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Serving up Christmas By Matt Markham
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More than 140 people played their part in the biggest Christmas lunch in town yesterday when the Tinwald Memorial Hall doors were opened up to the community for the annual Community Christmas Lunch. People were lined up outside the venue an hour before the
doors even opened and there was plenty of excitement and good spirit among all of them. Inside, the hall was abuzz with activity as the huge group of volunteers, who had all given up their own Christmas Day to help out, busied themselves with jobs while awaiting things to kick off. Some were new to the gig, others have been coming for years
and there was a strong mixture of both youth and experience among them, fulfilling roles from serving food, to hosting people at tables. All were under the watchful eye of two of the main reasons why the annual event is so successful, Ann Allott and Dan Lysaght. Allott handles the organisation
each year with aplomb while Lysaght, is the man behind the food and his offerings yesterday look and smelt as good as any other year before. Roast lamb, turkey, ham, mustard and the usual suspects, of potatoes, peas, carrots and corn filled the main course menu while dessert consisted of Christmas pudding and custard, pavlo-
va, fruit salad, raspberries, red and green jelly and ice cream. Everyone in attendance was treated to some live Christmas music to help lift the festive spirit. The day is run thanks to the support of local individuals, families, organisations and businesses who make the day possible.
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Being busy is Cameron’s happy place In October four new faces won themselves seats around the Ashburton District Council meeting table. Reporter Sue Newman talks to those new councillors about why they stood for council and what they hope to achieve this term.
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he might spend her working day across the three Ashburton pharmacies she owns, but with a good team of locums and pharmacy staff, Carolyn Cameron says she has plenty of time to devote to her new role as an Ashburton District councillor. For her, serving time as a councillor is about having an opportunity to be part of a team that is rewriting the shape of Ashburton’s CBD and creating the framework for the district of the future. “I decided to stand because of the town centre, the CBD and the way the town is going. I wasn’t happy and I feel I represent a lot of people who have the same concerns. I want this to be a really great town,” she said. Through talking to people coming into her pharmacies, she said she frequently heard people saying they were disappointed in the state of the town centre. Its current state did nothing to attract people into the town. “We want people to come here because they want to come to an attactive place. Our town centre needs to be representative of the people who live here. We’re not a scruffy people and yet the centre of our town makes it look like we’re going out of business.” AWAITING COPY Ad Number: 501017.51 Artwork: 501017BY Size: 9.4x8 Description: MOT Promo Account: Colour: Filename: 501017BY
First term Ashburton District councillor Carolyn Cameron is looking forward to being part of the new council team. PHOTO SUE NEWMAN 11219-SN-0030 Cameron’s interest in standing for council was sparked by a stand-off between retailers and the council over free parking in the town centre. That involvement piqued her interest in wider council issues. While the new council term has just begun and councillors are still getting to know one another, Cameron said it seemed to be a team of equals with a mayor who was easy to ask for advice. Like anyone taking on a new job, a new councillor had a lot to
learn, but there was a genuine attitude of willingness to help and guide from more senior councillors, Cameron said. “It’s another challenge and I enjoy that. I know this is going to be challenging and I’m very grateful to be elected.” While the district’s infrastructure should be a council’s main focus, it was also important it was involved in wellbeing issues and with Ashburton’s population growing and more older people in the mix, those wellbeing issues
would become more important and relevant, she said. Cameron works fulltime-plus and said it was simply a matter of being organised so she could dedicate the time needed to her new role. Spur-of-the-moment events would always be an issue, but good planning means the things that must be done, get done. “If I’m not at council I’m working or playing bridge. If you’ve got high energy you’re motivated and I’m motivated. You need en-
ergy around the council table.” Cameron grew up in rural Ashburton and still has family living in the area. She lives in Rolleston, but her intention had always been to move to Ashburton when her last child left school. That’s happened and she’s on the move after Christmas to her new home in Tinwald. “I’m really looking forward to the move. “This has always been my community, but this means I’ll now be living in it.”
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evyn Begg remembers his Ashburton Guardian delivery days with a kind of nostalgia reserved for days gone by. It was the beginning of World War Two and he was 12 years old. Begg and his trusty bike, with an apple box on the front, spent seven years pedalling their way around Ashburton, making sure the paper got through. “My run went along West Street, left into Walnut Ave, right along Farm Road, down Middle Road and back to the corner where I started. It took about an hour to an hour-and-a-half to complete.” Before the papers could be delivered it was the job of the boys to roll and fold the papers. “We used to go into the Guardian to get the papers.” Begg had 108 papers to take care of before he began his delivery run. “If you rolled the paper really tightly, and folded it, it would break. Good way of getting back at customers they were not too keen on,” he smiled. After Begg had been doing his round for a while, he asked his boss if he could change it and go the other way round. “This was so I could end my deliveries closer to home and save myself a long bike home.” His boss said that was fine. “He didn’t mind what way round I went, just as long as all the papers got delivered.”
However, this small change didn’t suit everybody. One of his customers didn’t appreciate the paper being 10 minutes later than normal. He went straight to Guardian owner at the time, William Bell, to complain. Bell himself then came down to the printing room and told Begg off over the delivery time change. “I said to my boss. That’s it I’m finished.” He didn’t want to work for somebody who spoke to him like Bell had.
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awkward places too. “I got pretty good at landing it in the gutter, in a tree, or a puddle if it had rained.” The odd grumpy customer wasn’t all Begg had to contend with. The weather could throw the occasional curve ball his way too. As if biking around in a howling nor’west wasn’t bad enough, winter snow could also add to the seasonal drama. “I remember one time in the snow, I had to push, not ride, but push my bike around. There were
I was only bitten once by a dog. And that was all the Christchurch Press delivery boy’s fault
Begg’s boss then marched upstairs and told William Bell that the paper boys were his responsibility and no-one else’s and Bell had no right to be so rude to Begg. “Funny to think the owner of the newspaper was told off because of me.” Begg had the last laugh though. From then on he would make sure the paper was not only 10 minutes later, but he’d throw it in
car tracks on the road, but they were no use to me at all, as I had to be on the footpath.” Thankfully the fish and chip shop in The Triangle was really good at supplying them with hot chips on a cold day. “For six pence we would get a huge parcel of chips.” He would put them in the apple box with his papers. “I would deliver a paper, have a chip, deliver another paper, have another chip,
and so it would go until I ran out of chips or papers.” “I was only bitten once by a dog,” he said proudly. “And that was all the Christchurch Press delivery boy’s fault. He would hit the dog with the press, so when I raised my arm to throw the paper, he thought I was going to hit him too and he nipped me.” Not one to let a small thing like a bite put him off, Begg went on to make friends with the dog. “It turned out he was a lovely animal.” Friendship established, the dog would carry the paper inside for him. “I would give him the paper and off he’d go with it in his mouth.” The one animal on his round he could not make friends with was an errant magpie on Farm Road. “It would attack me as I biked past the trees and make my head bleed,” he said. About as annoying for Begg as the dive-bombing magpie was, the arduous process of getting a new bike tyre was worse. Approval to purchase a new tyre had to come from Wellington. “We had to go to Hopkins Bike Shop and fill out the form. Mr Hopkins would then send it off to some government department in Wellington, who would take up to two weeks to approve the request.” This system clearly didn’t work as there was no way of knowing exactly when the tyre would need to be replaced and the boys
couldn’t cool their heels for two weeks awaiting approval. Plus biking on shingle roads meant their tyres needed to be regularly replaced, at a cost of around two weeks’ wages each tyre. Mr Hopkins could also see the lunacy in this system and devised a plan to get around it. He simply ordered tyres in advance. Begg would go into the shop and say he needed a new tyre. “Here you go, fill out this form. I’d do what I was told and I’d get the tyre there and then. That form would be sent off to get approval for the next tyre I needed.” Another person on his round Begg remembers fondly is Raymond Tucker, owner of Tuckers Sports Shop that was on West Street for years One day Tucker asked him if he could put the paper in the mailbox rather than throw it on the lawn. “He told me he would make it worth my while if I could.” It didn’t make much difference to Begg, so he agreed to do so. “Every Christmas after that, there was always a box of chocolates in the mailbox for me, come fishing season a fishing licence would be in there too,” he said. Taking up work on the family farm meant his Ashburton Guardian delivery days came to an end. Begg said he really enjoyed his paper round. “I loved it. I got on well with other boys and we always had fun.”
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Spike in burglaries sparks warning By Jaime Pitt-MacKay Jaime.p@theguardian.co.nz
Ashburton Police are warning people not to relax over the holiday season when it comes to keeping your home secure. A post on the Ashburton Noticeboard Facebook page last week warned of a European male scoping out houses in the Allenton area and walking up someone’s driveway. Police were called, but the person had hidden themselves by the time they arrived. Acting Senior Sergeant Janine Bowden said they were aware of this incident and that inquiries were ongoing. The post on Facebook said there had been a spike in burglaries in the Allenton area in recent weeks, and Bowden said they do see an increase in burglaries, thefts and dishonesty offences from residential properties over the summer months. “If you witness an incident of this nature happening, we urge you to call 111 and anyone with information that may assist after an incident has happened should call 105,” she said. “While the holiday season may be on your mind – it’s not time to relax when it comes to keeping your home and property secure. “Mid Canterbury Police see an increase in burglaries, thefts and dishonesty offences from residential properties over the summer months. “We urge you to be mindful of the following areas so you don’t need to call us this summer.”
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Festive home security advice Home security to deter burglars: ■■ Lock your doors and windows. ■■ Record the serial numbers of expensive electronic items and photograph these and other valuables, email images to your home email for vault storage. ■■ Keep valuables out of sight, i.e. jewellery, cameras and electronic games. ■■ Install an alarm system, get sensor lights ■■ Keep garden sheds and garages locked when not in use. ■■ Keep hedges or plants around doors and windows well-trimmed, don’t give the burglar a place to hide. ■■ Stop your mail and paper if you are going away or arrange for someone to collect them. ■■ Keep the house secure when you are out
in the garden or yard. ■■ Note down registrations of any suspicious vehicles, often burglars will scope out the place beforehand. ■■ Join or form a Neighbourhood Support group. For those in our rural communities: ■■ Check your boundaries and fencelines on a regular basis. ■■ Clearly tag your animals. ■■ Remove keys from unattended vehicles. ■■ Mark or engrave tools with your licence number. ■■ Don’t leave firearms in vehicles. ■■ Always lock your property and auxiliary buildings when you leave, even if it’s only for a short time.
Going on holiday: ■■ Make arrangements for your mail and newspaper to be stopped or collected by a friend or neighbour. ■■ Hide valuable items, financial documents and spare keys to vehicles. ■■ Lock your garages and any sheds. ■■ Set timer switches on lights and/or radios. ■■ Don’t mention it on your voicemail if you will be away from home for any time. ■■ Be aware that burglars have access to social media. If you are going away don’t post this publicly on your social media. ■■ Get a neighbour or friend to make regular checks on the property. They can
even close curtains in the evening and turn lights on to give the appearance that someone is home. Unwanted visitors: ■■ Always be on your guard when anyone you’re not expecting turns up at your door. ■■ Genuine callers will normally make appointments first and will carry identification with their photograph on it, they will not ask for money up front. ■■ Be wary of people calling up stating they are from the bank asking for your personal details such as account numbers, full names, address, passwords or PIN numbers etc … if it sounds unusual it will be.
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May 2019 At the end of each year, Guardian staff choose the best of the year’s photos to share with you all and reminisce.
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ell that’s Christmas done and dusted for another year. The presents have been given, food has been cooked in vast quantities and eaten, alcohol consumed and today is likely to be one of slothful regrets – too much eaten, too much money spent. Today many Kiwis will be wondering what the fuss and expense was all about, whether it was all really necessary, whether a simple family gathering was all that was needed without all the trimmings. But that, it seems is what we do, no matter how much we end up trying to pare things back, old habits kick in and we do
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what we’ve always done – gone overboard. But it’s done and we can now look forward to a golden Kiwi summer. It’s a southern hemisphere oddity that our long school holidays and the main holiday period for many people are also part of the great Kiwi shutdown over the Christmas and New Year period. For many people planning for the festive season
also means planning for a family holiday and that creates a huge amount of stress. They’ve got it right in the northern hemisphere, where there’s a festive break and then life gets back to normal at the start of January with the mid-year summer signalling the annual holiday season. We’re a victim of geography on that one. For many, summer holidays mean packing the kids and kit in the car, offloading the cat at a cattery or dog at a doggery, fuelling up and hitting the road. It’s the Kiwi dream and knowing that holiday is on the horizon gets many through the long working year. Holidays mean different things
to different people. For some it’s weeks of idleness spent at a seaside or lake-side bach, for others it’s staying with friends or family and yet others will be pitching a tent or settling the camper or caravan in a special spot. It’s a time of recharging, a time for reflecting and a time for looking at the year ahead. Getting to the place where we can chill out and contemplate what was and what might be unfortunately means travelling our over trafficked roads in the company of thousands of Kiwis just like us, hell-bent on getting where they’re going as quickly as possible. While we might accept crowded locations, crowded roads are
something else. It’s hot, traffic is bumper-to-bumper, the kids are whining and tempers are flaring. It’s a recipe for disaster, for patience running out. We’re all desperately trying to get somewhere at this time of the year, we’re all hot and tired, but we all need to get there unscathed. If there’s any message we should be taking on holiday it’s to ensure we, and our family, arrive at our holiday destination, and return home again, safely. Remain alert, drive to the conditions, don’t take risks and drive in a way that ensures we’re all here to enjoy 2020. Better to arrive 30 minutes later than you planned than to arrive dead, on time.
