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Ashburton teachers are providing food, clothing and hot showers for a growing number of school children, an Ashburton principal says. Allenton School principal Graham Smith said schools were no longer just about teaching, they had become the only social agency left in the game. “Now there seems to be a greater group rolling into schools who have greater needs. “There isn’t a school in Ashburton that doesn’t have children it looks after. There are poverty and food issues that every school in our area is dealing with,” he said. In Allenton a church group and the local supermarket were providing lunches and the school was dipping into its own resources to meet food and clothing needs, Mr Smith said. “The majority of our parents are caring but there are families where the best meal is a pie. These children come to school and rubbish food is what they like and know. They don’t like healthy food.” The school tried to maintain a stock of second-hand uniforms that could be given to children in need, but this was now exhausted, Mr Smith said. “But it’s more than uniforms we need. It’s the raincoats, the shoes, the warm jackets and adequate food.”

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Most parents did the best they could by their children, but there was a growing group that simply failed to provide any level of care, he said. “You can’t blame the children for their parents. You deal with the kids because their opportunities are just not there, they’re not ready to learn because they’re starving and the schools wear the consequences. We’re now the last port of call as a social agency.” Fruit Fund organiser Deirdre Moses said Ashburton people were naïve if they believed every child in the district went to school appropriately dressed and with a healthy lunch. Using her own resources along with donations of food she takes fruit baskets into preschools and some schools and said she regularly hears stories of children who are hungry and who have inadequate clothing. “It’s not just a one-off. People need to know that kids are turning up at school with only a packet of two minute noodles or a wee packet of crackers and cheese spread for the day.”

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Roast Busters fallout goes global

A sandwich maker in the UK is set to change the name of the business after being inundated with abuse over the Roast Busters scandal. The sarnie outlet has the name Roast Busters. Its Facebook page, which has 98 likes, has been on the receiving end of nasty messages and abuse since news of the Roast Busters Facebook group in Auckland broke. The young men involved boasted online that they were plying underage girls with alcohol and having group sex with them. However, people hoping to find the original Facebook page are being directed to the UK sandwich shop instead, as the page has been taken down. The sandwich owner said: “Please do not face your anger at me.”

Man busted for selling cow costumes Police in Southern California have busted a cattle costume rustler after he tried to sell the stolen suits online. Redlands police say the two 2.1 metre cow costumes created for the Chick-fil-A chain were nabbed in separate restaurant burglaries. The costumes turned up for sale for $350 apiece on Craigslist on October 30. An undercover officer arranged to buy the bovine attire in time for Halloween. When the seller produced the black-andwhite outfits, he was arrested. Forty-three-year-old Robert Michael Trytten, of Riverside, is being held on suspicion of possession of stolen property on $275,000 bail. The costumes were valued by the restaurant at $2800 apiece. Police also recovered a pop-up canopy stolen from the restaurant. All the property was returned to Chick-fil-A.

Oliver honoured with public health award British TV chef Jamie Oliver has been hailed for his “outstanding contribution” to public health by leading doctors. The 38-yearold was awarded an honorary fellowship of the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) for his work in tackling the “ticking time-bomb” of childhood obesity and his efforts to improve school dinners. Oliver said he was “humbled” to receive the award and praised the work of family doctors in the battle against the obesity crisis.

J.Lo denies plastic surgery claim Jennifer Lopez has hit back at a British cosmetic surgeon for suggesting she has had work done on her face. Dr Ayham Al-Ayoubi posted photos of a make-up free J.Lo and a glam Lopez side-by-side on Twitter and stated that, in his opinion, the singer/actress shows “many signs of plastic surgery”. The 44-year-old singeractor shot back: “@DrAyoubi Sorry sir, but i have never had plastic surgery of any kind” (sic). Dr Al-Ayoubi responded on Twitter, asking the singer and her fans to accept his “sincere apologies about the wrong tweet”. He said the tweet had been “written by my assistant without my knowledge”.

Diana biopic ﬂops in US too The Diana biopic, starring Australian Naomi Watts, has bombed overseas after taking less than $US65,000 ($A68,641) in the US in its opening weekend. In Australia, the film didn’t fare particularly well, opening in seventh place at the box office and making $542,887 in its first week. The film has taken in a total of $1,491,493 in Australia after four weeks in release. Diana failed to impress UK audiences and barely scraped into the top five on its release there, netting $US934,500 ($A986,853) in its first weekend. Now the film has flopped on both sides of the pond after a limited release in the US brought in takings of just $US64,914 ($A68,551) and a lowly chart position of 38.

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Watercolour Group Exhibition, Ashburton Art Gallery - This enchanting group exhibition features several award winning Canterbury artists. Each artist will demonstrate their own style and techniques, which will bring to light the fascinating and challenging aspects of this celebrated medium. Runs until November 10. On the Couch - Frozen

Planet, BBC Knowledge, 9.40pm The Last Frontier. Revealing the extraordinary wonders of the polar regions that have kept people visiting them for centuries. Today, their survival relies upon ancient wisdom and cuttingedge science. Be it in Siberia or Antarctica, the search for new life forms continues amidst the largely undiscovered landscape.

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At the movies - Captain Phillips, Regent Cinema, Ashburton Tom Hanks plays Richard Phillips, a real-life cargo ship captain whose ship was taken hostage by Somali pirates during the Maersk Alabama hijacking in 2009. Based on Phillips’ memoir of his experiences. Rated: M.

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Farm sale sets record for dairy support By SuSan SandyS

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A Mitcham farm has sold for what is believed to be a record price for a non-dairy property, bringing in $9 million for the retiring owners. The 200.6 hectare dairy support unit was bought by a Mid Canterbury farming couple for a new Mid Canterbury high of $45,000 per hectare. Real estate agent Robin Ford said the record was no surprise as the price of dairy support farms began to catch up to dairy farms. The farm had not been tagged as having dairy conversion potential, with no nitrate or effluent approvals having been given. “It certainly hasn’t been sold under that umbrella. The person who bought it wants to farm the same use as now.” Mr Ford said about four years ago in the Waikato, dairy grazing was selling for a similar price to dairy farms as competition for land increased. He had said then that it was only a matter of time before the same thing began to happen in Mid Canterbury. “We are catching up to Waikato,” he said. Meanwhile, successful vendor Dave Wilkinson said the record sale

was “bittersweet”. That was because he was a man of the land, not of money, and the sale had been undertaken after the culmination of a number of factors. “I didn’t realise it was a record price, tomorrow it won’t be,” Mr Wilkinson said. He and wife Elspeth have a son, a business analyst, and daughter, a language teacher, both in London. “Both of them love the place dearly, but they just can’t see themselves here.” As much as he loved farming, his favourite job being setting clocks on the property’s border dyke system, he had felt it was time to retire with other factors such as increased regulation coming into the decision as well. Mr Wilkinson has farmed the property since 1976 when he took it over from his grandfather. The property has been in his family for about 90 years. The couple plan to retire into Ashburton and undertake some travel with family. The Guardian understands a dairy farm in the Mitcham area has this month sold for over $50,000 per hectare, however this is not a record price with a district high of about $58,000 per hectare having been reached in the 2008-2009 season.

Mitcham farmer Dave Wilkinson will miss setting the clocks on his farm’s border dyke irrigation system when he retires early next year. Photo SuSan SandyS 061113-SS-012

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Victim, 15, tells of assault by gang two years ago A 15-year-old girl who says she was a victim of the Roast Busters group made a complaint to police two years ago, contradicting the official line that they could not prosecute members of the gang because no one had complained. The girl, who was 13 at the time, told 3 News last night she was sexually assaulted two years ago by members of the gang,

who have bragged on Facebook of getting underage girls drunk and having sex with them. She was left traumatised and after plucking up the courage to tell her family two weeks later, her parents took her to police to lay a complaint. Her brother also gave police the names and addresses of her attackers. “I had a video interview where I had to act out what had hap-

pened with dolls ... it was traumatising,” she said. The girl, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, told 3 News she felt it was her word against the Roast Busters and no charges were laid. “This is my chance to say something. I couldn’t do anything two years ago. I want to do something now,” she said. She believed she was one of

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In brief Domestic violence Ashburton police attended a domestic dispute Tuesday afternoon.

Bike theft attempt An Ashburton homeowner disturbed a would-be thief on their property on Tuesday when they were attempting to steal a bike from the address. Ashburton police said the culprit did not get away with the bike, and they will be following up with inquiries into the incident.

Tools stolen Tools were taken from a Dobson Street house during Labour Weekend. Ashburton police will continue with inquiries into the theft and are in search of any information that may be related.

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Ashburton College 2013 dux Vicki Squires (left) and runner up dux Savanna Ornsby both have big plans for the future when they head into tertiary study next year. Photo tetsuro MitoMo 061113-tM-264

Vicki caps off 2013 as dux By MyleS HuMe

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A future New Zealand Prime Minister or a stellar law career is what we may one day see from Ashburton College’s allround 2013 dux. Year 13 pupils were told time and again about the huge opportunities that await them at last night’s Graduation Ceremony at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre and for the college dux Vicki Squires that could not be truer. The 18-year-old went home

with her arms overflowing with trophies, scholarships and certificates as she was recognised for her success in history, classics, legal studies and overall academic prowess. So what can we expect from Vicki after she spends her tertiary years at the University of Canterbury where she heads next year to take up a double degree in law and political science? “I don’t know, maybe my dream job would be working for the UN or as a minister in New Zealand or maybe pursu-

ing a career in law, I’m just going to keep an open mind,” the former St Joseph’s School pupil said. On top of her commitment to the college 1st XI hockey team, Vicki is also the treasurer on the student executive and finds time to ensure she keeps on top of her school work. “I guess it’s about keeping motivated and choosing to do subjects you enjoy, I think that really helped me on my way,” she said. Savanna Ornsby was the recipient of the Proxime Acces-

sit, dubbed as runner up to the dux, featuring on the sporting field and in science and maths subjects during her time at the college. She spoke of how proud she was to receive the coveted award, before embracing her mother and father. Savanna plans to pursue a degree at CPIT in physical activity, health and wellness and is considering a post graduate year before potentially entering a career in lifestyles consultancy or being a sport and health promoter.

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Our nor’westers make NIWA history books By SuSan SandyS

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Mid Canterbury’s notorious nor’westers have made mention in NIWA’s national climate summaries for the last two months, both for their destructive and “comical” properties. Ashburton recorded its strongest ever wind gust since 1970 when records began in the town. The gust was 128 kilometres per hour, and recorded on September 10, the date of the 2013 Canterbury windstorm. Climate scientists described the widespread damage in the

summary, including 28,000 houses in Canterbury being without power overnight and over 800 irrigators damaged “which would cost millions of dollars to repair”. For the month of October, Mid Canterbury’s winds were described again, this time those which hit on October 26, which were more severe north of the district, but also hit Ashburton. “A provincial rugby final in Ashburton was also struck by the strong winds. Comically, a kick-off was blown back beyond the kicking team’s own in-goal area.” The Meads Cup

rugby final was well-reported by the Guardian at the time, and went viral in what was dubbed “the worst kick-off ever”. A windstorm of October 14 was felt throughout New Zealand, and in Canterbury trees once again fell onto power lines, and controlled burn-offs reignited. October was generally warm, with AgResearch Winchmore readings showing 10 days climbing above 20 degrees celcius, and one day, the 24th, reaching as high as 27 degrees celcius. But there were some chilly days as well, with the na-

tional summary showing both Ashburton and Winchmore had near-record low daily maximum air temperatures. On October 8, Winchmore recorded a daily maximum air temperature of six degrees, the second lowest recorded since records began in 1928. The same day Ashburton recorded a maximum of 6.2 degrees, the third lowest since records began in 1928. It was in the midst a cold snap in the district, and on October 9, snow was reported in many areas of Canterbury, including Methven.

Immigration NZ has been forced to reassess hundreds of declined visa applications after an investigation by the Ombudsman found it had wrongly turned down the partners of Indian migrants. The Ombudsman received 14 complaints alleging Immigration NZ’s offices in New Delhi and Mumbai had incorrectly assessed applications from partners of work and student visa holders who wanted to join their partners in New Zealand. After discussions with the Ombudsman, INZ accepted the applications had put too much weight on ensuring applicants had incentives to return home, and the cases were reassessed. - APNZ

Blood spatter The study of blood splatter patterns, made famous by popular TV crime shows CSI and Dexter, is being looked at by New Zealand researchers. University of Canterbury researchers are teaming up with Institute of Environmental Science and Research (ESR) staff to study how blood forms stain patterns to help police, forensic scientists and courts interpret bloodstain evidence. Bloodstain pattern evidence is often crucial in police investigations and trials, but can be difficult to interpret. “The forensic science community has put a lot of effort into working out rules for interpreting bloodstains,” said University of Canterbury mechanical engineering senior lecturer Dr Mark Jermy. - APNZ

School gunman A man who caused a shutdown of central Greymouth and brought out the armed offenders squad by pointing an air rifle at school children, changed his plea to guilty in Greymouth District Court this week. “In short, you could have been shot,” Judge Noel Walsh told Matthew Ryan Rex Mahuika, 22. Mahuika was charged with presenting a firearm during the August 26 incident that put two schools and a preschool in lockdown. About 11am that morning, he was standing outside his Alexander Street address on a hillside overlooking John Paul II High School. One of the students going between classes called out to him, at which point he got angry, and fetched an air rifle.

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■ LAST DAY OF SCHOOL

Year 13s enjoy final school pranks BY MYLES HUME

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Cross dressing, office break-ins and the face of a long-standing teacher plastered across campus were all part of last-day antics at Ashburton College yesterday. After five years of sticking to the rules, the college’s Year 13 pupils took matters into their own hands on their last formal day of school before all-important NCEA exams lead them into the big wide world. With the traditional uniform swapping between boys and girls alive and well this year, the school’s management staff also decided to try on the college attire. Principal Grant McMillan was the first to fall victim to the Year 13 pranks, walking into an office of balloons knee-deep. “We spent about three hours blowing up balloons and we used several cars and a trailer to transfer them to the school,” mastermind and head boy Kane Olsen said. Teacher Greg Jones also felt

the wrath of Year 13 antics, having a picture of himself from years gone by posted around the college. Although it was an ideal way to round off their last day with a barbecue lunch, head girl Finau Fakapelea, who is looking to do radio broadcasting at CPIT

when she leaves, said it was a bittersweet moment for the year group as they gathered under a marquee and relaxed to music. “This school has been our home for five years and we have met so many new people here and friends for life. “I guess it’s time for us to start

another chapter in our lives,” she said. Kane, who is looking to do land surveying at university next year, said it was a tense time for pupils leading into exams, but many were looking forward to a raft of new possibilities in their lives.

Ashburton College Year 13 pupils kept to the cross dressing tradition yesterday, as part of last day mischief. PHOTO MYLES HUME 061113-MH-017

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Gallery lights up town for fittings By GaBrielle Stuart gabrielle.s@theguardian.co.nz

The Ashburton Art Gallery will be lighting up the town this weekend as they launch their Light The Art fundraising campaign, aiming to raise $120,000 for light fittings in the new Art Gallery and Museum complex. They will kick off the campaign at the Ashburton Art Gallery on Friday, with a night of art auctions, entertainment, and a bit of local “Lotto” – only with far, far better odds of taking home a prize, organisers said. The community has already rallied around the fundraising effort, with the local arts society taking on the catering of the night, and close to 40 locals contributing to make the fundraiser happen. Local businesses and individuals have donated a range of auction pieces and prizes, including vouchers for travel, accommodation and activities, photo shoot packages, jewellery and original art pieces. Gallery curator Sharin Khosraviani said that anyone in the community was welcome to attend the fundraiser, which would provide plenty of oppor-

A long-awaited report looking at the slope stability of the Port Hills above Christchurch has identified 36 areas of “mass land movement” since the earthquakes. Christchurch City Council commissioned GNS Science to complete the report in response to changes in the stability of slopes in the area following the 2010/2011 quakes. The Canterbury Earthquakes 2010/11 Port Hills Slope Stability: mass movement Stage One Report released today details investigations of 36 areas in the Port Hills where mass land movement has occurred. Landowners have been alerted by letter. - APNZ

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tunities to support the gallery in both big and small ways. The fundraising evening will kick off at 6pm on Friday, November 8 at the Ashburton Art Gallery. The night is free of charge, but RSVPs to the gallery are requested, for catering purposes.

