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Fans of all ages flocked to the Ashburton Showgrounds to cheer on the Crusaders in their first game in Ashburton.

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The first game to be held in Ashburton between two Super Rugby sides has been heralded as a success, with a local mental health programme getting a financial boost from the game. $7300 was raised for Safer Mid Canterbury’s Life’s Worth Living programme from the Crusaders’ pre-season match against the Hurricanes at the Ashburton Showgrounds on Saturday.

Through an initiative between the Crusaders and the Ashburton District Council, the Crusaders agreed to donate $1 for every ticket sold, with the council matching the figure raised.

Crusaders CEO Colin Mansbridge said the organisation had been thrilled

to be able to support the initiative.

“If you think about this centre in dealing with rural communities and the agribusiness sector it is under a bit of pressure at the moment in terms of government policy and then mycoplasma bovis has been particularly difficult for this region,” he said.

“Talking to (Ashburton District Council CEO) Hamish (Riach), I understand suicide stats are atrocious around this area, so for us it’s probably our first chance to crusade with some heart, really excited to be able to support that.”

The crowd attending the game at the Ashburton Showgrounds reached between 3600 and 4000.

Ashburton Mayor Neil Brown said it was good to see the game get the turn-

out it did and that the funds raised will make a positive impact with the Life’s Worth Living programme.

Mid Canterbury Rugby chief executive Ian Patterson said the day had gone well with a good turnout and great weather providing a good day.

“I have already gotten plenty of positive feedback so far,” he said.

“The Crusaders’ match day operations team handle most of the organising and we did the rest with a fair bit of work with the A&P association and Ashburton District Council who were very helpful.”

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■■EA NETWORKS

Powering into the future

By Heather Mackenzie

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Keeping the power on in Mid Canterbury at EA Networks (EA) has just got easier thanks to a new control room computer system.

The control room is where reported faults or power-outages are dealt with once reported by individual power companies.

They then locate the problem and send line staff out to address the problem.

Up until now all of the rural high-voltage and urban low-voltage connections have been mapped out on massive paper floor-to-ceiling wall maps.

But now, thanks to the new system, paper is out and electronic versions in.

The controllers are looking forward to the change.

Operations manager Myles Connew said: “We have had the paper map arrangement for over 40 years now and it has worked well, but it got a bit messy as we would print-out specific areas and stick them over the top.”

With a power company as large as EA servicing over 19,500 consumer connections between the Rakaia and Rangitata Rivers, from the high country to the sea, updates are a constant occurrence. “Every six months or so we’d have to reprint the whole lot and start again.”

They will keep running the wall map system for a while as a backup.

“Just in case there are any bugs that are yet to be ironed out.”

Supplying power to the district is a twenty-four-seven job, so it follows that someone has to be on call after hours. This new system gives the after hours controllers the ability to log in from home and direct the ground crew from there.

“Very handy at three in the morning.”

Connew said the number of faults on the lines has decreased over time.

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Power is a service that people don’t think about, it’s just there in the background allowing us to get on with our lives.

tomers to have power outages, when they do happen we are alerted to any weak connection points. We go in to repair the fault making it stronger than before.”

Along with being proud of the state-of-the-art software package, Connew is also proud of the company he works for.

“Power is a service that people don’t think about, it’s just there

in the background allowing us to get on with our lives.”

But if something goes wrong, like a major weather event that affects large areas “we are here fixing it, rain or shine our guys are out in all kinds of weather to get power restored”.

“Everybody from the management to the ground staff adopt an all-hands-to-the-pump to get it resolved attitude. We all work as a team here.”

EA has a big team, of more than 130 mainly full-time staff employed in different areas of the electricity business.

“We need such a large staff

as we do a lot of our work inhouse.” By that he means pretty much everything from the top down, EA have their own electrical engineers and design technicians, project supervisors plus electricians and cable layers and so the list goes on.

Moving to the new site just north of Ashburton seven years ago has meant all the EA team are now in one place.

“This makes for ease of communication. If the ground staff have a question around a site design for example, the person who drew it up is in the building next to the workshop.”

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■■ASHBURTON DISTRICT COURT

Prison for drug-abusing burglar A recidivist burglar with what has been described as a serious drug problem has been sentenced to an 18 month prison term for a number of offences.

Royce Cole Tyler Morgans appeared before Judge Joanna Maze for sentencing in the Ashburton District Court on Friday on three burglary charges, two shoplifting charges, one charge of intentional damage and one breach of community detention.

The three burglaries were the main charges brought. These occurred at three separate locations with two co-offenders, resulting in the theft of a high value of property.

The first charge was for the robbery of Pleasant Point Historical Society where a shed was broken in to and three chainsaws were stolen to the value of $4000.

The second burglary for the charge was in relation to a break-in at the Riverside Foodbar in Ashburton where $2600 worth of cigarettes and cash was stolen.

The third burglary took place at the Kurow Four Square which resulted in the theft of cash.

Whilst in custody in Timaru, Morgans wilfully damaged the cell he was in, causing $397.42 worth of damage.

He was also convicted on two theft charges, one for the theft of a Samsung Galaxy smartphone worth $496, and a Samsung tablet that was returned.

Morgans’ lawyer Roz Burnside told the court a report on her client had found him not to be suffering from any mental illness but acknowledged that he had a serious drug addiction and had a wide ranging drug use, and that he would not be able to manage his polydrug dependency without any specialist help.

Judge Maze said the pre-sentence report indicated a history of offending while on sentence, and that a custodial sentence would have an advantage.

“It is clear you have a serious drug problem and a wish for help,” she said.

Judge Maze sentenced Morgans to 18 months’ imprisonment with special release conditions and ordered him to pay reparations for the burglaries, theft and the wilful damage.

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“Our lease agreement allows us to play a game away each year and if you’ve got a concert clash or another sport playing you might have to play away, this year we are playing our opening game away in Nelson,” he said.

“There is an advantage to staying at home, you know we don’t lose when we play at Orangetheory stadium, that’s one motivation to stay in the ground, you get away to an event like this, you get down here, if you could put 10,000 here and Hamish (Riach) is convinced you could, then maybe we could be back here for a full round robin game.”

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“This is one of the next biggest centres for us in terms of Crusaders territory other than Christchurch and Nelson,” he said.

“There are a lot of fans here, a lot of fans have to travel an hour the other way (to watch a game) normally, so it is nice to return the favour and spend an hour travelling the other way, and enjoying what is a fantastic environment.”

Following the success of the game on Saturday, Mansbridge was not ruling out the possibility that a Super Rugby round rob-

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■■PORT HILLS CRASH

In brief

Bereaved dad on a mission

By Carolyne Meng-Yee NZME

Reality has hit Jason Alexander.

He can’t stop crying. He has barely slept. He can’t “unsee” the images of his dead daughters.

On November 27 Alexander’s eldest daughter, Tayla died instantly in a fiery car crash. Her sister, Sunmara suffered extensive burns and died a month later on her 16th birthday at Middlemore hospital.

Alexander is now on a mission to make Christchurch’s Summit Road safer.

“I don’t want my girls to be forgotten and to have died for nothing. I don’t want any more lives to be lost. I don’t want any other parents to have to go through what I am going through,” he said.

The Ashburton teenagers were in a car driven by a 19-yearold man when it crashed the Port Hills about 11pm.

Last month, family friend Kelli Foster created a petition behalf of Alexander which received 5800 signatures, directed at the Christchurch City Council, the NZ Transport Agency and Parliament.

Alexander wants the road to be controlled at night during the weekends by a closed barrier system to stop boy racers.

“The road leads to a lookout point, it’s full of burn marks all the way up. It’s a race track for boy racers, there are no barriers.

You get to the top of the cliff and there’s a drop – it is so dangerous,” he said.

On Friday, Neil Brown, the Ashburton mayor drove Alexander to meet with Christchurch mayor Liane Dalziel.

“The meeting went well and things are progressing which I am happy about,” said Alexander.

He still hasn’t met the driver of the car but doesn’t want him to be punished or trolled on social media.

“He said he was going to see Sunmara when we brought her home but he was a no-show. I

The Government spent almost half a million dollars on foreign advertising in a bid to woo overseas teachers to come work in New Zealand as the country grapples with a teacher “supply crisis”.

Teachers’ unions say the Government needs to be doing more to train additional Kiwi teachers.

But the Government says it inherited major issues with teachers supply when it won power in 2017 and has blamed the previous National Government for not training enough teachers.

National’s Education spokeswoman Nikki Kaye disagrees and said the Government has had two years to sort this issue out and blaming National was not good

Emergency services were called to a single-vehicle crash on Harrison Street at around 10.45pm on Saturday. A police spokesperson said one person received minor injuries and was treated at the scene. Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade Chief Fire Officer Alan Burgess said they were not required to do much other than clean up the scene.

Gang confrontation Armed police swarmed on the Napier suburb of Taradale yesterday after a gang altercation near the suburb’s CBD. It’s understood some witnesses heard gunshots at about 1pm on Gloucester St, near the shopping centre’s McDonald’s restaurant. A witness at the scene said they saw Black Power members arming themselves with golf clubs and other impromptu weapons prior to the incident with about 30-plus Mongrel Mob members eating at Shani’s restaurant next to McDonald’s in Taradale. They then said they saw the two gangs meet on the road as a brawl broke out.

Police said initially in a statement there were no reports of injuries but have since confirmed a man has since been taken to hospital.

- NZME Jason Alexander with his partner Lisa Campbell, recently lost his two daughters in a crash and now is on a safety mission. don’t hate him, he made a stupid mistake. He must be scared and confused – his parents must be affected too,” Alexander said.

Police confirmed no charges have been laid.

Alexander said: “I read a text from Tayla the night of the crash as we took Sunmara off life support. It said ‘Oh my god, I am going to die tonight. I have never been driven in a car so fast before.’

“The boy was showing off of course so I can imagine Tayla would have asked them to slow down, she was the mother hen and she would’ve tried to protect her younger sister in the back seat.”

Alexander visits his girls at the cemetery every day. He has no energy to work and is struggling financially.

The donations from a Givealittle page have barely covered his daughters’ funeral

Jason Alexander with his late daughters Tayla (left) and Sunmara. costs. Alexander is saving for a headstone and wants to be buried with the girls.

“I feel so robbed. It is gutting

I won’t have any grandkids – my bloodline has been wiped out.

I just want us to be together again.”

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enough. Information, released under the Official Information Act (OIA), reveals that since June 2016, the Government has spent almost half a million dollars on advertising in a bid to attract overseas teachers to work in New Zealand.

In the year to June, 2019 the Government spent a whisker under $200,000 on an advertising campaign to attract foreign teachers to the country.

And it appears the campaign was a success.

According to the Ministry of Education, more than 500 formally overseas teachers have been placed into roles since September 2018.

As well as this, more than 860 overseas-based teachers have re-

ceived relocation grants to take up teaching positions in New Zealand.

“Following the campaign, there have been more than 17,000 applications from overseas teachers to work in New Zealand,” the Ministry of Education’s Deputy Secretary of Early Learning and Student Achievement, Ellen MacGregor-Reid, said.

There are currently close to 800 overseas teachers who have been screened and are ready for schools to interview, she said.

But NZEI president Liam Rutherford said the Government’s focus should be on training teachers in New Zealand, not looking to bring in more from overseas.