who represented Malcolm X before launching successful careers as a political power broker and media mogul, died in New York at 89. Five years ago: Mourners gathered to mark the 10th anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami. Russia identified NATO as the nation’s No. 1 military threat under a new military doctrine signed by President Vladimir Putin. One year ago: President Donald Trump made an unannounced trip to Iraq to meet with US troops, landing at an airbase west of Baghdad after dark for a visit that lasted more than
three hours. The Dow industrials posted their biggest-ever single-day point gain, surging more than 1000 points higher; the market remained on track for its worst December since 1931. Serena Williams was voted The Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year for the fifth time, capping a year in which she reached the finals at Wimbledon and the US Open after a remarkable return to tennis. Japan announced that it was leaving the International Whaling Commission in order to resume commercial whale hunts for the first time in 30 years, but said it would no longer go to the Antarctic for annual killings that had been harshly criticised. Today’s birthdays: Rhythmand-blues singer Abdul “Duke” Fakir is 84. Record producer (and convicted murderer) Phil Spector is 80. America’s Most Wanted host John Walsh is 74. Country musician Bob Carpenter is 73. Funk musician George Porter Jr. is 72. Humourist David Sedaris is 63. Rock musician James Kottak is 57. Country musician Brian Westrum is 57. Rock musician Lars Ulrich is 56. Actress Nadia Dajani is 54. Rock musician J is 52. Country singer Audrey Wiggins is 52. Rock musician Peter Klett is 51. Rock singer James Mercer is 49. Actor-singer Jared Leto is 48. Actress Kendra C. Johnson is 43. Rock singer Chris Daughtry is 40. Actress Beth Behrs is 34. Actor Kit Harington is 33. Actress Eden Sher is 28. Pop singer Jade Thirlwall is 27. Actor Zach Mills is 24. Thought for today: “Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil. Our great hope lies in developing what is good.” — President Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933). – AP
TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Thursday, December 26, the 360th day of 2019. There are five days left in the year. Today’s highlight in history: On December 26, 1996, 6-year-old beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey was found beaten and strangled in the basement of her family’s home in Boulder, Colorado. (To date, the slaying remains unsolved.) On this date: In 1799, former President George Washington was eulogised by Col. Henry Lee as “first in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen”. In 1879, in Christchurch, 30 Catholic Irishmen attacked an Orange (Protestant) procession with pick-handles, while in Timaru 150 men from Thomas O’Driscoll’s Hibernian Hotel surrounded Orangemen and prevented their procession from taking place. In 1917, during World War One, President Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation authorising the government to take over operation of the nation’s railroads. In 1947, heavy snow blanketed the Northeast, burying New York City under 26.4 inches of snow in 16 hours; the severe weather was blamed for some 80 deaths. In 1980, Iranian television footage was broadcast in the United States, showing a dozen of the American hostages sending messages to their families. In 1985, Ford Motor Company began selling its Taurus and Sable sedans and station wagons. In 1994, French commandos stormed a hijacked Air France
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jetliner on the ground in Marseilles, killing four Algerian hijackers and freeing 170 hostages. In 2000, Michael McDermott, an employee at an internet firm in Wakefield, Massachusetts, shot and killed seven co-workers. (McDermott was later convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison without parole.) In 2003, An earthquake struck the historic Iranian city of Bam, killing at least 26,000 people. Three snowboarders were killed in an avalanche in Provo Canyon, Utah. In 2004, more than 230,000
people, mostly in southern Asia, were killed by a 100-foothigh tsunami triggered by a 9.1-magnitude earthquake beneath the Indian Ocean. Ten years ago: A 23-year-old Nigerian man, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who claimed to have ties to al-Qaida, was charged with trying to destroy a Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas Day. Buddhist monks chanted on white-sand beaches in Thailand and thousands prayed at mosques in Indonesia to mark the fifth anniversary of the Asian tsunami. Percy Sutton, the pioneering civil rights attorney
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The rural good, bad (easily our biggest export in the 1950s) remains a dog. It truly is a sick puppy in a sector where the planets have never been so aligned. Star of the stable – horticulture – has taken over from forestry as our third-biggest export earner but, hold all bets on that one in years to come as the Pinetree Prince of the Provinces, Shane Jones, looks to plant the place in pinus radiata.
The bad
Putting aside the absolute horror of March 15 and White Island, on a rural front mycoplasma bovis refuses to go away and, as always when you’re a farmer, it’s been a challenging year climatically. The biggest disappointment though is that, despite record returns across the board for the primary sector, there is an alarming lack of confidence in farming. Most of that is due to a fear of the unknown from government policy. By rights we should be in a farming boom. That we’re not is an indictment on our coalition government.
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Record returns for the primary sector in 2019 and beyond. We can expect $48 billion to flood into our export coffers for the year ended June 2020. The much maligned dairy industry will contribute nearly $20 billion of that windfall. Why some in this country have a death wish for that golden goose is beyond me. Meat and wool accounts for another $10 billion and most of that comes from beef, lamb, mutton and venison as strong wool
Social media. Some of the aforementioned politicians (and others of tall-poppy profile) have had to put up with brutal personal attacks that bear no relevance to their political lives or actions. In the good old days there was an element of control when it came to a letter to the editor or a call to talkback radio. Social media is out of control and yet, when used appropriately, it’s a wonderful tool. Twitter, for example, is my go-to rural news source. But for you trolls and anonymous keyboard warriors who want to have a crack, here’s my wish for 2020. Grow a set and put your name to your comments. You are cowardly, bottom-dwelling losers.
The legends never die award
Dame Yvette Williams, Sir Brian Lochore and Sir Peter Snell. Three mighty kauri have fallen. Add that to the nation’s most famous Pinetree being felled in 2017 and it’s been a tough couple of years for our most beloved and iconic sportspeople. And, as I write, I find my friend, and former All Blacks locking partner of Pinetree Meads, Sam Strahan has passed. Bugger!
The Boris Johnson politician of the year award
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and ugly of 2019 cian, is a superstar on the world stage but less so on the domestic front (”woke”, by the way, and “learnings” are my most hated words of 2019). Winston is Winston. He definitely has still got his bark, but is he losing his bite? Grant Robertson’s a safe set of hands. After that though, the cabinet cupboard is pretty bare. Shane Jones is amusingly self-deprecating but Jamie Mackay is always suspicious of people who talk about themselves in the third person and who want to make New Zealand the South Pacific’s pine plantation. David Seymour earned rightful kudos for his sterling work around his End of Life Choice Bill. The smiling assassin Judith Collins remained a thorn in the side of both the government and some in her own party. Todd Muller grabbed the bull by the horns in agriculture and climate change. I was tempted to award the top gong to James Shaw (a realist and a rarity in the Green Party) for pulling a rabbit from the hat by getting the Nats to agree to support his Zero Carbon Act, a real example that bipartisan politics can work. But in the end I’ve gone for a politician who, at the beginning of 2019, I didn’t think would see out the year. He staved off the enemy from within and landed some real hits on the accident-prone government around Budget leaks and with the smart use of social media. If he can ditch the pin stripe suit and front up to fieldays in a Swandri and gumboots with some mud on them, I think he’s in with a shot for the 2020 election. Simon Bridges, even though you are sometimes somewhat dorky, you are my politician of the year.
The Roger Douglas memorial ag person of the year
In memory of the man who did more than anyone else in the 20th century to irreparably change the course of farming, albeit using a
full nelson and a chokehold. With that historic perspective in mind, I was very tempted to award this to James Shaw, regardless of whether we loathed or loved his Zero Carbon work. Other notables include Katie Milne, the first female president of Federated Farmers, who has shown many a bloke up in her pragmatic approach to getting the job done, often earning the chagrin of the government in the process; the Ag Proud boys bringing their barbecues to town, bridging the rural-urban divide, portrayed farmers in a most positive light; while young Elle Perriam hit the road and did God’s work for rural mental health with her Will to Live charity. But my ag person of the year
goes to a man who stamped his authoritarian authority on farming in 2019 like no other, and whose actions in 2020 could change the face of farming forever. In person he’s very personable, professionally he’s very prickly. And he’s on a won’t-back-down collision course with farmers over his Essential Freshwater Plan (unless, of course, Winston uses the hand of God to intervene in election year). He appears to have done a good job as Trade Minister but it’s his work as Minister of the Environment that will define 2020. Take a bow David Parker – and take it easy on farmers! Above – Shane Jones. Right – Simon Bridges.
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TEST YOURSELF Test yourself with the Guardian’s weekday quiz 1 - What sort of animal is a motmot? a. Fish b. Reptile c. Bird 2 - What was the real name of singer David Bowie? a. David Jones b. David Baldwin c. David Evans 3 - By capacity, which is the largest rugby union stadium in Europe? a. Stade de France b. Twickenham, England c. Millennium Stadium, Wales 4 - What name is given to a plant’s main root? a. Pipe root b. Drain root c. Tap root 5 - With which American sport would you associate Babe Ruth? a. Basketball b. Baseball c. American Football 6 - Who succeeded Charles de Gaulle as French President in 1969? a. Georges Pompidou b. René Coty c. François Mitterrand 7 - Which range of mountains form part of the boundary between Europe and Asia? a. The Urals b. Caucasus mountains c. Sayan mountains 8 - What name is given to the tendon that attaches your calf muscle to your heel? a. Achilles b. Peroneal c. Sartorius
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Ferrari sign massive deal Charles Leclerc has signed a long-term contract with Ferrari through to the end of the 2024 season. The Ferrari Academy driver joined at the start of last season, after a year with Sauber, on a deal believed to be to the end of the 2021 season. Following a successful maiden campaign, he has been rewarded with a new contract. Leclerc said: “I am very happy to be staying on with Ferrari. “This past season, driving for the most illustrious team in Formula One, has been a dream year for me. “I cannot wait to enjoy an even deeper relationship with the team after what has been an intense and exciting 2019. “I can’t wait to get going again next season.” Italy’s Corriere dello Sport reported that Leclerc’s annual salary will jump to $9 million Euros ($15 million), making his fiveyear deal worth a staggering $75 million. Well known F1 broadcaster and journalist Will Buxton was floored by the news, saying on Twitter it’s “almost unheard of” for a driver to sign a deal of that length. Leclerc went into 2019 as the No. 2 to team-mate – and fourtime world champion – Sebastian Vettel. He quickly established himself, claiming two race wins – including on Ferrari’s home soil in Italy – and seven pole positions to the one victory and two poles for Vettel. He finished 24 points ahead of the German in the drivers’ standings.
Carter voted top player of the decade Former All Black first-five Dan Carter has been named World Rugby’s player of the decade. Carter beat former New Zealand captain Richie McCaw in the final. There were 16 players up for the honour, and fans voted over a week on head-to-head clashes to determine the ultimate winner. All Black halfback Aaron Smith, first-five Beauden Barrett and outgoing captain Kieran Read were also in the mix. Carter won World Cups in 2011 and 2015, playing a staring role in the latter after many had written him off as past his prime. The 37-year-old played 112 tests, winning 99 of them, after debuting in 2003. A reliable goal-kicker, he has a world record 1598 test points. Carter is also a three-time Super Rugby champion.
Team principal Mattia Binotto has no doubt that with Leclerc as their top driver, Ferrari can again be successful. It will be 13 years next term since their last drivers’ champion, and 12 since they last won the constructors’ championship. Binotto said: “With each passing
Charles Leclerc will be with Ferrari for the next five years. race this year, our wish to extend our contract with Charles became ever more self-evident and the decision means he will now be with us for the next five seasons. “Charles has been part of our family since 2016 and we are
more than proud of the results we are achieving with our Academy. “We are therefore exceptionally pleased to be able to announce he will be with us for many years to come.”
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CLUB NEWS Ashburton Bowling Club Ashburton Bowling Club members’ results and other pertinent matters, are as follows: On Thursday the 12, the Dorothy Cup was played at Ashburton, starting at 5.30pm. It was a lovely evening, but a tad chilly by the end. In 3rd place was G Eder, G Crack, Kath Muir with 1 win, 12 ends, 27 points; in 2nd place were Margaret Eder, D Prendergast, R Diamond with 2 wins, 10 ends, 26 points, and the winners with 2 wins, 11 ends, 20 points were Laraine Mills, Judie Ryk, Heather Gray. On the 13, the Friday Triples were held at MSA. In 2nd place were B Williams, D Taylor, M Hill and in 3rd place were A Mackenzie, R Lowe. On Saturday the 14, the Rollover Triples were played prior to the Club’s Xmas Dinner in the Clubhouse. First place with 2 wins, 7 ends were the team of Margaret Carnachan, C Rooke, B Wilson and 2nd place were T Watson, C Cross, Marise Knudson. The above mentioned Dinner was a wellattended, lively event, enjoyed with very good food, drink and great company! The Milsom Cup – men only, 2 bowl triples – was played on Sunday the 15. In 2nd place were M Hill, J Ryk, D Kinvig with 3 wins, 30 ends, 52 points, and in 4th place were T Blain, J Kewish, B Donaldson with 3 wins, 27 ends, 56 points. The Bowman Cup (Women’s Fours) originally to have been played on November 11, was
played at Ashburton on Monday the 16. It was touch and go but the rain held off, whilst the temperature dropped. In 5th place was Ashburton’s Margaret Eder, Annette Blain, Rosemarie O’Sullivan, Heather Gray with 3 wins, 17ends, 31 points + 11 differential. A very well done to all those taking part, and also to the organisers and helpers, and the green keepers! The Finals of the Ashburton Ladies Championship Pairs, to have been played on December 17, will now be played in the New Year and information on this will be forthcoming. Good bowling everyone and, of course, Season’s Greetings! Friday Triples on the 20, Gavin Eder, Margaret Eder and Winstone Lee came 4th. The Club has had a few successes in local and away tournaments and for this we are very proud. The men and ladies in the Christchurch Centre Interclub were 1st and 2nd respectively, in their sections. A huge congratulations to all these members! The Sub Centre Classic Cotula Cup will be played at Ashburton Club on 28 and 29, Saturday and Sunday, all day. Good bowling everyone and Happy Christmas!
