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Vandalism victims have to wait for police

By Myles Hume Three 100 Pipers workers are disappointed Ashburton police failed to show after their car windows were smashed in yesterday.

However, Ashburton police say they attended several incidents yesterday and the victims’ calls would have been dealt with by the Crime Reporting Line.

Marie Mallett left work at 1.30pm yesterday to find footprints across her car’s bonnet, and the windows smashed in on two of her 100 Pipers colleagues’ car windows parked next to her in the West Street car park.

Ms Mallett alerted her colleagues Emma Halliday, 20, and Michelle Hill, 31, as soon as she saw the damage, before the

trio rang police. Ms Halliday’s car had a smashed back passenger window, while Mrs Hill’s car had a shattered windscreen, broken in by a nearby rock and kicked in by the culprit. Ms Mallett’s car was undamaged.

When they rang the police individually, Ms Hill said they took a complaint from her, but Ms Halliday said she was told to go to the station to report the incident.

The woman said the police also told them that a parking warden in the area had already reported the incident that morning.

“We asked them to come down and at least look at the footprints on the bonnet, but they told us there were not enough officers on because they had all recently gone out to a big accident in Hinds,” Ms Mallett said, standing next to her dam-

Farm work report ‘an eye-opener’

By Sam Morton Farm workers earn more than other wageearners, but an industry insider says they work hard for it.

According to a report released by Federated Farmers and Rabobank yesterday, the average farm worker is earning $5500 more than an average worker and low living costs provide even further perks.

However, Agstaff recruitment consultant Blair O’Donnell believes the findings should be taken with a pinch of salt.

Mr O’Donnell acknowledges farming is a solid career option, but he pointed out many farm workers slogged out 60 hour weeks, compared to an average 40 hours.

“Yes you can probably earn more over the year, but break the salary down to an hourly rate ... it doesn’t look so good then,” he said.

“It’s hard to read too much into the report, because farming is a whole different world which requires many more hours and far more commitment than most other jobs.

“Make no mistake about it, they work extremely hard for their money and it’s not easy – but if you’re prepared to work hard, the opportunities are there,” Mr O’Donnell said.

The survey revealed farm workers earned an average salary of $46,246, comparing favourably with the national paid-employment average of $40,716.

Federated Farmers’ employment spokeswoman Katie Milne described the report as “eye-opening” and encouraged more young people to consider farming as a career.

Ms Milne told the Guardian she disagreed with Mr O’Donnell, adding the industry had grown with time and technology and constantly strived to provide more work-life balance.

“It would depend very much on each location and how each farm operates, but across the board new technology has meant fewer hours and as an industry, I think we have all come a long way,” she said.

“Naturally, there is a heavy period of work in spring, while some of the other months may quieten off a bit and not be so demanding, so overall it (a good salary, hard work) balances itself out quite nicely.”

Crime Reporting Line and he was not sure if police turned up at the scene.

He said police were “absolutely flat-out” yesterday, and “would not just drop tools” to go to an incident where there was no offender present.

“We’ve got to prioritise, if someone is doing something at that time then it’s another issue,” he said.

Mrs Hill’s car was the worst damaged and she had to call her father to help her take it away.

“It might not have been a big deal to them with broken windows but you think you would ring the cops because they want to know about this stuff,” Ms Hill said.

The Guardian understands police made contact with one of the victims late last night.

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100 Pipers workers (from left) Marie Mallett, Emma Halliday and Michelle Hill are unhappy with the police response after two of their cars had their windows smashed yesterday.

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Ms Milne cited dairy farming as a key example of growth – pointing out the industry was fast developing throughout the country.

As of yesterday, a dozen jobs in the agricultural sector were advertised on Trade Me, all within the Ashburton District.

But getting a job on a Mid Canterbury farm appears to be easier said than done, if Mr O’Donnell’s experience is anything to go by.

“Ashburton is quite a small place and unfortunately a lot of farmers have been burnt by some younger workers who they have taken on and given a start,” Mr O’Donnell said.

“Now, when other keen, enthusiastic and young workers come in looking for a job, they don’t always get that chance, because of what has happened before through no fault of their own.

“We’re finding the farm industry is targeting experienced workers, but at the moment there is a major shortage of them in our region. Overall, there is plenty of jobs and enough work to go around, but not everyone wants to work and some have no motivation at all,” he said.

The nationwide survey covered more than 3900 positions involving the input of 1194 farm employers.

It found a dairy herd manager could expect to earn $56,061 a year, a sheep and beef farm manager $66,740 and a dairy farm manager $70,336.

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aged workmates’ cars. Ms Halliday said the police told her over the phone “it was not a major crime so they would not need to attend”.

Frustrated, Ms Halliday drove to the Ashburton police station later in the afternoon where she said an officer told her there was little they could do.

“They said they were never going to find the person who did it and that made me real angry.0 “I understand it’s just a broken window but the way they told me and the way they said it was a bit rude,” she said.

Ms Halliday said if the crime went unsolved she would have to pay a $500 excess for her insurance claim while Mrs Hill said she would have to cough up $300.

Senior Sergeant Grant Russell said it was likely their calls were diverted to the

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Carew dairy farmer Naish Massey loves his job and disagrees with suggestions industry workers are overworked and underpaid.

By Sam Morton If you keep your head down and put the hard yards in, there is some serious money to be made in farming.

Just ask Naish Massey, 23 – who has gone from dairy assistant to farm manager in three years.

Naish, a butcher by trade, arrived at the Carew-based farm, Kintore Farm, in 2010 and has since proved to be worth his weight in gold.

He moved to Mid Canterbury from his father’s farm in Northland, frustrated he couldn’t progress, due to a set family hierarchy.

“My father wasn’t ready to move over, so I needed to progress my career in some way and looked for other options.

“It has been tough work, for sure, but the boss has put every opportunity out there for me to succeed and I am really enjoying my work here.

“Being a farmer is all about what you make of it ... if you don’t want to be here, then you won’t really go very far – but if you want to move up, then you have to give it your all mate,” Naish said.

Naish, who is also a seventh generation farmer, strongly disagrees with criticism suggesting dairy farmers are low-paid and overworked, pointing out he has a fantastic lifestyle and enjoys his work-life balance – with a healthy remuneration package.

“I travel two minutes to my house and I can spend over three hours down time with my family every day ... it’s not all work, work, work,” he said.

“There are definitely opportunities out there and I have turned up day in and day out to grab them – Nick (the boss) knows I want to further my career next year, I always want to achieve more and go further.

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my wife, but that’s a little way down the track. For now I’m getting stuck in to my task and ensuring my targets are met,” Naish said.

Naish’s boss, Nick Hoogeveen, who is also a co-owner in the Carew-based farm, praised the 23-year-old as a “good, hard working young fella” who has been rightly rewarded for his efforts and loyalty.

“They’re (hard working young fellas) hard to come by, but I can tell you, there is so many people like Naish stuck in the North Island on farms where they will struggle to progress for whatever reason,” he said.

“We need to bring them down here, where the opportunities are vast and the guidance is there, it’s just a case of getting that message through though, which is quite difficult.”

But like many other farm owners in Mid Canterbury, it hasn’t all been plain sailing for Mr Hoogeveen when it comes

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to recruitment. In one example, he had 10 people apply for a dairy assistant role – six proving unsuitable and four appearing uninterested in the role completely.

“I had two of them turn up who had a history of substance abuse, another one didn’t turn up at all and one of them came to the interview because they had no choice – none of them looked remotely interested,” he said.

“I find it difficult to find the right staff, but if the right person comes along, like Naish, we make sure we put everything in place for them to climb the ladder and do well for themselves.

“It’s all about attitude and willingness to soak it all in,” Mr Hoogeveen said.

When Naish isn’t milking cows or rounding up herds, he enjoys playing squash and rugby and spending time with his wife and two-year-old son.

“I love it (dairy farming) mate ... absolutely love it,” Naish said.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS BIRTHS CAMPBELL – Craig and Anna (nee Talbot) along with big sisters Marlee and Tilly, are proud to announce the arrival of Ryder James (9lb,12oz), on 5 April 2013 at home. A very special thank you to Biddy, Hannah and Jen.

SHEPPARD – Daniel and Michelle Sheppard are delighted to announce the arrival of James Arthur on April 10, weighing 8lb 4ozs. A little brother for Kate.

DEATHS JAINE, Charles Russell – On April 12, 2013, dearly loved brother and brother-inlaw of the late Shirley and Allan Gallagher, Dorothy and the late Derek England, Jeffrey and Joy Jaine, the late Edgar, Barbara and Len Murdoch, loved and respected uncle of all his nieces and nephews. A service to celebrate Russell’s life will be held at St Davids Union Church, Allens Road, Ashburton on WEDNESDAY, April 17, at 1.30pm, followed by private internment.

WILSON, Luke Daniel Eruera – On April 13, 2013 as a result of an accident on the West Coast. Treasured son of Donna and Dave. Much loved older brother of Natasha, and Brad. Loved father of Riley, and the late Azra. Beloved grandson of the late Dick and Maria Watson and Jim and Alice Wilson. “You are now in the hands of your grandparents, son, and cousin who have gone before you�

Messages to 161 Archibald Street, Ashburton. A sincere thank you to all Medical Staff at Greymouth Hospital and at the ICU, Wellington Hospital involved in Luke’s tragedy. A farewell service for Luke will be held at Brantwood Chapel, Trott’s Nursery, Racecourse Road, Ashburton on FRIDAY 19, April commencing at 2pm.

Followed by interment at the Ashburton New Lawn Cemetery.

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Full bus crashes A bus full of passengers has crashed at Athenree Gorge in the Western Bay of Plenty.

Several people suffered minor injuries when the vehicle left the road and crashed into a bank on State Highway 2 just south of Waihi about 3.20pm, police said.

Katikati Volunteer Fire Brigade chief Joe Manukau said there were about 20 people on the bus, which was travelling to Auckland.

It had been raining in the area and weather conditions appeared to have played a part in the crash.

The bus had come off the road as it tried to negotiate a corner, Mr Manukau said.

The driver was yet to be interviewed.

Three ambulances attended and treated passengers for minor injuries.

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MIE wants mandate

111 diary Incidents attended to by the Ashburton Police and Mid Canterbury volunteer fire brigades recently.

Check out guardianonline.co.nz, for up-to-the-minute updates on every fire callout in the district during the week.

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lamb meat; this is procured by 16 companies and marketed by 23 companies.

The Meat Industry Excellence Higher prices are forecast next (MIE) group is hoping for a mandate season, brought about by a shortage to change the future of the red meat of lambs due to widespread drought industry, following tomorrow’s meet- nationally and compounded by lower ing in Christchurch. lambing percentages in the Northern Representatives from all sectors, Hemisphere. However, Mr Gallagher including all farmers said procurementwho supply red meat, driven returns would processors, transportdo nothing to change ers and bankers have the structure which is been invited. holding the industry The group’s back.

Canterbury spokesman To offset the likeliBlair Gallagher, who hood of another profarms at Mt Somers, curement war, the MIE said there had been group wants to form a positive response to a coalition of willing the call to find a colcompanies who would lective solution to the control up to 80 per beleaguered red meat cent of red meat proBlair Gallagher industry. cessing and marketing.

Montalto farmer Michael Morrow, “The main objective at this point Johnny Ackland, from Peel Forest is to get a mandate nationally for Station and Colin Guild, who farms industry change,� Mr Gallagher said.

Quartz Hill Station in the Rakaia Speakers at the meeting include Gorge make up the remainder of the MIE’s Fiona Hancox, Massey local MIE group.

University professor Hamish Gow, While there won’t be a quick fix, Lincoln University professor Keith getting the majority of players on Woodford, Merino Company chief board would be a good first step to John Brakenridge and MIE chair rectifying the problems in the indus- Richard Young. try, and plans were under way for a The MIE group has come up with similar meeting in the North Island, six principles, which will be disMr Gallagher said. cussed at the meeting, to be held at Currently New Zealand produces the Wigram Aviation Museum, startalmost 50 per cent of the world’s ing at 2pm tomorrow afternoon.

The Hinds Volunteer Fire Brigade attended an incident near Ealing yesterday, after a truck and tractor collided, about 9.30am. Chief fire officer Dave Kingsbury said the truck hit the back of the tractor pulling a trailer on State Highway One and the driver of the tractor was taken to Ashburton Hospital for a further checkup. Ashburton Police also attended, but Senior Sergeant Grant Russell was unable to locate any details yesterday.

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• Early wake-up call The Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade were sharply awoken yesterday, attending to a medical call-out in Ashburton, about 3.30am.

The incident proved minor and fire crews returned to the station promptly.

• Ambulance calls The Ashburton St John Ambulance team attended a total of 60 calls last week – 21 classified as urgent, 26 nonurgent and 13 deemed to be routine call-outs. Of those calls, 42 were medical related, while the other were categorised as accidents. More than 2500 kilometres were covered during the week ending Sunday.

Meat Industry Excellence Vision: Your best farm and future Our vision is a time in the future when our farming operations and the meat industry work together to maximise returns for farmers and allow industry profitability over the long term.

We need a company that has critical mass and is able to deliver best practise strategies to extract the highest returns in the market place for our red meat products.

Only when farmers and industry players work together, will we see the sort of sustainable returns necessary to allow us to match dairy industry, stop the dairy conversions and allow farm succession to take place.

Our six principles: These are the key objectives that we believe, farmers and industry need to agree on before we can move forward Some of these are challenges for farmers to overcome and some will challenge the meat industry, government and bankers .This is not about the industry taking all the hits, farmers will also have to change their behaviour at the farm gate 80 per cent of red meat processed and marketed by one “coalition of the willing� structure.

This is the place the industry needs to aim for. We need a strong player in the market. New Zealand produces 49 per cent of the world’s tradable lamb; this is currently procured by 16 companies and marketed by 23 companies.

The new structure would identify and extract the very best personnel and strategies that exist today.

The strategies that we need to run

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this major company are scattered amongst our existing companies; no one company has all the answers.

The same goes for the personnel; we need the very best and we need to identify the leading team players who are ready to embrace change.

Contracting of stock to specification will underpin this new structure.

Farmers will need to change the culture of focusing on short term and small gains from procurement and instead concentrate on the long term, sustainable returns from being a strong marketer.

Any required legislation to support the new structure to be sought.

Government will need to protect the meat industry in the short term, just as it did for the dairy industry.

All participants in the red meat chain to fund restructuring, including farmers.

This is an industry problem that will require all sectors to play their part. All farmers should help fund consolidation because all will directly and indirectly benefit. Issues of overcapacity in the meat industry need to be managed by all the players.

Bankers also need to play their part here.

All suppliers will be treated fairly, equally and with full transparency.

The single greatest frustration that farmers express about the industry is that they want to be treated fairly, equally and with full transparency. They need to see these things before they will truly embrace industry change.

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Mid Canterbury Rural Women provincial president Bev Bagrie (right) with new life member Sandra Curd at the organisation’s 80th birthday celebrations.

Rural Women mark 80th birthday

By Sue Newman Eighty years ago a small group of Mid Canterbury farmers’ wives met and decided they wanted to be part of a new organisation set up to support women and children.

That organisation was Women’s Division of Federated Farmers (today’s Rural Women) and it owes its beginnings to a small group of farmers’ wives who were on holiday in Wellington while their husbands attended the Farmers’ Union Conference. They knew how hard rural women’s lives could be, particularly those who lived in remote areas where they had little support and little companionship off the farm.

Rural Women began in 1925 with

the first Ashburton group formed in 1933. As an organisation it quickly spread across the Ashburton District with clubs forming in many areas, each providing women and children with support and friendship.

And on Friday, the organisation celebrated its 80th birthday with a church service of thanksgiving and a lunch. Three candles representing the past, present and future were lit on the celebration cake and several awards were made.

Sandra Curd became one of a small number of life members of Rural Women, while Betty Evans, Louise Clucas and Margaret Lamont were presented with provincial honours.

Provincial president Bev Bagrie said the celebration also provided

Unwanted park pests weeded out Forest and Bird Ashburton volunteers trawled 2500 hectares of the Hakatere Conservation Park to weed out pest plants on Sunday.

The group of 20 volunteers, including Sally Gibbs of Rakaia, covered the area stretching from Lake Heron, to the base of Mt Guy and along to Hakatere Potts Road.

With herbicide and tools provided by Department of Conservation staff at the Raukapuke office, the volunteers removed more than 175 wilding plants, 50 broom bushes and 130 briar rose bushes.

The group also worked to rid larch, gorse, rowan, elderberry and gooseberry in the pristine lakes area.

Although not a huge number of weeds were found, Forest and Bird co-ordinator Peter Howden said it was a pre-emptive weeding day, attempting to keep the area as clean as possible by removing weeds before they spread widely and become a serious problem.

Forest and Bird will be holding another weeding day on Sunday, May 19 and this will concentrate on an infestation of wilding pines near Lakes Heron and Clearwater.

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time for members to look back at the way the organisation had changed with time to become more relevant to today’s rural women. “It had to change to survive. When we read the first minutes you realised how formal it was back then.

You didn’t speak out of turn and you always wore a hat and gloves to meetings.�

The presentation of a life membership was a significant event for the organisation as these were not presented very often, Mrs Bagrie said. “Sandra is always there, she’s a real asset, a quiet achiever who just gets on with it without any fuss.�

At its peak in the 1970s it had more than 21,000 members; today there are about 300 branches with 3500 members.

Fears for missing teen Fears are growing for a missing teenager near Hamilton who has the metal age of an 8-yearold.

The girl, 18, from the Nawton area of the city failed to return from school yesterday.

She is described as caucasian, slim build, 168cm tall, with red

shoulder-length hair. She was last seen wearing a Fraser High School jacket, black sandals, and carrying a black backpack.

A police search and rescue team is looking for the girl, and police urge anyone with information to come forward.

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The Ashburton Library will be turned into a dragon’s den during the first week of the school holidays when a design a dragon competition is held.

Library staff will hold a reading of Jackie Morris’s book, Tell Me A Dragon and children will then be able to colour in a dragon or draw their own dragon creation. Prizes will be given for the best dragon. The design a dragon competition will be held at 10.30am on April 24 at the Ashburton Library.

• Water quality focus Having trouble understanding the jargon around water quality and nutrient limits?

Federated Farmers is working on holding a seminar in Ashburton during May about what nutrient limits may look like and what some of the water quality lingo is about.

The farmer group is involved in making submissions on the proposed Canterbury Land and Water Plan.

• Reckless wounding A Rotorua man accused of recklessly wounding a 9-month-old baby appeared in the Rotorua District Court yesterday to make a bail application. Piripi Te Rame Sisley, 21, who is yet to plead to the charge, is currently in custody after breaching a previous bail condition. Judge Thomas Ingram adjourned the application until April 22 for a suitable bail address to be found. -APNZ

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Private schools may be winners in Budget

By Myles Hume State schools are already underfunded and a Government decision to divert millions of dollars of funding to private schools would be unthinkable, a local principal says.

Mid Canterbury Principals’ Association president Neil Simons’ comments come in line with growing concerns from the New Zealand Educational Institute and Post Primary Teachers’ Association who believe private schools are going to receive more Government funding.

Private schools, or independent schools, are governed by their own independent boards and have to meet certain standards to be registered with the Ministry of Education.

