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Rugby for mental health And the end of the day, it’s just a pre-season rugby game, but when Super Rugby powerhouses the Crusaders roll into town this weekend to take on the Hurricanes at the Ashburton Showgrounds, they’ll be playing a vital part in an important money-raising mission.

On Friday, the Ashburton District Council and the Crusaders jointly announced that they would be raising money from the pre-season fixture to help support local mental health services.

Both organisations are pledging $1 from each ticket sold for the match with money going to Safer Mid Canterbury’s Life’s Worth Living project.

And with a crowd of close to 5000 expected to pack out the showgrounds, the donation could be quite substantial with the goal to reach $10,000 to promote and support mental health awareness and suicide prevention.

Ashburton Mayor Neil Brown said the subject of mental health is one which is

close to the hearts of many people living in Mid Canterbury and any opportunity to raise awareness and funds for a cause doing good work in that field was one the council wanted to be involved in.

“Like many rural communities, mental health is an issue for our district,” Brown said.

“This initiative will put much-needed funds into the front-line prevention activities working to combat this issue and help to support our people.”

Ashburton District Council’s chief executive Hamish Riach, who has a strong history with the Crusaders franchise through his former role as chief executive, said he hoped the community would get behind such a cause.

“We’re very proud to work with the Crusaders to make this fundraiser a reality,” Riach said.

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■■ METHVEN SUMMER SCHOOL

Summer school wraps up Organisers of the annual Methven Summer School are celebrating another successful instalment after a week of learning wrapped up on Friday.

The popular school, which ran throughout last week and took in 18 different classes across a huge variety of aspects and parts of life, saw big numbers of pupils taking part.

While all classes came at a cost, chairperson of the Methven Summer School, Sandy Redmond, said it was more about sharing experiences and skills and enjoying doing so.

“We’re lucky,” she said.

“The tutors are all so approachable and friendly.”

Michelle Box, who took part in the Standing Lady Paverpol Workshop, said she’d recommend taking a class to anyone.

“Everybody should do a class and get out of your comfort zone and try something different,” she said.

“You can’t fail or do anything wrong, so go for it.”

Above - Heather Forbes (left) While classes are all held indiand Sandy Redmond work on vidually, similar to the traditiona chook house. al school set up, all the students PHOTO HEATHER MACKENZIE sit together during breaks and 090120-HM-0110 also have the benefit of spending time with their tutors outside of Right - Kathryn Nicholson the classroom. works on her cake decoratKate Lambarth has been ining skills. volved with organising the sumPHOTO HEATHER MACKENZIE mer school for five years and this 090120-HM-0125 year was her last.

“I am going to miss being involved, I love the summer school.

But since I live in Christchurch now, I just don’t have the time,” she said. upholstery, distressed furniture, Trish Silcock, Standing Lady Oamaru stone carving, soap Paverpol Workshop tutor, travels making, candle making, a standfrom the West Coast each year ing lady Paverpol workshop, to tutor and attend courses herphotography, paddock to plate, self. She was at stone carving this cheese making for the beginner, year. artisan baking, cake decorating, “There is a nice atmosphere chocolate making, golf, ukulele here, which is why I keep coming back,” she said.

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2 Ashburton There was strong interest al“The whole thing is really well ready in what classes would be run.” held next year with many atClasses included in this year’s tendees already signalling their course were; painting big landintention to be back again in 12 scapes with acrylics and oils, a B K workshop, t while more than half of this year’s months’ time. pastels art journaling, junior group are newcomers.

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Building standards placards set to roll out

By Sue newman

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A number of older buildings around the Ashburton District will shortly be sporting signs that spell out how they rank against new building standards.

As part of the on-going drive to ensure all buildings will be earthquake safe, the Ashburton District Council will be sending signs to owners of buildings built prior to 1976 and will be asking them to display those signs prominently on the outside of their property.

The public notification is part of the council’s drive to ensure every older building has been inspected by engineers and that where required, strengthen-

ing work is either carried out or planned in the future.

It’s been a long process getting to this point, council building services manager Michael Wong said, but the placard templates had now arrived and these would be sent to property owners over the next month.

The placards would serve a two fold purpose – making the public aware of a building’s compliance level and encouraging owners to carry out necessary strengthening work.

Wong anticipates there will be about 150 sent out in February to owners of non-compliant buildings.

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Getting pitch perfect for their production later this week are Mid Canterbury Summer Singing School students (from left): Lucy Clough, EJ Stockman, Emily-Jane Farr and Annah Casey-Solly. practice, before director Alice Sollis steps in to help with the actions from Wednesday onwards.

already assessed. Then we’ll do another desk top review and pick up the ones we may have missed and we’ll work with them,” he said.

Buildings that have not been assessed will be given the lowest rating until an assessment is done, Wong said.

There had been a proposal to change the rules so the cut-off date for engineering assessment would have moved forward to cover all buildings built before 2004 and that would have seen hundreds of buildings around the district bearing stickers, he said.

The consultation process ensured there was no date change

and that dramatically reduced the number of buildings coming into the net locally.

If a building is required to have THE a placard displayed it will contain information on the percentage it complies with building standards and the year with which it will need to be strengthened to come up to code, Wong said.

Older buildings that have been assessed and found to be up to strength or that have already been strengthened will not need to display placards.

Details on the placard-bearing buildings will be held on a public register with the Ministry of Building and this is accessible to anyone.

From P1 “Mental health is such an important factor in community wellbeing, and we want to do what we can to promote its awareness and make a real difference to people’s lives.”

Up the road in Christchurch, Crusaders boss Colin Mansbridge said the decision to take part was an easy one to make for his organisation.

“The Crusaders are very excited about playing in Ashburton in front of our Mid Canterbury fans, and this match is set to be a real showdown against the Hurricanes,” he said.

“When the council reached out to us, we jumped at the opportunity to take part.

“Positive mental health is so crucial, but when the scales begin to tip in the other direction, it’s important to know that there are people and services who care and can help.

“We’re honoured to be able to dig deep for these services and help them to implement such vital programmes and activities.”

The Crusaders are tipping 2020 to be an exciting season, with a number of new players joining the team for their 25th year.

The pre-season match in Ashburton will be the first chance for fans to see these players up close before the first round robin game gets under way.

It is the biggest game of rugby to Ashburton Guardian Tuesday, January 9, 2018 be played in Ashburton for many years and the first time the Crusaders will play a match in Mid Canterbury.

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The group range in age from 9 to 21 years and includes members of NAZDA and first-year university students.

This year’s production is themed Time Travellers and will cover musical theatre and tunes from across the ages – from My Fair Lady and Bing Crosby to recent hits like Hamilton and Moana, along with everything in between, Castelow said. “Among the juniors everyone knows the songs from Moana, but they find that they love singing the older ones just as much,” she said.

And not only does the theme provide something for everyone in the audience, she said, but gives the young singers the opportunity to learn about various musicals. The group received their music a month ago, and auditioned for solo positions on unSunday. They are currently un dergoing two days of musical

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If you’re on your way past the Ashburton Trust Event Centre this week, keep an ear out for the hard-working vocal chords of 149 Mid Canterbury Summer Singing School (MCSSS) students.

The group launched into a week of practice yesterday before they bring a musical theatre production to the stage on Friday and Saturday.

It’s the biggest production yet for the MCSSS, which has been operating each January for 18 years and is musically helmed

by Ashburton singing tutor Jo Castelow.

“We now have people from all over, from as far as Timaru and Christchurch, and each time brings a new mix of voices,” said Castelow.

Some singers have been involved in the week-long course for more than 10 years, she said,

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noon and Saturday night at the Event Centre, with tickets now available from Ticket Direct.

Honesty boxes targeted From P1 Near Methven, Lucy Raisbeck’s free range egg stall was also burgled on Sunday night.

While taking out the bins yesterday morning, she said she noticed that the security camera had been taken and the padlock had been cut off from her honesty box.

All money had been cleared from the box before the theft, but Raisbeck said she was still gutted to discover the break-in, which she presumes is the work of people “who don’t care about other people”.

However, with new security methods for Raisbeck and an ultra-secure honesty box for Billie, both stalls are continuing to operate.

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Te Araroa walkers are on the rise, benefiting the summer tourism industry in Methven.

Many who do the 3000-kilometre trail, which runs the length of New Zealand, end up in the ski town, as it is a natural resting point near the uncrossable Rakaia River.

Methven i-SITE consultant Lyndsay Agnew said December to February was peak season for trail walkers, and she was assisting about half a dozen per week.

“Most of them are doing the whole trail or the whole South Island, depending on how much time they have got,” she said.

“They are really interesting people, you have to be a certain breed to want to go and walk 3000 kilometres.”

They mostly came from Europe and North America, and walked north to south, hitch-hiking into Methven from above Lake Coleridge. They generally stayed in the campground or backpacker lodges in Methven.

“It’s nice to have them here and they spread the word when they go back,” she said.

Walkers rejoin the trail on Blackford Road in the Rakaia Gorge, and Methven Travel provides transport on the “empty” section of its school bus run, and operates an on-demand shuttle service in school holidays.

The Te Araroa section through Mid Canterbury goes from here to the Hakatere Heron Road, taking a public access easement over Glenariffe Station, then crossing the 60,000-hectare Hakatere Conservation Park.

Among those undertaking Te Araroa is American Clayton Beckett. His trail name is Chef, he has a travel blog at chefspecial5.com and is from Connecticut.

The 26-year-old is walking the South Island section, south to north, and was in Methven at the weekend. He said he ended up staying two nights instead of one at Snow Denn Lodge because he needed the rest, and the fact it of-

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“My feet were pretty banged up, so I decided to hang out for just one more day,” Beckett said.

He flew into Auckland in midDecember, and had his cellphone stolen in his first two days. He flew to Queenstown and shuttled to the southern end of Te Araroa at Bluff, and walked 555 kilometres north to Twizel over the next fortnight, staying in high country huts and his tent. With last week’s storm system forecast he decided to skip the next section and he

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hitchhiked to Methven, and left at the weekend aiming to hitch to north of Lake Coleridge to resume the trail.

Beckett said the trail to date had had many river crossings, and some mountainous terrain, as well as farm tracks and dirt roads.

Besides the road walks, which he did not like as they lacked the wilderness appeal of true trail walking, and a lack of markers in some areas, he was enjoying the scenery and meeting lots of people.

Of the few fellow hikers he had met, most were walking north to

south. “A lot of Kiwis don’t even know about the trail,” Beckett said.

He was not worried about being without a cellphone.

“If you don’t have service it’s not going to help you and you are not going to get that in the mountains,” he said.

He was confident enough from previous trail walking in Chile and America not to worry about an emergency locator beacon.

In the 12 months to July last year, 550 people walked the full length from Cape Reinga to Bluff,

compared to 350 in 201 and 210 the year before.

Te Araroa Trust chairma vid McGregor said the trail, takes five months to com and officially opened in 201 attracting people from all w life.

