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Thursday, November 8, 2012

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Mixed local reactions to Obama’s win By Myles Hume

By Erin Tasker Ashburton has a drink driving problem, Mid-South Canterbury’s top cop says. Mid-South Canterbury Police area commander Dave Gaskin’s comments were prompted by figures that showed Mid Canterbury was providing up to 60 per cent of the area’s drink drivers. Of the 126 drink driving apprehensions in Mid-South Canterbury since July this year, 53 were from Ashburton compared to 48 from Timaru. The remainder were from the outlying rural areas. But when you narrowed it down to the past couple of months, the news for Ashburton was even worse. Of the 31 drink drivers caught in September, 18 were from Ashburton, and of the 25 caught in October, 15 – or 60 per cent - were from Ashburton. “Considering the size of Mid Canterbury compared to South Canterbury, that’s quite dramatic,” he said. The community needed to take responsibility for the problem, and take a stand against drink driving, he said. “It’s a community problem. The police don’t own this by themselves.” But the police would be taking extra steps over the coming weeks to stamp out drink driving. “Ashburton has an alcohol problem; a problem with people drinking and driving,” Mr Gaskin said. “There’s a belief in Ashburton that you can drink and drive and you won’t get caught and that’s completely erroneous because more people are getting caught all the time.” Mr Gaskin said police in South Canterbury were more proactive in their approach to drink driving which meant there was more of a belief there that if you did drink and drive, you’d get caught. That was due to the number of short

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American ex-pat Nona Sampson, of Ashburton, voted for Republican Mitt Romney yesterday, however it was not enough as Democrat Barack Obama secured a second stint as the US president. Dave Gaskin duration check points and compulsory breath tests undertaken – something Mid Canterbury would start seeing more of. “Ashburton is very good at catching people but I don’t necessarily believe that catching people is what we want. For every one drink driver you catch, there’s a number you don’t catch,” he said. “We’d rather be stopping people from getting behind the wheel in the first place.” The drink driving message wasn’t always easy to get across. He said rural drink driving was particularly difficult to nail, and that was not helped by the attitudes of some licensed premises. Mr Gaskin said too often police were dealing with fatal car crashes where the occupants had come from a licensed premises. “Responsibility for that lies absolutely solely and squarely with the licensee,” he said. “There’s some ownership by the person drinking but at the end of the day the licensee is making money out of their level of intoxication and they have responsibility.” Mr Gaskin said Mid Canterbury people could expect the police to have a much higher presence on the district’s roads in the lead-up to Christmas.

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As the winner of the US election became clear last night, Nona Sampson could only feel for friends and family back home. Yesterday Democrat Barack Obama was elected to serve his second term in the White House after winning the pivotal swing states. For Ms Sampson, who moved from the US 16 years ago and now lives in Ashburton, it was a hard pill to swallow after she used an absentee vote this year to vote for Republican Mitt Romney. A trip back to her home town in Iowa in July was the driving force behind Ms Sampson’s decision to vote this year, run down homes and family members who did “bits and pieces” to make ends meet was a harsh reality. “Romney being a billionaire, I thought he might be better financially to deal with the problem. “When I went back home it was the same, my friends and family were the same, just the streets had big pot-holes and the houses were so run down.” Ms Sampson’s state voted Obama, but she remained optimistic about where the future lies for the world’s largest economy. “I suppose it can’t get any worse. I hope things turn around and I know it’s not all in his (Obama’s) hands because it’s a cycle and he happened to land in it,” she said. However, for the Gilson family, who also live in Ashburton, it was the news they had been waiting for. Moving to New Zealand from North Carolina in January, the link to their homeland was still strong. “With Obama I feel like there has been less involvement with wars and that is important. With Romney, I just feel he is going to take us into more wars,” mother of two Kelly, 30, said. “I have followed it as closely as I had in the US because it has such an impact on the rest of the world. It’s important for everyone.” Another four years, P6

Dux a family tradition By Myles Hume Her father was dux, her sister was dux, there was only ever going to be one option for Olivia Quinn. The Ashburton College pupil took out the prestigious award at last night’s Year 13 Prizegiving, but for the 17-yearold it was not just a year full of luck and fortune. Olivia had to overcome a year of adversary. Only two months ago her nana died. Being close to her, it was not easy as the sudden death caused disruption during her all-important practice exam week and Olivia relied on close friends and family to get her through. Her nana wrote a letter, wishing to be at the special ceremony last night where Olivia took out the top academic award. “It wasn’t easy at the time but I was at a netball tournament and a few of my mates gathered

around me. “I found it really hard to concentrate with the exam week but I was able to overcome that.” Last night marked a special occasion for Olivia, matching her sister Nikita’s feat of becoming the Mt Hutt College dux of 2010 and following in the footsteps of her father when he took out the prize at Rangiora High School. “I can’t let her get past me,” Olivia said about her sister. Olivia is a lethal mix of science knowledge with a knack for numbers in economics and accounting. She put her prowess down to hard work and dedication, claiming she was not one to rest on her laurels. She took out four top subject prizes last night and is hoping to transfer her knowledge to the University of Otago next year where, depending on exam results, she hopes to study health science and maybe even

become a paediatrician. Netball and athletics take up the rest of Olivia’s spare time and she insists it has been important to have the right balance this year. Although she worked hard to be the best person she could this year, she still did not think she had the nous to match runner-up Caitlin Swan. “She’s amazing, she should be the one that you should be writing about, not me,” Olivia said. With her first exam starting next week, Olivia said she felt she was in good stead to pass the year on a high and hopefully pass with an excellence endorsement. Full prize list, P9 RIGHT: Ashburton College’s dux of 2012 Olivia Quinn battled a year of adversity and even kept to a family tradition to take out the top academic award at the Ashburton College Year 13 Prizegiving at the Ashburton Event Centre last night.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS DEATHS BUCHANAN, Lyndsey Margaret (Lorgelly nee Hix) – Aged 72 years. Much loved companion and friend of Andy, and ‘Beau’. Loved mum and mother in law of Rhonda McLeod and Snow Inglis, Phillipa and David Wilson, Nicola and Warwick Roberts, and Jillian and Mark Woolfe. Fun loving nana of Georgina, and Craig; Linton and Sam; Mark, Gemma, and Lauren; Lisa, Billy and their partners and special Nana Lyndsey to her five great grandchildren. Messages to P O Box 472, Ashburton 7740. A memorial service of celebration of Lyndsey’s life will be held at St Stephen’s Church Chapel, Park Street, Ashburton TOMORROW, FRIDAY, commencing at 1.30pm. Paterson’s Funeral Services FDANZ Ashburton BUCHANAN, (Lorgelly) Lyndsey Margaret – Loved daughter of the late Bob and Doll Hix. Loved sister and sister in law of Doreen and the late Colin Alexander, Shirley and Peter Van Duinen, Eva and Les Kircher, the late Marion and Winston Bates. Loved aunty of all her nieces and nephews. Will be sadly missed. DOONAN, Ngaire Murrey –

On November 6, 2012. At Rosebank Resthome, Ashburton. In her 93rd year. Dearly loved wife of the late John. Loved mother and mother in law of Robin and Stewart Bennett and Jill and Grant Major. Loved nana of Belinda and Stuart, Jeremy and Riana; Bridget and Chris and Charlotte and Ben, and special great nana of Ryan; André, and Taylor. A celebration of Ngaire’s life will be held at St David’s Union Church, Allens Road, Ashburton TOMORROW, FRIDAY, commencing at 2.00pm. Followed by interment at the Ashburton New Lawn Cemetery. Paterson’s Funeral Services FDANZ Ashburton PENNEY, Ralph Andrew Noel – On November 6, 2012, at Ashburton (peacefully). Devoted cherished and loved husband of Molly for 58 years. Much loved and loving father and father in law of the late Phillip, Judith (Timaru), Barbara and Stephen (Wellington), Brian and Meagen (Christchurch), Mike and Jane (Auckland), and a special grandad to Kimberley and Matthew, Toni, and Dean; Simon and Steph; Melissa and Vince, Laura and John, Libby; and Zachary, and great grandfather of Keanu, and Bella. Messages to the Penney Family, C/- P O Box 472, Ashburton 7740. No flowers by request but donations to the Ashburton Branch of St John would be appreciated and may be left at the service. A service to celebrate Ralph’s life will be held at St David’s Union Church, Allens Road, Ashburton on MONDAY, November 12, commencing at 11.00am. Followed by private interment. Paterson’s Funeral Services FDANZ Ashburton SAMPSON, Isabel Elizabeth – On November 5, 2012. At Rosebank Hospital Ashburton. Dearly loved wife of the late Ted. Mother and mother in law of Ron and Vicky, Alison and the late Ian Kermode, and Merv. Loved grandmother of Rebecca and Craig and great grandmother of four. A special thank you to Dr Ritchie and the staff at Rosebank. Messages to Sampson Family, P O Box 472, Ashburton 7740. A service to celebrate Isabel’s life will be held at St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Havelock Street, Ashburton, TOMORROW FRIDAY, November 9, commencing at 11.00am. Followed by interment at the Ashburton New Lawn Cemetery. Paterson’s Funeral Services FDANZ Ashburton SAMPSON, Isabel Elizabeth – On November 5, 2012, Ashburton. Dearly loved wife of the late Edward (Ted) Sampson, loved mother of Ron and Vicky, Allison and Mervyn. Dearly loved grandmother and great grandmother. Dearly loved daughter in law of the late William and Lily Sampson of Waterton, Ashburton. Dearly loved sister in law of the late Marjory and the late Frank Bryant, Phyllis (Sis) and the late Ray Spicer, the late Tony, the late Dorothy (Dos), and the late John Thompson, Ada and the late John Sampson, Jim, Shirley and Barry Compton (Oamaru), Beverley and the late Murray Sampson. Loved by her nieces and nephews. Isabel will be laid to rest at 11am on FRIDAY, November 9, 2012..

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ALIL’s stage two gets nod By Sue Newman Millions of dollars will be poured into the Ashburton District’s economy when work begins on stage two of the Ashburton Lyndhurst Irrigation scheme. The $95 million scheme’s second stage received the green light this week from its 234 shareholders with pipe laying work likely to begin by spring next year. Shareholders voted 82 per cent in favour of going ahead with piping more than 200 kilometres of the scheme’s open water races, creating savings equivalent to the energy used by 2000 homes.

The reality of Mid Canterbury’s population boom is starting to sink in for Rakaia School. A school population that has more than doubled from 78 to 169 in the past five years has meant the school has had to expand and call in reinforcements. And it is only expected to balloon next year, with principal Mark Ellis agreeing with the Ministry of Education’s provisional 2013 figures expecting the school to top 176. It is all starting to come together for Mr Ellis as a new 130sqm classroom, costing $240,000, is under construction and two full-time teaching positions have been taken by Lauren van Breugel, 24, and Anna Walsh, 28. “There’s a lot more confidence in the place because 18 years ago in Rakaia kids were going to other schools but now they have regained confidence and when people come to Rakaia area there is only one school they have to go to,” Mr Ellis said. Christchurch earthquake refugees and a growing business sector have also contributed, while Rakaia’s location between Christchurch and Ashburton has lured parents into the rural lifestyle, Mr Ellis said. “Just getting out there you can see there are more kids ... you don’t see the spirit in this school, you feel it.” Rakaia School is entitled to the equivalent of another 1.3 teachers next year. Only five years ago there were four teachers, but Mr Ellis has had to double his staffing numbers with Ms van Breugel cementing a full-time roll and Ms Walsh filling a new position. The new classroom will be filled by year seven and eight pupils who were “excited” to be having a new classroom that has been in planning for most of the year. The classroom could be finished by the start of school next year.

be replaced with pipes. Farmers will hook into the piped network to supply their spray irrigators. Twenty five kilometres of open channels will be retained at the top end of the scheme to feed five storage ponds. For some farmers on the scheme, there will be the added benefit of seeing about 100 hectares of land currently in channels returned to productive use as water is piped. The scheme dovetails with the Canterbury Water Management Strategy’s drive to achieve efficient, sustainable water use and will help farmers comply with pending environmental regulations. Four years ago the first 4000 hectares in the scheme were piped.

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Rakaia School’s newest teachers (back, from left) Anna Walsh, 28, and Lauren van Breugel, 24, watch the new classroom being constructed with pupils (from left) Kaia Kereopa, Max Helem and Genevieve Felton, all 5.

2013 school rolls likely to swell by 250 By Myles Hume School rolls are expected to swell by another 250 pupils in Mid Canterbury next year. Figures obtained by the Guardian under the Official Information Act for the 2013 equivalent full-time teacher (EFT) staffing figures show that the district is expecting the school roll to climb from 4832 in March this year to 5081 in 2013 as the population in Mid Canterbury continues to grow. It also means Ashburton teachers can sleep easy for another year as provisional funding for 2013 shows the equivalent of 1.5 full-time teachers is needed in total over 24 schools. However, it comes along with

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news that the equivalent of 62 fulltime teachers in Christchurch will lose their jobs after the Ministry of Education plan to streamline the education system since the earthquakes. Teachers from Christchurch would have hoped to transfer to surrounding districts but there will be little to no room in Mid Canterbury. Rakaia School has seen its roll more than double in the past five years and a new classroom is in the process of being built. Two teachers have also been hired for full-time teaching positions, one cementing a full-time roll and one offered a brand new position Principal Mark Ellis said he was “over the moon” with news that his school was entitled to the equivalent

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of another 1.3 teachers. Allenton School is also set to have additional funding as their roll has jumped considerably from 316 in March and is expecting to peak at about 351 next year. Principal Graham Smith said there had been an influx in new entrants and the school already had the right number of teachers in place to deal with the swelling roll. Mid Canterbury Principals’ Association president Neil Simons said Christchurch earthquake refugees caused a spike in Ashburton school numbers and while some had returned back to the city, some had remained. However, he said Ashburton was not going to be able to cater for many Christchurch teachers but

fast growth areas like Selwyn and North Canterbury would be able to. Mid Canterbury schools also work in close unison and Mr Simons said that was pivotal as the Ministry of Education had confidence in the way schooling was run. “I think one of the big advantages we have is we are so collegial and we work for the betterment of education in Mid Canterbury and that’s acknowledged by the ministry,” he said. Education Workforce general manager Rebecca Elvy said Mid Canterbury could provide an opening for Christchurch teachers to relocate. “An increase in EFT’s in one area can also provide job opportunities for teachers in areas where the num-

bers may have decreased. This may provide some options for teachers in Christchurch,” she said. According to the figures, most Mid Canterbury Schools are going to keep the same number of teachers and the school rolls will remain steady. While most schools show positive signs, the provisional figures show Ashburton College could lose funding for the equivalent of 2.6 teachers as the roll is expected to drop by 33 pupils. Ashburton College principal Grant McMillan said it was business as usual for next year and the ministry worked “conservatively” when considering funding for the college and there was an expected dip in year eight pupils coming through.

Environment Canterbury has expressed its disappointment at endangered black-billed gulls on the Ashburton River allegedly being interfered with by members of the public. A colony of 3000 birds has been nesting on the riverbed of one of Canterbury’s iconic braided rivers and has been under pressure particularly from recent flooding. Senior biodiversity advisor Frances Schmechel said Environment Canterbury understood the Department of Conservation was investigating the alleged offence. Disturbing protected birds and destroying nests is an offence under the Wildlife Act 1953 which can potentially result in imprisonment or a fine of $100,000. “We would strongly support such a move - this sort of behaviour is totally unacceptable,” Dr Schmechel said. “And unfortunately it’s not the first time a motorist has driven on to the river bed and destroyed nests and eggs of a very vulnerable species which tends to desert its nest if disturbed early in incubation. This despite prominent ‘endangered bird’ signs at a number of locations along the river including the access point apparently used in this instance.” Environment Canterbury river engineers have moved to block access to the site. “We also need members of the public to keep an eye out and report to DOC or the police if they see anything untoward,” Dr Schmechel said. “There are a number of organisations working hard to improve biodiversity in the Ashburton area and it’d be a great shame to see any of their efforts go to waste in this way. “They have put a lot of work into improving the habitat and health of the river, including predator control funded by Environment Canterbury, and into raising awareness of the black-billed gull colony and lobbying for its protection. “We must not allow the actions of a few uncaring individuals to undermine this.”

High energy performance A “high octane, mind blowing stage experience” will hit Ashburton on Tuesday night. Bang, Crash, Tap is an all-male crew of two tap dancers, London’s beat boxing champion and one of Australia’s most talented drummers. Ashburton Trust Event Centre manager Roger Farr said Mid Canterbury’s younger audience would be “blown away”. “It is high energy from the start to finish,” Mr Farr said. “It is brilliant to have the opportunity to bring Bang Crash Tap to Ashburton. When they announced the tour and offered the performance to us, it was a no brainer really. These guys are amazing.” Tickets were selling steadily at this stage and there were still good seats and door sales available on the night.

New car demand high By Sue Newman Ashburton’s love affair with the SUV is helping drive up new car demand across the district, car dealers say. Nationally new car sales were up 35 per cent in October over the same month last year and Ashburton is bang on that trend, helped in no small measure by the continuing demand for sport utility vehicles says Smallbones salesman Lyndon Moore. He’s watching demand for new cars force some buyers to order and wait for their model of choice rather than driving it out of the showroom. “The cost of a new car is lower now than it was in the past and we’re seeing people walk in looking for a sec-

ond -hand car and driving out with a new one.” And that had everything to do with manufacturers coming on board and cutting aggressive deals for market share, Mr Moore said. “Sales of used cars always exceed new, but the gap’s closing and we’re steaming along with new car sales. People are now waiting for products. “Names are on cars before they come in and you would never have heard of that happening over the past few years.” The demand for SUVs was coming at the expense of larger sedans, while there was continuing demand for small to medium cars, he said. “Small to medium cars are where the future is. “People are saying they can fit four

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irrigation to spray irrigation had been farmer driven and currently 66 per cent of properties within the scheme were now spray irrigated. The conversion rate from border to spray was about 7 per cent a year, he said. “Yes, there are farmers who are in the position where they’re saying they know the scheme is right, but it’s not right for them right now, so we’ll try to be as flexible as we can. If there’s just one person on a channel who doesn’t want to change we might not be able to do that but if there are several on a lateral who want to stay there we may be able to make that happen.” When the scheme is completed 200 kilometres of open channels will

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sultation with each of the individual shareholders, Mr van Polanen said. “We’ll be looking at all of their individual issues because everyone is at different stages of their farming careers. For some who have just bought farms this will mean extra costs and there’ll be others who are close to retirement and who may not want to spend the money. For others their issues may be around agreeing to the point where water is delivered.” With 90 per cent voter participation and 82 per cent support, there was a strong mandate to proceed with stage two of the project, Mr van Polanen said. (ALIL’s constitution required a 75 per cent support). The transition from border dyke

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Ashburton Lyndhurst Irrigation Ltd (ALIL) chair John van Polanen anticipates the scheme will have a two and a half year build time and says the financial spin-off for the district will be huge with individual farmer spends boosting the $95 million infrastructural costs of the project. “There will be a big spend with irrigation work, excavation work and over one million cubic metres of ponds to be done.” With shareholder approval given, a prospectus will be issued, final design work completed and contracts finalised before the build cost is firmed up, but the most important step in the project would now be con-

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adults and gear in them, off they go and it won’t cost them the earth to get there.” And it’s the same story at Gluyas Motors, with Chris Hart saying new cars were offering buyers a lot more spec and tech for their money and that often swung deals away from late model, low kilometre second-hand cars to new vehicles. On his lot, sales of SUVs were also putting pressure on larger car sales. Toyota manager Mark Gorman said that while new car buyers always considered price, the second question now always related to fuel economy. And that was often the tipping factor with vehicle sales, pushing buyers to smaller vehicles, SUVs or utility vehicles, he said.

