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Ashburton Guardian Saturday, January 23, 2021

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Guardian’s new managing editor ready to roll T

he newly appointed managing editor of the Ashburton Guardian is looking forward to making a difference for the whole district. Daryl Holden, who takes up his appointment on March 8, says he’s passionate about achieving such a lofty goal, which goes well beyond photos, words and headlines. “I want my Guardian team and I to make things happen for Ashburton and Mid Canterbury,” Daryl says. “I want us to back the underdog, to celebrate success, help businesses succeed and be sustainable, and to introduce campaign journalism because a newspaper’s role is not to just report the news, but to be a community leader. Focusing on community involvement will also help distinguish the Ashburton Guardian from other publications.” Daryl hopes to lead the way by bringing the qualities of relationship and team building to the newspaper. He describes himself as an inclusive leader, who will work collaboratively with his team and key stakeholders to deliver results and exceed targets while “having some fun along the way”. He likes the look of the Ashburton Guardian and its online arm, which he says clearly connects with its readers and advertisers.

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Daryl Holden will lead a new-look Ashburton Guardian team as its managing editor from March 8. “ensure the Ashburton Guardian will continue to be relevant and sustainable for years to come”. “Technically it may be referred to as a community newspaper, but that’s a term I have never liked, especially for the Ashburton Guardian. “It’s a serious and professional publication that has enjoyed

I can’t wait to get my size 10s under the desk to help lift the Guardian to exciting new editorial and advertising heights. While he has enhancements in mind, he says it’s really important to acknowledge, recognise and learn from the significant change that’s already taken place and the way the staff and community have handled it and reacted to it. One priority for Daryl is to

decades of phenomenal reader and business support. We plan to be the pre-eminent news organisation in the whole of Canterbury and one of the best nationally,” he says. “We’ll do that by engaging with and standing up for our people, just as the New York Times or

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Sydney Morning Herald do for their communities.” And Daryl has the tools and experience to make it happen, able to call on a significant editorial and sales background in print, broadcasting and digital media. He maintains a local newspaper and online platform should reflect the place in which you live, its celebrations and commiserations. “It not only holds important local figures to account, it shapes shared feelings of hope and of anger and helps to piece together the story of where you are and who you are,” he says. “In simple terms, nothing interests the person on the street more than the news from their own neighbourhood. Local, local, local, that’s the key word. The more local news and local advertising, the better.” Daryl will also feel at home in Ashburton, with a strong connection to the district through his wife’s parents and her brother and his wife, who are crop farmers.

Daryl jokingly says his in-laws, now retired farmers, will shortly have to convert their home into an unofficial B&B for his needs while he searches for somewhere to live. “And that’ll be vegemite and not marmite on my toast, please.” He’ll be joined by wife Michelle and his “number one son”, his beloved miniature schnauzer dog, Frankie, who Daryl says calls all the shots and runs the house. Daryl’s only human child, Finn, is also moving from Invercargill, starting at Canterbury University next month. Holden is taking over from current editor, Matt Markham who’s returning to his first love of sports journalism. “It’s time for someone else to take the reins of this great newspaper and guide it into its new future,” Matt says. “I’ve loved every minute of being at the helm of one of the most fiercely loyal and determined newspapers in New Zea-

■■ Who: Joins the Ashburton Guardian as its managing editor on March 8. He will oversee all editorial and advertising functions. ■■ Media background: Has a 20 year-plus involvement and is a multiple national award winner in print, broadcasting and digital media, having been an editor or held senior management roles at the Southland Times, Timaru Herald, Christchurch Press, the Evening Post and TV3. ■■ And: Was seconded to The Times, of London, as an inaugural New Zealand journalism scholarship winner, covering sport in Europe and observing the workings of a major international organisation. ■■ Recently: Has worked in commercial management and operation roles for fertiliser giant Ballance Agri-Nutrients and at dairy herd testing and animal genetics company, Livestock Improvement Corporation. ■■ Family: Frankie, their 10-yearold miniature schnauzer dog, said he had to be mentioned first, then wife Michelle and son Finn. Michelle’s parents and her brother and family live in the district. ■■ Other interests: Loves all sport and still (tries to, says his son) play competitive table tennis and tennis. Is on the Table Tennis New Zealand board. land, but everything has a shelf life and, right now, the best decision for the Ashburton Guardian is to have someone else step into the role. “Gaining someone of Daryl’s experience and skills is a really positive step forward.” Anyone who knows Matt, knows he’s a bit of a sports fanatic. “I’m really excited to turn back the clock 14 years and step back into a role I enjoyed when I first began in the business,” Matt said.

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In brief Pool inspections Owners of swimming pools are looking at a new fee to have their pool inspected to ensure it meets safety fencing standards. The Ashburton District Council will build a $174 fee into its budget to cover the cost of the three-yearly inspection. This is in line with fees charged by other councils. Until now inspections have been free as part of an education process for pool owners.

Building inspections The cost of building inspections will rise for property owners living out of Ashburton. A new travel fee will be introduced from July 1 and while the details have yet to be worked out this will vary according to the distance inspectors need to travel. The fee will be charged per inspection.

New footpaths

Examining one of the damaged transformers are (from left) CEO Roger Sutton and line mechanics, Tim Eastwood and James Longhurst,

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Lightning knocks out power Nearly 200 properties in the Lauriston/Winchmore area were without power from late afternoon on Thursday. The lightning strike, caused by unstable weather conditions, struck lines and put seven of EA Networks’ transform-

ers out of action. CEO, Roger Sutton, assigned line crews to repair the damaged transformers and restore power to homes, farms, dairy sheds and irrigation pumps in the area. Power returned shortly before midnight.

Roger Sutton explained that Mid Canterbury feels the brunt of lightning storms about this time each year and had line mechanics and a control room ready for such an eventuality. “We responded promptly. In all 10 staff were involved. It’s

very satisfying for the guys to get home and know they’ve made a difference to the community they live in,” Sutton said. “It’s an example of EA Networks working hard and looking after our customers.”

Parks victims of rate rise pruning By Sue Newman sue.n@theguardian.co.nz

Turf replacement in small urban parks and an irrigation scheme for Argyle Park have become cost-cutting victims as Ashburton’s District councillors try to reduce the size of next year’s rate rise. They started deliberations on next year’s budget with an 8.25 per cent rate rise on the board and were hard-pressed as spending was ticked off to find areas where cuts could be made. Parks and Recreation, however, provided an opportunity

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for them to get out the pruning shears. A section 17A review of the department recommended an additional 2.5 staff members should be employed. Operations manager Steve Fabish had already pruned that back to 1.5 and indicated he would be spending money on a larger tractor and wider mower that would save at least $40,000 in staff time. In his budget, Fabish said he was trying to maintain the levels of service that were currently in place rather than looking to do more. The savings already indicated

weren’t enough for councillor Stuart Wilson. “Our parks organisation is totally out of control, there’s $200,000 to $300,000 over spending every year and we have to balance the books,” he said. The budget for next year earmarks $3.7 million of rates spending in the open spaces area, up $370,000 from the current year. Questions were raised over the irrigation of sports fields with both mayor Neil Brown and Wilson keen to see this cut back. Brown wanted to know which sports clubs had asked for Ar-

gyle Park to be irrigated and said if the council did that it was increasing its level of service at a time when it clearly could not afford to do so. The proposal to irrigate the park was in recognition of the increase in its use by a variety of sporting codes, Fabish said. If the park was irrigated, then the users should be paying the costs not ratepayers, Wilson said. Wilson and Brown won the minds of their fellow councillors and both the turf renewal project and the irrigation project were taken out of the budget, saving over $100,000.

A new footpath on Albert Street will see children able to walk from town to the Ashburton Christian School in comfort and safety. The footpath will be laid in the next financial year. Another long-awaited strip of footpath will be completed in year two of the council’s long-term plan, the stretch from Charlesworth Drive to Allens Road.

Museum displays Money has been built into the Ashburton Museum’s budget for the next year to cover the renewal of some displays. They have been assessed as ageing and in need of some refreshing.

Reuse shop As much as it was about keeping waste out of landfill, the council’s solid waste policy was also about getting materials back into the community to reuse. And that has seen $750,000 ear-marked in the council’s solid waste budget to build a new reuse store. Currently the store is run out of a container at the Resource Recovery Park. The cost of building is high, however, because of the deep piles needed for construction on a landfill site.

Riverbridge footpaths No costings have been included in the council’s budget, but investigations are under way to establish the cost of installing two mid-span bays on each side of the Ashburton River Bridge for pedestrians and cyclists. Approval from NZ Transport Agency would be needed for the installation, but councillors are keen to lobby the organisation to allow the work to be done.

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Ashburton Guardian Saturday, January 23, 2021

Why Bernard is Santa each year Over a thousand children sat on Bernard Egan’s knee last Christmas and a few adults as well. But you’d never know. Bernard will be familiar to Guardian readers as a contributor, but his impact on the community goes far beyond his motoring columns. For children, Bernard is Santa. He wore the costume 28 times last Christmas, as youngsters requested everything from Barbie dolls to drones and i-Pads. At one stage he wondered if he should “ho-ho-ho” in the Arcade, but quickly realised he was an important part of raising spirits. “Covid-19 was a tough time for many families, and I knew I could bring a whole lot of pleasure to children,” Bernard said. He’s been Santa for many years – eventually taking over from Doug Jack – and wearing two suits made by Doug’s wife, Ruby. No matter how hot he feels, Bernard is Father Christmas at resthomes, at community group gatherings and in his favourite haunt, the Arcade. Babies as young as five days old have perched on his knee alongside some 90-year-olds. Bernard doesn’t say what they asked for. While requests for gifts vary, he recalls one six-year-old girl who asked for a fart cushion and a can of shaving cream. Whoopee cushions were all the rage. Bernard was born in Rakaia 71 years ago and attended Ashburton High School which morphed into Ashburton College. He was a foundation student of Ashburton College and is keen to attend The First 10 Years reunion in May this year. He’s also a member of the Ashburton High School Old Pupils but prefers the word “alumni” because Bernard claims he isn’t old and never will be. Following employment at the Public Trust, Bernard moved to

Dressed up as Santa and making people smile, Bernard Egan at his absolute best. PHOTO SUPPLIED the job that he would cherish for the remainder of his working life. He was employed by New Zealand Post/Rural Post, and managed the contracts for 50 rural drivers, extending from Darfield to Oamaru and Coast to Coast. “The contractors are a dedicated group of people who are prepared to deliver mail in any condition,” Bernard said. “While health and safety was my priority, they knew the mail had to get through despite the snow, rain and wind. “Many of their recipients lived beyond internet connection and their only contact was with the contractor. The highlight of their day was when Rural Post pulled up at the letterbox.” Bernard retired from NZ Post in

2014, but he didn’t retire from life. Other interests took over. They’d been percolating inside him for several years and now he was ready to open a new chapter. With the encouragement of Carol Gunn and Roger and Pauline Paterson, he studied for and became a celebrant. “They knew I’d delivered a few eulogies in my time and could talk, so suggested I should give it a go,” Bernard recalls. Within five days of hanging out his shingle, he received his first funeral. It was a difficult one, but Bernard survived and delivered the service with dignity. Since then, he’s officiated at several hundred funerals. He’s counted 76 in the last two years with “music for the departed” ranging from

