new tool combines measurements of on-farm rainfall and soil moisture with NIWA data on recent weather conditions in the area, and two-, six- and 15-day weather forecasts.

This information is emailed to farmers

every day to support decisions relating to a range of farm activities, including irrigation scheduling and stock movement.

“We are providing information to help farmers optimise their use of water and not exceed their allocation limits,” says project leader and NIWA hydrologist MS Srinivasan.

“If it’s going to rain tomorrow there may be no need to irrigate today, and water can be stored or left in the river.

“We are providing forecasts that are site-specific and based upon measured rainfall and soil moisture data from the farm and from climate stations within five kilometres.”

The information allows the farmers to plan water usage based on current and forecast conditions on their farm in the short and longer term.

It also assists with decisions such as the need for storage ponds that hold water for use during dry periods when water available from the river is going to be limited.

The tool can also help farmers schedule fertiliser and manure applications.

Nutrients can wash away in the rain to receiving waterways. If rain is forecasted, farmers may delay applying fertiliser.

However, if drizzle is forecast for tomorrow, farmers may consider applying urea today as the drizzle may help reduce volatile losses from the fertiliser.

Silver Fern Farms’ Fairton plant will process autumn bobby calves for the first time in an initiative to be more responsive to the needs of local dairy farmers. The autumn processing run starts on March 12 and will continue to operate through the calving period, depending on available stock. Plant manager Charlotte Stevens says this is a positive change for the plant and dairy farming suppliers. “Our Fairton workforce of around 550 employees are keen to get behind this new initiative and provide a valued service for our dairy suppliers who calve this time of the year.”

Ms Stevens says the programme will offer the ability to same day process, with early morning pickups and cartage paid.

• Bell to speak at seminar Former police detective inspector and host of the Police Ten 7 TV show Graham Bell will be the keynote speaker at an agricultural seminar organised by PGG Wrightson in Ashburton in May. Mr Bell was in the police for 33 years and is an expert in homicide investigations; he has also shown a flair and talent for getting his message across with straight talking.

He will be joined by ANZ chief economist Cameron Bagrie and Federated Farmers chief executive officer Conor English as guest speakers on May 10. The day will also include farming specific presentations about nitrates and nutrient budgeting, and workshops on seed bed preparation, maximising pasture production, potato production, irrigation and animal health. Mid Canterbury farmers are being encouraged to enter early for the Ashburton seminar, which will be held at Hotel Ashburton, starting at 9.30am.

The Ashburton seminar is one of eight being held around the country and PGG Wrightson says the annual event has cemented itself as a key event on the rural calendar for farm owners, operators and workers, providing knowledge and tools in increase farm productivity and profitability.

• Upbeat year for association The Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association has released its annual report announcing a surplus of $77,156 for last year, up from $10,922 the year before.

The whopping jump was driven by the association’s 150th anniversary celebrations, perfect show weather and a showday visit by prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall. Last year’s show attracted 560 trade exhibitors, livestock and feature competition entries and 123,000 visitors over the three days in November. “The Canterbury A&P Association in 2012 is so much more than the sum of its parts than at any point in its 150-year history,” said chairman Doug Marsh. “The year under review has been one of unprecedented challenge but the association’s performance has been sound. As always what the balance sheet does not reveal are the non-financial absolutes that comprise the voluntary, untiring effort, commitment and enthusiasm that underpin the Canterbury A&P Show success made by committee members, volunteers and the event management team.” The 2013 show will be held November 13-15. The association holds its annual general meeting on March 20.

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LAMB Middle cuts remain the difficult products for New Zealand lamb exporters to sell, as the slowdown in restaurant demand in Europe and the US continues to bite.

Stocks of expensive racks remain high in the US and buyers appear to be showing very little interest in ordering more, even at the recent lower price levels. In the UK pricing has been steady for the past few weeks.

The lamb slaughter in the UK was up by 13% in January compared to the same month last year and is expected to remain elevated for a few months. Poor finishing conditions meant fewer were slaughtered in the latter part of last year, which helped boost demand for imported New Zealand product, but the extra lambs carried forwards are now coming in for slaughter.

BEEF There has been no letup in the flood of cattle into North Island processing plants, with virtually all plants running near full capacity.

Over 54,000 head were processed there during the week ended February 23, the highest weekly throughput in the North Island since May 2011.

Cows continue to make up the greatest proportion of the slaughter as dairy farmers push hard to destock. Parts of the South Island are also now starting to feel the pinch, but we haven’t seen a drastic impact slaughter levels yet.

The high cow slaughter is producing large volumes of manufacturing beef that US buyers typically wouldn’t expect to see for at least another month yet. They are wary that there may still be a lot more to come yet, so New Zealand exporters have been forced to accept lower prices in order to sell product.

DAIRY Dairy commodity markets are currently moving in opposite directions. Prices in the Northern Hemisphere are weakening while prices in Oceania are firming.

This is being driven by the seasonal changes in milk supply.

The seasonal reduction in supply in New Zealand is also being accelerated due to the growing impact of the drought. Fonterra are forecasting 1% growth in milk supply across the 2012/13 dairying season, as drought limits milk intake expectation for the remainder of the season.

Next week’s GlobalDairyTrade auction sees a reduction in the volume of whole milk powder (WMP) on offer. Fonterra’s forecast of the amount of WMP to be offered on GDT over the next year has been trimmed by 10,000 tonnes to 519,500 tonnes.

In the past couple of days Fonterra’s share price is back below the $7 level. Fonterra announced earlier this week a number of initiatives which could reduce the short-term demand from farmers for shares. These include a share bonus issue, and extended periods to back increased milk supply with shares.

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$1b drought hit tipped

By Brian Fallow Drought is likely to shave 0.5 per cent off gross domestic product by the end of the year and take a toll on next year’s output as well, says ANZ bank.

In an analysis of the emerging drought conditions, the bank’s rural economist, Con Williams, said that milk production last month dropped by nearly 15 per cent on last year in the worst affected regions – Waikato, the east coast of the North Island and central North Island, as well as Northland which has already been declared a drought zone.

Other areas of the North Island are down 10 per cent but this is offset by some growth in the South Island, though only Otago and Southland, which produce about a sixth of the country’s milk, are enjoying normal rainfall.

Fonterra is forecasting national milk production for the whole season will be up about 1 per cent on last year, but that reflects a 5 per cent increase during the first eight months of the season.

“This implies a further reduction of 9 per cent for the remaining three months of the season, with reductions of 20 per cent in the North Island offset with continued growth in the South Island,” Williams said.

“In all, North Island dairy farmers who experience a drop in production of 20 per cent from February through to the end of the season will have production around 6 per cent lower than last year,” he said.

“Other things remaining the same, this reduces profitability by 39 per cent to $80,000 for an average-sized dairy farm.”

It would reduce dairy farmers’ income by about $300 million in the first half of 2013, compared to the same period last year.

But that would be offset in the short

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Heifers and their calves in a dry paddock on Brymer Road in Hamilton. Good weather in the Waikato is leading to dry, yellowing paddocks. term by about $150 million of additional meat production as sheep and beef farmers reduce stock numbers and send animals to the works early, at lower weights and prices.

The normal multiplier effect would increase the impact on economic output to $500 million but that only covers the first half of the year.

By the end of the year, Williams estimates the impact to be around 0.5 per cent of GDP or more than $1 billion, compared with what it would have been with normal rainfall, especially when other effects, like lower hydro-electric production in the North Island, are included.

And repercussions would spread

beyond this year, because of the time it takes to replace capital stock, and the impact on next year’s lamb drop.

“The impacts of [a] prolonged period of dry weather are likely to be longlasting, with agricultural and primary manufacturing production unlikely to recover to pre-drought peaks for at least 24 months.”

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Champ gifts prize to cancer research

By Doug Laing Hastings shearer Rowland Smith realised a dream of ages when he won the Golden Shears Open final at the weekend, and then donated his $3000 prize to cancer research and awareness.

The 26-year-old’s benevolence came in a wave of emotion in Masterton’s War Memorial Stadium where only a short while before his own triumph the crowd had watched in awe as cancer-battler and Australia-based Kiwi woolhandling master Joanne Kumeroa all-but won her seventh Golden Shears Open woolhandling title.

There was standing ovation as over 1000 people saluted his own victory and the courage of 43-year-old Kumeroa who was only diagnosed with cancer in August and who by the end of the week will be back in Melbourne resuming extensive chemotherapy.

Having astonishingly made her way

from a 45-strong field to reach the final, she was beaten only by 21-yearold Gisborne woolhandler Joel Henare, who beat her in last year’s World Championships final in Masterton.

Smith’s own mother, Christal, died of cancer six years ago, and he barely needed any time to consider what he would be doing with the cash in helping Kumeroa in her pleadings to people to “get it checked” before it’s too late.

“It’s not about the money,” he said as he raised the shears’ trophy in a moment of triumph he’d yearned since as Northland teenage he ventured south to win the Golden Shears Junior title nine years ago. “This has been a lifelong goal,” he said.

His gesture took to over $11,000 the amount raised for the cause during the Golden Shears, including a similar gesture from the Australian woolhandling team after being beaten in a test match against New Zealand 24 hours earlier.

As it happened, the 20-sheep final

was closest contested in the 53 years of the “Wimbledon” of shearing since it was first held in 1961, as Smith overcame three fellow Hawke’s Bay guns, all former winners of the coveted title, and all ultimately separated by just 0.466pts.

The last and only other time the top four shearers had been separated by less than two points was in 1978.

With 16-times winner David Fagan, of Te Kuiti, eliminated in the quarterfinals and missing from the final for only the fourth time in 30 years, Smith was still always always going to find it tough against four-times winner John Kirkpatrick, of Napier, 2006 winner Dion King, of Hastings, and 2010 winner Cam Ferguson, of Waipawa.

It was King who poured on the pace throughout the contest, finishing the 20 second-shear sheep first in 16min 30.09sec, 16 seconds ahead of Kirkpatrick, and another 8 seconds ahead of Smith.

With Ferguson next to finish, all four Hawke’s Bay guns put more than a sheep around World champion Gavin Mutch, a Scotsman farming in Taranaki, and Southland hope Nathan Stratford.

Smith said that unusually the changing room afterwards lacked anyone confident of winning when all the points were added, his victory being secured by posting the best quality points.

King had to settle for second overall, Kirkpatrick third and Ferguson fourth.

Amazingly, despite his lack of familiarity with the fine-wooled merino, Kirkpatrick was first to finish the multibreeds PGG Wrightson National Circuit final earlier in the night. Taking 19min 6.862sec for the 15 sheep, half-a-minute slower than the fastest time last year and in his first time in the circuit final, he just pipped 2009-2011 winner Tony Coster, of Rakaia, for the major prize.

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Information event for dairy farmers ATS is running its annual Dairy Days Out again.

The company says the inaugural event last year was hugely successful and it is holding a second one this Thursday and Friday.

ATS aims to lower input costs for all farmers and the Dairy Days Out creates a chance for dairy farmers to have all the big dairy service industry players in one place at one time.

“It is the perfect opportunity to provide dairy farmers with access to great deals while also creating an opportunity to network with other ATS members and industry players,” says ATS general manager of operations, Jono Pavey.

The two-day event is also about having some fun and there will be plenty of activities and entertainment, including cooking demonstrations on

Thursday by New Zealand Beef+ Lamb ambassador, and local restaurateur, Darren Wright.

His award-winning Harbour 71 restaurant at Akaroa, which he has operated for 10 years, was well known to locals, and he has recently opened a new restaurant in Christchurch called Chillingworth Road.

Friday will see the cooking demonstration area transformed into a cor-

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ner dairy, complete with ice creams and milkshakes.

There will also be plenty of competitions and lucky draws to enter over the two days.

Mr Pavey said a wealth of knowledge, expertise and cutting-edge innovations would be on display thanks to the vast array of local and national dairy service suppliers and providers taking part.

Rural Women reports

Mid Canterbury Rural Women NZ Women Walk the World challenge, following the great success of walks last year, will be on April 14 so mark this date in your diary and make up a group. There are many ways this can take place, a walk in the bush, across farm land, through our local domain or the walkway at Lake Hood. The aim of the walk is to promote ACWW and Rural Women New Zealand in a fun and simple way. Funds raised will go to ACWW Friendship Fund, and buy English language books for Indian schoolchildren when the delegation meet in Chennai later in the year.

School bus safety is progressing and Ashburton will see the new bus signs later on this year.

Regional conference is in Ashburton on March 15. National president Liz Evans will be in Ashburton and this is always a great chance to enjoy the fellowship of our region.

New Zealand Post is looking at the decrease in mail volumes. The special role the rural delivery service also needs to be acknowledged and preserved as far as possible, and Rural Women NZ will strongly resist any fee being re-introduced for mail delivery services. We urge you all to have your say on this important issue.

Applications are invited for our Mid Canterbury Provincial scholarships, applicants to have a home base within the boundaries of Mid Canterbury and the Rakaia and Rangitata Rivers. Application forms available from Sandra Curd, curd@xtra.co.nz, entries close April 1.

Bev Bagrie, Provincial President

Seafield The first meeting of Seafield branch for 2013 saw nearly all members attending. The meeting opened with members recalling the creed and congratulating two members on recent birthdays.

Branch president, Louise Clucas, led the meeting following the theme of the day’s motto: “Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves”.

Members were saddened to learn that ongoing ill health for herself and her husband had led one member to resign.

The business under discussion included the Meals on Wheels roster which saw members readily volunteering to assist, the upcoming Regional Gathering on March 15 in Ashburton, the Mid Canterbury Provincial 80th anniversary celebrations in April, and the National Conference in Christchurch in May. Also discussed was the announcement by NZ Post of potential changes to their Government charter which could affect the way in which mail is delivered in future. Members discussed their concerns and will ensure these are included in the RWNZ national submission.

The next meeting will be held tomorrow.

Anama The highlight of the Anama Rural Women’s pre-Christmas dinner at Betty and David George’s home was the presentation of a Bar of Honour to Anne Marsden. Anne was completely overwhelmed and congratulated by all present.

The first meeting of the New Year was held at the Lake Hood home of Frank and branch president Jackie Ryan.

Congratulations were extended to John Milne of Mayfield on receiving a high St John honour from the Governor General Sir Jerry Mateparae in an impressive ceremony at Christ College.

Members discussed the need for a reliable, regular rural delivery service so vital to rural businesses. Feedback from members nationally showed a strong resistance to the reintroduction of delivery fees.

Future events members will attend include the regional conference on March 15, the provincial’s 80th celebrations on April 12 followed by the Women Walk the World challenge on April 14. Glenys Nicol will present her speech entry for the national conference at the regional meeting and if successful will compete at national level in Christchurch towards the end of May. Anama branch’s hopscotch project in the Mt Somers Domain received coverage in the RW national magazine and reports from Domain caretakers indicate that hopscotch is popu-

lar with camp visitors, young and old alike.

Lynnford Members of Lynnford Rural Women met for their February Meeting in the beautiful Ashburton Domain.

After a picnic lunch a brief meeting was held.

Members that had attended the visit to the Life Education Caravan in December reported on the experience and felt it was a wonderful resource. Members were reminded of up-coming events. Regional Conference – March 15 Sinclair Centre, Meals on Wheels April 8, Provincial 80th Jubilee April 12. National Conference – Christchurch May 23-26.

Next meeting on Thursday at Tash Sim’s Glass Studio at Hinds.

Winchmore The buzz coming out from the supper room at the Winchmore Hall could be heard when alighting from the car at the corner of Methven Highway Road.

Inside were 66 women who were attending the annual February Ladies after Five Dinner.

The night was pleasantly warm and those attending were greeting neighbours and others who were attending the dinner for the first time while enjoying a pre dinner drink or two.

Once again the members of the St Andrew’s Church catering group provided a most enjoyable two course meal with a variety of meats and salads followed by delicious desserts.

Following the meal President Trish Small took much pleasure in introducing our guest speaker for the night the winner of the Enterprising Rural Women of the Year Award for 2012, Rose Voice from Central Otago.