Although he welcomed over-

seas teachers coming to New Zealand, he said that should only be a short-term solution.

Post Primary Teachers’ Association (PPTA) President Jack Boyle said although the advertising campaign was “well worth the money”, he was dismayed the situation has got to the point where the Government had to look offshore for teachers.

“Due to a range of factors, including people leaving the workforce and an increase in the student population, we found ourselves with some pretty desperate shortages, particularly in secondary schools in Auckland.”

He said the Government needed to do something to get sufficient teachers as quickly as possible to cover the shortfall.

Inquiry into dead fish Fishery officers are investigating after about 100 dead snapper were found floating in the Hauraki Gulf on Saturday. The Ministry for Primary Industries said Auckland officers wanted to talk to anyone who saw the dead fish, which were reported around 2pm. The fish were floating in the area north of Waiheke Island. “At this point we are in very early stages of our inquiries and are appealing to the public to report any activity that could have contributed to the dead snapper,” MPI said in a statement.

The incident follows the death of thousands of mackerel last month, with the dead fish found washed up across the shores of Kawau Island.

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Death investigated Police are still investigating the death of a man at a motel in Remuera on Saturday night. The man’s body was found at the Greenlane Motor Inn property on Greenlane East Rd after police were called at 9.50pm to a report of an injured person. On arrival officers found the man dead, though they would not confirm if the death was suspicious.

A police spokeswoman said yesterday police still had no indication that the man’s death was suspicious but they were continuing to make inquiries “just to be certain”.

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Body recovered A body has been recovered after a climber fell at Mt Earnslaw / Pikirakatahi, near Glenorchy, on Saturday. Police received the report at 4pm, although the fall is understood to have happened earlier in the afternoon. A Land Search and Rescue team was initially called to the track just after 4pm, but was put on hold because a helicopter was responding.

Shortly after 5pm, the helicopter returned to base to retrieve additional support from search and rescue personnel.

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■■PANAMA

Cult turns deadly Bibles rest on a wooden altar next to percussion instruments – a guiro and a drum – in the room where a religious sect allegedly forced a pregnant woman and five of her children to walk through fire in this remote hamlet.

The makeshift sanctuary littered with muddy boots and scorched clothing belonged to a cult whose indigenous members professed to be “anointed

by God” to sacrifice non-believers, even if the heretics were members of their own families, people in El Terrón say. Seven villagers were slain by the cult, while 14 more were rescued the next day by police who found them bound and beaten in the temple, authorities have said.

Several more villagers escaped with burns.

Nine villagers have been arrested and charged with murder, reportedly including a grandfather and two uncles of the five children who died alongside their pregnant mother and a neighbour.

“Nobody expected this,” said a distraught tribal leader, Evangelisto Santo.

El Terrón is nestled in the jungle of the indigenous Ngabé Buglé enclave on Panama’s Caribbean coast – and it is largely cut off from the modern world.

Residents must walk hours along steep and muddy narrow roads to hail boats that can transport them along a river to other villages that have electricity, telephones, health clinics and a police presence.

Many in the community, which gets by growing yucca and rice, are Roman Catholics.

The tiny mountain hamlet is home to about 300 people who live in palm-thatched huts.

Many are related to one another.

Residents say they had largely ignored the religious group.

The sect arose after a villager returned to the community several months ago following a stint abroad, bringing back unusual religious beliefs with him.

Parris goes to Hollywood Kiwi hip hop dancer and choreographer to the stars Parris Goebel has set her sights on Hollywood. Goebel has revealed she had signed with Sony Pictures to direct and choreograph a big screen adaptation of her hit stage show, Murder on the Dance Floor. The 28-year-old – who was recently made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the New Year Honours List – premiered the stage show in 2013, which featured dancers from her The Palace Dance Studio. The movie deal comes just two weeks before the Super Bowl halftime show by Jennifer Lopez which Goebel has choreographed.

Josue Gonzalez (left) follows his five-year-old daughter, carried by a police officer, as they leave a hospital in Santiago, Panama.

“People were dancing and singing and nobody paid attention because we knew that they were in the presence of God,” Santo said.

Nobody paid attention, that is, until one of the cult members announced that he had had a vision: Everyone in the hamlet had to repent their sins, or die.

Last weekend, members of The New Light of God sect began to drag victims to an improvised church, where they beat them into submission with sticks.

Cult members stood ready with machetes to take down

those who failed to repent to their satisfaction.

Farmer Josué González rescued two of his children – a five-year-old girl and a seveyear-old boy – from the embers, while a 15-year-old son managed to escape on his own.

Outnumbered, González sought help for his pregnant wife and five of their other children.

By the time authorities arrived via helicopter, González’s wife, the five children and a neighbour had been decapitated and buried.

The cult members charged in the case reportedly include

González’s own father, and villagers say two of González’s brothers had declared themselves prophets of the cult.

Authorities have not confirmed that González’s father and two brothers have been arrested.

“Within the logic of religious sacrifices in some of the extremist cults, there’s no greater proof of faith than to turn over the life of a loved one or family member,” said Andrew Chesnut, who is a professor of religious studies specialising in Latin America at Virginia Commonwealth University.

Billie’s shot at Bond glory Mark Monahan yearns for the louche brilliance of John Barry’s music. Can Billie Eilish’s new song buck the trend?

The news this week that Billie Eilish will write and perform the title song for the 25th official Bond film, No Time to Die, is enough to make 007 fans everywhere punch the air in glee. It could prove a marvellously moody and atmospheric opener to Daniel Craig’s final outing as the sharp-suited assassin. And heavens, does the franchise need such a thing.

For when, if you are honest, was the last time you heard a new Bond song that genuinely made the hairs prickle?

■■CHINA

Millions now on coronavirus alert Seventeen more people in central China have been diagnosed with a new form of viral pneumonia that has killed two patients and placed other countries on alert as millions of Chinese travel for Lunar New Year holidays.

In total, 62 cases of the novel coronavirus have been identified in the city of Wuhan, where the virus appears to have originated. The Wuhan Municipal Health Commission

reported the new cases in a statement yesterday.

Nineteen of those individuals have been discharged from the hospital, while two men in their 60s – one with severe pre-existing conditions – have died from the illness. Eight are in critical condition. At least a half-dozen countries in Asia and three US airports have started screening incoming airline passengers from central China.

The list includes Thailand and Japan, which have together reported three cases of the disease in people who had come from Wuhan.

In the most recently diagnosed group, ages ranged between 30 and 79, Wuhan’s health commission said. Their initial symptoms were fever and cough.

The health commission’s statement did not say whether these patients had visited the

Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, which has been suspended after many infected individuals reported having either worked at or visited the venue.

The Chinese government is keen to avoid a repeat of SARS, or severe acute respiratory syndrome, another coronavirus that started in southern China in late 2002 and spread to more than two dozen countries, killing nearly 800 people.

Adele ‘looking amazing’ Adele’s former personal trainer has revealed what has helped the star lose 44kg. Pilates instructor Camilla Goodis said she helped the Hello singer get into exercise, and explained that wasn’t the only secret behind her weight loss. She says she met the singer in 2013, and Pilates was the perfect exercise regime for the 36-year-old, who had just had a baby at the time. Goodis believes Adele’s transformation is mostly due to a change in diet. “She doesn’t look too thin – she looks amazing.”

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Fans took the chance to get an autograph from All Black first-five Richie Mo’unga before the game.

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Super turn-out for Super Rugby Crowds flocked to the Ashburton Showgrounds on Saturday to watch the Crusaders take on the Hurricanes in a pre-season match, the first time the Crusaders had played in Ashburton. Guardian photographer Heather Mackenzie was there to capture all of the action.

Plenty of fans made sure to get a signature from Dallas McLeod.

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Photos with Crusaders coach Scott Robertson were a must after the final whistle.

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Left – Crusaders wing Leicester Faingaanuku eyes up another defender to steamroll.

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Lower left – The crowd got a bit of a show when prop Oliver Jager had his top stripped from him while defending a maul.

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Right – Former Timaru Boys’ High School student Cullen Grace climbs high to claim a lineout.

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OUR VIEW

What’s in a name?

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he New Year brings out the same stories every year, including the list of rejected baby names from the year before.

Sometimes comedic or just plain stupid, some interesting names do not make it past Births, Deaths and Marriages.

While there are no ‘banned’ names in New Zealand, there are certain boundaries in place.

The guidelines make sure the names don’t cause offence, are a reasonable length and don’t unjustifiably resemble an official title or rank.

Justifiably names like Queenmerry or Gunner failed to make the cut in 2019.

Registrar-General Jeff Montgomery only has to personally

consider fewer than one per cent of the names of the babies born in New Zealand Fortunately, I have never had to name a child, I am sure it is tricky to come up with a name that the child will likely carry for the remainder of their life.

An interesting case has been won by an Auckland couple who fought to name their child Saint.

Not named after Kim Kar-

dashian and Kanye West’s child of the same name or copy of an official rank, they were simply trying to follow a cultural tradition of keeping names in a family.

The son’s father is from Kiribati and for the first grandchild the grandparents name the child, and the child is named after a family member.

The parents wanted Saint because that is the name of his great-aunt.

The Kiribati spelling of Saint was Tiant, but the pronunciation was similar to Santa, so the parents wanted to use the English spelling for their son.

They won the battle and the child has been named Saint, and the world has not ended

flowing into Ukraine after a nearly two-week cut-off that had left large parts of Europe cold and dark.

Ten years ago: National Intelligence Director Dennis Blair conceded missteps in the government’s handling of the Christmas Day 2009 airline bombing attempt in testimony before the Senate Homeland Security Committee.

Five years ago: The Islamic State group threatened to kill two Japanese hostages unless its

ransom demands were met.

(Kenji Goto and Haruna Yukawa were both slain by their captors.)

One year ago: The year’s only total lunar eclipse was visible throughout North and South America; it took place during the year’s first supermoon, when a full moon appears a little bigger and brighter thanks to its slightly closer position.

Today’s birthdays: Former astronaut Buzz Aldrin is 90.

Singer Eric Stewart is 75.

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because of that.

While I think there are the obviously silly names that should be scratched out, as we move in to the future there will need to be more consideration put in to things like this.

New Zealand is an incredibly multi-cultural country now, as was shown by the fact Singh is the most common last name in the country.

Long gone are the days were the majority of people were coming from white Christian families naming their sons Peter, John or Robert.

We have people from all over the world living in the country that might have different practices around naming their children, and those might infringe

on our current guidelines for no other reason than being from a different culture.

They are one of the things that we use most often in a day, and can often be a point of frustration if other people get them wrong.

I know I often get people spelling my name wrong in emails or messages to me, have heard a wide range of pronunciations and have been asked many questions about why it is spelt the way it is.

As long as they aren’t offensive or likely to cause the child major strife in future, we should look to avoid restricting and controlling how people name their children as much as possible.

Grantham is 73. Israeli activist Natan Sharansky is 72. Actor Daniel Benzali is 70. Rock musician Paul Stanley is 68. Rock musician Ian Hill is 68. Comedian Bill Maher is 64. Actor Lorenzo Lamas is 62. Actor James Denton is 57. Rock musician Greg K. is 55. Country singer John Michael Montgomery is 55. Sophie, Countess of Wessex, is 55. Actor Rainn Wilson is 54.

Actress Stacey Dash is 53. Singer Xavier is 52. Actor Reno Wilson is 51. Singer Edwin McCain is 50.