They can set their own fees, and reportedly receive $45 million of funding a year, the equivalent to a quarter of the money put side for state schools.

Education Minister Hekia Parata will not release advice she has been given in regards to private school funding, and with the budget just around the corner, education experts believe private schools could see more cash.

Mr Simons understands that could be in the vicinity of $55m, meaning private schools could receive up to $10m more.

Although there were no private schools in Mid Canterbury, the 23

state or state-integrated schools in the district would miss out on more funding, Mr Simons saying they were fortunate to have such strong support from the local community.

“I think that’s unnecessary, the Government shouldn’t be funding private schools, because they are private schools.

“Last year the Government wanted to increase class sizes to save $63m and then they are going to pump $55m into private schools, where was that mentioned?” he said.

Peter Livingstone, Tinwald School’s principal, agreed.

“If a school establishes itself as private or with this special character then fine, but then to say we would like more funding, isn’t that diluting the reasons you exist?

“At private schools you expect lower class sizes, a wider curriculum and let’s face it, it opens up doors in terms of future education and employment, but then you can’t turn around and say our experiment is failing, we need propping up.”

Operating on a tight budget, Mr Livingstone said state schools had to work hard to make ends meet, pointing to ongoing costs that have to be paid, such as audits, local rates and GST. “And we are very fortunate our PTA supplements us and puts in the work to purchase resources all children can use.”

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Leaping into the unknown is Ashburton teenager Julia Daly, vying for the title of New Zealand’s most Xtreme Teen.

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By Sue Newman Julia Daly is not just your ordinary Ashburton teenager, she’s officially an Xtreme Teen.

The 15-year-old Ashburton College student was chosen from 3000 other hopefuls who applied for a place on the Erin Simpson Show’s Most Extreme Teen series, scheduled to hit the small screen in July.

She spotted an advertisement for the show and thought it looked interesting – and challenging. In her application she had to outline some of the extreme things she’d done and hers read like a selection panel’s dream – fireball soccer, snow caving, walking the Abel Tasman track in four days of torrential rain, but she believes the clincher was her choice of 15th birthday present, a night out hunting

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rabbits with her dad. The parents of teens who made the final 30 were contacted by the show’s organisers and they were also asked to talk about their child.

Whatever her dad said, obviously made a difference, Julia said.

“He told them about hunting hares and me sticking my own pigs.”

On Wednesday she heads to Queenstown for five days of craziness and filming. She knows very little about what is likely to be involved, but she does know that the television cameras will

By Sam Morton Ashburton’s Police Senior Sergeant is fed up of people leaving their keys in the car, following a spate of car thefts in Mid Canterbury.

In the last two weeks, police have heard about 15 car thefts in Ashburton, Methven, Hakatere and other surrounding areas, according to Mr Russell.

However, despite the spate of

be rolling and she knows she’ll be challenged every step of the way.

“I know we have to wear a dress-up costume and I’m going as superman and there’ll be water surfing, canyoning and luge.”

Looking ahead to the weeklong challenge, Julia said she’s not fearful and she’s not afraid.

“I’ll give most things a go. I just take a deep breath. I’m not really afraid I’m just excited.”

Belonging to the Ashburton Baptist Youth Group and to

Rangers and growing up on a farm means she’s taken part in plenty of challenging activities, Julia said.

She’s known for two weeks that she made the final lineup but other than knowing the Xtreme Teen group is a mix of five girls and five boys, she’s stepping into the unknown.

“It’s good though because you don’t know anyone and you can go up to them and talk, they won’t be in little groups.”

A bonus for the 10 finalists is that elimination does not mean they miss out on remaining activities. All 10 will get to complete the full challenge, Julia said.

While the activities will be challenging, Julia said the toughest challenge will come after the event when she has to keep the outcome a secret until the last episode of the show airs.

thefts – Mr Russell is bemused that almost a dozen of the incidents involved keys being left in the car, which he believes is “plain stupidity”.

“It just needs to be said that we’re not impressed by that – there is no reason to leave your keys in your car – take them with you and lock your car,” Mr Russell said.

“We need people to be aware that leaving the keys in the car could actually make your insurance void – I’ve spoken to two different com-

panies and they have said that’s a real possibility.” Mr Russell urged people to report the incident immediately, to ensure a higher chance of catching the culprit or offenders.

“It’s no good ringing us 12 hours after the event or ringing us a week later, we need to know straight away, so we can act on it.

“Don’t leave it until it’s too late,” Mr Russell said. *If your car has been stolen or damaged, contact Ashburton Police, 307-8400.

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Music, life inspire Dunedin artist Europe where he got up close with art works “that I had only really seen in magazines and the internet until then’’.

Music has always played a major role in Mr Greaves’ work and is strongly reflected in the works he has on display in Ashburton, including powerful images of a vocalist, a drummer and a girl watching a rock concert.

The artist told the 40-odd listeners about the “magnetic” impact of first seeing television images of Bob Marley as a sixyear-old during a holiday on the West Coast and how bands like

the Black Rebel Motorcycle Club still today are a strong influence.

His extensive slideshow from his three-month stay in Europe included artwork from Berlin, Florence and Paris, but also snapshots of the ordinary life in a post-communist Berlin.

Mr Greaves explained how the photographs and other impressions have influenced his paintings, which often are his way to make sense of the world.

“I paint about things that I don’t understand, to help me understand.’’

The exhibition continues until May 5.

The Ministry of Education is tight-lipped on whether there is interest from organisations looking to establish charter schools in Mid Canterbury.

But local principals believe it would be of interest to the local community.

The Ministry of Education has refused an Official Information Act request from the Guardian, asking if there were groups in Mid Canterbury looking into partnership schools, otherwise known as charter schools.

In a letter, the ministry said they would withhold the information “to enable a minister of the Crown or any department holding the information to carry out negotiations without prejudice or disadvantage”.

The letter went on to say there does not appear to be any overriding public interest.

The controversial charter

schools model is being considered by the Education and Science select committee and will go before Parliament for its second reading this month.

Mid Canterbury Principals’ Association president Neil Simons has held a strong stance against the idea of charter schools.

He believed there would be public interest in groups seeking to establish a charter school, but he had heard no talk of the alternative education in local circles.

“I think mum and dad would want to know but maybe it’s way to early to say.

“Mums and dads want the best for their kids and will want to know what’s out there.”

Tinwald School principal Peter Livingstone said charter schools, if they get the green light, would be based on a public-private ownership model, so the public were entitled to know.

“There’s going to be public money paying for them so I think that that’s a strong enough rea-

son to release it,” he said.

With 23 schools in Mid Canterbury, only two of those secondary schools, pupils are limited to where they can go after leaving primary school locally.

The select committee recommended the Government’s plan to create charter schools with minor tweaks on Friday, despite an overwhelming 2100 submissions out of 2193 against the proposal.

Ashburton College principal Grant McMillan believed the letter was most likely “a stock standard response” from the ministry, saying he would be surprised to find a charter school in Mid Canterbury.

“At college we would be interested, and there’s a high interest in education in the local community,” he said.

Mr Simons said most local principals were opposed to charter schools which could see untrained teachers in classrooms, self-made curriculums and the choice of their own operating hours.

Got a stockwater race? The council wants to know about it

By Sue Newman If you have a stockwater race on or near your property, the Ashburton District Council wants to hear from you.

It is now in the next stage of its water investigation project and this will involve about 2000 people around the Ashburton

District who use or have access to stockwater. Survey forms are being posted this week and the responses will give the council an accurate snapshot of stockwater needs, council operations manager Rob Rouse said.

‘Results from this survey will help us to determine the quantity of water needed and the best way to deliver this to users.”

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A three-month working holiday in Berlin proved to the perfect inspiration for painter Michael Greaves for his latest exhibition I Am Brave, Yet I Fear My Own Breath.

Mr Greaves’ paintings are currently on display at the Ashburton Art Gallery and the artist was in town yesterday to speak to a local audience about his works and his stay in Europe.

With standing room only for this lunch-time engagement, the Dunedin-based painter spoke at length about his earliest inspirations up to the recent stay in

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An earlier survey showed that there was some unrequired water that could be made available and used elsewhere and it also found changes to water distribution technologies would see less water lost through the stockwater network, Mr Rouse said.

The survey looks at the ways in which stockwater is currently used, alternative sources of water

available, the property owner’s plans for obtaining water in the future and a range of questions on their farming operation. It also provides respondents with an opportunity to make comments on the stockwater network.

For the council’s future planning to meet users’ water needs, Mr Rouse said it was imperative it obtained accurate information

about current and likely future needs of users.

“We know what’s out there infrastructurally but we don’t know how reliant people are on the network. Establishing that is important for our future planning.”

The success of the survey relied on stockwater users taking the time to answer the questions and returning their survey forms, he

said. “Users will have received a survey form for each individual property that is rated for stockwater and it is essential you complete one survey for each rated property.

This can be done by completing written forms or by going online to www.surveymonkey.com/s/ stockwater and completing the survey there by April 26.

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• Several hurt Several people were injured when three cars, including a van with 10 people inside, crashed near Levin last evening.

A Fire Service spokesman said emergency services were treating multiple injuries, including patients with head injuries.

The incident occurred at the intersection of State Highway 1 and Kimberley Rd, just south of Levin, about 6.45pm. No-one was trapped in any of the vehicles.

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• Soles worn off A 63-year-old Queenstown man who “liked walking in bare feet” was taken to Southland Hospital for treatment last week after “wearing the soles off his feet” on the Routeburn Track. Senior Constable Chris Blackford said the man “went for a walk on the Routeburn on April 8 and said he’d be back on the 11th.” However, St John South Island communications manager Ian Henderson, of Christchurch, said the police communications centre advised St John at 1.44pm on April 9 the man would be taken by rescue helicopter to Lakes District Hospital from the Routeburn Falls Hut. -APNZ

• Drive-in shop A car has smashed through the window of a retail store in Rotorua. Witnesses said a white Mazda with two occupants hit a parked Subaru on Eruera St before swerving across the road about 11am yesterday. The driver of the car, thought to be elderly, crashed the vehicle into the front window of Bike Fix. Police and ambulance attended the scene but nobody was hurt.

One witness said the car was travelling up to 40km/h when it hit the store window.

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Overwhelmed by the number of events T

he past weekend Mid Canterbury region was humming from end to end.

Anyone who still thinks there is not enough happening in the Ashburton District should open their eyes.

In fact, the number of big events in the past weekend may force organisers to start checking the district’s diary and avoid date clashes.

On Saturday and Sunday, many locals with more than one interest would have struggled to get to all the competitions and

OUR VIEW gatherings.

Just ask the poor Guardian photographer on a weekend shift who was run off his feet to get to all the happenings in time.

Visitors travelled from far and wide outside the district to attend the Wheat and Wheels rally, the Muddy Good Run race, the New Zealand Horse Cutting championships, the national Dexter cattle open day, and we haven’t even mentioned the

many regular cultural, sporting or religious events locals get involved in.

In a way all these gatherings do compete with each other and a bit more co-ordination may be needed to guarantee getting maximum public interest.

The Wheat and Wheels rally in Wakanui attracted thousands of people who enjoy driving or just watching the vintage machinery in action.

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The Mid Canterbury Vintage Machinery Club invested two years of planning in their showcase event and they would have been ecstatic to see the thousands of visitors streaming,

or steaming, into the Wakanui property that hosted the rally.

Just up the road in Rakaia, nearly 700 keen runners attacked the Muddy Good Run where they ‘enjoyed’ five or 10km running and crawling through mud and any other muck organiser John Moore could think off.

The day could not have been more perfect with sunny conditions making the wet, grubby course not too cold to deal with.

In fact most athletes were grinning from ear-to-ear all the

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Ms Woods said Aoraki Polytechnic was one of the worst affected by the cuts, losing $4.3m in funding in 2011, a 20 per cent drop from the previous year.

Ashburtonians have access to the Alford Forest Road campus and can also catch a bus to the Timaru campus to study for courses not available in Mid Canterbury.

“Keeping our network of regional polytechnics is absolutely critical, it’s about the strength of our regions, about local people and local institutions knowing what

the local economy needs and being able to provide that,” Ms Woods told the Guardian.

“Their existence is vital to places like Timaru and Ashburton.”

Ms Woods met with Aoraki Polytechnic staff, Timaru Mayor Janie Annear and with the South Canterbury Chamber of Commerce.

She said the 2011 Government cuts had a direct impact on Aoraki Polytechnic, who were forced to axe media and computing courses and, along with that, 11 staff.

“My concern is that National’s cuts can only mean fewer opportunities for people to get the skills they need to get ahead in their local area,” she said.

She said cutting funding and courses took opportunities away from the community’s young people to up-skill, pointing to the Canterbury rebuild which is set to create a flood of work in Mid Canterbury.

“It makes no sense to cut funding to an organisation that will help meet the demand.”

Prime Minister John Key defended the function of the Government Communications Security Bureau yesterday saying cyber attacks relating to weapons of mass destruction were intercepted by the agency.

“There has been a disturbing escalation of cyber activities beyond simply exfiltrating data to actually altering data and systems – there have been covert attempts to acquire New Zealand science and technology for programmes relating to weapons of mass destruction or weapons delivery systems,” Mr Key said.

While defending the agency’s functions, Mr Key announced sweeping changes to GCSB’s powers, saying failure to do so would leave New Zealand’s national security open to threat.

“As Prime Minister I am simply not willing to do that. To do nothing would be an easy course of action politically, but it would be an irresponsible one.”

Mr Key said GCSB had stopped providing assistance to the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (NZSIS) and the police in the interim.

Last week the Government hurriedly released Cabinet Secretary Rebecca Kitteridge’s compliance review of the GCSB after it was leaked to Fairfax.

The report revealed that more than 80 people had been illegally spied on, in addition to revelations last year that the GCSB had illegally spied on German internet tycoon Kim Dotcom.

A 2003 law change explicitly prohibited spying on New Zealanders.

Mr Key said the GCSB had worked with other agencies under the rules of that agency - which it believed the law allowed it to do.

Mr Key said it was the “responsible thing to do to clarify the legislation”.

He wanted to make it clear the GCSB can provide support to agencies which are undertaking their lawful duties.

The GCSB will retain its three main functions: - Information assurance and cyber security - Foreign intelligence - Co-operation assistance to other agencies.

Changes would see these functions clarified so information assurance and cyber safety will include cooperation, allowing it to assist other entities such at the NZSIS, New Zealand Defence Force and police.

Mr Key believed the changes to the 10-year-old agency were about striking a balance between

Rebecca Kitteridge providing necessary intelligence activities and the rights of New Zealanders to privacy.

He said Ms Kitteridge’s report showed the GCSB Act was not fit for purpose and there were difficulties in interpreting the Act. Significant changes would be made to section 14 of the Act which prohibits the GCSB from intercepting the communications of New Zealand citizens or permanent residents.

There would also be enhanced oversight arrangements, including a wider pool of candidates able to perform the role of inspector general of security and intelligence, meaning they do not have to be a retired high court judge.

The inspector general’s office would be more proactive, rather than review-focused. The office would be able to launch its own inquiries, and extra staff and resources would be included.

The inspector general’s work programme would be expanded.

Mr Key announced an inquiry into how Ms Kitteridge’s report was leaked and a potential increase in security.

The terms of reference for the inquiry include determining how the information was released early, and by whom.

The investigation could include interviews and a review of all communications, copying equipment, records, log books and other materials of all people who had access to the report.

Andrew Kibblewhite, the chief executive of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, and GCSB director Ian Fletcher appointed David Henry to carry out the inquiry.

Mr Henry is a former senior public servant whose roles have included Commissioner of Inland Revenue, Chief Electoral Officer, Electoral Commissioner and Commissioner on the Pike River Royal Commission.

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events to the district, just like the keen volunteers at the Vintage Machinery Club and the local cutting horse people who hosted last weekend’s nationals.

These people get off their backsides, make things happen for all of us to enjoy and add some spice to our lives.

But let’s not forget all those volunteers who enable others to play rugby, football or netball week in week out.

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way around the course, with the laughs echoing along the banks of the Rakaia.

Mr Moore was so impressed with the interest that he already announced he will organise a second spring-time edition in October. Judging by Sunday’s response and positive reactions, this event is bound to become a feature event on the district calendar.

Mr Moore and all those who assisted him or allowed their land to be dug up for the race should be commended for bringing these

The jury in the Hayden Miles murder trial has retired after starting deliberations yesterday.

Gavin Gosnell is accused of murdering the 15-year-old schoolboy and dismembering his body after a savage, prolonged assault at his Christchurch flat on August 22, 2011.

Gosnell denies murderous intent, and has asked to be convicted of manslaughter.

He has previously pleaded guilty to a charge of offering an indignity to a human body.

A jury of six men and six women yesterday retired to consider their verdict at 2pm on day six of the High Court trial in Christchurch.

After three hours of deliberations, they decided to return to the task at 10am today.

In a harrowing trial, which was halted on Friday after a jury member began sobbing over grisly evidence, Gosnell admit-

ted the teen died at his hands.

The court heard Hayden was attacked after telling Gosnell his then girlfriend, Nicolette VauxPhillips, was using him, and didn’t like him.

Defence counsel Craig Ruane said it was a brutal assault that “went too far”.

The jury heard from VauxPhillips - who witnessed the attack and was last year sentenced to 12 months of home detention after admitting being an accessory after the fact to culpable homicide - and from Hayden’s mother, Jacqueline Miles, police officers, forensic experts, and friends of Gosnell who saw the dead teen’s body the next day.

Forensic pathologist Dr Martin Sage said Hayden probably died of brain injuries but his decomposed body parts meant it was impossible to definitively rule his exact cause of death.

After closing arguments by the Crown and defence yesterday morning, Justice Lester

Chisholm summed up early yesterday afternoon.

Crown prosecutor Barnaby Hawes said the only rational conclusion is murder.

Gosnell’s attitude changed during the prolonged attack, he said, and the force of his punches and kicks became “harder and harder”.

He also highlighted the fact Gosnell said he was trying to knock out Hayden, while laughing during the bashing, when the teen was begging for it to stop, crying, and trying to get away.

Mr Ruane said there was no premeditation before the assault occurred.

The fact Gosnell was shaken up and panicked the next morning when he saw Hayden dead on his couch, meant he didn’t mean to kill him, Mr Ruane said.

Justice Chisholm said issues in the trial were relatively narrow, coming down to whether it was a case of murder or manslaughter.

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By Sam Hurley A local farmer helped keep a digger operator alive while he lay critically injured and trapped in his excavator for more than an hour, after it rolled 10 to 15m down a bank.

Farmer Ken Hamlin described the accident in remote rural Central Hawke’s Bay yesterday morning as a “bloody freak accident”.

Mr Hamlin, who saw the excavator roll, rushed to the crash site and jumped onto the digger to see if 56-year-old Colin Simpson was okay.

“I jumped up, saw the window was completely broken and leaned into it.”

He saw that Mr Simpson was unconscious, but was unsure how severe his injuries were. The immediate concern was for the man’s back and whether his legs were trapped.

“I leaned in and touched him,

he reacted. “I kept asking him questions - if he could hear me, where was his pain?”

“Sometimes he muttered something, he had obliviously suffered a very bad concussion.”

