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Medics and rescue workers carry a wounded boy to an ambulance after an earthquake hit villages in Baskale town in Van province, Turkey yesterday. PHOTO AP

■ TURKEY Deadly 5.7 quake

Nine people were killed in eastern Turkey by a magnitude 5.7 earthquake early yesterday, Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said.

The quake centered just east across the border in neighbouring Iran, west of the Iranian city of Khoy, and affected villages in the Turkish province of Van.

At least three of the dead were children, according to Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu.

The health minister later said at least 37 people were injured, including nine in critical but not life-threatening condition.

Iran’s official IRNA news agency said at least 75 people had been injured inside Iran, six of whom were hospitalised.

A second earthquake – also of magnitude 5.7 – struck in the same area in Iran, according to the country’s seismology centre. It was not immediately clear if the second quake caused further damage or casualties in either country.

The US Geological Survey put the second earthquake’s magnitude at 6.0.

Varying magnitudes are common in the immediate aftermath.

Turkish broadcaster NTV showed images of locals and soldiers digging through the rubble of collapsed buildings yesterday, as families sat in snowy streets fearing further tremors.

Emergency teams were sent to the remote mountainous region, which has a history of powerful earthquakes.

Last month, a quake centered on the eastern Turkish city of Elazig killed more than 40 people.

In 2011, more than 600 were killed when a quake struck north of Van province’s capital.

According to the European Mediterranean Seismological Center, the first quake happened at 9.22am local time (0552 GMT) at a depth of five kilometres.

The effects of the quake hit four villages in Van. Seven of the fatalities occurred in Ozpinar village, where Soylu said search and rescue teams had arrived.

He added that the quake caused 1066 buildings to collapse while the Education Ministry said a number of schools were damaged.

Koca said 25 ambulances, a medical helicopter and 13 emergency teams had been sent to the region.

The Disaster and Emergency Management Directorate (AFAD) said 144 tents for families had been dispatched.

■ CHINA Coronavirus ‘didn’t start in seafood market’

Scrap with Becks recalled Melanie C believes her depression was sparked after a row with Victoria Beckham. The Spice Girls star has had a long battle with eating disorders and depression and believes it all stemmed from the dressing down she received after a row with her bandmate at the Brits in 1996. “I was so hurt and embarrassed. We’d all had a few bevvies and there was a little scuffle. We can’t say this on air but I asked her to go away. I was told if that ever happened again, then I would be out. I began to be really, really hard on myself. I couldn’t relax because if I did I might mess it all up.”

Miley doing fire concert Miley Cyrus has announced she’s heading to Australia to headline a bushfire fundraiser concert next month. The Slide Away singer will be joined by Lil Nas X (of Old Town Road fame), The Veronicas and DJ Seb Fontaine for the World Tour Bushfire Relief charity concert at the Lakeside Stadium in Melbourne on March 13. In a tweet, Cyrus explained that the money raised from ticket sales “will go to Australian charities working to restore forests, wildlife, and communities affected by the devastating fires”.

Tamaki going on DWTS MediaWorks is under fire with revelations that controversial Destiny pastor Hannah Tamaki is set to compete on Dancing With The Stars New Zealand. Tamaki, wife of Brian Tamaki, will compete on the show alongside transgender personality Mary Haddock-Staniland. Social media users have been left angry and upset. “Casting Hannah Tamaki isn’t an edgy take, it’s a smack in the face to some of our most vulnerable communities,” a Twitter user wrote.

OUR VIEW

Forty-two million reasons to hope, dream

What would you do if you won $42 million?

It’s the 42 million dollar question at the moment and a sur e-fire conversation starter as Lotto again this week reaches dizzying heights following a str ing of weeks where the top prize wasn’t won.

Some will say they’d buy themselves a big house, a fast car, ensur e their families never had to worry again and ensure they donated something back to their community.

Others might suggest that they’d invest the money wisely and live carefree on any interest gained from such an investment and allow it not to change their lifestyle in the slightest.

And the best part is, there’s really no wrong answer.

Everything has merit, a big

Matt Markham EDITOR

house could be seen as an investment in property while it was revealed yesterday that should one person take the $42 million prize this week, and prudently decide to invest that entire amount, they’d net them selves more than $800,000 a year fr om the interest alone after the tax man had taken his share. Not bad business, is it? The only problem. The chance of winning Lotto in New Zealand are pretty remote.

One in 38 million in fact. That means you’ve got more chance of being struck by lightning, twice, giving birth to identical quadruplets and for the really obscure, you’ve got more chance of drowning in your own bath than winning.

So, the odds aren’t really stacked in your favour.

But that won’t stop millions of tickets being sold in the rush to tomorrow night’s draw and then again on the weekend if the magic numbers aren’t on some one’s ticket. The pr ospect of winning Lotto, creates wild dreams beyond the imagination and then just as quickly as they were formed, turns them right around and then crushes them. Until a week later when the thought of win ning creeps back again when the next dr aw rolls around. It’s a vicious cycle. You won’t find too many peo ple who haven’t day-dreamed about what it might be like and just ho w they’d react if they were to become one of the few fortunate people to claim such a windfall.

It’s nice to think about, but not really something worth getting caught up in because of the odds, and reasons mentioned above.

But still, it’s nice to dream, isn’t it?

I spoke to someone who’d had a considerable division one windfall from Lotto once, a cou ple of years after they claimed what was a modest amount, in compar ison to what’s up for grabs at the moment.

He spoke of the initial joy of the windfall actually turning into stress as he made, in his own words, the fatal mistake of telling too many people and there were literally hundreds of people banging on his door hoping to get something from him for nothing.

It ended up that he had to move away, something he never could have done prior to his win, to escape those who wanted to take advantage and he estab lished himself a very successful life with only his most tr usted friends and family around him and has since grown his financial situation incredibly through some smar t business decisions. So, while the big win might be great – there’s also the prospect of it creating more problems than you’d like.

But with $42 million in the bank, it’d probably be worth it.

TODAY IN HISTORY

Today is Tuesday, February 25, the 56th day of 2020. There are 310 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On February 25, 1964, Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay) became world heavyweight boxing champion as he defeated Sonny Liston in Miami Beach. On this date: In 1793, President George

Washington held the first Cabinet meeting on record at his Mount Vernon home; attending were Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of War Henry Knox and Attorney General Edmund Randolph. In 1836, inventor Samuel Colt patented his revolver. In 1862, Nashville, Tennessee,

became the first Confederate state capital to be occupied by the North during the Civil War. In 1943, 49 were killed in

Featherston POW incident. Just outside the town, a memorial garden marks the site of the Second World War riot that resulted in the deaths of 48 Japanese prisoners of war and one guard. In 1954, Gamal Abdel Nasser

became Egypt’s prime minister after the country’s president, Mohammed Naguib, was effectively ousted in a coup. In 1964, Eastern Airlines Flight 304, a DC-8, crashed shortly after taking off from New Orleans International Airport, killing all 58 on board. In 1986, President Ferdinand

Marcos fled the Philippines after 20 years of rule in the wake of a tainted election; Corazon Aquino assumed the presidency. In 1991, during the Persian Gulf

War, 28 Americans were killed when an Iraqi Scud missile hit a US barracks in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. In 1994, American-born Jewish

settler Baruch Goldstein opened fire with an automatic rifle inside the Tomb of the Patriarchs in the West Bank, killing 29 Muslims before he was beaten to death by worshippers. In 2007, The Departed won best

picture at the Academy Awards; its director, Martin Scorsese, won an Oscar on his sixth nomination. In 2018, China’s official news

agency said the country’s ruling Communist Party had proposed scrapping term limits for China’s president, appearing to lay the groundwork for Xi Jinping to rule as president beyond 2023. Ten years ago: President Barack

Obama convened a health care summit with Democrats and Republicans; after a day of debate and disagreement, the president concluded the talkfest with a bleak assessment that an accord might not be possible. Five years ago: Secretary of State John Kerry fielded dozens of questions from House Foreign Affairs Committee members worried about what Iran could get in a deal being negotiated to block its ability to make an atomic weapon. One year ago: R&B star R. Kelly

pleaded not guilty to allegations that he sexually abused four people dating back to 1998, including three underage girls. Responding to director Spike Lee, who had used an Oscars

acceptance speech to urge mobilisation for the 2020 election, President Donald Trump tweeted that Lee did a “racist hit on your President”. Today’s birthdays: Former talk show host Sally Jessy Raphael is 78. Former professional wrestler Ric Flair is 71. Humourist Jack Handey is 71. Rock singermusician/actor John Doe is 67. Rock musician Dennis Diken is 63. Rock singer-musician Mike Peters is 61. Comedian Carrot Top is 55. Actress Veronica Webb is 55. Actor Alexis Denisof is 54. Actress Tea Leoni is 54. Actress Lesley Boone is 52. Actor Sean Astin is 49. Singer Daniel Powter is 49. Latin singer Julio Iglesias Jr. is 47. Rhythmand-blues singer Justin Jeffre is 47. Rock musician Richard Liles is 47. Actor Anson Mount is 47. Comedian-actress Chelsea Handler is 45. Actress Rashida Jones is 44. Country singer Shawna Thompson is 42. Actor Justin Berfield is 34. Actors James and Oliver Phelps are 34. Actress Jameela Jamil is 34. Rock musician Erik Haager is 33. Thought for today: “Heroworship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom.” — Herbert Spencer, British philosopher (1820-1903).

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The Queen’s Chain and other aspects of access

Being able to access the coast and local rivers is important to a lot of New Zealanders.

We’re lucky to have the concept of the Queen’s Chain, a str ip of land, usually 20m wide, that exists to provide walking access along most of the coast, rivers and lakes.

People often assume the Queen’s Chain applies every where but this isn’t true. I n some places, the Queen’s Chain was never applied, so there are gaps.

Even where it does, there may be access restrictions in place, to protect sensitive features (such as archaeological sites) or wildlife.

There are other public re serves that serve to extend the Q ueen’s Chain.

Councils can require an es

Dr Lisa Brewer FROM THE FARM

planade strip along waterbodies as a condition of consent for subdivision into lots under 4ha. Access to water may still only be possible by crossing private land. In these cases, permission of the landowner is needed. Most are only too happy to say yes, but they have the right to say no and there may be good reasons why they do.

During spring, disturbance of animals must be avoided or new-borns can get separated from their mothers and die. Farmers sometimes worry that allowing public access will increase their risk under public liability or health and safety law.

Trees might be being felled or there might be the proverbial bull in the paddock.

Or allowing access could in crease risk of theft and vandalism, and therefore affect their insurance. But generally, country people are trusting and a polite request will result in a yes.

Some landowners may even want to legally establish public access across their land.

Formal agreements are rec ommended, perhaps registering a legal instrument against the land title.

Some things for landowners to consider are: „ What are their aspirations for the land now and in the future? „ Who is paying for establishment and maintenance of the walkway? „ Who will users be and what will they be doing – walking, fishing, camping? „ How can risks to their land be avoided and who’s paying for damage? „ Can access be restricted at certain times?

Dr Lisa Brewer is Federated Farmers Policy Advisor The views, opinions, positions or strategies expressed by the author and those providing comments are theirs alone, and do not necessarily r eflect the views, opinions, positions or strategies of the Ashburton Guardian Co Ltd or any employee thereof.