You Raise Me Up to Led Zeppelin. “I like to think it’s a gift that I have,” he says. A great privilege for Bernard is when someone asks him to officiate at their funeral. They seek his opinion and invite him to join the family team planning the last rites. Bernard officiates at both religious and non-religious funerals and has the right words for the right occasion. It’s part of his love of language. He’s also secretary of the Ashburton Hearing Association. Family influenced his interest. Bernard’s mother was profoundly deaf from the age of 13 and he was impressed when association members offered advice, visited her and fitted early hearing devices. “I continue my involvement today,” he says. Bernard’s wife, who died 19 years ago this week, also had a lifelong involvement. The Hearing Association Rooms are named after Janice Egan. She died from cancer at the age of 48 and Bernard reflected on Thursday about the final three precious years they spent together. It’s rumoured that Bernard was born talking, mostly about motoring. Generally speaking Bernard is generally speaking and he regularly addresses clubs, organisations, meetings and conferences around Canterbury. “I speak on a number of amusing subjects which interest me ranging from graffiti, personal anecdotes to motoring stories,” he says. He’s impressed with the treatment and dedication given by staff to patients and visitors at the Elizabeth Street Day Care Centre and, once a month, he’ll talk to the people receiving respite care. It’s only natural that someone who shoots from the lip, should

be a good writer. When he was approached around the year 2000, to write a “personality piece” on motoring for the Guardian, he agreed. Twenty years later he’s still meeting his deadlines and the subject matter continues to flow from his fertile mind. “I write about cars, owners, rallies, people in the business, anything vaguely motoring related,” Bernard says. “Because of who I am, people come to me with stories.” Hundreds of stories come to mind but one of his favourites is about Rover collector, Ron Winchester. Ron hitched around Europe and remembers being picked up by Rover owners, out for a jaunt. “Ron was so impressed with the cars and their owners, that he’s owned several Rovers ever since,” Bernard says. When Ron visited Goodwood Racing Circuit, he helped four young, long haired musicians pull their vehicle out of the mud. They were so grateful they invited him to have a drink with them at the pub. It was a “hard day’s night for them and they cried ‘Help’.” Later he discovered they were called The Beatles. Bernard’s a writer but you wouldn’t call him a petrolhead. He’s collected a few Triumph TR sports cars in his day and he’s currently restoring a 1972 micro car, a Honda Life, one of only three in New Zealand, but he’s just as satisfied at the wheel of Marlene, his partner’s Holden Commodore. Bernard gets great pleasure from his motoring column which is now accompanied by Tales From the Back Seat but, more than anything else, he’s overwhelmed by the people he meets. I guess, that’s why he’s Father Christmas each year.

Weather experiences work wonders for painter By Adam Burns adam.b@theguardian.co.nz

For us city folk, the weather is just the weather. For those in the heartland it is more integral to everyday life. These are the sentiments of local painter Jennifer Harrison who has utilised the climate and weather events as a creative outlet. Her presentation Weather Beaten - Atmospheres and Experiences will be the first exhibition at the Ashburton Art Gallery for the year when it opens tomorrow. Her work centers around the “dramatic increase and intensi-

ty” of weather events globally. “Having been brought up in a farming background, the weather always plays a large part in your life. “It’s their livelihood and their life.” Described as abstract expressionist, it is the culmination of the last few years work for Harrison, who divides her time between Ashburton and Fairle. As far as the climate as a source of creative stimulus, both personal experience and imagery garnered from news bulletins had informed her work, she said. “I’ve tried to create a mood of what a weather event may feel like.

“It’s not like going out into the countryside and painting a view, it feels different. “It’s an emotional response to these dramatic events.” The longtime painter of more than 20 years operates Colliding Colours Studio on Burnett Street in Ashburton’s CBD and recently completed a Bachelor of Visual Arts from the Otago School of Art. “It means a lot to me,” she said. “To have my work acknowledged by this lovely gallery feels good.” Weather Beaten - Atmospheres and Experiences opens tomorrow at 2pm with the exhibition running to February 21.

Right – Local artist Jennifer Harrison looks upon one of her paintings during set up of her exhibition during the week. PHOTO ADAM BURNS 210121-AB-2952

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Where you there at the start? There’s something special about the first 10 years. Peter Gluyas believes so and is chairperson of an alumni committee that’s organising a reunion of students, teachers and staff who attended Ashburton College in the first 10 years of its life. The reunion of Ashburton College – the First 10 Years – from 1965 to 1975, will be held on May 7 and 8, 2021. Gluyas and his committee met this week with the major task of informing as many former students as possible and inviting them to the reunion. One thing’s for certain they’ll all be over 60 and may have some discretionary time to attend the function. However, finding them is not all plain sailing as American Magic found out. Records of who attended Ashburton College during those years are difficult to find, so Gluyas is “spreading the word”. “Ashburton is a parochial community and people know people, [who] know people,” Gluyas said. “By announcing and publicising the reunion, we’re hoping former students will respond or people will contact us with names of those who could be interested. “We know the head boys and girls of Ashburton College during those years, but after that we’re relying on our own contacts and community input.” While a reunion is essentially for former stu-

dents to come together and reconnect, Gluyas has a further purpose. “Our intention is to foster closer relations between school, community and business, with the aim of providing ongoing support for Ashburton College,” Gluyas said. “We realised that building a network of former students needed to be structured so we established the alumni two years ago and have been working towards the reunion ever since.” It hasn’t been easy because, for the first six years, Ashburton College was located on two sites. The college was an amalgamation of Ashburton High and Hakatere College and remained on existing sites until the new school was built and opened in 1971. Gluyas is planning an informal gathering down-town on Friday night, May 7, with a tour of Ashburton College the following day. Former pupils will watch a first 15 rugby game and inspect plans and a model of the new school which will be built on the existing Walnut Avenue location. On the Saturday night, there’ll be an official reunion dinner with speeches, toasts and entertainment provided by school musicians and vocalists. Gluyas is hoping to attract up to 200 former students and appeals to them to contact committee member, Shirley Falloon. Her email address is shirleyfalloon@xtra. co.nz

Right – Peter Gluyas of the Ashburton College Alumni.

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Ashburton Guardian Saturday, January 23, 2021 BACK SEAT

Resolutions and food for thought Bernard Egan is a well known man around these parts. Through Tales From the Back Seat he endeavours to put a light-hearted spin on tales from yesteryear. Methven Cricket Club received $9700 from NZCT to go toward their cricket net upgrade.

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Funding ensures facility for future generations By Matt Markham matt.m@theguardian.co.nz

An almost $10,000 grant will ensure that budding Methven cricketers are afforded the opportunity to train on the club’s two artificial wickets like past generations before them. The historic club lacked the sufficient financial resources to cover the expense of purchasing and installing turf on their cricket nets at the Methven Domain with the former turf becoming dangerous for players. This limited the available practice facilities and possibilities for players to improve on both their batting and bowling skill sets.

Club spokesman, Jono Pavey said the $9700 received by the club from the New Zealand Community Trust would not only allow for replacement turf but an upgrade to the entire net facility. “We have experienced a recent surge in growth for both junior boys and girls playing this great game,” Pavey said. “The instillation of the new turf will be the final stage in a significant upgrading of the Methven Cricket Club nets as a direct result of the grant. “It will enable the club to install new concrete, framing and nets alongside the new turf.” Pavey said that the funding will ensure that the future generations of cricketers will enjoy the facility for many years to come.

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reader found inspiration from our story about New Year resolutions. Having never had much success with previous resolutions the thought of a resolution not to make a resolution appealed and was adopted. But then taken to another level. Our reader resolved not to make a resolution, but if that resolution was broken and a resolution was made the resolution was then made to break it! We think we understand. Our reader went on to compare foods we knew of in the 1950s and 1960s with today’s tastes. Back then pasta was not all that well known in this country, let alone eaten. And if pizza was mentioned it usually related to a tower somewhere in Italy which had a lean on it. Possibly because it had sampled a little bit too much of that Italian red wine we were beginning to hear about. Apparently that tended to make it a little difficult to remain upright and easy to get a lean on. When it came to a curry there was some in a packet in the pantry, the exact use of which was somewhat mysterious, but it did end up in some special delicacies like curried eggs and curried sausages. Delicacies which have stood the test of time and remain popular. But back in the day we didn’t “go out for a curry”. That is of course unless you owned a horse and went out to the stable to get a curry comb, a device with serrated ridges, used when grooming a horse. There weren’t many, if any, Indian restaurants, they were only found in India weren’t they? Thankfully that’s changed and we can now easily enjoy Indian inspired food. Fish and chips or “shark and tatty” as they were sometimes referred to were a treat. Locally often bought from the great culinary institutions – the pie carts – and of course we had and still have some great fish and chip shops. But from memory did we refer to them as takeaways?

By Bernard Egan

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Back then a takeaway was a mathematical problem. You know you add 10 and 12 and takeaway 6 and you get . . . That’s a good point, what the heck do you get? Better get out the abacus, no that’s not right, by the 50s and 60s we had those new-fangled slide rules. When it came to potato crisps we didn’t have to face the decisions which confront us these days around which flavour to buy. That’s because the crisps came plain, so the only major decision we had to make was whether or not to put the salt on them. Rice – now there’s an interesting one, it was pretty much only eaten as a milk pudding. Calamari was called squid. And most often it was used as fish bait! Times and tastes have certainly changed, and by and large that’s been good. Just between you and us – our reader has broken his resolution and made a resolution – to expand his taste buds this year. He’s unlikely to break that one, but there again will that mean he has actually broken his original one?

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Ashburton Guardian Saturday, January 23, 2021

ASHBURTON TO WORLD

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here’s a major milestone at Ashfords every working day of the year. It’s an export order supervised by owners, James Ashford and David Lester. A van full of spinning wheels and weaving looms leaves Ashfords bound for the United States. On peak days over one tonne of product is shipped to the US. Pre Covid-19, the wheels and looms would reach their destination within two days. Now it takes a little longer, but the end user in small-town America will still receive their order in less than a week. Other orders from the world’s biggest supplier of spinning wheels, weaving looms and textile craft equipment are sent daily to 40 countries around the globe. While 90 per cent of their product goes overseas, they also service 50 retailers in New Zealand as well as their own store. It keeps James and David busy. Since taking over from James’ parents last year they have further developed software and technology. Their skills, honed in New York, have been invaluable to the company. James was a software developer for Goldman Sachs, while David worked as a financial analyst. They met at Canterbury University, moved to the US to further develop their talents, then returned to the family business, started nearly 90 years ago by James’ grandfather, Walter. “The US gave us a broad business experience,” David says. “In the last five years we’ve updated our technology and James has implemented more software to advance the business to the next level.” More new computer-controlled machinery is on order from Italy and scheduled to arrive in March. Ashfords may be known for wheels and looms, but the wheels spin far beyond those two products. The business manufactures over 400 different textile craft products and processes New Zealand wool for export at their plant in Milton. James and David are looking ahead to the future but, if they looked back, they’d recall a challenging 2020. “We worked from home,” James said. “Sending export orders overseas was disruptive and expensive. Now we’re working overtime to catch up with increased demand.” During Covid-19 people had more time for craft and more need for craft. “More young people especially wanted to do something positive. They searched for creative outlets and came to us,” David says. “Spinning and weaving are not only a creative pursuit, but also a therapeutic activity necessary for mental wellbeing. Now we’re experiencing increased demand from throughout the world.” In the middle of Covid-19 another milestone occurred. James’ parents, Richard and Elizabeth,

David Lester (left) and James Ashford and waiting for one of their many orders to depart for faraway shores. PHOTO ASHBURTON GUARDIAN

David (left) and James inside the Ashfords’ store.

stepped back from the day-today running of the business and handed responsibility over to James and David. But unlike Elvis, they haven’t left the building. “My parents grew the business and are still

involved in the company,” James says. “Richard is committed to new product development, while Elizabeth produces our fibrecraft magazine. “Under them we gradually learnt the business and have

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worked together to streamline new processes and introduce new technology,” David commented. “We were on a learning curve. We improved our knowledge with the support of staff and cus-

tomers,” David says. “The store has been modernised, we’ve rebranded and, with the advent of the domestic tourist season, we’ve invested in the Ashford Village and welcomed visitors.” Both partners continue to drive growth. Their Ashford team has grown to 41 staff and they are currently recruiting. With the new era of ownership and a change in the distribution model to supply US retailers directly from Ashburton, they’ve had a busy time travelling the world to meet customers and suppliers. They started with a positive. “We had brand loyalty. People knew about us. And we were determined to maintain that close contact with retailers and end users,” James says. In their spare time they enjoy all that Mid Canterbury has to offer – skiing, water sports and travel – but the business is the buzz. It’s the everyday challenges and achievements. “Our excitement is to see the order book filled and the van being loaded up every lunchtime.”