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Unsafe water claims ‘alarmist’ idents about the serious health risks associated with some small and private water supplies in the district. Dr Humphrey’s comments sparked an online frenzy with many expectant mothers taking to Facebook to seek assurance on their water quality. Mr Lester said the council had fielded a number of calls from residents asking if their water was safe to drink, following Dr

By Sam Morton Claims that Mid Canterbury’s drinking water is unsafe due to high nitrate levels is alarmist and inaccurate according to council chief executive Brian Lester. Mr Lester has refuted statements made by Canterbury medical officer of health Alistair Humphrey, who this week repeated his message to Ashburton res-

Humphrey’s comments. “Water from all council supplies is safe and does not contain levels of nitrates that would give any cause for concern,” he said. “The council has a water testing programme in place to ensure drinking water meets the required standards, with the most recent nitrate tests completed in September this year.” Mayor Angus McKay said he challenged Dr Humphrey at

the time of his comments, first made at a water zone hearing in August. “I asked him if his comments related to the council’s town water supply and he said there and then, no – that is minuted. “Unfortunately, for those residents who are serviced by a private water supply, the message is to get your water quality checked. It’s a harsh message, but it’s the only way to be sure

and to be safe,” Mr McKay said. Mr Lester has also disputed comments that intensified farming has caused the increase in nitrate. “Nitrate levels vary considerably across the district and it can be very difficult to identify exactly what causes any increase levels. “Dr Humphrey is correct to say that we need to ensure our agricultural production does not compromise our drinking water

standards and this council is committed to ensuring this does not happen,” Mr Lester said. The council are partners with ECan in the Ashburton Zone Plan for the Canterbury Water Management Strategy – and together are ensuring safe drinking water is maintained. ECan has outlined the affected areas and continue to work closely with property owners to reduce high levels.

Family their all-important lifeline If there’s one thing Meg Appleby and her daughters Grace, 5, and Ruby, 7, are not short on it’s love and laughter. Cash might be short, very short, but in spite of that there’s a lot of happiness in the Appleby home. Mum Meg is on an invalid’s benefit, has been for several years, and she can’t see that changing any time in the future. Yes it’s tough, but with the help of family they get by. The one thing you won’t hear Meg Appleby do is complain. She suffers from a chronic pain condition, fibromyalgia and that also means she’s often mind-numbingly tired. It’s a condition she’s had since she was 16 and over the years her symptoms have worsened and it’s become harder and harder to get through each day. Over those years she’s held down jobs but as her symptoms worsened the number of hours she could work decreased. As a single parent she found raising children and working became impossible. That left her out of options and looking at life on a benefit. Meg receives $564 a week in the hand. Out of that she pays $300 in rent, leaving $264 for food, power, petrol and the endless costs of raising two kids. In spite of that, Meg still counts herself lucky. “I’m very fortunate. I have great friends and a caring family. I live next door to my sister. She has four boys and we do most of our meals together and that makes a huge difference to my finances. I just couldn’t do this without her. My mum and dad are fabulous too. I don’t know how people cope if they don’t have family.” Having sister Andrea next door also means that when Meg is going through a rough patch with her health, there’s always child care help on hand. “I try to supplement my income where ever I can but I can only earn so little before my benefit is cut. It’s really hard to strike the right balance and always at the end of the week, there’s nothing left.” Life on a benefit is definitely not an easy ride, Meg said, and it’s not a secure ride either. “Mine’s been cut three times for no reason over the past year and each time it’s taken two or three days before it’s been fixed up. Honestly you live on the bones of

The Guardian’s series looking at living on a tight budget or a benefit continues today. During the six part series, reporter Sue Newman test drives life on the pension - $348 a week and talks to Ashburton people who know what it’s like to struggle every day to make ends meet. In a life where cash is tight there are no luxuries.

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breadline without. They learn ballet and take piano lessons. It’s a juggling act, but she finds the money for those extras. “I can make choices that allow me to feed my children and do things for my children. Yes it would be nice to have things like new clothing but we do a lot of things that don’t cost money and if friends ask me out for coffee they know they’ll have to pay. If you’re someone who finds doing things that cost money is what cranks your handle then it would be very limiting living on a benefit.” Meg’s dreams are simple. A few bookshelves would be great. A bit more money would help, more than the $80 a week she’s allowed to earn before her benefit is cut. Her biggest frustration is looking ahead and realising that life’s unlikely to change and that’s frightening. “I don’t want to be in this state when I’m 60 but it’s a real catch22. It’s really difficult because you end up being stuck in a situation you have no way of getting out of. It would be fine if it was just me, I’d take the leap. I could eat lentils all week until I got some work established but I can’t do that with the girls.” So much of how you deal with living on a benefit has to do with attitude, with good planning and wise shopping and it’s made a whole lot easier with the support of family and friends, Meg said.

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GP shortage starts to bite By Coen Lammers

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he shortage of general practitioners in Mid Canterbury is literally starting to hurt. As the GPs are facing a growing and ageing population, the pressure is taking its toll on both doctors and patients. Rural New Zealand has struggled to attract doctors for many years but in many cases that problem has been lessened as small towns have seen their populations decline. In Canterbury however the situation has developed in the opposite direction with economic growth attracting more people and the Christchurch earthquakes triggering an exodus to outlying areas like Ashburton, Rolleston, Lincoln, Rangiora and Amberley. The Rural Canterbury Primary Health Organisation estimates that Canterbury needs another 26 GPs to fill the current slots but that number is growing by the day. Doctor Chris Ryan yesterday spoke about the increasing pressures on the locals doctors who have to turn away patients to safeguard their own health. Many of them are staring burnout in the face and the enormous workloads may have also contributed to the two Rakaia doctors moving on. Newcomers to the district face the extraordinary situation of not being able to find a doctor when their health is being challenged and sooner or later this could have dramatic consequences. One staffer at the Guardian, who recently moved to the

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Harawira vows to fight on By Matthew Backhouse Hone Harawira has vowed to fight for better public housing at every court appearance he makes over his arrest at a protest last month. The Mana Party leader was met with cheers of support as he recounted his arrest to about 100 housing protesters who marched on Parliament yesterday. The protesters from as far as Auckland and Napier are calling on the Government deal with a public housing crisis which they say is being deepened by the

closure of Housing New Zealand properties in Glen Innes in Auckland, Pomare in Lower Hutt and Maraenui in Napier. Mr Harawira, who was arrested after allegedly refusing to move his car during a protest over the Glen Innes closures last month, vowed to use the publicity to fight for better housing. “... Not just in Glen Innes but right around the country, every single time I go to court.” Mr Harawira said he was embarrassed the charge of failing to comply with a police order was “not even imprisonable - it’s only a fineable offence”. He said housing was not privi-

lege but a right and Mana would aim to build 20,000 new state homes in three years. Veteran protester John Minto said the Government’s housing policies were “absolutely appalling”. “It’s a disgrace. There is a housing crisis in this country and it has been buried for a long time, but people in communities all around the country now are saying, ‘no, enough is enough we needed decent housing.”‘ Labour MP Annette King said there were 3358 vacant state houses in New Zealand while people lived in cars, overcrowded houses and on the streets.

In Maraenui, there were 274 vacant houses but people on waiting lists could not get into them. “When I visited there, they were demolishing houses - houses that they had just painted and they had just carpeted. “They are demolishing houses for no reason,” she said. “We are now seeing evictions, we are seeing destruction, we are seeing empty houses.” Ms King said many state houses were cold, damp and in poor state, but very little was being done about it. Green MP Holly Walker said housing vacancies and demoli-

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district, had been desperate to see a doctor for days over a rapidly deteriorating chest complaint. One sympathetic local doctor could fit him in next week but the situation worsened to the point that his relatives took him down to the family doctor in Timaru who diagnosed a severe chest infection and possible glandular fever. Other people may be in a similar situation but may not have a friendly physician up the road. The GPs can not be blamed and need urgent help from the authorities. Comments from health officials that the issue was on the radar and that they are consulting with the communities seem bizarre as every child in Ashburton knows what the problem is. And to suggest that the community has to provide the solution seems outrageous. The doctor shortage has been an issue for years but so far health authorities have failed to come up with feasible ideas to attract new blood into Mid Canterbury. Instead they are caught up in their paperwork and consultation processes, blocking overseas doctors desperate to work in rural areas and unable to push their young graduates into Ashburton or Rangiora. The time for talking is over. The ill people of Ashburton need urgent action before this paper has to report the first fatal casualty of a doctors’ shortage.

Undie run date under wraps By Genevieve Helliwell Rumours are rife about an undie run to celebrate the end of the school year but so far Tauranga pupils kept the event’s timing secret. The annual end-of-year event, in which students from Tauranga Boys’ College and Tauranga Girls’ College run through each other’s schools in their underwear, is expected to occur this week. The biggest question is when it will be staged, according to students spoken to by the Bay of Plenty Times. One Tauranga Boys’ College student said it wasn’t a matter of if, it was a matter of when. “It’s been going for as long as I can remember. It’s supposed to be happening some time this week,” the Year 13 student said. “It’s a bit of fun between us and the girls’ college. They put shaving cream on our cars so there was some retaliation and we egged their cars. We got told off for that, though,” he said. A Tauranga Girls’ College student who was hit by a flying egg in last year’s end-of-school antics said most Year 13 students took part in the informal activity, although it was not compulsory. “In the past, [Boys’ College students] have put their urine into water guns and thrown dead, rotting fish at people. They chucked eggs one year and I was unfortunate enough to get hit.” And the girls retaliated, she said. “One year, we had a huge water hose and we squirted them when they ran through the school.” -APNZ

tions were tearing apart communities and disrupting families. “And what is worst about this is that there are no plans to replace those homes with affordable social housing.” Ms Walker said only 20 per cent of the houses being demolished in Pomare would be rebuilt as social housing, while the rest would be sold on the market for an unaffordable $350,000 each. She said there had to be minimum standards for social housing and more houses needed to be built. The protesters presented a petition with more than 1000 signatures. -APNZ

The search has officially been called off for two fishermen missing in Fiordland in September after navy divers were unable to locate the men’s bodies this week. Navy and police divers completed a dive at the wreckage site of The Governor on Tuesday but did not find the bodies of skipper Kevin Cosgrove, 60, or crew member Nirvana Reynolds, 16. Cathy Culling, cousin and spokeswoman for the family of Mr Cosgrove, said yesterday his family had come to terms with their loss and were resigned to the fact they would not recover him from the sea. The search was inconclusive and had been affected by the rough weather at the wreckage site, 2.5km offshore from Yates Point north of the Milford Sound mouth. The vessel ran in to trouble on September 15 and sank. Divers have been hindered since because of high winds and rough weather. Mrs Culling said she was satisfied with the police and search rescue team efforts and realised it was out of their hands. “The man above has not been good to us. They couldn’t go down because of the weather and we understand that. It’s been a long process, but we realise it’s the weather and there is nothing you can do.” A memorial service for Mr Cosgrove is yet to be confirmed. -APNZ

Specialist gear, teams arrived day after collapse By Kurt Bayer Specialist search and rescue gear did not arrive at the CTV Building collapse site until the day after it came down, killing 115 people, an inquest was told yesterday. Key listening equipment, designed to detect signs of life, was being used at the nearby PGC Building in Christchurch which had partially collapsed. A lawyer for widower Srecko ‘Alec’ Cvetanov, whose wife Dr Tamara Cvetanova initially survived the six-storey office block’s collapse on February 22 last year, questioned yesterday why the gear had not immediately been used at the larger CTV disaster site. Mr Cvetanov was in mobile phone

contact with his wife but she died before she could be rescued. The revelations came on day eight of a coroner’s inquest into the deaths of Dr Cvetanova, of Serbia, Cheng Mai of China, Japan’s Rika Hyuga, and Jessie Redouble, Emmabelle Anoba, Ezra Medalle, Reah Sumalpong and Mary Amantillo, all from the Philippines. All were students at King’s Education School for English Language on the CTV Building’s third floor and survived the collapse but could not be rescued from the wreckage. Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) were using ‘delsar’ listening equipment and core drilling equipment with cameras at the PGC Building, where 18 people died. Several survivors were pulled free from the PGC debris in the hours after

it came down in the magnitude-6.3 shake at 12.51pm. But USAR engineer John Trowsdale, who was working at the CTV site, was asked by lawyers yesterday why that kit was not available to him. Mr Trowsdale said it wasn’t his decision to make, saying he was unaware of the bigger picture as he was too busy on the ground with the rescue efforts. He said bosses would have needed to consider which site had a higher likelihood of finding people alive - and that would determine where the listening equipment and cameras should go. It wasn’t until the next day that delsar listening device was used on the CTV site, he recalled. He was unsure if core drilling equipment with cameras was used on the first night.

Heavy machinery used at CTV to “delayer” the rubble by lifting off large beams and heavy slabs of concrete came with “some risks”. The inquest was showed videos taken on February 23 of a digger using a pincer tool to pick up slabs of concrete, which disintegrated when raised into the air and went crashing back on top of the rubble. The Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission hearing into the CTV disaster heard evidence of how the building’s concrete was brittle “like chalk” and questions were raised over its density. Hulking steel beams were removed from the site as well as concrete floor slabs. Nigel Hampton QC referred to his client Mr Cvetanov’s evidence, where he

spoke about seeing two diggers operating on the Madras St side at around 1.30am, 12 hours after the collapse. He saw a beam being cut and it causing rubble above and below it to move, stirring up plumes of dust. USAR engineers on the ground yelled at the digger driver to stop. It was feared that the removal of large pieces of debris could have compromised the position of people lying trapped below. Mr Cvetanov said about 2.30am to 3am that night, a digger tried to drag the top floor concrete slab. Once it was moved, three bodies were found. Mr Trowsdale said he remembered that happening, but could recall being consulted before the action was taken. The inquest, before Coroner Gordon Matenga, continues. -apnz

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at the lake to celebrate the launch of More Than Water, The Story of Lake Hood and in doing so they celebrated the determination and absolute belief of a small group of people that the lake could be built. Over the years the lake progressed from dream to reality, Dame Jenny Shipley in her role as MP for Rakaia became patron of the park, launched

its fundraising campaign, officially named the lake and 10 years ago declared it open for use. And last night she launched a book recording Lake Hood’s journey. “It’s been a pleasure to follow the life of this project. Some times we need people who dare to dream and as we launch this book we acknowledge a group of people who did just that. They

focused on what could be achieved rather than looking at what wasn’t possible.” Lake Hood was a perfect example of a community working collaboratively to create a multi-purpose facility that was a New Zealand leader, Dame Jenny said. In writing the book, author Nathalie Brown said that from the outset it was

very clear the story of Lake Hood was the story of a community doing something extraordinary. In talking to the more than 40 people in the book, she said she got a real sense of the “guts and tenancity” that have gone into building the lake. Profits from the sale of the Lake Hood book will go to Ronald McDonald House.

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Fears held for missing woman By Kieran Campbell A woman who never returned home from her walk on Auckland’s North Shore has not used her mobile phone or accessed her bank account since Monday. Police are baffled by the unexplained disappearance of 44-yearold Asian woman Bin Chen, who was reported missing by her distressed partner after she failed to return from her regular evening walk. Ms Chen, who is known as Cissy, left her Torbay home about Bin 5.30pm on Monday. Large aerial, ground and shoreline searches have failed to find her and police will investigate new areas to search, Acting Detective Senior Sergeant Megan Goldie said. Ms Chen regularly went on hour-long walks in an area of Long Bay Regional Park, which was close to her home. Ms Goldie said about 30 staff were involved in searching for Ms Chen and they would look further north than where Ms Chen normally walked. “I wouldn’t say it’s dense bush-

land ... but there are some steep areas, areas where if she has accidentally fallen into it would be hard for her to be located,” Ms Goldie said. “We are keeping an open mind as to where she went on Monday evening but ... our concern for her welfare and well-being is certainly mounting.” Police have appealed for information from any residents in the Long Bay, Waiake and Torbay areas who were out walking between 5.30pm and 10pm on Monday. “Any recent sightings of Cissy will significantly help our Chen existing Inquiries,” Ms Goldie said. “A police search and rescue team is canvassing an area north of Long Bay. “The police helicopter Eagle made several sweeps over the Long Bay Regional Park location on Tuesday and [police launch] Deodar also carried out a search along the coastline. “Further sweeps are being planned.” Anyone with information should call North Shore police on 09 477 5207 or Crime Stoppers no 0800 555 111. - apnz

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A central African country has suspended Internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom’s new website domain www.me.ga. The Gabon government said it was immediately suspending the site to “protect intellectual property rights” and “fight cyber crime effectively”, the phys.org website reported. The country’s Communication Minister Blaise Louembe said Gabon could not “serve as a platform or screen for committing acts aimed at violating copyrights, nor be used by unscrupulous people”. Me.ga is the follow-up to Megaupload, which was shut down in January when police swooped on the Dotcoms’ Coatesville mansion outside Auckland to seize computers and other evidence. It was due to be hosted on Gabon’s .ga domain. Dotcom, a German national who holds New Zealand residency, faces an extradition hearing in March even though a New Zealand court ruled that the January raid and seizure were unlawful, and the nation’s spy agency was found to have illegally spied on Dotcom. On Twitter Dotcom said he had an alternative domain. “This just demonstrates the bad faith witch hunt the US government is on.” - apnz

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By Chris Morris More than 400 people have had their say on the future use of Dunedin’s Forsyth Barr Stadium as a deadline for public input approaches. The Dunedin City Council launched a review of the stadium earlier this year - when faced with a multimillion-dollar loss by the company running it - and last month called for suggestions from the community. Council policy analyst Tami Sargeant said when contacted 428 responses had been received by yesterday, days before Friday’s 5pm deadline. Most of the feedback had come from the council’s People’s Panel, members of which were sent questions about the best ways to reduce stadium costs, increase revenue and optimise community use, she said. That had generated 351 responses representing more than half the panel’s 625 members - while another 27 people had used the council’s website to share their thoughts, she said. More than 200 organisations that had used the stadium since opening day last

year had also been asked for feedback, resulting in another 50 responses. The results were yet to be analysed in any detail, but there appeared to be a mix of constructive and critical comments, she said. “There’s definitely some people saying we should never have had it in the first place, but there are some constructive ideas coming through as well. “We are happy with the responses so far.” A report on the results would be prepared for a meeting of the council’s stadium review subcommittee, chaired by Mayor Dave Cull, on November 30. The report was expected to be made public one week before the meeting, she said. The review of the stadium and Dunedin Venues Management Ltd was announced in May, after news DVML had recorded a $1.9 million loss in the first half of 2011-12 and construction costs had blown out to $224.4 million. The bad news got worse late last month, when it was confirmed DVML’s full-year loss had reached $3.2 million - $814,000 worse than the $2.4 million loss forecast in May. The result prompted renewed calls

for the council to consider a new events fund to attract more major events to the stadium, and deputy mayor Chris Staynes to suggest a new targeted rate for the city’s hospitality sector to pay for such an idea. Mr Cull said the results showed the

stadium’s finances were “not sustainable” and underscored the importance of a good result from the stadium review. “There’s all sorts of possibilities that could come out of the review, and I mean all sorts. Anything could change,” Mr Cull said. - APNZ

Hubbard investors Canadians search for face major delays oil, gas in Hawke’s Bay Jean Hubbard “changing her mind” over $60 million of assets has caused “significant delays” for those with money in one of her late husband’s investment vehicles, its statutory managers say. Grant Thornton, statutory managers of Aorangi Securities, has responded to a group of angry investors which complained to the Government about their performance. Last week the group, which has the support of 230 investors in Aorangi Securities or Hubbard Management Funds, said Grant Thornton has “failed to adequately protect assets”. The investor group was angry that a late discovery of boxes of documents by Grant Thornton has put off a $60 million asset wrangle in the Timaru High Court. This hearing will determine a claim from Jean Hubbard - the widow of Timaru businessman Allan

Hubbard - that $60 million of the $96 million of Aorangi Securities assets were never transferred to Aorangi’s ownership and are therefore hers and for her late husband’s estate. The proceedings were scheduled to begin in October 29 but has now been put off until May next year at the request of the statutory managers following the discovery of the document boxes. In its reply to investors, Grant Thornton said the group had failed to understand the situation with Aorangi Securities, despite many meetings with them. The managers said Alan Hubbard transferred the $60 million of assets to Aorangi in 2009 and 2010 but failed to complete the change of ownership. “It’s like selling your car, but not completing the change of ownership papers properly. Someone else now owns your car, even though it is still registered in your name.”