Mr Hamlin then ran back to the main road, about 1km, to open up all the gates for the approaching emergency vehicles.

“It all happened very quickly, but thankfully the place was soon crawling with firemen, police and paramedics”.

He said the digger was operating alongside a gully, next to a dry creek bed, when it rolled after being refuelled.

“There was uneven ground, but it was by no means on a steep hill.

Emergency workers then worked for more than an hour to free Mr Simpson.

Hawke’s Bay Road Policing Sergeant Clint Adamson said it appeared the machine was driving down the hill and was near the bottom, when the boom on

the crane swung around causing it to roll. “He was trapped for some time and suffered serious back and abdominal injuries.”

Mr Hamlin said Mr Simpson was an “exceptional digger operator” and that the excavator wasn’t in a dangerous position.

“I’ve seen diggers go into some pretty crazy places, it was not on terrain that a digger would not normally be able to operate in.

“I go along that area all the time on my bike and and it’s fine.”

He said he had only known Mr Simpson since he started work on the farm, but said he is an “excellent sort of bloke”.

The digger was operating on the farm to create working tracks and fix infrastructure.

Police said the accident will now become a Department of Labour investigation.

Hawke’s Bay Hospital spokeswoman Anna Kirk said early yesterday evening that Mr Simpson was in a serious condition in ICU. - APNZ

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Accused felt he had to name and shame

By Kurt Bayer The man accused of breaching a suppression order by posting a video online of Jesse Ryder’s two alleged attackers says he felt he had to “name and shame” the two men.

The pair, aged 20 and 37, appeared in court earlier this month charged with assaulting the star cricketer outside a Christchurch bar last month.

A judge granted a suppression order which protected their identities in a bid to secure them a fair trial.

But as they walked out of Christchurch District Court on April 4, 28-year-old Jordan Mason allegedly filmed them on his mobile phone.

He is accused of then posting the footage on social media sites in what he said yesterday was an attempt to “name and shame” the pair.

Police said that by posting the video, he knowingly breached the suppression order.

He was interviewed by police last Friday after he handed himself in.

If found guilty he could be jailed for up to six months.

The videos have since been taken down.

After he was charged, Detective Sergeant Ash Millen said he hoped it would serve as a deterrent to any other people who may have downloaded, accessed or distributed the video in question, or are considering doing so. Mason

received a registrar’s remand at the District Court sitting at the Nga Hau e Wha marae in Aranui yesterday.

It meant he didn’t have to go before a judge yesterday, but will do when his case is next called on April 29.

He jumped a fence after court yesterday to avoid speaking to the media, but a friend said he’d be available for interviews at a nearby property.

When reporters arrived, he accused several media outlets of hounding him and of breaching suppressions by naming him.

“Why attack me? I wasn’t the one who attacked Jesse Ryder,” he said.

Asked why he posted the video online, he struggled to answer but accepted he wanted the public to know who was accused of bashing the high-profile sportsman.

Mason claimed he “wanted to be charged” and appeared unfazed by the prospect of what sentence he could receive if found guilty of the charge of breaching a suppression order.

He said he wouldn’t be seeking name suppression himself, before becoming agitated when press photographers started taking his picture, even attempting to grab the camera of one photographer before storming off.

Ryder, 28 was punched and kicked outside Aikmans bar in Merivale, Christchurch, after a season’s end night out with his Wellington Firebirds teammates.

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The average blood pressure of New Zealanders in middle life appears to have increased, an “alarming” finding that could contribute to a predicted rise in the heart attack death rate after a 40-yearlong reduction.

Hypertension - abnormally high blood pressure - increases the risk of stroke, heart failure and heart-artery disease. It can also eventually damage the kidneys and eyes. High blood pressure can be caused by obesity, high intake of salt or alcohol, and lack of physical activity.

Otago University researchers have published results of the first national check of blood pressure, based on tests of 4407 people done as part of the 2008/9 adult nutrition survey.

Comparisons were made with Auckland blood pressure studies dating from 1982.

Published in the latest New Zealand Medical Journal, the new study found that 31 per cent of adults had hypertension, yet only 15 per cent of the whole sample were using medication to treat the condition.

Compared with a 2002 Auckland study, average pressure when the heart was pumping (systolic) and not pumping (diastolic) had increased in most age/sex categories. One of the most marked increases was in the average systolic blood pressure

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By Susan Sandys Tractors and combine harvesters will become more like robots in the future, delegates at a national Precision Agriculture in Action workshop in Methven learned recently.

About 200 people from Auckland to Southland attended the workshop at Methven Resort on Friday, which was followed by a farm visit to Craige and Roz Mackenzie’s Greenvale Pastures.

The day was organised by the new Precision Agriculture Association of New Zealand, and those attending included just 25 farmers, with the remainder being agricultural educators, goods and service providers and regulatory staff.

Precision agriculture is all about using the latest technology to increase efficiency and productivity.

Among speakers was Tristan Leov of Ashburton’s Drummond and Etheridge.

He said he was excited by “ag sci-fi”, his term for new technology emerging around the world.

Examples included agronomists, irrigation managers and fertiliser companies sourcing data in real time from machines working in the field so they could provide advice to farmers, and tractors sending fault codes to dealerships and owners who could then remotely access the machine.

“It means when we arrive at the machine we can have the right parts for the right problem,” Mr Leov said.

He mentioned farmers watching movies while they worked paddocks.

“Ladies if your husband is still telling you tractor work is hard work, it’s one of two things, he’s a liar or he hasn’t bought himself a new John Deere,” he said.

“When are we going to start calling tractors robots?” one delegate asked.

Mr Leov could see “leader follower” technology on paddocks in a few years time, where a farmer might drive the lead machine, such as a combine harvester, and have it communicating with other machiners such as unmanned chaser bins which would come onto the field when required.

Vodafone’s Jake Vargo addressed the crowd on broadband communication, on which many technologies relied. The company was two years through a five-year project

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Massey University Professor Ian Yule was just one of the guest speakers at a recent national Precision Agriculture in Action workshop in Methven. to install 154 cellphone towers throughout the country, and proposed sites included the State Highway One area at Rakaia.

Environment Canterbury deputy chairman David Caygill said New Zealand needed to meet the challenge of using limited resources more efficiently despite it already being one of the world’s most efficient producers of food.

The Canterbury Water Management Strategy had environmental and cultural objectives as well as the objective of expanding irrigation. The region’s zone committees had reported back to Ecan

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for men aged 45 to 54, to 133.8mm of mercury, from 123.9mm.

The study authors, including Dr Rachael McLean and Professor Jim Mann, say in their journal paper that mean systolic blood pressure has increased since 2002 in the NZ European and other (NZEO) ethnic category for those aged 35 to 54 and Maori aged 35 to 74, reversing a downward trend observed in NZEO between 1982 and 2002.

“It really is quite alarming,” Professor Mann said.

Dr McLean said the 2008/9 check was “just one data-point” suggesting blood pressure had risen and repeat checks – which the Health Ministry had indicated it was planning – were needed to confirm a trend.

“When you put it in the context of the increase in other important risk factors like the increase in the prevalence of diabetes and impaired glucose tolerance and increased prevalence of obesity ... it is quite alarming.”

The research paper cites 2006 projections by Heart Foundation medical director Professor Norman Sharpe and others which suggested the heart attack death rate, despite its downwards trend since the late 1960s, may increase for men born after 1956 and women born after 1961.

Professor Sharpe said the projection was for the rates to plateau by 2015 and he expected they might then rise. The

UNDER PRESSURE 31% of adults have abnormally high blood pressure 15% report taking drugs to reduce blood pressure 35 to 54 year-old NZ Europeans and others - average blood pressure up since 2002 35 to 74 year-old Maori - average blood pressure up since 2002 Source: Otago University and 2008/9 Adult Nutrition Survey blood-pressure reversal, linked to the obesity epidemic, was “a really bad mix. This provides justification, if we needed it, for stronger preventive measures particularly for heart health and diabetes checks”.

Dr McLean said the blood pressure results demonstrated the need for a return to healthy-eating policies discarded by the National Government, a reduction in GST on fruit and vegetables and the Britishstyle publication of targets to encourage the food industry to reduce salt content.

In 2008/9 New Zealand adults ate 9g a day, unchanged from a decade earlier and well above the recommended maximum intake of 5.8g.

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increased dairying.

“And the figure is heading towards 32, because that’s where the top farmers are operating,” he said.

At the Mackenzies farm, delegates learned about variable rate irrigation and fertiliser application, soil mapping, crop sensors and more, courtesy of a range of guest speakers.

Associate Minister of Primary Industries Jo Goodhew gave closing remarks.

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12 children killed in Syria air strikes Air strikes by regime warplanes have killed at least 12 children in two incidents, one targeting a Kurdish village in north-east Syria and the other a district of Damascus, a watchdog says.

Elsewhere, activists accused the regime of destroying the minaret of the historic Omari mosque in southern Daraa, the so-called cradle of the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad.

“Sixteen people were martyred after a warplane targeted the village of Haddad, which is majority Kurdish ... including at least three children and two women,” the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

Video footage uploaded on YouTube showed the aftermath of yesterday’s attack in the province of Hasakeh, with several women carrying children from a damaged home, outside which two bod-

ies can be seen, a pool of blood next to the head of one.

In the second incident, at least nine more children were killed in an air strike on the Qabun neighbourhood of north-eastern Damascus, said the Britain-based Observatory.

Video of what activists said was the aftermath of the strike showed part of a house reduced to rubble and the surrounding air thick with dust raised by residents as they searched for survivors.

A second video also uploaded by activists on YouTube showed the bodies of at least seven children in blue body bags, some small enough to be sharing the bag with one or two others.

In the south, activists accused the regime of destroying the minaret of the historic Omari mosque in Daraa, the

so-called cradle of the uprising.

In amateur video footage, the mosque can be seen at the end of a street, its towering minaret toppling over after apparent shelling and crumbling into rubble and dust.

But state news agency SANA quoted a local official in Daraa as pinning blame for the minaret’s destruction on the Islamist rebel group Al-Nusra Front.

Earlier this week, Al-Nusra’s chief pledged allegiance to al-Qaeda, a day after al-Qaeda in Iraq announced its affiliation with the Syrian jihadist group, prompting concern among some rebel fighters and opposition members.

Yesterday, the key Syrian National Coalition grouping warned that Al-Nusra Front’s pledge of fealty to alQaeda would serve the Assad regime.

– AFP

Defiant N Korea marks anniversary Oblivious to international tensions over a possible North Korean missile launch, Pyongyang residents spilled into the streets yesterday to celebrate a major national holiday, the birthday of their first leader, Kim Il Sung.

Girls in red and pink jackets skipped along streets festooned with celebratory banners and flags and parents pushed strollers with babies bundled up against the spring chill as residents of the isolated, impoverished nation began observing a three-day holiday.

There was no sense of panic in the North Korean capital, where very few locals have access to international broadcasts and foreign newspaper headlines speculating about an imminent missile launch

and detailing the international diplomacy under way to try to rein Pyongyang in, including a swing through the region

by US Secretary of State John Kerry to try to tamp down emotions and co-ordinate Washington’s response with Beijing, North Korea’s most important ally.

Foreign governments have been struggling to assess how seriously to take North Korea’s recent torrent of rhetoric — including warnings of possible nuclear war — as it expresses its anger over continuing US-South Korea military manoeuvres just across the border. Officials in South Korea, the United States and Japan say intelligence indicates that North Korean officials, fresh off an underground nuclear test in February,

are ready to launch a medium-range missile.

North Korea’s own media gave little indication of how high the tensions are.

The Rodong Sinmun, the Workers’ Party newspaper, featured photos and coverage of current leader Kim Jong Un’s overnight visit to the Kumsusan mausoleum to pay respects to his grandfather. There was only one line at the end of the article vowing to bring down the “robber-like US imperialists”.

Kim Jong Un’s renovation of the memorial palace that once served as his grandfather’s presidential offices was opened to the public yesterday, the vast cement plaza replaced by fountains, park benches, trellises and tulips.

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New Zealand’s labour market improved mildly last month with a small rise in the number of new online job advertisements, according to employment site Seek.

New job ad listings on seek.co.nz increased 0.5 per cent from February to March, and were up 4.9 per cent nationally compared to a year ago.

Auckland and Wellington lifted by 0.3 per cent and 1.8 per cent but Canterbury fell by 0.7 per cent.

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Ding Dong song angers son The son of Harold Arlen has hit out at activists for using his father’s classic song Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead to celebrate the death of Margaret Thatcher.

The death of the controversial former UK Prime Minister last week has divided the UK, and an online campaign was launched to get the beloved The Wizard of Oz track to the top of the singles chart to mark Thatcher’s passing.

Two of the movie’s stars, Ruth Duccini

Seek NZ, said Auckland had seen considerable growth in new jobs ads over the past three months, with a rise of 7.5 per cent since December.

The number of new Seek jobs advertised in Wellington has increased 3 per cent in the same period.

“The New Zealand employment market has started the year strongly, with demand for labour rising steadily,” Faulding said.

“It is encouraging to see new job ads have continued to grow this past month in Auckland and have turned around in Wellington after a soft start to the capital’s job market this year.”

At the same time, job applications are outstripping the number of new job ads being listed.

The Seek Employment Index (SEI), which measures the number of new job ads against the number of applications received for those roles, fell by 4.4 per cent nationally.

“The SEI data for March shows that jobseekers are growing in confidence as demand for labour increases,” Faulding said.

“People are clearly responding to the stimulated employment market and seeking more opportunities to find that exciting new role.”

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and Jerry Maren, blasted the plans, and now Sam Arlen, whose father Harold composed the track, has condemned the move.

He tells Britain’s Sunday Express: “I am bitterly upset and angry this is happening. My father would have been appalled.

His music has brought joy to millions over the decades in almost every country in the world. I think he would feel devastated that it has been turned into an anthem of political hate.”

– WENN

It was a hair-raising experience for Australian actor Hugh Jackman at a New York City gym. 1010 WINS radio reports Jackman was working out in a gym at the weekend in Manhattan’s West Village neighbourhood when a woman rushed in, crying and shouting that she loved him. The X-Men star told the radio station yesterday the run-in was frightening. Police say 47-year-old Kathleen Thurston pulled out a razor filled with hair and threw it at him, then fled and was arrested several blocks from the gym. Jackman wasn’t hurt.

– AP

Meanwhile, figures out yesterday from Trade Me showed job vacancies in the last quarter were up 5.3 per cent on the previous year.

Ginny Ryder, head of Trade Me Jobs, said there were hints of a slow shift in favour of job hunters as job numbers rose and demand fell.

“That’s good news for people hunting that dream job,” she said.

Ryder said there was a “two-speed” employment market in New Zealand – Christchurch and Auckland were the “powerhouses” but Wellington was “stuck in second gear”.

Some parts of Auckland were

showing strong annual growth, with Manukau and the North Shore up 9 per cent and 15 per cent respectively.

Wellington had a 7.2 per cent drop in listings and a 13.9 per cent increase in applications.

Canterbury experienced 16.5 per cent growth in new listings.

The most in demand occupations on Seek.co.nz during March 1. IT consultants 2. Engineering managers 3. Local government 4. Private practice solicitors 5. Midwives

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A female snowshoer died hours after she was dug out of an avalanche by fellow hikers, and a man remained missing yesterday, one day after a pair of spring avalanches struck separate groups hiking in the Cascade Mountains east of Seattle, authorities in Washington state said. Sgt Katie Larson, with the King County Sheriff’s Office, said a team of rescuers worked through the night in blizzard-like conditions to carry the female snowshoer off the mountain.

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Teen idol Justin Bieber faced withering criticism yesterday after he visited the Anne Frank museum in Amsterdam and wrote that he hoped the Jewish girl who died in a Nazi death camp would have been a fan. The museum said on its Facebook page that Canadian singer Bieber, 19, had visited the Anne Frank House, where she and her family hid from the Nazis. “Truly inspiring to be able to come here. Anne was a great girl. Hopefully she would have been a belieber,” Bieber wrote in the guestbook after the visit, the museum said. – AFP

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Women take photos of each other outside a closed shop with a sign reading in Greek “For rent” at a main shopping street in central capital Nicosia yesterday.

Cyprus president admonishes bank chief Cyprus’ president yesterday chided the central bank chief to not act in ways that catches the government by surprise, but to move to stabilise the bailed-out country’s troubled banking sector.

President Nicos Anastasiades’ didn’t say what Central Bank Governor Panicos Demetriades did to raise his ire. But he suggested Demetriades’ actions led to Saturday’s resignations of three Central Bank Board members.

Demetriades, an appointee of the previous left-wing administration, told yesterday’s edition of Phileleftheros that his co-operation with the government and parliament is a given in order to deal with the country’s severe financial crisis, but that the central

bank’s independence must be respected. He also said in the Phileleftheros interview that he and his family have received death threats “for months” but didn’t elaborate, citing security reasons.

Lawmakers have criticised Demetriades over his role in talks with the country’s eurozone partners and the International Monetary Fund that culminated in a 23 billion euro ($30 billion) rescue package.

Under the bail-out’s terms, Cyprus has to raise 13 billion of the overall amount by imposing losses on deposits over 100,000 euros in the country’s two largest banks – Bank of Cyprus and Laiki.

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As part of its bank restructuring, and to prevent a run on the country’s banks, Cypriot authorities have imposed a series of capital controls – the first that any country has applied in the eurozone’s 14-year history – including a daily 300 euro withdrawal limit.

Officials said the restrictions would be lifted gradually until trust in banks is restored. Yesterday, authorities further loosened controls by raising the monthly domestic bank-to-bank transfer limit for individuals from 10,000 t0 50,000.

– AP

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Brokers and analysts are predicting a strong take-up of Mighty River Power shares as the offer opened to the public yesterday.

Around 440,000 people pre-registered their interest in buying a stake in the power company, which the Government is selling up to 49 per cent of.

Hamilton Hindin Greene broker James Smalley said it was hard to know what the conversion rate would be. “(But) one could argue with the state of the market being relatively buoyant and interest rates being at all-time lows, all those factors could mean a fairly high conversion rate.”

Smalley said one factor that may have put some investors off was having a price range rather than a defini-

tive price per share. The prospectus puts the range at $2.35 to $2.80. But the final price won’t be known until May 8 after an institutional book build process is held – just two days before the expected listing on May 10.

Smalley said that was a big difference compared with buying a property investment – something New Zealanders have a lot of experience in.

“Have you ever heard anyone say – I’m going to buy a property but I don’t know what I’m paying for it? I guess that might turn off a few people – not having that certainty.”

The ongoing negotiations between Meridian and Rio Tinto over the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter could also be a sticking point for some, Smalley said.

– APNZ

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Farm gear goes under the hammer John Watt loads up tractor wheel and tyre that went under the auctioneer’s hammer at a clearing at Willowdale Farm last week. Part of Jim and Marian Martin’s mixed cropping farm on Thompsons Track has been sold and the couple are moving to Ashburton. The farm will remain a cropping operation. Auctioneers cleared an assortment of old machinery, as well as a stack of Chapman sacks, which are muslin bags not often seen on farms nowadays.

By Sam Morton Rural suicides continue to worry industry representatives and one Federated Farmers spokesperson didn’t hesitate to highlight the issue last week.

