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Recruitment drive attracts job seekers

By Susan Sandys Ashburton’s skills shortage looks set to worsen as recruitment for the Christchurch rebuild gets underway.

Yesterday a specially designed recruitment bus hit the town, and saw about 50 people through its doors.

The bus is promoting SKIRT’s For Real training programme, recruiting 1000 workers and is after young, old, male, female, skilled and unskilled workers.

It parked up in the West Street carpark and was to open from 10am to 2pm as part of a South Island tour, but welcomed visitors early when they started knocking at 9.45am.

Those looking for work were aged from 16 to over 60, and about 20 registered.

One of them was a 57-yearold who told the Guardian she would be prepared to move to Christchurch, away from her children and grandchildren here, for a full-time job. She was employed two days per week in a factory, but could not get more work.

“There’s hardly any work here in Ashburton. Last summer I did some roguing.”

“I’m wanting to get into full-time work, this is a challenge for me, and it gives me something where I can help somebody else, because they have lost so much,” she said.

She had experience with forklift driving and expected she would be helping with roading work.

YMCA manager Avis Page said the For Real training and work programme offered youngsters without qualifications the possibility of a good career.

Quite a few of her students had visited the bus and some had registered.

“For some people it’s very difficult to get a job, because they just don’t have the stickability. I think this is good for those types of people because they will learn the work ethic and what’s required,” she said.

“As an education provider we are looking for secure outcomes for them, that puts them in employment and gives them a future.”

For Real spokespeople Tony Doake and Duncan O’Keefe said they had been pleased to get as many as 20 registrations, after receiving none in either Geraldine or Timaru. They believed the difference was down to the location of the bus, with the West Street carpark being reasonably high profile.

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By Myles Hume

The oldest person to have come through in Ashburton had been a 62-year-old who was looking for a change from her career at a freezing works, and the youngest had been a group of 16 to 17-year-olds, although no-one in school uniform. One man who had registered was an earthquake refugee who had lost his son in the earthquake, and now wanted to move back to the city and help it get back on its feet.

If you are prepared to work, and you have a driver’s licence and are drug free, you qualify, and they expected they would get more registrations form the day as people went on line and found out more about it.

Meanwhile, Ashburton College principal Grant McMillan said he would have liked to have hosted the bus at the college over the morning or lunchtime period for senior students to visit, but the timing had proved unfortunate.

“Unfortunately the bus visit is during the NCEA exam period, this mitigated against the college being able to be more proactive,” he said.

“We would encourage students and families to visit and view the bus,” he said.

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Five-year-old Chitanani Hesketh was among about half a dozen people who dressed in period garb for a high tea at the Ashburton Art Gallery yesterday.

By Susan Sandys

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For Real spokesperson Tony Doake was in Ashburton yesterday recruiting workers for the Christchurch rebuild.

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Lacy dresses, tall hats and fancy jackets featured at the Ashburton Art Gallery yesterday when about 45 people turned out for a Victorian high tea.

The high tea was held as part of the exhibition Haunts of Dickens.

About half a dozen people dressed in theme for the occasion.

Dress historian Dr Jane Malthus was guest speaker.

The Otago lecturer, a masters in Dickensian attire, said Charles Dickens himself paid a lot of attention to dress. He wore flash and patterned waist coats, and was observant from a young age

as to what men and women of his era wore.

He was fascinated how dress denoted a person’s status, and used descriptions of attire in his novels as a way of commenting on social issues.

He once said milleners and stay-makers were seen as the “worst used” class in the community.

He befriended a wealthy lady who wore silk, fur and other such fashionable garments. The pair founded a house for prostitutes wanting to reform their ways.

He organised a uniform for the residents, to help them get out of their ripped and stitched second hand clothing.

“Clothes have always been important at some level. Dress features in his writing and he dressed well himself,” she said.

Gallery publicity officer Lucy Sharp said yesterday’s high tea brought in many people who were not art gallery regulars.

“I think it’s nice to hook the exhibition in with events like this,” she said.

The exhibition runs through to January 20. It celebrates the bicentenary of Charles Dickens’ birth, on February 7, 1812, and features a series of watercolours by the British artist Paul Braddon, 1864 to 1937, discovered recently in the Dunedin Public Library archives.

Ashburton Schools fear staff may drop off the pay roll and be left penniless over Christmas if Novopay cannot correctly process the allimportant end of year data.

Schools were instructed by the Ministry of Education to have their end of year staff data in by yesterday, which contained information about start and end dates, school transfers and resignations of staff.

The data gives the ministry information about holiday pay and what staff members are entitled to, but Ashburton principals remain skeptical after having to already wrestle the shoddy Novopay system that has blundered more than 8000 teacher payments since it was introduced in August.

Most doubtful is Hampstead School, where principal Peter Melrose was told not to send through the data early yesterday because there were too many discrepancies with teacher leave entitlements.

It has been labelled a “debacle”

by Mr Melrose, who was concerned if the information was inaccurately processed by Novopay, some teachers may be left with no pay over the summer break and administrative staff would be left to pick up the pieces.

“It would be an absolute disaster ... it’s the next big milestone and we are sitting here just hoping it will be right, but we should not even be in the position, it just should be right.”

Mr Melrose had no faith that the information they entered would be the same as what Novopay would receive.

His point reiterated by Ashburton College who had the staff data ready to send away, but the dates were altered by Novopay, meaning they had to re-enter the data again.

Schools spoken to by the Guardian said the system was not user-friendly which made the task more complex.

Mid Canterbury Principals’ Association president and Longbeach School principal Neil Simons said his “fingers were crossed” that the information was correct because, if not, it would leave a paper trail for his staff to pick up next year.

He said his concern was highlighted by the fact Novopay staff had rang to question how progress was going with the data entry.

“I guess you can look at it two ways, they don’t have confidence in it so they have contracted work out so people ring principals for support,” Mr Simons said.

“The other is that they may be being proactive, but I’m sure this service isn’t for free.”

Tinwald School decided to break down the process, where they entered data for separate areas such as full-time teachers, fixed term teachers and support staff before sending it away.

“We don’t usually do this, the difference is now because we have no faith in the system.” principal Peter Livingstone said.

“Novopay is not all we do, it’s a minor part, but it detracts enormously on the time we spend on kids ... and they (Novopay) then have the arrogance to say ‘when are you going to get that work done?’.”

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ANNOUNCEMENTS DEATHS PELLETT, Frederick Walter – On November 21, 2012.

At Coldstream House, Ashburton. Aged 96 years.

Dearly loved husband of the late Eileen. Dearly loved father and father in law of Robert and Dawn (Ashburton), Lyndel Pellett and Raymond Penney (Ashburton), Wendy Studer and Lawrie Hudspith (Maroochydore, Qld), and Geoffrey and Lyn (Cairns, Qld). Loved granddad of Kieren and Lyn (Melbourne), Dylan and Catherine (Auckland), Jason and Setsuko Andrews (Japan), Aaron and Jana Andrews (Katikati), Paul Andrews and Ana Tovey (NSW), Kelly and Greg Holland (Brisbane), Tracey and Darren Stibbard (Buderim, Qld), Charlotte and Will Pritchard (Cairns, Qld), and great granddad of James, Hana, Honza, Kaia, and Finn.

Loved friend of Michele. Messages to 24 Brucefield Ave, Ashburton 7700. A special thanks to the staff at Coldstream House for their loving care of Fred.

A service to celebrate Fred’s life will be held in Our Chapel, Cnr East and Cox Streets, Ashburton on MONDAY, November 26, commencing at 2.00pm. To be followed by private cremation.

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Deaths way up; births static

By Sue Newman The year to September 30 was a big year for anyone in the Ashburton District who worked in the business of dying.

Over those 12 months 278 people died in the district, the greatest number recorded in any year over the past six years. At the same time, the number of births in the district remained almost static at

442.

With the 442 births exceeding the 278 deaths by 60 per cent, the district had a natural increase of 160 people.

Over the past three years, the number of births in the district for the year to September 30 has fluctuated very little, from a high of 451 in 2010, 445 in 2011 and 442 this year, a decline of just 0.05 per cent over last year.

And that puts the district at odds

with the national trend where the number of live births registered for the period was down 1799 or 3 per cent.

The greatest contributors to that decline were the Auckland region (down 409, or 2 per cent) and Canterbury (down 390, or 6 per cent).

Within Canterbury, Christchurch had the largest decrease, with 329 fewer births than in the September 2011 year.

This was led by the city’s eastern wards, hardest hit by the Canterbury earthquakes.”

Nationally, deaths increased in the September 2012 year compared with 2011, up 249 to 29,956, an increase of about 8 per cent.

In the Ashburton District, however, the number of death’s rocketed up by 21 per cent on last year.

Nationally the median age for deaths increased from 72 for males and 79 for women two decades

ago to 77 and 83 in the year to September.

Live births minus deaths resulted in a natural increase of 30,506 people in the September 2012 year.

This is the lowest natural increase since 2005, when it was 29,889.

The Ashburton District’s largest natural increase occurred in 2010 when births (451) exceeded deaths (229) by 99 per cent, creating a natural increase of 222.

The best of motorcycles on show

By Sue Newman If hammering along the highway on a hog’s your thing or if pottering around town on a scooter is the way you like to travel, Saturday’s Ashburton Motorcycle Show will have something for bike enthusiasts of every genre.

The biennial event is staged by one of the smallest clubs in town, the Jokers and it’s one of the biggest events, attracting crowds clubs twice its size would envy.

The Ashburton Racecourse will be packed with the best the motorcycle world has to offer, when bike enthusiasts from around the South Island line up to vie for titles in the ‘best-of’ competitions.

And if you want to do more than just look, then there’ll be a host of trade stalls selling bikes and accessories to suit all pockets, Jokers’ club member Daryl Roulston said.

Saturday’s event is the 11th the club has held and there’s every indication it will be the biggest and best, judging by early entries, Mr Roulston said.

For the public it’s an opportunity to be impressed by the bikers’ world and for the bikers, it’s a chance to swap notes, check out other bikes and most importantly, to have your bike judged against others in its category, Mr Roulston said.

Judges prowl the displays during the day, taking notes and comparing one machine against the other to find the winners in each category as well as making a best in show award.

Members of the public also have an opportunity to vote, by noting the number of their favourite bike on a card given out at the door. The owner of the bike with the most votes takes away the public choice trophy.

One of the big crowd pullers is the tattoo show.

Registrations are taken on the day, but like similar events it’s growing phenomenally in popularity both in the number of entries and in the range of tattoos.

If you turn up and find yourself impressed by the tattooists’ art, then there will be an opportunity on the day to secure a tattoo of your own.

If the weather is good, then the car park is also likely to provide plenty of chances to view some outstanding bikes, Mr Roulston said, as many spectators take the opportunity to ride, rather than drive to the show.

The show will run from 10am to 4pm, with prizegiving scheduled for about 5pm.

Proceeds from the day go to a charity, decided by the club post event.

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Geoff Frew (centre) shares his journey living with prostate cancer last night with attendees at a Men’s Health Evening while consultant urologist Frank Kueppers (left) and John McBeth look on.

Men open up about health issues

By Sam Morton Former Mid Canterbury rugby representative Geoff Frew shared his journey living with prostate cancer last night – inspiring men throughout the district to see their GP. Mr Frew, who is the local Prostate Cancer NZ ambassador, spoke about his diagnosis and the robotic surgery he had to undergo two years ago.

He was joined by TV personality and sports commentator John McBeth, who entertained the crowd at the Sinclair Community Centre – keeping the topics relaxed, with a sporting focus - but informative.

Mr McBeth, who has attended eight Olympic Games and covered major sporting events around the globe, said men often enjoyed hearing some of

his career highlights, including the humorous side of sports commentary.

However, although the fun side of the night was important – so too was the “real message”, he said.

“It’s all about getting down to see the GP and having peace of mind.

“There is no better feeling than walking out of there and saying, ‘there’s nothing wrong with me’,” Mr McBeth said.

Consultant urologist Frank Kueppers, of Christchurch, also urged the men to get “their ass” to the GP and do what has to be done.

“We expect our bodies to go forever, but they are just like your new sports car – you will always get it checked out once or twice a year – or it will crap out.

“That’s the same as us, if

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By Myles Hume As NCEA examinations wind up, many Ashburton teenagers will find themselves at a loose end as weeks of free time loom.

But local youngsters appear to already have their plans sorted for the summer break, as parttime jobs have been easy to come by thanks to local business looking to bolster their ranks for the festive season.

Traditional jobs in the district such as roguing, berry picking and dairy farming have given pupils the opportunity to earn a bit of cash over the break, and retail jobs have provided an opening for others who have been searching.

Clara Watson, a year 13 pupil at Ashburton College, had two jobs lined up for the summer and said the job landscape in Ashburton was ideal for pupils

Wing said this has now been completed.

With the solar heating system installed, Mr Wing said the pool will maintain a constant temperature of between 25 and 26 degrees making it a much more viable option for swimmers.

The pool has a long history and dates back to an era when swimming pools were simply large holes in the ground filled with water.

Tinwald’s was no exception and its muddy bottom was no deterrent to the hordes of swimmers who flocked there every summer.

In its original form, the pool had an inflow of water from the Tinwald Domain pond and was known for the flexibility of its springboard diving platform.

RIGHT: Members of the Tinwald Domain board celebrate the completion of the Tinwald Pool’s solar heating project ahead of Sunday’s official opening.

FACT BOX

The rebuild of Ashburton’s town centre shouldn’t be used as a revenue generating opportunity by the council says mayor Angus McKay. At a meeting of the council’s town centre committee last week, councillors grappled with how to deal with the loss of parking meter revenue during the construction phase of a commercial development on Burnett and East streets.

A traffic management plan has been filed to cover the area while construction is underway.

Included in that plan is the need to have three parking meters on Burnett Street out of action for several months.

The sub-committee had to decide whether it should charge the contractor for the loss of parking fees the council would incur.

The council usually charges a parking hood fee for meters that are covered and taken out of commission, but in the past it has imposed this charge in some instances, but dismissed it in others.

During the construction of the Somerset building the contractor was not charged for parking hoods, but during renovations on Braided Rivers, it imposed a charge and collected $11,671.

The council does not have a policy that supported charging or not, but Mr McKay said trying to recoup lost parking metre money when parking spaces were used during the post earthquake rebuild was not the right thing to do.

The sub-committee decided that during the seven months of construction, the three parking metres on the south side of Burnett street would be closed along with that section of footpath.

Victim named by police Police have confirmed the identity of a man killed in a motor vehicle crash near Ashburton on Monday.

He was Alan John Melton, 58, of Christchurch.

The crash occurred on State Highway 1, near Longbeach Road, south of Tinwald, just before 4pm on Monday.

Mr Melton was the sole occupant of the car which crashed head-on with a truck.

Investigations into the cause of the crash are continuing.

Students busy snapping up part-time holiday jobs

Tinwald pool has a warm, clear future Today it’s a clean, clear stretch of water with barely a ripple on its surface, but next week it will be starting a new life as a solar heated community swimming pool.

The pool will be officially opened for the season on Sunday at 2.30pm, as part of the activities surrounding the Tinwald Christmas Festival.

Multiple medal winner, para-Olympian Sophie Pascoe will declare the pool open and is likely to become the first swimmer to hit the water for the season.

The pool is now run under the Ashburton Community Pool and hard work by members of the Tinwald Domain Board in installing solar heating panels, has ensured that it will have the longest possible swimming season.

The board masterminded the plan to upgrade the pool and while the solar panel heating system took longer than anticipated to install, board chair Alistair

we don’t keep things running smooth, one day it may just crap out. Don’t wait for something to happen, early detection can be the difference of life or death,” Dr Kuippers said.

In fact, overseas research has revealed the mortality rate of prostate cancer around the world could be halved if the disease was detected early.

Every year, more than 600 Kiwi men die in New Zealand as a result of prostate cancer.

“This is terrible and there is no need for it,” Dr Kueppers said.

“Early detection is proving to be the difference around the world, so why not try and change our own grim statistics . . . go and see your GP.” November marks Movember and all funds donated will go towards helping men suffering through depression, prostate

Rebuild ‘not a revenue opening’

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looking to save money leading into tertiary study or looking to fund a summer holiday.

“Basically anyone who wants a job in Ashburton will get a job,” she said.

Clara said most of her friends had jobs lined up.

“If you want a job here you just ask your parents because it is such a small town. That’s how I got my job at EA Networks because my dad works there and my mum got me the job at Just Incredible.”

Ashburton College principal Grant McMillan said most pupils would either look to work solely over summer, extend their hours, take on additional jobs or move into a full-time roles.

He said he could not comment about the student job landscape, but more than 80 per cent of his pupils had part-time work to go to.

Ashburton College year 12

pupil Ross Allott, 17, said he found a roguing job on Facebook last year and he was looking to earn good money doing it again this year.

Fellow pupil Dominika Van, 16, said she did not have a job secured for the summer, however she heard local businesses such as Farmers were looking to employ more people.

“Most of my friends already have jobs and I would like to earn a bit of money over summer to pay for some things for school next year,” she said.

Farmers Ashburton store manager Rachael Edwards said the store looked to hire more people over the Christmas season which was matched by an influx in job interest from local students.

She said it was much the same for other retail outfits, and they were “quite lucky” to have such high interest.

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ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, Thursday, November 22, 2012

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Quake check countdown on

By Sue Newman The countdown is on for owners of commercial buildings to have engineering inspections carried out on their properties and reports filed with the Ashburton District Council.

Council building services manager Mark Fields said that notices were sent to all owners five months ago telling them they had one year to have assessments on the earthquake proneness of their buildings completed. To date only about 25 per cent have complied, he said.

“The six month reminders are about to go out, but across the town centre more than 70 per cent have still to send their letters to council. If they don’t have the inspections done, then the council will do it for them and that’ll end up being more expensive because there’ll be administration fees added on.”

Structural engineers might be busy, but Mr Fields said he was aware of many who were available and ready to take on work in Ashburton.

“People seem to be really scared that if their building is earthquake prone the council will close it but that’s not the case, we just want to get the assessments in. Unless an engineer says they’re not safe, they’ll have five to 10 years to do strengthening work.”

Until all reports were in, Mr Fields said the council would not have a true picture of the earthquake proneness of Ashburton’s business heart. Looking at a building from the street gave little indication of its soundness because many had newer facades.

While many building owners

were slow to have inspections completed, some were already well down the track with strengthening work or demolition and rebuild plans, particularly in the block bound by East, Burnett, Cass and Tancred Streets.

A string of shops owned by the Holmes family was demolished last year and plans for a rebuild are about to be signed off by the council.

Preparations are underway for the Bruce Printing building’s demolition, with a large container taking up footpath space on Burnett Street, to provide safe passage for pedestrians while the two storey building is demolished. Because it is butted against other buildings, Mr Field said the deconstruction of this building will be done largely by hand and is likely to be completed in about three weeks.

Demolition has already begun on a strip of buildings on Cass Street, previously occupied by Smallbones. Another building on the corner of Cass and Tancred Street, Community House, is also on the demolition list. Further down Tancred Street shops once occupied by Noah’s Art, Wardrobe Solutions and Knights Picture Framing and Key Cutting and the council owned Millies Bar are also on the demolition list.

Skip-2-It owner Skip Muir has also indicated he will demolish and rebuild his Burnett Street property.

When completed, these demolitions will open up a huge swathe of vacant land that will run between Burnett, Cass and Tancred streets.

On the northern side of Burnett Street owners of a strip of five shops that were closed after the September 2010 earthquake have had building plans approved by

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• Dickens reading The Ashburton Library will be celebrating the works of Charles Dickens with a special Dickens Does Christmas book reading.

Jackie Heffernan and Jo Brennan will be reading aloud from Dickens novels on November 29. Customer services librarian Diane Haslett said the readings would be a great opportunity to rediscover the wonderful characters and lively language of one of the most famous authors of all time.

“Dickens’ novels were meant to be read aloud, so hear readings from these timeless works as his first audiences enjoyed them,” she said. Readings will be at the Ashburton Public Library on November 29 from 7pm to 7.45pm.

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Demolitions in the Burnett, Tancred street block are in full swing and will open up a lot of building sites. the council but have yet to start work on renovation and strengthening work.

Mr Fields said that while owners

of buildings that were now in the process of demolition had plans to rebuild, those plans had not yet been lodged with the council.

“I do know though, that everyone who is looking at rebuilding is taking it seriously and they’re discussing it among themselves.

I’m confident it won’t be a hotch potch, the rebuild will come together pretty well and it will look pretty good in a couple of years.”

More council funds in, but more spent Kids’ $2 toy market The Ashburton District Council earned more money and spent more money during its trading year to June 30.

Its audited annual report shows the council had an income for the year of $51.836 million against its budget of $49,221 million. Its total operating expenditure for the year was $48.075 million up on the $43.653 it had budgeted to spend.

The council’s surplus after taxation was $3.761 million, down from the $5.568 million it had budgeted to make for the year.

Increased building activity across the district was a significant contributor the higher than anticipated income with income from consents up $1.178 million. Property revaluations were also a significant contributor with the council’s commercial property increasing in value by $2.167 million.

When it came to sales of land at the Ashburton Business Estate, Lake Hood and Geoff Geering Drive, the council earned just $1.928 million, well short of its budgeted figure of $4.336.

The greatest contributor to its over spend of $4.422 million were losses on the disposal of assets including $389,000 on roading and $977,000 from stockwater race closures, $1.312 million incurred in costs from increased forestry harvesting.

The council’s net assets stand at $582 mil- Graphs showing the council’s sources of revenue and how its expenditure was spread over the 2011/2012 year. lion.

