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Renewed calls for fireworks ban

By Jaime Pitt-MacKay Jaime.p@theguardian.co.nz

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Calls for a ban on the sale of fireworks to the general public have been renewed after a chaotic night of firework related mayhem across the country while locals were left worried about pets and livestock.

It is believed no fireworks related incidents were reported to firefighters in the Ashburton District, and commenters on the Ashburton Guardian Facebook page said they had not heard much in the way of firework activity, but would like to see them banned from public sale.

“I believe that in the interests of pub-

lic safety fireworks should not be sold to the general public,” one comment said.

“Yes, I would like to see fireworks banned to the public and have controlled community events,” another said.

One woman who is urgently pushing for a ban is Winslow woman Leanne Williams who had serious concerns for the welfare of her animals following reckless firework use over the weekend.

A group of people let off a number of fireworks one paddock away from her horses.

“It was a hot night so we had the windows open and I could hear the horse

running around so I went out to see what was going on and then I saw the fireworks,” she said.

A group of people who had been drinking alcohol were letting off the fireworks, at times firing them towards buildings on their own property.

Williams said she went and spoke to the group of people and said if the fireworks continued she would be contacting their employers and the police, and that they could pay the bill for any injuries her horses may sustain.

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Focusing in class the key to success

By Susan Sandys

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Focusing in class has stood Rosemary Taggart in good stead at Mount Hutt College this year.

The 18-year-old was named Dux at the school’s senior prizegiving on Tuesday night.

“Studying and working hard in class, so I don’t have to go home and do it,” Rosemary said of the strategy behind her success.

Setting goals and not having a break until she had achieved them while on campus had meant she could keep her homework commitment to an enviable five hours per week.

It gave her more time for her passions of horse riding and netball, while ensuring she obtained excellence in internals for all of her subjects – calculus, statistics, biology, chemistry and agriculture.

Rosemary has grown up on her parents’ Methven farm, and plans to do a Bachelor of Agricultural Science at Lincoln University next year.

She said she liked the academic side of agriculture, and wanted to work in the industry, perhaps as a farm consultant or seed representative.

Meanwhile, fellow Year 13 student Davina Johnston said she was overwhelmed and shocked to be named Proxime Accessit at the prizegiving.

The 18-year-old said in her previous years at the college she had received excellences and merits in some subjects, but never one of

Rosemary Taggart was named Dux of Mount Hutt College for 2019 at the school’s senior prizegiving on Tuesday night.

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the major awards.

The goal she had set herself for this year was to get the trophy and academic prize for food, nutrition and health.

“I saw someone get it last year

and thought ‘That’s what I want’,” she said.

So to be able to tick off that award, amongst others, as well as be named runner-up to the Dux had been fantastic, she said.

“I never would have seen myself getting this,” Davina said of the Proxime Accessit award.

Davina’s passion is nutrition, and she plans to major in the topic through a Bachelor of Science at

Ara, ultimately becoming a secondary school teacher.

“I love that you can feed your body from the inside out, and what you put into your body you can get out as well,” Davina said.

Inspiring words of wisdom for departing students

By Susan Sandys

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Rugby young gun Nicole Purdom had words of wisdom for Mount Hutt College’s departing senior students at their prizegiving.

Mid Canterbury Rugby’s first women’s and schools’ rugby development officer is a former student of the school and was guest speaker at the event on Tuesday night.

Purdom urged pupils to look at the large range of tertiary courses

on offer, from apprenticeships to academic study and everything in between, before making up their mind.

Purdom herself began physical education teacher studies at the University of Canterbury after leaving school, but 18 months in yearned for something more “hands-on”.

“I was so bored,” she said.

So she transferred to a sport coaching degree, which led to her

being the first woman intern with the Canterbury Rugby Football Union.

“You do you, and you succeed in what you do, I wish someone told me that when I was at school,” Purdom told students in the audience.

Purdom’s study opened up pathways, associated with a rugby career that has taken her to the heights of the sport here and overseas. It has also led to her achiev-

ing her dream of being able to develop girls’ and women’s rugby.

Purdom was joined by fellow speakers head boy Mitchell Barron, head girl Caitlin Smith, board chairman Richard Fitzgerald and principal Jack Saxon in giving inspirational addresses to the departing students.

It was Saxon’s first principal’s address to the school community since taking up the role this term.

Saxon paid tribute to the school’s

“heroes”, while applauding the excellence in all fields on display throughout the evening, including international and national sporting success.

“Heroes are not born they are made, it takes a village to raise a child,” he said.

He acknowledged departing staff for 2019 including his predecessor John Schreurs and teacher Kate Wood who had given 25 years of service.

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New Ashburton Trust board ready to go to work

By Sue Newman

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As new chair of the Ashburton Trust, Chris Robertson says this three-year term will build on the work done by previous boards to establish a strong base for maximising grants and donations to the community.

Robertson is in his third term around the trust’s board table and said that while significant change had already occurred over the last two election cycles, the final steps in that process would come with the sign-off on the change to become a community trust. The final paperwork on the incorporation was expected any day.

The community trust would have a 100-year vision in terms of its lifetime and that meant a 100 year investment and grants strategy, Robertson said.

“In doing so we seek to maximise the return to our community on an inter-generational basis that will build on the work of all previous boards since the inception of the trust.”

Under its new format the trust would be able to build a sizeable capital base that would enable significant grants to be made for the benefit of the community and the board expected the grants pool would continue to grow, he said.

With one new member on the

board, the first priority would be to ensure the new board was bedded in and ready for a new year and this would be undertaken within the framework of a strategic new view set against the work that had been done to date by the trust, Robertson said.

Over the past two election cycles the trust has changed its business model from a trading entity to one of a landlord and now only ran one business, the Devon Tavern.

New investment and grants policies had been adopted and a maintenance review of all of its buildings and premises had been undertaken and a maintenance programme established.

The trust now had a sum of $1.6 million in bond and equity investments and was continuing to contribute $70,000 each month to this. And that enabled the trust to diversify its investment away from its dependence on hospitality property to a more rounded investment mix, he said.

The new board has made the following appointments to the trust’s sub-organisations – Rob Harnett will take up the position of deputy chair and he will also chair the Somerset Ashburton Trust. Roger Paterson will chair the Lion Foundation regional grants committee and Somerset Ashburton Ltd.

Ready for a new term leading the Ashburton Trust are board members (back, from left) Kieron Breakwell, Tim Silva and Chantelle Quinn and in front Rob Harnett (left) and Roger Paterson. Inset: Chris Robertson.

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■■GUY FAWKES FALLOUT

Renewed calls for fireworks ban From P1 While she grew up a fan of fireworks on her family’s dairy farm, Williams said she believes it is time for fireworks to be banned for sale to the general public and left to community events.

“I loved fireworks as a kid on the dairy farm, the workers would come round and we would make a big night of it and the stock was always moved to make sure they were as far away as possible,” she said.

“I would pay to go and watch a community display. Just ban them and put the money towards a community event and enjoy a better show.”

Williams said in a small community like Winslow it was too difficult to let all your neighbours know when you would be letting off fireworks, and to take the measures to ensure stock were safe and secure. “A lot of people don’t stop to think, if it was their own animals they would be think-

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ing the same things.” Rangitata MP Andrew Falloon said he would not support a blanket ban on the sale of fireworks, but that public displays were his preference, and that a decline in private sales was showing that was the more popular option.

“Private sales are declining as more people are opting for public displays,” he said.

“If anyone is planning to let fireworks off I’d just say don’t be stupid about it. It’s a busy time for

firefighters, most of them are volunteers, the last thing they need is some idiot setting fire to their house.”

Falloon said he had not had anybody visiting his offices to raise concerns about fireworks, but that he typically receives a couple of emails in November about the issue.

Firefighters were called to more than 50 fireworks-related blazes throughout the country on Tuesday night, with two major blazes

igniting at Mt Wellington and Mt Eden in Auckland.

Animal welfare will be high on the agenda when lobby groups speak to a Parliamentary select committee on the matter on November 13.

Three separate petitions call for a ban on sales to members of the public, with one also calling for a move away from Guy Fawkes to focus on fireworks at Matariki, which presents a lower fire risk in mid-winter.

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Dogs to be walking for a cause

By Sue Newman

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Responsible dog owners are unlikely to need the services of the SPCA, but that doesn’t mean they can’t raise funds for the cause.

And that’s exactly what the team from Golden Paws plans to do this weekend with a dog walk where canines will take their owners on a tour of some of the best dog patches in town.

Owner Jane Schuster said the walk was a simple idea but one she hopes will be well supported by dog owners. She knows her clients are keen and indications on her Facebook page are good for big numbers. And that in turn will mean a good boost for the SPCA fund, she said.

The event starts at 10am at Golden Paws HQ at 150 Dobson Street and will make its way to the William Street dog park where dogs can run free.

Walkers can make a donation at the start of the walk and will also be able to contribute through supporting a post-walk barbecue – for humans.

The fundraiser comes at a critical time for the SPCA where staff are preparing for the annual kitten influx.

And ahead of that influx Ashburton’s operations co-ordinator Ashlyn Wallace is keen to boost the numbers on her list of kitten foster homes.

By Susan Sandys

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Golden Paws owner Jane Schuster (left) and Taylor Glenie with some of their guests at the inner town day care facility that are looking forward to a fundraising walk for the SPCA on Saturday.

PHOTO SUE NEWMAN 061119-SN-0116 While fostering is a positive experience for kittens and older cats as they wait for a forever home, it’s a practical solution too for the SPCA in terms of the number of unwanted cats and kittens they can house.

Cats and kittens are fostered for

a number of reasons, including needing a recovery period from an operation, needing a little care and attention, needing to gain weight or just to learn about socialising with humans.

One foster carer has been with the SPCA for a year, others for a

few months, but more are always needed, Wallace said.

An information night was held at the SPCA last night but potential foster carers can contact Wallace by email ashlyn.wallace@ spca.nz if they want to join the team.

Trump’s actions disappoint local MP

By Susan Sandys

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It is not every day that local MP Andrew Falloon is on the same page as the Green Party.

However, this week as Greens co-leader James Shaw condemned American president Donald Trump for beginning the one-year process to exit the Paris climate agreement, Falloon also expressed his disappointment.

“We can’t hope to make any headway in reducing emissions if larger economies around the world aren’t doing their part,” Falloon said.

Fourth case of TB

Shaw issued a press release on Tuesday as Trump moved to formally exit the agreement following initially signalling he would pull out in 2017. The United States will be the only country in the world not in the pact as temperatures are set to rise three degrees and extreme weather drives millions into poverty.

“It is incomprehensible that at a time where California is ablaze, the United States has pulled out of an agreement that seeks to stabilise our climate,” Shaw said.

“As a global community we should all be working together

to ensure a safe planet for future generations.”

Falloon said from New Zealand’s perspective it was disappointing to see the United States begin to exit the agreement, and he added that New Zealand’s global emission contribution was about 0.2 per cent.

“All countries have to play their part, and that includes New Zealand,” Falloon said.

However, while the National Party was supporting legislation aimed at reducing the country’s emissions, it had grave concerns about the impact of some of the

limits proposed in the latest draft of the Zero Carbon Bill.

The Paris climate agreement was clear that efforts to reduce emissions should not impact the “the fundamental priority of safe-guarding food security and ending hunger”, Falloon said.

“But nowhere is that evident in the Government’s proposed legislation. Any reduction in food production as a result of extreme limits on New Zealand farmers would export food production to less efficient farmers in other nations, lifting overall global emissions,” he said.

Mid Canterbury has recorded its fourth confirmed case of tuberculosis (TB) for this year.

Medical officer of health Cheryl Brunton said while the average number of cases has been between zero and one per year in the district, health authorities were not concerned.

“As we have said previously, it is important to realise that in a district with a small population, the number of cases of an uncommon disease may vary widely year by year,” Brunton said.

“While the average number of cases has been between zero to one per year, the number in any one year may be higher than one simply by chance.”

Worldwide, TB remains the world’s deadliest infectious killer, according to the World Health Organisation.

About half those with active TB will die if they do not receive treatment, and almost 4500 people lose their lives daily to the disease.

It is caused by bacteria which spreads through microscopic droplets released into the air from an infected person coughing, sneezing or talking.

Brunton said symptoms can be similar to other illnesses, but people with tuberculosis don’t always show symptoms.

The most common symptoms are a cough lasting three weeks or more, often with thick phlegm, as well as tiredness, night sweats, weight loss and swollen glands, usually in the neck.

Coughing up blood is a widely known symptom, but if this occurs, it is usually later in the illness.

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Toot for Tucker ready to roll

By Jaime Pitt-MacKay Jaime.p@theguardian.co.nz

Preparations are well under way for another edition of the Ashburton County Lions Club’s Toot for Tucker.

In a new initiative this year, recyclable bags will be distributed to all households for people to place their food items in.

The bags have been provided

by Property Brokers, and will be distributed next week.

Toot for Tucker will be held on November 18 this year, with collection starting at 6pm.

“The proceeds will be going to the same places this year, to the Salvation Army, St Vincent de Paul and Presbyterian Support,” the club’s publicity director Carolyn Nelson said.

Signs will be going up around the town shortly to remind everyone of the dates.

The entire operation will be run out of the Ashburton Racecourse once again, with helpers asked to arrive at 5.30pm to receive their running instructions.

Food will be sorted and distributed the next day.

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In brief Car fire Methven firefighters were called to car fire in the Lauriston area on Tuesday at around 10.20pm. Chief Fire Officer Brent Anderson said the car had filled with smoke, and that by the time firefighters had arrived the occupant was out of the vehicle, there was no longer any fire and a small amount of smoke remaining in the vehicle.

Forestry harvest

All ready for another edition of Toot for Tucker this month are (from left) Kevin O’Brien, Bryan Lawn, Janette Kingsbury, Mary Francis, Carolyn Nelson, Karen McRae (kneeling) Candice Gibb, Gemma Whiting, Suz Hutchinson, Denice Galvin and Judith Lilley.

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Enjoying our great outdoors

Among those enjoying the outdoors at the biennial Homegrown Garden Tour and Fete run by Mayfield Playcentre on Sunday are (from left) Margaret Rushton, Andrea Bailey and Sue Smith.

The playcentre raised more than $8000 towards its running costs at the event, which showcased four properties in the area.

Spokesperson Rebecca Whillans said it had been a “true community collaboration”, with the centre’s multi-tasking mothers supported by not only the garden owners, but also sponsors.

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The Ashburton District Council has begun harvesting its radiata pine forestry plantation outside Rakaia, and the income generated from the timber sales will be used to offset rates. The 15-hectare Rakaia Bridge Reserve east of the Rakaia township has been used for forestry for 60 years and this is believed to be at least the second planned crop of pine to be harvested. Once cleared, the block will be replanted with this work expected to finish in July next year.

Logging began last month and the project is expected to finish at the end of the month. Walking and cycling on tracks in the reserve will be restricted while harvest is under way and restricted areas will be well signed.

Two die on mountain Two people died after a climbing incident on The Remarkables mountain range yesterday. The climbers were in a group doing the Grand Traverse – a steep route for experienced trampers or rock climbers. They were in a party led by Wanaka-based company Aspiring Guides, a staff member confirmed yesterday. The company said it could not give further details at this stage as police are investigating. A police spokeswoman said police were alerted that two climbers had fallen from the side of a cliff face about 11.45am.

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Burnt in explosion One person is suffered burns following an explosion in Lyttelton.

A police spokesperson confirmed one person has suffered injuries.