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Farmers urged to make vote count A Mid Canterbury sheep industry spokesperson is describing the director elections for Silver Fern Farms and Alliance Group as historic. “These cooperative elections are the farmer’s chance to be heard and to make things happen. Don’t pass on the opportunity,” says Jeanette Maxwell, Federated Farmers Meat and Fibre chairperson, who has just returned from a World LEFT: Federated Farmers Meat and Fibre chairperson Jeanette Maxwell.

Farmers’ Organisation event in Zambia. “Set against a backdrop of what could be up to three million fewer lambs and declining stock numbers, future generations of farmers will ask current shareholders how they voted. “Actions speak louder than words but sadly the same applies to inaction. We need shareholder farmers to get off their backside and vote.” Mrs Maxwell said the meat cooperatives also needed to lift their game and promote the

election to their shareholders. “Farmers have equity tied up in the meat coops so it is enlightened self-interest to take more than a passing interest in the coops and who they wish to run it. It’s material to farm profitability and viability,” she said. “Farmers must never forget that Silver Fern Farms and Alliance Group companies have combined revenues of some $3.5 billion. “Put another way, that’s about 50 times the revenue of share market darling, Xero.”

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Two teenagers will go on trial over the death of 15-year-old Stephen Dudley at an Auckland school rugby training session. Stephen was allegedly assaulted by two other teenagers after the training session on June 6. He was rushed to Auckland City Hospital but died a short time later. Two youths aged 15 and 17 were charged with manslaughter. Heavy suppression orders prevent the publication of the boys’ names and their school. The pair appeared today in the High Court at Auckland, where they were committed for trial. They have both pleaded not guilty. The trial is scheduled to begin on February 10. - APNZ

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Songbird Lorde may be topping international charts, but she has hit a bum note with one New Zealander. P Gilberd complained to the Advertising Standards Authority that her album, Pure Heroine glamourised and endorsed taking drugs and the album name was an “overt and unsubtle play on the drug heroin”. The complainant said Lorde appeared in “pale white heroin chic makeup” and it was not an “appropriate platform for marketing pop music to a predominantly youth target market New Zealand”. The authority said the album title was unlikely to have the effect of encouraging drug use for most people and there were no grounds for the complaint.

Ferry loses prop The Transport Accident Investigation Commission has opened an inquiry into an incident Tuesday where interisland ferry the Aratere lost a propeller during a Cook Strait crossing. Two investigators are gathering information about the incident voyage and interviewing the relevant crew members. The Aratere has been taken out of service while the fault with a propeller shaft is assessed.

Alyssa lines up A Dunedin teen is set to be the youngest driver and only female to race in the Cromwell finale of an endurance series this weekend - at speeds of up to 230km/h. And for Alyssa Clapperton, 17, of Abbotsford, nothing sounds sweeter than the roar of a raceready V8 engine. “You can’t beat it.” Miss Clapperton will race a V8 VK Holden Commodore with her father Ian Clapperton at Highlands Motorsport Park, in Cromwell.

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Long wait for surgery causes concern By Sue NewmaN

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Adults are not the only ones who are being forced to wait in agony for much needed surgery, Ashburton woman Diane Cuthbertson says. For months Mrs Cuthbertson watched her six-year-old daughter Amelia suffer ongoing pain from an abscessed tooth because of the long wait for an oral surgeon’s appointment. Her daughter needed to have several teeth filled but, with a dental phobia, a visit to the dentist caused extreme agitation, she said. “If I managed to get her in the chair, as soon as they did anything she’d jump out screaming. I was told the only way they could fix her fillings was by sedation,” Mrs Cuthertson said. When Amelia was younger,

a dental nurse managed to fill one tooth, but follow up visits were unsuccessful. It was the same story when she took her daughter to a dentist, hoping he might be able to work around her daughter’s fears. “She just kept telling me she was afraid of the noisy thing (the drill) and the dentist said she’d need to be referred to an oral surgeon.” Mrs Cuthbertson assumed this would be a relatively quick process but to her horror discovered that Amelia would have to wait up to six months for an appointment and that there would then be an additional wait for treatment. “In the meantime her tooth had abscessed but we still couldn’t get her in anywhere. She was obviously in pain and the infec-

tion had to be controlled with antibiotics,” she said. The Cuthbertsons knew they couldn’t sit out the long wait for surgery through the public system and opted to put themselves in debt and try for the operation to be carried out privately. “We really couldn’t afford this but we put it on our credit card, $2800, and we’re now faced with that debt.” Amelia had four fillings and two abscessed baby teeth removed under general surgery a St George’s Hospital and while that has fixed the immediate problem, Mrs Cuthbertson said she’s now worrying about the next time her daughter needs dental treatment. “I know there are lots of kids in the same situation as us. Dental care is supposed to be free

for children but that can mean a long, long wait. Imagine what her health would have been like if she’d been sitting on a waiting list on antibiotics for six months or longer.”

Diane Cutherbertson and sixyear-old daughter Amelia.

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■ SPCA

Firefighters relish quiet Guy Fawkes night

Appalling list of shame

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Mid Canterbury firefighters are struggling to explain what was a completely uneventful Guy Fawkes on Tuesday night. Fire officers spoken to across the district did not attend one firework-related incident in a night that typically calls on brigade volunteers to take care of the odd vegetation fire or minor property fires. Firefighters in Timaru saw a contrasting evening to their

Mid Canterbury counterparts, attending a raft of vegetation fires, with the Geraldine brigade also being called out. Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade deputy chief fire officer Graeme Baker said Mid Canterbury had a relatively good reputation when it came to Guy Fawkes, but admitted not being called out to a single incident was unusual. He struggled to pin the successful night on one aspect, saying the attitude towards re-

sponsible use of fireworks may have played a role. In 2011, the Rakaia brigade was called to about five firework related incidents in what chief fire officer Donald Dunlea called “a particularly bad year”. However, that took a Uturn last year and continued on course on Tuesday, following a successful public display at the Rakaia Domain on Saturday. “I went to bed at 8.30pm Tuesday night and woke the next morning and didn’t hear a

thing,” Mr Dunlea said. “I don’t know why that is, maybe because people aren’t getting fireworks for themselves nowadays and are going along to public displays and I say the more public displays there are, the better.” Mid Canterbury principal rural fire officer Don Geddes said high humidity levels, and light winds may have played a role in the quiet evening coupled with restrictions on the sale of fireworks.

■ WOMEN WORK HARDER

Kiwi men put in fewer hours By HeatHer mccrackeN Kiwi women are doing more unpaid work around the house than 10 years ago, despite also spending more time in paid jobs. Meanwhile, New Zealand men are putting in less unpaid work than a decade ago - bucking international trends and falling behind their Australian counterparts. A new OECD report shows that on average, New Zealand women do 15 more hours of unpaid work a week than men one of the highest gender gaps in the group. The latest wellbeing report, titled How’s Life?, shows women are still bearing the brunt of unpaid household chores. But the gender gap is shrink-

ing in most OECD countries, with women spending more time in paid employment and less in unpaid work, and the reverse for men. However, women in Australia and New Zealand are doing more unpaid work, as well as putting in more hours in paid jobs. Unlike Australian men, who are putting in 11 more hours around the house on average than 10 years ago, New Zealand men are spending less time in unpaid work. Kiwi men are working six more hours in paid employment per week, on average. AUT Professor Judy McGregor, a former Equal Employment Opportunities Commissioner, said she wasn’t surprised by the results, which

were backed up by local research. The latest local time use survey showed women and men spent roughly equal time working, but 63 per cent of men’s work was paid, and 65 per cent of women’s work was unpaid. Dr McGregor said unpaid work included housework, childcare, caring for elderly relatives, and community work. Women shouldered the bigger burden of that work because of “socialisation and tradition,” she said. Work considered to be “emotional labour”, such as caring for children or older people, was traditionally considered to be part of a women’s “nurturing role”. “It’s a complex mix of attitudes, traditions and history,”

she said. “While it’s changing, it probably isn’t changing fast enough for many New Zealand women.” Dr McGregor said the low wages in sectors traditionally staffed by women, such as cleaning, clerical and caring work, led to women working longer hours, with no reduction in the burden of unpaid work at home. New Zealand’s poor pay rates across the board may be why trends here differed from other industrialised countries, she said. Unite Union national director of organising Mike Treen said many families needed to work longer hours in paid employment to get by. “The family income has been compensated for by women working more and longer.”

Black swans run over by a boat, a pet sheep bashed and set on fire, fowl found stuffed in a chest of drawers, and an 8-week-old puppy with its tail cut off by a pair of scissors - just some of the incidents which have topped the SPCA’s 2013 List of Shame. The appalling acts of animal abuse are just “a few of the grievously inhumane” incidents the charity dealt with this year. “These cases, and worse, are unfortunately all too familiar to SPCA inspectors at centres around New Zealand,” said RNZSPCA chief executive Ric Odom. “Our inspectors are then tasked with the heart-breaking job of determining whether the animals in question are able to be rehabilitated, released or rehomed - or, as a last resort, have to be euthanised as a result of this abuse or neglect.” In most instances, the cost of investigating and prosecuting these cases is met by the SPCA, which said costs often run into the tens of thousands of dollars. The government only picks up the bill if a case goes to jury trial. “The SPCA’s work is almost entirely funded by donations, sponsorships and legacies of generous New Zealanders and the SPCA is enormously grateful to those individuals, groups and organisations. Without their support, we simply could not do the work we do.” - APNZ

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for children but that can mean a long, long wait. Imagine what her health would have been like if she’d been sitting on a waiting list on antibiotics for six months or longer.”

Diane Cutherbertson and sixyear-old daughter Amelia.

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Kiwi men put in fewer hours By Heather McCracken Kiwi women are doing more unpaid work around the house than 10 years ago, despite also spending more time in paid jobs. Meanwhile, New Zealand men are putting in less unpaid work than a decade ago - bucking international trends and falling behind their Australian counterparts. A new OECD report shows that on average, New Zealand women do 15 more hours of unpaid work a week than men one of the highest gender gaps in the group. The latest wellbeing report, titled How’s Life?, shows women are still bearing the brunt of unpaid household chores. But the gender gap is shrink-

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Year 13 - general awards Aidan Achten, 13GN, Year 13 Merit Award Nicole Adams, 13GN, Year 13 Excellence Award, Application and Effort Ross Allott, 13GN, Year 13 Award, Application and Effort Jasmine Andrada, 13OG, Year 13 Merit Award, Application and Effort Rebecca Armstrong, 13BL, Year 13 Excellence Award, Application and Effort Matthew Arnold, 13BL, Year 13 Merit Award, Application and Effort Anita Badger, 13RE, Year 13 Award, Application and Effort Caitlyn Bassett, 13GN, Year 13 Merit Award, Application and Effort Campbell Bedward-Chapman, 13GN, Year 13 Award, Application and Effort Mikayla Begg, 13OG, Year 13 Merit Award, Application and Effort Kate Benny, 13BY, Year 13 Award, Application and Effort Jessica Bensdorp, 13RE, Year 13 Merit Award, Application and Effort Amy Blair, 13GR, Year 13 Award, Application and Effort Kelly Body, 13OA, Year 13 Merit Award, Application and Effort Alexandra Boote, 13OG, Year 13 Award Kieran Bradford, 13OG, Year 13 Award Krystal Broomfield, 13BY, Year 13 Award Joseph Brown, 13GN, Year 13 Award Craig Butterick, 13GR, Y13, Completion Certificate, Application and Effort Hannah Cairns, 13OA, Year 13 Award, Application and Effort Sharmyn Cantrick, 13GR, Y13 Completion Certificate Kirk Chettleburgh, 13OA, Y13 Completion Certificate Bradley Chisnall, 13BL, Year 13 Merit Award Brooke Clark, 13BL, Year 13 Merit Award, Application and Effort Karl Clement, 13RE, Y13 Completion Certificate Stephanie Connolly, 13RE, Year 13 Merit Award Matthew Coote, 13RE, Year 13 Award Jasmine Currie, 12OR, Citizenship Award for service to Ashburton College Ellen Dakers, 13GN, Year 13

Excellence Award, Application and Effort Holly Dalzell, 13RE, Year 13 Award Megan Davies, 13RE, Year 13 Award Jack Dudley, 13OG, Year 13 Award Nirvana Edgecombe, 13RE, Year 13 Award Aleisha Fawcett, 13OG, Year 13 Award Laura Fergus, 13GN, Year 13 Award Application and Effort Amanda Fleming, 13GR, Year 13 Award, Application and Effort Laura Forbes, 13GR, Year 13 Award, Application and Effort Emma Fryer, 13RE, Year 13 Award, Application and Effort Phoebe Ganda, 13OA, Year 13 Award, Application and Effort Melissa Gooseman, 13OG, Year 13 Merit Award, Application and Effort Nicholas Green, 13RD, Y13 Completion Certificate Malaika Greenland, 13BY, Year 13 Award Cameron Havis, 13GN, Year 13 Award Amy Henderson, 13OG, Year 13 Award, Application and Effort Christopher Hill, 13RE, Year 13 Award Adam Hodge, 13OA, Year 13 Award Alisha Hopson, 13RD, Year 13 Award Emma Hurst, 12OR, Application and Effort Mathew Iakopo, 13RD, Y13 Completion Certificate Britney Johansen, 13OG, Year 13 Award Bradley Johnson, 13OG, Year 13 Award Jesse Jones, 13RD, Y13 Completion Certificate Braden Kell, 13GR, Y13 Completion Certificate Olivia Kennedy, 13GN, Year 13 Award, Application and Effort Sara Kircher, 13OA, Year 13 Award Application and Effort Nikita Kohunui, 13GN, Year 13 Award Jayde Krog, 13OG, Year 13 Award Bharti Kumar, 13GR, Y13 Completion Certificate Amelia Lane, 13BL, Year 13 Merit Award, Application and Effort Isaac Langley, 13OG, Year 13 Award Carmen Leadley, 13GR, Year 13 Award Sweet Lisala, 13RE, Y13 Completion Certificate Mellissa Lloyd, 13BY, Year 13 Award

First XV captain Steve Twamley (left) is presented a Blue House leadership award along with two rugby prizes by guest speaker Craig Hansen. 061113-TM-166

Samuel Loftus, 13OG, Y13, Completion Certificate Danyelle Lusty, 13GN, Year 13 Award Alice Mareko, 13BY, Year 13 Award, Application and Effort Abbey Marshall, 13OA, Year 13 Award Luke Martin, 13RE, Year 13 Award, Application and Effort Emma McCloy, 13RE, Year 13 Award Brendan McDonnell, 13RE, Y13 Completion Certificate Alexander McEnaney, 13GN, Y13 Completion Certificate Lancy Mckay, 13BY, Y13 Completion Certificate Hannah McLintock, 13OG, Y13 Completion Certificate Carlos Meager, 13RD, Y13 Completion Certificate Jack Meyrick, 13BL, Year 13 Award Nooke Miimetua Temata, 13RD, Year 13 Award Tony Mui, 13OG, Year 13 Award, Application and Effort Kaitlyn Nepe, 13RE, Year 13 Award Rebecca New, 13GR, Year 13 Award, Application and Effort Paul Nittmann, 13OG, Y13 Completion Certificate

Kane Olsen, 13OA, Year 13 Award, Application and Effort Jessica Pelayo, 13OG, Year 13 Merit Award, Application and Effort Shalom Pulu, 13BY, Y13 Completion Certificate Samantha Quinn, 13GR, Year 13 Award Daniel Rance, 13BL, Year 13 Award Carlyn Reed, 13RE, Year 13 Award Maddison Reynolds, 13OG, Y13 Completion Certificate Ella Robertson, 13BL, Year 13 Merit Award, Application and Effort Alanna Rush, 13BY, Year 13 Award, Application and Effort Teresa Ryan, 12OR, Citizenship Award for service to Ashburton College Latafale Schuster, 13RD, Year 13 Award Joshua Smith, 13RD, Year 13 Award Ben Somerville, 12OR, Citizenship Award for service to Ashburton College Shaun Stagg, 13OA, Year 13 Award Chantal Steiner-Garner, 13BL, Year 13 Award, Application and Effort Joshua Stempa, 13OG, Year 13 Award Charles Stewart Morrison, 13RD,

