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BY EMMA CROPPER Mature drivers are the most dangerous on Mid Canterbury roads when it comes to drink driving.

Canterbury road policing manager Inspector Al Stewart said the public’s perception of drink drivers is wrong.

“They think of a young male in the middle of the night,” said Inspector Stewart.

“The reality is, it’s middle-age in the afternoon” when they are driving home from after-work drinks.

“We see every demographic,” Mr Stewart said. “There are a larger number that are middle age.”

The Ashburton District Court convicted more drink drivers over the age of 25 this year than those under the age of 25.

The 40 and over age group also had the same amount of drink- driving convictions as the 25s.

Mr Stewart said drink driving in rural areas is “appalling”.

Drink drivers commonly use the excuse that there are no public buses or taxis in their area.

There are no excuses, Mr Stewart

said. “They just need to plan and have designated drivers.”

Besides risking lives, “they are risking their licences”. Then having no public services will not be their only issue, Mr Stewart said.

Mr Stewart said they had identified a major risk on the on the road and a new initiative Operation Rural, which started eight weeks ago, would help tackle this.

Police would be operating in remote areas and targeting dangerous and drunk drivers in these areas until the end of the year.

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A Chinese bus driver angry over being punished by his company drove a bus into a pack of bicyclists and motorcyclists, injuring 27 people, the official Xinhua News Agency said. The bus driver — identified only by his surname Li — had been fined 200 yuan ($32) by his company for exceeding the speed limit in July and put on leave after he refused to write a self-criticism letter.

The upset driver went to a maintenance shop and took an empty bus which he ploughed into the people in the southern Chinese city of Shunde in Guangdong province.

Authorities say former teen heart-throb David Cassidy was pulled over for failing to dim his headlights in upstate New York and charged with driving while intoxicated. Police officer Joseph Belardo says Cassidy was stopped shortly after midnight. The charge is a felony because Cassidy has a 2011 conviction for driving under the influence in Florida.

The 63-year-old Partridge Family star is free on $2,500 bail. He’s due in court September 4.

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■ SHEARER RESIGNS AS LEADER

Ex-local may be next Labour leader

By Myles HuMe

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An MP raised in the Rangitata electorate is one of three frontrunners tipped to take the reins of the Labour Party.

Former Rangitata Labour Party candidate Julian Blanchard told the Guardian that Pleasant Point-raised David Cunliffe is one of three names being bandied about to take over the opposition party after leader David Shearer made a shock announcement to stand aside yesterday.

Justice and tourism spokesperson Andrew Little and current deputy leader Grant Robertson are the other two vying for the leadership, he believed.

Mr Blanchard said Mr Shearer’s announcement was not completely unexpected.

“I think that he was failing to connect with people but maybe it was a bit early for him, but I’m pleased to see he will stay on because he will be important to a future Labour government.

Mr Blanchard said Mr Shear-

er would have made a quality Prime Minister in the future, but backing up a strong term from Helen Clark and competing with the “teflon” John Key was never going to be an easy task.

Mr Shearer will remain leader until a replacement is elected through Labour’s new partywide election process.

Mr Blanchard said there was no “natural successor” but believed the three frontrunners would “all give John Key a run for his money”.

However, he was not ready to pledge his alliance just yet.

“I know David Cunliffe better than the other two but I have also had a fair bit to do with Grant Robertson.

“I have had little to do with Andrew Little but people do say he’s fairly good in the way he was head of the EPMU (Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union).”

A new leader is expected to be named in three to four weeks.

Admiration expressed for Shearer

By APNZ ANd ClAire TreveTT Opposition politicians and party co-members have expressed their admiration for former Labour Party leader David Shearer, following his resignation as party leader.

Mr Shearer made the announcement following a Labour caucus meeting yesterday.

“I have been privileged to lead the Labour team for the past 20 months and I’m proud of the gains we have made in that time.

“But we need to do more. So the time has come for me to hand over to a new leader who can take Labour through to 2014.

“There was no letter, there was no ultimatum, there was no vote. But from the soundings I’ve taken from colleagues I realise I no longer enjoy the confidence of a number of my caucus colleagues,” Mr Shearer said.

“After spending the last 20

years of my life leading humanitarian and reconstruction projects overseas, I came home to New Zealand because I’m passionate about this country.

“We have a history to be proud of, but I believe our best years lie in front of us. But to really take this country forward, we need a change of government. We need a progressive government with fresh ideas.”

Labour Party deputy leader Grant Robertson said he had not ruled out, or in, a leadership bid.

Mr Robertson said he had only found out about Mr Shearer’s decision to resign mid-morning, and he needed time to reflect.

“I am going to take some time ... to talk to my caucus colleagues, to talk to party members and then I’ll make a decision. “... I’ll come back to you when I’ve made a decision.”

Labour MP David Cunliffe said he would decide over the

next few days whether to have a further go at getting the Labour leadership.

On the way into Parliament minutes after Mr Shearer’s announcement yesterday, Mr Cunliffe said he had “made no decisions” about his own plans to run for the job and had learned of Mr Shearer’s decision only at the caucus meeting called just before it was publicly announced. Mr Cunliffe lost to Mr Shearer in the runoff for the job after the 2011 election.

Andrew Little, another MP regarded as having leadership aspirations, also refused to rule out trying for the role but said he had given “no thought” to the matter. “These are long, drawn out affairs sometimes.”

Mr Shearer was a man of “honour and integrity”in a difficult job, Mr Little said. “It’s really hard for us all that it should end in this way.”

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■ GIFTS FOR SICK KIDS

Chertsey sock monkeys off to children’s ward By eMMA CroPPer Sock monkeys are everywhere at Chertsey Primary School.

Students have been busy making them to give to the Children’s Ward at Christchurch hospital.

The idea was something that principal Kerrin Lester saw on Facebook and thought it would be a good idea for the children to do as part of their motor skills programme.

“It’s amazing what you can do with a pair of socks,” Ms Lester said.

The children aged five to 11 years old made more than 50 sock monkeys and would be heading up to the Children’s Ward to give them to children who had a terminal or longterm illness.

Ms Lester said the idea was that the students would make a sock monkey to then give to another kid.

But the children won’t be left empty-handed. Parents had also rallied together and made sock puppets that the students could keep for themselves.

The children had been working on the project for the past five weeks with the help of parents.

Ms Lester said one of the children’s grandmothers had made an extra 20 monkeys for them to take up to the hospital.

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Showing off their hand-made sock monkeys are (from left): Mac Holmwood, 9, Jacob Wilson, 7, Alan Jamieson, 6, Gabby Rodgers, 5, Anna McFall, 5 and Libby Alford, 8.

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■ BUILDING BOOM

Staffing crisis on the horizon

By Sue NewmaN

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With the number of new homes being built in the Ashburton District rocketing up, Ashburton builders are on the cusp of a manpower shortage.

Bradfords director Mark Wilson described the current situation as ‘treading water’, but said if numbers increased much further most construction companies would be struggling to find staff.

Anyone wanting to build a home would now be looking at a wait of up to six months before a builder could be on site, he said.

In the year to July 31 the

Ashburton District Council issued building consents for 240 new homes; for the same period to July 31, 2012, 180 consents were issued.

The extra 60 new homes consented over the past year was definitely putting most companies under pressure and pushing up working hours, Mr Wilson said.

The surge in home builds in Ashburton had come at a good time for builders with anticipated work in the Christchurch rebuild still lagging. That lag, however, was putting the squeeze on some larger construction companies who had geared up, anticipating work

would now be coming on stream, he said.

“It’s better to err on the side of caution. Being busy is one thing but being busy and making money is another thing.”

There was talk of the slow start to the rebuild toppling another large construction company similar to the Mainzeal collapse and Mr Wilson said that was an unfortunate reality in an industry where margins were being cut to secure contracts until the big work flow started.

“Residentially it’s good but commercially there’s certainly a lag in getting the work out.

Some of that’s a reflection of insurance policies but people

who are getting the rebuild done need to actually find tenants too and a lot of those have moved out of town.”

Some out of town businesses had retrenched and gone home, but Mr Wilson believes most from Ashburton who were involved were still reasonably busy.

“It puts pressure on the bigger guys. They’ve hired staff and that puts their overheads up and they don’t have the turnover to cover this. The big guys are still busy, it’s the middle tier main contractors who’re having the issue because there’s been so much talk over the past 18 months of having to gear up.”

■ TEDDY BEARS’ PICNIC

In brief Parking meter returns Motorists who chose to flout parking laws spent $42,764 on parking infringements in July, up from $39,874 last year. The law abiding spent $12,579 on parking meters in Ashburton in July, up from $10,014 in July last year.

Tribute to mum Willie Apiata has paid tribute to his mother, calling her a hero who kept the family together through difficult times. Apiata took to a Harley-Davidson last week to visit Waihi College, along with 10 other bikers, to talk to Year 10 students.

“Do you know who I am?” he asked the students. “I am a reluctant VC holder, but I am trying to do the best I can. It wasn’t just me who won this. I carry it for my mates, my brotherhood.”

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Driver killed A person was killed when their car crashed into a drain full of water in Waikato yesterday. The crash, which happened just before midday, closed State Highway 25 at Waitakaruru near Ngatea, northern fire communications shift manager Paul Radden said. The car rolled before ending up in the drain.

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Diagnosing at distance A new way of treating Bay of Plenty patients in isolated areas has turned the typical visit to the GP on its head. The Telehealth Demonstration Project uses internet and video to help doctors and patients communicate in separate locations, much like online video chat service Skype. -APNZ

Legal high protest A shopkeeper stocking synthetic cannabis was targeted with racial slurs and her shop’s key hole filled with glue during angry scenes of protest. Puff2Go owner Lindsay Zuo said she arrived at the Te Puke store on Wednesday to find the keyhole vandalised, preventing her from getting in, and was confronted by 200 angry protesters in the afternoon. -APNZ

Car, truck collide Three-year-old Lachie and his one-year-old brother Henry met to prepare their teddies for the big picnic on Sunday, with Pippa and Lucy O’Sullivan, aged two and one, and three-year-old Jack Bennett. photo gabrielle stuart 220813-gs-002

Teddies prepared for their big day out

By GaBrielle Stuart gabrielle.s@theguardian.co.nz

Across the district teddies are being primped, preened and carefully dressed for the biggest day on their social calendar: the Ashburton Parents’ Centre teddy bear’s picnic on Sunday.

All teddies and their children are welcome at the free event,

which will kick off at 10am at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre with a bouncy castle, balloon man, face painting, and games until 1pm.

There will be plenty to keep the teddies busy too, with a teddy parade, teddy throw and prestigious ‘Best Bear Awards’ for particularly well dressed

bears. Three year old Callum Tait’s teddy, Henry, has been counting the days until the picnic, but isn’t planning to make any special preparations for the big day of competition.

“I don’t need to dress up in anything, because I’m a bear.”

Callum was planning to keep a close eye on Henry at the pic-

nic, who he said was only 30 weeks old.

“There will be no face painting.

“Then he’d need to wash and wash, and it would never ever come off.”

Funds raised on the day will go to the Ashburton Parents’ Centre.

Vacating homes for quake repairs queried The Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority will investigate whether or not people should have to leave their home for minor repairs.

The city is gripped in a accommodation crisis made worse

by people having to seek alternate housing while their houses are being repaired.

CERA’s chief executive Roger Sutton was asked by Deputy Mayor Ngaire Button why people had to move out of their

homes for minor repairs.

Cr Button: “Is it really necessary that EQC [Earthquake Commission] or Fletchers, request families to move out of their homes when they may just be painting it for example?”

She said it was creating a “domino effect” on demand for rental properties.

Mr Sutton told city councillors he would come back with a “response” to the issue.

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Four people, including a 4-year-old girl, were hurt when a car collided with a logging truck at the entrance to the Hawke’s Bay Airport yesterday afternoon. Police said the crash occurred at 1.15pm after a car pulling out of the airport entrance collided with a fully-laden truck travelling north.

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Illegal logging Milling native timber without consent has earned a Raetihi man and business a $15,000 fine. Sawmiller Max Cody and his business were also ordered to pay $6000 in costs when sentenced at the Ohakune District Court on August 16 for illegally milling and transporting tawa.

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Paua poacher pinged A paua poacher has been sentenced to 11 months in prison after being caught with over 10 times the daily paua limit. Day Van Tang, 30, was found guilty in Nelson District Court this week after he was caught with two sacks containing 139 paua, most of which were undersized.

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Intruder reaction surprises victim

By Myles HuMe

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Ashburton’s Erin Walker admits she even surprised herself when she was confronted with an intruder in her Wellington flat.

The Massey University photography student, originally of Ashburton, has the bruises to show for her heroic effort last week when she tussled with a burglar and forced him to surrender two laptops, shoes, a Playstation 3 and alcohol he was stashing in two large bags at her Mt Cook flat.

“No I’m definitely not a confrontational person, it was a bit out of character really but you don’t really know what to do until you’re in the situation,” Ms Walker said.

Recalling the incident yesterday, Ms Walker, 21, said a man came to the door about 11am on Friday and asked for a person who did not live at the address.

She then directed him to the flat behind hers.

Later she heard rummaging upstairs and found the man in a flatmate’s bedroom.

Startled, the man tried to flee

but Ms Walker grabbed the bag on his shoulder as he tried to escape out the window.

“He pushed me off so I chased him down the stairs and called out and a man off the street chased him to get the bag, then he ran off.

“I wasn’t going to let him get away with it.”

Ms Walker managed to retrieve one bag in the chaos, which left her with bruises on her arm, legs and knees - all the while one of her flatmates stayed asleep in her room.

The man was subsequently

arrested by police and the other bag he made off with was returned.

She said she had not been warned about burglaries in the area but more had come to light following the incident.

“I hadn’t heard much, but afterwards I did hear that there had been a string of burglaries in Newtown, which is just up the road, and I suppose our flat is in a notorious area being Mt Cook,” she said.

The man will appear in court this week, charged with burglary.

Calls growing for payout to pensioner

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Raising funds for Uganda mission Sam Hogg and James Leggat made their way through Ashburton yesterday as they walk from Christchurch to Dunedin. The pair are decked out in highlighter yellow and orange and are fundraising for their trip to Uganda this summer where they are going to help build an orphanage.

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Calls are growing for police to pay pensioner John Bennett’s legal costs and compensation after this week’s damning Independent Police Conduct Authority report.

Legal experts, a Civil Rights campaigner and Grey Power say Mr Bennett, should be paid compensation.

And people on The Star’s Facebook page www.facebook. com/starcanterbury have also joined the chorus of support for the 67-year-old.

Mr Bennett was wrestled to the ground by aggressive armed police while he was investigating suspicious noises at his quake-damaged home in Burwood in December 2011.

An independent Police Conduct Authority (IPCA) report this week slammed the Armed Offenders Squad officers involved for using excessive force.

Mr Bennett, who was carrying an old air pistol and a toy baseball bat when he went to scare off people he thought might be burglars or looters,

was wrestled to the ground and had a rifle pressed to his cheek as his terrified wife, Iris, looked on.

The retired engineer was thrown in the cells wearing only his underpants and charged with possessing weapons.

The charges were eventually dropped, but only after three court appearances.

He says it cost me about $10,000 fighting the charges and medical bills caused by injuries suffered in the arrest.

The IPCA report found the force police used was excessive and that Mr Bennett’s arrest was unjustified and unreasonable.

“We will be seeking compensation,” Mr Bennett said yesterday from his Leithfield Beach home, where he now lives.

“It’s cost us an awful lot ... between $8000 and $10,000 in doctors’ visits and legal fees.

And it’s going to cost us even more now if we have to go to court. If the police offer anything, all well and good. If they refuse it will mean going to court.”

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Kiwi suspensions? Not here

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Mid Canterbury schools would not have a leg to stand on if they illegally suspended or excluded pupils, principals say.

The district’s schools have strong support networks and are run by “rigid” rules when dealing with some of the most troubled Mid Canterbury pupils.

They say that means there is no reason to carry out illegal underground agreements, such as Kiwi suspensions, when principals and parents agree it would be better to withdraw a pupil without any record rather

than having to go through the process to suspend or exclude.

Secondary schools in Hamilton this week admitted to the illegal practice, but Ashburton College principal Grant McMillan says he had never heard of any local schools carrying out the “shabby work”.

“I think it’s incredibly unfair and unprofessional, I understand the temptation and frustration when dealing with a student and things aren’t working ... but that’s a pretty shabby way to work,” he said.

However, Ministry of Education figures show school stand downs in Mid Canterbury have

halved since 2008, while suspensions have shown a steady decline from 44 in 2008 to about 30 per year.

Schools have put that down to stronger work to support pupils, however it could suggest that fewer schools are reporting the punishments.

When a pupil is suspended, schools make a decision to reintegrate that child back into the school or exclude them. If excluded they usually fulfill an obligation to find them a new school, employment, or study.

Hampstead School principal Peter Melrose is also the chairman the Mid Canterbury

Schools’ Collaborative Behaviour Initiative which principals can refer to for advice and support when dealing with troublesome pupils.

He said there was strong support for Mid Canterbury principals to tap into.

“When students present high needs in terms of behaviour it is a pressured time for all, for principals it’s just having a back up available and knowing the processes,” he said.

He said schools had a “more rigid” process to follow than in in the past, but he had not heard of Mid Canterbury schools undertaking Kiwi suspensions.

Chocolate beer an unusual mixture

By VaugHan elder A fusion of beer and chocolate is in the works at Dunedin’s Emerson’s Brewery, hot on the heels of a recent chocolate and soft drink combination.

The beer - a chocolate stout which incorporates cacao nibs supplied by Whittaker’s - is being developed as the “festival brew” for the Dunedin Craft Beer and Food Festival in September.

Otago University Students’ Association and festival communications co-ordinator Alasdair Johnston said it wanted a top quality festival brew for its inaugural year and Emerson’s was the natural choice to make it.

“Next year, the official festival brew will actually be the [festival’s] home brew competition champion’s brew,” he said.

The beer being developed

by Emerson’s represented an “adult version” of the recent L&P and Whittaker’s collaboration. It would most likely only be available at the festival.

Emerson’s spokeswoman Jane Hyde said the beer would be a “fantastic blend” of two “quality New Zealand products”.

The brewery was keen to contribute to the festival, an event which Dunedin had been lacking, Ms Hyde said.

“Beer festivals are a hugely popular phenomenon now ... and it’s pretty exciting that Otago is going to have one of its own.”

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Fun mufti day had a serious mission By susan sandys

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Fun and silly hats went hand-inhand at the Mount Hutt College mufti day yesterday.

But there was a serious side to the day, and that was raising money for former college Outdoor Pursuits student Carrie

Watt who has cervical cancer and needs to fund holistic and medical treatments after chemotherapy and radiation have failed.

Year 13 student and head of welfare Brooke Connell said more than $700 had been raised by lunchtime.

“It’s one of our most success-

ful mufti day fundraisers,” she said.

Pictured are (lying down, left) Hugh Sandlant, 13 and Kaya Beal, 11, (centre) Mia Birt 13 and Katelyn Hogg, 14, (back row, from left) Shae Cornelius, 13, Daize Beal, 13, Jack Taggart, 14, Ethan Cooke, 13, and Tim Rodriguez, 14.

A small New Zealand whisky distillery is being threatened with legal action by a global drinks giant over an alleged trademark infringement.

William Grant & Sons, the world’s third largest producer of Scotch whisky based at the famous Glenfiddich Distillery, has hired top Auckland lawyers Simpson Grierson to get the New Zealand Whisky Company to change one of its award-winning brands.

The Scottish company claims Kiwi tipple Dunedin DoubleWood breaches the 1986 Fair Trading Act and the trademark will mislead the public into thinking it’s connected with William Grant’s Balvenie DoubleWood.

The Oamaru-based Kiwi company has rubbished suggestions drinkers could be confused when browsing the top shelf.

It says the Dunedin DoubleWood bottle features a map of New Zealand and points out the name is a reference to a caskageing process.

New Zealand Whisky Company also argues that while 126-year-old Balvenie launched its DoubleWood brand in 1993, it didn’t register it as a trademark here until last year, five years after Dunedin DoubleWood hit the shelves.

“We got the shock of our life when we received legal threats,” said New Zealand Whisky Company chief executive Greg Ramsay.

New Zealand Whisky Company has been asked to cease using the DoubleWood trademark in relation to any of its products.

A letter from Simpson Grierson states: “Although our client is willing to take such steps as it considers necessary to protect its intellectual property rights, it also hopes that the matter can be sensibly and quickly resolved.”

New Zealand Whisky Company said it doesn’t think it has a case to answer.

“We feel they don’t have grounds for a cease and desist,” said Mr Ramsay. “Their legal threat is full of bluster and heavy-handedness. We don’t contravene their existing trademark because we were using it first, and in any case, we say there is no consumer confusion.”

On behalf of its client, Simpson Grierson last night said that given the length of time that William Grant & Sons had been using the DoubleWood trade mark in New Zealand and internationally, and the valuable goodwill it had in the trade mark, “it was simply seeking to protect its valid rights from others who have sought to associate themselves with this goodwill.”

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■ HAKATERE HUTS EROSION

Who goes where a tough call

BY SUE NEWMAN

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When it’s time to relocate baches from sea side to back row at the Hakatere huts, deciding who goes where will be a tough call, says hut holders association chairman Neville Bailey.

As high tides erode the cliffs at the seaside settlement, six bach owners know they’re on borrowed time before the sea claims their homes but they have the option of relocating to land set aside at the back of the settlement.

This land was tagged for bach relocation about 30 years ago, but over the following years homes were built behind this land and working around com-

peting needs would be no easy job, Mr Bailey said.

“The people in the back line don’t want baches in front of them blocking their view. It’s Solomon’s choice but it has to be done sooner or later. It’s a bit of a quandry at the moment.”