Jeanette Maxwell, of Mt Hutt, was giving advice at a coroner’s inquest into the quad bike death of Grant Cornelius in Auckland, but she wasted no time in refocusing the spotlight on rural suicide.

Mrs Maxwell, who is the Federated Farmers health and safety spokesperson, pointed out rural suicide killed 20 times more people than those who died as a result of quad bikes. She urged people to pay attention right across the board.

“I’m not belittling these deaths (quad bikes) and I am certainly not saying they are insignificant, but rural depression is killing far more of our rural community than quad bikes,” Mrs Maxwell said.

“Quad bike deaths seem to get a lot of traction in the media and

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LAMB The supply of lambs into North Island processing plants is drying up, but that’s in stark contrast to the flood of lambs arriving at saleyards in the lower North Island, particularly Feidling.

Reasonable rainfall has bolstered buyer confidence at the saleyards, as has the news that lamb processing is slowing, meaning increases in meat company schedules may not be far away.

This has resulted in improved store stock prices in parts of the North Island that have received rain, and lambs are being trucked from far and wide from drier regions to cash in on the upturn in demand.

With 13.7 million lambs now processed, it’s estimated that there are only around 6.5 to 6.8 million lambs left for slaughter before the season comes to a close at the end of September.

Schedule prices this week have seen no change in price from last week.

BEEF There have been few positives in beef markets over the past week.

The US domestic market has weakened by US4c/lb on the back of higher production and disappointing end user demand.

The food service industry has had a tough start to 2013, and prolonged winter weather in many states has put a dampener on early grilling season beef demand. Imported manufacturing beef prices have also softened, amidst concern over how well the market will handle the significant volumes of beef currently in transit to the US. The impact on returns to New Zealand has also been compounded by the recent surge in the value of the kiwi dollar. However, as throughput is slowing in the North Island the impact of this may not be reflected in meat company schedules.

Schedule prices this week have seen no change in price from last week.

DAIRY Dairy commodity price movements were mixed last week.

The Agrifax price series saw milk powder prices easing back from their record highs. The volume of product being traded at present is limited due to extremely tight supplies. Exporters will soon move their focus to new season product.

The next GlobalDairyTrade auction again has limited volumes of product available, especially in the nearby delivery contracts. The volumes offered

by Fonterra are as per forecast and identical to that on offer at the previous auction. It is really anyone’s guess as to what prices will do at the next auction. Volumes are low so there is likely to be sufficient buyers participating who are willing to pay very high prices to secure product. As a result prices are expected to remain high but could drop slightly from the previous auction or alternatively head higher still.

In Europe prices have moved higher again this week and therefore the pricing gap between origins is beginning to close.

MPI getting down to business at Fieldays The Ministry for Primary Industries is looking forward to talking rural business success as sponsor of the premier feature at the National Agricultural Fieldays in June.

MPI will have a hub in the main pavilion at the Mystery Creek event, as well as running a series of seminars that will be open to all visitors.

“The National Agricultural Fieldays will be a showcase for New Zealand’s primary industries and an excellent venue for talking about how to ensure future growth,” says MPI director-general Wayne McNee. “It’s an event where rural people of every kind come together and we’re excited to be part of it.

“MPI views its role as partnering with and enabling the primary industries, with a particular focus on supporting growth in the value of exports.

“This will be built on an under-

standing of industry participants’ challenges and opportunities.

“The Fieldays theme, getting down to business in the global economy, is one that MPI relates to strongly.

“We invite visitors to attend our seminars where we will tease out what this means in practice, or visit us at the hub.” Jon Calder, NZ National Agricultural Fieldays CEO, said the fieldays focus had always been on the advancement of New Zealand agriculture on the domestic and now global stage.

“New Zealand’s export growth is critical to our success as a nation, and MPI play a vital role in working with and supporting the primary sector to deliver and realise its potential.

“Fieldays partnership with MPI creates new opportunities to work together and explore fresh ways to take New Zealand’s Agriculture and Primary Sector to the world.”

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are encouraged by what we are seeing.”

Mrs Maxwell is aiming to reduce the suicide rate by focusing on the early factors of depression and is encouraging open lines of communication among families, friends and colleagues.

She is encouraging neighbours to look out for each other and urging farmers, particularly men, to open up and share their concerns.

“Any time somebody dies in the countryside, or anywhere for that matter, it changes their families life forever.

“Things will never be the same and the consequences of one poor decision live on ... it’s sad.

“The statistics have always been a concern to me and I am passionate about reversing the trend. I know our body will do everything we can, with the help of some great organisations alongside us, to achieve that,” Mrs Maxwell said.

But she knows only too well, that won’t happen overnight.

“We just need to keep the message out there ... keep talking.”

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among communities and rightly so, but too many people seem to be shying away from talking about rural people committing suicide and frankly we need to change that ... shying away is only making the problem worse.”

Mrs Maxwell has formed a subgroup among Federated Farmers, to specifically look after Health and Wellbeing. The group will also focus on preventing rural suicides, among other issues and have drafted in the support of other like-minded organisations such as Rural Women and rural GPs to help with their plan.

“We do know there is a handful of little pockets around the country doing some great things to reduce rural depression, but there is no-one above them to connect the dots ... so often the work goes unnoticed,” she said.

“We (Federated Farmers) are looking to put a strategy and action plan in place to put forward and get an overarching body established to take this issue seriously.

We are in the early days, but we

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Flag presentation marked soldiers’ sacrifice LEFT: The Ferriman flags were made in Ashburton by Sarney & Co.

By Michael Hanrahan

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n May 13, 1915, more than 1000 people gathered in the Ashburton Arcade to witness a ceremony that was unique in New Zealand.

It was less than three weeks after the disastrous landings at Gallipoli and news of that landmark battle was only just beginning to filter back to Ashburton, with 51 New Zealand soldiers reported killed and 840 missing or wounded on the same day the Arcade event was reported. The same paper reported the death of the first Ashburton soldier killed in World War One, Sergeant B. B. Wood who had worked for H C Barrett’s menswear shop in Ashburton.

The event in the Arcade was the final act of a fete that had commenced on April 29 with a Queen Carnival to raise funds in aid of “the poor and distressed Belgians”. Belgium had been overrun by the Germans early in World War One and massive fundraising efforts had been held throughout New Zealand in aid of those who had escaped the country.

Two weeks after the fete commenced with a Queen Carnival another similar activity was held. This time May Harrison was crowned Queen of the Carnival. Things then moved on to the main event of the night, the presentation of flags to the parents or other relatives of many of those who had sons serving overseas. The Minister of Defence, James Allen, was in attendance and one by one called up the parents, brothers and, in one case, the wife, of those serving overseas, to present them with a New Zealand red ensign.

The flags had been donated by an Ashburton philanthropist, Frederick Zacccheus Duckett Ferriman, who had them specially manufactured in Ashburton by Sarney & Co. If Ferriman had been able to have his way the flags would have been presented quietly, and without ceremony, but the Government saw the occasion as one to promote recruitment. In a sense they hijacked the occasion.

Along with the flag each recipient received the promise of a flagpole and a souvenir card carrying a request to fly the flag on certain days. If they were not flown on those days, Mr Ferriman is reputed to have wanted to know the reason why.

Ninety-six next of kin that day received flags on behalf of 123 men who were serving overseas.

Most were Ashburton people,

BELOW: It’s 1932 and Ashley Petch of Christchurch stands proudly in front of a Ferriman flag at the home of Joshua Tucker in Belt Road. Petch had won the Tucker Medal for sight reading in the 1932 Ashburton Competitions and had been invited to the Tucker home for the presentation. The Tuckers’ son, William Rudolph Tucker, had been called up for service overseas in World War One in 1917 and F. Z. D. Ferriman presented the family with with a flagpole and flag, which they flew on many public occasions, in this case a prize presentation many years later.

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One of the flags presented by Frederick Ferriman to World War One soldiers’ families, now in the collection of the Ashburton Museum. but some were from other areas.

Ferriman’s thought was that they should go to the families of those who had volunteered for active service while living within Ashburton town or county, regardless of where they came from.

There were a number who did not receive flags on the day — in some cases the next of kin resided elsewhere, in other cases there were those who shied away from the formality of the occasion. Ferriman did his best to get flags to them and as the war proceeded and fresh intakes

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were called up, more flags and flag poles were quietly presented.

By war’s end 350 flags and flagpoles had been distributed, costing Frederick Ferriman almost £1000, part of the almost £12,000 he gave to patriotic purposes during the war.

The formality over, the evening ended with the auction of a Belgian flag. It was sold and re-sold 27 times before eventually being knocked down to the final bidder, Father J. J. O Donnell, the 27 sales raising a total of £160 for the Belgian cause.

Ferriman flagpoles still dotted

Ashburton for many years and as recently as the 1960s some could be seen, but all appear to have now disappeared. The Ashburton Museum has several of the flags in its collection and would be interested to know if any of the flagpoles still exist.

Interestingly, the New Zealand Red Ensign, flown normally by the merchant navy since it was approved in 1903, has never been approved for use on land except in places or on occasions of Maori significance.

Why Ferriman chose to use it and the Minister of Defence

approved it on this occasion is not known. It may have been an Ashburton “thing” because there was a flag manufacturer in the town.

Some years later a visiting flag expert criticised the red ensigns being flown by the Ashburton County Council, Technical School and many houses. “Quite pretty, but do they stand for anything?” he said.

NEXT WEEK — The man behind the flags.

Can a spread be indigenous? Yes Marmite can

By Kathleen Stringer

M

armite lovers rejoice, the spread has returned to our shelves. To be honest, the shortage, yet another result of the earthquakes, didn’t affect me a great deal.

Such is the longevity of the product that I am still using a jar I purchased before the shortage took place.

While the shortage was real, I wonder if the lack of Marmite was harnessed by the makers to give them free publicity.

You don’t often get headline news and large bids on TradeMe for a breakfast spread, so perhaps in a way lack of production was a good thing.

Surely, people bought a jar or two when it returned, just to remind them what it tasted like.

Oddly, although publicity included debates about its superiority over the English version and the Aussie competition Vegemite, it seems that much of its promotion was based around its ‘Kiwiness’ rather than its taste. Let’s face it, Marmite is an acquired taste. Even the makers

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TAURUS (Apr 21st May 21st) It may feel like a good idea to help out a partner or friend. Duty calls and it seems you are there to answer.

You might need to accept the fact that people hold different views. A fun plan could bring friends together and you may enjoy taking on the role of host, especially when it comes to providing excellent home-cooked food and drink.

agree, as the long-standing motto ‘too much spoils the flavour’ shows.

While some may scoff that a spread can be indigenous, when you look at the story behind Marmite it does give you a sense of pride at yet another case of Kiwi ingenuity.

In 1910 New Zealand started importing Britishmade Marmite, which had only been sold commercially since 1902.

Demand was limited; it is said that one cartload of Marmite could keep the whole country going for a month. Slowly, New Zealand became accustomed to the ‘black gold’ but with World War One Marmite production and supply stopped.

After the war, Sanitarium gained the sole agency to sell imported Marmite. In 1923, Vegemite started arriving in the country from Australia.

During the 1930s Sanitarium were beginning to blend imported Marmite with local ingredients (mainly sugar and caramel) and by 1940 a whole new product, produced in Christchurch, was developed.

In 1966 the factory burnt down, resulting in another shortage. I’m unsure whether the country fell into despair then as it did this time, but the

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Learning to chill out may help you save energy that might otherwise be spent worrying. A social event can light up your evening.

CANCER (Jun 22nd - Jul 23rd) Two hands may be better than one, so join in and be part of the scene. If you’re in a creative state of mind you may find a way to improve finances.

Excitement may be in the air and the inner and outer you seem to sync in perfect harmony. It’s good to get out tonight, when inspiration may boost your spirits along with some interesting conversation.

LEO (Jul 24th - Aug 23rd) It’s a fine day to have people over and share ideas, particularly if they’re linked to business or you just want to make some new acquaintances.

Career-wise things are looking up, which you’ll be more than happy about. The current astral climate is perfect for negotiation and for making professional links. Travel may still be something you’re keen to consider.

VIRGO (Aug 24th Sep 23rd) There is an upbeat feeling out there and you’re in the mood to go right along with it. However, it might help to stay clear of argumentative situations as joint financial affairs continue to pose questions to which you may not yet have the answers.

Whatever it is that’s holding you back, listen to that inner voice.

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LIBRA (Sep 24th Oct 23rd) Today could be a winner in so many ways as long as you can accept a few changes that may be related to a partner or perhaps to a career decision.

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company’s publicity machine went into full swing on its return, with collectible glasses featuring vintage car designs encouraging people to buy ‘New Zealand’s original yeast spread’.

Until 1950 Marmite, both imported and local, was stored in white glass jars, such as the one shown here.

Until the 1990s, when plastic took over, small Marmite jars became the drinking glass for most families.

The opaque jars were often recycled to store all manner of items.

While the containers may seem an interesting sideline, they are quite crucial to the story of Marmite.

Dispelling the myth (probably started by Aussies!) that Marmite is made of meat (as opposed to their Vegemite) the name Marmite actually is a French word for an earthenware cooking vessel.

The British version has one such example on its labelling. Until the 1920s British Marmite came in such pots and some of these, which look like stoneware beakers, made their way to New Zealand.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov 23rd - Dec 21st) The day may get off to a disruptive start, especially if you launch yourself into activities without thinking, but those false starts could generate good fortune anyway.

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By Jonathan Leask Methven’s Braden Currie and Wanaka’s Dougal Allan have taken out the opening two stages of the Wenzhou Outdoor Challenge in China.

Currie, the 2013 Coast to Coast champion, and three times Coast runner up Allan have combined to take the lead at the midway point of the four day multi-stage adventure race, dominating the opening two days to take a 12 minute lead in to the third stage, completed overnight.

Day one involved a 5km run, 2km paddle, 3km orienteering section, 17km paddle and 25km mountain bike ride before it finished with a run up 25 floors of stairs and an 80m abseil to the finish line from the top of the building.

Currie and Allan used their guile to follow leading adventure racer Nathan Fa’avae and his Seagate team-mate Trevor Voyce during the orienteering stage, and along with another team using the same tactic, arrived at the kayak leg together.

The trio made a truce on the river and worked together on the paddle

Man U closes in on title

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DAILY DIARY TODAY TUESDAY APRIL 16 9.30am. ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Walking group meets outside church. 48 Allens Road.

9.30am. M.S.A. T’AI CHI CLUB. Beginners class, new comers welcome. M.S.A. Social hall, Havelock Street.

9.40am. MID CANTERBURY MENS PROBUS CLUB. Monthly meeting with a mini and main speaker. Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

10.45. M.S.A. T’AI CHI CLUB. Maintenance class and exercises. M.S.A. Social hall, Havelock Street.

12noon - 3pm. ASHBURTON JUSTICE OF THE PEACE ASSOCIATION (INC). Signing centre. Community House, rear of Westpac Bank, 122 Tancred Street.

1.00pm - 3.00pm. ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM, Classic aircraft on display including DC3. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Rd. 1.30pm. WESTPARK W.I. Miss Daisy driving. St Paul’s Church Lounge. 65 Oxford Street.

1.30pm. R.S.A. Cards “500� R.S.A. Cox Street.

7.30pm. FOREST AND BIRD. A.G.M. also birding on St Kilda and the Farne Islands. Sinclair Centre, Park St. 7.30pm - 9.30pm. MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON. Great fun, everyone welcome, racquets provided.

Sports hall, 35 Tancred Street.

TOMORROW WEDNESDAY APRIL 17 9.00am-4.00pm. ASHBURTON BUDGET ADVISORY SERVICE INC. For free budget advice and workshop enquiries.

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9.30am - 1.00pm. ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH. Second time around op shop. Ashburton Baptist Church, Cnr Cass and Havelock Streets.

10.00am. ST STEPHENS ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Park Street.

10.00am. MID CANTERBURY LADIES PROBUS CLUB. Coffee morning. Cafe Central, Tancred Street.

10.00am - 3.00pm. ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM, Classic aircraft on display including DC 3. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

10.00am - 4.00pm. ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research, non members welcome. Upstairs in the Old Polytech Building, 254 Cameron Street.

10.00am - 7.00pm. ASHBURTON ART GALLERY AND MUSEUM Open, Baring Square East.

10.45am. T’IA CHI CLUB. Exercises for people with limited mobility. M.S.A. Social hall, Havelock Street.

1.15pnm. TINWALD 500 CLUB CARDS. Come join in and play cards, all welcome. Tinwald Hall, Graham Street.

7.00pm. GLENYS’ DANCE GROUP. Sequence dancing.

Pipe Band Hall, Creek Road.

7.00pm - 9.30pm. MID CANTERBURY LINE DANCERS. Learn to line dance 7pm, followed by beginner/intermediate (8pm - 9pm). Phone 307-7138 a/h. Tinwald Hall, Graham Street.

7.30pm. ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Real women walking group. 48 Allens Road.

7.30pm. ASHBURTON SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCE CLUB. Dancing, music, fitness and fun. Buffalo Hall, Cox Street.

7.30pm. ALLENTON INDOOR BOWLING CLUB. New members welcome. Allenton Hall, Harrison Street.

7.30pm. ASHBURTON TRAVEL CLUB. Alison and Don Shearer speaking on The Silk Road, Istambul to Beijing, all welcome.

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to stretch their lead on the chasing teams, before Currie and Allan made their move on the bike.

They hit the lead, lost it after Allan’s bike got caught with a piece of wire but returned to the front to clamber up the stairs and leap off the building to take the win.

On day two they made their move early hitting the front on the opening bike leg, opening up a lead they wouldn’t surrender.

Currie was in his element on the run with Allan working hard to keep on his tail as he explained in his blog: “If you have ever tried to hunt a

Manchester United took a step closer to the English Premier League title with a 2-0 win at Stoke City yesterday to re-establish a 15-point lead over Manchester City at the top of the table.

Michael Carrick gave United an early lead and Robin van Persie completed victory by claiming his first club goal in 11 games.

Victory allowed United to return to winning ways after their loss in the Manchester derby, although City have a game in hand.

Stoke find themselves in real danger of slipping into the relegation zone, having won just once in 13 league games.

Tony Pulis’ side sit three points above the relegation zone, but have played two games more than thirdlast Wigan Athletic.

United, with Wayne Rooney in midfield, scored in the fourth minute at a windswept Britannia Stadium.

Phil Jones met a right-wing corner from van Persie and, with the ball bobbling around the area, Carrick stuck out his foot to toe it into the bottom-left corner.

Van Persie scored in the 66th minute, steering a penalty past Asmir Begovic after being felled by Andy Wilkinson.

Earlier, Sunderland won 3-0 at local

Robin van Persie: Sealed victory for Manchester United over Stoke City rivals Newcastle United to boost their bid to avoid relegation and give Paolo Di Canio a memorable victory in his first northeast derby.

Stephane Sessegnon, Adam Johnson and David Vaughan scored excellent goals, moving Sunderland three points clear of the bottom three and to within two points of Alan Pardew’s Newcastle. “I’m happy for my players because they were warriors today,� Di Canio said.

Sessegnon broke the deadlock

midway through a frantic first half at St James’ Park.