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Ensuring the walkway’s future

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Previously the group used a granule type weed killer, which was easier to handle but not as effective.

“The higher success rate makes the extra weight worthwhile.”

Secondly, the society has attracted a number of new members. Now boasting a membership of over 25 they are looking stronger than ever.

“We have a new group of fit, young, semi-retired, active members, who like to get stuck in and get the job done, most of them are farmers so they understand the necessity of eradicating weeds early and not letting them get away on you.”

Even with this new knapsack and enthusiastic member assault, stubborn pockets of the plants still remain in gullies or in clumps too thick for the ground crew to tackle.

“We have applied to DOC’s community fund to get a helicopter to spray those thick patches. Areas like that need taking care of from the air, if not, they will continue to spread.”

Even with coming under the DOC umbrella the group are still self-funding. Their biggest fundraiser of the year is down for Saturday, January 25 in the form of a 4x4 safari tour.

Members of the Mt Somers Walkway Society take a rest from spraying patches of unwanted broom and gorse.

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If left unchecked the gorse and broom on Mt Somers Walkway would by now be sucking valuable water out of the soil, and merrily destroying ecosystems.

Thankfully, in 1983 a group of local tramping enthusiasts formed the Mt Somers Walkway Society. Their mandate, among other things, was to stop the nefarious weeds in their tracks – and they have been doing just that ever since.

Past society president David Howden said the broom and gorse had been spread by the last sheep grazing the area.

“The odd seed would fall off the sheep’s wool and very slowly, over a period of time, the plants spread and became well established.”

In 1987 stock were banned from the area and at the same time the land passed to the Department of Conservation (DOC) to manage.

When this happened a strong working relationship was formed between the Mt Somers Walkway Society and DOC, one that is still in place today in the form of a weed control agreement.

Howden said DOC have been really supportive and help out where they can.

“DOC do a marvellous job working within the boundaries and budget constraints they have imposed on them.”

As part of working under the DOC umbrella the group have to report back on the areas they have covered, the hours they have worked and the kilometres walked.

The October 2019 to January 2020 daily weed control report is enough to make you tired just reading it.

Over six working days, an average of eight society members trekked a joint total of 1220kms while carrying heavy knapsack sprayers for a collective total of 406 hours.

Society president Barry Austin said: “These figures are just the hours we have put into gorse and broom during their flowering season.”

Not included are all the hours the society has spent on general track maintenance as well.

“There is always something for us to be doing.”

Howden puts the increased success of gorse and broom eradication down to a couple of factors.

Firstly, the introduction of knapsack sprayers has made for a better kill as it targets the whole plant.

“It has made for harder work. A lot harder work as you have to carry the water.”

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■■ MT SOMERS TAVERN

Tavern changing hands

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He has run a fish and chip shop in America, a transport company in Australia and now Bryan Carter will have the title of Mt Somers Tavern owner.

Carter, who is originally from Southbridge but grew up in Methven, will take over the pub on January 16.

“I’d always wanted a pub, but none of my wives have ever let me get one,” he said.

The relative of famous All Black first-five Dan Carter is shifting to the village from Moana on the West Coast where he has been living after initially returning to New Zealand and shifting to Waimate.

Carter said he had been getting plenty of advice from people about how he should be running the pub.

“You get plenty of people telling you what you should be doing and you say yep yep yep and figure out what you actually need from that,” he said.

While his hospitality experience is limited, he held a liquor

The Mt Somers Tavern has been sold. licence to serve alcohol at his fish and chip shop in America and has been in constant contact with the local person in charge of

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liquor licensing, while a relative owns and runs the Southbridge Pub. Carter said he had been look-

ing at a number of pubs throughout the country, but Mt Somers appealed due to it being on freehold land and not leased within a building.

“I wanted a freehold so if things went belly up at least I would still have a house,” he said.

The sale of the pub will bring to a close a nearly nine-year stint for Max and Sandy Smith at the helm of the pub.

The pair took over the pub in August 2011 after moving down from Wellington to be closer to family in the district, but with grandchildren now becoming adults and heading overseas that reasoning to stick around had disappeared.

“Our next step will to become full-time deckchair managers,” he said.

Smith said they had found the pub much busier than they had expected, but enjoyed meeting a variety of locals and travellers making their way through the country.

Carter officially takes ownership of the pub over on January 16.

■■ REFUGEE PROGRAMME

Call for volunteers in refugee programme RNZ Red Cross is asking people in regional New Zealand to step up by volunteering in their refugee re-settlement programme.

About 100 refugee support volunteers are needed in each new location including Blenheim, Timaru, Levin, Ashburton, Masterton for three to six months.

It will be the first time many of these location host refugees, following the government’s decision last May to increase the annual refugee quota to 1500 from 2020.

Red Cross migration general manager Rachel O’Connor said people should get in touch with

them because volunteers were essential and the first social connection many families had.

“They’ll be doing everything from helping set up the houses, taking the kids to school for the first time, helping the family enroll in the local doctors, meeting the neighbours, finding out where the library is, how to use the buses, where to go for groceries.”

O’Connor said volunteers would be placed in teams, which would give people working full time flexibility if they wanted to take part.

Red Cross has confirmed refugees will be travelling from Colombia, Syria and Afghanistan.

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There will be at least 100 people are ariving this year in increments of three to five families every eight weeks. All refugees would spend six weeks at the Mangere Refugee Resettlement Centre in Auckland before arriving in the chosen location.

As well as recruiting volunteers the organisation also looked to bolster their staff numbers and urged people to be ready to welcome refugees if they lived in the new locations where they would be settling.

They encouraged employers interested in showing refugees support to get in touch and offer somebody their first job, and for people to go out of their way to

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show kindness in the street and in schools.

“It’s about people in the community reaching out and making people feel welcome and that’s what’s going to make it successful in each of those new locations,” she said.

As language was the greatest barrier for many refugees re-settling, O’Connor suggested learning some greetings in Spanish or Arabic and also asked for practical support through fundraising, or donating new and used household items for the families.

This is a chance for communities as a whole to connect with refugees and make them feel welcome, she said.

In brief Contract awarded The Ashburton District’s drinking, stormwater and wastewater services will be managed by Ashburton Contracting Limited (ACL) for the next five years, after the council awarded the incumbent company its treatment, network operations and maintenance contract. The council made the announcement on Friday following a competitive tender and evaluation process, which included a statutory cost-effectiveness review of the service. The $9.8 million contract will commence on July 1, 2020.

Search suspended The search for a missing kayaker has been suspended for the day at a Canterbury lake. The man was reported overdue about midday on Saturday after failing to return from a trip on Te Waihora/Lake Ellesmere near Christchurch. The man’s kayak was found at about 2.30pm on Saturday.

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Tragic accident A grieving South Auckland community is in shock after the death of a treasured toddler hit and killed in the carpark at a community hall. The 21-monthold girl was struck at the Smiths Avenue Community Hall in Papakura just after 5.10pm on Saturday and died at the scene.

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ASB Classic champion Tennis star Serena Williams has broken her three-year drought without winning a final by claiming the ASB Classic title in Auckland yesterday. The 23-time grand slam champion defeated American compatriot Jessica Pegula 6-3 6-4 on a sweltering Centre Court for the 73rd title of her career.

Williams had lost her last five finals going into this match, with her last title being the 2017 Australian Open.

Lotto results Official Lotto results for draw number 1924 drawn on Saturday.

Winning numbers (in ascending order): 9, 13, 16, 26, 33, 40.

Bonus number: 32.

Powerball winning number: 3.

Strike: 9, 16, 40, 33.

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Prepare to say “yum”, lick your lips, and tantalise your taste buds. Ashburton’s signature Waitangi Day Multi Cultural Bite is drawing near, and up to 14,000 foodies are expected to flock to the Baring Square East event. Mid Canterbury residents from the Philippines, Singapore, Brazil, Nigeria, Egypt, India, Nepal, Poland, Argentina, South Africa, Tonga, the Netherlands, Sri Lanka and Samoa will be dishing up samples of their native cuisine. This month, as pictured, they are holding stallholder nights in order to be briefed on all the rules and regulations, as well undertake taste testing and decide on serving sizes. There will also be fantastic music on offer, courtesy of a strong line-up of performers.

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Wendy White and Alex Keane spent some time making pinecone crafts.

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Weekend full of fun From farmers’ markets to garage sales and a craft day for bushfire victims, there was plenty happening on Saturday. Guardian photographer Robyn Hood was out and about.

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ome of the greatest things to have ever been achieved in life have been done leaning over the bar at the local pub – their validity, of course, questionable.

It’s down at the local where you’ll find those characters of life and it’s there you’ll hear the stories that they tell.

Often, in fact over and over again. But because of the way that they tell it – you listen anyway, even if it is the umpteenth time you’ve heard it. Just because you can, and mainly because you want too.

I’ve always found it interesting that a trip to the pub can often be a little bit like a game of memory.

If you go enough, at the same

time and on the same day each week you’ll pick up the same people, sitting in the same chairs, generally always alongside the same people.

It’s a creatures of habit type of set up – just something we do.

When news come through last week about the sale of the Mt Somers Tavern, some interesting conversations came up around

the office here with a lot of people having a tale to tell about the establishment and the odd occasion that they might have frequented it.

And it’s the same for any building of a similar ilk.

Growing up in Methven, the Brown Pub was a fascinating place for a young fella to go into with your parents, or grandparents.

It was always full of interesting characters, and sometimes even animals with a retired greyhound taking up front and centre in front of the fireplace in the winter months many years ago.

Many of the people who you’d be too scared to even look at when you’re a young nipper, are

still sitting there today – a little less intimidating, but permanent fixtures all the same and they’ll be there for a long time to come yet.

Pubs, or hotels, have the potential to be the beating heart of the community – much like that feeling you get when you’re standing on the sideline of a club rugby, or club netball, game.

There’s a real sense of community about it.

People coming together to socialise and to engage with like-minded people and break away from normal life for however long feels necessary.

We’ve lost a couple of such places here in Mid Canterbury over the years, particularly in our

smaller areas and that’s a shame.

I bet a place like the old Chertsey Pub could tell some cracking stories of the years gone by.

Some might look down on the prospect of popping down to have a beer or two on a Friday night and the way that the image of having said beer or two is going in society these days, it can’t be long until someone decides that they might like to try and shut such places down.

It’s unlikely to happen, of course. But there’s something new every week these days that we shouldn’t be doing, so perhaps it is only a matter of time.

Let’s hope not. Close the local down and you’ll lose a massive chunk of your community.

In 2003, Connecticut Sen Joseph Lieberman jumped into the 2004 race for president.

In 2018, a false alarm that warned of a ballistic missile headed for Hawaii sent the islands into a panic, with people abandoning cars on a highway and preparing to flee their homes; officials apologised and said the alert was sent when someone hit the wrong button during a shift change.