Year 13 Award Garth Stewart-Webster, 13GR, Year 13 Award Elliotte Strange, 13BY, Year 13 Award, Application and Effort Jason Street, 13OG, Y13 Completion Certificate Jack Syme, 13GR, Y13 Completion Certificate Jackie Tait, 13OA, Year 13 Award John Tarry, 13OA, Year 13 Award Manuel Taylor, 13GR, Y13 Completion Certificate Sarah Tuffley, 12OR, Citizenship Award for service to Ashburton College Katherine Turton, 13BL, Year 13 Award, Application and Effort Steven Twamley, 13BL, Y13 Completion Certificate Courtney Van-der-Eik, 13OA, Year 13 Merit Award, Application and Effort Gemma Ward, 13BL, Year 13 Award Samuel Whiting, 13OA, Year 13 Award Dean Williams, 13BY, Year 13 Award George Wilson, 13RD, Y13 Completion Certificate Hugh Wright, 13OA, Year 13 Award

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Year 13 pupil Jack Dudley (left) is presented a Year 13 Award by Ashburton College principal Grant McMillan. 061113-TM-063

Ross Allott, 13GR, Registered Music Teachers Award for the most dedicated instrumental student in the senior school Matt Arnold, 13BL, 1st XI Soccer Trophy for outstanding contributions to College soccer Kate Benny, 13BY, Firestone Fair Player of the Year Trophy Georgia Clarke, 13BY, Neill Trophy for dedication, loyalty and contribution to the Girls Hockey Team Jack Dudley, 13OR, Noel Hosking Memorial Cup for Cricket Melissa Gooseman, 13OR, Leadership and service to Orange House Grace Goulter, 13RE, Daly Trophy for excellence in visual arts, Senior Performance Drama Cup, Leadership and Service to Red House Cameron Havis, 13GR, Leadership and service to Green House

Chris Hill, 13RE, Ashburton Hockey Association Trophy for displaying the most dedication, loyalty and contribution to the team Braden Kell, 13GR, Senior Boys Sports Cup Matthew Iakapo, 13RD, 1st XV Trophy for service and contribution to the team Danyelle Lusty, 13GR, Leadership and service to Green House Lucas McGee, 13, Glover Trophy for Golf â&#x20AC;&#x201C; best aggregate net score Stewards Cup for the boy considered the most honest trier in sport Zac Milne, 13GR, Ashburton Musical Club Trophy for the best performance student Nicholas Ralston, 13OR, Leadership and service to Orange House Ella Robertson, 13BL, Leadership in Netball Cup Frances Smith, 13RD, Clayton Cup

for Girls Cycling Josh Smith, 13RD, Ashburton College Challenge Trophy for Golf Josh Stempa, 13OG, Shepherd Cup for commitment and leadership in Senior Boys Basketball Charles Stewart-Morrison, 13RE, Leadership and Service to Red House Elliotte Strange, 13BL, Leadership and service to Blue House, Faith Trophy for contribution and sportsmanship in Girls Basketball Romeo Touli, 13RD, Firestone Fair Player of the Year Trophy Steven Twamley, 13BL, Leadership and service to Blue House, Rugby Cup for contributions to College Rugby. He also collected the Bevan Bain trophy for the Ashburton College 1st XV rugby team as the team that brings the most credit to college.

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Excellence and subject awards Joshua Aberhart, 13BL, Physics (John Hefford Memorial Prize) – joint award, National Heart Foundation –Mike O’Reilly award for a student moving into Health sciences in a tertiary institution, Year 13 Excellence Award, Application and Effort Jacob Beeman, 13OA, Chemistry (Drummond Memorial Prize and Keith Gunn Cup) – joint award, Year 13 Excellence Award, Application and Effort Kim Bulagnir, 13OG, English as a Second Language (Ashburton District Council Prize), Year 13 Award, Application and Effort Georgia Clarke, 13BY, Sport and Exercise Performance, Application and Effort Logan Donald, 13GN, Economics Year 13 Merit Award, Application and Effort Finau Fakapelea, 13RE, Journalism (Free Phoenix Cup), Frank Veale Memorial Trophy for Journalism, Tourism and Hospitality (Ashburton Trust Prize)joint award, Year 13 Award, Application and Effort Maise Fleming, 13GN, Mathematics with Calculus (Hogg Memorial Prize and Robb Cup), Year 13 Merit Award, Application and Effort Grace Goulter, 13RD, Drama, Painting (Ashburton District Council Prize)- joint award, Year 13 Award, Application and Effort Joshua Heney, 13BL, Agriculture (BNZ Prize and Cup), Year 13 Merit Award, Application and Effort Elizabeth Hill, 13OG, Child Development, Year 13 Excellence Award, Application and Effort Laura Kell, 13OA, Japanese (Five Star Beef Award), Chemistry (Drummond Memorial Prize and Keith Gunn Cup) – joint award, Media studies – top student in the Video Conferencing course, Year 13 Excellence Award, Application and Effort Monica Leadley , 13OG, Food

Nutrition, Year 13 Excellence Award, Application and Effort Mark Mably, 13BL, Accounting (Gabites Ltd Prize), Year 13 Merit Award, Application and Effort Seru Matalomani, 13OG, Digital Technology Programming (Heartland Ricoh Prize), Year 13 Award Zachary Milne, 13GR, Music (John Stewart Memorial Prize), Music Performance, Year 13 Award Emily Moore, 13OA, Photography, Technology – Digital Information (Heartland Ricoh Prize), Year 13 Excellence Award, Application and Effort Carys Morgans, 13OG, Painting (Ashburton District Council Prize)- joint award, Year 13 Excellence Award, Application and Effort Savanna Ornsby, 13OA, Biology (Drummond Memorial Prize and Watson Cup), Statistics and Modelling (John Stewart Memorial Prize), Ashburton Lions Club Award for individual research in Mathematics with Statistics, Unichem Cup and prize for the top overall student studying three Sciences, Year 13 Excellence Award, Application and Effort Stephanie Porter, 13BL, German (German Embassy Prize), Year 13 Merit Award, Application and Effort Faliesha Pound, 13RD, Business Management, Brian Edmondston Prize for excellence in Historical Research, Year 13 Excellence Award, Application and Effort Nicholas Ralston, 13OA, Physical Education (Ashburton District Council Prize), Year 13 Award, Application and Effort Frances Smith, 13RD, Jenkinson Family Cup for Inclusive Education, Year 13 Award, Application and Effort Victoria Squires, 13GN, History (John Stewart Memorial Prize and Digby Prosser Cup), Classical Studies (Dr Jim Benefield

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Cup), Legal Studies (Argyle Welsh Finnigan Prize), Year 13 Excellence Award, Application and Effort Sandra Stebler, 13RD, Tourism and Hospitality (Ashburton Trust Prize)- joint award, Year 13 Award, Application and Effort Ryan Strijbis, 13OA, Graphics (A W Thomson Cup), Application and Effort Erica Turnbull, 13RD, Technology Soft Materials: Fabrics, Year 13 Award, Application and Effort Mikayla Twamley, 13RD, Rakirua Trophy for the top all-round achievement by a Maori student in Year 13, Year 13 Award Dominika Van, 13GN, Physics (John Hefford Memorial Prize) – joint award, Year 13 Excellence Award, Application and Effort Connor Venmore, 13GR, Maori, Year 13 Award, Application and Effort Hannah Waters, 13OA, English (Maria Jarman Prize and Cup), Geography (Arnott Award and Jane Taylor Cup), Year 13 Excellence Award, Application and Effort.

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Year 13 pupil Laura Kell (left) is awarded an Ashburton Trust/ Lion Foundation Tertiary Study Scholarship by Ashburton Trust chairman Alister Lilley. 061113-TM-237

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Student executive member and Year 13 pupil Abbey Marshall (left) went home with a host of awards last night, including an Ashburton Trust/Lion Foundation Tertiary Study Scholarship presented by Ashburton Trust chairman Alister Lilley. 061113-TM-235

A and P Society Scholarship, Melissa Gooseman John Grigg Scholarship, Melissa Gooseman John Lane Scholarship, Josh Heney John Bell Memorial Scholarship, Josh Heney Rosalie Begg Memorial Scholarship, Elliotte Strange Zonta International Community Services Scholarship, Sara Kircher Turner Memorial Prize for Citizenship, Logan Donald and Vicki Squires TT Ryder Prize for application, cheerful effort and building significantly on his learning, Connor Venmore CH Andrews Prize for Initiative and Enterprize, Nick Ralston and Elizabeth Hill Butterick Memorial Trophy for scholarship in English and Sporting Endeavour, Ella Robertson MSA Scholarship, Mark Mably Ashburton Masonic Lodge Centennial Scholarship, Finau Fakapelea and Savanna Ornsby EA Networks Scholarship for a student studying to enter the Electrical Industry, Jake Beeman Ashburton Trust/Lion Foundation Tertiary Study Scholarships: Hannah Waters Jas Andrada

Vicki Squires Danyelle Lusty Finau Fakapelea Elliotte Strange Kane Olsen Jessica Pelayo Abbey Marshall Ross Allott Laura Kell Savanna Ornsby Lions of Ashburton County Award for Citizenship and Community Involvement, Abbey Marshall RO McDowell Award for pride in their school and community, Kane Olsen Lions Club of Ashburton Senior Service and Leadership Award, Melissa Gooseman RO McDowell Crystal trophy for character and leadership (presented by the Ashburton High School Centennial Trust), Hannah Waters Rotary Club of Ashburton and Fooks Memorial award for prominence in scholarship, leadership and extracurricular activities, Josh Aberhart Proxime Accessit (runner–up to the Dux) and Rotary Club of Ashburton Scholarship Award, Savanna Ornsby Rotary Club of Ashburton Scholarship Award and Ashburton High School Centennial Trust Plaque for the DUX of Ashburton College 2013, Vicki Squires

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Poverty – it’s real and it’s here Michelle Nelson CHIEF REPORTER

overty in Mid Canterbury seems an incongruous concept. We constantly hear about the rapidly growing economy, and income generated in the rural hinterlands. But those working on the frontline with children have a different tale to tell – and a disturbing one at that. The number of children turning up at schools with inadequate clothing and little or no food is on the rise. Without agencies targeting the problem, staff are often forced to dip into school funds to feed and dress youngsters. Initiatives such as Fruit Fund, which as its name suggests, takes food into schools help, and some churches and businesses have also stepped up to provide lunches but there is still a long way to go, according to a local principal. While in the worst case scenario a child arrives with no food at all, those with just a bag of chips or a packet of instant noodles are scarcely any better off. And the problem is not confined to low decile schools – impoverished families are scattered around the district, and these children are turning up in all Mid Canterbury schools. As well as uniforms, some schools are also providing warm clothing, shoes and even showers for students. Obviously cold, hungry children are unable to concentrate in the classroom, and often slip behind in their learning. Behavioural problems are amplified by inadequate diets. The closure of specialist residential schools has also had an impact, leaving a number of schools to act as social agencies; the future for some of these children is not looking bright. Criticising and pointing the finger at parents will not help these children – the only thing that will is the compassion of a wealthy community. Every child has the right to be well fed and adequately clothed. We do not live in the Third World!

YOUR VIEW Magpie attacks I live on Allens Road and there is a large tree across the road on another property that myself and my elderly neighbours are concerned about, due to its size and what will happen in the next big wind, but also the magpies nesting in it and launching their attacks from. I have witnessed the attacks on the postie and also attacking my 18-month-old daughter when she is playing outside. I have been swooped well along with numerous other people who decide to run the “Allens Road gauntlet”. I have rung Mr Askin at the council on numerous occasions in the previous years both about the tree and the magpies. After the last big wind I rung Mr Askin and explained extremely large branches blew across the road and onto my

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property and also the roof. My concern is when the tree falls in the next big wind it will fall on my house, to which Mr Askin told me that I had nothing to worry about as it is a 1 in 10 million chance of a tree falling and injuring someone. Also the tree is a heritage tree so it can’t be touched unless it is diseased or a danger to people or property which to me is not really a positive reply from someone in authority. I expressed my concerns about the magpies as well which he said they are not a council matter. My question is, does it take an injury or death for the council to take notice? Does it take my daughter to lose an eye from a magpie attack before the council stops passing the buck from one department to another? The tree, in my personal be-

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a stationary train. C’mon New Zealand Rail – clean your act up! Text message

lief, is a hazard for both its size and the magpies in it. How long until someone fronts up? I will sign my name at the bottom of this letter unlike the person who couldn’t after moaning about Celtic getting club of the year, but let me say ... when Celtic loses they don’t punch holes in the opposition’s brand new changing room doors. Club of the Year is picked on numerous qualities both on and off the field not just a team that wins. Stefan Brook

Is there any need for slowmoving agricultural machinery to hold up traffic on the main road during peak hours? Yesterday morning a tractor caused a backlog of about a kilometre, forcing the traffic to move at under 40km/h between Chertsey and Fairton just after 8am. Text message

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Why is it that a train comes through town at lunch times just when public are returning to work at 1pm? Yesterday they held up traffic for at least 20 minutes with

A race that stops two nations and your editor could not be bothered printing the Melbourne Cup field? Winnie C Text message

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The end of handwriting is nigh

POLL RESULT Yesterday’s result Q: Should the Ashburton District Council do more to minimise magpie attacks in the district?

Peter Livingstone OUT OF SCHOOL

andwriting is ageing and it is not ageing gracefully. Hand-held digital devices have revolutionised written communication on a scale unimaginable even 5 years ago. The speed of change dictates that this revolution will explode exponentially and it would not be surprising to be at the local A&P Show in the future, and see a display of handwriting, as written in the ‘olden days’. The last handwriting curriculum guideline for teachers published in 1985 said this in its introduction: “There has been considerable debate about the teaching of handwriting, and – for at least fifty years – continuing criticism of the standard of handwriting of pupils and school leavers.” That was in 1985, at least 10 years before the emergence of the internet as we know it. My point is no one can predict the future of what we hold to be important and vital to learn. I suggest that debate will now change to – how long will handwriting be taught in schools? Oh I can hear the protagonists cry now ‘everyone needs to know how to hand write’ or ‘what about when they sit exams at high school or university?’ Well before you text or email your response, ask yourself, when was the last time you hand wrote a whole page of text? I’m not talking about a shopping list or a birthday card, when was the last time you wrote more than 100 words?

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If as adults we are not writing by hand for long periods of time, how can we ask our children to labour away at a task we know is declining in its everyday use? Our high schools and universities will bow to the mountain that is the digital tsunami of typed text. To allow students to submit typed assignments during the year and then ask them to hand write an exam paper at the end is an indication of archaic systems struggling with rising reality. In the last two years I have

worked with a variety of contractors completing work at school. Only one completed a handwritten form. One contractor accessed the plans on his phone, while we were walking around the job site. No pens, no paper involved. Again, how can we ask our children to labour away at a task we know is declining in its everyday use? What is vital is we teach our children how to compose and shape their message, and select the best medium for its publication. Don’t get me wrong, I am still expecting handwriting in

its basic form to be taught, but I am also witnessing the early adolescence of its successor. And if that doesn’t get you thinking about the future of handwriting, consider this study* from the US in 2006 – on average 7000 people a year die from sloppy handwriting by doctors! 7000 a year! That is approximate to the populations of Picton and Temuka dying every year! I think I will have a typed prescription thanks.