Police were notified of the incident on Cashin Quay, Lyttelton, before 3.30pm. The explosion reportedly involved live wires, however this has not been confirmed. WorkSafe has been advised of the incident, a police spokeswoman said. - NZME

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2019 Mount Hutt Colle The Principal’s Award for Head Girl: Caitlin Smith The Principal’s Award for Head Boy: Mitchell Barron

Hazel De Paz: Merit in Art Victoria Hutana: Merit in History Logan Stockdill: Merit in Real World Skills Cameron Holmes: Merit in Economics and English Annina Birt: Merit in Chemistry, Mathematics and Physical Education

Year 11 Merit Awards

Year 12 Excellence Awards

Alex Barnaby: Merit in Physical Education Lachie Esler: Merit in Mathematics Zuleka Khan: Merit in Geography Sora Konishi: Merit in English for Speakers of Other Languages Alex Roderick: Merit in Physical Education Doogie Taylor: Merit in Mathematics Cade Whittaker: Merit in Mathematics Sophie Adkins: Merit in Mathematics and Science Lance Pangilinan: Merit in English for Speakers of Other Languages, Food Nutrition and Health, Physical Education

Year 11 Excellence Awards Sam Cuttle: Excellence in Mechanical Technology Jessica Eaton: Excellence in Primary Industry Acadamy Anthony Kearvell: Excellence in Technology (BCATS) William Middleton: Excellence in History Penny Nell: Excellence in English Ben Papworth: Excellence in Science Charlie Brown: Excellence in Technology (BCATS), Merit in Physical Education Gus Casey-Solly: Excellence in Physical Education, Merit in Economics Alyssa McGinity: Excellence in Food Nutrition and Health, Merit in Physical Education Bree Middleton: Excellence in Physical Education, Merit in Food Nutrition and Health Megan Rutter: Excellence in Physical Education, Merit in History Angus Spittal: Excellence in Mathematics, Merit in Science Kitty Bloomfield: Excellence in Food Nutrition and Health, Merit in English and Physical Education Timothy Taylor: Excellence in Science, Merit in Digital Technology and Mathematics Adam Shears: Excellence in Mathematics, Merit in Economics, English, History and Science

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Franchezca Juanico: Excellence in Digital Technology and English for Speakers of Other Languages Caitlin Roberts: Excellence in Agriculture and Art, Merit in English Georgia Williams-Freeman: Excellence in Design and Visual Communications and English Jessica Smith: Excellence in English and History, Merit in Agriculture and Science Jakob Ree: Excellence in English and Mathematics, Merit in Music, Science and L2 Classical Studies (Distance Learning) and the Talbot Family Cup for effort in classroom music Eddie Millichamp: Excellence in Agriculture, Mathematics and Mechanical Technology along with the Ahburton Grain and Seed Association Award Jacob Ermio: Excellence in Art, Design and Communication, English and Science Merit in Mathematics Jessica Hydes: Excellence in Food Nutrition and Health, Mathematics, Physical Edu-

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Year 12 Merit Awards George Butterick: Merit in Economics Will Copland: Merit in Food Nutrition and Health Justin Garcia: Merit in English for Speakers of Other Languages Sian Gerard: Merit in Physical Education

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Caitlin Blackwell: Excellence in Real World Skills Monique Johnson: Excellence in Physical Education Cassius Kulsen: Excellence in Technology Kimberly Mallari: Excellence in Design and Visual Communication Ben Nordqvist: Excellence in Technology, Merit in Mathematics Yash Soni: Excellence in English for Speakers and Other Languages, Merit in Technology Grace Bleach: Excellence in Agriculture, Merit in Chemistry, English and Physics along with the Ashburton Seed and Grain Association Award Ella Braidwood: Excellence in History, Merit in Classical Studies (Distance Learning), Geography and Mathematics James Jessep: Excellence in English, Merit in Biology, Economics and Mathematics Lauren Pluck: Excellence in Food Nutrition and Health and Physical Education Elise Heffernan: Excellence in Design and Visual Communication and English, Merit in Biology Nina Atkinson: Excellence in English and History, Merit in Biology, Geography and Mathematics Chloe Small: Excellence in Agriculture, Chemistry and Mathematics, Merit in Physics Charlotte Blundell: Excellence in Chemistry, English and Music, Merit in Biology, Mathematics and Physics Lily Goodwin: Excellence in Art, Biology, English and Geography Neil Alombro: Excellence in Digital Technology, English, Mathematics and Physics, Merit in Accounting (Distance Learning), Chemistry and Economics (Distance Learning) The Ashburton District Council Prize with the ANZ Bank Cup for Top Academic Achievement for Year 12 - Hannah Stratton: Excellence in Chemistry, Design and Visual Communication, English, Mathematics and Physics

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ege senior prizegiving Year 13 Merit Awards

Music - The Mid Canterbury Choir Scholarship and The Holmes Family Cup for Most Improved NCEA Music Student Victoria Williams-Freeman Boyd Keepa – Big Buddy Award and Trophy - Emma-Lake Hill

Max Cotter: Merit in History and the Amanda Vaughan Trophy for diligence in Digital Technology Thomas Henderson: Merit in Physical Education Aliyah Hyslop: Merit in Art Robert McDonald: Merit in Physical Education Caitlin Smith: Merit in English and Statistics Isabelle Talbot: Merit in Agriculture and Geography Victoria Williams-Freeman: Merit in Music and Tourism

Year 13 Excellence awards Isobel Barker: Excellence in Tourism Davina Johnston: Excellence in History Ben Lightfoot: Excellence in Tourism Tessa Nathan: Excellence in Physical Education Rosemary Taggart: Excellence in Statistics Amelia Taylor: Excellence in Food Nutrition and Health Samantha Fitzgerald: Excellence in Art, Merit in Biology Simon Harford: Excellence in Music, Merit in English

Academic Prizes Agriculture – The South Pacific Seeds (NZ) Ltd Prize & The Ashburton Grain and Seed Association Award – Rosemary Taggart Agriculture – The South Pacific Seeds (NZ) Ltd Award for Interest in Agriculture.

(Awarded to the student who irrespective of scholastic ability or academic attainment through qualities of diligence, tenacity of purpose and enthusiasm for rural life gives evidence of being most likely to become a successful farmer) – Isabelle Talbot Agriculture – Primary Industries Prize for the Top Student in Year 11 in Primary Industries Academy - Nicholas Ewart Art – The Peter Beaven Architect Memorial Prize - Samantha Fitzgerald Biology – The Methven Medical Centre Prize - Rosemary Taggart Chemistry – The Humm Engineering Prize and the Holdaway Family Cup Harrison Hydes Design and Visual Communication – The Photolife Ltd Prize - Lily Goodwin

Major Extra Curricular Awards

Mount Hutt College had huge success on the national sporting stage as shown by six pupils receiving the New Zealand Honours award.

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Digital Technology – The Methven Seed Cleaning Prize and the McLaughlin Cup for Computer Skills – Amelia Taylor Economics - The Croys Ltd Prize – Barron Mitchell English – The Snowfed Prize – Davina Johnston Food, Nutrition and Health – The Aqua Japanese Restaurant Prize and the Edna Low Trophy for Home Economics with recipe book from the Mid Canterbury Federation of Women’s Institutes – Davina Johnston Gateway - The Tertiary Commission Prize for Excellence in the Gateway Programme – Tessa Nathan Gateway – The Dixon Machinery Ltd Prize – For Dedication, and Service. Will Copland Geography – The Methven Travel Prize with the ‘BD’ Trophy and book award – Caitlin Smith History – The Methven Branch RSA Prize for History with the Irene Dalton Memorial Trophy – William Hogg Mathematics with Calculus – The Methven Autoservices Ltd Prize – Rosemary Taggart Mathematics with Statistics – The Snowfed Builders Prize – Amelia Taylor Music – The Wrights Drycleaners Prize with the Rita Mangin Trophy for General Excellence in Music – Simon Harford Outdoor Education – The Currie Family Trophy for contribution, perseverance and achievement in Outdoor Education – Louis Bryson-Boe Physical Education – The Methven Panel & Paint Prize with the Collins Cup – Caitlin

Mount Hutt College pupils put on an impressive display of musical items at the prizegiving.

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Titheridge Physics – The R & R Spreading Ltd Prize – Samantha Fitzgerald Technology (Fabric) – The Bradfords Builders Prize and Fabric Technology Trophy – Chloe Small Technology (Hard Materials) – The Shaun Lightfoot Painting and Decorating Prize – Ben Nordqvist Tourism – The Methven Travel Ltd Prize – Davina Johnston Vocational Pathways – The Shearmac Aluminium & Joinery Prize for a student who through their diligence, enthusiasm and development of workplace skills is well prepared for employment – Justine Caranay

Extra Curricular Awards Basketball – The PTA Shield - Emma-Lake Hill Cricket – The BD Trophy for Contribution to School Cricket - Will Copland Football - The Most Positive Contribution / Sportsmanship Trophy - Darcy Taylor Football – The Opuke Trophy for Girls Football - Megan Rutter Music – Christine McArtney Cup for Most Improved Itinerant Student - Max Cotter Netball – Methven Club Trophy for Best All Rounder A Netball - Rosemary Taggart, Lauren Pluck Netball – Most Improved Player in the A Netball Team - Alyssa McGinity Rugby - Edmund Body Trophy for Sportsmanship in Senior Rugby - Mitchell Barron Rugby – Ballantrae Cup for Contribution to Girl’s Rugby Isabelle Talbot Rugby (Girls) –The Methven Rugby Club Trophy for Most Improved Player - Grace Bleach Skiing - Nicol Duff Memorial Trophy - Most Meritorious - Ellie Boekholt Snowsports – The Boekholt Family Cup for Most Promising Student in Snowsports Reilly Duff Swimming – National Age Group Representative - Bree Middleton Mountain Biking – The Big Al’s Trophy Caitlin Titheridge Tennis – Girls’ Senior Champion - Rosemary Taggart Written and Spoken Communication - The Diana Limbrick Family Cup for Excellence - Caitlin Smith Vocal Music – The Rhys Smith Trophy Charlotte Blundell

Arts – The Shirley Body Trophy - This award is for the senior student who best exemplifies commitment and high participation in the Arts, and whose contribution to the Visual Arts of the school has been outstanding: - Samantha Fitzgerald, Victoria Williams-Freeman Brian Blackwell Sports All Rounder Trophy - for the senior student with all round achievement, contribution and participation in school sport this year: Caitlin Titheridge Cochrane Trophy for Highest Achievement - Outstanding achievement to the highest level in a sport for the year: Brea Roderick New Zealand Honours - awarded to students who have achieved a 1st, 2nd or 3rd placing in a national sporting event.

Reilly Duff, Ellie Boekholt, Chloe Keijzer, Bree Middleton, Brea Roderick, Caitlin Titheridge 2019 House Trophy: BLUE House

Major Awards The Matt Wallace Memorial Award – Best All Round Year 11 Boy: Jacob Ermio The Matt Wallace Memorial Award – Best All Round Year 11 Girl: Jessica Smith The Ken Lowe Memorial Prize with the Limbrick Memorial Cup for Diligence and Involvement in School Activities - Max Cotter Mark and Nicky Robinson Family Awards for Positive Contribution to School Life throughout their School Career - Thomas Henderson, Amelia Taylor Rotary Club of Ashburton Awards to students with high achievement and significant contribution to school activities over their school career at Mount Hutt College - Ellie Boekholt, Simon Harford The Argyle Schoolwear & Ballantynes Cup For Innovation and Excellence - Victoria Williams-Freeman EA Networks Academic Scholarship - Harrison Hydes The Midlands Music Scholarship - Charlotte Blundell Zonta Community Service Award - Caitlin Smith The Methven Lions Club Tertiary Prize (to a school leaver with academic success and contribution to school life) - Isabelle Talbot Methven Masonic Lodge Good Citizenship Awards - Samantha Fitzgerald, Robert McDonald The Prime Minister’s Vocational Excellence Award - Tessa Nathan Board of Trustees’ Award for Best All-Round Boy - Mitchell Barron Board of Trustees’ Award for Best All-Round Girl – Caitlin Smith

Proxime Accessit - The R. O. McDowell Crystal Globe and The Ashburton High School and Rotary Club of Ashburton Prizes: Davina Johnston 2019 Dux Rotary Club of Ashburton and Philip Wareing Ltd Cup: Rosemary Taggart

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Prizegivings are good for the soul I

f you have any doubt about the future of New Zealand, head along to any of the secondary school prizegivings currently under way.

There’s no question, that the future is in good hands, very good hands.

Attend any of those prizegivings and be impressed by not just the achievements that are recognised but by the maturity with which those students approach award ceremonies.

They’re not all winners in the grand sense of the word, but those who are not called on stage are still honest and enthusiastic supporters of their peers who are.

Prizegivings are emotional occasions if you take a few min-

utes to sit back and think about what’s going on.

For those who are recognised, an award represents weeks and months of hard work, of sacrificing leisure time with mates, of playing the school game with your eye firmly on the ball.

Many of those walking on stage have been winners in each of their secondary years and many are sporting or cultural

stars as well. And they’re still life’s babies.

These students are our future and we should be ultra proud of what they’ve achieved and clearly what they will achieve in the years ahead.

It’s not just those top students, however, who deserve accolades.

Completing five years of secondary education to a standard where you receive a merit award is also an achievement. These are the kids who’re not the academic stars, they’re every family’s child – hard working, well rounded and determined to do their best in life.

Watching those students file on stage one after another brings a lump to the throat. These kids

are heroes in their own right. And they’re each stepping out into a new world, one that plays by different rules.

They’ll be on their own, fighting for their place in a new team and learning life lessons that schools can only hope they prepare them for.

At a recent Ashburton College prizegiving it was quite moving to see so many students for whom New Zealand was not their place of birth, receiving awards.

For those not born here, for those whose first language is not English, staying the distance to Year 13, let alone winning an award, is a massive achievement.

Those school leavers all started life in different places, with

different packages of family support and different levels of school readiness. And while they may not have started as equals, the dedication of the teachers they encountered over their 13 school years have filled gaps, levelled the playing field, made up deficiencies, nurtured their souls, boosted spirits and fed their inquiring minds.

While they may never give it a thought when they hatch from their secondary student shells, those students will be taking with them for the rest of their lives, the work of this country’s teachers.

Long after their efforts are forgotten, they will still be part of their ex-students’ lives. All power to those teachers.

wage war without congressional approval.

In 2001, the Bush administration targeted Osama bin Laden’s multi-million-dollar financial networks, closing businesses in four states, detaining US suspects and urging allies to help choke off money supplies in 40 nations.

In 2005, President George W Bush, in Panama, defended US interrogation practices and called the treatment of terrorism suspects lawful, saying, “We do not torture”.

In 2013, shares of Twitter went on sale to the public for the first time; by the closing bell, the social network was valued at $31 billion.

Ten years ago: In a victory for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed, 220-215, landmark health care legislation to expand coverage to tens of millions lacking it and place tough new restrictions on the insurance industry.

Five years ago: President Barack Obama authorised a broad expansion of the US military mission in Iraq that called for boosting the total number of American troops there to about 3100.

One year ago: A gunman killed 12 people at a country music bar in Thousand Oaks, California, before

apparently taking his own life as officers closed in; the victims included a man who had survived the mass shooting at a country music concert in Las Vegas.

Today’s birthdays: Actor Barry Newman is 81. Actor Dakin Matthews is 79. Singer Johnny Rivers is 77. Former supermodel Jean Shrimpton is 77. Singersongwriter Joni Mitchell is 76.