Ten years ago: Haitians piled bodies along the devastated streets of their capital a day after a powerful earthquake, while in Washington, President Barack Obama pledged an all-out rescue

and relief effort.

Five years ago: Pope Francis brought calls for reconciliation as well as justice as he arrived in Sri Lanka at the start of a weeklong Asian tour. In an emotional act of defiance, Charlie Hebdo resurrected its irreverent and often provocative newspaper, featuring on the cover a caricature of a weeping Prophet Muhammad holding a sign reading “I am Charlie” with the words “All is forgiven” above him.

One year ago: The number of noshows among airport security screeners surged, two days after screeners failed to receive a

paycheck for the first time since the partial government shutdown began.

Today’s birthdays: Actress Frances Sternhagen is 90. TV personality Nick Clooney is 86.

Comedian Charlie Brill is 82. Actor Billy Gray is 82. Actor Richard Moll is 77. Rock musician Trevor Rabin is 66. Rhythm-and-blues musician Fred White is 65. Rock musician James Lomenzo is 61.

Actor Kevin Anderson is 60.

Actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus is 59. Rock singer Graham “Suggs” McPherson is 59. Country singer Trace Adkins is 58. Actress Penelope Ann Miller is 56. Actor

Patrick Dempsey is 54. Actress Suzanne Cryer is 53. Actress Traci Bingham is 52. Actor Keith Coogan is 50. TV producer-writer Shonda Rhimes is 50. Actress Nicole Eggert is 48. Actor Ross McCall is 44. Actor Michael Pena is 44. Actor Orlando Bloom is 43. Actress Ruth Wilson is 38.

Actor Julian Morris is 37. Actor Beau Mirchoff is 31. Actor Liam Hemsworth is 30.

Thought for today: “Never underestimate your power to change yourself; never overestimate your power to change others.” – H. Jackson Brown Jr, American writer. – AP

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Monday, January 13, the 13th day of 2020. There are 353 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On January 13, 2012, the Italian luxury liner Costa Concordia ran aground off the Tuscan island of Giglio and flipped onto its side; 32 people were killed.

On this date: In 1794, President George Washington approved a measure adding two stars and two stripes to the American flag, following the admission of Vermont and Kentucky to the Union.

In 1864, American songwriter Stephen Foster died in poverty in a New York hospital at age 37. in 1890, ‘Torpedo Billy’ Murphy won the world featherweight boxing title, by defeating Irishman Ike Weir at San Francisco, Murphy became the first New Zealander to win a world professional boxing title.

In 1941, a new law went into effect granting Puerto Ricans US birthright citizenship.

In 1964, Roman Catholic Bishop Karol Wojtyla (the future Pope John Paul II) was appointed Archbishop of Krakow, Poland, by Pope Paul VI. In 1982, an Air Florida 737 crashed into Washington, DC’s 14th Street Bridge and fell into the Potomac River while trying to take off during a snowstorm, killing a total of 78 people, including four motorists on the bridge; four passengers and a flight attendant survived.

In 1992, Japan apologised for forcing tens of thousands of Korean women to serve as sex slaves for its soldiers during World War Two, citing newly uncovered documents that showed the Japanese army had had a role in abducting the socalled comfort women.

In 2000, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates stepped aside as chief executive and promoted company president Steve Ballmer to the position.

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n the modern context my grandmother Joan Melrose was a remarkable woman.

Tragically widowed at a young age, she raised three daughters single-handedly here in Ashburton.

She had a huge work ethic and strong personal morals, and had a big impact on me growing up.

One of her guiding principles, apart from the occasional embellishment around the academic success of her grandchildren, was honesty. Well-worn phrases like “telling the truth will never get you in trouble” continue to ring in my ears.

As we head into another election year it’s something I’ve thought about a lot.

Politicians, after all, aren’t exactly known for their honestly. “All politicians are liars,” or worse, is often the theme greeting me when I open my email inbox each morning.

Some of it I don’t blame politicians for. We are, for instance, adept at trotting out a few numbers to back up our case.

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leased employment data for the most recent quarter. They noted that 6000 more people were in work than three months prior.

What they were less keen to publicise was that overall unemployment was up from 3.9 per cent to 4.2 per cent, with 7,000 more people out of work across the country.

It’s called a Simpson’s paradox, where two seemingly contradictory points are both true.

There’s unfortunately not many ways of avoiding politicians picking the numbers they like best. It’s why a strong and diverse media is so important, to cut through those one-liners and probe the more important bigger picture.

But it’s not that brand of dishonesty that bothers me most, or I suspect, you. It’s when

politicians, or in fact anyone, promises something they don’t know they can deliver.

It’s a rule I set for myself when I was first elected as your local MP. Never to promise more than I have control over.

If you’ve ever come to see me for assistance in my Ashburton office there’s a high likelihood I’ve told you the same: “I can’t promise I’ll get the result you want but I’ll work as hard as I can to get it.”

Despite what my Nana claimed it’s even got me into trouble.

Not long ago down in Timaru I met with a group of people upset at a Government proposal which would seriously impact their industry. I gave them some advice on what to do next, said I’d raise it in Parliament, and gave my usual qualifier that there’s no guarantee I’d be able to force a change.

Within two days I had their head office on the phone. Apparently they were upset I wasn’t promising to fix their problem.

As it turns out I did manage to help, but that’s hardly the

point. Refusing to overpromise shouldn’t be seen as a fault, as a weakness.

Casualties of overpromising are everywhere. Shane Jones’ Provincial Growth Fund has produced 6 per cent of that jobs that were promised. Kiwibuild, sitting at less than 0.3 per cent of what was promised. In fact, fewer homes than were cancelled by halting construction at Ihumatao.

And that’s just this term of Government.

It’s fine to say you’ll work hard on something. It’s fine to make promises for the things we can deliver. But this year if you hear a politician make a promise they have no control over, call them on it.

And if it’s me, tell me to remember my Nana.

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Luxury investment Beauden and Hannah Barrett appear to have decorated their new Remuera home with a pricey piece of investment art. It is understood the All Black No 10 and his influencer wife paid $4.8 million in August to buy her parents’ Remuera mansion. Since then Hannah has been selling furniture from their Wellington home through social media, and started settling into their new home at the end of last year. Of all the social media posts Hannah shared, one stood out - featuring a striking Karl Maughan painting which Spy understands can fetch anywhere from $25,000 to $35,000 at auction.

Sheep graze in a field shrouded with smoke haze near at Burragate, Australia, on Saturday.

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Bush-fire toll rises AP The Victorian bush-fire death toll has risen to four after a firefighter died battling a blaze in the state’s alpine region.

The Forest Fire Management Victoria firefighter from Parks Victoria was killed while battling a blaze in the Omeo area on Saturday, Emergency Management Commissioner Andrew Crisp confirmed.

While bush-fire conditions have eased, Crisp warned there was a “long way to go” before the state’s fire season was over.

Milder conditions are forecast for the next week to 10 days, meaning attention can turn to getting the upper hand on the more than 20 fires still burning. Emergency Services Minister Lisa Neville said relieving exhausted emergency services workers was also a priority.

More than 1.3 million hectares have been razed since November 21, while 286 homes and 400 other buildings have been

damaged. Favourable conditions could allow tourists to return to the NSW South Coast but firefighters are still battling serious blazes in the Snowy Mountains region.

Four fires, including the Adaminaby Complex and Good Good blazes, were at watch- and-act alert level on Saturday night amid 127 fires statewide.

A visitor ‘leave zone’ still remains in the Adaminaby area.

No homes were lost on Friday despite strong northerlies and a blustery cool change leading some fires to jump lines and several emergency warnings.

But one man was seriously burnt while defending his property near Tumbarumba, southwest of Canberra.

Four firefighters were also injured after they were “overrun by fire” while battling the Adaminaby blaze just northwest of Cooma.

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said authorities were “incredibly relieved” to

have come through the night relatively unscathed.

“I strongly believe one of the reasons we came through it as well as we did was the preparation,” she told reporters on Saturday morning.

“There is no doubt in my mind that that level of professionalism and preparedness allowed communities to survive another long and difficult night.”

The only NSW fire district with a ‘very high’ fire danger rating on Sunday will be north western.

Six districts on or west of the Diving Range have ‘high’ fire danger.

Some 2097 homes, 216 schools and other facilities and 4287 sheds and other outbuildings have been destroyed since July, according to the latest building assessment count issued on Saturday.

That includes 1163 homes, 144 facilities and 2179 outbuildings since New Year’s Eve.

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Lesbian affair denied She had a famous lesbian romp on screen in the movie Wild Things but Denise Richards has been forced to deny she had an affair with her female Real Housewives of Beverly Hills co-star just months after marrying her new husband.

Richards has reportedly stopped shooting the reality TV show after her cast mates confronted her about an alleged affair with co-star Brandi Glanville. Reports claim that former Bond girl Richards, 48, and Glanville, 47, were seeing each other from the beginning of the year until mid-last year. Reports suggest that Richards told Glanville that she was in an open marriage with Phypers but that wasn’t the case. Now Glanville “is upset that Richards lied to her”.

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The Queen summons Harry for meeting NZME The Queen is to hold a summit with the Duke of Sussex, the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Cambridge today in the first face-to-face discussions since the Royal family was plunged into crisis over Prince Harry and his wife Meghan’s plans to “step back” from royal duties.

The 93-year-old monarch convened the urgent meeting at Sandringham to thrash out a deal that will provide a blueprint for the Sussexes’ “progressive” new role, which will see them spend more time in North America.

It will be the first time Prince Harry has seen the Queen and the two direct heirs to the throne since the couple made the

bombshell announcement that they wanted to step back from life as senior royals, leaving other members of the family “deeply disappointed”.

Buckingham Palace sources said the Queen, her son and two grandsons will have been presented with a range of draft written proposals – compiled by a team of aides and private secretaries – ahead of the crunch meeting.

The Duchess of Sussex is expected to dial into the talks from Canada, having flown back to the country on Thursday evening to be reunited with eight-monthold son Archie.

Prince Charles has cut short his visit to Scotland and traveled to Sandringham to help put an end to the crisis engulfing the

family. The Queen traditionally remains at Sandringham, her Norfolk estate, after Christmas until February 6, the anniversary of the death of her father, King George VI. Aides stressed it was a “family discussion” that all four royal households hoped would go some way to reaching a solution to the current impasse.

A palace source said: “The family will gather on Monday at Sandringham to talk things through. The Queen, the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Cambridge and the Duke of Sussex will meet for the first time.

“There are a range of possibilities for the family to review which take into account the thinking the Sussexes outlined earlier in the week.”

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Battling Lyme disease Justin Bieber has been battling Lyme disease. The 25-year-old singer revealed on Instagram that he has been suffering from the infectious disease – which is spread by ticks – and said he would be explaining his battle further in his upcoming YouTube documentary series, Justin Bieber: Seasons. Justin also claimed to have fought off “a serious case of chronic mono”, and said he was working hard to “overcome” his ailments.