Pre-loved toys and other items will be sold at $2 each or less at the annual kids’ $2 market in the Methven square next week.

On Friday November 30 from 5pm to 7pm children from throughout the town will be bringing items to sell to members of the public.

Sue Duff of Childcare at Sue’s organises the event each year, and said it was generally popular.

She said this year children who had so far organised to sell items would be selling things from small toys to bicycles. She had even heard of one considering bringing a swing set.

“It’s a huge bargain market,” she said.

There would be games held for children afterwards in the nearby Railway Reserve, and it would be held wet or fine.

A man has died after he was found on fire in Hamilton yesterday morning. Emergency services were called to the man on fire in Ridout St in suburban Maeroa about 10am.

Firefighters helped ambulance and police to extinguish his clothing, Fire Service northern communications shift manager Megan Ruru said. Detective Sergeant Daryl Smith of Hamilton police said initial inquiries had found the fire and the man’s death were not suspicious. “The man has yet to be formally identified and his death has been reported to the coroner.”

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Quickfire demolition A “unique” quickfire demolition of an eight-storey earthquake-damaged Christchurch office block will be done in 48 hours this weekend.

The owners of URS House, on the corner of Gloucester and Durham streets, have chosen to demolish rather than repair, and they are managing the demolition works privately.

They plan to level the former office tower in under 48 hours, with two separate crews using two high-reach excavators.

Demolition experts will work

from 7am to 10pm to reduce the building to rubble, which will be removed as the work is completed, the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority said yesterday.

Work will only continue after 10pm if there is a safety issue with the state of the building.

The use of the heavy machinery will require the roads around the building to be closed from 7pm on Friday to 6am on Monday, which means the Durham St one-way system will be partially closed.

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Criticisms and attacks T

he departure of council chief executive Brian Lester has stirred up plenty of simmering tension around the Ashburton District.

Mr Lester’s critics have been quick to welcome his decision as many see him as the main culprit behind the dysfunctional relationship with large parts of the local community.

Others have jumped to the defence of the CEO and have questioned my decision to run certain letters criticising his performance.

Many in this community do not seem to understand that there is a big difference between disapproving of someone’s professional actions and attacking the person.

Mr Lester is the most powerful and influential person in the entire district, running the biggest number of staff and handling the largest budget in the region so ratepayers and media are well within their rights to scrutinise his activities.

An experienced professional like Mr Lester will have no qualms with justified criticism but unfortunately he has also been the target for many misplaced comments.

In his letter today, mayor Angus McKay is correct to point out that Mr Lester only prepares the plans and executes the decisions by the council. If he was truly acting against the wishes of the community, the council could have intervened at any stage.

The chief executive does hold a great deal of power in what information he presents to the council but it is the councillors’ job to scrutinise and ask for more information if they suspect council staff are taking short cuts.

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YOUR VIEW Council chief executive Having spent two decades in local government I understand and support residents having and expressing a view on the performance of council.

Letters to the editor in the Guardian regarding Mr Lester’s decision not to reapply for the position of chief executive of Ashburton District Council have, however, missed the facts of the situation.

Mr Lester went through a rig-

orous performance review in the past year which looked at his achievements over the past five years.

The review found Mr Lester has met the performance criteria set and has led an effective organisation.

Council chief executive positions are for five years only. At the end of that period the council can choose to either extend the contract for a further two years or to advertise the position.

After a two year extension council is required by law to advertise the position.

Councillors voted to advertise the position on this occasion. As one of those who voted to advertise the position I can say my vote was based on a belief that testing the market is the best way to ensure we have the right person in the role.

My vote did not indicate a lack of confidence in Mr Lester’s ability to lead the organisation.

Mr Lester has told council he will not apply for the position.

This is Mr Lester’s own choice and one all council members respect.

Given this decision, council will

look to begin the recruitment process earlier than would otherwise have been the case.

We expect to be in a position to advertise the role early in 2013 and to have a new chief executive in place some time between June and the end of September.

In the meantime the council has its day-to-day functions to carry out and several high profile and significant projects to progress.

The council has complete confidence in Mr Lester continuing to undertake his role to the same high standards we have seen in the past and to deliver quality

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around the country and sadly councillors feel too pressured and are not brave enough to delay decisions until they fully understand all aspects.

From all accounts Mr Lester has done an outstanding job, guiding the district through an unprecedented period of growth and change and he can look back at leaving a legacy of several major projects that have been achieved over the past decade.

Ashburton was quite a different place when Mr Lester arrived in 2001 and he can take a great deal of credit for the transformation since then, whether or not you approve of how this change has been achieved.

After 11 years, and especially after the major upheavals in the past year, the council was right to explore if an injection of new blood would suit the district.

Mr Lester decided he wanted to determine his own fate and not to reapply for his own job.

Every organisation needs a regular influx of new ideas and a new CEO along with other possible movements within council management may bring new energy to its offices.

As this will coincide with the local elections, Ashburton may see a complete change of the guard, in the offices and around the council table.

Because of this looming gap, it is vital to get a new CEO in place at short notice to keep the district’s momentum going and guarantee its major projects stay on track.

services and facilities to the residents of the district.

Mr Lester has represented the interests of Ashburton District in an exemplary way.

He has worked hard to ensure we get heard in the right places and that we fight for what we believe is right for our community.

I have no doubt Mr Lester will continue to do this for the remainder of his time with us.

Being a council chief executive is a demanding and sometimes thankless task.

It is sometimes forgotten that council members make the decisions and ultimately are accountable for these.

Council decisions can be difficult or controversial. It is important to have quality advice from the chief executive and management team and to involve the community in the right ways.

I believe Mr Lester has done this.

Looking forward, the council has the task of selecting a new chief executive to lead the organisation.

Being accountable to the community in such an open way is not for everyone, but thankfully there are people who enjoy that challenge.

I am confident we will attract a talented chief executive to lead the council over the coming five years and beyond.

Mayor Angus McKay

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Mt Tongariro kicks ash

By Amelia Wade, Andrew Laxon and Jamie Morton As Mt Tongariro started rumbling, children and trampers on the mountain turned to run, fearing the worst.

Not a second later, a thick grey plume of smoke erupted from Te Maari vent and those closest looked at each other to see what the other was doing.

In one of the school groups on the mountain to walk the Tongariro Crossing, some children cried while others reached for their cameras.

The five-minute eruption sent ash 4km high into the sky without warning and was followed by 15 minutes of volcanic activity, but it was smaller than the August event.

But scientists have predicted that another eruption of similar size could be expected at any time during the next few weeks, though the activity was not expected to escalate.

Paul Cowan, a teacher from Auckland on holiday, was about 1km to 1.5km away from the 1.25pm eruption. He said there was nowhere to run because

smoke was coming out of vents all around them.

“It was fantastic but it was actually a bit scary and everyone started running,” he said.

Lynn Donovan, a tourist from Ireland, said that after they heard the rumble they turned around and “all of a sudden” a great tower of thick smoke poured from a crater.

“It was a little nerve-racking and some people started running but a guide from another group calmed us all down and told us what was going on,” she said.

During the last eruption, the mountain spewed rocks into the air so they were told to be careful, but otherwise they were safe and there was no need to panic.

Principal John Petrie of Gulf Harbour School, which was doing the crossing with a group of 20 Year 8 students and 10 adults, said they didn’t hear anything but some of the children started to notice the billowing cloud of rising ash.

“Initially the kids started getting their cameras out and were quite wowed by it, but as it continued to rise it got quite high and then the apprehension started creeping into all of us,” Mr Petrie said. “Some of

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the kids started crying but others were quite captivated by it.”

Last night, continued minor eruptive activity meant Mt Tongariro’s Volcanic Alert Level remained at 2.

GNS duty volcanologist Nico Fournier said a northeast wind dragged the ash cloud over Lake Taupo. A light dusting of ash yesterday fell across part of State Highway 46 and towards Turangi.

“We’re talking a matter of hours not days for it to fall,” Dr Fournier said.

Meanwhile, tourism operators were excited about the eruption.

Adrift NZ tour guide Stewart Barclay, who chairs a group of 30 users of Mt Tongariro, said some school groups had cancelled tours but in the long run the eruption would be “fantastic for business”.

He said they had been busier this November than the last because of the eruption in August.

“People just love being near it, they come to gawk at a truly active volcano ...”

Great Lake Taupo spokeswoman Leola Abraham said they were trying to focus on the positive impact of the eruption - that it put the region in the international public eye.

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Judy Kingsbury’s home will be among those that form part of the Save the Children Christmas House tour on Sunday.

Christmas houses on show Smoke billows out of Te Maari crater on Mount Tongariro, after a brief eruption.

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Bare your bum for Brighton

By Shelley Robinson A protest called Bare Your Bum for Brighton has been organised by a fed-up Christchurch businessman who says the the city council has neglected the beachside suburb for too long.

Pier Side Cafe owner Tony Brooks organised the tongue-in-cheek protest and it’s become the talk of New Brighton.

“There is a buzz amongst the community - it’s become a real talking point,” he said.

But underlying the protest is a serious message.

“The essence of the protest is that

council has failed to address the needs of the hardest hit suburbs after the earthquakes - Brighton has literally been stepped over since the earthquakes,” Mr Brooks said.

“The hardest hit people should be helped first but in reality they have been helped the least,” he said.

Mr Brooks said the area was affected by the recession and then the earthquakes.

“New Brighton has already missed the boat. The council rezoned Brighton for landlords and was on the verge of exploding and being renewed - then the global crisis hit and the landlords withdrew. Not only did landlords leave but then we got hit with the earthquakes

and the council hasn’t given us a foothold to stand on since,” said Mr Brooks.

City councillor Glenn Livingstone, who represents the BurwoodPegasus ward, said he was too shy to join in the protest but agreed that New Brighton was down the list of priorities for city councillors.

“I’d say it’s about two-thirds down the list,” he said.

“There is prejudice from a couple of city councillors that the east is going downhill and why should we resource that,” he said. * Bare Your Bum for Brighton, December 2, 11am, basketball court at New Brighton beach, or check it out on Facebook. - APNZ

Christmas spirit will arrive in Mid Canterbury this weekend when the Save the Children Christmas House Tour takes place.

Entitled All Things Christmas, the tour will take in the living areas of four festively decorated houses around town, and St Stephen’s Church, which will also be done up with festive

displays and stalls.

Money raised by the tour – which is being held on Sunday - will go towards Save the Children projects both in New Zealand and overseas.

Tickets will cost $15 and primary school age children are free.

Tickets are available from the Save the Children shop on

Tancred Street and there will be door sales.

Refreshments will be available at one of the homes while there will be organ music playing at the church for the first two hours, and Olivia Brown’s singing will entertain for the last hour.

The tour will run between 4pm and 7pm on Sunday.

Man critically injured

By Kurt Bayer of APNZ A 44-year-old Christchurch man in a critical condition after a suspected hit-and-run yesterday morning has been identified by police.

Officers are trying to work out how the man came to be found lying in the driveway of a home on Yaldhurst Rd, near Riccarton Racecourse, about 6.30am.

Investigators have been conducting an examination at the man’s home, not far from where

he was found, in an effort to piece together information about his movements.

He is described as European and 1.7 metres tall with a medium build, short red hair, goatee beard and tattoos.

He was wearing red or crimson shorts, a short-sleeved black polo shirt and a grey fleecy jacket.

A cordon surrounded the property on the busy commuter route yester.

Two police cars were posted outside and a police forensic

photographer was at the scene.

Detective Senior Sergeant Tony Hill confirmed the injured man has now been identified, but his name is not being released at present. He remains in a critical condition at Christchurch Hospital.

Police are now appealing for assistance from the public.

“We would like to hear from anyone who has seen this man, or any unusual activity, in the vicinity of Yaldhurst Rd and Racecourse Rd, overnight or this morning,” said Mr Hill. - apnz

Developers of the Novopay school payroll system have apologised over the ongoing pay problems that have pushed schools and their staff to breaking point.

Talent2 chief executive John Rawlinson yesterday apologised for the ongoing issues after a meeting with Secretary for Education Lesley Longstone, the NZ Schools Trustees Association, unions, the Principals Federation, and other stakeholders.

“Talent2 apologises for the inconvenience that payment disruptions and inaccuracies have had on New Zealand teachers, principals, support staff, and their respective schools as they have transitioned from the incumbent legacy system to the new Novopay solution,” he said.

Novopay has been beset with problems since it was brought in in August, with teachers and support staff underpaid, overpaid, and not paid at all.

Although thousands of errors have been corrected, there are now worries the crucial Christmas pay period will be affected.

Mr Rawlinson said there would be inevitable teething issues with Novopay given the system had managed over a billion dollars in salary payments, made over 550,000 separate pay transactions and managed 50,000 calls. Up to 100,000 education staff are being managed by over 150 dedicated Talent2 staff.

Despite assurances, Porirua relief teacher Ian Dodd said he still hadn’t been paid.

He is concerned his promised pay will not reach him on the next pay day - November 28.

“I am still apprehensive that this may not happen. I can’t trust that the system will deliver what it says it will.

“If I don’t get it before Christmas, with the school office manager away, and Novopay closed over the Christmas break I would then not get it until when schools reopen in late January next year,” he said.

Last week the Ministry of Education agreed to reimburse schools for the extra costs they incurred sorting out problems caused by the system.

Ms Longstone assured those at yesterday’s meeting progress was being made and there was full commitment to getting the things right with the system.

“We are very sorry that schools and their staff have had a number of issues since Novopay came on line, but a number of those have been resolved and a great deal of resources from the Minister and Talent2 are dedicated to tackling outstanding issues.”

It was also revealed yesterday that the family trust of Associate Minister of Education John Banks had shares in Talent2 until May, when it moved to privatise the company and de-list from the Australian Stock Exchange.

Mr Banks advised the Cabinet Office of the sale of his family trust’s shares.

He said in a statement he became a shareholder in Talent2 as a result of Talent2’s acquisition of Sugar International Limited which his family trust held shares in.

He said he declared his family trust’s shareholding in Talent2 when he first became a minister.

Mr Banks said he never received any government information or briefings regarding Talent2 or participated in discussions at either Cabinet or Cabinet committee level.

He said the issue of pay systems fell outside of his responsibilities as Associate Minister of Education.

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Israel-Hamas ceasefire remains elusive Israel and the Hamas militant group edged closer to a ceasefire yesterday to end a weeklong Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip, but after a day of furious diplomatic efforts involving the US secretary of state, UN chief and Egypt’s president, a deal remained elusive and fighting raged on both sides of the border.

Israeli tanks and gunboats pummeled targets in Gaza in what appeared to be a last-minute burst of fire, while at least 200 rockets were fired into Israel.

As talks dragged on near midnight, Israeli and Hamas officials, communicating through Egyptian mediators, expressed hope that a deal would soon be reached, but cautioned that it was far from certain.

“If there is a possibility of achieving a long-term solution to this problem by diplomatic means, we prefer that. But if not, then I am sure you will understand that Israel will have to take whatever actions are necessary to defend its people,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at a late-night meeting with visiting Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Clinton was hastily dispatched to the region by President Barack Obama to join a high-profile group of world leaders working to halt the violence.

Standing alongside the Israeli leader, Clinton indicated it could take some time to iron out an agreement.

“In the days ahead, the United States will work with our partners here in Israel and across the region toward an outcome that bolsters security for the people of Israel, improves conditions for the people of Gaza and moves toward a comprehensive peace for all

people of the region,” she said.

Clinton expressed sorrow for the heavy loss of life on both sides, but called for the Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel to end and stressed that the American commitment to Israel’s security is “rock solid.”

“The goal must be a durable outcome that promotes regional stability and advances the security and legitimate aspirations of Israelis and Palestinians alike,” she said.

In Washington, State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said Clinton met with Netanyahu and other Israeli officials for two hours.

“They discussed efforts to de-escalate the situation and bring about a sustainable outcome that protects Israel’s security and improves the lives of civilians in Gaza,” Nuland said.

“They also consulted on her impending stops in Ramallah and Cairo, including Egyptian efforts to advance deescalation.”

Israel launched the offensive on Nov. 14 in a bid to end months of rocket attacks out of the Hamas-run territory, which lies on Israel’s southern flank.

After assassinating Hamas’ military chief, it has carried out a blistering campaign of airstrikes, targeting rocket launchers, storage sites and wanted militants.

The campaign has killed more than 130 Palestinians, including dozens of civilians, and wounded hundreds of others. Five Israelis have been killed by rocket fire, including a soldier and a civilian contractor on Tuesday.

With Israel massing thousands of ground troops on the Gaza border, diplomats raced throughout the region in

Suicide blast hits near US base Two men wearing suicide vests blew themselves up near a US base in the Afghan capital yesterday, killing two Afghan guards in what looked like a thwarted attempt to attack the American base, police said.

The blast reverberated around Kabul’s Wazir Akbar Khan neighborhood shortly after 8am local time. An alarm started going off at the nearby US Embassy, warning staff to take cover. The neighborhood also is home to many high-ranking Afghan officials, international organizations and the headquarters of the international military coalition.

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the bombing in an email to reporters.

The attack came as foreign and Afghan forces tightened security around the capital ahead of the holy day of Ashoura on Saturday, when Shiite Muslims commemorate the seventh century death of Imam Hussein, the Prophet Muhammad’s grandson.

Last year, the commemoration saw the first major sectarian attack since the fall of the Taliban regime.

In that strike, a suicide bomber on foot detonated his vest amid scores of worshippers at a Shiite shrine, killing 56 people and wounding more than 160 others.

Yesterday’s bombers were on foot and were spotted by Afghan security guards as they approached Camp Eggers, the Kabul police chief’s office said in a statement. The police fired on the attackers and they detonated their vests. Two Afghan security guards were killed and five civilians were injured in the explosion, the statement said.

Associated Press video of the scene shows what looks like an undetonated suicide vest, suggesting not all the explosives went off.

An international coalition vehicle was also damaged in the attack but there were no initial reports of casualties among the foreign forces, said Jamie Graybeal, a NATO troops spokesman.

Police had already set up extra checkpoints around Kabul and specifically near shrines to search cars and people in the run up to the Ashoura.

“All our police units are in the first security alert position,” the city’s deputy police chief said. - AP

search of a formula to halt the fighting.

In a meeting with Netanyahu, U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon condemned Palestinian rocket attacks, but urged Israel to show “maximum restraint.”

“Further escalation benefits no one,” he said.

Israel demands an end to rocket fire from Gaza and a halt to weapons smuggling into Gaza through tunnels under the border with Egypt. It also wants international guarantees that Hamas will not rearm or use Egypt’s Sinai region, which abuts both Gaza and southern Israel, to attack Israelis.

Hamas wants Israel to halt all attacks on Gaza and lift tight restrictions on trade and movement in and out of the territory that have been in place since Hamas seized Gaza by force in 2007.

Israel has rejected such demands in the past.

Egypt’s new Islamist government is expected to play a key role in maintaining a deal.

The crisis has thrust Egypt’s president, Mohammed Morsi, into the spotlight as he plays a difficult balancing act.

Morsi belongs to the Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas’ parent movement, and clearly sympathizes with the Islamic militant group. At the same time, he relies heavily on U.S. aid and is trying to preserve a historic peace agreement with Israel.

Earlier, Morsi raised hopes that a cease-fire was near when he predicted the negotiations would yield “positive results” during the coming hours.

Netanyahu also said his country would be a “willing partner” in a ceasefire agreement.

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An Israeli soldier stands on a tank at a staging area near the Israel Gaza Strip Border. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is urging Israeli forces and Gaza militants to hold their fire, warning that a further escalation of the seven-day-old conflict would endanger the entire region.

EU fails on Greece aid deal European Union officials failed yesterday to reach a deal on giving Greece more aid, prolonging uncertainty over the future of the debt-hobbled country and the 17-member eurozone.

Jean-Claude Juncker, chairman of the meeting of finance ministers from the 17 countries that use the euro, said the talks, which lasted nearly 12 hours, will reconvene on Monday. It was the second consecutive meeting at which the ministers failed to agree on a deal, highlighting the depth of their divisions over how to handle Greece’s huge debt problem without reaching more deeply into the pockets of their own taxpayers.

Juncker, however, said he was optimistic that a deal could be reached.

“We are very close to a result. We see no major stumbling block,” he said. There are technical issues and calculations to be made in coming days, he said.

But Christine Lagarde, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, which gives Greece bailout loans alongside the eurozone, sounded a more cautious note, saying only “we have narrowed the positions.”

Investors reacted by selling the euro, which dropped from above $1.2810 to $1.2755 within a half hour. Stock markets in Asia surrendered early gains.

There has been disagreement among the ministers and the IMF on how to make Athens’ debt manage-

able. The eurozone ministers are in favor of giving Greece an extra two years, to 2022, to bring its debt down to 120 percent of gross domestic product from the 176 percent forecast for this year. The IMF has resisted such an extension.

Agreement on this issue is needed for the group of creditors to pay Greece the next batch of its rescue loans, expected to amount to €44.6 billion ($57 billion). Greece the needs the money to avoid bankruptcy.

Greece has been relying since 2010 on international bailout loans, under terms supervised by the so-called troika — the IMF, the European Central Bank and the European Commission, which is the 27-country European Union’s executive branch.

Two weeks ago, Greece’s coalition government narrowly succeeded in passing a €13.5 billion package of budget cuts, tax increases and reforms in order to secure the latest loan payment.

The main aim of the bailout program is to right the country’s economy and get it to a point where it no longer relies on international aid and can independently raise money on the debt markets.

The question of debt sustainability is as important as it is divisive: If Greece’s debts can’t be reduced to a level where the country can afford to pay them, the billions of euros in bailout loans given to Greece will have been wasted.