YOUR VIEW

A knighthood for Greg Donaldson? I read with interest that Greg Donaldson wants to burn our green waste, trimmings, timber and cardboard and that he plans to invest big money into an incinerator which he is operating near Ashbur ton. He is able to process tonnes of material per hour with 99 per cent clean emissions.

What a brilliant idea. If there was ever a person deserving a knighthood it is this man!

Let us all, including local coun cil, get in behind him and take r esponsibility for our own rubbish and make this idea not just big but r eally huge and burn all rubbish.

We know private enterprise can do it and cheaper than a price gouging government or local council. Think what the government has done to KiwiBuild and r ental housing, both priced beyond most people’s ability to pay. N o more carting rubbish for hundreds of kilometres to have it buried in plastic, less emissions from fewer trucks on our roads carting to a local incinerator.

Shame on you, local council and the environmentalists, you have been trumped by a clev er businessman with common sense! I t will be interesting to see if local council and the environmentalists show some common sense and giv e this man some support and don’t destroy his idea with excessive regulation and a can’t do attitude .

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A friendship, with a difference

Two young rural women, who have a friendship with a difference, will make their first public appear ance together in a bid to change the way those in the rural sector think.

Elle Perriam, founder of Will To Live, and Harriet Bremner, children’s author and safety cam paigner, have both lived through tr emendous grief, both suffering the loss of of their partners.

With a bond shared through their deep grief, love of dogs, horses, farming and passion for people – the duo are pairing up for the first time to tell their sto ries, hosting an event at the Rolleston School auditorium on March 2 from 7.30pm. Presented by The Rolleston Lions Club, Two Rural Heroines will r aise money for the W ill To Live Foundation and Use Your Voice. Both young women have been on their own respective missions to change the thinking of rural New Zealand when it comes to farm health and safety and men tal health and wellbeing. P erriam, 22, lost her boyfriend to suicide, inspiring her to start the Will to Live Foundation, and travel the country on the Speak Up tour.

Speaking to rural communities in their local pubs, she has started a ripple effect, encouraging peo ple to speak up about their mental health. “Rural men are notorious for being staunch about their feelings. We have had shepherds come up to us to thank us for star ting the conversation. That just makes the whole thing worth it,” she said.

Bremner, 31, who lost her part ner in a farming accident, knows the impor tance of being practical when it comes to farm health and safety.

“It concerns me that we have this ‘she’ll be right’ and ‘it’ll nev

Elle Perriam (left), with Jess the huntaway, and Harriet Bremner with Poppy.

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er happen to me’ attitude in rural N ew Zealand. The thing is that it can happen to anyone, even the most experienced operators,” she said.

Through her journey of grief, Bremner also realised the im portance of looking after mental health and took herself along to a Will To Live evening where the pair connected.

The inspiring duo have not only paired up to host this evening to gether, but have also been collaborating on paper. A former primary school teacher, Bremner is now fulfilling her lifelong dr eam of writing children’s books using her beloved sausage dog, P oppy. She has her third book on the way called Use Your Voice, a rural tale about Jess, Perriam’s huntaway and Poppy – where Jess finds out ho w to regain her bark after losing it.

This idea was recognised by the Mental Health Foundation and Like Minds, Like Mine, winning the 2019 Creative Grant.

“It’s a story targeting social in clusion for children, where adults can star t to have important conversations with their kids about ho w to tell someone you trust how you feel, that it’s okay to cry when you feel the need to cry, and to surround yourself with good peo ple who care,” Bremner said. “ These are simple, but key messages we need to be sending our childr en, so they grow into teenagers and adults who are able to feel confident when it comes to talking about their mental health. ” Bremner and Perriam believed that it was time to start open discussions addressing mental health and on-farm health and safety. They have seen first-hand how attitudes towards these important aspects of life were often put aside and conversations are avoided, particularly by those in the rural sector.

Hoping to influence farmers to put themselves and their people first, to have open conversations and to think safely, the duo be lieve it will save lives. The R olleston Lions Club appreciated the generosity of the many r ural focused sponsors who have helped put onTwo Rural Heroines or who donated goods and services to be auctioned on the night.

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MARKET REPORT

By Guy Trafford

The ongoing effects of Covid-19, drought (and floods), and any number of other negative influences currently assailing producers and expor ters alike, have certainly created a storm of interest from all sectors.

It is perhaps interesting that within New Zealand the greatest concern seems to be regarding the economic fall-out from these events, in particular Covid-19.

Keith Woodford’s (excellent) article earlier on interest.co.nz brought out quite a string of comment.

From memory, apart from a brief mention from one reader that the virus would likely find spreading in New Zealand difficult due to our relatively low population, most com ments focused upon how New Zealand, or the world economy, would suffer under its influence.

This is despite Keith spending considerable time on the virility, or otherwise, of the vir us. No doubt much of this attitude can be put down to our privileged position of isolation. We used to call it the tyranny of distance, now we need to consider it as one of our best assets, it’s certainly why the wealthy (and not so) are so keen to migrate here.

But, if we are not so concerned about the actual effects of the virus (and I don’t happen to buy in to low population protection as in 1918 we only had around 1 million people and yet still lost droves and in quite remote communities), then is our attitude out of step with how the rest of the world views the threat?

Markets The only positive thing to have occurred for pastoral farming in the last week has been the widespread rain that fell on much of the East Coast of the South Island over the week end. F or arable farmers it was perhaps not as welcomed as some must have been a bit cynical of forecasters’ accuracy to predict as I saw several crops being cut. More rain needs to come to trigger off grass growth but a pleasing sign at least.

Sheep A continuation of the previous week’s slide overall. However, it needs to be noted that of the schedules monitored it was only the coops that continued to reduce lamb, and the private companies held their prices. Mutton continues to take the biggest hits both in the schedules and in the saleyards where prices for all classes continue to de cline.

W ool Only coarse wool and lamb’s wool has been sold via auction in the last couple of weeks and both are staying on their downward trend hitting depths not seen for a long time. Beef No respite here either I’m afraid with schedules and saleyards reducing prices over all classes of beef.

Deer The sad tale continues for venison also, with prices generally reduced yet again. Dairy With the release of the latest GDT auction results milk products are proving to be very resilient in the face of the Covid-19 impacts. There was a fall in prices of 2.9 per cent overall with whole milk powder and skim milk powder both down by 2.6 per cent.

Given the dropping production locally, as a result of the growing drought conditions, it is likely that a lack of supply might have created a lift in the market in more normal circum stances. H owever, given the falls other agricultural products and commodities have been experiencing the 2.9 per cent does not seem such a bad outcome . Despite the late stage in the season, production wise, Westpac have reduced their for ecast from $7.40 to $7.20. They are still sticking to $7.30 for the following season, still believing the impacts of C ovid-19 on food markets to be relatively short.

The ASB bank has reduced its forecast price for this season by 10c to $7.40. They have also reduced their milk production increase down to a 0.5 per cent decline on last year.

Fonterra CEO Miles Hurrell talking on The Country is still sticking to their rather broad band of $7-$7.60.

Helping to mitigate the financial impacts is the reducing Kiwi dollar. Against the US dollar it is now down to 64 US¢ from the sixmonth high of 67 US¢. Imports will cost more but as an export nation a lower dollar will make us more competitive for ag products and as a tourist destination.

Perhaps the most surprising occurrence in the GDT was the lift in the price of cheddar on the GDT now sitting at $7129.

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This 4 wks 3 mths 1 year week ago ago ago high low Processor prices … u LAMB ($) including 1kg woolly pelt 15.5 kg YM SI 102 113 133 101 133 100 17.5 kg YX SI 115 128 150 114 150 113 19.0 kg YX SI 125 139 163 124 163 122 21.0 kg YX SI 138 153 180 137 181 135 Local trade (c/kg) SI 710 790 880 720 880 700 (16-22kg) u MUTTON ($) including 0.5kg pelt 21.0 kg MX1 SI 92 110 136 102 136 92 u BEEF (c/kg) P2 steer SI 447 497 595 471 600 447 (270-295kg) P Cow SI 336 393 480 350 482 333 (170-195kg) M2 Bull SI 426 483 575 440 579 426 (296-320kg) Local trade P2 SI 500 560 600 520 600 500 (180-280kg) u VENISON ($/hd) gross AP Hind 50kg SI 385 410 441 471 505 385 AP Stag 60kg SI 468 498 536 572 612 468 AP Stag 80kg SI 624 664 714 762 816 624 52 week

Auction prices … u SI WOOL indicator prices (c/kg, clean) Source: WSI, NZMerino Mid mic (23.1-31.5) 998 1,019 987 938 1,193 866 Fine Xbrd (31.6-35.0) 317 367 419 327 550 317 Coarse Xbred >35 mic 258 277 308 295 364 258 Merino 2,070 2,114 2,160 2,387 2,428 1,588

Local market prices … u GRAINS ($/tonne, delivered Canterbury) free price Source: Midlands Grain Wheat, milling,12.5%p 416 420 421 422 440 300 Wheat, feed 414 420 418 420 435 280 Barley, feed 406 410 412 417 430 290

International market prices … u LOGS indicator prices, $/tonne Source: PF Olsen Forest index Dec-19 122.00 121.00 118.00 128.00 138.00 118.00

u DAIRY (NZ$/tonne) Butter 6,694 6,413 6,471 6,434 8,696 5,755 Skimmilk powder 4,705 4,653 4,340 3,835 4,795 3,599 Wholemilk powder 4,784 4,899 4,966 4,398 5,242 4,398 Cheese - cheddar 6,792 6,186 5,845 5,525 6,792 5,512

Fonterra milk price 2018/19 final $6.35 2019/20 f'cast $7.00 - $7.60* Fonterra dividend 2018/19 final $0.00 2019/20 $0.15 - $0.25 Fonterra share price * before retentions NZX FCG $3.99

■ MANUFACTURING BlueScope Steel suffers earnings drop

By Gavin Evans NZME BlueScope Steel’s New Zealand business reported an 82 per cent drop in first-half operating earnings due to low prices for steel and vanadium.

Sales revenue for the business, which includes BlueScope’s Pacific Island operations, fell to $A420.3 million for the six months to December 31, down 9 per cent from a year earlier.

As well as weaker vanadium prices and lower regional steel prices, the company said poor weather and lower infrastructure spending had also reduced domestic volumes of long products – typically wire, reinforcing and beams.

Earnings before interest and tax fell to $A12.9 million, down 82 per cent from the same period a year earlier, but up from $A8.7 million in the six months ended June 30. First-half earnings a year earlier had been 75 per cent higher at $A71.9 million, reflecting a period of strong vanadium prices.

The business, which operates the Glenbrook mill and the Pacific Steel plant formerly owned by Fletcher Building, was threatened with mothballing by its Melbourne-based parent in 2015 unless $50 million in annual cost reductions were achieved.

NZ Steel then enjoyed two years of relatively strong earnings after shedding about 100 workers at Glenbrook in 2015, renegotiating freight rates and coal supplies and selling the export-focused Taharoa ironsands business.

But the sharp drop in steel and vanadium prices the past year – coupled with sustained high electricity prices – has forced the business to renew its cost-saving efforts.