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LEFT – Diane Ross is pictured with her pride and joy, a 1931 Chrysler convertible coupe. PHOTOS ASHBURTON GUARDIAN

BELOW – Rob and Diane Ross in their 1907 Cadillac

CHRYSLER COUPLE HITTING THE ROAD

iane and Rob Ross are hardcore rally enthusiasts. Fresh from taking part in the Dunedin to Brighton Veteran Car Rally last weekend, they’re preparing their pristine 1931 Chrysler convertible coupe for the 52nd Ashburton Vintage Car Club rally on Saturday, January 30. In Dunedin, they coaxed their 1907 Cadillac truck along the route, but the local rally extends from Ashburton to Geraldine, and, for them, back again. “It’s a longer journey, but we’re confident the Chrysler will make it there and back,” Diane says. The Chrysler has been in their possession for about 15 years. It was in a dilapidated state when the elderly Christchurch owner offered it to them. “We’d known him for some time. He asked us to help clean out his barn and he’d give us the car,” Diane said. “There

was one condition. He wanted a ride in it before he died.” Rob had always sought an upmarket Chrysler and set to work totally restoring the coupe, completing the work in two years. They then drove to Christchurch and took the former owner for one of several drives before he died six months later. Since then, Rob has maintained it in mint cream and green condition. It’s one of Diane’s favourites. “It’s a beautiful, two-seater car with a dicky seat and can almost keep up with other vehicles. It cruises at 80km/h so we don’t have to be aware of delaying other motorists.” But there’s another reason why she adores it. With three forward gears, one extra low gear and a reverse, she can drive it and share the motoring with Rob. That’s not the case with the Cadillac. It has two forward gears and a reverse. You start it with a handle and, while it’s still

chugging, you leap into the driver’s seat and put it in gear. “It’s so high up, you can see everything,” Diane recalls. “But there’s no windscreen. It’s nerve-wracking. The insects ping off your face.” They both have a special love for the Ashburton Vintage Car Club Rally. They’ve been members for 50 years, almost as long as the rally’s been going. They’d fit into the vintage class themselves. Diane and Rob own seven valuable vehicles, including a 1902 Oldsmobile and a 1936 Chrysler roadster. There are no favourites, they love them all. Part of owning, restoring and maintaining their valuable collection, is their dedication to rallying. “We enjoy the motoring and the people,” Diane explains. “We love touring in our vehicles, either by ourselves or with others.” Some people collect spoons, others rare

books or commodes, but Diane and Rob collect cars. “They’re useful. You’re never lonely because they attract interest and stimulate people’s memories. People will come and talk to you and ask about them,” she says. “I share them with interested individuals and groups.” Collecting can be expensive, but Rob is one of those unique individuals. He’s a farmer cum handyman. He can turn his hand to anything, including restoring broken-down and neglected vehicles. And Diane and Rob have another passion. They wear the gear for the occasion. To match the Cadillac truck, Diane wore a circa World War One black skirt, white blouse and pink hat. Rob wore a striped blue and red blazer and cap. But they’re not dressing up for the Ashburton rally. The Chrysler is fashionable all by itself.

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Ashburton Guardian Saturday, January 23, 2021

OUR VIEW

On a crusade to find the heart beat By Malcolm Hopwood

’ve been wandering Ashburton for the past fortnight, looking for its beating heart. It’s that unique place in the community where there’s a creative buzz, a vibrancy, a focal point for the town, a reason for its existence. In 1858, John Hanning Speke found the source of the Nile. In my own personal way, I set out to look for the source of Ashburton, my home-town, where I was born. I found it in the people, in the bank officer, the supermarket host, the barista who remembered us from the previous day, the motel owner and the willingness of so many to talk to me. But I didn’t find it in bricks and mortar. There was no place where vitality throbbed, no G-spot, no happy place. I walked East Street and worried about its future, I gazed at the Triangle and grieved, I drove down West Street and was swept across the bridge by traffic travelling south. Yes, I exaggerate to make a point. There is community in the cafes and bars, in organisations and clubs, among the sports crowds, in the friendly voice on the phone and the interaction that only newspapers and radio stations can create. But Ashburton people deserve more than that. I sensed it in traffic cones. I’ve never seen so many of them. I wrote about one and called him Trevor, but she could have been Therese. They are the embodiment of what’s behind them, of the improvement and development that’s about to take place. But I didn’t see much happening and that worried me. I have one incredible memory. It’s coming out of a subway and seeing Times Square in New York for the first time. I saw the bustle, the activity, the purpose, the grandeur, the throb of activity. Yes, it was pre-Covid-19. The district council has that chance to provide Ashburton with its beating heart. Its $50 million plus development in Baring Square can create that state-in-the-art facility for Mid Canterbury. I’ve heard grumbles about the cost, many of them, but if the development is fit for purpose and not a monument to itself, then it will be a drawcard. I recall an interesting interview with library manager Jill Watson, who told me how the new library will become “the pulsating hub of Ashburton” with meeting rooms and areas where people can socialise, talk, read and enjoy the space and sunlight. I called it the livingroom of the city. I hope it provides the heartbeat. Ashburton has another asset. It’s the Big Ben of Baring Square, the town clock. About 400 years ago poet and cleric, John Donne, wrote “for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee”. I’m hoping the Ashburton clock will look out on a revitalised Baring Square and community friendly Civic Centre and Library, and toll for its people.

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Next time you are about to eat, stop and check with your body what level of hunger you are experiencing. And then examine the food you are about to eat.

You did not fail. The diet failed you Why you should give Intuitive Eating a go H

ave you set yourself a New Year’s resolution yet? Does it include getting healthier, skinnier or fitter? Then I am your biggest fan. In January we all start living just a bit better, we feel the flow of positive energy, the sun is out, the days are longer and you feel ready to kick it up a notch this year. So let’s set you up for success, to make it really count this year. Remember last year? Yes, before lockdown. You felt the same way, you probably joined the gym and chose some sort of diet that was “IN” at that time. Maybe the one your friend did and lost 10kg. Let’s see how this worked for you. If you are a bit like me, the chances are that you tried your best to be really good and stick to your plan, but hey, life happened. Maybe you made it all the way to lockdown and then you fell off the wagon. Maybe it was sooner when you had the first “night out” or cheat day that became a cheat week and then it was no point to go back as you had ruined it already. Did you feel sad, frustrated or maybe even angry at yourself? Why? Wwhen you have been oing so well, so why must you ruin it

By Vera Prazak

HOLISTICALLY SPEAKING

… Let me tell you something. You did not ruin anything. Diets are not designed to be sustainable. To keep up with a diet you need very strong willpower and probably a lot of courage to give up all the things you like, like chocolate, wine and nights out with your friends. But the diet industry makes you believe that this is the only way to achieve your goal. What if I will tell you that this is not true. There is a better way, that doesn’t require any willpower, no sacrifices and you already know what to do. You have been born this way, you have been born an intuitive eater. Intuitive Eating has no strict rules, has no given portion sizes or meal plans, and it is not restricting you in any way of what, when or how much to eat. So how can you lose weight when you can eat all the chocolate and cakes and nothing will

stop you? Here is the thing. You will stop you. Your body is equipped with a self-regulatory system. It’s a hormonal response to your hunger and satiety cues that is natural to any human being. Have you seen babies cry and cry until they are fed and nothing else will soothe them? Have you seen toddlers leaving half eaten cookies and wandering off to play because they are full? That’s your natural intuition. Seen a 5-year-old child picking food off his plate, bit of this and bit of that, just because he wanted? The child doesn’t care if it’s carbs or fat, or how much protein it has, he/she is led by its body to foods that feel good and fulfill their momentarily and long term needs. And you have this ability too. We know how much, what and when to eat, we just forgot how to listen to our body and its needs and preferences. So why should you give intuitive eating a go this year instead of falling for another “quick weight loss, even quicker weight gain” diet? Because your body remembers. Dieting, aka food restriction, or

deprivation, leads to changes in your body and your behaviour. Dieting results in slower metabolism, which causes weight gain to prevent death from starvation. Dieting leads to overeating and binging, food obsession and diets undermine your own innate ability to recognise hunger and fullness.

What is Intuitive Eating? Intuitive eating is a series of tools and skills to help you move away from rigid external rules, and learn to eat according to your body’s natural appetite and physiological cues. It’s an approach developed by dietitians which has been shown to help improve body appreciation and satisfaction, attunement to internal cues like hunger and fullness, psychological flexibility (no more black and white thinking), self-regard and optimism, exercising for enjoyment and dietary variety. Intuitive Eating (IE) can also help improve physiological markers of health like blood glucose control, cholesterol and blood pressure. Finally, IE has been shown to reduce the binge/restrict cycle and help people move away from diets.

Your first step to eat intuitively Next time you are about to eat, stop and check with your body what level of hunger you are experiencing. And then examine the food you are about to eat. Will this satisfy your need or will you need more/different food? Listen to what your body has to say and act on it despite the rules and commands you have in your head from following your previous diets or meal plans. Would you like to learn more about Intuitive Eating? Join my free Facebook group The Radiant Woman where I teach women how to leave diets behind and reconnect with their body to gain back control of their life and reach their natural weight. www.facebook.com/groups/ radiantwomanwellbeing Vera Prazak is a holistic nutritionist and runs the growing Food Freedom for Women group on Facebook. The views, opinions, positions or strategies expressed by the author and those providing comments are theirs alone, and do not necessarily reflect the views, opinions, positions or strategies of the Ashburton Guardian Co Ltd or any employee thereof

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Ashburton Guardian Saturday, January 23, 2021

Ashburton and the 1880 Irish Relief Fund By Connor Lysaght

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he Irish famine of 18791880, which has come to be known as the ‘Little Famine’ occurred as a consequence of poor successive harvests in the preceding years and spelled trouble once again for the general Irish population. Since the Great Famine, Ireland had recovered a great deal and had become increasingly urbanised, with a railway network allowing for fast transportation of goods across the island. However, many people who had lived through the prior famine – which claimed over a million lives and forced many more to emigrate – were panicking and many more were going hungry. An Irish Relief Fund was set up by the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Edmund Dwyer Gray, on January 2, 1880, to make sure that the people of Ireland would get the assistance they needed. Word came to Ashburton over a month later and a public meeting was set for the night of February 11 to discuss the Irish Relief Fund and how the people of Ashburton could contribute. This was after £1000 had already been raised by the people of Dunedin and suburbs – we were late to the party, but would we make up for it?

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Above – The old Ashburton Town Hall, East Street, decorated for the opening of the Christchurch–Dunedin railway, September 6, 1878. Below left – John Orr, the man who proposed that an Irish Relief Fund should be formed in Ashburton. Below right – Hugo Friedlander, Mayor of Ashburton and treasurer of the Irish Relief Fund Committee.