In the 10-part documentary series he will talk about the symptoms he endured in 2019.

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Riga’s handsome and historic Hanseatic Old Town, where the city walls, warehouses, houses and churches have been painstakingly renovated since the fall of communism.

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mall, green and beautiful, Riga is big on architectural styles, from art deco to rococo, while stamping its mark as an art and food destination.

Riga’s handsome and historic Hanseatic Old Town is the locus for city exploration, which is where my loquacious Insight Vacations’ guide, Julia, came in handy, to unpack the secrets.

The city walls, warehouses,

Leafy, languid Riva.

Dubbed the “Paris of the North and “the Baltic Berlin,” reinvented Riga is Latvia’s hip little capital, writes Mike Yardley. houses and churches here have been painstakingly renovated since the fall of communism – Riga feels like a giant, breathing museum, beloved for its head-swirling trove of Art Nouveau buildings – 800 of

them, at last count. Alberta Iela, just north of the Esplanade and Kronvalda Park, is the best single street for viewing these treasures.

The biggest vestige of Soviet statement architecture is one of

Stalin’s “birthday cakes”, nicknamed the Seven Sisters. It’s a carbon copy of the structures still standing in the likes of Warsaw and Moscow. But the city’s Soviet gloom has been largely eviscerated by the peppy sense of Baltic optimism.

The city was first founded by the Crusaders and Teutonic Knights in the 13th century. In addition to the Soviets, Riga has also been ruled by the Poles, Germans and Swedes, and all have left their mark.

Dipping into Riga is a like a journey into the ravages and vagaries of European history on a very intimate level.

For a crash course in recent Latvian history, I headed to the Museum of the Occupation.

With clear English explanations, it is a thoughtfully designed and well-curated historical museum.

Its comprehensiveness is extraordinary, spanning everything from Latvian partisan Nazi and Soviet uniforms to propaganda posters, from chess sets carved from scrap and wood in the gulags to heartbreaking, frantically scribbled notes hurled from trains by deportees to Siberia.

Among the Old Town’s cabinet of wonders, the museum is a must. Just across from the Occupation Museum, is the city’s colossal medieval cathedral, begun in 1211 by Albert von Bux-

hoeveden, the German missionary-warrior who sailed north to convert the Livonian heathens.

I was actually more enthralled by the building directly opposite, the House of the Blackheads.

Flanking the southern side of the square. Built to house bachelor Hanseatic traders and sailors, it derives its name from their patron saint, Mauritius, traditionally depicted as an armed Moor.

As Julia explained, the Soviets obliterated this majestic Gothic-Dutch Renaissance building.

Its Teutonic architecture was deemed by them to be too decadent, but after independence, it was one of the first structures to be rebuilt.

Being very close to Rigans’ hearts, the work was financed by individual donations.

We also doted over a cluster of merchant houses called the Three Brothers, all clad in miniature windows to mitigate the size-specified window taxes, in force at the time. On other medieval buildings, I noticed the windows were actually painted illusions, to combat the tax-collectors.

Riga’s thriving party trade means it abounds with al fresco bars and eateries in the old town, where vodka is served by the litre, if that’s how you roll. To avoid the worst excesses, steer clear of Riga on the weekend!

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Such are the sights on offer, you’d be easily convinced you were in the middle of an olde world storybook.

Among the myriad hospitality selections in the heart of the old town, Rockabilly House is a cracker, complete with Scooby Doo-style vans within the bar from where the drinks are served to you.

Like its Baltic neighbours, saunas are a serious business in Riga.

A few hours enrobed in eucalyptus steam is an ideal way to sweat out the excesses of a late night in this party town.

Riga’s saunas run the gamut, from unrepentantly grimy Soviet sweat shacks to sparkling beauties like Taka Spa. At Taka’s heart is a large room with a warm dry sauna, a hotter steam room and three pools: cold, medium and a jacuzzi.

The idea is to move from the sauna to the steam, get as hot as you possibly can, then dive into the cold water. The sensation is truly exhilarating, if not a little bracing!

No trip to Riga would be complete without visiting the sprawling Central Market in the fascinating, gritty area of town known as Maskvas Forstate (the Moscow Suburb). The market comprises almost 1200 vendors spread across five enormous zeppelin hangars, as well as a secondary, more informal network of stalls outside the market proper.

Vendors are arranged more or less by wares, and even if you buy nothing (though it would be a shame to go home without a loaf of Latvia’s delightful rupjmaize (black bread), a leisurely stroll through the market delivers a carnival of delights. You can find everything from fresh farmer’s cheese and lemongrass to pig snouts and caviar.

Outside the market, the stallholders sell leather goods, DVDs of dubious provenance and freshly foraged mushrooms. The punnet of strawberries I bought were unbelievably plump and sweet.

Also on the foodie front, Cafe Osiris is a firm favourite for creative types in Riga, drawing intellectuals, artists and politicians with its bohemian, laid-back setting. There’s an all-day breakfast menu, and lunch and dinner features dishes from all over the world – from Danish open sandwiches to Greek dolma. On a corner down the road from Galeria Istaba, it’s an intimate space, with work by Latvian artists on the walls, and a good place to come in the colder months – with a great fireplace, and candles lit on autumn and winter evenings.

Riga has charm in spades, where the timeless and trendy harmoniously mingle.

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Riga is beloved for its head-swirling trove of Art Nouveau buildings – 800 of them, at last count.

Riga’s thriving party trade means it abounds with al fresco bars and eateries in the old town.

No trip to Riga would be complete without visiting the sprawling Central Market in the fascinating, gritty area of town.

At the Central Market you can find everything from fresh farmer’s cheese and lemongrass to pig snouts and caviar.

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Chipping on in style at Ashburton Ryan Stoddart keeps a close eye on his ball as he chips onto the green at the Ashburton Golf Course on Saturday afternoon.

Players were treated to good conditions with some wind about, but overall a good day out on the greens.

Saturday was a continuation of the Summer Stableford rounds but it also doubled as the final day of qualifying for the annual Property Brokers Shootout which will be held on Sunday, January 26.

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The threat of match-fixing has soared NZME Of all the changes began by the rise of club-based leagues in the age of Twenty20, perhaps the most unfortunate has been to expose cricket to new and heightened threats of match-fixing.

T20 has meant that there is more cricket than ever on TV and live streams. If you can watch it, you can bet on it. And if you can bet on it, you can try and fix it.

Cricket and gambling have always been inextricably linked.

Gambling on cricket has taken place since at least 1694. By the early 19th Century the sport was ridden with fixing; famously, in one game between England and Nottingham, both sides were paid to lose. The MCC was forced to ban bookmakers from Lord’s.

The modern golden age of fixing was in the 1990s, culminating in the Hansie Cronje affair in 2000. And, while the top echelons of international cricket are far cleaner than 20 years ago, there are unmistakable parallels between the two eras.

Both then and now, transient pop-up tournaments – for interminable one-day international triangular series in Sharjah then, read T20 leagues now – were most susceptible to corruption.

At its core, the vulnerability of cricket today is a numbers game.

Twenty years ago, there were about 150 games a year worth fixing – the total amount of top-tier international fixtures played each year. Now, there are over 700 T20 fixtures played worldwide every year.

From under 200 players who played in major international games each year 20 years ago,

Former South African fast bowler Lonwabe Tsotsobe was banned for eight years in 2017 after being convicted of match-fixing in a South African domestic Twenty20 league.

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now over 2000 players play in T20 games each year. The pool of players worth corrupting has snowballed.

Comparatively, low-tier leagues attract huge sums of betting money. On the UK betting exchange Betfair, an average of £34.8 million was matched on each Afghanistan Premier League game in 2018.

The figures matched on Betfair are only a small percentage – reckoned to be under 5 per cent – of the total amounts staked on games, suggesting that each Afghanistan Premier League match would have over £500m matched on it worldwide, the large major-

ity through illegal bookmakers based in India and east Asia.

Even unofficial state-run leagues have attracted sizeable amounts gambled – some matches in the Tamil Nadu Premier League, a regional T20 league in India, have over £30m matched on Betfair alone.

Cricket was ill-prepared for how this new age would challenge the sport’s integrity. Anti-corruption education in international cricket is much-improved, but education in domestic leagues remains haphazard – often, insiders have reported, a solitary brief PowerPoint presentation at the start of a season, with players arriving late

for leagues sometimes not even receiving that.

The sport’s anti-corruption framework remains a legacy of times when international cricket was the only cricket worth fixing.

The sport still lacks one unified anti-corruption code across all levels of the game.

Instead, the ICC’s Anti-Corruption Unit has jurisdiction for international games alone, and only covers domestic leagues when it is invited. Though a smattering of countries use domestic anti-corruption units regarded as robust enough, a myriad of other leagues – including the Bangladesh Premier League – rely on their domestic anti-corruption units alone. Doing so has one clear advantage: it is cheaper for those running the leagues.

Fixers adjusted to the new realities of the franchise age far quicker than anti-corruption bodies.

Players bored and lonely away from home – often barely knowing their team-mates, unlike when players play domestic cricket in their home countries – are targeted through the promise of friendship, free gifts, or even honeytraps.

“They tend to hunt the bars for you,” Chris Gayle wrote in his autobiography Six Machine. “You’ve got to be careful out there.”

Franchise cricket is a notoriously insecure world, with teams discarding players like Tinder dates.

Players regularly appear for five or more teams a year; the whole relationship between a player and their side can easily be reduced to the transactional.

Such insecurities are exacerbated by the unstable economics

of leagues; a spate of T20 leagues have collapsed, increasing players’ temptation to cash in while they still can.

There is also simple human jealousy. Whereas in international cricket players generally get paid an identical match fee to their team-mates – though the size of their national contracts and sponsorship deals varies hugely – in franchise cricket it is common for some players to be paid dozens of times more than their team-mates for exactly the same amount of work.

Academic research has identified a cocktail of poorly remunerated players and matches with large amounts bet on them as being particularly susceptible to fixing; this doubles as a description of much franchise cricket.

Owners are emerging as another – and, perhaps, the most serious – problem. Franchise cricket lacks any equivalent of the Premier League’s fit and proper persons test, however inadequate that has proved. Some team owners around the world are losing money. For owners of teams who are shedding cash, fixing offers a way into the black.

Team owners, and their associates, in the Afghanistan Premier League are under investigation for allegedly driving fixing by their own sides, as Telegraph Sport has revealed.

This is the greatest challenge to cricket’s integrity of all: how to stop fixing when it originates from the very top of teams?

Finding a satisfactory answer could define how successfully cricket is able to resist the nefarious forces of corruption in the 2020s.

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Phoenix equal unbeaten run NZME The Wellington Phoenix have equalled their record unbeaten run after a 2-0 victory over the Western Sydney Wanderers in Wellington yesterday.

The win was the ninth consecutive game without defeat for the Phoenix — tying their record-setting run last season — and temporarily lifted them into third on the A-League ladder ahead of fixtures last night.