One of the reasons Greece is not expected to reduce its debt to 120 percent of GDP by 2020 is

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This photo supplied by the Australian Federal Police shows a small portion of a $246 million drug haul seized in Sydney.

Drugs in steamroller Australian police seized $246 million worth of cocaine and methamphetamine found inside a steamroller shipped from China.

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that its austerity program of spending cuts and tax hikes is hurting the economy, which faces a sixth year of recession in 2013.

To ease the impact on the economy, Greece’s fellow eurozone countries agreed last week to grant Athens an extra two years until 2016 to implement its program of austerity reforms and budget deficit cuts. But this extension will also cost more money — another €32 billion through 2016, according to the troika — since the debt will have to be financed over a longer period.

Mny eurozone countries are opposed to putting more money into Greece’s aid program.

The eurozone countries could help pay for the extension by lowering the interest rates Greece has to pay for its rescue loans. They have also indicated that they would be willing to hand back to Greece profits they receive on Greek bonds held by the European Central Bank.

That may not be enough, though. Dutch finance minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem warned the extension could, in the end, cost new taxpayer money. “The chance is very large. I see it as my duty to make sure the damage is as limited as possible,” he said.

The eurozone finance ministers will try on Monday to finally clinch an agreement on how to help Greece, but they will not be able to give final approval. Parliaments in some of the countries must first vote, after which the ministers will meet again on the issue.

- AP

a maximum of life in prison if convicted.

It was the police agency’s second major drug bust in a week. On Friday, police said officials had tracked down a boat carrying 200 kilograms (440 pounds) of cocaine to Australia after it ran aground in the small island nation of Tonga. A corpse was found on board.

Officials are trying to determine the cause of death.

It has been branded tacky and bizarre, but Queensland mining magnate Clive Palmer says PGA fans are going to love watching elite golfers tee off next to a giant robotic Tyrannosaurus Rex. The eight-metre beast has already been erected at his Coolum Resort and the eccentric billionaire wants to bring in another 149 to create the world’s biggest dinosaur park.

But Mr Palmer may have bitten off more than he can chew, with some members of the Sunshine Coast Council far from amused.

Councillor Russell Green says the life-size beasts will be in view of the resort’s golf course, which hosts the PGA Tour each year.

He fears Queensland’s premier golf resort will become a running joke.

“You’ll putt down the fairway, bounce the ball off T-Rex’s left leg and get it into the 18th hole,” Mr Green told ABC Radio.

He warned Mr Palmer would have to seek permission from council to erect more than four dinosaurs, as that would change the intended use of the area.

“It’s taking a premium resort surrounded by incredible natural beau-

ty with a magnificent golf course and turning it into a theme park from the Happy Gilmore movie,” Mr Green later told AAP. PGA Australia chief executive Brian Thorburn said it wasn’t something he’d envisaged for the course, but he does not believe golfers will be put off or distracted.

“It’s getting a lot of attention for our championship and any publicity is good publicity,” he told AAP. “We’re not going to die in a ditch over it.”

Mr Palmer insists his prehistoric menagerie will be a fabulous drawcard that will thrill golfers and spectators alike.

Earlier this month, soon after accusing the LNP government of cooking Queensland’s books, Mr Palmer dubbed his giant T-Rex Jeff.

It was apparently an aside to Deputy Premier Jeff Seeney, who has been engaged in a public war with Mr Palmer - a life member of the LNP now facing expulsion for criticising the government.

Under a photo of the dinosaur, Mr Palmer tweeted: “Meet ‘Jeff’ ... he’s big, grumpy, has a wart on his bottom ... and going nowhere.”

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Device launched to reset your body clock A newly-launched green light device which resets your body clock could beat jet leg and help insomniacs, say Flinders University researchers.

The device, worn like sunglasses and known as Re-Timer, was launched in Adelaide yesterday by researchers who say it’s a world-first.

Chief inventor Professor Leon Lack said the device emits a soft green light onto the eyes.

It could help high flyers beat jet lag, keep shift workers more alert and get teenagers out of bed in the morning by re-timing the body’s internal clock.

“The light from Re-Timer stimulates the part of the brain responsible for regulating the 24-hour body clock,” he said.

Body clocks vary regularly over a 24-hour cycle, but this is often impaired by staying indoors, travel-

ling to other time zones, working irregular hours or a lack of sunlight during winter, he said.

“Our extensive research studies have shown that green light is one of the most effective wavelengths for advancing or delaying the body clock, and to date, is the only wearable device using green light.”

People wanting to fall asleep and wake earlier should wear the glasses

for three days for 50 minutes each day after waking in the morning to advance the body clock, Professor Lack said.

Those wanting to sleep and wake later should wear them for 50 minutes before bed to delay the body clock.

Re-Timer, which has an inbuilt rechargeable battery, costs $273.90.

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• Kennedy’s death Pulitzer -winning historian David McCullough will headline a ceremony next year in Dallas to mark 50 years since the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings announced Tuesday that McCullough will serve as keynote speaker for a commemoration scheduled for November 22, 2013.

The day will be exactly 50 years since a gunman fired on Kennedy’s motorcade as it passed through Dealey Plaza in downtown Dallas.

The Warren Commission that investigated the president’s death concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald fired at Kennedy’s motorcade from the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository and acted alone.

• Fight over park A Victorian man who fatally stabbed two men during a fight over a car space has been jailed for 31 years, with a judge branding the killings mindless, futile and beyond belief. Richard Stephen Devries, 38, was on parole after being jailed over another stabbing when he killed Evan Hugh Rudd, 29, and Roy Theodore Poole, 29, in the early hours of February 19 last year. Devries had been drinking for several hours with a friend at two bars in the Gippsland town of Moe before he visited another friend at a nearby block of units. When he tried to leave, his car was boxed in by Mr Poole’s, leading to an altercation, Justice Lex Lasry said.

• Disaster robot Toshiba Corp’s four legged robot is designed to help at the meltdowncrippled Japanese nuclear plant, climbing over debris and venturing into radiated areas off-limits to human workers. But the machine took a jerky misstep during a demonstration to reporters Wednesday, froze with its leg up in the air, and had to be lifted by several people and rebooted. Tokyo Electric Power Co, the utility that operates Fukushima Dai-ichi plant, said it was considering using the robot to look at a highly radiated part of the plant called the suppression chamber. No human worker has been able to go there after the March 11, 2011 tsunami disaster that set off meltdowns and explosions at Fukushima Dai-ichi.

• Blumenthal out Superstar chef Heston Blumenthal has pulled out of a scheduled headline appearance at a gourmet food festival in Western Australia after two of his chefs died in a Hong Kong car crash. The chefs from Mr Blumenthal’s acclaimed Fat Duck restaurant in England were killed when a bus ploughed into their taxi, crushing it against another bus. Mr Blumenthal was set to be the star attraction at the four-day Margaret River gourmet festival.

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Watch your back, men Woman gets 80 years for deadly day care fire

Watch your back.

That’s the warning Australian tennis greats Tony Roche and John Newcombe have issued to men around the country.

It’s not a thinly-veiled threat about encroaching on their tennis court, but a reminder for men over 45 to protect themselves against skin cancer as part of the Cancer Council’s national week of action.

Both Roche and Newcombe have battled skin cancer and want to help other men avoid the same disease.

According to the Council’s National Sun Protection Survey, every day two men aged 45 or over die of melanoma.

The study found only 24 per cent of men aged 45-69 said they used sunscreen, and the risk of dying of melanoma is double for men compared to women of the same age.

Yet 12 per cent, or almost 400,000 men, still believe that someone who is tanned is actually healthier.

Newcombe and Roche say there are simple ways men can decrease the risk of skin cancer.

Always protect yourself in the sun, and check your entire body for skin changes with the help of a wife, partner or a mate to check the back or other hard to reach areas, like the back of the neck and near the ears.

“The earlier skin cancer is caught, the less likely it is to have spread,” said Cancer Council Australia CEO Professor Ian Olver.

“Getting someone to help check your whole body, including your back, is vital.”

Seven-time Grand Slam champion John Newcombe spent most of his career battling opponents in the sun.

Two years ago he found himself battling non-melanoma skin cancer after a surgeon who was about to operate on Newcombe’s hip noticed he had a white spot on the right side of his nose.

It was not the tennis star’s first brush with cancer.

A decade earlier Newcombe had a cancerous growth removed from his nose.

“The message is to have regular checks and don’t think you’re getting away with it,” he said.

A Texas woman was sentenced to 80 years this week for her felony murder conviction in the death of one of four children killed in a fire at her home day care in Houston.

Jessica Tata, 24, was convicted last week in connection with the death of 16-month-old Elias Castillo. Authorities say Elias was one of seven children whom Tata left unsupervised at her home while she went to a nearby Target store. Prosecutors say she left a pan of oil cooking atop a stovetop burner and that this ignited the February 2011 blaze. Three other children were seriously injured.

“Nobody wins in this situation,” Elias’ great-grandmother, Patty Sparks, said after the sentence was announced. “My heart goes out to the Tata family and those precious mothers and fathers who lost their babies.”

Tata, who was only a few years removed from her teens when she started her day care, worked alone most of the time. Investigators said the February 2011 blaze happened when a pan of oil

Men are being told to check their backs for skin cancer.

India executed the lone surviving gunman from the 2008 terror attack on Mumbai yesterday, the country’s home ministry said.

Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, a Pakistani citizen, was one of 10 gunmen who rampaged through the streets of India’s financial capital for three days in November 2008, killing 166 people.

Kasab was hanged in secrecy at a jail in Pune, a city near Mumbai, after Indian President Pranab Mukherjee rejected his plea for mercy.

Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said the home ministry sent Kasab’s mercy plea to Mukherjee on

October 16. Mukherjee rejected it on November 5, he said.

“It was decided then that on 21st November at 7:30 in the morning he would be hanged. That procedure has been completed today,” Shinde said.

R.R. Patil, the home minister for the state of Maharashtra, where Mumbai is located, called the execution a tribute to “all innocent people and police officers who lost their lives in this heinous attack on our nation.”

Indian authorities faced public pressure to quickly execute Kasab, and the government fast-tracked the appeal and execution process, which often can take

years, or in some cases, decades.

Kasab and the other gunmen entered Mumbai by boat on November 26, 2008.

Carrying mobile phones, grenades and automatic weapons, the gunmen fanned out across India’s financial capital, targeting luxury hotels, a Jewish center and the city’s main train station. The three-day attack was broadcast live on television, transfixing the nation and world.

Captured by a photographer striding through Mumbai’s main train station, an assault rifle in hand, the baby-faced Kasab quickly became the iconic image of the siege.

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pervised and it was only a matter of time before her actions led to tragedy.

Defense attorney Mike DeGeurin said he still believes Tata should not have been tried for murder because the deaths were an accident.

Tata’s family and friends, who declined to comment after the sentence was announced, had testified she had changed since her troubled teenage years, when she had pleaded guilty to arson for starting two fires at her high school on the same day.

Defense attorneys had presented expert testimony to argue that a faulty stove or refrigerator may have sparked the blaze.

Prosecutor Steve Baldassano said that while he has sympathy for Tata’s family, she had nobody to blame but herself.

One of the surviving children, Makayla Dickerson, stood next to Baldassano as he spoke. Makayla, whose 3-yearold brother Shomari died in the fire, showed reporters scars the fire left on her right forearm.

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she had left cooking on the stove ignited while she was out shopping.

The same jury that decided her sentence had convicted Tata last week of one count of felony murder. The jury could have sentenced her to anywhere from five years to life in prison.

Prosecutors had sought a life sentence, while defense attorneys asked only that jurors not give her an excessive sentence.

She will have to serve 30 years of her sentence before she is eligible for parole.

Tata also was ordered to pay a $10,000 fine.

Jurors deliberated her punishment for seven hours over two days. The former day care owner had no visible reaction after the sentence was announced.

Tata’s attorneys contended she was a good person who loved children but made a terrible mistake.

Prosecutors argued she was an irresponsible day care owner who had doomed the children when she left them alone. They said Tata had repeatedly left kids she was responsible for unsu-

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An Auckland cafe owner has been ordered to pay his former head chef $10,000 in compensation after allegedly threatening to ruin her application for permanent residence and then sacking her unfairly.

Talent Bean, which trades as Roasted Addiqtion Cafe, was found by the Employment Relations Authority (ERA) to have unjustifiably dismissed Prema D’Souza in April this year.

Its list of reasons for eventually firing Ms D’Souza included her lack of knowledge about different types of tofu and her insistence on listening to Indian music and speaking Hindi.

The company, whose sole director and shareholder is Yonglin (Vincent) Shan, has been ordered to pay Ms D’Souza $10,000 compensation, $1848 in lost wages, and $3500 to

cover costs of the ERA investigation.

“Ms D’Souza suffered humiliation, loss of dignity and injury to her feelings as a result of her unjustifiable dismissal,” the ERA tribunal said in its decision.

Ms D’Souza, an Indian immigrant, came to New Zealand with her husband and son in October 2010 “in the hope of securing a better future for the family in New Zealand”.

After training in professional cookery, she started working as a sous chef at Roasted Addiqtion Cafe in Kingsland late last year.

Her employment problems started when the cafe was sold to Talent Bean in November and Mr Shan took over running it with members of his family.

He had limited experience in the hospitality industry prior to purchas-

ing the cafe, Ms Fitzgibbon said.

Soon after, the head chef, kitchen hand and head waiter left and Ms D’Souza was promoted to head chef until she was fired four months later.

Her dismissal came suddenly after an incident on April 8 when Mr Shan’s father Jimmy told Ms D’Souza to ice some freshly baked cookies.

When She said she could not because they were too hot, Jimmy Shan allegedly became angry and shoved the hot baking tray of cookies at her.

When Ms D’Souza arranged a meeting with Vincent Shan to discuss the incident and other concerns, he allegedly took her list of issues, laughed and threw it on the table.

The tribunal was told Mr Shan refused to discuss Ms D’Souza’s concerns and threatened to dismiss her

and ruin her application for permanent residence.

After then being accused of stealing food from the cafe the next day, Ms D’Souza received an email containing two warning letters.

The letters raised a number of past issues, accusing D’Souza of arguing with Shan, failing to order the bread on one occasion, and food stock control.

When she denied the accusations, she received another email sacking her.

Mr Shan and his family told the ERA Ms D’Souza had wasted food, did not know the different types of tofu and how to store it, and insisted on listening to Indian music and speaking Hindi which affected customers.

Ms Fitzgibbon said almost none of

these issues had ever been raised with Ms D’Souza.

She found Ms D’Souza had in no way earned any disciplinary action whatsoever, let alone warnings or a dismissal.

“Ms D’Souza requested a meeting with her employer to discuss matters of concern to her, following an unsettling incident. This was the appropriate way in which to approach her concerns. “The response by Mr Shan on behalf of Talent Bean was harsh and unjustifiable.”

Talent Bean’s actions in issuing warnings and a dismissal by email without discussion were not those of a fair and reasonable employer, she said.

Roasted Addiqtion Cafe in Kingsland is a separate establishment to Roasted Addiqtion Roastery in the nearby suburb of Morningside.

New emission test for vehicles Fonterra not in Indian bid New and used vehicles arriving in New Zealand will have to meet new tests for safe exhaust emissions in a push to meet international standards.

The standards relate to emissions that are directly harmful to human health, but do not test fuel economy or emissions of carbon dioxide.

All vehicles imported into New Zealand from November next year will need documentation from the manufacturer, or approved body.

Associate Transport Minister Simon Bridges said existing rules that allowed compliance with an emissions standard to be show by a simple test on arrival had been misinterpreted by many.

Wider tests would now be carried out to show they comply with the full standard.

The new rules include stricter requirements for reduced emissions from other parts of vehicles, such as evaporative emissions from fuel tanks.

“It’s important for both people’s health and the safety of vehicles entering the fleet that this rule is updated. In general, the newer the vehicle, the higher the standard of safety features,” said Mr Bridges.

Mr Bridges said his officials would also look at how to reduce harmful emissions from vehicles already on New Zealand roads.

The cost of new and used cars imported into New Zealand was expected to increase by up to 1 percent, according to the New Zealand Transport Agency.

New Zealand would be following Australia’s lead on exhaust emission rules.

The NZTA said it was not cost effective to manufacture new vehicles specifically for the

New Zealand market so was likely vehicles with newer emissions technologies would be available here about the same time as they were introduced to Australia.

Motor Trade Association communications general manager Ian Mr Stronach said there had already been a slight increase in the cost of imported vehicles.

“It will be minimal, because it’s up to what the New Zealand consumers can afford. You can’t bring in a vehicle that’s now a lot more expensive if you haven’t got a buyer here for it.”

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standards would now be required to be accompanied by documentation proving emissions standards were met during assembly.

Mr Stronach said the rule wasn’t entirely new.

He said the Government had effectively extended a rule that applied to used vehicles arriving into New Zealand to new imported vehicles.

“Industry won’t be surprised by it and it makes good sense because it provides some continuity instead of constant yearly changes.”

Up to 75,000 used vehicles had been bought into New Zealand in the past year, he said.

Fonterra Cooperative Group, the world’s biggest dairy exporter, has dismissed speculation the company is among potential bidders for India’s Tirumala Milk Products.

The New Zealand cooperative scotched a Times of India report naming it with French food conglomerate Danone as vying for a controlling stake in Hyderabad-based Tirumala, with a spokesman for the dairy exporter calling it “rubbish”. The US$450 million enterprise value figure reported would be material for Fonterra and would need to be disclosed, he said.

Global private equity firm Carlyle Group, which holds 20 percent, and Tirumala’s five other owners have reportedly short-listed three investment banks to run the sale. The founders are expected to keep minority stakes.

Tirumala is the second biggest private supplier of liquid milk in India’s southern states, with turnover of 117.5 billion rupees, or NZ$2.61 billion at today’s exchange rate of 44.98 rupees per New Zealand dollar.

It processes 1.6 million litres of milk a day in a string of plants across India’s southern states of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, and Karnataka.

India is the world’s biggest dairy supplier, accounting for some 16 percent of total production, according to the National Dairy Development Board. The bulk of that is consumed domestically.

Last year, Fonterra embarked on a plan to look at the feasibility of farming in India as part of a government-led drive to forge closer ties with the world’s tenth biggest economy.

Since then, the dairy exporter has identified rapidly growing emerging markets as a strategic target, and has saddled India alongside China in the new management structure.

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Past New Zealand Dairy Industry Award regional winners (from left) Rob and Debbie Mackle, and Jeremy Duckmanton, were spreading the word about the contest’s benefits to Luke Spence and Kasey Morris (on the motorbike) this week.

Dairy farmers spread word on awards Mid Canterbury dairy farmers Rob and Debbie Mackle are helping drum up support for the 2013 New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards, saying the contest is a great way to progress in a nationally-important industry.

The couple are past regional winners and were among a group of top dairy farmers at RD1 in Ashburton this week to launch the Canterbury-North Otago region awards.

Debbie said a steady number of people stopped by the store to gather information and enter. The awards are split into categories of sharemilker-equity farmer of the year, farm manager of the year and trainee of the year.

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1 are in the running to win one of three Honda Duster XR125 farm bikes, worth $4000 each.

Debbie said the launch was to encourage dairy farmers and workers at any stage of their careers to enter the awards. Past winners say it is a good chance to network with experienced and successful dairy farmers, and pick their brains about how to improve.

AgITO representatives were also at the launch, shaving beards and heads as a fundraiser for Child Cancer.

Around the country more than 160 earlybird entries have been received for the 2013 awards. Entries close in all categories on December 20.

National awards convenor Chris Keeping says it is the second year the awards have been able to provide an incentive for people to enter the competitions early.

“Right now, we’ve got about 50 entries in each of the competitions so there are pretty good odds for people to win one of these bikes.”

Mrs Keeping said entrants also have the opportunity to win prizes on offer by each of the 12 regions hosting competitions around the country. The regional winners can then win further prizes in the national finals.

The 2012 awards were special for Mid Canterbury, with all three national winners coming from the district.

“The fabulous aspect of the dairy industry awards is past winners all say that the other intangible benefits gained from entering the awards provide the best prize.

“Past entrants and winners all talk about the opportunities gained to network and meet with other motivated farmers and rural professionals, as well as gaining feedback on how they can lift their farm business performance to take the next step in their dairying career.

“It is also amazing to see the increased confidence and self-esteem that comes from entering the awards and progressing through the judging process.”

See www.dairyindustryawards.co.nz.

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is encouraging the public to report people ill-treating or neglecting animals.

This follows the sentencing of three Gisborne people this week, convicted of failing to care for horses and cattle on their farm.

Rua, Teresa, and Matthew Brown had a range of sentences imposed on them including an order to de-stock their property within the next 14 days. If they fail to destock their property, the animals will be forfeited to the Crown. The Browns were also ordered to pay equal shares in veterinary costs totalling $2766.

Rua Brown was sentenced to three months community detention on each charge, and banned from owning or exercising control over horses, cattle, sheep or pigs for the next ten years. Teresa Brown was sentenced to 250 hours community work and was banned from owning or exercising control over horses, cattle, sheep or pigs for ten years.

Matthew Brown has previous convictions and has been disqualified from owning or exercising authority over farm animals for very similar offending on the same property. This was taken into account by Judge Aitken and he was sentenced to five months home detention and banned from owning or exercising control over horses, cattle, sheep or pigs for the next fifteen years.

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) laid a range of charges against the Browns under the Animal Welfare Act 1999 for the wilful ill-treatment and neglect of animals in their care.

An investigation into the Browns’ farm ran from late June to late August 2009. Investigators found thin and starving cattle and horses, and no signs of adequate available feed or proper management of the animals.