Like most decisions in the seaside settlement the allocation of sites will go up on the community board and everyone will have a chance to have their say, Mr Bailey said.

Not too many years back there was sufficient ground in front of those baches for running races and cricket matches to be held, but pounding spring tides and failure to maintain retaining barriers had finally tak-

en its toll, he said.

For the front row bach owners, some of whom were not permanent residents, the cost of moving or rebuilding might not be worthwhile Mr Bailey said, but for those who chose to relocate the allocation of land would have to be done in a way that would keep everyone happy.

“The open ground’s there, it comes down to how we apply this, but it will be worked out as democratically as possible.”

For those hut holders there is a lot at stake, permanent resident Paul Veitch said.

He’s watched his front yard gradually slip into the sea and his front door is now about a metre away from a sheer drop

“We’ve had a couple of high tides recently and a bit more has gone,” he said.

There are no clear guidelines about when people should vacate their houses, he said but he intends to remain in his home as long as he feels safe.

At a recent meeting between hut holders and the Ashburton District Council, Mr Veitch said the council indicated it would provide assistance with permits for relocating to the rear of the settlement.

“The mayor indicated council might take a sympathetic look at septic tank arrangements, and would send an engineer to look at each bach to see whether it could be relocated,” he said.

■ FED EX JUNIOR INTERNATIONAL TRADE CHALLENGE

In brief Tramper overdue A 28-year-old Chinese national has been reported overdue from a tramp in Nelson Lakes. The man left West Bay at Lake Rotoiti on Tuesday and was due to return by midday on Wednesday. His vehicle has been located in the West Bay area. Constable Dave Cogger of Nelson Police Search and Rescue said the man was believed to have good gear and some experience.

A search team was mobilising yesterday.

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Search resumes Search teams resumed their hunt for Karamea tramper Andrew Ross White yesterday, who is feared missing on the Heaphy Track. There are concerns for the welfare of the 55-year-old West Coaster who was last seen entering the track from the Takaka end on August 6. He had spent the previous night at Nirvana Backpackers in Takaka and bought two hut tickets for the track. Mr White, who sometimes went by the name Ross Andrews, was not well-equipped and police had concerns for his welfare. -APNZ

Beggars to be banned

Darren makes it to grand final but was not placed

BY MYLES HUME

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Mount Hutt College’s Darren Ritchie emerged as one of the world’s top young innovators on the international stage this week.

Darren, 17, was in Hong Kong where he competed in the Fed Ex Junior International Trade Challenge, where he made it to the grand final of the mock business competition.

Up against 27 other teams from nine countries, Darren combined with his business partner Samantha Scott, head girl of Taradale High School in Napier, and created a mock business

called Duraden, which uses recycled denim and plastic to create a new durable and cheap composite textile.

Their idea was born out of the unknown task the groups were given on the first day of the challenge, which was to recycle or reuse jeans, making them into a new innovative product or service in Argentina.

Darren and Samantha’s idea was labelled “a smart idea” by organisers and pushed them through to the grand final with the two other New Zealand teams.

“Unfortunately my team didn’t get a placing. But the

Beggars who are deemed intimidating or causing a nuisance will be banished from Auckland’s streets under a bylaw, passed today by Auckland Council.

The bylaw was passed without amendment. It will be policed by Council officers who will be able to refer individuals to other State agencies for help, Radio New Zealand reported.

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Philippines got first, one of the other New Zealand teams came second and the Hong Kong team got third.

Regardless it had been awesome,” Darren said via email yesterday.

It is the final leg of a stellar few months for Darren who was asked to represent the Young Enterprise Scheme at the New Zealand Business Hall of Fame black tie dinner where he gave the closing speech.

He has also found success with his school business group, earning the right to sell small Velcro ring-like toys called Floppets in New Zealand.

Drink-driving cop An Auckland police officer has been charged with driving at more than twice the legal alcohol limit.

Dean Alexander Wakelin, whose occupation is listed as police officer on the court charge sheet, allegedly drove with a breath alcohol reading of 829 micrograms of alcohol per litre of breath. The legal limit for an adult is 400 micrograms. The 31-year-old appeared before a registrar at Auckland District Court yesterday morning where he was given disclosure documents and remanded without plea while he seeks legal advice. Wakelin will reappear in court next month.

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Laid to rest Mount Hutt College’s Darren Ritchie, 17, (right) in Hong Kong at the Fed Ex International Trade Challenge this week.

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Residents’ fears increase over rising waters

BY TEUILA FUATAI Seddon residents concerned about the rising water level of their local creek are being reassured they are safe.

Precautionary drainage of the Haldon Dam, which was found to be at increased risk of breaching after Friday’s earthquake, had resulted in higherthan-normal water levels in Starborough Creek, which runs through Seddon.

Marlborough District Coun-

cil Assets and Services manager Mark Wheeler said the water level of the creek was not high enough to create any safety issues. All road crossings in the area would remain open.

The water level of Starborough Creek had risen since drainage channels were opened for the privately owned Haldon Dam, he said.

Drainage of the dam was likely to be completed by this morning, Mr Wheeler said.

The chance of flooding was

reducing hour by hour, however evacuation plans for at-risk residents would remain in place until the water level had been lowered to a satisfactory level, he said.

Meanwhile, the dismantling of a compromised lift shaft in central Wellington was completed yesterday.

The shaft was damaged in the July quake, and then further compromised in Friday’s jolt.

A spokesman from Wellington City Council said residents

who were forced to leave their homes due to safety issues with the lift shaft should be able to start returning today.

A large crane, which had been shipped up from Christchurch for the job, would need to be dismantled before everyone could return.

This was expected to take until Monday, the spokesman said.

Repairs to the Hobson Street sinkhole were also expected to be completed by early next week, he said.

-APNZ

A New Zealand woman among four siblings killed in a horrific car accident in Samoa have been laid to rest together in a family plot.

Aucklander Valelia Faofua, 64, and three brothers Manuele, Paulo and Atonio Alefosio, died when the van they were in collided with a truck in the village of Lalomanu last week. The siblings, who all lived overseas, had been visiting Samoa for a family reunion.

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Roads reopen Two North Island roads blocked by land slips overnight Wednesday have been reopened. A large slip blocked the entire south-bound lane and part of the north-bound on Kopu Hikuia Rd in Coromandel early yesterday morning. There was also a large slip on the Tauranga side of the Kaimai Range on State Highway 29.

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Methven, Mt Hutt promotion ‘needs a major rethink’

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Mt Hutt Ski Area manager James McKenzie is calling for a “rethink” on how Methven can attract more tourists as the town slips further behind Queenstown.

Mr McKenzie said Mt Hutt’s major focus in the near future was to get skier numbers back to pre-earthquake levels.

There had been a “substantial” drop in numbers since the earthquakes, and the ski area was recovering but had not completely bounced back after “a shocker” of a year in 2011 when numbers were about 45 per cent down on the previous year.

He wanted to see both more attractions in Methven and more marketing of the town.

He suggested a long-term strategy on how to attract more Australians, introduce more cheap flights across the Tasman, and perhaps even the Ashburton District Council investing more money into tourism marketing organisation Experience Mid Canterbury.

“There needs to be a bit of a rethink I think from a Methven perspective. It would be good to see Methven become more of a destination.

“We are slipping behind Queenstown as a destination, it’s such a dominant force in South Island tourism. If we want to hold any ground we have to really concentrate on thinking innovatively.”

He applauded the proposed Methven hot pools project, and an example of a new initiative

There’s a call for more attractions in Methven to boost skier numbers.

which was working well was Kids For Free, which saw Mt Hutt and Methven operators work together.

This ski season had seen an increase in domestic business compared to last year, while numbers of Australians had remained “pretty flat”, reflecting that country’s flat economy, despite a poor ski season across the Tasman.

Experience Mid Canterbury general manager Nigel Birt did not believe the district was slipping further behind Queenstown, it was just that it had never been on the same level.

Queenstown had “millions of dollars” per year spent on marketing by Tourism New Zealand, Destination Queenstown and other bodies, and had been identified as one of the top tourism assets in the country.

“To compete and get in front

of Queenstown you have to invest as much money which is unrealistic,” Mr Birt said.

Mid Canterbury visitor numbers were generally growing 15 per cent each year since the earthquakes, made up of “peaks and troughs”. While it was “a difficult operating environment” there had been some post-earthquake gains for Methven and the rest of the district.

“Those gains have mellowed out and we are now into a flat period and any stimulus would help.”

And while a priority for Experience Mid Canterbury was increasing its income to spend on marketing, Mr Birt did not see this coming from council ratepayers.

“Those greater conceptual issues are being looked at by the new (Experience Mid Canterbury) board,” Mr Birt said.

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Gage awarded UK’s highest honour

By Kurt Bayer Senior Constable Bruce Lamb can still feel his beloved police dog Gage leaping over his head to take a bullet from a gunman.

A former Ashburtonian, Mr Lamb became emotional when paying tribute to his dog yesterday when Gage was posthumously awarded the UK’s highest honour for animal bravery.

“Without him, I simply wouldn’t be here,” Mr Lamb told a gathering of his colleagues where Gage’s bravery and sacrifice was recognised with the PDSA Gold Medal.

At 11am on July 13, 2010 officers passing a house in the Christchurch suburb of Phillipstown noticed a strong smell of cannabis.

They went to the door and arrested a man there and called for back-up.

Mr Lamb and Gage arrived and went inside where they found Christopher Graeme Smith, 35, inside a locked bedroom.

Smith coughed to disguise cocking his rifle before Mr Lamb entered.

The gunman fired two shots, with one narrowly missing Mr Lamb’s head, the other smashing into his jaw.

As he fell, Mr Lamb called out to alert his colleagues.

Smith cocked his gun again and as he went to shoot Mr Lamb again, Gage’s training kicked in and he jumped into the line of fire.

“I can still feel Gage going over me. Without a doubt, his actions on the day saved my life,” Mr Lamb said.

Smith fired again and hit Constable Mitch Alatalo.

Mr Lamb dragged Gage, still on his lead, outside the house. It wasn’t until he was outside that he realised Gage was dead.

Bruce Lamb with his new dog Mylo.

That’s when he drove himself to hospital and radioed police comms: “Delta One to Comms ... I’ve got a gunshot wound to the head ... can you tell my boss that my dog is dead please.”

Mr Lamb, 53, remembered only a flash of the gun and seeing Smith point it at his head before Gage jumped over him and took the second shot.

Smith was jailed for 14 years for the attempted murder of a police dog handler, wounding of another officer and killing Gage.

Veteran dog handler Mr Lamb yesterday paid tribute to “a pretty exceptional police dog - the best I’ve ever had”.

“He was spectacular. He did what he was trained to do. If it hadn’t hit him, it would’ve hit me, and I definitely wouldn’t be standing here today. He stepped up on the day.”

Mr Lamb described his life saviour as a strong-willed alpha dog who “thought he was entitled to an opinion”.

“He loved me to bits, but it made it difficult around other people.

“His need to protect me was overwhelming. He wouldn’t let my wife or family near me if he was around.

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OUR VIEW

The end of freedom?

Coen Lammers EDITOR

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re we getting paranoid or is New Zealand truly on the verge of becoming an Orwellian dictatorship?

Anyone growing up reading George Orwell’s classic 1984 will be familiar with the author’s depiction of a futuristic dictatorship where every communication and thought was monitored, resulting in severe punishments for ‘thought crimes’.

According to the critics of the Government Communications Security Bureau and Related Legislation Amendment Bill, New Zealand this week became this fictional dictatorship as the bill was passed into law.

Opposition leaders, civil libertarians and many media outlets have depicted the law as the end of freedom of expression and privacy.

The bill will indeed give the GCSB the ability to spy on New Zealanders, but the predictions of mass surveillance and data trawling of every email and text message seems a tad paranoid.

Prime Minister John Key has been on a public relations blitz the past few weeks to address the concerns in the population, which according to him has been based on misinformation of a lack of information.

Mr Key must feel like a broken record, explaining over and over, that only a handful of individuals would pass the threshold of suspicion to justify a search warrant.

More importantly, these warrants are also scrutinised by the intelligence select committee.

New Zealand is part of a global network, which sadly includes a network of terrorists and criminals, and we need a legal framework in which our security forces can track suspicious individuals.

In a way this is not too different from police getting a warrant to seize your computer, phone records and text messages, and nobody seems to decry this end of privacy.

Most New Zealanders seem to accept the need for a law, but seem more concerned with the haste in which the bill was passed.

If national security is truly at risk the Government could have done better to reach some compromise to get cross-party support, and avoid the bill being rescinded if they lose the elections.

Despite this, it is unlikely New Zealanders will allow the GCSB to morph into Orwell’s Thought Police, even if his fictional country was eerily titled Oceania.

YOUR VIEW Family notices I have to say I don’t like seeing the Family Notices relegated to the back of the paper beside the weather of all things - it is almost as if it is a nuisance to print them at all.

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Dumping ground Why do so many people think that Wakanui Beach is a dumping ground for their dirty nappies, beer cans and rubbish in general?

This stunning beach where Hector dolphins swim by and agates (semi-precious stones) can be found is not a dumping ground.

We live here and are shocked at the huge amount of rubbish not to mention animals dumped here.

The council won’t even put a rubbish bin here. We pay rates as do the other bach owners.

Heaps of tourists come here all year long. They aren’t the problem - locals! Shame on dumpers. This is what visitors will remember of our beach!

Molly (Text)

Racing info For those readers who are not satisfied with the coverage of the numerous racing fields for the weekend Australian and New Zealand programmes I would suggest they invest in buying one of the specialist racing booklets in the shops, go to the TAB or to the TAB website.

The local paper is no doubt trying to accommodate everyone’s needs but I am sure there are limitations.

MR

CRUMB by David Fletcher

GCSB I am relieved that our glorious leader has assured the New Zealand public that the GCSB bill will not result in mass surveillance of New Zealanders.

Just as I was relieved when our honest and upstanding leader promised us that National would not raise GST. This is a great day for New Zealand. Overnight we went from a free and open society, at risk of war and terrorism, to a surveillance state, protected by our Government and their secretive four-letter organisation.

We can now sleep safer in bed at night knowing that all our telephone calls, emails, internet traffic and every communication we make is monitored, all for our own protection.

Now that the bill has passed, terrorism cannot happen in

New Zealand, and every day that goes by from now on without incident is a testament to the fact that John Key made the right decision in deciding that the majority of New Zealanders are misinformed alarmists, and pass this law against our will for our own safety and security.

We are fortunate to have such a considerate person running this country, who is willing to protect us from ourselves, regardless of how much we resist.

A real congratulations is in order for the people who voted to elevate John Key into the highest echelon of power in this country. Without you, New Zealand would still be a, dangerous, free and democratic country, not the, safe, fascist dictatorship it has now become.

Well done comrades, your country thanks you.

Drew KB Deer

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I just love my job . . .

Phill Hooper OFF THE AIR

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POLL RESULT

“I need to decide, once and for all, am I going to cut back on coffee or start reading fewer studies?”

Yesterday’s result Q: Do you expect to still be working past the age of 65?

I

love my job!

One of the favourite aspects to my job is helping out local charities.

Many years ago when hosting a Saturday morning sports show, former New Zealand cricketer Ken Rutherford, who was working at the TAB at the time offered me a “sportsbet” for the show.

His idea was a listener would win it each week and have $25 to spend on sports betting. I thought, hang on, rather than just give it away let’s use it to try and help those who could really benefit from it.

“Sportsbet for Charity” was born! Each week the TAB gives me $25 to invest and any winnings are passed on to charity.

It’s a win, win, win I reckon.

The TAB wins a few warm fuzzies, the charities eventually win some much needed funds and with my betting track record, it reminds people gambling is not the answer to your financial woes.

A couple of weeks ago Andrew Wilson from the Heart-

Today’s online poll question Q: Have you decided who to vote for in the local mayoralty race yet?

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land Bank came to us with an idea of celebrating their transition into a “Bank” by giving back to the community. They are giving away $500 each week for four weeks to a local charity. The response has been amazing!

Last week the local Cancer Society was drawn out of the hundreds of nominations as the first winners.

This week’s funny from Hoops in the Morning Facebook page.

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After hours Call 021 585-592

If it helps out a local charity then there’s a pretty good chance I’ll give it a go

Dave Stewart nominated them and we understand the money is ear-marked to assist those volunteers who drive patients to Christchurch for treatment each week. How cool is that?

Make sure you nominate your favourite deserving local charity at the Heartland Bank or Classic Hits.

Chest waxing live on the radio to hosting a Les Mills Pump class wearing a pink tutu, if it helps out a local charity then there’s a pretty good chance I’ll give it a go.

I’m very lucky to be in a job that allows these challenges to happen.

It’s nice to bank a few brownie points too, especially when

you’ve made as many mistakes in life as I have!

I hate to finish with bad news, but I came across this study on Monday. The Mayo Clinic says drinking four or more cups of coffee a day can increase the risk of dying from a list of diseases.

It’s really about choices. I need to decide, once and for all, am I going to cut back on coffee or start reading fewer studies?

I think you know the answer.

Till next Friday.

Hoo Roo. Phill Hooper is the breakfast host of Ashburton’s Classic Hits.

The views expressed in this column are his and in no way reflect the opinion of his employer.

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In brief Woman stung to death A woman has been stung to death by a swarm of bees in South Africa, seemingly while she was walking to work. Passersby found the woman’s swollen body lying at the corner of two streets in the coastal city of Port Elizabeth and alerted the police. “She must have been stung all over as all her body was swollen,” said a police spokesperson.

– AFP

Verdict a ‘victory’ WikiLeaks say the sentencing of their source Bradley Manning to 35 years in a US prison is a “significant strategic victory”. The anti-secrecy website founded by Julian Assange saw victory in how soon US soldier Manning would be eligible for release. “Significant strategic victory in Bradley Manning case. Bradley Manning now eligible for release in less than nine years, 4.4 in one calculation,” WikiLeaks tweeted.

– AFP

Bus crash kills 37 At least 37 people are dead after a bus tumbled into a deep Malaysian ravine in the country’s worstever road accident. The toll could climb however, with hospitals reporting that some of the 16 injured passengers are in critical condition. The bus was carrying 53 passengers when it went off a swerving road and plunged down a steep 70-metre slope in the Genting Highlands, famed for a flashy gambling and entertainment resort about an hour’s drive from the capital Kuala Lumpur.

– AFP

Ammonia leak kills 7 At least seven people have died and 40 others were poisoned when road workers accidentally pierced an ammonia pipeline in southern Mexico. Some 1500 people were evacuated from surrounding towns following this week’s incident near the rural municipalities of Matias Romero and Barrio Soledad.

– AFP

Flu jabs for hearts?

A simple flu jab could halve the heart attack risk of tens of thousands of older Australians with narrowed arteries, according to new research. A study published in the journal Heart shows the jab is effective at reducing heart attacks among people aged 50 to 64. However, the age group does not automatically qualify for free vaccinations and there is compelling evidence for this to be reconsidered, says lead author Professor Raina MacIntyre from a New South Wales health university.

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In this citizen journalism photo, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, a man and woman mourn over the dead bodies of Syrian men after an alleged poisonous gas attack fired by regime forces, according to activists in Arbeen town, Damascus, Syria, yesterday. photo ap

■ SYRIA

1300 ‘massacred’ Syria’s main opposition group has accused the government of “massacring” more than 1300 people in chemical weapons attacks near Damascus, saying many of the victims choked to death.

The accusation came as a team of UN inspectors was in Syria yesterday to probe previous allegations of chemical weapons strikes levelled against both sides during the 29-month conflict.

Western governments demanded immediate access for the inspectors to investigate the new allegations.

Russia, a long-standing ally of the Damascus regime, echoed the call for an inquiry but said it suspected a “provocation”

by the opposition and its foreign backers.

Videos distributed by activists, the authenticity of which could not immediately be verified, showed medics attending to suffocating children and hospitals being overwhelmed.

More footage showed dozens of people laid out on the ground, among them many children, some of them covered in white sheets.

The claim of chemical weapons use was vehemently denied by the Syrian regime, which said it was intended to hinder the work of the UN weapons inspectors already in the country.

Opposition sources accused the army of multiple chemical weapons strikes – one in Moad-

amiyet al-Sham, south-west of Damascus, and more in the capital’s eastern suburbs.

The Local Coordination Committees, a network of activists, reported hundreds of casualties in the “brutal use of toxic gas by the criminal regime”.

In videos posted on YouTube, the Syrian Revolution General Commission, another activist group, showed what it called “a terrible massacre committed by regime forces with toxic gas”.

The attack “led to suffocation of the children and overcrowding field hospitals with hundreds of casualties amid extreme shortage of medical supplies to rescue the victims, particularly atropine”, the LCC said.

In one video, children are seen being given first aid in a field hospital, notably oxygen to help them breathe, while doctors appear to be trying to resuscitate unconscious children.

Several specialists in the impact of chemical weapons said the video evidence was not entirely convincing.

“At the moment, I am not totally convinced because the people that are helping them are without any protective clothing and without any respirators,” said Paula Vanninen, director of Verifin, the Finnish Institute for Verification of the Chemical Weapons Convention.

“In a real case, they would also be contaminated and would also be having symptoms.” – AFP

■ MEXICO

A 6.0 quake rattles Acapulco The wall of a home is missing after it fell during an earthquake in Acapulco yesterday. photo ap

A magnitude-6.0 earthquake has rattled southern and central areas of Mexico, the US Geological Survey (USGS) reported, but there were no initial reports of injuries.

Its epicentre was located 13km north-west of San Marcos, near the Pacific Coast resort

of Acapulco, at a depth of 20km.

The quake shook buildings in the capital, Mexico City, some 400km away. A magnitude-5.3 aftershock struck some 25 minutes later.

The capital can sense distant earthquake as it lies on muddy soil from drained lakes. An

8.1-magnitude earthquake in 1985 left 3700 people dead in the city, according to figures.