The recalled James McClean picked up a loose pass from Jonas Gutierrez and fed Sessegnon, who held off Gutierrez and drilled a low shot past goalkeeper Tim Krul from 25 metres.

Di Canio’s reaction was typically effusive, the new Sunderland manager sprinting down the touchline and punching the air in delight.

Newcastle received a blow shortly before the hour when Krul had to go off after landing awkwardly, with Rob Elliot coming on in his place.

Krul sustained a dislocated shoulder, ruling him out for rest of the season.

The hosts had a goal controversially disallowed for offside in the 62nd minute, despite Papiss Cisse appearing to be onside when he fired home from close range.

Johnson made it 2-0 in the 74th minute, drifting in from the right and shaping a 20-metres shot inside the left-hand post. This time, Di Canio opted for a knee slide.

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Maloney eyes State of Origin

By Steve Jancetic Try telling James Maloney that Sunday’s City-Country clash doesn’t mean anything.

The Country pivot says he is desperate to take every chance he gets as he pushes his case for a NSW Origin jumper, with the Coffs Harbour clash with City the next step in the road to his final goal.

While an injury to City five-eighth Josh Reynolds has robbed Maloney of the chance to go head-to-head with one of his main challengers for a berth in that NSW side for Origin I on June 5, the Sydney Roosters playmaker will be anything but half-hearted as he makes his debut in the annual selection trial.

“It’s a great opportunity I’ve been given,� said Maloney, who is locked in a battle with Reynolds and incumbent Todd Carney for the Blues No.6 jersey. “I’ve got a pretty big step up to make on Sunday against some pretty talented footballers - it’ll be a big challenge.�

While the City side was ravaged by withdrawals, Maloney said he wasn’t about to pass up the opportunity. “It would have taken a lot to get me out of here,� he said. “Everyone’s in a different situation, whether it’s they are carrying injuries or what their opportunities are. “For me and the stage of my career that I’m at it’s pretty important to me and that’s how I’m treating it.�

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is the fact he plays his club football alongside Mitchell Pearce, the man NSW coach Laurie Daley has already stated will be his No.1 option at half-back.

Pearce was unavailable for City selection due to a calf injury, but it is clear Maloney was desperate to make the step up into Origin football alongside his Sydney Roosters team-mate.

Asked if their club combination would help at the NSW selection table, Maloney said: “You’d hope so, anything I can get in my favour is a bonus,� Maloney said. “He was a big reason for why I chose to come back to the Roosters. “I’m enjoying that we get on really well and just enjoying playing football with him.�

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chamois with your bare hands in the hills, you have probably come close to experience the near impossible task of keeping pace with Braden when the terrain is steep. But I managed to keep in sight - just.�

They then had a long kayak, another abseil and a swim to the finish, building an eight minute lead for a total lead of 12 minutes.

The third stage - a 17km kayak, 18km mountain bike and a 17km run - will have been finished overnight with Currie and Allan looking to at least maintain their lead ahead of tonight’s final stage.

• Going cross country The Ashburton Harrier Club held their annual cross country handicap races at the Tinwald Domain on Saturday. The 2km course had plenty of turns and the water jump option making things a bit interesting. The men completed four laps of the course with Joe Ford leading the field home in 30.30 minutes with Peter Larkin two minutes back in second. The first women home was Emma Waite, also the under 18 winner, covering the 6km in 27.47mins just over a minute ahead of Laura Conway.

Linda Bayne was the first walker home in the 6km handicap race.

Although a small turnout, the club was excited to see eight juniors taking the opportunity to compete. Full results page 11.

• Rebecca leads the way Ashburton’s Rebecca Reith was the captain of Rangi Ruru’s winning dressage team that took out the Canterbury Interschools competition held at McLeans Island recently. Reith’s team competed against 24 teams from across Canterbury and Marlborough.

• Burgess a Rebel Wallabies halfback Luke Burgess will return from France to play for the Melbourne Rebels after signing a two-year contract with the Australian Rugby Union. Burgess last played for Australia at the 2011 World Cup before taking up a lucrative deal with leading French club Toulouse where he’s mostly come off the bench behind Jean-Marc Doussain. The halfback’s return has long been forecast, with his deal sparking Nick Phipps’ switch from Melbourne to the NSW Waratahs for 2014. - AAP

• Smith to miss test?

New Zealand and Newcastle enforcer Jeremy Smith is set to miss Friday’s Test with Australia and faces a further five-game NRL ban after being charged for a head slam from Saturday’s win over Penrith. The back-rower was hit with a grade three dangerous contact head slam charge, from an ugly incident in which Panther Matt Robinson was left heavily concussed and forced from the field on a stretcher. An early guilty plea would result in a four-game ban for Smith.

- AAP

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5 0570x Jamomiti t (14) 57.5.....................R Hannam 6 771x2 Pirinitete (15) 57......................... M Dee (a3) 7 P7x41 Texas Yellow Rose (5) 57.............. L Allpress 8 7180x Lord Of The Stars (9) 57................. J Parkes 9 42331 Sarah Jane (2) 56.5........................ J Riddell 10 65253 Rampantexcuse (7) 56.5.............T Thornton 11 46457 Recession Proof 56.5................... Scratched 12 4x1 Brunnhilda th (4) 56............. M Dravitzki (a3) 13 1730x La Stellina t (6) 55.5.........................K Smith 14 405x0 Astucious (10) 55...........................M Tanaka 15 71970 Braxy’s Image h (1) 54.......... M Hudson (a3) 16 80x7x Classic Rio (13) 54.................L Whelan (a1) 4 2.35pm MICKEY’S SUPER LIQUOR MAIDEN 1200 $7000, MDN, 1200m

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9 35422 Celebration d (8) 54.5................... L Allpress 10 52636 Just Ishi (12) 54.5............................ K Myers 11 44771 Mint td (6) 54...................................R Myers 12 14107 Miss Ana 54.................................. Scratched 13 665x6 Maude tdmh (3) 54.................L Whelan (a1) 14 19044 Mrs Mac tdmh (10) 54.................R Hannam 15 2349x Ishidanzin dm (14) 54...............B Grylls (a3) 16 74034 Firekeeper tb (4) 54 Emergency: Firekeeper 7 4.19pm NZ BLOODSTOCK INSURANCE F&M MAIDEN 1600 $12,000, MDN F&M, 1600m 1 42x42 That Snow Athlete (6) 57.5..........B Lammas 2 56723 Luck At Last h (1) 57.5................... J Parkes 3 57723 Nova Scotia (8) 57.5....................R Hannam 4 273x6 Savabelle (9) 57.5........................... J Riddell 5 4557 MacKenzie h (12) 57.5......................K Smith 6 370. Shehad h (10) 57.5.................L Whelan (a1) 7 x878x Just Like No Other (2) 57.5........ V Johnston 8 7x0 Val De Mar (11) 57.5.......................S Collett 9 x8x64 Attivaree (3) 57................................ K Myers 10 437 Koorrabye b (5) 57...................... M Dee (a3) 11 559 Electric Fizz (13) 57.........................R Myers 12 7x768 Acutelygold (4) 57..........................M Tanaka 13 8 Theatrics (7) 57............................. L Allpress Blinkers on : Koorrabye (R2), Mulan Queen (R4), Shoogold (R5), Beyond Belief (R6), Koorrabye (R7) Blinkers off : Deidre (R1), Galileo’s Star (R3) Winkers on : Maracay (R1), Firekeeper (R6) Winkers off : Search For Fame (R1), Legless (R5)’

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SELECTIONS Race 1: Dick Dastardly, Private Lincoln, Sartoby, Kirkinini Race 2: Feroz, King’s Royal, Man Versus Wild, Missteeflying Race 3: Brunnhilda, Gold Rock, Our Urban Dancer, Pirinitete Race 4: Written Command, Skywards, Mulan Queen, Go Beauty Race 5: Ryan John, Grey Guru, Cast Iron Jack, Taco, Coljoy Race 6: Gus, My Charmaine, Just Ishi, Jed Race 7: That Snow Athlete, Luck At Last, Theatrics, Nova Scotia

Otago greyhound fields and form Otago Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Forbury Park Raceway Meeting Date: 16 Apr 2013 NZ Meeting number : 9 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 1 12.03pm OTAGO FIRST4 MAIDEN SPRINT C0, 310m 1 56232 Bee Ostee nwtd................................B Shaw 2 Swapan nwtd J &.............................D Fahey 3 Thirsty Kelvin nwtd.....................J McInerney 4 7 Carat’s Prince nwtd J &...................D Fahey 5 4 Know Pride nwtd............................ G Cleeve 6 5452 Know Pity nwtd.............................. G Cleeve 7 85254 Rob’s Mate nwtd M &............................ J Hill 8 77848 Jumpin Sally nwtd......................J McInerney 9 54555 Secret Nicole nwtd P &..................B Conner 10 51 Tepirita Charger(c1) nwtd.................B Shaw 2 12.23pm BRIAN BAGLEY DRIVER LICENSING SPRINT C1, 310m 1 77744 Liquorice Whip nwtd..................J McInerney 2 12251 Sting Me nwtd.................................. M Grant 3 35153 Black Tank 19.33.............................. M Grant 4 84352 Go Bridie nwtd............................... G Cleeve 5 44371 New Ingilltab nwtd P &...................B Conner 6 6112x Know Charity nwtd......................... G Cleeve 7 38574 Yapster Jewel nwtd M &....................... Smith 8 22753 Jet To Mars nwtd M &.......................... Smith 9 27346 Foggy Storm 19.01 J &...........................May 10 56472 Cawbourne Bree nwtd...............J McInerney 3 12.41pm BROCKLEBANKS DRY CLEANERS MAIDEN STAKES C0, 545m 1 73543 Choose To Love nwtd M &.................Jopson 2 62332 Opawa Cassidy nwtd L &................... Wales 3 46355 Opawa Royal nwtd L &....................... Wales 4 F465 Phil Wart nwtd.................................. M Grant 5 8747x Opawa Jen nwtd L &.......................... Wales 6 82742 Fantas Fiction nwtd..........................S Fagan

MORNING

tV1

6.00 8.30 10.30 11.30

ONE News. (T) Seven Sharp. (T) RPA. (PGR, T) Attenborough – 60 Years In The Wild. (G, T) 9.40 Dangerous Roads. (PGR, T) Driving up Madagascar’s eastern coast at the tail end of the rainy season is enough to test the best of friends, and Angus Deayton and Mariella Frostrup are game enough to take on the challenge.

10.55 ONE News Tonight. (T) 11.25 The Closer. (AO, T)

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

(PGR, T) 7.30 My Kitchen Rules.

(PGR, T) 8.40 Revenge. (AO, T) A fundraiser and wine auction provide the perfect backdrop for Emily and Aiden’s next plan of attack.

9.40 Rookie Blue. (AO, T) 10.40 Fringe. (AO, T) As the countdown to the climactic series finale continues, the Fringe team is running out of time to save the world.

11.45 The Mentalist. (AO, R, T)

6.00 7.00 7.30 8.00 8.30

3.00

12.20 Gordon Ramsay: Shark Bait.

(AO) 1.20 Te Karere. (R, T) 1.45 Infomercials. 5.05 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. 5.35 Te Karere. (T)

9 35627 Shadow Wolf 33.17.........................J Guthrie 10 28646 Bake Bean Betty 32.86...................... J Allen 7 1.52pm GREEN ISLAND BARBER SPRINT C3, 310m 1 75772 Cawbourne Dusty 18.49.................. M Grant 2 78682 Okuku Lilly 18.77............................ R Casey 3 83171 My Little Oah (c4) nwtd..............J McInerney 4 75724 Another Coffee 18.72.................J McInerney 5 15175 Ringa Ding nwtd........................J McInerney 6 26842 Anytime Will Do 19.03...............J McInerney 7 45288 Homebush Coco 19.25..............J McInerney 8 28476 Thrilling Clover nwtd P &............... B Conner 9 4837x Where’s Robyn 18.56...................... M Grant 10 64457 New York Affair nwtd J &.........................May 8 2.09 GREEN ISLAND SUPER LIQUOR SPRINT C4, 310m 1 61171 Sea Spray Tich 18.70..................... R Casey 2 18641 Homebush Chopper(c5) 18.54..J McInerney 3 75561 Homebush Sarge (c5) 19.10......J McInerney 4 41735 Lynny Southcombe nwtd............J McInerney 5 32511 Know Favours 19.18...................... G Cleeve 6 26818 Pure And Special 18.47................... M Grant 7 57654 Nova’s Fortune nwtd..................J McInerney 8 61863 Tie My Tie 18.64 J &...............................May 9 87273 Wise Wonder 18.83 C &..................... Fagan 10 87466 Sosan 18.76 C &..........................D Roberts 9 2.27pm ST KILDA VET STAKES C1/2, 545m 1 24542 Know Honour nwtd........................ G Cleeve 2 37423 Cawbourne Philip nwtd..............J McInerney 3 15264 Cawbourne Kesha nwtd.............J McInerney 4 75347 Opawa Peekay 32.90 L &................... Wales 5 16378 Opulent nwtd A &................................Seque 6 17852 Calm Spirit 33.00............................... J Allen 7 18476 Opawa Bomb nwtd L &....................... Wales 8 44353 Gone Awol nwtd.........................J McInerney 9 88753 Botany Comet 33.22..................J McInerney 10 44457 Autumn Spirit (c1) 33.63.................... J Allen

tV3

6.00 Creflo Dollar. 6.30 Tiki Tour.

(G, R, T) 6.55 Pinky And Perky. (G, R, T) 7.25 Disney Club. (G, R, T) 7.50 Beyblades Metal Masters. (G, T) 8.20 Dinosaur Train. (G, R, T) 8.30 Guess How Much I Love You. (G, T) 8.40 Fireman Sam. (G, R, T) 8.50 Bird Bath. (G, R, T) 9.00 Infomercials. 10.30 Neighbours.

(G, R, T) 11.00 Shortland Street.

(PGR, R, T) 11.30 Spin City. (PGR, R, T) 12.00 Desperate Housewives.

(AO, R, T) 1.00 Jeremy Kyle. (PGR) 2.00 Anderson Live 3.00 Mr Men. (G, R) 3.05 Everything’s Rosie. (G) 3.15 Mike The Knight. (G, T) 3.30 The Penguins Of Madagascar. (G, T) 4.00 H2o. (G, R, T) 4.30 The Erin Simpson Show. 5.00 Horace In Slow Motion. (G, R) 5.01 Funniest Home Videos. (G, R, T) 5.30 8 Simple Rules. (G, R, T)

6.00 7.00 7.30 8.30

eVeNING

tV2

Breakfast.

Good Morning.

Ellen. (R) Cowboy Builders. (PGR) ONE News. (T) Emmerdale. (PGR, T) Come Dine With Me. (G) Cookery School. (G, R) Chef Richard Corrigan has taken on the challenge of improving Britain’s cooks.

Dickinson’s Real Deal.

(G) David Dickinson proves that one man’s trash really is another man’s treasure.

Te Karere. (T) Ellen.

Millionaire Hot Seat.

Hosted by Eddie McGuire.

6.00 9.00 10.00 11.00 12.00 12.30 1.30 2.00

3.55 4.25 5.25

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7 24226 Poised Boy nwtd A &..........................Seque 8 455 Tepirita Desire nwtd..........................B Shaw 9 62674 Opawa Token nwtd L &....................... Wales 10 46561 Clinton Baxter (c1) nwtd............J McInerney 4 12.59 WWW.GREYHOUNDSASPETS.ORG.NZ C1, 310m 1 21132 Know Fault nwtd............................ G Cleeve 2 22233 Go Timmee 19.03.......................... G Cleeve 3 35254 Star Gun 18.67 J &.................................May 4 47132 Kenny’s Comet nwtd M &..................... Smith 5 23231 Grant A Wish 19.32.........................R Breen 6 56136 Iona Brightspark nwtd...................... M Grant 7 87148 Cawbourne Chief nwtd.................... M Grant 8 216 Opawa Legs nwtd L &........................ Wales 9 22473 White Legs nwtd........................J McInerney 10 57461 Starburst Blanch nwtd...................... M Grant 5 1.17pm ROOFING SOLUTIONS SPRINT C2, 310m 1 44751 Wandy Feather 18.64...................... M Grant 2 21122 Two Ways 18.48................................B Shaw 3 38273 Okotoks nwtd M &................................ Smith 4 86372 Where’s John Cee 18.84................. M Grant 5 15111 Dynamic Black (c3) nwtd A &.............Seque 6 62786 Black Trigger 19.04 P &.................B Conner 7 68874 Vitalize 18.72 J &....................................May 8 84544 Out By Five (c1) nwtd M &................Jopson 9 58486 Banbit 18.91......................................B Shaw 10 F4668 Smash Dora 18.69........................... M Grant 6 1.34pm ROBBIE PHOTOGRAPHER STAKES C1, 545m 1 33554 Moon And Sea 34.08......................... J Allen 2 153 Opawa Wally nwtd J &.....................D Fahey 3 64354 Chill Out Ralph nwtd L &.................... Wales 4 32314 Homebush Violet (c2) 33.51......J McInerney 5 46763 Secret Sarah nwtd L &........................ Wales 6 48825 Opawa Bro nwtd L &........................... Wales 7 38546 Glenn Is Goodesy nwtd................... M Grant 8 3F668 Noggin 33.03..................................... J Allen

12.40 Embarrassing Bodies. (AO, R, T) 1.40 Infomercials. 2.40 Greek. (PGR, R) 3.25 Make It Or Break It. (PGR, R) 4.10 Jeremy Kyle. (PGR, R) 5.05 The Erin Simpson Show. (G, R) 5.30 Infomercials.

12.00 12.30 1.00 2.00 3.00

4.00 5.00 5.30

3 News: Firstline.

Infomercials. (G) The Shopping Channel.

Everybody Loves Raymond. (G, R, T) 3 News.

Home And Away.

(G, R, T) Dr Phil. (AO) The Dr Oz Show. (PGR) The Biggest Loser Australia. (G) Twelve overweight contestants battle the bulge to lose the most weight.

Rachael Ray. (G) Entertainment Tonight.

Home And Away. (G, T) Spencer decides to stay in the Bay with Maddy, April wants to get back together with Dex.

3 News.

Campbell Live.

Modern Family. (PGR, T) Go On. (PGR) NCIS. (AO, T) The NCIS team tracks an infamous hacker, who may hold the key to bringing down the most wanted cyberterrorist in the world.

9.30 NCIS: LA. (AO, T) Callen, Sam, Kensi and Deeks work undercover as an elite tactical force to investigate an ambush that is linked to a drug lord with terrorist connections.

10.30 Nightline.

11.10 The Good Wife. (AO, R, T) 12.10 Infomercials. (G) 5.00 Joyce Meyer. 5.30 Infomercials. (G)

PRIMe 6.00 Home Shopping. (G) 6.30 The Crowd Goes Wild.

(G, R) 7.00 Deal Or No Deal. (G, R) 7.30 Home Shopping. (G) 12.00 The Doctors. (G) 1.00 The Jeff Probst Show.

2.05 Man Vs Wild. (PGR, R) 3.00 Sea Patrol. (PGR, R) Information from a distraught woman rescued from a drifting raft revives the mystery of the drowning of crew member ET and results in an ugly near death experience for one of his former crew-mates.