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In brief Strike hits Greece Services across Greece were shutting down as unions held a 24-hour general strike to protest further austerity cuts in the cash-strapped country. The strike disrupted public transport, halted ferry and train services, shut down courts, state-run schools and left state hospitals and the ambulance service functioning with emergency staff. Dozens of flights were cancelled or rescheduled as air traffic controllers walked off the job for three hours from noon in support of the labour action. Two separate protest marches were scheduled for central Athens. - AP

Prosecutor killed Iranian media say a state prosecutor has been killed in the southeast region near the Pakistani border, where an attack by militants less than two weeks ago killed 14 border guards. Sixteen “rebel” prisoners were later hanged in reprisal. It was not immediately clear whether the latest killing was linked to the region’s unrest, which includes clashes with drug smugglers and battles with an armed faction that claims to fight on behalf of Iran’s Sunni minority. - AP

Soldiers’ bodies found Afghan police say they have found the bodies of seven soldiers, believed to have been killed by their Taliban captors in a southern province. The police say the bodies were found on the outskirts of the provincial capital of southern Zabul province. Police chief Ghulam Sakhi says the seven Afghan National Army soldiers disappeared in neighbouring Zabul a week ago. - AP

New NY mayor Bill de Blasio was elected New York City’s first Democratic mayor in two decades, running on an unabashedly liberal, tax-therich platform that contrasted sharply with billionaire Michael Bloomberg’s record during 12 years in office. With 99 per cent of precincts reporting, De Blasio, had 73 per cent of the vote compared with 24 per cent for Joe Lhota, former chief of the metropolitan area’s transit agency. - AP

Blasts outside Communist HQ One person was killed and eight injured in a series of small explosions yesterday outside the provincial headquarters of the ruling Communist Party in the northern Chinese city of Taiyuan, officials said. The Shanxi provincial government and police said the blasts struck at about 11am. yesterday. Official statements posted online gave no information about the presumed target or perpetrators and an official with the party propaganda office, Zhang Lei, said he had no additional information. One of the injured was listed as serious and two vehicles were reported damaged. The blasts bore the hallmark of a revenge attack by a disgruntled citizen of the type that occasionally takes place around

Smoke billows from the site after explosions on the Yingze Street in Taiyuan, capital of north China’s Shanxi Province.

China. Assailants angered at perceived injustices have blown up public buses, stabbed officials

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■ ISRAEL

Ex-foreign minister cleared An Israeli court on Wednesday found former Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman innocent of all charges in a graft trial, clearing the way for the powerful hard-line politician to return to his post as the nation’s top diplomat. The trial had threatened to reshape the makeup of the government. But in the end, Lieberman was handed a resounding victory that instantly raises his clout in a bitterly divided coalition. The verdict was delivered inside a closed courtroom, and minutes later, a jubilant Lieberman appeared outside. “This chapter is behind me. And I am focusing on the challenges ahead, and there are plenty of challenges,” he said, claiming he had been

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ter the verdict, Lieberman refused to say whether he would return to the post. But he is widely expected to do so. Since the January election, Netanyahu has left the job open, saying he would only fill it after the verdict in Lieberman’s case. Lieberman, who was born in the former Soviet republic of Moldova, is one of the most polarising figures in Israeli politics. With a tough-talking message that has questioned the loyalty of Israel’s Arab minority, criticised the Palestinians and confronted Israel’s foreign critics, he has at times alienated Israel’s allies while becoming an influential voice at home. - AP

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■ CHORUS SHARES

Familiar face at the pump Broadband concerns The Government will tomorrow reveal more on its response to the Commerce Commission slashing broadband prices as Chorus’s share price continues to tumble. Earlier this year the Government proposed to set wholesale internet prices itself and overrule the regulator, which yesterday cut broadband charges by 23 per cent. The prices concerned are what infrastructure company Chorus charges internet retailers such as Orcon or Vodafone for monthly broadband services and line access over its copper network.

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years, had taught him was that interacting with customers was what he liked best about the industry. The Ashburton station is an around-the-clock operation, unlike Rakaia which is 6am to 9pm,

but Mr Burrowes did not expect that to serve up any new challenges as he had kept the same staff. “They are a great team to work with. It made my job easier to walk into.”

■ DAIRY GIANT EXPANDS

Fonterra buys up yoghurt-maker Fonterra has snapped up a distressed Tasmanian yoghurt company, Tamar Valley Dairy, in its latest contribution to the consolidation of Australian dairy assets. Family-owned Tamar, which employs 170 people, was placed in voluntary administration in September, owing creditors A$9 million. Fonterra appeared to warn there could be job losses as it sought to turn the business around and keep its operations in Tasmania. The Auckland-based cooperative and world’s largest dairy exporter would “work closely with the people at Tamar Valley Dairy to determine the roles and right employees for these roles to en-

sure a seamless transition and continuity of operations under Fonterra ownership.” “The business had “strong capability and innovation”, was “known for producing new yoghurt formats and formulations” and had “built a national brand in Tamar Valley Dairy,” said Judith Swales, managing director, Fonterra Australia. “Fonterra plans to invest further to improve the manufacturing assets, upgrade quality and safety systems, invest in people in the business, and build capability for further innovation in the yoghurt category.” Tasmania is a significant dairyproducing region of Australia and Fonterra already has exten-

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sive interests in the southern island state, collecting almost 500 million litres of milk from some 260 dairy farms and employing 220 people. Under the agreement, Fonterra will acquire assets including processing equipment and trademarks. Fonterra says it has a marketleading position in the yoghurt market, which the acquisition will enhance. The acquisition comes while a battle rages for control of the Victorian second tier producer Warrnoombal Cheese and Butter as rationalisation occurs in the Australian dairy processing sector. - APNZ

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Rakaia Mobil owner Tyrone Burrowes is to become a familiar face at Ashburton Mobil after becoming the new retail business agent at the site. Mr Burrowes will continue to operate the Rakaia petrol station, and continue living in the town and remain station officer at the Rakaia Volunteer Fire Brigade. But he will be at the 24-hour seven-days-per-week Ashburton station for a big part of each day, and is enjoying the challenge of his new role. “This was an opportunity which popped up, that’s why I applied for it. I wanted to branch out and have a new experience in the service station business,” he said. The station, on East Street, has been run in recent times by PSL, a subsidiary of Mobil, but Mobil decided to change from a company-run site back to a franchise set up, similar to which it originally operated under some years ago. Mr Burrowes will not have the same free run as he has as owner of the Rakaia station, having to comply with Mobil’s format for stock, shop layout and promotions. But that does not mean he is not planning on improvements, and particularly wishes to emphasise customer service. One thing operating the Rakaia site, where he had been for 19

While yesterday’s cut was not as severe as the almost 28 per cent price drop the regulator tabled in a draft decision last year, Chorus said the move would hit its earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (ebitda) by $142 million each year. Chorus, which owns the copper infrastructure but is also building the fibre-based ultra-fast broadband (UFB) network, claimed the decision would lead to a $1 billion funding shortfall. Chorus chief executive Mark Ratcliffe said it meant the company could not borrow for the UFB project.

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Results – Heaviest steer: JG McDrury, Remington Holdings, Glenpark Partnership. Best single steer: Rockford Farm, M and C McDermott, EH Lunn. Best pair steers: JJ McCarthy, Rockford Farm, CR Timperley. Best single heifer: RH and JC Adams, AJ and JP Cockburn, RH and JC Adams. Best pair of heifers: AJ andsteeRs PJ Cockburn,V DHBulls and SM Rhodes, PH Helps. Best steer or heifer under 430 500kg: DH and SM Rhodes, A. Quinn, PJ Helps. 420 Best pair of steers or heifers under 500kg: L. McDonald. net c/kg for 300kg cw

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An 1105 kilogram beast took out first place as the Heaviest Steer in the annual Prime Cattle Competition, held at the North Canterbury Stock and Station Agents’ Association weekly Canterbury Agricultural Park prime market. John McDrury’s (Dunsandel) steer exceeded last year’s winning weight and (15kg) was later laMB sold to Seaton Farming for $2276.$90 Canterbury A&P Association Presi$88 Fleming presented the windent Mark ner with $86their trophy and prize ribbon.

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bury is for silage, to be eaten by dairy cows and other stock. “There is quite a bit of maize grown for dairy cattle and with the dairy boom pushing further south, the maize is following it.” Mr Shaw said the trial included Pacific Seeds’ own hybrids and those of their competitors. The maize seed is not genetically modified. The hybrids were planted with a specialist research planter and the trial plants will grow within a maize crop on Mr Srhoy’s irrigated farm.

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Hybrid maize trial Pacific Seeds is trialling a new hybrid maize on a Lowcliffe farm to see how it handles Mid Canterbury’s weather and soils. Some 60 plots, each four rows wide and five metres long, were planted last week on Tony Srhoy’s former blackcurrant farm. It is the first trial plot for the company in the South Island. Pacific Seeds spokesman Scott Shaw said Mid Canterbury was an ideal spot for a trial site and the company hoped to have more in the next few years. About 95 per cent of maize grown in Canter-

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Ashburton children were challenged at this year’s A&P show to come up with designs for the decoration of the new Ashburton Art Gallery. Ten-year-old Anna Bennett took out her age category with this colourful design, while four-year-old Shantelle Dawn Hosken and 11-year-old Jed took prizes in their age groups.

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A bill for $120,000 for simply lighting a building may seem hefty. But according to Ashburton Art Gallery curator Sharin Khosraviani, getting lighting right in the new gallery is vital for preserving and protecting the art pieces they will display, and could save some big dollars in the future. Good lighting is worth every penny, she said. The halogen bulbs that light the current gallery may seem nice and simple, but the systems the staff need to use to work with them are far from easy. Before they can borrow or exhibit valuable pieces of art, Ms Khosraviani said that public art galleries must be able to control every aspect of lighting in the exhibition areas. When the gallery receives a work created on paper, too much light directed on the piece will cause pigment to fade and paper to bleach or darken. The staff have to limit the amount of light directed at the piece to 50 lux of light, and using halogen bulbs that is not only difficult to measure, but can leave the piece badly lit. Then there is the heat that the bulbs produce, which may

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By switching to LED lighting (like the gallery above), it will be possible to cut both heat and UV light, two of the main causes of damage to artwork.

seem insignificant – until 20 to 30 are run in one space. Although UV filters and creative ways to distance the lights from the artwork were used to combat the light and heat from the bulbs, Ms Khosraviani said that most exhibitions were poorly lit and costly to maintain. She said that repairing and maintaining the halogen lights could cost more than $260 per light, on top of the cost of replacing bulbs. By switching to LED light-

ing, the gallery will be able to cut both heat and UV light, two of the main causes of damage to artwork. The LED bulbs will also last longer, need less maintainance, make the gallery appear brighter and allow for more control of colour temperature, to keep from distorting colour tones in the art pieces. And for the gallery staff, they will simply be a lot easier to use, she said. “In practical terms, gallery staff will be able to move and shift light fittings without the

need to wait for them to cool down. “I can’t tell you how many times we’ve burnt our hands trying to change bulbs!” And after so much work researching and fundraising for exactly the right lighting, she said that her hope was that the lighting would go completely unnoticed by visitors to the new gallery complex. “If you walk into the gallery and you don’t notice the lighting at all, then you know you got it right.”

Australian Ballet brings back the romance Fairies and men in kilts are about to take over the Sydney Opera House stage. The Australian Ballet has given a sneak preview of the romantic double bill, which begins a 20-performance run on

today. La Sylphide is a softly romantic tale in which a young Scotsman is lured into the woods by a sylph. It will be offset by another ballet from the romantic era, Paquita. Known for its show-stopping

technical moments and sparkling tutus, Paquita works well in contrast with the ethereal La Sylphide. Both ballets were created in the first half of the 19th century and are regarded as classics.

“These two ballets are a glimpse into a pivotal era for ballet and their beauty is that they remain largely untouched from their original state,” said David McAllister, Australian Ballet’s artistic director. - AAP

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November 8 – Light the Art fundraising evening and art auction from 6pm at the Ashburton Art Gallery. To November 10 – Mary Macpherson photography exhibition on the changing face of small town NZ at the Ashburton Art Gallery. November 16 – Our Evolving New Zealand Culture project starts with Ashburton District schools painting on the walls of the Ashburton Art Gallery. November 19 – NZ rural comedy You Gotta Be Joking from 7.30pm at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre. November 21 – A Festival of Russian Ballet by the Imperial Russian Ballet Company from 8pm at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre. November 29 – Four-man band Beyondsemble performing from 7pm at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre. December 1 – Strassman Careful What You Wish For! comedy night from 6pm at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre. To December 7 - The Ashburton Society of Arts Spring show from 10am to 2pm on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays at the Short St Studio. December 12 – The New Entrants Dance Party at the from 7.30pm at the Ashburton Trust Events Centre, with an optional Christmas buffet meal from 6pm. December 14 - Ashburton District schools project Our Evolving New Zealand Culture opening from 1.30pm at the Ashburton Art Gallery. December 21 – Dowse Art Museum children’s exhibition Who Am I? at the Ashburton Art Gallery to March 9. Ashburton Society of Arts weekly art and printmaking group Wednesdays 10am to 2pm, life drawing group first Monday of the month 10am to midday, mixed media art group Mondays 10am to 2pm, Saturday painting group 10am to 2pm.

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

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Allenton Outdoor Bowling Club Hi all again. A few events have been held since our last news. Tuesday October 29 was the Ladies Drawn Triples with a good day had by all. The results were: 1st J. Ryk, G. Beckley, D. Font 2nd F. McKnight, J. Trudgeon, M. Knox. Great bowling ladies. On Friday 2nd Nov it was the Ron White Drawn Triples sponsored with our Thanks by KFC. Results were: 1st. B. Holdom, G. Dreaver, B. Hunt: 2nd. R. Smitheram, F. McKnight, B. Beck: 3rd. S. Holdom, A. McGirr, S. Bradshaw: Well Done all of you. Now it has been brought to my attention, the certain failings of a ‘Bike Mechanic’. It seems his ability in the steering mechanism is a bit awry and would confuse any GPS system, wisely George Crack did not take him as his Support/ Mechanic on his latest tour and Geo is still on the correct course. Just goes to show JC it is the nut that holds the wheel that is important! Hope the scratches and bruises are healing. That’s it from me this week, catch you again next week.

Ashburton Golf Club Well it’s that time of year again, when good old-fashioned honest golfers like myself don’t get a look in at the prize table. After scrapping and scratching my way round the course, to post a very respectable 38 points. I feel like everything is good in the world, and I am at one with nature and the golf course. Then however I start to do the results, putting the cards in order, there seems to be an awful lot more cards on top of mine than below it. Thank goodness for Bruce Day and Greg Sparrow, so I at least didn’t finish bottom. Joking aside, a massive well done to Bruce Leighton and Bill Hettrick for shooting under their ages again, last Wednesday. Big bad Brucie carded an 85, two better than his age, and Buffalo Bill matched this by shooting an 83, with handicaps taken off they got net 58 and 56 respectively. The Centennial Cup was played recently, with Karen McRae winning with an amazing 50 points, just pipping Bev Watkins. On the subject of cups, please make sure all cups and trophies are returned to the club house for engraving ready for this year’s presentation night. This will be held on November 30. Keep your eyes open for further details soon - it would be lovely to see a full club house. Until next time, good golfing.