They are giddying heights for Ufuk Talay’s side, and a far cry from the scenes early in the rookie coach’s tenure, where the Phoenix lost their first four games and had many tipping them as favourites for the wooden spoon.

One key man has emerged as major reason for their turnaround, with electric attacker Ulises Davila continuing his fantastic run of form with a ninth goal; this effort possibly the best of the bunch as he left fly from outside the box and sent a scathing low drive past Wanderers custodian Daniel Lopar.

It was an early strike — giving the Phoenix the lead in the 15th minute — but it was what they deserved after having already created two excellent chances, as Callum McCowatt volleyed wide while Davila hit the post.

Western Sydney also made no credible case that they deserved any better, with a few measly long-range shots the total of

their attacking efforts in the first 60 minutes, failing to seriously threaten Stefan Marinovic between the Phoenix sticks.

When the Wanderers did make some changes, they started to produce more of a threat, while the Phoenix did lose their attacking verve slightly, potentially a result of being without fellow star attacking linchpin David Ball. However, replacement striker Gary Hooper did a solid job up front, and there were never any outlandish defensive lapses as they looked to shut up shop at the back.

A few half-chances for the visitors created a nervy moment or two for the season-high home crowd of 9,166, but Liberato Cacace secured the victory in the 88th minute with just their second shot on target, with the left back cutting in after a powerful surge from his wing and scuffing a deflected shot past a sprawling Lopar.

Despite another three points being accumulated and a weekend spot in the top four secured, it was by no means a perfect performance. Talay would have surely preferred a more polished offensive display, and the Wanderers have been strugglers all year, now having lost seven of their last nine matches.

However, it was another match that the Phoenix never looked like losing, and if they can repeat that dose when they visit the Brisbane Roar next Saturday, they’ll have a new record to savour.

The Phoenix celebrate Ulises Davila’s goal.

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New Zealand rugby’s long season is insane Chris Rattue NZME

This column was originally intended as a plea to Beauden Barrett, that he get the boots out and zoom down to Blues training.

It’s revolution time pal, but only if you’re there. So how about doing a u-turn on your decision to have a break?

Then reality set in.

I contacted the Blues in hope more than anticipation, and they duly confirmed that the great man will only be on deck for “full duties” from April 15.

And who can blame him, after those long, demanding, high pressure years (and countless airline flights) with the All Blacks and Hurricanes?

Rugby proper starts in just under three weeks’ time when Warren Gatland’s Chiefs roll up to Eden Park for a Super Rugby date with the Blues.

The season finishes a mammoth 10 months later when the All Blacks haul themselves onto Murrayfield for the inevitable slaying of Scotland.

Heavy contact sport doesn’t have to be this way. And given what its combatants go through, it shouldn’t be this way.

The NFL knows what it is up to.

NFL overtook Major League Baseball as America’s favourite pro sport a long time ago, and maintains this position with a 17-week regular season. Just five weeks later it’s all over with Super

Bowl.

Players get an amazing break, and fans have their appetites whetted.

And then, wacko, when the new season starts, this amazing thing happens. All the players are ready to play again.

If rugby was a proper professional sport, a new Blues era would start – probably in late March – with one of the greatest players many of us have ever seen in the spotlight.

Right now, I’m guessing the best way of keeping up with Beauden Barrett is to go play on Twitter.

Rather than a grand entry, he’ll have a soft launch.

But as I said, you can’t blame exhausted All Black legends like

Barrett, Sam Whitelock, Brodie Retallick and co from working a few deals involving rest periods for themselves.

It is hard to point the finger of blame for this anywhere in particular, because no one designed this schedule, which is the problem.

There are so many blurred lines that even the player unions seem to be fiddling while their players burn out. Rugby, the ultimate team game, has become the sport of individual side deals and staggered starts. So why the mess?

Openly professional rugby came into being as a rushed necessity, after visionaries or mercenaries depending on your point of view made remarkable head-

way in luring the best players to a renegade outfit in the mid 1990s.

In an astonishing moment of rugby energy, the establishment fought back. Then it sat back, thinking the war had been won, that it could basically carry on operating as a sort of paid amateurism.

But as with a lot of wars, the moment of victory was a lot sweeter than what was to come.

Uneasy and imperfect alliances, and shaky competition formats, had been formed. Rugby was still at war, with itself.

We’re often told that sport teaches us about life. But if the people running rugby were running the world we’d all be huddling in bomb shelters.

The arts of negotiation and compromise in the name of a grand vision barely exist in rugby union. The international rugby board is a cartel of self-interest and smugness, with members allergic to making concessions.

Aligning all the parts of the game has proved impossible.

Professional rugby started so brightly, enjoyed a few wonder years, before the problems came to the surface.

It was forged at the time of the 1995 World Cup, which produced an unusual glow.

For many of the people who were in South Africa in 1995, Nelson Mandela’s appearance at the final remains a highlight of their sporting journeys. Footy intersected with and influenced a world event, in the humble shadow of one of history’s most amazing figures.

The cruel apartheid system had been broken, and a man long imprisoned under it was now the leader of his country.

This was a kind of miracle, one enhanced by South Africa’s unlikely victory over the All Blacks.

Rugby seemed blessed.

But sport only thrives on drive, inspiration, smart planning, clever leaders and a reasonable supply of cohesion.

Rugby has precious few of those traits which is why, in a few weeks’ time, we will troop off to Eden Park, or turn on the TV, and Beauden Barrett won’t be there.

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Silverware for cricketers

By Matt Markham

matt.m@theguardian.co.nz

The Mid Canterbury Year 8 cricket side might not have brought back the major piece of silverware from the South Island Primary School Tournament but they didn’t come home empty-handed either.

In a cruel twist of fate, the young Mid Canterbury lads finished fourth equal at the end of the pool play stage of the competition, but with a low run-rate, actually found themselves ranked ninth meaning they ended up in the bottom division.

Despite the setback, they picked themselves up and produced some excellent results at the business end of the tournament to win the Neville Hoskin Plate after they beat Marlborough in a gripping encounter on the final day of play.

It was fitting that it was Marlborough who they faced as it was they who started Mid Canterbury’s tournament in the wrong fashion.

After their first match was abandoned on, Mid Canterbury found themselves all out for 72 in the first match of the tournament with Marlborough running down their total with ease to win by eight wickets.

Day two was much better though with a shock win over Dunedin in the morning after chasing down 120 with Tom McKenzie top scoring with 42 not out.

A loss to Nelson in the afternoon didn’t help the cause – but two strong wins on the third day of the tournament put them in with a chance.

They beat Buller comfortably

Smith claims Currie’s record NZME

The Mid Canterbury Year 8 cricket side who won the Neville Hoskin Plate last week.

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with both Blake Robinson and Tyler Maher grabbing three wickets each before they stepped out in the afternoon and beat Otago Country. Run rates then came into play and Mid Canterbury found themselves in the bottom half of the competition.

They faced West Coast in the semi-final on Thursday where the games were extended to 40 over innings and after winning the toss and batting first amassed a huge 385.

Robinson was in the runs, scoring 84 while Tyler Maher added 78 down the bottom of the order and George Fulton scored a tidy 55.

In reply, West Coast had no answer and they were all out for 55 with Hanroux Wessels doing the damage with the ball, taking 4-10 off 4.4 overs.

That set up a repeat match with Marlborough on Friday.

After winning the toss, Mid Canterbury batted first and

scored 148. Patrick McHugh scored 39 while Robinson chipped in with 27.

In reply, Marlborough made a good fist of it and a stubborn last wicket stand threatened to end the tournament on a sour note for Mid Canterbury before they claimed the final wicket with Marlborough needing just two runs to win the match.

Fulton was in outstanding form with the ball taking 5-20 off his eight overs.

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Liverpool successfully march on NZME By gaining redemption for one of the darkest days in its history, Southampton succeeded in pushing record-breaking Liverpool even closer to its first English league title in 30 years.

A 2-1 win at Leicester yesterday gave Southampton a measure of revenge for its humiliating 9-0 loss to the same opponent in the Premier League 2½ months ago.

That loss was the club’s biggest ever and the heaviest home defeat in the country’s long history of top-flight football.

At the same time, it gave Liverpool a chance to pull further clear at the top in its quest to reclaim the biggest prize in English football. The Reds didn’t waste it, beating Tottenham 1-0 a couple of hours later thanks to Roberto Firmino’s first-half strike.

Liverpool has a scarcely believable 16-point lead – with a game in hand over second-placed Leicester, too – and has made the best-ever start to a season

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Xherdan Shaqiri and goal-scorer Roberto Firmino celebrate Liverpool’s defeat of Tottenham.

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“It’s for sure special, but I just can’t feel it,” Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said.

“What I know about football is if somebody gives you a trophy or something, then it’s done. Until then, you have to fight as much as you can.

“But so far,” Klopp added with

a smile, “so really good.”

Manchester City can climb above Leicester by winning away to Aston Villa this week.

Since that embarrassment against Leicester in October, which plunged Southampton into the relegation zone, Ralph Hasenhüttl’s team has the fourth best record in the Premier League after winning six of its subsequent 12 games.

Relegation seems unlikely now and Hasenhüttl’s reputation has been restored.

“We’ve changed everything – the behaviour, how we play, how we create chances, the commitment, the belief in what we are doing,” he said.

“We will never forget the result of the first game. But the second part of the story was for us, and that was the target today.”

Hasenhüttl also has the most in-form striker in the league in Danny Ings, who scored the winner for his 14th goal in an increasingly impressive season for the striker.

It is starting to look like Kyle Smith is a name we will be hearing a lot more of.

The Taupo triathlete announced his arrival into long distance triathlon with a win in his debut event, the Taupo 70.3 Ironman in December. Now, he has put the triathlon world on notice with a course record-breaking victory at the Tauranga Half in Mount Maunganui on Saturday.

Smith finished the 2km swim, 90km bike and 21.1km run in 3h 42m 7s, smashing the record set

by Braden Currie in 2017 by three minutes and 31 seconds.

Auckland’s Jack Moody was second in 3h 45m 20s and Rotorua’s Olly Shaw was third in 3h 51m 44s.

Smith described the win as “unbelievable”.

“It was a hard day out there, the half ironmans are always hard being so long. I really enjoyed the day, led wire to wire again – I had a really good swim and managed to open a gap, got on the bike and felt really good so put my head down and went for it.

“I got off the bike and the run legs came together, I was able to settle into my pace and when I realised the second guy wasn’t catching I was able to let off the pedal a little bit and enjoy the day,” Smith said.

Breaking the record was not something he had targeted going into the race but it was a nice bonus for a hard day’s work.

“I just really wanted to execute my day like I planned. The course record is the icing on the cake, I’m really happy.

“Braden [Currie] is such a classy athlete, he’s done so much in the sport and really paved the way for us New Zealand triathletes. I had the pleasure of training with him for a couple of weeks in 2017 and saw how dedicated he was and how hard he works so I tried to put that into my own training.