It has been pushing back hard against proposed changes to electricity transmission prices that would add millions to its costs, as well as government plans to reduce protections for heavy industry trying to compete with rivals not facing carbon costs.

In November, BlueScope told investors it was “imperative” that NZ steel-making remained globally competitive.

Glenbrook is the country’s only producer of steel, which it makes by smelting local iron sands with local and imported coal.

It uses vanadium for hardening steel but also sells vanadium slag from its smelting to offset its other production costs.

Its brands include Colorsteel, Axxis and Zincalume and it also has a 16 per cent stake in NZX-listed distribution firm Steel & Tube, which it acquired in 2018 to prevent a takeover by Fletcher Building. Y esterday, the New Zealand and Pacific business noted that the contribution from vanadium by-products to first-half earnings was about $A27 million lower than a year earlier and $A11 mil lion less than in the six months ended J une 30. It had benefited from a “moderate” improvement in some

pr oduct prices, while coal, scrap and some alloy costs had also declined. H owever, electricity costs remained “elevated” and infrastructure volumes had also weakened in the per iod. Addressing “financial under-performance” remained a continued focus. “ Infrastructure activity has picked up at the start of the 2H FY2020 with a number of key projects being progressed,” the company said in its half-year report. Domestic v olumes remained “robust”, with strong residential and commercial construction, but export prices in the Pacific had softened.

Total volumes for the six months were about 2 per cent higher at almost 315,000 tonnes, with an 8000 tonne reduction in domestic sales being more than offset by a 16,000 tonne increase in exports.

Domestic volumes fell 3 per cent to 230,700 tonnes, mostly due to a 7 per cent reduction at Pacific Steel to 85,000 tonnes.

Export volumes were 22 per cent higher at 84,100 tonnes.

■ SHAREMARKET REPORT Virus still impacting on markets

Equity markets were mixed last week. Shares in New Zealand and Australia rose to fresh all-time highs and finished in positive territory, up 2.0 per cent and 0.4 per cent r espectively.

The top NZX 50 mo vers last week were Fisher & Paykel Healthcare, which rose 7.3 per cent, S ynlait Milk, gaining 6.5 per cent and EBOS Group, up 6.1 per cent. Meanwhile, PushPay dropped 8.8 per cent, Refining NZ fell 6.3 per cent and Sky TV lost 4.6 per cent, making them the worst perform ers.

The S&P 500 also posted a new r ecord, although late in the week some nervousness set in and that saw the market finish 1.3 per cent lower.

Investors took notice of flash PMIs for the month of February, which were released on Friday. The data pointed to a more signif icant impact from the coronavirus outbr eak than some had expected. The US Composite PMI, which measur es activity across both the manufacturing and services sectors, was well below expectations and fell into contr action for the first time since October 2013.

The services sector, which has been very resilient throughout this expansion, was also notably weaker.

Haven assets rallied further on the back of ongoing uncertainty. Gold prices rose to a seven-year high, the US dollar at its strongest level since April 2017 and the US 10-year Treasury yield falling to the lowest since July 2016.

Looking ahead, markets will be watching for further coronavirus

Jeremy Flood ON THE MARKETS

developments, with no major economic releases or central bank meetings due.

On Monday, China will consider whether to delay the annual Na tional People’s Congress (scheduled for March 5) on the back of the outbr eak. The Official PMIs for China are out on Saturday afternoon, and should provide further insights into economic disruption in the region.

In New Zealand, retail sales are out Monday and ANZ will release its first business confidence re port of the year on Thursday. The latter will be of par ticular interest, given the contrast between our improving economic backdrop and the effect the situation in China is having on some sectors of the economy.

The ANZ Business Outlook survey for 2020 will cover the month of February, and investors will be watching for evidence of how much impact the situation in China is having on sentiment.

With trade tensions easing, the UK having ‘Brexited’, house prices experiencing a resurgence and forecasts for additional spending from the Government this year, we would’ve expected a further improvement in business confi dence, following a solid bounce in D ecember (which saw the Own Activity measure rise to a 19-month high).

However, coronavirus uncertainty has emerged over the last sev eral weeks and those in the tourism and hospitality sectors will be feeling the effects.

The reporting season continues, and this will be the key focus for most inv estors. It will be a busier five days than last week, as this week we will hear form the likes of Summerset, Meridian Energy, Scales, a2 Milk, Air New Zealand, Vista Group, Port of Tau ranga and Tourism Holdings. O utlook statements will be eagerly awaited, with investors keen to hear just ho w much disruption local companies have seen across Chinese customer bases or business units. M any of these businesses will be seeing some impact on either customer demand or supply chains, so trading updates and outlook commentaries could be key.

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TEST YOURSELF

Test yourself with the Guardian’s weekday quiz

1 – Which way is the Queen looking on a New Zealand 20 cent coin? a. Front on b. To the right c. To the left 2 – The parietal lobe is in the? a. Ear b. Brain c. Liver 3 – What, approximately, is the current world population? a. 6.8 billion b. 7.8 billion c. 8.8 billion 4 – The name Aswan is associated with a? a. Middle Eastern ruler b. Popular dog c. Large dam 5 – The island of South Georgia is located in which ocean? a. Antarctic b. Pacific c. Atlantic 6 – What is the function of the ASA? a. To assist motorists b. To monitor advertising c. To promote alcohol misuse 7 – What was the title of the theme song for the film Titanic? a. I’ll Love You Once More b. My Heart Will Go On c. Wherever You Are 8 – How much carbon emission is generated by a passenger flying Auckland to Dunedin return? a. 86kg b. 186kg c. 286kg

Answers: 1. To the right 2. Brain 3. 7.8 billion 4. Large dam 5. Atlantic 6. To monitor advertising 7. My Heart Will Go On 8. 286kg.

QUICK RECIPE

Smoked fish and potato filo parcels

3 medium sized potatoes 20g butter 1 small onion, chopped 2 cloves garlic, crushed 20g flour 1C milk 2T chopped parsley 450g can smoked fish fillets, drained Salt and pepper 8 pieces filo pastry Melted butter for brushing 200g frozen beans, steamed 1 lemon, cut into wedges

■ P eel and cut potatoes into cubes. Cook in salted water for 10 minutes. Mash roughly with a fork. Set aside. ■ Melt 20g butter in a small pot. Add onions and garlic cooking for three minutes until softened. ■ Stir in flour and cook without browning for three minutes. ■ Slowly add milk to make a thick sauce. Remove from heat, add parsley, smoked fish and potato. Season with salt and pepper. ■ Se t aside to cool. ■ Pr eheat oven to 180°C. ■ Divide fish and pota to mixture into four even lots (approximately four cups). ■ Lie one piece of filo on a bench, brush with butter, then place another one on top. ■ Place one cup of filling at one end, brush the edges with butter,

then fold into a parcel. Repeat with the remaining filo. ■ B ake in the oven for 20 minutes. ■ Serve the filo parcels with steamed beans. Tip: When working with filo pastry cover it with a damp tea towel to ensure it does not dry out. Wrap leftover pastry well and freeze.

Recipe courtesy of www.countdown.co.nz

Showing off

Sporting a dog groomer’s most-needed hair accessory, Kimberley Frazer puts Reef, a standard poodle, through his paces before he was shown at the Ashburton Kennel Association shows held last weekend.

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Money, money, money

By Rosie Twamley.

Money has changed a lot throughout time, but one thing that r emains the same is that we use money to pay for goods and services.

Coins and banknotes have been the main form of currency for hundreds of years but more re cently eftpos cards and debit cards hav e taken over and changed the way we perceive our money.

No longer do we hold our money in our hand every day. W e get paid straight into our bank accounts which we can look at online, and then pay for goods using a plastic card, meaning that many people often never see their money in physical form.

Some businesses are even going cashless due to the use of cards taking over ‘real’ money.

In the past people have kept their money – coins and bank notes – in tins, money boxes, sock dr awers, under mattresses, anywhere to keep it safe and all in one place.

I sometimes think that I don’t know where I would store my pay if I got paid in coins and bank notes! T oday banks are closing down in some small towns in New Zealand, which is a lot different to when banks were often one of the first buildings to be built in settle ments, and once the town grew so did the number of banks!

Ashburton had many banks, and still has many banks – some of the old bank buildings have survived and now house other businesses. The Bank of New South Wales building now has the Speight’s Ale House operating from it, and the old ANZ Bank building is now MTF Finance.

Coins and banknotes Coins and banknotes even go through their own small changes. New Zealand used to use British coins as legal tender before we got our own currency in 1933.

In our collection we have an example of someone’s collection of coins – all 151 of them – which include British coins from Queen Victoria’s reign, and more recent coins from Queen Elizabeth’s early reign.

These coins were part of New Zealand’s own national currency created in 1933.

These coins were in a tin, which is indicative of how many found ways to reuse items they already had to store other objects.

For example, storing coins in a tin that used to house a master foods spice – no one would sus pect what was inside! C oin collecting was a popular pastime for New Zealanders, which boomed once New Zealand switched to decimal currency in 1967.

I assume any old box or tin was useful for this hobby.

Numismatics, which is the study of currency including coins, bank notes and tokens, was called the hobb y of kings due to their passion for collecting coins.

Coins were also made for commemorative purposes, like the 1974 C ommonwealth Games coin which may be familiar for many New Zealanders!

The millennium bank note was legal tender and a collector’s item, much like the 2018 Armistice Day coin.

While the 50 cent coin could be used, it almost feels wrong not to keep it due to how unique it is! Like the uniqueness of collec tors’ coins, New Zealand coins themselv es are unique. New Zealand was the first British Dominion to stop using heraldic motifs on our coins, and we instead embraced our unique New Zealand identity through the designs on our own coins, which has continued today. Ashburton Our collection includes the national currency and the many changes it went through, and many international coins from Ashburtonians’ adventures over seas. W e also have some local coins that are a part of an interesting time for coins.

Token coins were used in the

late 19th Century when notes and coins were in short

supply.

Shops often issued their own notes and coins (bronze and cop per tokens) to accommodate the shor tage, being given as change that could only be used at that store.

In a way they were the first kind of loyalty programme for shops! In our collection we have a to ken coin from Huffams Restaurant and thr ee tokens from H J Hall grocers in Christchurch.

To see more coins, banknotes and the odd and curious items on display, make sure to visit the numismatics display on now at Ashburton Museum.

1. Post-British and pre-decimal New Zealand coins, in use until 1967. 2. The Bank of New South Wales building. 3. ANZ Bank, on the corner of East and Tancred streets. 4.The 2018 Armistice Day commemorative coin.

■ BOXING Fury calls out Anthony Joshua

Tyson Fury expects Deontay Wilder to take up the option of a rematch of their heavyweight championship bout, but said he’s ready for fellow Briton Anthony Joshua if the American declines.

Speaking after his seventh-round TKO victory over Wilder in Las Vegas, Fury sounded happy to take on either man.

“I had a great and worthy dance partner in Deontay Wilder and I’m sure we’re going to do it again,” Fury told Behind The Gloves at the MGM Grand Arena.

“If Deontay don’t want the rematch then let’s go A.J.,” Fury added, referring to Joshua.