Ashburton Ladies Probus Club The Ashburton Ladies Probus Club held their October meeting in the Doris Linton Lounge with a good attendance of members. President Sheila welcomed members and one visitor. The National Anthem was sung, and apologies accepted. This month, there were no birthdays or special events in the lives of our members. After a precis of the last committee meeting, a report was given by Iris Officer Holmes about our bus trip to Christchurch, and about the Women’s Heart Health Breakfast by Gwenda Hansen. Our mini speaker was Cath Trott who spoke about Victim Support in Ashburton. She was thanked, and given a gift of fruit. The main speaker, was Knox Hampton, who told is of her trip to visit Malawi to visit family While there she stayed at their home in

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Jopson’s batting turns to gold College Cricket Club A big congratulations to Gold’s Andrew Jopson who scored a 113 not out against Blue on Saturday. He only faced 81 balls and hit six 6s (three in a row off Matt Coote and another three off Angus Mackenzie) and 12 fours. This, along with Sam Turner’s 26 and Harry Watson’s 24, meant Gold amassed 218/5 after their 40 overs. Coote did manage to pick up two wickets while Jamie Stockdale and Karl Clement picked up one apiece – the other was a run out. Jopson will be shouting Patrick Sandrey a fizzy as he was one of Sandrey’s three dropped catches – don’t think he will be allowed to wicket keep again. Patrick did redeem himself with a stunning outfield catch to dismiss Turner and also top scored for Blue with the bat, his 28 and Stockdale’s 20 and George Wilson’s 12 were the bulk of Blue’s 80. Josh Buchanan continued his great run with 4/7 off his four overs. Zach Naldrett picked up two while Gareth Hunt, Jayden Reid and Watson all claimed a wicket. Green recorded their first win of the season when they took on Lauriston. Will Tod’s 4/7 off 4 overs (which included a double wicket maiden) and Dylan Shore’s 4/23 restricted Lauriston to 88/8 (only had 9 play-

a Jopson hits station in the capital city of Malawi. Knox was thanked and also given a fruit pack. After the meeting closed, 16 ladies had an enjoyable lunch at Colombus. Next month we will have our Christmas luncheon. At the September meeting, the main speaker was Mike Crean, who writes the obituaries for The Press. He took us on a journey starting at Seddon and travelling down the West Coast.

Ashvegas Country Club Club day was held at Tinwald last Sunday and with Terry coming up with a rather unusual competition format for the day it made for some, a very confusing round of golf. The format involved a combination of stableford points less putts using a par round format. A combination of good golf and some dodgy arithmetic saw Legs claim the top prize with a score of 7 up from veteran Richy Watson who finished at 3 up. To be fair to Legs he did finish with the mornings best stableford score of 39 points after a round of 92 while Richy and Clarkie both finished with 38 points after their rounds of 93 and 84 respectively. This Sunday’s club day is scheduled to be held at Methven at the normal tee off time of 10am. In order that organising can begin Terry is looking for entries for this year’s Kurow Open. Anyone intending to play this year should let him know ASAP.

Cavendish Club Music Circle On Friday October 18 June welcomed Manny Sim to entertain the ladies of

Andrew Jopson hits his 100th run on Saturday. ers). Green, after a few nervous moments, eventually reached the target six wickets down to record a 4 wicket win. Not to be outdone Will’s older brother Luke, top scored with 31. We hear Red’s winning start to the season came to a screeching halt at

the Cavendish Club. The singing group decided to have a break with all the spring-time ills around, and it was lovely to sit back and be entertained. Manny began by telling his interesting journey from childhood to his life now in the well-known Sims Bakery in Tinwald. It is a family business started by his grandfather, followed by his father and now himself. His family are following in his footsteps and may hopefully follow on in the business. Manny has a relaxed manner as he plays guitar and sings and his wide selection of songs appeal to everyone. Many were tapping their toes and signing along. After thanking Manny and presenting him with a gift, afternoon tea was served and brought a delightful afternoon to a close. Drama Circle An excellent attendance of Cavendish ladies enjoyed an afternoon of fun run by the Drama Circle. Readings were read by Pam, Janet, Jean W, Noelene, May and Bev. A quiz, in place of a sketch, kept the ladies entertained and their brains working. The quiz was to fill in the gaps of a Butchers love letter. Many answers were very amusing especially after the correct answers had been left at home! Good health thoughts go to our convenor Betty who was unable to attend. We missed you Betty and hope you will be back with us soon. Travel Group Our speaker was Rachael Eaton, a local pharmacist, who took us on an emotional journey with her parents to visit her brother and relatively new sister-in-law in Brazil.

Methven. Red’s batsmen did not cope with the rarified air and were skittled for 47. Sam Hall top scored with 17 and Jarod Hopwood was next with 7. Methven’s Highveld also affected the catching with eight catches going down as Methven reached the target for the loss of four wickets.

Rachael travelled separately, has her parents had travelled ahead of her, so the 13-hour flight alone was one for testing the emotions. Rachael emphasised the importance of carrying a fully charged cell phone and having the correct electrical adaptors for the country you are travelling to, especially when your brother is picking you up at the conclusion of your journey and he is not there immediately on your arrival. While in Brazil Rachael enjoyed the beautiful beaches, which they practically had to themselves, the warm weather (although it was their winter) the cultural diversity and the bbq’s which are a feast and quite different to ours. The diversity between the rich and the poor is huge; with some of the poorer people living in Valla’s while many of the richer people live in apartments with helicopter pads on their roofs. Rachael loved her trip, but was pleased to return home to good plumbing, flush toilets, hot water and sink plugs, relatively low crime rate and of course her family here. Our thanks go to Rachael for sharing her entertaining journey.

Methven Bowls The bowlers have been busy this week with their championship games. In the men’s section only winning teams recorded at this stage. Singles winners: Alan Smith, Bruce Harper 2 wins, Eric Maw, Brent Mason 3 wins, Ronnie Thomas, Craig Carter 3 wins, Anthony Holmes Jeff Nowell 2 wins, Hugh Weir, all had a win each. Pairs

Jeff Nowell and Kevin Meiklejohn Brent Mason and Bruce Harper Craig Carter and Simon Fleetwood 2 wins Triples, Neil Owen, Benny Hill and Matt Markham had a win. Whoops. Hang on, there was another very serious pairs game played between David Isherwood’s team and Ronny Thomas’s team. David’s team came out on top - great effort guys. Into the club house they went to write up their well earned win. But Hold Up. OMG swear and whatever else you can think of to say at this time. They were not down to play each other. This was a real - moments like these you need minties. On a better note, Wednesday night men’s Interclub 10/s against Allenton. Our men won three games to one - great result fellows. Friday triples at Ashburton was won by Methven team David Isherwood, Kevin Meiklejohn and Alan Smith. They played some very good bowls. Well done The Ladies Section Singles: Shirley Pagey 2 wins, Melva Middleton had a win No other games played this week as 8 Ladies away at LVA. Congratulations to them they were placed 2nd and 3rd good job girls. I think I have covered all the results. If I missed one or two I will get it next week. The club also congratulate Craig Carter on reaching the Top Eight of the centre singles. He was beaten in knock round by Andrew Kelly a New Zealand rep. To get to the top eight was a real credit to you Craig. Have another good week bowling everyone.

MSA Outdoor Bowling Club At last the weather has improved and lady bowlers have been able to get back on the green and continue their games much to the relief of the match convenor. Wednesday last the second round of Rowntree was played against Barrington on our home green. The Team of Shirley Taylor(s) Joan Hardy, Kath Muir Rene Devereux had a loss 11—15 but had tried hard to “catch up” after a bad start by MSA. Barrington was ahead 15-3 after the 11th end, and the home Team had to work hard to try and close the gap. A difficult task ahead but the Team must be commended on their effort by not allowing the opposition to score again and picking up 8 shots. Well Done. Next round will be against Rangiora at Home. Ladies Championship Pairs is proving to be a very exciting contest with matches going into extra ends, Tuesday another great nail biting match was witnessed between Shirley Taylor & Kath Muir against Joyce Cleghorn & Rene Devereux. To start with it looked like a one-sided effort when Joyce & Rene were down 9—0. Suddenly (it seemed like minutes) they were all square at 9 all and from then on it was anyone’s game. A cat and mouse match that continued and went into last end 19 all. The extra end played gave Joyce and Rene the win 20—19. A wonderful game to watch and great bowling by all four players. A beautiful day for the playing of the “Gill Trophy” at Hinds A. number of MSA Men’s Teams entered, but Brian Lynn (s) Ray Mitchell Syd Harrison Ron Cockburn were the only team to claim success by being placed 2nd. Well Done and Congratulations. Tea duty: November 12-14, Daphne Nish, Helen Dowdle

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Quaich Trophy Drawn teams November 2 1st John Smart, John Bell and Rosemarie O’Sullivan 3 wins 17 ends 34 points. 2nd Murray Anderson, Annette Blain and Ian Blackwood 3 wins 16 ends 46 points 3rd Leonie Spargo, Relda Prendergast and Jeff Withington 3 wins 14 ends 27 points

Midweek Women November 12 Silver players white tees, all other players tee optional Draw Steward: Leigh Wackrow – 308-3790 Tuesday Starters: Robin Bennett and Jan McArthur No 1 Tee 9.00 F. Williamson, K. Robb, E. Langford 9.06 L. Small, K. Green, F. Matsinga 9.12 R. Fail,

K. McRae, B. Watkins 9.18 D. Engelbrecht, A. Grant, H. Benke 9.24 S. Lemon, R. Bennett, B. Cameron No 2 Tee 9.00 P. Bell, H. Robertson, K. Shaw No 7 Tee 9.18 T. Cates, S. Simpson, J. Dunlop 9.24 B. Turton, D. Simmons, A. Hunt 9.30 L. Wackrow, J. McArthur, B. Davidson No 10 Tee 9.00 H. Argyle, H. Ward, M. Stoddart 9.06 V. Moore, J. Williams, M. Watson 9.12 C. Trott, K. Read, B. Gregory 9.18 W. Parr, B. Martin, W. Carter No 11 Tee 9.00 G. Sloper, E. Porter, G.Lane Nine Hole Men and Women’s Section Report 9.00 for a 9.15 start

Nine Hole Convenors – Carolyn King 308 7022 and Carol O’Reilly 308 8758 Saturday 9 November - Bisque Par please report 8.15 All women players welcome to join weekend ladies Club Captain – Alison Grant 302 4635

Tinwald Ladies November 12 Avondale Visit Clubhouse Draw 9.30am Morning tea. 10.00am Start. 18 Holers Stableford-(Tindale Trophy) 9 Holers Stableford

Starters and cards (Committee) Ladies a plate please.

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Mid Canterbury Open Grade Tennis Ashburton Trust Tennis Centre November 9 A Reserve 12.15pm Rakaia v Methven; Allenton v Hampstead Ferns; Foothill Flyers v Hampstead Blue A Grade 1.30pm Allenton v Hinds; Dorie v Hampstead; Tinwald bye

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M8 Rangiora harness Today at Rangiora raceway

Fields for Rangiora Harness Racing Club Inc meeting at Rangiora (All weather) today. NZ Meeting number: 8. Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9; 10 and 11. Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 5, 6 and 7; 9, 10 and 11 RACE 1 12.20pm (NZT) HOMIN HOSED TROT $6500, 3yo+ c0 trot, stand, 2600m 1 664x King Denny (1) fr .............................. D Dunn 2 87893 Casino Kerrie (2) fr ......................C DeFilippi 3 60x7x Armbro Lustre (3) fr....................... K Butt (J) 4 x4570 Donny Wood fr ............................. Scratched 5 06000 Diggerboy (4) fr ..................... J Markham (J) 6 9x00x Strathfield Sun (5) fr ............................A Butt 7 Boylanova (6) fr ............................ J Wheeler 8 90x05 Young Stranger (7) fr ............... C R Thornley 9 60008 Sixty Plus (8) fr.................................. C Ford 10 04 Never Fear (9) fr ............................P O’Reilly 11 0x882 Contella (10) fr ...................................B Ford 12 9x060 Harley (U1) fr ............................... P Wakelin 13 0x0x Paradise Spur (U2) fr .........................R May 14 64409 Gin Rummy (U3) fr .......................I Cameron 15 48707 Sea Spray Cracker (U4) fr ............J Versteeg RACE 2 12.55pm BISHOPDALE-BUSH INN TAB’S AMATEUR DRVS MBL PACE $6500, 4yo+ up to c2, others with cond. +claimer mob. pace, mobile, 2600m 1 490P0 President Obama (1) fr ............D Thompson 2 68x09 Supreme Estella (2) fr ...................R Burnett 3 90699 Selester (3) fr ...................................S Blake 4 x5760 Glacier Express (4) fr ................... R Sissons 5 30735 Alexy (5) fr .......................................B Negus 6 48843 Benihana (6) fr .............................J Reardon 7 05447 Arden’s Attack (7) fr ................... M Maynard 8 4336x Castellina Lover (8) fr .....................S Murtha 9 93615 Royal Courage (9) fr......................... G Cook 10 00030 Cullen’s Mercy (21) fr .....................R Reekie 11 070x0 Shantahlia’s Star (22) fr .................L Donald 12 9x084 Tapestry Franco (23) fr ................. L Beagley 13 18x38 Debs Pal (24) fr ................................A White 14 57308 Graceandtemika (25) fr ....................B White RACE 3 1.30pm YULESTAR C0 GRADUATION SERIES HT1 MOBILE PACE $6500, 3yo+ c0 mob. pace, mobile, 2000m 1 Sambuca Joe (1) fr ......................... G Smith 2 28 The Ultimate Storm (2) fr ......... S Thompson

3 63 Live At Speed (3) fr .......................R Holmes 4 Elroy Jetson (4) fr .................... M Williamson 5 06795 John Doe (5) fr ............................. G O’Reilly 6 x2330 Bad Girlsrbest (6) fr...........................J Dunn 7 33040 Westburn Elite (7) fr ......................... J Keast 8 8x0 Amounis (8) fr ................................T Chmiel 9 9 Armbro Teehee (9) fr ...........................A Butt 10 87130 Exceptional Man (21) fr ...............C DeFilippi 11 29x Ohoka Benson (22) fr.........................R May 12 Tangos Delight (23) fr..............B Thomas (J) 13 0x332 Dark Side (24) fr............................... D Dunn RACE 4 2.05pm KYM’S GIRL C1 GRADUATION SERIES HT1 MOBILE PACE $7000, 3yo+ c1 mob. pace, mobile, 2000m 1 9900x Elegant Lustre (1) fr ................ S Golding (J) 2 0x694 Miss Lisa (2) fr ............................G R Payne 3 22273 Handlebar Hank (3) fr ...................... J Keast 4 521x4 Major Moment (4) fr ........................ G Smith 5 10433 Raesawinner (5) fr ........................B Orange 6 18090 Eyreton Senna (6) fr.................. M Edmonds 7 45348 Alta Mario (7) fr .............................R Holmes 8 124 Burning Ambition (8) fr .......................R May 9 x1752 Irish Kath (9) fr ................................. D Dunn 10 016x0 Peruvian Pasos (21) fr ................. S Lethaby 11 67475 Flyin Frances (22) fr .........................J Curtin 12 30x43 Lumos (23) fr.....................................J Dunn 13 0x048 Bee Tees (24) fr.......................B Thomas (J) RACE 5 2.40pm GRACIOUS KNIGHT PACE $6500, 3yo+ c0 pace, stand, 2600m 1 92335 Private Jones (1) fr....................C Hunter (J) 2 867 The Grinder (2) fr ....................... S Ottley (J) 3 x2x00 Pushkin (3) fr.......................................B Butt 4 7x96 Karen Dana (4) fr ...........................T Chmiel 5 59 Nicky’s Dynamic (5) fr ........................R May 6 7x82 Threebee (6) fr ..................................J Dunn 7 04x Smooth Lynda (7) fr ......................R Holmes 8 34775 Cavalli Woman (8) fr......................... D Dunn 9 50457 Just A Marvel (9) fr....................... G O’Reilly 10 Ultimate Major (10) fr ..........................A Butt 11 7 Alma Eyre (11) fr ........................ K Cameron 12 0x450 Aces Fella (12) fr ..................... M Williamson 13 Lavros Cash (13) fr ................. C D Thornley 14 967 Taia’s Kid (14) fr ........................... P Wakelin 15 98077 Lottie Franco (15) fr....................... K Cox (J)

Dexter Dunn 1696487Back Pay (16) fr .................................. G Smith 17 75707 Cheyenne Warrior (U1) fr ......... T Woodward Emergencies: The Grinder, Lavros Cash RACE 6 3.15pm JUST AN EXCUSE C1 GRADUATION SERIES HT2 MBL PACE $7000, 3yo+ c1 mob. pace, mobile, 2000m 1 2x209 Greshees Angel (1) fr.............. M Williamson 2 3x513 Highview Highlander (2) fr...........C DeFilippi 3 77x78 Westburn Warrior (3) fr....................M Jones 4 0578x Franco Envoy (4) fr.................. C R Thornley 5 4804x I C U Darling (5) fr .............................J Dunn 6 1 Strawb’s Ideal Act (6) fr .......................A Butt 7 1 Jack Black (7) fr ............................... D Dunn 8 30x89 Bona Ventura (8) fr .............................R May