Netherby W.I. December meeting
The Netherby W.I. held their Christmas Pot Luck tea and meeting on December 9. Our President Denise Clark welcomed 22 members plus 2 intending to join and Jude Vaughan from the Executive committee. Aspirations as well as Grace were recited before dinner. We all enjoyed a delicious meal with a good selection of food available. Before we knew it Father Christmas with Mother Christmas on his arm entered the room with ‘‘Ho Ho Ho” and the ringing of the bell. This brought a smile to everyone and before we knew it we were reciting “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star”. Each member present brought a gift and these were randomly distributed and handed out by Father Christmas, with everyone sitting on his knee and having their photo taken. There were no birthdays for December. However Molly Amos will turn 90 on 24th January and was presented with a special card. Also 2 other members will have birthdays before our next meeting, so Happy Birthday was sung to these ladies. Raffle was won by Jan Campbell. The only competition was for a Christmas wall hanging which was won by Valmai Mitchell. We wish everyone a Happy Christmas and a prosperous New Year. Also new members are always welcome.
RSA Women’s Section President Colleen Hands welcomed members to the Christmas Dinner held in the Gallery Room at the Hotel Ashburton on Monday December 9. Birthday wishes were given to all those members who have a December or January birthday. Wendy Marr was thanked for making and decorating the Christmas cake. Bus trip on Wednesday February 5, 2020: names in by February 1 please. The bus will be leaving Ashburton R.S.A. at 10am. Lunch will be a Rangiora R.S.A. Hope McIntosh cut the Christmas cake. Joy said Grace. The meal was really enjoyed by members. Later there was tea and coffee available to have with the lovely Christmas cake. The President expressed thanks to Hotel Ashburton for the meal. Raffles were won by Trish and Kelly-Rose. The entertainment was the Electronic Organ Club, Skiffle group. So many with a ukulele to sing to. It was wonderful with Irene playing piano accordion and Iris electronic organ. The programme was varied ending with some Christmas songs and “We wish you a Merry Christmas”. The group was thanked for coming. Colleen and her committee wished all present a happy Christmas and holiday time. It was a most enjoyable evening.
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McCaw ‘a machine’
Former All Blacks captain Kieran Read has spoken of the ruthless single-mindedness that drove the success of Richie McCaw as a captain and athlete. Read revealed in his autobiography Straight Eight that, despite countless hours spent training and touring together, they were basically strangers outside the world of rugby. “It was the ultimate professional relationship, a workplace friendship. “I think back to the first time we roomed together, in Sydney with the Crusaders in my first year with the team, and he never once asked me a personal question about my life, family, interests – anything outside the team. “It wasn’t that he was rude; that information was just superfluous to him. “He didn’t need it in his head when he had other things to think about.” Read related the fact the two men had thousands of conversations together, but they were always focused on how to improve the Crusaders or All Blacks sides. This ultimate form of compartmentalisation was what Read thought made McCaw successful. “We toured with the All Blacks and Crusaders for nine years, played alongside each other in countless matches, drank endless coffees together and played a million hands of cards, but outside of the team our relationship was largely non-existent. “I respected that intensely. “He wouldn’t have been able to do what he did if he didn’t have an off switch.” McCaw’s single-mindedness also extended to his training sessions where Read described McCaw as “a machine”. The two men shared similar conditioning routines, both being
Richie McCaw: No better professional role model
in the back row, and Read often got to see first hand the mental and physical strength of McCaw. “If I could keep up with his shadow, I knew I was fit. “His mindset, the way he could push himself to places no one could follow, was one of the most
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US Open champion Bianca Andreescu has pulled out of the ASB Classic. The 19-year-old shot to prominence with an incredible run to the final in Auckland at the start of the year, before going from strength to strength, winning the Indian Wells Open and Canadian Open, and capping off a stunning season by beating Serena Williams to claim an astonishing US Open title. Andreescu had signed on to return to the tournament which kick-started her breakout season, but has pulled out of the event on Tuesday, citing a knee injury. The world number five would have been the top seed at the event, with that honour now going to Williams.
extraordinary things I witnessed. “I’m naturally a hard worker, at least I like to think so, but to see what he could do was absolutely inspirational. “I sometimes turned up for our training sessions more nervous than I would be for a game.
“As gruelling as those hours were for me, I knew I was in a privileged position to be able to test myself against the fittest guy in the team, if not the sport.” Read’s time as All Blacks skipper came to an end at the 2019 Rugby World Cup and his winning-per-
centage of 83 per cent, just like in those training sessions, finished just shy of the 88 per cent record the ultra-focused McCaw finished with. Nevertheless, it’s obvious to all that Read could have asked for no better professional role model.
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Ashburton nine-year-old dirt biker Baxter Florance has only been competing for four years, but is already hauling in a substantial amount of trophies and medals. The Guardian’s Heather Mackenzie reports.
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axter Florance may only be nine years old, but he’s already making a big impression in New Zealand dirt bike circles. The large bookshelf in the family lounge groans under the weight of Baxter’s trophies and medals and he’s only been racing for four years. Baxter has always loved bikes of all kinds. His dad Paul said that right from a little lad he was always on a bike of some sort. When the family set off to a race, Baxter’s mountain bike is always included on the list of must-have items. “After he has finished racing for the day, you will find him and his mates mountain biking around the track,” Paul said. Clearly it takes a certain amount of courage and determination to race motocross. It’s hard to reconcile this mild-mannered, quietly-spoken boy with the pocket rocket he turns into on the track. But then as Paul pointed out, to do well in this sport you need to be able to keep a cool head and Baxter was born with one. In other words he was never the kind of kid to attempt a triple backflip off the barbecue patio. “He’s never been a reckless kid. He knows his ability and has confidence in his bike and that helps a lot. When he’s racing his sensible competitive streak takes over.” Naturally ability and a cool head can only take you so far, so along with practising on the family farm, Baxter is also a regular at training and demo days. Of particular help has been New Zealand Honda team rider Peter Broxholme, Boxy to his friends. His training days and bootcamps have proved helpful to the young rider. Paul said that Boxy has taught Baxter a great deal. “He travels around New Zealand taking classes, we try to get Baxter to as many as we can.” As well as talent, Baxter loves the sport. He said even though he feels a bit nervous on the start line, he feels excited too. “My favourite part of racing is the jumps and going through the ruts,” he said. One of the most amazing experiences Baxter had the good fortune to be invited to was the YZ65 Cup, held in February at Mt Smart. Yamaha dealers from all around the country were asked to put forward an eight to 11-yearold 65cc rider. Local Yamaha dealers McKay and Donaldson didn’t hesitate to add Baxter’s name to the list of 24 riders. Described by Yamaha as an opportunity of a lifetime, Paul said the day certainly lived up
to all the hype. “They were treated like pro riders all day.” That meant having a race tent for their bikes and gear, racing in front of the large Pukekohe crowd and access to some amazing riders, like former world circuit rider Josh Coppins. Being treated like professional riders meant that parents were excluded from the areas where the riders were. “That was a bit difficult for my wife and I to deal with, as at all the other races we are normally with him.” But they were the rules, so they did as they were told. Baxter is lucky to have strong family support behind him. Like most parents of successful sporting kids there is a lot of driving, camping at racetracks and expenses. Baxter appreciates all their efforts: “Thank you Mum and Dad,” he said. Paul said they are really grateful to Baxter’s sponsors. Without their financial help we could not attend all the events we do. “Every discount, or offer of help in whatever form is very much appreciated.” Supporting local businesses is also important to Paul: “Cliff Dray and the team at McKay and Donaldson, along with Yamaha New Zealand are really accommodating. “I am very grateful for their support.” In the coming year Paul is hoping to add some North Island races to Baxter’s lists of events. They are also eyeing up moving to the 85cc class in the not-too-distant future. “He needs to grow a bit first,” Paul said.
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Boult boosts Black Caps
Black Caps strike bowler Trent Boult said he’s ticked all the boxes ahead of his return to the side for the must-win Boxing Day cricket test against Australia. The paceman has overcome a side injury and bowled for a Victoria XI against the New Zealanders in a warm-up. His inclusion will be a huge relief for a Black Caps side who were hammered in the first test in Perth, and must emerge victorious in Melbourne to keep the three-match series alive. Boult said he’s feeling good and looking forward to playing in front of a bumper crowd at the MCG. The left-arm pace spearhead missed the 296-run first test loss after sustaining the injury in New Zealand’s previous series against England. However, the 30-year-old proved in a warm-up game on Sunday that he was ready to take the new ball again today when his side return to the MCG for their first test since 1987. “I was a proud representative of Victoria yesterday. “It was good fun and nice to get some overs under my belt, field for a bit, and get some time in my legs,” Boult told reporters on Monday. “It’s all going well. “I feel like I’ve ticked the right boxes in terms of my rehab and preparations, and I’m really looking forward to getting out there. “It was more about rhythm and loading from my point of view.”
Black Caps strike duo Tim Southee and Trent Boult. Tom Latham said his teammate was back to his old self, welcome news for New Zealand as they look to level the threematch series. “Boulty is tracking pretty well and he was running in pretty hard,” he said. “He was his usual self in the nets the other day, bouncing around, which is a good sign. “It’s great to have the quality of Trent come back into the side.” New Zealand’s preparations
for the test were disrupted due to extreme heat in Melbourne with one day of their warm-up match against the Victoria XI abandoned before play began. The MCG pitch will be scrutinised heavily after a first-class game between Western Australia and Victoria was abandoned earlier this month because it was considered dangerous. Groundsman Matt Page, however, told reporters on Monday the wicket for the Boxing Day test
would be a fair contest between bat and ball and Boult said he was looking forward to seeing how it played. “We’re probably expecting something definitely different in terms of the wicket here, from how it’s played over the last few years,” he said. “From my point of view, I’m going to be looking to pitch the ball up, swing it around and hopefully pick up some wickets that way.”
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nless New Zealand improve dramatically with the bat in Melbourne, the long-awaited appearance in the Boxing Day Test could be the lump of coal in the bottom of yesterday’s Santa sack. Last week I railed at the shortcomings of day-night test cricket and in particular the performance of the pink ball in twilight. Under those conditions it is reasonable to give the Black Caps’ top order a mulligan but the difficulties can’t totally mask the feeling that the visitors were ill-equipped to meet Australia’s attack. Being blown away under lights by Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc is one thing; being flummoxed by Nathan Lyon probably carries more long-term concerns. Jeet Raval’s dropping means New Zealand’s only chronically out-of-form batsman is removed from the equation, but there are a couple of others who could do with a score.
Tom Latham has emerged as one of New Zealand’s best openers but he’s played six tests against Australia now and averages in the mid-20s with just two 50s. You could come to Australia with an average in the 50s but they don’t rate you there until you’ve scored runs against them. Henry Nicholls doesn’t need to start looking over his shoulder yet, but he could use a score having failed to go past 50 in his last seven knocks. That’s not a huge run of outs, but when you consider he’d scored four centuries and four 50s in the 14 innings prior to this run, you can imagine he’s getting a little toey. His record against Australia is poor also, though with half the sample size of Latham. Finally, BJ Watling’s mentality looks tailormade for taking on Australia in Australia, but he has struggled his way to a sub-20 average in the “lucky” country. Everybody wants to score runs, but there should be an extra edge for those three. This idea of the Boxing Day Test being not just a day of
cricket but a cultural touchstone is one of the greatest pieces of marketing in sports history. It evokes images of Victorian-era Victorians in post-Christmas reverie tottering gaily alongside the untamed Yarra carrying picnic baskets stuffed full of cold cuts and hard lemonade on the way to see ‘Black Jack’ Blackham and Fred ‘The Demon’ Spofforth take on the auld enemy. Which is a lovely picture … and complete bollocks. It was not until the 1980s that the Boxing Day Test became a thing and not until the mid-90s that crowds regularly in excess of 50,000 started turning up to add several Fosters to already distended bellies. The Boxing Day Test is a phenomenon, but it’s a modern one. There was an astonishing exchange on the UK’s Sky Sports football show this week following another incident of a racist chant or gesture being aimed at a black player, in this case Chelsea’s Antonio Rudiger. In-studio analyst Gary Neville, who has spoken passionately, eloquently and with common
sense on the matter in the past again emphasised his point that the groundwork for toxic racism was being laid at the heart of the UK’s political institutions, where anti-immigration rhetoric has become a guaranteed vote winner. Neville’s message was very simple and, you would hope, universal: unless we change a negative conversation around different creeds and cultures we are never going to prevent these crass acts occurring. Neville finished, at which point the cameras went back to Sky host Dave Jones who, presumably under instruction, uttered this: “I am compelled to say they are the opinions of you, Gary Neville, and not those of Sky Sports. “That is my duty.” Talk about letting the air out of the balloon. Honestly, how can someone sensibly tackling the issue of racism in football grounds not be the views of the broadcaster? Jones later went on to a popular social media platform to apologise for his intervention, but the damage was done.