Fury (30-0-1) retained his lineal crown and took the WBC crown from Wilder (42- 1-1), though Joshua holds the rest of the belts in the division. A fight between the pair would unify the belts but the mouth-watering, all-British match-up might have to wait for a Fury-Wilder trilogy to be completed instead. The first fight between Fury and Wilder in December 2018 was called a draw.

Wilder now has 30 days to decide whether to exercise his option of a third fight with the Gypsy King.

Impressive as Fury’s performance was, he said it did not compare to his 2015 takedown of Wladimir Klitschko.

“Nothing will ever be bigger than my Wladimir Klitschko win because that was my first championship ring,” Fury said.

“I was 7/1 underdog when I beat Klitschko in Germany.

“Tonight people expected me to win. “It was a 50-50 fight going in.”

Tyson Fury lands a good one on Deontay Wilder on Sunday night.

RESULTS

■ Bowls

Ashburton Bowling Club Singles: John Kewish; Pairs: Alistair Mackenzie & Min Hill; Triples: Murray Anderson Doug Kin vig. John Kewish; Fours: Murray Anderson Min Hill Alistair Mackenie & John Kewish; Jnr Singles: Brenton Donaldson.

■ Bridge

Ashburton Bridge Club February 17 B & C Ladder N/S 1st Shirley Harris & Faye Priest, 2nd Paul Leadley & Bernie Jopson, 3rd David Fisher & George Brown E/W 1st Pauline Scott & Colin Clemens, 2nd Mary Bruce & Bev Blair, 3rd Pat Wise & Joyce Johnson February 18 A Ladder N/S 1st Mary Buckland & Sonia Gill, 2nd Bill Kolkman & Jim Rooney, 3rd Johnny Wright & John McDonald E/W 1st Anne & Maurice Reid, 2nd Linda Baker & Mike Holmes, 3rd Rewa Kyle & Ma ree Moore F ebruary 19 Valetta Trophy N/S 1st Judith Moore & Johnny Wright, 2nd Elaine Lattimore & Shirley Lattimore, 3rd Rosemary McLaughlin & Judith Edmond E/W 1st Sue Rosevear & Kay Robb, 2nd Rewa Kyle & Trish Downward, 3rd Trish Small & Leigh Wackrow February 20 Mary Mulligan Trophy N/S 1st Mike Holdaway & John Fechney,

DRAWS

Ashburton Golf Club February 29 The first qualifying round for the Club Championships wiil be held. This will be a Stroke Round off the Blue Tees. Starting Times: Morning start at 8.00am; Afternoon players report at 12noon for a 12.30pm start, Nine hole golfers report at 1.00 for a 1.30pm start.

■ Slowpitch

Hampstead Slow Pitch February 28 Premier Final: 6.30pm Devon Tavern D.1: Marines & Angels v Shits & Giggles; Section 2 Final: 6.30pm: Laser Electrical D.2: R eigning Champs v Laser Attack; 3rd & 4th Placings: 6.00pm: First National Real Estate D.3: As Good As It Gets v Demolition 7th & 8th Placings: 6.00pm: Dell Phillips Landscaping D.4: Lion Brown Club v Ha wkies Hawks 2nd Rona Brownlie & John McDonald, 3rd Trish Downward & Jan de Jong E/W 1st Val Palmer & Pat Jordan, 2nd = Sue Rosevear & Paul Fergus and Perry Jowers & Maurice Small, 3rd Debbie Seddon-Sewell & David Sewell ■ Cycling

Mid Canterbury Social Wheelers February 19 20 Riders, 16km Frazers Rd. 1st Emma Hudson CT.32.53. HT. Go. RT. 32m 53s. 2nd Paul Hands CT.32.53. HT. Go. RT. 32m 53s. 3rd Matt Donald CT.33.55. HT.9.30m. RT.24m 25s. 4th Martin Hyde CT.33.57. HT.8.40m. RT.25m 17s. 5th Paul Chapman CT.33.58. HT.8.40m. RT.25m 18s. 6th Paul Macfie CT.33.59. HT.9.30m. RT.24m 29s. 7th Nick Grijns CT.34.00. HT.8.40m. RT.25m 20s. 8th Rob Hooper CT.34.02. HT.9.30m. RT.24m 32s. 9th Michelle David son CT.34.03. HT.8.40m. RT.25m 23s. 10th Br ad Hudson CT.34.46. HT.12.10m. RT.22m 36s. F/T. 11th Mark Summerfield CT.34.47. HT. 12.10m. RT. 22m 37s 2f/t. 12th Tony Ward CT.34.47. HT. 12.10m. RT. 22m 37s 3f/t. 13th Oliver Davidson CT.34.51. HT.12.10m. RT.22m 41s. 4f/t. 14th Dave Knight CT.34.51. HT. 12.10m. RT. 22m.41s. 5f/t. Riders involved in accident who also finished Pam Harcourt, Dave Shurrock Nigel Chatterton. Brent Hudson, Richard Begg, Ian Hobson.

■ Golf

Ashburton Ladies County Vets Golf February 21 Results Par Round held Ashburton Sanae Hydes 3up on c/b, Joyce Van Der Heide 3 up, Daphne McDonnell 2 up on c /b from Lucy Tait and June Bruhns. Nearest the pins #4 Carol Shanks, #8 n/s, #12 Barbara Harris, #14 Heather Santy. Twos #4 Christine Ross. 9 Holes Jenny Matthews 6 up.

Ashburton Golf Club February 22 and 23 Harvey Norman Classic Overall winners: Gordon Crawford & Shane Beavan 122.75. In the Men’s pairs winners: Steven Schwass & Greg Overall 123.5, Blair Franklin & Paul Warren 124.75, Steven Kircher & Paul Greer 126.5. Sonelau Collins & Brent McKey 127.25, Brent Smith & Jason Overend 127.25, Ross Chatterton & Richard McKernan 128.25, Nick Wilson & David Morrison 128.5, Brian Rouse & Chris Bell 128.5, Murray Young & Steven Stratford 129, David Fisher & George Brown 129, Jeff & Dave Hewitt 130, Gywn & Dean Williams 130, Ian Rive & Wilson Hii 130.25, Kevin Steenson & Anthony Hose 130.25. Winners in the Women’s pairs were: Emma Silva & Kendall Lee 125.25, Natasha Wilson & Meg Ness 130.25, Hilary Ward & Jacqui Welch 132.25, Sally Smith & Fiona Rushton 134. Winners in the Mixed Pairs were: Hong Zhang & Jianmin Guo 125, Emily Wilson & Michael Thomas 128.75, Wendy & Eric Parr 129.75, Catherine & Robbie Bell 130, Peter Wright & Sally Lemon 130.5, Marilyn Walker & Vince Carr 130.5. Twos: Gordon Crawford (2), Kerry Branson (2), Sam Clarke, Charlie Alexander, Camer on Grant, Perry Hunt, Nick Knight, Hamish Niles, Brent A Smith, Kevin Smith, Peter Wakelin, Ryan Cockburn, Matthew Fine, Ryan Barham, Andrew Barrie, Catherine Bell, Josh Ackerley, Maureen Kerr, Chris tine Kinita, Mary-Kou Watson, Brent Smith, Hamish Finnie , Eric Parr, Zhang Hong. Nearest The Pins Saturday: #4 Pauline Bell, #8 Walker Lin, #12 Tim Newton, # 14 Jo Peacock. Sunday: #4 Kerry Branson, #8 Matthew Fine, #12 Kerry Branson, #14 Leigh Wackrow. Longest Drive Saturday: Women Catherine Knight, Men Steve Cowie. Sunday: Women Kendall Lee, Men Cameron Grant. Longest Putt on #9: Women Sally Lemon, Men Brian Nuttall.

Mayfield Golf Club February 18 9 Hole - Stableford Round Lucy Tait 33, Judith Webb 33, Helen Rapsey 33, Anne Marie Blair 33, Jillian Lake 32, Juliet McLeod 32, Mr Manns Bakery& Café 2nd Shot 2 or 11 Mar garet Read, Sims Bakery Nearest the Pin 5 or 14 Lal Mulligan . Two’s: Sue Graham No 5, Margaret Read No 2, Lal Mulligan No 14 February 20 Mayfield 9 Hole Golf 1st Handicap & Putting Putting: 1st Elspeth Jaine 12 putts, 2nd Tes sa Gallagher 14 putts Handicap Men: 1s t Eddie Graham 46-15-31, 2nd John Greenslade 55-17-38; Ladies: 1st Tessa Gallagher 50-20-30, 2nd Cate Hogan- Wright 57-27-30 Gr eg Sim Builders No 2: Eddie Graham, Mayfield Transport No 5: Eddie Graham

Methven Golf Club February 22 Men’s Division Reduced to 9 Holes due to inclement weather. Stableford Winner: Terry Molloy 22pts, 2nd Russell Currie by lot 21pts. Other good scores: 21pts Phil Johnson, Piers Rolton. 20pts Mike Holmes, Gary Kermode, Craig Middleton. 19pts Michael Kemp, Allan Smith, Geoff Kelk, James Bell. 18pts John Mcgettigan, Gavin Santy, Dayle Lucas, Mike Gray, Ben Rutter by lot. Two’s: Michael Kemp, Piers Rolton x2, Phil Johnson, James Anderson. Closest to the Pin-Aqua Japanese Restau rant No 4: Piers Rolton. Hunters Wine No 6: Nobody. Ski Time No 13: Jim Lattimore. Green Parrot No 17: James Anderson. 2nd shot No 14: Jim Lattimore. Next Week February 29: Next round Rodg er Harris Memorial. Kemp & Mcgettigan T rophys. Nancy McCormick Foursomes February 19 AM Winners: Ruth Smith & Roz Grant 94- 24.5-69.5, Heather Middleton & Marg Kelk 106-33-73; PM Winners: Sharryn Bree & Tania Wilson 86-21-65, Heather Middleton & Marg Kelk 99-33-66, Nancy McCormick Winners, Heather Middleton & Marg Kelk 139 18 Hole Stroke Round: Nola Hydes 101-30- 71, Sharon Burrell-Smith 108-32-76 Nearest the Pins: #4 Open Methven Travel Ruth Smith, #6 Open Methven Pharmacy Sharryn Bree, #13 Open Methven Four square Gayle O’Duffy, #17 Open Arabica Jenn y Senior, #4 Sat Girls Cinema Paradiso Sharon Burrell-Smith

Rakaia Golf Club February 19 3 Clubs and a Putter – Kathleen Lawler Trophy 9 Holer s: Lillian O’Hanlon 58-21-37; 18 Holers: Jill Burrowes 99-29-70 (Kathleen Lawler Trophy), Sandra Quinn 89-18-71, Sue Martin 101-28-73; Men - Stableford: John Harcourt 40 Railway Tavern 2nd shot no 3: Jill Burrowes, Rakaia Seed Cleaning 2nd shot no 6: Sue Martin, V Bell Nearest Pin no 8: Steve Booker, Chertsey Spraying 2nd shot no 15: Sandra Quinn, S. Quinn 2nd shot no 17: Teresa Booker Twos: Sue Martin # 6, Marion Wederell #17

Tinwald Golf Club February 19 Twilight Stroke Leading scores in the twilight stroke round: -6; Phill Hooper 32. Nigel Heney 35 c/b. 7-10: Mitch VanderKrogt 33. Neil Rayner, Lawrence McCormick 34, Brian Rouse 35 c/b. 11 plus: Arthur Pawsey 32, Graeme Mills. Roger Bruce 33, Selwyn Munro 34 c/b. Women: 0-14: Maxine Whiting 32, Pam McAndrew 33. 15 plus: Barb Cochrane 34, Emily Wilson 35. Non-Handicap; Shaun Hurley 40. Nearest the pin: # 2 Jacqui Beardsley. # 16 Andy Peck. Two’s; Phil Prendergast. Radio Hokonui hacker; Karen Young with net 46. February 22 Stroke Leading scores in the 1st round of the Smitheram (gross) and Grant (net) Tro phies played on Saturday. - 12; Simon R oss 79-71, Daryl Young 86-74. 13-18; Ross Preece 81-64, Andrew Hill 82- 68.19 plus; Selwyn Munro 89-63, Ton Kittikote 87-68. W omen; Barb MacGregor 77. Nearest the pin; Tinwald Liquorland # 2; Randall Feutz. Gluyas Ford # 6; Wayne Mellish. House of Travel # 12; Tetua Tuakeu. Ace A uto Electrical # 16; Sally Lane. G & R Seeds 2nd shot #11; Alex Roa. Two’s; Andrew Hill, Ross Preece, Poko Paraia. Net Eagle; # 13 Simon Ross, Selwyn Munro. 51.2, 53.1, 104.3. FO, Darral Bradley 55.2, 54.2, 109.4, David Smith 50.0, 47.1, 97.1.