Actor Skeet Ulrich is 50. Rap musician ?uestlove (questlove) is 49. Rock musician Rob Bourdon is 41. Singer-songwriter Bonnie McKee is 36. Country singer Brantley Gilbert is 35. Rock singer Kevin Parker is 34. Actor Evan Peters is 33.

Thought for today: “Whatever people in general do not understand, they are always prepared to dislike; the incomprehensible is always the obnoxious.” — Letitia Landon, English poet (1802-1838). - AP

TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Monday, January 20, the 20th day of 2020.

There are 346 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On January 20, 2001, George Walker Bush became America’s 43rd president after one of the most turbulent elections in US history.

On this date: In 1649, King Charles I of England went on trial, accused of high treason (he was found guilty and executed by month’s end).

In 1801, Secretary of State John Marshall was nominated by President John Adams to be chief justice of the United States (he was sworn in on February 4, 1801).

In 1942, Nazi officials held the notorious Wannsee conference, during which they arrived at their “final solution” that called for exterminating Europe’s Jews. in 1957, Captain Harold Ruegg, Administrator for the Ross Dependency, opened Scott Base, New Zealand’s permanent Antarctic research station, during a ceremony on Ross Island.

In 1981, Iran released 52 Americans it had held hostage for 444 days, minutes after the presidency had passed from Jimmy Carter to Ronald Reagan.

In 1986, the United States observed the first federal holiday in honour of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. In 1994, Shannon Faulkner became the first woman to attend classes at The Citadel in South Carolina. (Faulkner joined the cadet corps in August 1995 under court order but soon dropped out, citing isolation and stress from the legal battle.)

In 2003, Secretary of State Colin Powell, faced with stiff resistance and calls to go slow, bluntly told the Security Council that the UN “must not shrink” from its responsibility to disarm Saddam Hussein’s Iraq.

In 2009, Russian natural gas began

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summoned my few remaining men. They were a sorry sight.

“Men,” I said, “you are tired and you are starving but as defenders of the Castle of Forthright English you can hold your heads high. For years now we have been under siege from the massed forces of Corporate Jargon and Commercial Cliché, and many of our comrades have fallen, but just by being here and standing we …”

They weren’t listening. They were looking over my shoulder at something beyond the castle walls.

“Sir,” my sergeant was nudging me. “I think you should look, sir.”

Then I felt it, a steady insistent thudding that pulsed through the ground. I felt it in my feet, my legs, my whole body. The men were staring goggle-eyed. I turned to look where they were looking and I beheld a sight that I shall not readily forget: a great mass of enemy, advancing on the castle and every one of them bearing a sharpened wooden pole.

“My god,” said the sergeant simply, “stakeholders”. And for the first time I thought I heard fear in his voice.

The stakeholders advanced across the level playing field, beating the ground in unison with their stakes, each of them dressed in impenetrable boilerplate. So this was it. The final showdown had begun.

“Hold steady, men,” I said.

“Don’t shoot till you can see their core competencies.”

“Sir.” I followed the line of the sergeant’s pointing finger. There on a distant learning curve I could just make out a shape in athletic garb. So here he was at last, my counterpart, Paramount Chief of Jargon Forces. the Ballpark Figure.

As I watched he signalled to a battery of guns dug into the side of the learning curve. We heard the detonations.

“The Euphemism Artillery,” said the sergeant.

I wasn’t worried about them.

What hadn’t they thrown at us over the years?

Rationalisations, streamlining, executive incentivisation, we’d stood strong against it all.

Then boom. Men fell and

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The last man standing gets to face the elephant in the room alone. screamed around me. Horses reared and whinnied, and the air was thick with flying money.

“My God, sergeant,” I exclaimed even as another wad of cash, perks and residuals burst beside us. “I’ve never seen anything so huge.”

“Remuneration Packages, sir, a thousand times the calibre of wages and salaries. We’ve had it sir, unless we can somehow get at their key performance indicators.”

“Isn’t that them?” I said, peering into the distance.

“No sir, that’s the target market. The KPIs are over there, gibbering to each other and making no sense.”

I took slow deliberate aim and squeezed the trigger. When the smoke cleared the KPIs had somehow moved 20 metres to the right and were unharmed.

“A paradigm shift, sir,” said the sergeant.

“What on earth’s that?”

“No one knows for sure. It seems to be like moving the goalposts only quicker. And besides there’s no point in shooting

KPIs, sir. They bypass reality.”

“I think we’re in trouble, sergeant.”

“You can say that again,” boomed a voice.

Suddenly everything was still.

The stakeholders stood with their stakes. The Euphemism Battery held its fire. The Ballpark Figure had climbed to the top of the learning curve and was addressing us through a megaphone.

“You are hardly in what one might call a win-win situation,” he said in a voice that made us all shudder. “You have no golden parachutes. There are no synergies for you to leverage. You’re facing headwinds so fierce they’ll deep six you. Your only hope is to surrender the few bits of the English language we don’t already control or we’ll throw you under the bus going forward.”

“Don’t listen to him, men,” I cried. “He’s bluffing.”

“Bluffing,” cried the Ballpark Figure. “Did you hear that, stakeholders?”

As he spoke, the ranks of

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stakeholders parted to reveal a vast envelope.

“Push it,” cried the Ballpark Figure.

The stakeholders pushed the envelope. Magically it opened on a box-like structure with walls and a door and a small window of opportunity. From within we could hear a fierce trumpeting and stamping of mighty feet.

“No,” I cried.

“Yes,” said the Ballpark Figure, “open the door!”

My men screamed and ran, the sergeant screamed and shot himself, and suddenly I found myself all alone and staring across the rubble of a worst-case scenario at the elephant in the room.

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ARTS DIARY ■■ January 19 – The Small Print 2019, Print Council of Aotearoa New Zealand travelling exhibition at Ashburton Art Gallery, through to February 23.

■■ January 26 – Festival of Pipe Band Music, starts 12.30pm Elizabeth Street near Ashburton Hospital with street march, to the Ashburton Domain, by the croquet grounds. A music event will go through to 4pm.

■■ February 14 – Ashburton Art Gallery film fundraiser, screening documentary Van Gogh and Japan. Tickets $25, with complimentary glass of bubbles.

■■ To February 20 – David Rickard’s exhibition Echoes from the Sound Barrier at the Ashburton Art Gallery.

■■ To March 8 – Drawn to Sound exhibition at the Ashburton Art Gallery.

If you have any listings for the arts diary, please email susan.s@theguardian.co.nz Artist Regan Gentry installs Foot in the Door at the Ashburton Art Gallery.

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As prized art works were packed up with great care from the former Ashburton Art Gallery, there was one piece left behind.

Part of the Foot in the Door series, the small artwork discreetly installed inside the postal flap of the gallery’s old wooden door sat there forgotten for years.

And when the Baring Square East building was demolished late last year, the artwork went down with it, never to be seen again.

Business and communications assistant Martine Tait said gallery staff had not become aware of the work until they were advised by previous curator Kathryn Mitchell just prior to the building’s demise.

“It was awkward,” Tait said.

However, demolition managers allowed access, and gallery curator Shirin Khosraviana ran over to the site to get a photo of the unassuming piece. It comprised two pieces of measuring tape, each half a foot in length, mounted horizontally inside the postal flap, alongside and parallel to each other.

“It’s not a great photo, but at least we have a photo of it,” Tait said.

Contact was quickly made

with the artist, Wellington-based sculptor Regan Gentry, who was happy to say goodbye to the work.

Gentry’s Foot in the Door installations see the artist install one foot of ruler or tape measure into the front door of galleries he visits around New Zealand, Australia and beyond.

Other venues include Te Papa Tongarewa, the Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Aigantighe Art Gallery and the Eastern Southland Gallery in Gore.

Gentry told the Guardian that Foot in the Door was a fluid project, and to have the installation at the former Ashburton gallery remain part of that building throughout its demise had been fine with him.

“It was kind of a gag project anyway, just whatever happens is cool,” Gentry said.

Tait said the exchange between the gallery and Gentry had a positive outcome, in that Gentry was able to come to the current gallery and install a new Foot in the Door artwork.

He did this last weekend, while visiting the area. He cut a section of one foot from a retractable metal tape measure, and installed it vertically into the gallery’s firstfloor large sliding entrance doorway.

Small and unassuming, but valued nonetheless. All that remains of Foot in the Door at the former Ashburton Art Gallery is this photo.

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Foot in the Door is one of the Ashburton Art Gallery’s newest, and most discreet, artworks.

Tuam and High Streets, a newer sculpture entitled Woods from the Trees depicts three eight-metre tall rimu trees crafted from reclaimed timber from homes demolished after the Christchurch earthquakes.

People wanting to view the new installation will be able to spot it if they look for it while visiting the gallery.

Open hours are 10am to 4pm daily, while there is extended hours on Wednesdays, to 7pm.

Gentry is known within the Canterbury region for Christchurch’s Flour Power, a 13-metre-tall streetlight installation which resembles a sheaf of wheat on Colombo Street.

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Spectating a sunset in Wadi Rum is what spiritual experiences are all about.

A desert adventure at Wadi Rum P

ocket-sized Jordan is an Arabian gem, situated in a gnarly neighbourhood of nations, wracked by turmoil and terror.

But my initial apprehensions about travelling to this lovely little Arab country fast faded on arrival, given the disarming warmth and welcome of the people, and the ever-present sense of stability.

For an unrivalled experience

Ever dreamed of drifting to sleep amid the desert’s shifting sands? Fancy following in the footsteps of Lawrence of Arabia? Mike Yardley ventured to Wadi Rum. with the soul of this country, I ventured south from Amman to Wadi Rum, a spectacularly scenic desert valley; a maze of mesas, a place of legend, steeped in history, heroism and more recently, Hollywood fame.

This dramatic desert wilderness lies on an ancient trading route to the Arabian Peninsula.

It comprises one of the classic landscapes of the Middle East, where towering monoliths of sandstone, basalt and granite

This dramatic desert wilderness lies on an ancient trading route to the Arabian Peninsula. It comprises one of the classic landscapes of the Middle East.

emerge, sheer-sided, from wide sandy valleys, thrusting skyward to heights of 1700 metres.

Narrow canyons and fissures cut deep into the mountains, with many concealing ancient rock drawings etched by desert dwellers over millennia.

Wind and water has eroded and sculpted many of the striking rock formations and precarious rock bridges that add even more theatre to the valley.

Maybe I was falling prey to the ferocious desert heat, but I saw all manner of shapes exquisitely rendered in rock, from ostrich heads to alligators.

There are a variety of landmarks within Wadi Rum that you’ll want to tick off, none more so than the Seven Pillars of Wisdom. Taking its name from T. E. Lawrence’s autobiography, this stirring landmark, a caramel-coloured monolithic rock creased into seven gargantuan folds, backdrops the Wadi Rum visitors’ centre.

I loved exploring Jebel Khaz’ali, a narrow canyon containing numerous rock carvings of people and animals, dating back to the Nabatean kingdom, over 2000 years ago. In the short canyon of Siq Um Tawaqi, a rock carving of the head of T. E. Lawrence adds a touch of Mt. Rushmore magic to Wadi Rum. I was led to Lawrence’s House, a crumbling stone structure, built

on the remains of a Nabatean building. It’s another beautiful spot in the desert, although no one seems sure that Lawrence actually stayed here, or whether it was just a storehouse for his weapons.