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Following in very big footsteps
Every superstar athlete started somewhere. For Black Caps captain and arguably the greatest batsman New Zealand has ever produced Kane Williamson, that somewhere was the cricket nets at Pillans Point School in Tauranga – nets which his father organised the construction of. Williamson grew up a few doors down from the primary school, which he would later attend and play cricket for, and would constantly badger his dad into giving him throw downs in the nets. It was the beginning of an obsession with self-improvement and meteoric rise to the top of the sport. Now, a pair of Tauranga teenagers who honed their craft in those same Pillans Point School nets are following in Williamson’s footsteps. Fergus Lellman and Ben Pomare, former Pillans Point School students, have been named in the 15-strong New Zealand squad for the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup in South Africa early next year. Their selection proves another parallel with Williamson who captained New Zealand at the 2008 Under-19 World Cup. Lellman said making the squad had been a goal “for the last few years” and he was looking forward to testing himself against the best under-19 players in the world. “I’m pretty excited but at the same time you have to take it with a grain of salt and not get too carried away, in the same way that if you didn’t make it you wouldn’t want to get too upset. “It’s so awesome to have the opportunity, it’s a bit surreal to know we’ll be playing against the best cricketers of our age group worldwide. “You’re only going to learn from it and it’s only going to help your game moving forward so I’m really looking forward to it.” He said to make the most of the opportunity he had to “try to stay present”. “I don’t want to get too caught up with the significance looking forward or what might come of it, I just need to keep doing what I’d be doing if it was a club match or a school match and give myself the best chance.” When asked why his old primary school had produced so many good cricketers, Lellman said it was hard to say. “I guess having the nets helps, I know Kane was in those all the time. We’re definitely privileged to have the kind of upbringing where we can play cricket in good facilities. “It’s quite cool for me and Ben to have come all the way from the same primary. He went to Tauranga Boys’ College and I went to Aquinas College but we’ve sort of come back and played for a lot of the same rep teams together.” The ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup runs from January 17 to February 9 next year.
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Wellwood hoping history repeats Robert Wellwood recorded his first black-type win as a trainer at Ellerslie on Boxing Day last year and he is hoping it will be a fruitful day once again at the Auckland track today. “It was a big thrill to do it on Boxing Day at headquarters,” he said. “It was a good day, so it would be nice if we could back it up and do it again.” That first feature win came courtesy of Hypnos in the Listed Uncle Remus Stakes (1400m), and Wellwood, who trains in partnership with Roger James, will take a strong contingent into the race this year with Group performers Shenanigans and Hasstobegood. Shenanigans won on debut before finishing runner-up behind Scorpz in the Gr.3 Wellington Stakes (1600m) at Trentham last start, and his trainers are looking for a solid run from the son of Ocean Park ahead of a return to Trentham next month. “The 1400m of the Uncle Remus is probably going to be a bit short
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for him, but hopefully it’s just a nice run that bounces us into the Levin Classic (Gr.1, 1600m). “He is going to have blinkers on, which could help him.” Stablemate Hasstobegood will also contest the Uncle Remus Stakes and Wellwood said the performance of the three-year-old filly would dictate the path they navigate ahead. “She ran nicely the other week at Ellerslie [when finishing fourth in the Gr.3 Bonecrusher Stakes, 1400m], but we are just unsure as to whether she gets 1400m or a mile, so we are going to learn a bit on Thursday about where we are going to head with her. “We could sharpen her up and have her racing back over 1200m, which she has excelled at, or we could stretch her out to a mile because she is Karaka Million eligible. “If we believe we can get a mile we may have a crack at the 3YO Classic.” While Hypnos gave Wellwood his first stakes win last year, the
Cambridge conditioner is hoping the gelding can repeat his Boxing Day heroics, but this time in the Dunstan Feeds 1500 Championship Final. The son of Reliable Man heads into the race in winning form, after claiming victory over 1400m at Awapuni earlier this month, and the only concern Wellwood has heading into today is the 60kg Hypnos has been lumbered with. “He has got a lot of weight,” Wellwood said. “But he is racing really well and is back in good form. He has come through the run at Awapuni very well, so we couldn’t be happier with him. “But weight stops trains, so we are just hopeful that he is a class above them.” Everything going to plan, Hypnos will back-up at Ellerslie on New Year’s Day before heading south to Trentham for a Group One assignment. “If he came through the run well on Boxing Day we may look to head to the Rich Hill Mile (Gr.2,
Robert Wellwood 1600m) and then the Thorndon Mile (Gr.1, 1600m). “But we will just take it step-bystep with him.” Wellwood is particularly excited about the prospects of 3-year-old filly Two Illicit who will be aiming for back-to-back stakes victories when she contests the Gr.2 Sky-
City Eight Carat Classic (1600m) today. The daughter of Jimmy Choux boasts a near impeccable formline after two victories and a placing from just three starts, including a last start victory in the Listed Trevor Eagle Memorial 3YO (1500m). “She’s a lovely filly and she’s in grand order,” Wellwood said. “She has ticked every box heading into this, so it would be nice to get another stakes win with her. “She will hopefully head to New Year’s Day also. I think as we start getting up over ground in these fillies races after Christmas she is really going to be a force to be reckoned with.” The James and Wellwood team have been in great form of late, headlined by Concert Hall’s win in the Gr.3 Manawatu Cup (2300m) at Awapuni, and they hope it will continue over the festive season. “It was a terrific result,” Wellwood said. “She will probably head to the City of Auckland Cup (Gr.3, 2400m) on New Year’s Day now.”
Auckland gallops Today at Ellerslie Raceway
1 240x0 Sasanof’s Hero td (8) 59...... T Yanagida (a2) 2 34584 Cavallo Veloce (4) 58.5................... S McKay 3 x0037 Pasabahce dm (2) 57.........................R Elliot 4 03x59 Starrybeel t (5) 57..........................J Waddell 5 0x126 Gino Severini td (11) 56.5.......... J McDonald 6 0x739 Campari d (7) 56.......................... D Johnson 7 58177 Money Trail tdm (3) 55.5.............M Cameron 8 363x4 Cha Siu Bao d (9) 55..........................M Dee 9 360x8 Lucky Sweep td (10) 54.5................ S Spratt 10 22x58 Stacey Ann td (1) 54........................ C Grylls 11 04030 Monaco tdm (6) 54.............................L Innes 12 4x5x3 Two Thirty dm (12) 54......................A Collett 4 2.15pm SHAW’S WIRES ROPES UNCLE REMUS STAKES $60,000, 3YO SW+P, 1400m 1 11232 Sai Fah mb (9) 59.5..................... D Johnson 2 x1212 Harlech d (10) 58.5.............................M Dee 3 1113 Travelling Light tdmb (7) 57.5.........J Waddell 4 12 Shenanigans d (11) 57.5....................R Elliot 5 136 Double Impact (3) 57.5.................... T Harris 6 2x261 My World td (12) 57.5.....................M McNab 7 3x319 Might (2) 57.5................................... S Spratt 8 173 Sonofabutcher (8) 57.5...................V Colgan 9 0x112 Showoroses 56.5.......................... Scratched 10 x8310 Avadane d (5) 56.5.............................L Innes 11 14x73 Folk Dress (4) 56.5........................O Bosson 12 x0235 Bella Mente (1) 55.5................... J McDonald 13 x5614 Hasstobegood (6) 55.5.................... C Grylls 5 2.53pm HEADQUARTERS VIADUCT/THE LONELY HEARTS CLUB 1200 $50,000, R72 Benchmark, 1200m 1 15394 Justacanta tdm (8) 61.5........E Leighton (a3) 2 75611 Mumms Jewel td (13) 59.........C Burdan (a3) 3 57x66 Memories Only d (7) 59.................. S McKay 4 12414 Aero De Paris dmb (3) 58.5............. C Grylls 5 237x6 Breezon td (9) 58.............................A Collett Emergencies: Iffie Shows, Winlock 6 x1945 Darci Palmer db (12) 57.5............ D Johnson 3 1.40 BARFOOT & THOMPSON 1400 $50,000, Rating 7 45211 Ihu d (11) 57.5.............................M Cameron 8 25132 One Kotukustreet d (5) 57.M Hashizume (a3) 82 Benchmark, 1400m Auckland RC Venue: Ellerslie Meeting Date 26 Dec 2019 NZ Meeting number: 2 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 12.30pmDUNSTANFEEDSSTAYERSCHAMPSQUALIFIER 2200 $50,000, Rating 82 Benchmark, 2200m 1 80837 All Roads (10) 60........................M Coleman 2 09158 Excalibur td (5) 60..........................J Waddell 3 5x096 Final Suggestion (8) 58.5.................A Collett 4 38030 Obsessive m (1) 58.......................... T Harris 5 4x064 Swing Note m (7) 57.5...................O Bosson 6 3x386 Artiste tm (11) 57................. T Yanagida (a2) 7 x6225 Star Karen b (4) 56.5.........................L Innes 8 x7502 Special Light td (2) 54.........................M Dee 9 41x23 Take It Out t (9) 54.................... D Danis (a2) 10 42792 Uabasso (6) 54........................... L Satherley 11 01273 Iskander d (3) 54..............M Hashizume (a3) 2 1.05pm STELLA ARTOIS 1100 $50,000, 2YO SW+P, 1100m 1 35 Tellmesomethingboy 57................ Scratched 2 Brazier (7) 57.....................................R Elliot 3 Gee Cee (4) 57................................ S Spratt 4 On Display (11) 57...........................A Collett 5 Philipsburg (6) 57...........................O Bosson 6 Yourpoint (14) 57 7 54 Tivaan Warrior (15) 55.................... A Calder 8 2 Taroni (3) 55.......................................L Innes 9 3 Dragon Queen (5) 55...................C Lammas 10 44 Targhee (12) 55 11 Embers (2) 55.....................................M Dee 12 6 Escudo (9) 55................................... C Grylls 13 Le Chamossaire (13) 55.............M Coleman 14 Vernazza (10) 55.......................... D Johnson 15 Iffie Shows (8) 57............................V Colgan 16 Winlock (1) 57.................................. T Harris
9 11 Only In Jakarta d (10) 56........... J McDonald 10 x2713 Pimms ‘N’ Pearls d (4) 56...................L Innes 11 1x933 Stylish Suggestion d (2) 56.................M Dee 12 x0621 Olivia d (1) 55.5..................................R Elliot 13 x5614 Hasstobegood 54.5....................... Scratched 14 15542 Lookseasy d (6) 54.............. T Yanagida (a2) 6 3.28pm DUNSTAN FEEDS 1500 CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL $80,000, SP COND, 1500m 1 96x51 Hypnos tm (9) 60............................V Colgan 2 95013 Raposa Rapida (14) 57................ D Johnson 3 33816 Pierina 54...................................... Scratched 4 7x981 Jip Jip Rock td (11) 54.......................R Elliot 5 61432 Pullyoursocksup tb (1) 54................ S Spratt 6 50x01 Giant Gem t (4) 54...........................A Collett 7 16x72 Incantesimo t (8) 54......................... C Grylls 8 2x723 Riding The Wave b (17) 54.................L Innes 9 x2501 Church Road t (5) 54.......M Hashizume (a3) 10 x8330 Penteverest tb (2) 54........................R Myers 11 3x557 The Buzz (3) 54................... T Yanagida (a2) 12 x4624 Virtuoso Lad (16) 54...................M Coleman 13 0x042 Bravissimo (18) 54.......................... A Calder 14 9x514 London Banker 54......................... Scratched 15 6x835 Apellido tb (13) 54...............................M Dee 16 9x432 Its All Fake News (15) 54.............C Lammas 17 x3065 Savette (12) 54...............................M McNab 18 x0375 Master Painton t (10) 54 19 26P59 Firoden 54..................................... Scratched 20 8x275 Satriani (7) 54 21 x6556 Jakkalbomb (6) 54 22 12206 Tia Celeste 54............................... Scratched Emergencies: Savette, Master Painton, Firoden, Satriani, Jakkalbomb, Tia Celeste 7 4.05 SKYCITY EIGHT CARAT CLASSIC (G2) $100,000, 3YOF SW, 1600m 1 x2432 Jennifer Eccles (4) 56.5............. J McDonald 2 311 Two Illicit t (5) 56.5..........................V Colgan 3 0x112 Showoroses t (1) 56.5..................... A Calder