I was happy enough to break his record and hopefully he can line up next year and we can go toeto-toe.”

Meanwhile, local star Hannah Wells maintained her remarkable run of victories, taking the women’s elite title for the second consecutive year.

It was her 10th win in a row, including running races.

Wells finished in 4h 11m 6s, just 19 seconds short of the course record and two minutes faster than last year.

Auckland’s Rebecca Clarke was second in 4h 21m 35s and United States athlete Lisa Roberts was third in 4h 27m 59s.

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Class filly beats the boys NZ Racing Desk Class filly Travelling Light displayed a brilliant turn of foot to down her male rivals as she left no excuses for the beaten brigade in the Woodridge Homes Levin Classic at Trentham.

The El Roca three-year-old had gone close to Group One glory when finishing third in the New Zealand One Thousand Guineas at Riccarton in November after being thrust into the unfamiliar role of pacemaker that day.

Trainer Ben Foote and co-owner Col MacRury felt their charge was disadvantaged that day by not being able to show her dazzling acceleration so a plan was hatched to trail in behind in Saturday’s contest.

Rider Sam Collett, who had to make the difficult decision to give up the mount of race rival Riodini, followed the blueprint to perfection as she sat back on the fence on a muddling speed before tracking up behind race favourite Harlech approaching the home bend.

Harlech took over with 300m to run and looked to be travelling comfortably however Collett was biding her time on her mount who was idling along behind Harlech and ready to pounce.

Collett pushed the go button and the response was immediate as Travelling Light dashed to the front before easing to a comfortable one length victory over a game Harlech with Riodini battling resolutely out

M3 Fields for Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club meeting at Addington Raceway today. NZ meeting number: 3.

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, 12.02pm (NZT) THE FITZ SPORTS BAR SPRINT C1, 295m 1 45848 Batty Who 17.73 .....................M Smith 2 46265 Gadzooks 17.44........................B Dann 3 72277 Dream Runner 17.34 J M........McCook 4 41778 Goldstar McQueen 17.58 ...S & B Evans 5 77878 Smash Surprise 17.49.............M Grant 6 66565 Homebush Boden 17.44....J McInerney 7 57232 Know Dollars 17.51............... G Cleeve 8 47656 Right On Time 17.52...........H Anderton 2 12.20pm GARRARD’S HORSE AND HOUND DASH C1, 295m 1 8387x Sozin’s Melody nwtd........J McInerney 2 58758 Paringi Pam 17.39 M &............. Smith 3 31182 Maffra Daisy 17.50..........J McInerney 4 21467 Punters Kirsty 17.39..............R Wales 5 388x7 Stumpy Bill nwtd.............. M Dempsey 6 41773 Second Summer 17.46.............A Lee 7 84687 Goldstar Shiloah 17.40 S &...B Evans 8 25546 Cold Affair 17.37................ L Waretini

Ben Foote and Sam Collett celebrate winning the Levin Classic with Travelling Light on Saturday.

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The victory was the first for Foote at Group One level and the former top jumps jockey was trying to take it all in as he was swamped by well-wishers in the Trentham birdcage.

“It was a great ride by Sam as it was what we had talked about doing,” Foote said.

“When she ended up there (back on the fence) I was pretty happy.

“I was confident she could run him (Harlech) down but I was surprised at how slow

they had gone early on.

“I thought she ran it out strong, so we’ll go back and talk it out as we have a few different options with her now.”

It was the second Group One prize for Collett who took out the 2019 edition of the Auckland Cup on Glory Days and she was glowing in her praise for Travelling Light who she has ridden in four of her five career victories.

“It couldn’t have gone any better than if I had asked,” she said.

“I really wanted to be the one doing the chasing and it’s full credit to Ben as she looks absolutely amazing and she is something special.

“When I got out, she gave me about four strides before she got herself organised but then she locks in on where she’s off to and she does the rest herself.

“She’s just got amazing tenacity and is a rider’s dream. She never overtaxes herself and she feels as though she has got an endless gas tank.”

Bred by MacRury and his father Ian who shares in the ownership of the filly with his son, Travelling Light is the first Group One winner for her sire El Roca who stands at Westbury Stud.

El Roca is well represented at the upcoming National Yearling Sale at Karaka where a total of 24 individuals will go under the hammer during the six days of selling including five during the Book 1 session that starts on Sunday, January 26.

Christchurch dogs Today at Addington raceway 3 12.37pm MURRAY & HANNAH @ RAY WHITE CASHMERE DASH C1, 295m 1 84576 Heidi Hates Rap 18.06.......S Hindson 2 48868 Smash Dragon 17.63............ M Grant 3 25214 Goldstar Tawny 17.29 S &.....B Evans 4 26756 Sass ‘Em Up 17.31 J M......... McCook 5 56478 Goldstar Vale nwtd S &.........B Evans 6 64748 Elite Blueblood 17.69......J McInerney 7 56655 Opa’s Joy 17.33....................R Casey 8 5737x Sefton Force nwtd.................R Wales 4 12.55pm ANGLER’S ARMS TAVERN SPRINT C1, 295m 1 18477 Denuto 17.52......................R Adcock 2 35448 Impressive Flash 17.53...J McInerney 3 76675 Goldstar Liberty 17.32 J M.... McCook 4 54777 Curly Bill 17.59................ M Dempsey 5 82227 Calm Inferno 17.60................ B Dann 6 54864 Absent nwtd.........................G Cleeve 7 74575 Goldstar Halsey 17.41 S &....B Evans 8 66627 Horse Range Gold 17.71...... M Grant 5 1.12pm HAPPY BIRTHDAY CEANA SMITH DASH C1, 295m 1 75866 Little Lottie 17.47 M &............... Smith 2 13372 Opa’s Dream 17.58...............R Casey 3 7168x So Flossy 17.82..................... B Dann

4 45447 Gotcha Pixie 17.64...............J M Lane 5 66478 Crushington 17.51...........J McInerney 6 77658 Goldstar Tasman 17.68 S &..B Evans 7 75178 Chicago Head 17.84.......J McInerney 8 36646 Jay Spencer 17.57............. L Waretini 6 1.30pm AMBER CLEANING SERVICES SPRINT C1, 295m 1 78375 Epic Mate 17.41 J M............. McCook 2 66753 Goldstar Clover 18.20 S &....B Evans 3 617 Know Farewell 17.66................G Cleeve 4 33785 Smash Gator 17.39............... M Grant 5 38743 Goldstar Wynter 17.36 S &...B Evans 6 34384 Mulberry Brit 17.60............ K Cassidy 7 2F128 ST Andrews 17.61..................D Lane 8 26837 Homebush Flynn 17.30...J McInerney 7 1.48pm CRATE & BARREL HOTEL DASH C1, 295m 1 44616 Shoelace Jack 17.65....... M Dempsey 2 37686 Call Me Joe 17.31.......... A Botherway 3 87348 Tearaway Tara 17.43 J M...... McCook 4 34452 Goldstar Perrie 17.44 S &.....B Evans 5 15268 Azkadellia 17.44..............R Blackburn 6 57323 Tremonti 17.78....................... B Dann 7 12865 Father Leo nwtd..............J McInerney 8 586x7 It’s A Joke 17.26..............J McInerney 8 2.06pm BEACH CAFE & WINE BAR SPRINT C1,

295m 1 52623 Know Majority 17.44............G Cleeve 2 x4727 Dagny 17.38 J M................... McCook 3 67553 Goldstar Power 17.49 S &.....B Evans 4 46887 Ohoka Kate 17.37.............. L Waretini 5 38231 Raquel Allen 17.47.............C Roberts 6 38758 Mulberry Will 17.71............ K Cassidy 7 66776 Fernando Bill 17.90......... M Dempsey 8 56368 Prince Rohit 17.56..........J McInerney 9 2.22pm AVONHEAD TAVERN SPRINT C1, 295m 1 25687 Know Approval 17.28...........G Cleeve 2 68551 Ezra Blueblood 17.33......J McInerney 3 13365 Sydneys Sox 17.30............ L Waretini 4 45655 Andrea Said 18.14 J M......... McCook 5 86842 Jinja Sneak 17.36..................A Joyce 6 35242 Mulberry Rock 17.48.......... K Cassidy 7 58258 Goldstar Charger 17.72 S &.. B Evans 8 67735 Aroha 17.19................... A Botherway 10 2.42pm SHIRLEY VET CLINIC STAKES C1, 520m 1 35F53 Shermo Bale 30.57............C Roberts 2 21555 Billy Ray 30.93.................N Wanhalla 3 76265 Ohoka Carsen 30.88.......... L Waretini 4 36286 Goldstar Chief 30.83 S &......B Evans 5 22473 Goldstar Whitey 30.35 S &....B Evans 6 41754 Hustle Ace 30.54..............N Wanhalla 7 67687 Meka 30.19...........................C Steele

8 33F17 Ain’t He Lucky 30.82........N Wanhalla 9 51587 Go Rap nwtd.........................R Wales 10 7x464 Dyna Wink nwtd.................C Roberts 11 3.00pm ISLINGTON TAVERN DASH C1, 295m 1 27F86 Mitcham Ryder 17.79......J McInerney 2 77287 Dapper Danny 17.56......... J McMillan 3 461 Jaubert 17.66..............................J Dunn 4 878x8 Caramel Rose 17.52....... M Dempsey 5 35367 Goldstar Hurley nwtd......... L Waretini 6 31442 Jinja Twinkle 17.55.................A Joyce 7 58788 Goldstar Rebel 17.81 S &.....B Evans 8 82554 Sozin’s Noir nwtd............J McInerney 12 3.17pm RE-ENERGISE DASH C1, 295m 1 35646 Yanira Bale 17.33...............C Roberts 2 68848 Punch On Woody 17.58..J McInerney 3 75655 Cool Beans nwtd.............J McInerney 4 45665 Goldstar Spook 17.67 S &....B Evans 5 62136 Grey Wind nwtd................N Wanhalla 6 78826 Mulberry Sox 17.87............ K Cassidy 7 F1634 Know Tactics 17.61..............G Cleeve 8 42577 Billy Budd 17.51............. A Botherway LEGEND: fsdt — First Start Here nwd — No Win this Distance fstd — First Start This Distance 31 13 — Best Winning Time This Track