The Brown family was given instructions on a number of occasions to provide adequate feed for the animals or de-stock to a more manageable number. These instructions were ignored which lead to seven of the twenty-two horses on the farm being humanely euthanised because of their poor body condition and the distressing state they were in.

MPI Regional Districts Compliance Manager Ross Thurston said that it was disappointing when people didn’t take their animal welfare responsibilities seriously.

“Every farmer and farm worker has a duty of care to provide animals with the core basics — food, water, shelter where necessary, medical care, and freedom from pain and suffering. The humane treatment of animals is vital to animal husbandry,” he said.

Under the Animal Welfare Act 1999 the ill treatment of animals carries penalties of up to of six months’ imprisonment and/or a maximum fine of $25,000.

Disqualification from owning or exercising authority over animals is also a possible penalty.

“If you are struggling to take care of your animals, speak up.

There are many people including your local farm representatives that can help and provide advice on managing your stock. Don’t leave it to the last minute when things can become unmanageable and animals begin to suffer,” Mr Thurston said.

“Our animal welfare inspectors cannot be everywhere. The public, industry, and on-farm service providers also play a vital role to by reporting cases of animal illtreatment.”

MPI strongly encourages the public to report cases of animal ill-treatment to our Animal Welfare hotline – 0800 00 83 33. All calls are kept confidential.

Watch for weevil Mid Canterbury farmers are being to keep a lookout for clover root weevil, which will become obvious in the next month as new adult populations emerge from the soil.

U-shaped notches at the edge of clover leaves will show adults are present. The presence of larvae may be indicated by the pasture appearing nitrogen deficient and this may be happening now.

While control is generally not an

option careful management of clover will help maintain pasture quality.

Additional nitrogen may need to be applied to pastures and clover should not be over grazed.

AgResearch is asking concerned farmers, especially in the South Island where it will be appearing in some areas for the first time, to report sightings. A biocontrol agent has already been released in some known infested areas.

Suicide too common Suicide rates in remote parts of Australia remain disproportionately high, with farmers and young men particularly vulnerable, a report shows.

In one tragic snapshot, men living in remote Queensland areas were 2.6 times more likely to die by suicide than their counterparts in metropolitan areas.

The Suicide in Rural and Remote Areas of Australia report says isolated communities will face an increasing burden of suicide unless more resources are directed to those most at risk.

While no one explanation is offered, environmental factors such as droughts and floods, coupled with economic hardship, are blamed for contributing to the high rate of self harm in remote towns.

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said vulnerable communities needed targeted assistance to help them with the specific hardships they faced.

“There is always the scope for greater levels of assistance,” Mr Butler said. “We’re constantly learning and constantly refining the support we give to affected communities.”

Women in regional communities are also at greater risk than those living in cities, while indigenous populations were significantly overrepresented.

One study in the report claimed suicide rates in recent years had increased 12-fold in towns with fewer than 4000 people, with males aged 15-24 years most at risk.

For agricultural workers, the stress of running a property in the face of unpredictable environmental conditions can lead to mental illness, the report says.

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PGG Wrightson auctioneer John Farrell chases bids on another pen of lambs during Tuesday’s weekly Tinwald stock sale.

Buyers pick over best lambs A good quality yarding of 111 spring lambs met very strong demand at yesterday’s Tinwald sheep sale. Prices were up $3 to $4 on last week, with top lambs fetching between $115 and $123.

Mediums sold for $100-$115 and light lambs fetched $85.

The yarding of prime hoggets was small at 64, but prices were again strong, up $4 to $5 on last

week. Top hoggets sold for up to $120, heavy between $115 and $120, mediums, $100-$115 and light, $990-$100.

A top price of $120 was paid for the best of the 276 prime ewes on offer, with heavy stock fetching $100-$115, medium, $85-$100 and light, $50-$70. Ewes and lambs sold for an average of $53.78 and store lambs averaged $66.15.

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By Susan Sandys It has been a case of the students becoming the teachers for 17-year-olds Jack Sexton and Clara Watson at Big Little Theatre Company (BLTC) this year.

Jack teaches the company’s juniors independently and makes his own lesson plans, while Clara teaches intermediates and emerging seniors, working alongside the company’s director Jackie Heffernan.

The two are continuing to enjoy being students as well in the BLTC senior company, and are grateful they can pass on their skills and give the same opportunities and experiences they have had to younger students.

Jack joined the company three years ago.

His first role was in Aladdin the pantomime, where he was on stage for five minutes holding a large sign saying “Boo”.

It wasn’t the most glamorous start, but since then BLTC had become like a second family. And he had taken on more demanding acting roles, such as playing Romeo in Romeo and Juliet, Lysander from Midsummer Night’s Dream, and one of the main characters in this year’s Sparrows play directed by Mike Friend of The Loons.

“It’s been really good to get the experience from playing a variety of different roles. You learn a lot from the different characters.

What I have learned from those I have to put towards the other characters, and life in general,” he said.

Clara started at BLTC when she was about 12. Her focus in recent years had been in the stage management side of productions. She stage managed her first show two years ago.

“Not many 15-year-olds get to do that,” she said.

And she had loved teaching this year.

“I think it’s been really rewarding just being able to see the kids grow and really improve,” she said.

Jack and Clara have completely different futures ahead of them.

Jack applied to get into New Zealand’s national drama school in Wellington, Toi Whakaari. But, as he does not turn 18 until March he was considered too young and missed out. He will have another shot at acting school when he is a little older, and for the time being is off to Melbourne where he will work as a waiter and undertake theatre courses and work in theatre companies in the city.

“It’s definitely what I want to follow, it’s really all I want to do in life,” he said of acting.

Clara is off to the University of Otago, where she will undertake a Bachelor of Arts majoring in Anthropology, and she hopes to ultimately work in the field of archaeology.

She believes skills in presentation and organisation she has learned at BLTC will be of use in her future career.

Currently, Jack and Clara are looking forward to the BLTC production of Script Frenzy next month, where their students will present plays, having written and directed them. It had been great to see the actors come into their own, and those who had skills in directing and writing get to exercise those.

“That’s been really cool to see. It’s definitely been our biggest project for the kids.”

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Pope publishes last volume Pope Benedict XVI has published the third and last volume of his biography of Jesus Christ, a touching and highly personal work written under the theologian pope’s own name of Joseph Ratzinger.

The tome devoted to Jesus’s childhood is being published in nine languages with a first edition of around a million copies, the Vatican says.

Its 147 pages are the result of years of work that began in 2003 when Ratzinger was still head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

The Pope has devoted “all his free

• To November 24 – Methven artist Karen Smith’s exhibition Elements of the South at Short Street Studio, 10am to 5.30pm daily.

• November 25 – Home at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre, 7.30pm.

• Novembr 28 – Ashburton Film Society evening, Safety Not Guaranteed. Join society at the Ashburton Art Gallery for refreshments and a discussion following the movie. Tickets $15 from Regent Cinema.

• November 30 – In-Flagrante at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

• To November 30 – From Shadows to Light, Katrina McGettigan, exhibition at Terrace Downs Resort art gallery.

• December 7 to 9 – Variety Theatre Ashburton auditions at the society rooms on Wills Street for 2013 production of Miss Saigon. Anyone wanting information or an appointment can ring Faye Johnston on 308-8297.

• December 8 – Christchurch City Choir performs Handel’s Messiah 7.30pm at Christ’s College Hall. Soloists: soprano Madelaine Pierard, mezzo Sally-Anne Russell, tenor Simon O’Neill and bass Stephen Bennett. Christchurch Symphony Orchestra. Conducted by Brian Law, music director Christchurch City Choir. Tickets $40 from citychoir@xtra.co.nz or phone (03) 366 6927.

• To December 11 – Methven Heritage Centre exhibition, Re-View, of Bill and Cheryl Irwin’s work.

• December 14 – Methven Heritage Centre Cash and Carry mixed medium art exhibition opens, runs to February 4.

• December 14 – Mid Canterbury Choir Christmas Concerts, 12.15pm and 5.15pm, at St Andrews Church, Ashburton. Admission $5 at the door.

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ARIES (Mar 21st Apr 20th) Giving in to sensual delights may be tempting on a day that may not quite live up to your early expectations, so plan something special for later just in case.

It may help to tone down your feisty attitude and be sensitive to other people’s feelings. Your practical skills could be helpful for getting ahead.

Furthering your position may be a big plus.

• To December 15 – Ashburton Society of Arts Spring Show opens at the Short Street Studio. Hours are Saturday, Monday and Wednesday 10am to 2pm. Anyone wishing to view works outside these hours can phone Ngaio McKee on 308-4533 or Val Henderson on 308-5460.

• January 7 – Methven Summer School opens.

• To January 20 – Haunts of Dickens exhibition at Ashburton Art Gallery.

• January 26 – Heather Sarin exhibition opens at Ashburton Art Gallery.

• To January 27 - New Zealand potter Mirek Smíšek – 60 years, 60 pots. Exhibition at Ashburton Art Gallery.

• Mondays 10am to 2pm – Mixed media group.

Ashburton Society of Arts. Create artwork using collage, painting and different surface design techniques. Non-tutored. Contact Rowena Hart 3089371.

• First Monday of the month – Ashburton Society of Arts life drawing group from 10am to 12 noon, phone Robin Arnst on 308-1001. Also third Monday night of each month, 7pm to 9pm. Both at the Short Street studio.

• Every Wednesday, 10am to 2pm – Weekly art and printmaking group at Short Street Studio, nontutored and everyone welcome. $10 per month or $3 a day.

• Last Wednesday of every month – Film Society evenings.

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

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

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

Winners have two months to claim their prize.

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octor Who Series 7 Part 1 takes the Doctor (Matt Smith), Amy (Karen Gillan) and Rory (Arthur Darvill) on five epic adventures through space and time where they puzzle over an unexpected invasion of Earth, save a spaceship full of dinosaurs, don Stetsons in a Wild Wild West adventure, and are even kidnapped by the Doctor’s oldest foe. The explosive series concludes with Amy and Rory’s heart-breaking farewell - a race against time through the streets of Manhattan. Will the Doctor really lose the Ponds forever?

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Ashburton’s Jack Sexton and Clara Watson have been both teachers and students at Big Little Theatre Company this year.

One of Sidney Nolan’s classic Ned Kelly series of paintings has been sold at auction for close to $1 million.

Auction house Sotheby’s said it was delighted with the results from its offering of 69 lots in Melbourne from traditional, modern and contemporary art, which achieved a total sale of $4.276 million this week.

The jewel in the sale was Nolan’s painting Ned Kelly: Crossing the River, which sold in a telephone bid to a private collector for $960,000.

Sotheby’s was expecting the 1955 piece to fetch between $800,000 and $1.2 million.

A spokesman for Sotheby’s would not say whether the collector is Australian.

The piece, from Nolan’s second Ned Kelly series, was sold by his daughter Jinx Nolan, who has hung the painting in her home in the US for decades.

SPRING

TAURUS (Apr 21st May 21st) Relationships can be taxing when it’s harder to come to agreements. If jealous feelings surface, kindness may be the best antidote. You may be the recipient of an unexpected financial benefit or a compliment that gives you a boost. Shopping can put a smile on your face, plus an outing with friends this evening could also be delightful.

The book is “a gateway into a palace where we can already hear voices coming from chambers inside, particularly the question that Pontius Pilate asked Jesus at his trial 33 years later: ‘Who are you?’“ Ravasi said.

The book is written by Ratzinger rather than Pope Benedict XVI, meaning that it is an academic work rather than dogma that cannot be contradicted.

The book is characterised by its “clarity and humility,” Ravasi said.

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time to bring to fruition this project, which he wanted and loved,” Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi told hundreds of journalists and clergymen assembled in a large hall in the Holy See. The book was what the Pope “has most at heart” and matured as part of “a long internal journey” from when he first entered the clergy in Germany.

Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, head of the Pontifical Council for Culture, said the volume focuses on 180 verses from the Bibles of Matthew and John.

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Ned Kelly classic sells for $1m

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GEMINI (May 22nd Jun 21st) Tensions may be apparent on the work front, especially if you and others are under pressure. Venus joins the fray and may even encourage feelings of cattiness or resentment. Thankfully, your sweet-talking abilities may mean you can set things to rights and put everyone in a better frame of mind.

Later, an unexpected event may be very welcome.

CANCER (Jun 22nd - Jul 23rd) The chances are you’ll go through this day feeling a bit lazy and self-indulgent. Try to finish tasks early and then enjoy the company of friends or family. However, try to take care not to be too demanding. If cooperation is the missing element in some of your relationships, might it be because someone wants to dominate a little too much?

It has not been seen publicly since Nolan’s wife Cynthia exhibited it in Sydney in 1975.

In 2010, another of Nolan’s Kelly series, the 1946 piece First-Class Marksman, sold for an Australian record $5.4 million.

Tuesday’s auction set four new artist auction records and strong bidding pushed several works to sell above their estimated range.

Two superb examples by Jeffrey Smart achieved impressive results.

The New School II (2004) sold for $456,000 (estimate $400,000600,000) while Reflected Arrows (1974) sold for $324,000 (estimate $150,000250,000).

Reflected Arrows was the poster image for Smart’s 1999 retrospective exhibition at the Art Gallery of New South Wales.

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LEO (Jul 24th - Aug 23rd) It could be an upbeat day for work and health. There may be the possibility of a bonus or perhaps a positive business announcement. Keep your nose to the grindstone for recognition. Your ideas can gain attention as it’s time to communicate and speak up for what you want, or perhaps to schedule a meeting. Later, make time to relax.

VIRGO (Aug 24th Sep 23rd) Romantic encounters may be fraught with stress. It helps to co-operate and compromise for better relationships. It’s possible that certain plans may present a conflict of interest and you may have to sacrifice your wish for those of someone else. Communication is important so share ideas, write letters, network and generally keep in touch.

LIBRA (Sep 24th Oct 23rd) Keep your wits about you, especially as letting emotions cloud your thinking could be self-defeating. If you can’t give enough attention to a task it may be best to leave it for another day.

Through thought and analysis you may come to a realization which helps you plan longrange goals. Talking it through can promote better understanding among friends.

If you would like to go into the draw to win a copy of Doctor Who Series 7 Part 1 DVD, write your name, address and the DVD’s title on the back of an envelope and send to: Goodie Giveaway, PO Box 77, Ashburton.

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

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ONLY ONE ENTRY PER HOUSEHOLD PLEASE

SCORPIO (Oct 24th - Nov 22nd) It might help to stay on the sidelines today. You may not know what to make of disturbing gossip or local developments but you can learn a lot by watching and listening. You may surprise others and yourself with a clever idea that enables you to exploit a job skill or hidden talents. Taking the initiative may see you do better than linking with others.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 23rd - Dec 21st) A sibling, relative or friend may be going through a rough patch, so it will be appreciated if you can lend a sensitive ear. When it comes to money, especially other people’s or the bank’s, it’s best not to let yourself be guided by your emotions.

Don’t let the past affect your perception of the present.

Spend time reflecting on your priorities.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22nd - Jan 20th) Follow your instincts as you may have the knack of generating good possibilities today. This may be due to winning people over with your personality, and because of this it might help to pay special attention to how you look. Indeed, Mars may encourage you to rethink your image overall, perhaps even to have a makeover.

Mentally prepare for success.

AQUARIUS (Jan 21st - Feb 19th) Try not to take things too personally today.

A refusal or rejection is not a reflection on you, it’s just the way it is. A friend, though, can be counted on to show a caring approach, no matter what has got you down. It may help to cut yourself and others a little slack. For certain reasons, you may feel a little held back, so keep your perspective.

PISCES (Feb 20th Mar 20th) A friend could help shed light on a variety of situations. A positive chat where you can spell out your position and get questions answered could resolve a problem.

However, you may have to revise your thinking before others are willing to go along with your ideas.

Discussions between you and your partner could have long-term implications.

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DELICIOUS Fresh Fudge – House made at Kitchen TO let. Tidy two bedroom Kapers, Call in for a FREE unit. Fridge, w/machine, taste! Yum The Arcade. microwave. Carport only.

Park Street. No dogs. Call NEW potatoes available at the Farmers Market. Come 308-2650. to the Rits Stand.

SCHOTT 2wiesel – set of 6 German made wine glasses – Super Special, were $85.99 NOW $49.99.

Great ASIAN, new, sweet and sexy Christmas present, Kitchen body, busty 38D. To friendly, Kapers The Arcade. sensual massage. Phone STEP into Smiths 021-230-7226.

Footwear in the Arcade to view their latest range of Ziera and Saimon FOR SALE footwear.

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ZIERA and Saimon new summer styles at Smiths Footwear in the Arcade.

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DAILY DIARY TODAY - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22 9.00am-4.00pm. ASHBURTON BUDGET ADVISORY SERVICE INC. For free budget advice and workshop enquiries. Phone 307-0496. 60 Cass Street Consultancy House.

9.30am. M.S.A. TAI CHI CLUB. Beginners, everyone welcome.

Give it a go. M.S.A. Social Hall, Havelock Street.

9.30am - 11.30am. MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON CLUB DAY TIME SECTION. All welcome, rackets available for hire.

Sports Hall, Tancred Street.

9.30am - 12.30pm. ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY. Open, Phone 0273665475. Methodist Church hall, Baring Square East.

9.30am - 1.30pm. ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH. Second time around OP shop. Ashburton Baptist Church Hall, Cnr Havelock and Cass Streets.

10.00am. ST DAVID’S UNION CHURH. Fit Kidz, 48 Allens Road.

10.45am. M.S.A. TAI CHI EXERCISES. Qi-gong Tai Chi exercises for everyone. M.S.A. Social Hall, Havelock Street.

1.00pm. ASHBURTON PETANQUE CLUB. New members welcome, we play in most weathers, near Ashburton Bowling club in the Domain, enter off West Street.

1.00pm - 3.00pm. ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM, Classic aircraft on display in Heritage Hangar, RNZAF Aermacchi RAF Harrier GR3. Seafield Road.

2.00pm. R.S.A. WOMENS SECTION. “Laughing Therapy�. R.S.A. Cox Street.

2.00pm. TINWALD GARDEN CLUB. The Company shed garden ware - gifts. Tinwald Hall, Graham Street.

7.30pm - 9.30pm. GLENYS’ DANCE GROUP. Old time/Sequence dancing. Learn to dance. All welcome.

Pipe Band Hall, Creek Road.

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TOMORROW FRIDAY NOVEMBER 23 10.30am. PRESBYTERIAN SUPPORT. Walking Group - walk and talk, get fit and meet new people. Meet outside Hockey pavilion at the domain, Walnut Avenue.

1.00pm - 3.00pm. ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM, Classic aircraft on display in Heritage Hangar. RNZAF Aermacchi RAF Harrier GR3. Seafield Road.

1.30pm. ARTHRITIS GET TOGETHER. Last meeting for the year. Trevor Wilson Centre, Tancred Street.

1.30pm. R.S.A. Euchre, all welcome. R.S.A. Club, Cox St. 2.00pm. CAVENDISH CLUB. Christmas afternoon tea.

Entertainment by club committee. 31 Tancred Street.

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Holden to take over as league boss

Perth rivalry special for Breakers

By Patrick McKendry Dillon Boucher describes the relationship the Breakers have with the Perth Wildcats as one of “mutual respect”.

Others would describe it in stronger terms, given the rivalry the two clubs have had over the years.

Either way, the Wildcats’ new home court would be a great place for the Breakers to increase their winning streak to eight games tonight.

The two clubs fought a running battle last season, with Wildcats coach Rob Beveridge, a man well-versed in using the media to motivate his players, accusing Breakers’ American import Gary Wilkinson of over-celebrating.

The Breakers countered with

suggestions their opponents were fond of “flopping” in order to win fouls and also of possessing a liking for the occasional cheap shot.

Beveridge’s team have lost three in a row this season, but created a stir when thrashing the Breakers on their own turf in round one and their home crowd tend to reserve their best, or worst, for the men from Auckland.

Professional sports teams should never want for motivation, but there is no doubt there will be an edge to this one.

The defending champion Breakers are on a roll, the Wildcats desperate for a win in their new home after losing their opening game at the 12,000-seat Perth Arena against Adelaide in the last round.

“It’s a mutual respect, but neither team is going to give an inch,” said Boucher.

Bike racing

Kate Ward (Chch) &Bailey Kershaw 10pts. 3rd.

Ben Sutton 7pts.

C. Grade. 1st. Josh Kershaw 12pts. 2nd= Caitlin Titheridge & Oliver Davidson 11pts. 3rd.Connie Davidson 8pts.

Many thanks to all the helpers along with parents, thank you all.

Mid Canterbury Social Wheelers

Golf

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60 Minute Makeover. (G) An interior design series packed with amazing surprise makeovers for deserving home-owners around Britain.

Te Karere. (T) Te Karere brings you key events and stories of interest to Maori, as well as bringing a Maori perspective to the day’s news and current affairs.

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Ashburton Golf Club women’s section Results From Ashburton Golf Club – Women’s Section Betty Brand Greensome played on Tuesday November 20.

Kay Fox and Win Carter – net 57, Gay Lane and Leigh Wackrow – 59, Rhonda Gallagher and Wendy Parr – 60, Pauline Bell and Shirley Durry – 63.5.

Nearest The Pins No. 4 Gabites: Heather Robertson No. 8 House of Travel Ashburton: Sue Simpson No.12 Lynn’s Small Salon: Leigh Wackrow No. 14 Todds of Ashburton: Kay Fox 2nd Shot to Green: Rhonda Gallagher Twos: Wendy Parr – No 12, Sue Simpson, Vicki Moore – No 8.