Rose Voice, of The Real Dog Equipment Company, is a woman whose passion and Kiwi “can-do” attitude is for dogs and the unusual sport of sled-dog racing.

She has 18 malamutes and a rare breeding pair of Canadian eskimo dogs - the only ones of their kind in New Zealand - which she runs on the trails around Central Otago and races as far afield as Taupo.

Eleven years ago Rose - a theatre nurse by profession - and her husband, Nigel, decided to relocate from the city back to the Maniototo to raise their young family.

“I wanted to bring the children up in a small rural community that would offer them respect for people and the environment, which is really important to me for my children,” she said.

Rose realised that with a regular courier service and a website, operating a business from a rural location was not just a possibility but a positive asset. Her first step was to build a website, and the family set up purpose-built premises at Ranfurly with on-site dog kennels, a machine room and a shop, as well as their own home.

Rose began making sled-dog equipment, such as harnesses and collars, after closely examining the gear she’d been importing from the US and deciding she could do better. As the business grew Nigel was able to give up his job with the police, swapping his dream of owning a large motorbike for an industrial sewing machine. Rose says they work well together: they are both perfectionists and pride themselves on making the highestquality equipment that will last a dog’s lifetime or longer.

Rose designs most of the products and tests them on her own dogs: “If my dogs can’t break it nobody can!”

The product range has expanded and now sled dog equipment is only 10 per cent of the business. “Most of the business is pooch in the backyard. But it’s all quality - brass and stainless.”

Rose sources New Zealand materials where she can, saying she has a huge following simply because her products are New Zealand made. She also sources the highest-quality webbing from France and the US. In a delightful twist, Rose now exports equipment back to Alaska, the home of sleddog racing. Rose says winning the RWNZ Enterprising Rural Women Award is a huge validation for all she’s worked for.

Rose showed a variety of photos and answered many questions. Her fame has really gone afar with the Louis Vuitton company coming from France with some very old luggage to do a marketing campaign photo shoot in the Central Otago Mountains with the dogs; these posters have been seen in New York.

The evening closed with the serving of tea and coffee.

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An early photo taken from the railway reserve looking west towards Tancred Street. The track in the foreground is West Street, in spite of what someone has written on the photo.

East Street, between Burnett and Tancred streets, taken from the railway reserve.

Tussocks on Ashburton streets

By Kathleen Stringer

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Well into the 20th Century, with power and telegraph poles and gas street lights and post boxes, but the street surfaces have improved little.

’ve been with the Ashburton Museum over two years now and most of my time has been spent familiarising myself with our archive collection.

Some things just stand out, and remain in my head. Most are interesting, some just odd.

Few however, have captured my imagination as much as a notice of motion to the Ashburton Borough Council dated 17 December 1878 from Councillor Ivess. In it he requests tussocks be removed from various footpaths and 100 pounds be used to plant trees along borough belts.

The idea of tussocks growing along Ashburton’s streets reminds me of a wild west movie where tumble weeds roll down a desolate landscape. I know Ashburton wasn’t desolate and tussocks don’t roll, but it is an interesting image none the less.

Citizens today may find it hard to imagine what Ashburton looked like in the old days. Streets were no more than tracks, no tar seal or guttering meant that in the summer it was a dust bowl and in the winter it froze or became a muddy swamp. Removing sewage and water could easily spill out into

the street. Add to that mix horses and wagon ruts and it must have been unpleasant at the best of times.

Most towns had the same problems, but rarely does one hear of tussocks encroaching on to footpaths. I was lucky enough to locate a photograph that gives a good idea of what the place really looked like. It was taken about 1879 and shows the corner of Tancred and West Street.

Obviously, Mr Ivess’s request hadn’t made much of an impact.

Joseph Ivess was Irish and went to Melbourne with his family when a small boy. In his early twenties he came to the West Coast and began working in the newspaper trade which he remained in all his life. After owning a number of newspapers through the country Mr Ivess came to Ashburton in 1877. Here he established both the Ashburton Mail and Ashburton Standard. “A fluent and forceful speaker, a generous opponent, with a Liberal leaning” Ivess spent some time in politics. He was often called a ‘rag planter’ - that is he established a newspaper in an up-and-coming town in order to increase his profile for political gain. Once tired of the area he would sell up and move on. Although he did move from

An 1878 notice of motion to the Ashburton Borough Council from Cr Ivess asking that tussocks be removed from the foothpaths in the town.

Cameron Street west, looking towards Oak Grove. There are formed footpaths and gutters, but the sides of the street are still in grass and ruts have formed where the vehicles have travelled.

Ashburton, he also returned a few times.

He was member of the Provincial Government in Nelson and between 1881 and 1884 he was the elected member for Wakanui (Ashburton).

He was also on the first Ashburton Borough Council and stood, unsuccessfully, for mayor. His

obituary said “He was a staunch advocate of municipal progress and took a helping hand in laying down the foundations of many of the benefits enjoyed by Ashburton residents today”.

Certainly one of the things he did achieve was the absence of tussock on our footpaths.

A fine specimen of a horse FROM THE COLLECTION

By Kathleen Stringer One of my flatmates is into horse racing in a big way. Presently, we are watching, on our communal television, auctions of horses for racing stables.

They are all beautifully turned out and look impressive. Being fond of horses myself I enjoy looking at their gait and form – they truly are wonderful creatures.

A horse worthy of note was Perkin Warbeck II, which resided at Grove Farm (property of E Gates) in Tinwald.

In a stud notice in the Ashburton Guardian in 1888 Mr Gates glowingly referred to his stallion as having ‘a splendid action, possessing great strength and is as handsome as they are made. He is one of the best bred animals in the Southern Hemisphere’. (Other reports agreed, although often

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In 1887 his service fee was three guineas, which was no small sum, but puny compared to the many thousands of today. Both his parents were imported and he was foaled in 1881.

Such was his success as a sire that when he died, in 1898, he received an obituary.

In it the Guardian said he was one of the nicest and most symmetrical horses foaled in the colony as well as one of the best ever at the stud.

According to the report, he was let out as usual, rolled in the ground, stood and shook himself, and then dropped dead. Mr Gates refused an autopsy stating that it would be a crime to mutilate such a fine old horse and he was buried

where he fell, (as befitting any noble horse).

The painting to the right was commissioned in 1910 and painted

by WS Anderson. Ironically, although we know so much about the subject I can find no details at all about the artist.

The name Perkin Warbeck is that of a pretender to the throne of Henry VII. This young man claimed to be Richard Duke of York, one of the infamous princes in the tower. After two rather inefficient attempts at seizing the throne he was imprisoned and hanged.

A rather odd choice of name for a victorious blood line, but listening to some of the horse names at the auction what they are called doesn’t seem to matter much.

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TAURUS (Apr 21st May 21st) Friends and associates may seem full of good ideas and the best intentions, but today don’t believe absolutely all that you hear. As Mercury continues to be retrograde, their advice could do you more harm than good. If you need to make a quick decision it might be better to trust your sixth sense.

A romantic opportunity might make for a fun evening.

GEMINI (May 22nd Jun 21st) Belief in yourself is very important if you are hoping to achieve success. It may help to approach influential people to discuss your plans and get some feedback while you’re at it. You may need to organize your time better and get a plan if you want to make progress. The more you can pin yourself down to a time and place, the easier it should be to succeed.

CANCER (Jun 22nd - Jul 23rd) The ability to get an idea across and to communicate your feelings may pay off at work and in a romantic relationship. Be willing to give more than you receive today for better results. If your energy levels seem a bit low it might be an idea to cut out some less important activities and focus on what has to be done.

You’ll feel better for taking charge.

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Misunderstanding or confusion could be a part of the problem.

Make a start today to get organized and you’ll feel less anxious and more positive. The Moon in Sagittarius also brings a chance of romance or warmer exchanges. Try to tap into this.

VIRGO (Aug 24th Sep 23rd) Take advantage of any career opportunities that come your way, although a tendency to act too quickly may not be wise in the current employment climate. Research your options, especially if you have a goal or a dream that means a lot to you. The promise of excitement in the relationship department stirs up your social life and encourages you to be proactive.

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LIBRA (Sep 24th Oct 23rd) Be mindful that should a nagging health issue resurface, you are entitled to a second opinion or trying a solution from a different angle.

This niggling issue may relate to your emotional wellbeing as much as anything.

Social events may be linked with your job so you may have plenty of opportunity to network and make fresh connections.

SCORPIO (Oct 24th - Nov 22nd) Be careful what you wish for as something might come to pass today, especially if it is associated with romance or thoughts of taking on a new creative challenge. If someone needs your help, let your caring side out. You may make a good friend in the process. You may feel overwhelmed romance-wise, but stay cool and things should improve.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 23rd - Dec 21st) It’s a good day to do some work around the home or perhaps the garden. If you feel in a cleaning or de-cluttering mood, both activities should work out well. If you’re tackling anything on a DIY basis and are unsure if it’s to do with plumbing or woodworking, it might be a good idea to get an expert’s opinion rather than push on alone.

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CAPRICORN (Dec 22nd - Jan 20th) If you’re feeling anxious, make a point of visualizing positive thoughts as these will help you feel better about yourself and the day ahead.

Try to avoid thinking about worst-case scenarios, think only of the best. Your health seems to become more robust but if you have been overindulging, this is a good time to get into exercise mode.

AQUARIUS (Jan 21st - Feb 19th) Be careful with credit cards and use different passwords for online accounts.

With Mercury still retrograde in your personal financial zone you may be prone to oversights. The reality is that personal information is valuable, so keep yours secure.

Yet the Moon in Sagittarius can bring a happy glow to the day.

An outing with a friend may prove a tonic.

PISCES (Feb 20th Mar 20th) You may feel pressured, even though nothing in your current circumstances is causing this. There may be a lot happening inside you.

Emotions may be overwhelming and you may feel frustrated, especially over issues that happened some while back.

Don’t give yourself too much to do today.

Try to cultivate a calm and peaceful outlook.

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Finn’s run-up gets the chop

By Adrian Seconi The long and the short of it is England fast bowler Steven Finn has cut the length of his run-up because he believes it will be beneficial.

Finn’s new run-up made its debut during the one-day series against New Zealand and he plans to continue with it during the test series, which gets under way in Dunedin tomorrow.

We are only talking about a difference of 5m or so and it is not like it has not been done before.

Our own Sir Richard Hadlee slashed the length of his run-up without losing any of his vigour through the crease.

But for a fast bowler to suddenly make changes to his run-up is a big step and Finn was a little uneasy when it was first suggested.

The fact he kept crashing into the stumps during his delivery stride helped him decide to take the idea a little bit more seriously. “It took me three years to agree to do it, I suppose,� Finn said. “It is something I think . . . will help me be more consistent, help me get more bounce and help me bowl for longer. “It is something I’ve toyed with doing and I’ve used it the nets and I haven’t had the confidence to use it in a game. “But the day before the Napier one-day game I was in the nets and I said to Sakes [England bowling coach David Saker] I’m going to do it tomorrow. “He was a bit [taken] back . . . and thankfully it worked. “I still mark both run-ups out just in case but the short run-up seems to be working OK at the moment.�

Finn was initially worried reducing his run-up from about 25m to just under 20m might have an impact on his pace or he might be at more risk of injury by trying to be too explosive through the crease. “In reality it is more about the momentum I can gain towards the crease off the shorter run-up [which] is greater than off the longer run-up, because the temptation is to decelerate at the end of the longer

Steven Finn: first picked up the problem playing for Otago last summer run-up. I get better acceleration through the crease. “It helps me go straighter through the crease, stand up taller and hopefully be more consistent, get more bounce and maintain my pace for longer periods.

Finn believes he is getting on top of his so-called ‘flying knee’ - when he hits the stumps with his leg while delivering the ball.

It happened once in both the one-day and twenty/20 series on this tour.

But it came to wider attention during England’s home series against South Africa, where it was a persistent problem.

The MCC Committee has rubberstamped law changes which will see a delivery no-balled if the bowler disturbs the stumps while in his delivery stride.

That ruling will come into effect in October. “Hopefully, it won’t happen again. It hasn’t happened in training . . . and it is important that off the shorter run I do

maintain the pace because I think it is the deceleration which makes me get that close to the stumps.�

Plenty of bowlers have disturbed the stumps in their delivery stride with their hand but with Finn, it is his leg.

Suddenly, though, the clattering sound is now considered too much of a distraction for the poor batsman and the laws are set to change.

Finn has not always struck the stumps.

He believes he picked up the bad habit while playing domestic cricket in New Zealand for Otago last summer.

Finn and his fellow strike bowler James Anderson were rested for the warm-up game played against the New Zealand XI in Queenstown last week.

Finn put the time on the sideline to good use practising in the nets and perfecting the 12 or so strides he now takes to hit the crease these days.

Despite that, you might say he does not feel short of a gallop.

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Pro-Am brings unknown quality to Terrace Downs

By Jonathan Leask Top golfers of yesteryear play alongside local amateurs this week in the New Zealand PGA Senior Pro-Am South Island tour.

The four-stop South Island tour teed off today at Pegasus and then swings through Mid Canterbury over the rest of the week.

The ex-tour pros descend on Terrace Downs tomorrow, hit the Methven Golf Club Thursday before finishing up at the Ashburton Golf Club on Friday.

Terrace Downs and Ashburton both hosted tournaments last year while Methven makes their debut on the tour.

Peter Among the 50 senior professionals are familiar names mixed in with players nobody has heard according to PGA spokesman Jim Clelland. “These guys have played all over the world

and done it all, and the standard of golf will be right up there,� said Clelland. “There are familiar names like Peter Fowler and Roger Davis who have won big tournaments all over the place and then you have the likes of Dutchman Mus Deboub, an unknown quantity who could be the surprise package.�

There is also Tim Elliot who played on the European Seniors Tour last year, collecting around 17,000 euro in their short season, while Krishna Singh, the brother of top-liner Vijay, is also on the starters list. “Then there’s a guy like Jamie Kupa, newly turned 50 and fizzing to get out on there. “He could end up having a Fowler blinder or a disaster of a day he’s that excited.�

The Terrace Downs tournament starts at 11.30am Methven has a rolling start from 10am and Ashburton a shotgun 12.30pm tee-off.

Bateman wary of Crusaders’ new style

By Patrick McKendry It wasn’t effective against the Blues, but Hurricanes’ midfielder Tim Bateman is wary of the Crusaders’ new attacking style which he says they have borrowed off provincial champions Canterbury.

Bateman, a former Canterbury and Crusaders’ player who is in his second season at the Hurricanes after a stint in Japan, saw enough in the Crusaders’ 34-15 defeat by the Blues at Eden Park to believe that Todd Blackadder’s men have indeed attempted to play more attacking rugby.

He said a wide game was something the Hurricanes will prepare for when the two teams, both yet to taste victory this season, meet in Wellington on Friday night. “From playing with the Crusaders and for Canterbury, I know they have adopted the Canterbury attack,� said Bateman. “The Canterbury attack is all about getting to width, coming back to the middle of the field, with the option of getting out the back to go to width again. “The thing the Blues did really well, I thought, to cut it off was they didn’t panic. “They were prepared to just glide across the field, the Crusaders were going too sideways.�

Canterbury’s methodology has reaped them five consecutive national championships, and with coaches Tabai Matson and Aaron Mauger making the move up to the Crusaders, it was only natural they would bring a familiar strategy.

However, the Blues’ forwards surprised in comfortably containing their vaunted opposites, which left the Crusaders backs with little room to move, a point Bateman acknowledged. “The game for us will probably be won or lost at the breakdown. The Blues really played well in that area against them. If we can dominant that facet of the game and nullify their wide attack and make the most of our turnover ball and opportunities ... it’s going to be pretty key.�

Bateman’s Hurricanes have had a disappointing start to the season, losing to the Blues at home before falling to the Reds in a stop-start game in Brisbane, a match in which referee Steve Walsh received plenty of criticism. “It was really hard to get into,� Bateman said of the game. “Every time we felt were getting a little momentum the whistle would go or we’d make a mistake. “We feel like we’re close. We feel we are good enough to do it and we’ve got the systems and people to do it.�

Meanwhile, playing alongside Crusaders No10 Daniel Carter has given Bateman a good insight into what the Hurricanes can expect at Westpac Stadium. “We had a good chat about him the other day. There are no glaring weaknesses in his game. It’s about giving him as little as possible in terms of space. If he does have opportunities in front of him he’s got the skills to beat people one on one and do some pretty amazing stuff.�

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• Jackson best again New Zealand Breakers’ guard Cedric Jackson has won his second player of the month award in the Australian NBL, further solidifying his strong case for MVP. Jackson topped the voting for February ahead of fellow American imports Adris Deleon and Jonny Flynn, reclaiming the prize he previously won in November. Leading the tabletopping Breakers to a perfect 3-0 for the month, Jackson averaged 19 points, 7.3 rebounds, 5.7 assists and 2.3 steals. He leads the league in the the latter two categories and is an odds-on favourite to claim the MVP award in his second season in the competition.