Jazz singer Rene Marie is 64.

Actor Christopher Knight is 62.

Rock musician Tommy Thayer is 59. Actress Julie Pinson is 52.

Rock musician Greg Tribbett is 51. Actress Michelle Clunie is 50.

Documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock is 49. Actor Christopher

Daniel Barnes is 47. Actors Jeremy and Jason London are 47. Actress Yunjin Kim is 46. Actor Adam DeVine is 36. Rock musician Zach Myers is 36. Actor Lucas Neff is 34. Rapper Tinie Tempah is 31.

Rock singer Lorde is 23.

Thought for today: “All forms of totalitarianism try to avoid the strange, the problematic, the critical, the rational. To do so, they must deny the metropolitan spirit, equalise everything in city and country, and retain a centre which is not the centre of anything because everything else is swallowed up by it.” – Paul Tillich, American theologian (1886-1965).

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Thursday, November 7, the 311th day of 2019. There are 54 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On November 7, 1972, President Richard Nixon was re-elected in a landslide over Democrat George McGovern.

On this date: In 1848, the sloop Acheron arrived to survey New Zealand waters.

In 1862, during the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln replaced replace Major General George B McClellan as commander of the Army of the Potomac with Major General Ambrose Burnside.

In 1912, black boxing champion Jack Johnson was indicted in Chicago for allegedly violating the Mann Act with a white woman, Belle Schreiber. (The Mann Act was also known as the White Slave Traffic Act, but was used in all types of cases.) The Public Service Act was passed into law, creating a framework for New Zealand’s bureaucracy that was to endure until 1988.

In 1917, Russia’s Bolshevik Revolution took place as forces led by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin overthrew the provisional government of Alexander Kerensky.

In 1944, President Franklin D Roosevelt won an unprecedented fourth term in office, defeating Republican Thomas E Dewey.

In 1962, Richard M Nixon, having lost California’s gubernatorial race, held what he called his “last press conference,” telling reporters, “You won’t have Nixon to kick around anymore”.

In 1966, John Lennon first met Yoko Ono at the Indica Gallery in London.

In 1967, Carl Stokes was elected the first black mayor of a major city – Cleveland, Ohio.

In 1970, two climbers conquered the last unclimbed face of Aoraki/Mt Cook.

In 1973, Congress overrode President Richard Nixon’s veto of the War Powers Act, which limits a chief executive’s power to

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We’re going good New Zealand

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ne of the long-term challenges Jacinda Ardern’s government is facing is the global economy which, as you’ve seen, is faltering a bit.

But the latest set of government accounts shows New Zealand is in a good shape and performing better than many similar countries.

Together we’re running a great race, even though there’s a headwind about.

Every few months the Treasury gives an update on how the country is performing, which builds on all the other figures Statistics New Zealand puts out.

The figures show that we have a 10-year record low unemployment rate and wages rising at the fastest rate in a decade.

On top of that, the government’s also posted a solid surplus thanks to New Zealand’s economy performing better than predicted, and we’re paying down the country’s debt.

We’re posting a good surplus and keeping the economy growing well.

We’re also investing seriously in areas neglected for too long before we came to office.

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Across New Zealand, we’re building classrooms and schools, fixing up hospitals, building new roads and rail facilities, and investing in the Super Fund.

And what does that mean for us here?

Right here in Ashburton we’ve been able to invest in new classrooms and rebuilds for Ashburton College, Ashburton Intermediate and Allenton School.

We’ve been able to start the roll out of mental health workers with investments at Three Rivers Health.

New Zealand’s debt is 19.2 per cent of GDP, down substantially from the 21.8 per cent we inherited.

Lower debt means we have more options if a crisis or natural disaster hits our shores.

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Our progress isn’t coming at the expense of business, either, with corporate profits in New Zealand running ahead of forecasts.

That’s good news for shareholders, workers, and the government alike.

What makes New Zealand’s economy even more impressive is that we’re achieving these results while other countries are getting in a funk.

One look at the international news tells you there’s plenty of risk around in the world economy.

In Europe, nobody yet knows whether Brexit will happen, and if it does, whether there’ll be a deal behind it or not.

In the US, there’s drama aplenty involving President Trump and Congress.

And in China, there’s not only ongoing trade tensions with the US, but unrest in Hong Kong as well.

With all that uncertainty around, it’s no wonder the growth rate across the OECD club of wealthy countries is slowing – down to only 1.6 per cent a year in its latest figures.

But New Zealand’s economy is strong. We’re growing significantly faster than the OECD average, at 2.4 per cent.

We’re growing faster than Australia, Canada, Great Britain, and the European Union.

Now is no time for New Zealand to talk itself into joining the offshore funk.

I’m really proud that our government, under Jacinda Ardern’s leadership, is getting the balance right.

We’re investing where we need to invest, in mental health, cancer care, schools, housing, and transport.

And we’re doing it while making sure New Zealand’s economy can run strongly, with New Zealand firms generating more jobs, higher wages, and higher profits across the country.

Jo Luxton is a Labour list MP. The views, opinions, positions or strategies expressed by the author and those providing comments are theirs alone, and do not necessarily reflect the views, opinions, positions or strategies of the Ashburton Guardian Co Ltd or any employee thereof.

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Johnson Gluyas Tractors salesman Mel Roberts said sales have quietened, with people nervous about the political situation.

Above – Peter Etheridge, (left), of Drummond and Etheridge, and Origin Ag South Island product specialist Darryl Chambers were catching up with farmers at the Ashburton A&P Show.

PHOTOS HEATHER CHALMERS Left – Cochranes Ashburton branch manager Graeme Moore said farm machinery is getting bigger and more complex, particularly cultivation gear.

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Mid Canterbury agricultural machinery dealerships say sales are slow because of a lack of farmer confidence, despite good export returns for farm products.

Proposed Government freshwater and carbon emissions limits as well as banks tightening rural debt servicing was putting a dampener on sales, say the dealerships who had the latest gear and technology on display at the Ashburton A&P Show.

Peter Etheridge, of Drummond and Etheridge, said that, in his 60 years in the business, he had never known sales to be as slow when export returns were good.

While there had been downturns in the past, these were because of poor product prices.

“Lamb and beef prices have never been better, dairy is lifting and cropping is good.

“It has nothing to do with product prices, it is all to do with lack of confidence. If people are lacking confidence they don’t buy.

“The city people don’t understand where New Zealand’s income comes from,” Etheridge said.

“I have a friend who is 72 and has been farming all his life and now he needs a licence to farm.”

Etheridge’s father had started the company in 1928 and he had started in the business in 1959.

While they were still getting a reasonable number of inquiries, it was taking longer to make a deal, Etheridge said.

In addition to Drummond and Etheridge’s longstanding John Deere dealership, for the last three years the company had also offered cultivation and seeding equipment imported by Origin

Ag, New Zealand’s only farm machinery co-operative. This included the Gascon brand from Spain and Alpego from Italy as well as mowers from Austria.

Johnson Gluyas Tractors salesman Mel Roberts said sales had quietened. “People are a bit nervous about the political situation. I have heard that banks are putting the pressure on.

“There are still inquiries coming in, but people are taking time to make a decision.” The servicing side of the business was busy.

Big gear was expensive, with a new combine harvester worth about $500,000.

At the show, its New Holland Revelation combine harvester was fitted with tracks to prevent soil compaction. Rubber tracks spread the weight of a machine evenly across the ground surface, causing less disturbance to the soil below.

Canterbury farmers were reluctant to buy gear with tracks, which were more expensive than normal tyres, Roberts said. “In our soil conditions, it is not really needed.”

Tracks were ideal in wet conditions and to keep a narrower vehicle profile when travelling on roads, particularly in the United Kingdom and Europe.

Johnson Gluyas Tractors also offered Vaderstad and Horsch cultivation gear as well as the Kubota range.

Cochrane’s Ashburton branch manager Graeme Moore said farm machinery was getting bigger and more complex, particularly cultivation gear. This enabled farmers to make a seedbed in one pass, saving labour and diesel.

A Cambridge roller on display at the show was 12.3 metres wide, meaning fewer rounds of the paddock was required.

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■■OPINION

New Zealand butter is a bit better

By Bryan Gould

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any of us are still getting over the shock of the All Blacks’ semi-final World Cup loss. We are beginning to accept that it happened, not because the All Blacks didn’t try hard enough or did not want it enough, but because they came up against what was, on the day, a better team.

As we begin to adjust to the fact that a national icon has lost a little of its lustre, it is perhaps worth delving into our history to explore the origins of another national icon.

It was in this week, 133 years ago, that the Anchor brand was launched. Its birthplace was a dairy factory at Pukekura, Waikato, owned by local farmer and entrepreneur Henry Reynolds. The name for his butter was inspired, so the story goes, by a tattoo on the arm of one of his employees.

The recipe for the butter he produced was provided by an American, David Gemmell, who was farming near Hamilton and who eventually moved back to America. The market for the new product was greatly enlarged by the development of refrigerated shipping during the same decade.

Reynolds recognised the immense potential market that would be opened up by the advent of refrigeration. He established a cool store in London and sold Anchor butter direct to a range of shops in the capital. He also exported butter to Australia and Asia.

The butter rapidly became a consumer favourite, impressing with its taste and its keeping quality. As well as their success in overseas markets, Anchor’s butter, milk and cheese found their way on to tables across New Zealand and remain familiar items to this day.

And I can still hear and see, in my mind’s eye, my small niece, who grew up on a Waikato dairy farm, excitedly welcoming the daily arrival of the “Anchor tanker”.

And, in all the years I spent in the UK, I am proud to say that my wife and I remained loyal to the Anchor brand, regarding our regular purchases of Anchor butter in English supermarkets as a reminder of home – the fact that it tasted so good was also a factor.

The success of Anchor has of course played a huge part in New Zealand’s economic development and it can take a good share of the credit for the living standards we enjoy today.

We may be well recognised for our rugby, but the presence of Anchor butter on so many breakfast tables in far-flung countries has probably done more than any other factor to remind people that we exist and of who we are.

And it is worth reminding ourselves that, prominent as have been the All Blacks and great innovators like Ernest Rutherford and adventurers like Sir Edmund Hillary in offering the rest of the world a sense of what New Zealanders can achieve, there are less celebrated figures such as Henry Reynolds who have also made their contribution.

We should also recognise the contribution made by those thousands upon thousands of dairy farmers who have, over nearly a century and a half, and by dint of freezing on countless early mornings and by putting in hours of hard work, produced the fresh and pure milk on which the Anchor brand and New Zealand butter in general base their reputation.

Their role in helping feed the world should earn the gratitude of us all. As we begin to recognise the threat posed in some respects to our environment by the dairy industry, we should be careful not to throw the baby out with the bath water.

Our task now is to ensure that we develop new ways of farming that will reduce the emission of climate-warming gases.

We can expect our dairy farmers to address that task with the same determination, expertise and sense of purpose that have underpinned the success of New Zealand butter in home markets and those around the world.

We can all help by spreading a little more butter on our toast each morning. What could be nicer?

Bryan Gould is an ex-British MP and Waikato University vice-chancellor

David Carter As David Carter calls time on a 26 year parliamentary career, he signals his desire to continue his contribution to New Zealand’s primary industries, by putting his name forward for election as a Director of Ruralco.

“My passion has always been New Zealand agriculture, I have been a farmer for 47 years. If there is a way I can continue to contribute, I would love to do so.”

“I believe that having been privileged to be Minister of Agriculture and Minister for Primary Industries, I have a unique set of skills and experience that can be of benefit to Ruralco.”

“Farmers’ voices and concerns must be heard by all regulatory bodies, even the general public need to understand the importance of agriculture to the New Zealand economy. I believe I am well placed to help champion our cause.”

“Ruralco is an amazing agricultural cooperative that still has the ability to recognise its shareholders as individuals rather than a number.

It is challenged by its size and geographical stronghold.”

“I believe it has real opportunities to expand its shareholder base, particularly to Banks Peninsula and North Canterbury where I have farming interests.”

Carter further acknowledges the challenge facing any organisation as we increasingly move through the digital age.

“As agriculture and the generations evolve, more transactions will occur online. Ruralco must remain nimble and responsive to its shareholders’ needs.

We see that with this Director election; being conducted online for the first time in Ruralco’s history.”

Carter’s career includes five years as Speaker of Parliament, a governance role like no other.

“It made me more aware of other points of view, and the requirement as chair of proceedings, to bring discussion to a consensus conclusion.”

Voting opens on 5 November and is easily completed by logging on to the Ruralco website.

Dairy prices jump 3.7 per cent NZME Dairy prices jumped at yesterday morning’s Global Dairy Trade auction, the GDT price index rising by 3.7 per cent since the last auction a fortnight ago.

Whole milk powder (WMP) prices, which have the greatest bearing on Fonterra’s farmgate milk price forecast, rose by 3.6 per cent to $US3254 a tonne.

Skim powder prices, which also have a strong influence on the farmgate price, rose by 6.7 per cent to $US2924 a tonne.

In the other Fonterra reference products, buttermilk powder prices rose by 5.4 per cent to $US2786 a tonne, butter by 0.2 per cent to $US4117 a tonne, and anhydrous milk fat by 2.6 per cent to $US5191 a tonne.

WMP prices, after dipping mid-year, have remained above the important $US3000/ tonne level since July.

Fonterra last month shifted its 2019/20 forecast farmgate milk price range up by 30¢ to $6.55 - $7.55 per kg of milksolids.

The advance rate Fonterra pays its farmer owners will be set off the mid-point, $7.05 per kgMS, of the revised range, it said, up from $6.75 previously.

Dairy NZ’s latest estimate of the breakeven point for most farmers is $5.95/kg.

Fonterra’s milk price for the season just ended came in at $6.35/kg.

The farmgate price hit a record high of $8.40/kg in 2013/14 before slumping to $4.40/kg in 2014/15, and to $3.90/kg in 2015/16.

David Carter at the Ruralco Instore Days 2019

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Space mission to monitor methane

By Rebecca Howard NZME

An international space mission to help tackle climate change will be based in New Zealand as the government works toward a goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

Research, Science and Innovation Minister Megan Woods announced the government is putting $26 million toward MethaneSAT, a satellite designed to locate and measure methane from human sources worldwide and said the mission control centre would be in New Zealand.

“This is an ambitious science partnership between New Zealand and the Environmental Defense Fund that will see New Zealand at the forefront of developing and applying world-leading technology to the global challenge of managing greenhouse gas emissions,” Woods said.

The New York-based Environmental Defense Fund is a non-profit organisation with more than 2.5 million members.

The announcement followed yesterday’s parliamentary debate

on the so-called Zero Carbon Bill, during which National MP and former agriculture minister Nathan Guy questioned what the government was proposing in order to turbocharge climate change-related research and development.

The bill passed its second reading with almost unanimous support of 119 votes in favour and just one against.

As part of the target to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, the bill proposes a 10 per cent cut in methane emissions by 2030, with levels in 2050 to be 24 to 47 per cent lower than those in 2017 – a goal that has alarmed farmers in the absence of technology that would assist its achievement.

Methane is a powerful global warming gas emitted by cows, sheep and other cattle and accounts for some 35 per cent of all New Zealand’s GHG emissions, although it has a far shorter life compared to the main global warming gas, carbon dioxide.

The methane targets have been a “big bugbear” for the rural sector said Guy, adding that “hardly anyone in the agriculture community

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threaten food production should be incorporated into the very purpose of this bill.

“We think that the provisions to keep us in line with the actions of other countries should be strengthened.