M5 Palmerston North dogs Today at Manawatu Raceway

Fields for Palmerston North Greyhound Racing Club (2014) Incorporated meeting at Manawatu Raceway today. NZ meeting number: 5. Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12. Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 RACE 1, 12.46pm (NZT) TAB BONUS BACK PROMOTION FOR RACES 1 & 2 C0 C0, 410m 1 57648 Telltale Signs nwtd................................M Olden 2 53743 Sub Twenty Three nwtd............................ L Cole 3 2 Miss Adobe nwtd...............................M Roberts 4 7 Adobe Girl nwtd.................................M Roberts 5 Big Time Eden nwtd................................. L Cole 6 2321 Allegro Lanie nwtd................................... L Cole 7 5367 Big Time Angel nwtd................................ L Cole 8 66646 Goldstar Malone nwtd.....................S Gommans 9 54568 Trudy Remarkable nwtd........................C Morris 10 884 Big Time Anton nwtd................................ L Cole RACE 2, 1.03pm TAB BONUS BACK PROMOTION FOR RACES 1 & 2 C3 C3, 410m 1 43137 Tazia 23.53........................................ D Denbee 2 63843 Johny Mowhawk nwtd........................ D Denbee 3 15261 Thrilling Bruce 23.44............................. K Walsh 4 88822 Bigtime Sheer nwtd.................................. L Cole 5 74216 Big Time Spot 23.69................................ L Cole 6 31141 Bees And Birds 23.64.............................. L Cole 7 32655 Bigtime Caleb 23.56................................ L Cole 8 11121 Giraffe Club 23.65.................................... L Cole 9 4666x All Black Star 23.75............................ M Gowan 10 88775 Magic Flynn 23.38 G &.................S Fredrickson

RACE 3, 1.20pm THRILLING BORIS AT STUD C3/C4 C3/4, 410m 1 64365 Bigtime Emjay 23.56 G &..............S Fredrickson 2 15663 Big Time Frosty 23.37.............................. L Cole 3 76413 Bigtime Bronx nwtd G &................S Fredrickson 4 21145 Bigtime Jasmine 23.51............................ L Cole 5 81266 Bigtime Charlote nwtd............................. L Cole 6 16646 Zipping Gabby nwtd J &............................D Bell 7 2854x Bigtime Bee 23.51................................... L Cole 8 55121 Harpoon Harry 23.91 D &................ J MacAuley 9 4666x All Black Star 23.75............................ M Gowan 10 88775 Magic Flynn 23.38 G &.................S Fredrickson RACE 4, 1.36pm ALLEGRO GUN AT STUD C0 C0, 457m 1 34523 Fool’s Russian nwtd................................. L Cole 2 72651 Young Dumb Broke nwtd......................M Olden 3 666 Big Time Kevin nwtd................................ L Cole 4 24742 Big Time Harley nwtd............................... L Cole 5 Allegro Kyle nwtd..................................... L Cole 6 75274 Big Time Harper nwtd.............................. L Cole 7 3831 Allegro Curtis nwtd.................................. L Cole 8 8 Angry Jane nwtd................................M Roberts 9 64773 Goldstar Hadlee nwtd...................... G Hodgson 10 48676 Life Is Good nwtd..................................M Olden RACE 5, 1.54pm KNOW CLASS AT STUD C1 C1, 457m 1 87265 Tuff Mr. Tee 26.54............................S Gommans 2 24173 Slam It 26.64...................................J McInerney 3 1476 Big Time Mac nwtd.................................. L Cole 4 61756 Double That 26.35 G &.................S Fredrickson 5 82342 Thomas William 25.97....................... D Denbee

6 2321 Thrilling Baxter nwtd............................. K Walsh 7 33821 Big Time Chad 26.50............................... L Cole 8 27678 Lady Jellybean nwtd..........................M Goodier 9 66268 Tuff Jewel nwtd...................................B Mitchell 10 66475 Bigtime Fred 26.04.................................. L Cole RACE 6, 2.12pm CAWBOURNE BRICK AT STUD C1 C1, 457m 1 33664 Morning Sun 26.37.........................J McInerney 2 63541 Big Time Odette 26.16............................. L Cole 3 84452 Zipping Luther nwtd J &............................D Bell 4 75153 Penny Mowhawk nwtd....................... D Denbee 5 3611 Big Time Baby 26.83................................ L Cole 6 48422 Grunty Mama 26.80 S &.................C Blackburn 7 15513 Bigtime Bailey nwtd................................. L Cole 8 25751 Tuff Knight 26.78.................................B Mitchell 9 84735 Dyna Bryleigh nwtd............................M Roberts 10 66475 Bigtime Fred 26.04.................................. L Cole RACE 7, 2.30pm KILCHURN AT STUD TERMINATING PICK 6 C1/C2 C1/2, 457m 1 71667 Chat Ya Later nwtd.................................. I Howe 2 22366 Electrical Storm 26.30.......................M Goodier 3 73676 Vibe nwtd..........................................A Turnwald 4 46214 Nuclear Jewel nwtd............................... L Doody 5 35312 Diamond Geezer 26.91......................M Goodier 6 35273 Double What nwtd J &..............................D Bell 7 44751 Big Time Trae 26.11................................. L Cole 8 46788 Big Time Gina 26.28................................ L Cole 9 86688 Tuff Treasure 26.52.............................B Mitchell 10 66475 Bigtime Fred 26.04.................................. L Cole

RACE 8, 2.48pm DREAM COLLECTOR AT STUD C2/C3 C2/3, 457m 1 62146 Mother’s Touch nwtd J &...........................D Bell 2 72751 Big Time Benny 26.58.............................. L Cole 3 76357 Djay Dynamix 25.79................................. L Cole 4 11572 Simply Smooth 26.06............................... L Cole 5 13353 Bigtime Forest 25.97................................ L Cole 6 62434 Bigtime Acacia 26.09............................... L Cole 7 66887 Big League Diva 25.95 G &..........S Fredrickson 8 45215 Bigtime Benji 26.11.................................. L Cole 9 86688 Tuff Treasure 26.52.............................B Mitchell RACE 9, 3.09pm OUTBACK TRADING COMPANY C4 C4, 457m 1 14257 Bigtime Bret 26.21................................... L Cole 2 635F8 Thrilling Trev 26.10..........................K Gommans 3 81176 Bigtime Lilah 25.75.................................. L Cole 4 56433 Bigtime Bruno 26.19................................ L Cole 5 2x514 Thrilling Winter 25.87............................ K Walsh 6 77251 Buddy Loaded 26.23....................... G Hodgson 7 31145 Melita Vella 25.92..................................... L Cole 8 25527 Bigtime Archie 26.36................................ L Cole RACE 10, 3.26pm BUDDY BROKE AT STUD C1 C1, 410m 1 82736 Taranaki Brie nwtd................................ C Brider 2 75453 Big Time May 23.52................................. L Cole 3 84772 Mitsuta nwtd............................................D Edlin 4 42421 Big Time Gwyn nwtd................................ L Cole 5 64314 Thrilling Hudson nwtd........................... K Walsh 6 7132 Big Time Miley nwtd................................. L Cole 7 66431 Opal Nora nwtd...............................J McInerney

8 63735 Double Change nwtd......................S Gommans 9 76636 Cawbourne Moss 23.75.....................M Roberts 10 17565 Mickey Mowhawk 24.23..................... D Denbee RACE 11, 3.44pm SPEED LEGEND AT STUD C2 C2, 410m 1 33527 Bigtime Daisy 23.61................................. L Cole 2 64414 Barbarossa Boy 23.98..................... B Goldsack 3 x2168 Triple What 23.66 J &................................D Bell 4 22677 Naharis nwtd...........................................D Edlin 5 35581 Big Time Clare 23.90............................... L Cole 6 47645 Big Time Tatum 24.32.............................. L Cole 7 46583 Tuff Temptress 23.72...........................B Mitchell 8 56664 Big Time Dusty 23.76.............................. L Cole 9 68641 Bigtime Molly 23.81................................. L Cole 10 36777 Dyna Lenny nwtd............................K Gommans RACE 12, 4.01pm AMERICAN WARRIOR AT STUD C1 C1, 410m 1 11131 Big Time Jonie 24.00............................... L Cole 2 78857 Elouera Mist 23.90 J &..............................D Bell 3 222F4 Big Time Eilish nwtd............................. C Brider 4 64414 Leslie Albert nwtd............................ B Goldsack 5 84412 Big Time Pluto 23.82............................... L Cole 6 52756 Thrilling Ivy nwtd.............................K Gommans 7 x6261 Ophira Bale nwtd...............................M Roberts 8 63372 Gemmas Dilemma nwtd.................J McInerney 9 75853 Plan Stan nwtd..................................... L Pearce 10 25784 Paris End nwtd......................................... L Cole 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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■■ CAMBRIDGE

Chase Auckland too good HRNZ Chase Auckland defied a sustained betting drift to win his second feature pace of the summer, at Cambridge on Friday night.

In the hands of his co-trainer Mark Purdon, Chase Auckland came from last, and was widest on the final bend, to bury his opponents in the $50,000 Group 2 Flying Mile.

The race didn’t pan out as most had expected with outsider Dance Time, who was drawn the ace, able to hold the lead, meaning the Barry Purdon-trained pair On The Cards and Mach Shard were parked and one-one respectively.

While Dance Time finished out of the money, his stablemate, Check In, slipped up the markers to run second at odds of $126, and their stablemates Triple Eight and Step Up rounded out the first four, quite a remarkable result for the Steve Telfer-trained team.

But there was no taking away from the winner, who was clearly the best on display.

He opened a $3 second favourite on Tuesday, but after a barrage of money for Mach Shard, Chase Auckland drifted out to $4.50.

Race favourite Thefixer finished near-last but had an excuse as he cast a shoe during the running.

And given his history of feet issues, it’s put his planned Australian campaign in doubt.

“It would have happened early on because he didn’t feel that good most of the way,” driver and

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Chase Auckland (inside) came from near last to win the Cambridge Flying Mile on Friday night.

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co-trainer Natalie Rasmussen said on the stable’s website.

“It usually would set him back long enough to delay his trip to Australia but we will wait overnight before making any decisions.”

“Everything had been going well with him and it’s a shame this has happened.”

Chase Auckland will definitely head to Melbourne today,

along with pacing stablemates Self Assured, Smooth Deal, Cruz Bromac and Ashley Locaz It was a case ‘same stuff, different day’ for Purdon and Rasmussen – they also won the night’s other feature, the $30,000 Cambridge Flying Stakes, with rising star Oscar Bonavena.

He got the perfect one-one passage behind stablemate Winterfell in the six-horse field and,

when asked to accelerate by Purdon a furlong out, put the field away comfortably.

Massive Metro was brave in second, narrowly ahead of Winterfell, who got caught wide early before finding ‘the chair’.

Oscar Bonavena will now head to Victoria today for a slew of trotting features, starting with the Cochran Cup at Ballarat next Saturday night.

■■ TRENTHAM STAKES

Chris Johnson weaves his magic NZ Racing Desk Free-going southern galloper Camino Rocoso led his rivals a merry chase when he dominated proceedings from the front to take out the first of the Trentham features on Saturday, the Trentham Stakes.

Rider Chris Johnson was struggling to keep his mount in check in the initial stages of the contest as the Shocking six-year-old shot away to a 10-length lead and was keen to go even faster.