■ Slowpitch

Hampstead Slow Pitch February 21 Marines & Angels 17-11 Demolition, Shits & Giggles 20-11 As Good As It Gets, Laser Attack 25-24 Hawkies Hawks, Reigning Champs 17-6 Lion Brown Club

■ Squash

Celtic Squash Club February 17 Team 9 beat Team 6 9-8: Jimmy Hunn beat Ron Carlson 2-1, James Bowker drew with Blair Horrell 2-2, Brendon Clark drew with Rebecca Abernethy 2 -2, Lucas Raphoid lost to Guy Stanway 0-3, Kate Williams beat Jane Kingan 3-0. Team 3 drew with Team 1 8-8: Scott Broker lost to Billy Nolan 1-2, Rob Giles beat Melissa Wilson 3-0, Jade Coley lost to Hamish Trott 0-3, Riley Broker lost to Mike Keen 1-3, Jayden Adam beat Maria O’Reilly 3-0. Team 2 beat Team 4 12-6: John McDonnell beat Nathan Forbes 3-0, Phil Andrew drew with Chris Thompson 2-2, Kirsty Clay drew with Neil Keenan 2-2, Jan Lee drew with Hayden Robinson 2-2, Sian Hurley beat Sarah Forbes 3-0. February 19 Team 8 beat Team 7 10-8: James McCloy beat Wouter Myburgh 3-2, Tim Kuipers lost to Craig Campbell 0-3: Jordy Hooper lost to Shane Muckle 1-3, Sam Kuipers beat Jayden Adam 3-0; Sian Hurley beat Megan Bell 3-0. Team 5 beat Team 10 11-7: Ben Kruger drew with Paul Cousins 2-2, Chris Lima beat Ian Dolden 3-0; Nicky Dry land lost to Neil Keenan 1-3, Amy Muckle bea t Charlotte Smith 3-0, Tate Dryland drew with Maggie Clark 2-2.

■ Tennis

Mid Canterbury Tennis February 19 Famous Grouse 16 v Out of Service 17, We Are Stihl Suzuki 17 v Tridents 16, What’s the Score 18 v Hackers 15, Let’s Play 15 v Council Crew 18, Grand Slammers 17 v The Aces 16, Family Affair 17 v The Raqueteers 16, Cour tiers 14 v Mighty Meerkats 19.

■ Shooting

Ashburton District Rifle Club February 23 February At 600 yards. TR, Allan White 50.5, 50.9, 100.14, Megan Snowden 49.2, 50.5, 99.7, Chris Kershaw 49.2, 49.4, 98.6, John Snowden 49.5, 48.5, 97.10, John Miller 49.2, 48.4, 97.6, Martin Fleming 48.2, 48.4, 96.6, John Fleming 47.6, 46.2, 93.8, Gareth Miller 47.4, 46.2, 93.6. FTR, Coby Snowden 56.2, 56.1, 112.3, Mark Alexander 53.3, 53.2, 103.5, Murray Cook F ebruary 20 Division 1: Heineken Openers 4½ v Coasters 1½, Cates Grain & Seed 1½ v 4½, Croziers Turkeys 5½ v Lakers ½ Division 2: Geraldine 5 v Doubles Faults 1, Carrfields 3 v Ball Wackers 3, Court Nite 3 v Ruapuna 3. Division 2A: Cream of the Crop 4 v Agitated Panda 2, B Team ½ v Winchmore 5½, Fault less 1 v New Boys 5. Division 3: B ackspin 6 v Farm & Kitchen 0, I’d Hit That – PB 4 v 4 Aces 2, Miss Hits 2½ v Rough Enough 3½, Read Revellers 6 v The Young & the Rest of Us 0, Wanna Bees 3 v RMF Silva – Great Sets 3, The Ladies beat In with a Shot by default.

■ CRICKET Rain creates Hawke Cup impasse

Only 28 overs were possible over the weekend as Mid Canterbury and Southland’s Hawke Cup encounter ended in a rain-affected stalemate.

Southland, who were still in contention for a Hawke Cup challenge, won the toss and elected to field at Timaru’s Aorangi Oval.

Mid Canterbury opener Devon Flannery fell in the second over of the innings when he was trapped in front off the bowling of Jason Osborne for 5.

Fellow opener Nick Gilbert also fell to Osborne, who was impressive across his 8 overs, to leave Mid Canterbury 26/2 with runs also hard to come by.

While skipper James Southby toiled away at one end, Des Kruger took the attack to the Southland bowlers, hitting eight fours and a six in his high-octane 47.

He combined with his captain for a third wicket stand of 73 before he was stumped off the bowling of Sam Nicholson.

However play was abandoned at the end of the 28th over, with Mid Canterbury 104/3.

Right – Mid Canterbury’s Des Kruger hit 47 off 52 balls during the rain-affected Hawke Cup encounter against Southland in Timaru.

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Black Caps wrap up stunning win over India

By Niall A derso

Ninety years after their debut, and 64 after their first win, New Zealand have brought up their century of test triumphs with one of their most famous victories.

Two of the country’s greatest bowlers inspired the Black Caps’ 10-wicket win over India in Wellington yesterday – the 100th time New Zealand have tasted the sweet success of victory in cricket’s most treasured format.

Of those 99 previous wins, over those 90 long years, few have been more impressive than this one.

India came into this match as test cricket’s undisputed world No. 1 – a team that had ruled all comers in the Test Championship to claim a record seven straight victories, all by emphatic margins that underlined just how dominant a side they were.

And yet, juggernaut or not, a trip to New Zealand left India with the same result that most touring teams receive these days – a demoralising defeat.

It’s now 12 tests in a row without defeat at home for the Black Caps, and the fact that a dominant victory over the world No. 1 side doesn’t come as a completely seismic shock is a testament to just how far this side has come over recent years.

In 2002 – 72 years after they made their test entrance – New Zealand reached 50 test victories. 18 years later, they’ve doubled that, with 32 victories coming in Within a superb team effort from New Zealand over the past four days, there have been two superheroes, the fast bowling duo of Trent Boult and Tim Southee. PHOTO AP

the past 10 years alone.

When playing at home, even the best teams in the world struggle against the Black Caps’ mastery of their conditions; a fact proven once again yesterday as Trent Boult and Tim Southee inspired something special.

Resuming at 144-4, trailing by 39 runs, India still had hope of salvaging something from the test, with accomplished batsmen at the crease in Ajinkya Rahane and Hanuma Vihari, both of whom had looked comfortable in getting through to stumps unscathed the night before.

But, in pristine conditions at the Basin Reserve, neither had any answers for the similarly immaculate bowling of New Zealand’s greatest fast bowling duo.

It took just three overs for Boult to remove Rahane with a delivery that demanded a shot, but seamed away just enough to tickle the outside edge, before Southee suckered Vihari with a beautiful outswinger-outswinger-inswinger combination to rattle his stumps in the following over.

If their batsmen couldn’t handle what was coming their way, then India’s bowlers had no chance.

Ravichandran Ashwin was trapped in front by Southee, while wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant picked out the safe hands of Boult in the deep from Southee’s bowling as India were cleaned up for 191 – Southee ending with 5-61, and Boult 4-39.

It left only nine runs required for the Black Caps openers, and Tom Latham and Tom Blundell needed just 10 balls to complete a historic victory.

Sixty-four years on from the delirious scenes of their first test triumph, there was no need to rush the field or salvage a stump; nor even any particular awe at what had been accomplished – for the players, this was just another win. Don’t let their typically understated reaction fool you, though.

This victory was well worth the famous milestone it accompanies – New Zealand have reached their century, and there have been few better moments than this.

Soggy start to the season

Mid Canterbury United’s Niall Young looks to keep the ball away from a St Albans Shirley player in their pre-season friendly at Argyle Park on Saturday. Played in heavy rain, the visiting St Albans Shirley side came out on top 6-4 in an exciting game. Mid Canterbury opened the scoring, but were always chasing the game after the visitors scored three rapid-fire goals. Mid Canterbury’s pre-season continues this Saturday against Parklands at Argyle Park before the Canterbury Championship League kicksoff on March 21. PHOTO ROBYN HOOD 220220-RH-090

■ FOOTBALL Fernandes stars for Man United

Bruno Fernandes coolly rolled in a penalty for his first goal for Manchester United to set his new team on its way to a 3-0 win over relegation-threatened Watford in the Premier League yesterday.

Anthony Martial also netted, for the third straight game, and teenager Mason Greenwood added a brilliant third goal as United climbed above Tottenham and Sheffield United into fifth in the standings.

That is currently a Champions League qualification place following Manchester City’s recent two-season ban from European competitions by UEFA.

Fernandes has slotted seamlessly into the United team since his January move from Sporting Lisbon.

After grabbing his first assist in the 2-0 win over Chelsea, the Portugal playmaker got on the scoresheet for the first time against Watford.

He was brought down by Watford goalkeeper Ben Foster – a former United player – as he surged through into the area, and got himself up to impudently roll home the 42nd-minute spot kick, sending Foster the wrong way.

It was no surprise to see Fernandes taking penalty duties, having scored 12 out of 12 from the spot when at Sporting.

“In today’s market I think we got a good deal,” coach Solskjaer said of Fernandes, who moved to United in a deal worth up to 80 million euros ($88 million). “He’s given everyone a boost. “It means more than just getting a player in.

“You can see the supporters, they’re used to players with that personality, mentality and quality so he’s been a big plus.”

Watford striker Troy Deeney thought he had equalised in the 52nd when he bundled in following a corner, but the goal was disallowed by VAR because the ball struck the arm of teammate Craig Dawson as the defender went for a header off the cross.

Watford, who have stayed in the relegation zone with 11 games left, were further punished when Martial made it 2-0 with a cheeky finish after his initial shot at goal was saved by Foster.