M4 Manawatu gallops
4 19322 Manchu (10) 56.5............................ S McKay 5 24713 Familia (11) 56.5................................L Innes 6 17571 Annie’s Song (9) 56.5...................C Lammas 7 5x313 Showbeel (12) 56.5........................O Bosson 8 40414 Aalaalune db (6) 56.5.........................R Elliot 9 x4213 Tears Of Jupiter t (2) 56.5................ T Harris 10 41 Coco Baci td (3) 56.5....................... C Grylls 11 2184 Diamonds Galore (8) 56.5...........M Cameron 12 7218 Kaipaki Road d (7) 56.5............... D Johnson 8 4.40pm HALLMARK STUD HANDICAP $60,000, OPN HCP, 1200m 1 49955 Santa Monica td (2) 60...................J Waddell 2 3x287 Avantage tdm (13) 58.5..................O Bosson 3 36x1x Divine Boy d (9) 58.5..................M Coleman 4 x2365 Midnight Runner tdm (11) 58......M Cameron 5 11x18 Marzemino tdb (12) 55.................... A Calder 6 36322 Speedy Meady dm (4) 55.....................C Dell 7 32121 Mr Universe d (6) 54.5.......................R Elliot 8 477x1 Spring Heat td (10) 53...................... C Grylls 9 50x05 Pretty To Sea tdm (3) 53.....................M Dee 10 113x9 Santa Catarina tmb (7) 53............ D Johnson 11 2x874 Short Fuse d (1) 53......................C Lammas 12 97811 Molto Veloce td (5) 53...................... S Spratt 13 75611 Mumms Jewel td (8) 53....................A Collett 9 5.16pm CAMBRIDGE STUD ZABEEL CLASSIC (G1) $200,000, WFA, 2000m 1 53349 Charles Road td (3) 59..................... T Harris 2 x1313 True Enough (4) 59.................... J McDonald 3 x3221 The Mitigator t (11) 59..................... S McKay 4 x3355 Mongolian Marshal t (13) 59..........O Bosson 5 41235 Peso dm (7) 59.................................R Myers 6 x8135 Tiptronic t (12) 59.........................C Lammas 7 32121 Beauden d (10) 59.............................R Elliot 8 40971 Orakei Overlord tm (6) 59................A Collett 9 x2166 Vernanme (2) 58.5....................... D Johnson 10 63017 Fiscal Fantasy td (1) 57......................L Innes 11 67320 Contessa Vanessa tm (8) 57......R Hutchings
12 23720 Strolling Vagabond m (9) 57........M Coleman 13 x6543 Pinmedown tm (14) 56.5.....................M Dee 14 8x555 Queen Of Diamonds (5) 56.5........... C Grylls 10 5.53pm AUCKLAND CO-OP TAXIS 1600 $50,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1600m 1 40x55 Hasabro d (2) 59.5........................... S Spratt 2 7x532 Acutus b (12) 59.............................O Bosson 3 1 Kissinger d (5) 59...............................L Innes 4 159x4 River Run d (17) 59.................... J McDonald 5 x3x04 Iago t (11) 58.5................................. T Harris 6 x1336 Iron Eagle (10) 58.5........................ S McKay 7 332x2 Robusto m (9) 58................. T Yanagida (a2) 8 913x8 Our Wonderland d (14) 58.................R Elliot 9 046x1 Indah (3) 57.5................................... C Grylls 10 82300 Rusavy t (7) 57.5....................... D Danis (a2) 11 85953 En Soie d (1) 57.............................M McNab 12 x5123 Rip Em Up (8) 57...........................J Waddell 13 7x792 Socialights (15) 57..............................M Dee 14 43731 Spelterini (4) 57...............................V Colgan 15 73466 Deels Done db (16) 57................. D Johnson 16 80x01 Trip To Freedom d (6) 56.5...........C Lammas 17 04888 Van Diamond d (13) 55 18 54 Shelob 54...................................... Scratched Blinkers on: Cavallo Veloce (R3), Shenanigans (R4), Kissinger (R10) Blinkers off: Memories Only (R5), Vernanme (R9) Winkers on: Taroni (R2), Santa Catarina (R8), Vernanme (R9) SELECTIONS
mark, 2100m 1 x0855 Kamanda Lincoln h (5) 60.5 2 90x74 Commanding Prince td (6) 59......... J Parkes 3 62232 Johnny Lincoln tmh (2) 59............ R Hannam 4 x9611 Proletariat th (14) 59......................H Andrew 5 16x96 Trending td (4) 58.5..........................D Turner 6 45180 Humble Pie tm (8) 58..........................Z Moki 7 x0823 Myrtle tmh (1) 57.5.................... R Goldsbury 8 04003 Obrigado dmh (9) 57.5...........S Macnab (a2) 9 87720 Zac Brown m (13) 56.5 10 6x930 Gerda (3) 55.5......................... T Taiaroa (a3) 11 9x001 Regal Rock (16) 55.5.........................L Hemi 12 45256 Lincoln Star th (11) 55.5.................D Bradley 13 x3553 Hocico Blanco (15) 55.......... C O’Beirne (a2) 14 3x356 Akela Belle dh (7) 54........................ M Singh 15 70704 Lord Turbo tm (12) 55 16 4x078 Granite Ridge tdm (18) 54 17 x9343 Soleseifei (17) 59.5 18 05821 Don’t Know Jakk tdh (10) 57.5 Emergencies: Lord Turbo, Granite Ridge, Soleseifei, Don’t Know Jakk 8 4.26pm MORE FM MANAWATU 1550 $22,500, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1550m 1 x0765 Abbey Road tdh (3) 59...........M Hudson (a3) 2 47x72 Original Gangster tdh (1) 58.5..... R Hannam 3 15850 My Father’s Gun h (14) 58...............D Turner 4 x8252 Du’blues tdmh (11) 57.5.........S Macnab (a2) 5 50397 All In Mana t (15) 57.5.....................R Bishop
6 73739 Platinum Wild Card h (5) 57.5.......... M Singh 7 54435 Ritzy Sparkle h (8) 56.5.................H Andrew 8 13x96 Wonder No More (7) 56.5..............L Allpress 9 2419x Bella Nero m (18) 56...........................Z Moki 10 57760 Rock With Choux tmh (9) 56...... D Hirini (a1) 11 22196 Power ‘n’ Passion h (17) 55.5 12 36x46 Satin Belt (16) 55.5................. T Taiaroa (a3) 13 50x95 Artaxerxes m (2) 55 14 05L80 Veloce mh (4) 54 15 4x412 Nudge Bar b (6) 59 16 86226 Hinepara mb (10) 56.5 17 100x8 Painless m (13) 57 18 86903 La Landonne m (12) 57 Em: Nudge Bar, Hinepara, Painless, La Landonne Blinkers on: Pas De Geant (R1), Original Gangster, Painless (R8) Blinkers off: Port Lincoln, Thutmosis (R2), Hugo The Boss (R5), My Father’s Gun (R8) Winkers on: The Bandito (R6) Winkers off: Dancing Delight (R2)
Race 1: Star Karen, Special Light, Take It Out, Artiste, Iskander Race 2: Taroni, Brazier, Gee Cee, Dragon Queen, Embers Race 3: Pasabache, Gino Severini, Cha Siu Bao, Sasanof’s Hero Race 4: Travelling Light, Harlech, Double Impact, Shenanigans Race 5: Only In Jakarta, Pimms ‘N’ Pearls, Justacanta Race 6: Hypnos, Pullyoursocksup, Riding The Wave Race 7: Two Illicit, Jennifer Eccles, Coco Baci, Annie’s Song Race 8: Avantage, Spring Heat, Marzemino, Santa Catarina Race 9: True Enough, Peso, Fiscal Fantasy, Pinmedown Race 10: Acutus, Indah, Robusto, Kissinger, River Run
Today at Awapuni Raceway
Manawatu RC Venue: Awapuni Meeting Date: 26 Dec 2019 NZ Meeting number: 4 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8 Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 6, 7 and 8 1 12.17pm (NZT) MURRAYS IRISH BAR 3YO 1200 $10,000, MDN 3YO, 1200m 1 426x4 Regal Reward h (2) 57.5 2 33 Kick Start h (3) 57.5 3 84 Lincoln’s Kruz h (4) 57.5................L Allpress 4 Prendido (7) 57.5............................R Bishop 5 7 Pas De Geant (6) 57.5..................... M Singh 6 8x75 Flickering Shadow h (1) 55.5....... R Hannam 7 6x Princess Ani h (8) 55.5.................... J Parkes 8 Hazelsgirl (5) 55.5............................D Turner 2 12.52pm POWER FARMING MAIDEN 1400 $10,000, MDN, 1400m 1 24x32 Lincoln Hanover bh (12) 58.5....... R Hannam 2 25x42 Rio Star (14) 58.5...........................D Bradley 3 7x735 Chalk (6) 58.5......................... J Bassett (a4) 4 4 Westfield (15) 58.5.........................L Allpress 5 76x Mozzie (11) 58.5.............................. M Singh 6 Ha’penny Bridge h (1) 58.5............. J Parkes 7 Jessie’s Rock h (4) 58.5.................H Andrew 8 Parsons Glory (9) 58.5 9 8x97x Port Lincoln (5) 58.5............................Z Moki 10 476x7 Thutmosis (8) 58.5............................. T Allan 11 x2703 Flying Surf h (10) 56.5.......................L Hemi 12 4700x Dancing Delight (7) 56.5........... R Goldsbury 13 Chouxforaprincess (3) 56.5.......B Ansell (a3)
14 4x546 Khalfani h (2) 55................... C O’Beirne (a2) 15 33 Kick Start h (13) 57 Emergency: Kick Start 3 1.27pm CELK DEVELOPMENTS LTD 1400 $25,000, Rating 72 Benchmark, 1400m 1 07434 Lincoln Hills tdmh (1) 59................. J Parkes 2 6x670 The Rippa tdh (10) 58.5............... R Hannam 3 47x12 Edwardian Lady 58....................... Scratched 4 64902 Miss Contessa tdh (5) 58.......M Hudson (a3) 5 x4100 Arturo 58....................................... Scratched 6 15x43 Born To Fight (9) 58 7 70x10 Lincoln Green tdh (8) 58...... C O’Beirne (a2) 8 30509 One Prize One Goal tdm (6) 58....... M Singh 9 163x3 Our Hail Mary (4) 56.5.....................D Turner 10 48318 Floral Belt td (3) 56................. T Taiaroa (a3) 11 1313x La Soeur tb (7) 56..............................L Hemi 12 8x931 Maduro d (2) 56.............................L Allpress 4 2.02pm MAD BUTCHER 1200 $22,500, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1200m 1 762x5 Ofa Orsome d (5) 60............... T Taiaroa (a3) 2 71723 Mehrtens d (4) 59.5............................Z Moki 3 28x1 He’s Done A Runner dh (2) 59........ J Parkes 4 x3751 Yossarian (10) 59............................. M Singh 5 51474 Shanpark dm (9) 58.5............S Macnab (a2) 6 26x8x Willpower d (3) 58............................D Turner 7 3x032 Heart Of Stone d (1) 57.................L Allpress 8 86903 La Landonne 57............................ Scratched 9 67037 Nubian Smile d (6) 56........................L Hemi
10 9x683 Got The Call tdh (11) 55.5......... R Goldsbury 11 90x75 Dana’s Prophecy (7) 54....... C O’Beirne (a2) 12 6609x Colorado Miss h (8) 54....................... T Allan 5 2.38pm INTER BUILDING LTD HANDICAP $30,000, Rating 82 Benchmark, 1200m 1 95483 Stradivarius dm (4) 60............. J Bassett (a4) 2 5x132 Rock ‘N’ Affair td (6) 59.5........ T Taiaroa (a3) 3 10x00 Hugo The Boss d (9) 59.5..............L Allpress 4 x1151 Tavi Mac dm (7) 58.5.............M Hudson (a3) 5 28110 Torre Del Greco mb (10) 58....... D Hirini (a1) 6 4x097 Casaquinman td (5) 58....................D Turner 7 x1138 Princess Amelie dmh (3) 57.5...... R Hannam 8 02086 Salamanca 57.5............................ Scratched 9 93938 Sweepstake tdh (2) 57.................... J Parkes 10 x8325 What A Smasher td (1) 55.5............ M Singh 11 07434 Lincoln Hills tdmh (8) 54 6 3.13pm MANAWATU STANDARD SUMMER CUP $40,000, OPN HCP, 1550m 1 x8826 Jessiegee h (5) 60.........................L Allpress 2 00x97 Beefeater tdh (6) 59.5..................... J Parkes 3 60835 The Bandito t (7) 58.5....................H Andrew 4 59560 Heni 58.......................................... Scratched 5 48x9x Zorrali tm (3) 54.5..................M Hudson (a3) 6 x2432 Satu Lagi tb (8) 54.........................D Bradley 7 60312 Father Lenihan tdh (2) 54............. R Hannam 8 6x004 Monrecour (1) 54............................. M Singh 9 64902 Miss Contessa th (4) 54 7 3.52 INSPIRE NET 2100 $30,000, Rating 72 Bench-
SELECTIONS Race 1: Kick Start, Regal Reward, Flickering Shadow, Hazelsgirl Race 2: Lincoln Hanover, Kick Start, Flying Surf, Chalk Race 3: Our Hail Mary, Lincoln Hills, Maduro, Born To Fight Race 4: Heart Of Stone, Mehrtens, Willpower, Ofa Orsome Race 5: Tavi Mac, Rock ‘N’ Affair, What A Smasher, Lincoln Hills Race 6: The Bandito, Satu Lagi, Jessiegee, Beefeater Race 7: Johnny Lincoln, Lincoln Star, Hocico Blanco, Gerda Race 8: Nudge Bar, Ritzy Sparkle, Rock With Choux, Du’blues
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Springboard to the Telegraph Pass marks for stablemates Enzo’s Lad and Sensei at Wingatui today could be the start of a series of major attacks by Riccarton trainers Michael and Matthew Pitman, including possibly achieving a five-year goal. Enzo’s Lad and Sensei will clash in the Listed Southern Wide Realty Hazlett Stakes (1200m), an event in which Enzo’s Lad finished seventh in the last two years before going on to win the Gr.1 Telegraph at Trentham in his next start. “We’ve purposely targeted the Wingatui Boxing Day meeting as the sprint has proved an ideal lead-up for the Telegraph with the last three winners of it all having come through the race,” Michael Pitman said, referring to Enzo’s Lad and before him, Signify, who was second in the Listed Wingatui event before beating Start Wondering in the 2017 Telegraph. In each of the past two seasons Enzo’s Lad has gone into the Hazlett Stakes with last-start Riccarton wins, but this time his lead-up performance is a second-up close third behind Don Carlo and Emily Margaret at Riccarton earlier in the month.