Still revered here, Lawrence of Arabia was of course the British army officer who heroically united rival desert tribes and led them to war against the Ottoman Empire, crushing the Turkish and German forces.

T. E. Lawrence fell in love with Wadi Rum and his autobiography poetically encapsulates the soul-rinsing beauty of the area.

“Vast, echoing and godlike”, he wrote.

Rendered silent by Wadi Rum’s “stupendous hills”, I was too.

Another enchanting encounter is to sprawl out on the sandy blanket of the desert dunes, at the confluence of red and white sands. Like the rocks, the colour chart spans caramels, reds and oranges in the playful shifting light of the sun.

Needless to say, spectating a sunset in Wadi Rum is what spiritual experiences are all about.

Ever since Hollywood rocked into the desert to film Peter O’Toole’s 1962 epic, Lawrence of Arabia, the movie industry’s love-affair with the landscape has endured.

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Wadi Rum is home to the Bedouin.

In 2000, two thrillers were shot here, Red Planet and Mission to Mars, and four years ago, Matt Damon’s Oscar-nominated hit, The Martian.

Gazing across the richly coloured vastness of the desert and delighting in the soaring cliffs and other-worldly rock formations, it’s readily apparent why Wadi Rum remains a trusty stunt-double for the rich red hues of Mars.

In addition to the romance and solitude of the landscape, an added treat in Wadi Rum is connecting with the culture of the Zalabia Bedouin. They are the descendants of the tribesmen who joined Lawrence in driving

the Ottomans and Germans out of the region. They prefer to call Wadi Rum, the Valley of the Moon, and it’s still home to 5000 of them, many who maintain a semi-nomadic lifestyle.

Traditional goat-hair tents speckle the landscape, as they have for 2500 years. Most Bedouin now live in Rum village with their goat herds, as the Zalabia tribe is largely responsible for providing tourism services in this protected wilderness area.

Throughout the year, most tribe families will head into the desert for a while, with their flock of livestock, to reacquaint themselves with their wandering roots. I spent a day in the desert

Bedouin families will head into the desert for a while, with their flock of livestock, to reacquaint themselves with their wandering roots.

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Some terrain is certainly more conducive to the 4WD excursions, including a fantastic ride through the main canyon synonymous with T E Lawrence. with a charming and hospitable Zalabia family.

Their Bedouin “house of hair” provided welcome respite from the desert heat – a long, low tent hand-woven from dark goat’s hair.

Akmed, the father, remarked that his family often spend the weekend in the desert, as he is anxious to keep his beautiful and inquisitive young children grounded in tradition.

I locked in a flavourful desert stay at Sun City Camp. My tent was surprisingly well equipped with contemporary comforts, a flushing toilet and electricity. But the real draw was the silence and the unspoilt, horizon-searching desert vistas that I drooled over long into the night and at the dawn of day, in tented comfort.

The evening dinner experience was enchanting, with traditional Bedouin music and dancing, preceding the buffet meal.

From Sun City, a variety of transportation options zip you into the wondrous nooks and crannies of Wadi Rum. Some terrain is certainly more conducive to the 4WD excursions, including a fantastic ride through the main canyon synonymous with T E Lawrence.

But nothing beats the timeless romance, loping across the desert on a camel, as you soak up that “vast, echoing and godlike” scenery.

It’s readily apparent why Wadi Rum remains a trusty stunt-double for the rich red hues of Mars.

Nothing beats the timeless romance, loping across the desert on a camel, as you soak up the scenery.

Travelling across the desert on a camel.

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Methven boy Dallas McLeod shows off a deft touch with the boot against the Hurricanes at the Ashburton Showgrounds on Saturday.

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McLeod thrills home crowd

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

The crowd of around 4000 that filed into the Ashburton Showgrounds on Saturday for the clash between the Crusaders and Hurricanes were happy to cheer on all 10 tries scored on the day, but no try received as loud a response as when Methven boy Dallas McLeod crossed the chalk.

After a profitable season on the wing for Canterbury in the Mi-

tre 10 Cup, he reverted to a more natural second-five position for the game on Saturday and looked sharp, showing a wide range of skills, including an eye for the tryline.

After electric fullback Will Jordan broke the line on halfway McLeod was passed the ball and carried the attack forward.

Presented with the option of passing to speedster Braydon Ennor or going himself, McLeod

opted to take the gap himself to the delight of the crowd.

“It was good getting on the scoreboard with all the support from home here,” he said.

“I was kind of just seeing what the defender was doing then saw he was looking like he was gonna go (towards Ennor) and it happened pretty quickly.

“He went the other way and I could go through.

“Coming down here in the pre-

match, I was just kind of remembering a few games I played here.

“Everyone is really passionate down here so yeah, it’s awesome to get back in front of a home crowd where I’m from.”

With the Crusaders’ midfield stocks looking thin for the coming season, with only Jack Goodhue and Braydon Ennor being capped Super Rugby players with Inga Finau another rookie, plenty of opportunities could be on the

cards for McLeod this season, but he is just taking things week by week.

“I think I will just keep taking it week by week and doing what I can and keep trying to put my hand up as much as I can to put myself forward,” he said.

“Over the time I’ll just keep building and learning from the guys around me at the same time wanting to put my hand up and give it my best shot.”

Hurricanes will find the heat turned up high

By Patrick McKendry Hurricanes fans – how’s this for starters?

On Friday in Takapuna your team will play the Blues in their second and final pre-season match.

It’s probably fair to say they have a few things to work on after losing 40-19 to the Crusaders in Ashburton on Saturday.

The Blues players, meanwhile, will be looking forward to a rare visit to Onewa Domain (their only game on the North Shore this year as, rather than playing at North Harbour Stadium, they will host the Jaguares in Northland in April)

after beating the Chiefs 26-19 in Waihi in their first hit-out.

A day after the match the Hurricanes will fly to Cape Town to play the Stormers in their opening game before considering more long-haul travel to get to Buenos Aires to play the Jaguares a week later.

They will be without Ardie Savea (knee surgery) and Beauden Barrett (gone to Blues). They may be without wing Jonah Lowe, who injured a shoulder which has troubled him in the past.

If it wasn’t already evident, this has the makings of a very difficult season for their new head coach Jason Holland, a man who

got the gig after former boss John Plumtree was appointed one of new All Blacks coach Ian Foster’s assistants.

It was always going to be that way once Barrett announced he was joining the Blues but loose forward Savea’s injury is a massive blow and the opening two matches in South Africa and Argentina a week apart could hardly have been more challenging.

One victory from those two would have to be considered a fair return and while the Hurricanes have it a little easier when they are back in New Zealand; the Sharks in Wellington and Sunwolves in Napier, they then go on a run of

three derbies against the Blues, Chiefs and Crusaders.

The first rounds are likely to be played in blazing summer heat – the Blues kick things off against the Chiefs on the absurdly early date of January 31 – but that’s likely to be relatively kind compared with what is Holland’s baptism of fire.

Pre-season matches count for little as far as results go but another big loss against the Blues will do little for the Hurricanes’ confidence and should the skids go under their season it will be very difficult to pull it back without an experienced driver at No.10.

“We need to be more efficient around our carry and our cleanout

and our breakdown,” Holland said in Ashburton.

“That’s a big area around us getting momentum and being able to play. The Crusaders slowed our ball down a lot. That’s a little bit around our attacking shape and what we do there and just around a bit of mongrel at the breakdown.”

It was a similar story in Sydney where the Highlanders let slip a 14-0 lead to the Waratahs to lose 40-21.

It was former Canterbury coach Rob Penney’s first game in charge of the Sydneysiders and an indication perhaps that he may bring a new steel to what is generally an underachieving franchise.

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Crusaders contain the Canes

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The game might have been missing the big names from both sides, but that did not stop the Crusaders and the Hurricanes putting on a first-half show in their pre-season match at the Ashburton Showgrounds on Saturday, with the Crusaders running out eventual 40-19 winners.

With both sides playing different line-ups in each half it gave the teams a chance to test out their depth and hand debuts to players who would be unlikely to play during the Super Rugby competition this year.

It was the Crusaders who appeared to be the side struggling to come out of holiday season the most in the first 10 minutes, conceding plenty of territory and possession to the visitors.

Du’Plessis Kirifi was the first Hurricanes player to make the most of this advantage.

With pressure building on the 22, a sharp delayed pass from new Hurricane Tyrel Lomax saw space open up for first-five Jackson Garden-Bachop who eventually played the pass off Kirifi.

Garden-Bachop was unable to add the extras, with his kick from a few metres in from touch hooking to the left as it approached the posts.

Before the small group of Hurricanes fans had the chance to take their seats they were over again, this time Vince Aso was able to pick off a pass from Brett Cameron and ran unchallenged to the line.

From a better angle Garden-Bachop was able to convert.

This finally seemed to spark the Crusaders up.

They started to chuck the ball around in contact, making the most of the perfect conditions, which eventually allowed Braydon Ennor to spear through the line on the left-hand side of the field from around 30m out to run to the try-line.

Cameron nailed the conversion, and five minutes later the Crusaders showed their sharp attacking skills again.

Livewire fullback Will Jordan

broke the line on halfway before finding Dallas McLeod.

He half-faked to pass outside to Ennor and with memories of the previous try the defender took the bait, opening enough space for McLeod to power to the line, with Cameron converting once again.

Play then lulled with the Hurricanes continuing to hold good territory, but that did not worry the Crusaders who scored the try of the match from their own 5m line.

The Canes kicked long and winger Manasa Mataele found he couldn’t get a defensive pass away, so he cut back to the centre of the field to return the ball to around the Crusaders’ 40m line.

Halfback Ereatara Enari was able to get quick ball and threw a slick skip pass wide to McLeod who opted to carry, making good metres before offloading to his midfield mate Ennor.

Ennor, charging down the left wing made it to the 22 before being forced to pass inside to Jordan who 5m from the line passed one

Fasi Fuatai manages to cross the line despite some close attention from two Hurricanes defenders.

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Right on halftime the Crusaders were able to set a strong maul which slid towards the centre of the field from the right wing.

After a couple of cracks from there substitute prop George Bower was fortunate enough to find a gap and crossed the line, with Cameron safely slotting his fourth conversion.

With the second half starting both teams sent out their second teams, with Ngani Laumape, Wes Goosen and Billy Proctor notable backline additions for the visitors, while the Crusaders opted for largely third-string players with Samoan international Michael Alaalatoa and All Blacks Mitchell Drummond and Luke Romano thrown in.

Both teams showed signs of not having played a lot of rugby to-

gether, with often disjointed play taking place between the 22s.

Eventually around the 60 minute mark Crusaders winger Fasi Fuatai was able to find a gap 30m out, and despite a small juggle of the ball, was able to cross the line, with Fergus Burke adding the extras.

With 10 minutes left on the clock the Canes were able to score their third try with new South African signing Kobus Van Wyk crossing in the left corner, with Fletcher Smith kicking the conversion.

In the final play of the game the 10th and final try was scored by Michael Alaalatoa from a rolling maul.

Setting from a 5m lineout from a penalty, the defending Super Rugby champions had too much power and rolled over the line, with Burke missing the conversion bringing the match to a close.

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Palace upset Man City On a standout day for the Premier League’s underdogs and English managers, Manchester City, Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham all dropped points yesterday.

Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City were held 2-2 by Roy Hodgson’s Crystal Palace, further boosting Liverpool’s title hopes, after Jose Mourinho’s Tottenham drew 0-0 with Nigel Pearson’s Watford.

City’s draw means Liverpool can extend its lead to an almost insurmountable 16 points by beating Manchester United overnight.

Arsenal’s underwhelming form under new manager Mikel Arteta continued in a 1-1 draw with Chris Wilder’s Sheffield United. Chelsea looked headed for a draw until Isaac Hayden headed in to give Newcastle a 1-0 win in stoppage time.

Not even Sergio Aguero’s fearsome goalscoring form could earn City a win over a tenacious Crystal Palace team.

With City staring at a possible defeat courtesy of Cenk Tosun’s 39th-minute goal for Palace, Aguero scored twice in the last 10 minutes, taking him to six goals from his last three EPL games.

However, Palace wasn’t done and levelled in the 90th when Wilfried Zaha’s ball went in off Fernandinho.

“I think we did everything,” said City manager Guardiola.

“They defended so deep. We knew that, so we attacked – crosses and corners, put the ball inside. They didn’t do much but they win one point.

“The spirit was there. We tried and we tried,” he said.

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Hurricanes coach Jason Holland would have been disappointed to see his side unable to convert territory and possession in to points while Crusaders coach Scott Robertson will be hoping they can carry their sharp attacking play forward.

Both sides have one more pre-season hit-out on Friday before the season proper. The Crusaders travel to Wanaka to face the Highlanders in their annual Farmlands Cup pre-season clash, while the Hurricanes meet the Blues in Takapuna.

The Crusaders opening game is against the Rob Penney-coached Waratahs in Nelson on February 1.

Crusaders 40 (Braydon Ennor, Dallas McLeod, Tom Sanders, George Bower, Fasi Fuatai, Michael Alaalatoa tries; Brett Cameron 4 con, Fergus Burke Hurricanes 19 (Du’Plessis Kirifi, Vince Aso, Kobus Van Wyk tries; Jackson Garden-Bachop con, Fletcher Smith con)

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■■RUGBY

■■SKATING

Saracens’ spectacular fall

De Rose surpasses expectations

By Steve Douglas In one of the most spectacular downfalls in the history of club rugby, English and European champion Saracens will be relegated at the end of the season for breaching the salary-cap rules.

The dramatic development leaves the future of some of the world’s most high-profile players, like England captain Owen Farrell and international team-mates Maro Itoje and the Vunipola brothers, up in the air.

Premiership Rugby, which runs the English top tier, said yesterday that Saracens will finish the current season before being dropped down to the second-level Championship.

The club from north London has won four of the last five English titles and three of the last four European Cup titles, for one of the most dominant reigns in the history of European club rugby.

However, those victories were followed by allegations of avoiding the English league’s salary-cap rules by making payments to companies owned by Saracens players.

Saracens was deducted 35 points ahead of the start of the English league season and fined more than five million pounds for three seasons’ spending above the cap.

They could not prove that they were compliant with the cap, having failed to release any of their high-earning players, and have chosen to accept relegation.

“I acknowledge the club has made errors in the past and we unreservedly apologise for those mistakes,” Saracens’ new chairman Neil Golding said.

“I and the rest of the board are committed to overseeing stringent new governance measures to ensure regulatory compliance going forward.’’

Premiership Rugby also said it would commission a review of the salary cap system to ensure what CEO Darren Childs called “a level playing field for all clubs in the future”.

Exeter Chiefs were beaten by Saracens in the last two Premiership finals and the team’s chief executive, Tony Rowe, said he was relieved the champions have been strongly punished.

“Let’s be very honest about this before people have sympathy with Saracens,” Rowe said.

“They had two choices: They could either open up their books so that Premiership Rugby could do a forensic audit of exactly what has gone on, or they could take relegation.

“So it was their choice not to open up their books.

“We just want to move on. They have cheated. And I’m just a bit upset it has taken so long to do this.

“At the moment they are still picking their team each week largely from the squad they had last year, which is still in breach of the salary cap.”

Dropping into the second tier might mean Saracens are unable to retain the services of their top players, like Farrell and Itoje, who are mainstays of the England team.

They might be able to enjoy similar salaries by playing in France’s Top 14, but that would prevent them from being allowed to play in England.

England skipper Owen Farrell will be affected by the fallout at Saracens.

Christchurch speed skater Ethan De Rose has exceeded his own expectations to place seventh at the Lausanne 2020 Youth Olympic Games.

Competing in the 1000m event at the Lausanne Skating Arena, De Rose started strong, flying across the ice to win his heat.

“I was feeling pretty good right from when I woke up and then I warmed up a bit, got involved and it all went to plan,” said De Rose.

The 17-year-old continued his strong vein of form to advance all the way to the B-final, finishing with an overall placing of seventh in a 32-strong field.

“I wasn’t expecting to do that well in all honesty, I would’ve been happy with top 16 so I’m absolutely stoked with how today went.

“I did some really good passes which I was really happy with and the atmosphere was sick.”

De Rose will compete in the 500m event next week.

At the satellite village in St Moritz Dunedin athlete Hunter Burke was in action in the luge.

Burke recorded a combined time of 1:52.03s across two runs, reaching a top speed of 121km/h.

Following the race Hunter said “I had some nerves before the first run and didn’t get a very good start. After making some adjustments and realising it was my last shot, in the second run I posted my best time of the whole week.”

“It’s been pretty special being here and I feel like I’ve made big improvements this season and can’t wait for next season.”

Burke will compete again in the luge mixed team relay on January 20th.

At the slopestyle course in Leysin Ruby Andrews from Queenstown sustained an injury in training and was unable to compete. She will undergo further medical assessments before deciding whether to compete in big air and halfpipe next week.

Thomson raring to get back on the paddock When ex-pat Ashburtonian Adam Thomson was struck down by a spinal infection in late 2017, he had no guarantee that his life would ever go back to how it was.

The former All Blacks loose forward was admitted to hospital in December of 2017, during his stint playing for the Canon Eagles in Japan, after experiencing excruciating pain that left him unable to walk.

His ailment initially had doctors stumped, before he was eventually diagnosed with lumbar discitis – an infection in the intervertebral disc space.

Thomson spent 57 days in hospital, mostly bed ridden, and had to learn how to walk again.

He said it was the biggest challenge he had ever faced.

“It was hugely scary.

“There were some pretty dark moments. In my life I’ve had a pretty cruisy run in terms of major obstacles, injuries and what not, so for

me that was the biggest challenge I’ve ever faced,” Thomson said.

“I was on my back for six weeks, couldn’t get out of bed and had to teach myself to walk again.

“There were some really dark times and I had to ask myself some pretty big questions.

“I just had to keep moving and work really, really hard.”

Thomson’s return to playing came back on home soil at club level for Takapuna, before suiting up for Otago in the Mitre 10 Cup last year.

Now, the 37-year-old has been added to the Chiefs Super Rugby squad as an injury replacement player.

“I never thought I’d be back playing Super Rugby, to be honest.

“Rugby was there in the back of my mind, it never went away.

“To me, that was never going to be the end

of my journey even with doctors’ recommendations and that. I’m a pretty stoic sort of guy and I wanted to go out on my own terms. Right from day one it was about getting over that hurdle, getting myself back on my feet and getting back onto the field.

“To me that was probably club rugby, at a push maybe get back to something a little bit higher.

“But to get back into a Super Rugby jersey, especially a team as amazing as the Chiefs, it’s a dream come true.

“I’ve got a lot of gratitude for where I am and I’ve got that love and passion for the game again.

“You tend to lose that when you play season after season and it kind of grinds on. For me that was a huge wake up call.

“To have that passion and burning desire to get back into footy for the love of it again is something I don’t take for granted.”

Adam Thomson

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■■CRICKET

North Otago down Mid Canterbury

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

Another promising debut from a young Mid Canterbury cricketer is a small silver lining after the side lost their Hawke Cup match against North Otago by 117 runs.

A home game for Mid Canterbury being played at the Aorangi Oval in Timaru, North Otago won the toss and elected to bat.

James Southby had a strong start to the game, taking the first three wickets of the day, dismissing North Otago’s top three batsmen.

With North Otago 90/3, it was debutant Tom Middleton’s time to step up with the ball, taking four wickets from his seven overs, only conceding eight runs in that time.

Middleton had been set to make his debut earlier in the season until flooding saw the side’s clash against South Canterbury cancelled.

The visitors were eventually able to sneak through to 185 all out, with Shaun Stagg, Will Graham and Jay Houston chipping in with one wicket each.

Mid Canterbury got off to a slow and steady start with the bat until Cameron Grubb was thrown the ball, with the bowler eventually going on to take seven wickets in the innings.

He dismissed both James and William Southby and Des Kruger via lbw, bowled Matt Tait while C. Drew caught the other three dismissals.

Kruger top-scored for Mid Canterbury with 39 from 35 balls, while Stagg hit a quick 31 from 17 balls as they limped through to 128.

North Otago then asserted their dominance in the match in their second innings with the bat, with Jeremiah Shields notching up a fine 61 before being stumped by Cameron Jopson off

the bowling of Angus Jemmett.

North Otago cruised through to 202 before declaring to set their sights on bowling out Mid Canterbury a second time.

Chasing over 200 runs with less than two sessions to go in the match, fast runs were needed from Mid Canterbury and youngsters Jemmett and Devon Flan-

nery managed to put together a 22-run opening partnership before Flannery had to return to the sheds.

William and James Southby followed with four and eight runs respectively before Des Kruger top scored for Mid Canterbury once again.

He scored quickly, amassing

46 runs off 38 balls before being caught off the bowling of Scott Kitto.

Graham and Jay Houston offered some resistance with 17 and 18 respectively, but the total was always going to be too big a mountain to climb, with Mid Canterbury eventually falling short by 117 runs.

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Kruger’s batting was one bright point in a tough weekend of Hawke Cup cricket for Mid Canterbury.

■■TENNIS

Steely determination results in a title for Humbert

By Michael Burgess Ugo Humbert will never forget the ASB Classic – and the Auckland tennis crowd will always remember him.

The young Frenchman arrived here almost unnoticed, in a field with some top names and others hyped as the next big thing, and played his first match in front of a couple of hundred people on an outside court.

He’s a quiet, unassuming character, softly spoken off the court and generally undemonstrative on it.

But beneath that persona lies a steely determination and an immense will to win.

That was revealed after Saturday’s final, as he sat in front of the trophy following his 7-6 (2), 3-6, 7-6 (5) win over Benoit Paire.

“I’m really proud because it was a tournament of revenge,”

said a smiling Humbert. “[Last year], I lost against four of the five players I played this week – against [Casper] Ruud, [John] Isner, [Denis] Shapovalov and Benoit – so it means a lot to me.”

For that reason, Auckland will always be special for the 21-yearold, whatever he achieves in the future (and his potential seems almost unlimited).

This was his first ATP title, and what a way to do it; claiming vengeance after some bitter losses.

Humbert started the week as the world No 57, and toppled three of the top five seeds, as well as a former French Open semifinalist (Marco Cecchinato) and Ruud, who reached an ATP final last year.

“I don’t know if I realise what I did [yesterday] but I am extremely happy,” said Humbert.

“It was tough, really tough, and

emotional as well. It was a lot of work, a lot of improvement with my coach, in the pre-season and the months before.”