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• Miami burns the Knicks LeBron James poured in 29 points, including a game-sealing dunk following a steal with 23.6 seconds left, and the surging Miami Heat ran their winning streak to a franchise record-equalling 14 games in beating the New York Knicks 99-93 yesterday. Dwyane Wade collected 20 points, eight rebounds and eight assists, while Chris Bosh scored 16 as Miami roared back from a 14-point halftime deficit to avenge a pair of 20-point blowouts to their rivals.

Elsewhere, Kevin Durant dropped in 35 points, Russell Westbrook had 29, as the visiting Oklahoma City Thunder regrouped for a 108-104 - DPA win over the Clippers.

• Giggs to make it 1000 Ryan Giggs is poised to reach yet another milestone in his extraordinary career tonight when he is expected to make his 1000th appearance in senior football. The indefatigable Welshman took his tally of appearances to 999 with a goal-scoring turn in a 2-0 win at QPR that helped Manchester United stay clear at the top of the Premier League. That advantage seems destined to turn into a 13th English league title for Giggs, which would solidify his place as the most decorated footballer in the English - AFP game.

• Inglis ready for opener Forget Sonny Bill Williams, South Sydney are ready to unleash their own NRL goliath in Thursday’s season-opener in the form of a fit and firing Greg Inglis. Never before has Inglis entered a season more prepared to wreak havoc, team-mate John Sutton describing some of his pre-season work as freakish ahead of the upcoming derby against archrivals Sydney Roosters. “He’s been freakish at training and on the field the last few weeks,â€? Sutton said. “When he’s bringing the ball back, he’s 110kg, he gets a 30-metre run-up before he meets the line, he’s not stopping.â€?

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11 49488 Supreme Sign (U1) 10....................T Chmiel 8 3.20pm ZAPWALL GROUP LIMITED MOBILE PACE $3000, 4yo+ 1 win mob. pace, mobile, 2600m 1 00706 Royal River (1) fr.........................B Zampese 2 30406 Infrequently (2) fr............................T Chmiel 3 91075 Garbo (3) fr.......................................D Dunn 4 79808 Boro (4) fr................................. C D Thornley 5 06993 Lockey (5) fr............................... C McDowell 6 98501 Caesar’s Flame (6) fr.......................... B Butt 7 0x060 Bounty Eyre (7) fr..................... S Smolenski 8 65980 Jaycees Belle (8) fr.......................M Cations 9 06980 Mimi Surarti (9) fr......................... I Cameron 10 501x Nate (21) fr................................. K Chapman Pacifiers on : Nate (R2), Nate (R8) Pacifiers off : Boulter’s Loch (R5) SELECTIONS Race 1: Euromaxx, Chiodon, Latent, Sunrise Invasion Race 2: Bedtime, Arden’s Attack, Royal Courage, Kellyrox Race 3: Shantaram, Zoerotten, Machie Mach, Washington Diva Race 4: McPadden, Lima Lass, Pretty Boy Floyd, Delma’s McArdle Race 5: Heza Boy Star, Clifden Clowers, St Petersburg, Dutchess Race 6: Curve, Master Lachlan, Raja Bromac, Streamline Boy Race 7: Black Ice, Race Cafe, Garndor, Summerhill Jack Race 8: Caesar’s Flame, Lockey, Royal River, Jaycees Belle LEGEND: X - Spell from racing of at least 3 months P - Retired (or pulled up) from race L - Driver unseated U1 - Unruly beginner {C} - Concession driver {C.cl} - Claiming concession driver which allows horse to start one class down

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Today’s Franklin fields, form and drivers Franklin Trotting Club Inc Venue: Alexandra Park Meeting Date: 05 Mar 2013 NZ Meeting number: 5 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9; 10 and 11 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 5, 6 and 7; 9, 10 and 11 1 3.06pm (NZT) COUNTIES RACING CLUB MOBILE PACE $4500, 2yo+ f&m non winners mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 Beguiling (1) fr..................................G Robb 2 79658 Souvenir Glory (2) fr......................B Holmes 3 2705 Ravna Gora (3) fr.........................J Stormont 4 6 Skyhigh Jet (4) fr............................S Phelan 5 9 Miss Lotty (5) fr......................... M McKendry 6 Jet Banner (6) fr....................... Z Butcher (J) 7 02385 Flyin Impact (7) fr...........................N Chilcott 8 7 Red Sky Night (8) fr.................. J I Dickie (J) 9 5x435 Kenny’s Time Machine (21) fr.. S Lawson (J) 2 3.41pm PAULETTE SCREEN RACING STABLES TROT $4581, 3yo+ non winners trot, stand, 2200m 1 65247 La Reine De Chevaux (1) fr.........J Stormont 2 Empire Earl (2) fr.................... R Downey (J) 3 0 Don’s Mountain (3) fr......................T Herlihy 4 Hef (4) fr.............................................D Balle 5 09377 Celeris (5) fr...........................T Cameron (J) 6 x8939 Viking Girl (6) fr........................ Z Butcher (J) 7 8 Brian Elsu (7) fr..............................T Mitchell 8 88 Awa Cathrine (8) fr........................ D Butcher 9 0x275 Meander With Pegasus (9) fr.... M McKendry 10 Russian Alsu (10) fr.................. J I Dickie (J) 11 26x0 Imsmartenough (11) fr.................. B Mangos 12 Leanne’s Boy fr............................. Scratched 3 4.06pm TONY AND ANNE PARKER MOBILE PACE $4500, 3yo+ f&m non winners mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 4849P Tina Brydon (1) fr................. S Abernethy (J) 2 Soul Hanover (2) fr........................B Holmes 3 2607 Dolly Dagger (3) fr....................G Wolfenden 4 06483 God Blessed (4) fr........................ D Butcher 5 35474 Vengeance (5) fr.............................. S Argue 6 x7055 Tartan Tight Jeans (6) fr................... L Hollis 7 58 Better’s Blastof fr........................... Scratched 8 60546 Presidential Su fr.......................... Scratched 9 3 Leica Rose (21) fr........................ R Brosnan

4 4.41pm TRACER SULKY MOBILE PACE $4500, 3 to 8 wins mob. pace, mobile, 1700m 1 x9995 Mahogany (1) fr...................J Kriechbaumer 2 15672 Lucky John (2) fr................................W Rich 3 52233 JD’s Dream (3) fr..............................J Darby 4 42017 Change Gear (4) fr.................... M Northcott 5 64738 Harry The Maori (5) fr....................... T Vince 6 11726 Anvil Justice (6) fr....................... J Brownlee 7 68045 Mighty Creation (7) fr................. M Robinson 8 5x170 Claudia Cardinal (8) fr.................. S Butcher 9 48375 El Suela (21) fr............................... S Phillips 5 5.06pm MALCOLM WRIGLEY INSURANCE MOBILE PACE $4500, 3yo+ non winners mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 x2226 Western Union (1) fr................. M McKendry 2 87 Parisian Playboy (2) fr................... P Butcher 3 63 I C U Darling (3) fr........................B Mangos 4 x0x76 Gotta Go Deuce (4) fr....................N Chilcott 5 x57P9 Smokin Bopper (5) fr................... R Brosnan 6 Lancewood Sandy (6) fr...............J Stormont 7 25374 Lorcan Knight (7) fr.................... J Abernethy 8 94989 Wish (8) fr................................ S Lawson (J) 9 3935 Guns Blazing (21) fr........................T Herlihy 10 0x Megatron (22) fr....................... Z Butcher (J) 11 0x944 Valentino Rossi (23) fr.................. D Butcher 12 968 Elz On Fire (24) fr..........................B Hackett 6 5.33pm CADUCEUS CLUB MOBILE PACE $4500, 4yo+ 1 to 3 wins mob. pace jun.d, mobile, 2200m 1 10608 Real Tidy (1) fr...................... S McMullan (J) 2 00x65 Lively Eastburn (2) fr....................A Grant (J) 3 06400 American Grace (3) fr...................A Veint (J) 4 42217 Ron Burgundy fr............................ Scratched 5 23104 Elsuccess (4) fr.........................D Branch (J) 6 82498 Guinness Icon (5) fr............ J MacKinnon (J) 7 18280 Viewfield Apache (6) fr............. Z Butcher (J) 8 81170 Covert Action (7) fr.................K Marshall (J) 9 21532 Stunin Banner (21) fr................ J I Dickie (J) 10 44786 Painted Black (22) fr............ S Abernethy (J) 11 25046 Leroy Brogden (23) fr.............. R Downey (J) 7 6.01pm DEREK BALLE RACING STABLES HANDICAP

TROT $6000, 4 or more wins +claimers spechcp trot, stand, 2700m 1 41221 Tommiray (1) fr.............................. P Butcher 2 46408 Johnny Springfield (2) fr........... M McKendry 3 38986 Moment Of Truth (U1) fr........... S Lawson (J) 4 55594 Meyer Lansky (1) 15......................T Mitchell 5 80841 KD Commando (2) 15................... D Butcher 6 P3198 A Loan Again (U1) 15........... S McMullan (J) 8 6.26pm AMERICAN IDEAL AT WOODLANDS STUD MOBILE PACE $5000, 3yo+ f&m 1 to 2 wins mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 7x08x Butler’s Sweetheart (1) fr..............R Fensom 2 41240 Machs Party (2) fr..........................N Chilcott 3 64x10 American Rose (3) fr.............. R Downey (J) 4 41556 Ideal Prize (4) fr............................A Veint (J) 5 127 Ideal Pocket (5) fr............................T Herlihy 6 40407 Cosmic Eclipse (6) fr............... T Macfarlane 7 7x953 Mhai Elsu (7) fr............................. P Butcher 8 11186 Shardon’s Pearl (8) fr.................... D Butcher 9 07271 Miss Sophie (21) fr........................T Mitchell 10 53P30 Robyn’s C C (22) fr.......................B Mangos 11 78352 Maheer Magic (23) fr................ M McKendry 9 6.53pm HEWES METALS COUNTRY CUP HANDICAP PACE $10,000, 2 to 5 wins discrhcp pace, stand, 2700m 1 33099 Naenae Tabman (1) fr..................A Donnelly 2 44842 Underwood Road (2) fr..................... L Hollis 3 61179 Wynberg Terror (3) fr.....................R Fensom 4 18297 Pureora Paree (4) fr................... J Abernethy 5 06197 Overlap (1) 10........................... J I Dickie (J) 6 14565 Mach Cruiser (2) 10.................. M McKendry 7 20311 Maguinness Flint (3) 10...............J Stormont 8 x2000 Manotick Express (4) 10...............P Fensom 9 16563 Shardon’s Operator (1) 20............ D Butcher 10 21551 Hugh Hefner (2) 20.........................T Herlihy 11 04511 Beaming Jay (3) 20.................. T Macfarlane 10 7.21pm MALCOLM WRIGLEY INSURANCE HANDICAP TROT $5161, 3yo+ 1 to 3 wins discrhcp trot, stand, 2200m 1 92x10 Mollyz Luck (1) fr...................... M McKendry 2 76538 Burt Munro (2) fr............................ S Branch 3 60106 Ella’s Speed (3) fr..........................T Mitchell

4 08656 Irvin (4) fr................................. T Macfarlane 5 x0700 Freddie Mack (5) fr.......................R Fensom 6 29100 Nia (U1) fr..................................... D Butcher 7 00070 Getaway Doug (U2) fr....................N Chilcott 8 x0805 Sunbird Bella (U3) fr..........................D Balle 9 x1603 Letz Hope (1) 10...........................B Mangos 10 21918 Mingara (2) 10..............................M Teaz (J) 11 0x000 Foxtrot Jack (U1) 10.................. J Abernethy 11 7.50pm JEFF CROUTH RACING STABLES MOBILE PACE $5000, 3yo+ 1 to 2 wins mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 5797x Major Dream fr.............................. Scratched 2 16477 Benji Maguire (1) fr........................N Chilcott 3 x4556 In The Living Years (2) fr.................S Phelan 4 42217 Ron Burgundy (3) fr................. T Macfarlane 5 71386 Golden Delight (4) fr..................... D Butcher 6 63652 J J’s Flash (5) fr......................... J Abernethy 7 46x23 Lambrusco (6) fr....................... M McKendry 8 81657 Sir Indianapolis fr.......................... Scratched 9 95810 Satu (21) fr............................ S McMullan (J) 10 58x67 Willis James (22) fr...................... R Brosnan 11 6x936 Running To Live (23) fr................J Stormont 12 20605 Abe Attell (24) fr....................... S Lawson (J) 13 64481 Johann (25) fr............................... P Butcher 14 070x0 Lindenny’s Star fr.......................... Scratched Emergency: Ron Burgundy Pacifiers on : Butler’s Sweetheart (R8) Pacifiers off : Nia (R10) SELECTIONS Race 1: Kenny’s Time Machine, Red Sky Night, Ravna Gora Race 2: La Reine De Chevaux, Meander With Pegasus, Hef Race 3: Leica Rose, God Blessed, Soul Hanover, Tina Brydon Race 4: Lucky John, El Suela, JD’s Dream, Change Gear Race 5: Western Union, I C U Darling, Lancewood Sandy Race 6: Stunin Banner, American Grace, Viewfield Apache Race 7: KD Commando, A Loan Again, Johnny Springfield Race 8: Ideal Pocket, Robyn’s C C, Shardon’s Pearl, American Rose Race 9: Shardon’s Operator, Hugh Hefner, Underwood Road Race 10: Mingara, Mollyz Luck, Irvin, Burt Munro Race 11: In The Living Years, Lambrusco, J J’s Flash

ACROSS 1. Agreement (11) 9. Newt (3) 10. Turbulence (9) 11. Drain (5) 13. Building (7) 14. Help (6) 16. Conclusion (6) 18. Molasses (7) 19. Fat (5) 20. Stubborn (9) 21. Be unwell (3) 22. Insobriety (11)

ACROSS

DOWN 2. Frequently (3) 3. Cautious (5) 4. Plundered (6) 5. Avoidance (7) 6. Censure (9) 7. Gift (11) 8. Sincerely (11) 12. Owner (9) 15. Part (7) 17. Entertain (6) 19. Big sea (5) 21. Donkey (3)

4. Relation (7) 8. Source (6) 9. Accomplish (7) 10. Parcel (6) 11. Becoming (6) 12. Discourse (8) 18. Uselessness (8) 20. Deny (6) 21. Force (6) 22. Include (7) 23. Sundry (6) 24. Merry-making (7)

SOLUTIONS TO PUZZLE No 12,135 Across: 1 Drab; 3 Precious; 9 Tedious; 10 Noted; 11 Satisfaction; 13 Embody; 15 Buckle; 17 Horror-struck; 20 Climb; 21 Emotion; 22 Doggerel; 23 Send.

Down: 1 Detested; 2 Audit; 4 Rascal; 5 Construction; 6 Outlook; 7 Side; 8 Considerable; 12 Reckoned; 14 Booking; 16 Breeze; 18 Unite; 19 Acid.

DOWN 1. Vie (7) 2. Jug (7) 3. Summary (6) 5. Happening (8) 6. Sew (6) 7. Coming (6) 13. Lower (8) 14. Toper (7) 15. Wheeler (7) 16. Distant (6) 17. Artful (6) 19. Sarcastic (6)

SOLUTIONS TO PUZZLE No 12,136

Across: 1 Concurrence; 9 Eft; 10 Agitation; 11 Empt 13 Edifice; 14 Assist; 16 Ending; 18 Treacle; 19 Obes 20 Obstinate; 21 Ail; 22 Drunkenness.

