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Schools to retain search, seizure powers before the amendment bill went through the select committee and put on the table in Parliament.

Fears schools would have severe“But there are some positive ly limited power to keep contra- messages being made. band outside the school gate have “I’m optimistic and hopeful but been stubbed out – a major victory the proof will be in the pudding, so for one Mid Canterbury principal. let’s see where it goes.”

Yesterday, Secondary Principals’ The college commonly used Association president Patrick sniffer dogs and referred pupils Walsh told the Guardian he was with drug or alcohol problems to “satisfied” that proposed chang- the Ashburton Community Alcohol es in the Education Amendment and Drugs Service (ACADS) to help Bill - related to restricting the with rehabilitation. search and seizure powers of Mr McMillan believed if schools drugs, weapons and had restricted other banned items powers then they in schools - would would be left with not go ahead. no choice but to They were Although the exclude or expel bill was still before because very interested pupils the Education and they could not go Science select comthrough processes in how well it mittee, Mr Walsh be reintegrated worked on the to confirmed he had back into school. spoken to MPs and On the back of Mr ground and I members of the select Walsh’s comments, think there was a Mr McMillan said committee.

They told him desire to find out it was encouraging changes would be to hear the select the effects that committee took made to the proposed clauses, meaning concerns could come of schools’ schools would still on board. be able to use sniff“They were very the changes er dogs, drug tests interested in how and other methods well it worked on to maintain pupils’ the ground and I safety. think there was a Ashburton College principal genuine desire to find out the Grant McMillan has been vocal in negative effects and consequences his opposition to the bill, travelling that could come of the changes,” to Wellington last month to put Mr McMillan said. forward his submission against Mr Walsh said it the Ministry of some of the proposed changes.

Education “erred on the side of the In his submission, he said Bill of Rights” when they compiled restricting the powers of school the Education Amendment Bill, staff to search and seize suspect- wanting to hand over sole responed banned items in pupils’ bags sibly for search and seizure to the would muzzle a school’s ability to police. keep other pupils safe and schools He said the select committee drug-free. had indicated to him that they But he supported proposals that wanted schools to be involved in would allow the teachers to search providing more clarity around the electronic devices to reveal cyber- legislation. bullying.

It is likely the Education Speaking yesterday, Mr McMillan Amendment Bill will sit before the was quick to point out there were select committee for a few more still several hoops to jump through weeks before going to Parliament.

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Sad day for bowls club Tinwald Bowling Club’s Carl Andrews casts a solemn figure on what was a sad day at the club yesterday, the club’s last tournament.

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Raising awareness: Ashburton Kidney Society president Charlie Hill sets up in the Ashburton Arcade for World Kidney Day. The society will be offering free blood pressure checks to the public in the hope of raising awareness around kidney issues.

Charlie Hill knows better than anyone the importance of kidneys, having seen his wife and daughter benefit from life-saving transplants.

About five years ago, Mr Hill donated his own kidney.

He had no hesitation when it came to donating the organ after learning his daughter’s kidneys had failed her.

His wife has also been a double recipient, after her brother’s donated kidney failed, causing some serious complications a few years ago.

Thankfully, a donor was on hand to save the day and subsequently save her life.

The transplants are now all in the past and the Hill family are all fighting fit, but their stories stay fresh in their minds.

These days though, the Hill family point to their own experiences and life struggles to help raise greater awareness among the community.

Mr Hill, who is also the president

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of the Ashburton Kidney Society, is constantly pushing the message and today, his team will be in the Ashburton Arcade to mark World Kidney Day. Society members will be out in force offering free blood pressure checks, carried out by registered nurses and paramedics who have volunteered their time for the cause.

“It’s about getting people to think about the seriousness of kidney failure,” Mr Hill said.

“These blood pressure tests are a great way to get an instant idea and if the test comes back as quite high, then we will advise the person to head to see their local GP and carry out further tests.

“About 80 to 90 per cent of people don’t even know they may be living with kidney issues, so that’s why it is really crucial to highlight the cause every so often to ensure people think about it and in turn heighten the rate of early diagnosis,” Mr Hill said.

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Schools want money back

By Myles Hume Mid Canterbury schools have had thousands of dollars sucked out of their reserves and handed to people who are not entitled to it, yet they have no idea how the money will be retrieved.

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Second reading success Workers are a step closer to getting a holiday for nationally important dates every year after a law change was approved by Parliament.

Labour Party MP David Clark’s bill passed its second reading despite failing to win the support of the National or Act parties. It passed by 61 votes to 60 with every other political party voting for it to progress.

The legislation would give workers a holiday on the following Monday when Anzac or Waitangi Day fell on a weekend.

Dr Clark said his bill had the backing of most New Zealanders, including businesses - the only study of support for the law change showed that 87 per cent of employers were in favour.

But National Party MP Chris Auchinvole told Parliament that the bill was unnecessary and would have little impact on the economy.

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to it. Already inundated with other pay woes, schools like Ashburton and Mount Hutt College and Hampstead have left it up to the ministry to get the money back, but three months down the track some have not seen a cent.

Mount Hutt College had $12,000 paid to unintended recipients, but principal John Schreurs did not know when, or if, the first dollar would come in.

“I would like to know how they were going to get it, very much so. I would also like to know when they are going to deal with other problems too,” he said.

Ashburton College principal Grant McMillan has seen about $12,000 of the $40,000 paid to people who were not entitled to it, but he had no idea where the money had come from or how it was retrieved.

“I would like to think they are dealing with our staff in a reasonable way given that they (Novopay provider Talent2) caused all of this.”

Hampstead School principal Peter Melrose said it was hypocritical that debt collectors had been sent to reclaim money, saying schools should send authorities to Novopay provider Talent2 to claim money that was owed to the school staff who had not been paid.

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the Ministry of Education had unleashed debt collectors on some school staff who had been overpaid, but Minister responsible for Novopay Stephen Joyce was forced to retract the “heavy-handed” method yesterday after schools reacted in outrage.

Some Mid Canterbury schools had seen tens of thousands of dollars paid to former staff members and others who were not entitled

By Sue Newman St Stephen’s has joined the growing list of Ashburton churches that now have a big question mark over their post-earthquake future.

When a preliminary report on the church came back showing the building complied at less than 33 per cent of the building code, the closed signs were hammered up on the door.

That decision was made by the church vestry to ensure the safety of church members, vicar Joan Clark said.

“We’ve decided we won’t be using the church again until a full report is done. We’re still waiting to receive the written preliminary report, but once we were told the church was less than 33 per cent we were concerned and didn’t want to put our parishioners at risk,” she said.

It now joins the Baring Square Methodist Church, which is closed and St Andrew’s which is still in use while a comprehensive structural report is awaited.

St Stephen’s Church opened in 1963 replacing the original church built 85 years earlier and while it is many years younger than St Andrew’s and the Baring Square Church it still does not comply with earthquake strength requirements.

“It’s built of reinforced brick so we’re fortunate but we have high gables so we want to be absolutely certain it’s safe. If remedial work is needed, however, it will be quite a financial burden for the church community,” Ms Clark said.

Services will continue at St Stephen’s in the church hall, which is a much newer structure and while this was large enough for day-to-day needs, when it came to accommodating people for large funerals it would struggle to cope, she said.

While St Stephen’s is coming to terms with the possibility of having to foot a large earthquake strengthening bill, the congregation at the Baring Square church have been fighting for their church’s future since the September 2010 earthquake.

The church and its insurers are still at loggerheads over the future of the building and church property officer Allan Tweed said it had been a long and frustrating wait for answers.

“If they came to us tomorrow and

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

Check out guardianonline.co.nz, for up-to-the-minute updates on every fire callout in the district during the week.

• Nothing to report It was a quiet day in the district yesterday, with both the Ashburton Police and fire brigades reporting no incidents.

• Naked man on road Police were called to reports of a naked man affronting passing traffic in Northland, near the intersection of Shoemaker Road and State Highway 1 at Waipu. A witness said the man’s behaviour was offensive and creating a traffic hazard.

He had disappeared by the time police arrived.

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• Lucky campers A group of campers in the Kaweka Forest Park in Hawke’s Bay came within centimetres of being shot by a hunter after he targeted and shot a deer in direct line of sight with the camp. One of the men camping at the Department of Conservation managed site last weekend said freshly gutted remains of the deer were discovered the next morning within 100m of the Ox Bow Kuripapango campsite. -APNZ

• Scary encounter A Tauranga man had a scary close encounter with a dust twister racing across a farm, throwing wood and potatoes into the air. Jeremy Parslow was driving from Auckland to Tauranga when he saw the 20m-high dust devil in a paddock near Matamata about 2.15pm on Tuesday and captured it on film.

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• Assault admitted The former head of security at Rotorua’s Heaven & Hell nightclub has admitted beating up one of its owners. Andrew David Donaldson, 27, pleaded guilty in Rotorua District Court this week to a charge of injuring with intent to injure Pato Alvarez.

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St Stephen’s is the latest church forced to close due to earthquake risk. The church has failed to meet 33 per cent of the building code.

• No plea to assault

INSET: The sign attached to the closed St Stephen’s church doors.

A Taupo dairy farmer charged with intentionally injuring an Ironman cyclist in an alleged road rage attack reappeared in the Taupo District Court yesterday. Joseph Arthur Frederick Roberts, 21, entered no plea to the charge of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and was remanded to reappear on March 27. -APNZ

said there’s a sum of money available I think we’d be struggling as to how to use it,” he said.

The insurers have a deadline of April 30 to come back to the church with their decision on the building and the church was delaying having any serious discussions about the future until that decision was made, Mr Tweed said.

Ironically, the church is insured and the church community is paying expensive cover on a building it

cannot use.

At St Andrew’s the Sinclair Centre and manse are insured but the main and original church have demolition insurance only. And like other churches St Andrew’s is still waiting for an engineer’s assessment of the work required to bring the building up to code.

Once the cost of this work is known, its congregation will also have to make a decision to demolish or strengthen their church.

• Warning pamphlet A pamphlet has been delivered to Palmerston households warning a convicted child sex offender is living in the community. It claims the offender is “sneaking around watching children as they walk to and from school”. The pamphlet advised people to contact police if they were concerned about a stranger approaching their child.

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SCIRT presenter Tony Doak, talking jobs in Ashburton yesterday.

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SCIRT bus signs up some workers As one of the final stops on its final tour, the SCIRT recruitment bus stopped off in Ashburton yesterday offering work opportunities to locals.

The Stronger Christchurch Infrastructure Rebuild Team (SCIRT) is responsible for rebuilding Christchurch’s horizontal structure (roads, wastewater, freshwater and stormwater systems) and needs at least 900 new workers over the next 12 months.

Some of those were signed up yesterday and on an earlier visit

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to Ashburton. For 16 and 17 year olds, signing on with SCIRT means a year of job training combined with school work at one of five Christchurch secondary schools.

The course is free and students are provided with a living allowance.

For people already in the workforce, the sign-on will mean six to 10 weeks of paid training. For both groups, if you pass the test, you’re guaranteed work.

And over the months the SCIRT bus has been on the road, pre-

senter Tony Doak said there had been a huge amount of interest.

Once the horizontal infrastructure work was well under way, Mr Doak said a similar recruitment drive would begin for other trades such as builders, plasterers and painters.

The Ashburton stop-over wasn’t a busy one, in terms of new recruits.

While the bus tour wraps up at the end of the month, it will be on-site at the Methven Show and the South Island field days at Lincoln.

Ashburton fashion design student Polly Crone is making a splash in the world of wearable arts.

Twenty-one-year old Ms Crone was runner-up in the Kiwi Blue Eco Twist held at the Ellerslie International Flower Show in the weekend.

She estimated it took about 70 hours to design and create her garment, completed on top of her student workload at Christchurch’s Design & Arts College.

The event was judged by Peri Drysdale and Robyn Martin from Untouched World and Shortland Street actress, Angela Bloomfield.

“I came up with the idea of making a suit of armour with the idea of protecting the environment and better sustainability,” Ms Crone said.

“I really enjoyed the opportunity to work with a variety of materials and expand my portfolio – there were so many amazing garments out the back and on the runway, it was impossible to guess which ones the judges would choose.”

While she has dabbled in wearable art in the past, the Ellerslie show was Ms Crone’s first serious foray into the arena, and it has been an experience she is keen to repeat.

Toddler killed

A toddler was killed in Rotorua last evening when he wandered out of a house and into the path of a vehicle driven by a relative as she backed down the drive.

The accident happened on Turner Drive about 5.30pm.

The body of the toddler, which was on a pavement, was covered with a sheet shortly after the accident as distressed family gathered at the scene.

Shocked neighbours said the toddler’s family had only recently moved into the neighbourhood.

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• Firm fined $52,550 Dunedin fence post producer Juro Corporation Limited (JCL), trading as Great Southern Milton, has been fined $52,550 and ordered to pay reparations of $40,000 after an accident which resulted in a worker losing his leg. The Dunedin District Court heard that the worker’s leg was dragged into a post-peeling machine and subsequently needed to be amputated below the knee last May. - APNZ

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Police are investigating a suspicious house fire which broke out in Masterton about 2.30pm yesterday. A man was asleep in the house at the time but managed to escape. Detective Senior Sergeant Scott Miller said they are looking to speak to a person associated with the house.

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Local pokies fed $15,000 a day

By Sue Newman Gamblers in the Ashburton District are spending about $15,000 every day playing pokie machines.

That spend puts the district in 40th slot out of 73 territorial authorities and equates to a spend of $69 per head.

For the two years to June 30, 2012, $10.8 million was spent on gaming machines in the Ashburton District.

A report on the social effects of gaming machine gambling in the district has been prepared by the Ashburton District Council as part of its review of its gambling venue policy.

This shows that the district has more machines per head of popula-

tion and spends more per head of population than districts in many parts of the country.

The national average is 40.2 machines for every 10,000 residents but in Ashburton the number of machines per 10,000 people is 49.7.

The district’s gaming machine spend, however, is also responsible for pouring more than $2 million a year back into the community in grants.

Over the past two years, the largest single grant made to any one organisation was $255,000 to the Ashburton Stadium Trust for the development of the EA Networks Centre.

Over the past two years, 40 per cent of gaming machine grants in the Ashburton District have gone

to the racing industry, 21 per cent to sports groups and 18 per cent to community services and groups.

Over that period $3.4 million was returned to the community in grants.

Corporate societies who disburse gaming machine money must return 37 per cent of takings to the community each year. A further 33 per cent of takings goes to the Government in taxes and duties and the remainder is absorbed in running costs.

On a national scale that estimates vulnerability to problem gambling, the Ashburton District is below the national average.

Over the past six years fewer than 25 people have sought help with gambling problems through two agencies who work in Ashburton

the Problem Gambling Foundation and the Salvation Army Oasis Centre.

The council’s gambling venue policy, which is designed to ensure the council and the community has control over gambling venues in the district sets out where venues may be established and the number of machines allowed at a venue.

While many local authorities have adopted a sinking lid policy to decrease the number of venues and machines, the council’s reviewed policy wants to continue with the status quo of limiting the number of gaming machines in a new venue to five, allowing the transfer of existing venue conditions to another location at the council’s discretion and allowing new, standalone TAB venues to be established.

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• Sex abuse charges Disgraced former Pamapuria School deputy principal James Parker appeared in Kaitaia District Court yesterday for a seven-hour hearing - but the details of what was said can’t be published.

He will be back in court on April 10, when he may proceed to sentencing or elect a trial. In August last year the 38-year-old pleaded guilty to 49 charges of sexually abusing boys during sleepovers at his Awanui farm.

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POLL result Yesterday’s result Q: Are you going to join the class action against bank fees?

Stadium fundraising close to $5m target

By Sue Newman All that stands between the EA Networks Centre fundraisers and their $5 million goal is $475,000.

With more than $4.5 million worth of donations raised from businesses and the farming community, fundraising chairman Chris Robertson said the next 14 weeks would see the focus switch to chasing donations within the community.

At an Ashburton Stadium Trust sponsors’ night, Mr Robertson said the final phase of fundraising had started and this would provide an opportunity for every person in the Ashburton District to play a part in taking the stadium from dream to reality.

“Everyone’s donation is now important, whether that’s $2 or $20, it doesn’t matter how small, it’s the contributions that count.

Today we’re launching the public campaign, we’re now going to the mums, the dads and the kids.”

Community donations can be made at the BNZ and every donation would be another step towards achieving the $5 million target, Mr Robertson said.

“When fundraising started 18 months ago, the target of $5 million seemed impossible, but it’s now well within reach. Two years from now I want us to be walking through the door at the opening.”

As well as donations from the community, the final $475,000 will be achieved through the sale of a home built by Jennian Homes with the assistance of many local contractors.

From today a video will be playing at the BNZ providing a flyover view of the new stadium.

EA Networks board chairman John Tavendale said the $1 million the lines company had given the project had also come from the community.

“It is from your funds as shareholders that we’ve contributed to

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this project. This is another way we can contribute to asset growth in our community.”

EA Networks has returned $55 million to shareholders since it began operating as a co-operatively owned company.

Last night was a cause for double celebration as the project owners, the Ashburton District Council celebrated receiving resource consent for the River Terrace site.

That consent signalled another major milestone for the project, council chief executive Brian Lester said.

“With no submissions received from residents living nearby, the community has signalled it is happy with the project. Granting the consent confirms that the site chose is a good one,” he said.

Conditions of the resource consent include requirements relating to noise and the preparation of a construction management plan and provisions for the New Zealand Transport Agency to be consulted on the design of road layout changes and access.

The council is still waiting for consent from Environment Canterbury for the management of stormwater on site but did not expect any major problems, Mr Lester said.

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Bus saga causes a lot of unnecessary angst P

arents with disabled school children in Ashburton are not happy.

The new transport arrangement with bus routes replacing the traditional taxi rides has parents and schools up in arms as it is not in the best interest of the students.

New Zealand has a wonderful tradition of inclusive mainstream education for children with disabilities, but often these children feel the pinch when the government budgets get tighter.

The Ministry of Education

OUR VIEW has a long history of mainly paying lip-service to students who really need their help but when the going gets tough, the disabled kids often get a raw deal.

Whether it is through cuts in their personalised ORRS funding, the special education grants to the schools or through secondary budget cuts like this transport saga.

Unfortunately, the local bus

company Richie’s has become the meat in the sandwich as they are now blamed for the problems with the buses and the timetables.

Judging by our stories however, most of the issues seem to stem from a lack of communication, consultation or follow-ups by ministry staff who could have easily avoided much of the subsequent angst.

Richie’s responded as soon

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as they were made aware of the concerns around the children’s safety in the bus, but they can do little about the dropoff points that are too far from certain classes due to the size of

their bus.

With the limited amount of routes they are also not able to provide the same condensed timetables that the taxis could offer.

For the ministry bean counters, however, it will be viewed as a successful transition as the savings would have been considerable.

Whatever happens to the children, their families and their state of mind seems less important.

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children are a tiny group in the education system and struggle to get their voices heard.

Their needs should be top of the agenda of ministry officials and schools but unfortunately they often become an afterthought, days or even hours before everyone shoots off for their Christmas break.

The stress caused by the bus routes may seem minor to most readers of the Guardian, but small changes like this can disturb the entire family dynamics.