Two new Canadian oil and gas explorers have appeared in New Zealand, taking a 965 square kilometre onshore licence area in Hawke’s Bay, in what appears to be the first outcome from the government’s new “block offer” policy. Marauder Resources East Coast has won the exploration licence for Petroleum Exploration Permit 53806 in a joint venture with Canadian Overseas Petroleum to explore “unconventional” shales in the Whangai formation, in the central Hawke’s Bay. The licence area sits between two others being explored by fellow Canadian TAG Oil, near Gisborne in the southern Hawke’s Bay, both of which have prompted opposition from local environmental groups who fear TAG and its Texan partner, Apache, plan to use hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking”, to unlock hydrocarbons held in shale formations. Both Marauder and COP are Calgarybased, junior players in global oil and gas exploration. Marauder has interests already in Canada, the Middle East and

the Gulf of Aden, while COP’s interests to date have been in West Africa and the North Sea. In a statement issued in Canada on November 2, COP says Marauder will operate the licence for the first year, after which COP will assume ownership for the remainder of the initial five year licence period. Both are listed on Toronto Stock Exchange, as are TAG and another Canadian entrant to the local market, NZ Energy Corp, which has onshore Taranaki and East Coast interests. “The East Coast Basin onshore New Zealand contains a number of large oil and gas accumulation targets focusing on unconventional resource plays within the Paleocene-to-Cretaceous aged Whangai and Waipawa shales,” COP said in a statement to the TSX. “Offsetting permit holders in the basin include TAG Oil and NZ Energy, both of which have had independent third party evaluators assign shale oil resource potential of 12.6 and 20.9 billion barrels original oil in place respectively.” - APNZ

Canty quake claims one-third through Insurance claims for the spate of Canterbury earthquakes are about a third of the way through with $10.8 billion paid out, according to the Reserve Bank. The Earthquake Commission has paid $3.8 billion in claims and other insurers have met $7 billion of claims, in what’s estimated to be a bill in excess of $30 billion, the central bank said in its twiceyearly financial stability report. “Many significant issues affecting insurance claims are yet to be resolved and uncertainty about the total insurance claim cost estimate remains high with an approximate $10 billion difference between the upper and lower bound estimates used by the Reserve Bank,” the report said. The swarm of quakes devastated New Zealand’s second-biggest city and have led to increased premiums for customers around the country as insurers faced bigger reinsurance bills, and caused greater demands for building standards across the nation. The Reserve Bank said new property insurance is becoming more available in Christchurch, with some insurers relaxing their underwriting constraints. “Further improvements are anticipated in the absence of any major aftershocks,” the bank said. Berkshire Hathaway International Insurance has recently obtained an insurance licence and intends to provide earthquake cover for construction in Canterbury. The bank is considering a policy position on reinsurance agreements that may have a financing element and whether that could breach solvency capital requirements for insurers. It expects to undertake public consultation soon, it said. - APNZ

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Obama re-elected Barack Obama captured a second White House term, blunting a mighty challenge by Republican Mitt Romney as Americans voted for a leader they knew over a wealthy businessman they did not. Obama, America’s first black president, easily captured far more than the 270 electoral votes needed for victory and further cemented his place in American history Tuesday with a victory, despite having led the country through its most difficult economic times since the Great Depression in the 1930s, a time of stubbornly high unemployment and anxiety about the future. Romney said he had called President Barack Obama to concede the presidential race, and in appearance before supporters in Boston he congratulated Obama, saying, “I pray that he will be successful in guiding our nation.” Obama’s victory reflected Americans’ suspicions about Romney, who had a history of shifting positions to keep pace with the increasingly hard right political stands of his Republican party. “This happened because of you. Thank you” Obama tweeted to supporters as he celebrated four more years in the White House. After the costliest campaign in history — and one of the nastiest in recent history— divided government seemed alive and well. Democrats retained control of the Senate with surprising ease. Republicans were on course for the same in the House, making it likely that Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, Obama’s partner in unsuccessful deficit talks, would reclaim his seat at the bargaining table. Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts, led narrowly in the popular vote, with 47.5 million votes, to 47.3 for Obama with votes counted in 70 percent of the nation’s precincts. But Obama’s laserlike focus on the battleground states allowed him to run up a sizeable margin in the competition for electoral votes, where it mattered. The president is chosen in a state-by-state tally of electors, not according to the nationwide popular vote, making such “battleground” states — which vote neither Republican nor Democrat on

a consistent basis — particularly important in such a tight race. Obama won Ohio, Wisconsin, Virginia, Iowa, New Hampshire, Colorado and Nevada, seven of the nine battleground states where the rivals and their allies poured nearly $1 billion into dueling television commercials. Romney was in Massachusetts, his long and grueling bid for the presidency at an unsuccessful end. Obama had retreated to his home on the south side of Chicago Of the nine battleground states, Romney captured only North Carolina. The final swing state — Florida — remained too close to call. The election emerged as a choice between two very different visions of government — whether it occupies a major, front-row place in American lives or is in the background as a less-obtrusive facilitator for private enterprise and entrepreneurship. The economy was rated the top issue by about 60 per cent of voters surveyed as they left polling places. But more said former President George W. Bush bore responsibility for current circumstances than Obama did after nearly four years in office. About 4 in 10 said the economy is on the mend, but more than that said it was stagnant or getting worse more than four years after the near-collapse of 2008. The survey was conducted for The Associated Press and a group of television networks. Polls were still open in much of the country as the two rivals began claiming the spoils of a brawl of an election in a year in which the struggling economy put a crimp in the middle class dreams of millions. The president was in Chicago as he awaited the voters’ verdict on his four years in office. He had told reporters he had a concession speech as well as victory remarks prepared. He congratulated Romney on a spirited campaign. “I know his supporters are just as engaged, just as enthusiastic and working just as hard today” as Obama’s own, he added. Romney reciprocated, congratulating the man who he had campaigned against for more than a year. Earlier, he raced to Ohio and Pennsylvania for Election Day

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President Barack Obama takes yet another congratulatory call following his re-election. “This happened because of you. Thank you,” Obama tweeted to his 22 million followers on Twitter as a flurry of states, including Iowa, which nurtured his unlikely White House dreams, suddenly tipped into his column. campaigning and projected confidence as he flew home to Massachusetts. “We fought to the very end, and I think that’s why we’ll be successful,” he said, adding that he had finished writing a speech anticipating victory but nothing if the election went to his rival. But the mood soured among the Republican high command as the votes came in and Obama ground out a lead in critical states.

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Like Obama, Vice President Joe Biden was in Chicago as he waited to find out if he was in line for a second term. Republican running mate Paul Ryan was with Romney in Boston, although he kept one eye on his re-election campaign for a House seat in Wisconsin, just in case. The long campaign’s cost soared into the billions, much of it spent on negative ads, some harshly so. Obama and Romney spent

months highlighting their sharp divisions over the role of government in Americans’ lives, especially in bringing down the stubbornly high unemployment rate, reducing the $1 trillion-plus federal budget deficit and reducing a national debt that has crept above $16 trillion. Obama insists there is no way reduce the staggering debt and safeguard crucial social programs without asking the wealthy to

pay their “fair share” in taxes. Romney, who bragged of his successful business background said that gave him the expertise to manage the economy. He have favored lowering taxes and easing regulations on businesses, saying it would spur job growth. No US president since Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1930s had run for re-election with a national jobless rate as high as it is now — 7.9 per cent in October.

Police target Rebels Police have vowed to smash Australia’s largest outlaw motorcycle gang (OMCG), the Rebels, which they say has infiltrated legitimate businesses. Members of the Attero task force, formed in February to target the Rebels OMCG, say they have had significant success in investigating and dismantling the criminal group. The task force has so far made more than 330 arrests, leading to more than 500 charges being laid against Rebels members. But the operation is far from over.

Leaders of the historic collaboration between 14 national law enforcement agencies on Wednesday said the Attero task force will be moving to more overt actions after nine months of mostly covert operations. “This national task force will continue until the risk and the threat is diminished,” said David Hudson, the chair of the Serious and Organised Crime Coordination Committee (SOCCC), which established the task force. The Rebels OMCG has been targeted because it is Australia’s largest bikie gang.

Paul Jevtovic, from the Australian Crime Commission, said the task force was working to break the business model of organised crime. “These people have penetrated legitimate industries,” Mr Jevtovic said. “They use those industries to generate profits.” He named the security industry as a “classic example” of a legitimate business used by bikie gangs to make money. “We shouldn’t have this expectation that OMCGs are long-bearded people riding motorbikes,” he said. “They’ve evolved considerably from that image.”

Camilla relaxed on tour Seasoned royal-watcher Neville Condron says Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, has made a good impression on her first visit to Australia. Mr Condron, who has met several queens, princes and princesses from various countries, says he’s pleased there haven’t been comparisons with the late Princess Diana, who was a favourite with Australian crowds. The duchess has been warmly welcomed at official events and has happily chatted with the small crowds that have turned out to greet her since arriving in Australia on Monday. But the crowd numbers have

been far from the thousands that flocked to greet Diana, or even the Queen, during their visits to Australia. Mr Condron shook hands with both Prince Charles and his first wife in 1985. “I’ve been pleased that the comparisons just aren’t an issue,” he said outside the Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School, where the royal couple watched a performance by school children. “Camilla just seems so relaxed, people are warming to her and I think it’s been long enough for memories to fade a little bit and I think she’s off to a really good start. “I think Australians would

like her sense of humour and enjoy the way she dresses. She’s very relaxed with the crowd. “I think she’s great and they look so happy together. It’s a good thing.” Mr Condron took his French bulldog, Bert, to meet the royal couple, and the duchess was especially taken. “The duchess said she used to keep Boston terriers, which are a similar looking dog, not as cute as French bulldogs though, and she was just very taken with him and gave him a good pat and called him Bertie,” he said. “He was enjoying himself. He’ll sleep well tonight.”

Mother holds clue to fertility A woman’s potential fertility can be predicted from the age her mother went through the menopause, a study has found. Ovarian reserve - the number of eggs a woman has left in her ovaries - was found to decline faster in women whose mothers had an early menopause. The findings suggest a woman’s fertility is, to some extent, inherited from her mother. Earlier statistical studies had already indicated the trend but the new research confirmed

it by looking at two physical markers of ovarian reserve. Scientists measured antiMullerian hormone (AMH) levels and antral follicle count (AFC) in daughters and compared both with mothers’ age at menopause. Both markers reduced at a faster rate in daughters of mothers who had the menopause early. Study leader Dr Janne Bentzen, from Copenhagen University Hospital in Denmark, said, “this is the first study to suggest that the

age-related decline of AMH and AFC may differ between those whose mothers entered menopause before the age of 45 years and those whose mothers entered menopause after the age of 55 years. “Our findings support the idea that the ovarian reserve is influenced by hereditary factors. However, long-term follow-up studies are required.” A total of 527 women aged 20 to 40 working in health care at Copenhagen University Hospital took part in the research. - PA

Barack Obama’s re-election has been welcomed by the US ambassador to New Zealand as a celebration of the country’s vibrant democracy. An excited crowd of dozens gathered with Ambassador David Huebner at Wellington’s Chicago Bar yesterday as they waited in anticipation for the results to roll in. The election party was held in true American style with bar snacks including pizza, hot dogs and mini hamburgers adorned with tiny American flags on toothpicks. The aptly titled Chicago Bar which shares its name with the city Obama calls home - was also decked out for the occasion with the Stars and Stripes and cardboard cut-outs of Obama and his Republican rival Mitt Romney. Mr Huebner congratulated Obama on his re-election as US President. “This election was a true celebration of our vibrant democracy.” He said a lot of the focus was on the presidential election, but election day was also one where Americans chose thousands of representatives from the Senate through to city council level. “It’s a great day for American democracy and for democracy generally - this is how it’s supposed to work.” Among the Americans gathered at Chicago Bar were masters students Ryan Friesen, 33, and Sunshine Prior, 28, who revelled in the chance to be surrounded by American accents, colours and flags. Ms Prior, who felt “very patriotic”, said she voted for Obama just before returning to New Zealand from a trip home to Texas. “It was the last thing I did before I went to the airport. I cast my ballot, I got my little sticker and it says ‘my vote counted’ and I got on the aeroplane.” - APNZ

• Cup crowd shocking Drunken racegoers pictured pole dancing and passed out amongst rubbish at the Melbourne Cup have stolen the headlines in the UK, prompting readers to suggest Aussies are rough and mannerless. While Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, enjoyed the sights of the race, The Mail online said they would have been “shocked” if they saw the behaviour of some of the crowd. The website splashed images of men and women flaked out on the grass and one doing an impromptu pole dance with an umbrella across its website, with the headline: “And you thought Ascot was going to the dogs! Things get a little messy at Aussies’ big day out at the Melbourne Cup”. The images prompted hundreds of comments on the website, calling it “disgusting behaviour”. “It is Australia, what do you expect?” wrote one person. - AAP

• Man perishes in desert A young man has died in the Simpson desert and another is recovering in hospital after a desperate trek for help. The pair’s four-wheel drive got bogged soon after they left the Ethabuka Station, in Queensland’s southwest, on Monday. They tried to free the vehicle then began walking the 16km back to the station house, but had little water in temperatures that reached 45 degrees, the ABC reports. One of the men, 25, collapsed during the trek. His body was later recovered a few kilometres from the house. The other man barely made it back and he’s being treated in hospital for heat exhaustion and dehydration. - AAP

• Suicide bomb kills 5 A police officer says a suicide bombing in northwest Pakistan has killed five people, including three policemen. Asif Iqbal says the attack Wednesday targeted the vehicle of a senior police officer outside a police station in a crowded market in the city of Peshawar. The blast killed the senior officer, two other policemen and two bystanders. The bombing also wounded 20 people. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack. The Pakistani Taliban often target security forces in the country’s northwest. Peshawar has been hit many times because it is located on the border of Pakistan’s tribal region, the main sanctuary for militants in the country.

• Mine workers favour venom A new version of the synthetic drug known as Venom is on West Australian streets and is being favoured by mine workers, according to a retailer. A Perth tobacco retailer, who did not want to be named, said he had heard several stories about the drug being produced as a cottage industry by people who imported the chemicals from China. The drug was proving popular with mine workers in places like Karratha and Geraldton because it could not be detected in drug tests. “It’s like the next generation of Kronic,” he said. “God knows what’s in it.” - AP

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Farmers talk nutrient limits By Sue Newman Farmers in the Hinds plains catchment face a tough challenge as they start setting rules around limits on water quality and quantity as part of the Canterbury Water Management Strategy. Ashburton Water Zone committee chair Matthew Hall told more than 100 farmers at a meeting on Tuesday that while this might be a challenge, it was also a great opportunity for them to set rules that best suited their needs. Those needs, however, had to be balanced against the 10 targets of the strategy which took into account economic, environmental and cultural issues. Finding that balance meant farmers had to determine where water limits sat today and then determine two scenarios, one that would best protect the environment and the other that would maximise economic opportunities. The challenge lay in finding the best middle ground that they could work with, Mr Hall said. “All 10 targets of the water strategy have to be considered when you set the limits, that’s how the process works, but our community has a choice. We can work together to achieve the goals or we can say we’ve had a gutsful, walk away and leave someone else to make the decisions on water in our district.” Hydrologist Darren Leftley told the farmers that they and Ecan staff had a mountain of work to get through in a short space of time. “The limit setting process is technically very challenging. This is one of the most heavily modified catchments in Canterbury.” Mr Leftley said some of the things farmers had to consider were what was acceptable as a sustainable minimum flow limit, water reliability levels they required, the impact of changing land care and farming practices and the increasing nitrate concentrations in groundwater. “With nitrates, we’re seeing significant increases over the past six to eight years and there are regular occasions when ground and surface water limits are exceeded. One of the big questions with limit setting is what the concentrate load limit for nitrates should be. If you set it too low, you’ll close

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Hinds farmers, getting down to the tough task of setting limits on water quantity and quality for their catchment as part of the Canterbury Water Management Strategy. businesses down but if you set it too high you may not get the environmental outcomes you want.” For farmers, limits on water quantity were not new, but limits on water quality were, Environment Canterbury commissioner David Caygill said. “This is a different ball game. We’re talking principally about rules around what can be discharged from land into water and in Canterbury that’s more about nitrates than in other parts of New Zealand.” The Ministry of Health’s concerns about nitrates in some wells in the district wasn’t new, but addressing the problem was an important part of the region’s water strat-

egy, he said. “Irrigation is another part. That’s about making sure opportunities in the province can be realised. We’re irrigating about half of what we could and there’s a lot of value we’re not realising yet, but we can’t extend our irrigated area without setting rules around the impact changes of land use will have on the environment and on the quality of water.” If people in the Hinds catchment couldn’t come up with their own rules, then by default the generic rules on quality and quantity in the proposed Land and Water Regional Plan would apply, Mr Caygill said. “The zone committee is putting the ques-

tion out there, what do you want in your area? If we can get agreement, consensus, then a recommendation will be made by the zone committee to ECan and that will replace the generic rules.” During the meeting, farmers broke into workshop groups to look at what they valued about their catchment now, what they wanted changed and the outcomes they wanted. All questions raised were noted and answers will be provided by Ecan staff in writing. Community discussions on the limit setting process will run from February to June with the final plan for the Hinds Plains expected to be notified in October.