Down: 2 Oft; 3 Chary; 4 Raided; 5 Evasion; 6 Criticise; Benefaction; 8 Unfeignedly; 12 Possessor; 15 Sectio 17 Regale; 19 Ocean; 21 Ass.

Southland Greyhound Racing Club’s fields, form and trainers Southland Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Ascot Park Raceway Meeting Date: 5 Mar 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

1 12.03pm CENTRAL WATER CARRIERS C0, 390m

1 72456 Bee Ostee nwtd................................B Shaw 2 86225 Cawbourne Anna nwtd..............J McInerney 3 65452 Black Tank nwtd............................... M Grant 4 74364 Flying Blake nwtd C &..................D Roberts 5 48665 Uno Shyla nwtd................................R Breen 6 3668 Looptastic nwtd S &..........................Bonnett 7 667 Shavenia nwtd A &.............................Seque 8 45743 Opawa Niko nwtd.............................R Breen 9 7F765 Uno Nosey nwtd..............................R Breen 10 38576 Supreme Shelleen nwtd.............J McInerney 2 12.23pm SGRC FIVE WIRE MUZZLE STKS C0, 457m 1 8 Morgan Baxter nwtd...................J McInerney 2 46867 Fantas Fiction nwtd..........................S Fagan 3 6 Mighty Baxter nwtd....................J McInerney

tV1 Breakfast.

Good Morning.

Ellen. (G, R) Cowboy Builders. (T) ONE News. (T) Emmerdale. (PGR, T) Lisa and Sam start their search, Diane worries that Sandy doesn’t look well, and Megan helps Bob in the Woolpack.

1.30 Come Dine With Me.

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MORNING

6.00 9.00 10.00 11.00 12.00 12.30

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2.00 Britain’s Best Dish.

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3.00 Dickinson’s Real Deal.

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

3.55 Te Karere. (T) 4.25 Ellen.

5.25 Millionaire Hot Seat.

(T) Hosted by Eddie McGuire.

6.00 ONE News. (T) 7.00 Seven Sharp. (T) 7.30 RPA. (T) William gets more than he bargained for.

8.30 Africa – The Future.

(G, T) Sir David Attenborough experiences the realities of rhinocerous poaching and looks at the dangers Africa’s elephants face.

9.35 Dangerous Roads. (AO, T) UK travel series in which two celebrities set out on roads considered to be the most dangerous in the world.

10.50 ONE News Tonight. (T) 11.20 The Closer. (AO) 12.15 Australian Druglords. (AO, R, T) 1.10 Te Karere. (R, T) 1.35 BBC World – GMT With George Alagiah.

2.00 Impact with Mishal Husain.

3.30 HARDtalk. 4.00 Global With Jon Sopel. (G) 5.05 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. 5.35 Te Karere.

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4 2 Rocky Baxter nwtd.....................J McInerney 5 6 Draco Baxter nwtd.....................J McInerney 6 8 Paddy Baxter nwtd.....................J McInerney 7 888x5 Homebush Rick nwtd.................J McInerney 8 3431 Laudable (c1) nwtd A &......................Seque 9 4 Opawa Goodie nwtd L &..................... Wales 10 8 Juno Baxter nwtd.......................J McInerney 3 12.42pm SGRC $50 LEATHER LEADS C1, 390m 1 25x86 Business Class nwtd S &..................Bonnett 2 17741 Shyanne Jade 22.92........................ M Grant 3 12547 Hilton Friday nwtd......................J McInerney 4 68363 New Ingilltab 23.42 P &.................B Conner 5 34788 Cawbourne Barb nwtd...............J McInerney 6 81437 Billy Brand nwtd................................ B Dann 7 23533 Opawa Leighton nwtd......................R Breen 8 48548 Uno Flash nwtd L &............................ Wales 9 65573 Star Gun 23.04 J &.................................May 10 78685 Harley Haka 23.33.....................J McInerney 4 12.59pm SOUTHLAND PHOTO FINISH C1, 390m

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1 65266 Pukeko Express nwtd....................... B Eade 2 73434 Noisy Leo nwtd..........................J McInerney 3 26727 Foggy Storm 23.41 J &...........................May 4 35555 Starburst Blanch nwtd...................... M Grant 5 62681 Starla nwtd.................................J McInerney 6 36468 Opawa Steve 22.82 L &...................... Wales 7 83732 Ruby’s Girl 23.30........................ R Hamilton 8 65455 Moreport Shannon nwtd P &.........B Conner 9 58658 Okuku Surprise nwtd...................... R Casey 10 65573 Star Gun 23.04 J &.................................May 5 1.18pm ADDED ENERGY STAKES C1, 390m 1 82218 Homebush Nos nwtd.................J McInerney 2 77723 Mainland Star nwtd........................... B Dann 3 117 Glenn Is Goodesy 23.08.................. M Grant 4 75847 What A Dump nwtd J &..........................May 5 46775 Johnny’s Blue 23.19 P &................B Conner 6 14878 Lizzylicious nwtd...............................B Shaw 7 54453 Another Star nwtd......................J McInerney 8 72888 Rumball and Ice nwtd P &.............B Conner

tV3

6.00 Creflo Dollar. (G) 6.30 Hi-5.

(G, R, T) 7.00 Pinky And Perky. (G, R, T) 7.25 Back At The Barnyard.

(G, R, T) 7.55 Ben 10: Omniverse.

(G, T) 8.20 Dinosaur Train. (G, R, T) 8.35 Guess How Much I Love You. (G, T) 8.45 Fireman Sam. (G, R, T) 8.55 Bird Bath. (G, R, T) 9.00 Infomercials. (G) 10.30 Neighbours. (G, R, T) 11.00 Shortland Street. (PGR, R, T) 11.30 Spin City. (PGR, R, T) 12.00 Desperate Housewives. (PGR, R, T) 1.00 Jeremy Kyle. (AO) 2.00 Anderson Live. (G) 3.00 Buzzy Bee And Friends. (G, T) 3.05 Everything’s Rosie. (G, T) 3.20 Mike The Knight. (G, T) 3.30 The Penguins Of Madagascar. (G, T) 4.00 H2o Just Add Water. (G, R, T) 4.30 The Erin Simpson Show.

(G) 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)

3 News: Firstline.

Infomercials. (G) The Shopping Channel.

Everybody Loves Raymond. (G, R, T) 12.00 3 News.

12.30 Home And Away. (G, R,

6.00 8.30 10.30 11.30

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1.00 Dr Phil. (AO) 2.00 The Dr Oz Show. (PGR) 2.55 The Biggest Loser Australia. (G) Twelve overweight contestants battle the bulge to lose the most weight.

4.00 Rachael Ray. (G) 5.00 Entertainment Tonight.

(G)

5.30 Home And Away. (G, T) Brax promises to help Heath win back visitation with Darcy, Indi and Romeo prove to themselves they can own their own business.

6.00 Friends. (G, R, T) 6.30 Neighbours. (G, T) 7.00 Shortland Street.

6.00 3 News.

7.00 Campbell Live.

7.30 Modern Family.

(PGR, T)

(PGR, T) 8.00 Go On. (PGR) Ryan

7.30 My Kitchen Rules.

(G, T) This performing duo have big plans to wow their guests.

8.40 Revenge. (AO, T) Faces from the past are reemerging all around the Hamptons.

9.40 Rookie Blue. (AO, T) Dov Epstein happens upon a convenience store robbery-inprogress.

10.40 Fringe. (AO, T) 11.40 The Mentalist.

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10.30 11.10

(AO, R, T)

12.40 Embarrassing Teenage Bodies. (AO, R, T) 1.40 Infomercials. (G) 2.40 Primeval.

(PGR, T) 3.30 Secret Life Of The American Teenager. (PGR) 4.15 Emmerdale. (PGR, R, T) 5.05 The Erin Simpson Show. (G, R) 5.30 Infomercials. (G)

makes progress and begins taking care of himself in Janie’s absence.

NCIS. (AO, T) A teen girl is kidnapped when a Navy captain, his daughter and her friend are attacked.

NCIS: Los Angeles. (AO, T) A retired CIA agent, who was also a millionaire, is murdered.

Nightline.

Underbelly: The Golden Mile. (AO, R, T)

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

9 58777 Rollem Up Joany nwtd...............J McInerney 10 86431 Homebush Chopper(c2) nwtd....J McInerney 6 1.37pm ASCOT PARK HOTEL C1, 457m 1 51 Opawa Bro nwtd L &........................... Wales 2 64221 Charlie’s Choice nwtd A &..................Seque 3 21182 Opawa Casper nwtd L &..................... Wales 4 54361 Cawbourne Kesha nwtd.............J McInerney 5 73688 Opawa Patch nwtd.....................J McInerney 6 45413 Cawbourne Chief nwtd.................... M Grant 7 47535 Opawa Sir nwtd................................B Shaw 8 53786 Homebush Cruden nwtd............J McInerney 9 86431 Homebush Chopper(c2) 26.62..J McInerney 10 58658 Okuku Surprise nwtd...................... R Casey 7 1.54pm WILLY’S FLOORING LTD C2, 390m 1 x4376 Mighty Fortune nwtd....................... H Cairns 2 31863 Slightly Amazing 22.69 J &.....................May 3 11641 Waimak Dave (c3) nwtd.............J McInerney 4 11726 Lachie’s Lad nwtd.............................B Shaw 5 43242 Bugsy Bangles nwtd J &..................D Fahey

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

(G, R)

Deal Or No Deal. (G, R) Home Shopping. (G) The Doctors. (G) Jeff Probst Show. (G) All Saints. (PGR, R) Sea Patrol. (PGR, R) After a wild night on the town in the port of Samjung, one member of the Hammersley crew wakes to find a beautiful woman by his side and a wedding ring on his finger.

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.

7.00 7.30 12.00 1.00 2.05 3.05

6.00 Everybody Hates Chris. (G, R) 6.30 Futurama. (G, R) 7.00 The Simpsons. (G, R) Homer becomes a professional boxer when doctors discover he was born with a unique genetic condition that protects his brain from injury.

7.30 America’s Next Top Model: College Edition. (PGR) The models are sent on go-sees to book jobs with designers, and at the

8.30

10.30 11.30 11.55

Movie Greats, 8.30pm, 16 (2006) From the very first sequence, Martin Scorsese’s remake of Hong Kong crime-thriller Infernal Affairs takes on an electrifying intensity. Set in Boston “some time ago”, it’s about two ace cops, Billy Costigan (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Colin Sullivan (Matt Damon), whose contrasting moral fibre has set them on a collision course. Jack Nicholson plays the chief orchestrator of their fate, while Mark Wahlberg (below), Ray Winstone and Martin Sheen are the impressive peripheral players in this Oscarwinning thriller. HHHHH

(G, R)

11.00 The Late Show With David Letterman. (G) 12.00 Home Shopping. (G) 1.30 The Crowd Goes Wild. (G, R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (G)

photo shoot, the girls pretend they are in prison and pose for mug shots.

FILM: The Nutty Professor. (1996, AO, R) Eddie Murphy, Jada Pinkett Smith, James Coburn, Larry Miller.

An overweight and shy professor develops and tests a formula that turns him into a ladies’ man.

The Real Housewives Of New York City. (PGR, R) Alex and her family return from the Hamptons, only to pack and prep for a vacation in St. Barts.

Entertainment Tonight. (G) Infomercials. (G)

the bOx 6.00 NYPD Blue. (M) 6.50 The Simpsons. (PG) 7.15 Pawn Stars. (PG) 7.40 America’s Funniest Home Videos. (PG) 8.05 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (PG) 8.30 Cash Cab USA. (PG) 8.55 24. (M) 9.50 Law & Order. (M) 10.45 NCIS. (PG) 11.35 CSI: New York. (M) 12.25 CSI: New York. (M) 1.15 NYPD Blue. (M) 2.10 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (PG) 2.35 Cash Cab. (PG) 3.05 24. (M) 4.00 Pawn Stars. (PG) 4.30 The Simpsons. (PG) 5.00 Law & Order. (M) 6.00 America’s Funniest Home Videos.

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7.00 The Crowd Goes Wild.

7.30 60 Minutes. (G, R) 8.30 FILM: Terminal Velocity.

(1994, AO, R) Charlie Sheen, Nastassja Kinski, James Gandolfini, Gary Bullock. A maverick skydiving instructor uncovers more than he bargained for when he tries to clear his name following the death of a beautiful beginner.

10.35 The Crowd Goes Wild.

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

FOUR 6.00 Sesame Street. (G, R) 6.55 Pingu. (G, R) 7.00 Sticky TV. (G, R) 7.30 Avatar: The Last Airbender. (G) 7.55 The Winx Club. (G) 8.20 Care Bears. (G) 8.40 HUMF. (G) 8.50 Bob The Builder. (G, R) 9.00 Thomas & Friends. (G, R) 9.10 Peppa Pig. (G, R) 9.15 Peppa Pig. (G, R) 9.20 Barney And Friends.

(G, R) 9.45 Raa Raa The Noisy Lion. (G) 9.55 Infomercials. (G) 2.00 Sesame Street.

(G) 2.55 Peppa Pig. (G, R) 3.00 Sticky TV. (G) 4.30 FOUR Live. (G)

6 68242 Smash Amy 23.31........................... M Grant 7 21116 Be Prepared nwtd............................. B Dann 8 42615 Lynny Southcombe(c3) nwtd.....J McInerney 9 38833 Cawbourne Plunge nwtd............J McInerney 10 62786 Black Trigger 22.80 P &.................B Conner 8 2.13pm COLORMARK SYSTEMS C2, 457m 1 3555P Molly Parton 26.22............................ B Dann 2 36637 Fulla Torque nwtd C &..................D Roberts 3 75258 Botany Comet nwtd...................J McInerney 4 62153 Opawa Webby 26.91 L &.................... Wales 5 32131 Indi’s Grace (c3) 26.40.................... M Grant 6 41481 Stirling Dann 26.42 C &...................... Fagan 7 76723 My Little Oah nwtd.....................J McInerney 8 52343 Opawa Swede nwtd J &...................D Fahey 9 72545 Homebush Violet nwtd...............J McInerney 10 37644 Cawbourne Philip(c1) nwtd........J McInerney 9 2.32pm BRENDON BURKE FIRST NAT C3, 390m 1 x1613 Starburst Josh 22.92........................ M Grant 2 84122 Pukeko Flyer 23.00........................... B Eade

sky sPORt 1 6.30 Snooker. World Tour. Welsh Open.

Highlights. 9.30 Investec Super Rugby Review.

10.30 Rugby. Super Rugby. Chiefs v Cheetahs.

From Waikato Stadium, Hamilton. Highlights.

11.30 Rugby. Super Rugby. Blues v Crusaders.

From Eden Park, Auckland. Highlights. 12.30 Golf. European PGA Tour. Tshwane Open Round Four. Highlights. 1.30 Golf. US PGA Tour. The Honda Classic Round Four. Highlights.

2.30 Athletics. Contact Tri Series. Sixth event. From Takapuna.

3.00 Swimming. The State New Zealand Ocean Series. La Grande Swim. From Akaroa, Canterbury.

3.30 The ITM Fishing Show.

4.00 Snooker. World Tour. Welsh Open.

Highlights.

7.00 Cycling. Paris-Nice. Stage One. Highlights.

7.30 Investec Super Rugby Review.

8.30 Reunion.

9.30 Super Rugby Fan Zone.

11.30 Golf Central.

12.30 Golf. US PGA Tour. The Honda Classic Round Four. Highlights.

1.30 Inside The PGA Tour.

2.15 Cycling. Paris-Nice. Stage One. Highlights.

2.45 Cycling. Paris-Nice. Stage Two. Live.

4.15 Crowd Goes Wild.

5.00 Golf Central.

The Simpsons. (PG) Pawn Stars. (PG) NCIS. (PG) CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. (M) Grissom and Catherine investigate the death of a horse trainer who appears to have been trampled to death.

