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Slipping and sliding Over 600 competitors dashed, splashed and slipped their way around the second Muddy Good Run at the Rakaia Domain yesterday.

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Legal options may be at hand to shut down an adult-only shop supplying synthetic cannabis in Rakaia.

The information came from the Minister of Health during a community meeting on Friday night in Rakaia.

More than 100 people gathered at the Rakaia Community Centre to hear Rangitata MP

Jo Goodhew, and representatives from the Ashburton Police, Ashburton Alcohol and Drug Services and Ashburton District Council (ADC) put across their views.

Initially ADC senior planner Ian Hyde had told the audience the adult-only shop was zoned A on the district plan, meaning it could trade in unrestricted retail activities without requiring resource consent. He told the

audience district councils can regulate but it was unlikely the ADC could develop an effective bylaw on a site already trading.

However, during the meeting Health Minister Tony Ryall called Mrs Goodhew’s secretary with further information, in response to a call Mrs Goodhew had placed before the meeting was opened. He said there was a policy in place which enabled local authorities to determine

where businesses such as the Rakaia adult-only shop can operate – such as the proximity to schools, kindergartens and early childhood centres.

Mrs Goodhew said under the recently approved Psychoactive Substances Act the Rakaia business had been granted a temporary licence to operate, but was bound to adhere to local authority bylaws, and could not move premises.

Proprietor Garry Davis was granted a licence to sell synthetic cannabis based on information that he was a “fit and proper person” and he had been supplying the product for an approved period.

Ashburton Mayor Angus McKay was quick to respond to the suggestion, citing the Hastings council as an example of a council who had challenged the legislation.

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A 1935 Rolls-Royce has made its way home to Wairarapa. The Rolls-Royce, which once belonged to socialite Ella Elgar of Fernside, near Featherston, was driven back to its original home by owner John Ferguson on Saturday to celebrate his 50 years of ownership. The car was custom-made for Mrs Elgar in the mid 1930s and Mr Ferguson bought it in 1963, when he was 20. Rosie Bevan, who now owns Fernside with her husband Colin, said she had been contacted by Mr Ferguson and the grandson of Mrs Elgar’s chauffeur, Chris Harp. Mr Ferguson wanted to drive the car back to its original home to celebrate his ownership anniversary and Mr Harp wanted to find out who now owned the Rolls-Royce.

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Titanic violin sells for a song The violin reputedly played by the Titanic’s bandmaster as the illfated liner sank has broken a world record, selling for £900,000 ($A1.5 million). Wallace Hartley has become part of the ship’s legend after leading his fellow musicians in playing as the doomed vessel went down, most famously the hymn Nearer My God To Thee. Hartley and his seven fellow band members all died in the tragedy in 1912, in which 1500 people died after the ship hit an iceberg. His violin, which had been a gift from his fiancee Maria Robinson, was apparently found in a case strapped to his body when it was recovered from the icy Atlantic waters.

Vanilla Ice on dating Madonna Vanilla Ice claims he and Madonna (right) wore disguises while dating in the 1990s. The 45-yearold rapper says he and Madonna would camouflage themselves on movie dates. “Like, we would go to movies. We had disguises. I had a moustache and a hat with hair coming down and she would go as an old lady,” he said. “And we would walk in ... Y’know, kinda lookin’ just like we’re nobody. And just walk in and go and see our movie ... we’d do dinner that way and nobody would ever recognise us. It was the greatest,” he said. Vanilla Ice also claims his romance with the singer was also quite ordinary. “We had great times.

You take away the fame and everything and you got two people who just basically had a normal relationship,” he explained. Madonna has been dating French dancer Brahim Zaibat since 2011.

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Happy birthday Opera House When architect Jon Utzon designed the Sydney Opera House, his family didn’t foresee how iconic it would become for Australia. Now, more than 40 years later his son Jan Utzon joined 16,000 people at its steps to celebrate its birthday yesterday. Mr Utzon said it was wonderful to see so much enthusiasm for his father’s creation. “It’s wonderful to be here,” he said. “My family had no idea that the Opera House would be such a fantastic icon for the city of Sydney.” Speaking at the event - which included a performance

by Jimmy Barnes and the presentation of an oversized cupcake Minister of Tourism George Souris said the house’s value was incalculable, attracting 8.2 million visitors each year and providing an epicentre to the nation’s performing arts. “It is the people’s house. It is not only the people’s of Australia, it belongs to the world.”

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Beyonce jumps off tower Beyonce (below) prepared for her final New Zealand concert on Saturday night with a double leap from Auckland’s Sky Tower. Staff at the tourist attraction were surprised when the superstar singer showed up unannounced about 10.30am. She was surrounded by minders and enjoyed two bungy jumps.

“She got changed into the bungy clothes out the back somewhere and was taken straight up in a service elevator,” one worker said. “She did the whole thing virtually unnoticed.”

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Watercolour Group Exhibition, Ashburton Art Gallery. This enchanting group exhibition features several award winning Canterbury artists. Each individual artist will demonstrate their own style and techniques, which will bring to light the fascinating and challenging aspects of this celebrated medium.

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On the couch - Downton Abbey, Prime, 8.35pm. The wait is over as the greatly anticipated new series of the award-winning British period drama begins with a 90-minute premiere episode. Set in 1922, the fourth series sees the return of our much loved characters in the sumptuous setting of Downton Abbey.

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On the horizon - The Big Litttle Theatre Company 80s Party Time Fundraiser, Ashburton Trust Event Centre, November 9. Do you remember when Fame cost, and nobody put Baby in the corner?

Then dig out your ra- ra skirts, pirate pants, skinny ties, and hair crimpers for a blast from the past 80’s night.

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Experts have begun scouring the roadsides between Ashburton and Methven for the unwanted and invasive black grass weed and say the odds are stacked against it establishing here.

Contractors drove a 30km route between Tinwald and a seed cleaning plant near Methven last week without seeing it and the roadsides will also be sprayed and mowed.

Details of the action plan to beat the black grass were firmed up at a meeting Thursday and land owners and occupiers should receive information and identification booklets this week. The black grass seed was in a container of red fescue turf seed imported from Denmark by PGG Wrightson; it was transported in insecure boxes to the seed cleaning plant in June and some escaped.

The seed has the potential to decimate Mid Canterbury’s lucrative small seed and cereal industry. It is estimated that around 2000 black grass seeds were among the seeds that blew off the transportation vehicle.

Mid Canterbury farmer Kai Tegels has been contracted by the Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI) to conduct regular surveillance for the black grass. She grew up in Holland, where it was a problem for farmers and she knows what to look for.

She said the timing of the spill in winter, the small volume of seed spilt, the local climate and soil and farmers’ cropping rotations all stacked up against black grass becoming established.

But Foundation for Arable Research (FAR) spokesperson Anna Heslop said the group managing the incursion was taking no chances with a plan that included selective herbicide use on high risk areas, roadside management and good communication.

The plan had to be flexible and could change as advice from experts in the UK arrived.

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meadow foxtail, which is in flower now. Ms Tegels said farmers should also keep a eye out for the black grass, which usually germinates in autumn but can survive in soil for up to three years.

Ms Heslop said people who lived along the spill route would receive new information, which included photographs to make identification easier.

She said monthly mowing would also be used to stop the black grass developing seed heads.

Black grass was a big problem in the UK this year, with some farmers having to spray off entire crops to get rid of it. It can be resistance to some sprays.

Fighting a serious infestation could add several thousand dollars a hectare to herbicide costs.

MPI is also back tracking the consignment to Denmark to find out what the crop had been sprayed with there.

The group managing the incursion here believes it will not spread. Black grass also came to New Zealand in 1953 but did not establish.

Ms Heslop said the annual weed would eventually die out if it could not form a seed head and the management team had divided the spill route into high, medium and low risk areas to execute its plan.

The Ashburton District Council will also make sure road works and roadside projects in the area are carefully managed. Grazing stock on roadsides was also not recommended.

Ms Heslop said PGG Wrightson had admitted it had “stuffed up” but was now part of the management team determined to make sure black grass did not establish.

Mount Hutt College current and former students performed to an appreciative crowd at the school on Saturday when the annual Methven Hutt Fest was held. Among those enjoying themselves were (below, clockwise from top) Kaya Beal, 11, Harriet Smith, 12, Jess Houston, 11, and Amber Summers, 12, while among performers were (above) head girl Rebecca Robinson and teacher Wayne Pannett.

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BY PATRICE DOUGAN A knock on a Christchurch man’s door has changed his life, after it emerged he was sitting on a $22.6 million winning Lotto ticket, and didn’t realise.

The man, who wished to remain anonymous, is celebrating after Lotto New Zealand officials tracked him down in a bid to find the Big Wednesday ticket winner after the prize lay unclaimed for weeks.

But he didn’t believe them at first.

“They said, ‘I think you’re our Big Wednesday winner’. I just said, ‘nah, it’s never me’,” he said.

“I knew somebody already won that prize.”

Believing that someone else had won, the man had decided there was no point in checking his ticket.

“This guy was sitting on a winning ticket worth $22.6 million and, as incredible as it sounds, he may have never checked it,” said Chris Lyman, Lotto NZ chief operating officer.

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■ MUDDY GOOD RUN

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Some competitors leaped over About 680 comthe ponds, while petitors gasped and others didn’t have Check out our splashed their way the energy and wadvideo online through the Muddy ed through them Good Run at the before undertaking guardianonline.co.nz Rakaia Domain the gruelling climb yesterday. to the top of the And like for the mound after them. inaugural event in “I’m not sure how April, the weather I’m feeling, I just was perfect. need a hug,” one Competitors, in individual and panting and very muddy comteam events, were well support- petitor said, but spectators were ed by spectators, and altogether not forthcoming. there were over 1000 at the doChallenges at the finishing leg main. Participants had to run included being squirted by a fire five or 10 kilometres through engine hose while plummeting the domain and surrounding down a plastic slide. paddocks, with plenty of mudRakaia Volunteer Fire Brigade dy obstacles making the course member Graham Baker said the both fun and exhausting. competitors he was squirting Addressing the crowd after an were “pretty well stuffed”, and inaugural children’s race, held one of them lost their wig unat the start of the day, organ- der the force of the water. iser John Moore told adults they The inventive and colourful would not be allowed to step costumes many were wearing over the barbed wire on one of did not always stand up to the the challenges. pressure.

“You big kids have got to One woman got her pig’s tail crawl because we have got some caught in the barbed wire while photographers here and they another competitor lost their want to see some good shuff,” green wig in the prickly fencing. he said.

The course was littered with Course marshall Karl Clem- cotton wool which fell from ent was placed at a challenge one of the team’s costumes, and involving climbing over a steep one competitor found her leophill of dirt after a deep pond of ard print shorts were a bit of a muddy water. health risk.

“Some of them are even “When I went down the slide struggling to get out of it,” he I got a bit of a wedgy,” she said. observed as a group bunched up Another in the team The in the pond and some slid down Funky Town Monkey Pimps the hill back into the water. “At of Christchurch, Per Wessman, one stage there were about 20 lost his pants, but was luckily of them in there at once.” wearing shorts underneath.

But the challenge was not St John was on hand and there nearly as bad as the following were a few minor injuries, inone, which involved several of cluding to shoulders and knees. susan.s@theguardian.co.nz

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The success of yesterday’s Muddy Good Run means another will be held in a year’s time, says organiser John Moore.

Mr Moore runs the event with wife Carol through their CJM’s Event Limited company.

“To hold it twice in one year and to get these sort of numbers is pretty amazing really,” Mr Moore said after yesterday’s event.

The first event in April attracted about 600 competitors, while yesterday there were about 680 with a children’s event having been added.

Mr Moore said after the April event he did not want to wait another 18 months to hold a second one. And after yesterday’s event he believed October was a better time of year to hold it, as the water table was higher and the fire brigade did not need to be relied on as much to fill the obstacles with water.

“It was so reliant on the fire brigade, if they had a fire we are buggered,” he said.

He was happy with the event, and said the smiles on the faces of competitors as they came over the finish line was a highlight.

“It’s a great family environment, it’s so cool,” he said.

He and Mrs Moore were currently planning a new event, the CBD Stampede, which will involve city-style obstacles such as buses, cars and containers. It will be held in Christchurch and Dunedin in January.

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By ReBecca Quilliam and matthew theuniSSen The day finally came for work to start on re-entering the Pike River mine, nearly three years after 29 men died during a series of explosions there.

The Defence Force started work yesterday on removing material from the top of the West Coast mine in preparation for an attempt to re-enter the mine.

Solid Energy spokesman Bryn Somerville said the operation was weather-dependent, and other than a light breeze, it had been favourable yesterday.

A New Zealand Defence Force helicopter had been used to hoist material from the top of the mine’s ventilation shaft.

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Mr Somerville was not aware how much material had been removed so far.

“I spoke to my project manager who’s working with them and all he was able to tell me was that it was going well,” he said.

A spokesman for some of the families of the workers, Bernie Monk, said: “the day has finally come and we’re quite excited”.

“But it’s the start of something that should have happened about two and a half years ago.”

Mr Monk said the families knew the operation could take up to six months to recover the sons, husbands, partners and fathers trapped underground.

They had been pushing for this work to start for nearly

three years, he said.

“In some ways it’s exciting, in some ways I’m a bit angry it’s taken this long to get something done.”

If experts were able to gain entry into the shafts, questions could also be answered as to why the explosions occurred, he said.

Grey District Mayor Tony Kokshoorn said the work was a “step forward” and the families were anticipating getting closer to the bodies that lay in the mines.

He hoped to be kept informed on progress made into the mine.

“I’ll make a point of finding out where they’re at as they go - it’s just a matter of getting some dialogue going.”

Early last month Prime Min-

ister John Key pledged $10 million of Government support for a re-entry plan if it was safe, technically feasible and financially credible.

The staged mine re-entry plan was designed to seal off the ventilation shaft in the mine’s main entry tunnel, known as the drift.

The mine will be pumped full of nitrogen to force out any methane gas and allow experts to walk down a 2.3km shaft to a rockfall.

While most of the bodies were believed to be inside the mine’s main workings, the families believed some men may have been inside the drift when blasts ripped through the mine on November 19, 2010.

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Christchurch police are investigating an attempted abduction of a four-year-old boy.

The boy was climbing a tree in the Botanic Gardens about 2pm yesterday when a man in dark glasses grabbed his arm. Police are looking for a man described as possibly Asian, who was aged about 40, short and clean shaven with black hair. Police said he spoke with a Kiwi accent. - APNZ

Building access review A review into building access for disabled people has begun, the Government said yesterday.

Building and Construction Minister Maurice Williamson and Disability Issues Minister Tariana Turia said the review would look at how the standard which outlines how people with disabilities can access buildings aligns with the Building Code and how the code represents the needs of disabled people.

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Northland scrub fire Firefighters were late yesterday dampening down hotspots at a large scrub fire in Northland. The Fire Service was alerted to the blaze at Mitimiti, 70km south of Kaitaia, about 1.45pm, northern fire shift commander Steve Smith said.

Three helicopters were brought in to help contain the 50ha blaze. The fire had last night been contained to 3ha. It was not yet known how the fire started. “We won’t know for quite some time if it’s suspicious,” Mr Smith said. - APNZ

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Farmer’s tractor destroyed A bird’s nest catching alight caused the destruction of a Methven farmer’s modern tractor on Friday.

The Methven Volunteer Fire Brigade was called to a Pole Road farm paddock on Friday about 5.15pm.

“By the time we got there it was totally involved,” deputy chief Gary Blackwell said.

The tractor had been grubbing a paddock when a bird’s nest in an engine compartment caught fire.

The driver escaped and dialed 111.

“It’s a reminder to check tractors daily for nests,” Mr Blackwell said.

The call-out followed a suspicious fire in a hay shed on Arrowsmith Station on Thursday night.

The brigade was called out about 9.45pm and did not return until about 3am.

The shed and hay and a horse float in it were destroyed in the blaze, which was being investigated.

The Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade attended two call-outs in a row on Saturday, the first at 4.01am to a car through a fence on the corner of West Street and Walnut Avenue, the second at 4.14am to flooding in a house on George Street, Tinwald.

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Body found The body of a motorcyclist was found yesterday after he failed to return home from a ride between Glenfield and Warkworth on Saturday, Waitemata police say.

After an extensive search the body of the 54-year-old rider was found off West Coast Road, Makarau, with the help of the Aucklandbased Westpac Rescue Helicopter.

A northern communications police spokesman said the man’s name would not be released until relatives had been told.

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Natural causes Ninety-year-old Molly Middleton enjoys celebrations at the Our Lady of the Snows School centennial at the weekend.

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Former students reminisce

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a highlight cutting the cake, and seeing her old classOur Lady of the rooms in a nearSnows School forguardianonline.co.nz by private home mer pupils came which was forfrom throughout merly the original New Zealand and Methven Convent Australia to remiSchool opened in nisce about their 1913. school days at cenShe was at the school from tennial celebrations.

About 300 people, includ- 1928 to 1936 and travelled ing current students, gathered there on a pony and cart with at the school on Saturday for her sister and brother each events including a tree plant- day from her parents’ farm on ing, cake cutting and centennial Waimarama Road. “There were several different families that mass at the parish church.

Oldest former pupil Molly had ponies and crafts and we Middleton, 90, said it had been all drove in,” she said. susan.s@theguardian.co.nz

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Centennial committee member Alison Lilley said former students who had attended the old Methven Convent School enjoyed seeing inside the building, and she was grateful to the home’s owner for opening it up.