“We think that the commission should be required to consider the

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came to the select committee and said ‘bring it on, we can do this’.”

National is lobbying for the independent Climate Change Commission to set the methane target rather than having it enshrined in law.

“We think that saying that the Paris Agreement action should not

economic impacts of action and to advise governments of the day on that, because anything else is negligent,” National MP Nicola Willis said.

One key challenge highlighted by members of the agricultural sector has been exactly how to measure methane emissions.

MethaneSat will initially focus on human sources. However, Woods has the agricultural sector on the radar.

“While the Environmental Defense Fund’s initial priority for the mission is to collect emissions data from the oil and gas industry, we will investigate the possibility of New Zealand using the data to lead an agricultural science component of the mission,” Woods said.

MethaneSAT is scheduled for launch in 2022. The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment and the EDF will confirm the location of the New Zealand-based mission control centre as well as New Zealand’s role in the launch and the science components of the mission in the coming months.

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Pushpay Holdings has its eyes on buying other companies to aid its long-term goal of attracting more than half of America’s medium and large churches as positive cash flow fills its coffers.

The digital church collection payment app maker started generating a positive operating cash flow over the past 12 months, and that stepped up to $US8.9 million in the six months ended September 30 from about $US2 million in the March period.

That turned around an outflow of $US5.1 million a year earlier.

Pushpay was sitting on $US9.9 million in cash at September 30 and another $US13 million in a term deposit, putting it in a position to accelerate its growth through acquisition.

“As we continue to execute on our strategy, we are also actively evaluating potential strategic acquisitions that broaden Pushpay’s current proposition and add significant value to the current business,” the company said.

Earlier this year, Pushpay had said it was evaluating potential acquisitions.

The company reported a profit of $US6.5 million in the September half, turning around a loss of $US4.4 million a year earlier. Revenue climbed 30 per cent to $US57.4 million as it processed $US2.2 billion of transactions, up from $US1.5 billion a year earlier.

“We expect continued growth in total processing volume driven by a larger proportion of new medium and large customers, further development of our product set resulting in higher adoption and usage, increased adoption of digital giving in the US faith sector, and increased giving to religion in the US,” Pushpay said.

Church customer numbers rose to 7905 from 7420 a year earlier, while monthly average revenue per customer was up 20 per cent at $US1272.

Pushpay has been focused on improving margin by stripping out costs. It also got a tailwind from a weaker New Zealand dollar, mean-

ing the cost of product design and development is cheaper when converted into US dollars.

Product design and development costs were down 7 per cent at $US7.8 million in the half.

The company’s gross margin widened to 65 per cent from 57 per cent a year earlier, which it put down to more revenue and keeping a lid on costs. Pushpay still managed to expand the size of its workforce, with 360 staff compared to 354 a year earlier.

Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, amortisation and foreign exchange movements were $US9.6 million, turning around an ebitdaf-loss of $US3.1 million a year earlier.

Pushpay affirmed annual guidance for ebitaf of $23-25 million in the March year on revenue of $US121-124 million. Total processing volume is estimated to be $US4.8-5 billion for the year.

The shares last traded at $3.17, and are up 0.6 per cent so far this year, lagging behind a 23 per cent gain for the S&P/NZX 50 Index.

Virgin Aust to axe Christchurch to Sydney flights NZME Loss-making Virgin Australia is axing its Christchurch to Sydney flights and cutting back on flying out of Auckland.

The airline has struggled over the last six years and new chief executive Paul Scurrah announced a number of cuts in addition to its trans-Tasman reductions and domestic Australian reductions.

After reporting a $377 annual loss in August it said it would cut 750

jobs, merge business divisions as part of a sweeping review of its operations.

It had already trimmed its Christchurch flights to a summer seasonal service four times a week but yesterday scrapped the service and said it will reduce its Auckland-Sydney service from 19 to 14 services a week.

Its Boeing 737s face strong competition from Air New Zealand and Qantas which often fly larger, widebody planes that are popular with

passengers and allow them to price tickets aggressively.

Virgin Australia said the airline would also reduce capacity by 2 per cent in the Australian domestic market. It will also cut five aircraft from its fleet.

Virgin is not the only Australian-based airline finding the going tough in this country. Jetstar will quit flying on regional routes next month, citing high operating costs and disappointing demand as reasons for the decision.

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sented her with a small gift and left us feeling all the better for meeting Sarah.

Thank you Sarah for a wonderful afternoon.

Arts & Crafts Circle Friday October 18 Arts & Crafts Circle had a really inspirational afternoon when Bev Watkins gave us an insight into her world of embroidery through the years.

Such beautiful pieces finely embroidered. Her little embroidered house was fantastic along with Hardanga, stump work and embroidery on satin, just a few of her beautiful pieces. Thank you Bev for your wonderful display.

Edith showed examples of her “Diamond Embroidery”, this created a lot of interest also for members. Bead dot is an art of placing beads on adhesive surface to create lovely designs. Edith’s design of her black cat was just delightful.

Such talented ladies giving us a most enjoyable afternoon.

Ashburton Bowling Club members’ results for the past week, played in what has been a fine week, are as follows: An omission – in the Gill Trophy at Hinds on October 27, Peter Collins came second as part of a composite team.

In the Friday Triples at Hampstead last week, Doug Kinvig, Des Prendergast, Peter Quinn came 3rd with 3 wins, 15 ends.

On October 31, Ashburton ladies fours were finalised thus; 1st life, semi-final – Diane Gutberlet’s team beat Margaret Eder’s team 18-8. 2nd life, semi-final – Diane Gutlerbet’s team beat Shirley Taylor’s team 26-13. Diane, Diana King, Shirley Maw and Alison Gibbs are therefore the Ladies fours champions for 2019/2020, having won both sides of the draw with 2 lives intact.

Runner-up match will be played on Tuesday, November 7 at 9.30am between Margaret Eder’s team and Shirley Taylor’s team.

This past weekend the men’s ¾’s went to Woolston Park, losing 1-2 in the morning, but in the afternoon they won at home 3-0 against Elmwood Park.

Congratulations to both Brentton Donaldson and Leonie Spargo on gaining rep selection into the Country Team, with Brentton winning his two games against the Canterbury team.

On Saturday November 2, our rollover triples were played by those who braved the glorious hot sunshine, whilst others chose to go to the Ashburton Show. The winners were Trevor Watson, Heather Gray, Charlie Rooke with 2 wins and 9 ends. And second were Owen Gray, Margaret Carnachan, Alison Gibbs, Bob Wilson with 1 win and 7 ends.

Good bowling everyone!

Ashburton Golf Club Just a quick note this week from tour HQ. Seems like Josh Cochrane carried Paul Greer to a win last Saturday in the 4 ball pairs game shooting a net 59 just pipping Neil Macdonald and Don McQuarters on countback.

This Saturday we have the semi-final of the RMF Silva cup, the top 25 are locked in we are playing a par round for the Barnett and Bermaline trophies one for handicaps above 18 and one for 18 and below. The best score of the top 25 will get 15 points. When it’s all sorted the bottom 5 will again be cut and the top 20 move into the final in a fortnight.

Tour is lots of fun, played Avondale, Russley, Waitakiri and Clearwater, which was amazing. Heading over the hills to Akaroa then finish with Shirley and Harewood. Hoppy and Perry are leading the tour at present with the two Pats fighting out for the wooden spoon. See you all Saturday, good golfing.

Cavendish Club Music Circle October 11 was an afternoon we will all remember for quite a while. Sarah Heney knew how to pull at our heart strings with her guitar playing and beautiful singing voice. It was interesting to hear of her life growing up and how music has been a large part of her life.

She played lovely old songs which we sang along to, a song she had written for her dying sister and finished with “How Great Thy Art”.

At afternoon tea time several came to congratulate and talk to her. June pre-

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MSA Outdoor Bowling Club It’s been a busy time on the greens around the county as the Bowling season cranks up with tournaments becoming very regular. Our club members have been doing the club proud with the team of John Argyle, Mike Skilling and Darcy Lysaght taking out the major prize money at Ashburtons Friday Triples on October 25 Tournament.

Sunday November 3 in 30 degrees heat we hosted the Richmond Club in our annual Loftus Cup Tournament which sees Ashburton leading 9 games to 8 with 4 games drawn going into our return game in March a great day of bowls and friendship had by all involved.

Our club Fours Championship has been completed with the combination of Tony Inwood, Terry Caldwell, John Moffatt and Robin Petrie taking out a very evenly fought championship. Congratulations to Shane Calder on his win with his fours team in the annual Bowls Canterbury Town v Country event.

Monday November 4 saw the Sub Centre Over 70s event at Hinds with 8 club members fronting up for a second day of hot temperatures. Well done John Moffatt being part of the winning combination once again. 2nd place team included our own Charlie Cleghorn with Dave Muir skipping the third placed team, a very good effort by all players on a very enjoyable day.

A reminder with the Fours completed keep those championship games rolling over. Good luck to the inter club team with this competition kicking off this week.

Good bowling all.

Neighbourhood Support Mid Canterbury The Annual General Meeting of the Ashburton District Neighbourhood Support Inc was held recently, with many people attending.

The Chairperson gave her report and said it has been a challenging year. The Gets Ready Computer system to Mid Canterbury was promoted on the radio and in newspaper. As at October 2019 there were 4941 households registered on Gets Ready. Gets Ready is recognised by Civil Defence - it received an innovation award from the Director of Civil Defence Emergency Management in 2016. It is a purpose built web system where residents can securely record

Former President (twice) Jean Wragg (left) catches up with Hazel Benke at the recent 60th anniversary celebrations.

Save the Children NZ - Ashburton The Ashburton branch of Save the Children NZ has this year celebrated the 100th anniversary of the founding of Save the Children in England and the 60th anniversary of our own existence in Ashburton; together with holding a “Pop Up” shop; an Easter raffle; and a stall and raffle connected with Boulevard Day. The organisation was founded by Eglantyne Jebb on the 19th May 1919.

It is recorded that “Eglantyne Jebb has been described as one of the world’s most charismatic, fiercely intelligent and influential champions of human rights. She was a pioneer who changed the way children were treated. She challenged convention, changed perspectives and forged a new future for the world’s most deprived children. Her achievements of putting children’s welfare on the world’s agenda rank as one of the great triumphs of humanity.” their contact details and any special needs, resources and skills they want to share, to help their local community look after each other in an emergency. It is a tool the Council may use to share emergency warnings. These may include wind, snow, fire warnings, water quality warnings and fire rules and other messages with members. They arrive as email and / or texts. This is a system that has been built with Neighbourhood Support and Civil Defence groups in mind.

The Co-Ordinator, Christine Richards advised it had been a busy twelve months with a growth in the number of new groups and with the increasing numbers of people registering online to Ashburton Gets Ready.

Thanks were extended to the street contacts for the work they do in welcoming newcomers to their respective groups.

The board has decided to change the names to Neighbourhood Support Mid

Our own branch was founded on the 26th August 1959. This followed a meeting on the 13th August 1959, sponsored by the Ashburton Branch of the National Council of Women and presided over by the Mayor of Ashburton (Mr A.A. McDonald) heard from the guest speaker, the strong and determined, tough and invincible Minnie Havelaar (who founded Save the Children in New Zealand). The meeting resolved to establish a branch of the fund in Ashburton, the 10th in New Zealand, with Mrs J.A. Reid as chairman.

Today, our New Zealand programme focusses on advocating to Government to improve policies to make life better for all New Zealand children.

It is believed this approach enables SCNZ to have an impact for a greater number of children, compared to the programmes we ran in the past for small groups of individuals. We have Canterbury and Gets Ready Mid Canterbury.

Veronica Rabbitt was re-elected as Chairperson, as Ivan Blain is retiring from the Board he was presented with a certificate in appreciation.

The guest speaker was Senior Sergeant Leigh Jenkins, he advised that three new recruits are coming to the Ashburton Police Station. He was thanked for his address and afternoon tea was served.

Wakanui WI On a fine Wednesday afternoon members of Wakanui WI met at Trott’s Gardens and had an enjoyable stroll through the lovely array of flowers, trees and shrubs. Rhododendrons and azaleas all under planted with woodland plants and groundcover gave a beautiful sight.

The complicated Knot Gardens are something to behold – what a challenge for the gardeners!

As the gardens are now run by a Chari-

DRAWS ■■ Bowls Ashburton Bowling Club November 10 Open Triples - sponsored by: Skip-2-It Flooring Xtra with grateful thanks 12.30pm start - Whites or Club colours to be worn.

The following Skips have entered teams.

M Behrns, G Bishop, G Clarke, P Collins, G Eder, S Fleetwood, G Eddington, R Gutberlet, R Herriott, B Holdom, J Kewish, B Mayson, J Ryk, W. Suttie, B White, B Williams

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Ashburton Golf Club November 9 Weekend Ladies Winifred Tucker Memorial Brooch - report 8.15am for 8.45am start Convenors S Bradford 0211590983/B Fechney 0211305366 November 12 Mid-Week Ladies Winifred Tucker Memorial Brooch - report 8.30am for 9.00am start Starters M Watson/D Hinton

table Trust there is no admission charge but the Institute made a substantial donation.

Following our garden visit members moved to Secretary Isabell Page’s home for a meeting.

President Juliana Protheroe welcomed members and all recited the Aspirations.

Motto for the month was – “Be a busy person, not a busybody “.

A donation was made to the Ashburton St John Shuttle.

Kay reported on the Federation Half-Yearly meeting at Rakaia where Wakanui past-secretary, Sue Kent won the best Annual Report for 2018.

Bay and Tray entries for the A & P Show are all in hand and members will also help selling raffle tickets.

Wakanui members will supply flowers to the Hospital in December.

Our final meeting for the year will be lunch at the Ashburton Hotel on Wednesday November 27.

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numerous overseas programmes as well, many based in the Pacific.

It is with deep sadness and regret that we have to conclude this report with the news that the branch of Save the Children NZ in Ashburton will be closing down. The rules and regulations contained in the Child Safeguarding Policy and Article 19 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989) make it impossible for us to continue.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all our volunteers over the past 60 years, and there have been many, for their friendship and time and commitment to the cause. Also to the many spouses, family and friends who have been co-opted to give assistance over the years. While we are sad and disappointed, we consider that SCNZ remains one of the best children’s welfare charities and worthy of support.

Thank you Ashburton for your support.

November 14 Nine Hole Men and Women Closing Day – Greensome - report 9.15am for 9.30am start Convenor M Morgan 0279645380; Club Captain S Lemon 0274054910

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Jacquie Murdock 112-53-59, Judy Fielder 107-40-67, Marilyn Cross 100-32-68, Joan Stocker 104-35-69, Mr Manns Bakery & Café 2nd Shot No 2 Marilyn Cross, No 11 Jan Clucas, Sims Bakery Nearest the Pin No 5, Joan Johns, No 14 Marilyn Cross.

Twos No 14 Marilyn Cross. Longest Drive Grade 0-29 Helen Rapsey, 30+ Sue Graham

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November 5 Mildred Doak - 3 Clubs Val Prendergast 74 9 Hole Competition Stroke Maureen Colville 34, Shirley Young 36, Denise Morgan 36

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Chargers, NFL deny shift to London AP Los Angeles Chargers owner Dean Spanos is emphatically denying reports that his franchise and the NFL are looking into relocating the team to London.

“We’re not going to London.

We’re not going anywhere. We’re playing in Los Angeles,” Spanos said yesterday. “This is our home, and this is where we are planning to be for a long (expletive) time. Period.”