4.00 The Late Show With David Letterman. (G, R) 5.00 Deal Or No Deal. (G, R) 5.30 Prime News.

Deal Or No Deal. (G) .

Millionaire: Hot Seat.

The Crowd Goes Wild.

60 Minutes. (G, R) FILM: Cursed. (2005, AO) Christina Ricci, Jesse Eisenberg, Joshua Jackson. After being bitten by what can only be described as a werewolf, three friends attempt to change their fate.

10.40 The Crowd Goes Wild.

(G, R) 11.10 The Late Show With David Letterman. (G)

6.30 Futurama. (G, R) The crew meet a strange alien with the ability to alter their gender identities.

7.00 The Simpsons. (G, R) A bored Marge decides to get a job in real estate but has reservations about the required ‘elaboration of the truth’.

7.30 Game Show In My Head. (PGR, R) The contestant must give out bogus tickets, invade personal

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Four, 8.30pm British director Matthew Vaughn sticks the boot into standard-issue superhero flicks in this boundarypushing action-comedy. One day, a mild-mannered geek (Aaron Johnson, below) decides to become a caped crusader even though he has no special powers and soon teams up with a deranged fatherdaughter duo (Nicolas Cage and Chloe Moretz) to bring down an evil drug baron.

6.00 6.30 7.00 7.30 8.30

12.30 Home Shopping. (G) 1.30 The Crowd Goes Wild. (G, R) 2.05 Home Shopping. (G)

FOUR 6.00 Sesame Street. (G, R) 7.00 Sticky TV. (G, R) 7.30 Avatar. (G) 8.00 George Of The Jungle. (G, R) 8.20 Care Bears: Welcome to Care-a-Lot. (G, R) 8.45 HUMF. (G) 8.50 Bob The Builder. (G, R) 9.00 Thomas & Friends.

(G, R) 9.10 Peppa Pig. (G, R) 9.15 Peppa Pig. (G, R) 9.20 Wonder Pets. (G, R) 9.45 Tickety Toc. (G) 9.55 Infomercials. (G) 2.00 Sesame Street. (G, R) 2.55 Peppa Pig. (G, R) 3.00 Sticky TV. (G) 4.30 FOUR Live. (G) 6.00 Everybody Hates Chris. (G, R)

10 2.46pm ROOFING SOLUTIONS STAKES C3/4, 545m 1 74844 Opawa Style 32.98 L &....................... Wales 2 22663 Cawbourne Kim nwtd.................J McInerney 3 27432 Know Which 32.35......................... G Cleeve 4 13722 Opawa Casper 32.96 L &................... Wales 5 87678 Another Dollar 32.87..................J McInerney 6 63623 Cawbourne Heidi 33.34 M &..............Jopson 7 51514 Stolen Money 32.92....................... G Cleeve 8 35255 Bob’s Eye 33.20.........................J McInerney 9 74253 Know Peril (c3) 32.94.................... G Cleeve 10 56187 Thrilling Jonah (c3) 32.75................ M Grant 11 3.02pm SPEEDPRINT SHOP SPRINT C3, 310m 1 57624 Another Jewel nwtd...................J McInerney 2 767x8 Houston nwtd.............................J McInerney 3 54626 Cawbourne Reeah 18.47...........J McInerney 4 463x3 Elusive Deejay 18.50 A &...................Seque 5 25156 Hilton Friday nwtd......................J McInerney 6 35565 Blickling Bridge 18.62 J &.......................May 7 56333 Miss Sweet 18.88 P &...................B Conner 8 88788 Iceberg Rapper 19.07...................... M Grant 9 48283 But It’s Great 18.95....................J McInerney 10 32778 Cot Case Cutie 18.62 J &.......................May 12 3.22pm RACING AGAIN TUESDAY 30 APRIL C5, 310m 1 11213 Ocotillo nwtd J &..............................D Fahey 2 67282 Homebush Mayhem 19.12.........J McInerney 3 14213 Fanta Alert 18.44 C &......................... Fagan 4 57714 Jennings 18.57 S &..........................Bonnett 5 64636 Another Breeze 18.32................J McInerney 6 5621F Tricky Harry 18.50 J &............................May 7 53671 Cawbourne Moff 18.37..............J McInerney 8 13651 Hot Mango 18.64 A &.........................Seque 9 56154 Waterhouse 18.75 J &............................May 10 52646 Rosca 18.15...............................J McInerney

space, sell rose stems, and persuade people to give him their clothes.

8.00 Game Show In My Head. (PGR, R) The contestant must get change from a fountain, copy everything a passerby does, and pretend to be an escapee from the hospital.

8.30 FILM: Kick-Ass. (2010, AO) Nicolas Cage, Aaron Johnson. Dave Lizewski is an unnoticed high school student and a comic book fan who decides to become a super hero, even though he has no powers, training or meaningful reason to do so.

11.00 The Real Housewives Of New York City. (PGR, R)

sky sPORt 1 6.00 Netball. ANZ Championship.

Canterbury Tactix v Northern Mystics.

From CBS Arena, Christchurch. Replay.

7.30 Motocross. Red Bull X-Fighters. From Dubai, UAE. Replay.

9.00 Football. AFL. Collingwood v Hawthorn. Replay.

12.00 Rugby. Super Rugby. Highlanders v Brumbies. Highlights.

1.00 Rugby. Super Rugby. Chiefs v Reds.

From Waikato Stadium, Hamilton.

Highlights.

2.00 Motorsport. NASCAR Nationwide Series. OReilly Auto Parts 300.

Highlights.

3.00 Motorsport. NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. NRA 500. Highlights.

4.00 Cricket. Indian Premier League.

Chennai Super Kings v Pune Warriors.

Replay.

7.30 The Netball Zone.

8.00 The Crowd Goes Wild.

8.30 Re:Union.

9.30 SKY Sport Facebook Fanzone.

11.30 Motorsport. FIA World Rally Championship. Highlights.

12.30 Golf. The Masters. Round Four.

Highlights.

1.30 The Crowd Goes Wild.

2.00 Rugby. Super Rugby. Rebels v Kings.

From AAMI Park, Melbourne. Replay.

4.00 Rugby. Super Rugby. Chiefs v Reds.

Replay.

ACROSS 1. Dross (4) 8. Overstate (10) 9. Submarine (8) 10. Mirth (4) 12. Dog-house (6) 14. Hypnotic state (6) 15. Dismount (6) 17. Shrewd (6) 18. Worry (4) 19. Soup (8) 21. Bigoted (10) 22. Loathe (4)

ACROSS

DOWN 2. Adviser (10) 3. Pool (4) 4. Maiden (6) 5. Horrified (6) 6. Expectant (8) 7. Present (4) 11. Agitation (10) 13. Denial (8) 16. Voucher (6) 17. Yearly (6) 18. Just (4) 20. Curse (4)

7. Flattering (13) 8. Workable (8) 9. Too (4) 10. Recover (6) 12. Of the stars (6) 14. Paradise (6) 16. Coarse (6) 18. Asterisk (4) 20. Punish (8) 22. Quarrelsome (13)

DOWN 1. Whole (8) 2. Scanty (6) 3. Member (4) 4. Demote (8) 5. Confined (6) 6. Cupid (4) 11. Handcuffed (8) 13. Sticky (8) 15. Against (6) 17. Revolve (6) 19. Mountain lake (4) 21. Singer (4)

SOLUTIONS TO PUZZLE No 12,165

SOLUTIONS TO PUZZLE No 12,166

Across: 7 Radio; 8 Ruinous; 9 Unclean; 10 Let-up; 12 Attendance; 15 Enthralled; 18 Tales; 19 Version; 21 Ottoman; 22 Clown.

Down: 1 Fraudulent; 2 Edict; 3 Sole; 4 Prance; 5 Dislodge; 6 Content; 11 Pre-eminent; 13 Tiresome; 14 Utility; 16 Loving; 17 Minor; 20 Rock.

Across: 1 Scum; 8 Exaggerate; 9 Undersea; 10 Glee; 1 Kennel; 14 Trance; 15 Alight; 17 Astute; 18 Fret; 1 Consomme; 21 Intolerant; 22 Hate.

Down: 2 Counsellor; 3 Mere; 4 Damsel; 5 Aghast; Pregnant; 7 Here; 11 Excitement; 13 Negation; 16 Ticke 17 Annual; 18 Fair; 20 Oath.

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11.40 The Eagle. (2011, M) 1.35 Making Of Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax.

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3.35 Firelight. (2012, PG) Cuba Gooding Jr. 5.05 Demoted. (2011, M) Michael Vartan, Sean Astin.

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ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, Tuesday, April 16, 2013

SPORT SCOREBOARD Results Bridge

Ashburton Bridge Club April 12 Monday Evening - Flaxmere Trophy N/S 1 F Priest and S Reid 2 J Browne and L Leadley 3 H Blee and P Jowers. E/W 1 M Francis and A Gilbert, 2 J Allen and S Lyons 3 M Hanrahan and B Leighton.

Tuesday Evening - A Ladder N/S 1 V Ferrier and M Muir 2 J Knight and B Smith, 3= T Coulter and A Sim and R Brownlie and T Mills E/W 1 J Fechney and M Holdaway, 2 R McLaughlin and K Robb 3 W Kolkman and J Rooney Wednesday Afternoon - 3 Rnd Duplicate N/S 1 M Moore and R Kyle, 2 Jan Johnson and T Munns ,3 E Lattimore and R Mc Laughlin E/W 1 J Irwin and B Macaulay, 2 R Brownlie and E Segers, 3 Z Earl and M Jones Thursday Evening - Mary Mulligan Trophy N/S 1 M Buckland and J Knight 2 B Smith and M Stowell. 3 M de Jong and R Mc Laughlin E/W 1 P Fergus and K Robb. 2 V Palmer and M Small 3 M Moore and I Turton

Cycling Aorangi South Canterbury Golf Women’s Veterans Pennants April 12 Zone 1 (Rakaia) Rakaia 8 v Ashburton 1 2; Mayfield 5 v Tinwald 1 5; Methven 5 v Geraldine 5 Zone 2 (Pleasant Point) Pleasant Point 1 5 v Tinwald 2 5; Temuka 5 v Highfield 5; Gleniti 1 9 v Ashburton 2 1 Zone 3 (St. Andrews) Lower Waitaki 1 8 v North Otago 1 2; St. Andrews 5 v Maungati 5; Gleniti 2 7 v Timaru 3 Zone 4 (St. Andrews) Lower Waitaki 2 7 v Waimate 3; North Otago 2 8 v Waitoa Park 2; Ben Ohau bye.

Golf Ashburton Golf Club China Shop/Kitchen Kapers Women’s Open Tournament April 11(Ashburton unless noted) Gross over the Field: June Edwards 85 on c/b (Waimairi Beach) Grade 1 - Best Nett: Helen Hawksby - 69. 1st Runner Up: Sisi Silcock – 71 on c/b (Geraldine); 2nd Runner Up Jacqui Welch - 71. Best Stableford: Jo Peacock – 37 (Tinwald); Stableford Runner up: Marion Wederell – 36 (Rakaia); Stableford 3rd: Heather McKimmie – 35 (Rakaia); Stableford 4th: Betty Wilson – 34 on c/b (Mayfield) Grade 2 - Best Nett: Kay Robb - 65. 1st Runner Up: Sandra Quin – 68 (Rakaia); 2nd Runner Up: Bev Turton - 70. Best Stableford: Jacqui Beardsley – 38 (Tinwald); Stableford Runner up: Judith Smith – 37 on c/b (Tinwald); Stableford 3rd Anne Whitley – 37(Timaru); Stableford 4th: Sue Simpson – 35 on c/b Grade 3 - Best Nett: Jan Oliver – 66 (Geraldine). 1st Runner Up: Karen McRae- 68; 2nd Runner Up: Janet Holmes - 71. Best Stableford: Jeannette Early – 37 on c/b; Stableford Runner up: Lib Hutchinson – 37 (Akaroa); Stableford 3rd: Shirley Durry – 36 on c/b (Tinwald); Stableford 4th: Val Cartney – 36 (Tinwald) Nearest The Pins: Grade 1 No 4: Jan Gilbert (Timaru); Grade 2 No 14: Erin Porter; Grade 3 No 8: Janet Holmes. Longest Drives: Grade 1 No 13: Sisi Silcock (Geraldine); Grade 2 2nd Shot No 9: Barb MacGregor (Tinwald); Grade 3 2nd ShotNo18: Shirley Durry (Tinwald). Twos - No 8: Betsy Martin, Leen Bell, Jan McArthur, Jeanette Early; No 12: Catherine Trott, Shona Vucetich, No 14: Maryanne Urquhart, Carmen McCormick.

Ashburton Golf Club Stableford, April 13 Garry McKeown 41, Lindsay Stoddart 40, Hamish Niles 39, Derek Shaw and Paul May 38; David Welsh, Ron Carlson and John McArthur all 37.

Nearest The Pins: Robbies Bar & Bistro: Cameron Thomassen, Braided Rivers: Brian Nuttall, Rothburys Insurance: Rodney O’Neill, Netherby Meats: Catherine Bell, Blue Pub (Longest Putt): Jordan Green , Robilliards (Nearest pin #18): Ross Chatterton.

Twos: Dave Hewitt, Rodney O’Neill, Ian Rive, Cameron Thomassen, Robbie Bell, Paul MacFie, Brian Nuttall and Hamish Niles (2).

Mayfield Golf Club 9 Hole Division, April 11 Stroke and Stableford: Stroke: 1st Wendy Sim 51-15-36; 2nd Jill Ludemann 60-19-41 Stableford: 1st Wendy Sim on C/B from Margaret Shearer with 18. Nearest the Pins: Greg Sim Builders and Excavators 2nd Shot No 2: Margaret Shearer; Mayfield Transport No 5: Margaret Shearer.

Mayfield Golf Club April 13 Winners: Ruapuna Rose Bowl 3rd Round: Dave Morrow beat Steve King; 2nd Stableford – 3rd Kerr.

0-15: Allan Dixon and Murray Keir 41: Donny Lake, Steve Ross, Terry Kingsbury; 40: Fraser Tasker, Paul Gardener 39. 6-36: Ian Hopping 44 points; Grant

Watson 39; Nigel Ormrod and Wayne Vessey 38.

Nearest Pins: Aon Insurance Brokers No 2: Andy Lake; Bayleys Real Estate No 11: Brian Fielder; Marilyn Cross Property Brokers nO 5: Don Ingold; National Bank NO 14: Ted Ralston; ATS 2nd Shot No 9 and no 18: Ian Hopping, Two’s: Don Ingold: Andrew Peck eagle No 8; Ash Vegas Player of the Day: Ian Hopping 44 points; Nett Eagle: Dave Morrow No 14.

Mayfield Golf Club Mayfield Golf Clubs Mid Week stableford Competition April 10. Steve Schmack 39 Stableford Points; Jacob Peterson 37; Arnold Rushton 37; Kerry Read 37; Nigel Ormrod 36. Nearest the Pin: Kerry Read; Two’s Jason Ryan.

Methven Golf Club Ladies, April 10 L.G.U. Tuis Gwen Cook. Silver: Jenny Senior 85-14-71 38 stfd c/b Gayle O’Duffy 83-12-71 38 Sara Gallagher 93-17-76 33.

Bronze A: Jane Helmore 92-23-69 40 Robyn Maw 94-23-71 38 Heather Santy 99-24-75 34 Bronze B: Dennise Hood 101-32-69 39 Raiona Isherwood 103-32-71 38 Gail Limbrick 104-28-76 34 Arabica Best Nett D. Hood 69 c/b J. Helmore Twos and Nett Eagles R.Maw E.Kemp G.O’Duffy R.Isherwood A.Muckle J.Senior. Nearest Pin: No 6 Silver Methven Pharmacy G.O’Duffy No 17 Bronze A Methven Foursquare D.Dixey No 4 2nd shot Bronze B Methven Supervalue D. Hood No 13 Open Blue Pub D. Dixey No 13 Saturday Methven Resort Sally Jones.

Methven Golf Club April 13 Senior: Stu Wilson 74-9-65; Intermediate: Mark Scrivenor 77-14-63; Junior A: Paul Plimmer 86-20-66 by lot Gavin Santy; Junior B: Allan Lock 91-24-67.

Other Good scores, 64 Athol McAlpine 66 Gavin Santy 67 Rob Fensom, Mike Royston, Allan Smith 68 Dayle Lucas, Phil Trail 69 Garry Kermode Mike Gray Barry Wackwitz 70 Piers Rolton Dale Fisher Ian Lucas Micky Marr Alister Maxwell Graham Gunn 71 Paul Mortram Geoff Kelk K J McCloy.

Twos, Athol McAlpine Paul Dixey (2) Bruce Dickson Mike Harris Mike Gray Nearest the Pins #4 Arabica: Paul Dixey; #6 Terrace Downs: Phil Trail; #13 Ski Time: Allan Smith; #17 Hunters Wines: Mike Harris; The Blue & Brown Pubs 2nd shot #14: Geoff Kelk; Top Notch 4 Square Supermarket best nett: Mark Scrivenor 63; Second nett: Athol McAlpine 64; Aqua Japanese Restaurant Best Gross: Dale Lucas 72.

Sunday 14th April - Fairclough Cleek Winners: Faye & Archie Redfern nett 65; Runners up: Ellen Kemp & Bernie Walsh 70.5; Hampton Trophy: Ellen Kemp & Bernie Walsh.

Rakaia Ladies Golf April 3, 18 Hole LGU & Bryant Cup. 1st Round Putting Best scores on the day: Nicky Loe70; Teresa Booker, Grace Lambert & Alison Doig 71. Putting Jane Pangborn 28; Lorraine Stagg 29 9 Hole Stroke & Putting Diane Doody Nett 32 & 15 Putts. Railway Tavern 2nd shot No. 3; H McKimmie, Rakaia Seed Cleaning 2nd shot No. 6: W Watson; Nearest Pin No. 8: F Bierema, Chertsey Spraying Nearest Pin No. 15; Not Struck, B & S Quinn 2nd shot No 17; J Burrrowes. 2’s F Bierema April 4 - 18 Hole Connelly Cup, Extra Medal & Homelinks. Best Scores of the day: Bev Sutherland 66; Michelle Kingsbury, Diana King & Vicki McArthur 73; Teresa Booker, Marion Wederell, Nicky Loe & Diane Vanderweg 74 9 Hole - Best Gross Trophy: Lillian O’Hanlon 59.

Railway Tavern 2nd shot No. 3; F Bierema, Rakaia Seed Cleaning 2nd shot No. 6: R Johnson; Nearest Pin No. 8: Not Struck, Chertsey Spraying Nearest Pin No. 15; Not Struck, B & S Quinn 2nd shot No 17; M Wederell. 2’s M Wederell

Tinwald Golf Club Tuesday Ladies Pat McLauchlan All Irons April 11 Results for All Irons: Teresa O’Connell net 77, Marion Oakley 82.

Results for Stroke Round: Anne Dwan net 75 Nearest Pins: No. 6 – Stables Family Restaurant – Not Struck; No 12. Hair by Mac & Maggie – Not Struck: No. 2: 2nd Shot - Dairy Business Centre – Mara Kennedy: No. 16 : 2nd Shot Outdoor Adventure – Barb Cockrane. Two’s – Joyce VanderHeide 9 Hole Ladies Stroke Round: Valda Johnston net 36.