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. (M) Law & Order. (M) NCIS. (PG) 24. (M) America’s Funniest Home Videos. (PG) Cash Cab USA. (PG) NYPD Blue. (M) CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. (M) 24. (M) Whose Line Is It Anyway? (PG)

sky sPORt 2 6.00 Crowd Goes Wild. 6.30 Golf. US PGA Tour. The Honda Classic Round Four. Highlights.

7.30 Sky ARENA Access. 8.00 Cycling. ParisNice. Stage One. Highlights. 8.53 Soccer.

English Premier League. Aston Villa v Manchester City. Live. 11.00 Football League Show. 11.30 Soccer. English Premier League.

Tottenham Hotspur v Arsenal. Highlights.

12.30 Soccer. English Premier League.

Chelsea v West Bromwich Albion.

Highlights.

1.30 Soccer. English Premier League.

Manchester United v Norwich City.

Highlights.

2.30 Rugby. Super Rugby. Sharks v Stormers. From Mr Price Kings Park, Durban. Replay.

4.30 Rugby. Super Rugby. Bulls v Force.

From Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria. Replay.

6.30 The Dirt: Midgets.

7.00 Dumbest Stuff On Wheels.

7.30 Crowd Goes Wild.

8.00 Cycling. Paris-Nice. Stage One. H’lights.

8.30 Fight Night On SKY. 10.30 Premier League Review.

11.30 Crowd Goes Wild.

12.00 The Dirt: Midgets.

12.30 The Dirt: Midgets.

1.00 Snooker. World Tour. Welsh Open.

Highlights.

4.00 Rugby. Super Rugby. Chiefs v Cheetahs. From Waikato Stadium, Hamilton. Replay.

3 83666 Big Token nwtd...........................J McInerney 4 78747 Homebush Craig 23.13..............J McInerney 5 68368 Vitalize 22.95 J &....................................May 6 81362 Ray Dosh 22.89................................ B Eade 7 23147 Another Jewel 23.07..................J McInerney 8 35771 Smash Amego 22.73....................... M Grant 9 38766 Okuku Dreamer 22.85 C &................. Fagan 10 2.49pm 100% SELECTRIX C4, 390m 1 3877x Genista Lightnin 22.74 J &.....................May 2 83x87 Another Becky 23.45.................J McInerney 3 61434 Turbo Tundra nwtd........................... M Grant 4 33356 Waterhouse 22.75 J &............................May 5 73585 Thunda Thighs nwtd..................J McInerney 6 22523 Blickling Bridge nwtd J &........................May 7 16186 Tie My Tie 23.00 J &...............................May 8 32658 Anytime Will Do 22.88...............J McInerney 9 65663 Cawbourne Dusty 22.73.................. M Grant 11 3.13pm WWW.SOUTHLANDGREYHOUNDS.CO.NZ C4/5, 457m

sky MOVIes 1 7.35 Yogi Bear. (2010, G) Dan Aykroyd, Justin Timberlake.

9.00 Biography: Morgan Freeman.

(2010, PG).

9.50 Swinging With The Finkels. (2011, M) Mandy Moore, Martin Freeman.

11.15 The Big Year. (2011, PG) Owen Wilson, Jack Black, Steve Martin.

12.55 The Sitter. (2011, 16) Jonah Hill, Ari Graynor.

2.20 Nightmare At The End Of The Hall.

(2008, M) Sara Rue. 3.50 Winnie The Pooh: The Movie.

(2011, G) John Cleese, Craig Ferguson.

4.55 Martha Marcy May Marlene. (2011, 16) Elizabeth Olsen, Sarah Paulson.

6.40 Soul Surfer. (2011, PG) AnnaSophia Robb, Helen Hunt. True story of competitive teen surfer and shark attack survivor Bethany Hamilton.

8.30 Your Highness. (2011, 16) Danny McBride, Natalie Portman.

10.15 Conviction. (2011, M) Hilary Swank, Sam Rockwell.

12.05 5 Days Of War. (2011, 16) Rupert Friend, Emmanuelle Chriqui.

2.00 Making Of Battleship. (2012, M).

2.25 Martha Marcy May Marlene. (2011, 16) Elizabeth Olsen, Sarah Paulson.

4.10 Nightmare At The End Of The Hall.

(2008, M) Sara Rue. 5.40 Conviction. (2011, M) Hilary Swank, Sam Rockwell.

DIsCOVeRy 6.30 7.30 8.30 9.30 10.30 11.00 11.30 12.30 1.30 2.30 3.00 3.30 4.30 5.30 6.30 7.30 8.30

9.30 10.30 11.00 11.30 12.30 1.30 2.30

Dirty Jobs. (PG) American Loggers. (PG) Deadliest Catch. (PG) Mythbusters. (PG) Magic Of Science. (PG) Auction Kings. (PG) Mythbusters. (PG) Deadly Sins. (M) A Haunting. (M) Auction Kings. (PG) Auction Hunters. (PG) American Loggers. (PG) Deadliest Catch. (PG) Mythbusters. (PG) Yukon Men. (M) Wheel Of Misfortune.

River Monsters With Jeremy Wade.

(PG) Cold Blooded Horror.

Combat Countdown. (PG) On the battlefield, speed can be the difference between life and death. In this episode, we showcase the best speed machines the world’s military forces have to offer.

Swords: Life On The Line. (PG) Evil, I. (M) Who The (Bleep) Did I Marry? (M) Cold Blood. (M) I Shouldn’t Be Alive. (PG) American Loggers. (PG) River Monsters With Jeremy Wade.

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3.30 Combat Countdown. (PG) 4.30 Swords: Life On The Line. (PG) 5.30 Evil, I. (M)

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1 34726 Cawbourne Kim (c4) nwtd.........J McInerney 2 13157 New York Affair (c4) 26.31 J &................May 3 13617 Threat 26.02 J &..............................D Fahey 4 3237x Fizzle Bale nwtd C &....................D Roberts 5 44684 Barnaby Bale (c3) 26.57 C &........D Roberts 6 41437 Gordon Bale nwtd C &..................D Roberts 7 21486 Wot Price Curly nwtd.................J McInerney 8 38753 No Undies Sundy nwtd..............J McInerney 9 76467 Cawbourne Reeah (c4) nwtd.....J McInerney 12 3.31pm JUSTRACING.COM.AU C4/5, 390m 1 872F6 Heza Sensation 22.80 P &............B Conner 2 71718 Dyna Frier 22.47 C &....................D Roberts 3 73417 Little Wishes nwtd.............................B Shaw 4 51162 Matti Oah 22.54.........................J McInerney 5 777x3 Red Label Penny 23.14.............J McInerney 6 11212 Fanta Alert 22.40 C &......................... Fagan 7 52768 Homebush Helen 22.65.............J McInerney 8 11453 Sorry Vanderford 22.45 J &....................May 9 16825 Nova’s Fortune 22.94.................J McInerney

MOVIe GReats 7.00 Death Race. (2008, 16) Jason Statham.

8.45 Biography. Woody Harrelson.

(2009, PG).

9.35 Poseidon. (2006, M) Josh Lucas, Kurt Russell.

11.15 Saw 3. (2006, 18) Tobin Bell, Shawnee Smith.

1.10 A Good Year. (2005, M) Russell Crowe.

3.05 Death Race. (2008, 16) Jason Statham.

4.50 Waterworld. (1995, M) Kevin Costner.

7.05 Bulletproof. (1996, 18) Damon Wayans, Adam Sandler. A bust gone wrong throws an undercover cop and a petty car thief together as unlikely allies against a powerful drug lord.

1996.

8.30 The Departed. (2006, 16) Leonardo DiCaprio. Martin Scorsese’s Oscar®winning thriller set in Boston, where a long-simmering hostility between the police and an Irish-American gang is primed to explode. 2006.

11.00 A Beautiful Mind. (2001, M) Russell Crowe.

1.15 Making Of Battleship. (2012, M).

1.30 Waterworld. (1995, M) Kevin Costner.

3.45 Bulletproof. (1996, 18) Damon Wayans, Adam Sandler.

5.10 A Beautiful Mind. (2001, M) Russell Crowe.

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4.00 That’s Amazing. 4.30 Life FM presents.

5.00 TheDRIVEtv. 5.30 The Way of the Master.

6.00 Hearts Wide Open.

6.30 Destined to Reign.

7.00 The 700 Club.

7.30 From Heartache to Hope.

8.00 Precious Memories.

8.30 Christian World News.

9.00 The Easter Experience.

9.30 Leland Klassen’s Comedy.

10.00 Word For You. 10.30 The 700 Club.

11.00 Days of Wonder: Jarrod Cooper.

11.30 Hearts Wide Open.

12.00 From Heartache to Hope. 12.30 Why Dig That Up? 1.00 The Family Series. 1.30 Precious Memories. 2.00 Living Truth: Charles Price. 3.00 Leland Klassen’s Comedy. 3.30 Christian World News. 4.00 From Heartache to Hope. 4.30 The Easter Experience. 5.00 Hearts Wide Open. 5.30 Word For You.

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Battling the best

By Jonathan Leask Mid Canterbury cyclists took on the country’s best at the Age Group Track Cycling Championships in Southland over the weekend.

Frances Smith had a slow start in the women’s under 18 omnium, but produced three strong efforts to finish fifth.

Smith was seventh in the flying lap, eighth in the 15km points race and was ninth in the elimination.

But a third in the 2000m individual

pursuit and 7.5km scratch race before finishing off with a fourth in the 500m time trial saw her move up into fifth place overall.

Smith then combined with two Wellingtonians in the team pursuit and came in fifth.

Sam Cullimore faced stiff competition in the men’s under 17s but formed a composite team in the team racing picking up a sixth in the team sprint and a bronze in the team pursuit.

Isabella Smith also had a top 10 placing in the champs, coming eighth in the 2000m individual pursuit and

SCOREBOARD Results Bridge

1 draw 15 ends 25 points. 5th Jo and Judy Ryk 2 wins 1 draw 13 ends 24 points 6th Kath and Dave Muir 2 wins 16 ends 22points.

Basketball

Ashburton Bridge Club

NBA results Collated NBA results and standings yesterday (home team in CAPS) L.A. CLIPPERS 104 Oklahoma City Thunder 108 NEW YORK KNICKS 93 Miami Heat 99 SACRAMENTO KINGS 119 Charlotte Bobcats 83 HOUSTON ROCKETS 136 Dallas Mavericks 103 SAN ANTONIO SPURS 114 Detroit Pistons 75 WASHINGTON WIZS 90 Philadelphia 76ers 87 ORLANDO MAGIC 82 Memphis Grizzlies 108 L.A. LAKERS 99 Atlanta Hawks 98 INDIANA PACERS 97 Chicago Bulls 92

Athletics Ashburton Junior Athletics Round 2 of Club Champs.

27 February Long Jump: Girls 7 Years 1st Emma Becroft 2.75m, 2nd Rosaria Gibson 2.60m, 3rd Emma Tanner 2.30m. Girls 8 Years 1st Ella Pearson 2.80m, 2nd Harmyn McLean 2.77m, 3rd Maddi Lowry 2.54m. Girls 9 Years 1st Mia Pearson 3.21m, 2nd Jasmin Strawbridge 3.20m, 3rd Isabella Gibson 3.18m.

Girls 12 Years 1st Vikki Derik-Westaway 3.97m, 2nd Courtney Guise 3.77m. Girls 14 Years 1st Mikhayla-Rose Stroganov 4.45m, 2nd Charlotte Waddell 3.75m, 3rd Aimee Denbee 3.56m.

Boys 8 Years 1st Harry Schmack 3.73m, 2nd Jackson Ross 3.36m, 3rd Anthony Robertson 3.35m.

Boys 12 Years 1st Aiden Campbell 3.96m, 2nd Logan McCorkindale 3.58m, 3rd Jack Houston 3.19m.

High Jump: Boys 9 Years 1st Ryan McNulty 1.12m, 2nd Luke Tanner 1.09m, 3rd Hugh Cameron 1.09m. Boys 12 Years 1st Logan McCorkindale 1.21m, 2nd Aiden Campbell 1.15m, 3rd Laurie Carter 1.10m.

Shot Put: Girls 10 Years 1st Ashlee Strawbridge 7.26m, 2nd Isabella Roulston 6.15m, 3rd Meg Schmack 5.26m. Girls 11 Years 1st Olivia Bryning 6.16m, 2nd Natasha Waddell 5.45m, 3rd Amy Pearson 5.14m. Boys 7 Years 1st Michael Bradley 5.46m, 2nd Seth Hosken 5.34m, 3rd Quaid Roche 5.15m. Boys 9 Years 1st Ryan McNulty 6.69m, 2nd Hugh Cameron 6.63m, 3rd Jed Syme 6.20m.

Discus: Girls 7 Years 1st Felicity Pye 8.32m, 2nd Rosaria Gibson 8.15m, 3rd Emily-Jane Pierce 7.80m. Girls 8 Years 1st Harmyn McLean 10.24m, 2nd Ella Pearson 8.75m, 3rd Maddi Lowry 8.20m. Girls 9 Years 1st Jasmin Strawbridge 12.37m, 2nd Mia Pearson 11.05m, 3rd Hannah O’Reilly 9.78m. Boys 10 Years 1st Kaleb Finn 19.02m, 2nd Ben Nordqvist 16.57m, 3rd Olly Hood 15.58m. Boys 11 Years 1st Marcus Bishop 19.97m, 2nd Harry Hood 17.46m, 3rd Zane Cockburn 15.10m.

Track 60m: Boys 8 Years 1st Jackson Ross 9.39s, 2nd Harry Schmack 9.64s, 3rd Matheson Colquhoun 9.71s.

Track 200m: Girls 7 Years 1st Emma Becroft 39.79s, 2nd Rosaria Gibson 41.14s, 3rd Isla Syme 42.30s. Girls 8 Years 1st Ella Pearson 37.00s, 2nd Maddi Lowry 40.82s, 3rd Harmyn McLean 48.50s. Girls 9 Years 1st Mia Pearson 34.47s, 2nd Jasmin Strawbridge 35.70s, 3rd Isabella Gibson 37.24s. Girls 10 Years 1st Ashlee Strawbridge 32.43s, 2nd Isabella Roulston 33.80s, 3rd Sian Gerard 36.02s. Girls 11 Years 1st Natasha Waddell 29.90s, 2nd Amy Pearson 31.94s.

Girls 12 Years 1st Courtney Guise 32.98s, 2nd Vikki Derik-Westaway 34.01s. Girls 14 Years 1st Mikhayla-Rose Stroganov 29.44s, 2nd Hannah Roulston 33.01s, 3rd Michaela Staite 33.65s. Boys 7 Years 1st Izak Derik-Westaway 35.55s, 2nd Daniel Cousins 38.49s, 3rd Hamish O’Reilly 38.91s. Boys 8 Years 1st Harry Schmack 34.64s, 2nd Matheson Colquhoun 35.29s, 3rd Cole Aitken 43.03s. Boys 9 Years 1st Hugh Cameron 32.63s, 2nd Ryan McNulty 33.62s, 3rd Jed Syme 34.17s. Boys 10 Years 1st Ben Nordqvist 30.93s, 2nd Josh Sheridan 35.95s, 3rd Kaleb Finn 36.09s. Boys 11 Years 1st Marcus Bishop 30.45s, 2nd Toby Lee 32.99s, 3rd Sam Peek 34.31s.

Track 400m: Boys 12 Years 1st Aiden Campbell 1.12.64, 2nd Logan McCorkindale 1.17.68, 3rd Jack Houston 1.33.31.

Track 800m: Girls 10 Years 1st Loren Hay 3.12.34, 2nd Isabella Roulston 3.25.00, 3rd Sian Gerard 3.26.01. Girls 11 Years 1st Natasha Waddell 2.41.32, 2nd Amy Pearson 3.01.03. Girls 12 Years 1st Vikki Derik-Westaway 3.23.71. Girls 14 Years 1st Mikhayla-Rose Stroganov 3.03.40, 2nd Charlotte Waddell 3.06.68, 3rd Michaela Staite 3.09.57. Boys 10 Years 1st Josh Sheridan 3.00.80, 2nd George Seque 3.01.45, 3rd Ben Nordqvist 3.10.05. Boys 11 Years 1st Marcus Bishop 3.03.36, 2nd Harry Hood 3.03.90, 3rd Sam Peek 3.11.68.