Sympathy and support Thirty-five attendees in all were drawn to the Town Hall that night, to discuss the ongoing distress in Ireland at the time. The mayor Hugo Friedlander expressed his disappointment at the thin crowd, which came as a surprise due to the rampant press coverage the relief fund had received since its inception, but Thomas Bullock was optimistic that Ashburton’s track record when it came to helping charities would show once more. Although it seems the sympathisers were no Fenians or Land Leaguers, there was still a recognition that “even if in Ireland they had good crops next year, there would still be high rents to contend with”. Bullock moved “that the present meeting deeply sympathises with the people of Ireland in their present distress, and pledge themselves to use every effort to assist in its relief”. All agreed, and there was an offer by a Joseph Clark who was willing to store grain free of charge for the fund, and the proud Irishman John Orr proposed that an Irish Relief Fund be formally founded in Ashburton. A committee was formed, which consisted of several prominent citizens including Mr Bullock, Max and Rudolph Friedlander, John Orr, and others, for the purpose of arranging the collection of subscriptions

undoubtedly have remained until now, or rather until ‘Subscriber’s’ first letter appeared, had I not taken action in the matter”. “Perhaps they have been perusing London Punch, where the starving Irish are deemed fit subjects for a joke,” he wrote. A “lively reply” by James Brown of Wakanui followed, making it clear that O’Reilly and the anonymous subscriber had struck a nerve: “I was appointed one of the committee to canvass for subscriptions, without ever having been asked whether I was willing to undertake such a duty.” He went on to insult other committee members’ laziness in securing subscriptions around the borough, while complaining of having to ride “40 or 50 miles at a most unfavourable time”. He failed to let the London Punch joke slide, commenting he was not aware of such jokes and that “if they are so, I think it is most likely to be among the members of Mr O’Reilly’s profession”.

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for the fund.

A war of words Unfortunately, by what appears in the Ashburton Herald, it seems that Ashburton’s efforts of raising money for the fund ended up stalling as the months dragged on. Throughout March, the Herald called for subscriptions as the money trickled in, but no figures were released and it seemed like enthusiasm had all but ceased. Come June, subscribers were getting antsy and demanded

that figures be released, as one wrote to the paper: “Can you give subscribers any information respecting the amounts which were collected towards the above fund, as it would appear from the reticence of the committee appointed … that they have gone eternally to sleep on the matter, and never more intended to awaken?” Friedlander responded by clarifying that not all the subscription lists had yet been sent in, and that the money concerned was presently resting in the relief fund bank account.

Since most of the money had already come in, the anonymous subscriber called for it to be sent on regardless of the few outstanding subscriptions, asking of the three members of the committee of Irish blood, “Where is their honour? Where is their patriotism? Where is their love for their countrymen?” Another correspondent, F P O’Reilly, had touched base with the town clerk and discovered that the subscription list was “stowed away amongst the borough archives, where it would

After some more back-andforth in the Letters to the Editor of the Ashburton Herald, talk of Ashburton’s own Irish Relief Fund ceased outright for reasons unknown. It is a shame that we may never know how much money was pledged, or whether it even left the bank account managed by Friedlander. It is clear that the committee bit off more than it could chew without delineating proper responsibilities and I am sure that the harsh words exchanged across the sheets of the Herald had something to do with it too. Ashburton by-and-large were not this rubbish at putting together a charity drive – the Belgian Relief Fund would go on to see great success in Ashburton, as well as other fundraising efforts of the kind. The Irish Relief Fund did just fine without Ashburton’s contribution; by May, 1880, over £130,000 was raised and put to good use – one month alone required £32,000 to provide the

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Saturday, January 23, 2021 Ashburton Guardian

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TEST YOURSELF

Test yourself with the Guardian’s quiz 1. Which Prime Minister preceded Jim Bolger? a) Mike Moore b) David Lange c) Geoffrey Palmer

2. In what year did William Shakespeare die? a) 1564 b) 1594 c) 1616

3. Which group recorded the hit, More Than A Feeling?

a) Chicago b) Boston c) KISS

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Photographers are always on the search for that perfect image and Jaime Pitt-Mackay would have been over the moon to have captured this stunning image at the show jumping event at the Ashburton Domain last weekend.

a) Legs b) Head c) Waist

EASY SUDOKU

6. What was the title of Elvis Presley’s last studio album?

a) Moody Blue b) Way Down c) Today

7. What year was Facebook founded? a) 2000 b) 2004 c) 2006

8. Which sportswear brand used the slogan impossible is nothing? a) Nike b) Puma c) Adidas

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Ashburton Guardian Saturday, January 23, 2021

Christmas Wishes for seniors granted

Above, left and below left – Himi and his family spotted the need for window washing and stepped in doing a fantastic job. Right – Sisters, Willow (left) and Poppy baked a basket of lovely goodies and also added some holiday treats delivering them to a very grateful local couple.

Left – Brothers, Linkin (3) and Leon (5) stepped up to the challenge and helped their Mum, Laura with preparing some Christmas goodies ready for delivery.

A huge thank you from the bottom of our hearts to everyone involved in Christmas Wishes. Be it the people receiving, the people giving and our very own Guardian staff who, as always, get behind the cause.

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Christmas Wishes for seniors granted

Above, left and below left – Ashburton Guardian advertising rep, Cushla and her family stepped up to the window task helping out Lyn (above), Lois (left) and Marie (below Left). Right – Deputy Mayor, Liz McMillan kept herself busy in the kitchen and provided treats for Mitch and also Marlene.

Left – Scott and Lisa from Cafe Time made John’s festive season when they made a special delivery to him.

This was our biggest wish list, ever - with more than 70 wishes. We managed to sort baking, gardening, windows, hampers, a driver in a fast car and much, much more. Love and admiration to you all!!

22 PUZZLES Puzzles and horoscopes Ashburton Guardian Saturday, January 23, 2021

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Ashburton Guardian Saturday, January 23, 2021

Century ‘a great feeling’ WEEKEND SPORT

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It was the turn of the younger generation to showcase their golfing talent when the Junior Golf Tournament settled in at the Ashburton Golf Club this week. The tournament, run through Aorangi Golf, offered some school holiday sporting amusement, with a total of 20 youngsters teeing off on Monday. Participants had a choice to play 18 holes, either as individuals with handicaps, or as teams of three playing ambrose.

Aorangi Golf development manager Graham Keen said holiday events of this nature gave established players and newcomers a chance to play different courses. “The object of these events is to get more children playing golf and having fun doing so during the school holidays.” Keen added that there would be more events held throughout the year within the Aorangi region, including Have a Go at Golf family days.

The object of these events is to get more children playing golf and having fun doing so during the school holidays

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Ashburton Guardian Saturday, January 23, 2021

CRICKET

Century ‘great feeling’

Bell into Mid Canty line-up

By Adam Burns adam.b@theguardian.co.nz

It was a simple game plan for Mid Canterbury batsman Devon Flannery when he came to the crease last weekend. Get in, bat the whole day. He did get in. And then batted for a long time – the best part of four hours, as he hit 134 from 172 balls. The clearness in thinking was something which evidently paid off for the Ashburton teen, as he delivered the biggest and most decisive knock of his young representative reign. His team needed it also. After he was dragged out into the middle in just the second over of the innings already one down, Mid Canterbury found themselves in early strife at 12/3. “I was losing a lot of people around me,” he said. “But James (Southby) was a good help, when I was with him it felt pretty comfortable.” The pair put on a crucial fourth wicket stand of 80 to haul Mid Canterbury off the ropes as they registered 226, which ultimately was enough for the team to claim a total of 8 first innings points in the drawn match. But it was Flannery’s combative stay at the crease which was the turning point as the South Canterbury bowlers felt the pinch. “They were getting a bit frustrated, especially when it was me and James, they kept pretty quiet and were bowling a few more bad balls. “I didn’t change a thing.” He timed the ball to perfection and proved devastating

Devon Flannery celebrates his century milestone against South Canterbury on Saturday. PHOTO JAIME PITT-MACKAY 160121-JPM-044 down the ground when the opposition bowlers were guilty of over-pitching around off stump. Apart from some gentle ribbing from the South Canterbury side around the looming milestone, Flannery had no clue of his score until his team-mates and a sprinkling of patrons at the Ashburton Oval broke out into applause.

Flannery brought his maiden Cup century up with a textbook straight hit towards long off. “It was a bloody good feeling, but I just needed to get the helmet on and keep going because we needed a lot more runs.” His contribution continues a run of the younger players of Mid Canterbury going big for the team.

Team-mate Angus Jemmett was also 16 when he hit 108 on debut in the Hawke Cup a year ago. “We’ve played a lot together and we both enjoy it.” Flannery also credited the track at Ashburton Oval last weekend as a great cricket wicket, and one of the better surfaces the ground had produced. “It was coming on nice.” He also noticed there were less nerves heading into his fifth Hawke Cup game after being backed by coaching staff over the past few weeks to play his natural game. “I knew I was hitting the ball well at practice.” With such an important match against North Otago, you would be forgiven for thinking the team may be feeling the edge as they look to maintain top billing in Zone 4 and keep alive their chances at a challenge against the Cup holders. Flannery, who is feeling more and more comfortable in the senior team, will again have a role to play in Oamaru this weekend. “I’m really excited. “Ever since I started, all we’ve talked about is trying to get that Hawke Cup challenge. “Everyone’s pretty pumped up to get a good outright win hopefully. “It’s a pretty good team to be a part of.” Mid Canterbury are all square on 16 points in the zone alongside Southland and Otago Country. There will be added interest in how Country fares against South Canterbury in Alexandra which also starts today.

Allenton in T20 cruise mode By Adam Burns adam.b@theguardian.co.nz

A tight bowling effort followed by a belligerent knock set out a comfortable T20 win for Allenton’s cricketers during the week. The club completed a comfortable eight-wicket win over Coldstream in the local competition on Wednesday evening to affirm their frontrunner credentials in the shortened format. Coldstream were kept to under five an over batting first at the Ashburton Domain, as Allenton’s lively pace attack kept the batsmen honest. BJ Binnie’s 49 was the one shining light from Coldstream’s total of 97/5, with the opener holding up one end firmly while other batsmen struggled to gather momentum at the other. Mana Singh (2-7) in particular was a handful for the opposition during a four-over spell where he nabbed two wickets and went for less than two an over. Manpreet Hakkla (1-12) was also a tidy exponent at the bowling crease. Hakkla was the man to finally remove Binnie, a run shy of a de-

Allenton’s Mana Singh hits the deck hard in the side’s T20 encounter against Coldstream at the Ashburton Domain on Wednesday. PHOTO ADAM BURNS 200121-AB-2764

served 50 in the 18th over. Once he was dismissed, only a further eight runs could be added for Coldstream in the remaining two overs of its innings. Allenton’s batsmen weren’t interested in hanging around as Satveer Singh (43 from 16) blasted the club to the halfway point. The 50 was brought up after a paltry four overs before Scott

Stringer delivered one through the gate to end Satveer’s 20 minute foray. Captain Karmjeet Singh joined Tajinder Singh at the crease with the task at hand now elementary. Karmjeet (21 off 16) fell at the end of the 9th over, however it would take less than three overs for Tajinder and Satwant Singh

to complete the job. Allenton’s second team also completed a comprehensive nine-wicket win over Methven, while Lauriston completed a seven-wicket win over the Coldstream Stags. Allenton have the bye in the 40-over Canterbury Country Combined competition this weekend.