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In New Zealand they are not interested because it doesn’t bring in money, they would rather be cruising around fining drivers!!

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House backs same-sex marriage bill

By Isaac Davison Same-sex marriage in New Zealand came another step closer this evening after Parliament backed a bill to legalise it at the second reading.

MPs voted to support it by 77 votes to 44.

The bill’s sponsor, Labour MP Louisa Wall, told Parliament and a near-full public gallery that the discussion of her bill had highlighted the discrimination felt by gay communities in New Zealand.

“The agony and hardship that so many who bravely made sub-

missions have had to face is unreasonable. But what’s totally unacceptable, is the state perpetuating that agony and hardship by not issuing marriage licences to loving, consenting and eligible non-heterosexual couples.”

She stressed the importance of freedom of religion in making the law change, but also made a plea to churches to consider the rights of the gay and transgender community “with love, compassion and reason”.

Most of the opposition to the legislation had come from religious groups, who objected to changing the traditional Christian

structure of marriage.

Ms Wall argued that valuing people “for who they are”was the bare minimum that should be expected of the state.

She hoped that churches too would move towards a more inclusive approach to marriage, but said this was part of a longer journey that congregations would make in their own time.

National MP Tim Macindoe was the first to speak against the bill, saying that he had “difficulty in believing that God wants this change to be made”.

“New Zealand may indeed be a secular society but marriage

has historically been a religious institution.”

New Zealand First MPs repeated their call for a public referendum on the issue, saying it was not for MPs to make such a significant social change.

The legislation is likely to return to Parliament at the end of the month and could be passed as early as next month.

If it passed into law, there is a four-month stand-down period before same-sex and transgender marriages could take place.

The bill passed its first reading by 80 votes to 40.

- APNZ

National Government ministers urged Solid Energy to take on more debt and to pay bigger dividends in 2009 even though the company had warned falling coal prices threatened its future profitability according to official documents obtained by Labour.

Yesterday afternoon in Parliament, Labour Leader David Shearer tabled a May 2009 letter sent by then State Owned Enterprises Minister Simon Power to John Palmer, the chairman of Solid Energy at the time.

In the letter, which was also copied to Finance Minister Bill English, Mr Power told Mr Palmer he wanted all SOEs to increase their gearing or debt levels relative to their value.

“I urge the Solid Energy board to give serious consideration to this proposal.”

Mr Power also said he wanted to “standardise and simplify the dividend policy for all SOEs to ensure that a more consistent share of profits is returned to the Crown as shareholder”.

He proposed to discuss the dividend policy at a later meeting with Mr Palmer.

However, Mr Power also said he was “disappointed with the forecast decline in Solid Energy’s financial performance”over the subsequent three years.

“In particular the dramatic decline in profitability and dividends.”

Mr Power wrote that the decline was “understandable, given the significant decline in forecast coal prices”.

Mr Shearer also produced another document obtained under the Official Information Act which showed that just two days before Mr Power’s letter to Mr Palmer, Treasury’s Crown Company Monitoring Unit recommended to Mr Power and Mr English that they “communicate a strong expectation that SOEs increase gearing and dividend yield”.

Asked about the documents by Mr Shearer in Parliament today, Mr English confirmed his Government “did make the decision to allow Solid Energy to take on more debt” during its first term and that decision was made “n the context of the mess that the previous Government left with the SOEs”.

“The decisions about how much debt to incur were made by the board.”

“In the case of Solid Energy it’s

turned out that a company that’s operating in the world coal market which is now so volatile would have been better with no debt. In retrospect that’s easy to see, at the time it wasn’t.”

But Mr Shearer pressed his attack asking why the Government required Solid Energy to increase debt and dividends, “at a time when he knew that coal prices were declining?”.

Mr English said that “at the time it wasn’t clear that coal prices were declining”.

“In fact the best advice from the company with which the Government ended up disagreeing, was that coal prices would continue rise.”

Mr Shearer later said Solid Energy had responded to the Government’s call, “returning $130 million over four years, including $30 million in late 2011 by which time coal prices had further declined and the company was in financial distress”.

He also pointed to the company’s increase in borrowing over that period, rising from $13 million in 2009 to $191 million the following year and $313 million by 2012.

“John Key and his ministers are desperately dumping the blame on the Solid Energy board. But the real blame rests with them. They were urging the company to borrow more despite knowing stormy financial times were ahead. They knew the company was in trouble but continued to treat it like a cash cow.

“It’s time John Key took responsibility. While Solid Energy’s woes are complex and this is not the only factor in its decline, the pressure from ministers to borrow more and pay bigger dividends certainly contributed to its current dire financial straits.”

Mr Palmer and former Solid Energy chief executive Don Elder will appear before Parliament’s commerce committee tomorrow where they will be grilled on their involvement in the company’s decline.

Labour’s SOE spokesman Clayton Cosgrove has also said he will lay a complaint with Parliament’s Speaker that Solid Energy had treated Parliament with contempt by providing media with details of its financial problems just days after refusing to answer similar questions at a hearing last week.

He also claims the company misled Parliament about Dr Elder’s availability to appear before the committee.

- APNZ

David drags in a huge trophy haul at show

By Susan Sandys Good breeding and good feed are the key ingredients to creating good wool, says Ashburton coloured sheep breeder David Thompson.

The 71-year-old returned outstanding results at last Saturday’s Mayfield A&P Show.

Included in his title haul was first and second in the mature strong wool class and reserve champion overall, second in hogget strong wool, first in the mature ram section and champion ram and first in the mature ewe section and champion ewe.

The latter ewe was also supreme champion in black and coloured sheep.

“I have had a good day,” he said on Saturday.

Mr Thompson was a farmer throughout his life before retiring into Ashburton.

He has just 12 pure romney ewes on three acres, where he pursues his passion of perfecting good wool.

“You have to select a ram with good wool, and the other side of the factor is feed. You can’t expect to get a product like that if you don’t feed them properly,” he said.

He feeds his 12 ewes grass, hay and lucerne hay. He has irrigation, but dry weather of late had proved a challenge.

“I have been alright up to now but it’s catching up on me,” he said.

Mr Thompson enjoys showing his wool and sheep, and attended Christchurch for the first time this year.

He would be at Methven this week, and also enjoyed competing in the Ashburton and Winchester shows.

He said the timing of shearing was also important, he always did this around July 21 to make sure the stress of mothering did not cause any breaks in the wool.

When shearing that time of year it was important to provide good feed and shelter.

RIGHT: Ashburton retired farmer David Thompson had a day of championship awards at the Mayfield A&P Show on Saturday.

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Top-up request rejected

By Rebecca Quilliam Mighty River Power has rejected a request to top up the “extremely low” Waikato River for a Tainui festival and people are being warned that rain forecast for the weekend will not be the “silver bullet” they’re hoping for.

Waikato River levels have dropped markedly because of the low amount of water coming from lake Taupo.

A Waikato Council spokeswoman said the Waikato River levels were very low at the moment because of the drought and the council was monitoring the river levels daily.

Electricity provider Mighty River Power confirmed that a request to top up river levels for the Turangawaewae Regatta at Ngaruawahia was denied.

Auckland city remains unaffected by water restrictions imposed on residents in other North island centres because it tops up its water from the Waikato River.

Watercare said the river usually provided about 20 per cent of the metropolitan water supply - or 125 million litres a day - but that level was being exceeded at the moment.

A spokesman said yesterday that Auckland’s water supply was not affected by the current low river levels.

“This is because our plant is designed for very low flows. The intake is only 10 kilometres from the sea so it is always affected by the way tidal flows affect the river; and the normal tidal range is 600mm.”

Most of the North Island could be declared a drought zone by the end

of the week. Droughts have been declared in Northland, Waikato, Bay of Plenty and Hawkes Bay, with farming districts in Auckland covered by the Northland and Waikato droughts.

Wairarapa, Manawatu-Rangitikei, Taranaki and Gisborne have also asked for help as the dry spell continues.

Urban areas are also feeling the impact, with authorities in the Wellington region looking to draw water from the Hutt River as water reserves dwindle to only 20 days’ supply.

Residents have been asked by Greater Wellington to try to conserve 30 litres of water a day, Campbell Live reported last night.

WeatherWatch.co.nz analyst Philip Duncan said that for the first time in months, a sizeable low was headed towards New Zealand this weekend “but it won’t be the silver bullet we’re looking for”.

“The rain will be welcome and will certainly bring relief to some - but sadly not all,” Mr Duncan said.

“Northern and eastern areas do run the risk of missing out on some of the rain and instead may only get a few showers.”

Late Sunday and Monday were expected to be the wettest days in New Zealand for about six weeks.

In the Wairarapa rainfall had been well below average for the past six months and was about 60 per cent of normal summer rainfall. Water restrictions had been in force in the region for about a month and the Ruamahanga River was bordering on one-in-30-year low flow levels.

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Peter Lynn steers his 19th century-styled gentleman’s fantail launch, Piwakawaka, in last year’s Ashburton Sailing Club’s Classic Boat Regatta.

Old-timers to get their feet wet Classic craft will set sail on Lake Hood this weekend.

The Ashburton Sailing Club’s Classic Boat Regatta will open at 10am on Sunday and run through until 1pm, and the lake will be closed during this time.

It is the fourth time the event has been staged, and last year

more than 25 boats took part.

Club spokesperson Chris Lovelock said sail boats have formed the majority of craft taken place in the regatta in previous years, although pre-1940s motor launches and even the occasional hydroplane have made appearances.

Replica craft are also welcome.

“We’ve had an old jet boat done up by the Hamilton Jet Boat Company – some go back to the 1920s,” Mr Lovelock said.

“Last year we had a motor launch built in the early 1960s, which was found at the Kurow dump and restored.

“We started the event because some of our guys are interested in classic boats – it forms part of a circuit, where they travel around displaying their boats.”

The lake will reopen to the public at 1pm, when the owners of the classic will again take to the water to indulge in a spot of racing.

A group of Christchurch landowners whose empty sections lie within the red zone have refused to accept a government offer for their land, prompting fears a 50 per cent payout could bankrupt them.

The Government says that since vacant land cannot be insured, the owners should get half what insured red-zoned homeowners were offered - 100 per cent of their RV. The affected property owners have petitioned the Government against the offer, saying they should receive the full payout. A petition, with more than 1500 signatures, was tabled in Parliament last month.

Their case was set down for two minutes’ attention at the Finance and Expenditure Select Committee yesterday, between 9.33am and 9.35am.

About 400 property owners have until March 31 to decide whether to accept the offer. Just five of 76 section owners on flat land have so far accepted it.

The remainder, who form the Red Section Owners group, say they face an average loss of more than $100,000.

Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee has repeatedly refused to back down on the Government’s position.

Nick Bryant, a spokesman for Mr Brownlee initially said yesterday the minister would not make any further comment as he had already been quoted on the matter.

However, he later said the minister felt it was “a fair offer”.

“I don’t think I can elaborate any more on that.”

Christchurch city councillor Aaron Keown says he has pleaded with Mr Brownlee to change his mind but the minister “won’t budge”.

“Of all the things Gerry has done post-earthquake, the majority he has done well - some really well but this is the one he’s got really wrong,” Mr Keown said.

The decision was “unfair” and “unjustified”, he said, fearing that many would face bankruptcy over it.

“The money involved is just small fry in the grand scheme of things, but this decision will absolutely stuff lives.”

-APNZ

Briton admits sending drugs to NZ

By Edward Gay A Briton has admitted arranging for 3kg of cocaine with a street value of almost $1 million to be delivered to his old schoolmates in Auckland.

Daniel McGannan pleaded guilty to one charge of supplying the Class A drug when he appeared at the High Court at Auckland yesterday.

The 28-year-old was arrested in London last June and extradited to New Zealand four months later.

His arrest was part of a police operation dubbed Operation Gringo.

It was launched after the cocaine was found hidden in a suitcase carried by Mexican David Negrete Nevarez who arrived at Auckland airport on a Lan Chile flight from Santiago in December 2011.

Nevarez was among five people arrested before McGannan was traced.

Using covert surveillance techniques, the Organised and Financial Crime Agency watched Nevarez deliver

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Obviously he needs to accept what he’s done, pay his penalty and put this behind him

the cocaine to Auckland woman Samantha Margaret Gemmell, 27, who in turn passed it to Adrian Marquiss Kemp, 31, in a Mission Bay carpark.

Watched by police, Kemp transferred the package containing the drug to Wellingtonian Brendan John Clarke who agreed to find buyers for the cocaine, which was 80 per cent pure, after the original purchaser pulled out.

Nevarez, 43, had previously pleaded guilty to importing and possession of cocaine for supply and been sentenced to seven years in prison.

Gemmell and Kemp each pleaded guilty to one charge of possession for supply and were jailed for two years, six months and two years, 10 months respectively.

Clarke, a 37-year -old self-employed builder who

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worked as an Earthquake Commission contractor inspecting damaged Christchurch homes, pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine for supply and will spend four years and eight months in prison.

A Wanaka man he allegedly delivered the package to has pleaded not guilty and will stand trial in Christchurch later this year.

According to the police summary of facts, McGannan came under police scrutiny after sending Gemmell a text message from London that read: “It’s all sorted out ...

I’ve spoken to the people and sh**.”

It’s understood he knew Gemmell and Kemp from his school days on Auckland’s North Shore.

Police said McGannan later told them he was contacted by a friend in London who

“pressured” him into arranging others to help deliver the drugs.

Crown Prosecutor Aaron Perkins said a second charge faced by McGannan, of importing the cocaine, will be dropped at sentencing.

Outside court, his lawyer Graeme Newell told APNZ his client was a “ring-in” rather than a kingpin.

“It must now be acknowledged that he was neither a kingpin nor an importer. In other words, he was not a mastermind.”

Mr Newell said McGannan never realised the impact his actions would have on his friends and he now regrets that.

“Obviously he needs to accept what he’s done, pay his penalty and put this behind him.”

Cocaine costs about $325 a gram in New Zealand. Law enforcement agencies believe Auckland is a transit point to the Australian market and beyond.

McGannan will be sentenced next month.

- APNZ

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N. Korea threatens island’s destruction North Korea leader Kim Jongun has threatened to “wipe out” a South Korean island as Pyongyang came under new economic and diplomatic fire from US sanctions and UN charges of gross rights abuses.

Military tensions on the Korean peninsula have risen to their highest level for years, with the communist state under the youthful Kim threatening nuclear war in response to UN sanctions imposed after its third atomic test last month.

It has also announced its unilateral shredding of the 60-year-old Korean War armistice and nonaggression pacts with Seoul in protest at a joint South Korean-US military exercise that began this week.

While most of these statements have been dismissed as rhetorical bluster, the latest threat to the border island of Baengnyeong, which has around 5000 civilian residents, appears credible and carries the weight of precedent.

In 2010, the South Korean naval

vessel Cheonan was sunk in the area of Baengnyeong with the loss of 46 lives, and later that year North Korea shelled the nearby island of Yeonpyeong, killing four people.

On a visit early this week to frontline artillery units, Kim Jongun briefed officers on their mission “to strike and wipe out the enemies” on Baengnyeong and turn the island into a “sea of fire”.

“Once an order is issued, you should break the waists of the crazy enemies, totally cut their windpipes and thus clearly show them what a real war is like,” Kim was quoted as saying by the Korean Central News Agency.

The disputed sea border off the west coast was the scene of deadly naval clashes in 1999, 2002 and 2009.

Residents on a number of frontline islands have reportedly taken to sleeping in their clothes in preparation for a night-time alert.

The crisis represents an early test for South Korea’s new President Park Geun-hye, who was sworn in

• Death toll at 79 The top security official in Libya’s capital said yesterday 79 people have died over the past four days from drinking homemade alcohol, suspected of containing poisonous methanol. Colonel Mahmoud alSharif, security chief in Tripoli, said authorities are searching for two people believed to be involved in making the poisonous drinks. He said authorities are looking into whether it was the methanol or bad fermentation that caused the large number of victims.

– AP

only two weeks ago, while analysts worry about just how far the inexperienced Kim Jong-un is willing to go.

US spy chief James Clapper yesterday told senators he was dismayed by the “very belligerent” rhetoric coming from the Kim regime and was “very concerned about what they might do”.

In an annual report on global threats the national intelligence director said the North would likely only use nuclear weapons if it perceived a threat to its survival, but the US remains uncertain how Pyongyang would define such a threat.

Pyongyang came under attack on another front at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, where the UN special rapporteur on human rights in North Korea laid out a litany of abuses and crimes against humanity. Rights violations in North Korea “have reached a critical mass”, Marzuki Darusman told the council, citing public food deprivation, torture and arbitrary detention.

– AFP

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Bahrainis tear-gassed for protest Bahraini protesters bang on pans and use compressed air horns to sound out anti-government slogans in Sanabis, Bahrain, yesterday.

Riot police stormed the protest, firing tear-gas and making arrests.

Protesters in opposition strongholds nationwide held similar noisy rallies at night, banging on drums, metal trays and pot lids to stir support for a planned “Dignity Strike” this week – when government opponents refrain from going to work,

school or shopping and close their stores.

Graffiti on the wall includes images of jailed political leaders and reads: “God avenge us,” “Dignity Strike 2, our date is March 14,” and “God is greater.”

– AP

Michelle Obama’s credit data leaked on website The first lady Michelle Obama and vice president Joe Biden are among the latest public figures to have their private information posted on a mysterious website, and the US Secret Service has joined the investigation into the postings that include documents from people ranging from rapper Jay-Z to the head of the FBI. The site includes identification

numbers, credit reports, addresses and phone numbers.

It bears an internet suffix originally assigned to the Soviet Union and many of the pages feature unflattering pictures or taunting messages of the person featured. Others whose information is posted include pop star Britney Spears, Attorney General Eric Holder, former Republican

candidate for vice president Sarah Palin and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Both the FBI and the Secret Service said yesterday they were investigating the site.

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said he had “no assessments to offer” on the situation and referred questions to the Secret Service, which wouldn’t

provide further details.

The site grew from 11 names to 18 in the first 24 hours since it became public, with its operator adding additional features to count the number of visitors and a link to a Twitter account. It offers no explanation about why the targets were selected or how the information was obtained.

The Twitter account includes an

anti-police message in Russian.

Identification numbers posted on Jay-Z, Mel Gibson and others matched records in public databases. Social Security numbers are not public records, although they used to be included in some court filings. Many courts require the information be redacted from filings, since the numbers can be used to steal a person’s identity

and open credit accounts in their name.

Los Angeles police commander Andrew Smith said confidential information on top police officials has been posted online at least twice before.

“People get mad at us, go on the internet and try to find information about us, and post it all on one site,” Smith said.

– AP

The Queen will miss two more events this week despite making a good recovery from an illness that saw her hospitalised last week, Buckingham Palace says. The 86-yearold was unable to attend the Commonwealth Day service in London’s Westminster Abbey on Tuesday as she was still suffering symptoms of gastroenteritis. She was admitted to hospital for the first time in 10 years last week and was discharged after an overnight stay.

– AFP

• Snow havoc in UK Heavy snow has caused havoc in Britain and Western Europe, cutting off power and disrupting road, air and train travel. In Britain, drivers including former Eurovision song contest winner Cheryl Baker were trapped for more than 10 hours as ice, snow and freezing winds descended on south-eastern England on Tuesday and yesterday. Police, rescue services, snow ploughs and gritting lorries battled to help the stricken motorists in temperatures as low as -3C. The counties of Sussex and Kent bordering London were worst affected.