Mexico is one of the world’s most seismically active regions, with the movement of three large tectonic plates causing frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.

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■ JAPAN

Nuke leak worst since 2011 tsunami

Japan has issued its strongest warning about the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant since the crisis began in 2011, as it struggled to seal a tank that has leaked 300 tonnes of radioactive water.

Plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) said some of the water might have flown into the Pacific Ocean.

Nuclear regulators said the leak represented a level-three “serious incident” on the UN’s seven-point International Nuclear Event Scale (INES), which measures radiation accidents.

“Something that we were very much concerned about has occurred,” Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) chairman Shunichi Tanaka told a meeting in Tokyo. “We are in a situation where there is no time to lose.”

The alert, raised from level one which indicates an “anomaly”, is the most serious declared at the ruined plant since March 2011, when a quake-generated tsunami knocked out reactor cooling systems and sparked meltdowns.

At its height the Fukushima disaster was classified as level seven - one of only two events ever rated in that category along with the Chernobyl disaster in 1986.

The NRA said in a statement the amount of radiation leakage and the “fact that there is no safety protective layer remaining at the facility” meant the level-three warning needed to be declared.

It will now consult the International Atomic Energy Agency

(IAEA) on the reassessment, it said.

In Vienna IAEA spokeswoman Gill Tudor said the agency “views this matter seriously and remains ready to provide assistance on request”.

Japan’s top government spokesman, chief cabinet secretary Yoshihide Suga, said the incident was “extremely deplorable”.

“The government as a whole will do its utmost to prevent the leakage of contaminated water as promptly as possible,” he told a news conference. “We will make a proper assessment after consulting the IAEA.” The evaluation came a day after TEPCO said some 300 tonnes of radioactive water was believed to have leaked from one of the tanks that hold water, including water used to cool the unstable reactors.

It said water puddles near the tank were so toxic that anyone exposed to it would receive the same amount of radiation in an hour that a nuclear plant worker is allowed to receive in five years.

The plant lies inside a 20km exclusion zone and the public is not allowed near it.

TEPCO said the leak was thought to be continuing and it had not yet pinpointed the exact source. It was also “hurriedly checking” if any of 350 similar tanks were also leaking.

“We must carefully deal with the problem on the assumption that if one tank springs a leak the same thing can happen at other tanks,” the NRA’s Tanaka said.

– AFP

Just an average day in an Indian monsoon An Indian couple wades through a waterlogged area following monsoon rains in Kolkata, India, yesterday. India’s monsoon season, which runs from June through September, bring rains that are vital to agriculture but also cause floods and landslides. photo ap

■ EGYPT

EU restricts arms sales The European Union has agreed to restrict exports of arms and security equipment to Egypt in response to the mounting violence, but will maintain economic assistance.

EU foreign ministers roundly

condemned the bloodshed after four hours of emergency talks called in the middle of Europe’s summer break after the deaths of almost 1000 people in a week of unrelenting violence.

The ministers described re-

cent operations by Egyptian security forces as “disproportionate”, and condemned “acts of terrorism” in the Sinai and attacks on Coptic churches blamed on the Muslim Brotherhood.

– AFP

■ UNITED STATES

US admits it overstepped with spying The National Security Agency spied on electronic communications between Americans in a programme that was later scrapped after a judge ruled it illegal in 2011, US officials say.

A senior official who spoke on condition of anonymity told reporters that the surveillance collection was “a result of a technological problem ... rather than any over-reach by the NSA”.

Officials said yesterday that the government had decided to declassify rulings from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, which reviews the legality of eavesdropping programmes.

The court’s opinions are usually top secret, but the move to release the documents came amid a firestorm over revelations of sweeping surveillance

operations, following bombshell disclosures from a former US intelligence contractor, Edward Snowden.

Officials said the court rulings had been declassified to better inform the public about how the eavesdropping programmes are carried out, and that a mistake had occurred due to a technical problem and not an intentional invasion of privacy.

– AFP

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Skellerup’s good finish Skellerup, which makes specialised rubber products and pumps for the agriculture and mining sectors, said last summer’s drought and a decline in oil and gas exploration helped drive its net profit down by 23 per cent to $19.0 million in the June year.

The company’s net profit was an improvement on its revised forecast, issued on May 2, of $17m. It said a strong acrossthe-board pickup in May and June had put a positive finish to what had been a demanding year. The final dividend was 5c a share, taking the total for the year to 8c.

– APNZ

Visy fined $3.6m Visy Board Pty, the Australian cardboard box maker, is paying $NZ3.6 million to settle a pricefixing case in New Zealand, having already been pinged for $A36 million for the same behaviour in Australia. Visy was ordered to pay a penalty of $3.6 million in the High Court in Auckland yesterday, and its former senior executive John Carroll $25,000, for breaching the Commerce Act by being involved in price fixing, the Commerce Commission said.

– APNZ

Making workplaces’ health and safety paperwork clearer could help reduce workplace accident and death rates.

Clearer paperwork could lessen accidents – study

By Ben Chapman-Smith Efforts to reduce workplace accident and death rates will be in vain until employers stop using complex language in their health and safety documents, a new study shows.

More than 100 people are killed in work-related accidents each year and the cost of workplace injuries and diseases to New Zealand was estimated in 2010 to be about $3.5 billion a year.

The Government recently announced it would be establishing a stand-alone Crown Agent called WorkSafe New Zealand to help address the problem.

A new study has found most employees are struggling to understand their workplace’s health and safety paperwork.

Workbase, an adult literacy or-

ganisation, spoke to 466 employees in 23 manufacturing, warehousing, hospitality and other workplaces.

The majority - 65 per cent overall and 70 per cent in manufacturing sector - did not fully understand their employers’ policies and rules, hazard information, and safety procedures.

Eighty per cent of employees could not accurately complete a hazard report form, according to the study findings.

Health and safety documents were consistently complex and used indirect and specialist language which many employees were unfamiliar with, researchers said.

The presence of jargon caused even greater difficulties for employees with English as a second language.

– APNZ

FATHERS DAY! Sunday 1st September

Terry’s Buy dad this Sheaffer Ferrari pen and go in the draw to get behind the hot he’ll wheel of a Ferrari at Hampton Downs. deal

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At close of trading on Thursday, August 22, 2013

Last Daily Volume sale move ’000s

72 144.5 547 3384 97 323 296 530 525 166.5 997 355 869 691 415 105.5 53.5 460 86 244 294 113 1030 322 138 222 315 84 131 239 1435 103 135.5 89 280 680 141 541 391 274 307 225 165 440 713 265 140 382 3560 1612

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390.04 77.17 2.078 13.1 470.75 1,027.8 594.38 158.19 62.18 55.82 203.12 575.07 3,045.1 564.15 108.13 313.76 300.73 12.37 70.23 286.67 1,167.2 613.38 14.83 84.98 256.0 1,070.5 246.28 316.7 706.5 283.82 46.44 1,601.2 107.77 9.882 97.58 367.01 1,220.1 533.68 1,143.3 77.44 137.35 10799 266.05 9,364.3 11.39 332.25 101.26 217.38 123.39 54.9

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Fairfax Media Group’s New Zealand unit, which includes the Dominion Post, Press and Sunday Star Times newspapers, reported a 15 per cent decline in annual earnings, outperforming the company’s papers in Australia. New Zealand earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation fell to $77.8 million in the 12 months ended June 30, from $91.7 million a year earlier, the Sydney-based company said in a statement. In Australian dollar terms, earnings fell 14 per cent to $A62.3 million.

– APNZ

Agriculture is being largely overlooked by New Zealand schools and young people are failing to hear about the wide range of careers available in the sector, say industry leaders.

KPMG’s Agribusiness Agenda found one of the biggest issues facing businesses in the agricultural sector was a serious lack of talented people coming through.

Industry leaders were concerned agribusinesses were failing to secure an appropriate share of the talented people this country produces, said Ian Proudfoot, KPMG’s global head of agribusiness.

al Science and Business up and running by the start of 2014, at a cost of about $1 million.

The curriculum will be made up of science, business and practical learning components, and regular trips to farms and organisations will be a key part of the process.

Agribusiness leaders said another ‘people issue’ facing the sector was that it was becoming harder for young people to actually enter the industry.

The increasing scale and cost of farming businesses was a barrier to young people, at the same time as many older farmers were trying to get out of the game and sell their business.

– APNZ

the primary sector could provide. “The leaders we spoke to recognise that this is an industry issue and needs collaboration between organisations to address the issue,” Proudfoot said.

“Initiatives are needed throughout our schooling system, at university level, in the workplace and the boardroom to ensure the best talent is attracted into the sector and then developed and retained.”

One school stepping up to tackle the issue is St Paul’s Collegiate in Hamilton, which is developing a state-of-the-art academy focused on agricultural science and business.

St Paul’s plans to have its Centre for Excellence in Agricultur-

“There is still a strong perception that primary sector careers are viewed by many as secondclass opportunities – not for our best and brightest people,” Proudfoot said.

One of the root causes of this problem was a lack of recognition of agriculture within our school curriculums given its importance to the economy, he said. “Many young people complete their education with little or no exposure to the scope of our primary sector, the role it plays in the economy, or the career opportunities it provides,” Proudfoot said.

Teachers and careers advisers needed to learn more about the types of technical, global careers

16/8

Fairfax earnings fall

By Ben Chapman-Smith

9/8

Australian company Woolworths, the parent of grocery company Progressive Enterprises, will buy EziBuy for $350 million. Woolworths said it was purchasing the company from EziBuy’s founding shareholders Peter and Gerard Gillespie, and Catalyst Investment Managers. The acquisition is subject to approval from the Overseas Investment Office. EziBuy employs 500 people and sells apparel and homeware in both New Zealand and Australia.

– APNZ

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In brief

 NZX 50 index

4,529.86 –21.65 –0.48%

 NZX 20 index

3,588.32 –28.55 –0.79%

 NZX All index

4,831.57 –19.66 –0.41%

 Rises 45

 Falls 42

WORLD MARKETS

 S&P/ASX 200 index

5,075.7

–24.3

–0.48%

At close of trading on August 22, 2013

 Dow Jones Indust.

14,897.55 –105.44 –0.70%

At close of trading on August 21, 2013

 FTSE 100 index

6,390.84 –62.62 –0.97% At close of trading on August 21, 2013

 Nikkei 225 index

13,365.17 –59.16 –0.44%

At close of trading on August 22, 2013

METAL PRICES

Source: interest.co.nz

 Gold

1,363.0

 Silver

22.94

London – $US/ounce

–9.5

–0.69%

London – $US/ounce

+0.07

+0.31%

 Copper London – $US/tonne

7,236.0

–29.0

–0.4%

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Ham and vegetable strata

6. Which golfer won the recent PGA Championship? a. Adam Scott b. Jason Dufner c. Jim Furyk

8. The Ashburton Police Station is closest to the intersection of...? a. Havelock and Cass streets b. Havelock and William streets c. Cass and Burnett streets

■ Heat the oil in a frying pan and gently fry the onion, pepper and courgette until softened.

■ Add mushrooms and continue cooking until they begin to soften.

■ While the vegetables are cooking, slice bread into cubes.

■ In a large bowl, add the eggs one at a time to the cream

cheese, beating to combine.

■ Add the chilli flakes and season with salt and pepper.

■ Fold bread pieces into the egg mixture, soaking thoroughly.

■ Arrange half the bread in an oven-proof dish approx 26cm x 18cm.

■ Sprinkle on half the vegetables and tear half the shaved ham into smallish pieces and scatter

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6 eggs 4 generous cups of cubed, day old bread – about 2/3 of a baguette stick 150 g cream cheese 150 ml milk 2T oil 1 onion finely chopped 1 C of chopped mushrooms 1 courgette diced ½ a red pepper chopped A pinch of chilli flakes 100 g shaved ham Salt and pepper 1/3C grated cheese – use whatever you prefer

7. Which is the name of the famous American cartoon studio? a. Hannah and Barbera b. Hanna and Berbera c. Hanna and Barbera

on top.

■ Top with another layer of the soaked bread ■ Then remainder of the vegetables and the rest of the shaved ham.

■ Top with the grated cheese and bake at 180°C for 35 minutes or until golden.

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Facebook unveils global net Facebook and other technology giants have launched an initiative designed to give the whole world access to the internet.

The project is entitled Internet.org and its goal is to extend internet access to five billion people by cutting the cost of smartphone-based internet services in developing countries.

“Everything Facebook has done has been about giving all people around the world the power to connect,” Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg said yesterday.

“There are huge barriers in developing countries to connecting and joining the knowledge economy,” he said, adding that the project aimed to make it easier and cheaper to connecting to the web.

The other partners in the project are Nokia, Ericsson, Samsung, Qualcomm, MediaTek and Opera, while Twitter and LinkedIn are also due to sign up.

On Tuesday some 2.7 billion people, just over a third of the world’s population, had access to the internet, and the number of new users was growing only slowly each year, a statement said.

“The goal of Internet.org is to make internet access available to the two-thirds of the world who are not yet connected, and to bring the same opportunities to everyone that the connected third of the world has today,” the statement said.

The seven founding partners are going to develop joint projects, share knowledge and mobilise governments and industry to bring the world online.

Specifically, they want to simplify mobile apps to make them more efficient and improve telephone components and networks so they perform better while consuming less energy.

They also want to develop lower-cost, higher-

quality smartphones and partnerships to more broadly deploy internet access in underserved communities.

Zuckerberg insisted in an interview with CNN that the project was not simply aimed at generating more customers.

“If we were just focused on

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making money, the first billion people we’ve connected have way more money than the rest of the next six billion combined. It’s not fair but it’s the way that it is,” he said.

The partnership emulates one launched by Facebook in 2011 called Open Compute Project,

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which also aims to improve the materials used in call centres and make them less energyhungry.

That project was originally met with scepticism but has gradually won over the major players in the computer industry.

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4. Tap Turn Passcode ON and enter your preferred Passcode

The new thrust comes at a key time for tech groups. Mature markets are saturated and have little potential for significant growth, while poor regions like Africa, Latin America and some parts of Asia are pools of potential new customers.

– AFP

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5. Re-enter the Passcode to confirm

The Passcode feature should now be working and next time you turn your device on you will be required to enter the Passcode you have just created.

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Everything Facebook has done has been about giving all people around the world the power to connect Mark Zuckerberg

Facebook’s quest to be a personalised newspaper for the internet age continued with tweaks aimed at making sure members spy hot stories from their friends.

Changes to the leading social network’s formula for figuring out which posts will be of interest included “bumping up” potentially intriguing stories that went unnoticed during prior visits to Facebook.

“It is hard for users to get back to old things; you have to scroll through things you have already seen,” Facebook news-feed team engineering Lars Backstrom said while discussing the latest changes.

“We wanted to make it so people weren’t missing important stories that didn’t make top slots but were just below the fold.”

Signals weighed in the machine learning algorithm were modified to bump-up a story considered more interesting than fresher material that formerly got priority simply for being newer.

“We tweaked the model,” Backstrom said, noting that about 30,000 signals are balanced in the algorithm.

“Instead of just taking the new stories, we would take all stories that were new to you, that you haven’t seen, even if it isn’t the freshest.”

A test of the change showed that the number of stories people read in news feeds rose to 70 per cent from 57 per cent with “bumping”, according to Facebook.

“Story bumping is going to be a really nice tool for people if

they ... are sitting with a Facebook account and have run out of things to look at,” said Facebook vice president of product Chris Cox. News feeds were also modified to take into account the “last actor” a member interacted with and then give that friend’s posts temporary priority since they seem to be up to something interesting.

“We wanted to capture your current state of mind as you were using Facebook,” Backstrom said.

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We wanted to make it so people weren’t missing important stories

“A lot of signals are long term, such as the relationship with each friend; we wanted a real time factor.”

Facebook’s ranking software assigns numerical scores to the roughly 1500 stories typically eligible for delivery to a member’s news feed and displays the top 300.

Powerful factors for ranking are relationships, along with how often a member comments, shares, “likes”, or otherwise acts on posts of friends. Hiding posts sinks content from that person in news feed rankings.

“Our goal is to create the best personalised newspaper for each of our readers,” Backstrom said.

Facebook engineers are experimenting with ways for news feeds to better handle chronological posts, such as a friend firing off play-by-play updates from a sporting event.

Backstrom’s team test worthwhile ideas among Facebook workers or with a tiny fraction of the social network’s more than one billion members.

Ads displayed as promoted posts in news feeds are handled separately from content generated by people’s friends or family members at Facebook, according to the ranking team.

“We figure out the most relevant news feed with the organic content, and then, as a newspaper or television programme might do, we create advertising slots,” said Facebook product manager Will Cathcart.

Backstrom compared the job of ranking news feed posts to the challenge internet search engines face when it comes to quickly determining optimal results for queries.

“Facebook is one of the only places where you have a problem on the same scale as what Google or Bing is doing but you have to use different techniques because of the personal aspects of it,” Backstrom said.

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45% Kiwis use mobiles for online shopping G lobal information company Nielsen’s online retail report found 45 per cent of the 1.8 million Kiwi online shoppers now use a mobile device to browse for goods and services on the internet.

Another 26 per cent have made an online purchase on their device.

Of the shoppers, 288,000 used their smartphones and 239,000 used a tablet.

The research revealed most smartphone shopping happened during the day. Tablet usage spiked in the evening.

Nearly two-thirds of all tablet owners and 19 per cent of smartphone owners have made a purchase online. And with 1.7 million Kiwi smartphone owners, there’s a lot of room to grow, says Nielsen’s associate director of research Tony Boyte. Mobile devices are convenient, immediate and paving the way for more Kiwi consumers to shop online from a variety

Almost half of New Zealanders now use mobile devices to shop online, a new survey shows. But are financial transactions on mobile devices as safe as regular computers? Cassandra Mason reports of locations, he says.

Trade Me spokesman Paul Ford says the rise of mobile use among Kiwis is unabated, with about 40 per cent of site visits in June this year via smartphone or tablet - a considerable jump from 13 per cent in February last year and just 2 per cent in April 2012. “We consider mobile the largest consumer behaviour shift we’ve experienced in the past 10 years.

“It is part of the trend that

sees more Kiwis wanting an instant e-commerce experience and the ability to buy things as quickly as possible no matter where they are in the country - on the golf course, at the desk in the office, on the bus, at the dinner table, tramping up a mountain, or down the pub.”

What about online banking?

Online banking is another area where smartphones and tablets are starting to dominate.

ASB reports that more than

half its customers now access their accounts from mobile devices.

“The rapid adoption of mobile banking represents one of the biggest and fastest shifts in customer behaviour we have seen over the course of ASB’s history,” says ASB’s head of digital experience and commerce, Michael Ramsay.

For the first time, more online bankers are using mobile devices than desktop computers.

TRADE ME TIPS FOR STAYING SAFE ON MOBILE DEVICES ■ Remember your phone is no different to your computer.

■ Have a good strong password on your phone in case

you lose it.

■ Keep your operating system up to date to protect against bugs.

■ If you are asked to send money overseas via Western Union, don’t do it - ever.

■ Think before you click.

The ASB mobile app has only been around since 2011.

“In only a relatively short time, mobile banking has evolved from a niche technology into an accepted part of everyday life for most customers.”

The growth in mobile banking technology means ASB customers can now make payments using just mobile phone numbers and email addresses.

They can also pay their “friends” directly through Facebook.

Payments can also be made directly to Trade Me sellers without giving out any bank account information.

How safe are mobile devices?

NetSafe operations manager Lee Chisholm says shoppers often forget that mobile devices need the same protection as regular computers.

“One thing that people need to be aware of is that a smartphone is a computer and it needs to have security on it.”

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■ SCHOOL EXCHANGE

Improved racing fields The Guardian has listened to the grumblings among racing fans and today presents you an improved Friday Racing section. Whilst we are unable to cover every race in Australasia, the main complaints have centred around the absence of trainers’ names in the form guide. To help our readers be more successful with their bets we have been able to adjust the layout to add the trainers for both the harness racing and gallops.

Good luck punting this weekend.

- The Editor

South Africa pumped South Africa have retained the team that crushed Argentina by 60 points last weekend for the return Rugby Championship match in Mendoza tomorrow. Coach Heyneke Meyer had no choice but to give a vote of confidence to the team that far exceeded expectations with a nine-try 73-13 first-round romp in Soweto. There is one enforced change among the eight replacements with scrum-half Jano Vermaak replacing club-tied Fourie du Preez. Du Preez, who came off the bench last weekend after a two-year Test absence, plays in Japan and is available only for the three home Tests.

The Springboks host Australia and world champions New Zealand in late September and early October.

Legend on deathbed Former Springbok skipper Joost van der Westhuizen is approaching the end of his life, two years after being diagnosed with deadly motor neurone disease. “I realise every day could be my last,” the South African rugby hero said.

“It’s been a rollercoaster from day one and I know I’m on a deathbed from now on,” he told the BBC in an interview. Motor neurone disease damages parts of the nervous system, gradually leading to paralysis, speech and swallowing difficulties and breathing problems. It is incurable and almost always fatal. The scrum-half was given two to five years to live when he was diagnosed in 2011. Today the 42-year-old slurs when he speaks, is wheelchair-bound and so weak he can barely lift food to his mouth.

Supplement hearing AFL clubs have backed the league’s stance that charges relating to Essendon’s use of supplements should be heard by the AFL Commission and not by an outside tribunal. The league’s 18 clubs met AFL Commission chairman Mike Fitzpatrick for more than two-and-a-half hours at AFL House on Thursday to be briefed on the situation over Essendon’s supplements scandal. The AFL released a 34-page document detailing the grounds on which it has charged the Bombers with bringing the game into disrepute.

Coach James Hird, assistant Mark Thompson, football manager Danny Corcoran and club doctor Bruce Reid are also facing the same charge, which the club and all four individuals plan to fight.