The French forward collected the loose ball, beat Etienne Capoue with a lovely drag-back, and chipped Foster from an acute angle.

“I am delighted with the week Anthony’s had,” Solskjaer said.

“He has got his critics and I am one of his biggest probably because I keep demanding different stuff from him.

“The skill (for the goal) is just mind-blowing ... But I want more from him and I’ll keep at him.”

Greenwood made the points safe, collecting Fernandes’ inside pass and rifling a fierce shot into the roof of the net from just inside the area.

Odion Ighalo, the former Watford striker signed by United from the Chinese Super League on transfer deadline day last month, came off the bench for his home debut and struck the post with a shot in the 84th after rounding Foster.

■ FOOTBALL Jota double gets Wolves home over Norwich

Diogo Jota added two more goals to the midweek hat-trick he scored in the Europa League as Wolverhampton beat last-place Norwich 3-0 in the Premier League yesterday to keep in touch with the Champions League qualification positions.

The Portugal forward scored in the 19th and 30th minutes, then drove in a shot that struck the post before Raul Jimenez bundled home the loose ball for the third goal in the second half at Molineux.

Jota has had an injury-interrupted season but is in a rich vein of form, having netted three goals in Wolves’ 4-0 win over Espanyol in the first leg of the Europa League last 32 on Thursday.

He appeared to benefit from Wolves manager Nuno Espirito Santo’s decision to switch from his usual 3-4-3 formation to a 3-5-2 favoured at the end of last season, which saw Jota playing as a central striker alongside Jimenez rather than a wide forward.

That meant right winger Adama Traore, one of Wolves’ best players this season, was dropped to the bench.

“We know a player’s performance can go up and down,” Espirito Santo said of Jota.

“It’s the right decisions, the right solutions we try to find to keep sustaining his performance. Not only him, but all the team.

“Of course, I’m delighted with his goals.

“It’s nothing specific – these things happen. His last touch has been clinical, Thursday and today, and hopefully it continues.”

Wolves are managing to juggle their domestic and European commitments impressively and moved up to eighth place in the league, just two points behind Manchester United in fifth place.

That is currently a Champions League qualification place following Manchester City’s recent two-season ban from European competitions by UEFA.

Explaining the hunger of his squad following what was Wolves’ 44th game of the season, Espirito Santo said he and his staff are working seven days a week.

“The way they recover, the way they respect themselves, the way the staff dedicates, we don’t have days off,” he said.

“We are always preparing ourselves to compete.

“This is how we want to compete, and the difficulty is to sustain it, so it requires a lot of hard work, and every day is harder. But it’s our job. We embrace the challenge, so everybody has to help – everyone.” It looks increasingly like Norwich will be returning to the second-tier League Championship after just one season in the top flight. Daniel Farke’s side, which has earned praise for its positive football, is seven points from safety with 11 games remaining.

■ GOLF Crawford, Beavan take golf classic

By Ad m Burns adam.b@theguardian.co.nz Shane Beavan and Gordon Crawford collected the plaudits at the Ashburton Golf Club on the weekend.

The pair secured an overall win in the two-day Harvey Norman Classic which wrapped up on Sunday.

Rain put a dampener on the first day teams event on the Saturday which was followed by the two-person best ball format the next day.

Beavan and Crawford’s score of 122.75 led them to the victory in the event, which comprised of 198 golfers – two short of numbers organisers were hoping for.

Steven Schwass and Greg Overall also impressed, registering 123.5 to lead the way in the men’s pairs, followed by Blair Frankling and Paul Warren (124.75) and Paul Greer and Steven Kircher (126.5).

Emma Silva and Kendall Lee won the women’s pairs event, chalking up 125.25, with Lee also hitting the longest drive on the final day, alongside her male counterpart Cameron G rant.

The next best were Meg Ness and Natasha Wilson (130.25) and Hilary Ward and Jacqui Welch (132.25).

Crawford, alongside Kerry Branson, also hit twos on the Sunday.

Branson was nearest to the pin on two occasions during the final day.

Right – Kay Fox tees off during the Harvey Norman Classic a t the Ashburton Golf Club on Sunday.

PHOTO ROBYN HOOD 230220-RH-404

Otago dogs Today at Forbury Park Raceway M3

Otago Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Forbury Park Raceway Meeting Date: 25 Feb 2020 NZ Meeting number: 3 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 8, 9 and 10 1 12.15pm (NZT) OTAGO MAIDEN FEATURE SPRINT C0q, 310m 1 34232 Mitcham Magic nwtd .................J McInerney 2 57756 Impressive Gift nwtd..................J McInerney 3 64 Button It nwtd J M ........................... McCook 4 58666 Gotcha Georgie nwtd .... M P Hamilton-Dyett 5 74 Tides End nwtd ..................................J Allen 6 52222 Homebush Gambler nwtd .........J McInerney 7 45645 Opawa Nash nwtd............................. J Rush 8 43636 Go Blue nwtd ..................................R Wales 9 78666 Opawa Pauline nwtd .......................R Wales 10 72 Miss J une nwtd .........................J McInerney 2 12.32 OGRC EARLY QUADDIE SPRINT C1, 310m 1 86877 Cosmic Marty 18.91 ..................J McInerney 2 38382 Goldstar Perrie nwtd S &.................B Evans 3 52463 Shanly Star 19.04 .....................J McIner ney 4 14672 Homebush Fairy nwtd ...............J McInerney 5 52761 Homebush Stasser 19.03 .........J McInerney 6 76776 Melting World 19.31 .......................J Guthrie 7 18588 Homebush Liz nwtd ..................J McInerney 8 74742 Opal Hunter 18.86.....................J McInerney 9 85553 Smok ey Dodger 18.72 ............. P Hammond 10 6414F Impressive High nwtd................J McInerney 3 12.52pm WWW.GREYHOUNDSASPETS.ORG.NZ C0, 545m 1 56221 Bobble nwtd J &..............................D Fahey 2 7 Goldstar Aria nwtd S &....................B Evans 3 2 Ripslinger Ro xy nwtd ................A Bradshaw 4 246 J ustin Lincoln nwtd S &...................B Evans 5 22225 Miss Malia nwtd ..............................R Wales 6 5 Mayhem Made nwtd..................A Bradshaw 7 8664F Opawa Rod nwtd.............................R Wales 8 5 Goldstar Darwin nwtd S &...............B Evans 9 4 Slippery Suzie nwtd S &..................B Evans 4 1.09 OTAGO MAIDEN FEATURE SPRINT C0q, 310m 1 88845 Opa wa Jaws nwtd...........................R Wales 2 33451 King Theoden nwtd .........................C Steele 3 8 Goldstar Har lowe nwtd S &.............B Evans 4 53842 Mitcham Nikorima nwtd.............J McInerney 5 225 Bees Are Buzzing nwtd J M............ McCook 6 83265 Impressive Mood nwtd..............J McInerney 7 25425 Sea Spray Ash nwtd....................B Freeman 8 36875 Homeb ush Showoff nwtd ..........J McInerney 9 57F86 Mitcham Queen nwtd ................J McInerney 10 37887 Homeb ush Jozie nwtd...............J McInerney 5 1.27pm OTAGO MAIDEN FEATURE SPRINT C0q, 310m 1 636F7 Yappy Yap nwtd ...............................R Wales 2 8 Double Queenie nwtd ...............J McInerney 3 6 Mitcham Rob nwtd ....................J McInerney 4 21 Homeb ush Ariana nwtd.............J McInerney 5 47434 Knoc ka Know How nwtd ................G Cleeve 6 58887 Pukeko Magic nwtd...................J McInerney 7 85653 Nykara nwtd J M ............................. McCook 8 2333 Mitcham Goldie nwtd ................A Bradshaw 9 886 Homebush Poppy nwtd .............J McInerney 10 77 Homebush Ivy nwtd ..................J McInerney 6 1.44pm DAVE ROBBIE PHOTOGRAPHER STAKES C1, 545m 1 33263 Bor n Tasha nwtd .............................R Wales 2 72545 Mitcham Manering 34.30 ..........J McInerney 3 14612 Homebush Fonzie nwtd ............J McInerney 4 57525 Know Talent 33.52..........................G Cleeve 5 54416 Max Volume 33.41 ....................A Bradshaw 6 78764 Archie’s Ranger 32.93 J M.............. McCook 7 81643 Goldstar Smithie nwtd S &..............B Evans 8 64454 Nippa Enough nwtd...................J McIner ney 9 34745 Goldstar Alaska 33.05 S & ..............B Evans 10 16265 Silouette Jet 33.21 .............................J Allen 7 2.02 BRIAN BAGLEY DRIVER LICENSING STAKES C1, 545m 1 14233 Prince Rohit nwtd......................J McInerney 2 24427 Baldrick 33.04 ...........................J McInerney 3 621x3 Opawa Jane nwtd ...........................R Wales 4 16718 Homebush Surgeon 32.82........J McInerney 5 43674 Goldstar Ashton 32.81 S & .............B Evans 6 73653 Punch On Woody nwtd .............J McInerney 7 53515 Mitcham T oddy nwtd .................A Bradshaw 8 12274 Lethal Lettie nwtd ......................A Bradshaw 9 13547 Goldstar Beau nwtd S & ..................B Evans 10 15645 Haz e Adams nwtd J M .................... McCook 8 2.18pm ST KILDA VETERINARY CENTRE SPRINT C1, 310m 1 33743 Cr ushington nwtd......................J McInerney 2 14642 Goldstar Halse y nwtd S &...............B Evans 3 55423 Goldstar Liber ty nwtd J M ............... McCook 4 88282 Homebush Jordie 18.89............J McInerney 5 17786 Homebush Maree nwtd.............J McInerney 6 73511 Mitcham Usain nwtd ..................J McInerney 7 77488 Gracie Lee nwtd........................J McInerney 8 46668 Punch On Rex 18.86.................J McInerney 9 75453 F ather Leo 19.54.......................J McInerney 10 56753 Dusty’ s Ink 18.87............................B Healey 9 2.35 BROCKLEBANKS DRY CLEANERS SPRINT C2, 310m 1 64331 Homebush Aimee nwtd.............J McInerney 2 71711 St Andrews 18.75..............................D Lane 3 37243 Cool Beans 18.95 .....................J McIner ney 4 67311 Homebush Bomber 18.49.........J McInerney 5 56421 Goldstar Flora nwtd S &..................B Evans 6 68471 Sass ‘Em Up 18.87 J M................... McCook 7 15433 Elite Blueb lood 19.59 ................J McIner ney 8 43232 Cash A Roo nwtd S &.....................B Evans 9 33217 Mitcham Trudy 18.81 .................J McInerney 10 37265 Opa wa Waihemo 18.63...................R Wales 10 2.52pm NZ RACING SERIES GRADUATION (C2- C3) FINAL NZRSf, 545m 1 84113 Viking Mafia 32.53 J &....................D Fahey 2 11134 Goldstar Spook nwtd S &................B Evans 3 13122 Ozzie 33.08.......................................D Lane 4 72714 Punters Bolt 32.73 ..........................R Wales 5 16126 Classy Witch 32.54 ........................G Cleeve 6 12275 Joe Bonanza 32.36...................J McInerney 7 15116 Mr Blac kjack 32.70 J &....................D Fahey 8 72331 Know Conclusion 32.66 .................G Cleeve Emergencies: 9 11235 Tucker nwtd.......................................D Lane 10 64228 Punch On Buzz nwtd ................J McInerney SELECTIONS Race 1: Mitcham Magic, Opawa Nash, Go Blue, Tides End Race 2: Goldstar Perrie, Homebush Stasser, Cosmic Marty Race 3: Bobble, Goldstar Darwin, Goldstar Aria, Slippery Suzie Race 4: Opawa Jaws, Sea Spray Ash, Mitcham Nikorima Race 5: Homebush Ariana, Mitcham Rob, Double Queenie Race 6: Born Tasha, Homebush Fonzie, Goldstar Alaska Race 7: Opawa Jane, Lethal Lettie, Prince Rohit, Baldrick Race 8: Goldstar Halsey, Mitcham Usain, Homebush Jordie Race 9: St Andrews, Cool Beans, Cash A Roo, Mitcham Trudy Race 10: Viking Mafia, Ozzie, Classy Witch, Know Conclusion LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track Otago dogs Today at Forbury Park Raceway M9