Tinwald Golf Club women Tinwald Golf Club Women’s results for summer golf on November 20.

Putting Round 1st Joan Undy on C/B from Pat Bell 28 putts 9 Hole Competition: Tuesday 13th Stroke Round Nancy Costin net 31, Valda Johnston net 35 Tinwald Golf Club Women’s Trophy Winners 2012 Weekend Women’s Trophies: Business Women’s Trophy, Belinda Kirdy: Blyth Cup Leen Bell: Margaret Mapu Elizabeth Collins & Jacqui Beardsley: Mary Bovette Wendy Stevenson & Leen Bell: Weekend Women’s Putting Amanda Gray 9 Holes Bradford 9 Holes Bell Trophy Betty McBride: 2 J’s Cup Madge Sherriff: Sylvia Williams Trophy Madge Sherriff & June Cartwright: Chip In for 9 Hole Betty McBri8de , Madge Sherriff & Jocelyn Hill: Ringers Judy Johns & best Gross Judy Johns Tuesday Ladies: Noeline Dickson Trophy , Belinda Kirdy: Chip In Trophy, Helen Briggs & Di Bell: Centennial

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Home And Away. (G, R) Dr Phil. (PGR, R) Dr Oz (PGR, R) Tabatha’s Salon Takeover. (PGR, R) 4.00 Rachael Ray. (G) 5.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. (G, R) A series of classic clips from the show’s first six years interspersed with stories of family life by celebrities.

5.30 Home And Away. (G) Adam tells Leah he’ll keep Jamie away, April is worried about Bianca, and Sid is knocked unconscious.

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

6.00 3 News.

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7.30 The X Factor USA. (PGR) The remaining top acts put it all on the line and perform in front of the judges and a LIVE audience.

9.30 Rove LA. (AO) Improvising with Rove on the set this week are three popular comedians – television personality Joel McHale, WendiMcLendon Covey and Wayne Brady.

10.35 Nightline.

11.05 Sports Tonight.

11.20 HSBC Golf Club.

11.50 Defying Gravity. (AO)

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7.30 RBT. (G, T) 8.00 Air Ways. (PGR, T) 8.30 Embarrassing Bodies.

(T) The mobile clinic meets a local with an eye-watering condition, a patient seeks help for their surgery-botched nether regions, and Dr Christian helps a man suffering from giant tumours.

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(PGR, R, T) 4.05 Pond Life. (AO, R) 4.15 Emmerdale. (PGR, R, T) 5.05 The Erin Simpson Show. (G, R) 5.30 Infomercial.

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12.50 Infomercials. (G) 5.00 Joyce Meyer. 5.30 Infomercials. (G)

Street. (G, R) 2.55 Peppa Pig. (G, R) 3.00 Sticky TV. (G) 4.30 FOUR Live. (G) 6.00 That ‘70s Show. (G, R) 6.30 Futurama. (G, R) 7.00 The Simpsons. (PGR, R) 7.30 Family Guy. (PGR, R) 8.00 The Cleveland Show. (PGR, R) 8.30 American Dad. (PGR, R) Roger bets he can make Steve cool, and does everything he can to make it happen.

tionships in Wellington, notably Sport New Zealand, through his current role as Lion Foundation chief executive.

One of the items he will work on is New Zealand’s bid to co-host the 2017 World Cup. The last time a World Cup game was played here was the 1988 final at Eden Park, when Australia beat the Kiwis 25-12.

“The board has been impressed

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with the quality of applicants for this CEO role and we’re delighted to have Phil joining us,” NZRL chairman Scott Carter said.

“Phil understands sport and communities from many angles.

Through his various roles he has been sponsored and a sponsor, and both funded and a funder.”

Holden will start in the role in February.

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Trophy, Wendy Stevenson: Celebration Bronze 2, Lesley Glassey: Bronze 3, Barbara Harris: Rosebowl, Barbara Macgregor: Four Square Cup, Shona Vucetich, Marie Smitheram Trophy, Betty O’Neill & Marilyn Bennett: Di Bell & Shirley Young: Val Scammell Trophy, Joyce VanderHeide: Mildred Doak Trophy, Phil Ellis: Ashburton Racing Pigeon Club results.

Ngaire Gibson Trophy, Colleen Linney: Nan Hastings Yearling Cup Harrison Trophy, Carol Shanks: Consolation Liberation Point: Hastings; Time: 3:06:35:00; Trophy, Barbara Harris: Davidison Blyth Trophy, Date November 17 Barbara Harris: Kirsty Trophy, Madeline Smith Fanciers Entered: 4; Birds Released: 18 & Maree Moore: Mavis Chisnal Trophys, Silver Fancier: 1st S. Davidson; Flying Time: 08:56:20; Marilyn Bennett & Di Lowe, Bronze 1, Di Bell: MPM 1190.5483; 2nd S. Davidson 1170.1133; Bronze 2 Carol Shanks, Bronze 3 Barbara 3rd M. Davidson 1099.0033; 4th M. Davidson Harris: Birdie Tree Trophy, Amanda Gray: Alice 1078.9150; 5th L. Quinn 1011.4083; 6th M. Baker Trophy, Helen Briggs & Betty O’Neill: Davidson 851.0300; 7th L. Quinn 785.3200; 8th Foundation Cup, Joyce VanderHeide: Betty S. Davidson 678.3267; 9th R. Cornwall 669.5867.

McBride Trophy. Val Cartney: Captain Salver.

Gisborne 3rd Leg & Final Fransen Shield Anne Dwan & Pat McLauchlan: Ruth Cornwall Fanciers Entered: 4; Birds Released: 17; Date Salver, Val Johnston & Carol Shanks: Twilight November 10 Trophy, Phylis Bishop: Pat McLauchlan Trophy, M. Daivdson, MPM 960.381; L. Quinn 919.918; Lesley Glassey: Norma Bradford Putting, Joyce R. Cornwall 892.233; S. Davidson 892.012.

VanderHeide: Judith Sheate Putting, Teresa O’Connell: Gwen Forbes Salver, Donalda Mitchell: Lloyd Trophy, Wendy Stevenson & Colleen Linney: Burrows Cup, Di Bell: Maree Moore, Phylis Smith: Mildred Williams, Bev Jackson: Ailsa Jary Trophy, Val Predergast: ACROSS DOWN Stones Trophy, Verna Hampton: Standfast Trophy, Val Predergast: Jane Ross Trophy, 6. Attack (7) 2. Set (6) Elaine Pierce: Marge Wilson Trophy, Shirley Obscure (5) Draw for November 3. Cunning Young, Madeline Smith, Ina7.

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direct flight to Perth yesterday, but is still in the frame.

A decision will be made just before tip-off.

As for the streak, and the possibility of equalling their best ever run, the Breakers aren’t taking much notice of it, according to Boucher.

“We don’t make too much out of streaks and things like that. We just try to win every game. The fact that we’ve won seven in a row is a byproduct of that. This game is no different ... even talking about a three-peat, we don’t talk about that at all.

“The key is always defence. Our defence has been good in the last few weeks and that ignites our offence. If we can slow them down and take care of the ball, that’s the other important thing.”

- APNZ

Quick Crossword

SCOREBOARD Results 17th November saw a very small field for the weekly 14km Out and Home on Fords Road. We were lucky with the weather as at the conclusion of the race the weather deteriorated very quickly.

In the race only 8 starters turned out with front marker Harry Chatterton holding off the rest of the field to take out first place, 2nd in with a very close finish 3rd rider Sam Cullimore claimed 2nd & fastest time with Ben Sutton 3rd & 3rd fastest time, Matt Marshall took 4th and 2nd Fastest, 1st. Harry Chatterton (Go)32m 45s. 2nd. (11m) 22m 43s. F/T. 3rd. Ben Sutton (10m) 23m 43s.

3F/T. 4th. Matt Marshall (11m) 22m 44s. 2f/t.

5th. Shona Proctor (10m) 23m 47s. 6th. Ross Proctor (10m) 23m 48s. 7th. Harriett Sutton (8m) 25m 49s. 8th. Don Sutton (8m) 25m 49s.

A very good result considering the conditions.

More riders hopefully next week with the holiday out of the way, so until next week, bye for now from Fords Rd. Friday night Calder Stewart/McDonalds Racing on the Velodrome turned out to be close finishes and very good racing. Over the evening the Wizz Wheelers raced over one lap, Trainer Wheels 50mts down the front straight and Open & U17s doing different type of distances and teams, overall results, Trainer Wheels W/W Group 1.1st.

Madeline Howden 11pts. 2nd. Isla Moffett 8pts.

3rd.=Juliet Kingsbury & Fluer Kingsbury 7pts. A. Grade W/W. 1st. Ethon Titheridge 12pts. 2nd.

Simon Moore 11pts. 3rd. Nik Taparau 7pts.

B. Grade W/W. 1st. Layton Carr 9pts. 2nd.

Caleb Bryne 8pts. 3rd.= Maddie Lowry & Gemma Taparau 7pts. 4th. Michell Cushnie 2pts. C. Grade W/W. 1st. Emma Lowry 13pts. 2nd. Nik Kershaw 11pts. 3rd. Charlie Howden 6pts. 4th.

Callum Kingsbury 3pts. D. Grade W/W. 1st.

Brooke Wylie 13pts. 2nd=. Lily Davidson & Joel Moffett 6pts. 3rd. Penny Marriott 5pts. 4th. Luke Rhodes 3pts. E. Grade W/W. 1st. Jacob Carr 13pts. 2nd.Tegan Marriott 11pts.

Open and U17. 1st. Andrew Ward (Chch) 15pts.

2nd. Brendan Davidson 13pts. 3rd. Don Sutton 8pts. 4th.= Sam Cullimore & Josh Connor 5pts.

B. Grade. 1st. Kees Donaldson 11pts. 2nd.=

“Any time you have an encounter like that you’re going to see fireworks and a feisty, hard, battle.”

Beveridge’s latest gambit was to say his team were “playing scared” and had to “man up”, which Boucher is failing to fall for.

“I think it’s the tactics of Rob Beveridge trying to fire his players up. They’re still a good team, we know they’re good. They beat us in the first round by 20-odd points.

We’re not reading too much into their form ... the fact that they’ve lost three in a row, if anything, means they’re going to be more dangerous. They’ll be wanting to get their first win on their home court.”

Boucher was hopeful centre Will Hudson will be available after rolling an ankle in training this week.

The American walked with a limp at Auckland Airport before their

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Russian duo sign on for ASB Classic Vera Zvonareva and Svetlana Kuznetsova, both former world No 2 tennis players, are the latest additions to next year’s ASB Classic as the tournament’s full field was revealed yesterday.

The Russian pair, who won the doubles title at this year’s Australian Open, bolster the field with the sixth top-30 player also confirmed yesterday – Kazakhstan’s Yaroslava Shvedova.

New ASB Classic tournament director Karl Budge said he never thought he would have three former world No 2s playing in Auckland, with the tournament’s top billing Agnieszka Radwanska also reaching that spot earlier this year.

“The tournament promises to be a great contest between the young blood of Radwanska, Goerges and Shvedova against the wise heads of Zvonareva and Kuznetsova.

And the two former champions [Wickmayer and Zheng] will keep them all honest.”

Zvonareva, with 12 career titles

under her belt, was ranked at No 2 just two years ago when she was a finalist at Wimbledon and the US Open. This time last year she was playing in the season-ending championships for the world’s top eight players.

Despite making the third rounds at the Australian Open, Wimbledon and the Olympics this year, Zvonareva’s season has been affected by niggly injuries. The 28-year-old has a good record in Auckland being a finalist in 2006 and 2007.

Kuznetsova, a two-time Grand Slam winner (at the US Open in 2004 and Roland Garros in 2009), reached the semifinals in Auckland this year. She went through to the fourth round at Roland Garros in May but struggled with a knee injury for the latter part of the year.

Defending champion and world No 26 Zheng Jie confirmed at the weekend she will be returning. This means the top six players all come from the world top 30 – Poland’s Radwanska (No 4), Germany’s

Julia Goerges (18), 2010 champion Belgium’s Yanina Wickmayer (23), China’s Zheng, Romania’s Sorana Cirstea (27) and Shvedova (29).

Shvedova made headlines this year when she became the first woman in the open era to win a golden set – winning all 24 points in a single set – in the first set of her win over world No 7 Sara Errani at Wimbledon. She went to a career-high 25 in the world last month after making the French Open quarter-finals and the fourth round at Wimbledon.

The former Wimbledon and US Open doubles champion has made one appearance in Auckland in 2006.

The ASB Classic field also features Kiwi No 1 Marina Erakovic, and up-and-comers Heather Watson (UK) and Christina McHale (US), who is ranked 33 in the world.

The 2013 ASB Classic runs from 31 December this year to January 5.

- APNZ

SPORT

Shoulder charged to be banned Fans and players are outraged the shoulder charge is to be banned from the NRL, but team doctors have welcomed the move.

The Australian Rugby League Commission has outlawed the no-arms tackle, ruling it was too dangerous in the current game, with the increased size of players leading to an unacceptable injury risk.

The shoulder charge has been in the spotlight after a handful of tackles led to players being knocked out in the 2012 NRL in particular.

An ARLC review into the tackle found that although it accounted

for only 0.05 per cent of tackles in the season, 17 per cent resulted in contact with the head of the attacking player, and 5 per cent in injury.

“This is about reducing a potential risk of serious injury to our players,” NRL interim Chief Executive Shane Mattiske said.

New Zealand already has a domestic ban on the move in place.

The move comes as one of the game’s best exponents of the shoulder charge, Sonny Bill Williams, returns to the NRL next season.

Williams, who returns to league after a five-year stint in rugby union, was yellow carded in the

Rugby World Cup semifinal against Australia for a shoulder charge.

The decision has outraged fans and players.

Warriors’ star Manu Vatuvei took to Twitter to voice his displeasure.

“You serious about banning the shoulder charge!! That’s what made the game interesting!” he wrote.

New South Wales and Cronulla captain Paul Gallen told Australia radio station Triple M he was shocked about the announcement.

“When you have a look at the highlight reels they’re all big hits, the fans love shoulder charges.”

However New Zealand Warriors

doctor John Mayhew backed the move. “I’m sure a lot of the fans are disappointed it takes an absolutely gladiatorial aspect out of the game but the injury rate in the no-arms tackle is unacceptably high,” Dr Mayhew told Firstline.

“It’s dangerous for players now who are very powerful missiles hitting each other with no arms they do a lot of damage.”

Mr Mayhew said removing the tackles will not change the nature of the game.

He said with one in 25 players getting injured in no-arm tackles “common sense had prevailed”.

- APNZ

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is an expensive business and it’s estimated it costs about $200,000 to play on the tour each year once travel expenses and a coach are factored in.

“I wish I had $1m,” Erakovic laughed. “I’m not a money-orientated person but it’s definitely an achievement.

“If I keep going and working hard, hopefully I can have a nice little retirement bundle. The $1m mark, it’s great, but I definitely don’t have

enough now to settle down. I have enough to cover my expenses next year and a little bit on the side to live off for a year or two if I wanted to. We are not talking about big money here.”

Erakovic has had a good 2012, jumping to a career-high ranking of 39 in May, playing in her second WTA final, winning two WTA doubles events and banking US$315,228 in prize money.

But it was also littered with disappointments. She was hampered by a handful of niggly injuries, continued to struggle at grand slam events – she has not gone past the second round since 2008 – and was bundled out of the Olympics in the first round after an embarrassing 6-2 6-1 defeat to Aleksandra Wozniak.

It’s why she looks back on the year with mixed emotions.

“People tell me what a great year I had,” she said. “I go, ‘Really? It was alright’. I felt as though it didn’t

run as smoothly as I wanted. I had a few hiccups, a few injuries here and there.

“But if that still gets me into the grand slams and I can improve, then I can do a lot better.”

Her ranking remained steady, settling in at 67 after starting the year at 61. It means she gains direct entry to the ASB Classic for the second time rather than relying on a wildcard and she has the potential to go deep into the tournament.

The field is headed by world No 4 Agnieszka Radwanska and features six players inside the world’s top 30, including Julia Goerges (No 18), Yanina Wickmayer (23) and defending champion Zheng Jie (26).

The return of Zheng is significant.

There were fears the ASB Classic would suffer from the emergence of the US$500,000 Shenzhen tournament in China in the same week as Auckland along with the US$1 million event in Brisbane.

- APNZ

2 45714 Vitali h (4) 59....................S Shirahama (a2) 3 72162 King Piccolo h (8) 58.5........... A Forbes (a1) 4 314x5 Prospero h (12) 58.5.................. M Cameron 5 20681 Olivia Ann tdmh (14) 57.5................S Collett 6 62012 Sheezaruler h (2) 57.5.................D Johnson 7 10578 Yangming (5) 57.5................ R Hutchings (a) 8 x8175 Speedy Rocket m (3) 57............ M D Plessis 9 25562 Unbeknown t (9) 57........................ A Calder 10 19x52 Miss Jaydeejay (1) 56.5................ O Bosson 11 706x0 Little Akaloa h (11) 56................J Wong (a4) 12 05180 Divine Miss Em dm (13) 55.5......C Dell (a2) 13 x6374 Lolly h (10) 54.5................... M Dravitzki (a3) 14 x9798 Miss Evita (6) 54..............................N Harris RACE 6 3.55pm TOWER ROAD MOTEL RATING 75 1200 $8000, Rating 75 Benchmark, 1200m 1 09x70 Casting Stones tdh (7) 59............C Dell (a2) 2 7012x Gallant bh (5) 59........................... O Bosson 3 1613x King’s Fortune t (1) 59.....................S Collett 4 17x69 Pocket Diary dm (3) 58........ R Hutchings (a) 5 131x Rich’n Unhitched dh (8) 57.5..... M D Plessis 6 11x63 Agent Ziva tdh (2) 55....................... M Wenn 7 0x126 Apache Sky dh (4) 55..................... A Calder 8 957x8 Sateka tdh (9) 54..............S Shirahama (a2) 9 x4532 Valencia’s Image tdh (6) 54.... A Forbes (a1) RACE 7 4.30pm LOWE SCHOLLUM & JONES RATING 65 1400 $12,000, Rating 65 Benchmark Fillies and Mares*, 1400m

1 16609 Pearle Lustre th (15) 59 2 216x Mapmaker dh (7) 58.5.................. O Bosson 3 86x83 Virginia Wade tdh (8) 58.5................ L Innes 4 440x4 Needlly dh (4) 58..............S Shirahama (a2) 5 8631 Thrilla In Manila (13) 58..............M Coleman 6 25181 Kool Gal t (1) 57.5...................... M Cameron 7 514x9 Glitzabeel h (16) 57.5................ M D Plessis 8 40545 La Tourneau tmh (6) 57.5............C Dell (a2) 9 0207x Maraschino (11) 57.5.............. A Forbes (a1) 10 x4854 Sand’ior (14) 57.5.......................... V Colgan 11 12644 Regalia m (9) 57.................. R Hutchings (a) 12 4461 Sultry Assassin h (3) 56.5.............. A Calder 13 640x9 Goldie Cantride tm (2) 56.5.........D Johnson 14 80x9x Keepa Lady tdmh (12) 56................S Collett 15 0199x Rosenellis (5) 56...................... P Turner (a1) 16 55x0 Kahurangi h (10) 54......................... C Grylls RACE 8 5.05pm WWW.SOCIALRACING.CO.NZ MAIDEN 1200 $7000, MDN, 1200m 1 One O Eight (5) 58.5.......................N Harris 2 7. Apachee Taat (6) 58.5...................... L Innes 3 3 Perfect Flow (12) 57................. K Leung (a3) 4 Out West h (8) 57.......................M Coleman 5 Canthassleme (15) 57.....................S Collett 6 Kodema (1) 57.............................. O Bosson 7 00x86 Solstar h (2) 57................................ M Wenn 8 8 View From The Top h (3) 57...... M D Plessis 9 254x Sophie’s Gem b (14) 56.5.......... M Cameron

10 50x5 See Thru h (7) 56.5........................ A Calder 11 53x3 Agostini (4) 55......................... A Forbes (a1) 12 9x3 Sedgwick h (11) 55.......................... C Grylls 13 Hoofsain Bolt (9) 55....................... V Colgan 14 Savabeel Fire h (13) 55.................M Tanaka 15 80x8 Reine Rouge (10) 55...................D Johnson Emergency: Reine Rouge RACE 9 5.40pm BELL & GRAHAM LAWYERS RATING 75 2000 $8000, Rating 75 Benchmark, 2000m 1 x6430 Seaflyte dmh (8) 61..........S Shirahama (a2) 2 6019P Enyaar tmh (12) 59.5.......... J Whiteside (a3) 3 0x074 El Soldado d (5) 59......................C Dell (a2) 4 x2212 Ocean Bound (4) 58.5............... M D Plessis 5 07110 Flavour Flav 58............................. Scratched 6 0x123 Lost World b (7) 58....................... O Bosson 7 0x253 C’est Magnifique b (11) 57.5......... V Colgan 8 52194 Russianov td (9) 57......................T Thornton 9 x5650 The Terminator (1) 57..................... A Calder 10 4024x Oakberry tdh (10) 56........... M Dravitzki (a3) 11 04915 I’ll’ava’alf h (3) 55.5........................... L Innes 12 x1859 Feel One m (2) 55.5............... A Forbes (a1) 13 133x7 Roddick (6) 55.5..........................D Johnson 14 8x700 Stingray 55.................................... Scratched