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Enzo’s Lad
days later in the Gr.3 Stewards Stakes (1200m). “He was held up and unlucky not to win the Stewards, too,” Pitman said. “The plan with him is to hopefully get to the Telegraph then take him to Australia. “We’re putting together a team to take across the Tasman and he’ll be aimed at the Goodwood
in Adelaide in May. “We’re trying to protect his record to hopefully make him as a stallion. In the last 12 months he’s won two Listed races, been second in the Gr.3 Stewards and run third in the Telegraph.” As well as focusing on the Telegraph and a strong Trentham-bound squad, the Pitmans will be attempting to have two
runners in the Karaka Million 2YO (1200m) at Ellerslie on January 25. Ohio Showgirl is already guaranteed a start in the $1 million feature, currently third in the order of entry, while stablemate Lovebug is 12th on the list. “I only bought four horses at Karaka last year and two of them could be running in the Karaka Million. “I’m proud of that fact,” Pitman said. “I’ve had four qualify for the race in the past, but only one run and that drew the outside and had no chance. And that one wasn’t in the class of these two.” Bought by Pitman for $45,000 from Haunui Farm’s Book 1 draft at the National Yearling Sales, Ohio Showgirl has recorded a debut win and a third in Riccarton’s Listed Welcome Stakes (1000m) from four starts, while Lovebug, a $20,000 purchase by Pitman from Haunui’s Book 2 draft, was ninth on debut in the Welcome Stakes then won over 820m at Wingatui. “They’re both going to Ellerslie on January 12,” Pitman said. “It will give them a chance to look at the course.”
Westport harness Today at Patterson Park (grass)
Westport Trotting Club Inc Venue: Patterson Park (Grass) Meeting Date: 26 Dec 2019 NZ Meeting number: 8 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 12.05pm (NZT) OLWYN & VIC COLLINS MEMORIAL PACE $8500, non-winners 3yo+, stand, 2000m 1 Myanmar Prince (1) fr.......................J Curtin 2 9x Bobby’s My Girl (2) fr........................P Davis 3 0243P Budvar Eyre (3) fr............................. G Smith 4 0 Archaic Lustre (4) fr..........................R Close 5 750 Pembrook Tilly (5) fr................. C D Thornley 6 50x80 Been To Jenny’s (6) fr................. K Cameron 7 000x6 Handsome Harry (7) fr................. B Hope (J) 8 28 Kiss The Girls fr............................ Scratched 9 Pennetta (8) fr........................ G Thornley (J) 10 0800x Olde Oak Ellie (9) fr.......................B Orange 11 90093 Franco Hatton (10) fr............................K Butt 12 48796 The Diva (11) fr.......................... B Borcoskie 13 Owhatanight (12) fr.....................C Markham 14 039x3 Nadira Franco (13) fr....................... H Clarke 2 12.35pm NEW WORLD WESTPORT PACE $8500, non-winners 3yo+, stand, 2000m 1 Fernleigh Colleen (1) fr.....................J Curtin 2 Sa Fact (2) fr.......................... G Thornley (J) 3 Lynies Pinny (3) fr................................K Butt 4 97690 Genelis (4) fr...............................R Cameron 5 7x73 Star Watch (5) fr............................... G Smith 6 58880 Webs Reactor (6) fr.....................C Markham 7 Westburn Vista (7) fr................... K Cameron 8 0 Prodigal Pete (8) fr............................P Davis 9 08042 Loissonya (9) fr.................................R Close 10 507x0 Mysistersapoledancer (10) fr.B Laughton (J) 11 Golden Lace (11) fr........................B Orange
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“I thought he went massive,” Pitman said. “It was an outstanding run. He had plenty of weight (60kg) and gave weight to two very handy horses.” Enzo’s Lad’s preparation for this season’s Telegraph had been affected by his unsuccessful international ventures, to Hong Kong then England. “He was in quarantine for six weeks after he raced at Royal Ascot and we’ve been treading a fine line with him,” Pitman said. “I just hope the weather plays its part and the Wingatui track comes back from a slow7.” Enzo’s Lad will be ridden by in-form apprentice Tina Comignaghi, while Chris Johnson will be back on Sensei. Johnson last rode Sensei when third equal to Enzo’s Lad in last season’s Telegraph after winning the Hazlett Stakes. Sensei’s two runs this campaign have resulted in an impressive win over Sheezallmine in the Listed Pegasus Stakes (1000m) on the first day of the New Zealand Cup Carnival then an unlucky second to the same northern mare four
12 Nizzarda Franco (12) fr............ C D Thornley 13 Samarias Mach (13) fr................. B Hope (J) 14 09449 Bonny’s Gem (14) fr...............A Cameron (J) 3 1.10 WALLY FORSYTH MEMORIAL HCAP TROT $8500, non-winners & up-r46 spechcp, stand, 2600m 1 09800 Goose Healy (1) fr.................... C R Thornley 2 6 Peak Again (2) fr..............................W Higgs 3 Scrappylittlenobody (3) fr................. G Smith 4 50x60 Gotta Ticket (4) fr...........................B Orange 5 7050 Eilish Hall (5) fr..................................J Curtin 6 Makura (6) fr................................ B Hope (J) 7 0 Build A Bridge (7) fr........................J Geddes 8 0x00x Little Miss (8) fr........................ C D Thornley 9 06x00 Sheza Mighty Monarch fr.............. Scratched 10 3453x My Eyre (1) 35M...............................P Davis 11 297x0 Scarlett Lane (2) 35M.......................R Close 12 x0023 Tequila Sunset (3) 35M............... K Cameron 13 94585 Prince Teka (4) 35M......................I Cameron 14 77707 DD’s Super Stuart (U1) 35M....... J Markham 4 1.45pm TRT BUILDERS MOBILE PACE $8500, nonwinners 3yo+., mobile, 2600m 1 44343 Speciale Uno (1) fr............................P Davis 2 666xP Conquistador (2) fr................... C D Thornley 3 4048x Taumalolo (3) fr................................ G Smith 4 Ireby Hugo (4) fr................................R Close 5 70x00 Pocket Rocknroll (5) fr......................K Gill (J) 6 0x8 Maggie (6) fr...................................J Geddes 7 00 Mocha (7) fr.............................. C R Thornley 8 38x50 Lilac Change (8) fr.................B Laughton (J) 9 P3 Mossman (9) fr...............................B Orange 10 2x870 Dixie Reign (21) fr....................... K Cameron 11 26x88 Malinka (22) fr...................................J Curtin 5 2.20pm APPARELMASTER MOBILE PACE $8500,
non-winners., mobile, 2600m 1 Px780 Shezsomethinspecial (1) fr...............J Curtin 2 5 Willachy (2) fr.........................B Laughton (J) 3 Betancourt (3) fr......................... B Borcoskie 4 9500 Just A Smile (4) fr.............................R Close 5 Reinimin Patron (5) fr....................... G Smith 6 20x05 Ever So Bettor (6) fr..................... B Hope (J) 7 0700x Swish (7) fr.......................................K Gill (J) 8 Dashing Art (8) fr..................... C D Thornley 9 46 Razors Edge (9) fr..........................J Geddes 10 3 Fixed Odds (U1) fr............................P Davis 11 27003 Bossmaro (U2) fr............................B Orange 6 2.58 PROPERTY BROKERS MOBILE PACE $10,000, 3yo+ r40-r58., mobile, 2600m 1 28360 Opawa Mach (1) fr...................... K Cameron 2 770x6 Donegal Carnbouy (2) fr........B Laughton (J) 3 4x000 Sonic Reign (3) fr..............................J Curtin 4 04x05 Omar Sharif (4) fr..................... C D Thornley 5 005P3 Fun In The Dark (5) fr............A Cameron (J) 6 68697 Givemewhatineed (6) fr.....................P Davis 7 1000x Fortune Tiller (7) fr.......................... H Clarke 8 56523 Bush Man (8) fr................................ G Smith 9 10660 Silent Rapture (9) fr...........................R Close 10 099x4 Miss Daytona (21) fr.......................J Geddes 11 41400 Jazelle (22) fr.................................B Orange 12 41707 Machs Mareta (23) fr....................... M Purvis 7 3.33pm PULSE ENERGY WESTPORT CUP HANDICAP PACE $18,000, r56+ discrhcp, stand, 3200m 1 41x86 Fynn Frost (1) fr.......................... K Cameron 2 22451 Stars Tonight (2) fr............................ G Smith 3 8x900 All About Henry fr.......................... Scratched 4 63841 Johnny Eyre (3) fr.............................R Close 5 64524 The Kaik (4) fr......................................K Butt
6 87561 Bobby T (5) fr..............................R Cameron 7 13598 Arocknatthepark (6) fr.............. C D Thornley 8 06283 Vinnie Rulz (U1) fr........................ B Hope (J) 9 22153 Tango Tara (1) 10M...........................J Curtin 10 1111x Apocalypse (1) 20M.......................B Orange 8 4.09pm BULLER REFRIGERATION & ELECTRICAL PACE $10,000, r40-r48,r49 w/c, stand, 2000m 1 63Px3 Garry’s Legacy (1) fr...................C Markham 2 x7775 Tombelina (2) fr...........................S McMullan 3 89027 Markham Eyre (3) fr......................... G Smith 4 0080x Zippidy Doodah (4) fr........................J Curtin 5 5608x Martin John (5) fr...........................B Orange 6 66805 Nui Ba Den (6) fr...............................R Close 7 22008 Pine Cone (7) fr........................... K Cameron 8 x5080 Glory Days fr................................. Scratched 9 4x086 Canardly Remember (8) fr..... G Thornley (J) 10 99306 Jungle Gem (9) fr....................... B Borcoskie 11 6095x Olde Oak Emma (10) fr........................K Butt 12 x0059 Swap Over (U1) fr.................... C D Thornley 9 4.45 GRAEME & JOAN MCMASTER PACE $10,000, r49-r55, stand, 2000m 1 0630x Terrier (1) fr.......................................R Close 2 3170x Queenofdance (2) fr...............B Laughton (J) 3 7x097 Precious Sara (3) fr.................. C D Thornley 4 0x063 Dana Dawn (4) fr...............................J Curtin 5 55216 Rockntommy Rulz (5) fr............... B Hope (J) 6 75x59 Stinger Lindenny (6) fr...................B Orange 7 87066 God Only Knows (7) fr..................... G Smith 8 967Px Mustang GT (8) fr................... G Thornley (J) 9 099x4 Miss Daytona (9) fr.........................J Geddes 10 00065 Ideal Rule (10) fr..................................K Butt 11 538x0 Hes Fast And Furious (11) fr....... K Cameron 10 5.20 ROCHE FAMILY HANDICAP TROT $10,000,
r47+ discrhcp, stand, 2600m 1 8x341 Majestic Action (1) fr.................... B Crothers 2 20322 Baxter (2) fr.................................. B Hope (J) 3 67843 Bright Glow (3) fr...........................I Cameron 4 67647 Miss Moppet (4) fr........................... M Purvis 5 07301 Mikemaro (5) fr...............................B Orange 6 80980 Young Stranger (6) fr.............. G Thornley (J) 7 61572 Foreigner (7) fr......................... C D Thornley 8 04008 Michelle (U1) fr.................................W Higgs 9 320P0 Never Mind (U2) fr............................ G Smith 10 090x0 She’s So Cool (U3) fr..................S McMullan 11 66483 The Bloss (1) 10M...................... B Borcoskie 12 84166 Rum In The Sun (2) 10M......................K Butt 13 P0x59 Sods Law (U1) 10M.......................J Geddes 14 07120 Ideal Invasion (U2) 10M....................R Close 15 10147 Overzealous (1) 30M.........................P Davis Pacifiers on: Conquistador, Pocket Rocknroll (R4) SELECTIONS