Otago Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Forbury Park Raceway Meeting Date: 25 Feb 2020 NZ Meeting number: 9 Doubles: 1 and 2; 4 and 5 Trebles: 3, 4 and 5 1 3.12pm EXTRA MEETING JET BET 9 STAKES C2, 545m 1 66527 Know Denying 32.57......................G Cleeve 2 21141 Opawa Slick nwtd J & .....................D Fahey 3 16878 Black Dan 32.63........................J McInerney 4 34118 Goldstar Yankee 33.28 S & .............B Evans 5 35167 Replica Rango nwtd.......................B Pringle 6 64228 Punch On Buzz nwtd ................J McInerney 7 32771 Mic k The Mower 33.31 ..............J McInerney 8 85561 Shift The Blame 32.60...............J McInerney 9 36864 Kia Tere nwtd S &............................B Evans 10 46772 Bashful Buffy 32.64...................J McInerney 2 3.28pm OTAGO QUADDIE SPRINT C2, 310m 1 34571 Kno w Logic 18.85 ..........................G Clee ve 2 85131 Homebush Zack nwtd ...............J McInerney 3 87371 Zefside 18.51 ............................J McInerney 4 42221 Punters Kirsty nwtd.........................R Wales 5 42371 Dagny nwtd J M .............................. McCook 6 37781 Goldstar Jay Jay 18.59 S &............. B Evans 7 52125 Yi Feng 18.76............................J McInerney 8 88271 Mitcham Becky nwtd.......................C Steele Emergencies: 9 63745 Blazing Banjo 18.72..................J McInerney 10 23356 Jinja Liv nwtd J M............................ McCook 3 3.45 PETER SINTON PLUMBING SPRINT C3, 310m 1 21423 Mitcham Pr u 18.51 ....................A Bradshaw 2 68718 Goldstar A valon 19.03 S &..............B Evans 3 78725 Nikko Baxter 18.71 ....................J McInerney 4 54541 Sozin’s Azure 18.81 ..................J McInerney 5 53736 Goldstar Dodge 18.72 S &..............B Evans 6 31317 Punch On Scooby 18.69...........J McInerney 7 67213 Ophir a Bale nwtd .........................M Roberts 8 28626 Homeb ush Sayer 18.33 ............J McInerney 9 27636 Know Sweat 18.59.........................G Cleeve 10 34145 Reign Of Fire 18.37...................J McInerney 4 4.02pm ST KILDA DASH C4/5, 310m 1 41516 Go Gunna 18.65 .............................R Wales 2 22443 Shaw Lee 18.25 J M ....................... McCook 3 62254 Chasing Fame 18.27.........................S Keen 4 36147 Hankenstein 18.32....................A Bradshaw 5 32114 Our Anna nwtd ................................R Wales 6 81823 Homeb ush Caesar 18.30..........J McInerney 7 31866 Kiwi Gunn 18.63............................R Adcock 8 58168 Homebush Alexei nwtd..............J McInerney 9 53667 Souffle Sue nwtd.......................J McInerney 10 87278 Nippa Martino 18.53 .................J McInerney 5 4.21pm RACING AGAIN THURSDAY 5TH MARCH C4, 310m 1 11372 Know Majority 19.02 ......................G Cleeve 2 88674 Amuri George 19.08..................J McInerney 3 11121 Oakmont 18.60 .................................D Lane 4 16238 King Toliman nwtd........................D Roberts 5 23624 Disobedience 18.63 S & .................B Evans 6 36535 Little Krakatoa 18.64.................A Bradshaw 7 15526 Special As 19.23 J M ...................... McCook 8 25437 Starr Blueb lood 18.72 ...............J McInerney Emergencies: 9 66476 F rizzled nwtd................................M Roberts 10 12477 Am uri Magic 18.35....................J McInerney SELECTIONS Race 1: Goldstar Yankee, Shift The Blame, Punch On Buzz Race 2: Zefside, Yi Feng, Punters Kirsty, Homebush Zack Race 3: Ophira Bale, Nikko Baxter, Punch On Scooby Race 4: Our Anna, Shaw Lee, Kiwi Gunn, Homebush Caesar Race 5: Oakmont, Disobedience, Frizzled, Starr Blueblood LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

It’s Shadow Minister’s Cup ■ OAMARU

Jonny Turner

Shadow Minister blew away any doubts his co-owners had about their 5-yr-old handling a grass track staying test when winning the Waikouaiti Cup at Oamaru on Sunday.

The pacer outmuscled runner-up Rocknroll Max after a brief home straight battle, meaning Rakaia horseman Leo O’Reilly had trained, driven and coowned the winner of the 3000m feature pace.

Angela O’Reilly, who co-owns Shadow Minister with her husband, admitted she and Leo had their reservations about how their horse would handle the Waikouaiti Cup distance.

“We were a bit worried about how he was going to handle 3000m on the grass,” she said.

Shadow Minister filled one half of a Mid Canterbury quinella in the feature race with the Laurence Hanrahan trained Rocknroll Max finishing second.

O’Reilly will return to Oamaru today for the second day of the two-day meeting from the Waikouaiti Club and look to continue his hot form on the track.

In his last two days of driving at the North Otago racecourse he’s netted three winners and holds a strong hand early on today with the talented debutant, Daggy Lamb.

He will also drive last-start winner Barkley and Rafa Novak for Chris McDowell.

Meanwhile, Ohoka trotter Never Mind left a quality line-up in his wake when bolting away with the feature trot on Sunday.

Driver Matthew Williamson had the 6-yr-old in front soon after the start of the 2000m event, and the further Never Mind went, the further he got in front of his key rivals.

The Muscle Mass squaregaiter came in to Sunday’s race after running a good premier night Leo O’Reilly trained, drove and part-owns Shadow Minister who won Sunday’s Waikouaiti Cup.

race at Addington earlier this month.

Though Never Mind ran on strongly into third in that race, trainer Trent Yesberg was disappointed with his horse’s effort behind One Apollo after Williamson found a nice run in the one-one for him.

“I just thought he wasn’t quite ready for that last race at Addington on premier night,” Yesberg said.

“I don’t think the race the week before brought him on like it would.”

Never Mind’s training since his Addington placing left no doubt about his condition heading into Sunday’s feature event, so Yesberg gave Williamson licence to use the tactics he is known best for.

“With the way he worked during the week, I said to Matty ‘if you get to the front and anything gets to your wheel just quicken up again’,” the trainer said.

Never Mind did not just quicken when challenged in the lead – he left his rivals breathless, going on to win race 10 by three and three-quarter lengths.

Outsiders Playboy’s Brother and BK Dawn filled second and third placings, respectively.

Beating a smart line-up has earned Never Mind another shot at premier racing at Addington.

“We will probably give him a bit of a freshen-up now and look at the premier meetings coming up at Addington,” Yesberg said.

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“That was a bit of a statement – so we will target wherever the good stakes are.

“I think he will go through to the top grade.

“He might not be up with the best ones when he gets there, but I definitely think he will get there.”

The victory completed a successful week for Yesberg, who prepared, sold and purchased yearlings at the national yearling sales in Auckland and Christchurch.