The Athletic reported Monday that the Chargers have been discussed by the league as a possible option to relocate to London because of the team’s struggles to build a fan base in Los Angeles.

The Chargers are in their third season in LA after Spanos moved the team from its longtime San Diego home, and they play in the league’s smallest stadium – the 27,000-seat Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson.

The Chargers will move next year to the new SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, which they will share with the Rams.

The NFL also released a statement saying there is no substance to the report about a possible Chargers move.

The statement read: “No consideration has been given to the Chargers playing anywhere other than Los Angeles at the new stadium in Hollywood Park next season and beyond.

“There have been no discussions of any kind between the NFL and the Chargers regarding moving to London.

“Both our office and the Chargers are entirely focused on the success of the team in Los Angeles.”

Coach Anthony Lynn said there wasn’t anything to the report, and quarterback Philip Rivers had no comment Tuesday.

The Chargers (4-5) travel to Oakland (4-4) tonight.

Hot day on the Hinds greens Preparing to send a bowl rolling down the green in sweltering conditions at the Hinds Bowling Club on Monday was John Moffatt. He was one of those taking part in the annual Mid Canterbury over-70s bowling tournament, where shade was the place to be when you weren’t the one with bowls in hand. It was a good day for Moffatt and his team-mates David Isherwood and Trevor Johnson, who took the tournament out.

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Breakers sign former NBA player Glen Rice In a bid to keep an already strong season alive during an injury-plagued period, the New Zealand Breakers have brought in the NBA experience of Glen Rice Junior as a nominated injury replacement player to cover for Scotty Hopson.

Hopson split a ligament in his knee against the Cairns Taipans last Thursday and there is still no definite date on when he will return.

With starters Rob Loe and Finn Delany also injured, the Breakers have called up a free agent in Rice who will transform the side the moment he steps on court.

The 28-year-old shooting guard has had NBA stints with the Philadelphia 76ers and Washington Wizards but particularly shone on court under the guidance of Dan Shamir at Hapoel Holon last year.

In one season in Israel under Shamir, he was the league leader averaging 24.5 points, 7.9 rebounds, 4.7 assists and 1.9 steals per game.

“I remember very vividly we put him in the first game after we signed him and immediately everyone on the team realised what he can do for us and his effect on our team as a whole,” said Shamir.

“Very quickly we became probably the strongest and most exciting team in the league and I’m definitely hoping he will bring the same thing to the Breakers.”

Shamir acknowledges Rice has sometimes struggled in his career to be a model professional off the court.

Glen Rice Junior

“Everyone who knows Glen or can Google his name would see he has had a few incidents in his career but my personal experience with him is his ability to create a winning team and to affect the team in a positive way was way more significant than anything else,” said Shamir.

“I am hoping Glen will like it here, I am hoping our team is a great place for players like Glen and for me it’s all about us becoming the best team we can be.”

Rice arrived in Auckland yesterday.

Breakers owner Matt Walsh said Rice was potentially the biggest talent to ever come to the NBL. “We know him, I know him probably the most, we took everything into account, and we believe in what he can bring us.

“The stability and underlying values of the Breakers is exactly the environment someone like Glen needs to focus on being the best player he can be.

Fined for whip Kiwi Melbourne Cup runner-up jockey Michael Walker has been suspended for excessive use of the whip during the race that stopped the nation.

Walker’s Prince of Arran was promoted from third to second in the final finishing order after Master of Reality’s protest was upheld.

However, Walker’s celebrations were soured somewhat when a Racing Victoria stewards hearing found him guilty of excessive whipping.

He was handed a seven-meeting ban and a $10,000 fine, which cuts into his prize money of around $50,000 for piloting the second horse in the cup. Stewards found he applied the whip 12 times before the final 100m – far exceeding the five whips allowed.

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ith three weeks until we hit the start line, it’s time to start thinking about putting your race day gear and skills to the test and ensuring the running shoes are well broken in, and you’re confident you can change a tyre!

Gear and check for mountain bikers: Service check – if your bike needs a service or you know you’ll go more confidently into the race with this done then make sure you’ve got your bike booked in and get it done. Collate all the gear you will need to change/repair and inflate your tyre and be prepared to change the tyre so you don’t end up with a DNF (did not finish).

If you are clipped in, check cleats on shoes are tight and that you have the right amount of float in your pedals. Check brakes and run through all your gears. Know your favourite riding gear and make sure you have done a ride in them, there is nothing worse than finishing a race with unwanted chaffing.

Sort your hydration and any race food/supplements that you are going to use, test these out in training to make sure it’s something your tummy can handle.

Gear check for walk and runners: If you have new shoes or are contemplating them then this is the week to put them on your feet! Give yourself time to walk/ run those new shoes in, and if you can shout yourself a new decent pair of socks, your feet will love you for them!

If you know you are prone to blisters then make sure you’ve got blister packs ready. Sort out

WWE stars held hostage over dispute NZME WWE wrestlers were “held hostage” in Saudi Arabia and stopped from boarding flights back to the US in a row over payment, according to reports.

Nearly 200 stars of the Smackdown brand and their entourage were ordered to wait on the tarmac for six hours at Riyadh International by Saudi’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

The prince, or MBS as he is nicknamed, was allegedly furious that Vince McMahon, World Wrestling Entertainment’s chief executive, had cancelled the live feed of the show “Crown Jewel in Saudi Arabia” because the company was owed up to $500m for two shows in the kingdom last year.

The delay meant the wrestlers missed a live show in Buffalo, New York, the following day – with the no-show being blamed on “’mechanical issues”.

There’s just three weeks to go until the Longbeach Coastal Challenge. and test your favourite walking/ running gear.

Are you in shorts no matter what or do you prefer tights if it’s going to be cold? Hat? Vest? Make sure you have tested all options out in training.

If entering a longer event or running with children then you may consider carrying a hydrapak (backpack with water/ liquids) and some race food/ supplements.

Racing with my children, I wear a 2l hydrapak and carry jet planes to give them as required.

If doing a longer event myself,

I wear a race belt and take gels as per my race plan. Remember to test race food/gels in training so your tummy knows what to expect!

For those of you following the training programmes for longer events, here’s what is on this week: Week three training summary, courtesy of Team CP – 35km mountain bike, four sessions made up of: 1 x 75 min hard cycle; 2 x 90 min steady cycle, 1 x 120 min steady ride.

12km run, four sessions made up of: 1 x 55 min steady run, 1 x

strength or circuit session, 1 x 60 min group run, 1 x 80 min steady run.

21km run, five sessions made up of: 1 x 55 min steady runs, 1 x strength or circuit session, 1 x 60 min group run, 1 x 40 min steady run, 120 min moderate run.

All other days are rest days. It is advised that you finish with five minutes of stretching, going through your main muscle groups, or use a foam roller to roll your muscles out. This will help your recovery.

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Rachael Rickard is the marketing and publicity co-ordinator for the 2019 Ruralco Longbeach Coastal Challenge. She is currently training for the Queenstown Half Marathon and will be trying hard not to get beaten by her 6 & 7-year-olds in the 5km at the Longbeach Coastal Challenge.

Kiwi motivated to play for sick father NZME When he runs out for the Kiwis on Saturday night, Jamayne Isaako will get an opportunity that didn’t seem likely earlier in the year.

In June, the young winger was rocked by the news that his father, Taai, had been diagnosed with terminal cancer and had been given just one week to live.

Taai was diagnosed in May after collapsing at work and has undergone chemotherapy twice.

Now, Isaako will get to run out for his country in front of his father and other members of family in his hometown of Christchurch against Great Britain.

“It’s huge,” Isaako said of getting the opportunity to play in front of his family. “Dad was at every single one of my games in Australia last year, but coming down with terminal cancer this year; he didn’t get the opportunity to come to any games this year.

“Being able to come back home to Christchurch and play in front of him is huge for me. It’ll

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be a huge motivation for me this weekend.”

The 23-year-old earns his second start for the Kiwis in as many weeks for Saturday’s game, after scoring his first try for the side in their win over Great Britain in Auckland last week.

While he’s in town on Kiwis duty, Isaako has made sure to

split his time between work and family, and has been spending as much time as possible with his father.

“We had a bit of down time on Monday and I got down to the hospital and sat next to him while he was doing his chemo,” Isaako said.

“We’ve got a bit of down time

[today] so I’ll probably spend some time with him and take him out for the day. I’m trying to spend as much time as I can with him while being back home.”

The Kiwis will take on Great Britain in the back end of a double-header on Saturday, with Fiji taking on Papua New Guinea in the opening match.

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In brief

Panel to pick ABs coach AP New Zealand Rugby has announced the panel which will select a new All Blacks head coach to replace Steve Hansen, just as the competition for the position became more complicated.

NZR chairman Brent Impey, who will sit on the panel, said a small group of coaches “familiar with New Zealand’s professional rugby environment” had been approached and invited to apply.

Impey said short-listing, interviews and negotiations will be conducted through November and early December and the successful applicant will be announced later that month.

The panel will comprise Impey, incoming chief executive Mark Robinson, NZR head of high performance Mike Anthony, former All Blacks head coach Graham Henry and former New Zealand netball coach Waimarama Taumaunu.

“This is a hugely exciting time for New Zealand Rugby,” Impey said. “We know that the All Blacks and New Zealand have been served well by exceptional coaches, so we are well aware of the importance of the task ahead.

“We believe we have an excellent group of people on the panel, balancing the experience of winning high-performance teams and leadership with external perspective and experience.”

The appointment of a new head coach and assistants appeared to become more complex yesterday after comments made by current Japan assistant coach and former All Blacks flyhalf Tony Brown.

Brown said he had been asked to work as an assistant to two

SBW’s $10m deal Sonny Bill Williams has reportedly agreed to the richest contract in rugby league and union history, accepting a $10 million deal to return to the 13-man code. Danny Weidler reported on Nine News Williams had accepted the jawdropping, two-year deal with English Super League side the Toronto Wolfpack. “He’s made his mind up to play for the Toronto Wolfpack who play in the English Super League,” Weidler said. “The deal is stunning – $10m for two years work. “Incredible money.”

A spokesperson for the Toronto Wolfpack has told NZME that while they are in active discussions with Williams, they do not expect any formal announcement to be made today, though an update on the situation is likely to come later in the week.

- NZME

Aussies close gap

New Zealand Rugby has appointed a panel to select a replacement for All Blacks coach Steve Hansen.

PHOTO AP of the leading candidates for Hansen’s role, current All Blacks assistant Ian Foster and Crusaders Super Rugby coach Scott Robertson.

In rejecting both approaches, Brown said he would only work with current Japan head coach Jamie Joseph. Joseph and Brown have a long and successful coaching partnership, guiding the Highlanders to the Super Rugby title and Japan to the quarter-finals of the World Cup. It isn’t yet clear whether Joseph

will apply for the All Blacks role or stay in Japan, and Brown said he would stick with Joseph whatever his decision.

“I made a decision I’m going to stay with Jamie,” Brown said on Sky Sports television. “If he applies for the All Blacks, I’m in. If he stays with Japan, I’m in.

“We both want to coach the All Blacks but we both want to do it at the right time. Whether the right time is now, I hope it is or it may not be. It may be in four years ...”

Hansen has strongly endorsed Foster as his successor and his comments were echoed Tuesday

by All Blacks playmaker Beauden Barrett.

“I’ve really loved worked with (Foster) over the last eight years,” Barrett said. “He’s a very intelligent coach, a great team man and hopefully we can have some continuity going forward.”

Hansen was All Blacks head coach for eight years from 2011, winning 93 of his 107 matches in charge.

Saracens penalised for financial doping AP English and European champion Saracens was docked 35 points and fined more than 5.3 million pounds ($NZ6.9 million) for multiple breaches of Premiership Rugby’s salary cap regulations.

Club chairman Nigel Wray said they intended to appeal, which would delay the sanctions.

An independent panel led

by John Dyson, a former judge, found the London-based club failed to disclose payments to players in each of the 2016-17, 2017-18, and 2018-19 seasons, and exceeded the ceiling for payments to senior players. Saracens won the European Cup in 2017, the Premiership in 2018, and both this year.

The panel was established after a nine-month Premiership Rugby investigation led to charges being brought in June. The panel upheld all the charges.

Saracens had six players in the starting XV and another in the reserves for England in the Rug-

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England’s Owen Farrell returns from the RWC in Japan.

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by World Cup final last Saturday, including captain Owen Farrell, Maro Itoje, and Billy Vunipola.

Another Saracen opposed them, South Africa prop Vincent Koch.

Other stars for the club include Wales fullback Liam Williams, Scotland wing Sean Maitland, and United States prop Titi Lamositele.

“This is absolutely devastating for everyone associated with this amazing group of players, staff,

partners, and fans,” Wray said.

“It has been acknowledged by the panel that we never deliberately sought to mislead anyone or breach the cap and that’s why it feels like the rug is being completely pulled out from under our feet. We will appeal all the findings.”

The cap was increased from 6.5 million pounds to 7 million pounds before the 2017-18 season.

A separate statement from the club defended the use of co-investment arrangements with players, and stated “PRL precedent already exists whereby co-investments have not been deemed part of salary in the regulations”.

The club admitted some administrative errors had been made that led to some transactions not being disclosed to Premiership Rugby, and apologised for those errors.

However, it added: “It is the club’s belief that the panel’s narrow interpretation of the regulations is detrimental to player welfare across the league and is damaging the development of elite level rugby in the UK.” Saracens has been the most successful English side of the last decade, winning five Premiership titles since 2011.

In February, Harlequins was fined 6239.50 pounds after exceeding the Premiership salary cap in the 2017-18 season by 12,479 pounds.

Australia’s football federation and players’ union say they have agreed on a new collective bargaining agreement that closes the pay gap between the men’s and women’s national teams. The new four-year CBA announced yesterday ensures the Socceroos and Matildas receive a 24 per cent share of an agreed aggregate of generated revenues in 2019-20, rising by 1 per cent each year.

Under the agreement, players are entitled to 40 per cent of prize money on qualifying for a FIFA World Cup, representing an increase from 30 per cent. That share of prize money increases to 50 per cent if they progress to the knockout stage of the competition.

- AP

Punters rejoice The TAB has congratulated one Kiwi punter who would have been shouting beers after Vow And Declare’s win in the Melbourne Cup yesterday. The prophetic punter dished out $500 on Vow And Declare — after he won the Tattersall’s Cup on October 26. At the time, the cup winner was at $101 odds, pocketing the punter a cool $50,500. Two other big spenders had Vow And Declare at $14.50 odds, with a $20,000 bet and $17,000 bet taking home $290,000 and $246,500. A TAB punter also claimed the biscuits with a $20 bet that nabbed $56,497.40 after picking the first four with Vow And Declare, Prince Of Arran, Il Paradiso and Master Of Reality. The punter was unaffected by the protest — unlike many trifecta punters who were sweating on the result.

- NZME

Duke edges Kansas Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski was pleased with his young team’s poise in the season opener, especially that of sophomore Tre Jones. Jones scored 15 points and Cassius Stanley added 11 of his 13 points in the second half to help No. 4 Duke beat third-ranked Kansas 68-66 in the opener of the Champions Classic at Madison Square Garden. “The difference maker was Tre. Lot of young guys, lot of new guys,” Krzyzewski said.

“We really tried to play good defense in our first 30 practices.

We played really good defense (tonight). It starts with that kid.

Really happy with my team. Terrific win for us.”

- AP

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Kennedy scores treble on home track There weren’t too many smiles bigger than Terry Kennedy’s at Wingatui racecourse on Tuesday.

The Otago trainer recorded a treble at his home meeting and he was delighted with the result.