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Telecom’s Gen-i to axe 120 jobs in Australia Big dry hits

By Hamish Fletcher Gen-i, the information-technology arm of Telecom, is scaling back its operations in Australia and will axe around 120 jobs there.

Telecom said it had reviewed Gen-i’s operations in Australia and as a result will strip back its activities.

It will now focus on meeting the information and communications technology needs of large trans-Tasman corporate customers.

As a result, staff numbers will fall from 180 to 60, Telecom said in a statement to the NZX. Gen-i’s new chief executive Tim Miles launched the review after joining the company last month, and said an

assessment of the New Zealand operations was also under way.

Mr Miles could not comment on where this was at, but said he was looking at which parts of the New Zealand ICT market Gen-i should be in.

“There might be some changes and things we decide we won’t do in the future. I haven’t finalised that,” he said.

He said Gen-i has around 2400 staff

and that its Australian operations did not make up a “significant” amount of Telecom’s total annual revenue.

Telecom chief executive Simon Moutter said in February there would be job cuts “well into the hundreds” this year as the company seeks to reduce costs.

Mr Miles said Gen-i had a very successful trans-Tasman business but

there were issues of scale with other parts of its operations in Australia.

The decision to sale back operations was “clear-cut”.

“It was pretty obvious to me what needed to happen,” Mr Miles said.

Along with its redundancy costs, Gen-i said there would be other restructuring costs associated with the move.

– APNZ

Egypt declines $750m rescue loan Food prices fall in Feb Egypt has rejected an offer of a $750 million rescue loan from the International Monetary Fund, the finance minister said yesterday, ruling out a fallback on emergency measures.

The emergency credit offer came after delays in finalising a $4.8 billion loan from the IMF to bolster Egypt’s battered economy and help counter a growing budget deficit.

Negotiations over the larger loan have been stalled during political turmoil in Egypt, which has often deteriorated into violent clashes between protesters and police and widespread unrest in the form of labor and police strikes. The two years of unrest have contributed to a severe economic downturn.

Finance Minister El-Morsi Hegazy said Egypt has started implementing a full economic reform program, entitling it to a larger loan from the IMF, instead of emergency measures.

Hegazy insisted that Egypt’s economy is on the path to recovery.

The stopgap loan, part of the body’s Rapid Financing Instrument, would not have been a substitute for Egypt’s multibillion dollar loan request.

The government has invited the IMF back to the country this month to resume talks, but no date has been set. An IMF official said late last month in Washington that the body received Egypt’s revised economic programme, which it was studying.

Yesterday, an IMF official would not comment on the minister’s rejection of the rescue loan offer.

“We are in discussion with the authorities on how best to support Egypt, including on the timing of the next staff visit,” IMF spokeswoman Wafa Amr said in an email.

Over the past months, Egypt’s foreign currency reserves have sharply dropped to a critical level of $13.5

New Zealand food prices fell last month led by cheaper, meat and in-season fruit and vegetables, though milk prices rose to a nine-month high.

The food price index fell 0.3 per cent in February, following a 1.9 per cent a month earlier, in its sixth decline in seven months, according to Statistics New Zealand. Annual food prices decreased 0.1 per cent.

Fruit and vegetable prices fell 1.6 per cent in February, with cheaper apples and grapes, while meat, fish and poultry declined 1.4 per cent, led by discounted porterhouse/sirloin steak and chicken pieces.

Grocery prices were unchanged in the month, though fresh milk prices rose 2.1 per cent to their highest level since May last year. Non-alcoholic beverage prices rose 1.3 per cent while restaurant means and ready-to-eat food prices slipped 0.1 per cent.

Food prices account for almost 19 per cent of the consumer price index, which is sitting below the Reserve Bank’s target

‘Kiwis doubling up on screen time’

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Tourists stand on the Acropolis hill under a huge Greek flag in front of the ancient Parthenon temple, in Athens, yesterday. Greece battles a sixth year of recession and high unemployment from austerity measures in exchange for ongoing rescue loans from International Monetary Fund and the other 16 European Union countries that use the euro. billion, down from $36 billion in January 2011, before the popular uprising that forced longtime President Hosni Mubarak out of office.

Egyptians have been hit by short-

ages of diesel fuel and rising prices of some basic commodities. Also, the government plans to implement hikes in some taxes as well as reduce fuel subsidies, part of its economic reform plans.

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A survey of 1000 tech-savvy New Zealanders showed that 85 per cent dualscreened – used their laptop, smartphone or tablet while watching TV – at least once a week.

Of those, 62 per cent said they mostly used a laptop to dual screen, 24 per cent mostly used a desktop, 22 per cent a smartphone and 13 per cent a tablet.

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Central bank governor Graeme Wheeler will review monetary policy today and is expected to keep the official cash rate at 2.5 per cent, with benign inflation giving him scope to help invigorate the economic recovery facing a drought across the North Island. Still, a bubbling Auckland property market has been cited as a threat to future financial stability.

“Food prices have been subdued over the past year and a key contributor to the subdued headline CPI,” ASB economist Jane Turner said in a note. “Over the coming year, we are likely to see the mixed influence of lower beef and lamb prices versus higher dairy prices.”

Yesterday’s figures showed fruit and vegetable prices were up 6.3 per cent annually, with non-alcoholic drinks rising an annual 0.2 per cent and restaurant meals and read-to-eat food prices up 0.7 per cent.

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in terms of providing evidence, said Google NZ country manager Tony Keusgen. “We had a feeling this was going on but we wanted to know what the actual behaviours were,” Keusgen said.

“The days of consuming one type of media at a time are gone. The proliferation of this kind of behaviour is enormous.”

Google carried out the survey in August last year with market research company Ipsos and digital advertising firm VivaKi. In order to qualify for the survey, participants had to watch TV for at least one-hour per day, own at least one device capable of accessing the internet, and access the internet at least every three to four days.

The majority of dual-screeners were younger and earned a higher income than the general population, the survey showed.

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New Zealand Aluminium Smelters announced it was reducing its electricity load to 540 Megawatts from 572 MW due to “extremely low hydro lake levels”.

The decision is expected to reduce production capacity at the smelter by approximately 400 tonnes per week, or 5 per cent of total production.

“NZAS is working closely with Meridian Energy to help conserve storage in the South Island hydro lakes,” said NZAS general manager Ryan Cavanagh.

“We are working with customers and suppliers to minimise any adverse impact to production schedules.”

The smelter, which uses about one-seventh of total New Zealand electricity production, is often the first major industrial plant to make significant reductions in output in reaction to dry years which periodically affect the country’s hydro-dependent electricity generation system.

Around 70 per cent of total electricity production is from hydro sources most years.

The closest hydro catchment to the smelter is the Lake Manapouri power station, which was constructed to service the Southland plant. It is currently sitting at a storage level of 176.6 metres above sea level, just below the bottom of its permitted operating range of 176.8 metres.

Catchments on the Waitaki hydro system, further north in the South Island, are looking healthier.

Wholesale electricity market spot prices have jumped above $200 per Megawatt hour in recent days in both the North and South Islands, reflecting the scarcity of water. Spot prices generally sit between $50 and $70 per MWh. The smelter move comes amid negotiations between Meridian Energy, which holds the smelter electricity supply contracts, and the NZAS joint venture partners, Rio Tinto and Sumitomo Corp, for more favourable power prices, despite having just started under new 18 year contract terms.

The move is seen as Rio, which is struggling with losses and over-investment globally in aluminium plant, seeking to leverage local conditions, since uncertainty over the smelter’s future could affect the earnings of state-owned power companies slated for partial privatisation.

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Young riders can have all the talent and in the United Kingdom, Merv first became enthusiasm in the world, but without the right involved with motorsport from the age of 15, support to guide them toward the correct when he became a flag marshall in 1981 for channels, that talent may never be discovered motorcycle racing. You could say from his first or nurtured toward greatness. This is where encounter of hearing the roar of the engines Kiwistars can give youngsters the opportunity and the smell of burnt fuel he was hooked. to harness their talent and step forward to Merv tried his hand at various racing classes prove their skill and determination. including dirt oval racing and circuit racing, Merv’s Kiwistar vision had immediate but also developed a curiosity for the internal success. workings of his craft. He spent his spare time building race cars, rally cars and modified cars.

“In 2011 Kiwistars debut season, saw my From the start he became involved with the son Anthony Singer, who was 16, ride a mechanical aspect of his own racing, and that Suzuki 650 in the NZ Protwin class to take the progressed to helping the many people he has New Zealand number 10 position in his first supported over the years. year. In 2012 he once again rode the same bike to take fourth place in the New Zealand His mechanical prowess and knowledge of Championships, taking his first national level the sport led to him becoming a crew chief race win at Hampton Downs. for a top European motorcycle drag racing team for 12 years. That team won multiple “His team-mate was a young lad from championships and held class records. Merv Tapanui by the name of Seth Devereux, also spent time as a race technician for Lotus 20 years of age, who rode in both the with the Lotus Elise Challenge Cup. New Zealand 125GP and New Zealand 250 In 2004 Merv moved to New Zealand, and production classes. works at The Frontstore in Ashburton, a local “Seth took the prestigious New Zealand engineering supplies company.

125GP title and narrowly missed winning the It didn’t take long for the flame of motorsport New Zealand 250 title by only four points. to reignite, despite moving to the other side of This young lad showed exceptional talent and the world. determination by winning all six races at the final round at Taupo, while riding with a broken “Having done some minor competition right hand. riding in the UK I decided that I would like to give racing another go after I moved to New “His success did not go unnoticed and he Zealand. was contracted by Kawasaki New Zealand to ride a Kawasaki ZX600R in the New Zealand “I took my Triumph 675 to numerous race Supersport 600 class for 2013. victories including a win at the Greymouth Street races which was my most memorable.

“Kiwistars continues to support him as he is proving himself in what is recognised as “During this time I was noticing the large probably one of the toughest classes in bike number of junior riders at events run by racing. He is currently running seventh in the motorcycling Canterbury and was very New Zealand Supersport 600 class and has impressed by the level of talent I saw. already taken a race win at Timaru in January.

“I took my eldest son Anthony along to “Anthony has decided to take some time one of the training sessions and he was out as he was struggling to find personal immediately hooked on the sport. For two sponsorship and is studying at CPIT,” Merv said. years we both competed at club events and managed to secure sponsorship from With Anthony taking time out to study and Southbridge based company Hamilton Seed Seth producing fantastic results for Kawasaki, Ltd. Merv went was looking for another shining talent to assist through the Kiwistars support “With Anthony getting faster and myself programme. getting older I decided that it was time to concentrate on the young riders in the sport.

He didn’t have to look far, with local rider Bailie Perriton standing out from the crowd.

“I travelled to Magny Cours in France in 2011 to support Jake Lewis, a young 15-year“Bailie had impressed me the very first time old rider from Rangiora who had also been I saw him on the track at a training session a graduate of the junior development riding a Yamaha 50cc. He had such natural programme. Jake went on to take second position on the bike and was very receptive to place at the World Superbike event in the 250 coaching and had a really great attitude,” Merv European Junior Cup. This told me that we had said. the young riders in New Zealand that could “Bailie went on to take the 2012-2013 King beat the best in Europe. of Ruapuna 250 title and runner up spot in the “The Kiwistars idea was then born on a train 2012-13 King of Canterbury 250cc champs. We trip back to Paris,” Merv said. travelled to the North Island in October and Merv began to put the Kiwistars dream raced at the Victoria Motorcycle Club’s (VMCC) into action as soon as he returned to New winter series. Bailie had never even seen the

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“In December we travelled to Hampton Downs for a test day where he was putting in lap times close to lap record pace,” Merv said.

The scene was set for a serious chance for Bailie to take the 250cc title in his debut season. He had already proven that he could beat almost all of the New Zealand riders, but the biggest challenge was Luke Burgess, aged 19, the current Australian 250cc production champion and holder of multiple Australian state titles.

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by Luke due to the years of experience Luke had over Bailie, but by round two Bailie was matching his lap times and narrowly missed pole position by 13/100th of a second.

“Race one at Timaru saw them in a class of their own and they raced nose-to-tail for the entire race with both riders smashing the lap record several times.

“Unfortunately Bailie fell with only half a lap remaining and an injury saw him sit out the remainder of that round.

“A week later he was back on form and took his maiden national race win at Invercargill,” Merv said.

Currently sitting in fifth position in the championship, having missed two races and crashing in one, as well as a mechanical failure in another, Bailie knows he has a tough mountain to climb with only two rounds and six races remaining.

“He can still take the title and will be giving it one hundred and ten percent at Hampton Downs and Taupo in the next two weeks,” Merv said.

Bailie will also be attending the world renowned California Superbike School at Taupo next week, to keep focused on what will be the most important races in his bright career so far.

Bailie returns after the championships end to race at the hugely popular Methven Street races on Easter Saturday, March 30 a chance for locals to see the young star in action.

Kiwistars has big plans for this local lad.

They are currently looking at contesting the Australian 250cc production championships starting in June, and also the Hyosung 250cc cup at Hampton Downs later in the year.

Merv is confident that with the support and commitment of sponsors, together with sporting grants and fund raising, Bailie will be able to enter the 2014 European Junior Cup. Closer to home, Kiwistars is hoping to extend its team members to three or four this year with a team-mate for Bailie and two very young development riders.

“I can not thank the sponsors and people who have helped us out enough, especially those listed on this page. Without their help and support none of this would have been possible.

“The level of support from people around the Ashburton area has blown me away.

“It will be a tough road to Europe, but I am confident the community will come together to help to make his dream a reality,” Merv said.

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Methven The president’s message On behalf of the Methven Agricultural Society, a big welcome to the 99th annual show.

To our special invited guests, our patron, Michael Poff and wife Patricia, Jo Goodhew and husband Mark, our local MP and Associate Minister of Agriculture, our mayor and mayoress Angus and Mary McKay and to all our members and other guests.

There are two show features to which we hope you will give your full support. The innovative introduction of the Gift Calf section where a live auction of these calves in the new yards will be conducted get along to see it. It will be great entertainment and you may go home with an unexpected purchase!

The regional final of the Young Farmers Contest is being held in the bottom of the main ring, a must see, along with the Agrisports and the Agrikids competition.

To exhibitors, judges, marshals and stewards and many other willing helpers, we thank you for your time and effort in making our show a success.

A&P Show - Saturday, March 16, 2013

Healthy competition arounds There will be plenty of healthy competition at the Methven A&P Association’s annual show on Saturday, from the best young farmers to the best pet lamb.

The 99th annual show has a competitive feel from the outset at 8am, when the first riders in the equestrian events get under way. Dog trials follow soon after, then judges turn their attention to livestock and farm produce. Woodchopping, shearing and highland dancing are all on the programme.

Young Farmers will also hold the practical part of its regional Aorangi final at the showgrounds, with the top contestant going on to represent the area at the ANZ Young Farmer grand final in Auckland in May. Show president Rob Withers said Methven district farmers had also come up trumps with a gift calf auction. Around 50 donated calves will be auctioned on Saturday, with the proceeds going to charity.

Mr Withers and others have

been at the showgrounds most days this week preparing the horse event ring, installing new sheep yards and generally preparing the area for the thousands expected on show day.

"We’ve had an excellent committee and everyone has gone out of their way to play their part. The ring’s in really good order and there has been some extremely generous donations this year in the way of calves, which will be auctioned on Saturday.

"It’s always a great show and we’re really looking forward to seeing everyone here on Saturday."

Show secretary Judith McMullan said the show’s theme this year recognised the outdoor recreation opportunities around Methven.

On the competition front, entries over the various categories – from equestrian to stock and produce – was on a pan with last year. A new section for dairy goats had also been well supported.

Sponsors are a strength of any organisation such as ours, thank you very much for your continuing support.

To Judith, our secretary and our multi-talented committee, thanks for all the work put in to make this a great show.

Have a great day and enjoy our showcase of the Methven districts.

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The finalists have been named in the Canterbury North Otago Dairy Industry Awards.

Six of the region’s top trainees, six farm managers and six sharemilkers or equity farmers will head to a big awards night in Ashburton on April 9, hoping they will win their categories and go on to national finals in Wellington the next month.

Canterbury North Otago’s awards organising committee has been busy scheduling judging across all categories.

Preliminary judging was held earlier this month, and the final trainees have already been revisited. The finalists in the farm manager and sharemilker/ equity farmer groups will be judged again next week.

The finalists: Trainee of the year: Kerry Higgins, Christchurch; Jonny Brown, Rakaia; Adam Caldwell, Ashburton; Jesse Main, Oxford; Carl McNaught, Oxford; Pat Murphy, Oxford.

Farm manager of the year: Jason and Paula Strawbridge, Ashburton; Chris Eden, Oamaru; Trevor Gee, St Andrews; Hamish and Jill Johnson, Temuka; Richard Pearse, Ashburton; Mark Williamson, Ashburton.

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Prime lambs sold well at the Tinwald saleyards this week, with almost 500 head on offer.

Heavy lambs fetched $90 to $102, medium weights $75 to $85 and lighter lambs $58 to $65.

The top sheep in a yarding of 676 prime ewes reached $80. Medium weight sheep made $50 to $60 a head, and lights $30 to $45.

A small yarding of store lambs made $25 to $60, with an average price of $51 per head. Store sheep reached $90. A line of 191 ewe lambs fetched $73.

Hinds farmer Ross Chisnall offered three lines of ewes. Two-tooths corridales fetched $80 to $90, coopworth two-tooths, $84 and coopworth five-year-old ewes $50 to $73.

RIGHT: Yardsman Paul Richards pens up lambs at the Tinwald saleyard.

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The Government’s policy response to the Land & Water Forum (LAWF) has received the enthusiastic backing of Federated Farmers.

“This is a positive Government endorsement of the monumental multi-stakeholder effort which went into LAWF,” Federated Farmers environment spokesperson and Mid Canterbury farmer Ian Mackenzie said.

“What we have are positive, pragmatic and prioritised pathways reflective of the recent RMA discussion document.

Government is not expecting communities to solve everything yesterday, but will instead help communities to build solutions from the ground up.

“One of the big things to emerge from LAWF was the importance of good science and good information to inform constructive collaborative governance. That is important because water is an area of policy beset by emotion and a lot of politics.

“Collaborative governance was one of the key LAWF recommendations and the Government has effectively endorsed that by including collaborative governance in its own policy proposals.

“This is positive not just for better community outcomes, but enduring community outcomes.

“This potentially moves us to a system based upon community collaboration and away from drawn-out processes that are expensive as they are litigious.

The emphasis upon communities is vital because water is not a Wellington issue but is very much a local one.

“This is why we need to be absolutely clear on the values we are managing waterways for.

“The development of the National Objectives Framework is fundamental because it helps to define water policy objectives set under the National Policy Statement on freshwater.

“Frameworks and community collaboration provide clear but useful guidance for councils on process, management frameworks and limits.”

It should give those councils moving to set limits now, solid reasons to reassess what they are doing and how they are engaging with their communities.

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Regional winners will hold field days on April 23 and 30.