Technology cuts nitrate leaching Winchester farmer Alvin Reid says technologies such as nitrification inhibitors are a key part of helping dairy farmers maintain production while reducing their environmental footprint. Speaking after a seminar in Ashburton, where the latest research results from the use of nitrification inhibitors were presented, Alvin Reid said research was vital for farming. “Facilities such as the Lincoln University Dairy Farm are a key part of New Zealand’s dairying future,” he says. Professors Keith Cameron and Hong Di from the Centre for Soil and Environmental Research at Lincoln University presented the seminar. They review extensive trials on South Island soils looking at reductions in both nitrate leaching and nitrous oxide emissions into the atmosphere from the use of nitrification inhibitors such as Ravensdown’s eco-n applied directly to pasture soils. The results of their research show that nitrification inhibitors can significantly reduce nitrate leaching while increasing the production of dry matter. Mr Reid said he noticed an immediate result, an increase in growth of 20 per cent between the control paddock and the paddock sprayed with eco-n. The seminar looked at results in

Mid Canterbury and other farms in Southland and Otago, as well as other extensive research throughout the country. The technology not only benefits the environment by reducing nitrate leaching and greenhouse gas emissions but also makes more nitrogen available for increased pasture growth, reducing costs and increasing output for the farmer. Initially Professors Cameron and Di focused their research on nitrate leaching resulting from the application of fertiliser to pasture, but it quickly became obvious that the main source of nitrate leaching and nitrous oxide emissions was from grazed pasture urine patches. The change in approach eventually led to the development of the technology to apply the nitrification inhibitor dicyandiamide (DCD) in fine particle suspension directly to pasture soils, allowing easy application by appropriately trained and equipped commercial contractors. The research presents the use of eco-n – the nitrification inhibitor developed by Ravensdown based on DCD – at a number of sites around the South Island. Eco-n works by slowing the effectiveness of bacteria in the soil. These bacteria convert ammonium into nitrate which can leach into water ways, and nitrous oxide that is released into the atmosphere.

Crops expo covers chemical changes The Foundation for Arable Research (FAR) has released its line-up of speakers for this year’s Crops Expo, with national and international speakers covering everything from cultivation to clover root weevil. Well known UK agronomist expert Jim Orson returns, to discuss changes to international agrichemical regulations and the possible effects for New Zealand farmers. Mr Orson is based at Cambridge’s National Institute of Agricultural Botany. Also appearing will be Paul Horne, from IPM Technologies in Australia. He will discuss the availability and effectiveness of integrated pest management strategies. FAR’s director of research and extension Nick Poole says staff have worked hard to ensure that the programme includes a range of speakers and topics, with something of interest for all, whether they are cereal, small seed or pulse growers. The aim of this day is to provide growers with

information and ideas that will help them to solve problems and create new opportunities. This year’s speakers include FAR staff, university and CRI researchers and international guests from Australia and the UK. Industry sponsors also have trial and demonstration plots on show and get a chance to speak about their latest products. Each speaker will give their presentation twice - once in the morning, and again in the afternoon (sponsors only speak once). Talks are 20 to 30 minutes long which means there is plenty of time for questions and discussion. “At the end of the day we all head into the marquee for dinner and a drink. Our pre-dinner speaker is well known Country Calendar personality Frank Torley, who will talk about his farming experiences both on-screen and off,” Mr Poole said. The Crops Expo is on December 5, at FAR’s Chertsey trial site on State Highway 1.

Young Maori farmers urged to enter contest The search is on for the best young Maori farmers. The Ahuwhenua young Maori trainee or cadet of the year 2013 contest is being aimed at young Maori sheep and beef farmers. The award this year was for young Maori dairy farmers. The aim of the contest is to encourage young people into leadership roles and foster personal development and growth. The award has been made possible with the support of AgITO, the Maori Trustee, Allflex and Te Puni Kokiri. It is primarily resourced by the Maori Soldiers Fund administered by the Maori Trustee. “We want to celebrate and recognise outstanding achievement and

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Loading sheep destined for Blenheim at the Tinwald saleyards this week were (from left) Gary Stewart, Brody Smith an Laza Seator.

Buyers keep keen eye on Tinwald sheep sale prices There was a smaller yarding across both prime and store sheep at the weekly Tinwald sale on Tuesday. Heavy spring lambs sold in line with schedule prices, realising from $102 to $115. Hoggets traded from $120 (heavy) to $80 (medium weights) and $65 (lighter weights). Prime ewes continued to sell on a par with previous sales

with heavy ewes selling from $105 to $120, mediums from $85 to $100 with lighter ewes fetching from $60-80. A bigger line up of prospective purchasers in the store section saw forward lambs sell from $72 to $78. Younger crossbred ewes with black face lambs at foot changed hands $62 with various lines selling from $50-60.

excellence in Maori farming,” says Fred Hardy, Strategic Business Development Manager at AgITO. Fred, who is also a member of the judging panel, says young Maori who enter the competition will be rewarded with an invaluable learning experience and exceptional opportunities. The 2012 Ahuwhenua young Maori dairy trainee of the year winner, was 22-year-old Tangaroa Walker, a farm manager for Toa Farms in Southland. “I want to motivate young Maori by directing them down the path I have followed, to show them that the opportunities are out there if you are willing to sacrifice and put in the hard yards.”

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Irwins on show By Susan Sandys Methven husband and wife, Bill and Cheryl Irwin, will display their work in an exhibition which opens today at the Methven Heritage Centre art gallery. Re-View will feature a collection of Mrs Irwin’s paintings and Mr Irwin’s photographs. Mrs Irwin was born in Washington and said she loved following her creativity wherever it took her. While she had undertaken many courses and formal study she believed she was self-taught, by listening to her own heart, intuition and by paying close attention to her own body and feelings. She was constantly exploring the

process of art, and painted and sculpted her experiences. She felt and saw colour as a language, and her work had a spiritual link. She felt like she was exploring the very essence of being as she painted, “celebrating this beautiful world of colour and form”. Mr Irwin’s collection will include seven photographs which have recently won bronze medals in the New Zealand Institute of Professional Photographers annual awards. There will also be many local landscapes printed on canvas. Mr Irwin is a full-time professional photographer. His work is a mix of commercial commissions and self-generated projects around rural landscapes. The images

become prints in homes and corporate buildings, commercial advertising campaigns and assorted publications. With an early love of photography Mr Irwin set up his first darkroom at the age of 10. Time spent arable farming lead to an appreciation of the landscape and the random beauty of nature. He then followed his passion and became a full-time photographer. Recently, he was awarded bronze medals at the New Zealand Institute of Professional Photographers annual awards. He has won another professional competition, having won several Iris awards. The exhibition will run to December 11, and will open daily from 10am to 5pm.

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• November 8 - Re-View by Bill and Cheryl Irwin at the Methven Heritage Centre art gallery until December 11. Gallery open daily 10am to 5pm, admission free. • To November 10 - The Sum of Three exhibition at Aoraki Polytechnic arts faculty. Artists exhibiting and selling their work are Struan McGregor and Judy Anderson, while artist Fraser Chirnside will be exhibiting a piece of installation art. Open today and tomorrow 9am to 4pm, and 10am to 3pm on Saturday. • To November 11 - Life Education Trust MidSouth Canterbury Art Auction display of works at East Street, old Bernina shop, then in Timaru to November 30. Tenders close November 30. • November 13 – Bang Crash Tap at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre, 7pm. • November 17 – Haunts of Dickens opens at Ashburton Art Gallery. • November 17 – Mid Canterbury Choir presents Handel’s Messiah at 7pm at St Andrews Church. Entry by programme at the door, $20 adults, $15 seniors and students. Organist Martin Setchel, Christchurch, soloist soprano Angela Petrus, Ashburton, soloist contralto Ruth Reid, Alexandra, soloist tenor Michael Petrus, Ashburton, soloist bass Julien van Mellaerts, Dunedin. A montage of paintings and photographs created by Bill and Cheryl Irwin.

• November 25 – Home at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre. • November 30 – In Flagrante at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre. • To November 30 – From Shadows to Light, Katrina McGettigan, exhibition at Terrace Downs Resort art gallery. • December 7 to 9 - Variety Theatre Ashburton auditions at the society rooms on Wills Street for 2013 production of Miss Saigon. Anyone wanting information or an appointment can ring Faye Johnston on 308-8297. • December 14 – Methven Heritage Centre Cash and Carry mixed medium art exhibition opens, runs to February 4. • To December 15 – Ashburton Society of Arts Spring Show at the Short Street Studio. Hours are Saturday, Monday and Wednesday 10am to 2pm.Anyone wishing to view works outside these hours can phone Ngaio McKee on 308-4533 or Val Henderson on 3085460. 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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Big Little Theatre Company senior members performed alongside the Canterbury Symphony Orchestra last week at the CBS arena. Company director Jackie Heffernan said it was “the biggest gig” many of the youngsters had been involved in. Playing a group of Halloween revellers who stumble upon the orchestra, the amateur actors remained on stage throughout. “It was a complete thrill for our students to stand and take their applause from over a thousand patrons at the CBS Arena and stand on the stage as countless famous artists had done before them,” Mrs Heffernan said. And their director, Mike Friend of The Loons theatre company, commended the students’ performance. “The students’ discipline and performance techniques with this mask medium in such a short time has to be commended. This discipline requires exact timing with music and when to be used,” Mr Friend said.

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ARIES (Mar 21st Apr 20th) Today may be better for worldly success than yesterday so work hard, try to co-operate with colleagues and don’t hold back if a creative idea demands expression. A fast pace will help keep you on top of things. A practical decision should help keep you out of harm’s way early on. However, if you overcommit to anything, you may regret it.

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TAURUS (Apr 21st May 21st) The world of business holds many opportunities currently and some may be worth looking into from a financial viewpoint. With Saturn currently in your relationship zone this may be the time when you decide to look for a commercial partner who is as hard-working and determined as you are. Later, you might enjoy a concert or an art show.

GEMINI (May 22nd Jun 21st) It’s a day to make progress on the job front and show what you are worth. It may be an idea to send out a CV or perhaps to ask for a promotion. Having Neptune in your career zone means you need to keep clear about what you want to achieve. Don’t allow yourself to drift as you may lose your focus. Instead, just concentrate on what is essential.

CANCER (Jun 22nd - Jul 23rd) Work and business potential are strong, especially if you’re willing to put extra effort into a project. Be open to change and it can help to pay attention to the suggestions and feedback of others. Currently, you’re in a very creative mood and keen to let it show. It can also be a good time to start new projects and invest money in yourself.

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LEO (Jul 24th - Aug 23rd) Your magnetic personality may be working overtime today and someone may be sure to let you know about it. Try not to be so wilful and determined that you turn people off. Give others a chance to express their views. Friends and partners can be very supportive but beware as extravagance may cause problems, so try to ward off temptation.

VIRGO (Aug 24th Sep 23rd) Things are looking up socially, especially with a little input from you. Perhaps an invite lifts your spirits or a special friend has an idea that you may become enthused about. Any social buzz that should have happened yesterday may continue today. With this in mind, don’t spend time alone if others are keen for you to join in with them.

LIBRA (Sep 24th Oct 23rd) Your diplomatic skills may come in handy today when you need to remember to co-operate and compromise if you want to keep relationships healthy. You might enjoy hosting a party later as being with fun people may seem to bring out the joy in everyone, you especially. If you are able, get out, circulate and share your natural warmth.

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SCORPIO (Oct 24th - Nov 22nd) The challenge may be to draw a distinction between how things are and how you would like them to be. In planning for the future, don’t let your fears prevent you from enjoying experiences that could be very good for you. With Saturn in your sign you will need to keep pushing yourself out of your comfort zone for happiness and success.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 23rd - Dec 21st) Your thinking seems to be sharp and original and you seem able to come up with quick answers and resourceful ideas. Draw on knowledgeable sources for information and you could learn something very interesting. However, it may be better not to guess where children or a loved one are concerned. Today, you need to be clear and spell it out.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22nd - Jan 20th) Try to take a longrange view when it comes to greater security. It’s a good time to review debts, accounts and investments, and to make decisions about property as well as taxes, insurance or wills. The Sun, currently in Scorpio, encourages you to clear up any financial issues. Once you have, you can relax, feel energized and less anxious.

AQUARIUS (Jan 21st - Feb 19th) Spending time with friends can be fun and may do wonders for your outlook. Today, someone’s optimism may inspire you and help to make your day more fortunate. On another note, if someone’s ideas look good on paper but don’t feel right, you may have to trust your instincts, however compelling the case is. Go with what feels best for you.

PISCES (Feb 20th Mar 20th) An outing or a trip that you go on just for fun may be more enjoyable if you take things as they come and make the most of unexpected happenings. Generous impulsive tendencies can be hard to resist where spending money is concerned. There’s nothing wrong with that, as long as you stay within your budget. Today, you can have an eye for quality.

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Ashburton college year 13 2012 prizegiving General awards Emily Bedward-Chapman 13OA Year 13 Award Application and Effort Hailey Beevor 13OG Year 13 Award Julia Bell 13GR Year 13 Award Application and Effort Rhiannon Bensdorp 13OA Year 13 Award Pieter Taco Bierema 13OG Year 13 Merit Award Application and Effort Caitlin Bingham 13GR Year 13 Award Georgie Blackburn 13OA Year 13 Award Josh Bradley 13BL Y13 Completion Certificate Nikki Bradley 13GR Year 13 Award Application and Effort Krystal Broomfield 13BL Y13 Completion Certificate Olivia Brown 13BL Year 13 Award Application and Effort Rory Brown 13OG Year 13 Award Melissa Buller 13BY Year 13 Award Application and Effort Sergiu Chirila 13OG Year 13 Merit Award Application and Effort Joshua Cochrane 13BY Year 13 Award Application and Effort Daniel Coley 13OG Y13 Completion Certificate Amy Congdon 13RD Year 13 Award Application and Effort Brenna Conner 13GR Year 13 Award Ashleigh Corby 13BL Year 13 Award Brooke Cowan 13OA Year 13 Award Application and Effort Simon Crequer 13RE Year 13 Merit Award Application and Effort Hunter Crouchley 13RE Year 13 Award Jake Crouchley 13OG Year 13 Merit Award Application and Effort Aaron Cullimore 13OA Year 13 Award Application and Effort Amy Cullimore 13OG Year 13 Merit Award Application and Effort Jessica Cunliffe 13RD Year 13 Award Application and Effort DJ Danielson 13OG Year 13 Award Jared Dellow 13RE Year 13 Award Application and Effort Lachlan Eckert 13BL Year 13 Award Tom Evans 13RE Year 13 Award Issy Ferguson 13OG Year 13 Merit Award Application and Effort Clare Fleming 13RD Year 13 Award Radu Fracea 13RD Year 13 Award Lagan Gardyne 13BY Video Conferencing achievement award for Level 3 Psychology Year 13 Award Application and Effort Luke Glendining 13RD Music Performance Year 13 Award Hannah Gray 13GR Year 13 Award Application and Effort Courtney Green 13GR Year 13 Merit Award Application and Effort Jordan Green 13OA Y13 Completion Certificate Georgia Guilford 13RE Year 13 Excellence Award Application and Effort Meghan Hatley 13BL Year 13 Award Application and Effort Kate Hazlehurst 13OA Year 13 Merit Award Application and Effort Timea Hendricks 13OG Year 13 Award Citizenship Award for mentoring junior students Application and Effort Vicki Hillier 13OA Year 13 Award Johnny Hogg 13RD Year 13 Award Kirsten Hollings 13BL Year 13 Award Application and Effort Jackson Hood 13BL Year 13 Merit Award Application and Effort Todd Howden 13BL Year 13 Award Sasha Hurley 13GR Year 13 Award Application and Effort Mathew Iakopo 13GR Year 13 Award Citizenship award men toring students in reading Logan Jackson 13RE Year 13 Award Application and Effort Emma Jary 13BY Year 13 Award Citizenship Award for mentoring junior students Application and Effort Hunter Jenkinson 13GR Year 13 Award Application and Effort Mike Johnson 13OA Year 13 Award Application and Effort Harry Jones 13RE Y13 Completion Certificate Matt Jopson 13OG Year 13 Award Thomas Kerr 13BL Year 13 Award Application and Effort Tom Kitchen 13OG Y13 Completion Certificate Han Kornel 13OG Year 13 Award Application and Effort Komal Kumari 13GR Year 13 Award Application and Effort Joseph Langley 13RE Year 13 Award Anne Layno 13GR Year 13 Award Shaun Lynch 13BY Year 13 Award Application and Effort

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Service, sports and arts awards Catherine Bell 13BY Senior Girls Sports Cup PT Bierema 13OR 1st XI Soccer Trophy for outstanding contributions to College soccer Mel Buller13BL Cleland Trophy for the best contribution to Girls Volleyball Ashburton College Trophy for the most honest effort in Girls Sport Daniel Coley 13OR Shepherd Cup for commitment and leadership in Senior Boys Basketball Amy Cullimore 13OG Ashburton College Girls Boardercross Champion Tom Evans 13RE Leadership and Service to House Claire Fleming 13RE Leadership and Service to House Isobel Ferguson 13OR Jane Petrie Trophy for Girls Ski Champion Jordan Green 13OR Ashburton College Challenge Trophy for Golf Jackson Hood 13BL Daly Trophy for excel lence in visual arts Hunter Jenkinson 13GR Smitheram Trophy for Boys Ski Champion Harry Jones 13RE Noel Hosking Memorial Cup for Cricket Tom Kitchen 13OR Addis Trophy for vocal music – joint award Joseph Langley 13RE Senior Boys Tennis