12 9x603 The Precious One tdmbh (6) 53.B Murray (a) 13 21363 Always On Call tdmh (8) 53....... K Asano (a) 7 4.14pm WHITE ROBE LODGE R72 1400 $25,000, Rating 72 Benchmark, 1400m 1 x1675 Nopele m (2) 59.5................R Beeharry (a3) 2 2433x Teddytwinkletoes t (13) 59.5........K Kwo (a3) 3 31401 Magnify d (15) 59......................... C Johnson 4 553x2 Beneficial d (11) 58.5.......................J Laking 5 20315 Clooney (5) 58.5...........................T Moseley 6 7x100 The Sparkle t (8) 58..........................J Lowry 7 65255 Tuilana m (12) 58....................T Comignaghi 8 50782 Miss Doherty d (3) 57.5 9 71134 So Natural m (7) 57.5 10 12462 Stella Daze tm (16) 56.5....... R Mudhoo (a2) 11 7x480 Taieri Gem tdmh (17) 56.5............. C Barnes 12 00511 He’s Got Power (14) 56.5......... K Asano (a2) 13 63212 Severine d (6) 56.............................S Wynne 14 87141 Sharp ‘N’ Silver d (10) 56..............K Williams 15 04601 Touch The Sky d (1) 55.5 16 98582 Khimar War d (18) 57.5 17 51187 Meara Mary tdm (9) 57 18 10557 Final Savings td (4) 56.5 19 0x030 Sweet Oak 54.5............................ Scratched 8 4.52 BEAUMONT DUAL CODE 23RD MARCH 2020 R65 1600 $22,500, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1600m 1 0x082 Highly Unlikely (1) 59............... K Asano (a2) 2 1x054 Nazare tdmh (18) 59.......................S Wynne 3 x6717 Ray’s In Command tdh (5) 59.......T Moseley 4 7x222 Lady Byron (8) 58........................ C Johnson
5 1 Tamalin d (9) 58............................K Williams 6 8x205 Crispin tdh (4) 57.5............. C Campbell (a2) 7 x0041 Rosso Cavalla (17) 57.5..............D Prastiyou 8 2120 Secret Sound mh (19) 57.5..... B Murray (a2) 9 0x712 The Mole m (12) 57.5....................K Mudhoo 10 058x0 Countess Ruby tdmh (2) 57.. R Mudhoo (a2) 11 20172 Havana Heights th (11) 57............. C Barnes 12 8x136 Marquita Miss mbh (13) 57..............J Laking 13 63021 Out Of The Park td (3) 57..................J Lowry 14 01975 Fine Bouquet mh (14) 56.5..........K Kwo (a3) 15 51306 Spectra mbh (16) 56 16 169x8 Larippa tdh (15) 56 17 0x033 She’s Fun d (6) 55.5 18 4x036 Field Of Fire h (10) 57.5 19 62656 Boyslightup m (7) 54.5 20 77560 Our Boy Baz 56............................. Scratched
Race 1: Budvar Eyre, Nadira Franco, Owhatanight, The Diva Race 2: Star Watch, Samarias Mach, Loissonya Race 3: Scrappylittlenobody, Makura, My Eyre, Tequila Sunset Race 4: Mossman, Lilac Change, Taumalolo, Speciale Uno Race 5: Reinimin Patron, Fixed Odds, Dashing Art, Willachy Race 6: Fun In The Dark, Omar Sharif, Machs Mareta, Bush Man Race 7: Stars Tonight, Tango Tara, The Kaik, Vinnie Rulz Race 8: Garry’s Legacy, Nui Ba Den, Markham Eyre, Pine Cone Race 9: Rockntommy Rulz, Stinger Lindenny, Queenofdance Race 10: Mikemaro, Ideal Invasion, Baxter, Never Mind LEGEND: X - Spell from racing of at least 3 months P - Retired (or pulled up) from race L - Driver unseated U1 - Unruly beginner {C} - Concession driver {C.cl} - Claiming concession driver which allows horse to start one class down
Otago gallops Today at Wingatui Raceway
Otago RC Venue: Wingatui Meeting Date: 26 Dec 2019 NZ Meeting number: 6 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8 Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 6, 7 and 8 1 12.41pm KB CONTRACTING MDN 1400 $10,000, MDN, 1400m 1 306 Macron h (12) 58.5........................T Moseley 2 03749 Renounce b (7) 58.5.......................S Wynne 3 3x02 Buck Shellfish (4) 57................ K Asano (a2) 4 92 Poniard h (2) 57...............................J Laking 5 9 Country Boy h (9) 57.....................K Mudhoo 6 Zakunda (6) 57........................T Comignaghi 7 58x25 Reliable Belle h (8) 56.5....................J Lowry 8 725x0 Jandles h (5) 56.5........................ C Johnson 9 Aye Bee Haitch h (13) 56.5..... B Murray (a2) 10 Don’t Doubt Choux (1) 56.5.. R Mudhoo (a2) 11 32 Direct Flight bh (3) 55.................... C Barnes 12 Asathought (11) 55............. C Campbell (a2) 13 9 Highly Polished (10) 55.................K Williams 2 1.16pm TERRY KENNEDY 2 & 3 YO 1200 $22,500, 2&3YO SW+P, 1200m 1 62393 El Gladiador t (4) 57.5.............T Comignaghi 2 106 Okay Pal 57.5................................ Scratched 3 06451 Kitty Power tdm (2) 56.5...............K Kwo (a3) 4 4 Dream Brave (8) 56............. C Campbell (a2) 5 2x212 Burgundy Rose b (3) 55.5...............S Wynne 6 1x646 Live Drama (5) 55.5......................T Moseley 7 1 Tears Of An Angel d (1) 55.5........K Williams 8 x1300 Intimidate (7) 55.5.......................... C Barnes 9 x0005 Ginny h (6) 54......................... B Murray (a2)
3 1.51pm WINGATUI FUNCTION CENTRE R72 2200 $25,000, Rating 72 Benchmark, 2200m 1 12976 King Of The Dance d (8) 61..... K Asano (a2) 2 6x776 Shantav tdmh (9) 59.5 3 35792 Standrews Masonic m (2) 59.5.T Comignaghi 4 21885 Nesta 59........................................ Scratched 5 58192 Kandari t (10) 58...........................K Williams 6 6x693 Tony Two Chips th (6) 56.5.. C Campbell (a2) 7 08134 Cinto Bay d (3) 56............................J Laking 8 05412 Big Wink (11) 56..........................D Prastiyou 9 19x40 The Lustre (4) 55.5.......................K Mudhoo 10 40448 The Style m (5) 55.5.......................S Wynne 11 x2412 Zedaam mh (1) 54........................T Moseley 12 81626 Superstition m (12) 54............. B Murray (a2) 13 67682 Metasequoia td (7) 54.................. C Johnson 4 2.27pm SPEIGHT’S R82 1600 $30,000, Rating 82 Benchmark, 1600m 1 79300 Trudeau dm (5) 60.............................J Lowry 2 77x84 King Pin t (11) 59.5............... R Mudhoo (a2) 3 x4090 Accidental Offside dm (6) 57.........K Williams 4 54144 What’s Up Alf dm (3) 57...............K Kwo (a3) 5 50121 Summer Monsoon m (9) 56.............J Laking 6 51079 Shirley Maude dm (1) 55.5.. C Campbell (a2) 7 75176 Bakela tdmh (2) 55.................. B Murray (a2) 8 x3311 Tobilicious m (10) 55................ K Asano (a2) 9 55037 Zabay th (12) 54.5.........................T Moseley 10 x5444 Pinup Coup db (7) 54..............T Comignaghi 11 74350 To Love You m (8) 54.................... C Johnson 12 00885 Stellacanto dm (4) 54...........R Beeharry (a3)
5 3.03pm ALLIED SECURITY R65 1200 $22,500, Rat-
ing 65 Benchmark*, 1200m 1 8x513 Deceptio Visus tdh (11) 59...............J Laking 2 208x1 Gelibolu d (1) 59...........................T Moseley 3 13x70 Mister Mocha d (9) 59.............. K Asano (a2) 4 70x01 Alonzo d (12) 58.5...................T Comignaghi 5 94x63 Plutonium tdh (3) 58.5........... R Mudhoo (a2) 6 10x96 Kerany tdh (10) 58.................. B Murray (a2) 7 0x030 Sweet Oak d (8) 58.......................K Mudhoo 8 08871 Tickets On Her td (4) 58...............K Kwo (a3) 9 85632 Juliette tmh (6) 57.5..........................J Lowry 10 x0260 Campo td (7) 57.5................R Beeharry (a3) 11 961 Neruda tdh (2) 57..........................K Williams 12 2x212 Burgundy Rose 56........................ Scratched 13 447x2 Cabernet tbh (5) 56............. C Campbell (a2) 14 x9203 Non Blonde d (13) 56......................S Wynne 6 3.39pm SOUTHERN WIDE REALTY HAZLETT STKS OPN 1200 $50,000, OPN HCP, 1200m 1 00x03 Enzo’s Lad d (11) 60...............T Comignaghi 2 30x12 Sensei tdb (10) 59........................ C Johnson 3 22x71 Don Carlo td (4) 57.......................K Williams 4 1x305 Pippi Rea td (5) 56...........................J Laking 5 5x671 Shaara tdm (12) 53.5....................K Mudhoo 6 3x117 Morweka tdm (9) 53....................... C Barnes 7 42116 Rocanto tdm (2) 53.........................S Wynne 8 96857 Johnny Jones td (1) 53 9 9243x Raise You Ten tdbh (7) 53..... C Campbell (a) 10 74404 Killarney d (13) 53 11 7x805 Exemplar tdm (3) 53.....................T Moseley
Blinkers on: Jandles (R1), The Sparkle (R7) Blinkers off: Touch The Sky (R7) Winkers off: Jandles (R1), Intimidate (R2), The Sparkle (R7) SELECTIONS Race 1: Reliable Belle, Poniard, Buck Shellfish, Zakunda Race 2: Burgundy Rose, Tears Of An Angel, Live Drama Race 3: Kandari, Standrews Masonic, Tony Two Chips, Cinto Bay Race 4: Summer Monsoon, Tobilicious, Pinup Coup, Trudeau Race 5: Plutonium, Deceptio Visus, Cabernet, Juliette Race 6: The Precious One, Sensei, Pippi Rea, Don Carlo Race 7: Severine, Clooney, Beneficial, Magnify, Nopele Race 8: Havana Heights, Highly Unlikely, Nazare, Crispin
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327 West Street, Ashburton, phone 308 1133. Open daily: 10am – 4pm, Wednesday: 10am – 7pm
Ashburton Museum
Call 0800 AA WORKS (0800 229 6757) or visit www.aa.org.nz for more information.
Mental Health - Call free on 0800 222 955.
Ashburton Public Library
Ask for the Crisis Team.
Safe Care - 24hr Rape and Sexual Assault Crisis
Support. Phone 03 364 8791
Victims Support Group
Pharmacies
Toll-free: 0800 353 353.
24hr - Freephone 0800 VICTIM (0800 842 846). Direct dials to a volunteer. Ashburton Office - 307 8409 week-days, 9am - 2pm, outside of these hours leave a message.
Alcohol Drug Help Line
Call us free on (0800 787 797). Lines open 10am - 10pm seven days.
Lifeline
Bus Departures
RESOURCE RECOVERY PARKS
327 West Street, Ashburton, phone 307 7890. Open daily: 10am – 4pm
For weekend and emergency services please phone Methven Medical Centre on 302 8105 or Rakaia Medical Centre on 303 5002 for details on how to access the after-hours service each weekend. Healthline is a free health advice service. It operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The toll-free number to call is 0800 611 116. Healthline is staffed by registered nurses who are trained to assess health problems and offer advice over the phone. The service is free and confidential. Wises Pharmacy, Countdown Complex, East Street, will be open from 10am - 1pm Thursday (Boxing Day).
DIAL 111 in the event of a Medical or Accident Emergency
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Ashburton District Council 03 307 7700 - 24hr service.
Animal Welfare Centre
All enquiries - phone 308 4432 or 027 3329286.
Mid Canterbury Animal Shelter Contact - President 021 1356 969.
Havelock Street. Ph 308 7192. Saturday: 10am - 1pm. Sunday: 1pm - 4pm.
Veterinarians
Information Centre
phone your vet as usual.
ASHBURTON VETS - Ph 0276 838 000, 149 Cameron Street, Ashburton: Duty vet: Ben Hallenstein. EA Networks Centre - Pools Full emergency service all weekend. 20 River Terrace - phone 03 308 4020. WEEKEND HOURS: VET ENT RIVERSIDE - Ph 03 308 2321, Sat and Sun 7am - 7pm. Public holidays 10am - 5pm. 1 Smallbone Drive, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 Mail Closing Times noon. Weekend 24-hour emergencies. ASHBURTON MAIL CENTRE VETLIFE ASHBURTON - Ph 03 307 5195, STANDARD POST: Mon - Fri 6pm Cnr East Street and Seafield Road, Ashburton. Saturday POST DELIVERY CENTRES clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Weekend 24-hour emergencies. Allenton & Tinwald: Mon - Fri 5pm CANTERBURY VETS - Ph 03 307 0686, Methven & Rakaia: Mon - Fri 4.30pm West Street Clinic, West Street, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: ASHBURTON’S STREET RECEIVERS 9am - 12 noon. Weekend emergencies: Steve Williams. Business Area: Mon - Fri 5pm Vet Ent and Vet Life operate a joint after-hours SMALL Residential Area: Mon - Fri 1pm animal emergency service. To use this service please Methven - Saturday, Sunday and public holidays 10am until 3pm. Phone 302-8955 or isite@midcanterburynz.com
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Simon Shuker’s Code Cracker
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HARNETT, Anthony Francis (Tony) – On December 23, 2019, peacefully in his sleep at Tuarangi Home, Ashburton. Aged 84 years. Dearly beloved husband of Marie for 57 years. Loved father and father-in-law of Robert and Jane, Belinda and Joe and the late Randall, Jack and Helen and Rebecca and Richie. Very much loved granddad (Tony) of Patrick, Felix, and Cleo; Hannah, and Joe Peters; Brooke; Sinnead, Dominic, and Frano. Messages to the Harnett family, PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740. Very special thanks to the staff at Tuarangi Home and Ashburton Hospital for their wonderful care of Tony. A Requiem Mass to celebrate Tony’s life will be held at the Church of The Holy Name, Sealy Street, Ashburton on FRIDAY, January 3, commencing at 11.00am. Followed by interment at the Ashburton New Lawn Cemetery.