Meanwhile winners are being revealed in other parts of the country.

Andrew and Michelle McPherson won the Waikato sharemilker-equity farmer of the year title over the weekend.

It was the first time the Te Awamutu farmers had entered the awards. “We entered to gain a better understanding of our business and of what we both contribute, as well as to sharpen our game and position ourselves for future opportunities,” they said.

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Thanks to our fantastic partners and supporters

CELEBRATING OUR SPONSORS… AND 14 WEEKS TO GO FOR LAST $500,000!

Major Partners EA Networks New Zealand Lottery Board Community Trust of Mid and South Canterbury Ashburton Trust / Lion Foundation

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tender is due to be let at Council’s late June meeting, which gives us 14 weeks to secure the remaining $0.5 million!

If we’re going to do it, we need absolutely everyone’s support. From today sees the exciting launch of the Public Supporters Campaign. The EA Networks Centre Funding Team has put together Public Supporters Packs ranging from $150 to $500, which includes a mix of

Business Partners Arthur Cates Ltd Ashburton New World Ashburton Pre-Stress Concrete Brady’s Painting and Decorating – for HouseBuild Neil and Judy Brown Canterbury Longrun Roofing – for HouseBuild C.M. Trailer Equipment Ltd Cooney Silva Evatt Ltd Croy’s Ltd Ross and Sue Duncan Robert and Jane Ellis Euro Agri Falloon and Co Ltd Frontrunner/Avanti Plus Gabites Ltd R&M Ganda Ltd/BP2Go Goodman Tavendale Reid Law Grieve Construction Ltd Hinds Lions & Districts H. L. Rosevear & Co Ltd Honda Country Ashburton Hydraulink Mid Canterbury Ltd JFM Advertising and Design Grieve Construction Ltd Rachel and Brian Leadley Leech & Partners Ltd Mainland Wool Ltd Midlands Seed Ltd Mitre 10 MEGA Ashburton – for HouseBuild Murray Smith Aluminium Myers Business Solutions Ltd Parr Family Paveco – for HouseBuild Peter May Ltd Philip Wareing Ltd Plucks Engineering Ltd Precision Cutting and Processing Ltd Property Brokers – for HouseBuild Quigley Contracting Ltd Ravensdown Fertiliser Co-operative Ross Bros Transport Ltd Rural Transport Ltd Russell Moon and Fail Ryal Bush Transport Ashburton Rylock Ashburton Sebco – Fuel Storage Systems Ltd Seven Bottles Syndicate Shearer Family Skip-2-It Flooring Xtra – for HouseBuild Smith and Church/Electraserve – for HouseBuild Smith Seeds Ltd Stocker Dairy Services Ltd Subway Ashburton Tinwald Canvas and Upholstery Ltd Peter and Nicki Webster

If you would like to support the EA Networks Centre: Contact Fiona at Myers Business Solutions on 307-6355 (day time) or Janette on 027-308-0020

Janette Hooper. Also my thanks to the Radio Classic Hits Team, who will be providing regular updates and running a weekly prize draw every Thursday morning for all Public Supporters, but you can only win if you’ve made your donation.

So fill out your form or stop in at the BNZ and donate today!

To our Mid Canterbury community…18 months ago $5 million seemed an impossible target and it’s been incredibly humbling the levels of generosity by so many businesses.

So thank you to everyone who has already given and our thanks if you can also do your part over the next 3 months, and as Sir Edmund Hillary said “let’s knock that $500,000 off!”

Sally Milner from the EA Networks Centre Public Supporters Campaign, with the beanie “Chris”; then Chris Wyllie, BNZ Senior Partner Mid and South Canterbury and Robyn Casey, BNZ Store Manager, Mid Canterbury. The BNZ is the home of the public supporters campaign.

DONATE TODAY AND SHOW YOUR SUPPORT

BY WEARING YOUR STICKER EA NETWORKS PUBLIC SUPPORTERS PACKS

Business Partners Plus Ashburton College Everest Farm Consulting Ltd Kelvin Holmes Insurance Services ltd Molloy Agriculture Ltd Todds of Ashburton

polo shirts, caps or beanies, drink bottles and pens, depending on your level of support.

I want to stress everyone’s donation is important and needed, whether $2 or $20. To become a Public Supporter, fill in the form below and then either post (see details below), or drop in to the BNZ on East Street, Ashburton. Our thanks to Chris Wylie, Robyn Casey and the BNZ Team for becoming the home of the public supporters campaign.

Both Sally Milner and I from the Community Funding Team will be taking a lead in the next phase of this Campaign, supported by my other Community Team members Sheena Tyrrell, Jan Cochrane, Donna Topham and

Show your support for the EA Networks Centre with a public supporter’s pack.

Whether you wish to make a personal donation or your whole family wants to pitch in, there’s an option for you.

And for anyone making a $500 contribution, you’ll be acknowledged on one of the permanent seats overlooking the main courts in the new Centre.

Thank you for your support.

Supporters Allens Ashburton – for HouseBuild Allied Concrete – for HouseBuild Ashburton Forks Engineering Ashburton Joinery – for HouseBuild Brown Family Dale Smith Garden Services – for HouseBuild Dominator Doors Ashburton – for HouseBuild Firth – for HouseBuild Gary McCormick Transport – for HouseBuild G.J. & T.L. Hunt Kiwanis J.H. Lemon D.T. Lowe and Co Lynnford Rural Women McLaren Contracting – for HouseBuild Marley – for HouseBuild Niagara – for HouseBuild Owen and Rosemary Moore Pendene Farm Ltd Perry Farms Pink Batts – for HouseBuild Plumbing World and Methven Tapware – for HouseBuild B.V. Quinn Shearmac Aluminium – for HouseBuild The Finishing Company – for HouseBuild Vern and Kay Thomas U Hire Ashburton – for HouseBuild VIP Frames and Trusses – for HouseBuild Waioto Farm Ltd L.G. Webb White Fox and Jones Wire Plus – for HouseBuild

VISIT OUR WEBSITE

Make sure to visit our website. Content is being continuously updated as it becomes available.

See www.eanetworkscentre.co.nz

ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, Thursday, March 14, 2013

ARTHUR CATES LTD BUSINESS PARTNER

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rthur Cates Ltd was established in Ashburton in 1908 when Arthur Cates, a former teacher and gas works employee, decided to start his own plumbing and gas fitting business.

Arthur established their original premises in Havelock Street, next

door to the Ashburton Museum. The business grew rapidly and in 1922 the move was made to Burnett Street, where Reid and Grey were based.

In 1924 Arthur Cates took over the Reid and Grey agency and sold ploughs, cultivators,

milking machines and pumps, as well as water pumps.

Upon his death in 1948 his sons Tom and Arthur (AV) took over the company. Today the company is run by Daryl Cates (AV’s son).

Today their products and services include LPG,

gas appliances, plumbing, water pumps, water treatment, automotive radiators and sheetmetal.

The company also now has a second site in the Riverside industrial estate, where the automotive radiators and sheetmetal services are based.

“Arthur Cates Ltd is an

example of one of the businesses who has been an established part of our community and is so generously demonstrating their support for the project”, says Maurice Myers, Chairman of the Ashburton Stadium Complex Trust.

ROSEBANK RESIDENTIAL CARE LTD BRONZE PARTNER

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osebank Residential Village is proud to support the EA Networks Centre and help bring the sports complex one step closer.

Sue Prowse, Manager of Rosebank, explains:

“We had no hesitation in becoming a Bronze Partner of the Centre and it is exciting to see a Centre of this calibre being developed in Ashburton.

Established in 1992, Rosebank Village,

Resthome and Hospital caters for a wide range of needs for residents in our community.

Residents are always looking for new ways to keep fit and healthy, so it makes sense to support the EA Networks

Centre”.

As Sue further explains, there are many reasons to pitch in alongside the local community. “This is a project that will benefit the whole community and we see it as a way of

giving something back to a community that has supported Rosebank over the 20 years it has been in business. Our employees and their families will also benefit from the opportunities this Centre offers.”

Sue Prowse from Rosebank Residential Care Ltd with Maurice Myers, Chairman of the Ashburton Stadium Complex Trust.

Arthur Cates Ltd Burnett Street Showroom.

BECOME THE PROUD OWNER OF A JENNIAN HOME

T

he Jennian Homes HouseBuild is well advanced, with the auction proposed in late April/early May this year.

The HouseBuild is a joint fundraising initiative for the EA Networks Centre by the Jennian Homes Ashburton Swim Team together with

Jennian Homes Ashburton.

The modern 3 bedroom home is being built at the Braebrook subdivision, and will have indoor/outdoor living with a beautiful view across the lawn to a stream and the magnificent Southern Alps.

As Chris Watson from

Jennian Homes explains “We’ve had outstanding support from 25 local tradespeople and suppliers, and everyone’s working hard to not only build a quality home but also to keep all cash costs down, so the funds raised for the Centre can be maximised”.

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Contact details If you’d like to submit your early interest, please contact Hamish Niles from Property Brokers on either 027 356 265 or 03 307 9176.

Property Brokers, one of the project’s supporters, is undertaking the marketing and auction of the home.

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EA NETWORKS CENTRE IS NOW ON FACEBOOK If you would like to share in the latest developments for the EA Networks Centre, you can now find the Centre on Facebook.

Check out the latest news at www.facebook.com/eanetworkscentre

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New Zealand author Peter Graham talked about his book So Brilliantly Clever at the Ashburton Public Library on Sunday.

Book month kicks off with intrigue

By Susan Sandys Murder and intrigue were on the agenda at the Ashburton Public Library this week.

To launch New Zealand Book Club Month, lawyer and true crime writer Peter Graham spoke about his acclaimed books Vile Crimes and So Brilliantly Clever.

Speaking of So Brilliantly Clever, several members of the audience remembered Christchurch teenagers Juliet Hulme and Pauline Parker, who

murdered Pauline’s mother 59 years ago.

Mr Graham said matricide then, as today, was “extremely rare”, and back in the 1950s, there were only two or three murders a year in New Zealand.

In the case of Hulme and Parker, the girls were aged 15 and 16 respectively at the time of the crime.

The two Christchurch Girls’ High students had formed a “very strange friendship” and were “extraordinarily conceited”.

He showed photos of where

the murder was committed in Victoria Park in the Port Hills, and a photocopied excerpt from Pauline’s diary.

The diary itself had gone missing, but from the New Zealand police Mr Graham had managed to get a copy of her entry on June 22, 1954, which she headlined “The Day of the Happy Event”. It was the day she and Juliet put a brick in a stocking and bashed an unsuspecting Mrs Parker to death.

Mr Graham’s book goes into much detail about not only the crime itself, but the fam-

ily dynamics and other factors leading up to it.

Meanwhile, the Ashburton Art Gallery is holding its own New Zealand Book Month event.

Poems for a Penny is billed as an enchanting evening of poetic magic.

There will be readings from celebrated guest poets Mark Raffills, Sean Joyce, Marisa Cappetta and Jeni Curtis, as well as an open mic session.

The latter will allow audience members to show their lyrical talents. Poems for a Penny will be held March 22 at 7pm.

Arts DIARY • March 14 – Floral Notes, at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre. A musical written by Geraldine Brophy about two best friends.

• March 14 – Pacific Curls live at the Ashburton Art Gallery, 7pm.

• March 22 – Poems for a Penny at the Ashburton Art Gallery, 7pm, $15.

• March 23-24 – Made to Move, the Royal New Zealand Ballet. A spirited comedy set in a Bavarian beer hall, created by artistic director Ethan Stiefel.

• March 27 – Regent Cinema screening for Ashburton Film Society. Great Expectations, 5.45pm.

Saturday’s when you purchase a Lotto product to the value of $6 or more!

• April 4 – Terrace Downs art gallery exhibition A Piece of You and Me opening, featuring works from Tanya McCabe and Joanne Webber.

• April 5 – Final entry Date for Mid and South Canterbury 16 - 19 year old artists to enter the ZONTA YOUTH ART AWARDS. Opening night April 12. Entry forms at the Ashburton Art Gallery.

• To April 7 – A Micronaut in the Wide World – The Imaginative Life and Times of Graham Percy at the Ashburton Art Gallery.

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ARIES (Mar 21st Apr 20th) Lots of optimism and a cheerful belief in the power of change may guide your actions today. Your dreams are still important but now you can have the get-up-and-go to make them happen.

You may make better use of your energy if you pick and focus on one until it’s completed. Your creative side is fuelled by a powerful imagination. Ideas may be worth money.

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TAURUS (Apr 21st May 21st) The Moon glides into your sign later on, bringing a sensual and easy-going quality to the day ahead.

Shopping may seem very appealing, especially if you are looking for party clothes or thinking of changing your look. Although your social life is buzzing, you may prefer to tend to a private matter rather than get involved in a boisterous group event.

• April 14 – Sons of Sinatra, a high energy

Prolific columnist and travel writer Joe Bennett says his Ashburton show will be an evening of free range conversation, where “what happens, happens”.

Bennett’s Fish Like a Drink ... and Other Stories show, to be held at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre on April 13, will be based on stories, anecdotes and questions from the audience.

“People can fire any questions at me – there is nowhere we can’t go, no taboo questions,” he said.

“Anything from earthquakes to sex – or even sex during earthquakes.”

Although he doesn’t know where the show will go until it starts, he promises that if you don’t laugh, you can have your money back.

Bennett is no stranger to Ashburton audiences and he is looking forward to coming back.

“Ashburton is small enough that people feel they know each other and on the occasions I’ve performed there I’ve always found the reception warm and generous.”

Ashburton Trust Event Centre manager Roger Farr said they were thrilled to be able to bring the show here.

“Joe is off to the UK later this year so we are very lucky to catch him before he goes – the audience is in for a great night of hilarity and comment,” Mr Farr said.

Since his last collection of columns, Joe’s been shaken and stickered, and faced arrest and court action in his battle against a council order to evacuate his quake-hit home. He also witnessed the reduction of ‘drinking holes’ from 25 down to one in his beloved Lyttelton.

Bennett was born in Eastbourne, England. After leaving Cambridge University he taught English in several countries, including Canada, Spain, France and New Zealand, before quitting the classroom in 1998 to make his living as a writer.

His columns are syndicated throughout the country and he has been judged New Zealand’s

CANCER (Jun 22nd - Jul 23rd) Good news from far away may raise your spirits and put a smile on your face.

A very in-tune friend may have information for you that makes an impossible situation seem more than possible.

Careerwise, it’s a good time to share your ideas with colleagues or fellow professionals.

There’s every chance that someone may respond to your input.

Each week the Ashburton Guardian gives readers a chance to win DVDs courtesy of Roadshow Entertainment.

Winners will be announced in this column the following week, so keep looking! If you see your name in the winner’s box, come into the Guardian and tell our lovely staff at reception you’re a DVD winner. ID may be required.

Winners have two months to claim their prize.

musical tribute to the young lions of jazz singing, who uphold the vocal traditions set down by the one and only Frank Sinatra.

• April 24 – Regent Cinema screening for Ashburton Film Society. Intouchables, 5.45pm.

• April 28 – Talking of Katherine Mansfield at the Ashburton College auditorium at 4pm.

• May 3 – The Nutcracker, Moscow Ballet La Classique. Ballet skills, lavish costumes and magnificent sets, this show has it all.

• May 5 – Roger Hall’s Taking Off. A sensitive comedy that trails four Kiwi girls on their big OE. At the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

• Ashburton Society of Arts weekly art and printmaking group Wednesdays, 10am to 2pm, life drawing group first Monday of the month 10am to midday, mixed media art group Mondays 10am to 2pm, Saturday painting group 10am to 2pm.

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

LEO (Jul 24th - Aug 23rd) The Aries Moon encourages adventurous thoughts and big dreams, never mind the obstacles involved. Pursue interests and see where they lead but don’t exhaust yourself in a mad dash to nowhere.

Have a plan. Socially, the irons are in the fire and you are in one of the best periods for creating a lively support structure of good friends.

VIRGO (Aug 24th Sep 23rd) It may be easier to deal with a work situation than your partner, especially if they’re making a lot of demands or need attention. Opt for some quality time together or even a date night and things may improve considerably.

A chance to chat may resolve many issues.

If you need to sign a contract today, do make sure you read the small print.

cabaret-style seating will be $24 for adults, $22 for seniors and $17 for students, including service fees.

Tickets are available from the event centre and www.ticketdirect. co.nz

GOODIE GIVEAWAY

Comedy drama about the changing relationships of three party-loving friends who unexpectedly find themselves about to become parents.

When Alice starts to freak out on the eve of her 30th birthday, she’s determined to prove she’s not getting boring just because she’s getting older.

However, her ‘solution’ is going to radically change the lives of her, her boyfriend Mitch and their gay best friend Ritchie.

A wild night out leads to the boys hazily going along with her drunken suggestion of a threesome. They’re close enough not to have regrets in the morning, but when Alice discovers she’s pregnant she and Mitch agree they’re just not ready to become parents.

As Alice prepares to take drastic action, Mitch and Ritchie decide they could all raise the child together. Racing to reach Alice before she goes ahead with the termination, little do they realise they’re in for another big surprise!

Winners of Horrible Histories DVDs are: Simon Bennett, Sam Kemp, Matt Harris

LIBRA (Sep 24th Oct 23rd) Plans for today could be disrupted if someone pulls out or makes an excuse. Mars, newly in Aries, may give certain people reasons to put their own needs first and ignore everyone else’s. If this is the case you need to be equally firm, so it’s time to stand your ground. Energywise, if you feel more tired than usual try to reduce your schedule and chores.

If you would like to go into the draw to win a copy of Threesome, series one DVD, write your name, address and the DVD’s title on the back of an envelope and send to: Goodie Giveaway, PO Box 77, Ashburton.

Alternatively you can email goodies@theguardian.co.nz with the above details.

Entries must be received no later than 9am, the following Wednesday.

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GEMINI (May 22nd Jun 21st) If you want to make headway you’ll need to have a plan. It may be tempting to go with the flow but wasted time and resources or a frayed temper could be the upshot. Hoping for the best won’t cut the mustard today.

You’ll have much more fun socializing as the ball’s in your court and today those you mix with can have as much style and savvy as you.

Columnist of the Year five times, most recently in 2011.

An Evening with Joe Bennett – Fish Like a Drink ... and Other Stories will open at the event centre on Saturday, April 13 at 7.30pm. Ticket prices for reserved

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SCORPIO (Oct 24th - Nov 22nd) The people you’re having fun with right now seem to be very sensitive and possibly psychic too. Don’t be surprised if one senses your mood and has exactly the right antidote to help you feel better. If you’re dissatisfied with any aspect of your job, the presence of Mars may encourage you to do something about it. The next few weeks may see you be impulsive.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 23rd - Dec 21st) You may be in a competitive mood but so might others. If you get tired of clashing egos or the need to win exhausts you, relax, as treasures may be found in your imagination. An idea may need time before it is accepted.

If you have a creative brainwave, talk to people who understand where you’re coming from for an agreeable response.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22nd - Jan 20th) A creative force may be encouraging you to explore ideas that you may have given little attention to previously.

It may seem as though you’re picking them up out of the ether and it’s up to you to make something of them. If you have artistic or literary talents, this is the time when you may be motivated to take them more seriously. Don’t dismiss any option.