As he had done all week, Humbert displayed impressive mental toughness on Saturday.

He was playing his first final, against a fellow Frenchman almost 10 years his senior, who had become a cult figure this week with his emotional displays.

But Humbert was ice cold in both tiebreakers, especially in the third set, after he had earlier missed a match point chance.

“It wasn’t easy in my head,” said Humbert.

“I had match point on his serve.

“I know I can do it better on the passing shot but I was calm after this point and I [wanted] to play each point one-by-one.

“I said to myself ‘stay focused, play like you know and be yourself, you can do it’. I really want-

Ugo Humbert ed this title and I knew I had to be calm, to be in control of myself and I did it.’’

Paire rued some missed opportunities – he won eight more points across the match – but was satisfied with the fight he showed.

“At the end like this, you can

lose, you can win,” said Paire.

“You [toss] a coin and see what happens. It’s good for him, he’s a good friend, he has been playing well.

“I tried everything to fight, to come back, I did it well, so that is why I am happy.”

The match was an epic, one of the best finals in recent history.

Humbert found his best when it really mattered, particularly in both tiebreakers.

Paire had his customary meltdowns, twice, over the umpire’s interpretation after video challenge.

But the 30-year-old fought back from 1-4 down in the third set, and could glimpse his fourth career title.

However, Humbert was too good in the tiebreak.

Paire kept fighting, saving another match point with an ace, but Humbert was not to be denied.

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■■BALLARAT CUP

Sweet win for Sugars

By Adam Hamilton The Kiwi dominance of the Ballarat Cup lives on.

A brilliant front-running Greg Sugars drive won Saturday night’s Group 1 Cup for Greg and Nina Hope’s rejuvenated AG’s White Socks.

He’s the eighth Kiwi-trained winner of the Cup in the past eight years.

It was a deserved, fitting and somewhat emotional win, but it must be said most were talking about Self Assured’s monstrous second in the moments straight after the race.

AG’s White Socks dashed home in 54.7 and 27.5sec, while Self Assured came from a mile back, was checked, shoved wide, hung badly and still roared home to be beaten just 1.3m.

Self Assured was privately clocked to run a 53.4sec last half despite covering so much extra ground and everything else that went wrong.

It was a phenomenal run.

But how can you take anything away from AG’s White Socks, who worked to find the front from Tam Major and mile-rated a slick 1min56.1sec.

It was deserved and overdue “major” win for Greg and Nina Hope’s six-year-old, who won two heats of the Auckland Inter Dominion before leading and running fifth in the final.

“We’ve always felt he was up with the best horses, but the standing starts haven’t suited him.

“He’s like a galloper, he gets too fired-up and doesn’t like the standing starts,” Greg Hope said.

“It was only a week or so before the Inter Dominion he turned the corner and got right back to his best.

“We sent him up to Barry (Purdon) and Barry agreed he was right up with the best.

AGs White Socks, pictured in winning form at the Auckland Inter Dominions, show he is up there with the best pacers going around at Ballarat on Saturday night.

“It’s fantastic to get this win and hopefully he can go right on with it now.”

Of course AG’s White Socks was the pacer Ricky May was driving at Omakau on January 2 and Hope was quick to mention May after the win.

“Ricky’s back on (driving) this horse next year or as soon as he wants to.

“He’ll be back, I’m sure,” he said.

Sugars, who started his relationship with the Hopes through their trotter Quite A Moment a few years back, was already looking ahead to the Hunter Cup (February 1) after Saturday night’s effort.

“I’m very pleased for everyone involved,” he said.

“We used the draw to full advantage.

“Moving forward to the big race in a couple of weeks’ time,

we’re in with a good chance I think.”

Chase Auckland was another eye-catcher, flashing home late with Self Assured, but off a softer run, to finish a close third.

With Self Assured backing-up in next week’s Group 1 4YO Bonanza at Melton and missing the Hunter Cup, Chase Auckland and AG’s White Socks share Hunter Cup favouritism at $3.50 on the Aussie TAB.

■■WELLINGTON CUP

Dream result for Soleseifei in Wellington Underrated stayer Soleseifei completed a fairytale result for the Lupton family when she carried the colours worn by the legendary Kiwi to victory in the Gr.3 NZ Campus Of Innovation & Sport Wellington Cup (3200m) at Trentham, thirty-seven years after the Snow Lupton-trained Waverley wonder scored in the event.

Prepared at Waverley by Snow Lupton’s grand-daughter JamieLee, the seven-year-old Shocking mare was having just her second run since November when a minor injury saw her miss a start in the Gr.3 New Zealand Cup (3200m) at Riccarton.

Lupton fitted her charge for Saturday’s famous Trentham two-miler with an encouraging performance for third in the List-

ed Marton Cup a fortnight ago, although she was mostly overlooked by punters as she started a $19 chance in the contest.

Any thoughts of receiving an easy run in the race were dashed early on when rider Trudy Thornton found herself trapped threewide leaving the straight for the first time with the mare forced to cover extra ground throughout the race.

Thornton made her move approaching the home corner and sent Soleseifei to the lead upon straightening.

Soleseifei kicked clear before being hotly challenged by Toms and The Good Fight over the final 200m.

In a blanket finish Thornton threw Soleseifei over the line half a head in front of The Good Fight

Trudy Thornton with Toms just a further head away in third.

Thornton was quick to pay tribute to the grit of her mount.

“She was entitled (to get tired) as I didn’t get a great run and she was stuck out,” she said.

“She was very brave. I was hoping to be forward but I couldn’t get there. It wasn’t until we were

going down the back that I got a drag up from Sam Spratt (Justamaiz) in the three-wide train.

“Turning for home she was travelling super although it’s a long straight to lead in, but she’s tough.”

The publicity-shy Lupton was swamped by her extended family and a large bunch of well-wishers in the Trentham birdcage as she struggled to take in what she had just achieved.

“It’s pretty thrilling after Snowy did it with Kiwi and it’s just lovely for the mare to do it too,” she said.

“She had a trouble-free run because nothing was falling back on her as she has had that the whole way through. She is a bit of a cripple and I spend a fair bit of time with her but she never goes a bad race and she tries really hard.”

■■THORNDON MILE

Victory a special one for McKays The Gr.1 Harcourts Thorndon Mile (1600m) at Trentham has always been one of the McKay family’s favourite races, but on Saturday it became much more special.

The Mitigator delivered a third victory in the time-honoured feature for Matamata trainer Peter McKay, who had previously won it with Alamosa in 2008 and Puccini in 2015.

Even more significantly, it was a first taste of Group One glory for his son, jockey Shaun McKay. “This is awesome,” the 23-yearold said.

“I’m speechless and over the moon. To win a Group One race has been a dream, and to do it for my family is even better. Dad’s an awesome trainer, and it means a lot to win a Group One race for him.”

Peter McKay described it as a special win for a close-knit family.

“I’m thrilled for Shaun,” he said.

“It was a very good ride today on a good horse.

“When he had a look over his shoulder, I thought he must have been pretty confident, but it’s a long way down that straight.

“It’s great for Shaun, and also my wife Kim, who’s there every morning and puts a lot of work in. It’s a real family unit, and on days like this, all of that work we do pays off.”

The Mitigator’s win in the metric mile showpiece was a new career pinnacle for the son of Master of Design, and it came at long odds of $28.70.

Since beating up-and-comer Beauden to win the Gr.3 Eagle Technology Stakes (1600m) at Ellerslie three starts ago, The Mitigator had suffered thumps when tailing the field home in the Zabeel Classic, and attempted to take a sit behind the leaders when finishing a last-start fourth at Awapuni.

The Mitigator returned to his usual leading role on Saturday, and he was right back at his relentless best.

Rated perfectly by Shaun McKay, he dominated the race from the front and fought for all he was worth when he was challenged in the straight.

The Mitigator held on to win by a short head from Wyndspelle, who was a last-start Gr.1 Captain Cook Stakes winner over the same course and distance.

The Thorndon Mile was The Mitigator’s seventh win from 32 starts and lifted his prize-money earnings past $340,000.

“He’s just such a consistent and honest horse,” Peter McKay said.

“He tries so hard every time. We tried to ride him back in his last start, which was just a waste of time, and he had thumps in the Zabeel Classic. When he won at Ellerslie before that, he ran great time (1:33.18). We just decided to let him run his own race today.

“I’m thrilled for the owners, who are a great bunch. Racing needs more people like them, they just love the game.”

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■■GORE

Asano proving unstoppable National Jockey’s Premiership leader Kozzi Asano continued a white-hot run of form when he guided Lightning Jack to an upset victory in Saturday’s Listed Liquorland Gore Guineas (1335m).

Asano, who won the last five races on the card at the New Plymouth meeting on Friday, carried on the winning roll by taking out the first three events at Gore to make it eight wins in succession.

That sequence was ended when he was out of the money in race five although he bounced straight back to win race 6 on former northerner Rocanto.

Despite that form punters largely ignored the winning chances of the Kelvin and Aimee Tyler-trained Lightning Jack in the day’s feature event as the Per Incanto threeyear-old was sent out as a $10 chance behind race favourite Miss Federer.

Rated highly enough by his connections to tackle the Gr.1 New Zealand Two Thousand Guineas (1600m) as a maiden, Lightning Jack’s confidence was high after securing his first career success at his most recent start.

Given time to find his feet by Asano, Lightning Jack swept into contention on the home turn before setting out after Live Drama who had shot clear at that point.

Live Drama still looked likely to

hold her challengers at bay before Lightning Jack put in a huge lunge that carried him to the narrowest of victories.

Kelvin Tyler was jubilant after the judge confirmed the final placings in the event.

“I said a few months ago that I think he’s probably the second-best horse I have ever trained,” he said.

“He’s just got so much maturing to do but he has tons of ability.

“He had a wee break and freshen up after his last run as he doesn’t need that much work.

“We were quietly confident although you never know with a tight, turning track so you just need a bit of luck.

“It always helps when they are cutting their throats up in front and it worked for us today.”

Asano also had a wide smile as he spoke with connections after the race.

“What a day, what a day,” Asano said.

“The trainer told me he was working well and the horse he just went so hard.

“We needed a bit of cover although it is hard to come from the back today.

“Around the corner I thought we still had some energy and he just flew home.

“Only good horses can do that.”

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3 19498 Shakespeare 58.5......................... Scratched 4 x5421 Springsteen tdh (4) 58.5................L Allpress 5 277x4 Master Lincoln (10) 58.5..................J Riddell 6 85040 My Father’s Gun 58.5.................... Scratched 7 13x08 Red Red Robin (3) 58....................H Andrew 8 x7241 Sheer Elegance d (5) 58..................R Myers 9 7721 Rukita t (12) 57............................ R Hannam 10 996x5 Maidstone Park m (2) 57....................R Elliot 11 88777 Mister Geronimo d (8) 56.5............. J Parkes 12 x8485 Vermont h (11) 56................ C O’Beirne (a2) 13 870x8 Lady Verawood d (7) 55.5...............R Bishop 14 x0009 Classy Lane m (1) 54.5..................D Bradley 15 09x84 Colorado Miss t (9) 54.5..................... T Allan Blinkers on: Thutmosis (R1), Fly To The Sky, My Father’s Gun (R4), Vermont (R7) Blinkers off: Zeroed (R1), Mister Geronimo, Classy Lane (R7) Winkers off: Sanibel (R3) SELECTIONS

Kozzi Asano gets Lightning Jack to the line in the Listed Liquorland Gore Guineas on Saturday.