Results for week ending 1st March Tuesday Evening – A Ladder N/S 1 M Buckland and J Edmond 2 J Knight and B Smith, 3 M Holdaway and J Fechney E/W 1 P and T Downward, 2 R Mclaughlin and K Robb 3 A Maude and M Moore Wednesday Afternoon - Valetta Trophy N/S 1 J Edmond and R McLaughlin, 2 S Rosevear and M Stowell, 3 L Baker and E Segers E/W 1 P Fergus and R Kyle, 2 M Buckland and B Smith, 3 M Muir and L Rose Thursday Evening – Mary Mulligan Trophy N/S 1 M Buckland and J Knight 2 B Smith and M Stowell. 3 R Brownlie and E Lattimore E/W 1 M Moore and I Taylor. 2 A Maude and L Wackrow 3 P Fergus and K Robb

Cricket

she also qualified for the scratch race final.

In the girls’ under 15s Jessie Banks qualified third in the 1500m scratch heats but was pipped of the bronze in the final coming in fourth.

Banks was also seventh in the 5km points race.

Kees Donaldson also had two top 10 finishes in the boys’ under 15s, coming eighth in the 7.5km points race and ninth in the scratch final.

Brenden Whalley, men’s under 19, and Julia Tarbotton, women’s under 19, also contested in the omnium.

March 2 Winners: Winner of the Skibo Plate: Allan Sim 89-25-6 Others: Bill Allan 90-23-67; Wayne Blair 81-12-69; Hayden Tasker 85-15-70; Fraser Tasker 83-13-70; Jack Allan nett 71; Tony Neilson 71.

Nearest Pins: Aon Insurance Brokers No 2: Not Struck; Bayleys Real Estate No 11: Richard Spicer; Marilyn Cross Property Brokers No 5: Steve Cross; National Bank No 14: Allan Sim; ATS 2nd Shot No 9 and No 18: Logan Tasker.

Twos: Steve Cross, Allan Sim, Kerry Read, Richard Spicer, Jack Allan.

Eagles: Fraser Tasker No 3 Nett Eagle No 8: Tony Neilson and Wayne Blair

Mayfield Golf Club Twilight Nine hole stableford Competition February 27 Wayne Vessey 22 Stableford Pionts; Jason Ryan 22; Hayden Tasker 22; Ian Beach 21; Sharon Duthie 20; Gordon Duthie 20; Steve Cross 19; Andrew Peck 19; Fraser Tasker 18 Nearest the Pin No. 5 Allan Dixon.

Mayfield Golf Club

Lauriston Cricket Club March 2 3rd Grade Lauriston 138 all out off 36.4 overs Caleb Early 43, Andrew Henderson 25, Ashburton College Red all out for 116 (T Blackburn 4/15, R Early3/20, T Puckett 2/21). Player of the day Andrew Henderson & Caleb Early 5th Grade Lauriston 104/5 Thomas Henderson 23, Guy Smith 14, Coldstream/ Tinwald 163/4 (J Harkness 2/21, B Innes 1/9) Player of the day Thomas Henderson 6th Grade Lauriston 241, Methven 196 Players of the day G Casey-Solly, C McIntosh, H Burton & A Spittal

Golf Aorangi South Canterbury Golf Women’s Veterans Pennants March 1 Zone 1 (Methven) Methven 7 Rakaia 3 Mayfield 8 Ashburton 1 2 Geraldine 8 Tinwald 1 2 Zone 2 (Tinwald) Tinwald 2 8 Highfield 2 Temuka 5 Gleniti 1 5 Pleasant Point 7 Ashburton 2 3 Zone 3 (Timaru) Timaru 10 St. Andrews 0 Maungati 5 North Otago 1 5 Lower Waitaki 1 5 Gleniti 5 Zone 4 (Ben Ohau) Lower Waitaki 2 7 Ben Ohau 3 (played at Lower Waitaki) Waimate 7 North Otago 2 3 Waitoa Park bye.

Ashburton Golf Club 9 Hole Tournament February 28 Grade 1 0 – 19.2 Best Nett 1st Annette Maw – 31 on c/b from; 2nd Lorraine Clancy – 31; 3rd Marie Carrodus – 33 on c/b from Mary Ann Williamson Putting 1st Wendy Smith – 14 by lot from; 2nd Mary Ann Williamson – 14; 3rd Marie Carrodus – 15 by lot from Lorrain Clancy Grade 1 Longest Drive Hole 9 Women Jay Pollock – Coringa, Hole 1 Men M Reilly - Temuka Grade 1 2nd shot closest to pin Hole 4 Sue Lamb Twos: Hole 8 Ellen Buttriss Grade 2 19.3 – 25.4 Best Nett 1st Anne Fleming – 29; 2nd Eleanor Titherage – 34; 3rd Lillian O’Hanlan 35 on c/b from Liz Power Putting 1st Alycen Courname – 16; 2nd Fay Collins – 17 by lot from; 3rd Val Henderson – 17 by lot from Eleanor Titherage, Anne Fleming & Maureen Easton Grade 2 Longest Drive Hole 18 Women Lillian O’Hanlan Grade 2 2nd shot closest to pin Hole 14 Danella Sandrey Lucky Draw 4 names from front nine Annette King, George Henderson, Marg Kerse, Carol O’Reilly 4 names from back nine Sue Letham, Jenny Baker, Bob Prattley, Bella Moore.

9 Hole Division February 28 Stroke Ladies 1st Jill Ludemann 58:20:38 Men 1st Ray Thompson 53:15:38 Nearest the Pins: Greg Sim Builders and Excavators 2nd Shot No. 2 - Jacinta Schmack, Mayfield Transport No. 5 - Barbara Inglis.

Methven Golf March 3 Medal Round 1st Mount Harding Trophy Senior: Martin Hickman 75-6-69; Intermediate: Jason Ree 79-14-65; Junior A: Dale Fisher 82-1864; Junior B: Mick Hodgson 88-24-64 Other Good scores 65 KJ McCloy, 67 Yuki Matsuda, Mike Harris, 69 Phil Elliot, Dave Puckett, Mickey Marr, Russell Currie, Gavin Santy, Ian Lucas.

70 Barry Wackwitz, Piers Rolton, CJ Middleton, 71 Robbie Watson, Phil Johnson, Mark Scrivenor, Dave Marsh, Pete Wood. &2 Keith Middleton, Doug Sheldon, Bob Collins, Bernie Walsh, John O’Duffy and Doug Hamilton Twos’ Keith Middleton x 2, Piers Rolton, Jason Ree and Dave Marsh.

McGettigan Trophy: Martin Hickman; Kemp Trophy: Ian Lucas Nearest the Pins Arabica # 4: Phil Elliott; Terrace Downs # 6: CJ Middleton; Skitime # 13: Jason Ree; Hunters Wines # 17: Mike Harris Topnotch Four Square Best Nett Dale Fisher 64 By Lot Mick Hodgson’ Second Best Nett Mick Hodgson; Aqua Japanese Restaurant Best Gross Martin Hickman (Club) 75; Of the day Peter Hayes 72.

Birdie Jackpot $55.00 Bar Duty 9th March C McHugh and D Callaghan 16th March KJ McCloy and L Linton Next week Thursday Pro Am Saturday 9th 1st round Callaghan Trophy Sunday 19th 36 Hole Tournament.

Methven Ladies Golf Club February 27 L.G.U and 1st Tuis Silver; Gayle O’Duffy 83-14-69, 40 Stablefords, Jenny Senior 86-14-72, 37 Stablefords Bronze A; Sharyn Bree 88-26-72, 47 Stablefords; Nola Hydes 94-25-69, 40 Stablefords; Jane Helmore 95-25-70, 39 Stablefords Bronze B; Naomi Fairfull 106-39-67, 42 Stablefords; Margaret Molloy 10535-70, 40 Stablefords; Gail Limbrick 98-28 70, 39 Stablefords Nearest the Pins; No 6 Topnotch, Gail Limbrick; No 17 Supervalue, Gayle O’Duffy; No 4 Methven Resort, Jane Helmore (HOLE IN ONE); Canterbury Hotel, Gail Limbrick; Saturday Ladies No 17, Methven Pharmacy, Not struck.

Nett Eagles; Sharyn Bree, Heather Middleton, Marg Kelk, Jane Helmore, Katrina Glass, Jenny Senior 2, Wendy Wareing 2.

Blue Pub Best Nett; Sharyn Bree 62; Arabica 2nd Best Nett Naomi Fairfull 67

Newcomers to the fore

Frances Smith: strong effort to finish fifth

Meiklejohn. Gluyas Ford # 6; Sally Lane. Stirling Sports # 12; Riki Shearer. Ideal Electrical supplies # 16; Steve McCloy. Two’s; Ray Kirdy, Josh Smith, John Smitheram,Bevan Ravenscroft, Gavin Smith, Graham McCall, Adam Marshall, Lucas McGee, Malcolm Fechney . Eagle; Justin Smith # 14. Net Eagles: #8 Not struck.

Smallbone Salver Sunday March 3rd Brent Smith and Sally Cain 144 c/b Snow and Elaine Pierce 144

Golf Palm Beach Classic Final round scores from PGA TOUR event, the Palm Beach Classic yesterday (par-70).

271: Michael Thompson (USA) 67 65 70 69 273: Geoff Ogilvy (AUS) 68 66 70 69 275: Luke Guthrie (USA) 68 63 71 73 277: David Lynn (ENG) 72 68 68 69, Lucas Glover (USA) 69 66 72 70, Erik Compton (USA) 69 68 70 70, Keegan Bradley (USA) 68 68 70 71, Justin Rose (ENG) 68 66 72 71 278: Charl Schwartzel (RSA) 70 68 71 69, Graeme McDowell (NIR) 67 68 73 70, Graham DeLaet (CAN) 65 68 73 72, Lee Westwood (ENG) 66 68 70 74 279: Chris Stroud (USA) 67 70 72 70, Russell Henley (USA) 68 71 70 70, Darron Stiles (USA) 71 68 68 72, Peter Hanson (SWE) 71 67 68 73, Rickie Fowler (USA) 65 71 69 74

Shooting Ashburton Rifle Club Oamaru Championships March 2 and 3 A grade. Ken Chittock 344.39 John Miller 344.38 Tim Webb 339.36 Peter Newman 338.23 B grade.

Darian Miller 337.25 Darren Swaney 335.24 Robbie Gilchrist 334.14 John Fleming 323.20 Bruce Plant 321.14 C grade. Kevin Harper 331.15 Sandy Collett 321.21 Hahns Brienesse 296.10 Free Rifle. Les Grimsey 398 Sharon Arnott 386

Softball Mid Canterbury Softball Longbeach Strikers 32-30 Allenton Diamonds; Hampstead Blue 26-18 Allenton Gold; Tinwald Whitesox 26-21 Borough; Hampstead Yellow 31-26 St Josephs Tigers; Hinds Heroes 25-21 St Josephs Panthers; Netherby Nixons 20-11 Tinwald Dolphins Netherby Dodgers 15-14 Allenton Tigers; Metalcorp Hampstead Allstars 18-2 Hampstead; Rakaia Royals 12-12 Tinwald Blacksox Cardinals 15-5 Methven Mad Dogs; Ashburton City Tigers 16-4 Pirates Fairfield Marines 7-0 Nosh Café Hampstead Hawks; Rusty Demons 13-8 Revival Rebels.

Tennis Mid Canterbury Tennis March 2 Mixed Masters Gold beat Blue 4 matches to 2 Dennis Taylor & Cynthia Christie beat Gordon Wilson & D Collie 9-4; Reg Donaldson & Maree Allen lost to Murray Early & Adrienne Hodson 7-9; Dennis Taylor & Maree Allen beat Gordon Wilson & Adrienne Hodson 9-7; Cynthia Christie & Reg Donaldson beat Doug Collie & Murray Early 9-4; Dennis Taylor & Reg Donaldson beat Gordon Wilson & Murray Early 9-6; Cynthia Christie & Maree Allen lost to Doug Collie & Adrienne Hodson 8-9 (5-7).

Red lost to Green 6 matches to 0 Bob Riseley & Gilbert Donaldson lost to Willie Christie & Graham Esker 4-9; Terry Hunt & Denys Patterson lost to Brian Sivier & June Doig 2-9; Bob Riseley & Denys Patterson lost to Willie Christie & June Doig 3-9; Gilbert Donaldson & Terri Hunt lost to Graham Esker & Brian Sivier 6-9; Bob Riseley & Terri Hunt lost to Willie Christie & Brian Sivier 2-9; Gilbert Donaldson & Denys Patterson lost to Graham Esker & June Doig 6-9.

A Grade Fairton beat Methven 5 matches to 1 Peter Leonard & Rebecca Robinson beat Jayden Cromie & Ben Wright 7-6, 7-6; Phil Crozier & Bradley Chisnall beat James Watt & Charlie Stock 6-7, 7-5, 1-0 (10-6); Peter Leonard beat Jayden Cromie 6-2, 6-0; Rebecca Robinson beat Ben Wright 6-2, 6-1; Phil Crozier lost to James Watt 1-6, 6-4, 0-1 (4-10); Bradley Chisnall beat Charlie Stock 6-3, 6-4.

Allenton lost to Hampstead 5 matches to 1 Andrew Hunt & Peter Kirwan lost to Tony Brosnahan & Greg Feutz 2-6, 6-2, 0-1 (10-12); Brenton Donaldson & Flynn Ness lost to Duncan Rollinson & Connor Brosnahan 2-6, 4-6; Andrew Hunt lost to Tony Brosnahan 2-6, 1-6; Peter Kirwan lost to Greg Feutz 5-7, 0-6; Brenton Donaldson lost to Duncan Rollinson 0-6, 4-6; Flynn Ness beat Connor Brosnahan 6-4, 4-6, 1-0 (10-6).

Tinwald lost to Dorie 6 matches to 0 Luke Glendining & Michael Donaldson lost to Rhys Cromie & Don Lake 2-6, 1-6; Isaac Langley & Angus Rollinson beat Toad Boag & Mary-Anne Tyne 2-6, 4-6; Luke Glendining lost to Rhys Cromie 0-6, 0-6; Michael Donaldson lost to Don Lake 2-6, 4-6; Isaac Langley lost to Todd Boag 4-6, 4-6; Angus Rollinson lost to Mary-Anne Thyne 0-6, 0-6.

A Reserve Tinwald lost to Hampstead Gold 34 games to 33 Justine Tull & Eddie Dargue lost to Pippa McCaw & Aidan Cuthbertson 5-7, 2-6; Justine Tull lost to Pippa McCaw 1-6, 1-6; Eddie Dargue beat Beth Muir 6-2, 6-2; Quinn Ritchie beat Aidan Cuthbertson 6-1, 6-4.

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Bowls Ashburton Bowling Club Aussie Pairs February 27 1st Alan Hill and Ruth Smith 3 wins 17 ends 46 points. 2nd Kenny Lynne and Janet Kingsbury 3 wins 17 ends 34 points 3rd Alastair and Noeline MacKenzie 3 wins 15 ends 31 points 4th Peter and Ollie Collins 2 wins

Ashburton Golf Club Second Championships Qualifying Round March 2 Senior: Adrian Hopwood net 68; Intermediate: PK Ngutu 66; Junior A: John Davis 67; Junior B Ray Welsh 67. Other scores Kevin Smith, Peter Bain and Gordon Crawford 67;Gaby Jansen 68; John Easton, Brian Edmondston and Paul McFie 69; John Baird, Brendon O’Sullivan, Chris Lovelock and Paul Greer 70; Derek Shaw and Gunter Puffe 71.

Nett Eagles: #15 Birdy Jackpot: #3 Nearest The Pins: Robbies Bar & Bistro: John Baird, MSA: Paul Greer, Rothburys Insurance: Garry McKeown, Netherby Meats: Noel Sutton, Blue Pub (Longest Putt): Gordon Crawford, Robilliards (Nearest pin #18): PK Ngutu.