AQUARIUS (Jan 21st - Feb 19th) You may do best by consulting with others and responding to the feedback you receive from them. The cosmos is encouraging communication and greater interaction.

Current sparkling influences may be helpful for dating and finding love, perhaps online. However, that special someone will more likely emerge when you don’t expect it and feel relaxed.

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PISCES (Feb 20th Mar 20th) The focus on your sign suggests you’re going into the unknown. You may be moving into territory that changes daily - the landscapes of the mind and heart are never the same.

Use creative thought to encourage success through improvisation. Don’t follow a path, leave a trail.

Meanwhile, Mars may encourage you to spend, spend, spend.

Will you?

ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, Thursday, March 14, 2013

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Sale of Liquor Act 1989

Public Notice

Parris Holdings 2008 Ltd, 114 Railway Tce, Rakaia have made application to the District Licensing Agency at Ashburton for the grant (or renewal) of an Off Licence in respect of the premises situated at 114 Railway Tce, Rakaia and known as Rakaia Four Square Supermarket.

The general nature of the business conducted (or to be conducted) under the licence is- Supermarket.

The days on which and the hours during which liquor is (or is intended to be) sold under the licence are: Monday to Sunday: 7am to 10.00pm the following day.

The application may be inspected during ordinary office hours at the office of the Ashburton District Licensing Agency at 5 Baring Square West, Ashburton.

Any person who is entitled to object and who wished to object to the grant of the application may, not later than 10 working days after the date of the first publication of this notice, file a notice in writing of the objection with: The Secretary Ashburton District Licensing Agency P O Box 94 ASHBURTON 7740 This is the first publication of this notice.

RURAL TRADING POST STRAW sell yours in the Rural Trading Post section of the Guardian classifieds. – Phone 307-7900.

TAMA grass seed for sale.

Machine dressed. Excellent test. Direct from the grower at $1.80 per kg plus GST. Phone 302-8257.

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A day on the sports field Allenton School room six pupil Stephen, 7, evades defenders at his school’s Year 3 and 4 Mini Sport Day on Tuesday. More than 100 children competed in rugby, football, miniball, netball and hockey on the fields of Allenton School, many of the sports run by volunteers and regional development coaches.

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DD, slim, sizes, service, good massage. Phone 021-079MOTORCYCLES 9068.

HOT NEW LADIES. Frisky Fillies. In/out calls. Sensual massages. Phone 021-565126.

FOR SALE CASH for used goods, when you advertise in the Guardian Classifieds. Phone 307-7900.

GRAZING GREEN grass advertised in the Guardian Classifieds.

HIRE SPECIALISED equipment not being used? Advertise it for rent/hire in the Guardian classifieds to make extra cash. Phone 307-7900.

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For all your cake decorating requirements.

FARM bikes, buy or sell in the Motorcycles section of Ashburton Guardian classifieds. Phone 307-7900.

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TRAIL bikes, buy or sell in the Motorcycles section of Ashburton Guardian Classifieds. Phone 307-7900.

Jack Withell-O’Grady Big Guy. Have a great day. Love from Mum, Dad, Kurt, Max and Mac. x

REAL ESTATE

YOUR future home, advertised daily in the Real COOK like Nigella using Estate section of Guardian Parchment paper.

Now classifieds. available at Kitchen Kapers.

100% vegetable Parchment Paper for non-stick cooking and baking. Only $10.99.

Kitchen Kapers, The Arcade.

MACARON Class Tues 26th March, 3.30-5.30pm. Kirsten Day from Auckland. Instore Demonstration.

Limited Spaces- $25. Kitchen Kapers, The Arcade.

Birthday Greetings

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Jack Withell-O’Grady Our big man. Lots of love from all of your Nannys, GangGangs, Aunties, Uncles and cousins.

Joshua Patrick Happy 5th Birthday Sweetheart! Have fun at school. Love Mum and Dad and Thomas. xxxx Hamish Morrice Happy 4th Birthday Hamish.

Have a wonderful day, all our love Mummy, Daddy, Charlotte, Bubbles, Dougal & Holly xxxxxx

Happy Birthday

DAILY DIARY TODAY - THURSDAY, MARCH 14 9.00am - 3.00pm. ASHBURTON KIDNEY SOCIETY. Free blood pressure testing in the Arcade. Burnett /Tancred Streets.

9.00am-4.00pm. ASHBURTON BUDGET ADVISORY SERVICE INC. For free budget advice and workshop enquiries. Phone 307-0496. 60 Cass Street Consultancy House.

9.30am. M.S.A. T’AI CHI CLUB. Beginners class, newcomers welcome. M.S.A. Social Hall, Havelock Street.

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

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

10.00am. ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Fit Kidz, 48 Allens Rd. 10.45am. M.S.A. T’AI CHI CLUB. Qigong exercises, newcomers welcome. M.S.A. Social hall, Havelock Street.

1.00pm - 3.00pm. ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM, Classic aircraft on display including DC3. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

7.30pm. GLENYS’ DANCE GROUP. Old time/sequence dancing. learn to dance. All welcome. Pipe band hall, creek Road.

TOMORROW FRIDAY MARCH 15 9.00am. ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Real Women circuit training in the hall. 48 Allens Road.

1.00pm - 3.00pm. ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. Classic aircraft on display including DC3. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

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

2.00pm. CAVENDISH CLUB. Music Circle. “A little bit of Irish�, 31 Tancred Street.

TRADES, SERVICES CERAMIC Tiles - tile quality guaranteed - Tile Warehouse selection available at Redmonds Furnishing and Flooring, Burnett Street.

ELECTRICIANS Plasterers, Painters, all advertise in the Ashburton Guardian classifieds. – Phone 307-7900.

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Lots of love and laughter.

Dad. xox

LOST, FOUND ANIMALS or stock wandered? Place a classified in the Ashburton Guardian.

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CLUB NEWS Ashburton Celtic Rugby Trainings have commenced on Tuesday and Thursday nights for senior, senior B’s, colts and U18’s.

Dave McCrea (0274753002) and Brian McCormick are senior coaches, Pete Gowans (0273683999) for B’s, Paul Summerfield Colts (0274346815) and Don Summerfield U18’s (0274353231).

The seniors had their first trail game on Sunday against Timaru side and came away with a 32-12 win. The previous win against Timaru was 10-yrs ago. The game was played at a ferocious pace and the skill level was high for the first game and new combinations came together well. The front row was dominant in all facets of play so will be good to see them get better and better every game. Standout players were Lua who scored a hatrick of tries and also Mark Summerfield at half back. The next trial game is this Sunday vs. MacKenzie Country for the Mick Casey Memorial Trophy in Fairlie, including a senior b game.

March is busy for the JAB section, with the successful Schools Rippa Rugby Competition on Tuesday’s in March, to be followed by a JAB club picnic on the 16th at 11am which will include the popular “Milo Cereal� day, waterslide, games, bbq and giveaways.

On March 31 we have an U13 game with a touring Napier Marist. The season kicks off in April with the 7-aside tournament on the 6th at Allenton and the competition starts on 13th April. Enquiries to Darion Gray, 0276880647 or 3071446.

We had Tabai Matson, ex All Black and Crusader and now assistant coach with the Crusaders hold a coaching session with all open grade teams on Tuesday night with a great turnout of U18’s, b’s and seniors and also a large number of spectators and was greatly appreciated by them all. This was followed by a light supper and also Tabai addressing everyone about the highs and lows of being a professional sportsman and also around the issue of alcohol. This was a well-received experience had by all involved, check out our website for photos of the night.

Our major project of leveling and re-seeding the main field has been a great success with numerous positive comments about how it looks and is under foot now.

We like to thank all sponsors that continue to support us. There are too many to name so next time you’re at the clubrooms check out our sponsor’s boards.

Ashburton Musical Club The Annual Meeting of the Ashburton Musical Club was held on February 26. President Janice Allen welcomed a very small gathering of members and read the 88th Annual Report.  Awards:  Five Scholarships were awarded during the year. The Annual Scholarship of $600 was awarded to Joy Sun, the Grace Ackerley Award to Micah Townshend and Ryan Strijbis, each receiving $100 each. The Cup and $100 given to the most promising pianist in the 14 - 18 age group at the Society of Performing Arts competitions was won by Saba Charles from Darfield, and the Cup and $50 given to the best performance student from year 13 at Ashburton College was won by Micah Townshend.

Once again concerts were of a very high standard, and Committee members were congratulated on their hard work in organising these programmes.

Election of Officers: Patroness: Joan Wilkinson, President: Janice Allen, Vice President: Ted Wood, Secretary: Barbara Lischner, Assistant Secretary: Jennie Pike, Treasurer: David Fisher, Committee: Carolie Andrew, Margaret Hawkey, June Barrett, Alister Argyle.  Auditor: Gus Johnson, Hostess Convener: Joyce Giller, Flower Convener: Michelle Rumping, Name Tag Conveners: Margaret and Derrick Cullimore.

Our first concert for the year is on Saturday April 13 at 7.30pm at the Sinclair Centre. This concert is a Public Concert with visiting artists,  Rebecca Steel - Flautist and Bruce Greenfield - Accompanist - who are both professional performers.

Ashburton Travel Club Our year got off to a great start, with a large number attending and several new people joining. Remember that anyone is welcome to come along.

We heard about a back-country bike by one member, going in behind Mt Somers, energetic but enjoyable.

Our main speaker was Diane Rawlinson, who we always enjoy hearing from. Being involved in the Corriedale Sheep Council for 26 years and the only woman president in the world, she has travelled to various parts of South America. This time it was the World Conference in Brazil. She landed in Santiago, then down to Punta Arenas, a 5 1/2 hour trip. She visited farms in3degree temperatures. The Chile border is in a straight line from Tierra del Fuego, where there were also farms to see, with similar shearing sheds.

A difference is that foxes are their worst enemy, with pumas also around.

Diane can thoroughly recommend the Patagonian lamb meals, spit-roasted for 3 to 4 hours.

Some estates (or estancias)Â are so huge, that around 1000 bales of wool are sent away.

Lots of details were given also – of the farming, cruis-

ing round the Cape by fiords from Ushuia, coloured beech trees, a National Park, the friendly people of Chile, the carrying of guns in Argentina, hosting by the British club, huge huge farms, horses, small oil rigs, the gas line, Buenos Aries, Montevideo in Uruguay, to stay with friends and explore the city and finishing on another farm Altogether another enthralling talk to fascinate us all.

Next week, March 20, we hear from June Lindores, about the benefits of cruising, so come along to St David’s Church hall at 7.30pm.

Ashburton Group

Writers’

Members were welcomed to the March meeting of the Ashburton Writers’ Group by President Deb. Kay read a quotation.

Members were advised of the Franklin Writers’ Group Short Story Contest, and also of the Afternoon with Peter Graham and a workshop to be given by Jenny Hayworth at the Ashburton Public Library.

The Assignment for the meeting was for members to write about their biggest fear. Members wrote of the buried coffin, comatose form, horde blowflies and budgies, writer’s block, mercy of elements, large volume water and bankruptcy.

The instant exercise was to write a story with the beginning “He saw the school, close, sunny and green.�

Members wrote of ideal school, his old school, principal new school, small and compact, next move, successful businessman and bullies.

The meeting concluded with the serving of afternoon tea.

The assignment for the April meeting is write of “My Grandma’s Lap.�

Visitors are welcome to the meetings, please phone Rae at 308-8927.

Ashvegas Country Club Club members participated in the annual Tinwald vs Mayfield friendly at Mayfield last Sunday and it would appear, judging by the massive upset in that match, that the majority of our golfers did not have their best day’s golf.

One who did have a good round was Legs who shot 90 to finish with 41 stableford points and he did comment later that he was not surprised by this result as his superior fitness and athleticism usually gives him a clear advantage over the rest of the field.

Another to perform reasonably well was John Smitheram who finished his round with 37 stableford points after a round of 75 which included 2 out-of –bounds.

This Sunday’s club day is scheduled to be held at Tinwald at the normal tee off time of 10.00am.

College Cricket Club Both Red and Green had a chance at being in the third grade final when they played their semi finals.

Red’s chances were hindered when only nine able players fronted to battle Lauriston, who batted first and amassed 198. Josh Buchanan was the stand out bowler taking 5/27 off his 8 overs, Jamie Stockdale picked up two while Harry Watson snared one. Red was never in the hunt and finished at 62/8. Dafydd Philp with 25 top scored.

Green travelled to Methven for the second week in a row due to the dampness of the domain. Methven won the toss and batted, opener Sam Harrison was top scorer hitting 152 (dropping him 3 times didn’t help) which helped Methven to 284 for 5. Wicket takers this week were Dylan, Edze, Brad, Josh and Oliver all getting 1 each. Oliver took the wickey gloves to get his. Dylan tried to take a catch close in, certainly stopped a four, but in the process damaged his thumb.

Connor O’Grady nearly got a caught and bowled by taking a ball right in the breadbasket, winding him.

Josh Strange had a problem getting his hands to take a few catches, to the delight of the Methven boys, who reminded him that YES your brother Sean would have caught that! Green started the match with three players down, so after a frantic search Green had the services of Red team members Patrick Sandrey and Kody Stuthridge. Openers for Green this week were Edze (who departed quickly) and Patrick. Captain Andrew Jopson was next, briefly, then Brad Horrell, who was settling in hitting a few fours here and there, until hitting one straight to a fielder and was out for 17. Dylan came in hit a few but was obviously still troubled by the thumb so he walked on 10. Matt Forbes was next and he combined well with Pat. At the end of the 17th over Matt was seen taking off his gloves etc, Pat thought it was the 20 over drinks break, and also ripped everything off, only to be told Matt had a cold and needed to blow his nose! Matt got 22. Michael and Kody both came and went, then Oliver Adlam came in hit the ball nicely getting through to 16. Josh Strange (10) and Connor O’Grady (4 no) got Green to 134 for 10.

Methven Bowling Club Last week R Fensom played in the Canterbury Colts

Tournament and made it to the semi finals before losing to the eventual winner well done Rob. Also last week B Harper, R Thomas, G Brooker, I Syme had two wins at the Burnside Farmers Tournament. Congratulations to R Isherwood & J Goodwin for winning the Nora Stephens Tray well done. On Wednesday we held the Mary Stone Triples which was proudly sponsored by The Finishing Company, White Fox & Jones, R & R Haulage thank you to these sponsors for their support.

Winners were G Whipp, W Herriott, J Chivers from Tinwald well done girls; 2nd R Smith, R Isherwood, M Stone; 3rd L Boyd (Rak), M Middleton, D Gordon.

At the Rakaia Farmers Tournament B Harper, R Thomas, E Maw, A Holmes came 2nd and it was also a successful day for A Hill, B Harper, K Lynn (Hinds) at the Greenkeepers Tournament at Burnside coming 3rd. Good bowling guys. On Friday at the West Melton Farmers Tournament B Harper, G Pagey, R Thomas, D Callaghan 2 wins; E Maw, J Martin, A Holmes, I Syme 2 wins. Congratulations to C Carter, H Weir, R Callaghan for winning the Ken Waterreus Trophy with three very good wins. On Sunday we held the Morris Carter Fours which was sponsored by the Blue and Brown Pubs thank you to these sponsors for their support. Winners were A Allred, W Carter, M Allred, L Allred great stuff team winning for the second year in a row; 2nd G Blackwell, G Lock, L Blackwell, A Hill; 3rd L Fensom, D Callaghan, D Callaghan, R Callaghan. At the Anstiss Cup at Hampstead W Blackwell played with the three kids from Allenton J Drayton, W Watson, S Doig and came 2nd well done.

Happy bowling everyone.

Tinwald Bowling Club With only a few weeks of the season left, there is hardly a day without bowls.

Congratulation to Margaret Eder on being selected in the O’65’s & Mid-Canterbury v Ellesmere team.

Our Premier team of G. Whipp, S. Maw, J. Chivers, W. Herriott lost their first game to Rakaia, which put them into the Plate round, where they beat Allenton, then won the final against MSA. Well done ladies. Congratulations to Ashburton in winning the Premier.

The men’s Gala Cup team of G. Eder, J. Bell, R. Diamond, B. Wade lost to Allenton, then lost the first round of the Plate against Rakaia.

G. Eder, M. Eder, W. Lee played in the Greenkeeper Triples tournament at Burnside and had 4 wins, winners on their Green.

At Methven’s Mary Stone Ladies Triples, G. Whipp, W. Herriott, J. Chivers had three wins and were the tournament winners. Congratulations.

At the Allenton Friday Triples G. Eder, M. Eder, W. Lee had two wins and a draw.

Our In-house Joanne Chapman Tray tournament was won by J. Bell, B. Stewart, J. Chivers- 3 wins, W. Lee, E. Scoon, R. Diamond - 2 wins for second.

Ashburton Aussie Pairs R & W. Herriott - 2 wins,G & M. Eder 1 win.

Hampstead Anstiss Cup Fours, after a wet start, G. Eder, M. Eder, S. Maw, J. Rooke, 2 wins, R. Herriott, W. Lee, R. Diamond, W. Herriott had an enjoyable day.

We are looking forward to seeing our past members, for a get together and afternoon tea on Thursday March 21 at 2pm. Phone 308-4116 or 307-7498 for registration.

Tinwald Garden Club Twenty-nine members attended the monthly meeting of the Tinwald Garden Club 10 apologies were received.

President Phyllis Hydes welcomed our speaker Jenny Baker.

Jenny demonstrated some easy and effective flower arrangements using lots of greenery, with a combination of fresh and artificial flowers. She accompanied her demonstration with a light hearted commentary on her life as a florist. She was thanked and presented with a fruit bowl.

Eight posy bowls were given to Rosebank.

Competitions: Cut Flowers: Stem of Lily: 1st A Truman; 2nd K Ross 1 Cacti Dahlia: 1st K. Ross; 2nd A. Truman; 3rd J. Johnson Miniature Decorative: 1st J. Johnson Water Lilly: 1st A. Truman Full Blown Rose: 1st C. Thompson; 2nd G. Quelch; 3rd B. Tarbotton Floribunda Rose: 1st K. Ross; 2nd B. Tarbotton Miniature Bloom: 1st J. Johnson, 2nd G. Quelch; 3rd M. Glassey Miniature Rose: 1st S. Thomas; 2nd G. Quelch; 3rd B. Tarbotton Branch of Flowering Shrub: 1st A. Truman; 2nd C. Thomson; 3rd D. Hydes Flower N.O.S.: 1st M. Glassey; 2nd K. Ross; 3rd G. Quelch Flowering Climber: 1st B. Tarbotton Vegetables: 3 Tomatoes: 1st C. Thomson; 2nd M. Glassey; 3rd C. Mason; 3 Runner Beans: 1st K. Young; 2nd C. Marsh; 3rd K. Ross Jar of Herbs: 1st K. Ross Young/O’Keefe Trophy: 1st J. Johnson

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Results Cycling

Velodrome Team’s Racing First Round: Ian Cullimore Matthew Ellis & Sam Cullimore 51 05s Oliver Davidson Brendan Davidson Kees Donaldson 51.49s Trevor Coppard James Donaldson Laurent Fifield 52.81s Ross Proctor Don Sutton Ben Sutton 53.60s Connie Davidson Caitlin Titheridge Shona Proctor 101.96s Second Round: Ian Cullimore Matthew Ellis Sam Cullimore 53.55s Trevor Coppard James Donaldson Laurent Fifield 54.32s Don Sutton Ross Proctor Ben Sutton 55.01s Oliver Davidson Kees Donaldson Brendan Davidson 55.67s Connie Davidson Caitlin Titheridge Shona Proctor 58.37s Third Round: Ian Cullimore James Donldson Sam Cullimore 52.21s Ethon Titheridge Kees Donaldson Sam Cullimore 52.79s Ross Proctor Don Sutton Ben Sutton 53.51s Oliver Davidson Kees Donaldson Brendan Davidson 54.87s Trevor Coppard Ian Cullimore Don Sutton 55.83s Connie Davidson Caitlin Titheridge Shona Proctor 101.10s.