“It was great to win on a day like that,” he said. “I have done it before, but it’s always nice to get a treble.”

Kennedy was also pleased to perform well on his home track, which he believes is a big assist to his horses.

“It’s always good to win on the home track,” he said.

“Horses seem to race well here and with no travel they get home and recover quickly.”

Kennedy began the meeting in fine style, taking out the opening two races with Ray’s In Command and Bakela, while Havana Heights cleared maidens later in the card.

Kennedy was relatively confident with the trio heading

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into Tuesday.

“I thought they all had pretty good chances,” he said. “They had all been working well and had some nice lead-up runs, so I thought they would all go pretty well.”

Kennedy’s colours also finished prominently in three other races, with Reliable Belle, Juliette, and Secret Sound placing in their respective races.

“They went well and they could all win a race pretty shortly,” he said.

With the treble, Kennedy took his season tally to seven wins from just 42 starts, just one win shy of last year’s total.

“I’m having a good start so far and I hope it continues,” he said.

– NZ Racing Desk Right – Havana Heights was one of three winners for trainer Terry Kennedy at Wingatui on Tuesday.

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Invercargill harness Today at Ascot Park

Invercargill Harness Racing Club Inc Venue: Ascot Park Raceway Meeting Date: 07 November 2019 NZ Meeting number: 7 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8 Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 6, 7 and 8 1 3.05pm (NZT) WOODLANDS STUD DRIVERS DAY MOBILE PACE $8000, r40., mobile, 2200m 1 68029 Dreaminsover (1) fr.....................R McIlwrick 2 090x0 Geoff’s Legacy (2) fr........................ E Swain 3 26950 Ellnbac (3) fr.................................B McLellan 4 54326 Black Ops (4) fr..................................A Beck 5 60x00 Vintage Rose (5) fr......................... K Barclay 6 8929x Nightmarch (6) fr..............................R Swain 7 70484 Shindal (7) fr............................ M Williamson 8 00x80 Fatherdantherodeoman (8) fr.....M Hurrell (J) 9 7778x Kagee VC (21) fr..................... J Morrison (J) 2 3.33pm AMERICAN IDEAL-LIMITED SPACES AVAILABLE MBLPACE $10,000, non-winners 3yo+ mr46 to mr50., mobile, 2200m 1 6367x Stavros The Terror (1) fr.................B Orange 2 090 Racing Minister (2) fr............... J Morrison (J) 3 8x33 Undercover Mac (3) fr.................... K Barclay 4 Sly Tricks (4) fr..................... K McNaught (J) 5 09x82 Ronnie Pickering (5) fr................... B Barclay 6 6x824 Targaryen (6) fr...............................K Larsen 7 A Smidgen More (7) fr.............. N Williamson

8 897x0 Tathra (8) fr..................................... P Hunter 3 4.03pm DOWNBYTHESEASIDE-FAST, FRESH, FERTILE MBL PACE $8000, non-winners mr40 to mr45., mobile, 2200m 1 99L8x Lucas Hood (1) fr........................R McIlwrick 2 89880 Marsue (2) fr.................................. A Armour 3 9x257 Delight N Gold (3) fr......................... E Swain 4 07032 Bub’s VC (4) fr.......................... N Williamson 5 x0236 Kramer (5) fr......................................S Ottley 6 73336 The Naenae Express (6) fr.................A Beck 7 x540x Bella Sara (7) fr 8 94749 Phoebe’s Delight (8) fr.................B McLellan 9 56357 Hans Ideal (21) fr..................S Tomlinson (J) 4 4.28pm WHAT THE HILL-THE FUTURE OF TROTTING HCP TROT $9000, 4yo+ r40-r70 spechcp inv.d, stand, 2700m 1 50x95 Only One Way (1) fr....................... B Barclay 2 15866 The Night Sweats (2) fr.........S Tomlinson (J) 3 45x83 Fanny Hill (3) fr...............................B Orange 4 87771 Whatwillbeewillbee (U1) fr.........M Hurrell (J) 5 x7743 Rydgemont Milly (1) 20M......... M Williamson 6 10x61 Somethings Burning (2) 20M... N Williamson 7 16312 Winning Bones (3) 20M...................... R May 8 52538 That’s The Story (1) 30M............... K Barclay 5 5.00pm BETTORS DELIGHT INVITED DRIVERS

M3 Otago Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Forbury Park Raceway Meeting Date: 07 November 2019 NZ Meeting number: 3 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9; 10 and 11; 12 and 13; 14 and 15 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12; 13, 14 and 15 1 12.15pm (NZT) FORBURY PARK FIRST 4 SPRINT C0, 310m 1 677x4 Homebush Surgeon nwtd..........J McInerney 2 55544 Impressive High nwtd.................J McInerney 3 68672 My Emmett nwtd..............................R Wales 4 42623 King Theoden nwtd.......................D Roberts 5 37323 Homebush Caesar nwtd............J McInerney 6 3 Father Leo nwtd.........................J McInerney 7 4454 Know Frenzy nwtd...........................G Cleeve 8 4752x Cadillac Mack nwtd....................J McInerney 9 34325 Eric Blueblood nwtd...................J McInerney 10 45427 Goldstar McQueen nwtd S &...........B Evans 2 12.32pm OTAGO MAIDEN BITCHES SPRINT C0, 310m 1 44753 Homebush Liz nwtd...................J McInerney 2 65672 Homebush Jennia nwtd.............J McInerney 3 Mitcham Pru nwtd......................A Bradshaw 4 64434 Absent nwtd....................................G Cleeve 5 8x576 Homebush Erin nwtd..................J McInerney 6 86336 Three Gold Stars nwtd....................C Healey 7 7x768 Homebush Gina nwtd................J McInerney 8 87432 Citizen Zagreb nwtd...................J McInerney 9 x2F27 Opal Hunter nwtd.......................J McInerney 10 28T Know Tactics nwtd...........................G Cleeve 3 12.50pm WWW.GREYHOUNDSASPETS.ORG.NZ C0, 545m 1 Pepper Chimes nwtd...........................J Allen 2 7233 Denuto nwtd...................................R Adcock 3 Mr Blackjack nwtd J &......................D Fahey 4 826 Flipping Crazy nwtd...................A Bradshaw 5 74x7 Go Great nwtd..................................R Wales 6 24263 Max Volume nwtd.......................A Bradshaw 7 25 Go Rap nwtd....................................R Wales 8 64433 Goldstar Dawson nwtd S &..............B Evans 9 277 Goldstar Spook nwtd S &.................B Evans 10 44367 Kowloon Lights nwtd.......................J Guthrie 4 1.07pm FORBURY BITCHES SPRINT C1, 310m 1 44622 Andrea Said nwtd J M...................... McCook

MOBILE PACE $10,000, 4yo+ r56-r75. inv.d, mobile, 1700m 1 7x125 Triroyale Brigade (1) fr................C Ferguson 2 x2x24 Lawrence (2) fr......................S Tomlinson (J) 3 71x88 Cast A Shadow (3) fr................ N Williamson 4 19433 Betterthanbrie (4) fr............................. R May 5 333x9 Nota Bene Denario (5) fr.......... M Williamson 6 449x7 Mach’s Back (6) fr.......................... B Barclay 7 05911 Whata Razzle Dazzle (7) fr............B Orange 8 11140 Unloaded (8) fr..........................B Williamson 9 71x08 I’mallaboutthebase (21) fr....... J Morrison (J) 10 20163 Stun Gun (22) fr................................S Ottley 6 5.25pm HIGHVIEW TOMMY INVITED DRIVERS MOBILE PACE $9000, r43-r49,r50 w/c. inv.d, mobile, 2200m 1 3004x Flash Party (1) fr...................S Tomlinson (J) 2 72441 Vigoroso (2) fr...................................S Ottley 3 00575 Tetrick (3) fr...............................B Williamson 4 9757x Jimmy Richter (4) fr............................. R May 5 0x798 Magnetic Watch (5) fr............... N Williamson 6 56032 Franco Huntington (6) fr................. K Barclay 7 469x4 Bettors Highlight (7) fr.................C Ferguson 8 8P978 Annie Fitz (8) fr..............................B Orange 9 45417 A Cracker Knight (21) fr.............M Hurrell (J) 10 24300 Rosinupthebow (22) fr.................... B Barclay

11 22700 Snow Printz (23) fr................... M Williamson 12 38369 Koromiko Eyre (24) fr.............. J Morrison (J) 7 5.51pm SWEET LOU - FULL & CLOSED INV DRIVERS MBL PACE $10,000, r50-r55. inv.d, mobile, 2200m 1 03x71 Toby O’Gara (1) fr.................... M Williamson 2 72426 Paduka (2) fr..................................B Orange 3 175 Tact Eze (3) fr................................. K Barclay 4 34662 Duke Of Dundee (4) fr.............. N Williamson 5 0x261 Tairlaw Toll (5) fr........................B Williamson 6 24x93 Hampton (6) fr.......................S Tomlinson (J) 7 98091 Motoring Major (7) fr............... J Morrison (J) 8 63x61 Ideal Glacier (8) fr.......................... B Barclay 9 5270x Bottle Rock (21) fr.............................S Ottley 10 x5177 Sheeza Sport (22) fr..................M Hurrell (J) 11 06x22 Anne Bonney (23) fr....................C Ferguson 12 x719P Dark Rage (U1) fr................................ R May 8 6.26pm WOODLANDS STUD SUPPORTS SBSR MOBILE PACE $10,000, non-winners 3yo+ f&m., mobile, 2200m 1 Moana (1) fr....................................K Larsen 2 Just Cheddar (2) fr 3 38x34 Allaboutjoy (3) fr....................... N Williamson 4 Swell Time (4) fr....................... M Williamson 5 3226x Total Diva (5) fr...............................B Orange 6 Rakarippa (6) fr............................... P Hunter

7 775x Eliza Mach (7) fr 8 7053 Mila Kunis (8) fr..........................M Hurrell (J) 9 400x0 Snowy Dana (21) fr.....................R McIlwrick 10 438x Southern Belle (22) fr.........................A Beck 11 Laterintheday (23) fr....................C Ferguson 12 9000x Classie Princess (24) fr.....................S Ottley 13 03x66 Major Menace (U1) fr..................... B Barclay Pacifiers on : Marsue (R3) LEGEND: X - Spell from racing of at least 3 months SELECTIONS: Race 1: Ellnbac, Black Ops, Fatherdantherodeoman, Dreaminsover Race 2: Stavros The Terror, Undercover Mac, Ronnie Pickering, Targaryen Race 3: Kramer, Bub’s VC, Lucas Hood, The Naenae Express Race 4: Only One Way, Fanny Hill, Somethings Burning, Whatwillbeewillbee Race 5: Nota Bene Denario, Mach’s Back, Betterthanbrie, Whata Razzle Dazzle Race 6: Jimmy Richter, Bettors Highlight, Koromiko Eyre, Franco Huntington Race 7: Hampton, Bottle Rock, Duke Of Dundee, Paduka Race 8: Swell Time, Total Diva, Allaboutjoy, Mila Kunis

5 83414 Chitina Tin nwtd...................................A Lee 6 33685 Thrilling Watch nwtd......................D Roberts 7 51118 Goldstar Avalon 19.03 S &...............B Evans 8 14645 Magic Jess Lass 18.40...................C Healey 9 43677 Country Gent nwtd..................... A Bradshaw 10 16265 Fidgety Feet nwtd................................A Lee 12 3.30pm OGRC LATE QUADDIE STAKES C1, 545m 1 22884 High Sparrow 33.09................... A Bradshaw 2 37887 Bruiser’s Day nwtd......................... B Conner 3 65663 Zefside nwtd...............................J McInerney 4 77753 Black Stockings nwtd................. A Bradshaw 5 76534 Chunk 32.86...............................J McInerney 6 33551 Ascott nwtd J M................................ McCook 7 23253 Shermo Bale nwtd........................C Roberts 8 112 Seve nwtd.......................................D J Lane 9 1447x Archie’s Ranger 32.93 J M............... McCook 10 21287 Prince Rohit nwtd.......................J McInerney 13 3.56pm BROCKLEBANKS DRY CLEANERS SPRINT C1, 310m 1 88317 Homebush Mandy nwtd.............J McInerney 2 87867 Magic Jean Lass 18.98...................C Healey 3 41322 Homebush Jordie 18.89.............J McInerney 4 35141 Cool Beans 18.95......................J McInerney 5 215 Know Debt nwtd..............................G Cleeve 6 26222 Homebush Rehaina 18.78.........J McInerney 7 2F876 Elton Blueblood nwtd.................J McInerney 8 87683 Gracie Lee nwtd.........................J McInerney 9 x8635 Epic Owen nwtd J M........................ McCook 10 18735 Homebush George nwtd............J McInerney 14 4.16pm CUP WEEK CHRISTCHURCH NEXT WEEK C1, 310m 1 45264 Rum Gin Mixer nwtd.........................A Joyce 2 22254 Homebush Reed 18.84..............J McInerney 3 48227 Goldstar Wynter nwtd S &................B Evans 4 74526 Yi Feng 18.76.............................J McInerney 5 78534 Homebush Scorpio 18.41..........J McInerney 6 57444 Homebush Hundy 18.57............J McInerney 7 85733 Epic Mate 18.85 J M........................ McCook 8 11136 Elite Blueblood 19.59.................J McInerney 9 33438 Khatia nwtd................................J McInerney 10 56737 Sozin’s Blue 18.69.....................J McInerney 15 4.35pm RACING AGAIN TUESDAY 19TH NOVEMBER C1, 310m

1 22712 Sozin’s Azure nwtd.....................J McInerney 2 38684 Pacemaker 18.74....................... A Bradshaw 3 52627 Homebush Flynn nwtd...............J McInerney 4 42437 Homebush Miles 18.46..............J McInerney 5 75726 Shift The Blame 18.50................J McInerney 6 24173 Souffle Sue nwtd........................J McInerney 7 76864 Homebush Rapper 18.75...........J McInerney 8 22766 C’Mon Benny Boy 18.63.................J Guthrie 9 43835 Punch On Scooby 18.91............J McInerney 10 32148 Jinja Dylan 19.13..............................A Joyce LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance SELECTIONS: Race 1: Father Leo, My Emmett, Know Frenzy, Homebush Caesar, Homebush Surgeon Race 2: Mitcham Pru, Absent, Citizen Zagreb, Homebush Jennia, Homebush Liz Race 3: Mr Blackjack, Pepper Chimes, Denuto, Max Volume, Goldstar Dawson Race 4: Know Baby, Oakmont, Andrea Said, Pooran’s Jadeja, Horse Range Gold Race 5: Doomsday, Blazing Banjo, Cry Lonely, Ezra Blueblood, Opawa Jumper Race 6: Punch On Jessie, Homebush Finn, Miss Nina, Cawbourne Cruz, Punch On Buzz Race 7: Classy Witch, Go Glow, Know Denying, Know Betrayal, Must Be Rusty Race 8: Opawa Oscar, Sozin’s Noir, Homebush Aimee, Little Krakatoa, Jax Jewel Race 9: Goldstar Liberty, Reign Of Fire, Mitcham Reado, Dyna Lenny, Go Mufasa Race 10: Goldstar Trooper, Bender Truth, Nelso Allen, Homebush Boots, Disobedience Race 11: Chasing Fame, Magic Jess Lass, Dyna Quark, Thrilling Watch, Country Gent Race 12: Seve, Shermo Bale, Zefside, Black Stockings, High Sparrow Race 13: Homebush Jordie, Homebush Rehaina, Know Debt, Cool Beans, Homebush Mandy Race 14: Homebush Reed, Yi Feng, Homebush Hundy, Goldstar Wynter, Rum Gin Mixer Race 15: Pacemaker, Sozin’s Azure, Shift The Blame, Homebush Miles, C’Mon Benny Boy