7 0x0 Luella Midfrew (7) fr.........................M Jones 8 x9476 Lycoming Rocket (8) fr.....................J W Cox 9 8x060 Strata (9) fr....................................T Williams RACE 5 8.05pm DON CUTTANCE LIFE MEMBER MOBILE PACE $5000, 3yo+ non winners mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 2084 Ultimate Blue Jean (1) fr.................N Burton 2 x3072 Donostia (2) fr.......................... N Williamson 3 70060 Big Rocket (3) fr...........................D Simpson 4 6 Macintosh (4) fr.................................D Dunn 5 0 Batini (5) fr....................................T Williams

6 65503 Harmony Rule (6) fr............M Williamson (J) 7 98 Just A Marvel (7) fr............. B Williamson (J) 8 Payinforvegas (8) fr.........................T Chmiel RACE 6 8.30pm WOBBLY’S SPORTS BAR MOBILE PACE $7000, 2 wins +claimer mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 10173 Her Worship (1) fr...............M Williamson (J) 2 x9193 Here’s Shifty (2) fr............................ G Smith 3 15x61 Rebateable (3) fr...............................D Dunn 4 31249 Leif Erikson (4) fr.............................J W Cox 5 1090x Suerte (5) fr.....................................M Jones 6 20597 Telescope (6) fr...............................T Chmiel

7 13269 Cullen’s Finest (7) fr......................T Williams RACE 7 9.00pm ACME METAL & DRUM MOBILE PACE $6000, 3yo+ 1 to 2 wins mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 x9621 Up Wheels (1) fr..............................T Chmiel 2 x8366 Hudson Sully (2) fr.............. B Williamson (J) 3 17540 Ohoka Kentucky (3) fr.......................D Dunn 4 20340 Stylish Babe (4) fr............................ G Smith 5 3x650 Crown Royal (5) fr.................... N Williamson 6 80392 Superior Desire (6) fr.......................M Jones 7 87444 Blackleugh (7) fr...............................J W Cox 8 42301 Expressionist (8) fr..............M Williamson (J)

3 75537 Safe And Secure nwtd.................... I George 4 86156 Proverbial 18.92.................................S Ross 5 65362 Aston Red 18.29............................... B Craik 6 65342 Predator Drone 18.79 W &..............T Steele 7 12433 Where’s The Cat 18.56...............D Schofield 8 12526 Legend Bee 18.91...............................J Udy 9 88365 Astonishing nwtd......................... R O’Regan 10 32575 Cherry Tree Lane 18.59.................... B Craik RACE 8, 6.50pm JOURNEY PARK STUD SERIES FINAL C4, 318m 1 58227 Exciting Dream 18.47................. R O’Regan 2 68757 Dolly Scramble 0.00........................G Parker 3 71211 Samson Dash 18.53......................... B Craik 4 38657 Captain Richie 18.64.......................P Green 5 55641 Lachlan Valley 18.90................... R O’Regan 6 14153 Mahonie 18.55............................ G Pomeroy 7 21782 High Flyer 18.62.........................H Laagland 8 14243 Belkara 18.62.....................................C Hore 9 7857x Corporal Jones 18.64............K Sutch-Jones

10 34568 Hot Lass 18.53...............................A Cleaver RACE 9, 7.18pm THORNTON AUCTIONS SPRINT C4/5, 318m 1 71337 Percentage Man 18.75................ L Laagland 2 68265 Thrilling Issues 18.78........................ S Clark 3 36716 Moon Warrower 18.63 R M &........... J Smith 4 24511 Ladakh 18.76.................................. G Farrell 5 63655 Emma Jay 18.40.........................D Schofield 6 32476 Winsome Buster 18.63...............D Schofield 7 12331 Cosmic Mack 18.92....................D Schofield 8 14633 Kissin Kate 18.42...................K Sutch-Jones 9 7857x Corporal Jones (c4) 18.64.....K Sutch-Jones 10 57445 Harvey Nichols (c4) 18.52................ B Craik RACE 10, 7.33pm SEL’S TAB MANGERE STAKES C4, 527m 1 81877 Sasha’s One 31.07........................... S Clark 2 44431 Koko Whiz (c5) 30.58..................D Schofield 3 31726 Indeed Unique 30.43.......................T Green 4 16564 Mahalo Rhode 30.46 W &................T Steele

5 18855 Lochinvar Laredo 30.53..............D Schofield 6 54464 Lachlan’s Cash 30.45.................D Schofield 7 17576 Lektra Fantasy 30.56........................ S Clark 8 74485 Tims Tiger 30.80 W &......................T Steele RACE 11, 7.55pm MCGHIE PLUMBING SPRINT C1, 318m 1 76272 Frizzle Frazzle 18.85.........................T Agent 2 41676 Tapu Boy nwtd................................A Bowen 3 47F54 Hotwax 18.77................................... M Mann 4 43655 Lucylicious nwtd................................T Agent 5 23485 Coleridge Ainsli nwtd........................ S Clark 6 46452 Astute Whiz nwtd........................D Schofield 7 25731 Tess’ Boy 18.85................................P Green 8 77683 Jetsun Coal 18.74...........................G Wilson 9 57786 Sydilicious nwtd.................................. R Udy 10 66F78 Tiger Tess 19.04..............................P Green LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

5 63257 Kin Nikki 30.96.............................. L Waretini 6 25233 Party Rock nwtd S &........................B Evans 7 x6326 Know Honour 31.44....................... G Cleeve 8 x4314 Lizzylicious nwtd...............................B Shaw 9 41764 Bizarro nwtd S &..............................B Evans 10 25844 Opawa Patch 31.09...................J McInerney RACE 10, 2.37pm DAVE ROBBIE PHOTOGRAPHER STAKES C1, 520m 1 36467 Ohoka Sandy 31.24...................... L Waretini 2 73518 Archie’s Doll nwtd S &.....................B Evans 3 88x84 Nitro Express 30.81...................... L Waretini 4 22635 Know Lies 31.05............................ G Cleeve 5 55642 Rambunctious 31.34..................A Bradshaw 6 83522 Wandy Paul nwtd............................. M Grant 7 14442 Flying Moe 31.15..............................B Shaw 8 25313 Time For What nwtd M &...................Jopson 9 41764 Bizarro nwtd S &..............................B Evans 10 36455 Heroism 31.25 A &.............................Seque RACE 11, 2.54pm GARRARD’S HORSE AND HOUND SPRINT C1, 295m 1 35823 Homebush Greta nwtd...............J McInerney 2 34772 Starburst Hannah 17.76................... M Grant 3 35444 Silvia Sue nwtd..........................A Bradshaw 4 716F3 Our Hope 17.61............................S Hindson 5 37282 Mighty Monica 17.76.........................S Whall 6 1628x Jet Even 17.77..............................A Williams 7 856F1 Aversion 17.66 H &..............................Taylor

8 34743 Parkermon 17.63.......................R Blackburn 9 28826 Belfast Skertz 17.71 H &.....................Taylor 10 72767 Ohoka Ashley 17.64..................... L Waretini RACE 12, 3.12pm ACTIVE ELECTRICAL CHRISTCHURCH STAKES C2, 520m 1 121F7 Know Attempt 30.79...................... G Cleeve 2 46263 Opawa Rapid 30.59 L &..................... Wales 3 35212 Take A Trick 30.64............................. M Flipp 4 66352 Mixed Grill 30.51........................... L Waretini 5 23452 Fireman’s Rocket 31.08................. G Cleeve 6 26325 Opawa Midnight 30.75 L &................. Wales 7 42F63 Sahara Storm 30.61......................... M Flipp 8 62262 Botany Molly 30.79....................J McInerney 9 72465 Sonic Duffer 30.70......................... G Cleeve 10 14545 Judge To Excel 30.73 W &................. Nissen RACE 13, 3.30pm WILSON’S SPORTS BAR & T.A.B. DASH C1, 295m 1 16365 Botany Prancer nwtd.................J McInerney 2 65461 Nitro Mabel 17.70 H &.........................Taylor 3 73567 Just Kristy 17.74............................... B Dann 4 35841 Another Jewel nwtd...................J McInerney 5 45258 Real Fire Power 17.69 J &......................May 6 77256 Kenny’s Comet 17.75 M &................... Smith 7 15316 Tekoa 17.64 S &...............................Bonnett 8 57285 Rite Round Range nwtd............A Bradshaw 9 55457 Runway Queen 17.41.................... G Cleeve 10 38628 Mr. Jake Blues 17.65.................R Blackburn

RACE 14, 3.47pm BUSINESS TIME AT STUD SPRINT C1, 295m 1 65645 Twister Al 17.43........................... J McMillan 2 41251 Jack’s First (c2) 17.63.......................B Shaw 3 64147 Smash Amy nwtd............................. M Grant 4 67175 Jet To Mars 17.92 M &......................... Smith 5 58156 Billy Muggins 17.61........................... B Dann 6 67886 Another Colt nwtd......................J McInerney 7 64636 Blonde Tori 17.48.......................A Bradshaw 8 82553 Belfast Suzy 17.69 H &........................Taylor 9 72767 Ohoka Ashley 17.64..................... L Waretini 10 15476 Noisy Leo 17.58.........................J McInerney RACE 15, 4.05pm SPEIGHT’S DASH C1, 295m 1 76614 Opawa Steve nwtd L &....................... Wales 2 36434 Pegson Fire nwtd H &..........................Taylor 3 31178 Ziggy War Paint 17.83 M &.................. Smith 4 24188 Hannah 17.59 A &..............................Seque 5 23243 New Order 17.42 S &.......................Bonnett 6 34545 Ohoka Hart 17.96......................... L Waretini 7 38657 Turbo Tundra nwtd........................... M Grant 8 41 Cawbourne Travis nwtd..............J McInerney 9 55457 Runway Queen 17.41.................... G Cleeve 10 7638x Homebush Daphne nwtd...........A Bradshaw LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

By Michael Brown Some players can earn it in one tournament, but Marina Erakovic is set to become the first US$1 million tennis player from New Zealand since Brett Steven in the mid-1990s.

Erakovic has banked US$989,318 since turning professional in 2006 and, appropriately, could pass the US$1m mark at her home tournament, the ASB Classic, starting on New Year’s Eve. It would require a decent run in the singles – the winner collects US$40,000 and a beaten semifinalist about US$11,000 – but she will have two bites at it considering she will team up with Brit Heather Watson in the doubles (the winning combination receive US$11,750).

The pair have played two WTA tournaments together and won both.

Passing the mark doesn’t mean Erakovic is rolling in cash. Tennis

Marina Erakovic

Racing Matamata fields, form and riders Fields for Racing Matamata meeting at Matamata today.

NZ Meeting number: 2 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9 RACE 1 1.00pm (NZT) LASER PLUMBING MAIDEN 2000 $7000, MDN, 2000m 1 7722 Justacrusin h (1) 58.5......................... S Dye 2 32222 Mountain Battles 58.5................... Scratched 3 47525 Pocket Of Aces (6) 58.5....................P Taylor 4 22587 Beverley Beck (13) 58.5...............T Thornton 5 8x402 Juggernaut Rock h (14) 58.5..... M Cameron 6 23x60 St Picasso h (18) 58.5................M Sweeney 7 0x7x3 Son Of Civics (21) 58.5......................J Jago 8 8x774 Jack Romanov h (12) 58.5... R Hutchings (a) 9 49 Enforza h (9) 58.5.............S Shirahama (a2) 10 0x505 Headsholdthemoney (3) 58.5.....M Coleman 11 00x6. Valediction (7) 58.5............... A Calder 12 032 Montes b (4) 57............................. V Colgan 13 253x7 Grande Bellezza (16) 56.5............ O Bosson 14 x9427 Rosevale (2) 56.5.........................D Johnson 15 06858 Android h (5) 56.5............................ C Grylls 16 0 On Time h (17) 56.5.......................M Tanaka 17 0 Le’vantos h (10) 57.................... M D Plessis 18 09x76 Upstream Lad h (20) 58.5....... A Forbes (a1) 19 9x77 Lorenzo (11) 57 20 4x000 Bella Lady (15) 56.5 -

21 85760 Rhythm Keeper (19) 56.5 22 00x00 Rodinsky (8) 58.5 Emergencies: Le’vantos, Upstream Lad, Lorenzo, Bella Lady, Rhythm Keeper, Rodinsky RACE 2 1.35pm JACE GROUP 3YO MAIDEN 1400 $7000, MDN 3YO, 1400m 1 403x2 Game For Fame 57.5.................... Scratched 2 22x Jack’s Run 57.5............................ Scratched 3 5x258 Celtic Star (14) 57.5.....................D Johnson 4 45370 Edward The Eighth (15) 57.5...........N Harris 5 5 Alert h (3) 57.5........................... M Cameron 6 0x5 Assassin h (2) 57.5.................... M D Plessis 7 5 Keep Rocking h (5) 57.5......... A Forbes (a1) 8 8x59x Our Captain Jack 57.5.................. Scratched 9 Airtime (13) 57.5............................... L Innes 10 2x2 Gemini 55.5.................................. Scratched 11 6x774 Going Places (9) 55.5...................... M Wenn 12 4x40 Inis Rose h (12) 55.5....................... C Grylls 13 9x330 La Vitesse h (7) 55.5...................M Coleman 14 55x67 Delirium h (11) 55.5............. M Dravitzki (a3) 15 7x058 Anyx 55.5...................................... Scratched 16 6 Kashmir (8) 55.5............................ V Colgan 17 Carolina Island (6) 55.5................ O Bosson 18 Keep A Fortune h (4) 55.5....... P Turner (a1) 19 Harbour Grace 55.5...................... Scratched 20 7 Manny (10) 57.5...........................C Dell (a2) 21 9 Mini Bloom h (1) 55.5 -

22 0 Sovolksy h (16) 57.5 Emergencies: Carolina Island, Keep A Fortune, Harbour Grace, Manny, Mini Bloom, Sovolksy RACE 3 2.10pm TIRAU VET CENTRE MAIDEN 1600 $7000, MDN, 1600m 1 360x0 Borntobeking (15) 58.5.............. M Cameron 2 Mr Nifty h (12) 58.5.................. P Turner (a1) 3 x5x07 Reilly Starr (18) 58.5....................T Thornton 4 0x Tuftane h (8) 58.5.......................M Coleman 5 625 High Society b (10) 57.................. O Bosson 6 74 Kuwait h (5) 57........................... M D Plessis 7 08x5 Bellazeel (7) 56.5............................ A Calder 8 0 Cougar Town h (13) 56.5................. C Grylls 9 0x7 Herman (4) 56.5.................. R Hutchings (a) 10 36 The Successor h (16) 55.................. L Innes 11 54458 Fair Fleet (14) 55.........................D Johnson 12 0 Duchessofcambridge 55............... Scratched 13 87 Maeve Davone h (9) 55...............C Dell (a2) 14 08 One Last Kiss (2) 55............ M Dravitzki (a3) 15 0x0 Perfect Kiss h (3) 55........................N Harris 16 0x7 Rose Of Virginia h (1) 55..S Shirahama (a2) 17 680x0 High Praise 56.5........................... Scratched 18 900x9 Ceremonials h (11) 56.5................M Tanaka 19 5x007 Hihopes (6) 56.5 20 00x0 Champagne Girl h (17) 56.5............R Jones Emergencies: High Praise, Ceremonials, Hihopes, Champagne Girl

RACE 4 2.45pm NRM SWEET FEED MAIDEN 1600 $7000, MDN, 1600m 1 The Last Star Way (17) 58.5........... A Calder 2 9. Soul Keeper (4) 58.5........................S Collett 3 770 Stirling Bridge 58.5....................... Scratched 4 0x039 Footprint h (12) 57......................M Coleman 5 Delacroix (7) 57............................. V Colgan 6 Leave Pass h (2) 57......................... C Grylls 7 35x53 Nineteen Forty 56.5...................... Scratched 8 04782 Quiver (3) 56.5........................... M D Plessis 9 65527 Mooretaine (8) 56.5............................J Jago 10 94748 Mion Jay (14) 56.5............... R Hutchings (a) 11 7x5 Kakahu Nell h (1) 56.5......S Shirahama (a2) 12 080 Macaron h (11) 56.5................ P Turner (a1) 13 Pamukkale h (15) 56.5................M Sweeney 14 907x Wairaka (6) 56.5........................ M Cameron 15 0x9 Rise And Fall h (13) 55..................... L Innes 16 9 Unrelenting Lady (5) 55.......... A Forbes (a1) 17 680x0 High Praise h (16) 56.5................D Johnson 18 900x9 Ceremonials h (10) 56.5................M Tanaka 19 5x007 Hihopes 56.5................................. Scratched 20 00x0 Champagne Girl h (9) 56.5 Emergencies: High Praise, Ceremonials, Hihopes, Champagne Girl RACE 5 3.20pm BNZ PARTNERS RATING 65 2000 $7000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 2000m 1 21246 Traveller h (7) 59............................ V Colgan

Forbury Park fields, form and drivers Fields for Forbury Park Trotting Club Inc meeting at Forbury Park today. NZ Meeting number: 8. Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7. Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 5, 6 and 7 RACE 1 6.10pm (NZT) WASHINGTON VC F&M MOBILE PACE $6000, 3yo+ f&m 1 win mob. pace, mobile, 1700m 1 61x1 For The Ladies (1) fr.........................D Dunn 2 135 Woodlea DJ (2) fr..................... N Williamson 3 0080x Waihemo Caesar (3) fr....... B Williamson (J) 4 26308 Gliding Charm (4) fr............M Williamson (J) 5 97x90 Exotic Girl (5) fr............................. N Buchan 6 440x4 Vanilla Rose (6) fr...........................T Chmiel

7 1647x Here We Go Again (7) fr...............T Williams RACE 2 6.38pm FIRST LEG OF PICK 6 MOBILE TROT $5000, 3yo+ non winners mob. trot, mobile, 2200m 1 57775 Conrock (1) fr...............................M McAuley 2 8x083 Armori (2) fr....................................G McLay 3 6x Maidofdiamonds (3) fr......... B Williamson (J) 4 507x8 Mexican Monarch (4) fr.......M Williamson (J) 5 8899 Face Value (5) fr........................... C Buchan 6 09x07 Sun Shine Whiz (6) fr......................T Chmiel 7 6008x Apollo Mission (7) fr...................... R Jenkins 8 32700 Minnie Jane (8) fr.............................M Jones

9 0 Chiola Belle (9) fr..............................D Dunn 10 40640 Goodboy Tiger (21) fr...................... C Negus 11 6702 Chevy Corvette (U1) fr............. N Williamson RACE 3 7.10pm JUST ESSENCE CATERING PACE $5000, non winners pace, stand, 2200m 1 68647 Farmer Dons (1) fr............................ A Milne 2 55x05 Afellas Boy (2) fr.................M Williamson (J) 3 Real Tiz (3) fr................................... G Smith 4 4 Our Girl Frankie (4) fr............... N Williamson 5 0x0x7 Riverboat Princess (5) fr...............T Williams 6 05x0 Ochoa (6) fr.......................................D Dunn

7 40606 Gingerwyn (7) fr.................. B Williamson (J) 8 60040 I’m Bettor (8) fr.............................. R Jenkins 9 29 Clifton Venture (9) fr.........................J W Cox RACE 4 7.40pm TRILLIAN TRUST MOBILE PACE $5000, 3yo+ non winners mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 Ride In A Pontiac (1) fr...................T Chmiel 2 06034 Caesar (2) fr..................................... G Smith 3 98x30 Streamline Boy (3) fr..................... R Jenkins 4 97 Midland Courage (4) fr........ B Williamson (J) 5 07 De Bon Vouloir (5) fr...........M Williamson (J) 6 7 Cheyenne Princess (6) fr..................D Dunn

Auckland GRC fields and form for today Fields for Auckland Greyhound Racing Club meeting at Manukau Stadium today.