9 32x69 Betty Golightly (9) fr ......................B Orange 10 38x37 Canardly Lover (21) fr ................ S Ottley (J) 11 76x69 Quick As I Can (22) fr ......................P Davis 12 1 Boltmaro (23) fr ................................J Curtin 13 231x2 Eva Sophnally (24) fr................. M Edmonds RACE 7 3.47pm MAINLAND BANNER C0 GRADUATION SERIES HT MBL PACE $6500, 3yo+ c0 mob. pace, mobile, 2000m 1 Efficient (1) fr............................. R Anderson 2 x2403 Lewy Risk (2) fr .............................R Holmes 3 6x800 Black Shiraz (3) fr..................J Anderson (J) 4 Quick As A Trick (4) fr.............. M Williamson 5 69x05 Shamrocks Boy (5) fr ....................... D Dunn 6 0317x Sabellian (6) fr...............................B Orange 7 9x0x4 Destined For Glory (7) fr ....................R May 8 90x One Dot Domino (8) fr............... M Edmonds 9 1x822 Nikola (9) fr .......................................J Dunn 10 Magic Oats (21) fr ......................N Harris (J) 11 6x388 Singer Su (22) fr........................... P Wakelin 12 23274 Nevertheless (23) fr ........................M Jones 13 x8306 Tubby Jim (24) fr .................................B Butt RACE 8 4.12pm FLASHING RED C1 GRADUATION SERIES HT3 MBL PACE $7000, 3yo+ c1 mob. pace, mobile, 2000m 1 15405 Bettor Fella (1) fr ...................J Anderson (J) 2 39807 Marilyn Golightly (2) fr ...................B Orange 3 x8244 The Empire’s Sister (3) fr ........ C D Thornley 4 907x3 Beaudiene Brilliance (4) fr................ D Dunn 5 4x034 Batini (5) fr .............................. M Williamson 6 x5550 Shadow Rider (6) fr ..........................J Curtin 7 35294 Fiery Lustre (7) fr ........................C DeFilippi 8 1x155 Mach’s Gladiator (8) fr.............B Thomas (J) 9 13268 Crying Out Loud (9) fr ....................... M Neill 10 1x541 Major Sam (21) fr ................................A Butt 11 1x132 Pacquiao (22) fr.............................. K Barron 12 801 Ireby Betty (23) fr ......................C Hunter (J) 13 0x708 McArdles Smooth (24) fr ................T Chmiel RACE 9 4.40pm CHANGEOVER HANDICAP TROT $6500, 4yo+ c1 to c2 discrhcp trot jun.d, stand, 2600m 1 90255 Harlindon (1) fr ...........................N Harris (J) 2 53473 Midfrew Medusa (2) fr .............B Thomas (J) 3 04005 Danke (3) fr ........................... J Markham (J) 4 99506 Continental Halo (4) fr ..................A Veint (J)

5 33231 Barry (5) fr .............................J Anderson (J) 6 107x2 Pyramid Monarch (U1) fr.... B Williamson (J) 7 94368 Gunsight Pass (U2) fr................C Hunter (J) 8 9x136 Sundons Comet (1) 10 ............... S Ottley (J) 9 30474 Speedy Earl (2) 10 .................. M Neilson (J) 10 55015 Princess Sophia (3) 10.................. K Butt (J) 11 6x632 All Shook Up (4) 10 .................... R Close (J) 12 076x8 Native’s Brite Spark (U1) 10......M Purvis (J) 13 76881 Trouble Whiz (U2) 10 ...........M Anderson (J) RACE 10 5.07pm MONKEY KING C0 GRADUATION SERIES HT3 MBL PACE $6500, 3yo+ c0 mob. pace, mobile, 2000m 1 74306 Stans Day (1) fr ................................ D Dunn 2 8 Swarovski (2) fr ..............................T Chmiel 3 Franco Salisbury (3) fr.............. T Woodward 4 9 Rockahula Arden (4) fr ................G R Payne 5 237 Ultimate CC (5) fr ............................M Jones 6 310x2 Burning (6) fr .......................................A Butt 7 2234 Mach Of The Man (7) fr .................B Orange 8 7303 Fulham Flyer (8) fr.........................R Holmes 9 Bobby T (9) fr ......................G Mathieson (J) 10 6960x Oncewerechristians (21) fr ...... M Williamson 11 73083 Spanish Lustre (22) fr .................C DeFilippi 12 4557 Rollin Thunder (23) fr ............... S Thompson 13 36624 Doctor McDreamy (24) fr ..................J Dunn 14 430x0 Starry Delight (25) fr.....................K Hadfield RACE 11 5.32pm TERROR TO LOVE HANDICAP PACE $7000, 4yo+ c1 to c2 spechcp pace, stand, 2600m 1 02660 Machie Mach (1) fr ............................J Dunn 2 7x349 Shantahlia Knight (2) fr .............. K Cameron 3 9x050 Immortal Me (3) fr ............................J Curtin 4 23232 Massimo (4) fr ...........................M Purvis (J) 5 1447x Midfrew Tarpediem (5) fr ............ S Ottley (J) 6 08362 Beaver Boy (6) fr ................................R May 7 28x05 Bankcard (7) fr ............................C DeFilippi 8 55456 Native Geminthenight (U1) fr ..... R Close (J) 9 91045 Tomsincharge (1) 10 ..............S Hickman (J) 10 39x70 Lochranza Franco (2) 10 ......... C D Thornley 11 20x30 Life’s Essential (3) 10 .......................P Davis 12 4302x Roo Star (4) 10 ...........................T McMillan 13 22170 Classiebee (5) 10 ..........................B Orange 14 03438 Royal City (U1) 10 ................... M Williamson 15 5x014 Eastwood Pharaoh (U2) 10.......... G O’Reilly

8 13 Blythcliffe (21) fr .........................P Ferguson 9 4x613 Liukin (22) fr ................................. D Butcher 10 03534 Salvador (23) fr ..................... A Poutama (J) 11 231x9 Daily Delight fr.............................. Scratched 12 65x75 Pilot Officer (24) fr .........................N Chilcott RACE 6 8.02pm LIFE MEMBERS MOBILE PACE $6000, 4yo+ c1, c2 with cond. mob. pace, mobile, 2000m 1 00x00 Waipipi Falcon fr........................... Scratched 2 4500x Stars Star (1) fr ............................ D Butcher 3 7x728 Bettabe Fast (2) fr ......................P Ferguson 4 7x748 Flyin Louie (3) fr .............................S Phelan 5 69056 Motu Just In Time fr ..................... Scratched 6 85422 Elias Bromac (4) fr ................ A Poutama (J) 7 27737 Thrill Factor (5) fr..................... B Butcher (J) 8 x9708 Elsuccess (21) fr ...........................N Chilcott 9 27113 Jacqueline Franco (22) fr ..... D Ferguson (J) RACE 7 8.30pm CENTRAL ENERGY TRUST MOBILE PACE $7000, 4yo+ c2, c3 with cond. mob. pace, mobile, 2000m 1 4122x Mister Harris (1) fr ........................ D Butcher 2 23633 Thats Bettor (2) fr ..........................B Weaver 3 6x566 Donostia (3) fr ................................J I Dickie 4 00x74 Dashing Dane (4) fr....................... F Cossey 5 x7536 Mister Dann (5) fr ...........................S Phelan 6 3110x Rocknroll Lass fr .......................... Scratched 7 25x76 Latte Lass (6) fr B Butcher (J, ..................Cl) 8 13688 Beckinsale (21) fr S Abernethy (J, ...........Cl) 9 85815 Prime Legal (22) fr D Ferguson (J,...........Cl) 10 710x4 McArdles R Flyin (23) fr A Poutama (J, ....Cl) RACE 8 8.55pm SPEIGHTS ALE HOUSE MOBILE PACE $7500, 4yo+ c3 to c6 +claimer mob. pace, mobile, 2000m 1 5668x Gemma Kate (1) fr .........................J I Dickie

2 3110x Rocknroll Lass (2) fr .......................S Phelan 3 8472P Christian Acropolis (3) fr .............. D Butcher 4 08x42 Stormy Breeze (4) fr......................N Chilcott 5 25x76 Latte Lass fr ................................. Scratched 6 43x11 Stunin Banner (5) fr....................P Ferguson 7 18247 Carlos (6) fr ...................................T Mitchell 8 4000x Victor Vtoo (21) fr .................. A Poutama (J) 9 450x6 Change Gear (22) fr ............. D Ferguson (J) 10 33111 Aceman (23) fr .......................... J Abernethy RACE 9 9.25pm WOODLANDS STUD F&M MOBILE PACE $7500, 4yo+ f&m c1 to c2 mob. pace, mobile, 1609m 1 37421 Real Faith (1) fr ....................... B Butcher (J) 2 54933 Silent Night (2) fr ...........................T Mitchell 3 70x95 Roan Rocket (3) fr ......................P Ferguson 4 8021 Jodi Lindenny (4) fr ............... A Poutama (J) 5 48864 Millwood Roxy (5) fr .................. J Abernethy 6 36355 Aces N Eights (6) fr .......................N Chilcott 7 7x665 Ruby Ruby (21) fr ...........................S Phelan 8 0x878 Shortys Desire (22) fr................... D Butcher 9 27x26 Bad Dancer (23) fr ........................B Weaver RACE 10 9.52pm RACING AGAIN SATURDAY NIGHT TROT $6000, 4yo+ c0 trot, stand, 2500m 1 65366 McConway (1) fr ............................N Chilcott 2 97 Special Girl (2) fr ...........................T Mitchell 3 20668 Trouble Ado (3) fr .................. A Poutama (J) 4 P8x56 Earl Mountbatten (4) fr ............ B Butcher (J) 5 400x4 No Go Slow Briton (5) fr ................. G Martin 6 PPx04 Seymour (U1) fr ........................... D Butcher 7 66x32 Rich Earl (U2) fr ............................ F Cossey 8 00x23 Consentual (U3) fr..................... J Abernethy Pacifiers off : Earl Mountbatten (R10)

3 55661 Fancy Idol 25.52.............................. K Walsh 4 74541 Zagato 25.68 ............................. A Lawrence 5 18347 Fancy Jill 25.74 ..........................D Schofield 6 33412 Thrilling Logic 25.63 ........................ K Walsh 7 13612 Ghost Writer 25.68 ............................S Ross 8 57252 Magico 25.81 .................................. L Martin 9 2148x Thrilling Glory 25.58........................ K Walsh 10 76456 Hajime nwtd ..................................P Cleaver RACE 7, 1.57pm PALAMOUNTAINS NUTRITION SPRINT C4/5, 375m 1 43614 Ruby Tron 21.18 .........................H Laagland 2 17187 Explosive Osti 21.04 .........................C Hore 3 24676 Feel The Vibe 21.20 ...................D Schofield 4 62411 Predator Drone 21.19 W & ..............T Steele 5 72126 Agent Van Alden 21.26 .....................B Craik 6 82213 Real Vain 21.16 ..........................D Schofield 7 11731 Uno Lachlan 21.12 .....................D Schofield 8 36636 Calamity Free 21.14 ...................D Schofield 9 37788 Grizz 20.92....................................... S Clark 10 75544 Toi Shan 21.05 ...........................D Schofield RACE 8, 2.14pm 0800 4 DOWN COW SERIES FINAL

C1f, 457m 1 67553 Mrs. Punting nwtd W & ....................T Steele 2 57344 Cawbourne Penny nwtd ....................C Hore 3 56232 Little Teegan 25.59 .................... A Lawrence 4 67541 Teegz 25.95 .............................. A Lawrence 5 4172F Calm Nuska nwtd .......................M Mathews 6 41131 Whirly Ralston 25.80 ........................ S Clark 7 32454 Multicam Lad nwtd .....................D Schofield 8 23451 Jinja Jam nwtd ............................B Littlejohn 9 64758 Miss Apocalypse nwtd ...................P Henley 10 73676 Major Tom nwtd ..........................H Laagland RACE 9, 2.32pm ALL SEW EMBROIDERY STAKES C3, 457m 1 22731 Coal Sack 25.86........................ A Lawrence 2 1672F Mahalo Rhode nwtd W & ................T Steele 3 8x558 On Trey 25.72.............................D Schofield 4 26343 Trilise 25.59 ............................... A Lawrence 5 77785 Magic Fancy 26.18 .....................D Schofield 6 11222 Viva Vane nwtd................................. S Clark 7 53334 Gundabooka nwtd ........................... K Walsh 8 72446 Lochinvar Sonic nwtd .................D Schofield

Manawatu harness Today at Manawatu Raceway

Fields for Manawatu HRC meeting at Manawatu Raceway today. NZ Meeting number: 5. Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10. Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 8, 9 and 10. RACE 1 5.49pm (NZT) WELCOME TO MANAWATU RACEWAY MOBILE PACE $6000, 3yo+ c0 mob. pace, mobile, 2500m 1 55x49 Wyatt Earp (1) fr........................... S Dickson 2 Take The Hint (2) fr ...................... D Butcher 3 87x87 Silver Sauvignon (3) fr...................N Chilcott 4 45x95 Mara’s Illusion (4) fr................... J Abernethy 5 54022 Darjeeling Bromac (5) fr ........ A Poutama (J) 6 59x44 Trophy Hunter (6) fr ........................S Phelan 7 x0060 Fine Courage (7) fr.............. S Abernethy (J) 8 Mr Swayze (21) fr .................... B Butcher (J) 9 23x56 Imracn (22) fr ...................................B Taylor 10 35 Lola Jones (23) fr .......................P Ferguson 11 9x0x Lucy Blue (24) fr 12 P Tuff Player (25) fr...........................T Mitchell 13 65573 Comrade (26) fr..............................J I Dickie 14 573x8 Ess Ess fr ..................................... Scratched Emergencies: Lucy Blue, Tuff Player RACE 2 6.14pm MATT & MARION HICKEY MOBILE PACE $6000, 3yo+ c0 mob. pace, mobile, 2000m 1 0x88 Lady Molly (1) fr ............................B Weaver 2 96x04 Hey Knowitall (2) fr .......................... D Jones 3 23x Bettors Card (3) fr ..........................S Phelan 4 287x3 Karitane Whisper (4) fr ................. D Butcher 5 75x50 JR’s Jem (5) fr ............................... F Cossey 6 7380x Huckleberry Finn (6) fr ...................J I Dickie 7 0 Boomchickawowwow (7) fr ............N Chilcott 8 0x23 Santa Rosa Glory (21) fr ............P Ferguson 9 34396 Monets Daughter (22) fr ........ A Poutama (J) 10 P Tuff Player (23) fr

M9 Fields for Waikato And Districts Greyhound Racing Club meeting at Cambridge Raceway today. 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 RACE 1, 12.10pm (NZT) AFFORDABLE PET ACCESSORIES SPRINT C0, 375m 1 1 Botany Downs nwtd ........................P Green 2 5324 Rotovegas Rat nwtd ........................S Payne 3 37545 Fiery Conquest nwtd .................. W Toomath 4 2 Rotovegas Sparky nwtd ..................S Payne 5 33343 Coal Shuttle nwtd ...................... A Lawrence 6 5222 Rotovegas Smash nwtd ..................S Payne 7 7 Honey Queen nwtd ...........................S Ross 8 68272 Larto nwtd .....................................A Cleaver 9 7545 Medicinal nwtd ..................................S Ross 10 565x7 Obi Wan Kenobi nwtd............K Sutch-Jones RACE 2, 12.29pm GREYHOUNDS AS PETS @ KARAPIRO SPRINT C1, 375m 1 11 Thrilling Carter 21.28 ...................... K Walsh 2 43136 Lucky Lucky Luck nwtd .....................B Craik 3 64F55 Lucylicious nwtd ...............................M Black

David Butcher 119x0xLucy Blue (24) fr 12 79 Sheza Bright Star (25) fr ........... J Abernethy 13 32526 Class Above (26) fr .............. D Ferguson (J) 14 68 Fifteen Six (27) fr ..........................T Mitchell