Otago dogs Today at Forbury Park

2 31223 Know Baby nwtd.............................G Cleeve 3 87561 Homebush Dolphy nwtd.............J McInerney 4 71 Pooran’s Jadeja nwtd J M................ McCook 5 5211 Oakmont 18.90...............................D J Lane 6 18688 Homebush Maycee 18.55..........J McInerney 7 312 Horse Range Gold nwtd................... M Grant 8 777x7 Step Inside Love nwtd.......................A Joyce 9 55754 Every Minute nwtd...............................A Lee 10 21315 Alexia 19.13....................................D J Lane 5 1.26pm ST KILDA VETERINARY CENTRE SPRINT C2, 310m 1 76543 Doomsday nwtd............................M B Fuller 2 88642 Blazing Banjo 18.72...................J McInerney 3 33841 Nikko Baxter 18.71.....................J McInerney 4 34582 Ezra Blueblood 18.75.................J McInerney 5 28881 Pretty Keen 18.62..............................S Keen 6 15831 Sozin’s Delight 18.88.................J McInerney 7 56173 Punch On Woody 18.84.............J McInerney 8 55663 Cry Lonely nwtd J M........................ McCook 9 63754 Opawa Jumper 18.35.......................R Wales 10 x8716 Shanly Star 19.04......................J McInerney 6 1.42pm GREEN ISLAND BARBER SPRINT C2, 310m 1 78132 Homebush Finn 18.56................J McInerney 2 64174 Miss Nina 18.81............................M B Fuller 3 54614 Mick The Mower 18.78...............J McInerney 4 86385 Macey Baxter 18.81...................J McInerney 5 18451 Punch On Buzz 19.14................J McInerney 6 1167x Sozin’s Treasure 19.05...............J McInerney 7 74461 Punch On Jessie 18.58..............J McInerney 8 65655 Cawbourne Cruz nwtd......... B J Middlewood 9 38764 Major Storm 19.00........................C Roberts 10 63215 Machine Gunn 18.53......................R Adcock 7 2.00pm ALL FENCING SOLUTIONS STAKES C2/3, 545m 1 35337 Go Glow 32.56 J &...........................D Fahey 2 28547 Our Jolene nwtd...............................R Wales 3 x7661 Classy Witch 32.54.........................G Cleeve 4 43247 Know Hassle 32.60.........................G Cleeve 5 548x5 Know Betrayal 32.72.......................G Cleeve 6 2F222 Know Denying 32.73.......................G Cleeve 7 46153 Know Equal 32.82...........................G Cleeve 8 73271 Neptune Allen 33.02.....................C Roberts

9 53758 Must Be Rusty 32.41..................J McInerney 10 75833 Opawa Roy 32.75............................R Wales 8 2.16pm BRIAN BAGLEY DRIVER LICENSING SPRINT C3, 310m 1 46523 Jax Jewel nwtd..............................D Roberts 2 85434 Sozin’s Noir 18.42......................J McInerney 3 71131 Homebush Aimee nwtd..............J McInerney 4 31511 Opawa Oscar 18.62.........................R Wales 5 21533 Know Sweat 18.59..........................G Cleeve 6 53232 Little Krakatoa 18.64.................. A Bradshaw 7 11515 Mitcham Becky nwtd J M................. McCook 8 57343 Kalonga 19.08 S &...........................B Evans 9 13526 Homebush Sayer 18.56.............J McInerney 10 516x6 Opawa Hypo nwtd............................R Wales 9 2.35pm DAVE ROBBIE PHOTOGRAPHER SPRINT C3, 310m 1 66621 Goldstar Liberty nwtd J M................ McCook 2 18427 Reign Of Fire 18.37....................J McInerney 3 36715 Cosmic Jase 18.43....................J McInerney 4 66434 Mitcham Reado 18.52................J McInerney 5 86885 Justin Ryan 18.51 S &.....................B Evans 6 14374 Vasterbottenost nwtd...........................A Lee 7 68174 Go Mufasa nwtd...............................R Wales 8 74343 Dyna Lenny 18.67.........................C Roberts 9 34736 Cash A Roo nwtd S &......................B Evans 10 51467 Goldstar Halsey nwtd S &................B Evans 10 2.51pm PETER SINTON PLUMBING DASH C5, 310m 1 61816 Bender Truth 18.91.....................A Bradshaw 2 41136 Goldstar Trooper 18.41 S &..............B Evans 3 71166 Disobedience 18.71 S &..................B Evans 4 32733 Busy Rocca nwtd............................. M Grant 5 45177 Nelso Allen 18.49..........................C Roberts 6 35317 Nippa Martino 18.53..................J McInerney 7 21283 Homebush Boots 18.58.............J McInerney 8 13354 Goldstar Major 18.75 S &.................B Evans 9 88378 Tee An’ Cee 18.39.......................... B Conner 10 77288 Black Tori 18.86..........................A Bradshaw 11 3.12pm DELTA ENGINEERING SPRINT C4, 310m 1 22128 Dyna Quark nwtd..........................C Roberts 2 43855 Chasing Fame 18.27.....................M B Fuller 3 37781 Special As 19.23 J M....................... McCook 4 82468 Goldstar Dodge 18.72 S &...............B Evans

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Faultless preparation for Guineas favourite Star three-year-old Catalyst has arrived in Christchurch and is expected to make a one-act affair of Saturday’s Gr.1 Al Basti Equiworld New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m) at Riccarton.

Prepared at Te Awamutu by Clayton Chipperfield, Catalyst has been installed a prohibitive $1.20 favourite for the Guineas after bullying his rivals in three lead-up races, leading the majority of competitors to concede they are running for second in the $500,000 race.

“He is as ready as we are going to get him,” Chipperfield said.

“Troy (Harris, jockey) is flying down today so I am going to get him to give him a little quiet trot and canter tomorrow to make sure everything is 100 per cent.

“It is mainly just to check that he is happy down here and that Troy is happy with him. After his gallop at Te Aroha last week I think we are pretty much right.”

A former top-class jumps jockey, Chipperfield is pinching himself as to how smoothly the campaign has gone for the electric son of Darci Brahma who has won his past four races with ease.

“We have been very lucky,” he said.

“We made some plans after he won his first trial back in March.

Every race we have targeted for him he has just got better and better and he keeps winning them. It has been a faultless preparation.”

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Raced by The Oaks Stud, strong supporters of the emerging trainer, Chipperfield said the temperament of offspring by the stud’s resident sire went a long way to making them good racehorses.

“Full credit to the Darci Brahma breed. All Darci geldings are like him, they are relaxed and take everything in their stride.

“Catalyst worries about absolutely nothing. His last three races he has had to travel the night before and he eats up and just enjoys it. Nothing bothers him and that is a huge asset to him.”

In an ominous warning to race rivals, a sleek and shiny Catalyst is expected to present at Riccarton on Saturday, where the gelding is expected to peak.

“His coat has completely gone now. He is as ready as he can be right on time.

“At his first start, I think he was the fluffiest horse in the birdcage.

I did my shampoo and let him dry out in the sun and he fluffed up like a ball.

“It is a bit of an old tale, if they are good within then they can still do it. There was obviously still improvement in him with his coat coming out. It has completely gone now and he will be a different looking horse on Saturday.”

For the 39-year-old horseman, the decision to make a fist of training rather than just pre-training is paying early dividends.

“It would be phenomenal to win

the Guineas,” Chipperfield said.

“I’ve only just started taking the game a little more seriously at the start of this year. I think before this year I had trained four winners.

“When Rick (Williams, of the Oaks Stud) and I decided we were going to take a few more horses and send them to the trials and races, having the favourite for the 2000 Guineas was certainly a dream. You wouldn’t possibly think it would happen this early, or ever. Horses like him don’t come along very often.

“It is going to put me on the map if I can get a Group One this early.”

Chipperfield said that it has been a trickle, more so than a flood of interest, from owners to join the stable given his good recent success, but he hoped Catalyst would ignite further interest should he win on Saturday.

“We have picked up a couple of syndicates, a couple of leased horses, but nothing that has given me 10 or 15 more horses.

“I’m happy to take more but I

don’t want to be one of these big gun trainers. I had 40 in work three months ago and I was struggling to get them all done. You are working all day and it is hard to enjoy. Now I have 20 in work and life is great.

“I’m pretty hands on, I like being a part of every part of the day.

In Te Awamutu, and the whole North Island, it is hard to get staff.

When you have big numbers, you can’t get them all done yourself or with one or two other riders. Then you start cutting corners and that is the last thing I want to do because that starts to show.”

Chipperfield said that should training and taking horses through to the races not work out, he could always go back to breaking and pre-training.

“It’s been seven years we have been doing it and we have broken in more than 600 horses.

“We were turning over 200 plus horses a year and that’s some big numbers and a lot of falling off I have had to deal with, and the body does start to cop a bit of a hiding. I’m not as young as what I used to be. So I thought that if I had a crack at training and it didn’t work I could always go back to breaking and pre-training.”

Dick Karreman, owner of the The Oaks Stud, has turned down several lucrative off-shore offers for Catalyst and New Zealand racing fans have been the beneficiary.

- NZ Racing Desk

11 243 Fiddyafortnight (7) 55.....................L Allpress 7 4.44pm VETS ON RIVERBANK MAIDEN 1600 $10,000, MDN, 1600m 1 9x962 Spiderman h (1) 58.5..............C Burdan (a3) 2 x6300 Ajay Lincoln (7) 58.5.................... R Hannam 3 Del Gordo (11) 58.5......................... M Singh 4 Ammons (2) 58.5.............................R Myers 5 9 Saltbush Bill (9) 58.5 6 Smart Remark (5) 58.5........ C O’Beirne (a2) 7 68x98 Altar Boy (10) 57............................D Bradley 8 72543 Great North Road (4) 56.5.............. J Parkes 9 5x724 Youllbefine (6) 56.5............................R Elliot 10 45x Halfasixpence (3) 56.5...........M Hudson (a3) 11 5 Callyrose (8) 55..............................L Allpress 12 0x770 Queen Of Venlo (12) 55.....................L Hemi 8 5.19pm CAVALLO FARM & CHRIS RUTTEN BLOODSTOCK 1600 $11,000, Rating 72 Benchmark, 1600m 1 121x5 Beyond The Fort td (11) 63.....C Burdan (a3) 2 56874 Resurrect m (4) 60.5............ C O’Beirne (a2) 3 3x90x Commanding Prince (5) 59.5........... M Singh 4 3242x Amorata t (2) 59...............................R Myers 5 9x591 Ivan Kane dm (9) 57.5.................... J Parkes 6 71x06 Bruno Stars tdmh (10) 57........... D Hirini (a1) 7 117x0 Star Quality d (6) 57..................B Ansell (a3) 8 8161x Flying Meg (1) 55.5............................L Hemi

9 21x01 Miss Sher Nan dm (12) 55.5..........D Bradley 10 10x1 Savanah Belle (7) 55.5...................L Allpress 11 000x1 Wonderful Barbie tdm (8) 55.5.T Taiaroa (a4) 12 06009 Itellyouonething t (3) 54............... R Hannam Blinkers on : Platinum Road (R1), Nubian Smile (R4), Pacific (R6) Blinkers off : Post Graduate, Classyas (R2), Ritzy Sparkle, Miss Freelove (R4), Classclown (R5), Queen Of Venlo (R7) SELECTIONS: Race 1: Romantic Lady, Crowning Star, Ringthebelledarci, Free To Shine Race 2: Fearless, Lincoln Hanover, Empower, Capellasstar, Classyas Race 3: Power ‘n’ Glory, Hasstobeyou, Ronin Porotene, Hasstobemagic, Mongolian Princess Race 4: Ritzy Sparkle, Beltoy, Vino Bella, Got The Call, Floral Belt Race 5: Classclown, Fully Charged, Mizzena, Cead Mile Failte, Rex Royale Race 6: Berry Delightful, Run Lee, Fiddyafortnight, Pacific, Roc Legend Race 7: Youllbefine, Great North Road, Del Gordo, Spiderman, Smart Remark Race 8: Beyond The Fort, Ivan Kane, Bruno Stars, Flying Meg, Savanah Belle

4 14174 Zugzwang nwtd............................... S O’Neill 5 11136 Paddy’s Passion 21.30..................... T Green 6 84155 Call Me Leo 21.28............................ T Green 7 18736 Thrilling Katie 21.23...........................E Potts 8 41318 Suspicious Minds 20.89.....................B Craik 9 71264 Kelly’s Girl 21.30......................... G Pomeroy 10 42747 Native Scout 21.34...........................P Green 8 7.14pm SUPERIOR CHUNKY DOG ROLLS SPRINT C5, 375m 1 31586 Typical 21.25......................................S Ross 2 43562 Classy Impact 21.13........................ T Green 3 63182 Athenais 21.19...................................S Ross 4 37881 Raging Demon 20.99 R &....................L Udy 5 22731 See Eye Be 21.04......................... H Mullane 6 13551 Keysile 21.29...............................P Ferguson 7 82543 Too The Nail 20.89.............................E Potts 8 53241 Barossa 21.38............................ A Lawrence 9 7.34pm MIKE STENT DECORATORS LTD STAKES C1, 457m 1 53F34 Opawa Delight nwtd...........................B Craik 2 18486 Kapai Tahi 25.94 R &...........................L Udy 3 15673 Talkabout Sophie nwtd......................M Black 4 84252 Looby’s Story nwtd..................... A Lawrence 5 85477 Hua Hua nwtd...............................R McPhee

6 3F173 Little Teegs 25.83....................... A Lawrence 7 F111 Spring Queen nwtd............................E Potts 8 75776 Waiterimu Ripper 25.94 R &................L Udy 9 48568 Stellar Babe nwtd...........................P Cleaver LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here SELECTIONS Race 1: Fancy, Snoopy’s Hero, Stay Rich, Just Maddie, Seven Sharp Race 2: Thrilling Brax, Thrilling Haze, Girl Midori, Thrilling Dora, Xena Poppy Race 3: Out Of Paper, Mr Felix, Smash Burton, Jinja Lad, Bigtime Jacob Race 4: Sheyna, Gain Capital, Sovereign Pride, Grey Way, Mobility Scooter Race 5: Wedgwood Warrior, Zipping Gabby, Over Indulgence, Nangar Dream, Tuff’s My Mum Race 6: Smoochie, Go Angel, Gao Gao, Opawa Plum, Amy Amy Race 7: Suspicious Minds, Sophia Noir, Thrilling Katie, Zugzwang, Idol Ajay Race 8: Keysile, Athenais, Typical, See Eye Be, Too The Nail Race 9: Spring Queen, Looby’s Story, Little Teegs, Kapai Tahi, Waiterimu Ripper