The two rooms which were formerly classrooms were today living rooms and still had the fireplaces in them.

“People were able to see the old, the convent school, and the very new with all the technology,” she said.

Attendees visited the school itself where students demonstrated equipment such as ipads.

The owner of a Napier motel where an elderly couple were found dead last week says he is relieved for their family that it was determined they likely died of natural causes.

Police on Saturday said they believed Auckland couple Louis Yun Kau Ng, 78, and his wife Chiu Ngor Ng, 81, died of natural causes, but have referred the deaths to the coroner. “We are relieved for the family and relieved for ourselves, I have always said they were a lovely couple, it’s just such a shame they both went at the same time,” Art Deco City Motel owner Clinton Green said. The pair had been travelling around New Zealand with family who were visiting from Hong Kong. - APNZ

Lotto results Official Lotto results for draw number 1376 drawn on Saturday.

Winning numbers (in ascending order): 2, 14, 27, 29, 34, 40.

Bonus number: 5.

Powerball winning number: 2.

Strike: 14, 40, 29, 2.

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Mid Canterbury fans (left) celebrate the last gasp heroics of the Hammers, overcoming the West Coast 28-25 with an injury-time try.

The Ashburton Showgrounds resembled a game of Where’s Wally but he was everywhere. Mid Canterbury fans packed into the showgrounds for the Meads Cup final but were joined

by a large contingent from across the main divide as red-and white blended in with green-and gold.

Mid Canterbury Rugby will be calling on the crowds to come back again this Saturday for the Meads Cup final against rivals North Otago, with the visitors sure to get supporters to make the short trip up from Oamaru.

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The team organising this year’s Flight 4 Life have a vision: a sky chaotic with colour, lake shores packed with happy people, a giant Rakaku kite battle that could break records and some funds for charity at the end of it.

The big dreams all boil down to hours of hard work, and that’s exactly what is happening this week at Peter Lynn Kites, where the volunteers are hard at work each night building battle kites for local businesses.

Each kite design is traced and heat cut from specially manufactured nylon, then each piece is sewn and assembled by hand and the kite is finished with carbon fibre bracing.

They’re custom designed for one purpose: battle.

More than 40 local businesses are expected to take part in the Flight 4 Life Rakaku fight, and with only one kite left in the sky at the end of the battle, organiser Craig Hansen expected competition to be fierce.

“The rivalry between local firms will all be fought out in the air. We’re encouraging them to all have it out with each other, and there are very few rules in Rakaku. It’s a free for all, really.”

But although he expected pandemonium on the ground, he said the battles were quite technical in the sky.

From tipping other kites to send them hurtling to the ground, to wrapping around the strings of other kites and cutting them loose, fellow organiser Simon Chisnall said there were plenty of battle strategies.

“The one thing you don’t want to do is stand still, because a stationary line is going to get cut straight away. Just a couple of afternoons out practising with the kites will give you an edge, and plenty of businesses are getting out and practising as soon as they get the kites.”

Among those out practising will be Scott Tudor of Everyprint in Ashburton, who holds the trophy from last year’s Flight 4 Life Rakaku battle.

He has one message for challengers: bring it on.

He is so confident that he can take out the competition this year that he has offered several hundred dollars worth of Everyprint work to the winner of the business battle, something he said would provide extra incentive to fight to hold on to the title.

Entries are still open, and can be made through Peter Lynn Kites.

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Flight 4 Life organisers (from left) Jenny Cook, Lyndall Chisnall, Craig Hansen and Simon Chisnall are working late into the night this week to handmake each of the kites in this year’s Rakaku battle.

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Arrest in assault case A woman has been arrested after two French tourists were pistol-whipped in an attack in Napier on Saturday night.

The couple, both 22, were in their van in a carpark at the end of Westshore Beach when they were approached by a man and woman who asked for a cigarette lighter about 10.45pm.

The woman then pulled out a pistol and the man a baseball bat. A scuffle ensued, and the male tourist was pistolwhipped, police said.

He suffered injuries to his eye and cheek but his girlfriend was unharmed.

The French couple eventually scared their attackers away by sounding the van’s horn and called police from a nearby house.

Police said they arrested a woman yesterday and she was charged with assault with intent to rob. Further charges were likely.

Police are still hunting for the man who was involved in the attack and appealed for information about him.

The arrested woman would

appear in the Napier District Court today.

Mr McGregor said she was tracked down through the vehicle’s registration number, which the tourists had written down.

The couple were staying in a place that was frequently used by the public and not isolated.

“It’s pretty much a random attack and it’s hard to say to stay clear of those places... they were just in the wrong place at the wrong time,” Mr McGregor said.

Detective Mike Signal said it was a “a cowardly and despicable act on two innocent tourists who were enjoying a visit to Hawke’s Bay”.

Mr Signal said the young backpackers were “understandably very shaken by their ordeal”.

They had arrived in New Zealand in September for a working holiday. They spoke little English and police were using interpreters to interview them.

Anyone with information can call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

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Lauriston now a SunSmart school Celebrating becoming the 13th Mid Canterbury school to gain their SunSmart accreditation from the Cancer Society, Lauriston School students (from left) Abbie Price, 5, Friso Warmerdam, 8, Charlie McIntosh, 11, Grace Bleach, 11 and Rose Dargue, seven with Ashburton Cancer Society co-ordinator Mandy Casey.

The programme has been developed to help schools provide a sun-safe policy for students and involves a policy that spells

out the minimum criteria such as providing shade, children wearing sunhats during terms one and four and the use of sunscreen and sun protective clothing.

The sun protection policy must be reflected in the planning of all outdoor events and the school must have sufficient shade or be working towards increasing the number of trees and shade structures so as to provide adequate shade in the school grounds.

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Tough days still ahead for Sina’s family Coen Lammers EDITOR

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he family of Sina Solomona was understandably relieved when her 16-year-old killer pleaded guilty on Friday.

The young man was due to go on trial at Timaru High Court on November 4 which no doubt would have retraumatised her family and friends.

The summary of facts will be hard to hear for the family when the killer is sentenced on February 14, but at least those will only be the bare facts.

With the guilty plea, the family has been spared the pain of a long trial where every sordid detail of that fateful night would be discussed along with other relevant, and at times irrelevant, details of Ms Solomona’s life.

Regular readers of the Guardian may be aware that my family last year had to go through a similar trial after the violent death of a family member and to me it highlighted the fact that during such events nobody is in court to defend the reputation of the victim.

It is frustrating to hear what lawyers can get away with speculating about the acts or the character of the victim without the deceased, or their family, being able to defend their loved one’s reputation.

Our thoughts are with the Solomona family as it is hard to comprehend how they manage to deal with the horrible ordeal of their daughter and sister.

The scars will still be raw and Friday’s hearing would have ripped open many of those.

At least they do not have to sit through the horrors of a trial where those mental wounds would have been battered, day after day.

You never get over the violent loss of a child or sibling, but the guilty plea will hopefully be the first step of some closure, ahead of February’s sentencing.

The family is still facing many tough days ahead of them, notably the difficult first anniversary of her death in a few weeks, but once the killer is sentenced, they will hopefully find the strength to rebuild their lives.

YOUR VIEW Rugby Big thanks to Netherby school staff and pupils for supporting MC Hammers’ semifinal success. From Rugby Supporters Club.

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There are absolutely no excuses for what this young man has done! He has committed a horrific act and only he knows why, now he will face the full force of a court of law regardless of his age or name suppression.

The judge has clearly stated why he has name supression so instead of arguing about and debating it get behind the family and show some love and support, I can assure you I will be.

Sina’s legacy lives on!

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lishing your facebook page, if people want to read this trash posted on that site they will look it up, don’t print it in our local paper!

This type of thing is not wanted. Bad enough that texters can remain anonymous, so wrong. Why isn’t it the same as it is with letters where you have to sign your name.

G Black From the editor: the same rules and scrutiny apply for letters, text messages and Facebook messages. People can post anonymously in all forms as long as the editor can verify and contact source of the comments. This is the main reason why we need the contact details of letter writers.

Election The recent election has been most unusual. In previous times including 2010, candidates made statements of resolve, advertised ideas, aims and goals

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and expressed intentions at meetings and in the paper. That did not happen this time.

Was it because previously some did not honour their promises? Indeed Darryl Nelson, (one of those) even failed to have a promise of goals for your paper on the grounds; “no promises no accountability!”

Previous to that on weighing his entry to re-election he said he may have to stand to stop others getting on. If that’s his impulse he should stay away before being sworn in.

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Council brags about growth of town but now there are hold ups, domestic violence reports, graffiti, vandalism and drunkenness. Certainly changed for the worse.

Thuggery Come locals we have to stand together and stop this thuggery

Yesterday’s letter headed “Disgusted” you are so right!

Front page news “Robbed at knifepoint” says it all. The poor shopkeeper my heart goes out to you, you are just doing job and this happens. What are we going to do as a community to get these coundrels - the police need our help now. Ban name supression, lock them up. Our families need to be safe.

(Text) What a fab wise young lady college head girl Finau Fakapelea is. As an adult I always look forward to reading her pearls of wisdom. Thursday’s had the most powerful paragraph I have ever read: “Nobody can judge or change you without your permission.” I’m so very grateful Finau lives in our community.

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More people into work

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POLL RESULT Yesterday’s result Q: How often do you give money to charity?

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t has been said you can judge a society on how it treats its most vulnerable and those in need.

National has taken firm action to protect vulnerable children, and we’ve reformed our welfare system to better support beneficiaries to help them back into work and achieve independence from longterm welfare dependency.

When National came into office, the welfare system wasn’t working. Twelve per cent of our working age population were receiving a benefit, and 220,000 children were growing up in benefit-dependent homes. Too many people were being trapped in a life of limited choices, poverty and poor health.

We are turning this around.

In December 2010, at the peak of the recession, there were 352,707 people on a benefit. In the September quarter this year, this had fallen to 304,394, including a drop of 5388 in the past quarter. In just the past quarter the number of people on Sole Parent Support fell by more than 3000, and there are at least 2000 fewer people on Jobseeker Support.

In the Ashburton District a drop of 98 people on benefits has been recorded in the September quarter. This is great news for both the district and shows that work opportunities are emerging locally and nationwide, and beneficiaries are snapping them up.

Today’s online poll question Q: Will you be heading along to support Mid Canterbury in the Meads Cup rugby final against North Otago?

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Beneficiaries are seeking out jobs since the new work bonus became available six weeks ago.

Getting off welfare and into work means a better life, better opportunities, and a brighter future for people and their families.

At the same time, we are doing more to help people into work through things like childcare, training, workplace support, and access to health and disability support services.

As part of our welfare re-

forms we introduced a “work bonus” payment, which allows the benefit payment to be phased out incrementally so people keep a proportion of it as they transition to a wage.

Despite not being required to work, more than 700 beneficiaries have sought out jobs and been hired since the new work bonus became available just six weeks ago. This Government is

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making a difference by setting expectations, and providing incentives and support to those wanting to work.

The welfare system will always be there to support people who genuinely need it. But National believes by getting people into training and employment, they can gain more skills, higher wages, and better opportunities.

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How important is that worship space?

Gwen Clucas

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he recent earthquakes damaged numerous churches in the Canterbury region. Many congregations have had to find new worship spaces or adapt the areas they have available. This leads to consideration of the importance of worship spaces and whether we need traditional or contemporary spaces. The debate over the rebuild or restoration of Christ Church Cathedral is one example of conflicting views.

The first Christians worshipped in synagogues or in pri-

vate homes. When the church came under Roman protection in the 4th Century, the Roman Court style of building was adopted by many churches. Other parts of Europe followed Romanesque or Medieval Gothic styles of architecture.

This changed after the Reformation when Protestants simplified church buildings. Today we have a wide variety of architectural styles, large and small, in use. The styles may be simple or very ornate.

Jesus said, “For where two or three come together in my name, there am I with them.”(Matthew 18. 20). If we tie the message of the gospels to a building which will crumble and collapse in time, we give the impression that the unchanging gospel

will become irrelevant. Worship spaces do matter as they influence our church experience.

What we need to acknowledge is that there can be a wide variety of worship spaces, but they may change and evolve over time, while the message remains the same.

Three years on from the first earthquake in September 2010 there are signs of renewal as some churches are re-opening after repairs or replacement.

Recently I was privileged to attend the Dedication Service for the new Transitional Cathedral in Christchurch. The building is simple and beautiful.

Ashburton churches were not immune to earthquake damage.

St Stephen’s Anglican Church escaped with minimal damage

but unfortunately a subsequent engineer’s visit found the building was below 34 per cent of the Building Code. A decision had to be made to close the church building until a more detailed engineer’s report to identify what strengthening is needed was available. The Vestry have accepted a quote for the survey and are now awaiting the work to be done. It is hoped there will plans for the work needed by the end of the year, and we will soon be back in our building.

At St Stephen’s we are fortunate to have the newer Parish Centre, which is able to be used as an alternate worship space.

The little altar from the former St James Churchroom at Hampstead has been brought back into service as a focus for worship.

Although this space has its limitations, especially the constant moving of furniture in this multi use centre, there have been some benefits to using a smaller space. During the winter it has been warm and cosy. There is more opportunity for fellowship as we all sit in closer proximity to each other. The room quickly transforms after services into a cafe style refreshment room.

Never-the-less we look forward to the day we can use our church again.

We recognise that the reality of Christian worship is that neither the place nor the space are important. It is the presence of God that matters.

“All around me be Christ.”

Gwen Clucas, People’s Warden, St Stephen’s Anglican Church

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Message from the Principal Kia ora and Greetings End of Year Many of you may remember when we had three terms in the school year, each about thirteen weeks long. This changed during the 1990’s when New Zealand adopted a 4-term year.

It seems we are almost back at a 3-term year again for our Year 11, 12 and 13 students.

Over recent years NZQA has been moving the start date for NCEA exams earlier and earlier, with the nett effect that these students now have a fourth term, before they finish for the year, which is less than four weeks long.

This also shortens the overall teaching year for our NCEA students, putting more pressure on teachers and students to complete the necessary work and assessments in a shorter time.

So, if it appears that the years are getting shorter – they are. But I’m not sure education can take responsibility for the years going by faster!

Functions and Events Over the next few weeks we will be celebrating student learning, sporting and cultural achievements. We will also be thanking, at our Volunteer Recognition Function on Tuesday 19 November, the many parents, caregivers and community members who have supported and provided opportunities for our students and College during the year.

Details of these are published in this newsletter and through notices and emails direct to families. Please feel welcome to come and join us at our Prize-Givings and Awards occasions.

Simon O’Neill MSA Concert This is highlighted elsewhere in our newsletter but I reiterate that, aside from being a fabulous event, this was

a marvellous opportunity for our students to meet and perform alongside an international singer, and also to hear from Simon how he too had been a member of the Phoenix Chorus when he was a student at Ashburton College.

Our thanks to the MSA Men’s Choir and Simon O’Neil for providing this wonderful opportunity for our students.

Rugby The season is now over, and our 1st XV Girls’ and Press Cup teams both finished the year well as did a number of our College sports teams.

Over the last four seasons our Press Cup team has gone from strength to strength and gained an increasing support base in our community. During the same time the College has strengthened its relationship with the Mid-Canterbury Rugby Union (MCRU) and with Rugby Clubs, who are vital to the sport.

Their coaching/management group led by Shane Enright has been a big part of the team’s success and I want to acknowledge the energy and passion that this group has put into their voluntary roles over the last three years.

Coaches and Managers In partnership with the MCRU the College will be calling for registrations of interest for Coaches and Managers for our rugby teams next month, and seeking parents/caregivers and community members to form a Rugby Support Committee to help with management and the things that a club does across all of our rugby teams.

I hope that this ‘quiet hint’ stirs some interest from the many people who currently help our rugby teams and others in our community who have the skills, interest and a little extra time to help us.

Cheers Grant McMillan Principal

Board of Trustees News With exams fast approaching students should be busy studying to ensure they complete a successful year.

It is always a busy time, with the final day at College for the senior students fast approaching.

Many Year 13 students will also be anxiously waiting on hearing where they will be studying next year and which Hall of Residence they will be living in. This is when the College is also required by those Halls to write a summary on the student. For junior students you need to be aware that your behaviour and attitude now can have a bearing on you later on.

We will be farewelling Ash McBride, our Student Trustee, from the Board. Ash has been a very valuable trustee, representing the student perspective on the Board. As a Year 12 student she has also been our youngest trustee. Ash has gained a very valuable insight into the Governance of the College and has been prepared to put across views, which have been taken into consideration when reaching decisions. As

Ash has decided not to stand for election this time we wish her all the best for 2014.

I have said before, and it is worth repeating, it is important when students decide to put their names forward for leadership roles that they do it for the correct reasons. Whether it be on the Student Executive, for Head Boy or Girl, House Captain, Student Trustee or any of the other roles in College: take the initiative and be a leader - make a difference; it is not good enough just to treat the role as something to put on your CV. The Board of Trustees has a number of projects and initiatives to work our way through, and whilst we only have two scheduled meetings left for this year, we may well have additional meetings to discuss our priorities for 2014 and beyond. The Board has very definite targets and we need to discuss how best to achieve these. The trustees have worked very hard and are a very dedicated team of people. I am sure that, with our continued focus along with our dedicated staff, the College will improve on its results.

Good luck to all students with your exams, do your best .

David Rush Chairperson

Information Sue Blair - Tribute With the recent death of Ashburton College’s Head of Junior School, Sue Blair, the College farewelled with immense sadness a highly valued colleague and friend, and mentor to and supporter of so many students.