Emergencies: Tuff Player, Lucy Blue RACE 3 6.39pm MEMBERS HANDICAP TROT $6500, 4yo+ c1 & faster discrhcp trot, stand, 2500m 1 36x62 Miss Middleton (1) fr .....................N Chilcott 2 01590 Latent (2) fr .................................. D Butcher 3 1422x Nasty Brat (3) fr..............................S Phelan 4 21643 Quite Easy Damit (4) fr .................T Mitchell 5 09x00 Desert Storm (U1) fr ........................B Taylor 6 65x58 John Joseph (U2) fr ..........................K More 7 68x24 Thanks Charlie (1) 10 .................. S Dickson 8 10x11 Foray (1) 20........................... A Poutama (J) 9 20x79 Rarangi Jewel (2) 20 .....................B Weaver RACE 4 7.12pm MANAWATU ITM MOBILE PACE $6500, 4yo+ c1, c2 with cond. mob. pace, mobile, 2500m 1 69056 Motu Just In Time (1) fr .................T Mitchell 2 46543 Crusader Courage (2) fr ................B Weaver 3 99x89 Wards Creek (3) fr......................P Ferguson 4 4x342 Iwannabebig (4) fr ........................ D Butcher 5 25067 Jack Bates (5) fr ............................N Chilcott 6 236x5 Benji Maguire (6) fr S Abernethy (J, .........Cl) 7 6057x Abe Attell (7) fr B Butcher (J, ...................Cl) 8 46693 Get Holme Tyron (21) fr..................J I Dickie 9 03534 Salvador fr .................................... Scratched RACE 5 7.37pm SOUTH ISLAND SMOKED SALMON MOBILE PACE $6500, 3yo+ c1 mob. pace, mobile, 2000m 1 6768x Garndor (1) fr ....................... D Ferguson (J) 2 098x0 Golden Bloom (2) fr................. B Butcher (J) 3 00x00 Waipipi Falcon (3) fr .................. J Abernethy 4 72912 Tactful Lady (4) fr ..........................T Mitchell 5 66x60 Cinders And Ashes (5) fr..................B Taylor 6 64341 Kilkeel Lady (6) fr ...........................J I Dickie 7 057x8 Eagle Eyes (7) fr ...............................K More

Waikato dogs Today at Cambridge Raceway 4 36386 Belrani 21.54 .................................. G Farrell 5 66677 Bon Vogue 21.55...........................A Cleaver 6 12634 Sheza Fooling nwtd.......................... S Clark 7 67875 Bubble Ostee 21.83 ........................ M Mann 8 73676 Major Tom 21.91 ........................H Laagland 9 6887x Opawa Stu nwtd .......................S M Gardner RACE 3, 12.47pm YGOT BONUS SCHEME SPRINT C2/3, 375m 1 13432 Time To Find 21.50 U & ....................Cottam 2 55737 Charley Farley 21.77 .............K Sutch-Jones 3 28653 Hot Pootie 21.31 U & ........................Cottam 4 788x8 Cash Knocka nwtd ..................... G Pomeroy 5 77615 Otewa Bella 21.66 ....................S M Gardner 6 46365 Peno Boy 21.38 B & ........................... Steele 7 73775 Where’s The Cat 21.38 ..............D Schofield 8 76683 Very Chilly 21.75 ........................M Mathews RACE 4, 1.04pm SUPERIOR CHUNKY DOG ROLLS STAKES C1, 457m 1 36466 Ike Jones nwtd ......................K Sutch-Jones 2 53122 Thrilling Judge 25.82....................... K Walsh 3 14577 Mic Player nwtd .............................. P Lowen

4 45887 Judge To Excel nwtd ...................... I George 5 27262 Armistice Day nwtd ........................ I George 6 28621 Thrilling Indy 26.15.......................... K Walsh 7 15122 Kaiser Max nwtd .............................. S Clark 8 25775 King’s Legacy nwtd B & ..................... Steele 9 85578 Hit Boost 26.04 ...............................T Patton RACE 5, 1.22pm MTA GIFT VOUCHERS SPRINT C1, 375m 1 35475 Tricky Gale nwtd W & ......................T Steele 2 21 Rotovegas Dot 21.51 ......................S Payne 3 38745 On The House nwtd B & .................... Steele 4 54827 Tapu Boy 21.54 ............................... M Mann 5 51677 Diamond Wok nwtd .......................... S Clark 6 88245 Boss Appeal 21.42 .......................... M Mann 7 448x3 You’re Lucky nwtd .............................B Craik 8 87577 Cool Time nwtd .............................A Cleaver 9 6887x Opawa Stu nwtd .......................S M Gardner RACE 6, 1.39pm THE CLUBHOUSE SPORTS BAR STAKES C4/5, 457m 1 33474 Bornato 25.51 ........................... A Lawrence 2 24353 David’s Osti 25.73 .............................C Hore

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■ HOLIDAY DRIVING

Sporty holiday offerings S

chool holidays quickly come and go, as do the grandchildren. Test cars during the last hols included the Subaru BRZ, a three-door Suzuki Swift Sport and Mitsubishi ASX Sport 2.2 litre diesel. So let’s take a look a how each of these fitted into the holiday scene.

through a very agreeable sixspeed auto (paddles and sport mode) this ASX is both quick off the mark and is a reassuring overtaker, yet is relaxed and quiet at cruise with a claimed overall fuel use of 5.8l/100km. The on-demand 4WD system means it is front-wheel-drive most of the time but can be locked in for a 50/50 as needed (great on shingle). There’s also Mitsubishi ASX Sport 2.2 lots of electronic assistance. It tows 1400kg braked, has a fivelitre diesel - $45,990. star safety rating and Mitsi’s First up because of its obviDiamond warranty. ous practicality, space and ease Of course handling-wise it’s of both driving and loading the never going to be like a BRZ or infantry in. Swift Sport (nor is it in CX5 or ASX uses the Outlander plat- Kuga class) but the ASX is both form, but is shorter both front predictable, comfortable and and rear, so it’s a neat, easy to capable. park size yet there’s plenty of This predictability and capacabin space, wide opening doors bility scored very highly with and good (416 litres), easily grandma, who became very posloaded luggage space. sessive of the smart entry key! There’s leather furnishings, heated front seats, a touchSuzuki’s 1.6 litre Swift screen infotainment system, reSport 3-door - $25,990 versing camera, parking sensors Suzuki show they are clearly and more. No sat-nav though. good at building small cars with With 112kW and 366Nm the Swift range. from the direct-injection, very To this they have recently willing 2.2 litre diesel driving

Top left: Mitsubishi’s ASX Sport 2.2 Top right: Suzuki’s 1.6 Swift Sport Bottom: The Subaru BRZ

added this three-door Sport. While similarly specified to the five-door Sport, at 1045kg, its slightly lighter and a little more economical. And of course having the same naturally aspirated 1.6 litre, variable valve, four that thrives on revs and delivers 100kW at 6900rpm and 160 Nm of torque as well as the same slick shifting manual six-speed, it appears to be a little quicker in all respects (0-100km/h in just over seven seconds). While the doors are longer meaning it’s fine for those in the front, access to the rear, while easy for kids is a little less so for adults. In front the well bolstered sports seats are a delight, and there’s red stitching highlights in places, so sitting behind the wheel feels just like a hot hatch should. There’s push-button start, climate air-con and more. Five star safety rating too. The Sport’s uprated suspension and steering are highlights – the ride isn’t too firm and the 195/45R17 tyres stay connected to the road, irrespective of the

Roger Hart ROAD TEST

The low mounted 2 litre Boxer engine, complete with Toyota’s direct injection system was designed specifically for the BRZ. With 147kW and 205Nm it is certainly not a muscle car, but one that really encourages you to make it give its best and use the 7000rpm red-line. Subaru BRZ six-speed But then it is also very happy to loaf about town without auto $49,990 (manual drama. $48,990) Subaru says 7.1l/100km overBut then “style and image all is possible for the auto. and on-road presence ” were Driving is what this car is all the likely reasons for the eldest about! granddaughter’s keenness to do Particularly so on the likes of passenger duties in the sleek, a neat challenging road, like that ground-hugging BRZ - Subaru’s to the Coleridge Power Station, first rear-wheel-drive sports car. where the car’s almost perfect You can have either a 6-speed combination of steering, balmanual or auto both with limance, ability to change direction, ited slip differential. grip, ride and response to the She was really impressed with accelerator really impressed. the snug, low sitting, heated This is a real sports car that front sports seats, dual zone air doesn’t rely on electronics for its con, the sporty engine sound impeccable road manners, and and didn’t even mind the sound one that you can safely, on norquality of the six speaker stereo. mal roads, really derive driving Or notice the smart key/push enjoyment from. button start. So much so, it really deserves But she did ask why there are to be on the Car of the Year back seats but no leg space. short-list.

difficulty of corners. With its really agile handling, sparkling performance and affordable price the Swift Sport is all about fun, and provides a new meaning for “time out” with the kids more than happy to do this in the back seat, while I enjoyed the drive.

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■ RUGBY

In brief

McCaw, Read a top team By GreGor Paul Be it in the corporate, political or sporting worlds, rarely has there been a comfortable alliance between the top two in the hierarchy. Richie McCaw and Kieran Read are strangely different. They will play only their fifth test together this year at the Stade de France and it’s obvious they are mutually relieved and excited to be reunited. Read has been a willing standin captain all year. An improving one, too. But he’s the first to say that he’s relishing having McCaw back. He means it, too. History has shown power corrupts: that a deputy will usually covet the top job and scheme ways to get it. Not Read. He’s not plotting behind McCaw’s back. Read will happily wait. He knows his time will come. He knows the All Blacks are a better team with McCaw as captain and that he will become a better captain by serving loyally and learning from the best. “It’s great to have him back on the field,” says Read. “He adds to our team. Immensely. You change a little bit [when

■ BASEBALL

Richie McCaw is tackled by Toshiaki Hirose (bottom) of Japan during their rugby friendly match in Tokyo at the weekend. aP Photo

McCaw is playing]. My role becomes one of supporting him as much as I can and aligning ourselves together so we are delivering the same messages and getting the team going together in the right direction.” It’s been a funny old year in that they have overlapped so little. The All Blacks have been denied something by that: to-

gether they give the All Blacks more punch, presence, direction, voice and composure. McCaw skipped the June series against France and for all the talk that the French will be a vastly different beast in Paris, it can’t be dismissed that so too will the All Blacks. It’s more than just the fact McCaw is back - it’s undeniable

that the combination of him and Read is worth more than the sum of their considerable component parts. And it’s not just those two who are feeling good about being back in tandem: it’s obvious the rest of the squad has been buoyed by having such commanding figures re-installed at No8 and No7. There was a crackle at training on Tuesday that wasn’t apparent when the side were in Tokyo. The All Blacks are expected to be at full strength for Sunday’s clash, with Owen Franks restored to tighthead prop, Keven Mealamu a likely starter at hooker and Cory Jane a good chance to make a return. It’s what everyone would consider a first choice team and for McCaw, he hopes it is the beginning of a long-term run of games for him and Read together. His sabbatical followed by various niggly injuries have left the skipper frustrated. “It would be nice to string together a few games at the end [of the year] and feel like you are getting back playing well. It started last week and then there is another chance this week.” - APNZ

■ TROTTING

Baseball giants eye Eden Park Moves are under way to bring some of Major League Baseball’s biggest stars to Auckland for a game at Eden Park. America’s game is making a serious push Downunder, with the LA Dodgers and Arizona Diamondbacks to play the first Major League games in Australia in March with a series at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Kiwi baseball officials are hoping to arrange a similar event for Auckland, although it is likely to involve an MLB All Star line-up against local players. Star first baseman Paul Goldschmidt and team president and CEO Derrick Hall were part of a Diamondbacks delegation visiting Eden Park yesterday as guests of Baseball NZ. They have been on promotional duties in Sydney ahead of the March 22 and 23 series and have stopped off in Auckland on the way home. - APNZ

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New Ireland coach Martin O’Neill has become the new manager of the Republic of Ireland, with Roy Keane his assistant, the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) confirmed yesterday. The FAI, on its official Twitter feed, said the duo would be in charge for a home friendly against Latvia later this month. “O’Neill & Keane’s 1st game leading Ireland will be v Latvia in @AVIVAStadium Fri Nov 15,” the tweet said. It is understood the duo have signed initial two-year contracts with the FAI. Former Celtic and Aston Villa manager O’Neill, out of football since being sacked by Premier League strugglers Sunderland in March, soon emerged as a likely replacement for the veteran Italian. - AFP

Schwarzer retires Socceroos goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer has reportedly retired from international football, effective immediately. The 41-yearold Schwarzer has notified Football Federation Australia of his decision yesterday, just hours before new coach Ange Postecoglour names his first Socceroos squad, Fox Sports News reports. Schwarzer is Australia’s most capped player with 109 appearances for the Socceroos since his debut in 1993. - AAP

Marathon tragedy An American grandmother, who on Sunday was the oldest woman to compete in the New York marathon, died a day later. She was 86. Joy Johnson from San Jose, California, took just under eight hours to complete the 42.2km race through all five New York boroughs. She stumbled and hit her head at around the 32km mark. But she went to the medical tent only after completing the race and declined their insistence that she go to hospital. - AFP

Djokovic wins Novak Djokovic had the better of Roger Federer for the second time in three days yesterday as he started the defence of his ATP World Tour Finals title with a gripping three-set win. Just 72 hours after Djokovic winning their Paris Masters semi-final - the old rivals were back in conflict in a group B encounter at London’s O2 Arena, the Serb winning 6-4 6-7 (2-7) 6-2. Djokovic again had the upper hand as the world No.2 began his bid for a third crown at the season-ending tournament by repeating his victory over Federer in last year’s final. - AFP

Champions League

Photo Sue NewmaN 06113-SN-003

Tidy run for KC Pedro at workouts Warming up for what proved to be a tidy run in the main event, Alex Hastie and KC Pedro, took out the first race at yesterday’s Ashburton Trotting Club workouts. The Tinted Cloud-Sharee Joy seven-year-old ran the

2400 metres in 3.06.9, last 800m, 58.3, final 400m, 27.4. Over his racing career KC Pedro has had 64 starts for three wins with lifetime stake earnings of $19,000. Second behind KC Pedro was the John Hay-trained

Smiling Design with Paul Young’s Rio Bromac coming home third. A very small number of nominations for yesterday’s workouts saw several races combined and just 21 horses running against the clock.