Otaki Maori gallops Today at Otaki

Otaki Maori Racing Club Venue: Otaki Meeting Date: 07 November 2019 NZ Meeting number: 4 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8 Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 6, 7 and 8 1 1.17pm (NZT) SUNRANS SPA MAIDEN 1200 $10,000, MDN 3YO, 1200m 1 823x6 Free To Shine (2) 57.5.................. R Hannam 2 46x86 Platinum Road (4) 57.5......................R Elliot 3 Ringthebelledarci (3) 57.5............... J Parkes 4 32 Romantic Lady (6) 55.5....................R Myers 5 D Crowning Star h (1) 55.5............L Allpress 6 Zouluminous 55.5......................... Scratched 7 Distant Fire (5) 55.5............................Z Moki 8 Jakkano (7) 55.5.......................B Ansell (a3) 2 1.52pm EL CHEAPO CARS MAIDEN 1200 $10,000, MDN, 1200m 1 5x43x Fearless b (10) 58.5........................ J Parkes 2 2224x Lincoln Hanover b (7) 58.5........... R Hannam 3 96435 Empower (2) 58.5.................. H Andrew (a1) 4 6260x Mi Gold Card (3) 58.5.......... C O’Beirne (a2) 5 6900x Post Graduate (9) 58.5..............B Ansell (a3) 6 25x00 Classyas (8) 56.5...............................L Hemi 7 5x Capellasstar (4) 56.5...........................Z Moki 8 76x59 Super Girl (1) 56.5........................... M Singh 9 32 Romantic Lady (5) 55 10 D Crowning Star h (6) 55 11 Zouluminous 55............................ Scratched

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2.27pm OTAKI MAIL MAIDEN 1000 $10,000, MDN 2YO, 1000m 1 2 Power ‘n’ Glory (3) 57.5.................... M Singh 2 Ronin Porotene (7) 57.5.....................L Hemi 3 Miroca Heights (6) 57.5.............. D Hirini (a1) 4 Hasstobeyou (8) 55.5 5 Hasstobemagic (1) 55.5.....................R Elliot 6 Matilda Mary h (2) 55.5..................L Allpress 7 Mongolian Princess (4) 55.5.C O’Beirne (a2) 8 Passione (5) 55.5.............................R Myers 4 3.02pm NZB INSURANCE PEARL SERIES RACE $10,000, Rating 65 Benchmark Fillies and Mares*, 1200m 1 69671 Beltoy dm (10) 59............................ J Parkes 2 9169x Cuidado Caliente d (6) 59..................L Hemi 3 4549x Got The Call d (9) 59 4 31670 Nubian Smile d (7) 59...................... M Singh 5 0x555 Ritzy Sparkle d (11) 59..................L Allpress 6 85483 Floral Belt (8) 58.5................. H Andrew (a1) 7 221x5 Miss Sweet Pee (1) 58................. R Hannam 8 3x7x1 Vino Bella (3) 58..............................R Myers 9 5000x Vermont h (12) 58................ C O’Beirne (a2) 10 x580x Classy Lane dm (2) 57.5......... T Taiaroa (a4) 11 0x067 Dauphine dm (13) 57.5 12 08390 Miss Freelove dm (5) 56.5.............D Bradley 13 x90x7 Dana’s Prophecy (4) 56..........C Burdan (a3)

M9 Waikato Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Cambridge Raceway Meeting Date: 07 November 2019 NZ Meeting number: 9 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9 1 4.21pm (NZT) COOKIES KITCHEN SPRINT C1, 375m 1 F7332 Fancy 21.71.................................. H Mullane 2 54767 Stay Rich 21.46 M &......................... J Smith 3 35645 Just Maddie 21.72.............................M Black 4 38247 Rainy River nwtd.............................S E Hunt 5 37745 Seven Sharp 21.56..................... W Toomath 6 8x644 Agbeze nwtd.....................................M Black 7 8748F Tilly’s Silly 21.55 R &............................L Udy 8 36223 Snoopy’s Hero 21.44........................... D Ray 9 87688 Sly Cath nwtd.....................................J Black 2 4.50pm FARMLANDS VIRKON STAKES C0, 457m 1 236x2 Thrilling Haze nwtd.......................... K Walsh 2 Thrilling Dora nwtd........................... K Walsh 3 1 Thrilling Brax nwtd........................... K Walsh 4 Girl Midori nwtd.......................... A Lawrence 5 Box Vacant 6 Baileys Nice nwtd....................... A Lawrence 7 34247 Rich Lister nwtd................................S Lozell 8 23556 Xena Poppy nwtd R &..........................L Udy

5 3.37pm RIVERSTONE CAFE 2200 $10,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 2200m 1 22122 Classclown mb (9) 60..................... J Parkes 2 621x4 Rex Royale d (10) 58.5......................R Elliot 3 46157 Keepin Harmonee b (6) 58............... M Singh 4 9x224 Cead Mile Failte tdbh (7) 57.5........L Allpress 5 53143 Fully Charged tm (12) 57..........B Ansell (a3) 6 53500 So It Was m (11) 57................C Burdan (a3) 7 x4700 Katiem Marie (2) 56................... D Hirini (a1) 8 350x9 All In Stitches (3) 56................ T Taiaroa (a4) 9 37397 Cornerstone dm (8) 56................. R Hannam 10 7L088 Mister Geronimo (4) 56.......... H Andrew (a1) 11 08334 Mizzena dm (1) 55.5........................R Myers 12 88089 Em Kay Pops m (5) 54...........M Hudson (a3) 6 4.09pm AQUASHIELD ROOFING MAIDEN 1600 $10,000, MDN, 1600m 1 70x55 Batoutahell (2) 58.5.................... D Hirini (a1) 2 Roc Legend (3) 58.5........................ M Singh 3 60 The Fonze (11) 58.5...........................L Hemi 4 623x4 Run Lee (6) 56.5............................D Bradley 5 434 Berry Delightful (9) 56.5......................Z Moki 6 0x920 Maipe (10) 56.5..................................R Elliot 7 3x58x Pacific (1) 56.5................................ J Parkes 8 5 Jane O’ (4) 56.5...............................R Myers 9 30666 Detonate (8) 56.5................... H Andrew (a1) 10 50507 Out To Impress (5) 56.5............... R Hannam

Waikato dogs Today at Cambridge Raceway

3 5.16pm YVETTE BODIAM PHOTOGRAPHY SPRINT C1, 375m 1 27451 Smash Burton nwtd R &......................L Udy 2 23862 Out Of Paper 21.43..................... G Pomeroy 3 38553 Jinja Lad 21.72..............................R McPhee 4 33577 Extroverted nwtd............................. S O’Neill 5 36578 In Focus 21.66...............................P Cleaver 6 74784 Mr Felix nwtd.....................................M Black 7 84666 Bigtime Brucie nwtd...................... H Mullane 8 65864 Bigtime Jacob 21.24..........................B Craik 9 87688 Sly Cath nwtd.....................................J Black 4 5.40pm THE CLUBHOUSE SPORTS BAR SPRINT C2, 375m 1 25732 Sheyna 21.17....................................S Lozell 2 56x17 Our Greg nwtd...................................E Potts 3 88673 Grey Way 21.72.......................... G Pomeroy 4 23518 Don Morocco 21.33........................P Cleaver 5 74653 Frosty Blaze nwtd............................. T Green 6 43522 Gain Capital 21.22.............................B Craik 7 56624 Mobility Scooter 21.20......................M Black 8 11221 Sovereign Pride 21.44.......................S Ross 9 84774 Opawa Big 21.44............................ G Farrell 5 6.00pm GARRARDS HORSE & HOUND SPRINT C2/3, 375m

1 36451 Zipping Gabby 21.32...................P Ferguson 2 44736 Nangar Dream 21.16...................... G Farrell 3 61565 Luke Skywalker nwtd...................... L A Hunt 4 57122 Wedgwood Warrior 21.36 M &.......... J Smith 5 32431 Tuff’s My Mum 21.31..........................S Ross 6 87824 Sefton Stan nwtd...............................S Lozell 7 68345 Bigtime Zack nwtd..............................B Craik 8 57243 Over Indulgence 21.66....................P Henley 9 84774 Opawa Big 21.44............................ G Farrell 6 6.16pm GREYHOUNDS NORTH DISTANCE C2d, 650m 1 76675 Aleng nwtd......................................S E Hunt 2 58733 Opawa Plum nwtd........................... G Farrell 3 46285 Little Apple nwtd W &.......................T Steele 4 36474 Billy’s Bake nwtd..............................P Green 5 76655 Amy Amy 38.12............................... G Farrell 6 67F57 Gao Gao 37.81............................... G Farrell 7 33235 Go Angel 38.17............................... G Farrell 8 55512 Smoochie 38.24......................... A Lawrence 7 6.45pm FARMLANDS COPRICE SPRINT C4/5, 375m 1 86114 Idol Ajay 21.44 W &..........................T Steele 2 61224 Sophia Noir 21.18...................... A Lawrence 3 35633 Damaging Lomar nwtd.......................B Craik

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■■ALL BLACKS

Brown turns Joseph into coaching favourite

By Chris Rattue

final principals – Steve Hansen, Foster, Mike Tony Brown just made it very Cron, Scott McLeod and easy for New Zealand Rugby.

Grant Fox – kept New ZeaIn a refreshingly straight land somewhere near the forward statement, Brown summit. said he had turned down apBut in the final analysis, proaches to be the All Black the manner of the semi-ficoaching running mate for nal defeat against England Ian Foster and Scott Robertmeans the last three years son. were not good enough by Everybody wants Tony All Black standards. UlBrown as their assistant. And timately, the All Blacks Tony Brown is sticking with failed, just as England his Japan coaching comrade failed in the final.

Jamie Joseph wherever he I believe the biggest goes, rather than shopping technical problem was a himself around. failure to recognise quickly Tony Brown In other words, if Joseph enough the type of props wants the All Black job, he needed for test rugby. The and Brown are the outstanding candidates. departing Cron turned New Zealand into Japan’s amazing World Cup performanc- a scrummaging power, but the rest of the es were down to ground-breaking coach- world looked past that. ing. There’s absolutely no doubt about that.

The teams beating and/or outplaying The clearly expressed and decisive integrity the All Blacks have ball carrying props with Brown has displayed this week might well high work rates. South African loosehead be a key ingredient in their secret sauce.

Steven Kitshoff and Irish tighthead Tadhg Having taken the Highlanders to their Furlong are the prime examples, but there first Super Rugby title, head coach Joseph are many others including a number of and assistant Brown showed that they are Aussies. as adaptable as they are adept.

A lot of things will fall back into place for The way they turned lightweights Japan the All Blacks if they write an expanded job into a force, having bounced back from a description for frontrowers, but it is also disappointing patch to rebuild the High- the right time to see if different prospectors landers, shows their strength of character can uncover new gems.

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Scott Robertson could develop into a There are never any guarantees with great international coach, but he’s a one coaching appointments. You can never be trick Super Rugby pony so far. Brown’s detotally sure what lies around the corner. But cision means Robertson has been caught the Joseph-Brown combo is so compelling. short, despite the Crusaders’ success.

Had the All Blacks carried on their merThere is talk that his Crusaders’ assistant ry way, current assistant Ian Foster would Ronan O’Gara might join Robertson’s prohave rightly been in pole position. But the posed All Black team. But given NZ’s amazlast three seasons have been too erratic for ing coaching prowess, and the residency Foster’s good. rules for players, it seems inconceivable It hasn’t been a disaster, far from it. The that NZR would appoint a foreign coach.

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Simon Shuker’s Code Cracker

Your Stars ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): Do things for the pleasure instead of for points, money or approval.

Also, expect that not everyone will like it.

Those who accept that not everyone will like them are automatically more likable.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): This day will play to your strengths, partly by design. You’ve been finding ways to work what you’re best at into your daily life. Now your days reflect you so much better than they once did.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): As hard as it is to say goodbye to the person you once were and options you once had, holding on to regret gets so cumbersome. The emotional weight seems to get heavier the longer you carry it. Let go.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): If you wait around, what is meant for you will eventually find its way to you. Still, there’s a fine line between waiting and wasting. It’s more fun to make a guess about what’s meant for you and start toward it.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): The powerful are not invulnerable, and the gentle are not harmless, innocuous or ineffective. One person can embody many sides of a characteristic. You’ll prove this today with kindness and ferocity.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): The award-winning movie director doesn’t discriminate between gorgeous and ugly scenes. Each scene gets artistic attention. Wherever you’re at today, bring your most observant, creative self to it.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): With temporary setbacks, like a head cold or a broken shoe, it can be frustrating to have a constant awareness that something is off. Think of the state as a mind-over-matter type challenge.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): You’ll find yourself in a grey area, unsure about the rules or if there even are any. Maybe you can’t even tell which action you’ll be proud of or not proud of until you do the thing and see how it feels.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): Relationships get broken.

This is inevitable. Repairs are optional and as much a part of the relationship as anything.

Repairs can happen individually, together or in subsequent relationships with different people.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): Courage is a quality you possess much of, and yet, you still see it as remarkable and inspiring when you witness it in the world, like you will today in the actions of a loved one.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): You don’t have to know what “it” is to know if someone has “it” or not.

Today, “it” will inform your next move, perhaps through a sort of animal subcommunication that is as clear and valid as a telegraph.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): You’ll love the mystery that’s available in today’s unfolding. The story isn’t as stated, isn’t as it appears to be and isn’t anything close to the press release. These are the makings of a perfect storm.

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Wind at 2000m: NW gale 80 km/h, possibly severe gale 95 km/h toward evening.

Early morning light rain clearing to fine with high cloud. Spots of rain possible again in the afternoon. Northeasterlies.

TOMORROW Cloudy periods. Northeasterlies.

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FZL: About 3200m

Scattered rain clearing in the afternoon.

Wind at 1000m: NW gale 75 km/h, rising to severe gale 95 km/h from afternoon.

Wind at 2000m: NW gale 80 km/h, rising to severe gale 95 km/h at times.

Mainly fine. Northerlies.

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Gus Casey-Solly swings big during his Ashburton Combined XI’s win over the Rangiora High School 2nd XI on Saturday.

PHOTO DOUG BOVETT

Tough season continues The Ashburton College 1st XI cricket team has gone down after failing to reach triple figures for the fourth week running.

The young Ashburton College side’s latest loss in the tough top flight of the Canterbury Youth 1st XI grade competition came at the hands of a strong St Andrew’s College 2nd XI in Christchurch on Saturday.

St Andrew’s won the match by 105 runs after batting first and making 199/9 off their 50 overs,

with Logan Willis top-scoring with 34, while Angus Jemmett took 3/19 off his 10 overs for Ashburton College.

It was an impressive performance by Jemmett, who followed that up with his debut for the Mid Canterbury seniors on Sunday, but he wasn’t alone when it came to economical bowling leading to results.

Liam Sullivan also produced some top bowling for AshColl, with his four-over spell end-

ing with the figures of 6/2 for an economy rate of just 1.5, while Jemmett’s was just 1.9.

Ashburton College’s reply struggled to get out of first gear, though. They were 23/6 before Ben Middleton (14) and Will Copland (19) finally managed to string together a decent partnership.

Middleton became St Andrew’s seventh victim with the score on 74, and it was a big uphill battle from there, with the visitors even-

tually all out for just 94 off 32.4 overs.

It meant that in four games so far this season, the young Ashburton side has been dismissed for totals of 94, 96, 95 and 90.

Life isn’t about to get any easier for them, either, as this week they’re at home to the Christ’s College 1st XI at the Ashburton Domain, where they’ll be eager to end their run of totals in the nervous nineties.

Meanwhile, it was a much

Faultless preparation for Guineas favourite

better weekend for the Ashburton Combined XI, as they were at home to the Rangiora High School 2nd XI and picked up a convincing win.

Ashburton Combined batted first and were all out for 203 and then dismissed Rangiora for 54.

Gus Casey-Solly topped the batting for the Ashburton Combined side with 57 runs, while the best of the bowlers included Cade Whittaker took 3/7 and Adam Shears 3/12.

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