Twos: Garry McKeown, Ross Chatterton, Jeff Williamson, Derek Shaw, Chris Lovelock, Kevin Smith, Ray Welsh, Daniel Green and John Davis.

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Twilight stroke February 28 Senior; Brendan Hurley net 30, Cameron Miller 30, Snow Pierce 30, Wayne Mellish 31, Paul Boon 31, Steve McCloy 31, Pete Marshall 31, Brent Green 31, Nigel Heney 32, Ryan Ford 32. Junior; Craig Davies 28, Ron Meiklejohn 28, Craig Paulin 29, Mark Williams 29, Bruce Henderson 30, Luke Spence 30. Women; Pam Templeton 30, Shirley Young 31, Maree Moore 32, Verna Hampton 32, Sally Cain 32. Non-Handicap Graham McCormick 35.

Tinwald Golf Club Stableford March 2 Senior; Justin Smith 44, Bevan Ravenscroft 43, Josh Smith 42, Adam Marshall 40 b/l. Intermediate; Ryan Ford 45, Ray Kirdy 42, Steve McCloy 42, Neil Rayner 42,Tony Clarke 41, Alex Millar 40. Junior; Andrew Barrie 45 c/b, Richard Hewson 45, Ron Meiklejohn 45, Roger Bruce 44. Women; (stroke) Leen Bell 66.

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Newcomer Paul Macfie put the tough lessons learnt over the previous few weeks to good use to claim victory in the Tinwald Cycling Club’s 50km handicap raced at Hinds on Sunday.

Macfie was part of an 11 strong bunch that worked together to ensure the chasing groups couldn’t catch them on the final run home.

Rob Nisbitt, also a new recruit, claimed second in the hard fought sprint to the line.

Dave Sullivan was rewarded

Allenton Maroon lost to Methven Purple 7 sets to 6 Kate Benny & Hannah Lloyd lost to Catherine Kuyf & Sam Stratton 0-6, 0-6; Sophie Ness & Oliver McKeown beat Ella McKendry & Josh Marr 6-2, 6-0; Kate Benny lost to Catherine Kuyf 0-6, 0-6; Hannah Lloyd lost to Sam Stratton 0-6, 0-6; Sophie Ness beat Josh Marr 6-2, 6-1; Oliver McKeown beat Ella McKendry 1-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-7).

Methven White beat Hinds/Longbeach 6 matches to 0 Flynn Ness & Hamish Hood beat Duncan Rollinson & Charlie Stock 7-5, 6-0; Irene Anderson & Sarah Ishikawa beat Nic Jansen & James Moore 6-3, 7-5; Flynn Ness beat Duncan Rollinson 6-0, 6-1; Irene Anderson beat Charlie Stock 6-3, 6-4; Hamish Hood beat Nic Jansen 6-1, 6-1; Sarah Ishikawa beat James Moore 6-3, 6-1.

Hinds/Mayfield beat Hampstead Blue 4 matches to 2 Hayden McNulty & Caroline Murdoch lost to Christal Brosnahan & Connor Brosnahan 1-6, 4-6; Angus Rollinson & Rebecca Reith beat Nicole Purdom & Jukia Imai 6-4, 6-3; Hayden McNulty beat Christal Brosnahan 6-4, 1-6, 1-0 (10-8); Angus Rollinson lost to Connor Brosnahan 4-6, 4-6; Caroline Murdoch beat Nicole Purdom 6-0, 6-1; Rebecca Reith beat Jukia Imai 6-3, 6-1.

B Grade Methven Jade beat Methven Black 5 matches to 1 Deane Wilson & Quinten Pannett beat Ella Ahearn & Joe Todhunter 9-6; Samantha Molloy & Amelia Holmes beat Hayley Muckle & Laura Muckle 9-6; Deane Wilson beat Ella Ahearn 6-1, 6-0; Quinten Pannett lost to Laura Muckle 6-1, 4-6, 0-1 (6-10); Samantha Molloy beat Hayley Muckle 6-2, 6-1; Amelia Holmes beat Joe Todhunter 6-3, 6-1.

Tinwald/White lost to Rakaia 4 matches to 2 Oliver McKeown & Liam Schikker lost to Georgia Benny & Holly Wild 2-9; John Leslie & Sam McAtamney beat Jake Benny & Jacob Pye 9-8 (8-6); Oliver McKeown lost to Georgia Benny 3-6, 6-0, 0-1 (7-10); John Leslie lost to Holly Wild 0-6, 1-6; Liam Schikker beat Jake Benny 3-6, 6-1, 1-0 (10-6); Sam McAtamney lost to Jacob Pye 6-7 (4-7), 6-1, 0-1 (10-12).

Tinwald Orange lost to Pick n Mix 5 matches to 1 Ella Sinclair & Albertene Hefford beat Kate Wild & Harriet Stock 9-4; Sally Cunneen & Patrick Sandrey lost to Jake Edwards & Troy Edwards 7-9; Ella Sinclair lost to Kate Wild 4-6, 0-6; Albertene Hefford lost to Jake Edwards 6-0, 5-7, 0-1 (3-10); Sally Cunneen lost to Troy Edwards 0-6, 4-6; Patrick Sandrey lost to Harriet Stock 0-6, 0-6.

Hampstead beat Allenton 6 matches to 0 Ryan Feutz & Erin Connelly-Whyte beat Sam Bubb & Angus Mears 9-8 (7-2); Fran ConnellyWhyte & Aaron Martizano beat Rosie Twamley & Nic Thomassen 9-4; Ryan Feutz beat Sam Bubb 6-7 (4-7), 6-3, 1-0 (10-8); Erin Connelly-Whyte beat Angus Mears 6-3, 6-1; Fran Connelly-Whyte beat Rosie Twamley 6-2, 6-4; Aaron Martizano beat Nic Thomassen 6-1, 3-6, 1-0 (10-7).

Junior A Tinwald Trojans lost to Allenton Green 4 matches to 2 Tyler Leonard & Hannah Kirwan beat Liam Donnelly & Sophie Ness 6-4; Max Langley & Victoria Sandrey lost to Millie Ness & Harry Dargue 1-6; Tyler Leonard beat Liam Donnelly 9-7; Hannah Kirwan lost to Sophie Ness 5-9; Max Langley lost to Millie Ness 1-9; Victoria Sandrey lost to Harry Dargue 4-9.

Longbeach lost to Methven Blue 4 matches to 2 Dallas Scott & Liam Scott lost to Isabelle Talbot & Jack Taggart 2-6; Emma McDowell & Liam Wilson lost to Emily Talbot & Rosemary Talbot 2-6; Dallas Scott beat Isabelle Talbot 9-8; Liam Scott lost to Jack Taggart 3-9; Emma McDowell beat Emily Talbot 9-4; Liam Wilson lost to Rosemary Taggart 5-9.

Hinds beat Wakanui 5 matches to 1 Ryan McNulty & Fergus Lobb beat Jake Keenan & Harrison Davies 6-1; Emma Jansen & Mary Yeatman won by walkover; Ryan McNulty lost to Jake Keenan 5-9; Fergus Lobb beat Harrison Davies 9-6; Emma Jansen beat Jabe Settle 9-6; Mary Yeatman won by walkover.

Hampstead Hurricanes beat Dorie 6 matches to 0 Hayden Adams & Vlad Barbu beat Timothy Bassett & Annabel Basset 6-0; Scott Prendergast & Felicity Dalzell beat Hamish Sloper & Tomas Mones-Cazon 6-3; Hayden Adams beat Timothy Basset 9-0; Vlad Barbu beat Annabel Basset 9-2; Scott Prendergast beat Hamish Sloper 9-0; Felicity Dalzell beat Tomas Mones-Cazon 9-4.

Methven Silver beat Allenton Maroon 36 games to 34 Ben Todd & George McKendry beat Maisie Looij & Jordyn Kell 6-2; Mark Wilson & George McKendry lost to Charlotte Muir & Tori Kelland 4-6; Ben Todd lost to Maisie Looij 7-9; George McKendry beat Charlotte Muir 9-1; Mark Wilson beat Tori Kelland 9-1; Daniel Wilson lost to Jordyn Kell 1-9.

Hampstead Crusaders beat Rakaia 5 matches to 1 Jade Brosnahan & Quinn Ritchie beat Hannah Helem & Daniel Hadfield 6-2; Jack Hastie & Oliver Hastie beat Justice Robinson & Jack Helem 6-1; Jade Brosnahan beat Hannah Helem 9-2; Quinn Ritchie lost to Justice Robinson 3-9; Jack Hastie beat Daniel Hadfield 9-3; Oliver Hastie beat Jack Helem 9-1.

Junior B Hinds beat Tinwald Blue 6 matches to 0 Nicholas Wilson & Lachlan Hyde beat Grace Adams & Mitchell Farr 6-2; Cameron Slee & Joseph Allen-Perkins beat Sophie Adams & Haxby Hefford 6-4; Nicholas Wilson beat Grace Adams

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with third having just come up short of victory the week before, with Pam Harcourt and Maria Fowler rounding out the top five.

Backing up from the Ride the Rakaia event the day before, Ross Avis covered the course in 71.00 minutes to take fastest time from co-backmarkers Michael Templeton and Rob Hooper.

Earlier the junior and division two raced over 18km.

Caitlin Titheridge showed her potential winning the

6-1; Lachlan Hyde beat Mitchell Farr 6-0; Cameron Slee beat Sophie Adams 6-0; Joseph Allen-Perkins beat Haxby Hefford 6-3.

Allenton beat Tinwald Red 4 matches to 2 Patrick Harnett & Felix Harnett beat Josh Jones & Sarah Millar 6-5; Connor Donaldson & Caleb Collins lost to Jayden Henshilwood & Sophie Bell 4-6; Patrick Harnett lost to Josh Jones 4-6; Felix Harnett beat Sarah Millar 6-1; Connor Donaldson beat Jayden Henshilwood 6-4; Caleb Collins beat Sophie Bell 6-4.

Hampstead beat Longbeach 5 matches to 1 Troy Wilson & Thomas O’Brian beat Ashleigh Bagrie & Laura Bagrie 6-3; Lily Burdett & Megan O’Brien beat Krystal Gane & Jake Gane 6-1; Troy Wilson lost to Ashleigh Bagrie 3-6; Thomas O’Brian beat Laura Bagrie 6-4; Lily Burdett beat Krystal Gane 6-1; Megan O’Brian beat Jake Gane 6-0.

Methven Green beat Rakaia Black 26 games to 21 Jack Sheridan & Joe Todd lost to Josh Dennett & Riley Longley 1-6; Annalise Early & Finn Taylor beat Jessie Blakemore & Preston Docherty 6-0; Jack Sheridan beat Josh Dennett 6-3; Joe Todd lost to Riley Longley 3-6; Annalise Early lost o Jessie Blakemore 4-6; Finn Taylor beat Preston Docherty 6-0.

Junior C Longbeach Aces beat Rakaia by default Allenton lost to Methven red 4 matches to 2 Kaleb Chamberlain & Thomas Donnelly beat Ben Farrell & Josh Sheridan 6-1; Katie Danielson & Samuel Judge lost to Sophie Innes & Emma-Lake Hill 1-6; Kaleb Chamberlain beat Ben Farrell 6-2; Thomas Donnelly lost to Josh Sheridan 3-6; Katie Danielson lost to Sophie Innes 4-6; Samuel Judge lost to Emma-Lake Hill 1-6.

Longbeach Spinners lost to Tinwald Green 6 matches to 0 Sean Scott & Eddie Keating lost to Loren Hay & Scott Hay 0-6; Hunter Brooke & Charlie Brooke lost to James Brady & Shanae Trumper 5-6; Sean Scott lost to Loren Hay 0-6; Hunter Brooke lost to James Brady 2-6; Charlie Brooke lost to Shanae Trumper 1-6; Eddie Keating lost to Scott Hay 0-6.

Hinds Black lost to Hampstead Flames 4 matches to 2 Hayden Jefferson & Olivia Wilson lost to Toby Lee & Taryn Douglas 1-6; Elliot Wilson & Hamish MacLeod beat Diana Barbu & Lachlan Kingan 6-1; Hayden Jefferson lost to Toby Lee 2-6; Olivia Wilson lost to Taryn Douglas 5-6; Elliot Wilson lost to Diana Barbu 5-6; Hamish MacLeod beat Lachlan Kingan 6-1.

Methven Orange beat Dorie 4 matches to 2 Thomas Lewthwaite & Josh Molly lost to Charlotte Sloper & Lydia Pye 3-6; Harry Faulks & Reilly Duff beat Nico Mones-Cazon beat Felicity Pye 6-2; Thomas Lewthwaite lost to Charlotte Sloper 2-6; Josh Molloy beat Lydia Pye 6-4; Harry Faulks beat Nico Mones-Cazon 6-1; Reilly Duff beat Felicity Pye 6-4.

Longbeach Aces beat Rakaia by default Methven Brown beat Methven Gold 5 matches to 1 Bailey Allred & Charlie Brown beat Finn Taylor & Edward Connew 6-3; Ashleigh & Jack Brown beat Aroha Connew & Aoife Taylor 6-1; Bailey Allred lost to Finn Taylor 2-6; Charlie Brown beat Aroha Connew 6-0; Ashleigh Allred beat Aoife Taylor 6-0; Jack Brown beat Edward Connew 6-4.

Hampstead Sting beat Hinds Silver 4 matches to 2 Levi Deal & Mitchel Ruffle beat Aidan Watt & Marcus Furrer 6-4; Luke Prendergast & Timothy Connelly-Whyte beat Robert Furrer & Ryan Watt 6-4; Levi Deal beat Aidan Watt 6-0; Luke Prendergast beat Marcus Furrer 6-2; Mitchel Ruffle lost to Robert Furrer 5-6; Timothy Connelly-Whyte lost to Ryan Watt 3-6.

Christchurch Challenger Grade March 1 Mid Canterbury Blue lost to Waimairi Blue 7 sets to 6 Singles James Watt lost to Nick Wilson 0-6, 4-6; Joseph Benny lost to Jono Schwass 0-6, 1-6; Duncan Rollinson beat Dominic Hawkey 6-0, 6-0; Flynn Ness beat Guy Galletly 6-1, 6-2.

Doubles James Watt & Flynn Ness lost to Nick Wilson & Jono Schwass 1-6, 3-6; Joseph Benny & Duncan Rollinson beat Dominic Hawkey & Guy Galletly 7-5, 2-6, 1-0 (11-9).

Mid Canterbury Black beat Te Kura Red 7 sets to 6 Singles Aidan Mitchell beat Mark Cotterell 6-3, 6-0; Hayden McNulty lost to Robbie Morrison 1-6, 2-6; Connor Brosnahan lost to Angus Izard 4-6, 6-1, 0-1 (5-7); Hamish Hood beat Jacob Pye 6-1, 6-1.

Doubles Aidan Mitchell & Connor Brosnahan lost to Mark Cotterell & Robbie Morrison 3-6, 5-7; Hayden McNulty & Hamish Hood beat Angus Izard & Jacob Pye 7-5, 6-2.

Mid Canterbury beat Opawa 6 sets to 0 Singles Ashleigh Leonard beat Yuki Hughes 6-0, 6-0; Stacey Hopwood beat Margot Willis 6-3, 6-2; Christal Brosnahn beat Kaori Hughes 6-4, 6-4; Larissa Allan beat Alison Argus 6-1, 6-2 Doubles Ashleigh Leonard & Stacey Hopwood beat Yuki Hughes & Margot Willis 6-0, 6-1; Christal Brosnahan & Larissa Allan beat Kaori Hughes & Alison Argus 7-5, 6-2.

junior event after she pulled out a solid sprint to the line to nudge out runner-up Connie Davidson, and Bailey O’Donnell continued his good form riding into third.

Jake Beeman and Ben Sutton had a great fight to the line with Beeman holding out Sutton to claim fourth and the fastest time, riding the distance in 31.52mins.

Drew Titheridge capped off a good day for the family securing the division two victory over Tony Tarbotton.