Mid Canterbury coaching staff have made one change to the playing XI for its all important Hawke Cup clash with North Otago. Spinner Ryan Bell comes back into the side in place of batsman Nick Gilbert for the match at Centennial Park. It may mean last week’s star of the show Devon Flannery again moves up a spot in the order to open alongside his AshColl teammate Angus Jemmett. The pair faced the new ball against Otago Country last month. The change also bolsters Mid Canterbury’s bowling attack further with another spin option for captain William Southby to choose from Tom Innes is the 12th man. Mid Canterbury: William Southby (captain), Ryan Bell, Devon Flannery, Ben Innes, Angus Jemmett, Des Kruger, Harry McMillan, Tom Middleton, James Southby, Shaun Stagg, Richard Turpie

Tech in control of own destiny By Matt Markham matt.m@theguardian.co.nz

While their representative counterparts are doing the same, just down the road – the Tech Stags will be out to book themselves a spot at the pointy end of a competition today. And the equation is pretty simple. Win and gain a spot in the semi-finals of South Canterbury’s T20 competition against Temuka today in Ashburton or lose and wait until the calculators have done their thing to see whether they get another week of play. Currently fourth in the competition standings thanks to a solitary victory last weekend against Star, Tech’s destiny is firmly in their own hands. It’s likely if they do, they’ll play Star again with the third and fourth placed teams battling for the right to play the winner of the first and second match on the same day. Star enjoy the bye this weekend, so can’t improve their ranking from third. They have the same amount of points as Pleasant Point who will take on the unbeaten Celtic this afternoon. Temuka are yet to have a win in their three outings, so the odds are in favour of Tech – but they’ll need to put it all together and not take things too lightly. That means runs on the board if they’re batting first or quick, cheap wickets if they have the ball in hand.

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Saturday, January 23, 2021 Ashburton Guardian NETBALL

New development officer Netball has played a big part in Natalie Corbett’s life for as long as she can remember, and now she’s set to pass on her wealth of knowledge to netballers in Mid Canterbury. Corbett is Mid Canterbury Netball’s new netball development officer/umpire co-ordinator, and she can’t wait to really sink her teeth in to both roles. An umpire and a player herself, who has previous experience as a development officer, umpire co-ordinator and personal trainer, Corbett brings a huge amount of experience to the role and she’s looking forward to sharing it. Growing up in a family where her mum and older sisters both played and umpired netball, it was only natural that Corbett would follow them in to it. She started playing as soon as she could catch a ball growing up in Culverden, and started umpiring when she was around 13. “We spent all day at the netball courts so it was just easier if I started umpiring, too, so that I wasn’t bored sitting around while my sisters were umpiring and playing,” Corbett said. She found she really enjoyed it, and after her family moved to Waimate she really got in to the umpiring side of the game. As the years went on she progressed through the ranks to the point where she obtained her NZC umpiring qualification, which allowed her to attend tournament such as what is now the national under-18 championships. Living in Ashburton for the past 2 years and umpiring in Mid Canterbury Netball’s ACL premier one grade, Corbett’s face is

one that will already be familiar to many in Mid Canterbury Netball circles, but she can’t wait to get out and about and meet new people, and help them to take their netball further. “It’s about helping people grow in their playing, umpiring or coaching roles, and getting out in the community and seeing what people can do and taking them to that next step of where they want to go,” Corbett said. The development officer role is one that was previously held by Natalie Shaw, who finished in September, while the umpire co-ordinator role is a newly created position set to help support and develop Mid Canterbury Netball’s umpires. As an umpire herself Corbett knows that, for many, the prospect of umpiring can be scary. She wants to help take that fear away, and help people realise that umpiring is actually fun and there are opportunities to go far as an umpire. The 2021 netball season is set to start in late April/early May for most, and clubs will hold trials in March, but before then Mid Canterbury Netball is providing opportunities for players to prepare. Corbett is about to run two free introduction to netball fitness sessions (January 25 and February 1) aimed at those not currently active and keen to give netball a go, and later in February Mid Canterbury Netball is putting on a four week week Fitness Bootcamp. One of Corbett’s first jobs is acting as the duty manager for Mid Canterbury Netball’s post-Christmas Subway Sum-

BOWLS

Bowlers chasing pairs titles By Matt Markham matt.m@theguardian.co.nz

Mid Canterbury Netball’s new development officer Natalie Corbett. PHOTO ERIN TASKER

mer League, while planning is also under way for a secondary schools’ Fast 5 competition to start in February. In March they’ll run a four week player development programme, and there is holiday

programmes planned for the April school holidays. For more information on any of the programmes being run by Mid Canterbury Netball, check out their website or Facebook page.

RUGBY

Patterson steeled for big year was a brutal injury toll. The work has already begun “We weren’t the biggest for Thomas Patterson. team. In what is set to be a full “It was pretty tough. year for the Mid Canterbury And a lot of the schools 17-year-old, preparation for that did come out had the 2021 was already kicking expectation that they were off before the previous year going to win convincingly was out. so we just played our rugThe groundwork for the by. Mid Canterbury Com“We had a connection bined’s 1st XV began in earwithin the group where nest before Christmas when we all got on really well, coach Shane Enright thrust which made it much more them into a bronco chalfun.” lenge. He admits steering a “It was a bit of a wake up team around while concall,” Patterson said. sistently under pressure He does however have a was a rewarding chalfair idea of the demands relenge, and credited the quired to be competitive afplayers outside him as inter a challenging UC Chamvaluable. pionship 2020 campaign This coming-of-age exwhere the side finished secperience for both he and ond from bottom. “Some of the results were Ashburton’s Thomas Patterson has the squad may prove sigmany irons in the fire heading into a nificant with several of a bit disappointing,” he busy 2021. the group set to return for said. PHOTO ADAM BURNS 130121-AB-1380 their senior year – Patter“But we did get to play son included. some good rugby and it was “If we can get a few wins under our belt just fun to be able to play.” “We were a bit inconsistent at times be- (in 2021) because we lost a couple that we should’ve won. cause we had shown potential.” “Like the game against Lincoln last year, Patterson however was a composed presence in the pocket, despite the continual so just taking our opportunities. “It’ll be good if we can get out of that bothurdles the side faced, which included what

tom bracket of the table.” From a personal point of view, a crack at making the Crusader Knights development camp remained an ambition. “That would be pretty cool.” Patterson’s leadership credentials have evidently transcended the footy field. Aside from being part of an off-the-field leadership circle for the Combined squad last year, he takes on a role of great significance as head boy for 2021 at Ashburton College. Following on from last year’s school student leaders who also navigated Covid, tackling numerous responsibilities was a challenge he was up for, he said. “We have a good team this year and they’re all switched on. “We had a meeting which definitely makes it a lot easier for me.” Patterson has also been part of the school’s basketball setup for the past few years and has a desire to finish what he started. “I’ve been contemplating it,” he said. “I’ve played for the last four years so I think I’ll finish in my final year.” “I really enjoy it, it allows me to express myself a little bit more without worrying about getting crunched.” While rugby remained a massive driving force at present alongside his senior school year, Patterson said he was “keeping his options open” long tem. “There’s a lot of things I can do, because obviously you can’t play sports forever.”

With the key singles titles out of the way, bowlers’ attentions will turn towards the annual sub centre pairs today at the Ashburton MSA Bowling Club. 14 combinations have entered the tournament which begins at 9am this morning, with a strong field of players assembled in what will be a cut-throat affair to find the qualifiers for next weekend’s knockout stage of the competition. The four-round competition sees teams vying for a minimum of three wins to qualifying for the next phase with 16 end matches, meaning a big day on the greens for those who go the full distance. Allenton’s Graham Clark will shoot for his third consecutive win in the tournament. He won with Mick Buchanan last year and Craig Fowles the year before that. Allenton have had a stranglehold on the title having won the past five editions. Then, on Sunday, a big contingent of players will be on the road and down to Hinds for the annual Maddison Trophy Open Fours tournament which gets underway at lunchtime. Meanwhile, in results from within the past week – the Allenton quarter of Bob and Sandra Holdom and Wendy and Gary Blackwell walked away winners in the annual Doug Hood Trophy at Methven last Sunday. A full green of teams stepped out for the competition but it was the pair of husband and wife duos who emerged victorious as the only side with four wins. Second placing went to Mike Quinn, Dave McDonnell, Melva Middleton and Cory O’Connor. Third was a local affair with Rob and Lyn Fensom, Jeff Nowell and Wayne McCarthy filling that spot and Lenny Luke, Raylene Heads, Faye McKnight and Pat McElwain finishing fourth. On Wednesday, the Terrace View Open Triples were held at the Ashburton Bowling Club. Colin Dennis, Dave Muir and Darcy Lysaght took overall honours with two wins and a draw while Bob Holdom, Linda Osborne and Bernie Osborne were runners-up with two wins. Also finishing with two wins were Gladys Body, Alison Gibbs and Rosemarie O’Sullivan who were third and Mike Quinn, John Drayton and Kat Vallance who claimed fourth.

Graham Clark

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Ashburton Guardian Saturday, January 23, 2021 OPINION

OPINION

A game beyond compare To wear, By Adam Burns adam.b@theguardian.co.nz

sn’t test cricket the best? It was undeniably the notion which rung loudest after a second-string Indian test team pulled off an astounding series-sealing win at the Gabba. In a series that had it all, the Border-Gavaskar reached a breath-taking apex on the final session of the final day of the final test. A clobbered Indian team who continued to be written off, even leading into the final day, not only warded off everything Australia threw at them, they coolly lifted the series from out under them. Tuesday’s outcome resonated for numerous and obvious reasons. One; it was Australia. Two; it was the Australian cricket team. Three; everyone loves the underdog getting up. It was as David and Goliath as a contest between two cricketing superpowers could get. It also brought India’s previous series win Down Under into some new objectivity. Were Australia as disadvantaged without Steve Smith and David Warner two summers ago post-Sandpaper Scandal than India were this time around? Contending with quarantine, injuries, a hostile bowling attack, occasionally derisive crowds and no Virat Kholi? Don’t think so. But most of all it was how the test format reigned supreme. After four and a half days of test cricket, to have all three (well technically four)

Indian superhero Rishabh Pant results on the table heading into the final session. Not to mention, lingering uncertainty for the viewers, pundits and opposition as to how one side were to play it. Would they shut up shop and take the series draw, with the knowledge they held the silverware? Without risk there is no reward and on Tuesday, India took the plunge and won. And in the end it was India, who on a dicey day 5 pitch, had fought themselves into a position to call the shots and dictate terms. It was enthralling and as good as sport can get. Epic final day finishes to a test are a fairly regular occurrence within the right cricketing context, and the pay-off is worth every bit of investment of time and

patience in the leadup. Ben Stokes’ heroics at Headingley in the Ashes was less than two years ago, and rivalled the pure cricketing theatre of Tuesday’s Indian triumph. Which makes test cricket the be-all and end-all of the sport, despite the continual sidelining of the format due to the commercial frameworks set out by the ICC. Another thing that the series as a whole demonstrated was how ineffectual twotest series are. Something which has become a common complaint from the New Zealand cricketing punter subjected to regular futile series against touring sides to these shores. Series spanning the length of three, four, five matches present sides the chance to adjust, consolidate, fight back. Would India have mustered the emotional will to hit back after being bowled for 36 in the first test, knowing there was just the one game to follow before returning home? This is not to dismiss the merit of both one day and T20 cricket. In fact the scenario the final hour of play at the Gabba granted allowed the Indian batsmen, in particular Rishabh Pant to channel their instincts frequently exercised in the IPL. There’s those who come from the school of thought of how can you play a match for five days and still have it finish as a draw. It’s a valid point, and cricket is probably the toughest code to sell to the unaccustomed. If you get it, you get it. If you don’t, you probably won’t. I got it. I loved it. I just want more of it.