Harriers Ashburton Harrier Club Cross Country handicap April 13 Runners: Junior 2km Under 10 years 1st Ella Pearson 9:38 Under 12 years Boys 1st Ben Baker 7.43, 2nd Matt Baker 9:12, 3rd George Watson 9:46 Girls 1st Amy Pearson 8:59, 2nd Mia Pearson, 9:22 3rd Noumai Terekia 9:43, 4th Ellen Westwood 10:05 Women 6km - Under 18 1st E.Waite 27:47, 1st Open L. Conway 28:55, 1st Veteran A. Conway 30:16 S. Thaine 34:30 Men 8km - Handicapped 1st Veteran Home K.

Johnstone 39:52, 2nd K. Clough 37:58 3rd I. Broadbelt 38:02 J. Ford 30:30, P. Larkin 32:55, G.Wall 35:39, M. Gilbert 39:02, Jim Stubbs 48.13 Walkers All 6km Handicap for Walkers - 1st Home L. Bayne 47:30, 2nd R. Ford 48:47 , 3rd J. Gilbert 49:31.

D. Strong 38:53, P. Ansell 41:22, J. Crozier 42:39, B. Taylor 43:48, P. Westwood 43:48, N. Batty 43:57, K. Hodgson 46:36, B. Hood 47:05, C. Whiting 47:54 C. Coleman 52:03, A. Hayes 52:06, D. Curtin 54:04.

Netball Mid Canterbury Netball Senior April 13 Senior Celtic A 23 Hampstead B 10; Celtic A 13 College A 7; College A 20 Methven B 10; Methven B 17 Rakaia Blue 21; United A 10 College B 12; United A 12 Methven A 9; Celtic B 10 Collegiate A 16; Hampstead B 15 Rakaia Blue 19; Methven A 19 College B 11; Hampstead A 32 Celtic B 6; Hampstead A 12 Collegiate A 8.

Senior B United B 18 College B 16; Allenton A 14 College U18 12; United B 13 Methven U18A 10; College B 13 Hampstead Gold 17; Hampstead Gold 12 Celtic D 18; Rakaia White 7 College U18 16; Rakaia White 5 Allenton A 19; Celtic C 10 College A 17; Celtic C 15 Methven Black 15; Methven U18A 13 Celtic D 21; Methven Black 11 College A 17.

Senior Reserve A Celtic E 11 Hampstead C 7; Southern Livestock Exchange 2002 7 Methven U15A 15; Celtic E 7 Southern Livestock Exchange 2002 2; Allenton B 3 College Y9A 20; Allenton B 5 Methven White 10; Hampstead C 19 Methven U15A 11; Methven White 13 Celtic U18 15; Celtic U18 5 College Y9A 20.

4th/5th Grade College U16 3 Hampstead U15 15; College U16 17 Methven U15 6; Hampstead U15 18 College U15 1; College U15 7 Hampstead Blue 5; Hampstead Blue 10 Methven U15B 7.

3rd Grade College B 6 Methven U18C 18; College B 6 Methven U18B 17; Methven U18C 11 Hampstead U18 7; Hampstead U18 6 Methven U18B 15.

2nd Grade Allenton C 6 College A 18; Celtic F 13 Allenton C 6; Celtic F 5 College A 7; Hampstead U17 7 United C 14; College Y9 B 14 United C 11; College Y9B 12 Hampstead U17 18.

Senior Reserve C Celtic Green 17 Hampstead Hotel Hotties 6; Celtic Green 9 Tinwald South Black 21; Hampstead Hotel Hotties 5 Tinwald South Black 19; Allenton Social 8 United Colonels Chicks 15; Allenton Social 15 Mt Somers Social 10; United Colonels Chicks 22 Mt Somers Social 11.

Mid Canterbury Netball Junior April 13 Senior A: Allenton A 8 Hampstead A 10; Hampstead A 21 St Josephs Gold 9; Allenton B 12 Hampstead B 5; Hampstead B 11 Borough A 2; St Josephs Gold 9 Southern Taylor Groundspreading ltd A 9; Allenton A 15 Southern Taylor Groundspreading Ltd A 8; Methven A 12 Ashburton Borough A 0; Methven Shermac A 8 Allenton B 10.

Senior B: Methven B 4 Allenton C 14; Methven B 3 Southern Harrison Spraying Services Ltd B 14; St Josephs Blue 9 Hampstead Blue 2; St Josephs Blue 6 Hampstead School A 4; Tinwald South A 12 Southern Harrison Spraying Services Ltd B 7; Tinwald South A 11 Allenton C 6; Allenton Crusaders 11 Hampstead School A 1; Allenton Crusaders 11 Hampstead Blue 6.

Senior C: St Josephs Red 2 Southern Hayden MacKenzie Contracting Ltd C 3; St Josephs Red 6 Ashburton Borough B 1; St Josephs Green 0 Allenton Hurricanes 22; St Josephs Green 2 Allenton Mystics 4; Methven C 16 Ashburton Borough B 0; Methven C 8 Southern Hayden MacKenzie Contracting Ltd C 3; Allenton Mystics 9 Methven D 1; Methven D 2 Allenton Hurricanes 24.

Intermediate A: Southern Hyde Bros Spraying D 9 Methven Silver 3; Hampstead B 0 Longbeach A 12; Hampstead B 0 Rakaia A 9; Rakaia A 2 Longbeach A 3; Ashburton Borough C 0 Tinwald School A 15; Ashburton Borough C 0 Netherby Magic 14; Netherby Magic 7 Methven Silver 0; Tinwald School A 6 Southern Hyde Bros Spraying D 3.

Junior A: St Josephs Purple 2 Longbeach B 2; St Josephs Purple 3 Tinwald School 3; Rakia B 0 Allenton Magic 20; Southern Mayfield Services Centre E 0 Allenton Magic 15; Southern Mayfield Services Centre E 0 Allenton Tactix 3; Tinwald School B 13 Netherby Diamonds 9; Longbeach B 5 Netherby Diamonds 0; Rakaia B 2 Allenton Tactix 3.

Future Ferns: Wakanui School 4 St Josephs Orange 2; St Josephs Orange 9 Ashburton Borough Future Ferns 1; Ashburton Borough Future Ferns 2 Tinwald School C 1; Tinwald School C 0 Southern Agspread F 2; Southern Agspread F 4 Laser Electrical Allenton 0; Wakanui School 4 Laser Electrical Allenton 2.

Rugby Mid Canterbury Rugby April 13 Club Day - Celtic Senior Division 1 Luisetti Seeds Mid Canterbury/Ellesmere/North Canterbury

Combined Competition Section A: Southbridge 17 v REL Rakaia 10; Saracens 43 v Duns/Irwell 24; Burnham 37 v PWL Methven 17; Oxford 26 v West Melton 22; Bye: Kaiapoi Section B: Ohoka 0 v Lincoln 55; Glenmark 25 v Prebbleton 8; Waihora 16 v Darfield 5; Darryl Phillips Celtic 6 v Devon Tavern Hampstead 3; Claas Harvest Centre Southern 8 v Ashley 39.

Senior B – Michael Duff Memorial Trophy Allenton 25 v Methven 12; Celtic Kellys Bar & Cafe 20 v Hampstead 5; Mt Somers 7 v Collegiate 46, Tinwald Tavern Southern 68 v Rakaia Murray Hood Baling 5; Bye: Tinwald Liquorland.

Colts – (Ellesmere/Mid Canterbury Competition) Rolleston 17 v Springston 5; Banks Peninsula 3 v West Melton 10; Kirwee 12 v Ross Bros Transport Southern 26; Waihora 60 v Prebbleton 7.

Under 18 (Combined North Canterbury, Ellesmere, Mid Canterbury Competition) Celtic Harnett Contracting 35 v Kaiapoi 17; Darfield 15 v Prebbleton 50; Methven/Rakaia 7 v Hurunu 42; Oxford 5 v Waihora/Springston 52; Saracens 19 v MDI 39.

Under 16 (Combined North Canterbury, Ellesmere, Mid Canterbury Competition) Ohoka 46 v Tinwald Ben Waldron Racing 5; Oxford 0 v West Melton 35; Malvern Combined 15 v Methven/ Rakaia 20; Prebbleton/Rolleston 55 v Springston 0; Waihora 41 v Kaiapoi 17, Allenton/Celtic EuroAgri 41 v Ashley 7.

Under 14.5 (Jock Ross Centurion Shield) Allenton G 40 v Methven 26; Celtic Lysaght Glass 48 v Allenton M 15, Under 13 (Murray Roulston Centurion Shield) Celtic Argyle Welsh Finnigan 49 v Celtic W 17; Allenton 56 v Methven W 29; Southern HCT 45 v Methven B 10; Southern Cant Feed Assessment 70 v Tinwald MSA 36; Bye: Hampstead David Jackson Painting.

Under 11 1/2 (John Smitheram Shield) Club Referee or Associate Referee Required Allenton 7 v Methven 42; Celtic Blacklows 15 v Hampstead 31; Collegiate Drummond & Etheridge 17 v Tinwald Smitheram/Frew 19; Southern All Farm Engineering 42 v Rakaia Synlait Farms 7.

Under 10 Associate Referee Required Allenton 50 v Methven W 20; Celtic 15 v Hampstead Lifestyle Motorhomes 50; Southern Hinds Contracting 35 v Methven B 30; Southern Cowcare Hooftrimming 55 v Rakaia Synlait Farms 20; Bye: Tinwald Barry Whittaker Contracting Under 9 Associate Referee Required Celtic McCrea Painter & Decorators 45 v Hampstead 25; Collegiate Cranfield Glass 55 v Tinwald Lizzies Dairy 20; Southern Riverlea 40 v Rakaia Synlait Farms 5; Southern Hyde Bros 50 v Methven B 45; Allenton 20 v Methven W 55.

Under 8 Associate Referee Required Celtic 65 v Hampstead WJ Kellett Builder 25; Collegiate Ashburton Paint & Decorate 40 v Tinwald H & L Jones Excavation 50; Southern B Jones Contracting v Allenton G; Southern Agspread 3 v Methven 8; Bye: Allenton M. Under 7 Associate Referee Required Allenton 45 v Methven W 65; Celtic Summerfield Builders 65 v Hampstead Netherby 4 Square 35; Collegiate Countdown Foodmarkets 40 v Tinwald Skip- 2-It Flooring Xtra 50; Southern Coleman Ag 14 v Rakaia Synlait Farms 16; Southern CRT 10 v Tinwald RD1 45; Bye: Methven B. Under 6 Associate Referee Required Celtic G 40 v Hampstead Metalcorp 30; Celtic Summerfield Builders 55 v Allenton M 40; Collegiate McDonalds 55 v Collegiate Regent Cinema 55; Southern Progressive Livestock 45 v Allenton G 50, Southern H Mackenzie Contracting 45 v Tinwald Ian Howden Spraying 5; Rakaia Synlait Farms 40 v Methven B 45; Rakaia Synlait Farms B 35 v Methven W 35.

Shooting Fullbore Rifle Shooting Canterbury Autumn Meeting April 13 and 14 A Grade: John Snowden 347.44, Chris Kershaw 345.35, Bevan Mehrtens 345.33, Tim Webb 344.34, Peter Newman 342.26, Ken Chittock 340.38, John Forrest 244.7, Murray Steele 193.20.

B Grade: Darren Swaney 335.22, Robbie Gilchrist 334.27, Brian Hawksby 328.20, John Fleming 318.15.

C Grade: Kevin Harper 340.26, Alan White 336.20, Bruce Plant 327.20, Sandy Collett 322.17, Rob Lilley 307.8, Murray Cook 290.9.

This match was the second of two stages for the South Island Championship, A grade went to John Snowden, B grade Darren Swaney and C grade Kevin Harper.

Tennis Christchurch Challenger Grade Final Mid Canterbury v North Canterbury April 12 Singles Ashleigh Leonard beat Megan Edwards 6-2, 6-2; Stacey Hopwood lost to Mary Goulding 5-7, 1-6; Christal Brosnahan beat Ella Robinson 6-1 6-1; Larissa Allan beat Lucy Allison 6-2, 2-6, 1-0 (8-6).

Doubles Ashleigh Leonard & Stacey Hopwood beat Megan Edwards & Mary Goulding 6-1, 7-6 (7-2); Christal Brosnahan & Larissa Allan lost to Ella Robinson &

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Lucy Allison 3-6, 6-2, 0-1 (6-8).

Mid Canterbury beat North Canterbury 4 matches to 2.

Draws Golf

Ashburton Golf Club

April 20 The second round of matchplay for the championships and the first round of the plates will take place.

The draw is: Number 1 Tee 12.00 K Clucas vs D O’Sullivan; L Hunt vs B Edmondston 12.06 M Holmes vs E Chilton; E Waters vs D Shaw 12.12 J Davis vs S Bennett; B Ferriman vs D Hewitt 12.18 R Lambert vs G Douglas; M Daniels vs C Steyn 12.24 PK Ngutu vs G Crawford; R Chatterton vs C Lovelock 12.30 B MacGregor vs P Greer; G Jansen vs B Day 12.36 R Bell vs C Alexander; D Green vs P May 12.42 R O’Neill vs A Tindall; H Niles vs O Miller Number 10 Tee 12.00 K Turner vs T O’Reilly; G Brown vs G Russell 12.06 N Trueman vs M Anderson; I Rive vs M Wackrow 12.12 N Sutton vs M Douglas; V Carr vs M Smith 12.18 N MacDonald vs D Fisher; R Grant vs P MacFie For those not playing a match a stroke round will be held off the Blue Tees.

Starting Time: Morning 8.00am; Afternoon Report at 11.30 for a 12 noon start (non championship players) Saturday Starters: Morning Stewart Dunlop; Afternoon Match Committee.

Results Match Committee.

Netball Mid Canterbury Netball Junior April 20 Heartland Court: 9.00, New World Allenton A v Ashburton Borough A, L Muckle, A Elliott; 9.30, New World Allenton A v Southern Taylor Groundspreading Ltd; L Muckle, A Elliott; 10.00, Ashburton Borough A v Hampstead A, L Muckle, A Elliott; 10.30, Hampstead A v Southern Taylor Groundspreading Ltd, E Bonnington, N Johnson; 11.00, Longbeach B v Southern Mayfield Services Centre, E Bonnington, N Johnson; 11.30, Tinwald School B v Southern Mayfield Services Centre, N Johnson, A Lill.

Neumanns Tyre Court: 9.00, Methven Silver v Rakaia A, A Burrows, M Gilbert; 9.30, Methven Silver v Ashburton Borough B, A Burrows, M Gilbert; 10.00, Rakaia C v St Joseph’s Orange, Coaches; 10.30, Rakaia C v Tinwald School C, Coach, N Bateman; 11.00, St Joseph’s Orange v Laser Electrical Allenton, C Davidson, K Gray; 11.30, Laser Electrical Allenton v Tinwald School C, K Gray, coach.

Ashburton Guardian Blue: 9.00, Allenton Magic v Ashburton Borough C, M Read, A Osbourne; 9.30, Allenton Magic v Rakaia A, M Read, A Osbourne; 10.00, Ashburton Borough Future Ferns v Wakanui School, T Thomas, D Watson; 10.30, Wakanui v Southern Agspread, D Watson, R Drake; 11.00, Ashburton Borough Future Ferns v Southern Agspread, T Thomas, R Drake.

Ashburton Guardian Red: 9.00, Southern Harrison Spraying Services Contracting Ltd v Hampstead Blue, C Waddell, E McDowell; 9.30, Southern Harrison Spraying Services Ltd v Hampstead School A, C Waddell, E McDowell; 10.00, Hampstead Blue v St Joseph’s Blue, C Waddell, V Pluck; 10.30, St Joseph’s Blue v Allenton C, S Beveridge, E Hurley; 11.00, Hampstead School B v St Joseph’s Purple, S Beveridge, E Hurley; 11.30, St Joseph’s Purple v Allenton Tactix, P Bradley-Doig, M Yeatman.

AMI Insurance Court: 9.00, Allenton Crusaders v Tinwald South A, C Olds, J Tupe; 9.30, Allenton Crusaders v Allenton C, C Olds, J Tupe; 10.00, Tinwald South A v Allenton Hurricanes, G Bracewell, T Johnson; 10.30, Allenton Hurricanes v Hampstead School A, S Stempa, S Bonnington; 11.00, Allenton Tactix v Netherby Diamonds, S Stempa, S Bonnington; 11.30, Netherby Diamonds v Hampstead School B, S Wilson, C Morrice.

Port FM Local Court: 9.00, Methven B v Methven Professionals, B Digby, I Roberts; 9.30, Methven B v Tinwald School A, B Digby, I Roberts; 10.00, Methven Professionals v Netherby Magic, S Anderson, L Morrow; 10.30, Tinwald School A v Netherby Magic, M Milmine, L Morrow.

Stirling Sports Court: 9.00, St Joseph’s Red v Allenton Mystics, E Riordan, K Johansen; 9.30, Allenton Mystics v Southern Hayden McKenzie Contracting Ltd, E Riordan, K Johansen; 10.00, St Joseph’s Red v St Joseph’s Green, L Alves, E Riordan; 10.30, Southern Hayden McKenzie Contracting Ltd v St Joseph’s Green, B Digby, C Griffith.

Colourplus Court: 9.00, Southern Hyde Brothers Spraying v Longbeach A, B Rayner, P Taere; 9.30, Longbeach A v Methven Trucking D, B Rayner, P Taere; 10.00, Southern Hyde Brothers Spraying v Ashburton Borough B, K Hunter Letham, A Moffatt; 10.30, Methven Trucking D v Ashburton Borough B, M Bremner, C Moore.

Ashburton Guardian White Court: 9.00, St Joseph’s

Gold v Methven Shearmac A, B Surridge, E Ahearn; 9.30, Methven Shearmac A v Hampstead B, B Surridge, E Ahearn; 10.00, St Joseph’s Gold v New World Allenton A, L Reihana, E Ahearn; 10.30, New World Allenton B v Hampstead A, L Reihana, N Johnson (TS); 11.00, Rakaia B v Tinwald School B, M Milmine, M Edwards; 11.30, Rakaia B v Longbeach B, M Edwards, S Anderson.

Duty Club: Southern; Duty Person: Melissa Wilson; Canteen Duty: Debbie Kell; Junior Committee Duty: Tania Rule.

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April 20 Heartland Court: 12.30, Celtic B v College A, S Geddes, W Hopwood; 1.00, College A v Hotel Ashburton Hampstead B, S Geddes, W Hopwood; 1.30, College B v Methven EuroAgri B, A Bell, L Kennedy; 2.00, United KFC A v Methven EuroAgri B, C Corbitt, E Bush; 2.30, United KFC A v Smith and Church Collegiate A, C Corbitt, S Hopwood; 3.00, Smith and Church Collegiate A v Rakaia Blue, E Robertson, E Bush; 3.30, Celtic Riverside Vets A v Rakaia Blue, E Robertson, E Bush.