NZ Meeting number: 10 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9; 10 and 11 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 5, 6 and 7; 9, 10 and 11 RACE 1, 4.22pm (NZT) ALL SEW EMBROIDERY SPRINT C2, 318m 1 22337 Agent Victor 18.71...............................J Udy 2 44734 Flash That nwtd.......................... R O’Regan 3 8688x Shari Jewel nwtd G &........................M Hunt 4 13777 Diggin’ On You nwtd........................ I George 5 83235 Don’t Know 18.96................................J Udy 6 78783 Tiger Karen 18.61............................P Green 7 xF473 Rhoda Holmes 18.59.................. B Littlejohn 8 28442 Deb Bale 19.00........................... G Pomeroy 9 14788 Crafty Graham 18.77.........................C Hore 10 67544 Living The Dream nwtd......................S Ross RACE 2, 4.40pm THE BROWNZY SPORTS BAR SPRINT

C0, 318m 1 53723 Question Me nwtd..............................S Ross 2 76436 All In All nwtd.......................................J Udy 3 Our Bernie nwtd.........................H V Mullane 4 48626 Bo Woo nwtd.................................... M Mann 5 538 Amicus Curiae nwtd.......................... S Clark 6 Thrilling Lori nwtd............................ K Walsh 7 444F6 Noble Tobin nwtd.............................. B Craik 8 57453 Kapai Max nwtd.............................A Cleaver 9 87887 Wee Nana nwtd..............................G Parker 10 86578 Wheyhound nwtd...............................D Hunt RACE 3, 4.57pm JACK’S WHOLESALE MEATS C3, 527m 1 75244 Lafayette 31.31................................. B Craik 2 26123 Thrilling Ella 30.97........................... K Walsh 3 64167 Edward Cullen 30.67........................ B Craik 4 35535 Winsome Flash 30.49.................D Schofield 5 12841 Munchin’ Krunch nwtd................. R O’Regan 6 65515 Sippin Tequila 30.74.........................P Green 7 76452 Hustler 30.60..............................D Schofield

8 13211 Jay Cee Hurt nwtd......................G Calverley RACE 4, 5.15pm TROPHIES PLUS SPRINT C1, 318m 1 71434 Piri 18.96............................................ L Bliek 2 88565 Sub Silentio nwtd.............................. S Clark 3 87361 Kyirrie 19.06.....................................T Green 4 1661 Lachlan’s Devil 18.99..................D Schofield 5 43413 Exciting Girl nwtd............................. M Mann 6 14247 Mega Upload nwtd............................T Agent 7 38874 Mr. Reece nwtd................................... R Udy 8 44875 Imagination 19.10....................... B Littlejohn 9 55667 Testify 18.64.....................................P Green 10 48577 Bon Vogue 19.20...........................A Cleaver RACE 5, 5.32pm CAROL’S TABS STAKES C2, 527m 1 87661 Summer Spice 30.71.................. R O’Regan 2 45315 Only Kate 31.13.......................... R O’Regan 3 54534 Hot Pootie 30.61..................................J Udy 4 87284 Lil’ Miss Krunch nwtd.................. R O’Regan 5 62526 Tata Safari 31.13............................... B Craik 6 33364 Diva Rhode 30.96 W &....................T Steele

7 65334 Twin Rivers 30.93....................... G Pomeroy 8 11212 Beau Rivage nwtd W &....................T Steele 9 46677 Swift Swinger 31.07.......................... S Clark 10 44667 Seeing Excuses 30.62................ R O’Regan RACE 6, 5.50pm JO’S TAB ONEHUNGA SPRINT C4/5, 318m 1 82213 Captain Coutts 18.36..................H Laagland 2 F1672 We’re So Lucky 18.40....................... B Craik 3 12488 Flying Flynn 18.65.............................D Hunt 4 33864 Flyin’ Magnum 18.72 R M &............. J Smith 5 17524 Blue Tramp 18.35.............................T Green 6 51122 Cosmic Pearl 18.39....................D Schofield 7 34347 Ripped Jeans 18.60.......................... S Clark 8 13647 Quick Cat 18.74..........................D Schofield 9 34568 Hot Lass (c4) 18.53.......................A Cleaver 10 57x86 Buttony Boy (c4) nwtd.................D Schofield RACE 7, 6.20pm SERGIO @ STUD SPRINT C3, 318m 1 32711 Winsome Achiever 18.62............D Schofield 2 45374 Holland Badger 18.49....................... B Craik

Christchurch GRC fields and form for today Fields for Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club at Addington Raceway today.

NZ Meeting number: 9 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9; 10 and 11; 12 and 13; 14 and 15 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12; 13, 14 and 15 RACE 1, 12.01pm (NZT) SUPER PETS DASH C1, 295m 1 57375 What A Dump nwtd J &..........................May 2 23332 Syrip’s Girl 17.78.......................R Blackburn 3 124F2 Georgie Wong 17.56..........................J Rush 4 67624 Avec Lamour 17.69....................A Bradshaw 5 458x3 All Against Me 17.68..........................P Scott 6 54186 Opaque nwtd A &...............................Seque 7 2117x Cawbourne Tilly nwtd.................J McInerney 8 26811 Bam Bam (c2) nwtd......................... M Grant 9 28826 Belfast Skertz 17.71 H &.....................Taylor 10 86855 Hit The Lip nwtd...............................S Fagan RACE 2, 12.17pm AMBER CLEANING SERVICES SPRINT C0, 295m 1 24326 Emma Rose nwtd.............................B Shaw 2 458 Opawa Leighton nwtd L &.................. Wales 3 6 One Ear Poised nwtd S &.................Bonnett 4 88454 Mulberry Brook nwtd..................... K Cassidy 5 6 Maddie Brand nwtd........................... B Dann 6 28866 Top Player nwtd P &...........................Doody

7 Cover To Cover nwtd..................R Blackburn 8 5 Make Your Point nwtd W &................. Nissen 9 5884 Homebush Cruden nwtd............J McInerney 10 76757 Quiet Snort nwtd S &........................Bonnett RACE 3, 12.33pm THURSDAY PLACE PICK DASH C0, 295m 1 3F Easy Silence nwtd.....................J McInerney 2 27x Come A Cropper nwtd C &...........D Roberts 3 5747 Casino Black nwtd......................H Anderton 4 8 My Little Rippa nwtd S &..................Bonnett 5 Will Excite nwtd............................. L Waretini 6 7 Cuts Deep nwtd................................ B Dann 7 233 Harper Mehl nwtd S &.....................B Evans 8 645 Wellywood nwtd W &......................... Nissen 9 5884 Homebush Cruden nwtd............J McInerney 10 77576 Mulberry Hunter nwtd................... K Cassidy RACE 4, 12.51pm KOLORFUL KANVAS MAIDEN HEAT C0q, 520m 1 Candy Belle nwtd L &......................... Wales 2 78 Be Prepared nwtd............................. B Dann 3 Claremont Pizzaz nwtd................. L Waretini 4 27 Pindari nwtd J &...............................D Fahey 5 26654 Choose To Love nwtd M &.................Jopson 6 62525 Bendall’s Boy nwtd............................ M Flipp 7 5x Know Backchat nwtd..................... G Cleeve 8 27224 Secret Arnie nwtd L &......................... Wales 9 85 Wagon Wheel nwtd M &....................Jopson

10 86 Uno Green nwtd L &........................... Wales RACE 5, 1.09pm KOLORFUL KANVAS MAIDEN HEAT C0q, 520m 1 757 Opawa Chance nwtd.................J McInerney 2 3 Bone Nerd nwtd........................... M Roberts 3 Jinja Power nwtd J &.......................D Fahey 4 Stolen Money nwtd........................ G Cleeve 5 Fergie’s Belle nwtd L &....................... Wales 6 1 Coalpit Mick (c1) nwtd..................A Williams 7 7 Here’s Fergie nwtd M &.....................Jopson 8 47637 Matulino nwtd A &...............................Seque 9 85 Wagon Wheel nwtd M &....................Jopson 10 86 Uno Green nwtd L &........................... Wales RACE 6, 1.27pm KOLORFUL KANVAS MAIDEN HEAT C0q, 520m 1 Opawa Casper nwtd L &..................... Wales 2 Uno Shyla nwtd L &............................ Wales 3 Know Solution nwtd....................... G Cleeve 4 53342 Ohoka Taylor nwtd........................A Waretini 5 535 Tepirita Tuiteka nwtd M &...................Jopson 6 Wayleggo nwtd............................... I Fensom 7 478 Waimak Dave nwtd....................J McInerney 8 Camray nwtd..................................... M Flipp 9 85 Wagon Wheel nwtd M &....................Jopson 10 86 Uno Green nwtd L &........................... Wales RACE 7, 1.44pm COASTER’S TAVERN DASH C0, 295m 1 38852 Zip Zap Zappa nwtd...................R Blackburn

2 223 Starburst Blanch nwtd...................... M Grant 3 323 Teevee Garbo nwtd........................... M Flipp 4 737 Okuku Muppet nwtd C &..................... Fagan 5 Claremont Diva nwtd.................... L Waretini 6 1 Little Midnight (c1) nwtd S &.............Bonnett 7 65563 Mulberry Macro nwtd....................K Cassidy 8 37457 Yes He Will nwtd............................... B Dann 9 5884 Homebush Cruden nwtd............J McInerney 10 86 Opawa Wolf nwtd.......................J McInerney RACE 8, 2.02pm KOLORFUL KANVAS MAIDEN HEAT C0q, 520m 1 Uno Nosey nwtd L &........................... Wales 2 371 Ya Laughin’ (c1) nwtd M &.................Jopson 3 Miss Isabella nwtd............................ M Flipp 4 Opawa Webby nwtd L &..................... Wales 5 22x27 Saddleback Patch nwtd................A Williams 6 67 Emma Brand nwtd............................ B Dann 7 7356x Know Taste nwtd............................ G Cleeve 8 Ohoka Frenchi nwtd...................... L Waretini 9 85 Wagon Wheel nwtd M &....................Jopson 10 86 Uno Green nwtd L &........................... Wales RACE 9, 2.19pm FANTA CLAWS AT STUD STAKES C1, 520m 1 5x648 Know Chaos 30.70........................ G Cleeve 2 75587 Ohoka Zoe 30.78.......................... L Waretini 3 343F5 Parole To Excel 30.78 W &................ Nissen 4 8x3x7 Seraphine Jewel 30.95 M &................. Smith

ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, Thursday, November 22, 2012

SPORT CLUB NEWS Ashburton Chess Club The club had its final night last Monday for the season with the top four qualifiers playing off in the rapid tournament, a game which each player has 30 minutes on his clock.

N.Richardson defeated K.Pow while R.Keeling let a certain win end up with a stalemate against V.Barbu.

Members then had a break to enjoy supper and the presentation of trophies with N.Richardson taking out the king trophy for club champion. K.Pow runner up with the bronze knight, pawn trophy for the openings tournament and the wooden knight for the lightning competition R.Scarf took the Bishop Trophy for his win in the B grade. D.Clark in his first year won the C grade trophy and the cup for most improved player V.Barbu took the Wilkinson trophy for best performance outside the club and also the 30-30 trophy after defeating N.Richardson in the final.

Enjoy the break and looking forward to seeing you all when we start again on February 11, 2013.

Ashburton Savage Club 1912 - 2012 The 100th annual general meeting of “The Club” was held on Tuesday, November 13, in the Savage Club Hall at 7.30pm, bringing an end to a successful centennial year.

Great Chief Bruce Wear presided.

Scribe Kevin Crean presented the minutes of the previous AGM. Great Chief Bruce presented his comprehensive report on the year’s activities, with special mention of the centennial celebrations which were held over the weekend of July 27-29.

Scalphunter Russell Carter distributed copies of the balance sheet plus financial statements, to all present members. All reports were approved.

Long service awards.

Past Great Chief John Lilley presented Arthur Berry with his 25-year bar and all members saluted Arthur with a rousing “Ake”.

Election of offices.

Great Chief, Bruce Wear - Senior Brave, John Lilley.

- Scribe, Kevin Crean. - Scalphunter, Jim Burgess. Tohunga, Ray Mitchell. - Trustees, Jim Mitchell & Bruce Wear. Warriors, John Gray. - Harold Kemp, - Jim Armstrong, - Robert Keeley.

A light supper was provided at the conclusion of the meeting.

Ashburton Senior Citizens The monthly social afternoon took place on Tuesday November 13. Hope played some pleasant music while the audience was being seated.

Yvonne started the afternoon by welcoming everyone and those with special hats on.

Arthur gave out the notices which were that the Christmas Lunch was on November 29 at the Stables and the Christmas Social afternoon was on December 11. The lunch starts at 11.30am, costs $14, to pay C. Smith, money by tomorrow.

The December social afternoon for members only is $3 and pay on the day. The birthday song for the November folk was sung.

Then Geordie and Arthur started the programme with We’ll Gather Lilacs Again, This Is The Moment. They followed

by Heather with her guitar and she sang some of Petula Clark’s songs which she started during World War Two, Look to The Rainbow, A Ditty About Christmas. Lanae shared a delightful story from Tamworth. Then Arthur came back on stage to sing Are You Lonesome Tonight. Lanae joined him and they sang Over The Rainbow, Yvonne played a very pleasant melody on her keyboard. Lanae, plus her husband’s special guitar, sang two of her favourite songs one of which she will sing at the Gore competitions Wild Flowers Don’t Care Where They Grow and If I Didn’t Have You in My World. Heather sang My Grandfather’s Clock and the Gypsy Rover, It’s a Small World After All, Merry Mac. Geordie played and sang Heart of My Heart, Shine on Harvest Moon.

Yvonne thanked all the entertainers. The prize for the best hat went to Mrs Blain. For Total Mobility please ring 308-1237.

Ashburton Electronic Organ and Keyboard Club Lorraine welcomed a full house in Michael’s absence.

Reminded us of our tea dance this coming Sunday.

Anyone can go, give us a ring.

There is a BBQ at the Drurey’s on December 2. Red Hot Dixey Band will be performing.

Always a good afternoon out. Anyone can attend this also.

Our Christmas BBQ at Bev and Dennis’, 4.30pm onwards on December 8.

We are requiring a new lock-up for our trailer. Verna has stored it for us in the past, but she is moving house, so can anyone help?

Ann then presented the Mid Canterbury young people’s orchestra Crescendo. It is an exciting and enthusiastic group of musicians comprised mostly of our young folk, with a sprinkling of older players.

A nicely balanced age group, who compliment, and encourage, their fellow players.

This group was formed in 2006 after a public meeting and workshop, held by Mark Walton.

There they sat, full stage, by the glittering Christmas tree, and gave us a delightful evening of Christmas carols, and a selection of popular songs.

There were such a variety of instruments, and many of the performers played more than one.

Guitar, flutes, violins, sax, trombone, clarinets, castanets, percussion, triangle, accordion, keyboard, cornet, and glockenspiel.

These talented musicians were under the baton of Lyn Blackwell, their musical director, who enthused us all with her passion for ‘musical togetherness’.

Many in the group took solo parts, and were a pleasure to listen to. They have great futures ahead of them.

The Cresendos welcome anyone who plays any type of instrument to join their group.

They will be losing one or two next year, as they move on in their education. We wish them well.

They will be performing a Christmas concert on Sunday December 2, at St Paul’s church in Oxford Street at 6pm.

Well done Crescendo, and thank you Lyn and Ann for sharing this wonderful talent with us, at our final club night of the year.

The raffles were won by, Margaret Clifford, Fairlie Matsinger, Bev French and Audrey.

A delightful cuppa was enjoyed, and was served by, Barbara D, Irene and Vern, Iris and Peter.

Grey Power Ashburton On Monday 19 president Joy Jaine welcomed 90 plus members to the annual Christmas General Meeting of Grey Power Ashburton.

Apologies were received from Betty Lovett; Sandra Sinclair, Carol Price and Dick MacDonald. These were accepted.

Joy announced that Couplands had made a contribution to our raffle prizes and that the lucky draw fruit trays had been supplied by The Green Grocer. She also advised that Grey Power would be on the street later this week collecting signatures for the Keep Our Assets petition, any one free to help should see Vice President Ruth Thomas.

The raffle of Couplands products was then drawn and prizes distributed.

Members were then entertained with a rousing selection of tunes by members of the Kokatahi Band. This was followed by carol singing led by Shirley, Blair, John and Irene accompanied by Rose on the piano.

Joy then made a presentation to Rose who has provided entertainment at many of our meetings through the year.

Numbers for the lucky draw were announced and fruit trays were distributed.

We were then treated to another round of music and songs from the members of the Kokatahi Band.

Everyone then enjoyed a sumptuous afternoon tea provided by members of the committee.

Next meeting will be on February 18, 2013. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all our members.

Tinwald Outdoor Bowling Club Hopefully we will get some settled weather soon and our jackets will become an unnecessary item.

Men’s Inter-Club; v Methven, Tinwald 1 win and a draw, v Allenton, Tinwald 3 wins and a draw, v Hampstead, Tinwald 4 losses.

Recently members were saddened by the death of our member Ivan Petterson. Members formed a guard of honour at his funeral.

Ashburton Friday triples on November 2. Three teams entered - M Eder, S Maw, J Rooke, 2 wins. G Eder, D Duff, W Lee 1 win. R Herriott, C Andrew, W Herriott had a win-less day.

Lowry Cup - G Eder, W Lee and R Herriott all had 1 win.

Ashburton Ladies Bowman Cup - M Eder, M Barnes, J Rooke and W Herriott 2 wins and a draw 3rd place, Sm\ Maw, G Whipp, J Knudsen and J Chivers 1 win.

Congratulations to M Eder and G Eder who were selected for the Town v Country rep game, congratulations to the country ladies in winning the trophy.

Ladies 7’s Tin/Hinds team v Rakaia 3 losses, v Ashburton 3 losses, v MSA 2 win and a loss.

Ashburton Show Day Fours 3 teams entered, RHerriott, G Whipp, M Eder and R Wade 2 wins 3rd place, G Eders team 1 win J Bells team 1 win.

Championships progressing slowly, Mens pairs R Herriott/C Andrew beat G Eder/B Stringer. Singles: J Bell beat R Herriott, C Andrew beat J Bell, G Eder beat R Wade, G Eder beat D Duff, W Lee beat R Herriott J Bell beat R Wade.

Ladies Pairs: S Maw/M Barnes beat G Whipp/W Herriott.

Fours final will be between S Maw, M Barnes, W Herriott and J Knudsen and M Eder, G Whipp, J Rooke and J Chivers.

Hurry on summer weather.

Nor’ Westers Music Club Sunday October 28.

Every now and then there’s one out of the box. True for the 28th, a full card on all accounts.

Newby club appearance from Brendan Green started off for us, with an acoustic set including Civil War from Guns’n’Roses followed by Heaven’s Door and Last Dance With Mary Jane from Mr Petty. Cheers Brendan and come play again.

Faithful Eddie and his new tracks played Eddie’s usual brand of classic rock. Always good to see what’s new on your song list Eddie. Cheers.

Mark and Derrick stepped up next for a well rehearsed set of tunes, of which, Stain’d version of I’m on the Outside was my favourite. Thanks guys, a great sound going on there, and Mark finished up with a version of Willin’ which was superb.

Keeping the acoustic sound going was Paul who played a couple from Collective Soul, Springsteen, Aerosmith but couldn’t manage Hank Williams. Sorry Kev. Cheers Paul.

A fresh sound from Leora was next, with a great version of What’s Up from 4 Non Blondes, followed by Hand in Pocket and Frozen. A lovely voice and sound, please come again.

Then for something completely different, a band with talent and brass. Bruce, Don, Zip and Fiona joined by special guests Alan McQuarters and Jim Lischner to pump out some great tunes. All of Me, Basin Street Blues, Makin’ Whoopee, Route 66 and Miss New Orleans to mention a few. It’s great to hear the dimension of brass behind the jazz foundation to give a well rounded and thoroughly enjoyable sound. Thanks team - would love to hear it again.

On a final mention, I’d like to give a warm welcome to John Tull, as I hand over the position of presidency of the Club to the new man. I’m sure John will do a great job, and that the support I have enjoyed will continue for him. Thanks to all.

See you all at Feeney’s Bar, Devon Hotel from 2pm, on the last Sunday of every month. Musicians and just listeners all welcome.

Creative Fibre – Ashburton There were 30 members present to attend the last meeting for the year.

A tribute was read out about Nancy Wakelin and her long association with spinners and weavers. Mention was made of other members who have not been well. The area AGM at Rangiora will be held on Friday November 30 at 10am.

Lin Craft at Bush Inn is easier to get to than Spotlight.

A report was given about our part in the A&P show.

Entries were down this year. Judy Willetts won the cup for most points and Shona Schofield won the Supreme Award.

Margaret Williamson and Judy Willetts were thanked for the work behind the scenes. Eight ladies went to Hanmer early November for a week of R&R and had a great time.

Shona has library books at her place and books can be accessed there but ring first. Meetings begin on January 21, 2013. Then the AGM was held.

Show and tell. A woven bag with pukeko and cock pheasant feathers worked in polworth and alpaca spun wool, knitted toys for Ronald McDonald House, a baby jacket and bootees, knitted rug in squares, knitted sleeveless jacket, a hat and striped cardigan, a woven rug, knitted fine shawl, knitted child’s jacket.

A finger food lunch ended the meeting.

Ashvegas Country Club Club day was held at Mayfield last weekend and saw Brock Peddie and our new resident burglar, Jamie Binnie, have the morning’s best scores.

Both finished their 18 holes with a score of net 69 after rounds of 82 and 89 respectively while Terry Kingsbury continued his good form to finish with a net 70 after his round of 82.

The prizes however were awarded to the golfers that could hit the most fairways and greens during their rounds and Brock defied the odds to claim the top prize with a combined total of 9. Terry and A J Kerr finished in a tie for 2nd with a combined total of 8.

The clubs monthly premier day is scheduled to be held at the Maungati course this Sunday, those wishing to attend should be at the Devon by no later than 8.30am. As we have to be on the road a bit earlier this time can you try not to be too late this time Legs.

Allenton Bowling Club Results of the Nan Chatterton Trophy played show day:- 1st P.Collins, A.McKenzie, N.McKenzie, O.Collins 3 wins 20 ends 40 points. 2nd G.Bishop, R.Bennett, I.Kaye, A.Sargisson 3 wins 18 ends 34 points. 3rd R.Herriot, G.Whipp, M.Eder, R.Wade 2 wins 19 ends 24 points. 4th B.Mayson, B.Harper, W.Suttie, D.Turner 2 wins 18 ends 30 points. Thankyou everyone for your entries and thankyou Robbies Bar & Bistro for your generous sponsorship.

Sunday 18th was a great day for Allenton. The finals of the sub centre Junior singles was an all Allenton affair with Mathew Bassett defeating John Drayton 21-5.

Congratulations Matt your very controlled and precise play was an inspiration to us all. Huge congratulations to Darryn Turner who kept the silverware at our club by defeating Roger Gutberlet 22-16 in the final of the Lowery Cup. This was a very closely fought final with a lot of skill and cunning throughout.

Ladies championships are coming along and it is great to see some very close matches. Wendy Watson, Dawn Bruce, Janet Kingsbury and Shirley Doig defeated Sandra Keith, Sandra Holdom, Zona Keen and Cait Bassett 17-13 on one side of the draw and Sandra Keith, Sandra Holdom, Zona Keen and Cait Bassett defeated Gay Beckley, Jill May, Jan Hammond and Judy Ryk 13-18 on the other side.