Johnson knew what he had under him and turned for home still six lengths clear of his nearest pursuer as the rest of the field started to get motivated to try and hunt him down.

Camino Rocoso never looked like flinching despite the chasers whittling away at the margin and went to the line a length to the good of race favourite Fiscal Fantasy with fellow North Island raider Masetto in third.

Co-trainer Karen Parsons, who prepares Camino Rocoso in partnership with husband John, admitted the stable had been confi-

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Camino Rocoso tears away with the Trentham Stakes on Saturday afternoon.

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“That’s what he does down south as that’s how he likes to run,” Parsons said.

“We just hoped he could keep

going as we all thought he could do it but when we (South Island representatives) come up here they rubbish us.

“He (Camino Rocoso) can keep going at a hang of a quick tempo and he (Chris) is magic, he is the

magic man.

“We’ll go home now and have a think about what next.”

Formerly prepared by Cambridge conditioners Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman, Camino Rocoso won four races and was stakes placed on two occasions before transferring to the Parsons operation where he has won another five times to take his tally to nine victories from 41 career starts.

The win was the second North Island prize taken out by the Parsons stable in recent weeks after Kiwi Ida scored in the Manawatu Challenge Stakes at Awapuni last month.

Kiwi Ida will tackle the Westbury Classic at Ellerslie on Karaka Million night (January 25) after consideration had been given to bring her to Trentham to contest another of Saturday’s features, the Bluestar Anniversary Handicap.

“She (Kiwi Ida) is well,” Parsons said.

“I wanted to come here for the anniversary but we’re going to Ellerslie instead.”

As he puts the finishing touches on star juvenile Not An Option’s bid for the $1m Karaka Million 2YO at Ellerslie later this month, Cambridge trainer Tony Pike is already well into the operational requirements for the second phase of his Colts Syndicate initiative that he successfully launched in 2019.

Pike put together a war chest from a group of investors to target a handful of well-bred colts during the National Yearling Sale at Karaka last year in the hopes of developing a future stallion prospect from their racetrack achievements. He finished up buying six yearlings with Not An Option emerging as the leader of the pack to date courtesy of his stunning victory in the Wakefield Challenge Stakes at Trentham last month.

That result saw Cambridge Stud proprietors Brendan and Jo Lindsay purchase a controlling interest in the Not A Single Doubt youngster for future stud duties and vindicate Pike’s original project decision.

Such has been the demand, Pike will target Karaka again in 2020 for the second edition of the programme while he has also taken the plunge to expand the scheme into Australia this year. Stage one of the Australian opportunity was completed during the week when Pike outlaid A$300,000 for a Not A Single Doubt colt at the Magic Millions Yearling Sale on the Gold Coast.

“We’ve had terrific feedback from our first Colts syndicate and the original investors are keen to go again so we will be back at Karaka this year to look for another half a dozen yearlings,” Pike said.

“We have a couple of new people wanting to be involved, which is fantastic and we have even decided to expand into the Australian market for a second group of investors.

“We bought the Not A Single Doubt colt as the first stage to filling that syndicate and we will be looking around the other sales over there in the next few months for some more to add.

“Guy Mulcaster and I will start our inspections of the Karaka draft on the Monday before the sale and will work our way down to a short list once we have seen them all.

“It was a really competitive market last year and I don’t expect it to be any different this year.”

Pike is pleased with how Not An Option has trained on following his defeat to fellow Karaka Million 2YO contender Play That Song at Ellerslie on New Year’s Day in the Gr.2 Eclipse Stakes (1200m) but will wait until he has met with the Lindsays and Cambridge Stud CEO Henry Plumptre before confirming a start in the juvenile feature on January 25.

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Your Stars ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): You’ll do what others would consider risky, scary or difficult. You’re not trying to prove anything. This is either where life has led you or where your interests have culminated. This is just who you are.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): You’ve amassed a number of tricks in your toolbox, and now is the time to stay in touch with your resources. Think about what your best moves are so that when the time comes you’ll remember to use them.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): Tensions will rise, you’ll rise higher if you interrupt the escalation by excusing yourself for 15 minutes. Get away.

Get calm and comfortable. Once you’re out of the fray, you’ll see the situation in a new light.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): It is the aim of your side to suppress evil and uphold the virtuous. The aim of the other side is exactly the same. The only differences are differences of definition.

Of course, that is everything.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): Your mind is quick to assign meaning and reason to every feeling. This unnecessarily complicates matters. When you let feelings surface and fade without attaching a story, you move lighter through life.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): Now that you are starting to see some progress in this journey, the most important thing is to stay on the same path.

Do not seek a new destination. Consolidate and stick to the mission.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): You’re not going to stop anything by fighting head-on today. Accept and redirect.

Make contact with the thing you want to eliminate from your life, but only enough contact to nudge it away from you.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): You’ll experience sensations that keep you on your toes. Tiny distractions, a buzzy feeling, nervousness, they’re all indications of heightened awareness. They will pass. Find the gift in them before they do.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): Better to take action out of a fiery desire for the result, or because you’re in love with the promise of the task, than to take it out of a sense of obligation. When love is involved, hard things become easy.

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PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): When you see what you want, you like to get it immediately. Try not to be impatient. In today’s case, waiting can prevent bigger frustration later. Give it 48 hours.

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ACROSS 1. Excursion (6) 5. Holy (6) 9. Bewilder (6) 10. Centre (6) 11. Arab ruler (4) 12. Candidates (8) 14. Foolishness (6) 16. Small huts (6) 19. Bans (8) 21. Frozen (4) 22. Yearned (6) 23. More tidy (6) 24. Submits (6) 25. Ejects (6)

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Across: 1. Conferences 7. Misused 9. Char 11. Swell 12. Snares 14. Restitution 18. Gideon 20. Indue 22. Edge 23. Regency 24. Confidently 4 9 5 Down: 2. Obscene 3. Rude 4. Ether 5. Amish 6. Crust 2 8. Solution 10. Knitting 13. Etc 15. Ordinal 16. Agree 7 1 17. Beryl 19. Doggo 21. Arid

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DOWN 2. Weaponless (7) 3. Blaze (7) 4. Envious (5-4) 6. Excuse (5) 7. Set right (7) 8. Frocks (7) 13. Add up (4,5) 14. In the best case (7) 15. Perfumed smoke (7) 17. Paper art (7) 18. Most enthusiastic (7) 20. Tip over (5)

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Fill the grid so that every column, every row and 3x3 box contains the digits 1 to 9.

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9 4 7 8

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8 1

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3 3 5 1 6

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3 9 9 7 4 3 1

1 6 7

1 3 7 2 8 5 6 4 9

2 5 9 6 4 7 8 1 3

3 6 2 9 5 4 7 8 1

5 1 4 8 7 2 3 9 6

9 7 8 3 6 1 5 2 4

6 2 1 7 3 9 4 5 8

8 9 5 4 2 6 1 3 7

7 4 3 5 1 8 9 6 2

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Across: 1. Debt 3. Fetching 9. Connect 10. Rifle 2 11. Clothes 8 horse 14. Ebb 16. Ratio 17. Duo 18. Incendiaries 21. Squib 7 4 22. Dredged 23. Dithered 24. Fear 2 Down: 1. Decocted 2. Banjo 4. Eat 5.

6 Corroborated 7 3 6. Infused 7. Glen 8. Rechargeable 12. Sated 13. Consider 4 9 6 15. Banquet 19. Ingle 20. Used 22. Dye

Previous solution: ark, arks, art, arts, ask, ats, karst, kas, rat, rats, sark, sat, ska, skat, star, stark, tar, tars, task, tsar

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How many words of three or more letters, including plurals, can you make from the five letters, using each letter only once? No foreign words or words beginning with a capital are allowed.

There’s at least one five-letter word.

Good Verywords Good of 15 three Excellent 21 How 11 many or more letters, including plurals, can you make from the five letters, using each letter only once? No foreign words or words beginning with a capital are allowed.

There’s atsolution: least one five-letter ark, arks, word. art, arts, Previous Good Very kas, Goodrat, 15rats, Excellent ask, ats,11karst, sark, 21 sat, ska, skat, star, stark, tar, tars, task, tsar

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DEATHS JOYCE, Desmond William, (Des) – Peacefully at Lister Home Waimate on Thursday, January 9, 2020; aged 79 years. Dearly loved father and father-in-law of Carolyn and Craig Stevenson, Sharon and Selina Currie-Joyce, Craig Joyce, and Kerry Joyce. Loved grandad and great grandad to all his grandchildren. Much loved brother and brother-inlaw of Ann and Selwyn Pullar, Graeme and Kath Joyce, Denise and Sid Campbell, and Trevor Joyce and Diane Andrews. Heartfelt thanks to the staff of Lister Home.

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Rakaia Fighting Hill (NIWA) at 2:00 pm, yesterday 378.6 no data

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24 Ashburton Guardian

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Angus Jemmett scored a century in his Hawke Cup debut for Mid Canterbury at the weekend.

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Special debut not enough A special Hawke Cup debut by 16-year-old cricketer Angus Jemmett was somewhat overshadowed yesterday when Mid Canterbury finished on the wrong side of the ledger behind Otago Country in Alexandra.

Jemmett, who was called into the side to make his debut off the back of some great form in age group cricket around the South Island, opened the batting for Mid Canterbury and posted an impressive innings of 108 to help his side toward an imposing total.

But, it wasn’t to be with Otago Country running down the required runs with two wickets to spare to claim a first innings win with not enough time remaining in the day

yesterday to complete a second innings.

On Saturday morning, Otago Country won the toss and elected to take the new ball to start the match – a decision they would have felt justified in when they had Nick Gilbert back in the sheds without him adding to the scoresheet.

But that excitement quickly evaporated.

Gilbert’s departure brought Archie Redfern out into the middle alongside Jemmett and the pair would go on and set a new record partnership for any wicket against Otago Country as they both constructed fine innings.

The duo batted for 60 overs and when Redfern fell with a hundred in sight for

94, Mid Canterbury were in the box seat at 2-191.

Jemmett lasted another 12 overs before he went for 108 and Mid Canterbury would have felt they were well in control.

A 47-run partnership between James Southby and Des Kruger added to the scorecard but the rest of the Mid Canterbury batting line-up struggled to get going and eventually they were all out for a more than competitive 327.

With a little bit of time before the end of play, Mid Canterbury had a crack at trying to put a dent in the Otago Country batting line-up, but were unable to.

Right on the 20-over mark, Mid Canter-

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bury had their first wicket and they took them at regular intervals from that point with James Southby stepping up to the plate and delivering a fine spell of bowling to take 4-88 off his 18 overs.

But an unbeaten 146 from middle-order batsman Tim McCormick did all the damage and despite losing partners, he managed to guide the ship and Otago Country got home with two wickets to spare, leaving Mid Canterbury a long drive home from Alexandra to ponder what might have been.

Mid Canterbury won’t have long to dwell on their defeat with their next match, against North Otago, next weekend in Timaru.

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