Hird launched Supreme Court action yesterday aimed at having an independent body, not the AFL Commission, hear the charge.

Ashburton College dominates Ashburton College’s Tessa Morrison lines up a shot over the Rangiora defence during yesterday’s inter-school sports exchange.

Photo Donna Wylie 220813-DW-111

By Jonathan Leask

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Ashburton College dominated their annual winter sports exchange with Rangiora High School yesterday.

Ashburton hosted all of the 14 match-ups and won 10, losing three with one draw.

On the basketball court the Ashburton senior boys’ won 52-43 and the junior boys

74-50. The under 15 rugby went the way of the hosts 39-29 and the Ashburton 2nd XV won 27-13.

The Ashburton squash team won 4-0 at the Ashburton Squash Club.

The Ashburton boys’ football 1st XI won 4-2 but the girls’ went down 0-1. The girls’ hockey was a 1-1 draw but the Ashburton boys’ had a 10-1 rout over Rangiora.

Ashburton won the 9A netball 36-26, the 10A netball 27-26 and the senior B 39-26 but Rangiora won the A team clash 35-27.

The shooting had Rangiora more on target to take the win.

The college sports field will be quiet next week for practise exams before teams spread out across the south Island for the annual winter tournament week.

■ BASKETBALL

Big smoke beckons for junior ball players

By Jonathan Leask

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Basketball Mid Canterbury is sending two girls’ and two boys’ teams to the Under 13 Junior Invitational Tournament (JIT) in Christchurch at Pioneer Stadium this weekend.

Run by Canterbury Basketball, the tournament is for teams from around the Canterbury region and for the North, Mid and South Canterbury teams it will be used to select the Canterbury Country under 13 teams to attend the National Under 13 Championships held in Dunedin early October.

The two Mid Canterbury girls’ teams are coached by Wayne Rodgers and Sonia Waddell and the boys are coached by Sam Ward and Josh Stempa.

The Mid Canterbury teams recently attended the Waitaki Year 7/8 tournament in Oamaru. The girls had great success, eventually meeting in the final which saw Mid Canterbury Green defeat Mid Canterbury Gold 27-22. The boys had some great results too, with both finishing in the top four of their respective A and B grades.

All players developed and gained valuable experience in the lead up to JITs. Both teams have continued to fine-tune their skills as they prepare for the Canterbury tournament 24-25 August.

The Mid Canterbury under 13 girls with their trophy for winning the Waitaki Year 7/8 tournament recently.

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WEEKEND RACING GUIDE

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Christchurch Greyhounds Today at Addington Raceway

SUPER PETS DASH $1400, c2, 295m 1 REC Greyhound Fastest time Trainer

12:13 PM PX #

1 33461 Botany Jessie nwtd 3 2 86252 Okuku Bobo 17.47 2 3 14515 Camray 17.38 4 748X4 Wandy Destiny 17.54 5 71752 Homebush Esme 17.51 4 6 13556 Another Snazza nwtd 1 7 15211 Attack Wide 17.55 8 84274 Hot Shot Lawyer 17.48 9 68387 Junior What 17.54 10 78387 Lachie’s Lad 17.44 12:31 PM

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J McInerney R Casey Stapleton&Bonnett G Cleeve J McInerney J McInerney G Cleeve Hart&Taylor M Flipp B Shaw

BILL’S BAR & BISTRO MAIDEN SPRINT HEAT $1100, c0q, 295m

34443 Pep’s Pot nwtd S Fagan Celosia nwtd M Flipp 66834 Homebush Envy nwtd J McInerney 22486 Hot Tea nwtd A Bradshaw 3587 Thiago nwtd Stapleton&Bonnett Sheldon Baxter nwtd J McInerney 47332 Sheza Gamble nwtd Weir&Nissen 1 Fireman’s Legacy nwtd J Dunn 88 Premier Lilly nwtd M K Dempsey 77787 Sum Are Fun nwtd M Flipp

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1 28727 Bowman nwtd 4 1 2 X2257 Cawbourne Beau nwtd

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Tai Baxter nwtd J McInerney 7X Payment Due nwtd Stapleton&Bonnett Homebush Crash nwtd J McInerney 54544 Uno Nosey nwtd Joyce&May Cala Rapita nwtd M Flipp 33647 Keramus Girl nwtd G Cleeve 88 Premier Lilly nwtd M K Dempsey 877 Black Barracuda nwtd Joyce/Cockburn

August 23, 2013

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88 Premier Lilly nwtd 877 Black Barracuda nwtd

1:42 PM

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1 273 Know Rights nwtd G Cleeve 4 2 5 Know Ambition nwtd G Cleeve 2 3 4734 Trumped Up nwtd McCook&Jopson 3 4 484 Opawa Tania nwtd Lane&Wales BILL’S BAR & BISTRO MAIDEN SPRINT 1 5 42264 Court The Belle nwtd Lane&Wales 1:07 PM HEAT $1100, c0q, 295m 6 6 Midnight Rafa nwtd McCook&Jopson 1 1 722 Abogado nwtd M Flipp 7 Opawa Cuddles nwtd Lane&Wales 2 46567 Go Patch nwtd G Cleeve 8 48843 Homebush Coral nwtd J McInerney 4 3 Homebush Zelda nwtd J McInerney 9 77745 Opawa Goodie nwtd Lane&Wales 3 4 Yabba Yabba nwtd Hart&Taylor 10 67675 Lacey nwtd McCook&Jopson 5 Terra Annie nwtd Casey&Fagan SKY HIGH SCAFFOLDING SPRINT 2 6 326 Fleur Du Liys nwtd R Blackburn 1:59 PM $1400, c2, 295m 7 47556 Gorilla On Drums nwtd Joyce&May 2 1 18231 Cec Divine 17.60 G Cleeve 8 38865 Bit Perusa nwtd J McInerney 3 2 45333 Another Becky 17.49 J McInerney 9 88 Premier Lilly nwtd M K Dempsey S&B Evans 10 77787 Sum Are Fun nwtd M Flipp 3 68872 Make Your Point 17.40 1 4 11711 Mer De Noms 17.41 R Blackburn BILL’S BAR & BISTRO MAIDEN SPRINT

5 56483 Visual Illusion 17.38

G Cleeve 1:24 PM HEAT $1100, c0q, 295m 4 6 35525 Aversion 17.66 Hart&Taylor 1 1 32238 Noble Fantasy nwtd S&B Evans 7 4878X Hilton Friday 17.55 J McInerney 2 2 87353 Bublin Jed nwtd M Flipp 8 78734 Okuku Lilly 17.51 R Casey 3 587 Homebush Verona nwtd J McInerney 9 68387 Junior What 17.54 M Flipp 3 4 32676 Joey’s Secret nwtd Stapleton&Bonnett 10 87787 Georgie Wong 17.26 J Rush 4 5 Vinnie Baxter nwtd J McInerney CHRISTCHURCHGREYHOUNDS.CO.NZ 6 Maker’s Label nwtd Hart&Taylor 2:17 PM SPRINT $1700, c2/3, 295m 7 88666 Wongway Georgie nwtd J Rush 8 38XTX Zoe Brand nwtd 1 1 22312 Batiatus 17.34 B Dann R Blackburn

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Today at Washdyke

PORT FM MAIDEN SPRINT $7000, mdn, 1200m 1 REC Horse (Barrier) kg Trainer Jockey

M K Dempsey Joyce/Cockburn

August 23, 2013

1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10, 11-12 1-2-3, 4-5-6, 7-8-9, 10-11-12 9-10-11-12 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

2 88558 Blickling Bridge 17.53 3 88488 Homebush Cruden nwtd 3 4 65X31 Know Fault 17.24 5 77467 Finger Pop 17.35 2 6 12516 Buck Alec 17.31 4 7 64858 Wandy Gaylene 17.30 8 4446X As Far As 17.37 9 88777 New York Affair 18.08 10 68387 Junior What 17.54

Joyce&May J McInerney G Cleeve J McInerney J&D Fahey G Cleeve M Roberts Joyce&May M Flipp

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1-2, 3-4, 5-6 1-2-3, 4-5-6 3-4-5-6 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 PATAPAN RATING 65 MILE

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ABSOLUTELY ELECTRICAL C4/5 $2400, c4/5, 305m 1 REC Greyhound Fastest time Trainer

4:45 PM PX #

1 72348 Wee Diger 17.62 G Hodgson 4 2 11414 Leadfoot Lenny 17.44 L Udy 3 3 11324 Darlyne Ottey 17.40 L Ahern 4 43627 Little Blackspot 17.57 D J&J M MacAuley 5 17625 Avert 17.54 Udy&McCracken 1 6 17171 Guru Goose 17.16 Freeman&Turnwald 7 43116 Just A Boy 17.32 Kettlewell&Phillips 2 8 138X2 Complicit 17.21 Freeman&Turnwald 9 72878 Radiator Springs 17.77 G Quirk 10 15587 Rando Reason 17.68 G Quirk

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22846 All The Rage 17.75 Udy&McCracken 34158 Opawa Prince 17.74 B Johnston 76387 Agent Victor 17.97 J Woolston-Bell 33774 Yaldhurst Edward 17.74 J McInerney 74466 Kezz 17.56 T McCracken 87852 Taleedy Trooper 17.53 D Donlon 86883 Homebush Craig 17.76 J McInerney 47588 Homebush Britney 17.55 J McInerney

5:41 PM

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1 58588 Another Raewyn 17.57 J McInerney 3 2 476PX Mega Rush 17.80 M Olden 3 11778 Homebush Rick 17.72 T McCracken 1 4 2511X Fiery Dancer nwtd L Ahern HARRISON HIRE MASTER C2 5 42873 Scott No Money 17.89 Udy&McCracken 5:03 PM $2200, c2, 520m 2 6 31331 Fierce Star 17.52 Freeman&Turnwald 1 32166 Sheza Terror 30.54 Hayden-Holmes 7 17254 Uno Green 17.72 S Maher 2 64318 Botany Molly 30.50 J McInerney 4 8 56554 Kinetic Rio 17.52 Kettlewell&Phillips 4 3 66154 Excited Royale nwtd Hayden-Holmes 9 86883 Homebush Craig 17.76 J McInerney 3 4 12426 Bigtime Tip 30.32 L Ahern 10 67748 Fire Boy Baxter 17.55 J McInerney 2 5 72241 Thrilling Ava 30.22 B Marsh PALAMOUNTAINS NUTRITION C4 HT1 6 43451 Summer Tension 30.51 E Duganzich 6:00 PM $2000, c4q, 305m 1 7 13222 Graduation 30.01 L Ahern J McInerney 8 44613 Queen Rowdy 30.43 P Taylor 1 33668 Starla 17.51 4 2 23726 Homebush Domino 17.63 J McInerney 9 33267 That’s King 30.50 B Hodgson 1 3 43411 Missing Melody nwtd A Turnwald 10 41586 Raveon 30.42 M Gowan 3 4 14455 Ate Power 17.53 Freeman&Turnwald J P PRINT (PETONE) C3 5 41354 Working Working 17.54 D Donlon 5:21 PM $1700, c3, 305m 6 76882 Waterbug 17.68 L Udy 1 16247 Stevie’s Magic 17.72 W Kite 7 18846 Uno Allegro 17.42 L Ahern 1 2 11245 Creme Da Genes 17.72 2 8 15112 Miss Foxy Minx 17.41 Goldsack&Denby L Ahern

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6:10 PM 802

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1 22032 Vice Chairman (1) PBagrie 2 T Bagrie (J) 3 2 2 Born In The USA (2) CDalgety J Trainor (J) 3 0X72P Crackapaca (3) MNyhan P Davis 4 84165 Angelas Image (4) AStuart V Atherton (J) 5 30655 Stans Day (5) MHjalmarsson C D Thornley 6 31836 Rock Till You Drop (6) MJones B Orange 7 54344 Leading The Way (7) KHadfield K Hadfield 1 8 Burning Ambition (8) BHill R May

Juicy Odds (9) DMoore S McNally 9

Barrier 10 3 Playaway (21) JGameson B Munro (J) 11 5X264 Bank Raider (22) JGameson M Williamson 4 12 53222 Damon Runyon (23) JCurtin J Curtin

6:40 PM 803

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HEAT 4 MOB PACE 1950m 3 $5500,YOUNG6yo+AT1-3HEARTwinsSERIES+claimer,

1 2105X Brute Ute Anvil (1) JBromley C D Thornley 2 2 28132 Westburn Creed (2) Keast/Westrum J Keast 1 3 01252 Comenche (3) RDunn G Smith 4 69947 Artys On Fire (4) GBates L O'Reilly 5 Native Geminthenight SCRATCHED 6 83540 Ataahua Tiki (5) SMcNally R May 7 81370 Graceandtemika (6) BNegus M Williamson 8 05003 Fair Dinkum Bromac (7) MJones B Orange

Mullingar Mac (8) SMcNally S McNally 9 P8776 Barrier

4 10 858X5 Better Than Money (21) RDunn J Thomas (J) 3 11 36221 Simon Sivad (22) DTaylor K Cox (J) 12 77786 Maiden Rome (23) REarle K Barron 7:10 PM 804

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BAR & BISTRO OPENING $5000, 3yo+ non win, 2600m 4 SOONADDN’STROTSPECTATORS

1 09037 Last Love (1) AStuart B Orange 1 2 8 Hellavahanover (2) MJones M Jones 3 Regal Light SCRATCHED 4 75686 Monk’s Gal (3) ISchwamm I Schwamm 2 5 46352 Brite N Early (4) Wakelin/Noble P Wakelin 3 6 24575 Henley Park (5) BBorcoskie P Borcoskie 4 7 38X89 Euromaxx (6) BZampese C D Thornley 8 8 Stylish Command (7) TTrathen T Trathen 9 08X00 Focus Freddie (u1) BMowbray B Butt 7:35 PM 805

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CROMWELL LAKE DUNSTAN NATIONAL HCP PACE 5yo+ 5+ wins spechcp, 2600m 5 $11,000,

11598 Givethejobtobarnsy (1) JVersteeg J Versteeg 13421 Pemberton Shard (u1) BMowbray R May

G Quirk J McInerney

DOUBLES TREBLES QUADDIE FIRST 4

1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10, 11-12 1-2-3, 4-5-6, 7-8-9, 10-11-12 9-10-11-12 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

2 66262 Another Dollar 29.77 3 J McInerney MICKEY’S SUPER LIQUOR C4 HT2 2 3 44426 El Jetta 30.10 L Ahern 6:30 PM $2000, c4q, 305m 4 33683 Cawbourne Bree 30.17 J McInerney 1 17256 Hot King Cole 17.66 L Ahern 5 37784 Thrilling Cairo 30.31 D Little 2 22636 Swapan 17.86 Udy&McCracken 1 6 11721 Ritza Jack 29.73 L Ahern 1 3 66623 Go Fern Go 17.69 A Turnwald 7 58614 Another Course 30.21 J McInerney 3 4 15545 Slangevar 17.55 D Little 4 8 51742 Mi Ti Pa 30.19 L Ahern 5 46656 Homebush Lignite 17.59 J McInerney 9 53473 Bumpa Sticker 30.40 L Ahern 2 6 36125 Another Gon 17.49 J McInerney 10 46665 Seven Iron 30.20 Freeman&Turnwald 7 34577 Donky Deep 17.46 Goldsack&Denby GUTHRIE BOWRON C3 4 8 11725 Tawny Port 17.37 Freeman&Turnwald 7:47 PM $1700, c3, 305m 9 14668 Homebush Buffy 17.51 J McInerney 2 1 78787 Sands of Time 17.62 R N Maisey 10 15587 Rando Reason 17.68 G Quirk 2 17545 Calm Rita 17.86 B Johnston MORRIE GIBBONS SIGNS C4 HT3

3 36678 Time’s Up 17.49

Goldsack&Denby 7:00 PM L Bell $2000, c4q, 305m 4 51577 Flying Blake 17.72 L Ahern 1 35367 Lynny Southcombe 17.61 J McInerney 1 5 54634 Shanghai Sam 17.53 2 51422 George Baxter 17.58 D Edlin J McInerney 6 73462 Kazillion 17.68 3 7 22856 Excessive Speed 17.88 3 47458 Belkara 17.55 M Olden M Olden 4 4 14547 Run Junior Run 17.87 4 8 18668 Kango Klink 17.69 A Turnwald B Mitchell 3 5 63153 Matilda’s Babe 17.53 J McArthur 9 86883 Homebush Craig 17.76 J McInerney 1 6 11121 Little Rascal 17.54 L Ahern 10 67748 Fire Boy Baxter 17.55 J McInerney 2 7 37462 Moody Man 17.47 D Edlin WANGANUI SECURITY C3/4 8 66474 Cosmic Fury 17.52 L Ahern 8:12 PM $3200, c3/4, 520m 9 14668 Homebush Buffy 17.51 J McInerney

1 42645 Red Crystal 30.16 B Hodgson 10 76848 Secret Sprite 17.60 Freeman&Turnwald 2 51766 Kylie’s Belle 30.27 S Maher THE ROCK 95.2FM C3 4

3 68645 Pink Sock 29.99

Freeman&Turnwald 7:22 PM $2600, c3, 520m 4 43518 Buddy Broke nwtd B Hodgson 1 5 F1127 Rene Ranger 30.09 1 25644 What’s Up Gee 30.30 L Ahern L Ahern

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1 X1022 Handlebar Hank (1) Keast/Westrum J Keast 2 2 29833 Cullens Spirit (2) RDunn J Thomas (J) 3 42310 Royal City (3) MGreen M Williamson 4 4 46154 Ella Fitzgerald (4) NEdge S Golding (J) 3 5 1 Upanatom (5) KBarron K Barron 6 20904 Maddison Hill (6) CChalmers T Chmiel 1 7 32325 Ideal Arden (7) BHutton J Curtin 8 X2417 Frank The Duck (8) CDalgety A Butt

Artsu (9) BZampese R May 9 8X544 Barrier

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72878 Radiator Springs 17.77 87585 Matti Oah 17.49

NZ Metro Harness

5:35 PM 801

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August 23, 2013

DOUBLES TREBLES QUADDIE FIRST 4 PICK 6

2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9, 10-11 1-2-3, 5-6-7, 9-10-11 8-9-10-11 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 6-11 $40,000

3 41331 Chechnya (1) NMcGrath 3 N McGrath 4 4 9424X Ohoka Texas (1) MJones B Orange 1 5 7X121 Mach Banner (2) RDunn G Smith 6 0706X Four Starzzz Flash (3) KChapman M Williamson 2 32754 Here’s Shifty (2) JKennett C Kennett 2 3 X4304 Blazin N Cullen (3) RDunn G Smith CAVELL LEITCH MOBILE TROT 8:00 PM S Golding (J) OPT 806 $10,000, 4yo+ 1-2 wins, 1950m 4 10701 Kellyrox (4) NEdge 3 5 5XP11 Electric Ollie (5) MJones B Orange 2 1 096X2 Mrs Twobob (1) JHay J Hay K Barron 2

Martini SCRATCHED 6 114X0 Comply Or Die (6) KBarron 4

7 3095X Pay Me Cullen (7) JHay J Hay 3 83260 Foreverman (2) RHolmes R Holmes

Barrier 4 70046 City Courage (3) GWoodhouse M Jones 5 50X16 Harlindon (4) NMcGrath N McGrath 9:22 PM SEELITE WINDOWS & DOORS HCP TROT 3 6 30721 St Pierre (5) KTownley M Williamson OPT 809 $12,000, 5yo+ 3+ wins spechcp, 2600m 4 7 13240 Dragon Lady (6) RHolmes T Woodward 1 69949 Franco Nadal (1) BWaldron B Orange 8 030X4 The Blazing Conman (7) MLarter C D Thornley 2 1D217 Rebma (2) KFord A Tomlinson

9 82381 Pricilla P (8) G Smith

G Smith 3 05021 Whata Gamble (3) FFletcher S Smolenski

Barrier S McNally 1 10 22424 Anonymiss (21) GO'Reilly G O'Reilly 4 02019 William Lance (u1) BHeron R May 11 61967 Barneys Girl (u1) MCations M Cations 5 232X2 Live The Dream (1) DTaylor 6 33353 Burano (1) KTownley M Williamson MUSCARA STANDARDBREDS PACE 7 53229 Uncas (u1) BHeron 8:25 PM B Thomas (J) A Lethaby OPT 807 $7000, 4yo+ 2 wins jun.d, 2600m 8 69940 Global Invasion (1) RJenkins P Davis 1 31246 Tyron’s Falcon Ella (1) PO'Reilly J Young (J) 4 9 2X56X Stylish Monarch (2) MNyhan 3 10 40491 Sovereignty (3) G&NHope R Holmes 2 X631X True South (2) KBarron S Golding (J) 2 11 01232 The Fiery Ginga (4) AClark A Clark 4 3 45342 Massimo (3) RDunn M Purvis (J) 1 4 55121 Bettor Rock On (4) BHill R Close (J) 12 7458X King Of Strathfield (5) NMunro B Munro (J) 1

13 629X1 Thanesan (u1) T Butt

A Butt 2 5 04111 Kotare Mahal (5) RDunn J Thomas (J) 3 6 4X112 El Fuego (6) NMcGrath N Harris (J) 9:50 PM BLUE STAR TAXIS MOB PACE $5000, 7 74418 Skippy Rascal (7) KChapman J Trainor (J) OPT 810 4yo+ non winners, 2600m PMP PRINT MOBILE PACE 1 8:52 PM 7 Sikeda (1) T&GChmiel T Chmiel OPT 808 $11,000, 4yo+ 3-5 wins, 1950m 2 080X4 Cromac Jesse (2) SHarding S Harding 1 1 7X111 Instead Of (1) GCourt 4 3 02003 Hotdiggitydog (3) CMcDowell C McDowell R May