We also farewelled a person of immense courage, vitality, humour and a never-failing capacity to be interested in and to ask about others.

Sue began at Ashburton College in August 1999 working part-time initially as Coordinator of Work Experience opportunities for students. This extended to Community Entry Programme and ORS student teaching in the Student Learning Support Unit and full-time, permanent employment as a mainstream teacher and pastoral leader.

Over her years at College Sue’s combination of teaching capability was coupled with a wonderful ability to support and develop students, including through innovative programmes. Sue’s competencies, warmth and care were evident across all aspects of her professional and personal contributions.

To Sarah and James and Sue’s family members Ashburton College has extended heartfelt sympathy, and appreciation for sharing a wonderful person with the College community.

Staff - Welcome

Staff - Farewell

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Kirstyn Walker

Teacher - Student Learning Support Unit

Laura Ciora Laura has been in a Fixed Term position as a Learning Support Assistant in classrooms, since the end of July. Her support will certainly be missed and she is wished well as she returns to nursing.

Information Netsafe with Lee Chisholm Cyber Safety In Homes Tomorrow, Tuesday 22 October, 7:30pm – 8:30pm Community Session at the Hotel Ashburton.

An informative session for families on how to protect their children from the dangers and tell them what to look out for, including cyber-bullying, text-bullying, ask.fm.

This session is intended to give parents and caregivers the knowledge to adopt positive guidelines at home.

This is part of Professional Development Programmes which include workshops for Principals and Teachers with schools working with Netsafe to update Policies, be aware of current practices.

During Term 1 2014 programmes for students are planned, with Brett Lee, to support students to become aware of keeping themselves safe on the Internet.

Promoted by MCFCS (Mid Canterbury Fibre Connected Schools) - Trudy Hulme and Jan Anderson

Ashburton Trust Event Centre – Ashburton College Red Carpet Performance Friday 08 November, 7:30pm, Ashburton Trust Event Centre Showcasing – • Phoenix Rising Choir • Blues Band • Phoenix Choir • Soloists • Jazz Band • Group Performances Tickets: $15.00 $10.00 – Senior Citizens and Students 14 years and under.

Available from the Ashburton Trust Event Centre or on-line at www.ticketdirect.co.nz

Ashburton College 2013 Phoenix Magazine You can order and pay for your copy of the 2013 Ashburton College Phoenix Magazine now, from the Student Office - $25.00.

Transition Department News Scholarships Scholarships administered through Ashburton College are open now. Information and application forms are available from the Transition Department.

Closing dates are as follows: • EA Networks Scholarship closes 3:30pm today (Monday 21 October).

• Zonta Scholarship for Community Service closes 3:30pm on Thursday 24 October.

• All other scholarships listed in the booklet close at 3:30pm on Thursday 31 October.

Altrusa International 2013 Health Studies Bursary: Applicants must: • Have been accepted into an approved Health Studies Course within New Zealand (this includes FYHS, Nursing, Medical Imaging etc).

• Have a home address within the Ashburton District.

• Be available for interview in person in January 2014.

Career Information Website An interesting and informative website for students and/or their parents/caregivers to access career information is www.careers.govt.nz

NCEA – NZQA External Examinations End of Year Timetable Families can access this information via the web-site: Go to http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/ and put exam timetable in the search box at the top right.

2014 Term Dates: Term One: Term Two: Term Three: Term Four:

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Events Curriculum Related “Students Who Read Succeed.”

Anne Williams, Teacher-in-Charge of Library, tells us that, at Ashburton College we promote a school-wide reading culture because we know that the enjoyment of reading is one of the strongest indicators of positive engagement in school, and with learning.

Two recent initiatives have drawn a lot of interest.

Staff Reading A competition, run in the College Library, showed photographs of teachers reading books whilst involved in a favourite activity. There were photographs of teachers on the farm, snowboarding, motor-biking, kayaking, hunting, chain-sawing, biking and with their pets.

The problem was that the books covered the teachers’ faces (pictured right) – as in the Possum Literacy Development Squad and Mountain Reading (below).

People had to guess who was who. This competition drew lots of attention from students and staff - and lots of laughs.

Prizes were kindly provided by Whitcoulls, Paper Plus, Subway and Somerset Grocer.

Students Reading See our next newsletter for this initiative.

Ashburton College Students Perform With International Opera Singer Simon O’Neill Performers and a full audience at the Ashburton MSA experienced an afternoon of world-class and top music performances.

To hear an International Performer in his home town, telling students he too started in the Phoenix Choir, was magic. It was a delight to welcome back former College students Jared Corbett and Olivia Pike. Jared accompanied Simon O’Neill and Phoenix Rising as did Olivia Pike, who also sang with Simon O’Neill (pictured above with the Choir, Carolyn Clough and Angela Cresswell).

College Music Teacher Angela Cresswell is Musical Director of both the MSA Men’s Choir and the College Phoenix Rising Choir (pictured left, above, with Olivia and Jared at the piano). Carolyn Clough is Ashburton College’s Choral Manager while staff member Claire Bubb and students Nick Hooper and Liam Kennedy-Clarke with Alex Wilson and support from Ron Cresswell formed the Sound and Lighting Technical Team.

Year 12 and 13 College Senior Speech Competition Winner of the Senior Speech competition was Sophie Congdon (Year 12), who spoke about the life lessons that she had been through including accepting change, getting back on the horse and being honest.

Other contestants were Alex Dorreen (Year 12), who asked that the fun police be banned and Ash McBride (Year 12), who looked at the need for unity and acceptance of difference rather than accepting uniformity and discrimination.

Judging the speeches was Don McLeod.

(Pictured below, left to right), Alex Dorreen, Sophie Congdon, Ash McBride.

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World Vision Scholarship Week This year, as a first for Ashburton College, a representative was invited to attend this event held during the second week of the student holidays.

Hannah Waters, Student Welfare Committee Chairperson reports on her attendance at the event: ‘This was a week filled with excitement, passion and inspiration. Thirty students from across New Zealand were invited to participate in this event, held in Auckland, due to their school’s participation in, and commitment to, this year’s 40 Hour Famine event.

We had the privilege of working with and hearing the stories of numerous influential figures in society, from politicians to social justice advocates. Over such a short amount of time, my eyes were opened to the hardships that so many individuals are currently facing, with 1.2 billion people world-wide living in poverty. Through a range of discussions, videos and interactive activities, we were introduced to the level of poverty that exists not only in Third World countries, but also in New Zealand.

Appreciation A huge thank you therefore goes out to everyone who took the time to participate in the Famine and to the community for supporting College’s fundraising. Our total of $5000 raised was amazing.

All of your hard work has given an underprivileged individual the opportunity to thrive, to unlock their potential and create a brighter future for themselves’.

(Pictured right) Hannah Waters receiving Ashburton College’s plaque of recognition.

Kiwi Sport – NCEA Standard In a previous newsletter we highlighted students undertaking their NCEA Assessment by taking sport in schools. This article covers that exercise, written from a student perspective, by Kaitlyn Nepe.

What is Kiwi Sport? Kiwi Sport is an Internally Assessed Physical Education Standard through which senior students plan and coach a sports session every week, for younger Primary School students.

Before we go to the schools the senior students are put into groups of three. These are our coaching groups for the five-six week timeframe of the standard.

In groups, a week prior to going to the school, we have to plan what activities we will be coaching, based around the sport to be taught.

In our plan there are three main parts to think about: warm-up games, the skill the pupils will be learning, and a modified game to see these skills in action.

These are very important as we need to build the children’s knowledge of the sport.

The plan has to be detailed and in-depth, being exactly what is going to be taken with the children for that lesson. The lesson has to be fun, so that the children don’t get bored. If it isn’t fun then we can run out of ideas and the lesson isn’t successful.

After each coaching session we evaluate what went on during the coaching time. This evaluation can show what went wrong and things that worked well. It also has to be in-depth, to show what we can do to change the things which didn’t work so well, to stop them from happening again.

This is the part we are marked on in the assessment.

Results depend on what we write and how in-depth our written evaluations are.

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Congratulations New Zealand Short Course Swimming Championships

Aoraki Year 9 and Year 10 NIE (Newspapers in Education) 2013 Quiz

Ashburton College students Sophie Beckley, Joseph Brown, Lucy Clough and Caitlin Johnstone competed in this event from 29 September to 04 October.

National Title Caitlin Johnstone was the standout performer and won her first National Age Group title in the 50m Breaststroke in a personal best time, by 0.78s, covering the 50m distance in just 33.71 seconds.

Caitlin followed this with a Silver Medal in the 100m Breaststroke, again bettering her previous time, by 2.53 seconds. She was also 5th in the 200m Breaststroke and 8th in the 400m Individual Medley.

The other three swimmers performed well – Joseph Brown swam personal best times in the 400m Individual Medley (by just over 9 seconds for 8th placing) and in the 50m Breaststroke (9th).

Lucy Clough, coming back from illness, swam well to place 4th in the 400m Freestyle and 5th in the 800m Freestyle, swimming Short Course Personal Best times.

Sophie Beckley was at her first meet at Open Level and she had qualified for two swims – 50m and 100m Breaststroke, swimming close to her Personal Best times in both events and gaining invaluable experience.

Sixty two teams entered this competition, held in Timaru in the last week of Term Three.

Questions were based on current events, mapping, history, flags and cartoon interpretations with the event being part of the Newspapers in Education programme which is used at College each month within the students’ current events programme.

Excellent Results The teams performed outstandingly to all finish within the top eight:

New Zealand Cycling Selection Frances Smith - selected in the New Zealand team to compete at the Oceania Cycling Championships to be held in Invercargill next month.

This is a wonderful honour which is well-deserved for this hard-working and talented cyclist.

New Zealand Secondary Schools’ National Chess Championships – 4th After a highly successful chess season the College team travelled to the National Championships held at Mt Maunganui late September.

The team was one of the top ten schools in New Zealand who had qualified, by winning Regional Finals.

Mathematics teacher Jason Vannini, who went with the team in the absence of teacher Ken Pow, said there were some exceptional chess players there.

The College team of JunJun Qin, Devam Pandya, Jessica Pelayo and Vlad Barbu (pictured above, left to right) played consistently well, and finished 4th in New Zealand which was a great effort. The team was seeded 5th for the tournament.

Much credit is given to Ken Pow for his support and encouragement of the chess team throughout the year.

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Millar McLauchlan, Jamie Pitt-MacKay, Robert Wilson (Year 10, Team 2) Matthew Parker, Scott Kelland, Harry Fleming (Year 10, Team 1) Tom Ravenscroft, Gareth Hunt, Cam Jopson (Year 9, Team 6) Olivia Scott, Ashley Kelland, Dallas Watson (Year 10, Team 3) Jarod Hopwood, James Skinner, Nick Thomassen (Year 9, Team 5) Simon Bennett, Connor Brosnahan, Shaun Uden (Year 9, Team 4)

Sanford Science and Technology Fair – Silver Medal Held mid-September in the Caroline Bay Hall, Timaru Sarah Tiffen’s (pictured below) project involved addressing the need for care at pedestrian crossings in Ashburton following recent tragic accidents.

Following extensive research and surveys, Sarah investigated a way of increasing visibility of the crossings to make drivers aware and pedestrians safe.

She was presented with a Silver Award in the Open Technology section and a Silver Environment Canterbury Award.

South Island Secondary Schools’ Ski and Snowboard Championships Towards the end of last term the College Ski Team (pictured below, left to right) of Ben Wakelin, Flynn Beeman, Jacob Beeman, Ryan Hampton, Kate Taylor, Sarah Taylor and Brooke Clark attended this event held at Cardrona Skifield, Wanaka.

4th Placings for both teams The Boys’ Team finished 4th overall behind Wakatipu High School, Christ’s College and Timaru Boys’ High School.

The Girls’ Team’s 4th overall placing was behind Wakatipu High School, McKenzie College and Christchurch Girls’ High School.

CPIT Year 11 Chemistry Competition Held at the CPIT in Christchurch this competition provided a positive learning opportunity for our students.

Each group of students had to complete three experiments in 60 minutes, a very tight timeframe given the complexity of the tasks. Against stiff competition our teams were able to beat the clock but did not place in the end.

Undertaking their experiments are: (Pictured below, left, left to right) Imogen Redpath, Lizzy Leonard, Fergielyn Catayoc. (Pictured below, right, left to right) Kodie Vincent, Keagan Bradley, Brooke Maslin.

Ashburton College Lip Sync 2013 This annual highlight on the College Calendar provided an enjoyable finale to the end of term. Our thanks are given to judges Angie Jessep and Gavin Templeton for their work on the night.

First Place-Getters were - (see our e-newsletter for full results).

Senior Section:  Cheetah Girls - ‘Strut’ Jessie Thomson, Emily-Jane Farr, Jessica Dray, Grace Goulter.

Junior Section:  Burlesque – ‘Show Me How You Burlesque’ Caitlin Heney, Ali Diamond, Chloe Phillips.

Best Costumes:  Patricia and the Pussy Cats – ‘Pitch Perfect’ Brittney Davis, Maddy Davidson, Jessica Jary, Greer Hooper, Hannah Wright, Barrine Ross, Sonya Leadley, Beth Jopson, Chloe Workman, Kate Hayman, Chelsea Corbett.

Best Movement:  Jasem and Jacob – ‘Treasure’ Iakopo Iakopo, Jasem Sooaemalelagi.

Best Hair and Make-up – ‘The Bregs’, Remix Mary Barlaan, Shane Lee, Danica Pantoja, Erianne Santos.

Best Lip Syncing:  Harry and Bethnee Flight of the Conchords ‘Ladies of the World’ Harry Ferguson, Bethnee Jopson (pictured right).

Best Creative Item:  Olivia - Puppet on a String Olivia Stewart.

South Island and Aoraki Secondary Schools’ Motocross Championships Nick Heney, Eric Johnston, Scott Marshall, Cade Srhoy, Braidy Workman and Jake Magill represented Ashburton College at this event at the end of term.

Aoraki Title and Fourth Placing in the South Island Competition – Cade Srhoy Cade competed in the 14-16 years 250cc (151250cc 4 stroke) class.

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NZSS Junior Boys’ Cricket, Ashbury Park, Timaru Aoraki Junior Tennis Championships Board of Trustees Meeting, 7:00pm, Menorlue Postponement day, NZSS Junior Boys’ Cricket, Timaru Model United Nations General Assembly, Christchurch Year 11 PIA and HORT students, Robotic Dairy Farm visit Labour Monday Holiday Year 12 Agriculture, Orana Park, Christchurch Whole College Assembly: Blues Awards, Head Boy/Head Girl speeches, House Trophy Year 10EXP: Allenton School Athletics Sports

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2:00-4:00pm (Parents at 5:30pm) Year 12 AGR Agchem Course Postponement day - Year 10EXP: Allenton School Year 12OR - Class Outing, Base Café VC Samoan Students - tutorials with teacher: Lala Tu’ua, Southern Cross Campus, Auckland.

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College Red Carpet Concert, Ashburton Trust Event Centre, 7:30pm Aoraki Junior Volleyball Tournament Aoraki Junior Beach Volleyball Tournament Teacher Only Day

Prize-Giving and Year Level End of Year Dates: Wednesday 06 November Year 13 Graduation Ceremony, 7:30pm, Ashburton Trust Event Centre Final day for Year 13 students before NCEA Exams begin.

Thursday 07 November Year 12 Prize Giving, 7:30pm, College Auditorium.

Final day for Year 12 students before NCEA Exams begin.

Friday 08 November Year 11 Prize Giving, 1:45pm, College Auditorium.

Final day for Year 11 students before NCEA Exams begin.

Thursday 12 December Year 10 and Year 9 Prize Givings (12:30pm and 1:45pm) and final day for Year 10 and 9 students.

Beginning of Year Dates, 2014: January Week of 20 January - Enrolments and Course Confirmations (dates in future newsletter) 27-29 Year 13 Leadership Camp, Living Springs 29 Year 9 first day 30 Year 10 first day 31 Year 11 first day February 03 Year 12 and 13 first day

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Centre left: Mid Canterbury captain Jon Dampney attempts to fend off the West Coast defender.

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Top right: Rakaia’s Byron O’Reilly pitches against Tinwald.

Centre right: Rakaia’s Josh Dunlea receives a throw at home plate to run out Tinwald’s Riley Harris.

Right below: Willie McGoon fends off his West Coast opposite.

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Wildfires destroy homes Firefighters battling some of the most destructive wildfires to ever strike Australia’s most populous state were bracing for worsening conditions, with higher temperatures and winds expected to intensify the danger in the coming days.

In the Blue Mountains west of Sydney, one of the worsthit regions in fire-ravaged New South Wales state, 193 homes have been destroyed and another 109 damaged by the fire storm that peaked Thursday, the Rural Fire Service said.

The fires had destroyed a total of 208 homes and damaged another 122, the service said as assessment teams continued to update the tally in their search for survivors and victims.

A Blue Mountains hospital was evacuated on Saturday because of the wildfire threat.

The 24 patients were transported to a Sydney hospital where they are expected to stay until Wednesday at least, Health Department official Clair Ramsden said.

With 68 fires still burning — 22 of them out of control — and dangerous weather conditions forecast through Thursday, authorities were expecting the worst.

Suicide bomber A suicide bomber has blown himself up inside a restaurant in central Somalia, killing at least 15 people, officials and residents say.