Neumanns Tyre Court: 1.00, Celtic B v College B, V McArthur, R MacGregor; 1.30, Hotel Ashburton Hampstead B v Methven Wareings A, E Robertson, C Corbitt; 2.00, Methven Wareings A v Hotel Ashburton A, L Kennedy, W Hopwood; 2.30, Methven Mountain Gym U18C v Hotel Ashburton Hampstead Blue, N Kickhefer, E Strange; 3.00, Hotel Ashburton Hampstead A v Celtic Riverside Vets A, S Hopwood, S Geddes.

Ashburton Guardian Blue Court: 12.30, Wilson Bulk Transport Allenton A v United KFC B, A Chudleigh, I Anderson; 1.00, Wilson Bulk Transport Allenton A v Celtic D, A Chudleigh, I Anderson; 1.30, Celtic D v College Y10A, L Clough, K Bush; 2.00, Methven The Blue Pub Black v College Y10 B, K Bush, A Bell; 2.30, College Y10 B v Celtic C, A Bell, K Graham; 3.00, Hotel Ashburton Hampstead Gold v Methven R&R Haulage U18 A, C Wylie, C Heney; 3.30, Celtic C v Methven R&R Haulage U18 A, C Wylie, N Cavill.

Ashburton Guardian Red: 1.00, United KFC B v College Y10 A, L Clough, J Steer; 1.30, College U18 v Methven The Blue Pub Black, V McArthur, R MacGregor; 2.00, College U18 A v Rakaia White, N Kickhefer, K Graham; 2.30, Rakaia White v Hampstead Hotel Ashburton Gold, A Markillie, S Paton.

AMI Insurance Court: 12.30, College Y9 A v Celtic E, J Steer, J Carrodus; 1.00, College Yr9 A v Hampstead Hotel Ashburton C, L Hutchinson, H Murphy; 1.30, Celtic Social Green v United Colonels Chicks, C Bassett, S Congdon; Celtic U18 v Hampstead Hotel Ashburton C, C Bassett, S Congdon; 2.30, Celtic U18 v Methven The Brown Pub White, C Heney, J Leonard; 3.00, Methven South Pacific Seeds U15 A v New World Allenton B, N Cavill, J Leonard; 3.30, New World Allenton B v Southern livestock Exchange 2002 Ltd, A Markillie, S Paton.

Port FM Local Court: 12.30, Celtic F v Hampstead Hotel Ashburton U17, N Hands, N Jemmett; 1.00, Hampstead Hotties v United Colonels Chicks, A Rollinson, E Dakers; 1.30, Celtic E v Smith and Church Collegiate B, D McNab, L Forbes; 2.30, Smith and Church Collegiate B v Methven South Pacific Seeds U15 A, R Norman, J Bailie; 3.00, Southern Livestock Exchange 2002 Ltd v Methven The Brown Pub White, R Norman, J Bailie.

Stirling Sports Court: 12.30, United KFC C v Allenton C, EJ Farr, H Blair; 1.00, College Combined A v United KFC C, EJ Farr, N Hands; 1.30, College Combined A v Hampstead Hotel Ashburton U17, A Rollinson, E Dakers; 2.00, College Combined B v Hampstead Hotel Ashburton U18, D McNab, L Forbes; 2.30, College Combined B v Hampstead Hotel Ashburton U15, T Barry, D Philip; 3.00, Hampstead Hotel Ashburton U18 v Hampstead Hotel Ashburton U15, T Barry, D Philip.

Colourplus Court: 12.30, Allenton Social v Celtic Social Green, J Cavill, C Adlam; 1.00, College Y9 B v Allenton C, J Cavill, N Jemmett; 1.30, Celtic F v College Y9 B, S Vidler, P Attenburg; 2.00, Methven The Lodge Restaurant and Bar U18B v College U15, A Rush, A Johnson; 2.30, Methven The Lodge Restaurant and Bar U18B v College U16, A Rush, B Davidson; 3.00, Methven Mountain Gym U18 C v Methven Panel and Paint U15B, T Morrison, K Lloyd; 3.30, College U16 v Hampstead Hotel Ashburton Blue, B Davidson, A Proudman.

Ashburton Guardian White: 12.30, Mt Somers Social v Hampstead Hotties, S Portman, S Bryant; 1.00, Mt Somers Social v Tinwald South Black, S Vidler, P Attenburg; 1.30, Tinwald South Black v Allenton Social, L Hutchinson, H Murphy; 2.30, College U15 v Methven Panel and Paint U15B, T Morrison, K Llyod.

Duty Club: Methven; Duty Person: Jacqui Anderson; Canteen Duty: Barry Marrett; Umpire Duty: Susan Geddes; Management Duty: Jan Whitehead.

Rugby Mid Canterbury Rugby April 20 Club Day - Methven & Tinwald Senior Division 1 Luisetti Seeds Mid Canterbury/ Ellesmere/North Canterbury Combined Competition Section A: Southbridge v Oxford, Sbdge 1, 2.45pm, J Shalfoon, A McMillan, M Quinlivan; Duns/Irwell v Kaiapoi, J Duns 1, 2.45pm, J Rogers, J Morrison, M Talbot; Saracens v Burnham, Sbrook 1, 2.45pm, J Fletcher,

G Cate, B Egerton; PWL Methven v REL Rakaia, Meth 1, 3pm, A McGirr, M Gallagher, K Pottinger; Bye: West Melton.

Section B: Devon Tavern Hampstead v Lincoln, Hampstead 1, 2.45pm G Shaw, K Opele, P Hunt; Waihora v Darryl Phillips Celtic, TT 1, 2.45pm, W Heslop, D Sullivan, R Busch; Glenmark v Claas Harvest Centre Southern, Omihi 1, S Laird, K Fitzgerald, L Silcock; Prebbleton v Ohoka, Prebb Oval, 2.45pm, M Gameson, R Amyes, S Prendergast; Ashley v Darfield, LL1, 2.45pm, K Lilley, TBA, P Bigwood.

Senior B – Michael Duff Memorial Trophy Allenton v Mt Somers, Allenton 1, 2.30pm A Chapman; Hampstead v Southern Tinwald Tavern, Hampstead 1, 1pm K Opele; Methven v Rakaia Murray Hood Baling, Methven 1, 1.30pm K Pottinger; Tinwald Liquorland v Celtic Kelly’s Bar & Café, Tin 1, 2.30pm M Bell; Bye: Collegiate.

Colts – (Ellesmere/Mid Canterbury Competition) Springston v Waihora, Spring 1,1pm, J Currie; Prebbleton v Kirwee, Prebb 1, 1pm, S Prendergast; West Melton v Ross Bros Transport Southern, West Melt 1, 1pm, G Peddie; Banks Peninsula v Rolleston, Little River 1, 1pm, R Kandula.

Under 18 (Combined North Canterbury, Ellesmere, Mid Canterbury Competition) Hurunui v Harnett Contracting Celtic, Haw 2, 2.45pm, D Brooker; Kaiapoi v MDI, Kai Oval, 2pm, K Hancox; Methven/Rakaia v Saracens, Meth 2, 1.15pm M Gallagher; Prebbleton v Oxford, Preb 1, 2.45pm, G Schwass; Waihora/Springston v Darfield, TT1, 12pm, D Sullivan.

Under 16 (Combined North Canterbury, Ellesmere, Mid Canterbury Competition) Ashley v Malvern Combined, LL 1, 1.15pm, G Eder; Kaiapoi v Allenton/Celtic EuroAgri, Kai 2, 2pm, G Matthews; Prebbleton/Rolleston v Ohoka, Roll 1, 1pm, P Turnball; Springston v West Melton, Sbdge 1, 1.15pm, M Quinlivan; Methven/Rakaia v Waihora, Meth 3, 1.15pm T Pearce; Ben Waldron Racing Tinwald v Oxford, Tinwald 2, 1.30pm, G Clement.

Under 14.5 (Jock Ross Centurion Shield) Allenton G v Celtic Lysaght Glass, Allen 1, 1.15pm S McKenzie; Methven v Allenton M, Meth 2, 12pm P Everest.

Under 13 (Murray Roulston Centurion Shield) Hampstead D Jackson Painting v Southern Hinds Cartage, Hamp 2, 12.15pm P Hunt; Methven B v Methven W, Meth 3, 12pm C Carter; Southern Cant Feed Assessment v Celtic Argyle Welsh Finnigan, Hinds 1, 1pm P McKnight; Tinwald MSA v Celtic W, Tin 1, 1.15pm G Brown; Bye: Allenton.

Under 11 1/2 (John Smitheram Shield) Club Referee or Associate Referee Required Allenton v Collegiate Drummond & Etheridge, Allen 2, 1pm; Hampstead v Southern All Farm Engineering, Hamp 2, 1.30pm; Methven v Rakaia Synlait Farms U11, Methven 1, 12.15pm; Tinwald Smitheram/Frew v Celtic Blacklows, Tinwald 2, 12.15pm.

Under 10 Associate Referee Required Hampstead Lifestyle Motorhomes v Southern HCT, Hamp 3, 1.35pm; Methven B v Southern Cowcare Hooftrimming, Meth 4, 12.25pm; Methven W v Rakaia Synlait Farms U10, Meth 4, 1.20pm; Tinwald B Whittaker Contracting v Celtic U10, Tin 3, 1.45pm; Bye: Allenton.

Under 9 Associate Referee Required Hampstead U9 v Southern Hyde Bros, Hamp 3, 12pm; Methven B v Southern Riverlea, Meth 4, 11.30am; Methven W v Rakaia Synlait Farms U9, Meth 5, 1.45pm; Tinwald Lizzies Dairy v Celtic McCrea Painters & Decorators, Tin 3, 12.50pm; Allenton v Collegiate Cranfield Glass, Allen 5, 1pm.

Under 8 Associate Referee Required Allenton M v Collegiate Ashburton Paint & Decorate, Allen 6, 1pm; Hampstead W J Kellett Builder v Southern Agspread, Hamp 3, 12.55pm; Methven v Southern B R Jones Contracting, Meth 5, 11.30am; Tinwald H & L Jones Excavation v Celtic, Tin 3, 12pm; Bye: Allen G. Under 7 Associate Referee Required Hampstead Netherby 4 Square v CRT Southern, Hamp 1, 12.15pm; Methven B v Rakaia Synlait Farms U7, Meth 5, 1pm; Methven W v Coleman Ag Southern, Meth 5, 12.15pm; Tinwald RD1 v Celtic Summerfield Builders, Tin 4, 1.45pm; Tinwald Skip2-It Flooring v Allenton, Tin 4, 1pm; Bye: Collegiate Countdown Foodmarkets.

Under 6 Associate Referee Required Allenton G v Celtic Summerfield Builders, Allen 5, 12.15pm; Allenton M v Collegiate McDonalds, Allen 6, 12.15pm; Hampstead Metalcorp v Collegiate Regent Cinema, Hamp 1, 12.15pm; Methven B v Rakaia Synlait Farms B, Meth 1, 11.30am; Methven W v Rakaia Synlait Farms, Meth, 11.30am; Southern Progressive Livestock v Southern H Mackenzie Contracting, Hinds 3, 1pm; Tinwald Ian Howden Spraying v Celtic G, Tin 4, 12.15pm.

Mid Canterbury Rugby

April 24 Senior B – Michael Duff Memorial Trophy Hampstead v Methven, Hampstead, 7:00pm C Kelland; Collegiate v Rakaia Murray Hood Baling, Collegiate, 7:00pm G Clement; Southern Tinwald Tavern v Tinwald Liquorland, Hinds, 7:00pm T Pearce; Celtic Kelly’s Bar & Café v Mt Somers, Celtic, 7:00pm K Pottinger.

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More in store for Great Scott golfer,” said two-time major champion Norman.

“Everybody questioned whether he could do it.

“We all knew it. The players know it.

“I think he is a better driver of the golf ball than I ever was.

“Nobody gives him that recognition.

“I have been a huge believer in Adam, and I am so proud of him.”

Showing nerves of steel, Scott became an instant Australian national hero when he nailed the winning birdie putt from four metres in near darkness, to beat 43-yearold Cabrera at the second extra hole on a rain-soaked Augusta National.

Earlier, Scott had screamed “c’mon Aussie” when he holed a seven-metre birdie putt on the last hole of regulation play to shoot a closing three-under-par 69 and grab the clubhouse lead at nineunder 279.

But the steely Cabrera drilled his approach shot to within a metre of the hole and matched Scott’s birdie to tie him with a 70 as he eyed a third major title, and the first Masters win by a grandfather.

Scott became the 10th Australian to win a men’s major, the first since Geoff Ogilvy in the 2006 US Open.

It was sweet redemption after he surrendered a four-shot lead with four holes to play last year at Royal Lytham, where he was runner-up to Ernie Els. “I found my way today,” said Scott.

“It seems a long way away from a couple of years ago here and even last July when I was trying to win another major.”

Before the win, Australians had

By Ben Everill Greg Norman believes Adam Scott can win more golf majors than any other Australian after smashing the country’s 77-year Masters hoodoo.

Scott paid tribute to childhood idol and close friend Norman when he ended decades of near-misses and heartbreak yesterday by becoming the first Australian to don the Masters green jacket with a play-off victory over 2009 champion Angel Cabrera.

“It’s amazing that it’s come down to me today,” Scott said after snaring his first major title at age 32.

“But it was one guy who inspired a nation of golfers and that’s Greg Norman.

“He’s been incredible to me and all the young golfers in Australia.

“He’s given me so much time and inspiration and belief and I drew on that a lot today.

“Part of this definitely belongs to him.”

Norman, three-times the heartbreak story at the Masters, was so nervous watching the final round unfold that he went to the gym as the leaders made the turn.

He was elated when Scott proved wrong doubters who claimed he was too nice a guy to win the big ones, and would never recover from his British Open meltdown last July.

But never afraid of the big call, Norman insisted Scott - who will climb to an equal-career-high world No.3 behind Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy - could now surpass Peter Thomson’s five majors.

“I think he’ll go on and win more majors than any other Australian

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finished second outright or joint second eight times, including Scott’s tie for second two years ago with fellow Queenslander Jason Day who himself led by two strokes on Sunday with three holes to play.

Scott said he’d done his best to shut out the weight of star-crossed Australian history at Augusta.

“The thing I did well out there was just stay right where I was, wherever it was on the golf course. I stayed in that one shot,” he said.

“We (Australians) like to think we’re the best at everything.

“Golf is a big sport at home, and this is the one thing in golf we hadn’t been able to achieve.

“It’s amazing that it’s my destiny to be the first Australian to win.”

Scott’s Masters moment of luck came on the 13th hole when his seven-iron into the par five sucked dangerously back towards Rae’s Creek but stayed up on the bank.

He chipped up close and grabbed his first birdie in 10 holes to start his back-nine run.

In an action-packed and dramafilled final round it appeared Day would be the man most likely to break the curse.

The 25-year-old stood on the 16th tee with a two-shot lead but leaked home with two bogeys to throw away his chances, finishing outright third, two shots back after a closing 70.

Fellow Australian Marc Leishman (72) finished off a great week to end at five-under, tied for fourth with Tiger Woods (70), ensuring a return to Augusta in 2014.

John Senden, one shot from the lead during the second round, faded on the weekend into a tie for 35th.

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“If you think it’s hard to meet new people, try picking up the wrong golf ball.”

Today’s sports trivia question Bob Charles came second to which of the ‘Big Three’ golfers in the 1968 British Open?

Long wait goes on for Tiger tees off in the US Open in June it will be five years since he last won one of the big four titles.

It also means that he will need to wait another year to add to his Masters green jackets, his fourth and most recent coming in 2005.

Woods’ driving ambitions are to match and better the record 18 majors won by Jack Nicklaus and to overhaul the record six Masters wins by Nicklaus.

Starting the day four behind joint leaders Brandt Snedeker and Angel

By Allan Kelly For Tiger Woods, the long wait for a 15th major title will now extend to half a decade.

The 37-year-old American briefly threatened the leaders going down the back nine in the final round of the 77th Masters yesterday, but he had left himself with too much to do and had to settle for a tie for fourth place.

That means that by the time he

Cabrera, Woods said that he believed he had an outside chance of winning a major while coming from behind for the first time.

“I thought 65 would win it outright today,” he said.

“I thought that was going to be the number. Maybe eight or nine under.

So who knows, if I would have shot my number, it might have been a different story.”

Instead he shot 70, four shots outside the play-off won by Adam Scott.

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Adam Scott and Kiwi caddie Steve Williams react to Scott’s putt dropping on the second hole of a playoff to win the Masters golf tournament yesterday.

Sandra snags another title

Left: Sandra Keith, who has added the Canterbury women’s champion of champion singles title to her growing collection

in a thrilling final at the Elmwood Bowling Club.

With a steady display of excellent draw bowls Keith led early on 9-1 after six ends, but Matthews steadied things and after 12 ends the scores had levelled to 10-10 with both players drawing superbly.

Matthews then pulled away to lead 18-14, but Keith was up to the challenge and levelled the scores again at 19-19 after 21 ends.

Both players scored singles

on the next two ends but Keith, who made her national debut last month, finished stronger on the draw to win 21-20.

In the quarter-finals Keith beat Elmwood’s Pam Phair 21-12 on her home green before getting the better of Rakaia’s Linda Boyd 21-7, before the nail-biting win over Matthews.

It is Keith’s fourth Canterbury Centre Title, and was perhaps some consolation for losing the open singles to Matthews earlier in the season.

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Wind at 2000m: E 25 km/h developing in the afternoon.

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Periods of rain clearing, but remaining rather THURSDAY cloudy. Southwesterlies for a time.

Mostly cloudy with scattered rain. Light winds at low levels, northwest breezes about the tops.

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NZ Situation Rain at times. Southeasterlies developing.

The deep low moves southeast across the North Island tomorrow, leaving a complex trough over most of the country. The trough recedes to the SATURDAY North Island during Friday as a high over the south Tasman Sea extends a ridge eastwards, directing Rain easing to drizzle. Southeasterlies. a southeast flow over much of the South Island.

Mystery person: Arnold Palmer would have been keeping a close eye on the Masters in the last few days.

While Adam Scott has won his first Masters, Palmer has four in the bank, to go along with a truckload of other top titles. Along with Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player, Palmer is credited with popularising the sport around the world.

Quote: Jack Lemmon Trivia question: Gary Player

Allenton bowler Sandra Keith has been at it again, taking out the Canterbury women’s champion of champion singles at the weekend.

Keith edged out Leeston club mate Serena Matthews, who together won the national pairs title in New Plymouth in January,

Today’s answers:

FRIDAY Rain at times. Southeasterlies developing.

SATURDAY Rain easing to patchy drizzle. Southeasterlies.

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1:54

8:07 2:15 8:33 2:48 9:03 3:08 9:25 3:42 9:56 3:59 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.

Rise 7:07 am Set 5:57 pm

Fair

Fair fishing

Rise 12:13 pm Set 9:48 pm

First quarter

19 Apr 12:33 am ©Copyright OceanFun Publishing Ltd.

Rise 7:08 am Set 5:56 pm

Bad

Bad fishing

Rise 12:55 pm Set 10:42 pm

Full moon

26 Apr www.ofu.co.nz

7:59 am

10:17

Rise 7:10 am Set 5:54 pm

Fair

Fair fishing

Rise 1:32 pm Set 11:40 pm

Last quarter

2 May 11:16 pm

Maori Fishing Guide by Bill Hohepa