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Singing the National Anthem, Micah Townshend and Tealy Wood took part in numerous musical acts at the Ashburton College Year 13 Prizegiving at the Ashburton Events Centre last night. Champion Language Year 13 Excellence Stewards Cup for the Year 13 Award Award boy considered the Application and Effort Application and Effort most honest trier in Heather Holdaway 13RE Photography Kyle Sinclair 13GR Rakirua Trophy for the sport Art History (Watters top all-round Shaun Lynch 13BL Senior Boys Squash Memorial Prize and Dr achievement by a Maori Champion Jim Benefield Cup) student in Year 13 Sam McLay 13OR Leadership in Netball Literary Award – Senior Year 13 Award Cup Verse Application and Effort George McDonald 13OR Senior Boys Sports Cup Year 13 Excellence Caitlin Swan 13RE Chemistry (Drummond Abbie Muir 13RE Senior Girls Squash Award Memorial Prize) Painting Champion Application and Effort Statistics and Modelling Sarah O’Grady 13BL Neill Trophy for Olivia Hood 13GR Tourism and Hospitality (John Stewart Memorial dedication, loyalty and (Ashburton Trust Prize)- Prize) contribution to the Girls joint award Technology – Digital Hockey Team Year 13 Award Information Leadership and Service Application and Effort Year 13 Excellence to House Sam Johnstone 13RD Tourism and Hospitality Olivia Pike 13OR Addis Trophy for vocal (Ashburton Trust Prize)- Award Application and Effort music – joint award joint award Alasdair Tarry 13RE Graphics (A W Thomson Olivia Quinn 13OR Leadership and Service Year 13 Merit Award Cup) to House Application and Effort Year 13 Merit Award Henrietta Read 13RE Senior Performance Bradley Kirwan 13RE Mathematics with Application and Effort Drama Cup Calculus (Hogg Micah Townshend 13RD Agriculture (BNZ Prize Aron Rich 13OR Big Als Snowboard Memorial Prize) and Cup) Trophy for Boys Year 13 Excellence Year 13 Merit Award Champion Award Citizenship award Jacob Sutton 13OR Rugby Cup for Application and Effort mentoring students in contributions to College George McDonald 13OG Physical Education reading Rugby Year 13 Merit Award Application and Effort Firestone Fair Player of Application and Effort Clara Watson 13RE Classical Studies the Year Trophy Sam McLay 13RE English (Maria Jarman Geography (Arnott Micah Townshend 13OR Ashburton Musical Club Prize and Cup) Award) – joint award Trophy for the best Year 13 Merit Award Year 13 Excellence performance student Application and Effort Award Aleisha Wells 13OR Leadership and Service Abbie Muir 13RE National Heart Application and Effort to House Foundation –Mike Hannah Wightman 13OG German (German Thomas White 13OA Ashburton Hockey O’Reilly award for a Embassy Prize) Association Trophy for student moving into Ashburton Lions Club displaying the most Health sciences in a Award for individual dedication, loyalty and tertiary institution research in Mathematics contribution to the team Year 13 Award with Statistics Application and Effort Year 13 Excellence Sarah O’Grady 13BL Jenkinson Family Cup Award for Inclusive Education Application and Effort Year 13 Award Jake Wilson 13BL Computer Studies Application and Effort Year 13 Award Joyce Pelayo 13OA Japanese (Five Star Application and Effort Beef Award) Year 13 Award Application and Effort Mitchell Abel 13BL Legal Studies (Argyle Olivia Pike 13RE Music (John Stewart Welsh Finnigan Prize) Memorial Prize) Application and Effort Brian Edmondston Prize Hannah Ashby 13BL Business Management for excellence in A and P Society Scholarship: Bridget McFadden Year 13 Award Historical Research John Lane Memorial Scholarship: Application and Effort Year 13 Merit Award Cameron Tarbotton Meg Ashworth 13GR Food Nutrition Application and Effort John Bell Memorial Scholarship: Frank Veale Memorial Olivia Quinn 13OG Accounting (Gabities Ltd Cameron Tarbotton Trophy for Journalism Prize) Robert Bell Memorial Scholarship: Year 13 Award Biology (Drummond Hannah Wightman Application and Effort Memorial Prize) Zonta International Community Services Scholarship: Catherine Bell 13BY Sport and Exercise Economics Libby Neumann Performance Physics (John Hefford Turner Memorial Prize for Citizenship: Year 13 Award Memorial Prize) Abbie Muir Application and Effort Unichem Cup for the top Sam Johnstone Lily Carter 13RE Technology Soft student studying Three T T Ryder Prize for cheerful effort in Year 13 and build Materials: Fabrics Sciences ing significantly on Year 12 work: Lagan Gardyne Year 13 Merit Award Year 13 Excellence C H Andrews Prize for Initiative and Enterprise: Citizenship Award for Award Hunter Crouchley mentoring junior Application and Effort Henrietta Read students James Rawlings 13OA History (John Stewart Butterick Memorial Trophy for scholarship in English Application and Effort Memorial Prize) and Sporting Endeavour: Andrew Robertson Louise Cross 13OA Child Development Geography (Arnott MSA Scholarship: Sam McLay Year 13 Merit Award Award) – joint award Ashburton Masonic Lodge Centennial Scholarship: Application and Effort Year 13 Merit Award Rory Brown Jess Duncan 13BY Journalism (Free Application and Effort EA Networks Scholarship for a student studying to Phoenix Cup) Henrietta Read 13RE Drama enter the Electrical Industry: Simon Crequer Year 13 Award Video Conferencing Jake Crouchley Application and Effort achievement award for Mario Farkas 13OA English as a Second Level 3 French Ashburton Trust / Lion Foundation Tertiary Study Scholarships: Hannah Wightman Alasdair Tarry Issy Ferguson Caitlin Swan Andrew Robertson Louise Cross Henrietta Read Sam McLay Pieter Taco Bierema Olivia Quinn Amy Cullimore George McDonald

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Caitlin Swan claimed the runner-up dux award last night at the Ashburton College Year 13 Prizegiving last night.

Year 13 pupil Jake Crouchley was awarded the R. O. McDowell Award for pride in his school and community by Ashburton College principal Grant McMillan.

‘Rotary Club of Ashburton Charitable Trust Scholarship Award’ for the DUX of Ashburton College 2012 and Ashburton High School Centennial Trust Plaque: Olivia Quinn

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DAILY DIARY TODAY - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8 9.00am-4.00pm. ASHBURTON BUDGET ADVISORY SERVICE INC. For free budget advice and workshop enquiries. Phone 307-0496. 60 Cass Street Consultancy House. 9.30am. M.S.A. TAI CHI CLUB. Beginners, everyone welcome. Give it a go. M.S.A. Social Hall, Havelock Street. 9.30am - 11.30am. MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON CLUB DAY TIME SECTION. All welcome, rackets available for hire. Sports Hall, Tancred Street. 9.30am - 12.30pm. ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY. Open, Phone 0273665475. Methodist Church hall, Baring Square East. 9.30am - 1.30pm. ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH. Second time around OP shop. Ashburton Baptist Church Hall, Cnr Havelock and Cass Streets. 10.00am. ST DAVIDâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S UNION CHURH. Fit Kidz, 48 Allens Road. 10.45am. M.S.A. TAI CHI EXERCISES. Qi-gong Tai Chi exercises for everyone. M.S.A. Social Hall, Havelock Street. 1.00pm. ASHBURTON PETANQUE CLUB. New members welcome, we play in most weathers, near Ashburton Bowling club in the Domain, enter off West Street.

1.00pm - 3.00pm. ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM, Classic aircraft on display in Heritage Hangar, RNZAF Aermacchi RAF Harrier GR3. Seafield Road. 1.30pm. ASHBURTON SENIOR NET. Question and Answer Day. Downloading photos from phones, understanding phones. M.S.A. Lounge, Havelock Street. 7.30pm. ASHBURTON EMBROIDERERS GUILD. Continue traveling ORT Pot. Senior Centre, Cameron St. 7.30pm - 9.30pm. GLENYSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; DANCE GROUP. Old time/Sequence dancing. Learn to dance. All welcome. Pipe Band Hall, Creek Road.

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Saturday 17th November Start time at both greens 9am Dress Code Whites or Club Uniform Players to bring their own lunch, morning and afternoon tea provided for players. The following players are to report to the Allenton Green: Bill Duffield, Roger Dakers, Anthony Holmes, Peta (Pip) Smith, Larry Neal, Matthew Bassett, John Drayton, Dereck McKinnon, Neil Atkinson, Annette Sargisson, Alan Leis, Graeme Brooker. The following players are to report to the Tinwald Green: Noel Bilby, Kenny Lynn, Jeff Limbrick, John Bennett, Maurice Reid, Judy Ryk, Allan Millar, Dawn Bruce, Anne Reid, Dave Callaghan.

Ashburton Golf Club women Ashburton Golf Club Midweek Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Golf Draw Tuesday 13th November 2012 Bisque Par Draw Steward: Leigh Wackrow â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 308 3790 Tuesday Starters: G Sloper, H Lovett No 1 Tee 9:00 D Hinton, D Simmons, R Evans 9:06 V Moore, J Dunlop, G Lane 9:12 B Turton, R Bennett, E Langford 9:18 G Sloper, L Wackrow, C Ness No 7 Tee 9:18 F Williamson, H Lovett, J McKeown, F Matsinger No 10 Tee 9:00 W Parr, H Argyle, R New 9:06 P Bell, J Montgomery, H Ward 9:12 D McConnochie, H Robertson, B Cameron Saturday 10th November â&#x20AC;&#x201C; members are welcome to join weekend women report 8.20am for 8.45am start Club Captain â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Alison Grant 302 4635 All members and visitors welcome

Tennis Mid Canterbury Tennis Open Grade Draw SaturdayÂ 10 November Â 2012 Held At Ashburton Trust Tennis CentreÂ A Reserve - 12.15pmÂ Â Hinds/Longbeach v Allenton Gold; Hinds/ Mayfield v Methven Purple; Tinwald v Methven White; Allenton Maroon v Hampstead Gold; Hampstead Blue v bye A GradeÂ -Â 1.30pmÂ Â Allenton vÂ Hampstead; TinwaldÂ Â v Methven; Fairton v Dorie.

Results Bowls Ashburton Bowling Club Ashburton Bowling Club results from the November 5 the Ladies Championship Triples. 1st Diane Gutberlet, Gillian Kelly and Ollie CollinsÂ R/upÂ Leonie Spargo, Noeline MacKenzie and Gladys Body.

Golf Tinwald Golf Club women Results for November 6. Competition: Marge Wilson Trophy - Ambrose Shirley Young, Madeline Smith, Ina Divers & Di Lowe Nett 47 9 Hole Competition: Ambrose June Cartwright, Rosie Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien, Cath Carr & Judy Johns.

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CLUB NEWS Allenton Bowling Club Our Campbell Trophy drawn fours after a false start was played on November 1. Prizes sponsored by KFC resulted as follows: 1st A.McIntosh, D.Bruce, G.Smith, D.Thomas 3 wins 14 ends 25 points. 2nd R.Harrison, J.Ryk, A.Leis, A.Reid 2 wins 13 ends 26 points for 18 against. 3rd B.White, T.Johnson, N.Sharplin, B.Beck 2 wins, 13 ends, 26 points for 19 against. Aussie Pairs played on 3rd Nov:- 1st equal N.Sharplin & M.Reid, K.McLaren & L.Tarbotton. The Ladies Rowntree team are still in winning form and defeated Avon Park 28-7. Well done Dawn Bruce, Judy Ryk, Janet Kingsbury and Shirley Doig. Ladies Sevens have started and well done everyone for gutsing out the showery weather on Monday to complete round one and two. We had 2 wins and 1 loss against both Ashburton and MSA totalling 8 points to date. Our men’s three fours are holding their own (full results for all men’s competitions are posted on the whiteboard) but our interclub tens had a bad week only winning one match out of 8 against a very in form Ashburton. Not sure what’s coming out of their tap but I think a record must have been set at last Fridays triples with Diane Gutberlet, Gaynor Crack and Roger Gutberlet winning 23 ends out of a possible 24. Also congratulations to the Ashburton Ladies for winning the Hefford Shield. I believe our defeat of MSA in the last round helped towards your points (just make mine a glass of red!) Our men are making a fine job of dodging the weather and some championship games are up to the 1/4 finals. Do remember to watch the board for upcoming matches and go along and support your fellow members, you wont be disappointed as some very close games are being battled out. We are holding a weekly corner to corner commencing 5pm November 17th $1 entry so come along and support this as well (weekly prize). Thank you everyone who attended World Champ Sandra’s homecoming - it was a great evening. Anyone requiring paper chains for Christmas - Murray Palmer is your man! Finally good luck to all teams playing this Saturday and the Lads and Lassies playing Town V Canterbury Country Sunday.

Allenton Netball Club Once again the netball season has quickly come to a close and with our prizegivings well and truly over the club wishes thank all of our coaches, managers and umpires who give their time to the club. Without you our club not have had yet another successful season. We wish to congratulate the following Players, Coaches and Umpires on their awards. Most Consistent Year 8 - Jamie Bird; Most Consistent Year 7 - Charlotte Muir; Cabouts Junior Trophy – Natasha Waddell/ Georgia Rose Hollings; Most Consistent Year 6 – Lucy Moore/Alex Dunn; Junior Developing Player – Melissa Maslin; BNZ Most Consistent Junior Player – Olivia Gibson; Maslin Most Improved Junior Player – Victoria Sandrey; Sandrey Sportsmanship Award - Charlotte Blundell/Lauren Conner; Junior Coach - Brooke Maslin; Junior Umpire – Tori Watson. Our Senior awards went to, Moriarty Trophy - Sam Collins; Player of the Year 2nd Grade Down - Tracey Robertson; New World Trophy Most Improved U14 Player - Andrea Cain; Most Consistent U14 Player New World Trophy – Abby Brady; Most Consistent U15 Player – Hannah Parker; Most Consistent U16 Player - Rebecca New; Most Consistent U17 Player – Monica Leadley; U18 Player of the Year - Kelly Body; U19 Player of the Year - Kelsey Busch; Baker Trophy Most Improved Senior Player – Courtney Hill; Club Player of the Year – Mandy Chivers; Hart Trophy for the Team Manager of the Year – Janice Smith; Team Trophy of the Year - Wilson Bulk Transport Allenton A; Amy McIntyre Trophy

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for Social Team Player of the Year – Jeannie McLean; Senior Umpire – Angela Chudleigh; Senior Coach - Marg Verrall; General Excellence – Mandy Chivers. Congratulations to the following girls who represented Mid Canterbury. Junior A Team, Georgina Kelly, Grace Wilson, Grace Wills, Kirsten Clarke, Ashleigh Street, Molly Stapleton, Sarah Taylor. Junior B Team, Tori Watson, Liberty Ross, Olivia Gibson, Melissa Maslin. We also wish to thank all of our key sponsors including, Ashburton New World, Wilson Bulk Transport and B’Yond the Fringe. We are already making plans for next season. Part of this is replacing our junior teams skirts and two senior teams dresses. We look forward to having this seasons players return and look forward to welcoming many more players to the club. Don’t be shy to bring a friend. If you are interested in joining us for next season please do not hesitate to contact one of our more than helpful committee members.

Ashburton Bowling Club What a week we have endured. The weather man is trying to confuse us completely, but many bowlers have fronted up despite the chills. On Wed Oct 10 the men played 10’s against Allenton and Hampstead. On home rinks Ashburton 1 won all their matches. Roger the singles, Joe and Murray the pairs, Charlie, Harold and Norman the triples, Graham, Alastair MacK, Doug and Colin Bird the 4’s. Well done lads , a great effort. Team Ashburton 2 v Allenton recorded a loss in the singles, Colin Dennis lost a close match 21 23, Dion and Maurice won the pairs, John Smart, Mike Q and Roger D won the triples and the 4’s team of Brian Williams, Sam Morton, Russell Lowe and Alan Miller had a big win. Playing singles against Hampstead Jacob Milner secured a win, pairs of Trevor Watson and Colin Cross also won, but the triples lost, (Derek, Ian and Roy) as did the 4’s team of John Lilley, Dave Dutton, Merv J and Owen. Also played on Wed the girls travelled to Beckenham for round 3 of Rowntree Cup but came home disappointed. They were beaten by the very fast and bare green and the windy conditions 13 to 18. We had 2 replacements in the team as Ursula was heading off to Oz and Koa recovering from her stint in hospital. Noeline Woods and Gladys Body were able to help out really well. It was our first loss, and Beckenham’s first win. Better luck next week. Friday’s Toyota’s triples has some records made. 2 Ashburton teams filled 1st and 2nd places with 3 wins. Team Diane, Gaynor and Roger (replacing Ursula) had 3 wins and 46 points and they only lost one end over the 3 games of 8 ends each. A record to stand for a while I think. Brian Williams, Colin Dennis and Norman Early had 3 wins 15 ends and 26 points to take 2nd. The qualifying round for Lowrie Cup was cancelled on November 3 due to the very wet conditions and was played on Sunday at Ashburton and Tinwald. Ashburton men, Roger Gutberlet, Murray Anderson and Dion Kiddey ( a junior) recorded 3 wins to qualify, Alan Miller and Mike Quinn also acquitted themselves well against such elite players but missed out on the required 3 wins. The finals are to be held at a later date. Our best wishes will go with you all. The Ladies played their 7’s competition on Monday November 5 in showery and cold conditions. Ashburton secured a win in the singles but lost the pairs and 4’s playing against Allenton. Congrats to Noeline Woods. In the afternoon we played against Tinwald and secured 3 wins. Good games and congrats to Noeline again in the singles , Anne and Leonie in the pairs, and Gladys, Gillian, Annette and Ollie in the 4’s. The finals of the Triples Championships were completed on Tuesday November 6 and the winners crown again goes to Diane, Gillian and Ollie. The game was interrupted with 4 ends to go

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when Leonie injured her knee and Noeline Woods had to rush home to fetch uniform and bowls to help the team of Leonie, Noeline MacKenzie and Gladys finish the game. Talking of injuries, and hospitals, Colleen is making slow but sure progress in ward 6 but will not be playing for quite a while. We all wish her a speedy recovery and send our love in her stroke recovery. We were saddened to lose our Patron and Life Member, Ray Ayers and his funeral was held November 6. He had been a member for over 50 years and gave himself tirelessly to the club in many executive positions. He will be sadly missed and hard to replace. Thank you Ray from us all. Our sympathies to your family from our club.

ting their target in the 22nd over. Lydia McCosker led the batting with 15 not out and Ashley Harrison with 8. The team has an away game again this week against Craighead. With no other games it may be time to let slip a few of the “gems” from the first elevens successful tour of Australia. The first “gem” happened the morning the team was departing. The team had to be at the airport at 5.45am. It proved too early for the management team (and their wives) as both the Mablys and the Worsfolds had the pleasure of being called over the intercom for be the only ones not to have boarded, the reason they were late – they had lined up for a flight to Sydney!

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Debra Curtin’s theme for this week’s meeting was “Fun,” and fun we all had! Four impromptu speeches were made, with Adam Martin topping the bill with “How Bankers have fun”. Jeff Withington ran an open floor with Table Topics With several “Fun” topics suggested where either one or every one could come forward and speak for a minute or two. Nigel Barron had the best Table Topic with his recollection of a fun night at the Geraldine picture theatre. The best speech evaluator was Will Grayling who evaluated Adam’s speech. The most improved was shared between Debra Curtin and Adam Martin and the Star of the evening was Toastmaster for the evening, Debra Curtin, who with several apologies, maintained a full meeting schedule. Our next meeting is on Wednesday November 14 at 7.20pm upstairs at the Old Polytechnic in Cameron Street.

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his identical twin brother their birthday which if was 53 years ago would have been 21 years. Happy belated birthday Charlie – isn’t Joyce lucky having two Charlies?!?! In closing finally a special message of congratulations to Sandra Keith on her wonderful achievement in winning A World Title. MSA Bowling Club wish you well and may more accolades await you. Tea Roster November 6th-8th Helen Dowdle & Lorraine Boud.