Calder Stewart McDonald’s Tinwald Supervalue Trainer Wheels W/W Group 1. 1st Oliver Broker 15pts 2nd Zac Moore 9pts. Group 2.

1st Jai Lamure 15pts. 2nd Oakley MacKenzie 9pts 3rd Sahith Bernardo 6pts. Group 3. 1st.

Trae Aitken 13pts 2nd. Freddia Hastie 11pts.

3rd James Lansdown 6pts. W/W A1 Grade 1st. Madison Clark 10pts 2nd. Jenna Borthwick 9pts 3rd. Maddie Lowry 7pts. 4th. Jenna Moore 6pts. 5th. Simon Moore 1pt. A.2. Grade 1st.

Rosie Gray 10pts. 2nd. Harry Fleming 9pts 3rd.

Mia Pearson 5pts. 3rd=. Ella Pearson 5pts. 4th Amy Pearson 2pts. 5th. Ben Donaldson 1pt. C. Grade 1st Cole Aitken 10pts 2nd.= Briar Clark &Emily-Jane Elliott 9pts. 3rd.Riley Broker 3pts.

4th. Nik Kershaw 2pts Charlize MacKenzie D. Grade 1st. Louis Hastie 7pts. 2nd. Luke Rhodes 6pts. 3rd.= Page Aitken ,Joel Moffett & Lachlan Lansdown 5pts. 4th Jesse Nieman 1pt. E & F Grade. 1st= Liam Elliott & Samantha Nieman 10pts 2nd. Isla Moffett 7pts 3rd. Phillip Soshnikov 5pts 4th Mitchell Lye 1pt. Open & U17 1st ben Sutton 13pts. 2nd. Kees Donaldson 11pts.

3rd. Sam Cullimore 8pts. 4th Bailey Kershaw 3pts. B Grade U17. 1st. Oliver Davidson 15pts.

2nd=James Skinner & Josh Kershaw 8pts. 3rd.

Caitlin Titheridge 7pts. 4th Cole Beeman 3pts.

C. Grade U17. 1st Ryan jackson 13 pts. 2nd.

Connie Davidson 10pts. 3rd. Luke Skinner 8pts 4th Ethon Titeridge 7pts.

Mid Canterbury Social Wheelers Results: Shona Proctor 5.45m 24 58s Ethon

Titheridge Go 30 57s Caitlin Titeridge 5m 28 15s Alan Cox 5m 28 21s Josh Donaldson 8.30m 24 53s Janette Hooper 8 30m 25 07s Drew Titheridge 8 30m 25 09s Bruce Paterson 8 30m 25 09s Harry Chatterton 45s 33 06s Bruce Arnst Go 33 55s Alex Hooper F/T 14 06s 20 02s Russell Ward 3f/t 13 30m 20 51s Sam Cullimore 14 06m 2f/t 20 18s Ben Sutton 11 50m 22 54s Richard Kirwan 13 30m 20 54s Don Sutton 11 50m 22 56s Shane Gerken 11 50m 22 56s Steve Tocher 11 50m 22 57s Matt Marshall 13 30m 21 06s Ross Templeton 13 30m 21 06s Nigel Chatterton 11 50m 27 22s.

Tinwald Cycling Club Results: Glen Marshall 77 45s Richard Kirwan 77 46s Ross Templeton 77 46s Garry Weston 78 46s Rachel Thow 77 47s Michelle Davidson 78 47s Shane Gerken 78 47s John Uden 77 48s Paul MacFie 83 03s Julie Tarbotton 85 19s Lucy Kirwan 85 19s Dave Shurrock 83 05s Bruce Albon 85 20s Paul Houston 83 05s Craig Roulston 78 50s Michael Templeton F/T 73 29s Simon Earl 2f/t 73 29s Nigel Douglas 3f/t 73 29s Russell Ward 75 30s Brent Harris 73 30s Niel Wylie 75 30s Kevin Opele 75 35s Rob Hooper 75 35s Kristine Marriott 75 39s Tony Ward 74 55s Ross Avis 74 56s Brad Hudson 75 02s Brian Ellis 93 46s John Harcourt 93 47s Liz Wylie 93 47s Nigel Chatterton 93 49s Matt Marshall 84 27s Alan Johns 101 27s Brendan Davidson Punctured.

Juniors 18km Bailey O’Donnell 35 14s Abe O’Donnell 39 42s Caitlin Titheridge 37 46s Sam Cullimore F/t 29 52s Ben Sutton 2f/t 32 06s Oliver Davidson 38 03s Ryan Jackson 38 03s Division 2 Drew Titeridge 33 59s Keryn O’Donnell F/T 33 08s Janette Hooper 33 08s Tony Tarbotton 37 10s.

Golf

37,Anne Marie Blair 34 ALT nearest the pin 5&14 Lal Mulligan Marilyn Cross/Hasting McLeod/ Property Brokers 2nd shot 2&11 0-30 Pam Morrison, 31-40+ Anne Marie Blair Marjory Murdoch Player of the day, Margaret Read

Methven Golf March 9 Senior : Phil Johnson 79-11-68; Intermediate: Peter Harper 83-17-66; Junior A: Bruce Dickson 92-23-69; Junior B: Mike Harris 88-25-63.

Other Good scores 67 Allan Lock 68 Mako Matsui Paul Dixey Piers Rolton Mick Hodgson 69 James Heo 70 Dale Fisher Dave Puckett Mike Royston Ian Lucas Phil Elliott.

Two’s: Keith Middleton, Pete Harper, Dan Van der Salm, James Heo (2) Nearest the Pins: Arabica # 4: Keith Middleton; Terrace Downs # 6: Bernie Walsh; Skitime # 13: Yuki; Hunters Wines # 17: Pete Harper Topnotch Four Square Best Nett: Mike Harris 63; Second Best Nett: Pete Harper 66; Aqua Japanese Restaurant Best Gross: James Heo 72 Methven 36 hole Open Tournament March 10 Ladies Grade Ward Rose Bowl: Best Gross Nikky Webb 157; Best Nett: Heather Santy 143; 2nd nett: Lyn Schott 152 by lot; 3rd nett: Ginny Bolderston 152; 4th nett: Sally Jones 153 by lot; 5th nett: Wanda Campbell 153.

Men’s Senior Grade: Best Gross Josh Smith 147 after playoff from Simon Wright; Best nett: Alister Maxwell 137; 2nd nett: Wayne Smith 141 by lot; 3rd nett: Graham Gunn 141; 4th nett: Dale Lucas 142; 5th nett: J McLaughlin 143.

Men’s Intermediate Grade: Best Gross: Barry Wackwitz 162; Best nett: P Neilson 141; 2nd nett: Ben Rutter 142; 3rd nett: Grant Williams 144; 4th nett: Jason Ree 145 by lot; 5th nett: Mike Gray 145.

Junior Men’s Grade: Best Gross: Bruce Collins 169; Best Nett: Allan Smith 138 by lot; 2nd nett: D McLean 138; 3rd nett: Robin Lopez 141; 4th nett: Simon Hampton 144; 5th nett: Tim Robinson 145 by lot Doug Hamilton Ladies Longest Drive No16: Nikky Webb; Men’s Longest Drive No 16: Wayne Sullivan.

Nearest The Pins No 4: Angela Mowbray, Phil Johnson; No 6: Katrina Glass, Wayne Smith; No 13: Ginny Bolderston, Bernie Walsh; No 17: Angela Mowbray, Josh Smith.

March 12 1st Elaine Pierce Net 69, Lesley Glassey 71, Maureen Colville 72, Carol Shanks 72, Betty O’Neill 72, Mara Kennedy 73 & Kirsty McAuliffe 73.

Nearest The Pins: Sponsored by No. 6: Stables Family Restaurant: Pauline Boon: No.12: Hair by Mac & Maggie: Margaret Pawsey: No. 2:. Dairy Business Centre: Kirsty McAuliffe: No. 16 2nd Shot: Outdoor Adventure: Maureen Colville. Two’s Shirley Young: Pam Templeton: Kirsty McAuliffe; 9 Hole Section: Stableford: Nellie Burrows, Judy Johns the 3rd Nancy Costin.

Stableford March 9 Senior; Robin Simms 41, Brent Smith 40, Randall Feutz 39. Intermediate; Cameron Miller 39, Michael Thomas 38, Tony Sheppard 37, Tony Clarke 36.Junior; Ron Meiklejohn 42, Graham McCall 41, Keith Bonnington 40, Richard Hewson 40, Philip Keir 39, Women; (stroke) Wendy Stevenson 71, Amanda Gray 73, Sue Newman 74 b/l. Nearest the pin: Tinwald Liquorland # 2; Sonja Mee. Gluyas Ford # 6; Dave Gill. Stirling Sports # 12; Shane Green.

Ideal Electrical supplies # 16; Bryan Shanks.

Two’s; John Smitheram, Dave Gill, Dave Horrell, Justin Smith, Tony Clarke, Sonja Mee, Clarrie Whiting. Net Eagles: #5 Tony Clarke.

LGU, 2nd Stableford March 12 0-20 Jan Clucas 92-16-76, Judith Webb 97-1879,Betty Wilson 98-18-80 21-29 Pam Morrison 97-26-71, Jillian Lake 107-29-78,Lal Mulligan 107-28-79 30-40+ Margaret Read 111-41-70, Anne Marie Blair 105-31-74, Val Fleming 112-37-75 Stablefords; Margaret Read 38,Pam Morrison

Tinwald Golf Club Tuesday Ladies March 19 Nancy McCormick 36 Holes No. 1: 8.30am Betty O’Neill & S Young: K. McAuliffe & P. Bell: 8.35 a.m. Joan Undy & M. Smith : J. Smith & M. Kennedy: 8.40am A. Dwan & B. Cochrane: D. Mitchell & B. Harris: 8.45am M. Bennett & D. Lowe: D. Bell & C. Shanks: 8.50am V. Prendergast & S. Vucetich: E. Pierce & P. Ellis Stroke Round: Starters : M. Moore & B. Irvine. Cards: C. Linney & M. Colville. Tea Duty am P. Gibson. p.m. L. Glassey & D. Sharplin No.1: 9.00am. S. Durry, R. Kinvig. C. Linney: 9.05 M. Colville: D. Sharplin. J. VanderHeide: No. 10: 9.05: L. Glassey, P. McLauchlan, S. Cain: 9.05: P. Templeton, V. Hampton, M. Moore: No.13: P. Bishop, S. Mee, B. Jackson: 9.05: I. Divers, T. O’Connell, M. Reddecliffe, L. Bird: Bradford 9 Holes: All Irons No. 10. 9.10 am V. Johnston, B. McBride, G. Whipp: 9.15: K. Young, J. Cartwright, N. Burrows: No. 17. 9.00 J.Johns, N. Costin, R. O’Brien: 9.05. J. Moorren, P. Gibson. D. Ellery:

Central Draws Press Features Ltd Golf

Ashburton Golf Club Midweek Women’s Golf Draw Tuesday 19 LGU, Rnd 3 Sunmeade Trophy, Rnd 3 H E Cook Trophy Draw Steward: Leigh Wackrow 3083790 Tuesday Starters: K Shaw, J Montgomery No 1 Tee 9.00 K Robb, J Hetrick, K Green 9.06 B Cameron, K McRae, R Evans 9.12 B Gregory, B Watkins, H Ward 9.18 J McKeown, G Lane, M Watson 9.24 F Matsinger, C Ness, W Suttie No 12,142 9.30 H Trott, B White, E Langford No 2 Tee 9.00 B Martin, A Hunt, J McArthur No 7 Tee 9.18 R Fail, A Grant, T Cates 9.24 H Robertson, R Bennett, S Simpson 9.30 E Porter, M Bean, L Small 9.36 J Montgomery, K Shaw, J Dunlop No 10 Tee 9.00 J Guilford, W Parr , M Urquhart 9.06, A Hewson, D McConnochie, H Argyle 9.12 P Bell, H Hawksby, B Turton 9.18 F Williamson, D Hinton, L Wackrow 9.24 J Williams, D Engelbrecht, D Simmons No 11 Tee 9.00, G Sloper, J Welch 9.06, V

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Mayfield Ladies Golf

Moore, J Mitchell, S Lemon 9 Hole Men and Women’s Section 21 March - Sue Bunt, stroke Rnd 2 Jean Drummond Trophy, putting - report 9:15am 9 Hole convenors – Carolyn King 308 7022 and Carol O’Reilly 16 March - report 8:20am for 8:45am start Club Captain – Alison Grant 302 4635

Methven 9 hole Golf Club March 8 Mike Markillie 48- 22-26, 15 putts; Pam Callaghan 64- 29- 35, 18 putts; Annette Maw 5318- 35, 19 putts.

BNZ 2nd shot: Annette Maw

Tinwald Golf Club Tuesday Ladies - Stroke Round

March 16 Medal No 1 Tee 12.30, G Rennie, S Kennedy, T Clarke, W Mason, 12.36, L Jackson, M Fechney, A Barrie, R Bruce,12.42, A Marshall, M Thomas, P Hefford, A Pierce No 10 Tee 12.30, P Marshall, B Collins, C Miller, R Wards, 12.36, A Millar, B Shanks, O Everest, R Meiklejohn, No 13 Tee 12.30, D Green, A Moore, C Whiting, R Shearer, 12.36, W Stevenson, J VanderHeide, S Mee, K Hoskin.

Starters; am, P Roulston, pm, A Marshall, M Thomas. Cards; L Jackson.House Duty: R Meiklejohn.

Softball T-Ball Semi Finals 9am: T1 Borough v Tinwald Whitesox; T2Allenton Diamonds v Longbeach Strikers; T3Hinds Heroes v Hampstead Yellow; T4St Josephs PanthersvRakaia Redsox; T5St Josephs Tigers v Allenton Gold T6Netherby Nixons v Hampstead Blue; BYE Tinwald Dolphins Slow-pitch Semi Finals 9am: D2 Metalcorp Hampstead Allstars vRakaia Royals; D3 Tinwald Blacksox v Netherby Dodgers; D4 Allenton Tigers v Hampstead Little League Finals - Note Time 11am Playing for 1st and 2nd D1 Cardinals v Ashburton City Tigers Playing for 3rd and 4th D4 Methven Mad Dogs v Pirates Revival League Finals 1pm Playing for 3rd and 4th D1 Revival Rebels v Nosh Café Hampstead Hawks (Rusty Demons & Fairfield Marines to umpire).

3pm Playing for 1st and 2nd D1 Rusty Demons v Fairfield Marines (Revival Rebels & Nosh Café Hampstead Hawks to umpire)

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No 12,143

Christchurch greyhound fields, form Fields for Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club meeting at Addington Raceway today.

NZ Meeting number: 10 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, 3.50pm (NZT) SUPER PETS DASH C3, 295m 1 72326 Pure And Special 17.25................... M Grant 2 42314 Bugsy Bangles 17.16 J &................D Fahey 3 72433 Magic You nwtd C &......................D Roberts 4 28221 Gitcha Easy 17.34 W &...................... Nissen 5 11811 Dillmanstown (c4) 17.54....................J Dunn 6 11315 Wandy Grant 17.19........................ G Cleeve 7 61332 Starburst Josh nwtd......................... M Grant 8 61315 Will Excite 17.57........................... L Waretini 9 52624 Knox 17.44........................................ B Dann 10 16433 Reddy Boy 17.43.............................. B Dann RACE 2, 4.15pm (NZT) HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANN JOPSON SPRINT C5, 295m 1 15162 Cawbourne Catch 17.17................... M Flipp 2 46821 Ocotillo 17.03 J &............................D Fahey 3 24371 Ramrada 17.21 C &......................D Roberts 4 53614 Butterbean 17.35 M &....................PT Binnie 5 21332 Wazza Freebie 17.30 H &....................Taylor 6 62153 Cawbourne Moff 17.00..............J McInerney 7 11132 Zebidiah 17.02 J &...........................D Fahey 8 12414 Elki 17.31..................................... M Roberts 9 12816 Jackson Cat 17.21............................ B Dann 10 16274 Matti Oah 17.08.........................J McInerney RACE 3, 4.35pm THURSDAY PLACE PICK STAKES C3, 520m 1 11615 Opawa Jed 30.06 J &......................D Fahey 2 66111 Opawa Midnight (c4) 30.66 S &.......B Evans 3 21312 Indi’s Grace 30.92............................ M Grant

tV1 Breakfast.

Good Morning.

Ellen. (G, R) Cowboy Builders. (G) Presenters ride to the rescue of homeowners whose lives have been ruined by ‘cowboy builders’.

12.00 ONE News. (T) 12.30 Emmerdale. (PGR, T) Turner thwarts Paddy, Laurel wants Ashley to talk to Sandy, Adam tries to make up with Holly, 1.30 Come Dine With Me.

MORNING

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2.00 Britain’s Best Dish.

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3.00 Dickinson’s Real Deal.

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3.55 Te Karere. (T) 4.25 Ellen.

5.25 Millionaire Hot Seat.

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6.00 ONE News. (T) 7.00 Seven Sharp. (T) 7.30 Coronation Street.

eVeNING

(PGR, T) 8.30 Miranda. (PGR, T)

Miranda tries dating.

9.05 Mrs Brown’s Boys.

(AO, T)

9.45 Citizen Khan. (Final, PGR, T) The Khans have a spare invite for the wedding, but for Mr Khan, the fewer the guests the better, and he decides to invite only influential people.