Draws

Bowls

Canterbury Country Bowls Lex Kimber Representative Team at Oamaru March 16 and 17 Singles: Rayne Nichols; Paris: Wendy Watson, Caitlin Bassett; Triples: Sandra Holdom, Diane Vanderweg, Rayne Nichols; Fours: Sandra Holdom, Wendy Watson, Diane Vanderweg, Caitlin Bassett.

Hampstead Bowling Club Skips names who have entered in the Anstiss Cup Fours March 10 9am start.

Whites to be worn. Own lunch.

Tinwald 1. Tinwald 2. R. Cockburn, B. Holdom, T. Gibson, D. Muir, K. Congdon, B. Marsh, M. Smallridge.

Hinds. C. Leech, M. Behrns, B. Harper, M. Skilling, G. Clarkem, P. Whinham.

Tinwald Outdoor Bowling Club The following skips have teams entered in the Sims Bakery sponsored “Marsh Trophy” open Triples on Wednesday March 13; 12.30pm start.

R Harrison, J Ryk, J Bell, D Gutberlet, W Hyndman, S Scott, N Woods, W Lee, A McKenzie, M Eder, B Holdem, G Eder, B Marsh, S Maw, F McCormick and C Leach.

Whites to be worn.

Golf Ashburton Golf Club Turton Green Pro-Am March 8 The draw will be available by Thursday on the Golf Club website and in the Guardian.

March 9 The final qualifying Round for the Club Championships will be played off the Blue Tees Starting Time: Morning 8.00am; Afternoon Report at 11.30 for a 12 noon start Saturday Starters: Morning: P Bain & G Bellamy; Afternoon S Richards & D Houghton Results B Nuttall & K Clucas.

March 10 The first round of the White Trophy matchplay will be held. Report at 11.30 for a 12.30start.

Tinwald Golf Club March 9 3rd Round Doug Gray stableford No 1 Tee 12.30, S Kennedy, A Pierce, C Miller, R Bruce12.36, R Feutz, G Smith, A Millar, R Meiklejohn 12.42, G Rennie, L Jackson, C Whiting, No 10 Tee 12.30, B McFarlane, P Marshall, R Harris, D Green 12.36, P Boon, P Hefford, B Collins, B Shanks 12.42, O Everest, M Fechney, R Shearer, A Moore.

No 13 Tee 12.30, W Stevenson, J VanderHeide, S Newman, 12.36, E Collins, S Lane, J Beardsley, 12.42, P Feutz, S Mee, M Moore, No 7 Tee 12.36, Justin Smith, D Gill, N Rayner, A Barrie12.42, J Smitheram, W Mason, T Clarke, T McAndrew.

Starters; am, P Roulston, pm, L Jackson, C Whiting. Cards; G Smith. House Duty: M Fechney

Softball Tball Semi-finals 9am T1 Borough v Tinwald Whitesox; T2Allenton Diamonds v Longbeach Strikers; T3Hinds Heroes v Hampstead Yellow; T4St Josephs Panthers v Rakaia Redsox; T5St Josephs Tigers v Allenton Gold T6 Netherby Nixons v Hampstead Blue; Bye Tinwald Dolphins Slowpitch Semi Finals 9am D2 Metalcorp Hampstead Allstars v Rakaia Royals; D3 Tinwald Blacksox v Netherby Dodgers; D4 Allenton Tigers v Hampstead Little League Finals Note Time 11am Playing for 1st and 2nd D1 Cardinals v Ashburton City Tigers Playing for 3rd and 4th D4 Methven Mad Dogs v Pirates Revival League Finals 1pm Playing for 3rd and 4th D1 Revival Rebels v Nosh Café Hampstead Hawks (Rusty Demons & Fairfield Marines to umpire) 3pm Playing for 1st and 2nd D1 Rusty Demons v Fairfield Marines (Revival Rebels & Nosh Café Hampstead Hawks to umpire).

Tennis Mid Canterbury Tennis Open Grade - Ashburton Trust Tennis Centre March 9 A Reserve 12.15pm Hampstead Blue v Hinds/Longbeach; Methven Purple v Hampstead Gold; Tinwald v Allenton Gold; Hinds/Mayfield v Methven White; Allenton Maroon - Bye A Grade 1.30pm Allenton v Fairton; Tinwald v Methven; Hampstead v Dorie

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Eyes wide open for NZ opener

By Adrian Seconi Perhaps the reason Black Caps opener Hamish Rutherford is so relaxed about his potential test debut tomorrow is that he can’t really see what is coming.

The 23-year-old Otago left-hander is as “blind as anything” without his contact lenses.

He had a tiny issue during the warm-up four-day game against England in Queenstown last week when one of his contacts folded over and he couldn’t see properly.

He faced three deliveries before he corrected the lens and has since found out he had been using the wrong solution.

“I got new contacts a few months ago and it has made a big difference,” he said.

“I can actually see the ball. I’m blind as anything.

“That is just the way it is. I’ve got to get on with it.”

Rutherford posted 90 in that innings and got a some valuable game time against England seamer

Hamish Rutherford: ‘I’m blind as anything’

Stuart Broad and spinner Graeme Swann. He struck a couple of memorable blows against both bowlers.

He crashed a Broad delivery through point for six, and it made an impressive thud when it collided with the grandstand.

He also used his feet against Swann and lofted the ball down the ground for a wonderful six.

Rutherford is a young man with enormous talent who New Zealand cricket hopes has the potential to solve its seemingly endless quest

What is this person famous for?

Lucy Clough on top of the podium after winning the national title in the girls’ 14-yearold 800m freestyle at the National Age Group Championships in Wellington.

Who said it?

“It’s good sportsmanship to not pick up lost golf balls while they are still rolling.”

Today’s sports trivia question Who retired from the All Blacks in 2004 after 131 test matches?

Photo Carolyn Clough

Bracewell has fallen out of favour with the national selectors as a limited-overs and Twenty/20 option.

New Zealand manager Mike Sandle, who only arrived in Dunedin yesterday ahead of the first test against England, said Bracewell would undergo a fitness test today.

“At the moment, I can’t tell you if he’s playing in this test or not,” Sandle said of New Zealand opening bowler who didn’t train yesterday.

“I am aware of some allegations that have been levelled. There’s a lot I don’t know at the moment. I need to ascertain some facts.”

He indicated the Black Caps had enough bowling cover in the squad if the 22-year-old Taradale Cricket Club premier player was ruled out.

Otago left-armer Neil Wagner and spin bowler Bruce Martin, on debut, would likely join spearheads Tim Southee and Trent Boult. - HBT Doug Bracewell: ‘allegations levelled’

Black Caps’ seam bowler Doug Bracewell could “barely walk”at the weekend.

That’s the verdict of a cricket stalwart who saw the player hobbling in Napier on Saturday, casting doubts on whether he will start in the first cricket test in Dunedin.

Bracewell has a cut on the sole of his right foot, apparently from cleaning up broken glass following a party at his home in Napier at the weekend. Radio Sport reported neighbours complained about a party at Bracewell’s home getting out of control.

The source said another premier club cricketer flats with the Devon Hotel Central Districts Stags cricketer and a few parties had been held at the house in a new sub-division.

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to find a reliable opening batsman.

It is a lot of pressure but then Rutherford has had to cope with high expectations all his life.

His father, Ken Rutherford, captained New Zealand and was part of the Otago cricket landscape for a long time.

Hamish emerged from his father’s shadows last March when he scored back-to-back hundreds and a double century in the last first-class game of the summer.

His strategy going into the first test, which begins in Dunedin tomorrow, is to keep things as simple as possible and just approach the game like any other.

He shared a coffee with his mentor, former Otago and New Zealand opening batsman Craig Cumming, before the warm-up game against England and values his input.

“He has had a big influence on my game in the last year.

“Initially, he sort of helped me out with a few key things but lately it is just about the process of batting and getting in the right mindset and enjoying it.”

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Bracewell ‘hobbling’

By Anendra Singh

From the sideline

On top of her game

By Jonathan Leask Lucy Clough claimed national titles as the standout Ashburton swimmer at the National Age Group Championships in Wellington recently.

Clough comfortably took out the 14-year-old girls’ 800m, winning gold by over three seconds in the best result out of the six swimmers.

“Lucy became a national title holder, we picked up a few medals but everyone had a top 10 finish and we had 67 per cent PBs so it was a decent hit out,” Ashburton

Swim coach Carl Gordon said.

“It wasn’t up to our usual standards in terms of medals but we lost a lot of big name swimmers since last year so I was still pretty impressed.”

Clough had three other top 10 finishes to go with the national title, with four other medals.

Caitlin Johnstone picked up silver in the 15-year-old girls’ 50m breaststroke.

In the 17-18 year-old girls’ Grace Sommerville cracked the podium in the 200m butterfly event coming in third place, but then had to endure the frustration of placing fourth in the

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800m, 400m and 200m freestyle.

Joseph Brown won bronze in the 16-year-old boys’ 100m and 200m breaststroke as well as coming fourth 50m breaststroke.

In his first trip to the National Age Group Championships, Sam Woolf came in eight in the 16-year-old boys’ 1500m.

The next stop for the swimmers is the Open Nationals in Auckland, with Johnstone and Brown making their first trip to the opens alongside Sommerville and Jake O’Grady, who also had top 10 finishes at the Age Group Championships.

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Gold on the water for Hayman at Lake Ruataniwha Ashburton College rower Kate Hayman continued her dominance in the single sculls, claiming gold at the South Island Secondary Schools Championships at Lake Ruataniwha on the weekend.

Hayman took out the girls’ under

year and the combination also look on track to push for a medal with silver.

Lysaght could be forgiven for being worn out at the end of the double having earlier dug deep in the under 16 girls’ coxed four with Jemma Rotch, Olivia Fleming, Jessica Jary and cox Maddy Davidson.

“First and second were comfort-

ably ahead but the girls’ dug in and produced a big push to into third.”

Ashburton College also picked up silver in the lightweight double with Matthew Beveridge and Adam Hodge involved in a four way fight on the line, coming up second.

“It was a thrilling race with the front four coming together at the 1000m mark and going neck-and-

neck all the way to the line.”

Matthew Beveridge went close to a second medal, twice coming fourth in the under 16 boys’ single and the under 16 boys’ double with Matthew Rae. The boys’ under 18 novice four of Sean McCormack, Benji Barry, Mark Tait, Lachie Davidson and Maddy Davidson also went close

Mystery person: One of Keegan Daniel’s many claims to fame on the rugby field is that he scored a try for the Sharks against the Blues just 16 seconds after their match had started. Daniel has toured with the Springboks, and was made skipper of the Sharks last year.

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17 singles by a convincing seven second margin to maintain an unbeaten record in the single this season, and remains on target as she looks to improve on a bronze in the single at last year’s Maadi Cup National Championships.

Hayman and Georgia Lysaght claimed bronze in the girls’ under 16 double at the Maadi Cup last

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coming fourth while the boys’ under16 coxed four, of McCormack, Barry, Rae, Tait and cox Matthew Parker, came seventh in the A final.

The crews have under two weeks to further fine tune and be ready to fire at the Maadi Cup before the boats make the trip up to Lake Karapiro and the rowers follow to start racing on March 18.

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Guardian Weather

Tuesday, 5 March 2013

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© Meteorological Service of NZ Limited 2013

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For the very latest weather information, including Weather Warnings, visit metservice.com

TODAY

Becoming fine during the morning and southwesterlies dying out. Northeasterlies about the coast from afternoon, light winds inland.

Becoming fine during the morning.

Wind at 1000m: NW developing in the afternoon and rising to 30 km/h at times.

Wind at 2000m: SW tending W 50 km/h.

NZ Today

22 OVERNIGHT MIN 11

MAX

24 OVERNIGHT MIN 11

MAX

23 OVERNIGHT MIN 11

MAX

24 OVERNIGHT MIN 11

FRIDAY: Mainly fine. Northeast dies out, southerly develops.

Midnight Tonight

ia

Wind less than km/h 30

MAX

THURSDAY: Morning drizzle then fine.

Northeast developing.

20

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TODAY

LYTTELTON

AKAROA

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Canterbury High Country

TOMORROW: A change to southerlies with a few afternoon showers.

20

LINCOLN

Canterbury Plains

TODAY: Becoming fine in the morning.

Afternoon northeasterly.

22

CHRISTCHURCH

22

METHVEN

Ashburton Forecast

30 to 59

Auckland Hamilton Napier Palmerston North Wellington Nelson Blenheim Greymouth Christchurch Timaru Queenstown Dunedin Invercargill

60 plus

16 9 10 8 12 13 10 12 11 10 10 12 11

24 24 20 21 18 20 19 19 22 23 23 21 18

Mainly fine. However, a southerly change during the afternoon, brings scattered showers.

THURSDAY

morning min max

fine fine showers fine showers fine fine fine fine fine fine fine showers

TOMORROW

Morning drizzle, then fine. Northeasterlies developing.

FRIDAY

NZ Situation

A ridge of high pressure affects most of the country. However, two weak fronts, one tomorrow and one on Friday, brush over southern and eastern parts of the South Island.

Mainly fine. Northeasterlies dying out and southerlies developing.

SATURDAY A few showers. Southerlies dying out.

FZL: Rising above 3000m

TOMORROW

FZL: Above 3000m

Mainly fine. However, scattered showers developing during the afternoon.

Wind at 1000m: NW 30 km/h changing SE during the afternoon.

Wind at 2000m: W 40 km/h.

THURSDAY Morning cloud and patchy drizzle, then fine.

Light winds.

FRIDAY Fine. Light winds.

SATURDAY Partly cloudy, a few showers in the east.

Light winds.

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fine 21 fine 1 fine 24 fine 0 showers 21 showers 25 fine 12 fine 18 fine 12 rain 23 thunder 25 fine 20 fine 5 cloudy 2 fine -1 fine -1 fine 15 fine 15 showers 20 fine 14 drizzle 24 thunder 16 showers 24 fine 1 fine 12 rain 9 fine 17 snow -17 thunder 23 fine 14 fine 0 fine 5 showers 16 rain 22 rain 6 showers 6 fine -1 fine 25 fine -1 showers 21 cloudy 11 showers 12 cloudy 4 fine -3 cloudy 0

33 14 31 11 26 31 22 32 26 32 32 35 8 7 13 11 28 20 26 26 33 31 33 14 18 15 32 -6 29 29 8 15 27 29 14 14 10 33 1 26 20 19 13 8 11

River Levels

cumecs

Rakaia Fighting Hill (NIWA) at 1:45 pm, yesterday Nth Ashburton at 1:00 pm, yesterday Sth Ashburton at 9:30 am, yesterday Rangitata Klondyke at 9:00 am, yesterday

110.7 4.58 6.04 43.8

Source: Environment Canterbury

Canterbury Readings

to 4pm yesterday

max

Ashburton Airport

Temperatures °C

Rainfall mm

min grass 16 hour Mar 2013 min to date to date

nc

Wind km/h

max gust

18.7

8.8

5.0

0.0

1.0 97.2

S 44

Christchurch Airport 21.9

9.5

6.9

0.0

0.0 58.0

S 56

Timaru Airport

6.7

–

0.0

1.0 80.0

SE 37

Average

20.6

Average

9.1

20.1

9.7

19.8

Average

7.1

19.4

7.3

7.8

8

116

7

91

6

96

Tides, Sun, Moon and Fishing m am 3 3

6

Tuesday 9 noon 3

6

9 pm am 3

Wednesday

6

9 noon 3

6

9 pm am 3

6

Thursday 9 noon 3

6

9 pm

2 1 0

4:41

10:56 5:08 11:27 5:44 11:59 6:09 12:29 6:46 12:58 7:07 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 7:16 am Set 8:12 pm

Good

Good fishing Set 3:09 pm

Last quarter

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Rise 7:17 am Set 8:10 pm

Good

Good fishing

Rise 12:44 am Set 4:05 pm

New moon

12 Mar 8:53 am www.ofu.co.nz

Rise 7:18 am Set 8:09 pm

Good

Good fishing Rise 1:48 am Set 4:55 pm

First quarter

20 Mar 6:28 am

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