OPINION

What awaits for sports fiends in 2021 By Steve Devereux steve.d@theguardian.co.nz

o, after a year of weird, what do we have to look forward to on the sporting patch? 2020 was truly one out of the box, hopefully never to be repeated – especially this year. Every sports result last year had an asterisk beside it. Every game, every set, every match, in every country of the world – all were affected in some way by the dreaded virus. Whether it be teams or single competitors missing cancelled flights, unable to train, way out of form due to lack of game time (notable exception: the wonderful Argies), or players in the hospital themselves, the shadow of the virus ruled. And it’s not going away any time soon, despite the best efforts of all those vaccine producers, who all seem to have come up with millions and millions of doses, but can’t seem to get them to the people just yet. So we look forward to the unknown, with a fair chunk of optimistic hope, as is the way with sporting folk. There’s the tennis across the ditch coming up real soon, and somehow world No. 1 Novak Djokovic seems to be intent on singlehandedly upsetting that applecart altogether, with his remarkable list of demands. Victorian Premier Daniel Andrew got it just right when he said: “People are free to provide a list of demands. But the answer is no … There’s no special treatment here.” Even Nick Kyrgios got in on the act, and made a whole lot of new friends when he

simply announced on Twitter “Djokovic is a tool”. Djokovic appears to be redefining the word entitled. Cricket is right in the forefront of the news right now, especially (remarkably) test cricket. Yes, that game that can go for five whole days without a result, but sometimes, just occasionally, dishes up a spectacular event such as we witnessed last week, when a team of no-names from India got up in the very last stride to knock over the Aussies at the Gabba, their equivalent of the All Blacks’ Eden Park fortress. Will the Test Cricket Championship actually go ahead? Will the Black Caps be in it? Do we, if truth be told, really want to go back to Lord’s for another big game? Even figuring out the possible permutations of who can qualify gives you a headache, so there’s a lot of water yet to flow under that particular bridge. There is plenty more on offer though, and if our girls can provide a bit of backup for Sophie Devine, there’s World Cup honours available to them, playing in our own back yard. Hopefully they don’t do what their male counterparts did a couple of years back and freeze, crash and embarrassingly burn because their mercurial top batsman had a rare failure. The Black Caps might just feature in the T20 world champs in India later this year too (it’s not at Lord’s). In rugby, Super Rugby Aotearoa will again be front and centre, but with a combined effort with the Aussies to follow. Take a look at any of the Kiwi Super

squads, and you’d swear they had the firepower to easily take out the title – until you look at the next team’s roster, and all theories go out the window. Will Warren Gatland take the Lions on tour to South Africa? Hopefully yes, but that’s just another one in the ‘possible’ bracket so far. On the local front, Celtic will obviously take out the Watters Cup this year, being their centennial and all. They will meet the rejuvenated Hampstead in the final, and by that time of year, after an early virus scare and lockdown, it will be in front of a full house at the Showgrounds. The netball will be something similar; Hampstead’s 2020 dominance on the court will be repeated, but Celtic will be getting out of the doldrums and presenting a big challenge in the final. The Olympics! The absolute sporting pinnacle. Supposed to be happening in Tokyo last year; the Japanese Olympic boss is ‘absolutely certain’ they will run this year, while the British Olympic boss is ‘absolutely certain’ that they will not. That’s a watch-this-space one. The Supercars guys got their act together, finally, after a fair bit of drama on and off track last year, so one might expect that the lessons learned will have them in good stead for this year, and I think they’re still on Sky, so that’s good too. The NBA is in all sorts of bother already, with games delayed or cancelled with players contracting Covid; how that one plays out in a country in as much turmoil as any is anyone’s guess. All in all, another fascinating year, with the spectre of Covid just adding one more piece to the puzzle.

or not to wear By Matt Markham matt.m@theguardian.co.nz

hether you wear shorts and jandals, or the latest sporting apparel and highly scientific gear doesn’t actually make a pinch of difference to your sporting performance, surely. Yet, for some reason, many sports in this country still seem hung up on the ideology that we must enforce the correct clothing is worn at all times, and any deviations from the accepted will draw long, drawn-out judgement from the eyes, down to the end of one’s nose. I recently played a round of golf at a reasonably tidy golf course in Central Otago, where the requirement was that I wore a collared shirt while unsuccessfully hacking my way around their pristine roughs. I say roughs, because I spent more time there than I did on their even more impressive fairways and greens. As I read the notice implying that I must have a particular item of clothing I got to wondering why? Was having a collar going to make me play better? Would it somehow turn my absolutely rubbish golf into that which would resemble Tiger Woods? The really good version of Tiger, of course – not the one with aching pains and all that. Then this week, I read a notice for the Mid Canterbury Bowls Sub Centre Pairs. Players must wear garments (shirts, trousers/shorts) of the same colour and design. The must was in capital letters and it was also bold. So, it’s obviously quite serious. But again, I ask why? What does it achieve, other than to please a set of antiquated and quite dreary rules from decades gone by? Now, I should say – that if this was a tournament where you were selected or have won the right through a club competition to be there and represent a club or organisation, then by all means put the measures in place. But the long and short of it is that you’re there to win it for yourself. Not for your club, even if that does produce warm fuzzies for those back in the clubrooms. And here I am still not quite sure of the answer. Bowls is one I can speak of. When I started playing, there weren’t really colours around, but things have slowly developed. The sport is even at the point now where you see more coloured bowls on the green than you do the traditional black, or even brown bowls that were used by former generations. There’s a distinct comparison between the two sports I’ve mentioned here. They were once seen as being a little bit elite and therefore enforced idiotic rules and stipulations that lived up to that billing. But surely, no longer. Sports can ill-afford to allow decisions made years ago to stop them from advancing forward. And telling someone what they can and can’t wear when partaking is right at the top of the list of rules that need to be changed immediately.

Saturday, January 23, 2021 Ashburton Guardian

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BOYS GET PAID

Heavy hitters join forces The two leading figures of Karaka Million night, Te Akau and racing group Boys Get Paid, are set to join forces for the first time at Karaka this week. The tangerine and blue silks of Te Akau have been a prominent feature at New Zealand’s richest race meeting, while the enthusiasm of Boys Get Paid members hasn’t been missed over the last few years. While Boys Get Paid are notorious for their six-figure punting purse on Karaka Million night, group founder Luke Kerneys is ready to make the same investment in the following days at Karaka. Kerneys, who has experienced success with Te Akau in the past through the deeds of Combat Queen and Awareness, has entrusted Te Akau Principal David Ellis with selecting his group a yearling to purchase at this year’s New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sales at Karaka. “We’ve got a Supporters Membership in Boys Get Paid of about 350 people and David (Ellis) is going to buy a yearling at the sales for that membership group,” Kemeys said. “The members will have first rights to shares in the horse, which will race in the Boys Get Paid colours and be trained by Jamie Richards at Matamata. “It’s our first time buying a yearling from the sales and given our involvement at the Karaka Millions meetings over the past few years we imagine David will be trying to buy us a Karaka Millions prospect. “The plan is to have David buy a horse to follow for the next year and beyond, as a group, and providing the interest is strong we may look to buy a couple of horses the following year at the sales and maybe introduce a wider group of owners.” Last year Boys Get Paid was involved in a joint venture of pin-

Boys Get Paid founder Luke Kerneys hooking a Savabeel weanling colt that went on to sell for $270,000 as a yearling at Karaka. “That was our first ever involvement with the sales, as such, in terms of buying and selling, and documenting the process, so that was exciting for the 60 people that were involved in that project,” Kemeys said. “But we thought it was now time to come to the party and actually buy a horse to race and support the growth of the industry. “Everyone is working at keeping racing on the right track and this is our way of showing faith in what people are doing to foster racing. “It’s certainly a continual work in progress, but it seems to be in a really positive vein at the moment and we want to try and do our bit in the scheme of improving the industry. Te Akau has been huge supporters of us in

growing our impact at the Karaka Million meetings. “We had 1000 people following Awareness and Combat Queen for free, that Te Akau paid for in order to give us the experience. “It gave everyone a taste and for many it was their first horse involvement. “Some of those people are now in the Supporters Membership and will be racing the yearling that David purchases for us over the coming week.” Kemeys said that he and 850 of the Boys Get Paid group will be in attendance today for the Karaka Million meeting at Ellerslie and he predicted they will have a betting pool of around $180,000. Fellow Boys Get Paid founder Ben Masters will also be looking forward to experiencing another first this week, sharing in the ownership of $3.40 DoubleTree By Hilton Karaka Million 2YO

(1200m) favourite Millefiori. Masters selected her barrier of five for today’s feature, and he said he is looking forward to watching her compete in the rich feature. “I told everyone that I wanted barrier five, and got five, it was unbelievable,” he said. “If she’s anywhere near 100 per cent, I think she’s a real chance. Danielle (Johnson, jockey) can do the job. “It’s my first share in a horse, so I am pretty lucky. “I’ve been around the (racing) traps for a couple of years and know how hard it is to get a horse to win a good race, or even a race. “To be in the race with a horse that has won two from two is huge, especially being involved with Boys Get Paid and having been there for the last four years and seen Melody Belle, Avantage, Probabeel, and Cool Aza Beel

win for Te Akau, to share in a live chance is pretty crazy and pretty surreal.” Meanwhile, New Zealand All Whites international Jarrod Smith shares in the ownership of stablemate and race rival On The Bubbles. “This will be the first time I’ve seen him race live on track, which is exciting, and not to mention it being a million-dollar race,” Smith said. “Dad (Ian Smith) loves his racing and has been involved in a few horses over the years and my grandfather on my mother’s side was involved in a Derby winner and a Sydney Cup winner. “Mum and Dad will be there, and both my brothers and their partners, and friends will be coming along, so we should have a good crew to cheer him home. “We want to take advantage and enjoy the occasion.”

Banks Peninsula harness Sunday at Motukarara Raceway

R1 JOHN McCABE’S MUSIC - LIVE AT ‘THE MOT’ TROT $8,000 2170m 12:34 1 64474 He’s A Cassanova R J Butt 2 3832 Line A Love J B Patterson 3 8708 Superfast Gorsey Craig D Thornley 4 9 Nugget Ridge J J A Young 5 50x Classic Call J F Curtin 6 50255 Silverlinings Ben Hope 7 Rossco Trouble G D O’Reilly 8 8 Andover Harry R M Cameron 9 6092 Majestic Jag M J Williamson 10 Majesticmite S J Ottley 11 92 Riley Moment John Morrison 12 50367 Break Free K V Hadfield 13 Reindeer Trouble R T May M P Edmonds 14 90x72 Bacardi Pride 15 67 Ella Of Mot L D McCormick T S Chmiel 16 9 Glide Along 17 48560 Dashing Dutchy L F O’Reilly 18 54 Ready I Am P J Wakelin R2 NZB AIRFREIGHT FILLIES & MARES MOBILE PACE $8,000 2000m 12:59 1 6 Caribbean Lily B N Orange 2 5 Haiti Franco Craig D Thornley 3 777 Ideal Grace K M Barron 4 7236 Morries Girl Ben Hope 5 49 Phone Tap J J A Young 6 900 Bromac Hype 7 x0978 Hello Adele R D Close 8 540x5 Cheapcheap T M Williams 9 8 Shes Watching M J Williamson 10 Sophie John Morrison 11 8469x With Grace J R Dunn 12 40 You Can Fly Arden S J Ottley 13 63399 Dixie Flyer Sarah O’Reilly 14 Is He Watching Me R T May 15 9006 Living Delight Sheree Tomlinson 16 x3005 Stella’s Delight L D McCormick R3 NZ SAFETY BLACKWOODS MOBILE PACE $8000 2000m 13:24 1 07x97 Saginaw R M Cameron 2 9 Canardly Remember Olivia Thornley