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Tinwald was the venue for last weekend’s club day and saw 15 golfers participating in ideal conditions in a stableford round. Cheyne Mapu, to use his own words, played Ladies single Championships are continuing awesome and he claimed the top prize for the with some close matches taking place. The morning with a score of 44 stableford points morning round was a cat and mouse game after an excellent round of 80. Finishing in a between Kath Muir & Shirley Taylor. As expected tie for 2nd place were Ben Busch and Jamie this was a very well matched encounter with two Binnie with 42 points after their rounds of 83 players being most capable of precision bowls. Scoring was one-one each end until the closing and 87 respectively while best of the others was stages and Kath forged ahead to win 21-16; a Goldie with 41 points, Jeremy Reuben with 40 great spectator game. and Cobey and Clarkie who had 38 points each. Afternoon play brought Kath Muir back to Legs and Goldie both had 28 putts to lead that the green to do battle with deadly lead Rene category with Goldie claiming the prize by lot despite some loud protests from the guy that Devereux. Once again this game was unpredictmissed out. able as both players were capable of winning. This Sunday members have been invited to As expected a very close game took place but compete in the annual Maori tournament which Rene kept the consistency ACROSS DOWN shown throughout is once again being held at Tinwald. and won 21-12. At one stage Kath showed her Tee off time for this is anytime after 8am a real “Haymaker” 1. Explosive (8) taking kitty 1. Bureau (4) authority by driving although those wishing to play3. should try and be (8)to the ditch which becameinfirmly embedded in 2. Pulling (7) Agricultural the soft backdrop – what strength?? Kath was there for a 9.30am start. Cheyne has installed 4. Rut (6)(her better half) would (4) heard to remark “Dave himself as the hot favourite to8. winPleasant this event so for those not interested in turning up to play(8) for have been proud of me with that shot”; I do agree 5. Choke (10) 9. Consist 2nd place there will be a hit up at Mayfield at with Kath but would he have been so proud of 6. which Sugar coating (5) 11. First trip (6,6) the wrong bias the normal time of 10am. came later?! 7. Require (4)on Tuesday. 13. Language (6) Championships will continue Better news forRecover MSA ladies(10) when they hosted 10. 14. Lithe (6) Albans Bowling Ladies in another Rowntree 12. Tacit (8) 17. Occult (12) St match and managed a comfortable win 24-11. Maintenance (7)that mem20. Old-fashionedThe (8)Skip of 15. the home team reported Only one game to report this week due to (4) last bers played16. well.Remain firm (6) 21. Record weekend’s lovely spring weather cancelling They were Shirley Taylor(s), Joan Hardy, 18.& Joyce Up toCleghorn. (5) 22. Wavered (8) Lorraine Boud the games. Next round will The Ashburton College girls23. 1st XI cricket team Barrington Bowling Club. 19.away Idleto(4) Nearest (4) be Wednesday had their first win of the season in their second News not so good for playing the Hefford game of the year beating Roncalli SOLUTIONS College by Shield against No Allenton at Allenton when TOFinal PUZZLE 12,051 5 wickets. the team of Joan Hardy(s), Shirley Taylor, Joyce Across: Prohibition; 9 Upbraid; 10 Devereux Scene; 11 Winning the toss Ashburton College put1Roncalli Cleghorn and Rene lostEased; to a strong 12 Elevate; 15 Killer; Turn out; 20 Meant; into bat and with good tight bowling Roncalli13 wasInform; Allenton Team 18 26-13. dismissed for 44 runs in the 22 24th over. 23 Terrain;Men’s Championships are now under way Naive; 24 Defenceless. Rebecca Clarke led the bowling attack taking 3 Hoarder; and some4very close finishes taken place. Down: 2 Robes; Bidden; 5 Taste;have 6 Overall; 3 for 6 and Annie McDonald7took 2 for 3 while Saturday 2/4’s was played at home with Superintend; 8 Penetrating; 14 Furtive; 16 Immoral; 17 the Kieren Bell took her first ever wicket. same results as last week – Dave Muir won with Static; 19 Obese; 21 Amass. Ashburton College Girls cruised to victory getBrian Lynn unfortunately losing. MSA also lost

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At the over 70s last Monday S Goodwin and B Nicholas were in the 2nd placed team it sounds like it was a fun day with a lot of laughter and plenty of good bowls played. Interclub on Wednesday night the no 1 team had 2 wins 1 draw and 1 loss against Rakaia. The no 2 team also had 2 wins 1 draw and 1 loss against Tinwald. Ashburton Friday Triples B Harper, W Blackwell, S Robinson 2 wins; E Maw, R Thomas, I Syme 1 win 1 draw; D Isherwood, J Martin, D Callaghan 1 win; G Pagey, H Weir, S Goodwin. Over the weekend the Lowry Cup for men’s singles was played after Saturday was washed out Sunday became qualifying day. Three of our men A Hill, E Maw and B Mayson qualified for the finals with 3 wins, final day is to be announced. Also over the weekend C Carter got through to the final 16 at the centre singles in Christchurch before going down 21 19 Great achievement by all the men well done. On Monday we had the first round of the ladies 7s the girls won all 3 games against MSA in the morning and all 3 games against Rakaia in the afternoon good bowling girls. Happy bowling everyone.

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Backline a juggling act By Wynne Gray Draw up the template for a modern fullback and then work out whether Beauden Barrett or Aaron Cruden best fits the criteria. That exercise will have played out at selection meetings as the All Blacks work through their ideas on how best to get their whole squad into match sync against Scotland and Italy. Maybe the answer is that neither quite fits the bill and Israel Dagg will start both tests while the others juggle the first five-eighths duties. Those decisions will not become apparent until next week. It seems the side’s premier fiveeighths, Daniel Carter, will begin against Scotland when the tourists start their four-test tour at Murrayfield on Monday. Assistant coach Ian Foster reiterated the staff viewed the next two games as a trial and opportunity to get the whole squad involved. They had had a great deal of travel in the last six weeks and with more flying and only a sixday break between the first two internationals, they wanted to juggle the teams to make the best use of the squad. “We are coming off a poor per-

formance and there are a couple of steps we need to climb,” Foster said. The only fear they had in using mix-and-match selections was about not reaching the standards they had set for themselves. That occurred in Brisbane. The squad and staff had debriefed that blip and Murrayfield was the first chance to display those learnings. If all goes well in that test, which of Cruden and Barrett will start at five-eighths against Italy and does the other come off the bench or start at fullback? Cruden has clicked over 17 tests and Barrett two as they work through their international apprenticeship. If anything, Cruden shapes as a more inventive and daring fiveeighths, a man best suited to the offensive thrust of Super rugby. He is tough, resilient for a smaller man and loves to run all match. Barrett looks to have a game that may be more tailored to the demands of international rugby. He has a calm presence, a surety which belies his youth. He possesses a boot with great power, great speed and appears to be someone who always plays with his head up, thinking about three or four moves ahead.

Of the pair, that sounds more of a CV which could be used in the No 15 jersey as well – there is more than a hint of Dagg about his work. These issues which will have absorbed the selectors before nutting out the best combinations for the third and fourth tests on tour against Wales and England. Foster and fellow selector Grant Fox were men who graced the game for lengthy periods in the No 10 jersey. They know a thing or two about how the game has evolved and what qualities are needed from a first five-eighths. They will have their checklists to mark the young competitors but they also bring years of savvy about the role’s nuances which will help them make their choice. They also know what the side is trying to achieve and which of the two is best equipped physically, with the right temperament and game computer, to deliver the outline they want. One may be better equipped to deal with the directions which are coming from either side with his halfback and second-five, one may be better at taking command. Whatever the decisions, the verdicts will offer lengthy debate. - APNZ

Kirwan chased league star Folau for Auckland Blues By Patrick McKendry Blues coach Sir John Kirwan chased high-profile code-jumper Israel Folau, a player he believes could make a Sonny Bill Williamstype impact in rugby union. Folau, the former Australia and Queensland outside back, is set to return to rugby league after a two-year stint with Greater Western Sydney in the AFL. The 23-year-old is said to be poised to sign for the Parramatta Eels for more than $750,000 a season but has had plenty of interest from other NRL clubs, as well as the Blues and Super Rugby title holders the Chiefs. Kirwan, who named his 32-player squad at a function at Eden Park last week, said his admiration for Folau’s talents compelled him to leave a mes-

sage with the player’s agent. “I didn’t hear back so I took that as a no,” Kirwan said. “I thought he would be a good player in the mould of Sonny Bill. “From what I’ve heard, he’s a talented player. A bit like Sonny Bill, it might take him a while to get used to things but it would be worth the wait.” It’s understood Chiefs coach Dave Rennie chased Folau hard until September, when it became obvious the player wanted to stay in Australia. Former league player Williams was a big hit for the Chiefs last season before deciding to move back to the NRL. Folau was a phenomenal finisher at centre or on the wing with the Melbourne Storm and Brisbane Broncos before his switch to Australian Rules.

The Australian-born player of Tongan descent made his NRL debut for the Storm at the age of just 17, scoring 36 tries in 52 games before moving to the Broncos where he scored an incredible 37 tries in 38 games. At 18 years and 194 days he was the youngest player to make his debut for Australia. At 1.95m, he is an expert at taking the high ball to score, and would have given Kirwan’s young team incredible X-factor and crowd-pulling ability. Kirwan’s outside back options include Rene Ranger, George Moala, Waisake Naholo and Frank Halai. The latter pair, both sevens experts, will be making their Super Rugby debuts. Powerful runner Charles Piutau, who is also a relative novice, is likely to concentrate on fullback. Folau is said to have become an even better athlete during his time at

Greater Western Sydney, losing 7kg to weigh 97kg. His body fat level also dropped, from seven per cent to an extremely low four per cent. His willingness to try something new was also attractive to Kirwan. “He’s courageous - it was a big move to go to the AFL,” Kirwan said. The Blues coach was philosophical about missing out on Folau, saying he had plenty of faith in his squad, but he confirmed he also tried to get 100-test former All Blacks fullback Mils Muliaina, who moved to Japanese club rugby after the World Cup, to the Blues. “We were definitely interested in him but he has decided his future lies over there. His club [NTT Docomo] have offered him a coaching position too so he will make that transition there,” Kirwan said. - APNZ

Morrinsville TC fields, form and drivers Fields for Morrinsville Trotting Club meeting at Cambridge Raceway today. NZ Meeting number: 5 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8 Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 6, 7 and 8 RACE 1 6.13pm (NZT) NOTTINGHAM CASTLE HOTEL F&M MOBILE PACE $5500, 3yo+ f&m up to 3 wins mob. pace, mobile, 1700m 1 x1234 Outrageous Delight (1) fr.............. D Butcher 2 68x31 Lil Miss Hilarious fr....................... Scratched 3 3477x Millwood Roxy (2) fr.......................N Chilcott 4 26665 Eagletons Girl fr............................ Scratched 5 98x21 No Liability (3) fr.........................P Ferguson 6 x5803 Lee Mer (4) fr...................... K Blakemore (J) 7 3090x Hunua Honey (5) fr.................. Z Butcher (J) RACE 2 6.38pm JUBILEE PARK FILLIES & MARES MOBILE PACE $5000, 3yo+ f&m non winners mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 893x9 Kilkeel Lady (1) fr.......................... P Butcher 2 6 River Light (2) fr....................... Z Butcher (J) 3 32667 Riviera Reigns (3) fr....................P Ferguson 4 06 Vivian Ward (4) fr..........................M Teaz (J) 5 2 Corzan Effect (5) fr......................... H Cullen 6 337x God Blessed (6) fr........................ D Butcher 7 Lady Of The Dance (7) fr................S Phelan 8 0x8 Louco (8) fr............................... M McKendry 9 990x Ready Or Not (21) fr............................T Hall 10 69x25 Vengeance (22) fr............................ S Argue

11 0x492 Cielito (23) fr.................................B Mangos 12 34x77 Showmethemoneyhoney (24) fr...J Stormont 13 67833 Chequeme Rosie (25) fr........... S McCaffrey RACE 3 7.03pm PIAKO MOTORS HANDICAP TROT $5500, 1 or more wins +claimers discrhcp trot, stand, 2700m 1 12056 Le Lua Invasion (1) fr................ S McCaffrey 2 27x20 The Scruff (2) fr............................ D Butcher 3 59249 Lysenko (U1) fr...................................L Chin 4 9x54D Benromach (U2) fr...............................T Hall 5 3775x Jimmys Girl (1) 10............................B Espin 6 6x255 Avalon Sunset (2) 10...................... G Martin 7 9x672 Johnny Springfield (3) 10..........D Branch (J) 8 47667 Castletons Boy (1) 30..................J Stormont 9 9x934 Tiz A Secret (2) 30................... Z Butcher (J) 10 39517 Meyer Lansky (1) 40.....................B Mangos RACE 4 7.28pm T D FENCING LTD/GOLDPINE MOBILE PACE $5500, 3yo+ 1 to 2 wins mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 47479 Mister T (1) fr.................................N Chilcott 2 75373 Guilty Verdict (2) fr..............................L Neal 3 55146 Stepin Fetchit (3) fr.................K Marshall (J) 4 45754 Russian Alsu (4) fr................... Z Butcher (J) 5 458x0 Dashing Dane (5) fr...................... P Butcher 6 10x53 Pembrook’s Star (6) fr............... M McKendry 7 x0838 Ergo (7) fr...........................................D Balle 8 68x31 Lil Miss Hilarious fr....................... Scratched 9 89x85 Roxanne (21) fr...........................P Ferguson

10 55224 Lambrusco (22) fr......................... D Butcher 11 38321 Randalstown (23) fr.............................T Hall RACE 5 7.58pm KATE VILLIGER MEMORIAL JUNIOR RIVRES MBL PACE $4000, 4yo+ 1 to 3 wins mob. pace jun.d, mobile, 2700m 1 79242 Motu Just In Time (1) fr............ Z Butcher (J) 2 94763 Naenae Tabman (2) fr...............D Branch (J) 3 21618 Abe Attell (3) fr......................... S Lawson (J) 4 79x78 Kilarney Guy fr.............................. Scratched 5 6355x Kippenberger (4) fr.................... J I Dickie (J) 6 51 Ok To Fly (5) fr...................... S McMullan (J) 7 07358 Bells On Fire (6) fr................. M McAuley (J) 8 03343 Captivating (7) fr...........................A Veint (J) 9 4746x Change Gear (21) fr............... R Downey (J) RACE 6 8.25pm RICHARD TRENCH CONCRETE C,G&E MOBILE PACE $5000, 3yo+ c,g&e non winners mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 39 Waipipi Falcon fr........................... Scratched 2 709x0 Real Tidy (1) fr.............................. P Butcher 3 4 Bettor Arden (2) fr......................... D Butcher 4 68545 Covert Action (3) fr...........................G Robb 5 22663 Distant Drum (4) fr.................... J I Dickie (J) 6 Water Colour (5) fr.......................A Donnelly 7 46576 Tour De Clouds (6) fr............... S Lawson (J) 8 641x8 Free Will (7) fr...............................B Mangos 9 2 Art I Special (21) fr.................. Z Butcher (J) 10 098 Abe (22) fr...................................P Ferguson 11 0905x Benji Maguire (23) fr......................N Chilcott

RACE 7 8.55pm CLIFF THOMAS PATRON HANDICAP PACE $6000, 2 to 5 wins +claimer discrhcp pace, stand, 2700m 1 79x78 Kilarney Guy (1) fr................... Z Butcher (J) 2 89385 Liquidity (2) fr...........................T Fensom (J) 3 71561 The Magic (1) 10.......................... D Butcher 4 14561 Jessies Cullen (2) 10..................P Ferguson 5 61442 Carlos (1) 20................................. P Butcher 6 43364 Speedstar (U1) 30........................B Mangos RACE 8 9.25pm GRANT JURY/LUKE MATCHETT AMATEUR DRS MOBILE PACE $4000, 1 to 4 wins +claimer mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 526x0 Regal Encounter (1) fr............... R Frampton 2 58384 Curlys Cousin (2) fr......................... T Thorby 3 0x099 Howzat (3) fr........................J Kriechbaumer 4 98477 Erin Go Bragh (4) fr.................... J Brownlee 5 9x681 Mach Cruiser (5) fr..................... M Northcott 6 x9567 All About Speed (6) fr.......................T Wenn 7 96062 Jonny Wilkinson (7) fr....................... T Vince 8 61215 Ralph (8) fr.........................................W Rich 9 55780 Binto War (21) fr............................ S Butcher LEGEND: X - Spell from racing of at least 3 months P - Retired (or pulled up) from race L - Driver unseated U1 - Unruly beginner {C} - Concession driver {C.cl} - Claiming concession driver which allows horse to start one class down

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Darryl Smith comes flying along Rutherfords Road during the Ashburton Car Club’s shingle sprints last year.

Dust warning for Staveley By Jonathan Leask A severe dust warning is in force for Staveley as the Ashburton Car Club will be flying along their stony speedway on Saturday. The club’s drivers will descend on Rutherfords Road for the annual shingle sprints and clerk of the course Grant Gordon was convinced it would be a dusty day. “I’ve been up there twice this week and it looks dusty and rough,” Gordon said. “A grader is due to go through before Saturday which should smooth it down a bit but it will still be dusty.” The event doubles as an interclub competition but in recent years has been more like an inter-driver event. The shingle sprints have been dominated by Richard Bowater and Donn McLaren, with three wins each in the past six years.

In 2006 McLaren took the win, his sixth win in a row, with Bowater third, and the pair have been the top two every year since. Bowater was crowned the king of Rutherfords Road in his Mitsubishi Evo last year, edging out defending champion McLaren’s Mazda Escort by a little over two seconds. Bowater is confirmed to defend his title but Gordon had yet to see an entry from McLaren. “Donn has been in the top two every year since we started the sprints from memory but I haven’t heard officially whether he’ll be there this weekend.” While the two Ashburton drivers have dominated, the shingle sprint is an interclub event with drivers from the other clubs coming along. Last year 22 drivers took to the shingle and Gordon was confident they would get close to that figure again flying along the shingle stretch.