The restaurant in Beledweyne, just over 300 kilometres north of Mogadishu and close to the border with Ethiopia, is frequented

by Ethiopian and Somali troops operating in the area.

Responsibility for the attack was claimed by the Islamist militia alShabab, which controls rural parts of central and southern Somalia, though it is on the back foot, facing a counter-insurgency led by the national army and supported by foreign troops from several African countries.

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Smoke rises from a fire near Lithgow, west of Sydney. Nearly a hundred wildfires are burning across Australia’s New South Wales state.

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“I’m increasingly concerned about the potential for significant fire runs and consequential damage if the weather conditions materialize like they’re indicating they could over this week,” Rural Fire Service Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons told Seven Network television on Sunday.

A 63-year-old man died of

a heart attack Thursday while protecting his home from fire at Lake Munmorah, north of Sydney, and at least five people — including three firefighters — have been treated in hospitals for burns and smoke inhalation, officials said.

Police have charged two girls aged 12 and 13 with lighting a fire in a woodland on Sydney’s

western fringe on Friday. Firefighters were able to extinguish the small blaze without damage to property. Arson investigators are examining the origins of several fires.

The wildfires have been extraordinarily intense and extraordinarily early in an annual fire season that peaks during the summer.

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Prisoners mistakenly freed are recaptured Police recaptured two convicted killers who were freed from a Florida prison by phony documents, and authorities shifted attention to finding out who was responsible for the mistaken releases that rocked the state’s judicial system.

Joseph Jenkins and Charles Walker, both 34, were captured without incident at the Coconut

Grove Motor Inn in Panama City Beach, a touristy area of putt-putt courses and go-kart tracks. Hours earlier, their families had held a news conference urging them to surrender.

“Now that we have them in custody, we’re hoping to get something from the interviews with them,” Florida Department of Law Enforcement

Commissioner Gerald Bailey said.

Jenkins and Walker were both serving life sentences at the Franklin Correctional Facility before they walked free without anyone realising the paperwork, complete with case numbers and a judge’s forged signature, was bogus. The documents seemingly reduced their

life sentences to 15 years.

Jenkins was released first on September 27. About a week later, Walker was let out of the same prison when similar legitimate-looking documents duped prison officials. His mother said the family thought their prayers had been answered when she got a call saying her son was being released.

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Guard finds fetus in shopping bag An autopsy of a fetus found in a teenage girl’s shopping bag at a New York City lingerie store was inconclusive, and more tests will be needed to determine how the fetus died, the city medical examiner’s office says.

The needed tests could take a couple of weeks as police continue to look into the macabre case, the office said.

Preliminary reports from detectives suggest the fetus was born alive and possibly had been asphyxiated, but chief New York Police Department spokesman John McCarthy said that the case was still being investigated and that police were awaiting the medical examiners’ determination of the cause

of death. The medical examiners also will determine whether it was a live birth.

The case began Friday when a security guard stopped two 17-year-old girls to examine their bags at a Victoria’s Secret

store in midtown Manhattan.

The guard found the dead fetus in one of the bags.

The girl who had been carrying the bag containing the fetus told detectives she had delivered a day earlier and didn’t

know what to do, authorities said. Police believe she delivered at the other girl’s house.

Both girls were arrested on shoplifting charges. They pleaded not guilty Saturday to petit larceny and possession of stolen property.

The 17-year-old found with the fetus hasn’t been charged in its discovery, and her lawyer said it was up to the district attorney to bring more serious charges.

“Right now, there’s no proof that she facilitated the death of the baby,” said attorney Genay Ann Leitman. “She’s a 17-yearold who just had a child die. It’s pretty traumatic for anybody, kid or adult.”

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Commercial sunbeds will be completely banned in Queensland by the end of next year. The state’s 44 solarium operators will be paid $1000 in compensation for each tanning bed. Health Minister Lawrence Springborg says a total of $160,000 will be paid in compensation. He announced yesterday the total ban on UV tanning beds will be in place by December 31 next year.

Queensland Health will collect and dispose of the tanning beds.

The total ban follows changes to the legislation last year that banned licences for new solariums.

Women targeted Syrian snipers appear to be targeting pregnant women, a British surgeon says after returning from the conflict zone.

David Nott, who spent five weeks volunteering at a Syrian hospital, said the gunshot wounds he had treated also indicated that bored snipers were targeting particular parts of civilians’ bodies in a bid to entertain themselves. “One day it would be shots to the groin.

The next, it would only be the left chest. From the first patients that came in in the morning, you could almost tell what you would see for the rest of the day. It was a game.”

Lab dogs released Animal rights activists clashed with police in front of a laboratory in southeastern Brazil that used dogs for drug tests. The clash came one day after activists broke into the Instituto Royal laboratory in Sao Roque and released 178 beagles being used to test for adverse effects of drugs manufactured by the pharmaceutical industry.

Police said about 500 activists tried to break through barriers set up in front of the laboratory following the break-in.

Bootleg liquor kills Another 10 people have died in hospitals after drinking toxic bootleg liquor in northern India, police said Sunday, raising the death toll to 42 in the past three days. Some 40 people are being treated in hospitals in Uttar Pradesh state, said District Magistrate Neena Sharma.

Police arrested 32 people for illegally brewing and selling the toxic drink to the villagers, who were celebrating the Hindu “Dussehra” festival. Deaths from drinking illegally brewed alcohol are common in India because the poor cannot afford licensed liquor.

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Prison adds screams for Halloween An abandoned prison would seem creepy enough around Halloween. Now add bloodcurdling screams and gruesome characters who can reach out and grab you.

That’s the formula for Terror Behind the Walls, the signature scarefest at historic Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia, which is billed as the nation’s largest haunted house outside an amusement park and staged for several weeks each fall at one of the city’s most unusual tourist sites.

With its castle-like walls and decaying cellblocks, the deserted complex already conveys a particularly menacing air. What better place for gory scenes and sinister sound effects?

“The building is abandoned, and it’s beautiful, and it’s eerie, and it was built to intimidate,” said Sean Kelley, director of public programming. “People travel from all over to come here for Halloween.”

As daring souls slink and cringe their way through the decaying property, deranged prisoners accost them for stepping on the wrong turf; overwhelmed guards scream for help; infirmary patients howl in pain under the care of dis-

turbed doctors. In a psychedelic 3-D room, what looks like a wall ... is not.

For the easily frightened, there has always been some measure of comfort knowing that the actors are not allowed to actually touch them.

Yet this year, the bravest visitors can opt for a glow-in-thedark necklace that indicates their willingness to interact with performers.

City resident Raj Kumar, who wore the so-called zombie bait, said he got squirted with water while his wife was pulled through a secret tunnel.

“It’s much more nerve-racking once you have the (necklace) on and you know people are sneaking up on you,” Kumar said.

Eastern State Penitentiary was an architectural marvel when it opened in 1829, boasting indoor plumbing and heat even before the White House.

Gangster Al Capone was among the most famous inmates before the prison closed in 1971. The site decayed for years before tours began in 1994.

Terror Behind the Walls draws more than a thousand people on many nights.

Proceeds provide about 60 per cent of the annual budget

for the property, which is now a National Historic Landmark.

Amy Hollaman, the show’s creative director, said planning goes on year-round and sets are built months in advance.

And each evening just before dark, about 130 performers converge to be turned into gruesome characters.

Actress Jude Feingold, who has regularly performed Shakespeare, was happy to play an axe murderer on one recent night. Now in her fourth season at Eastern State, Feingold said she returns each year because of the great cast and crew.

“I think it has a really good spirit,” she said.

Speaking of which: Are there really ghosts at Eastern State? Prison officials say people who study the paranormal believe the site is one of the most haunted places in the US. Hollaman once heard a series of unnerving, unexplained noises while working late a few years ago. Petrified and unable to speak, she left immediately.

“Thousands of people ... have lived and worked here.

There’s been a lot of intense experiences inside this building,” Hollaman said. “It’s hard to imagine that they haven’t left a trace.”

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Curator Ken Gross had his first encounter with Porsches in college, when the cool guys were driving Super 90 Coupes. His old Ford, which was fine for attracting girls in high school, didn’t compare.

“I lusted after that car,” Gross says. “A friend let me drive his, and it was kind of an epiphany for me.”

He bought a 1961 Super 90 Coupe after graduate school in 1966, then sold it before he went to Vietnam in the US Navy. Although he hasn’t owned another one since, he has found a job that makes for a fine consolation prize — curating museum shows that include Porsches, such as the one currently at the North Carolina. Museum of Art. This show is different from other car exhibits that Gross has curated because it’s the first one he’s done that focuses only on Porsches. The show has 22 of the German-made cars, starting with a 1938 Type 64 BerlinRom Racer and including actor Steve McQueen’s 1958 Speedster, fashion designer Ralph Lauren’s 1988 Type 959 and a 1989 Panamericana concept car with a zip-off roof that’s never been in the US before and was an 80th birthday gift to Ferry Porsche. It’s the only one of that car, which had a dune buggy feel to it while still maintaining that clear Porsche design.

Porsche didn’t put the car into production, although elements of its design are apparent in the modern 911s, Gross said.

Janis Joplin’s psychedelically painted 1965 Type 356C Cabriolet that’s usually at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland also is part of the exhibit, titled Porsche by Design: Seducing Speed.

Museum exhibits of cars date

back to 1951, when the Museum of Modern Art produced a show titled Eight Automobiles, and are gaining in popularity with museum directors, who see them as a way to attract a new audience. Gross, former director of the Peterson Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, now works as a guest curator for museum exhibits about cars, most recently at the Frist Center for Visual Arts in Nashville, Tennessee, and has exhibits scheduled through 2016.

“They are rolling sculpture,” said NCMA Director Larry Wheeler. “It’s the design and exquisite quality of Porsche that has been sustained from the very beginning.”

Both Wheeler and Gross said they believe the North Carolina exhibit is the first car exhibit in a fine art museum that features only Porsches.

Several race cars are part of the exhibit, including the Type 804 Formula One from 1962, designed so the driver sat in an aluminum cradle that’s formed by the gas tank. Racer Dan Gurney won two races in that car.

“It wasn’t that they weren’t concerned about safety, but let’s say it was a secondary concern,” Gross said.

“The people who drive these cars, the enthusiasts who own them, they’re looking for that open road, they’re looking for that windy, twisty road without a lot of cars, they’re looking for some place you can really exercise and enjoy them,” Gross said.

“That’s the thrill. And it doesn’t come every time you get in that car. But find just the right off ramp and the right country road on a weekend morning, and it’s exhilarating.

It makes the rest of the week fine.”

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Porsche By Design Seducing Speed exhibit curator Ken Gross with some of the Porsche cars on display at the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh, North Carolina. photo Ap

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Aaron Smith was lucky to be picked when the test season began. Now the All Blacks are lucky to have him. His transformation since April has been stunning. Back then, he had the look of a player suffering from the dreaded second season syndrome. He was sinking with the Highlanders, in danger of being a one-hit wonder; a bloke who had one cracking season with the All Blacks but didn’t even get close to backing it up. There have been a few of them but the name Aaron Smith isn’t going to join the list. Here we are 10 tests into 2013 and the 24-year-old has been the most consistent halfback in world rugby.

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Mid Canterbury broke West Coast hearts with a try in overtime to win the Meads Cup semi-final 28-25 in the Heartland rugby championship in Ashburton on Saturday.

West Coast had taken the lead with a try to No. 8 Rowan O’Gorman in the 78th minute, but with time up on the clock the Hammers conjured up a match winner, putting Willie McGoon over.

First five Murray Williams then added the conversion to rub salt into the West Coast wound.

Mid Canterbury will now host North Otago in the Meads Cup final, after North Otago beat Wairarapa Bush 48-34 in Oamaru.

After the nail-biting last minute win Mid Canterbury coach Glenn Moore was already turning his attentions to next week’s final.

“We got there, but now we need to regroup and refocus for the final.”

Mid Canterbury left it late but Moore said they had got themselves in a position to win, both on the scoreboard and in the final passage of play, and made the most of the opportunity after blowing chances earlier in the game.

“We had three clear chances to score in the first half but we held the pass when it was on.

“I think we played a bit too tight.”

Playing into the wind Mid Canterbury were able to dominate possession, but weren’t

able to convert it into points.

They scored the opening try through Johannes Lambrechts before the Coasters came back, finally utilising the wind at their backs.

First five Tim Priest landed a penalty before converting the try from hooker Andrew Williams, and on the halftime whistle landed a second penalty goal for a 13-7 lead.

The hosts then scored straight after halftime through centre Dwayne Burrows, and the Williams conversion gave the Hammers a one-point lead.

McGoon was then in for his first try seven minutes later, and Williams added the extras to make it 21-13.

But West Coast wouldn’t lie down, and they mounted four line-out drives at the Mid

Canterbury line before finally putting second-five Andrew Connors over, with the Priest conversion closing the gap to one point.

The Coasters then declined a shot at goal that would have put them ahead by two, opting to go for the try, and they were rewarded when O’Gorman crashed over from a quick tap.

However, Mid Canterbury had the final say.

As for the match winner, McGoon was discussed as a possible substitution in the second half but Moore opted to leave the big speedy winger on the field.

“He’s a game breaker so I thought it was best to leave him out there.”

A decision that ultimately paid off.

Visitors shattered by last-minute reversal A parochial West Coast crowd had crossed the Southern Alps to cheer on their boys in just their second appearance in the Meads Cup play-offs, and spirits were high following the late go-ahead try from Rowan O’Gorman, but their hopes were dashed in injury time.

“That’s rugby,” West Coast

assistant coach Sean Cuttance said.

“You have to take your chances and I thought we had, but Mid Canterbury had one left in them.

“I’m still extremely proud of the boys for the way they played and how far we have come this season.”

Moments after the Coasters celebrated what they thought was the match-winner, McGoon’s last-gasp scamper up the sideline brought the home crowd to their feet and Mid Canterbury coach Glenn Moore was thankful to the side-line support.

“It was great to see the big

crowd in and stick with us to the end, some of the boys said the crowd really helped bring us home.”

Mid Canterbury will be hoping for an even bigger following in next week’s final challenge, with many North Otago fans sure to make the short drive north.

The All Blacks would have a big headache if Kieran Read was injured. Now that the All Blacks have certainty over the once perplexing question of Richie McCaw’s understudy, the new problem of what to do about Kieran Read has arisen. The All Black No 8 has become the new irreplaceable piece of the jigsaw, head and shoulders the best No 8 in New Zealand. If some cruel and spiteful influence should strike him down, to whom would the All Blacks turn? Jerome Kaino is returning home. He was a world class blindside. His best route back into the All Blacks squad, initially at least, is probably as an experienced campaigner who can provide genuine specialist cover at No 8 and blindside.

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Horwill laments errors Wallabies captain James Horwill has lamented his side’s sloppy handling after going down 41-33 against a merciless All Blacks side in Dunedin. While it may have been a dead rubber, both teams showed moments of brilliance.

Unfortunately for the Wallabies, costly handling errors and some sloppy breakdown work meant those moments were just too few and far between. “The turnover rate was too high,” Wallabies captain James Horwill said post match. Wallabies coach Ewen McKenzie said his side improved on their previous two Tests against the world champions and were starting to express themselves.

We’re getting some incremental improvement but obviously until you win these games you’re never going to be happy,” he said. - AAP

Sailors in the medals Both New Zealand crews at the opening regatta of the 2013-14 ISAF Sailing World Cup series for Olympic class sailors have won medals, with Jo Aleh and Polly Powrie taking gold in the women’s 470, while Paul Snow-Hansen and Dan Willcox secured bronze in the men’s 470. The regatta, which ran over six days and concluded this weekend, was staged at the 2008 Olympic sailing venue off the eastern coast of China. Olympic and World Champions Aleh and Powrie opened the regatta strongly clean sweeping the opening six races for the women’s 470 class in which eight boats were sailing. Aleh and Powrie held on and after a third place in the final double points medal race they secured the victory with four points to spare.

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The All Blacks selectors have signed four new caps in their northern tour squad.

The Canterbury and Crusaders trio of prop Joe Moody, 22-year-old lock Dominic Bird and 22-year-old loose forward Luke Whitelock, who joins his brother Sam in the All Blacks, is joined by Counties Manukau and Blues winger Frank Halai, who was part of the All Blacks wider training group this year.

The squad also features the return of uncapped Wellington halfback TJ Perenara, who was named in the Rugby Championship squad but had to withdraw after suffering a stress fracture to a foot.

His Wellington teammate Cory Jane is also in the squad after his late withdrawal from the test team ton Saturday night.

Another Wellington player, 20-year-old loose forward Ardie Savea, the brother of wing Julian, has been named as an “apprentice” on the tour.

Canterbury lock Luke Romano, who is close to full recovery from his adductor tendon injury, has also been selected.

Canterbury midfielder Ryan Crotty also returns to the All Blacks after making his test debut against Australia in August after being called late into the side as injury cover.

The positional split for the squad sees 20 forwards selected (three hookers, six props, five locks and six loose forwards) and 16 backs (three halfbacks, four first five-eighths, three midfielders and six outside backs).

All Blacks squad: Hookers - Dane Coles Wellington (11), Andrew Hore Taranaki (81), Keven Mealamu Auckland (108).

Props - Wyatt Crockett Canterbury (20), Charlie Faumuina Auckland (14), Ben Franks Hawke’s Bay (29), Owen Franks Canterbury (51), Joe Moody Canterbury*, Tony Woodcock North Harbour (105). Locks - Dominic Bird Canterbury*, Brodie Retallick Bay of Plenty (21), Luke Romano Canterbury (15), Jeremy Thrush Wellington (4), Samuel Whitelock Canterbury (48).