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Ashburton Airport Temperature °C At 4pm 16.7 18.1 Max to 4pm 11.1 Minimum 10.9 Grass minimum Rainfall mm 0.0 16hr to 4pm December to date 69.6 Avg Dec to date 47 2019 to date 759.0 684 Avg year to date Wind km/h E 19 At 4pm Strongest gust E 30 Time of gust 3:53pm
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7:19 Spitfire PGL 2018 Documentary. 8:59 Pet Sematary 16VLC 2019 Horror. Jason Clarke, John Lithgow. 10:39 Green Book ML 2018 Drama. Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali. 12:49 Cold Pursuit 16VLSC 2019 Action. Liam Neeson, Laura Dern. 2:44 The Meg MLC 2018 Action. Jason Statham, Cliff Curtis. 4:35 The Shanghai Job MV 2017 Action. Orlando Bloom, Simon Yam. 6:10 Ready Player One MVL 2018 Action. Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke. 8:30 King Of Thieves ML 2018 Drama. A famous thief in his younger years, a widower puts together a misfit band of elderly criminals to carry out an unprecedented robbery. Michael Caine, Jim Broadbent. 10:20 Cinema Through The Eye Of Magnum PG 2017 Documentary. 11:15 Josie 16VLS 2018 Drama. Dylan McDermott, Sophie Turner.
MOVIES GREATS
6:44 10 Things I Hate About You PGS 1999 Romantic Comedy. Heath Ledger, Julia Stiles. 8:19 Bad Neighbours 16LSC 2014 Comedy. Seth Rogen, Zac Efron, Rose Byrne. 9:53 Grown Extreme Salvage Squad Ups 2 PGVLS 2013 Comedy. 9:30pm on Prime Adam Sandler, Kevin James. 11:31 Django Unchained SKY 5 16VL 2012 Western. 6am Jeopardy! PG 6:25 Wheel Jamie Foxx, Leonardo DiCaprio. Of Fortune PG 6:50 The 2:15 Twilight MV Simpsons PG 7:15 Charmed 2008 Fantasy Drama. M 7:55 Border Security Kristen Stewart, – Australia’s Frontline M Robert Pattinson. 8:20 Ice Road Truckers ML 4:15 Twilight Saga 9:05 Storage Wars – Texas – New Moon MV 2009 PG 9:30 CSI MV 10:15 SVU Drama. Kristen Stewart, MV 11am Charmed Robert Pattinson, M 11:45 Jeopardy! PG Taylor Lautner. 6:25 Twilight 12:10 Wheel Of Fortune Saga – Eclipse M 2010 PG 12:30 Helicopter ER Drama. Kristen Stewart, M 1:20 Piha Rescue PG Robert Pattinson, 1:45 The Force MC 2:35 CSI MV 3:20 Charmed M 4pm The Taylor Lautner. 8:30 Twilight Simpsons PG 4:30 Jeopardy! Saga – Breaking Dawn: Part PG 5pm Wheel Of Fortune PG 1 MVS 2011 Fantasy. Bella and 5:30 Storage Wars – Texas Edward must deal with the PG 6pm Ice Road Truckers chain of consequences brought ML 7pm Border Security on by their marriage and the – Australia’s Frontline M birth of a child. Kristen Stewart, 7:30 CSI MV 8:30 Hawaii FiveRobert Pattinson. 0 MV 9:30 Valor MV 10:30 SVU 10:25 Twilight Saga – MV 11:15 Ice Road Truckers ML Friday Breaking Dawn: Part 2 MV Friday 2012 Fantasy. Kristen Stewart, 12:40 Groomzilla MLC 12:05 Charmed M Robert Pattinson. 2017 Romantic Comedy. 12:50 Wheel Of Fortune PG Darin Brooks. 2:03 The Friday 12:20 Django 1:15 Jeopardy! PG Shanghai Job MV 2017 Action. Unchained 16VL 2012 1:40 Border Security – Orlando Bloom, Simon Yam. Western. Jamie Foxx, Australia’s Frontline M 3:34 Ready Player One MVL Leonardo DiCaprio. 2:05 Valor MV 2:55 Hawaii 2018 Action. Tye Sheridan, 3:05 Twilight MV Five-0 MV 3:40 SVU MV Olivia Cooke. 5:49 King Of 2008 Fantasy Drama. 4:25 Storage Wars – Texas Thieves ML 2018 Drama. 5:05 Twilight Saga – New PG 4:50 CSI MV 5:35 The Simpsons PG Michael Caine, Jim Broadbent. Moon MV 2009 Drama.
6:30 Paia 3 6:40 My Mokai 7:10 He Rourou 3 7:20 E Kori 3 7:25 E Ki E Ki 7:30 Haati Paati 3 7:40 Huhu 3 7:50 Huritua 3 8am Ariki 8:30 Road To The Nats 3 9am Te Ao – Maori News 3 9:30 R&R 3 10am Tangaroa With Pio 3 10:30 My Party Song 3 11am Tautohetohe 3 Noon IVF World Sprints 12:30 Funny Whare – Gamesnight PGR 3 1pm Celebrity Playlist 3 1:30 Polyfest Kapa Haka 3 2pm Toku Reo 3 2 3pm Paia 3 3:10 My Mokai 3 3:40 He Rourou 3 3:50 E Kori 3 3:55 E Ki E Ki 4pm Haati Paati 3 4:10 Huhu 3 4:20 Huritua 3 4:30 Globe 3 5pm Polyfest Kapa Haka 3 5:30 Nga Kapa Haka Kura Tuarua 3 6pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 6:30 Te Ao – Maori News
SKY SPORT 1 6am New Zealand Schools Wins (RPL) New Zealand v Fiji. 7:30 Sevens – Ignite7 (HLS) 8:30 The Season 9am Pro14 Weekly Highlights Show 10am Gallagher Premiership Highlights Show 11am French Top 14 Highlights 11:30 French Top 14 (RPL) 1:30 French Top 14 (RPL) 5:30 French Top 14 (RPL) 7:25 Pro14 Weekly Highlights Show 8:25 Gallagher Premiership Highlights Show 9:25 French Top 14 Highlights 9:55 Sevens – Ignite7 (HLS) 10:55 The Season Hamilton hearts are tested in the Tauranga rain as rivals Hastings Boys’ High School come to town in preparation for the competition’s Grand Final. 11:25 Farah Palmer Cup – Premiership Final (HLS) Canterbury v Auckland. 11:55 Mitre 10 Cup – Premiership Final (HLS) Tasman v Wellington.
Friday
12:25 Pro14 Weekly Highlights Show 1:25 Gallagher Premiership Highlights Show 2:25 Sevens – Ignite7 (HLS) 3:25 French Top 14 Highlights 3:55 L Pro14 – Blues v Dragons From Cardiff Arms Park.
0 Closed captions; 3 Repeat; 2 Maori Language; HLS Highlights; RPL Replay; DLY Delayed. CLASSIFICATIONS: 16/18 Approved for persons 16/18 years or over; AO Adults only; C Content may offend; L Language may offend; M Suitable for mature audiences; PG/PGR Parental guidance recommended for young viewers; S Sexual content may offend; V Contains violence. Local Radio: NewsTalk ZB 873AM/98.1FM FM Classic Hits ZEFM 92.5; Port FM Local 94.9, 98.9 and 106.1
11:30 American Pickers 12:30 Mysteries At The Museum 1am Gardeners’ World 1:30 Hairy Bikers’ Chicken And Egg 2:30 Ozzy And Jack’s World Detour 3:30 Adele – Live In London 5am Mysteries At The Museum
SKY SPORT 2 7:15 Australia v Blackcaps (HLS) First Test. From Optus Stadium, Perth. 9:15 Australia v Blackcaps 1987 New Zealand cricket’s last Boxing Day test in Australia in 1987. A full test wrap of the Third Test between Australia and New Zealand at the MCG, Melbourne. 11:30 L Australia v Blackcaps Second Test, Day One. From Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne. 8:30 Big Bash (HLS) Hurricanes v Renegades. 9:05 L Big Bash Scorchers v Sixers. From Optus Stadium, Perth.
Friday
12:30 Australia v Blackcaps (HLS) Second Test, Day One. From Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne. 1:30 India v West Indies (HLS) Third Test. From Barabati Stadium, Cuttack. 2:30 Australia v Blackcaps (RPL) Second Test, Day One. From Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne. 4:30 Super Smash (HLS) Knights v Aces. From Seddon Park, Hamilton. 5am Big Bash (HLS) Strikers v Scorchers. 5:30 Big Bash (HLS) Stars v Hurricanes. 26Dec19
DISCOVERY 6:35 Fast N’ Loud PG Model A Madness. 7:30 Wheels That Fail PG 7:55 Wheels That Fail PG 8:20 Alaska – The Last Frontier PG Bears Descend. 9:10 Alaskan Bush People PG Clear and Pheasant Danger. 10am How It’s Made PG 10:25 How Do They Do It? PG 10:50 Outback Opal Hunters PG 11:40 A Crime To Remember M Devil’s Advocate. 12:30 Blood Relatives M No Bones About It. 1:20 The Coroner – I Speak For The Dead M First Cut is the Deepest. 2:10 Wheels That Fail PG 2:35 Wheels That Fail PG 3pm Gold Rush – Parker’s Trail PG Dangerous Depths. 3:50 Deadliest Catch PG Five-Year Storm 1/2. 4:45 Fast N’ Loud PG Awesome Aussies and Olds. 5:40 Outback Opal Hunters PG 6:35 Gold Rush PG No Time for Redemption. 7:30 Gold Rush PG 8:30 Finding Escobar’s Millions PG What’s in the Box? 9:25 Alaskan Bush People PG Clear and Pheasant Danger. 10:15 Alaska – The Last Frontier PG Bears Descend. 11:05 Naked And Afraid MLC 11:55 How It’s Made PG
Friday
12:20 How Do They Do It? PG 12:45 Wheels That Fail PG 1:10 Wheels That Fail PG 1:35 Deadliest Catch PG 2:25 Moonshiners M 3:15 Gold Rush – Parker’s Trail PG 4:05 Treehouse Masters PG 4:55 Naked And Afraid MLC 5:45 Deadliest Catch PG
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Thursday, December 26, 2019
Sport
32 Ashburton Guardian
Ferrari sign off huge deal
Baxter making waves
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To the victor go the spoils By Matt Markham
matt.m@theguardian.co.nz
North Canterbury pacer Heisenberg added his name to an impressive list of previous winners of the Ashburton Trotting Cup on Christmas Eve when he carved out a decisive, but narrow victory. The Robert Dunn trained, John Dunn driven pacer got the call by the narrowest of margins in the $18,400 event from the Paul Court trained pairing of Cast No Shadow (Sam Ottley) and Mon-
golian Cavalry (Blair Orange). Raced by long-time industry participants, Ross and Angela Gordon, Heisenberg has been a model of consistency this season in some big races and was a more than deserving winner of Tuesday’s feature. Dunn was able to get the pacer away quickly from the standing start over the 3200m and when he found the front he was always going to be one of the horses to beat.
After surrendering the lead to race-favourite, Nandolo after 600 metres, he was able to come from behind the pacemaker and do best up the long Ashburton straight to hold on for the win. A son of Art Major, Heisenberg has now won five of his 28 career starts, placing in a further 13 for close to $140,000 in stake earnings. He was one of two winners for the Dunn stable at Tuesday’s meeting with Kensington Bill
winning earlier in the day. Jonny Cox delivered true on his word that One Direction would be hard to beat early in the day when he produced a peach of a drive to get the pacer home impressively for trainers Tony and Lyn Prendergast. Cox was also in the winners’ circle with the smart, Aladdin Sane as well. Locals managed to round out the Mid Canterbury racing year with a couple of winners on the
programme. Rakaia trainer Alan Ford produced the impressive maiden trotting winner, Call This Fun and could not have been more stylish winning at his first race day appearance. Ford’s son Jason did the driving. Ricky May and Brent White combined later in the day to win with smart trotter One Apollo, landing some big bets for punters who came in with heavy support including a $10,000 bet at $3.50.
‘Ruthless and ‘resented’: Read spills on ex-coach Henry NZME Kieran Read says the culture Sir Graham Henry fostered within the All Blacks “needed to change” and Steve Hansen was the man who made it happen. Read describes life as an All Black under the management of Henry and Hansen as two completely different experiences, the former noted for lavishing attention on his star players at the expense of those in the wider squad. Indeed, the way each head coach managed their squads was
the biggest observable difference between the men as far as Read was concerned. The former All Blacks captain describes Henry as a coach that emphasised the importance of the team’s next match over any long-term strategy. That emphasis often led to estrangement within the squad. “Graham was a ruthless competitor with a steely focus on what was important for the game at hand. Therefore, if you weren’t necessary for that week’s job, you could find yourself on the outer
pretty quickly,” Read says in his recently-released autobiography Straight Eight. “It can be a lonely place for a player, standing on the fringe of the All Blacks, never quite knowing where you stand. “I think some of those guys resented the way that made them feel, even though it was never through any malicious intent on Graham’s part.” For Read though, he found that the fact he was a rising star in the side gave him a completely different experience to those on the
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outer. “I had got on with Graham well, but much of our relationship was built upon the fact I had quickly become a starter in the side and therefore had the chance to communicate with him daily.” When the time came for Steve Hansen to take over the side in 2012, Read’s observations of elitism within the squad were dealt with by an incoming coach with a fresh attitude to man-management. “The All Blacks within the All Blacks’ mentality needed to change, and he was going to
change it,” Read said of Hansen, though his new boss’s approach still took some time to get used to. “Steve was not without his idiosyncrasies of course. He could be deviously manipulative when he wanted to be, painfully cryptic too, and needed his people to know that ultimately he was in charge. “For all that, though, there was an awful lot of softness underneath, and we could tell that he genuinely cared about all his players in a way that Graham could never fully express.”
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