Fields for Rangiora Harness Racing Club 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) THE PRES TROT $5000, 3yo+ non winners trot, stand, 2600m 1 x3835 Suzannah (1) fr...............................T Chmiel 2 3x950 Sundown Bromac (2) fr..............M Edmonds 3 60940 Price Of Fame (3) fr....................... T Trathen 4 x669x Mantorp (4) fr................................G O’Reilly 5 9x Ultra Pegasus (5) fr.......................... G Smith 6 6x Winsome Luck (6) fr.................... K Cameron 7 5 Wally’s Girl (7) fr........................ R Anderson 8 42544 Shutterup (8) fr.............................C DeFilippi 9 3228 Glenferrie Unixa (9) fr.............. C D Thornley 10 49080 Monk’s Gal fr................................. Scratched 11 7x80x Thanks Charlie (10) fr.........................R May 12 P3x0 Last Love (11) fr...............................M Jones 13 Queen Catharina (12) fr...........B Thomas (J) 14 7 Sunrise Invasion (13) fr................ I Cameron 15 90 Euromaxx (14) fr........................... M Kerr (J) 16 Renegade Fighter (U1) fr............ R Close (J) Emergency: Monk’s Gal RACE 2 12.55pm BISHOPDALE-BUSH INN TAB’S AMATEUR DRS MBL PACE $5000, 4yo+ 1 to 2 wins +claimers mob. pace, mobile, 2600m 1 x0684 Pinot Gris (1) fr.................................S Blake 2 8x189 Falcalla (2) fr..................................... A Edge 3 0988x Gogetem (3) fr..........................J McDermott 4 48x00 Alta Cleopatra (4) fr........................... J Knox 5 02316 Rambo Seelster (5) fr......................G Johns 6 78937 Cup Of Life (6) fr................................. G Bull 7 087x6 Cee Uin L A (7) fr...................... J R Bennett 8 05420 Delma’s McArdle (8) fr.................. L Beagley 9 46118 Royal Courage (9) fr.........................G Cook 10 911x0 Ratlock (21) fr...................................A White 11 46828 Little Miss Sunshine (22) fr...............B White 12 06848 Courage Talks (23) fr.................... P Wallace 13 01245 Mullingar Mac (24) fr..........................T Ward 14 6970x Bluegum Motel Shines (25) fr........R Burnett RACE 3 1.30pm WAI-EYRE FARM PACE $5000, 3yo+ non winners pace, stand, 2600m 1 4x223 Christian Acropolis (1) fr....................J Dunn 2 6506 Tubbys Sister (2) fr..............................R May 3 0350x Countess Vale (3) fr........................G Gillard 4 62x Speedy Ideal (4) fr..................... J Trainor (J) 5 900 Peruvian Atom fr........................... Scratched 6 40x90 Shadow Rider fr............................ Scratched 7 343 Billy Jack (5) fr.................................... D Butt 8 39 Graywackee Star (6) fr..................R Todd (J) 9 0387x Integrate (7) fr...................................J Curtin 10 Ready For Takeoff (8) fr...................M Jones

11 Twojays (9) fr.....................................D Dunn 12 x3237 Double Line (10) fr........................G O’Reilly 13 36525 Kotare Yris (11) fr..................... J Thomas (J) 14 Handlebar Hank fr......................... Scratched 15 x2509 Luksam (12) fr..............................N McGrath 16 6 Disturbia (13) fr..............................B Orange 17 2x685 Shantahlia Knight (14) fr.............K Cameron 18 050x9 Village Pride (15) fr......................C DeFilippi Emergencies: Peruvian Atom, Shadow Rider, Handlebar Hank RACE 4 2.05pm GOHARNESS.CO.NZ GRADUATION SERIES HEAT MBL PACE $5500, 3yo+ 1 to 2 wins mob. pace, mobile, 2000m 1 x6815 Live Jazz (1) fr................................K Barron 2 85904 Greshees Angel (2) fr.........................R May 3 37116 Bettor’s Lady (3) fr..........................T Chmiel 4 x2413 Hard Copy (4) fr............................... G Smith 5 110 Lauramegan (5) fr..............................J Dunn 6 197 Montenegro (6) fr..............................J Curtin 7 791 Condrieu (7) fr................................M Purdon 8 1000x Rome’s Burning (8) fr.......................... A Butt 9 557x4 Alberto Contador (9) fr.................. R Holmes 10 3348x Alex (21) fr.......................................M Jones 11 60907 Firebreak (22) fr....................... C D Thornley 12 7222x The Friendlyassassin (23) fr......... G O’Reilly 13 7x216 Ovaride (U1) fr..................................D Dunn RACE 5 2.40pm OHOKA ARIZONA GRADUATION SERIES HEAT 1 MBL PACE $5000, 3yo+ non winners mob. pace, mobile, 2600m 1 x1014 Classiebee (1) fr..............................M Jones 2 90x9 Rainbow Classic fr........................ Scratched 3 47447 Back Pay (2) fr.............................. M Kerr (J) 4 56558 Share The Joy (3) fr..........................G Telfer 5 x3765 Betty Golightly (4) fr.......................B Orange 6 2xPx Cullens Spirit (5) fr................... J Thomas (J) 7 40x90 Shadow Rider (6) fr...........................P Davis 8 Handlebar Hank (7) fr....................... J Keast 9 2632x Abraxas (8) fr....................................D Dunn 10 45472 Gracious Belle (21) fr.................. R Close (J) 11 00x08 Flyin Seelster fr............................. Scratched 12 x5x69 Kaiteri Bay (22) fr...............................J Dunn 13 Transaction (23) fr............................... A Butt 14 x0x47 Bettor Fella (24) fr........................C DeFilippi 15 60922 Alta Tallyho (25) fr...............................R May 16 98x Curve (U1) fr............................ C D Thornley Emergencies: Rainbow Classic, Flyin Seelster RACE 6 3.15pm HARNESSWORLD.ORG GRADUATION SERIES HEAT MBL PACE $5500, 3yo+ 1 to 2 wins mob. pace, mobile, 2000m 1 057x6 Sachin Arden (1) fr.............................R May 2 87320 Comenche (2) fr....................... C D Thornley 3 431D5 Better Than Money (3) fr...............T Williams 4 64360 Lee Van Cleef (4) fr....................... S Lethaby

5 33x30 Got The Nod (5) fr...........................T Chmiel 6 60803 Superior Desire (6) fr.......................M Jones 7 644x7 Declan (7) fr.................................. R Holmes 8 57762 Mixed Emotions (8) fr...................J Young (J) 9 31x55 Comply Or Die (9) fr.......................K Barron 10 x1745 Three Pints (21) fr..........................M Purdon 11 65x00 Viewfield Apache (22) fr....................D Dunn 12 11x32 Jimmy Johnstone (23) fr...................... J Hay 13 4x523 Star Of Isis fr................................. Scratched RACE 7 3.47pm MONKEY BONES HANDICAP TROT $5500, 4yo+ 1 to 2 wins discrhcp trot jun.d, stand, 2600m 1 25997 Sunbrite (1) fr................................R Todd (J) 2 33429 The Black Forest (2) fr...........J Anderson (J) 3 0578x Brite Brook (3) fr........................M Purvis (J) 4 40708 High Distinction (4) fr...................J Young (J) 5 226x5 Our Blossom (5) fr........................ M Kerr (J) 6 100x6 Franco Nadal (6) fr...................B Thomas (J) 7 45573 Gregory R (U1) fr........................ S Ottley (J) 8 x1560 Amy’s Invasion (U2) fr.............. S Golding (J) 9 02081 Hubie Hudson (U3) fr................. J Trainor (J) 10 108x0 Hot Vacation (1) 10.............M Williamson (J) 11 51018 Sunny Jewel (2) 10..................... R Close (J) 12 15D06 Sunnyandcher (U1) 10............... T Bagrie (J) RACE 8 4.12pm GOTTA GO CULLEN GRADUATION SERIES HEAT MBL PACE $5500, 3yo+ 1 win mob. pace, mobile, 2000m 1 72608 K C Pedro (1) fr...................M Williamson (J) 2 821 Major Arthur (2) fr..........................B Orange 3 58097 Lively Tintara (3) fr.....................M Edmonds 4 05x0x Melando Reign fr.......................... Scratched 5 23175 Ohoka Kentucky (4) fr......................M Jones 6 65x69 Beaudiene Beckham (5) fr............ R Jenkins 7 200x3 Magna (6) fr...................................J Geddes 8 x2034 Stylish Babe (7) fr.............................D Dunn 9 53089 Hannah Jaye (8) fr................... C D Thornley 10 x3324 Field Officer (21) fr..................... T Bagrie (J) 11 979x1 Principal Skinner (22) fr................ R Holmes 12 1x1 Mossdale Conner (23) fr.....................R May 13 14108 Supabet (24) fr.............................. M Kerr (J) 14 8x0x4 Suu Kyi fr...................................... Scratched RACE 9 4.42pm KLONDIKE KID GRADUATION SERIES HEAT 2 MBL PACE $5000, 3yo+ non winners mob. pace, mobile, 2600m 1 9x68 Majors Blue Jean fr....................... Scratched 2 7x098 Living Memory (1) fr..................... I Cameron 3 0 Pacquiao (2) fr................................K Barron 4 0x600 Davy Lindenny (3) fr.................S Thompson 5 Pay Me Operative (4) fr................. M Kerr (J) 6 7x07 Cabo Wabo (5) fr..................... J Thomas (J) 7 4 Surfin Swift (6) fr................................J Dunn 8 74 Incomparable (7) fr.................. C D Thornley 9 5 Classic Brigade (8) fr................ S Smolenski

Waikato greyhound fields Rasmussen signs for Steel Defender Rachel Rasmussen will inject considerable experience into the ranks of netball’s Southern Steel next season. The 28-year-old has spent the majority of her ANZ Championship career with the Northern Mystics since 2008, with the exception of a brief stint with the Pulse in 2011. She was eager to venture south to Steel where she will link up with fellow defenders Storm Purvis,

Sulu Tone-Fitzpatrick and Phoenix Karaka, who also emerged through Auckland’s age-group system before heading south. “I’m very excited and a little bit nervous at the same time,” Rasmussen said. “Living in Invercargill is going to be a different environment for this city girl but I know from talking to Sheryl Scanlan and Paula Griffin that they really enjoyed their time down there

being part of the community so it will be awesome. “With the exception of netball games, the furthest south I’ve been is probably Blenheim.” She was impressed with Steel’s playing roster for next season. “They’ve got an exciting bunch of young talent in there and some great experience as well so it’s a good mix,” she said. - APNZ

Central Pulse confirm new squad The Central Pulse have secured the services of former Silver Fern Liana Leota to go alongside fellow recruit Donna Wilkins after they confirmed their squad of 12 yesterday. Wilkins shot 90.2 per cent for the Steel this year and has represented New Zealand in both netball and basketball, while fellow former Silver Fern mid-courter Leota

was named MVP in the 2010 ANZ Championship. Also wearing the Pulse colours for the first time will be former New Zealand under-21 player Claire Kersten. Among those returning are mid-courter Millie Lees, who had a stand-out Quad Series with the Silver Ferns, and Caitlin Thwaites, who made her debut for the Australian Diamonds in

the same series. The franchise will also welcome back Te Huinga Selby Ricket, who is a member of the wider Silver Ferns squad, and Paula Griffin, Victoria Smith, Daya Wiffen and Amber Bellringer. Pulse squad: Katrina Grant (captain), Joline Henry (vice-captain), Amber Bellringer, Paula Griffin, Claire Kersten, Camilla Lees, Liana Leota, Te Huinga Selby-Rickit, Victoria Smith, Caitlin Thwaites, Daya Wiffen, Donna Wilkins. - APNZ

Fields for Waikato And Districts Greyhound Racing Club meeting at Cambridge Raceway today. NZ Meeting number: 9 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 RACE 1, 12.10pm (NZT) STEPHEN MARSH RACING STABLES SPRINT C3, 375m 1 37668 Cosmic Bolero (c2) 21.52................. S Clark 2 46235 Karma Rhode 21.33 W &.................T Steele 3 26466 Swift Swinger (c2) 21.10................... S Clark 4 4688x Take The Mick 21.26......................... S Clark 5 11371 Opawa Johnny 21.59.......................S Payne 6 12316 Pure Theatre nwtd......................G Calverley 7 22171 Mahonie 21.34............................ G Pomeroy 8 64666 Aston Red 21.22............................... B Craik RACE 2, 12.29pm PALAMOUNTAINS NUTRITION STAKES C0, 457m 1 44 Gypsy Hunter nwtd...................... C F Moore 2 85526 Hot Pal nwtd............................... W Toomath 3 3 Chinook nwtd................................... L Martin 4 8382 Riddle Mate nwtd............................ G Farrell 5 3767 Wabi Sabi nwtd................................ L Martin 6 47264 Sam Boy nwtd................................A Cleaver 7 38425 Belrani nwtd.................................... G Farrell 8 86561 Urban Combat (c1) nwtd...............P Cleaver RACE 3, 12.47pm NOVEMBER MAIDEN SERIES FINAL C0f, 375m 1 252 Matrix nwtd........................................J Black 2 113 Lincoln Flyer (c1) 21.60.................... S Clark 3 86583 Joe Lee nwtd..............................M Mathews 4 724 Wolf Marine nwtd...........................P Cleaver 5 55537 Question Me nwtd..............................S Ross 6 55745 Kapai Max nwtd.............................A Cleaver 7 8444F Noble Tobin nwtd.............................. B Craik

8 64771 Rumball and Ice (c1) 22.01.............. S Clark 9 86561 Urban Combat (c1) nwtd...............P Cleaver 10 76856 My Girl Izzy nwtd........................ R O’Regan RACE 4, 1.04pm GREYHOUNDS NORTH MAIDEN DISTANCE SERIES C0d, 650m 1 33218 Five Too Many nwtd..................... C F Moore 2 38727 Cash Knocka nwtd...........................T Green 3 Box Vacant.................................... Scratched 4 48235 Cafe Chic nwtd.......................... A Lawrence 5 77775 Lady Louis nwtd..........................M Mathews 6 Box Vacant.................................... Scratched 7 24261 Wind Up Whitey nwtd.................. C F Moore 8 74553 Fun Time Girl nwtd W &...................T Steele RACE 5, 1.22pm SL COMPUTING SERVICES SPRINT C2, 375m 1 45878 Mr. Majestic 21.41..............................J Black 2 56244 Flash That 21.47......................... R O’Regan 3 22353 Winsome Achiever 21.31............D Schofield 4 35511 Utah Bolt 21.75........................... G Pomeroy 5 47267 McKone nwtd.................................... S Clark 6 48675 Living The Dream 21.27....................S Ross 7 43871 Hit Da Nos 21.70................................ J Foot 8 28457 Samson Dash 21.75......................... B Craik 9 63464 Astute Whiz 21.61.......................D Schofield 10 77xF4 Rhoda Holmes nwtd................... B Littlejohn RACE 6, 1.39pm SUPERIOR CHUNKY DOG ROLLS SERIES FINAL C1f, 457m 1 23713 Jay Cee Hurt nwtd......................G Calverley 2 61521 Magico 26.06................................... L Martin 3 54532 Makinen 25.97 W &.........................T Steele 4 21354 Eunuchs Luck nwtd....................A Blackburn 5 24213 Limerick Lee nwtd.........................M J Lozell 6 24112 Beau Rivage 26.04 W &..................T Steele 7 37554 Kanga Whiz 26.41......................D Schofield 8 56421 Peno Boy nwtd...................................J Black 9 14545 Very Chilly nwtd..........................M Mathews

10 72325 Zagato 25.99.............................. A Lawrence RACE 7, 1.57pm THE CLUBHOUSE SPORTS BAR & CAFE SPRINT C1, 375m 1 23485 Coleridge Ainsli 21.74....................... S Clark 2 56762 Hajime 21.55..................................P Cleaver 3 24342 Cullen’s Impact 21.50........................J Black 4 6713 Major Tom 21.91......................... L Laagland 5 54857 Bon Vogue 21.55...........................A Cleaver 6 88432 Opawa Crusher nwtd...........................J Udy 7 31873 Kyirrie nwtd......................................T Green 8 65823 Coleridge Angel 22.17..................M J Lozell 9 46444 Thrilling Bolt 21.43...........................S Payne 10 68577 Sydilicious nwtd.................................. R Udy RACE 8, 2.14pm YGOT BONUS SCHEME SPRINT C5, 375m 1 12182 Captain Coutts 21.03..................H Laagland 2 72132 My Jack Attack 20.87....................M J Lozell 3 72417 Blue Tramp 21.40.............................T Green 4 41312 Toi Shan 21.05............................D Schofield 5 11115 Cosmic Pearl 21.30....................D Schofield 6 51833 Flyin’ Magnum 21.77 R M &............. J Smith 7 58771 Percentage Man 21.42................ L Laagland 8 52763 Emma Jay 21.10.........................D Schofield 9 67417 Boy Spice 20.99......................... A Lawrence 10 42648 Life’s A Dream nwtd...........................C Hore RACE 9, 2.32pm SERGIO @ STUD STAKES C2, 457m 1 75128 Munchin’ Krunch 26.12............... R O’Regan 2 68654 Hot Pootie 25.83..................................J Udy 3 46x11 Pegeon Appeal 25.91...................... K Walsh 4 11274 Hit Boost 26.04........................... R O’Regan 5 33311 Thrilling Ninja 26.24..................... J C Gifford 6 52273 Indi Rhode 25.89 W &......................T Steele 7 62157 Jetsun Blaze 26.17.........................G Wilson 8 46744 Endorse 25.78............................D Schofield RACE 10, 2.50pm 0800 4 DOWN COW STAKES C5, 457m

10 1x403 Fifth Edition (21) fr............................D Dunn 11 58083 Lifesofine (22) fr...........................C DeFilippi 12 50x80 Shantahlia’s Star (23) fr..............K Cameron 13 Jaycees Belle fr............................. Scratched 14 00 Get Holme Tyron (24) fr......................R May 15 05569 Nine Mile Maiden (25) fr............... R Holmes 16 44455 Crying Out Loud (26) fr....................M Jones Emergencies: Majors Blue Jean, Jaycees Belle RACE 10 5.07pm PERUVIAN HANOVER GRADUATION SERIES HEAT MBL PACE $5000, 3yo+ non winners mob. pace, mobile, 2600m 1 73 Super Cullen (1) fr..............................R May 2 American Chopper fr..................... Scratched 3 01x34 Kabet (2) fr....................................T Williams 4 5 Thrill (3) fr.......................................T Chmiel 5 2 Cracklin Rosie (4) fr..........................D Dunn 6 238x Ohoka Assassin (5) fr......................M Jones 7 00x Singer Su (6) fr............................. P Wakelin 8 0 Spriggs Bromac (7) fr.....................K Barron 9 48400 Wards Creek (8) fr.......................C DeFilippi 10 74000 Dios Del Fuego (21) fr........................ D Butt 11 9 Kotare Caleb (22) fr...................... M Kerr (J) 12 47440 Suzali Queen (23) fr.........................J Curtin 13 850x7 Dudinka’s Beau (24) fr.............. S Smolenski 14 900 Peruvian Atom fr........................... Scratched 15 Massimo (25) fr..................................J Dunn 16 6x000 Mimi Surarti (26) fr....................... I Cameron Emergencies: American Chopper, Peruvian Atom RACE 11 5.34pm CHRISTIAN CULLEN HANDICAP PACE $6500, 1 to 2 wins spechcp pace, stand, 2600m 1 60907 Firebreak fr................................... Scratched 2 344x3 Master Pip (1) fr.......................... S Ottley (J) 3 4521x Junkyard Beau (2) fr.....................G O’Reilly 4 02037 Here Comes Brucie fr................... Scratched 5 1x589 Live Life Betta (3) fr........................T Chmiel 6 8x0x4 Suu Kyi (4) fr.....................................J Curtin 7 0x7x0 Dari’s Girl (5) fr.......................V Atherton (J) 8 05x0x Melando Reign (6) fr................B Thomas (J) 9 26037 The Lutts (7) fr.................................M Jones 10 19378 Mossdale Logan (1) 10.......................R May 11 381x1 Still Laughin (2) 10..........................K Barron 12 1090x Suerte 10...................................... Scratched 13 08760 Darryl Hanover (3) 10................... M Kerr (J) 14 x7380 Franco Nautica (4) 10.......................... J Hay Pacifiers on : Price Of Fame, Euromaxx (R1), Gregory R (R7) Pacifiers off : Gogetem (R2) LEGEND: X - Spell from racing of at least 3 months P - Retired (or pulled up) from race L - Driver unseated U1 - Unruly beginner {C} - Concession driver {C.cl} - Claiming concession driver which allows horse to start one class down

1 56157 Lochinvar Elle 25.57...................D Schofield 2 63421 Bornato 25.53............................ A Lawrence 3 45111 Benny Rox 25.52........................D Schofield 4 346x5 Thrilling Boss 25.49......................... K Walsh 5 67516 Lochinvar Onyx 25.53.................D Schofield 6 51624 Thrilling Ransom 25.23.................... K Walsh 7 65218 Lochinvar Laredo 25.53..............D Schofield 8 5156x Thrilling Quest 25.49........................ K Walsh 9 88x88 Assegai nwtd..............................M Mathews RACE 11, 3.08pm ALL SEW EMBROIDERY STAKES C1, 457m 1 1688 Majma nwtd...............................A Blackburn 2 17846 Mystic nwtd....................................A Cleaver 3 33771 Stellar Force 26.12........................P Cleaver 4 555F8 Mr. Lochlyn nwtd...........................M J Lozell 5 14545 Very Chilly nwtd..........................M Mathews 6 72325 Zagato 25.99.............................. A Lawrence 7 45752 Flyin’ Shifty nwtd R M &.................... J Smith 8 38577 Jetsun Coal nwtd............................G Wilson RACE 12, 3.25pm KIRSTIE MCGRAIL @ HARCOURTS STAKES C3/4, 457m 1 57785 Jabu 25.38................................. A Lawrence 2 46444 Koko Whiz 25.49.........................D Schofield 3 21513 Valain’s Flyer 25.61..................... R O’Regan 4 57547 Hustler 25.55..............................D Schofield 5 42831 Indeed Unique nwtd.........................T Green 6 26123 Thrilling Ella (c3) 25.74.................... K Walsh 7 48335 On Trey 25.72.............................D Schofield 8 21537 Girl Rosey 25.66...........................M J Lozell 9 11116 Bellswill (c3) nwtd..............................C Hore LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

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Kandy not so sweet for Black Caps By Cameron McMillan

Ross Taylor

The Black Caps will be pleased to see the back of the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, a ground that has brought only rain and pain in the last six weeks. Yesterday’s seven wicket defeat to Sri Lanka in the third one-day international added to a forgettable run of results for New Zealand at the Kandy ground going back to September’s Twenty20 World Cup. They’ve won just one of their eight matches, including two ties which resulted in super-over defeats to Sri Lanka and West Indies – effectively knocking New Zealand out of the tournament.