Loose Forwards - Sam Cane Bay of Plenty (13), Steven Luatua Auckland (8), Richie McCaw (c) Canterbury (120), Liam Messam Waikato (26), Kieran Read Canterbury (58), Luke Whitelock Canterbury*. Halfbacks - Tawera Kerr-Barlow Waikato (11), TJ Perenara Wellington*, Aaron Smith Manawatu (22). First five-eighths - Beauden Barrett Taranaki (14), Daniel Carter Canterbury (97), Aaron Cruden Manawatu (26), Tom Taylor Canterbury (2), Midfielders - Ryan Crotty Canterbury (1), Ma’a Nonu Wellington (85), Francis Saili North Harbour (1). Outside backs - Israel Dagg Hawke’s Bay (35), Frank Halai Counties Manukau *, Cory Jane Wellington (43), Charles Piutau Auckland (7), Julian Savea Wellington (18), Ben Smith Otago (22).

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Hansen left wanting more

By GreGor PauL Perfection was the goal, so there was only moderate satisfaction among the All Black camp after their performance dipped a little towards the end of Saturday night’s test match in Dunedin.

Perhaps if Julian Savea’s pass had gone to Aaron Cruden instead of Matt Toomua early in the second half, the All Blacks would have run up a monster score.

But they stuttered a little in the final quarter despite a relative level of comfort on the scoreboard and allowed the Wallabies to keep it close enough to be just about interesting.

For all the clinical tries that were scored and passages of excellence and ruthless rugby, it wasn’t 80 minutes of intensity and that left coach Steve Hansen adamant that there is more to come.

The goal for the team was to not only win the test but to replicate the quality of the performance in their previous test against South Africa.

“Two totally different contests,” was Hansen’s assessment on Saturday night in comparison with the Ellis Park test.

“The Jo’burg contest came with a lot of hype, the Rugby Championship on the cards. Ellis Park is a tough place and then we came home and played a team that we are marginally in front of, without being disrespectful to them.

“We respect them but the thing is we are marginally in front of them, so it came down to a mental thing for us.

“We were trying to repeat our performance and in some ways we probably did but in others we didn’t because we didn’t have that intensity for 80 minutes. But I thought it was a very good game of rugby from both teams.”

The obvious areas for the All Blacks to target on their northern tour is the set piece. The scrummaging was a mixed bag, but Australia probably were the side that felt they over achieved.

The lineout was even but again, the All Blacks were looking for a bit more.

There was also a sense that as fatigue came into play in the final quarter, the All Blacks left some points on the field.

There was one clean break by Ben Smith that should have finished in a try but the support wasn’t quick enough and the discipline not good enough around the Aaron Cruden and Ben Smith celebrate Cruden’s try at Forsyth Barr Stadium on Saturday. odt photo recycle.

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Canterbury the centre of rugby excellence

By Jonathan Leask and aPnZ jonathan.l@theguardian.co.nz

Crusader country dominated the national provincial rugby playoffs on Saturday, and will feature five teams across the four finals this weekend.

The defending champions Canterbury advanced to a sixth straight final romping past Auckland in the ITM Cup premiership.

Auckland got their nose in front at 16-10 with first use of the wind, but Canterbury came

back to lead 25-16 at the break and continued the charge to run out to convincing 49-26 winners over a side that had beaten them three weeks ago.

Canterbury heads to the Cake Tin in Wellington to meet the Lions after they mauled Counties Manukau 41-10 on Friday night.

The Tasman Makos dispatched Southland in Blenheim to advance to the Championship final, and a shot at promotion to the Premiership next season.

Southland enjoyed possession and territory but couldn’t make the Makos pay as instead the hosts raced to a 30-7 halftime lead.

The major difference was in their loose forward trio of Tevita Kolomatangi, Liam Squire and Mid Canterbury product Gary Redmond.

When they weren’t scoring tries, they were scoring points in the rucks and mauls.

Southland came back to trail by only nine points in the sec-

ond half of the match before Tasman’s Bryce Heem and Robbie Malneek scored the decisive tries.

Tasman will host Hawkes Bay in the final after the Magpies beat Otago 29-24 at Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin yesterday.

Elsewhere in Crusader country Mid Canterbury will host the Meads Cup final while South Canterbury hosts Buller in the Lochore Cup decider in Timaru.

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■ SOFTBALL

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In brief First-up success Ashleigh Leonard and Stacey Hopwood made a winning debut in the Christchurch premier women’s tennis competition as their Hagley Park side beat Waimairi on count back on Saturday. Leonard won her singles (6-4, 6-1) with Hopwood beaten in the singles (3-6, 5-7) and the local pair combined in the doubles but were beaten 3-6, 4-6.

However, the match was tied at three matches apiece but Hagley Park picked up the four points winning 7-6 on sets.

Brockie nets another When Jeremy Brockie is in a Wellington Phoenix shirt, he just can’t stop scoring goals. After a phenomenal debut season with the club last year, where he racked up 16 goals in 24 appearances, he registered his first strike of this summer yesterday as the Phoenix earned a respectable point from a 1-1 draw with the Western Sydney Wanderers across the Tasman. The 26-year-old ran on to a sublime ball from Paul Ifill in the 59th minute and made no mistake, which gave the Phoenix due reward for a strong second half at an intimidating Parramatta Stadium.

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Action returns to the diamonds

Hallinan top Diamond

Tinwald Black Sox’ Emray Henry, 9, prepares to swing at a pitch against the Rakaia Red Sox in the under 11 Little League on the opening day of the Mid Canterbury softball season at Argyle Park on Saturday. Across the T-ball, under 11 and under 13 little leagues, 28 junior teams took to the diamonds in the morning, before the senior mixed competition got under way in the afternoon.

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Winning streak all over Stags convincingly

upset the Sharks

By Jonathan Leask

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Neil McCann served up the biggest upset in Mid Canterbury open grade tennis handing Rhys Cromie his first singles loss in several seasons.

Allenton’s McCann stunned the seven-time Gala Cup singles champion 6-0 in the first set before Cromie came storming back from 0-3 down to take the second set 6-4, forcing a rare third set for Cromie in recent seasons. Even rarer was the taste of defeat when McCann recovered in the super tie-break to win 10-7 and snap Cromie’s lengthy single streak.

McCann’s feat was overshadowed by Dorie winning the day, claiming the five other matches for a 5-12 win.

Cromie and Joe Langley had earlier got the better of McCann and Flynn Ness 7-6, 7-6 in the doubles with MaryAnne Thyne and James Wild too good for Larissa Allan and Sarah Hayman 6-1, 6-1.

In the other singles matches Dorie dominated with Langley beating Ness 6-1, 6-1, Wild got past Allan 6-1, 6-2 and Thyne was too good for Hayman 6-2, 6-2.

The other match saw Hinds take down Tinwald 5-1.

By Jonathan Leask

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Neil McCann: Giantkiller

The doubles were keenly contested but both went the way of Hinds as James Watt and Hayden McNulty kicked things off for Hinds winning the top doubles 6-4, 3-6, 1-0 over Aidan Mitchell and Don Lake, while Duncan Rollinson and Caroline Murdoch outgunned Bradley Chisnall and Isaac Langley 6-3, 7-6.

Watt then showed his growing talents when he got the better of the experienced Lake 6-2, 7-5, Rollinson outgunned Langley 6-0, 6-1 and Murdoch led 6-1 before Chisnall retired hurt. Tinwald’s only point was picked up by Mitchell, beating McNulty 6-3, 6-2.

In A reserve Allenton beat the Foothill Flyers 6-0, Hampstead Blue beat Methven 6-0 and the Hampstead Ferns rolled Rakaia 5-1.

Allenton lead the way in the Mid Canterbury senior cricket’s Twenty20 competition as the only team with three wins after four rounds after the defending champion Tech Sharks were routed by the Tech Stags.

After electing to bat first the Sharks were restricted to 78/8 off their 20 overs as the Stags put the brakes on led by Tom Bird’s 2/8 off four overs.

The Gallagher boys then did the business as Morgan, 31, and Callum, 35, steered the Stags home for a 10-wicket win finishing up 82/0.

With the Tech sides having the bye in round four it opened the door for Allenton to move to the top of the table, following on from a win in a rain affected week one.

Allenton’s Jeff Naish smashed sevens sixes and eight fours on his way to 92, with Josh Worsfold scoring 78 as Allenton racked up 209/3 against an ineffectual Methven bowling attack.

Methven fell well short making it through to 119/5 in their 20 overs with Ben Payne top scoring with 46.

Allenton then made it three from three beating Lauriston.

Led by Nick Gilbert’s 47 at the top of the innings Lauriston set a reasonable 159/6 after being sent into bat.

However, a 125 run partnership between Mitch Stoddart, 53, and Garth Jemmett, 57, set Allenton up for a comfortable conclusion, winning by seven wickets.

Methven were then handed a third heavy defeat going down to Coldstream by 36 runs.

Coldstream made 176/2 with Jono Print 65 not out and Andy Czerski making 55.

Methven could only manage 140/8 in reply with Jay Patel 49 and Payne 36.

Coldstream had earlier beaten Lauriston.

Lauriston elected to bat first and after a slow start Jason King hit 57 not out to post a total of 127/7, but Coldstream chased it down comfortably with 47 from Czerski.

Renae Hallinan’s stellar year was recognised at the Australian netball awards yesterday, with the wing defence winning the coveted Liz Ellis Diamond. The Diamond award, named after Australia’s most capped player Ellis, recognises the country’s best performer in both the international arena and transTasman championship each year.

Players, selectors and media vote on the award, with Hallinan topping the poll after playing in all 15 games of the Adelaide Thunderbirds’ premiership season, and featuring in ten international Tests, including every quarter of the Diamonds’ 4-1 Constellation Cup series win over New Zealand.

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Jeong takes Perth title West Australian Brody Ninyette blew the perfect chance to land his maiden professional title as Korean Jin Jeong held his nerve to win the $US2 million Perth International in a playoff yesterday. Overnight leader Ninyette bogeyed two of his final three holes to miss the playoff altogether, leaving England’s Ross Fisher and former world No.1 amateur Jin Jeong to battle it out for the title. Jeong held the upper hand when Fisher was left with a four-metre putt for par after fluffing his chip onto the green.

Fisher sent that putt wide, leaving Jeong with a one-metre putt to win the tournament.

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Lorenzo wins MotoGP Jorge Lorenzo has won the Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix, after championship leader Marc Marquez was excluded in a dramatic race at Phillip Island yesterday. Yamaha pilot Lorenzo started on pole and crossed the line nearly seven seconds ahead of Dani Pedrosa, with Valentino Rossi finishing third, amid extraordinary scenes at the Victorian circuit. Marquez was disqualified with five laps to go after he stayed on the track one lap longer than required before taking a mandatory pitstop.

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In brief No panic for Breakers The last time the Breakers began a campaign with two losses in three games they missed the playoffs.

That’s not going to happen this season - they are far too talented for such a fate - but it provides a clue about just for foreign this situation is for the three-time defending champions. And it could get worse before it gets better. None other than the Perth Wildcats are coming to town on Thursday. There are positives, though, chief among them the play of Kerron Johnson. The point guard paced the Breakers both nights, shooting a combined 17-23 from the floor as he again showed his capability for filling Cedric Jackson’s shoes.

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100th goal bittersweet Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard admitted that his side’s inability to overcome 10-man Newcastle took some of the sheen off his 100th Premier League goal. Gerrard reached the milestone with a 42nd-minute penalty in yesterday’s 2-2 draw at St James’ Park, cancelling out Yohan Cabaye’s long-range opener for the hosts.

Chelsea’s 4-1 win over Cardiff meant that Liverpool slipped to third place.

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‘Any trophy will do’ Alex Ferguson told successor David Moyes that winning a trophy in his first season as Manchester United manager would be fantastic after a 1-1 draw at home to Southampton dented their English Premier League title hopes.

The result left reigning champions United an unusually lowly eighth on the table, five points adrift of the Champions League places and only four above the relegation zone. They’ve won just three of eight EPL games under Moyes, handpicked by Ferguson as the veteran manager called time at the end of last season.

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Federer right at home Roger Federer has regained the spotlight at his home Swiss Indoors starting overnight following the late withdrawal of Rafael Nadal, who said the strain of winning 10 titles this season had sapped him of all energy. Federer, who began in tennis as a ballboy at the event, owns five Basel titles and has played nine finals at the St Jakobshalle, his second spiritual home after Wimbledon.

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Italy downs England England suffered a shock 15-14 loss to minnows Italy - led by Sydney Roosters captain Anthony Minichiello - in a rugby league World Cup warm-up match yesterday, just a week before the tournament starts. Italy, yet to play in a World Cup, led 10-4 before two Sam Tomkins tries gave England a 14-12 halftime lead in Salford. A drop-goal from winger Josh Mantellato two minutes from time condemned England to a one-point defeat and left their supporters fearing the worst ahead of next weekend’s tournament opener against Australia in Cardiff.

In a match watched by Kangaroos coach Tim Sheens, England and Italy used 44 players between them.

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World Cup whets Manu’s appetite

BY MICHAEL BROWN Being left out of last year’s Kiwis squad helped Manu Vatuvei get the hunger back, and it was a conscious decision to watch what he ate which saw him recapture the sort of form which once made him the best winger in the world.

The 27-year-old had been a fixture in the New Zealand team since 2005, helping the Kiwis to some important wins including the 2008 World Cup title, but his form dipped last year and he was overlooked for the end-ofyear test against Australia.

He also missed out on this year’s Anzac test, raising fears he might need to switch allegiance to Tonga if he wanted to play in this year’s World Cup. But 16 tries in 19 games for the Warriors, as well as a high work-rate and powerful running game, meant he couldn’t be left out by the Kiwis selectors.

Vatuvei felt a sense of relief when he was included in the 24-man touring squad but also a sense of satisfaction that his regime on and off the field was working.

Nutrition was never high on Vatuvei’s list of priorities and it started to show.

By the end of last season he was overweight and he now thinks it was a blessing he dropped by the Kiwis.

“I didn’t have a great season with the Warriors and I started gaining weight,” he said.

“All the stress started getting to me and not making the team topped it off.

“It was tough, really tough, to be left out but it was a good kick for me to get my head back into the game and train hard, do everything right and get my weight back down.

“It came at the right time.

“It gave me an opportunity to do Fight for Life

and I [lost 8kg and] trimmed down to 103kg.

“I have put on another 4-5kg to get to my playing weight but it helped me a lot. I have tried to maintain it and my family helps me now to make sure I eat right. In the past I would do all the training but then waste it by eating whatever I felt like.

“It’s been tough [to adjust] but it’s been worth it.”

It’s likely Vatuvei will occupy one wing spot in the big games at the World Cup with rising talent Roger TuivasaSheck on the other flank. Jason N i g h t i n ga l e represents a safer option - Vatuvei is still

Manu Vatuvei: Wants that Cup-winnning feeling back again.

prone to the occasional handling error and defensive misread - but he doesn’t offer as much on attack.

“I just know in that environment over there, greasy grounds, if you can get the ball to [Vatuvei] close to the tryline he’s a good chance of scoring,” coach Stephen Kearney said recently.

“He will be a real asset in the UK, I’m sure of that.”

He was at the last World Cup, scoring four tries against England and being recognised at the international Winger of the Year in 2008.

The biggest reward, however was a first World Cup title for New Zealand.

“It was the best feeling I have ever had in my career,” Vatuvei said. “Hopefully we can do it again.”

He was named start on the right wing against the Cook Islands in Doncaster this morning (NZT) in their only warmup match before the start of the tournament next weekend.

It will be a welcome return to the playing field for a number of players, especially those whose NRL seasons finished six weeks ago. The Roosters and Manly players who featured in the grand final have been given the week off.

Five-eighth Thomas Leuluai took a limited part in training on Saturday because of a groin injury and a decision was due to be made yesterday on whether he would be playing against the Cooks.