Holders Bayern Munich and Manchester City yesterday became the first teams to qualify for the knockout stages of European soccer’s Champions League. Bayern struggled to beat Viktoria Pilsen 1-0 while group rivals City reached the knockout stages for the first time, after flopping in the group stage the past two seasons, with a 5-2 thumping of CSKA Moscow in Manchester. Bayern coach Pep Guardiola, whose side equalled Barcelona’s 2002-03 Champions League record of nine successive wins, was satisfied despite another poor first-half performance. - AFP

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■ FOOTBALL

■ RUGBY

Reid in doubt for Mexico match

Shock at Fatialofa death

By Michael Burgess Winston Reid is in serious doubt for the World Cup playoff against Mexico next week. According to sources in England, the All Whites soccer captain injured an ankle in a West Ham training session yesterday. He has been sent for scans, but it is understood that the injury is serious enough to rule him out of the match at the Azteca Stadium and also the return leg in Wellington on November 20. It is a massive blow to the New Zealand side. They were already huge underdogs for next Thursday’s match, but Reid was the one player that they could not afford to lose. He has been in brilliant form for the Hammers, his value shown by the fact the London club were prepared to fork out over £100,000 ($192,000) for a private jet to ensure he could play for the club on Saturday against Norwich and then fly to Los Angeles in time for the All Whites training camp. Reid’s displays at the heart of defence this season have even caught the eye of Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, and he has emerged as a likely target of the club, with one report claiming the Gunners are preparing a $12 million bid. Reid is the one All White playing at the highest level every week and would have been the key to the 90 minute defensive effort required in Mexico City next week. Though still relatively inexperienced at international level (he made his debut in 2010), the 25-year-old has also matured into a strong leader, and is starting to show some of the qualities that made Ryan Nelsen such a great captain. Reid’s absence would leave a massive hole. Ben Sigmund is a solid player but was badly exposed in previous matches against Mexico while Ivan Vicelich is 37 and has been earmarked for a defensive midfield role. Andrew Durante is an international rookie and has had a patchy campaign for the Phoenix this season. - APNZ

Auckland Rugby is in mourning after the loss of the one of the union’s much-loved rugby personalities. Papali’itele Peter Fatialofa died suddenly yesterday in Samoa aged 54 and his passing has sent shock waves across the rugby community. From the Ponsonby Rugby Club, Fatialofa played 71 games in the front row for Auckland after debuting in 1984 and, for the following eight years, was a member of the side during one of Auckland’s most dominant eras. Auckland Rugby Union board member and former teammate Gary Whetton was saddened to hear of Fatialofa’s passing. “He was the ultimate team man on the field he was huge and off the field such a gentleman. I am so sad for Anne and his family - we have all lost a brilliant man.” Whetton recalls Fatialofa was given the important role of ‘Keeper of the Shield’. “When we won the Ranfurly Shield in 1985, Fats was charged as being the Keeper of the Shield. It was his job to keep it safe, to make sure it came on the road with us he had to know where it was at all times, and I think a lot of those

times it was at his house.” A proud Samoan, Fatialofa was one of the first New Zealand-based players to play for Manu Samoa. He captained the side in their first Rugby World Cup campaign in 1991 at which they reached the quarter-finals. Fatialofa played for Manu Samoa until 1996, the same year he was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for his services to rugby. His status in Samoa is legendary and his service to Samoan rugby continued to the end, as he was coaching the women’s Samoan rugby team in their quest to play at next year’s Rugby World Cup in France. Before that, Fatialofa had coached the East Tamaki premier side and contributed to the Auckland Rugby Union Council of Delegates representing Samoan rugby interests. Off the field, Fatialofa set up a successful piano-moving business called Peter Fats, Piano and Furniture Removal, which continues today. Fatialofa has maintained his love for both New Zealand and Samoa through his Samoan adventure and experience business Fats Tours. - APNZ

Papali’itele Peter Fatialofa

■ OPINION

Post-rugby withdrawal symptoms

o rugby. No rugby! Went to the showgrounds as per usual on Saturday afternoon, and yes, there were thousands of people there, just as they were last week, but not a footy ball in sight. These folks were basking in the brilliant country-bred sunshine of the A&P Show, eating hotdogs and candy floss, checking out all the produce stalls, watching two lots of amazing dog-control events in action, listening to the spiel of a hundred agricultural-related salespeople, seeing expert shearers remove fleeces at high speed, and speedily being fleeced down Sideshow Alley. But - no rugby. Oh well, all good things come to an end (although when several of the Hammers’ players and coaching staff turned up at The Print Room late on Friday night, their mile-wide smiles suggested that the euphoria from the previous week still had some legs). There was of course the All Blacks on the telly a bit later on, having their annual training run against the Brave Blossoms in Tokyo, but it was a game that didn’t seem to excite

rything into the fray. In fact a couple of times they split the Maori defence wide open with superbly timed backline movements, and conSteve Devereux sidering they were missing a MY SHOUT couple of star players, I would suggest they are a team looking to cause discomfort to the big anyone anywhere, in fact it’s guys (France, Ireland and Italy) hard to remember anything in their pool when the World much about it at all. Fair enough, after the drama Cup comes around (in a mere 20 months). and intensity of the last few An ironic moment from that matches for the coaching crew to get their charges back up to game, one that won’t have peak for such a game, especially escaped his mates’ notice back in Hawke’s Bay: Ihaia West with a few new boys in the took a conversion in the dying mix, and while Steve Hansen moments of the game, from expressed his dissatisfaction, I right on the sideline, and slotdon’t think he’ll really be too worried about it, in fact he’ll be ted it with ease, something he using it as the ‘stick’ in training couldn’t manage when there was a title on the line, with a for the big games just around rabid Tasman crowd baying, the corner. spitting and screaming right in The Maori All Blacks (why has it taken a hundred years for his ear at Trafalgar Park just a few days ago. them to find that name?) took So, what do we move on to? on the Canadians the next day, The cricket season, and our and while the error rate was representatives in that game unacceptably high, the exciteare already well into it, warmment rate made up for it. ing up for a tough season with As was always going to a few matches against those happen, the power and indititans of the game, Bangladesh. vidual skills in the Maori side Let’s see . . . test series drawn proved too much for the men in red and white, but there was nil-all! OK, early days. And the one-dayers, that verplenty to admire as Kieran Crowley’s Canucks threw eve- sion of the game which we’ve

repeatedly been told we’re really good at: a three-zip Bangawash. Ouch. At least we’ve got Danny Morrison to help ramp up the excitement level a million notches (he constantly speaks of a new ‘batter’ coming in, what sport is he watching?). This week he was waxing eloquently about the glorious sunset, and all the wonderful colours that it produced as the big orb sank through the haze - perhaps somebody should mention to him that the ‘haze’ isn’t exactly a good thing, it’s a collection of heavily toxic, man-made poisonous wastes that are permanently hovering over the city, slowly (or not slowly) killing everything that breathes it in. Still, I suppose he’s good for some comic relief, because onfield momentum is definitely not with the Black Caps right now. It’s that ability, that intangible will to win the tight ones, an elixir that our own MC Hammers have discovered this year, and the All Blacks currently have in bucketloads, that is eluding the national cricket team. Hopefully they’ve proved me wrong overnight, in the T20!

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In brief

Carberry locks down England opening spot By Ben Horne Shane Warne has spent the past few days tearing strips off just about every England player, but test bolter Michael Carberry says he credits his career to the outspoken Australian great. Carberry’s share in the biggest first-wicket partnership ever recorded at Bellerive Oval has almost certainly booked him a spot opening the batting for England in the first test at Brisbane, with Joe Root - one of Warne’s victims - bumped down to No.5 and set for an Ashes demotion. England destroyed Australia A on day one of their tour match in Hobart yesterday, with Carberry 153 not out, Alastair Cook unbeaten on 154 and the tourists a mammoth 0-318 at stumps. The dumping of Root came as a surprise, despite Warne claiming he’d be “crucified” by the Australian attack. England made their intentions clear for Brisbane by promoting Carberry to open alongside captain Cook in a one-sided tour match in which Australia A, a fast bowler short, were humiliated and the tourists eased into form. Carberry, who also made 78 against a WA XI last week, continued to repay England’s faith, setting up an incredible return for the 33-year-old who played one test against Bangladesh in 2010 before his career was threatened by a serious blood clot to the lung.

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Comeback that wasn’t “Ricky Ponting announces comeback” - well, sort of. Ponting’s management company momentarily sent the cricket world into a spin with a tweet yesterday announcing the return of the former Australian captain. Twitter followers were then told the 38-year-old, who retired from all forms of cricket this year, was doing a press conference in his home town Launceston, where he was promoting his controversial memoir. It turned out the media appearance was to announce he would play in a pubsponsored Twenty20 competition with his old Tasmanian club, Mowbray. Ponting will debut for the Star Bar Slashers on November 27. - AAP

Winning run World champion swimmer Lauren Boyle has made a winning start to the Fina World Cup Asian circuit. The 25-year-old took out the women’s 800m freestyle on the opening night of finals in Singapore, recording a time of 8:10.50 to win by one second. Boyle held off the charge from Spanish swimmers Mireia Belmonte, the triple world short course champion and double Olympic medallist, and Melanie Costa, also a world short course champion. The result was encouraging for Boyle, who only returned to the pool in late September and has not had any significant competition other than the national short course championships. - APNZ England’s Michael Carberry pulls the ball during their cricket tour match against Australia A in Hobart in Tasmania, Australia yesterday. Their Ashes test series begins in Brisbane on November 21. ap photo

“By the grace of God I’m here to enjoy what I’m doing now and I think when things like that happen it gives you perspective on your cricket,” Carberry said. “It made me relax more and enjoy the game for what is.” But before illness intervened, Carberry said it was Warne, a teammate of his at Hampshire in the mid 2000s, who had the biggest influence on his emergence as a test-quality opener.

“I think Shane Warne is basically the reason why I actually got a chance to play Test cricket,” he said. “I was a young guy a little bit lost in county cricket, and didn’t really get an opportunity. I came to Hampshire and from day one he made me feel very much at home and he gave me the backing any young player needs.” Warne hasn’t been so kind to Cook, but the England skipper

would have been delighted with a chance to play himself into form after missing last week’s tour match with a back complaint. Cook decimated Australia with the bat back in 2010-11 and this was an ominous start to his latest trip down under. For the first time in over 15 years England managed not to lose a wicket batting for an entire day’s play. - AAP

Spotlight on Cromwell The international spotlight will be on Cromwell this weekend as the Highlands Motorsport Park is put through its paces with events featuring drivers from around the world. The three days of motorsport action is expected to attract a big crowd, though ticket sales up until Tuesday have been slow. Motorsport park manager Mike Sentch said a few thousand tickets had been sold. The Highlands 101 feature race on Sunday will involve the 42 fastest cars from the weekend racing over 101 laps of the 4.1km circuit. - APNZ

Daily Events Thursday 8.45am and 9.00am M.S.A. GARDEN SECTION. Bus leaves Hotel Ashburton at 8.45am and Tinwald Tavern 9am heading to the Geraldine Fete and visit Busch’s garden. 9.00am - 4.00pm ASHBURTON BUDGET ADVISORY SERVICE INC. For free budget advice and workshop enquiries. Phone 307-0496. 60 Cass Street, Consultancy House.

Friday 9.00am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Real women circuit training in the hall. 48 Allens Road, Allenton. 9.30am - 11.30pm ST ANDREWS ANGLICAN CHURCH.

9.30am M.S.A. TAI CHI CLUB. Beginners class, newcomers welcome. M.S.A. Social hall, Havelock Street.

9.30am - 12.30pm METHODIST PARISH GOODWILL SHOP. Sell pre loved clothing. Methodist Church, Cnr Archibald and Jane Street, Tinwald.

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

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

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

Drop in centre, St Andrews Anglican Church hall, cnr Thomson and Jane Street Tinwald. 10.00am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, interactive fun for all ages. Main Street, Methven.

10.00am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, interactive fun for all ages. Main Street, Methven. 10.00am - 5.30pm ASHBURTON SOCIETY OF ARTS. Karen Smith exhibition “under 500”. 53 Short Street Studio.

10.00am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Fit Kidz. 48 Allens Road. Allenton.

10.30am MID CANTERBURY NEW COMERS NETWORK. Newcomers coffee morning group. McDonald’s Restaurant, Moore Street.

10.00am - 5.30pm ASHBURTON SOCIETY OF ARTS. Karen Smith exhibition. “under 500”, 53 Short Street Studio.

11.00am - 3.00pm TE HUB. Seeds, seedlings, workshops, enviro centre. 35 Dobson Street West, Biograins building.

10.30am ASHBURTON PARENTS CENTRE. Playgroup, all welcome. Free. Netherby shops, Chalmers Avenue shopping centre.

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

12.50pm M.S.A. PETANQUE. Petanque has started, everyone welcome, Racecourse Road. 1.00pm - 3.00pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM Classic aircraft on display including DC 3. Ashburton airport, Seafield Road. 7.30pm GLENYS’ DANCE GROUP. Old time/sequence dancing, learn to dance. All welcome. Pipe Band hall, Creek Road.

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

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PUBLIC NOTICES

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– Notification of Notice of a Requirement for a Designation Under Section 168A of the Resource Management Act for the Designation of Land for a Second Urban Bridge over the Ashburton River and Associated Road Connections Ashburton District Council, PO Box 94, Ashburton has received a Notice of Requirement for a designation under s.168A of the Resource Management Act 1991 from ASHBURTON DISTRICT COUNCIL for “the Designation of Land for a Second Urban Bridge over the Ashburton River and Associated Road Purposes”. The Notice of Requirement is sought for the construction, operation and maintenance of a second urban bridge and associated road connections, collectively referred to as the Ashburton Second Urban Bridge (ASUB). The proposed designation will connect the southern end of Chalmers Avenue with a new bridge across the Ashburton River and onto a new two lane road through low density land east of Tinwald to connect with Grahams Road at the south end of Tinwald. The proposed works are required in order to anticipate the future demands on the roading network within Ashburton and also to secure a route before the necessary land is more intensively developed. The application includes an assessment of environmental effects. Location and legal description of land to which this requirement relates: The location of the works is generally described as the Ashburton Second Urban Bridge and associated connections between the Southern end of Chalmers Avenue and east of Tinwald to Grahams Road, Ashburton. This Notice of Requirement seeks a new designation for an area of approximately 80,885m2 (8.0885ha) for roading purposes and an additional 6,670m2 (0.667ha) for stormwater infrastructure. The legal description of the land or parts of the land required are: LOT 29 DP 821; LOT 1 DP 62260; LOT 33 DP 821; LOT 2 DP 60937; LOT 3 DP 69037; LOT 3 DP 33684; LOT 4 DP 821, Pt LOT 5 DP 821; Pt RS 4354; RS 40469. If you wish to make a submission on this Notice of Requirement, you may do so by sending a written submission to the Planning Department, in accordance with Form 21 of the Resource Management (Forms, Fees and Procedures) Regulations 2003, Ashburton District Council, PO Box 94, Ashburton, no later than December 5 2013 at 5.00pm. The submission must be dated, signed by you, and include the following information: • Your name, postal address, telephone number and email address (if applicable); • Details of the requirement in respect of which the submission is being made, including location; • Whether you support or oppose the requirement, in whole or in part; • Reasons for your submission; • The recommendation you wish the territorial authority to make; • Whether you wish to be heard in support of your submission. The Notice of Requirement and accompanying information and submission forms can be viewed at the offices of the Ashburton District Council, 5 Baring Square West, Ashburton, during normal office hours and on the Council website www.ashburtondc.govt.nz. Please contact Ian Hyde on (03) 307 7750 if you have any enquiries regarding this Notice of Requirement. A copy of your submission must be served as soon as reasonably practicable on the requiring authority whose address for service is: Opus International Consultants Ltd, PO Box 1482, Christchurch, ATTENTION: Steve Baker, Fax (03) 365 7858, email Steve.Baker@opus.co.nz. JANE DONALDSON Group Manager Environmental Services By delegation given by the Ashburton District Council Dated 7 November 2013

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The Mid Canterbury Collier Girls’ Hockey team went to Wellington in the October school holidays and came 19th. The team is (back row from left); Susan Moore (Coach), Erin Connelly-Whyte, Tayla Love, Kate O’Reilly, Taylor Mackenzie, Zoe Aschen; (middle row, from left); Nathan Busch (Coach), Abby Brownlie, Hannah McDougall, Jaidyn Busch, Marika Mellish, Kate Brady, Maria O’Reilly (Manager); (front row, from left); Lucy Moore, Emma Warmerdam, Kate Donald, Hayley Riordan, Britney Moore. We would like to thank the following sponsors: Main sponsors: Moore Architecture Ltd

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SALE OF LIQUOR ACT 1989 PUBLIC NOTICE Salmon Tales Rakaia Ltd, 9 Railway Terrace, Rakaia has made application to the District Licensing Agency at Ashburton for the renewal of an On License in respect of the premises situated at 9 Railway Terrace and known as Salmon Tales Cafe. The general nature of the business conducted (or to be conducted) under the licence is- Cafe/Restaurant. The days on which and the hours during which liquor is (or is intended to be) sold under the licence are: Monday - Sunday 7am to 2pm the following day. The application may be inspected during ordinary office hours at the office of the Ashburton District Licensing Agency at 5 Baring Square West, Ashburton. Any person who is entitled to object and who wished to object to the grant of the application may, not later than 15 working days after the date of the first publication of this notice, file a notice in writing of the objection with: The Secretary Ashburton District Licensing Agency P O Box 94 ASHBURTON This is the first publication of this notice.

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