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46125 Waimak Dave 17.60 86631 Go Timmee 17.63 14465 Chevy Chevelle nwtd 78387 Lachie’s Lad 17.44 87787 Georgie Wong 17.26

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J McInerney G Cleeve Hart&Taylor B Shaw J Rush

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1 54723 Fireman’s Rocket 17.46 3 G Cleeve 4 2 75587 Sea Spray Tich 17.50 R Casey 1 3 35151 Bit Piccadilly 17.49 Hart&Taylor 4 36665 Cawbourne Kim nwtd J McInerney AMBER CLEANING SERVICES STAKES 2 5 73471 Billy Muggins 17.49 B Dann 2:35 PM $2200, c2, 520m 6 47838 Wandy Paul 17.47 M Grant

1 68286 Wandy On In 30.79 7 55478 Big Token nwtd J McInerney D Kingston 2 71256 Thrilling Jonah nwtd G Cleeve M Grant 8 13245 Know Wisdom 17.36 4 3 51848 Laudable 30.75 Joyce&May Adcock&Seque 9 88777 New York Affair 18.08 3 4 6421X Sha Char 30.60 B Shaw Joyce/Cockburn 10 78387 Lachie’s Lad 17.44 5 67862 Bronelly Lad nwtd J&D Fahey SPEIGHT’S SPRINT 6 66713 Cover To Cover 30.75 Stapleton&Bonnett 3:28 PM $1700, c2/3, 295m 2 7 11232 Pseudonym 30.63 R Blackburn 1 8 11232 Team Dream nwtd Casey&Fagan 2 1 26624 Runway Queen 17.41 G Cleeve 9 86868 Cawbourne Heidi nwtd McCook&Jopson 1 2 55214 Smash Amego 17.60 M Grant 3 22848 Hooray For Hazel 17.56 Mitchell&Smith TERRA KEROMA AT STUD DASH

4 32236 Fly Canary Fly 17.74

J McInerney 2:53 PM $1400, c2, 295m 5 61775 Vitalize 17.65 Joyce&May 1 43455 Phil Wart 17.59 M Grant 6 17F87 Okuku Wee Man 17.55 Casey&Fagan 2 32858 Cawbourne Flippa 17.35 4 7 66824 Cawbourne Kesha nwtd J McInerney M Flipp 1 3 45121 Taieri Plains 17.69 3 8 35252 Wandy Luck 17.51 Casey&Fagan G Cleeve 4 18588 Roxy Rascal 17.44 McCook&Jopson 9 88777 New York Affair 18.08 Joyce&May 5 41478 Another Street 17.62 J McInerney 10 87787 Georgie Wong 17.26 J Rush

8 9034 Something Zed (12) 56.5 JBurrows B Lammas 4 9 8848 Desert Girl (6) 56.5 MDaly 1 C Barnes (a2) 10 00405 Miss Citron (8) 56.5 KTyler R Black (a2) PX # 11 00X60 Luvlybubbly (5) 56.5 LDobbs J Morris $7000, R65 benchmark*, 1600m 1 2757X Masterzed (1) 58.5 LStewart 1 J Morris 12 Pocket D’Cash (11) 56.5 KBrosnahan 1 1 X8343 Bursting Stone (6) 59 MMcCann S Muniandy 1 2 7358 Ontario (8) 58.5 DFrye A Frye (a2) D Prastiyou (a3)

3 2 1 Sea Wolf (2) 58 KThomson J Bullard 3 0 Blu Mach (10) 58.5 L&RDidham J Bates 2 3 00564 Kashin Girl (4) 56.5 BInglis C Johnson 3 4 047X7. Dragon’s Glory (7) 58.5 LSFaber D Prastiyou (a3) D’CASH RATING 65 DASH 2:25 PM 5 Escondido (11) 58.5 T&LPrendergast R Doherty (a1) OPT 614 $7000, R65 benchmark*, 1600m 4 31929. Hidden Identity (8) 55.5 RMcKay A McKay (a3) 5 8X070 Drumreims (7) 55.5 TKennedy T Moseley 4 6 53779 Tennessee Whiskey (3) 58.5 SLaming T Moseley 1:50 PM CENTRAL SI OWNERS & TRAINERS 1 1 33851 Commander Cody (1) 58.5 JHay C Lunn (a3) 6 00046 Touchdown (1) 55 GEade R Doherty (a1) 2 7 53 Thorn Majic (5) 56.5 KTyler R Black (a2) OPT 613 MAIDEN MILE $7000, mdn, 1600m 4 7 50475 Slick Nickel (3) 54.5 SLaming 2 2 41782 Rockahoy (6) 57.5 NRidley J Bates J Wong (a4) 8 83X7. Belt Up (9) 56.5 DCrozier B Lammas 3 1 3. Croire En Moi (7) 58.5 TRae R Bishop J Bullard 3 21808 Gee Tee Em (2) 56.5 LSFaber D Prastiyou (a3) 8 69X00 Nancy Myles (5) 54 DFrye 1 9 Southern Pride (4) 56.5 JHay K Williams A Frye (a2) 4 4 51786 My Reason (5) 56.5 TKennedy S Muniandy 3:35 PM 10 Katerwaul (6) 56.5 T&LPrendergast A Forbes (a1) 2 X6558 D’Jake (9) 58.5 LStewart 1 SPEIGHTS RATING 65 STAYERS Delleud (2) 58.5 L&RDidham A Forbes (a1) 11 0X009 Miss Pietersen (2) 56.5 TCharles L Callaway 3 3 5 0X933 Corazana (3) 55.5 MDaly 1 T Direen (a1) OPT 616 $7000, R65 benchmark*, 2100m 4 00X90 Prince Eden (4) 58.5 DFrye R Bishop K Williams 1 71610 China Bo Bo (10) 59 TCharles R Black (a2) ONCEUPONATIME RATING 65 1200 5 050X9 Sipavino (10) 58.5 KThomson T Moseley 6 30064 El Bee Dee (7) 55 RMcKay 1:15 PM OPT 612 $7000, R65 benchmark*, 1200m 2 6 22623 D’Chaparral (1) 56.5 LLatta J Wong (a4) 7 88X65 Hailes Abbey (4) 54 VMackle C Spittles 2 68479 Harry Hill (3) 58.5 B&SAnderton T Direen (a1) B Lammas 1 3759X The Chifney Rush (9) 59 NTanner R Bishop 1 7 78635 Lady Privateer (3) 56.5 K&LRae J Bates 8 50678 She’s Insatiable (8) 54 TCharles R Black (a2) 4 3 76297 Braemar (1) 58 MDaly 1 12:40 PM 611

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2 221 Do Uno Whoiam (8) 58 JBurrows D Bothamley 1 2 3 13. Mr Costa Cugat (2) 58 TRae J Bullard 4 65392 Elusive Law (5) 57.5 DCrozier B Lammas 5 5092X She’ll Keep (3) 56.5 LStewart 1 A Frye (a2) 6 1006X Really Rusty (6) 56 BInglis J Morris 3 7 47063 Mind Reader (4) 54 GTippett S Muniandy 4 8 18X09 Princess Ana (1) 54 Kennedy/Furlong K Williams 9 76599. Fly My Pretty (7) 54 SHaisma L Callaway

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4 32158 Contador (4) 58 NRidley 1 J Wong (a4) 2 5 64734 Chasuble (8) 57.5 BCourt K Wong (a4) 6 56750. Wagonwheel (11) 57.5 MDaly 1 CBarnes(a2) 7 72401 Sheezaruler (13) 57 CHarris R Bishop 3 8 10380 Flying Sportsman (7) 57 M&WColes AFrye(a2) 9 46X10 Mispatch (5) 56.5 L&RDidham J Morris 10 38657 Missceo (6) 55 Kevin&PamHughes L Callaway 11 X0904 Braehill (2) 55 MDaly 1 A Forbes (a1) 12 60902 Showcase (9) 54 ATreymane L McKay (a3) 13 23352 It’sHappen’en(12) 54 KBrosnahan 1 DPrastiyou(a3) Track Information Weather: Showers

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87152 Chainsaw Pete 17.72 B Marsh 63836 Attire nwtd Udy&McCracken 87351 Where’s Chicken 17.56 Freeman&Turnwald 14783 Secret Star 17.83 Freeman&Turnwald 26523 Eruza 17.50 L Ahern 22657 Crystal Wave 17.65 B Hodgson 45276 Enazuma 17.39 Goldsack&Denby 35211 Run Lacey Run 17.41 Freeman&Turnwald 14668 Homebush Buffy 17.51 J McInerney 17876 Fulla Torque nwtd G Quirk

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B Johnston L Ahern Udy&McCracken J McInerney J McInerney

74838 Another Hit 17.42 J McInerney 81615 Kinetic Neo 17.63 Kettlewell&Phillips 43151 Rosemore Osti 17.23 L Ahern 72513 Moulin Blue 17.55 Freeman&Turnwald 53413 Red Moova Hoova 17.83 Goldsack&Denby 46113 Jill Sprite 17.71 Udy&McCracken 81758 Stiff 17.33 Freeman&Turnwald 33588 Flying Flynn 17.62 D Hunt 14668 Homebush Buffy 17.51 J McInerney 15587 Rando Reason 17.68 G Quirk

Track Information Type: All weather; Direction: Left-handed; Length: 1193m; Weather: Fine

4 6X690 Cavalli Woman (4) MCations M Cations B 5 6X400 Double Chocolate (5) RHolmes R Holmes 1 6 00382 Blytheburn (6) BKerr C D Thornley 7 36878 Washington Star (7) ICameron I Cameron 8 Classic Vogue SCRATCHED

Mc Khan (8) JWilliams J Williams 9 86880 Barrier

10 49 Bambolina (21) MEdmonds M Edmonds 2 11 55603 Captain Thunderjet (22) D&CButt D Butt 12 Andeesa Legend (23) JMcDonald R May 3 13 49054 Tan Son Nhut (24) NUre J Anderson (J) 14 X0200 Spencer Gore (25) JBoylan B Anderson 15 24329 Limitation (26) BBorcoskie B Borcoskie A 16 0706X Lottie Franco (27) MBeckwith B Butt 10:15 PM OPT 811

CASINO MOBILE PACE $5000, 4yo+ 1 win, 2600m 11 CHRISTCHURCH

1 58X04 Bounty Eyre (1) FFletcher A Butt 3 2 73727 Alexy (2) BNegus M Williamson 4 3 017 Glenferrie Idol (3) PRobertson C D Thornley 4 51276 Chargedownking (4) FBaigent R Curtin 5

Mimi Surarti SCRATCHED 1 6 81338 Jeans Mattjesty (5) G&NHope R May 7 67709 Anvil Gav (6) GSmith G Smith 8 07970 Lockey (7) CMcDowell C McDowell

Vertical Four (8) JCurtin J Curtin 9 37836 Barrier

2 10 9X571 Galleons Theory (21) NMunro R Holmes 11 091X4 President Obama (22) FMorris S McNally 12 56666 Bashful Compton (23) AStuart B Orange

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Taranaki Races Tomorrow at New Plymouth

6 Edward Cheval SCRATCHED benchmark, 1200m 7 7900X Safe Access (2) 56.5 SCameron B Lammas PX # REC Horse (Barrier) kg Trainer Jockey 8 46230 Ashalini (10) 56 ASchumacher M Dee (a3) 9 57185. Bazinger (5) 55.5 RAllen K Myers 4 1 51211. Talk The Torque (1) 60 TRiddell D Turner (a3) 10 40327 Rampantexcuse (7) 55 JLitt A Morgan (a3) 3 2 92571 For Petesake (7) 59 TDravitzki B Grylls (a2) 3 43713 Snow Excuse (3) 58 RManning R Hutchings (a) 11 9X883 Whispering Waters (1) 54 BRevell 1 R Hutchings (a) 4 25314 Di’s Boy (6) 56.5 MJohnson M Dravitzki (a2) 1:53 PM ITM BLUM R65 $12,500, R65 5 33022 She’s Slinky (4) 56 GLambert M Dee (a3) OPT 404 benchmark*, 1400m 2 6 44301 Faro Rubino (8) 55.5 CKupa M Du Plessis 1 85101. Joking (1) 59 FDrummond D Johnson 1 7 78411. Sam I Am (2) 55 PPascoe S Doyle 4 2 3231 Cast King (5) 58 O'Sullivan/Scott R Jones 8 58179. O’Right Zen (5) 54 SMarsh D Johnson 1 3 1 Duffers Creek (6) 58 KMyers M Dee (a3) 2 Another Bachelor (4) 57 GVile R Hannam SPORTYS BAR & CAFE RATING 75 1600 4 12:43 PM $15,000, R75 benchmark, 1600m 5 25153. Katie McKeen (7) 56 GMcBeth 1 B Grylls (a2) OPT 402 D Bradley 1 1 12123 Cornelius (6) 59 BFoote J Riddell 6 54201 Ngawhini (8) 56 KZimmerman M Du Plessis 4 2 04890. Defenciti (2) 57 PFleming 1 A Morgan (a3) 3 7 36521. Stella (10) 56 SClotworthy 2

8 41682 Tartlet (11) 56 AClement J Parkes 3 77212 St Ransom (7) 57 GVile R Hannam 1 Mr Mendelssohn (13) 55.5 KMcQuade P Turner (a1) 4 12X10 Ciskay (1) 56.5 KMyers K Myers 9

10 22 Cassie Anne (3) 55 TEgan R Myers 2 5 2136X Flynn (3) 55.5 KMyers D Walker N Harris 3 6 81284 La Stellina (4) 54 JMillar 1 K Smith 11 85323 Luck At Last (2) 55 E&JJRayner

12 X6472 Hannah Mary (12) 55 P Mirabelli

K Myers 7 27243 Ishiarose (8) 54 KZimmerman M Du Plessis

13 7 Floozie Cat (9) 55 A Sharrock 1 M Cameron 8 65430 Jamomiti (5) 54 GSearle J Parkes 12:08 PM OPT 401

ITM PASLODE R75 $15,000, R75

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DOUBLES TREBLES QUADDIE FIRST 4 PICK 6

2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 1-2-3, 4-5-6, 7-8-9 6-7-8-9 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 4-9 $250,000

6 10249 Lasswade (8) 56.5 MJohnson B Lammas 7 731X7 Cameo Lass (11) 55.5 KMyers M Dee (a3) 2 8 61810 Sharakti (9) 55.5 Baker/Forsman M Cameron 3 9 7X073 Abstain (10) 55 D&CBothwell R Myers 8 212X2 Pooka’s Sister (9) 54 JWheeler 1 10 63627 Wannabe Queen (4) 54.5 MEales D Bradley R Hutchings (a) 11 X5667 Ballroom (6) 54.5 TCorric V Johnston 9 20615 Our Alchemist (14) 58 KMyers D Walker 10 75445 Superturf (13) 57 GLambert D Johnson LA NUOVA APPARELMASTER OPEN HCP 3:06 PM 1 11 13122 Pencuri (5) 54.5 J&NWood D Walsh OPT 406 $25,000, opn hcp, 2000m 12 67089 Kalgoorlie Bomber (7) 54 FStammers V Johnston 1 1 61630 King Victor (10) 59 AClement D Turner (a3) 13 35371 Jacksun (6) 54 PFleming 1 A Morgan (a) N Harris 2 2 31113 Chill Bill (4) 58.5 Baker/Forsman M Cameron 14 31216 Perfect Start (16) 54 WHillis 3 8X430. Josephine (7) 58 PMcKenzie D Walsh 15 63498 Stormin Norman (11) 55.5 RPatterson 1 S Doyle 16 Financialterrorist SCRATCHED 4 81148 Mini Pearl (2) 57.5 FAuret J Parkes Alfonze SCRATCHED 3 5 81920 The Muffin Man (5) 57.5 WHillis M Ulucinar (a4) 17 Seducer SCRATCHED 4 6 01877 Ormond Road (9) 56.5 TBambry R Myers 18 7 21614 I’m Not Ticklish (6) 55.5 TNewton M Du Plessis D 19 81284 La Stellina (4) 54 JMillar 1 20 Cool One SCRATCHED 8 12195 D’Llaro (8) 55.5 GLord R Hutchings (a) 9 85110 Sea Eagle (3) 55 KLittle D Bradley SEATON PARK R65 $12,500, R65 10 97491 Me Aroha (1) 54 WJeffcoat B Grylls (a2) 4:16 PM

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Track Information Type: Grass; Expected: Heavy; Direction: Left-handed; Length: 1600m; Straight: 375m; Rail: Out 2m; Weather: Cloudy

10 X0053 Selamat (10) 54.5 J&NWood D Walsh 11 24029 Goldie Cantride (16) 54 ASchumacher D Johnson 12 00575 Alkempo (5) 54 PPascoe J Shackleton (a3) 13 X0070 Palraf (12) 54 JLitt A Morgan (a3) 14 63670 Torrado (7) 54 PFleming 1 V Johnston 15 45095 Trickjah (1) 54 RBalcombe M Dee (a3) A 16 X7921 Get Flash (8) 57.5 KMyers D Walker B 17 19005 Beaudastorm (9) 55.5 PBourke 4:56 PM 409

OPT

& ECHOES OF HEAVEN @LINWOOD OPEN DAY 9 PARKEKRAAR $25,000, sp cond, 1800m

1 35112 Lion Red (5) 59 SClotworthy R Hutchings (a) 1 2 34621 Ready Eddie (16) 58 MOulaghan J Riddell 3 1 Arandom (8) 58 KMyers M Dee (a3) 4 19005 Beaudastorm (10) 58 PBourke D Turner (a3) 5 37411. Beguiling (15) 57 D&CBothwell R Myers 6 53237 Bach (9) 57 GThomas M Cameron OPT 408 benchmark*, 1800m 7 003 Lykaroc (1) 57 TMills S Doyle ITM INTERPROVINCIAL CHALLENGE R85 1 0X046 Bar Keeper (11) 59 LLatta 3:41 PM 8 3621 Bonny Heights (3) 56 FAuret J Parkes $50,000, R85 benchmark, 1600m OPT 407 1 2 33521 Google Me (13) 58.5 SClotworthy M Du Plessis 9 24794 Good Risk (14) 56 AClement B Grylls (a2) ITM PINK BATTS RATING 75 2000 1 99301 Barstorm (1) 54.5 IKelly 1 M Dravitzki (a) 3 512 Sortemout (15) 58.5 SCookson 4 10 57241 Leaper Faith (13) 56 JWheeler 1 M Du Plessis ITM BLUM R65 $12,500, R65 2:31 PM 1:18 PM J Parkes $15,000, R75 benchmark, 2000m 4 2 33622 The Flying Affair (10) 59 M/Rogers M Du Plessis 4 20994 Werio (2) 58.5 SCameron D Johnson B Grylls (a2) 11 6X136 Permesso (7) 56 K&GOpie benchmark*, 1400m OPT 405 OPT 403 3 1 64312 Ekko Beeches (8) 59 KZimmerman D Walsh 4 1 0X874. Wai Not (7) 58 JWheeler 1 M Dravitzki (a2) 3 157X1 One Above (15) 57 LAnderson M Cameron 2 5 X88X1 Sonny Ben (6) 58 KMyers 3 12 34423. Bunkered (6) 55 JWheeler 1 M Dravitzki (a2) R Myers 4 2 04126 General Lee (4) 58.5 JWheeler 1 M Du Plessis 2 31240 Birchino (2) 57.5 GVile 3 4 21237 Snave (12) 57.5 Baker/Forsman 6 Graceful Joy SCRATCHED 13 33322 Jazz Rock (4) 55 Haworth/Dixon B Lammas R Hannam R Myers 1 3 63123 Mr Ink (6) 58.5 AClement 4 7 38235. Go Thunder (14) 56.5 TBliss 1 M Cameron 2 14 33032 Evasive Tracy (11) 55 ABidlake A Taylor (a3) D Turner (a3) 3 0X856 Les Sylphides (1) 57 TKeegan B Grylls (a2) 5 83100 Wanabefamous (8) 60 RManning J Riddell 2 4 0X135. I Suggest (3) 56.5 RPatterson 1 R Hannam 4 X1257 Anotherchancetaken (3) 57 DParry R Hutchings (a) 2 6 21622 Celtic Star (2) 54 RPriscott 3 8 81042. Astana (4) 56 JWheeler 1 M Dravitzki (a2) 15 8X752 The Link (2) 55 BMcKeagg J Parkes D Walker 5 30X04 Duke Of Dirk (9) 56.5 D&CBothwell B Grylls (a2) 1 5 28146 Jack Romanov (5) 57 Sargent/Allen M Du Plessis 7 01456 Liv’n Paradise (3) 56.5 RAllen A 16 33521 Google Me (12) 58 SClotworthy K Myers 9 15479 Maeve Davone (3) 55 Sargent/Allen K Myers

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Pakuranga Hunt Races

Tomorrow at Ellerslie

1 THE KARAKA DEMONS MAIDEN HURDLE

$12,500, mdn hdl, 2760m PX # REC Horse (Barrier) kg Trainer Jockey OPT

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3 1 40383 The Missing Link (10) 68 BPeterson D Miller (a3) 2 48826 Skai Glen (11) 68 SWenn I Lupton 3 60752 Goginga (13) 68 GAlton R Cully 4 X0P4L Happy Go Lucky (3) 68 DCunningham M Cropp (a) 5 90747 Xalted (2) 68 Moroney/Ormsby P Ormsby 1 6 01840 Indikator (6) 68 K&GOpie C Thornton 7 X06P1 Cash Kingdom (4) 68 BRitchie J Forbes (3) 2 8 16100. Danza Lad (12) 68 RLiefting R Doherty (a) 9 3090P Affaire D’Honneur (8) 68 G&DRogerson M Mitchell 10 X6P80 Currency Spike (1) 68 G&DRogerson S Sanders (3) 11 1X771 Houndscry (9) 68 KMyers K Veenendaal 4 12 37042 Noah Jon (5) 68 RSherwin G Walsh 13 X0872 Second In Command (7) 68 RPatel S Houston