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M6 Otago gallops Today at Wingatui raceway

3x553 Richard Trimbole tmbh (2) 59 .. M Cropp (a3) 1x Greyray (5) 58.5 ........................R Black (a2) 79631 Poach The Cash d (3) 58.5 ......D Bothamley 8344x Ganador t (7) 58.............................. J Morris 58339 Lucky Nemo m (13) 57 ...........C Barnes (a2) x00x8 Katie Jay d (6) 56.5 ................L Whelan (a1) 10x25 La Girl bh (14) 56.5 ..................... C Johnson 70435 Drumreims h (4) 56 .......................... J Bates 78650 My Reason th (12) 56 ............. T Direen (a1) 21903 Aint No Lollygagga dh (8) D Prastiyou (a3) 19446 Pretty To Watch m (9) 55 ............ A Frye (a2) 69489 Logan Town d (11) 54.5 ........R Doherty (a1) 40489 Moneyorthebox tdmh (10) 54.5 00040 Rubysmyne (16) 54 ................. L McKay (a3) 956x0 Slam Dunk tm (1) 54.5 57x58 Emily Trimbole th (15) 54 -

Rating 85 Benchmark, 1200m 1 82103 Bowling Boy dm (4) 59.5 .........S Wynne (a3) 2 29x70 Street Light tdm (7) 59 ........... M Haruki (a3) 3 7368x Recording th (1) 56.5 .............C Barnes (a2) 4 65221 On The Take tdm (5) 56 .......... T Direen (a1) 5 71468 Miss El Bee Dee tdm (6) 54.5 .A McKay (a3) 6 243x1 The Diamond One dh (2) 54 ....... C Johnson 7 19305 Davone Code tdm (3) 54 ............ A Frye (a2) Winkers off : Nancho Lass (R1), La Girl (R5)

Palmerston North Greyhounds Venue: Manawatu Race- 1 42734 Thrilling Halo 21.80 .......................M Gowan 8 18272 Genia Haka 22.07 .....................J McInerney 2 43357 Buddy Broke nwtd .......................B Hodgson way Meeting Date: 21 Oct 2013 NZ Meeting number: 2 76524 Zamaddis Lass nwtd .................... T Downey 9 37674 Big Token nwtd ..........................J McInerney 3 73357 Mr. Chino 0.00 ........................... A Lawrence 9 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 3 37387 Snap To It 22.23 ..........................T R Pilcher 10 58642 Raveon 21.92 ................................M Gowan 4 11623 Thrilling Brat 43.46 .......................... K Walsh 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 4 13736 High Calibre 22.23 ..................... B Johnston 6 1.54pm MARTON DASH C3 C3, 375m 5 27334 Bornato nwtd ............................. A Lawrence 9; 10, 11 and 12 5 44148 Yes He Will 22.29 ............................. I Moore 1 36526 Jackson Town nwtd ............................ N Udy 6 11147 Osti’s Pursuit nwtd ............................C Hore 6 51732 Homebush Envy nwtd ...............J McInerney 1 12.05pm (NZT) AWAPUNI DASH C0 C0, 375m 2 36548 All The Rage 21.91 ............................ N Udy 7 45562 Little Teegan nwtd ..................... A Lawrence 1 Noble Power nwtd .............................. N Udy 7 54336 Kotumba 22.03 L & ............................ Morris 3 31661 Eunuchs Luck 21.85..................A Blackburn 8 21326 Retaliate First nwtd F &..................Turnwald 8 78631 Sydenham Opal 22.05 G & .............

J Clarke 2 72365 Vinny Doon nwtd B & ....................G Atwood 4 64716 My Little Oah nwtd ....................J McInerney 9 37443 Upahut Cindy nwtd......................B Hodgson 3 Tifino nwtd................................A Duganzich 9 24672 Another Drink nwtd ...................J McInerney 5 74136 Ya Laughin’ 21.95 ..........................B Mitchell 10 57333 Necter nwtd .................................B Hodgson 10 57651 Chelsea’s Beauty 21.75 ...............

T Downey 4 F2287 Coyote Caught Ya nwtd ............E Duganzich 6 22765 Homebush Rick 21.68 ............. T McCracken 9 2.47pm CLOVERLEA DASH C4 C4, 375m 5 6434 Ngauruhoe nwtd G & ...................... J Clarke 4 1.05pm MANAWATU RACEWAY STAKES C1, 457m 7 23147 Uno Orange 21.82 ..........................S Maher 1 87438 Darlek Khan 21.42 G & ................... J Clarke 6 Charming Chuck nwtd......................L Ahern 1 67857 Mighty Baxter nwtd ...................J McInerney 8 85274 Thrilling Cairo 21.68 .......................... D Little 2 23258 Go Fern Go 21.95 .......................A Turnwald 7 32266 Backyard Queen nwtd ................ G Hodgson 2 85628 Thrilling Cloud nwtd ................ T McCracken 9 78258 Excessive Speed nwtd ....................M Olden 3 14572 Smidged 21.46 ..............................A Speight 41 Dipsy Lala 27.07 ..............................L Ahern 10 26738 Kazillion 21.83...................................D Edlin 4 47651 Emma Marie 21.77....................... T Downey 8 52 Bigtime Chip nwtd ............................L Ahern 3 5 23712 Run Junior Run 21.69 .................A Turnwald 9 She’s Top Notch nwtd.......................L Ahern 4 21466 Fasa Man nwtd........................... B Johnston 7 2.12pm ASHURST DASH C2 FINAL C2f, 375m 10 47562 Groovy Leo nwtd .......................J McInerney 5 53416 Adda Boy Zeke nwtd B & ..............G Atwood 1 72722 Double Tapp 22.03 ........................M Gowan 6 51125 Miss Foxy Minx 21.56 G & .................Denby 6 52361 Paddy Baxter 26.65...................J McInerney 2 12.25pm WOODVILLE SPRINT C1 C1, 375m 2 26774 Black Hennessy 21.37 F & .............Turnwald 7 88826 Juke Box Boy 21.46 ................ L MacDonald 1 12355 Under Milkwood 21.87 .....................L Ahern 7 35214 Bigtime Dasher nwtd ........................L Ahern 3 42331 Captain Osti 21.80 ...........................G Quirk 8 12181 Individual Lily 21.75 .........................L Ahern 8 3x721 Offensive nwtd F & .........................Turnwald 2 47513 Dodgy Pockets nwtd...................... M Gowan 4 5F564 Fire Boy Baxter 21.55 ...............J McInerney Emergencies: 3 54168 George nwtd .............................. B Johnston 9 12845 Nose White nwtd ......................A Duganzich 5 45443 Kezz 22.06 .............................. T McCracken 9 36477 Darlyne Ottey 21.34 .........................L Ahern 10 68355 Opawa Leanne nwtd ........................

A Clark 4 37218 Another Stone nwtd ..................J McInerney 6 13881 Addicted 21.96 .................................L Ahern 10 85771 Matti Oah nwtd ..........................J McInerney 5 24235 Ten Eleven 22.24 ............................... N Udy 5 1.30pm PETER SINCLAIR PHOTO FINISH C2, 375m 7 11772 Lockett In Eddie 21.79 .....................L Ahern 10 3.11pm SHANNON DASH C5 C5, 375m 6 37558 Chelseas Babe 22.02................... T Downey 1 62858 It’s A Doll 22.05 ...........................A Turnwald 8 27543 Tenkay Down 21.85...................J McInerney 1 77187 Donky Deep 21.57 G & ......................Denby 7 34524 Time For What nwtd ......................M Gowan 2 74186 Bulet Tooth Tony 21.65 .....................R Waite 9 35555 Ramessee 21.82 ...........................M Gowan 2 34431 Fierce Star 21.24 F & .....................Turnwald 8 32622 Home Brewer 22.37 ......................A Speight 3 41444 Prefontaine 22.02 ......................J McInerney 10 15555 All The Milk nwtd ..............................G Quirk 3 44432 Sir Richie 21.57................................L Ahern 9 F8751 Botany Dave nwtd .....................J McInerney 4 45167 Aschenputtel nwtd............................G Quirk 8 2.29pm GROUP 2 NANCY COBAIN DISTANCE 4 11312 Red Moova Hoova 21.50 G & ............Denby 5 33123 Cosmic Fury 21.65 ...........................L Ahern 10 55672 Homebush Limbo nwtd .............J McInerney 5 21251 Cool Heir 21.80 .................................. N Udy 6 61618 Another Another 22.03 ..............J McInerney FINAL C2df, 766m 6 31787 Chemically Free 21.48 ....................M Olden 3 12.45pm J P PRINT PETONE C1 C1, 375m 7 25744 Fulla Torque 21.60 ...........................G Quirk 1 21531 Jinja Power nwtd J & .......................D Fahey 7 56233 Eureka Izmir 21.58 F & ..................Turnwald

8 23514 Daddy Lowe 21.17 ...........................L Ahern 9 73614 Lynny Southcombe nwtd ...........J McInerney 10 32471 Explosive Osti nwtd ...........................C Hore 11 3.40pm FEILDING STAKES C2 C2, 457m 1 21213 Check The Mail nwtd........................L Ahern 2 65533 Cawbourne Kim nwtd ................J McInerney 3 46x12 Dolly Peg nwtd F &.........................Turnwald 4 11212 Opawa Mez nwtd J & ......................D Fahey 5 42215 Blue And Curly 26.50 ...............A Duganzich 6 23464 Thanks Charlie nwtd .................J McInerney 7 34414 Bigtime Tip 26.79 .............................L Ahern 8 56442 Deceiver 26.24 ................................M Olden Emergencies: 9 66166 Alpinador nwtd ..................................D Edlin 10 23657 What’s Up Gee nwtd ........................L Ahern 12 3.57pm FOXTON STAKES C4 C4, 457m 1 74422 Space Race 26.49 .................. T McCracken 2 13212 Chevy Volt nwtd................................L Ahern 3 41821 Crushed Monkey 26.34 ...................... N Udy 4 51748 Cawbourne Bully nwtd .....................G Quirk 5 16675 Laugh Like Santa 26.07 ...................L Ahern 6 71235 Fastback King 26.36 ........................ A Clark 7 31111 Mercenary 25.90 F & .....................Turnwald 8 57333 Necter 25.85 ...............................B Hodgson 9 38754 Nonu Nonu Boom 26.29...................L Ahern 10 56488 Summer Tension 26.68 ............E Duganzich

Otago RC Venue: Wingatui Meeting Date: 21 Oct 2013 1 33522 Corazana b (4) 59 ...................... A Frye (a2) NZ Meeting number: 6 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 2 x9616 Enchanter th (5) 58.5 ...................K Williams 6 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6.

3 41062 Braehill tm (7) 58.......................R Black (a2) 1 1.15pm (NZT) CLAAS OTAGO HARVEST CENTRE 4 77034 Braemar tdm (3) 57.5 ......... D Prastiyou (a3) 5 20086 Puddle Alley tdh (8) 57............ T Direen (a1) MAIDEN $7000, MDN, 2200m 1 Big Meadsy 58.5 .......................... Scratched 6 00146 Fly Me To Da Moon m (1) 56.5L Whelan (a1) 2 632x2 Rugby Street b (1) 56.5..................R Bishop 7 30x09 Life’s In A Spin (6) 56.5 ........... L McKay (a3) 8 80502 Nolawood (9) 54 ......................S Wynne (a3) 3 35325 Thorn Majic b (6) 56.5 ...............R Black (a2) 9 87029 She’s Insatiable m (2) 54 .......C Barnes (a2) 4 87452 Desert Girl (5) 56.5 ................C Barnes (a2) 5 52646 It’s Happen’en (4) 56.5 ..................... J Bates 3 2.20pm BILLY MCCRAW FARRIER MAIDEN $7000, MDN, 1100m 6 68835 Hawkesbury (7) 56.5 ..............L Whelan (a1) 7 40593 Miss Citron (2) 56.5.................S Wynne (a3) 1 2348x Ri’Gah Brook h (2) 58.5 .............. C Johnson 8 90805 Nancho Lass h (9) 56.5........... T Direen (a1) 2 0x4 Alfie’s Belle h (3) 58.5 ...................K Walters 9 7 Ascendme h (8) 56.5....................K Williams 3 0459x Gallant Trick (7) 58.5 .............R Doherty (a1) 6x Doctor Thunder h (6) 58.5 ............K Williams 10 2x679 Senorette (3) 56.5 ...................... A Frye (a2) 4 5 x243x Writteninthestars 56.5 .................. Scratched 2 1.45pm CLIFF ANDERSON PHOTOGRAPHY DESIGN 6 x0550 Kingsley Rose (5) 56.5...................R Bishop R65 $7000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 2200m 7 2 Heroic Guru h (1) 56 ..............C Barnes (a2)

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Oh So Famous (4) 54...................... J Morris Alessio h (8) 54 .................. D Prastiyou (a3)

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1400m 1 0972x Snip In Time h (10) 58.5...............K Williams 2 630x0 Lowe Flyer (11) 58.5 ................D Bothamley 3 75x My Rules (2) 58.5............................. J Bates 4 Big Meadsy h (1) 58.5 ...................K Walters 5 8x Jimmytoshoes h (6) 58.5........C Barnes (a2) 6 7x8 Lykabettus (4) 58.5 ...............R Doherty (a1) 7 4 Tutor h (8) 56.5........................ T Direen (a1) 8 80x95 Golden Castle (7) 56.5 .............J Chong (a3) 9 0x969 Beautiful Beast (9) 56.5 ..........A McKay (a3) 10 Tudor Lily h (3) 56.5 ........... D Prastiyou (a3) 11 Amarok h (5) 56 .......................... C Johnson 5 3.30pm MOSGIEL MOBIL R65 $7000, Rating 65 Em: Moneyorthebox, Rubysmyne, Slam Dunk, Emily Trimbole Benchmark*, 1400m 6 4.05pm FOX EQUESTRIAN SERVICES R85 $8000,

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SELECTIONS Race 1: Hawkesbury, Thorn Majic, Rugby Street, Miss Citron Race 2: Corazana, Nolawood, Braehill, Enchanter Race 3: Oh So Famous, Heroic Guru, Ri’Gah Brook Race 4: Tutor, Amarok, My Rules, Snip In Time Race 5: Richard Trimbole, Pretty To Watch, Drumreims Race 6: On The Take, The Diamond One, Bowling Boy, Davone Code, Miss El Bee Dee

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Monday, October 21, 2013

■ ASHBURTON GALLOPS

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In brief Ruud Awakening back

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A rousing track gallop in company on Saturday morning has trainer Stephen Marsh confident he has classy filly Ruud Awakening back on track to continue her Australian campaign at Moonee Valley this weekend. Marsh was mystified with the filly’s disappointing performance under the Moonee Valley lights at her last start and needed reassurance the treatment she received for a minor hoof problem had done enough to justify continuing the campaign. “We hoped she was over the problem but I wasn’t prepared to risk her unless she could show me she was back to full fitness,” said Marsh.

“Saturday morning was the test and she passed with flying colours.”

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Diamond ready to shine

Hot-pot keeps the punters happy Matthew Cameron rides Costa Viva to victory in the $50,000 Ray Coupland Stakes at the Ashburton gallops on Saturday. A warm pre-race favourite, Costa Viva hit the line half a length in front of Chambord, with three-and-a-quarter lengths back to Tappy’s Best in third over the 1400m. Costa Viva covered the distance in 1:21.13 paying $1.60 for the effort. The biggest payday for the punters came earlier in race six when the $23.20 outsider Ironworker was ridden to the win by KC Walters.

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Results from Coupland Stakes day at Ashburton The weather was fine and the track good for the Ashburton Races at Ashburton on Saturday.

RACE 1 - MID CANTERBURY STORAGE RATING 65, $12500, 2100m 7-7 Sheezaruler (12) R Bishop 1 5-5 China Bo Bo (4) R Black 2 1-2 Jimmy The One (3) T Moseley 3 Scratched: Kashin Girl, Nolawood.

Also (finish order): 8-8 Blu Mach, 2-1 Flying Legend, 3-3 Commander Cody, 12-12 Delleud, 14-14 Black Savvath, 6-6 Aparima Dan, 15-15 Giocchino, 9-10 Irish Dude, 4-4 Mister Spiderman, 10-11 Forgotten Hero, 11-9 Hydraulic, 13-13 Sea Wolf.

1/2 nk, 1L, Nse. Time: 2:10.51.

Win: $13.80. Places: $4.40, $3.10, $2.20.

Quinella: $63.40. Trifecta: $648.70 (12,4,3). First4: $2343.10 (12,4,3,6). Sub: Jimmy The One (3).

Trainer: Chris Harris, Aylesbury. Breeding: 7 m Viking Ruler (AUS)-Blurred.

RACE 2 - FULTON HOGAN RATING 85, $15,000, 2100m 5-5 Black Stockings (8) C Johnson 1 2-3 The Hand Of Faith (3) J Bates 2 4-4 Messines (9) A Frye 3 Scratched: Please Release Me. Also: 1-1 Whistling Straits, 3-2 Rockahoy, 6-6 Bursting Stone, 9-9 Crystal Duke, 7-7 Pazejan, 8-8 Lisa Love.

2-1/4L, 2L, 1/2L. Time: 2:08.52.

Win: $8.80. Places: $2.80, $1.80, $1.90.

Q: $20.40. Tri: $239.40 (8,3,9). First4: $1025.90 (8,3,9,1). Double: $77.40 (12/8), $26.40 (12/3). Sub: Whistling Straits (1).

Tr: Steven Woodsford, Rangiora. Breeding: 5 m Painted Black (JPN)-Just Mickey.

RACE 3 - RYAL BUSH TRANSPORT MAIDEN, $12500, 1600m 3-3 Torque It Up (4) A Frye 1 1-1 Lukander (15) C Johnson 2 9-9 Dunroamin (5) C Barnes 3 Scratched: Maiden Warrior, Nancho Lass.

Also (in finishing order): 2-2 Belt Up, 8-8 Bee Hapi, 4-4 Quest For Luck, 6-6 Why Wait, 5-5 Honor And Cherish, 11-12

McMay, 7-7 Kings Road, 13-13 Geez All Heart, 10-10 Penny Kate, 12-11 Shehad.

Sht hd, 1L, Nse. Time: 1:36.50.

Win: $7.40. Places: $2.50, $1.80, $5.00. Q: $17.10. Tri: $568.50 (4,15,5). First4: $2401.30 (4,15,5,7). Treble: $1033.30 (12/8/4). Sub: Lukander (15).

Tr: T & M Stokes, Waikuku. Breeding: 4 g Postponed (USA)-Miss Versace (AUS).

RACE 4 - ASHBURTON TRUST OPEN HANDICAP, $25000, 1600m 4-3 Voodoo (6) J Wong 1 6-6 Santos (5) C Spittles 2 5-5 Monachee (3) A Frye 3 Scratched: Esquina.

Also (finishing order): 1-1 The Solitaire, 3-4 The Glitzy One, 2-2 Viana, 7-8 Comanche Gold, 8-7 Fiorano.