Waikouaiti harness Today at Oamaru Raceway (grass) M7

Waikouaiti Trotting Club Inc Venue: Oamaru (Grass) Meeting Date: 25 Feb 2020 NZ Meeting number: 7 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 8, 9 and 10 1 1.17pm (NZT) WALLACE GROUP AMATEUR DRIVERS MOBILE PACE $7500, 4yo+ r40-r55, up-r69., mobile, 2000m 1 97609 Caesar’ s Quest (1) fr........................ G Cook 2 99460 Pla yboy Prince (2) fr..........................M Love 3 00840 Dalness Arizona (3) fr................... B Wilmott 4 0x007 Arma Twospoons (4) fr................D Reardon 5 000x0 Lincoln Skipper (5) fr................ G Sinnamon 6 07398 Leading The Way (6) fr 7 60015 Pat Campbell (7) fr............................S Wigg 8 09800 Aveross Rustler (8) fr 9 5x002 P ete’s Dash (9) fr ...................... N Chalmers 10 00070 Stetson (21) fr .............................M McIntyre 11 20856 Senor ita Margarita (22) fr 12 00070 Jetenara (23) fr ................................W Frost 13 03804 Highland Reign (24) fr.......................C Wigg 14 92066 Four Starzzz Shiraz (25) fr............. C Negus 2 1.52 ZEAGOLD QUALITY EGGS/GRAVES SADDLERY/RICOH TROT $9750, non-winners 3yo+, stand, 2000m 1 0 Sonny Lachlan (1) fr 2 56533 Midnight Memories (2) fr........... M Edmonds 3 74335 Emma Louise (3) fr .......................B Orange 4 57589 Go Marg (4) fr ................................G Archer 5 32950 Gotta Ticket (5) fr .................S Tomlinson (J) 6 470 Abadabado (6) fr...........................R Holmes 7 46 Fast Whispering (7) fr.............. M Williamson 8 37440 Tease My Tartan (8) fr.....................J W Cox 9 00838 Line A Love (9) fr........................ J Patterson 10 98708 Ken’s Dream (10) fr.........................L Dobbs 11 7780 Petronelli Gee (11) fr........................ A Milne 12 63507 Mar anatha Atlas (12) fr................ G O’Reilly 13 35254 Superf ast Lad (13) fr........................S Ottley 14 23652 Rain Mist And Muscle (14) fr........... G Smith 15 3 In The Groove (15) fr 16 000x Petula Clark (16) fr..............................K Cox 17 0 Shandon Bells (U1) fr ................M Hurrell (J) 18 89900 Goose Healy (U2) fr ...................C Markham 3 2.27 BLUFF PROTEINS LTD/DAVID OVENS BUILDER PACE $9750, non-winners 3yo+, stand, 2000m 1 83402 Megarock (1) fr............................. G O’Reilly 2 06700 Attache (2) fr ........................... C D Thornley 3 x0090 It’ s A Laugh (3) fr .............................. A Milne 4 Atarah (4) fr 5 84396 Handsome Harry (5) fr 6 80090 Onedin Smiler (6) fr........................ G Shand 7 4 Breeny’s Mach (7) fr................ M Williamson 8 87x06 Living F antasy (8) fr .................B Williamson 9 07970 Franco Hatton (9) fr.......................B Orange 10 200x7 Supreme Lincoln (10) fr ......... J Morrison (J) 11 Daggy Lamb (11) fr 12 42 Ma yhem In Malibu (12) fr.................S Ottley 13 039 Blue Chip Delight (13) fr..............C DeFilippi 14 6875x Kingsdown Atom (14) fr .............C Ferguson 15 0x000 Santeria (15) fr.....................K Tomlinson (J) 16 75076 Cambire (16) fr ................................ G Smith 17 30008 Glenledi Bandit (U1) fr .........S Tomlinson (J) Emergencies: Franco Hatton, Kingsdown Atom 4 3.01 DYNES TRANSPORT/HOPE & SONS MOBILE PACE $9750, non-winners 3yo+., mobile, 2000m 1 x9900 K Mach (1) fr ...................................L Dobbs 2 87P85 Prodigal Pete (2) fr...........................P Davis 3 22948 Oliver North (3) fr.................... M Williamson 4 05656 Ticking Over (4) fr .........................R Holmes 5 07088 Classie Princess (5) fr................R McIlwrick 6 70060 Shado w Aveross (6) fr............J Young-Grant 7 9 Str iking Gladiator (7) fr............ S O’Reilly (J) 8 5x244 Reattore (8) fr............................... S McNally 9 70960 Lucy P (9) fr ...................................G Archer 10 09247 Silent Shadow (21) fr ............. J Morrison (J) 11 20647 Fraud (22) fr....................................J W Cox 12 80530 Mach O’Melley (23) fr...........K Tomlinson (J) 13 6x0x0 Manon The Run (24) fr.............. R Needham 14 00579 Matai Dani (25) fr............................. A Milne 15 34608 Archaic Lustre (26) fr 16 3 Uncle Chan (27) fr............................R Close Emergencies: Striking Gladiator, Archaic Lustre 5 3.35pm OAMARU VETS/LLENNOCO LTD JUNIOR DRIVERS MBL PACE $9750, 4yo+ r40-r55. jun.d, mobile, 2000m 1 53473 Motoring Major (1) fr 2 05885 Hot Starff (2) fr ......................B Laughton (J) 3 54540 Ultimate Roc ker (3) fr.............. S O’Reilly (J) 4 74307 Mar kham Eyre (4) fr............... S Diamant (J) 5 90396 Magicol Ideal (5) fr.................S Thornley (J) 6 81860 Franco Sherborne (6) fr 7 38437 Mordecai (7) fr ......................K Tomlinson (J) 8 97212 Uno Mia (8) fr .......................S Tomlinson (J) 9 x03P0 Skipperland (U1) fr....................M Hurrell (J) 10 60664 Vigoroso (U2) fr ......................... R Heads (J) 6 4.11 SPEIGHTS/G K FYFE LTD: WE MAKE IT HAPPEN TROT $9750, r40-r49, stand, 2000m 1 24470 Rusty I Am (1) fr........................... P Wakelin 2 0P644 Sunnivue Phileah (2) fr ........... 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ACROSS 1. A meal coming? A change for him, who thinks so big (12) 8. Point out how to die in act of revision (8) 9. One worshipped the old one in turn (4) 11. Knotty youngster taken on in reversal (5) 12. It shows the temperature of Hermes’ counterpart (7) 13. How it got up to the ceiling fitting (4) 15. Attar a boy takes either way (4) 19. Around the North, calico is made brief (7) 20. Arrest old boy for being one of great wealth (5) 22. Does such a story come from the heights of imagination? (4) 23. In its original state it is in pert form (8) 24. Click with vernal member of the Coleoptera (6-6)

DOWN 2. Finished the deed with nitrogen perhaps (5) 3. Her heartless clay was formed in a roguish way (6) 4. One – not me – could be punctual (2,4) 5. It’s not certain to develop into bud (2,5) 6. Dog that moves uncertainly, having a pain in the tummy (12) 7. They are used to eating late (6,6) 10. Essay what is subject for conversion (3) 14. As cruel and as unspiritual as can be (7) 16. Somebody indefinite, but singular (3) 17. It was a crab’s turn to be sacred in Egypt (6) 18. Eels in conflict will surround it with water (6) 21. Fish is, in short, splendid (5)

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NZ Today max overnight low 30 to 59 60 plus less than 30 Wind km/h  ne mainly  ne few showers cloudy drizzle clearing drizzle showers rain isolated showers fog snow hailthundersleetsnow  urries isolated thunder A low to the northeast of the country directs an easterly  ow over the upper North Island while a ridge lies across central New Zealand. The ridge weakens and moves onto the North Island tomorrow and a northwesterly  ow develops over the South Island ahead of an approaching front. Auckland  ne 25 16 Hamilton  ne 29 13 Napier cloudy 23 16 Palmerston North  ne 26 14 Wellington  ne 23 14 Nelson  ne 21 13 Blenheim  ne 24 10 Greymouth  ne 20 12 Christchurch  ne 22 14 Timaru  ne 21 12 Queenstown  ne 22 12 Dunedin  ne 21 15 Invercargill cloudy 22 12 Adelaide  ne 29 18 Amsterdam rain 9 6 Bangkok cloudy 34 22 Berlin cloudy 11 5 Brisbane showers 29 21 Cairns thunder 31 25 Cairo showers 20 10 Calcutta thunder 25 19 Canberra  ne 31 15 Colombo  ne 35 27 Darwin  ne 34 28 Delhi fog 27 11 Dubai  ne 29 18 Dublin rain 6 1 Edinburgh cloudy 5 1 Frankfurt drizzle 12 9 Geneva showers 12 4 Hobart  ne 27 13 Hong Kong  ne 23 19 Honolulu showers 28 21 Islamabad  ne 26 7 Jakarta showers 31 25 Johannesburg  ne 26 14 Kuala Lumpur rain 34 24 London showers 9 4 Los Angeles  ne 27 12 Madrid  ne 18 4 Melbourne showers 29 18 Moscow  ne 2 -3 Nadi thunder 32 23 New York drizzle 10 6 Paris thunder 11 7 Perth thunder 33 22 Rarotonga rain 27 26 Rome rain 17 11 San Francisco  ne 21 9 Seoul rain 9 6 Singapore showers 33 25 Stockholm rain 4 -2 Sydney  ne 28 19 Taipei  ne 22 18 Tel Aviv showers 16 11 Tokyo cloudy 15 4 Washington rain 10 -3 Zurich showers 14 7 Tuesday, 25 February 2020 TODAY Fine apart from morning and evening cloud. Easterly breezes. TOMORROW Fine apart from morning cloud. Northeasterlies. THURSDAY Fine with increasing high cloud. Northerlies. FRIDAY Morning cloud, then  ne. Northwesterlies, strong in exposed places. SATURDAY Showers and southerlies developing. Winds turning northeasterly late. TODAY FZL: Above 3000m Morning cloud then  ne. Wind at 1000m and 2000m: Light. TOMORROW FZL: Above 3000m Morning cloud then  ne. Wind at 1000m: Light, then NW 40 km/h developing afternoon, rising to 55 km/h at night. Wind at 2000m: NW 30 km/h developing, rising to 55 km/h in the afternoon and to gale 70 km/h at night. THURSDAY Rain about the divide, possibly heavy, scattered falls further east from afternoon. NW gale for a time, severe gale about tops. FRIDAY About the divide: Rain, possibly heavy, easing to showers south of Mt Cook from afternoon. Elsewhere: Scattered rain clearing in the morning, and  ne spells developing. NW gales, severe gale about the tops.

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GoodGoodGood Good fishingGood fishingGood fishing Set 8:24 pm Rise 7:07 am Set 8:25 pm Rise 7:06 am Set 8:27 pm Rise 7:04 am The times shown are for the Ashburton River mouth. For the Rangitata river mouth subtract 16 minutes and for the Rakaia river mouth subtract 4 minutes.

Set 10:14 pm Rise 10:06 am Set 9:52 pm Rise 9:06 am Set 9:30 pm Rise 8:06 am First quarter 3 Mar 8:58 am Full moon 10 Mar 6:48 am Last quarter 16 Mar 10:35 pm ©Copyright OceanFun Publishing Ltd. www.ofu.co.nz Maori Fishing Guide by Bill Hohepa

Canterbury Readings Temperature °C At 4pm Max to 4pm Minimum Grass minimum Rainfall mm 16hr to 4pm Wind km/h At 4pm Strongest gust Time of gust Ashburton Airport Methven ––––48.6 41 55.4 99 23.9 6.4 1.2 23.5 E 24 0.0 E 35 3:00pm ––21.3 E 13 21.8 7.1 ––February to date Avg Feb to date 2020 to date Avg year to date

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The Mid Canterbury tennis team celebrate a seventh consecutive Browning Shield title win in Christchurch over the weekend.

By Ad m Burns adam.b@theguardian.co.nz Mid Canterbury extended their recent dominance of tennis’ Browning Shield on the weekend. The team clinched the title in Christchurch, making it seven shield triumphs on the bounce after winning all three of their matches.

Strengthened by unbeaten showings from Diego Quispe-Kim, Tessa McCann, Nishitha Maarka, Maia Lui and Jess Aldridge, it was the tur n of the region’s young guns to do the damage.

Ellesmere offered the stiffest challenge when proceedings got under way at Wilding Park on Saturday.

The men’s doubles struggled against their Ellesmere opponents, falling to defeats in all three fixtures to put them on the back foot and down 5-1.

However, Mid Canterbury did enough in the other categories to edge the tie 13-11.

In the top seed singles matchup, Quispe-Kim outclassed Jonathan Nowley 6-2, 6-2.

Meanwhile, Lui’s three-set success against Jessie McCormick proved crucial in the overall picture, as did Jason Feutz and Jane Brosnahan’s 9-8 (4) mixed doubles result over Michael Hadfield and Olivia Wrathall.

The remaining match-ups were more comprehensive.

Mid Canterbury completed a landslide triumph over North Canterbury on Saturday afternoon to cement their favouritism for the shield.

A 6-0 sweep in both the men’s and women’s singles categories ensured North Canterbury did not get a sniff.

The only two blips came in a women’s doubles match between Brosnahan and Dianna Leonard, albeit in a third set tie-breaker, and Leonard and Feutz’s 6-9 loss in mixed doubles action.

Another clinical showing against Malvern 18-6 when the tournament resumed on Sunday sealed the win.

Quispe-Kim showed no mercy as he crushed Bevan Johns 6-0, 6-0.

Cameron McCracken repeated the dose against Max Aldridge, winning by the same margin.

However in the match of the day, Tyler Leonard got up over Pavle Filipovic 7-6 (2), 3-6, 10-6 in what proved to be a titanic struggle.

Rhys Cromie and Peter Leonard dropped a set then came back to beat Aldridge and Sebastian On.

It was a similar situation for Brosnahan and Dianna Leonard, who also came from behind to knock off Michele Reid and Rebecca Turner.

The young trio of Maarka, Lui and Jess Aldridge were also exceptional in their singles encounters. A five from six scoreline in the mixed doubles capped off a fine all-round showing from the talented team.