Our hi-lite of the week is our first championship winner this season and that is Cait Bassett in the 1-2 years. Some very new players (Rose Johnson for one) played some very good bowls and it was Maureen Knox who played Cait in the final - a great game girls. Caits win will see her represent our club in the Centre Championships on the 2nd & 3rd March and we wish her all the very best for this.

Finally I have to report Mr Key has been hit pretty hard in the pocket with four of our members all turning 65 this week. Happy Birthday Gay, Wendy, Rose and Bish.

College Cricket Club HELP!!! – We need you (or someone) to coach the College Boys 1st IX as Dennis is stepping down after five years at the helm. If you are interested or know anyone interested please contact Deb Kell at the College office.

Last week Green and Gold clashed and we knew the game was going to be affected by the weather when Dave Naldrett turned up with the “latest weatherproof scoring tablet” (commonly known as a clipboard, pen and paper) No way was he bringing his computer out in this flippin weather!

Green opted to bat first, ending up all out for 121.

Green’s best batsmen were Dayff Philip who was not out on 30, Edze Bierema and Scott Punselie scored 24 and 20 respectively.

Green’s batsmen were “helped” in the field by Gold’s captain Kody Stuthridge’s stunning fielding and Connor Wilson (who needs to keep his legs together). Ben Copland had the great bowling figures of 2 overs, for 2 runs and taking 2 wickets. Logan Havis and Kody Stuthridge both picked up two wickets. Ryan “shorty” Hampton (another tennis convert) with great bowling managed to pick up his

first ever wicket when he snared Dylan “big Dill” Shore.

Unfortunately this put fire in Dylan’s belly which made Ryan a marked man when he opened the batting, Dylan got his revenge but exhausted himself trying where upon he subbed himself off saying he was “exhausted” (we think it got too cold for him).

Batting form was affected by the changing weather conditions. Harry Ferguson was the standout batsman for Gold getting through to 18 before being run out brilliantly

by Michael Burton or Andrew Tait as the thunder, lightening, rain, hail and torrential down pours, which eventually stopped the game, also hampered the scorer’s vision.

Gold ended up 23 for 3 when the conditions stopped play. Dave was last heard saying how much this weather reminded him of home! The rest of us were running for cover.

Red got their first win of the season when the older blokes in Blue couldn’t raise a team, after winning by default the boys that did turn up managed to get in a quick 20/20 game before the heavens opened.

Ashburton Bowling Club The WEATHER.. what can we say about it. Pass, or phone a friend!

Well it is about as fickle as your wife’s moods (or husband’s moods) or the two-year-old grandchild in a tantrum.

On Wednesday 14 the ladies travelled to Christchurch for another round of the Rowntree Cup. We played Barrington United and unfortunately went down on the last end after a great match. It was our second loss but we were not disgraced.

That evening the men played 10’s. Ash 3 against Allenton saw 4 wins and a great result. Dereck McKinnon won his singles 25- 23.Trevor Watson and C Cross won the pairs 16-13, triples won 23-11 and good play by E Surridge, Ian Blackwell and Merv Jones.

The 4’s combination of John Lilley, Des Prendergast, Dave Dutton and Owen Gray came home victorious by 18 - 8. Well done all. Ash 2 v Methven also saw no losses.

Colin Dennis drew 19 all, pairs of Dion Kiddey and Maurice Houston won easily 22 - 9, triples of Tony Blain Mike Quinn and Roger Dakers eased in 17 - 14. The 4’s combination led by Brian Williams and assisted by Sam Morton, Russell Anstiss and Russell Lowe had a comfortable ride 21- 11.

The A team had a bye.

The Colts Championships have been completed and Russell Lowe played John McLay in a tight and interesting game, getting to 15 all in a close game until Russell inched ahead and won 21-19. Well done to you both, all that practice was worth it John.

We have missed out on Grants Sponsorship this year but we will be holding a domestic Corner to Corner on Saturdays after the Rollover triples. Maximum of two bowls for $2 and half the money will be paid out on the day and the other half carried over for a end of season play of for something big.

Give it your support, it was to be held last Saturday but the weather man had other ideas. Anne, Trevor and Norman will be arranging it.

Colin Bird and his committee of volunteers are getting to grips with the up coming Cracker Jack evenings. More news of it later. At last count he had enough interest to run it as triples.

The ladies are completing their senior singles championships and are down to the last three players. Junior singles start on Thursday am. Entries for pairs are coming in.

Congratulations to all the players who qualified in the Junior Singles tournament and also to Roger Gutberlet who finished R/Up in the Lowrie Cup final which was held over due to bad weather and cancellations. It was nail biter.

Hospital news - Colleen is still resident in Ward 6 and getting on with learning to walk again. Not running yet but it will come later. No speeding Colleen.

Until next week keep safe and out of trouble!

MSA Outdoor Bowling Club With the Championship Singles now completed, play for the Champion Pairs commenced last week. Once again cold wintery conditions prevailed but some good bowling was witnessed along with some close encounters. First Round the pairing of Lorraine Boud & Helen Dowdle beat Joan Hardy & Ann Bourk 25-20, Shirley Taylor & Kath Muir defeated Joyce Cleghorn & Rene Devereux 26—16. The afternoon games brought a defeat to Lorraine & Helen when they were beaten by Joyce & Rene 23—10.

Shirley & Kath had a convincing win over Joan & Ann but my apologies I missed getting the score. Play will continue next week.

Round 6 Continued on Wednesday in the Rowntree Competition and MSA hosted Mandeville Bowling Club, a lovely day had by all both on and off the green—perhaps just a little better for the home team with win 25—16.

Our Junior Singles player Larry Neal played in the Sub Centre Mixed Junior event, at Ashburton on Saturday and progressed through to play on Sunday, after his first game against Annette Sarginson (Allenton) which he won. It was then onto Allenton Green along with post section play of the Lowery Cup Singles. Tony Inwood was flying our flag in this event. The day of gusty and swirling winds made it difficult for all players, even so, some close ends made for great spectacle.

Juniors: Larry Neal was beaten by John Drayton, Kenny Lynn by Matt Bassett.

Winner : Matt Bassett.

Senior: Tony Inwood was beaten by Darren Turner Murray Anderson by Roger Gutberlet Winner: Darren Turner.

Monday another round of 7’s were played at Tinwald not much success for M.S.A. The 4’s however kept the flag flying by winning. The Team was Joan Hardy(s) Cynthia Dudley, Lorraine Boud, Rene Devereux 21—18. Well done Girls. The Pairs were ShirleyTaylor (s) Joyce Cleghorn, who unfortunately lost 32-14, as did Kath Muir in the Singles 27-10.

It is with Sadness that we learnt of the passing of one of our Social members Ethel McCormick. In years gone by, Ethel was a stalwart Member of the bowls but through ill health was unable to continue to play.

She was always interested in all the going activities and it was always lovely to see her smiling face when she could come to visit TEA ROSTER: November 27th—29th Eileen Wild & Marie Harnett.

Our Sympathy goes to all her family at this sad time

Hampstead Rugby & All Sports Club 1) Raffles every Friday night at the Devon Tavern starting at 5pm. Great Meat prizes. Come on down and support your club and Rugby Sponsor. Rugby’s turn to sell tickets.

2) Housie every Tuesday night at the Hampstead Rugby Club Rooms on Bridge Street. Doors open 6.30pm, housie starts 7.30pm. 35 Houses. Great prizes and raffles. Rugby’s turn to do shop.

3) Hampstead Gym is opened and available FREE to any financial club member. Non club members, the cost is $100 for the year, with a $20 Bond on card. All members will get a swipe card for entry at any time of the day and night. For details, please phone Chris McCloy on 308-9807.

HAMPSTEAD SOFTBALL CLUB: Hampstead Softball Club would like to thank Nosh Café, for there sponsorship to the Softball section. It is always hard to find a good sponsor, so it’s great to have them involved. The Hampstead Fast-pitch team will be known as, Nosh Café Hampstead Hawks.

Thanks to Metalcorp for there sponsorship of the Junior Slow-Pitch team.

The team will be defending there title they won last season. Meatcorp Hampstead had a great start to the competition last Saturday, with a great win over Hampstead School by 23-5.

Friday Night Slow-Pitch started on October 12 with first two rounds being friendly games, and started the competition two weeks ago. Six teams are involved, with Muz’s Tigers and S & Giggles leading the way both unbeaten.

No games this week. Be safe out there.

HAMPSTEAD RUGBY CLUB: Rugby AGM Wednesday November 28 at 6.30pm at Hampstead Club Rooms. Bridge Street, Ashburton. All Welcome.

Hampstead Rugby Club are asking for applications from suitably qualified people to Coach and Manage our Senior and Senior B. teams, along with our JAB teams. Grades from Under 6’s to Under 13’s.

We are also looking for volunteers interested in refereeing our JAB teams. (Associate Referee). Full Club Support & Training will be given to all positions.

For any further information, please contact, Regan Broker, 0211000048 or Vaughan Ward, 0277681722.

Applications close on November 29. Addressed to The Secretary, Hampstead Rugby Club, C/o Flat 3 216 Walnut Avenue, Ashburton.

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ARU must fight for Cooper, says Dwyer

By Laine Clark and Steve Jancetic Many rugby fans would like to wash their hands of controversial playmaker Quade Cooper, according to Bob Dwyer.

But the World Cup-winning ex-Wallabies coach hoped the Australian Rugby Union (ARU) did not throw Cooper “out with the dishwater” as the Queensland Reds scrambled to retain their prized five-eighth.

Cooper will reportedly hold a press conference on Monday to announce he is leaving Australian rugby after being offered a downgraded, incentive-based contract by the ARU. That has not stopped Reds boss Rod McCall planning talks with ARU chairman Michael Hawker who will return from London today.

“All I can do is ask for them to reconsider it (the ARU contract offer),” McCall told AAP. Dwyer said offering Cooper a rookie-level contract after fining him for describing the Wallabies as “a toxic environment” was a bad look for the ARU. “There is a perception that he has been punished twice for one crime which is not right,” he told AAP. Dwyer conceded Cooper polarised fans but hoped the ARU would fight to retain a player “with qualities that rarely come around”.

“There are a lot of rugby fans that are so disappointed with what Quade said that they would think he is better off going,” he said.

“I didn’t like what he did either.

“But I would like us to do all we can to help him not do it again, not throw him out with the dishwater.”

Dwyer – whose record of 67 tests as Wallabies coach was surpassed by Robbie Deans recently – said Cooper should prove a point to the ARU rather than walk away.

“I would be thinking ‘I will prove to these blokes I am worth much more than that’,” he said.

Quade Cooper “You don’t want him to go. But the game is bigger than any one player – we will get over it.”

Cooper was reportedly outraged by the ARU’s contract offer which was supposed to top up a three-year Reds deal he signed off on in June.

Ex-Wallabies hooker Brendan Cannon said Cooper’s scenario highlighted the frailties of the ARU’s revamped contract regime.

ARU top-up offers are made after players negotiate a deal with a province but in the past it was the reverse.

“There’s got to be a trigger point that once you sign with the state you’ve got a seven-day or 14-day pause to reach an ultimate conclusion with the ARU,” Cannon told Fox Sports TV. “This situation is a reflection of how much it (current system) doesn’t work.”

McCall said it would be an “overwhelming

feeling” if Cooper left.

“You can cope with it at the end of July because you have time to rectify the situation – if you have a hole in your list at the end of November you are usually in a bit of trouble,” he said.

Cooper has been linked with rugby league but time appears to have run out for the 2013 NRL season.

The Dragons are one of the few clubs able to accommodate Cooper under the salary cap but CEO Peter Doust dismissed the notion, even if the NRL came to the party.

“I don’t see the NRL being in a position to do that sort of thing,” he told AAP. “I wouldn’t think it’s in the interests of all 16 clubs for that to be the case.

“It’s just not something that’s on my horizon.”

Cooper is most likely to dabble in boxing before a lucrative French rugby stint next year.

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onday night, coming home from a meeting at Hinds, thinking I’d be in time to see the middle to the end of the Black Caps’ second dig, and watch them set the Sri Lankans a target of maybe 250-ish, and with the fire Tim Southee and Trent Boult were showing at the beginning of the home team’s first innings we might just be in with a shot at this one.

Small problem - couldn’t find it on any channel.

On enquiry I found out why that was: it was over.

No, not the Black Caps’ innings, the game.

For a brief moment I expressed shock-horror-surprise - but then I remembered who we were talking about, and it wasn’t that much of a surprise any more.

Our national team, playing what is recognised as our top summer sport, is, not to put too fine a point on it, dreadful. Possibly worst team ever.

Every time they show a glimpse of something, and get our hopes up just a teensy little bit, they shoot themselves comprehensively in both feet, and crash ignominiously again, causing much head-shaking and wailing back home (and in the management quarters, one would hope).

Ross Taylor is one of the game’s nice guys (he must be, everyone says so), but is he a skipper who inspires his team of rather average players to excell and lift themselves when it comes to

the crunch, because that’s what a good captain is supposed to do?

It would appear not.

Is there any clear direction coming from the top of the New Zealand Cricket organisation to guide the progress of the team?

It would appear not.

Is the coach, who was virtually last-man-standing when the job was dished out, the right person for the job?

It would appear not, well, certainly not so far anyway.

It must be embarrassing to be on the bench for this lot - it means you aren’t even good enough to make the worst team in world cricket.

Over the past couple of years players have been regularly hailed as the ‘next big thing’; the likes of Doug Bracewell, who made a name for himself in one game against the Aussies, but has sunk without trace (despite being out on the ground).

There’s Kane Williamson, the darling of the ND crowd, scoring centuries at will at home, but unable to make the step up; South African Neil Wagner is finally available for the Black Caps after ‘doing his time’ in New Zealand, and Otago-ites were singing his praises vociferously, but he can’t even make the team; James Franklin bowls two or three good overs then becomes the invisible man, and why is Jake Oram anywhere near the NZ squads?

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runs, due to lack of application, brain fade or some other unrealised cause.

Would the injection of Jesse Ryder help? I believe there’s a move on a social media website to pay his airfare, but one man cannot fix this team’s woes.

The top four or five Black Caps’ players are ‘earning’ between $300,000 and $400,000; add to that the many hundreds of thousands from the IPL junket, and they are paid well over what our world champion All Blacks are picking up.

How does that make any sense whatsoever?

That one I just cannot fathom.

The second test starts on Saturday in Colombo.

One thing we can hope for is that collectively the Black Caps do read the press, and as has happened before, actually realise that there’s a whole lot of folks out there who have supported them for a long time but are disillusioned to the point of abandoning them entirely, and go out on to the pitch with some serious intent.

That seems unlikely.

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By Jonathan Leask Ashburton’s Daniel Pearce will today tee off as he has a thousand times before, only this time he does it as a professional.

Pearce makes his long awaited professional debut in the New Zealand Open at Clearwater in Christchurch today, but rather than be weighed down by the occasion he is just happy to finally call himself a professional.

Pearce qualified as an amateur when he won the North Island Stroke play championship earlier this year but has opted to start his professional tenure at the open.

“It’s still just a game of golf and you have to go out there and put a good score on the board,” Pearce said.

“But now if I go well I can get paid.”

There is little difference from a few weeks earlier when he was an amateur.

“I’ve played against professional players before and in professional tournaments before so it’s nothing really new.”

The course also isn’t new; Pearce played at Clearwater in last year’s New Zealand Open, finishing tied for 62nd at 14 over par, but

By Daniel Richardson On the eve of his first New Zealand Open in 10 years, Greg Turner looks excited to be back on the tournament golf scene.

The 49-year-old is in the early stages of a comeback as he eyes a spot on the European Senior Tour next year, which he will be eligible for when he turns 50 in February.

Turner, who retired from tournament golf in 2004 to spend more time with his family, has since forged a career as a course designer.

He recently played in the Harewood Open on the Charles Tour, finishing in a tie for 25th, and this week’s tournament at Clearwater is

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good,” Turner said. But, jokes aside, Turner, who won four times on the European Tour between 1986 and 1997, said it will still come down to putting a little white ball in a hole.

“It’s the same game. The equipment is a bit different to what it was 10 years ago and the ball goes further; these young guys are a bit stronger and taller than they used to be. But at the end of the day it’s just you and the golf course.

“It’s been 10 years but I don’t feel out of my depth.”

The last time Turner played at the New Zealand Open was at Paraparaumu Beach in 2002 when Tiger Woods was paid a massive appearance fee to tee it up.

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another step in his golfing renaissance.

“I feel like a rookie again,” he said. “It wasn’t part of the overall plan a few years ago but it is a bit like riding a bike. You get back on and feel at home.

“I’m sure I’ll be a bit nervous on the first tee but I always was anyway. I don’t have too many expectations other than to know a bit more at the end of the week than at the start.”

Turner shared his pre-tournament press conference with Australian pro Peter O’Malley and two of the oldest players in the field enjoyed a couple of jokes about their respective red wine consumption during the week.

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Not since 2003 has a New Zealander lifted the Brodie Breeze Trophy, with Mahal Pearce winning that year at Royal Auckland, then called Middlemore. Kiwis have come out of the woodwork with a chance to claim the trophy though.

Australian Brad Kennedy, who beat compatriot Craig Parry in a play-off to win last year’s title, is not back to defend the title.

Several players enjoyed a decent weekend at the Australian Masters in Melbourne, including Lower Hutt pros Gareth Paddison and Mark Brown who finished in a share of third place, while Hendry was tied for sixth.

Fellow rookie professional Ryan Fox is in decent form and an outside chance is New Zealand’s number one-ranked amateur Vaughan McCall.

The experience of former European Tour player Greg Turner, a two-time winner back at the tournament for the first time in 10 years, and one-time PGA Tour winner Phil Tataurangi make a strong list of Kiwi contenders.

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also had a practice round on Tuesday to refamiliarise himself with the course.

“It wasn’t bad. The course was in good condition as you would expect.”

The practice round isn’t a warm-up for the players so much as a reconnaissance mission of what the course has to offer.

“There are a number of tricky and challenging holes so consistent ball tracking will be the key.

“The greens are rolling well so if you can consistently be on target you can set yourself up for a nice round.”

Pearce isn’t talking up his chances of a fairytale start to a professional career, simply saying if “things go his way” he could go alright but he knows there are a lot of quality players in the field.

“Michael Hendry is in great form and has been playing a lot of good golf lately. But I can honestly say that I haven’t looked at the field in much depth. It’s not something I’m too worried about. I’ll just be focusing on my own game and enjoying the week.”

The depth of the field has been a big talking point with no real big names taking to the tee, making it an ideal opportunity for a New Zealander to break the drought.

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The All Blacks will face a Welsh side who have reclaimed their Grand Slam winning backline and coach Warren Gatland for their duel on Sunday.

A return to fitness for centre Jonathan Davies after a groin injury and the choice of Rhys Priestland at five eighths sorts out the championship backline.

Usual captain Sam Warburton returns after missing a start in last week’s shock loss to Samoa while lock Luke Charteris and hooker Matthew Rees have been picked instead of injured colleagues.

There is also a boost with Gatland returning to lead the coaching group after being on British and Irish Lions selection duty during the last two dismal defeats to Argentina and Samoa.

“We’ve had a few injuries but it is probably our number one backline,” Gatland said. “Players are probably a little down on confidence but they have trained well.

“It’s nice to be back and I went in yesterday and sat round the coaches table and made a joke and put my hands up and said, ‘the Messiah is back’.

“A couple of the coaches said ‘piss off’ and that was exactly the response I wanted. My presence in the last couple of weeks wouldn’t have made much of a difference.”

Wales had chatted about the disappointments of the last fortnight and believed there was nothing physical amiss, they just had to get their heads right for this latest attempt at beating the 59-year losing hoodoo against the All Blacks.

“It is about facing a daunting challenge and being excited about it.”

Gatland still has his right foot in a cast after another operation and skin graft six weeks ago to repair the damage he sustained when he fell off a ladder at his Waihi bach earlier this year.

He saw his role with Wales to develop more players and build the team towards the 2015 World Cup.

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The last two weeks was a tough period which Wales needed to draw on and use if they were going to progress as a consistent international side and emulate the Six Nations results of earlier this year.

The whole squad was disappointed. They set high standards in the last 12 months and those expectations had to be met.

“There is a little bit of a confidence issue with one or two players and some of them are dealing for the first time with criticism that is coming from the outside,” Gatland said.

“It is quite personal for one or two of them and they have to learn to cope with that.

“They are young men and a lot of them experienced a lot of success and now they have had a dip and need to be able to face some criticisms of how they deal with that.

“I think all of us will be stronger long-term, for those experiences.”

Earlier the All Blacks held their first serious training with some questions about Daniel Carter’s fitness.

He left the session with one of the medical staff for a little while before returning to watch the latter stages of the practice.

About that time NZRU president Bryan Williams was chatting about Carter’s influence on the side and how he must be rated at or near the top of those players who have worn the famous black jersey.

He always seems to play at the peak of his powers, finding a less than strong performance in his repertoire was difficult.

As Williams was speaking, Carter started walking back around the training field yesterday in Cardiff.

What was up, if anything? No one was saying, not a murmur.

Wales: Leigh Halfpenny, Alex Cuthbert, Jonathan Davies, Jamie Roberts, George North, Rhys Priestland, Mike Phillips, Toby Faletau, Sam Warburton (c), Ryan Jones, Luke Charteris, Bradley Davies, Aaron Jarvis, Matthew Rees, Paul James. Reserves: Ken Owens, Gethin Jenkins, Scott Andrews, Aaron Shingler, Justin Tipuric, Tavis Knoyle, James Hook, Scott Williams.

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