1L, Sht hd, 3/4L. Time: 1:35.33.

Win: $6.40. Places: $1.90, $2.50, $2.20. Q: $38.80. Trifecta: $465.50 (6,5,3). First4: $1831.20 (6,5,3,1). Double: $40.20 (4/6), $21.30 (4/5). Sub: The Solitaire (1).

Tr: Mike McCann, Riccarton. Breeding: 6 m Pins (AUS)-Blue Sapphire.

RACE 5 - STELLA ARTOIS MAIDEN, $12,500, 1600m 1-1 Samphire (10) M Cameron 1 3-3 Bogart (4) J Wong 2 5-4 Fullovtrix (3) T Moseley 3 All Started.

Also (finishing order): 9-9 Indiana Jones, 12-12 Ashbury Jack, 4-5 King Filou, 13-13 Luvlybubbly, 7-7 Tennessee Whiskey, 1414 Bonny Spring, 11-10 French Lesson, 8-8 She’s Payback, 6-6 Bomb, 10-11 Empty Pockets, 2-2 Mr Grizz (Pulled up).

1/2 nk, 2-3/4L, 1-1/2L. Time: 1:36.16.

Win: $3.10. Places: $1.30, $2.50, $2.60.

Quinella: $9.90. Trifecta: $118.70 (10,4,3).

First4: $698.10 (10,4,3,9). Sub: Samphire (10).

Trainer: T & M Stokes, Waikuku. Breeding: 5 m Savabeel (AUS)-Dance On Fire.

RACE 6 - MCCREA PAINTERS AND DECORATORS MAIDEN, $12,500, 1200m 10-10 Ironworker (8) K Walters 1 6-6 Beautiful Brother (6) J Bullard 2

1-1 Homeland (1) M Cameron 3 Scr: Abell Road, Kingsley Rose, Pentultimate, Mrs Tappy, Wish List, Rosheen.

Also (in finishing order): 5-5 Red Coat, 9-7 Owe The Ransom, 14-13 Wanderin Along, 7-9 Hand Of God, 3-3 Maria Santos, 11-11 O’Loughlin, 2-2 Warlock, 12-12 Girl On Fire, 4-4 Rule Breaker, 8-8 Brother Bowman, 13-14 Allstars.

1/2L, 1/2 nk, 1-1/4L. Time: 1:10.19.

Win: $24.20. Places: $5.60, $3.30, $1.50.

Quinella: $103.70. Tri: $2223.30 (8,6,1).

First4: $2974.00 (8,6,1,7). Double: $48.60 (10+/8), $9.20 (10+/6). Treble: $586.70 (6/10+/8). Sub: Homeland (1).

Tr: Mike McCann, Riccarton. Breeding: 5 g Danroad (AUS)-Andalan (AUS).

RACE 7 - EA NETWORKS ASHBURTON CUP, $25000, 1200m 8-8 El Chico (1) B Pitman 1 3-4 Fullavino (13) J Bates 2 7-6 Paraketo (15) A Frye 3 Scr: Our Premonition, Howbaddouneedit, Semper Plus.

Also (in finishing order): 5-5 Pinsgold, 6-7 Conscious Mistake, 4-3 Anzac Star, 10-9 London Dream, 9-10 Dr Dee Bee, 1-1 Cora Lynn, 2-2 Keep The Conflict, 13-13 Kaptain Kirkup, 14-14 Summer’s Boy, 11-11 Cangowest, 12-12 Our Genes.

Nk, 1/2 nk, 2L. Time: 1:08.63.

Win: $15.60. Places: $4.50, $2.90, $3.60.

Q: $44.90. Tri: $956.80 (1,13,15). First4: $7834.40 (1,13,15,2). Sub: Cora Lynn (9).

Tr: Michael Pitman, Riccarton. Breeding: 9 g Stravinsky (USA)-Las Chicas Buenas.

RACE 8 - HEARTLAND DIGITAL PRINT RATING 75, $15000, 1400m 1-1 Emerald Queen (11) V Johnston 1 6-6 Karaka Jack (6) S Wynne 2 2-2 Berenice (8) M Cameron 3 Scratched: Our Jackman.

Also (in finishing order): 16-16 Groover, 13-14 Tricatchme, 14-12 Cybele, 15-15 Ishigold, 8-8 Ketchme, 3-4 Jealous Much, 4-3 Absolut Excelencia, 9-9 Ashburn Lane, 10-10 Champagne Katie, 5-5 Themoneyzmine, 11-11 Prince Ransom, 12-

13 Patrice, 7-7 Happy Days.

1/2L, 2L, 3/4L. Time: 1:21.86.

Win: $4.10. Places: $1.90, $4.30, $2.10.

Q: $36.50. Tri: $376.90 (11,6,8). First4: $11578.40 (11,6,8,3). Double: $86.90 (1/11+), $56.70 (1/6). Sub: Emerald Queen (11).

Tr: Kennedy/Furlong, Riccarton. Breeding: 4 m O’Reilly-Scarlet Queen (AUS).

RACE 9 - RAY COUPLAND STAKES 3YO, $50,000, 1400m 1-1 Costa Viva (5) M Cameron 1 2-2 Chambord (1) J Bullard 2 8-8 Tappy’s Best (2) K Williams 3 Scratched: Choice Snitzel.

Also (in finishing order): 9-9 Libetto, 6-6 Charlestown, 4-4 Dreamer, 7-7 The Right Answer, 5-5 Keepherhot, 3-3 Orovela.

1/2L, 3-1/4L, 2-1/2L. Time: 1:21.13.

Win: $1.60. Places: $1.00, $1.70, $5.60.

Q: $2.90. Trifecta: $54.40 (5,1,2). First4: $501.10 (5,1,2,10). Sub: Costa Viva (5).

Trainer: Jason Bridgman, Matamata.

Breeding: 3 f Encosta De Lago (AUS)Vivacious Spirit (AUS).

RACE 10 - ASHBURTON CLUB LIQUOR CENTRE RATING 65, $12,500, 1400m 3-2 Terelle (3) M Cropp 1 6-4 Something Zed (8) C Spittles 2 1-1 Roc City (5) J Bullard 3 Scr: Winchester, Chair Up, Lightning Lucy, Te Namu.

Also (finish order): 9-7 Evancho, 4-6 Keynote, 7-8 Willow Park, 5-5 Rachel Rafter, 2-3 Sir Daniel, 10-10 Wannabeawallabetoo, 11-11 Tilly, 15-15 Falena, 8-9 Just Bolting, 1413 Umshini Wami, 13-14 Ruthless Tycoon, 12-12 Gervasio.

Nk, 1-1/2L, Lg hd. Time: 1:22.87. Win: $8.20.

Places: $2.80, $2.90, $2.10. Q: $34.60.

Tri: $224.80 (3,8,5). First4: $1507.50 (3,8,5,15). Quaddie: $834.50 (1/11+/5+/3).

Place6: $87.20 (3,4,10+/1+,6,8/1,13,15/6,8, 11+/1,2,5+/3,5+,8). Double: $5.90 (5+/3), $4.80 (5+/8). Treble: $50.60 (11+/5+/3).

Sub: Roc City (5).

Trainer: T & L Prendergast, West Melton.

Breeding: 5 g Lord Of Warriors (USA)Our Recreation.

Impeccably bred four-year-old mare The Diamond One furthers her preparation for the Listed Valachi Downs Canterbury Breeders Stakes (1400m) during Christchurch Cup Week when she steps out in the last race on the card at Wingatui today.

The daughter of Group One winner The Jewel has excited trainer Steven Anderton from the minute she stepped out on a racecourse, with her fourth in the Gr. 1 1000 Guineas last year whetting Anderton’s appetite for greater returns this season. “She has shown terrific promise right from the moment she entered the stable,” he said. “We gave her one more run after the Guineas but the shin soreness returned so we tipped her out for a decent break where she really thrived and has come back a bigger and better version for this campaign.

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Monday, October 21, 2013

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DECLARATION OF RESULT OF ELECTION for the Ashburton District Council 2013 elections

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I hereby declare the results of the elections held on 12 October 2013 for the following offices:

MAYOR (one vacancy)

Votes Received

ELLIS, Russell MCLEOD, Don

3408 2347

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MCKAY, Angus

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Informal votes received: 4 Blank votes received: 193

I therefore declare Angus MCKAY to be elected.

COUNCIL Ashburton Ward (seven vacancies) BEAVAN, Rod BELL, Thelma ELLIS, Russell FAVEL, Donna MCLEOD, Don MOORE, Maree NELSON, Darryl

3151 2393 4043 4671 3237 2361 3432

QUINTON, Sam REVELEY,Peter SMITH, Vicki SPARKS, Jac THOMAS, Alden URQUHART, Alasdair

1143 3674 2081 2606 1769 4088

Informal votes received: 19 Blank votes received: 82

I therefore declare Rod BEAVAN, Russell ELLIS, Donna FAVEL, Don MCLEOD, Darryl NELSON, Peter REVELEY and Alisdair URQUHART to be elected.

ASHBURTON LICENSING TRUST (six vacancies) DAVIDSON, Bernard LILLEY, Alister LISCHNER, Jim MCNAB, Terry NEUMANN, Alan

3299 6516 4271 4107 6813

PATERSON, Roger John ROBERTSON, Chris SAMPSON, Spike WATSON, Fay

6158 4540 1679 5157

Informal votes received: 58 Blank votes received: 348

I therefore declare Alister LILLEY, Jim LISCHNER, Alan NEUMANN, Roger John PATERSON, Chris ROBERTSON and Fay WATSON to be elected.

Dated at Ashburton, 17 October 2013 Dale Ofsoske Electoral Officer Ashburton District Council 5 Baring Square West, Ashburton (Phone: 0800 922 822)

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9.45am THE PLAINS LADIES PROBUS CLUB. Monthly meeting, Doris Linton Lounge, R.S.A. Cox Street.

10.00am ASHBURTON COUNTY VETERANS GOLF. Members will play a Net WFA event with Coffee morning, all welcome. NOSH Cafe, Ashford Village, West Street.

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10.00am CARDIAC COMPANIONS. Fortnightly meeting, social exercises and speaker. Buffalo Lodge Hall, Cox street.

10.00am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand and Agriculture Encounter, interactive fun for all ages. Art Exhibition, Momentum by Angela Mole. Main Street, 10.45am M.S.A. TAI CHI CLUB. Maintenance class and exercises. M.S.A, Social hall, Havelock Street.

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7.30pm CATHOLIC WOMENS LEAGUE. Euchre in the Parish Centre, Cnr Burnett and Winter Streets.

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11. Told how one had blood-tie (7) 13. Seem greedy thus to pass man in front? (8) 14. Outbreak of measles: lay without heart, with recklessness (6) 15. Make film straight there (6) 16. Specifies the conditions (6) 19. Accomplished shrewd structure with keystone (4) 20. A fruit or two, so one is told (4)

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QUICK ACROSS 1. Fades (4) 3. Make clear (5,3) 9. Honesty (7) 10. Unsophisticated (5) 11. Not fluent in words (12) 13. Disinter (6) 15. Selected (6) 17. Timid (5-7) 20. Decree (5) 21. Plead (7) 22. Genetic inheritance (8) 23. Vendetta (4)

SATURDAY’S SOLUTIONS CRYPTIC Across 1. Plaudit 6. Sisal 9. Irish 10. Reclaim 11. Oiled 12. Bimbo 13. Mortise 15. Minion 16. Onion 18. Tenon 20. Gamma 21. Going 22. Accuse 25. Enlaced 26. Offal 27. Flier 28. Element 29. Nails 30. Basis 31. Sayings Down 1. Portmanteau 2. Accord 3. Draw in one’s horns 4. Timbering 5. Filmy 6. Shooting-gallery 7. Solarium 8. Lid 14. Invalidates 17. Noiseless 19. Niceties 23. Screen 24. Affix 27. Fib

DOWN 1. Tricks (8) 2. Obsession (5) 4. Buccaneering (6) 5. Singles seeking love (6,6) 6. Painkillers (7) 7. Links (4) 8. Infected (12) 12. Not abbreviated (8) 14. Weightier (7) 16. Menace (6) 18. Motif (5) 19. Interlock (4)

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QUICK Across 1. Hand-picked 7. Outer 8. Educate 10. Bestowed 11. Step 13. Affair 15. Fondle 17. Iris 18. Graffiti 21. Gasping 22. Olive 23. Explicitly Down 1. Hates 2. Narcotic 3. Pieces .

Crux 5. Enacted 6. Forbearing 9. Expletives 12. Confront 14. Fair sex 6. Tragic 19. Icily 20. Pill

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YOUR STARS

by Forecasters

ARIES (MAR 21 – APR 20) The third and final Mercury retrograde phase of 2013 begins today, bringing a need to measure twice and cut once when it comes to money.

TAURUS (APR 20 – MAY 21) Today marks an important turning point on the relationship front, with the door opening to second chances, giving the past and unsaid words a voice.

GEMINI (MAY 21 – JUNE 22) At the same time that work tension and hindsight kick in today, the door opens to second chances, especially when it comes to a change of mind.

CANCER (JUNE 22 – JULY 24) Mercury’s retrograde turn in a romantic part of your chart is a chance to slow down, with hindsight revealing what you might be missing out on.

LEO (JULY 24 – AUG 23) While there may be some work/life balance tension and communication issues today, there is also a chance for a breakthrough.

VIRGO (AUG 23 – SEP 23) While Murphy’s Law is in effect there is a need for caution, not only within your communications but with all things technical or intellectual.

LIBRA (SEP 23 – OCT 23) Having the Moon in your financial sector as Mercury turns retrograde in your income sector today brings a timely call for caution.

SCORPIO (OCT 23 – NOV 24) Where you’re not being heard you’re able to use Mercury’s retrograde turn to your advantage, with a chance to give unsaid words a voice.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV 24 – DEC 21) It’s on the work front that you have a chance to look at things differently, using a mix of hindsight and a willingness to think outside the box.

CAPRICORN (DEC 21 – JAN 20) In order to avoid misunderstandings refuse to assume that others are mind readers or that they know what you mean without being told.

AQUARIUS (JAN 20 – FEB 19) As long as you assume nothing, leave no room for confusion and measure twice and cut once, a slower professional pace is just what you need.

PISCES (FEB 19 – MAR 20) Instead of following a professional trend Mercury’s retrograde phase today allows you to hold on to the spirit of adventure, keeping your options open.

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HAYDON-GLIDDON Doyle Quinn - On October 18, 2013.

Passed away at Christchurch, with his family by his side, after a long battle with Cystic Fibrosis. Aged 25 years. Dearly loved son of Jeff and Vicki, best friend and brother of Jared, Miles and Lauren, and Brittany. Loved Uncle of Zakary, and Ashton. And beloved companion ‘Lilly’. The family would like to express their appreciation to Doyle’s friends for their ongoing support and also to Ward 25 Christchurch Hospital, and the Cystic Fibrosis Assn. Messages to 220 Corbetts Road Sth, Wakanui, Ashburton 7777. Donations to Ward 25, and Cystic Fibrosis would be much appreciated and may be left at the service. Doyle’s entire service will be held at his home, 220 Corbetts Road Sth, Wakanui on THURSDAY October 24 commencing at 1.30pm. The theme for his farewell is “Sickest Cars” so bring your best wheels.

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Wind at 1000m: NW, gusting 120 km/h in exposed places, easing during the morning.

Wind at 2000m: Severe gale W, 100 km/h, gradually easing to 45 km/h.

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Ashburton Airport Temperature °C At 4pm 23.5 23.9 Max to 4pm 8.6 Minimum 4.1 Grass minimum Rainfall mm 0.0 16hr to 4pm October to date 56.6 Avg Oct to date 38 2013 to date 713.0 551 Avg year to date Wind km/h E 17 At 4pm Strongest gust NE 22 Time of gust 3:38pm

6:01 12:11 6:19 12:29 6:49 12:58 7:07 1:18 7:37 1:47 7:57 The times shown are for the Ashburton River mouth. For the Rangitata river mouth subtract 16 minutes and for the Rakaia river mouth subtract 6 minutes.

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Rain becoming heavy in the west towards evening, falling as snow to 2000 metres.

Wind at 1000m: NW gale, gusts rising to 140 km/h in exposed places in the afternoon.

Wind at 2000m: NW to severe gale 120 km/h.

Mostly fine but becoming cloudy in the evening and drizzle developing. Fresh northeasterlies developing.

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High cloud increasing and scattered rain developing near the foot hills in the evening.

Northwesterlies developing, rising to gale in exposed places, gusting 110 km/h from evening.

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A ridge lies across northern New Zealand through to Thursday. A disturbed westerly flow covers central and southern parts of the country. A front moving across the South Island tomorrow, followed by a southwest change should weaken over the North Island on Wednesday.

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6am Breakfast 9am Good Morning 10am Ellen 3 11am Coach Trip PGR 3 0 11:30 Infomercials Noon One News 0 12:30 Emmerdale PGR Brenda tries to take everything in; Thomas is defensive; Rhona is in pain. 0 1:30 Come Dine With Me 3 A daily lifestyle show that sees five very different people competing to be named the ultimate dinner party host.

2pm May The Best House Win 3pm Dickinson’s Real Deal 3:55 Te Karere 2 0 4:25 Ellen With guest Kat Dennings.