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

56417 King Piccolo (4) 67.5 WHillis K Hillis (am) 02130 Solyn (1) 66.5 CCleghorn S Wenn (am) 77725 Raisafuasho (10) 66.5 ABrowne S Sutherland (am) 40033 Fair Script (16) 66.5 JWheeler L Wheeler (am) 7000P Atlantis (15) 66.5 BAutridge M Northcott (am) 00988 Carinya (12) 66.5 DO'Leary K Peterson (am) 76436 C’mon (6) 66.5 NRobinson C Rusling (am) 69055 Party Horse (9) 66.5 PNelson S Fannin (am) 08736 Rap N Tap (3) 66.5 GBlundell H Voss (am) Beau Ransom SCRATCHED

August 24, 2013

13 P6F48 Ohopee (7) 66 DO'Leary 14 9XF5F. Tralee (15) 66 G&DRogerson 15 75P46 Jamie Lee (8) 66 RLiefting A 16 P4786 Storm Home (3) 68 RPatterson

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M Mitchell S Sanders (3) M Cropp (a) S Houston

DOUBLES TREBLES QUADDIE FIRST 4 2:46 PM OPT 205

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1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 2-3-4, 6-7-8 5-6-7-8 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 TWOMEY CONSTRUCTION R85 $15,000, R85 benchmark, 2200m

1 0X661 Just Got Home (8) 59 RLiefting M Coleman 1 2 2 82281 Master Ip (4) 57 D&DLogan C Grylls $40,000, opn hdl, 3350m 3 3 95083 Master Michael (1) 57 LMcGregor O Bosson 1 52171 Sea King (15) 70 KMyers J Rathbone L Innes 2 40022 Yamanaura (11) 70 JWheeler S Phelan 4 75439 Brompton (6) 55.5 GAlton 5 48174 Little Matey (7) 54 GOld M Hills 3 3 31X03 Harvest The Gold (6) 69 MOulaghan K Veenendaal 4 6 X0402 Irene Alice (2) 54 SClotworthy T Thornton 4 01301. Thatz David (13) 67 ADavies G Walsh 7 13000 Saved By The Bell (3) 54 GMerkulov M Sweeney THE TRACTOR CENTRE MDN STEEPLECHASE 5 DX404 Joerok (17) 66 KRae 1:35 PM E Stack 8 62199 Beau Ransom (5) 54 RYetton A Collett (a) $12,500, mdn stp, 4150m 6 46155 Arose (9) 65.5 RGavin OPT 203 W Cafferty THE PAKURANGA HUNT CUP STEEPLECHASE 1 1 34232 Authentic (10) 68 DCunningham I Lupton 7 11260 Comte de Jeu (4) 65.5 TWenn M Cropp (a) 3:21 PM $40,000, opn stp, 4900m 3 2 5X572 Tim (2) 68 DCunningham S Phelan 2 8 X7131. The Strutter (5) 65 DStevenson R Doherty (a) OPT 206 3 PF5P3 Generous Type (9) 68 PBrosnan G Walsh 1 9 08211 Brer (16) 65 CThornton S Houston C Thornton 1 8X7F8. Ima Heroine (4) 69 ABrowne R Cully 10 46952 Flavour Flav (14) 65 Wright/Howlett I Lupton 2 23554 Cape Kinaveral (6) 67 G&DRogerson M Mitchell IUHH DUKE OF GLOUCESTER CUP R65 & JUMPERS 4 90X54. Desperado (1) 68 RWhiteside 1:00 PM 2 5 47343 McCulley (14) 68 KMyers K Veenendaal 4 11 02611 Kings Deep (8) 65 PNelson 1 3 55531 El Patron (7) 67 JWheeler M Cropp (a) OPT 202 $12,500, R65&jmps bmk*, 2200m R Cully 1 222L1 Krase (13) 72 KMyers 2

6 Victory Morgan SCRATCHED S MacNab (am) 4 44121 Rangatira (2) 65 SGulliver P Ormsby P Ormsby 2 21X14 Shanghi Slow (14) 70 KMyers 3 5 54L12 Smoke (10) 65 PBrosnan 4 7 44PP7 Goosebumps (12) 68 JBridgman D Miller (a3) 12 64313 I’m Isaac (2) 65 KFursdon G Walsh

13 8F103 Verdasco (10) 65 G Hughes

C Studd 6 4X033 Sportavian (8) 65 SCullen 3 3 53208 Stagehand (11) 69 SClotworthy J McKay (am) 8 24675 Ima Dancer (6) 68 ABrowne J Rathbone S Phelan

14 45231 It’s A Message (12) 65 G & D Rogerson

M Mitchell 7 23775 Dane Ruler (1) 65 SCameron 4 21463 Isdabicky (2) 68 Wright/Howlett A Tata (am) 9 6F656 Marvon Downs (5) 68 GAlton N Quinn (3) R Cully 1 5 01938. Lucky Tonight (5) 68 SHouston B Ropiha (am) 10 P335P Supercharged (4) 68 WHillis W Cafferty (1.5) A 15 1P3L9 Calgacus (3) 65 NMortimer 8 36531 Stainley (3) 65 JMoss I Lupton 4 6 33316. Real Treasure (7) 68 ABrowne M Roustoby (am) 11 0007P. Asworthy (11) 68 SClotworthy P Ormsby B 16 23108 Toby Cee (7) 65 DStevenson 9 951L3. O’Connor (9) 65 DO'Leary K Veenendaal 4 10 04316 Snodroptwinkletoes (5) 65 KMyers J Rathbone 2 7 33035 Revenge (8) 68 Sargent/Allen T Johnson (am) 12 69040 Red Hot (13) 68 DWaddell C Studd C 17 40383 The Missing Link (1) 65 BPeterson 2:10 PM OPT 204

TONY RICHARDS TOYOTA HURDLE

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Gore Harness

Sunday at Gore Raceway

KUBALA SEEDS LTD GORE TROT $5000,

4yo+ non winners, 2200m PX # REC Horse (Start pos) Trainer Driver

12:52 PM

3 PACEBRYLEIGH STUD/WASHINGTON VC F&M MOB

$6000, 3yo+ f&m non win, 2200m

1 44428 Bryleigh Star (1) G&JKnight M Williamson 1 2 3789X Shez Wicked (2) CBarron C Barron 1 743X Zachary Smith (1) NEdge K Barclay 3 2489 Whatamitoyou (3) HHunter S Walkinshaw 2 00004 Veecewah (2) AMilne A Milne

4 0 Fern Fever (4) DHeffernan B Barclay 2 3 7P8X2 American Holiday (3) DMcLachlan S Walkinshaw 3 5 32073 Cracklin Rosie (5) D&CButt B McLellan 4 74577 Speedy Success (4) AClark A Clark

6 68895 Juliana Belle (6) BKeeler K Barclay 3 5 65873 Snow Boy (5) SLock S Lock J Trainor (J) 6 297X5 Makarewa Rick (6) KFranks 1 K Franks 2 7 4 Digital Art (7) CDalgety

R Swain 7 0X87X Pop Goes The Weasel (7) BNorman B Norman 8 468 Kezza’s Lass (8) KMcRae Barrier 1 8 267X6 Perfect Sunrise (u1) Cox/Hoffman J W Cox A Clark 4 9 09X8 Galleons Instinct (u2) CGerken M Williamson 9 5X085 The Jinja Ninja (21) AClark 4 10 4X Sage (22) G&JKnight N Williamson 10 0X Overcast (u3) APaisley C Barron 11 56X66 Shards Of Myross (23) Cox/Hoffman J W Cox HOKONUI HONDA MOBILE PACE $6000, 12 Infinity (24) LPearson L Pearson 12:26 PM 3yo+ non winners, 2200m 13 306X0 Lets Go Ceilidh (25) GJohnstone C Ferguson (J) 1 Westburn Endure (1) ICourt B Barclay 14 84X Terribly Lucky (26) MGBrown B Williamson (J) 4 2 7X386 Cossack (2) NEdge K Barclay BRENDAN FRANKS FARRIER HCPTROT $7000, 3 82369 Adriatic Coast (3) RSwain 1 R Swain 1:18 PM 5yo+ 1-3 wins spechcp, 2200m 4 43797 Lady Suffragette (4) TKilkelly N Williamson 1 5 4 Young Reggie (5) LWilson M Williamson 1 0X77X Alyak Nova (1) Cox/McGrannachan J H Cox 6 88477 Blanco (6) MTapper M Tapper 2 24156 Chevy Corvette (2) Cox/McGrannachan BBarclay 3 3 50409 Sun Shine Whiz (3) BShirley N Williamson 2 7 098X2 Fabulous Abbey (7) PHunter P Hunter K Barclay

Macardo (8) MGBrown B Williamson (J) 4 170X5 The Fiery Filly (4) TKilkelly 8 66070 Barrier

5 080X8 Some Say The Best (u1) BLeerdam CFerguson(J) 4 6 46070 Yelande (u2) AKyle 9 X7984 Matai Maddi (21) AMilne A Kyle A Milne 1 7 98016 Chiola Belle (u3) PWilliamson M Williamson 3 10 5 Conical Hill (22) Faithful/Sherborne S Walkinshaw 11 52337 Sammy The Bull (23) BMcLellan B McLellan 2 8 65165 Marchesa (1) BNorman B Norman 12 7707X Clifton Prize (u1) Cox/McGrannachan J W Cox 9 26579 John Henry Galleon (1) CGerken J W Cox

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2:32 PM

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R O'Regan C F Moore T Agent Udy&Cottam P Cleaver D Schofield Udy&Cottam Udy&Cottam B Littlejohn R Udy

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46624 Very Chilly nwtd 54338 On The House 31.47 81744 King’s Legacy 31.07 64652 Jinja Jam nwtd 2526F Charley Farley 31.03 33372 Realon Rose nwtd 76864 Bon Vogue nwtd 47855 Hit Boost nwtd

3:25 PM

4

M Mathews H L Laagland J Black B Littlejohn K Sutch-Jones R O'Regan A Cleaver T Patton

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ESPLIN’S DAIRY MOBILE PACE

$8000, 4yo+ 1 win, 2200m

4 3 250X8 Righthere Rightnow (3) TStratford M Williamson 1 4 02X5P Levels Legacy (4) MTapper A Milne 5 23354 Love In The Dark (5) AArmour T Williams 6 536X3 Don’t Wanadie (6) TKilkelly K Barclay 3 7 44X2 Jaccka Wilco (7) NWilliamson N Williamson

Sheza Maniac (8) BMcLellan B McLellan 8 P48 Barrier

9 08654 Caesar (21) WStevenson S Walkinshaw 2 10 7X6 McArdle Royale (22) APaisley C Barron KIM MCDOWALL PAINTING & DECORLTD 11 52953 Spanish Lustre (23) ICourt B Barclay PACE $6000, 4yo+ non win 2200m 12 Bettabe Perfect (24) ABeck A Beck

2:10 PM

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1 760X5 Rising Tide (1) Cox/Hoffman J W Cox 2 2700X Sterns Arising (2) BMorris B Morris 3 3 4669X Master President (3) APaisley B Barclay 2 4 72333 Bromac Del Mar (4) CBarron C Barron 5 0005 Byrd (5) MMcAuley K Barclay 1 6 456X4 Mustang (6) AArmour T Williams 7 5X Pay Me Quick (7) MGBrown B Williamson (J) 8 3 Speedy Love (8) ABeck A Beck 4 9 64307 McArdle Meg (9) PHunter P Hunter 10 908X First Serve (10) AMilne A Milne

3:15 PM

MOTEL/FOOD AFFAIR MOBILE PACE 8 CHARLTON $5000, 4yo+ 1 win, 2200m

1 00754 Kaylea Bolter (1) BKeeler M Anderson (J) 4 2 56056 Sixonenine (2) HHunter C Hanna (J) 3 8791 Ice Maiden (3) AArmour J Trainor (J) 4 98809 Julia Jones (4) MTodd B Barclay 5 68008 Miss Milwaukee (5) ELatimer M Williamson 6 600X8 Lady Elite (6) Faithful/Sherborne S Walkinshaw 1 7 15PX5 Ganesh Bromac (7) GJohnstone C Ferguson (J)

Infrequently (8) G&JKnight R McIlwrick (J) 8 69323 Barrier

HOWL AT THE MOON MOB PACE $8000, 2 9 21341 Chers Bettor Babe (21) MGBrown B Williamson (J) 2:40 PM 3yo+ non winners, 2200m 10 36866 Ahorsewithnoname (22) BShirley N Williamson 1 Millwood Charity (1) NEdge B Williamson (J) 11 83598 Between The Lines (23) Cox/Hoffman J W Cox 2 96602 Midnight Mayhem (2) Cox/Hoffman J W Cox 3 12 5356X Cool Delight (24) GHunter C Barron

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4:00 PM

1 4 3 2 3 4 1 5 6 2 7 REEL-FISHIN.COM SERIES FINAL $1400, c1f, 318m 8

1 17352 Run Mischief Run 18.69 3 B Bond 4 2 73733 Asia Ostee 18.78 M Mann 3 43252 Blairly Alive 19.20 R O'Regan M Black CAROL’S TABS STAKES 4 35243 Lucylicious nwtd 2:50 PM 2

5 56231 Jetsun Jules 18.79 B Hunt $1800, c0, 527m

6 73842 Wolf Marine 18.91

P Cleaver 1 36 Legal Aid nwtd P Lowen 1

7 X1611 Viva Vane 18.55

S Clark 3 2 44 Rockin’ Rod nwtd P Lowen H L Laagland 4 3 83885 Westerly Wind nwtd M J Lozell 8 28621 Major Tom 18.76 R O'Regan 1 4 56433 Ike Jones nwtd K Sutch-Jones 9 77163 Where’s Carlos 19.03 10 85264 Where’s The Cat 18.56 D Schofield 5 38567 Fly My Pretty nwtd B Craik 6 7777 Larto nwtd A Cleaver STRIKE RATE TRAINER KAREN WALSH 2 7 F3533 Versatile Richie nwtd T Agent 3:42 PM STAKES $2600, c3, 527m 8 76534 Skyhigh Levi nwtd G Parker 3 1 15118 Senorita Chang nwtd S Clark 9 86546 Tennesse Ave nwtd B Craik 4 2 8767 Magic Fancy nwtd D Schofield 10 66567 Legree nwtd G Parker 3 75255 Par nwtd C F Moore 4 66522 Jetsun Blaze 30.78 G Wilson NEW COMER TRAINER CAROLYN HORE 1 5 65212 Thrilling Ninja 30.94 D Van Meeuwen 3:07 PM STAKES $1900, c1, 527m 6 13646 Positivity 31.02 B Craik 1 64564 Alpinador 31.21 S Clark 2 7 31513 Thrilling Butcha 30.36 K Walsh 2 2 313 Blitzing Mayhem nwtd S Clark 8 6788X Cash Knocka 30.48 T Green

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1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10 1-2-3, 4-5-6, 8-9-10 7-8-9-10 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

1 14284 Supreme Genes (1) DHeffernan N Williamson 3 1 2 22112 Northview Major (2) MGBrown B Williamson (J) 4 3 93910 A J Lee (3) ICourt M Williamson 4 12327 Billy The Bus (4) MSwain C Barron 5 93046 Shiney Princess (5) SLock S Lock 2 6 X1093 Tic Tac Bromac (6) ABlack A Beck

Knapdale Lady (7) RSwain 1 R Swain 7 04528 Barrier

Sunday at Manukau Stadium

GREYHOUND FUNCTION CENTRE SPRINT

5517F Boss Lady Sloy 18.53 72378 Time Fraud nwtd 52484 Mega Upload 18.91 74268 Run Stacey Run 19.00 31722 Urban Combat 18.44 6268F Lochinvar Valero 18.90 18467 Legend Bee 18.64 2336F All In All 18.66 26488 Family’s Pride nwtd 12484 Gem’s Conquest nwtd

1:44 PM

Auckland Greyhounds

$1700, c3, 318m PX # REC Greyhound Fastest time Trainer

1 3 2 2 4 3 4 1 5 6 7 8 9 10

August 25, 2013

DOUBLES TREBLES QUADDIE FIRST 4

$2700, c5, 318m

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H L Laagland D Schofield D Schofield R O'Regan B Bond G Farrell C Hore C Hore

$20,000 PICK6 SPRINT $2000, c4, 318m

12783 Agent Van Alden 18.64 52443 Shalf 18.87 27341 This Is Swip 18.57 46345 Bigtime Drifter 18.78 64666 Mahonie 18.55 56488 Opawa Sacha 18.59 77475 Calamity Free 18.68 27432 Charlie’s Funds 18.42 32757 Thrilling Abra 18.86 78867 Percentage Man 18.58

4:35 PM

1 3 2 4 3 4

SEL’S TAB MANGERE SPRINT

61163 High Flyer 18.62 72221 Cosmic Pearl 0.00 32521 Winsome Buster 18.61 43578 Ima Spice 18.68 11111 Bright Star 18.05 21656 Ladakh 18.43 12253 Life’s A Dream 18.29 14324 Lord Will 18.41

4:17 PM

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August 25, 2013

B Craik R O'Regan S Clark R O'Regan G Pomeroy B Littlejohn D Schofield P Green L Bliek L Laagland

AGRC REWARDS SPRINT

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■ RUGBY

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In brief Ibbotson a concern

Mid Canterbury v Poverty Bay, Ashburton Showgrounds, 2.30pm kickoff

Fremantle could be missing one of their best defenders for the start of the AFL finals, but it’s not Luke McPharlin who’s in grave doubt. Rebounding backman Garrick Ibbotson is struggling to overcome an Achilles tendon injury and will miss his fourth straight match when the Dockers take on Port Adelaide in Saturday night’s AFL clash at Patersons Stadium.

Ibbotson had been enjoying his best ever season and was in All-Australian contention before succumbing to soreness in his Achilles tendon.

Winton dangerous

Peni Manumanuniwila (centre) will start in the mid-field for Mid Canterbury in the Heartland Rugby Championship opener against Poverty Bay in Ashburton tomorrow.

Photo Jonathan Leask 170813-JL-036

Fresh start for Mid Canterbury

By Jonathan Leask

jonathan.l@theguardian.co.nz

Poverty Bay is the first hurdle in Mid Canterbury coach Glenn Moore’s first Heartland rugby Championship when the competition kicks off at the Ashburton Showgrounds tomorrow.

Moore believes the key to a good start is “starting both halves well” so they can play from in front.

“We want to get gain-line dominance first and use the ball,” Moore said.

“Our intention is definitely to attack but we have to be able to hold onto the ball and build some phases.”

Ball retention was one aspect Moore highlighted for an improvement tomorrow, where a lot of work has gone into rectifying what was a dysfunctional

lineout in the preseason, and the other was keeping 15 players on the field.

“We have to make sure our discipline is right because we don’t want to play with 14 for 20 minutes again.”

Mid Canterbury’s defence has been solid but in both games yellow cards resulted in the opposition breaching the try line.

Poverty Bay has had the wood on Mid Canterbury in their last three meetings but a new-look Mid Canterbury takes to the field tomorrow making a fresh start after last year’s worst finish in the competition’s seven year history.

From the forward pack that ran out against Otago B last week there are only two changes.

Prop Simon Fleetwood re-

turns to the starting front row in place of Ron Manu while Kody Nordqvist takes his place in the loose forwards after missing last weekend’s match through illness.

Japanese international Murray Williams will steer the ship from first five eight with fellow imports Jake Ashby inside him at halfback and Southbridge’s Peni Manumanuniwila at centre completing the import quota.

Injuries affect the make-up of the rest of the back line.

“It will depend on who is available with the injuries how we stack things up.”

As well as injury the backline was subject to red tape, with the confirmation of eligibility of the Glenmark’s Muleli Bula and Hampstead’s Samoan international Esera Lauina still await-

ing confirmation last night.

Lauina has been bracketed at second five with Gideon Lambrechts, who is also bracketed with Josh Nonu on the left wing.

Dwayne Burrows will start on the right wing and his Rakaia teammate Andrew Fluker at fullback.

The Mid Canterbury team: 1 Tukulua Tolu 2 James Carr 3 Simon Fleetwood 4 Grant Polson 5 Andrew Smith 6 Kody Nordqvist 7 Mitch Sim 8 Jon Dampney (c) 9 Jake Ashby 10 Murray Williams 11Josh Nonu/ Gideon Lambrechts 12 Esera Lauina/ Gideon Lambrechts 13 Peni Manumanuniwila 14 Dwayne Burrows 15 Andrew Fluker. Reserves: 16 Kamaka Reti, 17 Scott Murphy, 18 Logan Bonnington, 19 Mark Andrew, 20 Will McKenzie 21 Davey Maw 22 Josh Nonu/Tevita Tupou.

Woodcock celebrates 100th test cap for ABs

By Wynne Gray

Tony Woodcock

It was one of those afternoons when former North Harbour players turned up to give a few lessons to the Kaipara College 1st XV. They eased off on the smash approach, as much to protect themselves as the students. But former All Black and Harbour skipper Wayne Shelford got an early wake-up about some of the challenges.

“I just thought I’d cart the ball up, and this guy dumped me on my arse,” he recalled.

‘The school coach told me this bloke was going to be an All Black and when I looked at the size of the man at the speeches later, I thought he might well

be right. He just stood out; you don’t see too many like him at high school.”

Several years later, Shelford was coaching Harbour and picked that teenager, Tony Woodcock, for his provincial debut.

That started the loosehead prop’s first class career which reaches a highlight tomorrow in Wellington when he plays his 100th test for the All Blacks.

His first came in Cardiff in late 2002 after coach John Mitchell decided to leave experienced props Dave Hewett and Greg Somerville behind to rehab for the next World Cup campaign.