3 897 Rafa Novak L F O’Reilly 4 600 Playboy Prince S J Ottley 5 69697 Precious Sara M J Williamson 6 35700 Conquer Me R D Holmes 7 54797 Wee Ring The Changes J R Dunn 8 39800 Mr Asia Craig D Thornley 9 0x780 Takemybreathaway R L Houghton 10 0 Lydia S R Mcnally 11 73x00 Proviseur 12 1000x Archaic Lustre John Morrison 13 49908 My Nikayla Korbyn Newman R4 CHRIS JONES ‘BAYLEYS REAL ESTATE’ PACE $8,000 2170m 13:49 1 97x00 Royal Xchange 2 555 Piece Of Gold M J Williamson 3 Not Really Blonde R M Cameron 4 33 Seapris Ben Hope 5 3500 Miss Behavin K A Butt 6 82442 Dalness First J F Curtin 7 88 Charnui A L Lethaby 8 9 Saint Waitaki J W Cox 9 98 Ars Gratia Artis C J Markham 10 El Sirrar K G Cameron 11 68706 Nadira Franco H S Clarke 12 8 All Together Now T M Williams 13 60 Rocknroll Diva G D Smith 14 42774 Starkers S J Ottley 15 98448 Caballe Beach R T May 16 Arden Country R D Close 17 Beauview Gem B J Borcoskie 18 999x0 Kiwi Dream R D Holmes R5 WALKER DAVEY SEARELLS ACCOUNTANTS MBL PACE $8000 2000m 14:14 1 900 Bromac Hype 2 608 Sense Of Occasion M P Edmonds 3 0x90x Port Elizabeth R M Cameron 4 x0x00 Wayne’s Dream K G Cameron 5 96 Rhyolite R D Close 6 42635 Fraud R T May 7 9006 Living Delight Sh Tomlinson 8 976 Shadow Aveross Anj Mugford 9 63327 It’s A Laugh J W Cox

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L D McCormick K A Butt L F O’Reilly J Herbert Craig D Thornley R D Holmes G D O’Reilly J F Curtin G D Smith T S Chmiel Sarah O’Reilly K G Cameron Laura Mckay B A Zampese S J Ottley Alana Cameron

10 x0897 Full Of Hope R D Close 11 70896 Arran Chief A W Faulks 12 x0728 Sun Swinger John Morrison 13 0x515 Majestic Action M J Williamson R11 BILL DENTON MEMORIAL MOBILE PACE $8000 2000m 16:54 1 8406 Martin John B N Orange 2 1785 Dallas Grimes J C Hay 3 81373 Dashtothebeach J J A Young 4 330 Chal Be J F Curtin 5 82609 Johnny Eyre Ben Hope 6 31700 Star Reactor Gemma Thornley 7 30845 Spicy Girl Becqui M J Williamson 8 6921 Jazelle J R Dunn 9 19740 Mad Lu Li K M Cox 10 70300 Hells Shadow R D Close T M Williams R9 CANTY TROTTING OWNERS ASSN. MOTUKAR- 11 25271 Magicol Ideal 12 1x65x Who Made Who T S Chmiel ARA CUP $13,000 2810m 16:04 1 87180 Already Gone J R Dunn Matt Markham’s Motukarara Selections 2 61065 Southerly Change Ben Hope Race 1: Line A Love, Riley Moment, Dashing Dutchy, He’s 3 13024 She’s Tough M J Williamson A Cassanova 4 27434 Blue Chip Delight J Herbert Race 2: Haiti Franco, Caribbean Lily, Morries Girl, With 5 43242 Bettor Grunter B N Orange Grace 6 x5130 Kiss The Girls D J White R7 SELWYN DISTRICT COUNCIL MBL PACE $8000 Race 3: Saginaw, Wee Ring The Changes, Takemybreatha7 75305 Canstar R J Butt 2000m 15:04 way, Conquer Me 8 30413 Terrier R D Close 1 x8x81 Edge Sheeran Sam Thornley Race 4: Seapris, Dalness First, Rocknroll Diva, Arden 9 5141 Quarterback Alana Cameron 2 x6590 Silver Lady Sam Payne Country K G Cameron 3 73072 Arizonawildcat Sheree Tomlinson 10 1756 Fynn Frost Race 5: Fraud, Hithteroadjack, Rhyolite, Cristiano Buccini R T May 11 22354 Cheezel 4 10038 Judgement Bay Sarah O’Reilly Race 6: DD’s Super Stuart, Prince Rainer, Buffy North12 3959x Back In Black T S Chmiel 5 79051 Mickey Fitz Jamie Campbell stains, Sally Lindenny 6 x0x21 Alta Redeemer Korbyn Newman R10 CRATE & BARREL (LEESTON) TROT $8500 2170m Race 7: Idealindreams, Judgement Bay, Alta Redeemer, 7 x0778 Matthew Eyre Ben Hope Sister’s Delight 16:29 8 18068 Sister’s Delight John Morrison Race 8: The Kaik, Gayle Force, A Rocknroll Star, Little Rain 1 90574 Rachmaninov T J Grant 9 28352 Four Starzzz Shiraz Laura McKay Race 9: Kiss The Girls, Cheezel, Bettor Grunter, Blue Chip 2 70077 Take After Me R L Houghton 10 0x006 Franco Sherborne Gemma Thornley 3 Delight 170 Call This Fun Jason Ford 11 x1322 Idealindreams Devon Van Til Race 10: Majestic Action, BK Dawn, Alvira Hest, Call This 4 1107 Tequila Sunset K G Cameron 12 x9700 Laterintheday Jordan Simpson Fun 5 60674 Michelle W E Higgs 13 10345 Jenabella Alana Cameron Race 11: Mad Lu Li, Jazelle, Who Made Who, Johnny Eyre 6 34962 Bk Dawn P J Wakelin 14 700 Swap Over Olivia Thornley 7 39043 Majestic Sunset J F Curtin BEST BET: Fraud (Race 5) 6353 Beyond The Horizon J W Smith R8 FRESH CHOICE MERIVALE PACE $8,500 2170m 8 9 33660 Alvira Hest B N Orange VALUE: DD’S Super Stuart (Race 6) 15:29 10 795 Bombolla Craig Thornley 11 x0050 It’s A Shawthing Joseph Gray 12 68706 Nadira Franco H S Clarke 13 2 Hittheroadjack Ben Hope B N Orange 14 75008 Maldito 15 32300 Cristiano Buccini 16 9x090 Mayhem In Malibu S J Ottley R6 GARY COCKRAM HYUNDAI TROT $8000 2170m 14:39 1 57162 Prince Ranier T M Williams 2 40x80 Martha Stuart J R Dunn G W Hunt 3 70784 Foreigner 4 10095 Danangus Fella B N Orange 5 0l700 Dd’s Super Stuart J D Markham 6 78x00 Rusty I Am P J Wakelin 7 09x84 Sierra Gold R D Holmes 8 60080 Sungait’s Legacy L D McCormick 9 2800 Faith No More Laura McKay 10 x60x0 Sunny Valley Korbyn Newman 11 38030 Sally Lindenny G D O’Reilly 12 91 Buffy Northstains J J A Young 13 89640 Tres Magnifique Scott Iremonger 14 65700 Listen Easy K M Barron

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Ashburton Guardian Saturday, January 23, 2021

SITUATIONS VACANT

Hinds School Office Secretary / Office Administrator Permanent part-time position The Secretary/ Office Administrator is a varied sole charge role empompasing office administration, principal assistant and personnel duties; finance, payroll, school communication, and front person of our school. The Office Administrator plays a key role in supporting staff, students, whanau and Board of Trustees to enable the smooth and professional running of our school. The successful applicant will have a proven ability to ● work collaboratively and independently with strong time management, ● have strong interpersonal skills and foster relationships, ● possess initiative, flexibility and maintain confidentiality, ● possess computer and online social media skills, ● enjoy a challenge and diversity of a job and have a willingness to learn, adapt and grow into this position. The successful applicant will be expected to ● Know our students and whanau and ensure they are all valued ● Be the front person of our school, and part of a collaborative team ● Enjoy learning and education ● Manage school financial systems, and Novopay payroll, ● Manage school promotion and communication ● Have some flexibility with hours to cater for busy periods Up to 30 hours per week Monday to Friday during the term with some flexibility to work as required during the school holidays (up to 4 weeks during term breaks). If you think this position is for you, please forward your CV and covering letter outlining your financial, administrative and PA experience and what you can offer Hinds School. If you would like further information or to visit our school please contact principal@hinds school or contact Vicki on 027 258 8798. Please send your application to principal@hinds.school.nz . Applications close Friday 10th February 2020

Ashburton FULL TIME POSITIONS AVAILABLE Bakery Packers Checkout Operators

Apprentice and qualified painter

PART TIME POSITIONS AVAILABLE Delicatessen / Seafood Assistants

HEAVY FABRICATOR/ ENGINEER

Days and hours to be discussed at an interview

To apply: email your application to – donalda.hartley@newworld-si.co.nz or complete an application form which is available at customer services

For Sale

Garage Sales

Ashburton Guardian

Raffles 307 7900

Weekend Services MEDICAL SERVICES

IN EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY PHONE 111. For all other medical assistance outside of normal hours, please phone your General Practice team, 24/7, to speak with a health professional who will give you free health advice on what to do or where to go if you need urgent care. If you don’t have a regular General Practice, call any GP team 24/7 for free telephone health advice.

DUTY DOCTORS

We are looking for an Experienced Engineer to help with Manufacturing truck bodies and fertiliser spreaders. Please apply with cover letter and CV to: Engineering Repairs (2012) Ltd 14 Watson Street, Ashburton engrep@xtra.co.nz or phone 03 308 1506

Call us free on (0800 787 797). Lines open 10am - 10pm seven days. Wises Pharmacy, Countdown Complex, East Street, will be open from 9am - 1pm Saturday, from 10am - 1pm Lifeline Sunday. Toll-free: 0800 353 353. Countdown Pharmacy, Ashburton South, 2 East Street, open from 9am - 8pm daily. OMMUNITY ERVICES

Pharmacies

Emergency Dentist

Art Gallery

327 West Street, Ashburton, phone 308 1133. Open daily: 10am – 4pm.

If you do not have or cannot contact your regular dentist, please phone 027 683 0679 for the name of the rostered weekend dentist in Christchurch. Hours 9am - 5pm, Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays.

Ashburton Museum

Havelock Street. Ph 308 7192. Saturday: 10am - 1pm. Sunday: 1pm - 4pm.

Ashburton Health First, 308 Havelock Street, Ashburton, will be the duty practice Saturday until 8am Sunday. To make an appointment call your regular GP. Tinwald Medical Centre, Archibald Street, Ashburton, will be the duty practice for Sunday until 8am Monday. To ELPLINE ERVICES make an appointment call your regular GP. Alcoholics Anonymous Please bring your Community Services Card. All non Call 0800 AA WORKS (0800 229 6757) New Zealanders should bring their passport with them, or visit www.aa.org.nz for more information. New Zealanders should bring some form of ID. Mental Health - Call free on 0800 222 955. Methven & Rakaia Area Ask for the Crisis Team. For weekend and emergency services please phone Methven Medical Centre on 302 8105 or Rakaia Medical Safe Care - 24hr Rape and Sexual Assault Crisis Support. Phone 03 364 8791 Centre on 303 5002 for details on how to access the after-hours service each weekend. Victims Support Group Healthline is a free health advice service. It operates 24hr - Freephone 0800 VICTIM (0800 842 846). 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The toll-free number Direct dials to a volunteer. to call is 0800 611 116. Healthline is staffed by registered Ashburton Office - 307 8409 week-days, 9am - 2pm,

We are currently looking for a machine operator with 2 or more year’s experience to help us with our busy slurry & muck spreading business. If anyone is interested please email matt@mattlovett.co.nz

DIAL 111 in the event of a Medical or Accident Emergency

Alcohol Drug Help Line

Please contact directly for hours.

FULL TIME POSITION

Check out our FB page MATT LOVETT SLURRY

nurses who are trained to assess health problems and offer outside of these hours leave a message. advice over the phone. The service is free and confidential.