10.20 ONE News Tonight. (T) 10.50 Tagata Pasifika.

11.20 Fatal Attractions.

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12.25 Diplomatic Immunity. (PGR, R, T) 12.55 Te Karere. (R, T) 1.25 BBC World – GMT With George Alagiah. 2.00 Impact with Mishal Husain. 3.30 HARDtalk. 4.00 Global With Jon Sopel. (G) 5.05 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. 5.35 Te Karere. (T)

4 34317 Opawa Swede 30.53 J &.................D Fahey 5 38275 Rambunctious 30.63..................A Bradshaw 6 15113 Wayleggo 30.33 J &.........................D Fahey 7 32167 Know Peril 30.62............................ G Cleeve 8 68621 Bigtime Kelina nwtd..........................B Shaw 9 68464 Barnaby Bale 30.84 C &...............D Roberts RACE 4, 5.00pm NZ RACING SERIES SPRINT HEAT NZRSq, 295m 1 36126 Benny’s Angel (c4) 17.50...........J McInerney 2 68558 Rule Judge Judy (c2) 17.59 J &.............May 3 64836 Attire (c5) 17.14 A &...........................Seque 4 21237 Fair Movin (c4) 17.33........................ M Flipp 5 Box Vacant.................................... Scratched 6 41117 Life’s A Laugh (c5) 17.39...........R Blackburn 7 21212 Know Advantage (c5) 17.23.......... G Cleeve 8 12371 Another Gon (c5) 17.17.............J McInerney RACE 5, 5.25pm NZ RACING SERIES SPRINT HEAT NZRSq, 295m 1 24345 Clone Your Own (c5) 16.87..................A Lee 2 14757 Another Jewel (c3) 17.32...........J McInerney 3 62475 Homebush Sarge (c5) 17.41......J McInerney 4 16167 Campaigner (c4) 17.34 H &.................Taylor 5 Box Vacant.................................... Scratched 6 13764 Know Thought (c5) 17.10.............. G Cleeve 7 77585 Vampires Shadow (c4) 17.23 J &...........May 8 41344 Oscar Tuivasa (c5) 17.36.................L Philips RACE 6, 5.45pm NZ RACING SERIES SPRINT HEAT NZRSq, 295m 1 67287 Jonny Jet (c5) nwtd............................J Dunn 2 54245 Know Attention (c4) 17.10............. G Cleeve 3 17726 Gazza’s Pride (c5) 17.24.................. M Flipp 4 23112 Dixie Lee (c5) 17.00..................R Blackburn 5 Box Vacant.................................... Scratched 6 25235 Blickling Bridge(c4) 17.54 J &.................May

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7 65375 Another Coffee (c3) 17.41.........J McInerney 1 23678 Rodriguez (c5) 17.19...........................A Lee 8 35167 Homebush Mayhem (c5) 17.38.J McInerney 2 83688 Vitalize (c3) 17.65 J &.............................May RACE 7, 6.05pm NZ RACING SERIES SPRINT HEAT 3 68257 Nova’s Fortune (c5) 17.27.........J McInerney NZRSq, 295m 4 87477 Homebush Craig (c3) 17.29.......J McInerney 1 66418 Fireman’s Salute(c5) 17.14............ G Cleeve 5 78x45 Know Trust (c4) 17.23.................... G Cleeve 2 46643 Avert (c4) 17.35 A &...........................Seque 6 12237 Pearl’s Boy (c5) 17.19.................... G Cleeve 3 13788 Know Love Affair(c5) 17.34........... L Waretini 7 22555 Finn McMissile(c5) 17.28.................L Philips 4 62656 Princely Dollar (c5) 17.41..........J McInerney 8 42833 Another Colt (c4) 17.35.............J McInerney ACROSS DOWNHOUSES PH 03 3715005 5 Box Vacant....................................

Scratched RACE 11, 7.56pm FLATPACK 6 15746 New York Affair (c3) 18.081.J &.Roguish ...............May(4) STAKES C5, 520m 1. Stratagem (8) 7 32463 Drysdale (c5) 17.17.............................A Lee 1 11251 Not A Know 30.33.........................A Waretini 2. Hart Hide (7) 3. Demeanour (8) 8 53132 Another Star (c2) nwtd...............J McInerney 2 11365 Russell 30.31.....................J McInerney Threefold (6) 8. Small RACE 8, 6.28pm NZ RACING SERIES SPRINT(4) HEAT 3 83622 Take 4.

No Prisoner 30.42.................

G Cleeve NZRSq, 295m Hope 30.29 J &.................D Fahey 5. Rash (10) 9. Trachea (8) 4 44353 Brooklyn 1 56861 Excuse Please (c5) 17.35............ J McMillan 5 14862 Wot Price Curly 30.73................J McInerney 6. Fuse 11. Binoculars 2 14112 Go Housie (c5) 17.44....................

G Cleeve (5-7) 6 18344 Jinjarango 30.18 J(5) &........................D Fahey 7. Dollar Regular (4) 13. HueG Cleeve (6) 3 15212 Know Jealousy (c4) 17.29.............

7 62838 Another 30.27..................J McInerney 4 71426 Homebush Edith (c5) 17.40.

McInerney(6) 8 45421 Magic 30.50(10) C &..............D Roberts 10.Maggie Judge 14.......J Fervour 5 66248 Enable (c4) 17.45 H &.........................Taylor 9 13546 Moriarty 30.80...................................B Shaw 12. Attendance (8) 17. Trenchancy (12) 6 47525 Adini (c5) 17.16.............................

L Waretini 10 11666 Know Chaos 30.65........................ G Cleeve 15.SPEIGHT’S Inclusive (7) C4, 295m 20.

Swap (8) 7 67668 Life With Dexter(c2) 17.27 J &................May RACE 12, 8.23pm SPRINT 8 41473 Waimak Dave (c3) 17.60...........J McInerney (4) 1 73321 Radiator 17.39(6) W &.............. Nissen 16. Springs Solitary 21. Daybreak RACE 9, 6.56pm NZ RACING SERIES SPRINT HEAT 2 73878 Okuku Lilly 17.51............................ R Casey 18.

Recess (5) 22.

Went before (8) NZRSq, 295m 3 37137 Wandy Pam nwtd.........................D Kingston 19.InAssist (4) 23......J Otherwise 1 76843 Homebush Helen (c4) 17.18.

McInerney (4) 4 44422 Etched Stone 17.31...............R Blackburn 2 54357 Another Breeze (c5) 17.27.........J McInerney 5 23341 Cawbourne Spear (c5) 17.64....J McInerney SOLUTIONS TO PUZZLE No 12,141 3 31753 Know Escape (c5) 17.05................ G Cleeve 6 31436 Wandy Paul 17.47............................ M Grant 4 67756 Tricky Harry (c4) nwtd................... L Waretini 7 74887 Wise Wonder 17.34 C &..................... Fagan Across: 1 Cooperative; 9 Omitted; 10 Apron; 11 Dunce; 5 86442 Okuku Ollie (c4) 17.29.................... R Casey 8 43425 Turbo Tundra 17.57.......................... M Grant 12 Crevice; 13 Engine; 15 Cringe; 17.51........................R 18 Retinue; 20 Fetid; 6 77147 Cool Jordie (c5) 17.27......................S Whall 9 54625 Theokoles Blackburn Eland; 23 Elation; 10 24 Exterminate.

7 64185 Aversion (c3) 17.66 H &.22 ......................Taylor 36354 Wandy Chick 17.36........................ G Cleeve Down: 2 Onion; 3 Pattern; 4 Reduce; 5 Trace; 6 Version; 8 14535 Sorry Vanderford(c5) 17.11 J &..............May LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance 7 Cold-hearted; 14Distance Gateaux; 16 Refrain; RACE 10, 7.26pm NZ RACING SERIES SPRINT HEAT8 Independent; fstd - First Start This 17 Redeem; 19 Nudge; Twist.

NZRSq, 295m 31 13 21 - Best Winning Time This Track

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6.00 Creflo Dollar. 6.30 Hi-5. (G, R, T) 7.00 Pinky And Perky. (G, R, T) 7.30 Back At The Barnyard. (G, R, T) 7.55 Ben 10: Omniverse. (G, T) 8.20 Dinosaur Train. (G, R, T) 8.30 Guess How Much I Love You. (G, T) 8.45 Fireman Sam. (G, R, T) 8.55 Bird Bath. (G, R, T) 9.00 Infomercials. 10.30 Neighbours.

(R, T) 11.00 Shortland Street.

(PGR, R, T) 11.30 Spin City.

(PGR, R, T) 12.00 Desperate Housewives. (AO, R, T) 1.00 Jeremy Kyle. (PGR) 2.00 Anderson Live. 3.00 Buzzy Bee And Friends. (G, T) 3.05 Everything’s Rosie. (G, T) 3.20 Mike The Knight. (G, T) 3.30 Back At The Barnyard. (G, R, T) 4.00 H2o Just Add Water. (G, R, T) 4.30 The Erin Simpson Show.

5.00 Horace In Slow Motion. (G, R) 5.01 America’s Funniest Home Videos. (G, R) 5.30 8 Simple Rules. (G, R, T)

3 News: Firstline.

Infomercials. (G) The Shopping Channel.

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

12.30 Home And Away.

6.00 8.30 10.30 11.30

(G, R, T)

1.00 Dr Phil. (AO) 2.00 The Dr Oz Show. (PGR) 3.00 The Biggest Loser Australia. (G) 4.00 Rachael Ray. (G) Rachael shares a gravy recipe and Buddy Valastro prepares a lemon cake.

5.00 Entertainment Tonight.

(G)

5.30 Home And Away. (G, T) Natalie tells Brax that she doesn’t want to be with him. The gym loses power right before the opening.

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

(PGR, T) Evan’s work brings a sweet reward, Nicole fights romance at work, Roimata aims to save her marriage.

7.30 Police Ten 7. (R, T) 8.00 Highway Patrol.

6.00 3 News.

7.00 Campbell Live.

7.30 Grand Designs.

(PGR, T) Kevin McCloud follows an unusual build with an earth-sheltered home built into a hillside in the countryside.

8.30 Bones. (AO, T) The Jeffersonian team investigates the death of a young boy whose soul remains very much alive.

9.30 Project Runway.

(PGR, T)

8.30 Once Upon A Time.

(AO, T) 9.30 20/20. (T)

(PGR, T)

10.30 Vampire Diaries.

(AO, T) Stefan and Klaus try to contain the danger that Connor has unleashed on the town.

11.30 Police Ten 7. (T) 12.00 Chase. (AO, T) 1.00 Crash Course. (G, R, T) 1.30 Infomercials. 2.30 Rizzoli & Isles.

(AO, R, T) 3.20 Secret Life Of The American Teenager. (PGR, R) 4.15 Emmerdale. (PGR, R, T) 5.05 The Erin Simpson Show. (R) 5.30 Infomercials.

10.30 Nightline.

11.10 Nurse Jackie.

(Final, AO, R) Jackie heads off on a vacation upstate with the family.

12.20 Saving Grace. (AO) 1.15 Infomercials. (G) 5.00 Joyce Meyer. 5.30 Infomercials. (G)

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

(G, R)

7.00 7.30 12.00 1.00

Deal Or No Deal. (G, R) Home Shopping. (G) The Doctors. (G) The Jeff Probst Show.

(G)

2.05 All Saints. (PGR, R) When a patient’s life is destroyed by alcohol, Gabrielle pushes Steve to a decision with devastating results.

3.00 Stargate Universe.

(PGR, R) While investigating a planet with his team, Lt. Scott is infected by an alien organism that affects both his mind and body.

4.00 The Late Show With David Letterman. (G, R) 5.00 Deal Or No Deal. (G, R) 5.30 Prime News.

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

(G)

7.00 The Crowd Goes Wild.

7.30 Rick Stein’s Spain.

(G, R)

12.05 Home Shopping. (G) 1.35 The Crowd Goes Wild. (G, R) 2.05 Home Shopping. (G)

FOUR 6.00 Sesame Street. (G, R) 6.55 Pingu. (G, R) 7.00 Sticky TV. (G, R) 7.30 Avatar: The Last Airbender. (G) 7.55 George Of The Jungle. (G) 8.20 Care Bears: Welcome To Care-A-Lot. (G) 8.40 HUMF. (G) 8.50 Bob The Builder. (G, R) 9.00 Thomas & Friends.

(G, R) 9.10 Peppa Pig. (G, R) 9.20 Barney And Friends. (G, R) 9.45 Raa Raa The Noisy Lion. (G, R) 9.55 Infomercials. (G) 2.00 Sesame Street. (G) 2.55 Peppa Pig. (G, R) 3.00 Sticky TV. (G) 4.30 FOUR Live.

(G) 6.00 Everybody Hates Chris. (G, R) 6.30 Futurama. (G, R) 7.00 The Simpsons. (PGR, R) 7.30 Family Guy. (PGR, R) Peter and his friends are shipwrecked on an island and assumed dead.

8.00 American Dad. (PGR) Francine tries to teach Roger the value of hard work after his character “Twill Ongenbone” fakes a degree in archaeology.

6.20am / 2.35pm, Movie Greats Director Renny Harlin’s on-themoney thriller is a distinctly fresh entry into the action genre, featuring an awesome turn from Geena Davis (below) as an amnesiac teacher whose previous life – as a professional assassin – unexpectedly resurfaces. The masterstroke casting of Samuel L. Jackson as her wisecracking foil constitutes continuously sharp dialogue and wit. Ace.

8.30 The Cleveland Show. (PGR) Donna drags Cleveland to marriage counselling after he botches their wedding vows renewal.

9.00 Bob’s Burgers. (AO) Bob inherits a storage unit, and the whole family imagines it’s filled with treasures.

9.30 South Park. (AO) 10.00 Cops. (AO, R) 10.30 Skins. (AO, R) Alo tries to keep Rich out of trouble, but Rich is committed to his love.

11.30 Entertainment Tonight. (G) 11.55 Infomercials. (G)

sky sPORt 1 6.00 Rugby. Investec Super Rugby.

Hurricanes v Crusaders. Replay.

8.00 Charge.

10.00 Cricket. Black Caps v England.

Second Test. Day One. Morning Session. Live.

1.05 Cricket. Black Caps v England.

Second Test. Day One Afternoon Session. Live.

5.30 The Cricket Show.

6.00 Dumbest Stuff On Wheels.

6.30 Rugby Zone.

7.00 Total Rugby.

7.30 Crowd Goes Wild.

8.00 Cricket. Black Caps v England.

Second Test. Day One. From The Basin Reserve, Wellington. Highlights.

8.30 The Ultimate Fighter: Aussie v UK. 9.30 UFC Countdown 158.

10.30 Basketball. NBL. NZ Breakers v Melbourne Tigers. Replay.

12.30 Motorsport. FIA World Rally Championship. Mexico Event.

Highlights.

1.30 Premier League World.

2.00 Rugby. Investec Super Rugby. Blues v Bulls. From Eden Park, Auckland.

Replay.

4.00 Rugby. Investec Super Rugby.

Hurricanes v Crusaders. From Westpac Stadium, Wellington. Replay.

Endurance (9) Fat (4) Land (9) Meditate (6) Revolt (5) Sufficient (5) Repose (4) Mock (5) Check (4) Pale (5) Banal (5) Dread (6) Overlooked (9) Bearing (4) Cruelty (9)

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SOLUTIONS TO PUZZLE No 12,142 Across: 1 Arch; 3 Attitude; 8 Tiny; 9 Windpipe; 11 Fieldglasses; 13 Colour; 14 Ardour; 17 Incisiveness; 20 Exchange; 21 Dawn; 22 Preceded; 23 Else.

Down: 1 Artifice; 2 Conceal; 4 Triple; 5 Indiscreet; 6 Unite; 7 Even; 10 Adjudicate; 12 Presence; 15 Overall; 16 Single; 18 Niche; 19 Help.

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8.30 Vegas. (PGR) When the Tumbleweed Casino goes up for sale Savino enters into bidding war with the Milwaukee crew.

9.30 Strike Back. (AO) 10.30 The Late Show With David Letterman. (G) 11.30 Cricket. ANZ International Series.

Second Test. New Zealand v England. From the Basin Reserve, Wellington. Highlights.

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6.00 NYPD Blue. (M) 6.50 The Simpsons. (PG) 7.15 Pawn Stars. (PG) 7.40 America’s Funniest Home Videos. (PG) 8.05 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (PG) 8.30 Cash Cab USA. (PG) 8.55 24. (M) 9.50 Law & Order. (M) 10.40 NCIS. (PG) 11.35 NCIS: LA. (M) 12.25 Terriers. (M) 1.15 NYPD Blue. (M) 2.10 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (PG) 2.35 Cash Cab. (PG) 3.05 24. (M) 4.00 Pawn Stars. (PG) 4.30 The Simpsons. (PG) 5.00 Law & Order. (M) 6.00 America’s Funniest Home Videos.

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6.30 The Simpsons. (PG) 7.00 Pawn Stars. (PG) 7.30 NCIS. (PG) The NCIS team rallies to clear his name when Tony is accused of murder.

8.30 Criminal Intent. (M) 9.30 Criminal Intent. (M) 10.30 Law & Order. (M) 11.30 NCIS. (PG) 12.30 24. (M) 1.20 America’s Funniest Home Videos.

1.45 Cash Cab USA. (PG) 2.10 NYPD Blue. (M) 3.05 Criminal Intent. (M) 3.55 Criminal Intent. (M) 4.45 24. (M) 5.35 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (PG)

sky sPORt 2 6.00 6.30 7.00 7.30 8.30 9.30 10.30 11.30 12.30 1.00 1.30 3.00 3.30 4.30 5.30 6.00 7.00 7.30 10.00 10.30 11.00 11.30 1.30 2.00

Crowd Goes Wild.

Sky Sport What’s On. Rugby Zone.

Deaker On Sport.

Pool. World Cup. Second Semi-final.

Pool. World Masters. First Semi-final.

Tenpin Bowling. Highlights.

Reunion.

The Dirt.

Motorsport. FIA World Rally.

Mexico Day Three. Highlights.

Charge.

Sky Sports What’s On. Soccer. English Premier League.

Man City v Wigan Athletic. Highlights.

Soccer. English Premier League. West Ham United v Man Utd. Highlights.

Inside The PGA Tour.

Motorsport. FIA World Rally Championship. Mexico Event.

Highlights.

Sky Sport What’s On. Basketball. NBL. NZ Breakers v Melbourne Tigers. Live.

Crowd Goes Wild.

Cricket. Black Caps v England.

Second Test. Day One. Highlights.

The Cricket Show.

Fight Night On SKY. Crowd Goes Wild.

Soccer. English Premier League.

QPR v Sunderland/Manchester City v Wigan Athletic. Replays.

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

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Dirty Jobs. (PG) American Loggers. (PG) Deadliest Catch. (PG) Mythbusters. (PG) Dual Survival. (PG) Alaska: The Last Frontier. (PG) Fatal Encounters. (M) I (Almost) Got Away With It. (M) Flying Wild Alaska. (PG) American Loggers. (PG) Deadliest Catch. (PG) Mythbusters. (PG) Exorcist Diaries. (M) Gold Rush. (PG) Game Changer.

Todd finally takes delivery of the Turbo Trommel. Dave’s mine could close if they can’t improve on their disastrous first clean up. The Dakota boys are forced to run second hand dirt.

Amish Mafia. (M) No Peace For The Wicked. The Amish Mafia is secret subculture within the Amish community. They provide protection for their people.

Outlaw Empires. (M) Crips.

Fatal Encounters. (M) Blood, Lies And Alibis. (M) I Shouldn’t Be Alive. (PG) American Loggers. (PG) Exorcist Diaries. (M) Amish Mafia. (M) Outlaw Empires. (M) Fatal Encounters. (M)

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shINe 6.00 Unlocking the Bible 6.30 Derek Prince 7.00 Bedbug Bible Gang 7.30 From Aardvark to Zucchini 8.00 Buzz and Poppy 8.30 Running With Fire 9.00 The Family Series 9.30 Precious Word of Truth 10.00 Give Me An Answer 10.30 Your Best Life: Phil Pringle 11.00 Beyond the Search 11.30 Journey into the Amazon 12.00 Running With Fire 12.30 Enjoying Everyday Life 1.00 The 700 Club 1.30 Give Me An Answer 2.00 The Easter Experience 2.30 Facing the Canon 3.00 Bedbug Bible Gang 3.30 From Aardvark to Zucchini 4.00 Buzz and Poppy 4.30 TheDRIVEtv 5.00 Life FM presents 5.30 Beyond the Search.