Asking Woodcock to shout out long and loud about his ca-

reer is like asking him to convert tries. It has never been his nature to converse at length when a few words will do.

It was a special day 11 years ago when he formed the front row alongside Keven Mealamu (also in his first test) and Carl Hayman against Wales at the Millennium Stadium.

They were in a side which collaborated for a special 43-17 victory after a tour loss and a stalemate with England then France. “You remember it forever but it goes pretty quick so you have just got to embrace it and get amongst it,” he said.

That black jersey, and many others he has worn since, are kept at home as reminders of his times with All Black mates.

It will be a weekend at Winton fraught with danger but one that Mark Winterbottom hopes will pay dividends towards his tilt at this year’s V8 Supercars championship.

The Ford driver has never won at the tight and twisty 3km rural circuit, despite boasting a record four pole positions there. And while Winton is be the official test track for all Melbourne-based teams - including Winterbottom’s Ford Performance Racing - they have recorded just one race victory since their debut 10 years ago.

Swim team face music Australia’s controversial men’s freestyle relay team will be punished by the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) today. The six Australian men’s freestyle swimmers face sanctions including loss of AOC funding as a result of their ill-fated bonding session before last year’s London Olympics. The swimmers - Eamon Sullivan, Matt Targett, James Magnussen, James Roberts, Tommaso D’Orsogna and Cameron McEvoy - have already been fined and given suspended sentences

by Swimming Australia. The AOC launched its own investigation in the wake of the Stilnox controversy.

- AAP

Counties hit form There was good news and bad news for the Blues at Albany Stadium last night. On the negative side, feeder union North Harbour crashed badly against an impressive Counties Manukau, who cantered to a 44 - 14 ITM Cup victory. The good news for the Blues was a couple of storming moments from their big wing Frank Halai, among the Steelers’ stars last night.

Celtic Squash Club Results from this week’s round of the Celtic Squash Club’s winter league competition: Mick Hooper lost to Ed Harrison 2-3, Scott vandenBerm lost to Craig Campbell 0-3, Phil Andrew lost to Cath Blacklow 0-3, Rachel Millichamp lost to Chrissie Stratford 0-3. Robbie Kok lost to Nathan Forbes 0-3, Steve Devereux beat Jon Bond 3-0, Billy Nolan lost to Paul Cousins 0-3.

Chris O’Reilly lost to Pat Summerfield 1-3, Mark O’Grady lost to Lawrence McCormick 2-3, Jordan Hooper beat Chauntel Kentish 3-2. Jane Lowe lost to Rebecca Abernethy 0-3, John Surridge lost to Di Ness 0-3, Pete Blacklow lost to Petr Holub 1-3, John McDonnell beat Jock O’Connor 3-1.

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■ FOOTBALL

Nelsen relishes Toronto coaching role

By Michael Brown As a player, Ryan Nelsen loved nothing more than testing himself against the world’s best strikers.

Wayne Rooney, no problem.

Thierry Henry, sure thing. Ronaldinho, OK. It’s the same now Nelsen is a coach. The bigger the challenge, the better, and it’s almost like he approaches football in the same way a base jumper looks for the most dangerous cliff to leap off.

“Every week your job is on the line and I love that kind of thing,” he says excitedly. “I could get fired tomorrow... that’s life... and that’s why it’s so much fun.

The pressure and stress you go through, you know you’re living life.”

There are easier ways to start in football management, however. Many begin as assistants or coaches of lower league teams to find their feet before stepping up. Not Nelsen. It’s not his style.

The 35-year-old former All Whites captain was appointed head coach of Major League Soccer outfit Toronto FC in January while still playing for Queens Park Rangers in the English Premier League. He had no qualifications and no experience, just a belief he always wanted to coach one day and, crucially, a club general manager who thought he would make a pretty good one.

Toronto’s legacy of failure is incredible. Since joining the league in 2007, they have won just 49 of 212 league games, including 14 of 106 on the road, have never made the playoffs and are onto their eighth manager in seven seasons.

Clearly teams don’t have a right to success but, given Toronto FC are owned by the same organisation who own the Toronto Maple Leafs (NHL), Toronto Raptors (NBA) and Toronto Marlies (AHL), there were few excuses for their un-

derachievement. They have terrific facilities, big money at their disposal and a good fanbase that regularly fills the 21,000-capacity BMO Field.

“It was probably the hardest job in the league because the club has been so mis-managed for a number of years,” Nelsen says. “I didn’t know how deep that dark hole really was until I got in and got my elbows dirty.

But it makes it more fun, more of a challenge, trying to find solutions. You learn more off these jobs than the ones that go well and been an unbelievably fun education.

“It was completely opposite to what I had been used to as a play-

er and that has been one of the biggest challenges. Everything from top to bottom needed correcting. It’s literally the perfect storm of what can go wrong. In saying that, it’s all very fixable.”

Nelsen couldn’t do it by buying his way out of trouble like other leagues around the world because the MLS operates a strict salary cap - franchises need to fit 30 players inside US$2.95 million.

Incredibly, given Toronto’s lack of success, they were over the cap when Nelsen turned up.

He quickly wielded the knife, dumping players who had been fixtures at the club and ridding himself of dead wood as he dis-

played a clinical edge.

He brought in a host of players on loan, including All Whites and Wellington Phoenix striker Jeremy Brockie, to bolster the squad while ensuring they didn’t tip over the cap or commit the club to players he didn’t want long term. By the end of May, three months into the MLS season, they had 19 new players but many of those didn’t last long.

Nelsen has now assembled a young squad widely acknowledged to be full of potential and he will be able to add more quality next season as space in the salary cap opens up.

Manly believe Toronto are showing signs of turning things

around under Nelsen but they have still won only four of 24 games to sit ninth of 10 teams in the Eastern Conference - the top five teams from each conference qualify for the playoffs and endured a difficult six-game losing streak.

But they have drawn eight games, the equal highest in the conference, and lost 10 matches by a single goal.

Toronto are still in the conversation for the playoffs, as Americans like to say, and the goal for the season was to still be in contention in October. The real ambitions, though, are set down for the future.

- APNZ

Last chance to nab trophies Phoenix return to city

By Jonathan leask

jonathan.l@theguardian.co.nz

Division one Mid Canterbury and Methven International had disappointing ends to their seasons in Mainland football last weekend but other local sides are still in the hunt for silverware tomorrow.

The Mid Canterbury Masters host Selwyn United looking to maintain their hold on the top of the division three ladder with one week remaining in the league season.

The Masters are locked on 37 points with FC Twenty11 but have a +10 superior goal difference and have back-to-back matchups with the sixth-placed Selwyn United while FC Twenty11 have the third placed Papanui Redwood on consecutive Saturdays.

In division four Mid Canterbury Eastern tackle Parklands as they continue cup pool play.

The 18th grade sides have a double header weekend.

In division one the Mid Canterbury Youth XI host St Bedes 1st XI tomorrow and then are away to Christchurch Boys’ High School 1st XI. In third division Mid Canterbury are two points behind Burwood A and face Parklands tomorrow and Burwood B on Sunday looking to make up the ground before next weekend’s final round.

Mid Canterbury is also hosting the Tony Fleming Challenge on Sunday for local 15th grade and below teams against Christchurch United.

Paul Ifill for the Phoenix this season.

The Wellington Phoenix will return to Auckland’s Eden Park this season.

The club’s round 17 A-League match against Adelaide United on Saturday February, 1 will be held at the stadium.

Wellington Phoenix general manager David Dome said the club was pleased to return to Auckland.

“Eden Park is New Zealand’s premier sports stadium. The fans and the players enjoy going there and there’s something special about the venue, and we’ve yet to lose at it,” Dome said.

“We’re keen to see the Auckland public support us again as they have in the past when we’ve had over 20,000 turn up to see the Phoenix play in New Zealand’s largest city.”

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In brief

■ NETBALL

Kopua re-signs Silver Fern Casey Kopua has resisted offers from other franchises to stay with the Waikato-Bay of Plenty Magic for next season’s ANZ Championship.

Kopua’s re-signing will make her the only foundation player still retaining links with the the Waikato-Bay of Plenty team.

“The opportunity to play for and represent my home team Kia Magic is a real honour and one that excites me,” Kopua said. “I’m looking forward to the new season with them. There will be a new look to Magic in 2014 and it will be exciting.”

Big job ahead for captain Kelsey

BY JONATHAN LEASK

JONATHAN.L@THEGUARDIAN.CO.NZ

Kelsey Ashworth leads United into a must win match against Hampstead in the final round of premier netball tomorrow.

United head into the round in fourth but have College A primed to overtake them for the last semi-final spot unless they can break their form slump.

“We need to just play a hard game consistently over the four quarters,” Ashworth said.

United were one of the frontrunners in the first round but have had the wobbles in recent weeks with only a win over College B in the second round so far.

“We’ve been playing some good netball in patches but need to bring that consistency to it.

“It’s been a bit disappointing the last few weeks but hopefully we can go out there, have a good game and make the semis.”

Ashworth also plays for Halswell in the Christchurch Metro competition on Tuesday nights.

“It hasn’t been too bad. I’ve had consistent court time every week but unfortunately this round we dropped down to premier two after being in premier.”

Halswell have a Premier 2 semi-final on Tuesday in what Ashworth hopes will be the first of two semi-finals next week.

A win tomorrow makes that happen, but it could still happen if they lose and College B get up over College A.

United are focussed on the job at hand, not hand outs.

“We don’t want to depend on other games so for us it is a mustwin.”

United know what they want to do but they will have the luxury or added pressure of knowing exactly where they stand before they start.

College A are one point behind United and on court first against College B where a win puts them into fourth and puts the pressure on United to get the result against Hampstead in the last match of the round.

In between is potentially the match of the round with defending premiers Methven taking on the unbeaten Celtic.

Celtic has gone 11 straight games without defeat starting with a 20-16 win over Methven in round one and they can complete an unbeaten regular season if they can break the trend, that In the last two seasons the sides have met in the premier final, trading victories and traded regular season wins as well.

Keating off to Hull Out-of-favour Canterbury halfback Kris Keating has likely played his last game for the NRL club after signing a three-year contract with English Super League club Hull KR. Keating was a solid performer in the Bulldogs’ charge to last year’s grand final, but hasn’t played since round five in April this season, with coach Des Hasler preferring Trent Hodkinson in the No.7 jersey.

The 24-year-old Keating will join St George-Illawarra prop Michael Weyman and Newcastle forward Neville Costigan at the Robins next season. He will replace former Canberra halfback Michael Dobson, who will return to Australia with the Knights in 2014.

Orica signs top gun Mat Hayman, one of Australian cycling’s most respected and experienced road cyclists, has joined the Orica-GreenEDGE team.

The signing of the 35-year-old domestique is a significant boost for the Australian team. Hayman had spent the past four years on the British Sky team. His inclusion is particularly important for OricaGreenEDGE given last month’s sudden retirement of Stuart O’Grady. Undoubtedly one of the main reasons for Hayman’s twoyear deal is he will fill the void left

by O’Grady, who was their on-road captain in most of the big races.

Premier Points Table W L BP Pts

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4 3 3 1 1 0

0 1 1 3 3 4

0 16 1 13 0 12 1 5 0 4 0 0

Sharapova pulls out Kelsey Ashworth

■ RUGBY LEAGUE

Kevin could be Locked out

BY MICHAEL BROWN A lot has been learned about the Warriors over the past couple of months, good and bad, and it’s also been highlighted why the club have moved to sign England fullback Sam Tomkins.

At his best, Kevin Locke is one of the best fullbacks in the NRL and has natural talents others can only dream about.

He is a quick and dangerous runner who is good in the air, can attack from anywhere, break the line and sidestep his way out of trouble.

Locke has even shown a braver side to his game, which wasn’t

always in evidence earlier in his career.

His best, however, isn’t always on show and it’s his inconsistency which illustrates why the Warriors have chased Tomkins.

Glen Fisiiahi is another who is sporadic, whose difference between his best and average game is too great.

Fullback is such a crucial position, perhaps the most important, and fullbacks need to have not only x-factor but also be consistent. Good halves and hookers are also crucial but there’s not a lot they can do if their forwards aren’t giving them front-foot ball and they aren’t afforded the

time and space fullbacks enjoy.

For a period this season, Locke ran for more than 100m for six consecutive games and he broke the line or popped up on the shoulder of some of his big men. Last week against the Panthers, he ran for a dismal 37m in a disappointing 80-minute performance.

Statistics aren’t everything but this reveals a lot, especially when fullbacks are gifted a lot of metres merely by running the ball back from kicks.

Earlier this year, Locke seemed to be motivated by the talk about Tomkins, as if to prove to the club they were wrong to chase

another fullback. It was a terrific response to a difficult situation and, while it’s not easy to be reminded constantly the club want someone else, it should act as great motivation throughout the entire season.

After all, he has a case to make if he wants to earn a starting position somewhere else next season, whether it’s on the wing or in the halves.

There are no guarantees Tomkins will set the NRL alight at the Warriors - it’s still not confirmed he’s coming although the signs are extremely promising but most are convinced he will be a success.

- APNZ

Russian world number three Maria Sharapova has pulled out of the US Open because of a right shoulder injury, tournament organisers say.

On the eve of the draw for the year’s final Grand Slam event that begins Monday on the Flushing Meadows hardcourts, US Open tournament director David Brewer announced the withdrawal. “Maria has informed us that she will be unable to compete at the US Open this year due to a right shoulder bursitis and has withdrawn from the tournament,” he said.

Wallaby team Under-fire Wallabies rookies Jesse Mogg and Matt Toomua have been retained in an unchanged backline for Saturday night’s mustwin Bledisloe Cup clash against the All Blacks. The side is: Jesse Mogg, Israel Folau, Adam AshleyCooper, Christian Lealiifano, James O’Connor, Matt Toomua, Will Genia; Ben Mowen, Michael Hooper, Scott Fardy, James Horwill (capt), Rob Simmons, Ben Alexander, Stephen Moore, James Slipper. Res: Saia Fainga’a, Scott Sio, Sekope Kepu, Kane Douglas, Liam Gill, Nic White, Quade Cooper, Tevita Kuridrani.

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■ AMERICA’S CUP

Motorcycle Technician

Kiwis smoke Luna Rossa Hope must be fading anew in the Italian camp. No breakages, no retirements, no disqualifications - yesterday two races completed and, in both of them, Luna Rossa could find no way past Emirates Team New Zealand.

If yesterday’s trend continues, New Zealand could retain the Louis Vuitton Cup (and win the right to take on Oracle Team USA in the America’s Cup match) by Sunday.

The best of 13 (first to seven) series got away to a poor start with the first three races all decided by gear failures and the afternoon races ruled out by wind limits. Yesterday, however, one pattern was continued and one was set.

The pattern continued was Dean Barker winning both starts. True, Luna Rossa helmsman Chris Draper pushed them hard during the pre-start and the boats crossed the line almost together - but with the Kiwis marginally in front. Barker has now won all five starts.

Then another pattern was set - this one of boat speed.

In the short reach to the first mark, it was a straight drag race, elbowing for position into the mark. For almost all the way, the two giant catamarans were side-by-side. Then, somehow, the Kiwis found something extra.

The boat seemed to gather itself and leap, finding acceleration that left the Italians four seconds down at that mark and then behind by 18s at the end of the downwind leg.

The Italians pulled off a beautiful gybe at that mark, cutting back a lead of almost 300m to about 70m - but the New Zealand boat speed was not to be denied. Luna Rossa engaged them in a tacking duel and the Kiwis will have been grateful for some racing which pushed them.

But tactician Ray Davies plotted a smart course to the next mark, rounding it 1m 6s ahead and once again showing a clean pair of heels to the Italian boat upwind.

In the end, Aotearoa came home 1m 28s ahead of Luna Rossa.

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Nosh Cafe Ltd, 415 West Street, Ashford Village, Ashburton, has made application to the District Licensing Agency at Ashburton for the grant (or renewal) of an On Licence in respect of the premises situated at 415 West Street, Ashford Village, Ashburton and known as Nosh Cafe Limited.

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

The days on which and the hours during which liquor is (or is intended to be) sold under the licence are: 7am - 1am, Monday - Sunday The application may be inspected during ordinary office hours at the office of the Ashburton District Licensing Agency at 5 Baring Square West, Ashburton.

Any person who is entitled to object and who wished to object to the grant of the application may, not later than 15 working days after the date of the first publication of this notice, file a notice in writing of the objection with: The Secretary Ashburton District Licensing Agency P O Box 94 ASHBURTON This is the second publication of this notice. The first publication was made on August 16, 2013.

SALE OF LIQUOR ACT 1989 PUBLIC NOTICE County Club, Ashburton has made application to the District Licensing Agency at Ashburton for the renewal of a Club Licence in respect of the premises situated at 31 Tancred Street, Ashburton and known as County Club, Ashburton.

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

The days on which and the hours during which liquor is (or is intended to be) sold under the licence are: Monday - Sunday 9.00am - 1.00am the following day The application may be inspected during ordinary office hours at the office of the Ashburton District Licensing Agency at 5 Baring Square West, Ashburton.

Any person who is entitled to object and who wished to object to the grant of the application may, not later than 15 working days after the date of the first publication of this notice, file a notice in writing of the objection with: The Secretary Ashburton District Licensing Agency P O Box 94 ASHBURTON This is the first publication of this notice.

FOR SALE

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Birthday Greetings

Emirates New Zealand celebrate two racing points.

SALE OF LIQUOR ACT 1989 PUBLIC NOTICE

PUBLIC NOTICES

Call Kitchen Kapers for more information 308 8287 The Arcade, Ashburton

FOR Sale - top quality CONTAINERS for sale or lucerne baleage. Approx 80 hire, ex shipping: general and insulated. Sidelifter available bales. Phone 302 6737. for delivery.

SILAGE - round bales $60 + Wilson Bulk Transport, Phone GST. Meadow hay - 308-7772. conventional bales $6.00 + GST. Lucerne - $8.00 + GST. DEADLINES - Ashburton Ph 302 7034.

Guardian Classifieds close at 5.00pm every week day, LIVESTOCK, PETS BUYER of unwanted the day prior to insertion. animals. Cattle, bobby calves, Phone 03 307 7965. horse and all farm animals.

We also sell pet food. Call Nick’s Pet Food 0272 101 DRY CRACKED HANDS? Give them a treat with Linden 621, A/H 03 322 7626.

Leaves hand and nail treatment it will strengthen nails, FOR SALE ARE YOU OR FRIENDS A protect and moisturise your CORONATION STREET hands. New Zealand made FANS? At The China Shop two handy sizes and available we have mugs, pint glasses at The China Shop The and shopping bags featuring Arcade.

Coro Street stars. Come and see us in The Arcade Burnett KWILA DECKING Super Street. spring special available Aug/Sept. Out it goes $6/m 90 x 19, $11/m 140 x 19 (incl GST) while stocks last (cash/chq/eftpos ONLY) Adams Sawmill, Malcolm McDowell Road - Ph 3083595.

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TRADES, SERVICES

LANDSCAPE SUPPLIES • Bark • Oamaru stone • Rocks • Organic compost • Sand • Screened soil • Home deliveries available

Plus much more FREE loan trailer available!

From a shovel load to a trailer load.

Dobson Street West Ph: 307 8302 Hours: Mon-Fri: 7.30am - 5pm Sat: 7.30am - 12 noon

ACCOMMODATION, RENTAL TO RENT: rural, Corbett Road South, Wakanui. Two bedroom house, tidy, heat pump and fire. $200pw.

Phone Jane 03 693 9942.

WANTED by mature lady returning to Ashburton, long term tenant. 1-2 bedrooms, Sunny, warm, garage. Phone 03 332 0170.

WANTED to rent: mature, professional couple seeking character home, long term, two car garaging, workshop.

Consider semi rural Ashburton - Timaru. Excellent property carers, references.

Moving September. Ph 03 573 7131.

ADULT ENTERTAINMENT ASIAN, new, pretty, hot and sexy. 25 years, busty 36DD, long hair. Two ladies, special price. Good massage and good service. Phone Jessie 022-324-8167.

ASIAN, new, pretty, hot and sexy. 25 years old, busty 36DD, long hair. Good massage and good service.

Phone Jessie 022-324-8167.

GARAGE SALES GARAGE Sale: Saturday, 9am, Elizabeth Street. Infant and men’s clothing, toys, outdoor table, chain fence strainer, small bench vice, hose reel and extra hose, tools, and lots more.

GARAGE Sale, Saturday, August 24. Not before 8am.

Clark Street, Allenton.

Breeding budgies, good quality clothing, Simpson electric stove, art and craft, household items and more.

307 7900

CARAVANS, TRAILERS C.I. SPRITE pop top. Canvas in ex condition. Phone 308 1171 or 027 203 3443.

Daytime section, new players very welcome.

Sports hall, Tancred Street.

9.00am - 4.00pm ASHBURTON BUDGET ADVISORY SERVICE 9.30am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY. INC. Open today. Methodist Church hall, Baring 10.00am For free budget advice and workshop Friday Square East.

METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. enquiries.

Phone 307-0496.

60 Cass Street, 9.00am New Zealand Alpine and Agriculture 9.30am 1.00pm Consultancy House.

ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Encounter, interactive funCHURCH. for all ages. Art ASHBURTON BAPTIST 9.30am Real Women circuit training in the hall. 48 Exhibition, Russell Clark’s goldAshburton Rush Panels.

Second time round op shop.

Allens M.S.A.Road.

TAI CHI CLUB. Main Street, Methven.

Baptist Church, cnr Cass and Havelock Street.

Beginners class, newcomers welcome. M.S.A. 9.30am - 11.30pm 11.00am 10.00am Social hall, Havelock Street.