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Otaki Maori Rc Venue: Otaki Meeting Date: 20 Jan 2020 NZ Meeting number: 4 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7 Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 5, 6 and 7 1 1.08pm SUNRANS SPA MAIDEN 2100 $10,000, MDN, 2100m 1 872 Ammons (14) 58.5............... C O’Beirne (a2) 2 78834 Wholetthefoxout (11) 58.5..............L Allpress 3 065x4 Piccolo Toro (7) 58.5.................... R Hannam 4 386 Zeroed (12) 58.5..............................R Myers 5 8 Opal Crusher (9) 58.5...............B Ansell (a3) 6 69x86 Whiteout (2) 58.5...........................H Andrew 7 86342 Altar Boy (3) 57............................... J Parkes 8 274 Dalmatia h (10) 57...........................J Riddell 9 66033 Detonate (5) 56.5 10 7x902 Irish Trix (13) 56.5 11 63444 Rox (1) 56.5................................. C Johnson 12 983 Violet Belle (4) 56.5................S Macnab (a2) 13 96 Heaven Amore 55......................... Scratched 14 8x9 More Joy (6) 55..................................R Elliot 15 76x70 Thutmosis (8) 58.5.........................D Bradley Emergency: Thutmosis 2 1.43 VETS ON RIVERBANK MAIDEN 1200 $10,000, MDN, 1200m 1 3 Abe Lincoln (8) 58.5............. C O’Beirne (a2)

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Palmerston North Greyhound Racing Club (2014) Incorporated Venue: Manawatu Raceway Meeting Date: 20 Jan 2020 NZ Meeting number: 3 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 1 12.07pm (NZT) FORMPRO RATINGS FREE EVERY MONDAY C0 C0, 410m 1 36758 Big Time Angel nwtd...........................L Cole 2 7 Allegro Will nwtd..................................L Cole 3 31 Big Time Eden nwtd............................L Cole 4 5x1 Softy Burgess nwtd.............................L Cole 5 6543 Dapper Rapper nwtd........................B Marsh 6 42254 Sideline Sally nwtd.....................J McInerney 7 74222 Big Time Harley nwtd..........................L Cole 8 8841 Big Time Anton nwtd...........................L Cole 9 27875 That’s Frank nwtd.......................J McInerney 2 12.24pm PAUL CLARIDGE ELECTRICAL C0, 410m 1 66673 Big Time Kevin nwtd............................L Cole 2 3 Allegro Lexxi nwtd...............................L Cole 3 54568 Trudy Remarkable nwtd...................C Morris 4 6 Big Time Joey nwtd.............................L Cole 5 27437 Big Time Harper nwtd.........................L Cole 6 87 Allegro Kyle nwtd................................L Cole 7 67528 Ariana Sunset nwtd.....................B Goldsack 8 52343 Fool’s Russian nwtd............................L Cole 9 27875 That’s Frank nwtd.......................J McInerney 3 12.42 “COMMENTATORS DAY OUT” HERE MARCH 16TH C1 C1, 410m

2 Uncle Jakk (9) 58.5............................R Elliot 3 4 Me (1) 57......................................... J Parkes 4 56 Laureate 57................................... Scratched 5 23 Shanghai Express b (4) 56.5...........R Myers 6 2 Showbourne (5) 56.5.....................L Allpress 7 6x Cruz Ramirez (3) 56.5......................D Turner 8 7 Ode To Joy (6) 56.5...................B Ansell (a3) 9 x7542 Flickering Shadow (7) 55............. R Hannam 10 Aromatic 55................................... Scratched 11 Jaxx Be Nimble (2) 55.................. C Johnson 3 2.18pm AQUASHIELD ROOFING MAIDEN 1400 $10,000, MDN, 1400m 1 2323x Lincoln Town b (8) 58.5....................J Riddell 2 5x423 Rio Star b (5) 58.5........................ C Johnson 3 6 Jessie’s Rock (7) 58.5.................. R Hannam 4 0 Piri Piri Pete 58.5.......................... Scratched 5 53 Sola Power (10) 57........................L Allpress 6 Dedoje (6) 57.................................. J Parkes 7 80x32 Vroom (1) 56.5...............................H Andrew 8 8x353 Excuse My Hotness 56.5.............. Scratched 9 0x568 Judith (11) 56.5................................D Turner 10 69x44 Sanibel (2) 55.....................................R Elliot 11 9x5 Silent Approach (4) 55......... C O’Beirne (a2) 12 Kewvano (3) 55......................S Macnab (a2)

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4 2.53pm EL CHEAPO CARS 1400 $10,000, Rating 65

Race 1: Altar Boy, Dalmatia, Ammons, Detonate Race 2: Shanghai Express, Showbourne, Me, Cruz Ramirez Race 3: Vroom, Sola Power, Sanibel, Silent Approach Race 4: Fiano, Spirit Of Galway, Beau Geste, Yossarian Race 5: Cannoli, Tamahine, Sweet Storm, Sovereign Express Race 6: Fearless, Ball Gown, Tigertiger, Sorry I’m Late Race 7: Posh Porotene, Springsteen, Sheer Elegance

Palmerston North dogs Today at Manawatu Raceway 1 75657 Thrilling Ivy nwtd....................... K Gommans 2 66215 Big Time Abbi nwtd.............................L Cole 3 85743 Elouera Mist 23.90 J &.........................D Bell 4 73644 Duke Bruce nwtd................................. N Udy 5 45424 Elsa Blueblood nwtd..................J McInerney 6 84772 Mitsuta nwtd.......................................D Edlin 7 45321 Big Time May 23.52............................L Cole 8 41211 Big Time Pluto 23.82...........................L Cole 9 57841 Paris End nwtd....................................L Cole 10 4877x Kirkham Coby 23.52........................C Morris 4 12.59pm TOTAL BODYSHOP SUPPLIES C1, 410m 1 32126 Allegro Lanie nwtd..............................L Cole 2 56577 Mickey Mowhawk 24.23................ D Denbee 3 75853 Plan Stan nwtd................................ L Pearce 4 22382 My Pablo 24.05................................... N Udy 5 74311 Sub Twenty Three 23.97.....................L Cole 6 26777 Naharis nwtd......................................D Edlin 7 42131 Big Time Gwyn nwtd...........................L Cole 8 45267 Zipping Luther 23.66 J &......................D Bell 9 58655 White Comet 23.69........................ D Donlon 10 57866 Black Mags nwtd...............................S Stone 5 1.17pm GEORGE SIMON CALLING HERE MARCH 16TH C2 C2, 410m 1 76615 Opawa Flash nwtd.............................. N Udy 2 64314 Opal Nora nwtd..........................J McInerney 3 57434 Hashtag Blessed 23.63....................... N Udy 4 87645 Dyna Diode nwtd....................... K Gommans 5 44142 Barbarossa Boy 23.98................B Goldsack

6 17776 Homebush Yuri nwtd..................J McInerney 7 62613 Ophira Bale nwtd..........................M Roberts 8 13121 Big Time Jonie 24.00..........................L Cole 9 66643 Big Time Dusty 23.76..........................L Cole 10 65835 Tuff Temptress 23.72......................B Mitchell 6 1.34pm DOUG BRADLEY PAINTERS C3 C3, 410m 1 23661 Electrical Storm 23.64...................M Goodier 2 58141 Big Time Clare 23.90..........................L Cole 3 68641 Bigtime Molly 23.81.............................L Cole 4 35271 Bigtime Daisy 23.61............................L Cole 5 84426 Thrilling Massey nwtd............... K Gommans 6 12666 Bigtime Charlote nwtd.........................L Cole 7 31372 Tazia 23.53.................................... D Denbee 8 21466 Mother’s Touch 23.47 J &.....................D Bell 9 38435 Johny Mowhawk nwtd................... D Denbee 10 4666x All Black Star 23.75........................M Gowan 7 1.52pm KERNOW CONSTRUCTION TERMINATING PICK 6 C4 C4, 410m 1 42161 Big Time Spot 23.69............................L Cole 2 11417 Bees And Birds 23.64.........................L Cole 3 53816 Big Time Dynasty 23.76......................L Cole 4 6x51P Irish Rogue nwtd.................................L Cole 5 88127 Bigtime Thor 23.13..............................L Cole 6 64134 Bigtime Bronx nwtd G &.......... S Fredrickson 7 12684 Trophy Trophy 23.32.....................A Turnwald 8 11453 Bigtime Jasmine 23.51........................L Cole 9 36657 Big Time Lebron 23.38........................L Cole 10 87654 Fare Dodger nwtd.........................M Goodier

8 2.09 VICTORIA SHAW (AUS) CALLING HERE MARCH 16TH C1 C1, 457m 1 35244 Jay Mike 26.28.................................... N Udy 2 42443 Tap Out Reg 26.35.......................A Turnwald 3 47642 Big Time Mac nwtd..............................L Cole 4 171 Big Time Frankie nwtd.........................L Cole 5 51324 Bigtime Bailey nwtd.............................L Cole 6 51537 Penny Mowhawk nwtd................... D Denbee 7 66268 Tuff Jewel nwtd..............................B Mitchell 8 82126 Big Time Chad 26.50..........................L Cole 9 86837 Marley Farley nwtd R &........................Voyce 10 67876 Lady Jellybean nwtd.....................M Goodier 9 2.27pm OUTBACK TRADING COMPANY C1, 457m 1 83118 Allegro Curtis 26.70............................L Cole 2 17563 Double That 26.35 G &........... S Fredrickson 3 23425 Thomas William 25.97................... D Denbee 4 61142 Big Time Baby 26.83...........................L Cole 5 47355 Dyna Bryleigh nwtd.......................M Roberts 6 13285 Big Time Miley nwtd............................L Cole 7 16675 Chat Ya Later nwtd............................. I Howe 8 66475 Bigtime Fred 26.04..............................L Cole 9 56678 Midnight Molly 26.28....................B Hodgson 10 67876 Lady Jellybean nwtd.....................M Goodier 10 2.44pm PNGRC SECTIONAL TIMES @ PNGREYHOUNDS.KIWI C2 C2, 457m 1 82383 Cavatate nwtd J &................................D Bell 2 54118 Big Time Odette 26.16........................L Cole 3 52732 Double What nwtd J &..........................D Bell

4 11122 Rapid Fire nwtd G &................ S Fredrickson 5 21474 Nuclear Jewel nwtd..........................L Doody 6 26115 Summer Glee 26.45...................J McInerney 7 57513 Tuff Knight 26.78............................B Mitchell 8 53124 Diamond Geezer 26.91.................M Goodier 9 67888 Big Time Gina 26.28...........................L Cole 11 3.05 STEVE THE AUCTIONEER DAVIS C2/3, 457m 1 67876 Bigtime Puma nwtd.............................L Cole 2 86688 Tuff Treasure 26.52........................B Mitchell 3 44723 Big Time Kobe 26.16...........................L Cole 4 75186 Big Time Benny 26.58.........................L Cole 5 36763 Vibe nwtd.....................................A Turnwald 6 47516 Big Time Trae 26.11............................L Cole 7 33535 Bigtime Forest 25.97...........................L Cole 8 68877 Big League Diva 25.95 G &.... S Fredrickson 9 67888 Big Time Gina 26.28...........................L Cole 12 3.21 CITY OF P. NORTH GOLDEN CHASE HERE MARCH 27TH C3 C3, 457m 1 73245 Gazza’s Girl nwtd G &............. S Fredrickson 2 52154 Bigtime Benji 26.11.............................L Cole 3 42251 Bigtime Annie 25.92............................L Cole 4 21738 Big Time Elsa 26.12............................L Cole 5 57227 Simply Smooth 26.06..........................L Cole 6 24343 Bigtime Acacia 26.09..........................L Cole 7 25241 Skinny Binny nwtd R &.........................Voyce 8 53335 Big Time Amie 26.61...........................L Cole LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

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Three-peat proves elusive Trainer Michael Pitman was bursting with pride after his class sprinter Enzo’s Lad went within a short neck of tearing off his third consecutive victory in the time-honoured Gr.1 JR & N Berkett Telegraph (1200m) at Trentham on Saturday.