6.00 Your Best Life: Phil Pringle 6.30 Destined to Reign 7.00 The 700 Club 7.30 Why Dig That Up? 8.00 Give Me An Answer 8.30 Nzone Focus 9.00 Facing the Canon 9.30 The One to One Show 10.00 Running With Fire 10.30 The 700 Club 11.00 Hearts Wide Open 11.30 Give Me An Answer 12.00 Beyond the Search 12.30 Derek Prince 1.00 Unlocking the Bible 1.30 From Heartache to Hope 2.00 Life with Paul de Jong 2.30 Your Best Life: Phil Pringle 3.00 Give Me An Answer 3.30 Nzone Focus 4.00 Facing the Canon 4.30 From Heartache to Hope 5.00 Running With Fire 5.30 Hearts Wide Open.

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Quality of basketball league in question

By Michael Brown The Breakers’ incredible 15-match winning run has drawn considerable adulation for the club but it has also prompted examination about the quality of the league.

The two-time defending champions and great rivals Perth have set the standard in the ANBL over the past three years and seem destined for another grand final rematch next month. The two clubs are some distance ahead of the pack this season – the Breakers sit at 23-3 and Perth are 20-6 – and will be the only ones among the eight teams to finish the regular season with more wins than defeats.

It has drawn comparisons with Scottish football, which was dominated by Celtic and Rangers until Rangers were relegated last year to the third division because of liquidation.

“Suggestions the quality of the league is lower aren’t right,” Breakers general manager Richard Clarke said. “We have two teams who have cleared out and the rest of them are very, very even. We are two weeks from play-offs and five teams are fighting for spots three and four.

There’s a scenario where all five could finish on 11 wins and have to go into a tiebreak situation.

“The quality of the league is still strong. Look how many games we have won by just one or two points because guys have executed better or wanted it more. There haven’t been a lot of blowouts.

To have only one team fall off the pace at this stage shows it’s pretty even.”

Nine of the Breakers’ 23 wins have been by five points or less, including three of their last five.

Remarkably, the three games against Perth have seen some of

the biggest blow-outs with Perth winning the first two games by 19 and 25 points before the Breakers won the third by 17.

In a tantalising quirk of the draw, the two sides play their final regular season games in Perth on March 22 but the Breakers have already locked up the minor premiership and, with it, home court advantage in the play-offs.

ANBL general manager Chuck Harmison said they weren’t overly concerned about the dominance of two teams and pointed to the fact the Breakers had been relatively injury-free as a factor in their success. He also applauded their development system that has seen the likes of Tom Abercrombie, Alex Pledger, Corey Webster and Leon Henry come through, as well as their coaching and culture.

“It’s not always a bad thing to have a dynasty,” Harmison said.

“The NBA was never stronger than when the Chicago Bulls were on a roll and it was the Boston Celtics before them. It helps create rivalries and gives other teams someone to hate and cheer against.”

The ANBL have both a salary cap (A$1 million) and a points system (all 10 players are rated between one and 10 and must fit under 70 points) in an effort to try to create a level playing field.

The Breakers hold an advantage as the only professional team in New Zealand but Sydney and Melbourne can also draw on populations in excess of four million.

One of their two imports, Will Hudson, is still struggling with a knee injury and will miss tonight’s game against Melbourne at the North Shore Events Centre, but it’s hoped the big American will play 10-15 minutes against Perth next week.

- APNZ

• Silver for Ashburton The Ashburton Golf Club women’s team had to settle for silver in the Aorangi Silver Pennants at St Andrews on Monday. In the morning the two groups played their final round robin fixtures with Tokarahi finishing on top in the South Zone and Ashburton in the North zone, with the two playing off in the final in the afternoon. Tokarahi came out on top 8-2 to lift the shield for the first time. Ashburton’s number two Vicky Moore had a 5/4 win over Sandra Gibson but Wendy Parr went down 3/1 to Tokarahi number one Mary Hore while Fiona Williamson and Hilary Lovett both finished two down.

• Waters steps up New Zealand businessman Ralph Waters has taken over as chairman of the local organising committee for the 2015 Cricket World Cup after the death of inaugural chairman James Strong last week. Waters, who is chairman of Fletcher Building Limited and Woolworths Limited, and director of Fonterra Co-Operative Limited and Asciano Limited, was previously deputy chairman under Strong.

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• Saunders for Mystics The Mystics have signed Hayley Saunders for the upcoming ANZ Championship season after losing both Anna Harrison (pregnant) and Charlotte Kight (Achilles) recently. Saunders, who plays at either centre or wing defence, previously played for the Southern Steel from 2010 to 2012. The former New Zealand under-21 and Fastnet Ferns international had been in talks with the Canterbury Tactix about a potential move to Christchurch after finding no room in a congested Steel midcourt this season. She was largely a bench player in her first two seasons with the Steel but played 11 games last season in the ANZ Championship. The league tips off on March 24 when the Queensland Firebirds and Steel meet in Brisbane. - APNZ

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Methven’s Glen Currie slows the kayak while his team-mates make some adjustments on the Clutha River during the Godzone Adventure Race yesterday.

Currie goes off the map in Godzone race

By Jonathan Leask Glen Currie literally went off the map in the Godzone Adventure Race, but got back on track and is looking to hit the finish line today.

After wandering around the Dingle Burn mountain range for over a day, around 32 hours in total, Currie’s Orion Health team got back on track yesterday.

The problems occurred when a navigation mistake took them off course and into an area that was not on their maps which they had cut down to make smaller, and meant they spent the entire third day on the Dingle Burn range attempting to complete the 59km trek.

After getting a little help and being pointed in the right direction, ironically from Team Lost and Lonely, Currie and his crew finally touched down at transition four at 4.21am yesterday.

After spending over a day in the bush they took a two-hour break before they got on the bikes for a 55km mountain bike from the Lindis Look-out to Wanaka.

After breezing through the bike they hit the

Clutha River for the 90km river and lake kayak down to Lake Dunstan.

While Orion Health was finally peddling on the fifth stage, Team Seagate were closing in on the finish line.

Seagate, the current Adventure Racing World Champion team of Nathan Fa’avae, Sophie Hart, Chris Forne and Trevor Voyce, never lost the lead over the entire 513km course to defend their title, crossing the finish line at 9.35am yesterday morning.

They completed the eight stage race in 75 hours and 35 minutes, just under three hours ahead of their nearest rivals, Harraways Oats, who finished at 12.28pm.

The navigation mistakes on the trek leg effectively cost them half a day, but Orion Health were philosophical and in reasonably good spirits when they arrived at the kayak transition, keen to get on the water with as much light as possible before the night zone kicked in.

Currie’s crew will be hoping to reach the finish line some time today but only if they have a better time navigating the 35km trek

• Black Sticks win Glen Currie over the Pisa Range.

After the traverse, the last leg of the arduous journey is a 72km mountain bike which features a challenging checkpoint at the Shotover Canyon Swing, the world’s highest cliff jump at 109m, and all the team members are expected to throw themselves off to collect the final checkpoint or receive a two-hour time penalty before the finish.

After wandering around the mountains for over a day, Orion Health may not need much encouragement to jump off a cliff to get to the finish sooner.

Reid has big shoes to fill One change in Crusaders

By Hayden Meikle We had Ryan of the Rovers. Now it is time for Winston of West Ham. Winston Reid knows there will be a large, Ryan Nelsen-sized hole in the New Zealand defence following the talismanic captain’s move into management.

But when you face forwards of the calibre of Gareth Bale and Carlos Tevez every week in the English Premier League, it takes something special to get you rattled.

“Obviously, Ryan has been a big part of this squad for a long time,” Reid told the Otago Daily Times from London yesterday.

“I’ve been very close to him since I came into the team and I definitely wish him all the best in his new job.

“But I’m confident we can keep performing without him. It’s unfortunate he’s not there but we have to move on and make sure we get the squad ready and focus on the challenges ahead.”

The next challenge is at Forsyth Barr Stadium, where the All Whites play New

Caledonia in a World Cup qualifier on March 22.

It is the first time the All Whites have played in Dunedin since 1988. For Reid, it will be his first visit to the city.

The All Whites play the Solomons in Honiara four days after the Dunedin game but can seal a place in the inter-continental, home-andaway play-offs with a win over New Caledonia.

Reid said he and his team-mates, who drew all three of their games at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, were eager to get back to the big show.

“Expectations are bigger than ever. This is a big opportunity but we need to make sure we do the job, get the result and move on.

“You never know with the island teams.

Playing them at home is so different to playing them in New Zealand.

“It’s about us, really. We need to make sure we do the right things and get the win and control the game.”

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By Jonathan Leask The winless Crusaders play their first home game of the season against an unbeaten Bulls in round five of the Super 15 on Saturday night.

Crusaders coach Todd Blackadder has made only one change to the team that lost to the Hurricanes by one point last weekend in Wellington.

Tom Taylor’s medial ligament injury has ruled him out, allowing Tyler Bleyendaal to take his place on the bench while the starting XV remains unchanged with All Black Israel Dagg again at fullback after starting the season on the wing.

Handling errors and a high penalty count cost the Crusaders last week and with sharpshooter Morne Steyn kicking the Bulls home against the Blues, they will want to tighten up.

The Crusaders last met the Bulls in the 2012 qualifying rounds where the Crusaders came out the victors and

secured a place in the semi-final with a 28-13 win.

However, the Bulls head south confident after notching an impressive 28-21 win over the Blues at Eden Park on Sunday, adding to wins against the Stormers and Western Force at home in Pretoria.

There will be added pressure and expectation on the Crusaders playing their first game at AMI Stadium in Addington for the season and looking to notch their first win of the campaign, starting this year’s Super 15 on the bye followed by losses to the Blues and Hurricanes in the New Zealand conference.

Crusaders (1-15) Wyatt Crockett, Corey Flynn, Owen Franks, Samuel Whitelock, Dominic Bird, George Whitelock , Matt Todd, Kieran Read (c), Andy Ellis, Dan Carter, Johnny McNicholl, Ryan Crotty, Robbie Fruean, Tom Marshall, Israel Dagg.

Reserves: Ben Funnell, Joe Moody, Tom Donnelly, Luke Whitelock, Willi Heinz, Tyler Bleyendaal, Adam Whitelock.

Witch hunting in the Shark tank W

hat is it with the NRL, it seems they just have to come up with some earthshattering disaster scenario, year after year.

Is it all a secret plan just to keep the game on the front pages and in the forefront ahead of all the other footballing codes battling for the punters’ attention across the ditch?

Now its the Cronulla Sharks’ turn to be in the limelight, with the players under immense pressure to fess up to doing a bit of doping in the past, which will get them a six month stint on the sidelines, or wait and be prosecuted by the Aussie drug enforcement people, which could mean all sorts of punishments right up to two years out of the game, and that would knock most careers right on the head.

It’s panic mode in the Shark tank,

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with all sorts of people being laid off or suspended as they try to keep the invaders from the gates, and actually keep enough people on the roster to Steve Devereux produce a team come MY SHOUT game time.

Manly are now looking over their shoulders, as the ASADA are knocking on their door with ‘evidence’ that three top players have been taking the magic peptide CJC-1295.

They will be offered the same deal as the Sharkies, effectively a six-month ban for admission of guilt.

Coach Geoff Toovey says they have nothing to hide, but they will surely be battening down the hatches as the witch-hunters come calling.

The name that keeps coming up in this whole deal is Stephen Dank, a ‘sports scientist’ who appears to have links with many of the clubs over the past few years, and also appears to be

right in the ASADA’s crosshairs.

It looks like their main plan is to put him away for a long long time, by chipping away at the players hoping to gather enough dirt on him to convict.

Is Dank really the drug mastermind they’re painting; are they putting him in same league as Michele Ferrari, the mysterious doctor who featured again and again as a major player in the longplaying Lance Armstrong saga?

And how did all this pan out among the Sharks players themselves?

When the trainers and doctors started producing needes and syringes, did a group of 30 young men who could presumably muster up some semblance of intelligence between them not talk to each other, just a little bit, and wonder what substances might be in the process of being injected into their bodies?

Did none of them ever, ever read a newspaper, listen to the radio or watch the television news and see a hundred, a thousand cases of top athletes in all sorts of fields disgraced, vilified and

ostracised for using banned substances to increase performance or aid recovery times?

Really?

The oft-thrown up defence that they all trusted their coaches and never thought that anybody would do such dastardly things to them wears a bit thin, quite quickly in fact, it’s a straight out admission that you’re really a bit dim.

The ironic thing is that the Sharks are perennial mid-tablers, like Everton or Hawke’s Bay; they might give the big boys a fright every now and then, but they’re never going to actually win anything.

So for the powers that be in the upper echelons of management to put the club in peril of actually disappearing off the sporting landscape forever, just to gain some tiny advantage over the other midcompetition strugglers, remains up there in the mind-boggling department.

One can only wonder what disaster they’re planning to spice up next year’s competition.

The New Zealand men’s hockey side clinched a morale-boosting 3-0 win over Korea at the Sultan Azlan Shah tournament in Malaysia on Tuesday night. It was a much-needed result for the defending champions after two defeats to Pakistan and Malaysia and they have two more games against India and Australia later this week. New Zealand coach Colin Batch is using this year’s Sultan Azlan Shah tournament as a chance to develop some younger players. At the start of the tournament, there were nine players with less than 10 caps and all except three players are 23 or younger.

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By Jonathan Leask It was a solemn day at the Tinwald Bowling Club yesterday as the Marsh Triples Tournament was the last time the club will ever host a tournament.

They only have three weeks and a few club days left before the curtain comes down on the club and after 40 years on the greens, the club will fall into recess at the end of the season.

Formed in the 1966, Tinwald grew to be one of the powerhouse clubs in the county for a number of years, but a decline in membership over the past decade saw things get tight in Tinwald.

As part of the also struggling Tinwald’s Working Men’s Club, they tried everything but in 2010 the New Life Church brought the land and facilities at and around the club from the Tinwald Working Men’s Club, including the bowling green and adjacent pavilion.

Fully within their rights as the owners, the New Life Church asked the Tinwald Bowling Club to cease bowling at the weekends as they needed the venue.

Unable to play at the weekends was the final straw and the bowling club saw the writing on the wall, making the tough decision that this season would be the last.

“We called a committee meeting to discuss it and then had a meeting for all the club members to vote,” club president Gavin Eder said.

“We could still have played here but we wouldn’t of had the use of the pavilion so couldn’t host any tournaments.

“It was a hard call to make but it was a unanimous decision.

It meant the death of the club and yesterday was the funeral, the last rights for a once proud and prestigious club with a full green of 48 players battling it out.

The closure marks the end of an era and a sad day for the likes of Bob

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Dianne Gutberlet (left) wears flowers on her cap during the last tournament to be held at the Tinwald Bowling Club yesterday.

Former English pick up a wicket.

But then very quickly test captain WG Grace, who played you can pick up five first-class cricket or six in a session,” for 44 seasons, once McCullum said. famously observed: “So I guess with “When you win the that you’re trying to toss – bat. If you are look to gain some in doubt, think about ascendancy early in it, then bat. If you the test match and have very big doubts, that’s hence why we consult a colleague – are looking at bowlthen bat.” ing first.”

But to win test After the run-fest matches you generin Dunedin much ally need to take has been made of 20 wickets and the Basin Reserve McCullum believes wicket in the lead-up that a good morning to today’s test but the pitch isn’t expected on day one for his to produce as much seam trio of Trent Brendon McCullum pace and bounce as it Boult, Neil Wagner and Tim Southee has in recent seasons could make valuable inroads. due to a heavy diet of first-class “The thing about the Basin is you cricket being played on the strip can go a whole session where you this season.

McCullum said there would be no keep beating the bat or you don’t

If New Zealand skipper Brendon McCullum wins the toss at the Basin Reserve this morning he will give his bowlers first use of the ball.

McCullum fronted his usual press conference on the eve of the second test against England yesterday and offered a slightly surprising response when asked if he would bat first if he won the coin flip.

“I wouldn’t imagine so. I don’t think New Zealand pitches break up a great deal,” he said. “I think if there’s any advantage it’s normally on day one. I think that’s probably a trend to New Zealand pitches at the moment so there’s been some huge runs scored domestically even on wickets that are four, five or six matches old. I wouldn’t expect this one to break up a great deal. But I guess if you cop a decent swinging day then you can knock off the top [order] reasonably quickly as well.”

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changes to his side from the first test at the University Oval.

“Yeah, unchanged team so we are going to go in with the same XI. I think they obviously performed really well for us in the last game and we hope that they’ll do the same job in this one.

“We’ve got the bowlers to be able to take 20 wickets and to be able to put the same pressure on their batting line-up as well and we’ve just got to make sure that we execute and if we do that we are going to give ourselves the best opportunity.”

Following a heavy workload in the second innings of the first test, New Zealand’s seamers have been on light duties this week but McCullum said they were all fit and firing ahead of today’s match.

If the Wellington wind gets up, left-arm spinner Bruce Martin is expected to carry a big workload in to the breeze, while the pacemen will be rotated in short spells early on.

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Guildford free to return to rugby Zac Guildford’s return to Super 15 rugby appears imminent after he and his representatives met New Zealand Rugby Union officials in Auckland yesterday.

Both 3News and One News reported last night that Guildford won’t have his NZRU contract torn up and could be free to return to the Crusaders shortly following a misconduct hearing with the NZRU on Tuesday.

The NZRU issued a brief statement last night that said: “The New Zealand Rugby Union has today met with Zac Guildford and his representatives in Auckland following a misconduct hearing yesterday. A decision has not yet been finalised, and will be announced tomorrow morning.

Both parties have agreed that no further comment will be

made until then.” The 10-test All Black recently completed an intensive 28-day treatment for his alcohol issues, thought to be at the exclusive Ahuru Recovery Retreat near Ohakune, which the NZRU highlighted in a recent statement.

The organisation said he was also “committed to a continuing care plan”.

It is understood that Guildford presented the NZRU with a medical certificate saying he was unfit to work before stepping down following an incident in Christchurch in late January where he allegedly punched a fellow party-goer.

He was allowed to play club rugby on Saturday for his Hawke’s Bay club, Napier Tech.

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Stuart, a member of the club for 22 years, who are left without a club next season.

“We used to get 40 or 50 members a season but just over the last few years the numbers have been in decline,” Stuart said.

“A lot of our members are 80-odd so we’re not sure where or if we’ll play next year.

“It’s a sad day. I helped build that pavilion over a winter years ago and it seems a shame we won’t have a club anymore, but I could see it coming.”

The club has 23 members, all of whom were on hand for yesterday’s tournament. They all need to make a decision on their playing future, whether it be a new club or a new sport, but not just yet.

The club may have hosted their last official tournament but they still have a bit of bowling left before they close for good.

On March 21 the club will hold a get-together for past members and their final farewell roll-up will be an open day on April 6.

All members of the bowling community are welcome to attend the closing of the club, in which after 47 years, the Tinwald Bowling Club flag will be lowered, never to be raised again.

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