ST ANDREWS ANGLICAN CHURCH. MID CANTERBURY PRVINCIAL RURAL ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Drop in centre, St Andrews Anglican Church WOMEN 9.30am - 11.30am NEW ZEALAND. Fit Kidz. 48 Allens Road. hall, Thomson andBADMINTON Jane Street Tinwald.

MIDcnr CANTERBURY CLUB. Annual General Meeting, domain Pavilion,

10.30am MID CANTERBURY NEW COMERS NETWORK. New comers coffee morning group.

McDonald’s Ashburton.

Walnut Avenue.

10.45am 11.00am - 3.00pm TEM.S.A. HUB.TAI CHI CLUB. Qigong exercises, newcomers welcome.

Seeds, seedlings, workshops, enviro centre.

Social hall,West, Havelock Street.building.

35M.S.A. Dobson Street Biograins 12.30pm 1.00pm - 3.00pm M.S.A. PETANQUE. ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. Petanque hason started, everyone welcome, Classic aircraft display.

Ashburton Airport, Racecourse Seafield Road.Road.

1.00pm ASHBURTON SCOTTISH SOCIETY INDOOR BOWLS. Bowls afternoon new and old members welcome, Balmoral hall, Cameron Street.

1.30pm 1.00pm - 3.00pm ARTHRITIS GET TOGETHER. ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM Trevor Wilson Centre, Tancred Street, Classic aircraft on display including DC 3.

Ashburton.

Ashburton airport, Seafield Road.

1.30pm R.S.A. Euchre, 1.15pm R.S.A. Cox Street, Ashburton.

WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Mahjong - beginners welcome. Waireka 2.00pm Croquet Club, the Domain, Philip Street.

CAVENDISH CLUB. Movies, meet at the Regent Cinema at

2.00pm HINDS GARDEN CIRCLE. Look at retail items and afternoon tea.

Lushingtons, Main Road, Tinwald 7.30pm 1.45pm.

211 Wills Street.

GLENYS’ DANCE GROUP. 1.30pm Old time/sequence dancing, learn to dance.

R.S.A. All welcome.

PipeStreet, BandAshburton. hall, Creek Road.

Euchre, R.S.A. Cox 7.30 - 9.30pm 2.00pm ASHBURTON EMBROIDERERS GUILD. CAVENDISH CLUB. chat. Preparation exhibition.

TellStitch yourand favourite handy hint. for 31 Tancred Senior Centre.

Street, Ashburton.

Friday Saturday

hall, cnr Thomson 10.00am - 12.00pmand Jane Street, Tinwald.

ASHBURTON VINTAGE CAR CLUB. 11.00am - 3.00pm Museum TE HUB.and parts shed open. 86 Maronan Road, Tinwald.

Seeds, seedlings, workshops, enviro centre.

35 Dobson Street West, Biograins building.

10.00am - 3.00pm ASHBURTON AVAITON MUSEUM. Classic aircraft on display including DC3.

Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

1.00pm - 3.00pm 1.30pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. MID CANTERBURY SOCIAL WHEELERS. Classic aircraft on display.

Ashburton 14km road race. Register from 1pm. Fords Airport, Road, nearSeafield the saleRoad. yards.

1.30pm 2.00pm SCHOLA R.S.A. CANTORUM. Choir performing atStreet, the St Paul’s Church Hall, Euchre, R.S.A. Cox Ashburton.

65 Oxford Street.

5.00 - 7.00pm 8.00pm ST DAVID’S LATIN DANCEUNION PARTY. CHURCH. Familylace funand night.

Fish ‘n’ followed Theme leather, all chips welcome.

Buffalo

by Cox games.

Also Gluten free food. Please Hall, Street. ring Church Office 308 5174 or text Isobel 027 386 8166 by Thursday 15 August for indication of food to order. St David’s Church Hall, 48 Allens Road.

9.00am- 12.30pm 9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY. Real Women circuit trainingalways in the hall.

48 Open today. New members welcome.

Allens Road.

Methodist Church hall, Baring Square East.

10.00am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE.

9.30am New Zealand Alpine and Agriculture ASHBURTON COUNTY Encounter, interactive funLADY for allVETERANS ages. Art GOLF. Russell Clark’s Gold Rush panels.

Exhibition, Foursome. at 9.30 for a 10.00am Main Street,Report Methven. start. Ashburton Golf Club.

10.00am MID CANTERBURY 9.30am - 11.30pm CHILDRENS THEATRE. Sausage Sizzle fundraiser forCHURCH. Aladdin Junior ST ANDREWS ANGLICAN atDrop The in Warehouse, KermodeAnglican Street. Church centre, St Andrews

Puzzles Friday, August 23, 2013

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12. Rome’s flower chewed up with some hesitation (5) 14. Wander about and gaze at nothing in the keeping of a Scotsman (4) 15. Was produced, naturally, having been carried, soundly (4) 19. It may provide the key-note to a gin-drinker (5) 21. Roughly an item in an evening of wrestling (5) 22. Younger son in training at RMA perhaps (5) 23. It’s weight that will almost put an end to you, nothing more (4)

QUICK ACROSS 7. Obstinacy (13) 8. Shouted (8) 9. Retain (4) 10. Equipped (6) 12. Referee (6) 14. Cram (3) 15. Irrational fear (6) 17. Cleans (6) 19. Funeral platform (4) 21. Bags for reducing swelling (3,5) 23. Deformity (13)

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ARIES (MAR 21 – APR 20) The Sun’s return to your work sector gives you a chance to take the practical steps needed to walk the talk, as well as a boost in confidence.

TAURUS (APR 20 – MAY 21) If the first step to turning personal or romantic desires into reality is to first get real, then the Sun allows you to take the first step today.

GEMINI (MAY 21 – JUNE 22) You’ve reached a point where professional success can’t be at the expense of your home life, with a need to take work/life balance issues seriously.

CANCER (JUNE 22 – JULY 24) With a much better understanding of the conditions in play on the professional and financial fronts, there is no longer a fear of the unknown.

LEO (JULY 24 – AUG 23) As the Sun leaves your sign and your birthday month runs its course, it won’t be with the sense of finality that you normally find.

VIRGO (AUG 23 – SEP 23) You have just survived a tough but also a defining year, both personally and professionally, yet it’s one that will set you up for life.

LIBRA (SEP 23 – OCT 23) The start of the month long wind down of your current solar year requires more time for navel gazing and time to hear yourself think.

SCORPIO (OCT 23 – NOV 24) As the Sun leaves your career sector he leaves Mercury behind to tidy things up, giving you the intellectual savvy to finalise your game plan.

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AQUARIUS (JAN 20 – FEB 19) By the time the Sun returns to your financial sector today the Moon is just hours away from leaving your income sector, bringing a taste of what is to come.

PISCES (FEB 19 – MAR 20) This is an important day for work and relationship matters, but you can find time for both. Refuse to create challenges where there are none.

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Like Neumanns Tyres, the Ashburton Guardian is a family owned business offering a unique service to the residents of Mid Canterbury.

Over the years, the Guardian has made strategic changes required to keep up with the growth of the media and printing industry.

Being Mid Canterbury’s only local daily newspaper, the Ashburton Guardian has the majority of Ashburton’s news readers and this makes it well worth advertising our business with them.

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6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Moe 3 7am Sticky TV 3 7:30 Avatar – The Last Airbender 3 7:55 Hey Arnold! 3 8:25 Chuggington 8:35 Bananas In Pyjamas 3 8:50 Bob The Builder 9am Thomas And Friends 3 9:10 Peppa Pig 3 9:20 Barney And Friends 3 9:50 Humf A cuddly, curious creature explores the world around him.

10am Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Moe 3 3pm Sticky TV 4:30 Four Live 6pm Everybody Hates Chris 3 6:30 Futurama 3 7pm The Simpsons 3 0 7:30 American Ninja Warrior 8:30 M Marked for Death AO 1990 Action Adventure.

A retired DEA agent returns home to find America’s number one problem is affecting his old neighbourhood, in the form of a drug dealer named Screwface.

Steven Seagal. 0 10:30 Terriers AO 11:25 Entertainment Tonight 11:50 Infomercials

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6:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

7am Deal Or No Deal 3 Game show hosted by Andrew O’Keefe that gives contestants the opportunity to win up to $200,000.

7:30 Home Shopping Noon The Doctors PGR A talk show focusing on tough medical questions in an open forum.

1pm The Jeff Probst Show 2:05 Masterchef USA PGR 3 3pm Millionaire – Hot Seat 3 0 3:30 Getaway 3 4pm The Late Show With David Letterman 3 5pm Deal Or No Deal 3 5:30 Prime News 6pm Deal Or No Deal 6:30 Millionaire – Hot Seat 0 7pm 7:30 8:30 9:05 9:35

The Crowd Goes Wild The Aristocrats PGR F Nigellissima Sachie’s Kitchen True Blood AO Sookie must decide whether to broker a deal between Warlow and Bill; in the vamp camp, Sarah goes to extremes to keep the Tru-Blood flowing after Eric’s loss.

10:45 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 11:20 The Late Show With David Letterman A late-night comedy and talk show.

12:15 Home Shopping 1:45 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

2:15 Home Shopping

MAORI TV

6am Benny Hinn 6:30 Gourmet Farmer Former food critic Matthew Evans has thrown in his city life for a small farm in Tasmania.

7am Food Safari Maeve O’Meara hosts an Australian show about great food, recipes and the clever people who make simple ingredients sing.

7:30 The Hairy Baker 8am Turkish Delights With Allegra McEvedy 8:30 Taste 9:30 Yard Crashers 10am The Home Show 11am Auction Room 11:30 Gourmet Farmer Noon Food Safari 12:30 Hairy Bikers’ Mississippi Adventure 1:30 Days Of Our Lives PGR 2:30 Wild At Heart 3:30 The Stagers 4pm Galleons Of Spice 4:30 Pioneer Woman 5pm Location, Location, Location 6pm What’s Really In Our Food?

6:30 Bath Crashers 7pm West End Salvage 7:30 Storage Hoarders 8:30 Better Homes And Gardens 10pm Gardeners’ World 10:30 Mr Sunshine PGR 11pm West End Salvage 11:30 Early Edition

SATURDAY

TV TWO

12:30 Benny Hinn 1am The Stagers 1:30 Mr Sunshine AO 2am Galleons Of Spice 2:30 Pioneer Woman 3am Location, Location, Location 4am What’s Really In Our Food 4:30 Bath Crashers 5am Dream Jobs PGR 5:30 Storage Hoarders

10:30 Korero Mai 3 2 11am Toku Reo 3 Noon Korero Mai 3 2 1pm Toku Reo 3 2pm Korero Mai 3 2 3pm Warrant Of Fitness 3:30 Rolie Polie Olie 3 2 4pm Miharo 3 2 4:30 Pukana Ka Pao 3 5pm Toi Whakaari 3 2 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu

THE BOX 6am NYPD Blue MVLS 6:50 The Simpsons PG 7:15 Hardcore Pawn PG 7:40 America’s Funniest Home Videos PG 8:05 Whose Line Is It Anyway? PG 8:30 My Name Is Earl PG 8:55 24 MVLS 9:45 Law And Order MV 10:35 CSI – Miami MV 11:30 Fear Factor M 12:25 SVU MV 1:15 NYPD Blue MVLS 2:05 Whose Line Is It Anyway? PG 2:35 My Name Is Earl PG 3:05 24 MVLS 4pm Hardcore Pawn PG 4:30 The Simpsons PG 5pm Law And Order MV 6pm America’s Funniest Home Videos PG 6:30 The Simpsons PG 7pm Hardcore Pawn PG 7:30 CSI – Miami MV 8:30 Criminal Minds 16VS 9:30 SVU MV 10:30 Law And Order MV 11:30 CSI – Miami MV

SATURDAY

12:30 24 MVLS 1:20 America’s Funniest Home Videos PG 1:45 My Name Is Earl PG 2:10 NYPD Blue MVLS 3:05 Fear Factor M 3:55 SVU MV 4:45 24 MVLS 5:35 Whose Line Is It Anyway? PG

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6am Rugby – ITM Cup (Highlights) North Harbour v Counties Manukau.

6:30 Golf World 7am L Golf – US PGA Tour The Barclays – Round One. From Liberty National Golf Club in Jersey City, New Jersey. 10am Golf – European PGA Tour (Highlights) Johnnie Walker Championship – Round One. 10:30 Inside The PGA Tour 11am Rugby – ITM Cup (Replay) North Harbour v Counties Manukau.

1pm Cricket – International (Replay) England v Australia – Fifth Test, Day Two. 3pm The Ultimate Fighter Aussie v UK. 5pm Total Rugby 5:30 Rugby – ITM Cup (Highlights) North Harbour v Counties Manukau.

6pm L Rugby – ITM Cup Taranaki v Wellington.

8pm L Rugby – ITM Cup Waikato v Otago.

From Waikato Stadium in Hamilton.

10pm Rugby – First XV (Replay) Harbour Final – Westlake Boys High v Rosmini College.

Midnight Golf – Canadian Women’s Open (Highlights) 1am Golf – US PGA Tour (Highlights) 1:30 L Golf – European PGA Tour Johnnie Walker Championship – Round Two. From The Gleneagles Hotel in Perthshire, Scotland. 5:30 Rugby – NRL Friday (Highlights)

SKY SPORT 2 6:30 Ako 3 7pm Te Kaea 3 2 7:30 Tribe PGR 8pm Hardcase PGR 8:30 Homai Te Pakipaki 9:30 Marae Kai Masters 10pm Songs From The Inside PGR 3 10:30 Celebrating Maori In Business 3 11pm Te Kaea 3 2 11:30 Closedown

DISCOVERY 6am Destroyed In Seconds PG 6:30 Dirty Jobs PG 7:30 Sons Of Guns M 8:30 Deadliest Catch PG Arctic Quest.

9:30 Mythbusters PG Shattering Subwoofer.

10:30 Auction Hunters PG Miami Heat.

11am Auction Hunters PG 11:30 Backyard Oil PG Noon Auction Kings PG 12:30 Disappeared M 1:30 Blood Relatives M The Lies That Bind.

2:30 Bering Sea Gold PG 3:30 Sons Of Guns M 4:30 Deadliest Catch PG 5:30 Mythbusters PG 6:30 Mythbusters PG 7:30 River Monsters With Jeremy Wade PG 8:30 Top Hooker PG 9:30 Deadliest Catch PG 10:30 Tuna Wranglers PG 11:30 Auction Kings PG

SATURDAY

Midnight Auction Hunters PG 12:30 Man v Wild PG 1:30 Dirty Jobs PG 2:30 Dirty Jobs PG 3:30 Dirty Jobs PG 4:30 Dirty Jobs PG 5:30 Mythbusters PG

Jamie's 15-Minute Meals 5:25pm on TV3

SKY MOVIES 8:10 What’s Your Number?

MLS 2011 Comedy.

Anna Faris, Chris Evans.

9:55 Safe 16VL 2012 Action.

Jason Statham, Catherine Chan.

11:30 The Making Of Safe House MVL 11:50 Killer Elite 16VL 2011 Action.

Jason Statham, Clive Owen.

1:45 Tower Heist MLS 2011 Comedy. Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy.

3:30 Three Weeks, Three Kids PGC 2011 Family. Anna Chlumsky, Warren Christie.

5pm New Year’s Eve ML 2011 Romantic Comedy. Hilary Swank, Ashton Kutcher.

7pm Paranormal Activity 4 MVL 2012 Horror.

8:30 American Reunion 16LS 2012 Comedy.

10:25 A Dark Truth 16V 2012 Action.

SATURDAY

12:10 Dead And Deader 16V 2006 Horror. 1:40 Swinging With The Finkels MLS 2011 Comedy. 3:05 American Reunion 16LS 2012 Comedy. 5am Dead And Deader 16V 2006 Horror. 6:30 Three Weeks, Three Kids PGC 2011 Family.

True Blood

9:35pm on Prime

MOVIES GREATS 6:45 Garfield – A Tail Of Two Kitties 2005 Comedy. Breckin Meyer, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Bill Murray (voice), Billy Connelly.

8:05 Couples Retreat MS 2009 Comedy. Vince Vaughn.

10am Men Of Honor ML 2000 Drama. Robert De Niro, Cuba Gooding jr.

12:10 The Long Kiss Goodnight 18VL 1996 Action. Geena Davis, Samuel L Jackson.

2:10 High Crimes MV 2002 Thriller.

Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd.

4:05 The Fugitive MV 1993 Action.

Tommy Lee Jones, Harrison Ford.

6:15 The Boat That Rocked MLS 2009 Comedy. Philip Seymour Hoffman, Lucy Fleming, Bill Nighy.

8:30 The River Wild MVL 1994 Action Adventure. Meryl Streep, David Strathairn, Kevin Bacon.

10:25 Guess Who MS 2005 Romantic Comedy.

SATURDAY

6am The Crowd Goes Wild 6:30 Grassroots Rugby 7:30 Judo – IJF Baku Grand Prix Azerbaijan.

8am Cricket – International England v Australia – Fifth Test, Day Two. Coverage of the last two hours from The Oval in London.

10am Rugby – ITM Cup (Highlights) North Harbour v Counties Manukau. From North Harbour Stadium.

10:30 Basketball – Women’s FIBA Oceania Championship (Replay) Opals v Tall Ferns – Game Two. From AIS Arena in Canberra.

12:30 Golf – US PGA Tour (Highlights) The Barclays – Round One. From Liberty National Golf Club in Jersey City, New Jersey.

1pm Golf – Canadian Women’s Open (Highlights) Round One. 2pm Rugby League – NRL (Replay) Cowboys v Titans.

4pm Rugby League – NRL (Replay) Dragons v Sharks.

6pm Cricket – International (Highlights) England v Australia – Fifth Test, Day Two. 6:30 Sterlo An in-depth look at each of the NRL games from the weekend.

7:30 NRL Footy Show 9:30 L Rugby League – NRL Rabbitohs v Bulldogs. From ANZ Stadium in Sydney, NSW. 11:30 Rugby League – NRL (Replay) Panthers v Broncos.

SATURDAY

1:30 Rugby – ITM Cup (Highlights) 12:10 Biography – Ashton Taranaki v Wellington.

Kutcher PG 2007 Documentary.

1am The Fugitive MV 1993 Action. 2am Rugby – ITM Cup (Replay) 3:10 The Boat That Rocked MLS ON EXWaikato v Otago.

CL Rugby – ITM Cup (Replay) 2009 Comedy. 5:25 The River SAT E N4am IG USI HT VE v Wellington.

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Young gun’s first final

BY JONATHAN LEASK

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Ryan Hampton has already enjoyed a pretty successful maiden senior season in the Mid-South Canterbury hockey competition.

Tomorrow the 16-year-old hopes to cap his debut season with a Walker and Hall Shield victory when his Wakanui Black side takes on Northern Hearts in the final in Timaru.

Hampton was a mid-season addition to the Black old boys; they were short of players for a trip to Oamaru and roped in the teenager.

“I was playing for the Ashburton College 1st XI in first grade on Sundays and actually playing football on Saturdays,” Hampton said.

“They were short one day, called me up to fill in and I’ve been with the team since.”

In his second game he scored his first goal before a resounding seven-goal effort in a 17-3 romp over wooden spooners Excelsior and he has continued

to show a knack for finishing off in the experienced side.

“I’m just doing my job and they are all doing theirs.”

Finishing off is just what Wakanui Black hope to do against Hearts, looking for a hattrick of titles.

Black have been unbeaten all season long, 4-3, 1-0 and then 4-2 on August 3.

“We were up 4-0 and then let them come back at us in the second half with two goals to put us under the pump.

“We’ll have to play well for the full game and not slip off because they’ll be tough to beat at home.”

A fourth victory over Hearts will complete an unbeaten season and a hattrick of titles.

Black won their 2011 title, the first since 2008, with a 2-1 win over Hearts in Timaru and a win over Wakanui Blue in Ashburton last year.

It will be Hampton’s first final, in his first senior season, but he has plenty of experience around him to get the job done.

Right: Wakanui Black’s young gun Ryan Hampton heads into his first Walker and Hall Shield final in his first season of senior hockey.

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■ RUGBY

Ashley-Cooper desperate to avoid defeat Adam Ashley-Cooper has read the statistics and he knows they don’t look pretty.

Twenty-one times he has laced up his boots for a test match against the All Blacks and 16 times he has come off the field on the wrong side of the scoreline.

He’s experienced four wins and a draw - which probably felt as good as a victory given his record - but there’s one number he is edging towards he will be desperate to avoid.

Ashley-Cooper’s 16 losses to the All Blacks put him fifthequal alongside former South African lock Victor Matfield on the list of players who have copped the most defeats at the hands of New Zealand.

Nathan Sharpe was on a losing side 20 times to the All Blacks, with David Campese next on 18, while Matt Giteau and George Smith were both dealt 17 losses.

The common themes with the ‘top four’ are they’re all Australian and none are likely to add

to their tally in the future given they’re either retired or their international playing days are behind them.

Ashley-Cooper will line up at centre for the Wallabies when they meet the All Blacks in the second Bledisloe Cup test of the year in Wellington tomorrow night and the 29-year-old is keen to add to his side of the ledger.

“We certainly aren’t lacking motivation. Stats always help and just a win in general [would

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be great],” Ashley-Cooper said yesterday.

“A win over here would be very special and wins that you do have with test-match football overseas, against quality opposition, are ones that you certainly don’t forget and this could be one of them.”

Despite his torrid win-loss record against the All Blacks, Ashley-Cooper, an 81-test veteran, wasn’t backing away from the challenge of finding a way to match them this weekend.

“I love playing these guys and I know from personal experience there’s no one I enjoy playing better. Even though I haven’t got a great success record I know I play my best football against these guys too. So we have a great opportunity this week to turn it around, not only for ourselves, but for the opportunity to reclaim the Bledisloe which we haven’t held in over a decade.”

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