Bidding to become just the third horse to achieve the feat in the 121-year history of the race and the first since Blue Blood in 1975-77, Enzo’s Lad had to bow to Matamata mare Avantage who triumphed after the pair waged war over the final 300m of the race.

Pitman was left rueing a crucial check Enzo’s Lad suffered during the mid-stages that changed the complexion of the race from there on.

“He went super didn’t he, just everything we could have asked for,” Pitman said.

“He didn’t get any favours during the race and when he got shunted out five-wide after 600m it probably cost him the win.

“Take nothing away from the mare as she is class and deserved the victory but Michael (McNab) had to take him forward when he copped that bump and ended up in front much earlier than we had anticipated.

“He was a sitting duck then but he fought right to the line and there wasn’t much in it at the finish.”

Enzo’s Lad and stablemate Sensei, who finished well back after getting too far off the lead in the early stages, will now travel home to Riccarton with Pitman in two minds as to where to go next with Enzo’s Lad who is at the top of the handicap through his form over the past two seasons.

“We have been considering taking him to Te Rapa for the BCD Sprint next month but I’m just not that sure at this stage as the field might come up a bit too tough,” he said.

“There is the Lightning (Listed, 1200m) back at Trentham on Oaks Day in March which we will look at or there is also a nice race for him at Dunedin next month so we do have some options.”

While he and son Matthew’s Trentham team are heading home, Pitman is bound for Hamilton today to put the finishing touches on his Karaka Million 2YO (1200m) candidate Lovebug who travelled up to

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Trainer Michael Pitman Graeme and Debbie Rogerson’s Tuhikaramea base over the weekend.

The Iffraaj filly will be Pitman’s sole representative in the race after Ohio Showgirl suffered a knee injury that was operated on during the week.

“Ohio Showgirl had a knee fracture operated on and is in the paddock so Lovebug will be our representative at Ellerslie,” Pitman said.

“She has travelled up to the Rogerson property in Hamilton and I’m going up on Monday to spend the week with her.

“She was going to have a gallop at Ellerslie on Tuesday but they moved those to Monday which is too tough on her after the trip north, so we won’t get to have a look at the track until raceday.

“She has been at Trentham with our other horses for the past week and has galloped right-handed a few times and handled it well so I’m not overly worried about that aspect for her.

“She is a lovely filly and we hope she can acquit herself well for her owners who are a great bunch of people.”

Pitman purchased Lovebug for $20,000 from the Haunui Farm draft during Book 2 at Karaka last year. Haunui Farm will offer her half-brother by first season sire Belardo during the Book 2 session at the National Yearling Sale series at Karaka on January 26.

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ACROSS 1. Take a firm hold on car control (6) 8. Set of bells to get in and join the argument (5) 9. There’s strife in crossing a footballer (7) 11. It is about measurement consisting of verses (8) 12. Don’t go on putting energy into a lawsuit (5) 15. Some dress a rich Hindu lady in it (4) 16. Only half stop being a bit fishy (3) 17. Got chilled as 1st December returned, in short (4) 19. As nimble as the Italian appears in senility (5) 21. It is vast and boundless, and in 16 it starts yodelling (8) 24. Ariel turned on King Edward at a previous time (7) 25. Should be running smoothly, being lit (5) 26. Tended one who turned red with sun (6) DOWN 2. At which one is free to be lax (5) 3. Whips not responsible for such a village area (8) 4. Damage has not been concluded by the Marines (4) 5. A music book will achieve its goal (5) 6. Record is established in the District of Columbia (4) 7. Took a tumble, which may have been deadly (4) 10. Duettist might have started evening without a penny (9) 12. Work out price of getting sleepyhead into bed (4) 13. It is curious that there shouldn’t be more than one of it (8) 14. It is unedifying to be doing nothing (4) 18. An electrode does without six letters (5) 20. In glee turned one into lord or vassal (5) 21. Make one study symbol activated by mouse (4) 22. Go one behind the other to put the papers away (4) 23. It shows one is weary of direction up North (4)

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): Figuring out your priorities will be fun, easy, worthy work. The clearer you get about your values, the higher the quality of your thoughts. Your mind will organise itself to rally around what you deem important.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): Negative thought loops are caused by too much introspection, rumination and self-involvement. Tune into other people’s needs and see what you can do. Suddenly, you’re 10 times happier.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): There are small words that fly on mighty wings. Love is in that mix. So is the admission of humility that comes in the simple series, “I don’t know.” That one can open worlds.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): Maybe your work is selfexplanatory, but people still need help understanding. Tell, show them, and then teach it again in a different way. Do what it takes to hook them. Then, hop on the success train.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): On the highway of life, you have to be willing to change lanes, slow down and leave via the exit once in a while. Sure, there’s life in the race, but it really pales when compared with life beyond those exits.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): When you look around, you’ll either observe a powerful beauty or feel a beautiful power. You’ll commit to the moment, seeking to understand and be a part of this.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): Today’s mystic image is the tarot card “strength,” in which a woman tames a lion using only tenderness. An infinity halo hovers, a reminder that fortitude is a crown from the eternal realms. You couldn’t shake it if you tried.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): While there’s no real glee in having to scrape together resources, there’s something oddly satisfying about this excuse to call on people and find out the extent of generosity in their nature.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): You will allow yourself to dissolve into the contemplation of creating. The workaday world evaporates as you’re snatched out of the constant flux and thrust into the world of ideas.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): Though you do everything to aim toward joy, you’ll relate to the Romantic poet William Wordsworth when he wrote of “that sweet mood when pleasant thoughts bring sad thoughts to the mind.”

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): There’s an irreversible friction between a feeling and its opposite.

Knowing the opposite will help with processing, i.e.: admiration and loathing, etc.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): Because things are more beautiful when they are true, you’ll think twice about certain so-called improvements, especially if they are costly and aimed toward meeting some sort of societal ideal.

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Monday, 20 January 2020

A ridge continues to cover much of New Zealand.

A weak front over the far south weakens away as it moves off to the southeast, while a moist easterly flow affects eastern parts of both islands. Tropical Cyclone Tino off to the northeast stays well away from the country, as does the active trough near Australia.

mainly isolated cloudy drizzle drizzle few showers fine showers clearing showers

Canterbury Plains

60 plus

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Canterbury High Country

overnight max low

TODAY

TODAY

Auckland

fine

Fine, apart from areas of morning cloud and patchy drizzle in the north. Cloud returning evening. Light winds and afternoon easterly.

Fine, apart from isolated afternoon showers in the south. Wind at 1000m: Light.

Wind at 2000m: Light.

Hamilton

fine

Napier

clearing

Palmerston North fine

FZL: Above 3000m

TOMORROW

TOMORROW

Cloud and patchy drizzle clearing to fine.

Cloud returning at night. Light winds and afternoon easterly breezes about the coast.

Morning cloud, otherwise fine.

Wind at 1000m: Light.

Wind at 2000m: Light.

WEDNESDAY

WEDNESDAY

Morning low cloud, then mainly fine with high cloud. Northeasterly breezes.

Morning cloud, then fine spells and isolated afternoon showers. Light winds.

THURSDAY

FZL: Above 3000m

Wellington

fine

Nelson

fine

Blenheim

fine

Greymouth

fine

THURSDAY

Christchurch

fine

Mainly fine, isolated afternoon showers near the foothills. Light winds.

Cloudy periods and isolated afternoon showers. Northwesterlies developing.

Timaru

fine

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FRIDAY

Queenstown

fine

Morning low cloud, then mainly fine.

Northeasterlies developing.

Fine, areas of morning cloud. Northwesterly rising to gale in exposed places.

Dunedin

fine

Invercargill

fine

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Rakaia Fighting Hill (NIWA) at 2:00 pm, yesterday 177.2 Nth Ashburton at 2:05 pm, yesterday

6.68

Sth Ashburton at 2:00 pm, yesterday

4.82 nc

Rangitata Klondyke at 3:00 pm, yesterday

96.5

Waitaki Kurow at 2:04 pm, yesterday

361.5

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Ashburton Airport Temperature °C At 4pm 20.3 23.7 Max to 4pm 10.1 Minimum 7.9 Grass minimum Rainfall mm 0.0 16hr to 4pm January to date 3.8 Avg Jan to date 36 2020 to date 3.8 36 Avg year to date Wind km/h SE 17 At 4pm Strongest gust SE 30 Time of gust 3:02pm

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P19 The loudest roar of the day went up when local boy Dallas McLeod crossed to score the Crusaders’ second try.

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It is not too often that Scott Robertson does not have a smile on his face, and it would have been hard to wipe off that smile after his side’s dominant 40-19 victory over the Hurricanes in Ashburton on Saturday.

The Crusaders side came through the game relatively unscathed, which is the main focus during pre-season games, only making two injury-forced substitutions for minor knocks along with regular rotation of players as they dealt with a clear sunny summer day.

“Pleased (with the game).

“Billy Harmon has got a minor knee knock and we took Mitch Drummond off as

a precaution because he got a bit of a head knock on the sideline there,” he said.

With eight All Blacks sitting in the stands on enforced rest until their first round clash with the Waratahs, plenty of youth was given the chance to shine and Robertson was happy with what he saw.

“We played quite a few of our ITC (interim training contract) guys and our under 20s, they did extremely well,” he said.

“Special mention to Alex Bone Ainley who got off the bench to play today, he was amazing out there.

“Obviously we’ve got eight All Blacks to come back in to the fold but it is a chance for them (the younger players) and we talked about it, trying get some combi-

nations going and make it tough for us as coaches and they did that.”

Robertson also made special mention of Methven boy Dallas McLeod who started at second-five and formed a solid combination with Braydon Ennor at centre.

“Really proud of what Dallas did, back in his home pitch, he scored a great try and was really physical,” he said.

“There were couple of young backline players that were exceptional, especially with their workrate.”

Both Tom Sanders and Manasa Mataele made returns from long-term injuries in the first half and caught the eye of Robertson.

“A special mention to Tom Sanders who

has come back from a long term injury and performed extremely well, and Manasa Mataele, he showed some great glimpses and it was another step up for him,” he said.

Despite conceding three tries, Robertson said he was pleased with the defensive performance and the low number of missed tackles.

The former All Black said that it was great to be able to bring the game to Ashburton.

“That’s why we do it, they (the locals) can come out, the kids can connect with their heroes and as role models, an hour down the road, great little town, pleased we came,” he said.

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