5:25 Millionaire – Hot Seat Hosted

by Eddie McGuire. 0 6pm One News 0 7pm Seven Sharp 0 7:30 Dynamo – Magician Impossible 3 0 8:30 Person of Interest AO When the Machine gives out six numbers at once, Reese and Finch look for a nameless and faceless murderer during a severe storm. 0 9:30 Castle AO 0 10:25 One News Tonight 0 10:55 Football – English Premier League (Highlights) 12:05 Football – Fifa U17s World Cup 1:20 Te Karere 3 News and current affairs from a Maori perspective. 2 0 1:45 Infomercials 5:35 Te Karere 3 News and current affairs from a Maori perspective. 2 0

CHOICE TV 6am Benny Hinn 6:30 N2K PGR 7am Early Edition 8am Luke Nguyen’s Greater Mekong 8:30 Grand Tours Of Scotland 9am Holiday Home Sweet Home Lisa Faulkner presents her guide to holiday homes around the United Kingdom.

10am Ainsley’s Barbeque Bible 10:30 Cheese Slices 11am Saturday Cookbook 12:30 Britain’s Lost Routes With Griff Rhys Jones 1:30 Days Of Our Lives PGR 2:30 Hairy Bikers’ Best Of British 3:30 Food Factory 4pm Trish’s Mediterranean Kitchen 4:30 Secret Meat Business 5pm Secret Removers 6pm Wildlife Warriors 6:30 Bath Crashers 7pm Oddities The weird world of strange and extraordinary science artifacts.

7:30 The Last Explorers 8:30 The Frankincense Trail 9:30 Coast 10:30 Stupid Stupid Man A0 11pm Oddities The weird world of strange and extraordinary science artifacts.

11:30 Hairy Bikers’ Best Of British

TUESDAY

12:30 Benny Hinn 1am Bath Crashers 1:30 Wildlife Warriors 2am Trish’s Mediterranean Kitchen 2:30 Secret Meat Business 3am Secret Removers 4am The Last Explorers 5am Coast

TV TWO

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6am Creflo Dollar 6:30 Buzzy Bee And Friends 3 0 6:35 Tiki Tour 0 7am Stitch! 3 0 7:25 The Penguins Of Madagascar 3 0 7:50 Slugterra 0 8:15 Franklin 30 8:40 Mike The Knight 3 0 8:50 Fireman Sam 3 0 9am Infomercials 11am Neighbours 3 0 11:30 Home And Away 3 0 Noon Shortland Street PGR 3 0 12:30 Two And A Half Men AO 3 0 1pm Jeremy Kyle AO 2pm Bethenny 3pm Melissa And Joey 3 0 3:30 SpongeBob SquarePants 3 0 4pm Mako Mermaids 3 0 4:30 The Erin Simpson Show 5pm America’s Funniest Home Videos 3 0 5:30 Home And Away 0 6pm Friends 3 0 6:30 Neighbours 0 7pm Shortland Street PGR Dallas doubts his newfound domestic bliss; Chris’s difficulties increase; Ula lays down an ultimatum to Vasa.

0 7:30 The Middle 0 8pm Suburgatory 0 8:30 Grey’s Anatomy PGR 0 9:30 F Kitchen Nightmares AO 0 10:30 Private Practice PGR 0 11:30 Orange Is The New Black AO 12:40 Brothers And Sisters PGR 30 1:35 Infomercials 2:35 Army Wives 3 0 3:25 Ultimate Dream Home 3 0 4:10 Anderson Live PGR 5am Infomercials

TV THREE

FOUR

6am 3 News – Firstline 8:30 Infomercials 10:30 The Shopping Channel 11:30 Entertainment Tonight 3 Noon 3 News 12:30 Everybody Loves Raymond 30 1pm Dr Phil AO (Part 1) A woman helps her adult son to the point where it is negatively affecting her marriage.

2pm The Dr Oz Show PGR 3pm The Real Housewives Of DC 3 3:55 Rachael Ray 4:55 Entertainment Tonight 5:25 Celebrity MasterChef Celebrities have 10 minutes to make a tomato bruschetta that impresses the judges.

6pm 3 News 7pm Campbell Live 7:30 The Block NZ PGR 0 8:40 M Rise of the Planet of the Apes PGR 2011 Sci-fi Action. A substance designed to help the brain repair itself gives rise to a superintelligent chimpanzee who leads an ape uprising. James Franco, Andy Serkis, Freida Pinto. 0 10:55 Nightline 11:35 Sons Of Anarchy AO 3 As the Sons continue their search for Abel, Jax faces a decision. 0 12:35 Infomercials 5am Joyce Meyer 5:30 City Impact Church

6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Pingu 3 7am Sticky TV 3 7:30 Beyblade – Metal Fury 3 7:55 The Winx Club 3 8:20 Chuggington 3 8:30 Raa Raa The Noisy Lion 3 8:40 Ready, Steady, Wiggles 8:50 Bob The Builder 3 9:05 Thomas And Friends 9:15 Peppa Pig 3 9:25 Wonder Pets 3 9:50 Humf 3 9:55 Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Peppa Pig 3 3pm Sticky TV Featuring – Go, Diego, Go! and Monsuno.

4:30 Four Live 6pm Sabrina – The Teenage Witch 3 0 6:30 Everybody Hates Chris 3 0 7pm The Simpsons PGR 3 0 7:30 How I Met Your Mother PGR 3 8pm New Girl PGR 3 8:30 F Up All Night PGR 9pm Don’t Trust the B**** in Apartment 23 PGR 3 9:25 Raising Hope PGR 3 9:55 Parks and Recreation PGR 10:25 The Ringer PGR

11:20 Excused AO Dating show in which singles looking for love try to win dates before being eliminated from contention.

11:45 Infomercials

PRIME

7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 Great Barrier Reef Only seven per cent of the Great Barrier Reef is coral; the rest includes the world’s oldest jungle, thousands of islands, and deep-water gardens, all full of wildlife.

8:35 Downton Abbey PGR 10:05 60 Minutes PGR

11:10 The Late Show With David Letterman A late-night comedy and talk show.

12:05 Home Shopping 2:05 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 2:35 Home Shopping

THE BOX 6am NYPD Blue MVLS 6:50 The Simpsons PG 7:15 Pawn Stars PG 7:40 America’s Funniest Home Videos PG 8:05 My Name Is Earl PG 8:30 My Name Is Earl PG 8:55 24 MVLS 9:45 Law And Order MV 10:35 CSI – Miami MV 11:25 SmackDown! MC 1:05 Modern Family PGL 1:30 NYPD Blue MVLS 2:20 My Name Is Earl M 2:45 My Name Is Earl M 3:10 24 MVLS 4pm Pawn Stars PG 4:30 The Simpsons PG 5pm Law And Order MV 6pm America’s Funniest Home Videos PG 6:30 The Simpsons PG 7pm Pawn Stars PG 7:30 CSI – Miami MV 8:30 CSI – New York MV 9:30 Hemlock Grove 18VLSC 10:30 Law And Order MV 11:30 CSI – Miami MV

TUESDAY

12:30 24 MVLS 1:20 My Name Is Earl M 1:45 My Name Is Earl M 2:10 NYPD Blue MVLS 3:05 CSI – New York MV 3:55 Hemlock Grove 18VLSC 4:45 24 MVLS 5:35 America’s Funniest Home Videos PG

6am Football – Arsenal TV Arsenal v Norwich City.

9am Golf – European PGA Tour (Highlights) Perth International – Round Four.

10am L Golf – US PGA Tour Shriners Hospitals for Children Open – Round Four. From TPC Summerlin in Las Vegas.

1pm Golf – OneAsia Tour (Highlights) Korea Open – Round Four.

2pm Football – Fifa U17 World Cup (Replay) New Zealand v Italy.

4pm Rugby – ITM Cup Week 4:30 Football – A-League (Highlights) Western Sydney Wanderers v Wellington Phoenix.

From Parramatta Stadium in NSW. 5pm Rugby – ITM Cup (Replay) Championship Semi-final Two – Otago v Hawke’s Bay. 7pm Arena Access 7:30 Cycling – Paris-Tours (Highlights) This one day race starts in Voves on the outskirts of Paris and ends in Tours, 230.5km away.

8pm The Crowd Goes Wild An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

8:30 Feed the Backs 9:30 Football – Arsenal TV (Replay) Arsenal v Norwich City.

12:30 Football League Show 1am A-League Review Show 1:30 Football – A-League (Replay) Western Sydney Wanderers v Wellington Phoenix. 3:30 Rugby League – National Competition (Replay) 5:30 Arena Access

SKY SPORT 2 6:30 Ako 7pm Te Kaea 3 2 7:30 F Kai Time On The Road 3 8pm Project Matauranga 8:30 Native Affairs 9:30 The Nutters Club AO 10pm Tatai Hono 3 10:30 The New Migration 3 11pm Te Kaea 3 2 11:30 Closedown

DISCOVERY 6am Destroyed In Seconds PG 6:30 Smart City Kaohsiung PG 7:30 Man v Wild PG Scotland. 8:30 River Monsters – The Giants PG 9:30 Deadliest Catch PG 10:30 Off The Hook – Extreme Catches PG 11am Off The Hook – Extreme Catches PG Running With the Devil.

11:30 River Monsters – Untold Stories PG Deadliest Catfish.

12:30 I (Almost) Got Away With It M 1:30 Cold Blood M 2:30 Forbidden M Freaky Food.

3:30 American Guns M 4:30 Deadliest Catch PG 5:30 Mythbusters PG Alaska Special.

6:30 Warlocks Rising PG 7:30 Auction Kings PG 8pm Auction Hunters PG 8:30 Mythbusters PG 9:30 You Have Been Warned PG 10:30 Dates From Hell M 11pm Dates From Hell M 11:30 A Haunting M TUESDAY 12:30 American Guns M 1:30 Auction Kings PG 2am Auction Hunters PG 2:30 Mythbusters PG 3:30 Dirty Jobs PG 4:30 Colony PG 5:30 Time Warp PG

Great Barrier Reef 7:30pm on Prime

SKY MOVIES 6:50 Haywire MVL 2011 Action.

Gina Carano, Ewan McGregor. 8:20 What To Expect When You’re Expecting MLS 2012 Comedy.

Cameron Diaz, Matthew Morrison.

10:10 Hansel And Gretel – Witch Hunters 16VL 2013 Action. Jeremy Renner, Gemma Arterton.

11:40 The Double MV 2011 Crime.

Richard Gere, Topher Grace.

1:20 Biography – Billy Crystal PG 2009 Documentary.

2:10 Everything She Ever Wanted Part 1 MVS 2009 Drama. Gina Gershon, Rachel Blanchard.

3:40 Behemoth MV 2011 Sci-fi. Ed Quinn, Pascale Hutton.

5:10 Good Deeds MLS 2012 Drama.

7pm Bachelorette 16LS 2012 Comedy.

8:30 Wrath Of The Titans MV 2012 Action.

10:15 Straw Dogs 18VS 2011 Thriller.

TUESDAY

12:05 Wrong Turn 4 – Bloody Beginnings 18VS 2011 Horror. 1:35 Bachelorette 16LS 2012 Comedy.

3:05 Straw Dogs 18VS 2011 Thriller.

4:55 Wrong Turn 4 – Bloody Beginnings 18VS 2011 Horror.

Rise of the Planet of the Apes 8:40pm on TV3

MOVIES GREATS 7:40 Ghost Rider MV 2007 Action.

Nicolas Cage, Wes Bentley, Eva Mendes. 9:30 National Treasure 2 – Book Of Secrets PGV 2007 Action.

Nicolas Cage, Diane Kruger.

11:30 Miss Congeniality MV 2000 Comedy. Sandra Bullock, Michael Caine, Benjamin Bratt.

1:20 The Watcher 16VL 2000 Thriller. Marisa Tomei, Keanu Reeves, James Spader.

2:55 Air Force One MVL 1997 Action. Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman, Glenn Close.

5pm Click MLS 2006 Comedy.

Christopher Walken, Adam Sandler, Kate Beckinsale.

6:45 Little Miss Sunshine ML 2006 Comedy. Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Alan Arkin, Steve Carrell.

8:30 Levity MVLS 2002 Crime. Billy Bob Thornton, Morgan Freeman.

10:15 Ladder 49 MC 2004 Action.

TUESDAY

12:10 Crash And Burn 16VS 2008 Action. 1:35 Sky Special – The Hobbit World Premiere PG 2012 2:05 Click MLS 2006 Comedy. 3:50 Little Miss Sunshine ML 2006 Comedy. 5:35 Levity MVLS 2002 Crime.

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6am Home Shopping 6:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 7am Deal Or No Deal 3 7:30 Home Shopping Noon The Doctors PGR 1pm The Jeff Probst Show 1:55 Secret Millionaire UK 3 Charlie Mullins, a plumber who has worked his way to a multi-millionpound fortune after beginning life in a council estate, returns there.

3pm Recruits PGR 3 Series about police recruits in training.

3:30 Nigella Bites 3 4pm The Late Show With David Letterman 3 5pm Deal Or No Deal 3 5:30 Prime News 6pm Deal Or No Deal 6:30 Millionaire – Hot Seat Hosted

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MAORI TV 10am Korero Mai 3 2 11am Toku Reo 3 Noon Korero Mai 3 2 1pm Toku Reo 3 2pm Korero Mai 3 2 3pm Kete Aronui 3 3:30 Guardians Of The Legend 3 4pm Pukoro 2 4:30 Pukana 2 5pm Toi Whakaari 3 2 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3

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7am Basketball – NBL (Highlights) Cairns Taipans v New Zealand Breakers. 7:30 Motorsport – IRL IndyCar Series (Highlights) Grand Prix of Fontana. 8am Rugby – International (Replay) New Zealand v Australia.

10am Cricket – International (Highlights) India v Australia, 3rd ODI. 11am Football – Fifa U17 World Cup (Replay) New Zealand v Italy.

1pm Football – Spurs TV Aston Villa v Tottenham Hotspur.

4pm Golf – US PGA Tour (Highlights) Shriners Hospitals for Children Open – Round Four.

5pm Rugby League – International (Highlights) New Zealand v Cook Islands.

5:30 L Rugby League – National U17 Final – Counties Manukau Stingrays v Akarana Falcons. From Mt Smart Stadium in Auckland.

7:30 L Rugby League – National Premiership Final – Counties Manukau Stingrays v Akarana Falcons.

9:30 Rugby League – International (Replay) New Zealand v Cook Islands.

11:30 Rugby – ITM Cup (Highlights) Championship Semifinal Two – Otago v Hawke’s Bay.

TUESDAY

Midnight Rugby League – National Premiership (Replay) Final – Counties Manukau Stingrays v Akarana Falcons. 2am Basketball – NBL (Replay) 4am Motorsport – Nascar Sprint Cup Series (Highlights) 5am Motorcycling – British Superbikes Championship (Highlights) 5:30 Motorcycling – Superbike World Championship (Highlights)

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Late try a match-winner Big Willie styles - Mid Canterbury’s Willie McGoon dives in for the match-winning try in injury time against the West Coast in the Meads Cup semi-final in Ashburton on Saturday.

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BY JONATHAN LEASK

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Willie McGoon scored a try in injury time to have Mid Canterbury sneak past the West Coast in the Meads Cup semi-final in Ashburton on Saturday.

The Coasters threw everything at the Hammers in their quest for a first Meads Cup final, and led 13-7 at halftime.

The Hammers struck back with two quick tries but West

Coast reclaimed the lead in the 78th minute, and just as they had their hopes up they were dashed as McGoon flashed down the left wing for the match winner.

Mid Canterbury will now host North Otago in the Meads Cup final, the only side to beat the Hammers so far this season, by a one-point margin in Oamaru.

It will be Mid Canterbury’s third Meads Cup final and second time hosting, although this

time they actually get to play at home after having to shift the 2009 final to Christchurch after a clash with the A and P show.

Mid Canterbury lost both previous finals to Wanganui, while North Otago will bring a 100 per cent record into their third final having beaten Wanganui in in 2010 and 2007.

North Otago beat Wairarapa Bush 48-34 in Oamaru on Saturday after leading the match 31-

12 at halftime in Oamaru.

In the finish it was six tries apiece but the boot of Ed Keohane was the difference. Keohane landed all six conversions and two penalty goals while his opposite Glen Walters was off target only able to land two conversions.

South Canterbury will meet Buller in the Lochore Cup final in Timaru.

South Canterbury were able

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to hold off Thames Valley 14-8 while Buller handed Wanganui a 40-30 loss at home to bundle out the seven-time Meads Cup finalists.

South Canterbury will be looking to break their wretched run in finals - they have played in three Lochore Cup finals and lost them all.

■ MOTOR RACING

Dixon claims IndyCar championship title New Zealand’s Scott Dixon sealed his third IndyCar championship win yesterday, while Australian Will Power finished a disappointing season on a high at the series finale in Fontana.

Chip Ganassi Racing driver

Dixon finished fifth in the season-ending race at the Auto Club Speedway, ending the season with a 27-point margin over runner-up Helio Castroneves.

Brazilian Castroneves, whose car suffered a broken front wing

with 30 laps remaining, finished one spot behind Dixon in sixth at yesterday’s event.

“I did not think we had a chance at doing this, sitting in victory lane,” said Dixon, of Auckland. “For all the ups and

downs we had this year, I got to thank everybody on the team for sticking in there and making a comeback that I never thought was possible.”

Just nine drivers completed the 500-mile distance.

Dixon dealt with an overheating engine late in the race.

He was the last driver to finish on the lead lap.

The 33-year-old Dixon’s previous IndyCar overall titles came in 2003 and 2008. - AFP

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