After last week’s one-off Twenty20 and the opening ODI were both abandoned due to rain, they thought they had seen the last of Pallekele but on their arrival in Colombo for the next two matches a flooded ground saw them return to Kandy. That coincided with more yet rain with Monday’s result decided by the Duckworth-Lewis system. It was little surprise that yesterday was no different with players leaving the field for more than four hours across two separate delays, cutting the game to a 33-over affair. Sri Lanka chased down New Zealand’s revised target of 197 with seven wickets in hand. Adding insult to injury, Tillakaratne

Dilshan continued his love affair of the Pallekele pitch scoring his third century at the ground with 102 not out. New Zealand skipper Ross Taylor admitted after the defeat that the rain and results were getting to the side. “I guess it’s just been a frustrating tour all round and probably a frustrating ground to play at,” he said. “We’ve come so close in a lot of games here, Twenty20 World Cup and the last two games we’ve had competitive totals. They should have been enough to defend but, at the end of the day, they weren’t. “It is what it is. You’ve just to get on with it.”

If there has been one positive so far from the tour, which has also seen players having to check into hospital, it’s been the batting of BJ Watling. The young Northern Districts batsman scored his second 50 of the series with a brilliant 96 not out, despite the fact his innings was split into three batting sessions. Watling passed John Reid’s 80 for the highest score by a New Zealander against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka and continues a rich vein of form in the 50-over game following scores of 60, 72 and 40 in his previous three innings in the West Indies. Despite producing his fourth

50 in five innings, he might feel aggrieved because the shortened overs this morning robbed him a decent shot at a maiden ODI ton. He needed to hit a six off the final ball to reach three figures but could manage only a single. “I thought the way BJ Watling was out there was outstanding,” Taylor said. “He just keeps growing and growing as a player and the belief in himself, I’m sure, from the way he’s batting in the last two games is going to be outstanding for himself but also the team. “I guess competition is always good. He’s not an automatic selection but I’m sure the way he’s been playing in the last little while is pushing for that.”

“He took risks. He hit the ball in the air, it wasn’t all along the ground. He showed the power game he has and once again it’s going to be good for his own confidence and half the battle at this level is self-belief.” Taylor’s side will need to ensure their frustrations don’t get the better of them. Sri Lanka lead the one-day series 2-0 with two matches remaining. The next match is in Hambantota on Saturday night (NZT). “Hopefully there’s better weather,” Taylor said. “I guess there’s more frustration creeping in. I expect more DVDs and things in the hotel room.” - APNZ

Melbourne Cup betting tops $8.62m By Michael Brown Betting on the Melbourne Cup with the New Zealand TAB eclipsed $8.62 million, meaning the sports betting agency had turnover of more than $20 million on a single day for the first time in its 60-year history. The amount punted on the race was up 8.5 per cent overall on last year, and up 10 per cent in Auckland metro and 13 per cent in Auckland rural. Southland saw the biggest jump, with a 20 per cent increase in turnover, followed by Northland (16 per cent), Canterbury (14), Auckland rural (13) and Taranaki (11). Manawatu was the only region to witness a fall in turnover, down 4 per cent. TAB spokesman John Mitchell said betting on the Melbourne Cup could signal that New Zealanders saw a brighter future for the country after the difficulties of the global financial crisis. “Usually we find that Melbourne Cup day is a proxy for how the country is feeling,” Mitchell said. “It’s an odd indicator of confidence both nationally and regionally. “If anything, the country is feeling pretty happy with life in general at the moment.” - APNZ

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Jockey Brett Prebble celebrates on Green Moon after winning the Melbourne Cup at Flemmington Race Course in Melbourne on Tuesday.

Playing the short game

t appears that every sport is eternally unhappy with the length of their game, or more to the point they think that the punters’ attention span is shrinking rapidly, and they need to tap into the ‘instant gratification’ market. It’s like chasing the dollars of those who wish to have a flutter; you can bet on a cricket test if you like, but it takes an interminable five days to find out if your investment is a good one; rugby or football matches take around 80 to 90-ish minutes to get a result, so that’s a little bit quicker, and most other popular team games have a 60-minute duration. That’s still an hour to find out if you have funds to re-invest, a long time for some to have a TAB ticket burning a hole in your pocket, so you head to the racecourse, where if its Jewels Day at Ashburton every race is over a few seconds under two minutes. That’s fine, except that there’s half an hour between events, so you make your way over the road to the New Pub, where the pokies await with the ultimate in that instant gratification; a chance for riches every couple of seconds, for just as long as your wallet (or your nerve) holds out. Sport appears to be following that sort of timeline, with most of the big ones having come up with some sort of shortened version of their code to attract the young or the jaded, losing-interest fans. Cricket was probably the leader in the field. It was Aussie zillionaire Kerry Packer who first saw the need (and the $$$$ opportunity) to bring cricket back to the masses. He had a look at the genteel, low-key 60-over version that the Brits used to fill in time between county games, and reckoned he could go a step further, suddenly it’s an outrageously short fifty overs, everybody’s wearing garishly coloured pyjamas, and there’s staid and sensible test batsmen standing a mile outside leg daring the bowler to hit the exposed stumps, or wildly charging the best quicks in the world to smash them back over their heads. Even that scenario palled after a couple of decades, and Twenty20 arrived with a new breed of player again; like the King of SuperCool Chris Gayle who just stands and

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delivers, swatting sixes at will, while at the other end its the spinners who rule the bowling crease. Rugby followed cricket’s lead, and sevens, which was a game that had been around for a long time and was suited to players who were fast, but didn’t quite have the commitment required for all the rest of it, found Gordon Tietjens. He changed the game, New Zealand was suddenly winning everything, the other teams had to play catch-up, and instead of one iconic tournament (Hong Kong) and a fairly anonymous rest-of circuit, sevens was the place to be. Tickets for Wellington’s Cake Tin spectacular went on sale yesterday morning, and were sold out in 17 minutes (although you can now go on TradeMe and find a ticket for a mere $800). That’s what the people want, instant action, lots of it. It’s hard to imagine the already rapid-fire basketball going that way, but then again why not? Three players on court, acres of space to play with, surely its on somebody’s drawing board already. But for now, its netball’s turn. The brand spanking Fast5 World Series starts in Auckland this Friday night, and as when every new format of a game is wheeled out, nobody quite knows how it will go, who will adapt best and which team will emerge as the inaugural victor. It’s actually the spectators who will be the winners, witnessing the spectacle of professional sportspeople charging full on into the unknown of a new competition, with new rules, but all determined to make their mark early. With international netball already turned into an extremely physical encounter (did someone mention non-contact sport?) this latest style of the game should just add to the currently vibrant sporting landscape, even for those of an ever-decreasing ability to keep up with the play if it goes for more than five minutes.

Kimberley Bird and Brentwood Stevie James are the hot local contender in the pony grand prix.

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Top action in the showjumping ring Mid Canterbury riders are hoping hometown advantage will give them something extra when they take on the South Island’s best in the Pony Grand Prix at the Equestrian Sports New Zealand (ESNZ) 3 Star South Island Jumping Championships this weekend. Lucinda Askin, Kimberley Bird and Emma Waite are amongst hundreds of riders from across the island converging on the Ashburton Showgrounds for two action-filled days of jumping and show hunter competition, covering everything from training pony classes and low hunter at 60cm right through to the Super League at 1.60m. One of the highlights of the competition, the pony grand prix, has attracted just the

seven starters with riders having to step up to three-star competition for the first time this season, over a track designed by Tauranga-based international course designer Gerrit Beker. Bird and her stunning palomino pony Brentwood Stevie James will start as one of the likely favourites, coming in off a strong second at the Ashburton A&P Show just two weeks ago, while Askin and Waite will be looking for improved performances from their ponies, Totem and Spring Brooke, respectively. While the pony grand prix is limited to seven starters, entries are big across the board with three rings of jumping and a show hunter ring to run both days, with the close to 400 horses entered putting

stabling at a premium. Ashburton Area ESNZ chairman Phil Smith has been overwhelmed, not only by the support of local businesses, but competitors. “It has blown us away. It is by far the biggest jumping event Ashburton has hosted for many years. We couldn’t be happier.” The introduction of a third jumping ring in a bid to encourage and accommodate competition at all levels, especially the lower training levels, had proved a hit. “We thought we would put it in there to see how it goes, but the response has been overwhelming with many new faces, which is really positive for the sport looking ahead,” Smith said.

A strong field is also assembled for the South Island One Star Horse Grand Prix. Aside from the major championships, crucial points are on offer in the competitive ESNZ national jumping series’ including the junior rider and amateur rider, young rider, jumping championship and the breeding age group series classes for five, six and seven-year-old horses. The crowd-pleasing South Island speed pony and speed horse championships have also attracted strong entries on Saturday afternoon. With hot fine weather predicted for the weekend, he’s expecting two fantastic days of competition. Action will get under way each day from 8am and entry to the showgrounds is free.

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Herbert picks same squad them we’ve got a group of players like Lochhead, Smeltz and Killen who are approaching that milestone as well, with Ivan [Vicelich] nearing three figures.” The China match is the last international for the year, with the All Whites due to play New Caledonia and the Solomon Islands in March. No decision has been made on activity during the Fifa window scheduled on Waitangi Day, so Herbert is keen to get his charges together before the campaigndefining March fixtures. “This could be the last time we get the group together before the last Oceania matches so it’s important to maintain that familiarity with each other.” New Zealand currently leads the four-team Oceania qualifying group with the winner progressing to a two-legged intercontinental playoff against a North and Central American nation for a place at the 2014 Fifa World Cup in Brazil. New Zealand squad: Mark Paston, Glen Moss, Winston Reid, Tony Lochhead, Ben Sigmund, Tommy Smith, Ryan Nelsen, Leo Bertos, Michael McGlinchey, Dan Keat, Ivan Vicelich, Tim Payne, Shane Smeltz, Chris Killen, Marco Rojas, Jeremy Brockie, Kosta Barbarouses, Chris Wood. - APNZ

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Merritt and 800m world record holder David Rudisha of Kenya have been nominated for Male Athlete of the Year. Bolt has won the award on three occasions, and Rudisha picked up the gong in 2010. The winners will be announced live during an awards ceremony as part of the IAAF Centenary Celebrations in Barcelona on November 24. - APNZ

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Nadzeya Astapchuk was stripped of the gold for failing a drugs test. The New Zealander also claimed six of the seven Diamond League titles, breaking four meet records in the process. She has twice been nominated for the award (2009, 2011) but has never won. Usain Bolt, who claimed the 100m-200m double for the second straight Olympics, American 110m hurdle champion Aries

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a unanimous decision to come back to Ashburton. The Canterbury Primary and Intermediate championship will return later this year but the new high jump surface will get a good workout on Sunday as Ashburton hosts the Arthur Cup competition for the first time in a number of years. “There is one problem. We have too many kids wanting to compete and not enough uniforms.” The Ashburton Club will have more than 50 athletes turn out on Sunday and is one of the biggest around in terms of juniors. “We generally fluctuate around the 150 mark. South Canterbury would love to have that many turn up but they struggle to get 80. “We want to lift participation and give everyone the opportunity to get involved but also for the ones who want to be more competitive to have the opportunity to get the higher honours.” With the facilities allowing for better training there could be a lot more “higher honours” on the horizon.

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Olympic gold medallist Valerie Adams is again a finalist for the IAAF’s Woman Athlete of the Year award. The double Olympic and three-time world champion shot putter has been nominated along with British heptathlete Jessica Ennis and US sprinter Allyson Felix. Adams has had an unforgettable year following an Olympic campaign which saw her initially claim silver before Belarusian rival

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“The cost of an all-weather track and everything that goes with it is far too high and the community wouldn’t be able to afford it. “The domain is a fantastic setting and serves our needs.” All-weather surfaces aren’t cheap. The Rekortum all-weather high jump track, with three layers of rubber poured on top of an asphalt base, had the Ashburton Trust come to the party to foot the $27,000 bill for the 100m² pad. “At Aorangi Park in Timaru they are looking at doing some basic maintenance and it was quoted at $27,000.” The viable option is for Ashburton Athletics to remain on grass, but the venue is proving popular. “With Christchurch struggling for a big venue we hosted the Centennial meet, the Canterbury Primary Schools and a week later the Canterbury Intermediate Schools.” The domain impressed the athletes from wider Canterbury as at the end of the season a meeting was held to vote on where to hold the events this year, with

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With the addition of an all-weather high jump surface, Ashburton Athletics are more than content with their lot in the Ashburton Domain. The Ashburton Athletics Club officially opened their new all-weather high jump area which, in tandem with the all-weather long jump run-up installed in 2009, completes their requirements. “We have everything we need now,” Ashburton Athletics spokesman Kerry Clough said. “We have a grass track that is considered one of the best in the country, shot put and discus areas are fine and it’s now complete with the all-weather high jump and long jump.” However, with the planned riverside sport complex there have been suggestions that athletics could move there too, but Clough was adamant that athletics has its home in the domain. “Athletics will stay in the domain.

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Imogen Redpath, 15, tries out the new all-weather high jump surface at the Ashburton Domain last night.

Ricki Herbert has kept the faith with the squad who have delivered four wins from four starts in Fifa World Cup qualifying recently in naming his team to meet China in a friendly match in Shanghai next week. If selected, Leo Bertos and skipper Ryan Nelsen are poised to make their 50th ‘A’ international appearances in the game that will kick off at 7.30pm on Wednesday (12.30am Thursday morning, NZ time) at the Shanghai Hongkou Football Stadium. All of Herbert’s overseas professionals have been called up for the match although China-based striker Chris Killen’s domestic season has finished and he will not travel due to personal commitments. The only injury concern surrounds striker Shane Smeltz who has been sidelined with a hamstring strain since the All Whites’ 3-0 win over Tahiti in Christchurch last month. Smeltz’s goal in Papeete took him to outright second in the all-time goal scorers list with 23 goals, while Chris Wood and Marco Rojas are in good goal scoring form for their respective clubs. Wood has scored five in his last three matches for Millwall, while Rojas is joint leader in the A-League golden boot race with four goals. Michael McGlinchey has continued his good form from his last All Whites outing with his Central Coast Mariners side and was influential in their 7-2 mauling of Sydney FC over the weekend. Herbert said continuity was paramount to success and now has significant experience to call on for All Whites internationals. “We haven’t made any personnel changes but we may look to tinker our formation or try one or two new things in this match,” said Herbert. “We’ve got good experience in the group now with Ryan and Leo set to make 50 appearances. Behind

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River Levels

cumecs

Rakaia Fighting Hill (NIWA) at 9:45 am, yesterday Nth Ashburton at 11:00 am, yesterday Sth Ashburton at 9:30 am, yesterday Rangitata Klondyke at 9:00 am, yesterday

168.7 9.93 13.6 115.4

Source: Environment Canterbury

Canterbury Readings

to 4pm yesterday

max

Ashburton Airport

min grass 16 hour Nov 2012 min to date to date

12.6

Temperatures °C

Rainfall mm

nc nc Wind km/h

max gust

2.8 -0.8

0.0

29.2 675.5

SE 26

Christchurch Airport 14.7

3.1

0.2

0.0

7.0 586.6

E 24

Timaru Airport

4.6

–

0.0

22.6 557.0

E 26

Average

19.3

Average

7.9

18.8

8.0

12.9

Average

5.8

17.6

5.4

6.0

589

549

438

Tides, Sun, Moon and Fishing m am 3 3

Thursday 9 noon 3

9 pm am 3

Friday

9 noon 3

9 pm am 3

Saturday 9 noon 3

9 pm

2 1 0

5:25 11:43 6:00 12:07 6:15 12:33 6:47 12:55 7:06 1:22 7:34 The times shown are for the Ashburton River mouth. For the Rangitata river mouth subtract 16 minutes and for the Rakaia river mouth subtract 6 minutes.

Rise 6:05 am Set 8:29 pm

Bad

Bad fishing

Rise 2:31 am Set 1:46 pm

New moon

Rise 6:04 am Set 8:30 pm

Bad

Bad fishing

Rise 3:00 am Set 2:53 pm

First quarter

21 Nov 3:33 am www.ofu.co.nz

Rise 6:02 am Set 8:32 pm

Bad

Bad fishing

Rise 3:28 am Set 4:02 pm

Full moon

29 Nov 3:47 am

Maori Fishing Guide by Bill Hohepa