Ashburton Rest Homes

We are needing an apprentice/trainee (training provided) & a qualified painter to join our award winning, supportive company. • Must be reliable/punctual • Work well in a team • Have high standards & pride in what you do Pick up an application form from 15 Grey Street or apply to admin@thefinishingcompany.co.nz

327 West Street, Ashburton, phone 307 7890. Open daily: 10am – 4pm.

Ashburton Public Library

EA Networks Centre - Pools

20 River Terrace - phone 03 308 4020. WEEKEND HOURS: Sat and Sun 7am - 7pm. Public holidays 10am - 5pm.

Ashburton Operations Centre ASHBURTON MAIL CENTRE STANDARD POST: Mon - Fri 5pm POST DELIVERY CENTRES Allenton & Tinwald: Mon - Fri 5pm Methven & Rakaia: Mon - Fri 2pm

ASHBURTON’S STREET RECEIVERS Business Area: Mon - Fri 5pm Residential Area: Mon - Fri 5pm

Information Centre

Methven - Saturday and public holidays 10am until 2.30pm. Phone 302 8955 or isite@midcanterburynz.com

ANIMAL SERVICES Dog, Stock & Noise Control

Ashburton District Council 03 307 7700 - 24hr service.

Animal Welfare Centre

All enquiries - phone 308 4432 or 027 3329286.

Veterinarians

ASHBURTON VETS - Ph 0276 838 000, 149 Cameron Street, Ashburton: Duty vet: Ben Hallenstein. Full emergency service all weekend. VET ENT RIVERSIDE - Ph 03 308 2321, 1 Smallbone Drive, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Weekend 24-hour emergencies. VETLIFE ASHBURTON - Ph 03 307 5195, Cnr East Street and Seafield Road, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Weekend 24-hour emergencies. CANTERBURY VETS - Ph 03 307 0686, West Street Clinic, West Street, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Weekend emergencies: Cody Wong. Vet Ent and Vet Life operate a joint after-hours SMALL animal emergency service. To use this service please phone your vet as usual.

Saturday, January 23, 2021 Ashburton Guardian

SITUATIONS VACANT

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SITUATIONS VACANT

Painting Tradesman, Painting Apprentice, Interior Plasterer Wanted You must:

Be reliable Have good communication skills Be able to work in a team Have pride in your work

The 2021 harvest season Hilton Haulage began trading in Washdyke Timaru in the late 1960s with 20 staff. Having been on a significant growth journey, we now have numerous locations spread throughout New Zealand. We operate over 280 trucks, and we move and store a multitude of products across our storage network. The 2021 harvest season is approaching, and we need to dig up some new talent to help us tackle the crops. This season we will have V-Bin truck and trailer units and drivers based at Pendarves (North East of Ashburton). The fixed term will run from mid-March to mid-May, these dates are weather, and harvest depended. If your application is successful you will find yourself carting potatoes to storage sheds or onions to a local packaging shed. You will be on a rotating roster of one week of day shift (Monday to Saturday) followed by one week of nightshift (Sunday to Friday). This is a flowing harvest season therefore flexibility with day and night shift will be required.

If this sounds like you then please email people@hiltons. co.nz or contact Chris Newton on 027 564 9448.

We have an opening for qualified painting and interior plastering tradesmen and a painting apprentice, to join our team. We can provide good remuneration, varied job sites and training for a trade that will provide you with many career opportunities. Please call into our office on Bremners Road to pick up an application form or email painting@bradfords.co.nz www.bradfords.co.nz

ADULT ENTERTAINMENT Safer Mid Canterbury provides a range of child, youth, adult and family community services across the Ashburton District. We are a non-profit organisation that has been operating as a charitable trust for more than 25 years, providing free and confidential services that focus on a healthier, stronger and safer community for all. Due to the retirement of two staff and increased workload we currently have three vacancies available.

Youth Support Worker Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great opportunity to join the progressive team at Advance Ashburton and to help make a difference to our community We are looking for a confident and proactive person that can offer administrative support to our Executive Officer. Hours are 12-15 per week with flexible days/times and a varied workload. If you have excellent communication, organisational and time management skills, have strong attention to detail, are a team player, and have good computer skills, then we are looking for you. Please email your CV with covering letter to info@advanceashburton.org.nz or post to Advance Ashburton Community Foundation, P O Box 310, Ashburton 7740, Att: Sandi Wood. Applications close 29th January 2021. For more information on Advance Ashburton please visit www.advanceashburton.org.nz or search Advance Ashburton on Facebook

Are you committed to supporting young people to reach their potential? Do you have experience in supporting young people individually and in group environments? Do you have experience in developing, overseeing and assessing personal client plans? Do you have an understanding of the needs of young people and how to address these? Do you have a knowledge of and commitment to strength based processes? This is a full time role 40 hour per week position that would see you providing intensive support to young people with behavioural / low level mental health needs. The role involves the development of person client plans and supporting young people over a three month period to achieve their goals within the plan.

School Attendance Officer Are you committed to supporting young people to reach their potential? Do you have experience in supporting young people and their families? Do you have experience in developing, overseeing and assessing personal client plans? Do you have an understanding of the needs of young people and how to work with clients and families who may be reluctant to engage? Able to build relationships with schools and other social service providers? Do you have a knowledge of and commitment to strength based processes? This is a part time 16 hour per week position over school term (approximately 44 weeks per year) that would see you taking referrals from schools for non-attending and non-enrolled students. The role involves assessing the barriers to engaging in education and finding the right support for students and families to address these needs.

Receptionist / Office Administrator / Personal Assistant

Monitoring and Enforcement Officer With a broad range of enforcement activities, no two days will be the same. On any day you could be checking swimming pool fencing compliance, completing Building Warrant of Fitness Inspections, ensuring land use complies with the Resource Management Act and District plan. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll need to be able to demonstrate experience in a similar role whilst also having refined relationship building and communication skills to ensure you gain buy in from our customers. For more information about this role, and what the Ashburton District Council can offer you see our website. Applications close Wednesday, 27 January 2021.

www.ashburtondc.govt.nz/careers

Are you welcoming and warm with a caring non-judgmental personality? Have great computer skills with knowledge of Microsoft Office and well versed in using social media? Have experience in providing administrative support? Have excellent written communications skills (which includes the ability to proof read documents)? Have strong attention to detail? Open to a role that has a wide array or of administrative and office duties? This is a full time 37.5 hour per week position that would see you carrying out a wide array of office duties and providing administrative support to a range of services areas within our organisation. All positions will require staff who: Are sensitive to, and accommodating of, cultural and individual differences Are able to maintain a high level of confidentiality Have a commitment to, and understanding of, the Treaty of Waitangi Have a passion for, and commitment to, providing non- judgemental services and supports to vulnerable people In return we offer a family friendly, professional work environment with the ability to make a real and significant difference to the lives of people in our district.

STUNNING, mature lady in Ashburton now. No texts. Please phone 021 0275 9055. TWO Asian lady special, good massage, excellent service 1n/out calls. Phone 022 572 5823.

FOR SALE

MAHOGANY China cabinet in excellent condition, another china cabinet that splits into two pieces. Dining table, solid oak round table and four chairs, two bar stools, gramophone and records, (His Masters Voice). Offers. Please phone 3089748.

HIRE

GENERAL hire. Lawnmowers, chainsaws, concrete breakers, trailers, and more. All your DIY / party hire, call and see Ashburton U-Hire. 588 East Street. Open Monday-Friday 7am - 6pm; Saturday 7.30am - 5pm; Sunday 8.30am 12.30pm - Phone 308 8061. www.ashburtonuhire.co.nz

MOTORING

WHEEL alignments at great prices. Maximise the life of your tyres with an alignment from Neumanns Tyre Services Ltd, 197 Wills Street. Phone 308 6737. Please note all late death notices or notices sent outside ordinary office hours must be emailed to: deathnotices@theguardian.co.nz

to ensure publication. To place a notice during office hours please contact us on 03 307 7900 for more information. Any queries please contact 0800 ASHBURTON (0800-274-287)

UAL ANNERAL GEN

To apply for a position please go to the careers page of our website to download an application form and to view the position descriptions. Please follow all instructions on the application form. Please call us on 03 308 1395 if you require further information. www.safermidcanterbury.org.nz Applications close Friday the 12th of February 2021

REAL ESTATE

Thinking of Selling or Looking to Buy. Let me help you Buy or sell your home. Schedule your appointment to get a complimentary market appraisal on your home.

DENISE RUSSELL

0274 329 717 denise.russell@raywhite.com 96 Tancred Street, Ashburton 7700 www.facebook.com/DeniseRussellRayWhiteMidCanterbury/ Real Estate Mid Canterbury Property Limited Licensed (REAA 2008)

To advertise in AGM phone Classifieds 03 307 7900

Trades & Services To place a Trades & Services ad, call 307-7900 or email classifieds@theguardian.co.nz

TALBOT SECURITY GROUP Key Cutting Services • • •

Car Keys House Keys Electronic Car Remote keys

E - operations@talbotsecurity.co.nz P - 03 307 2409 anytime 24/7

LOCKSMITHS / DOOR REPAIRERS

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Saturday, January 23, 2021 Ashburton Guardian

DEATHS

O’SULLIVAN, Gerald James – On January 20, 2021. Gerry passed away peacefully at home, aged 83 years young. Loved husband of Jan and the late Josephine. Much loved father and father-in-law of Stephen and Michelle, the late Paul, and Sharon and the late Russell Bartley. Loved Pop to Chris and Grace, Katie and Lloyd, and Liam. Loved great-Grandad of Leah, and loved by all his extended family. Also loved by Jan’s family, Richard and Shelley, Jemma, and Jack; Anna-Marie and Max; Philip and Ute, Lucas, Danny, and Thomas; and all her extended family. No flowers by request please. Messages to: The O’Sullivan Family, c/- PO Box 6035, Ashburton 7742. A celebration of Gerry’s life will be held at Holy Name Catholic Church, 58 Sealy Street, Ashburton on TUESDAY, January 26, 2021 at 1pm followed by interment at the Ashburton Cemetery.

WILSON, Roberta Norrie (Norrie) – On January 20, 2021, at Ashburton Hospital, aged 85 years. Dearly loved wife of the late Nevill. Much loved mother and mother-in-law of Sherryl and Paul, David, Colin and Rachael, and Stephen. Grandma of LauraJane; and Gran to Thomas, and Adam. Loved sister of Catherine, and the late Pauline and aunt to Greg, Ken, Donna, Helen, and their families. Loved sister-in-law of Brian, Marie and family. Messages to the Wilson family c/- PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740. Donations to St John would be much appreciated and may be left at the service. A service to celebrate Norrie’s life will be held at St David’s Union Church, Allens Road, Ashburton on MONDAY, January 25, commencing at 2pm. Followed by private cremation at the Ashburton Crematorium.

ASHTON, Stuart Lachlan, (Lachie) – It is with much sadness that we announce the passing of Lachie in Dunedin Hospital ICU on Thursday, January 21, 2021. Very dearly loved husband of Valerie, loved father of Daniel, Anna, Tracy, and the late Neil, loved grandfather of Archie, Isabel, and Tyler. A service for Lachie will be held in Hope and Sons Chapel, 523 Andersons Bay Road, Dunedin at 3pm on WEDNESDAY, January 27, followed by private cremation. In lieu of flowers donations to Otago Rescue Helicopter Trust would be appreciated and may be left at the service. Messages to 83 Glenross Street, Dunedin 901, or on Lachie's page on www.tributes.co.nz

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IN MEMORIAM HOLMES, Neville Charles – 20 September 1935 25 January 2020 One year ago you left us after 59 years and 11 months of marriage. Loved husband of Dawn, loved father of Eleanor Soal, Margaret and John Atkin (Auckland), Robyn HolmesManuel and Mark Manuel (Australia), and Rachel Holmes (Australia). Also loved grandfather of Melissa Soal and her fiance Brendon McCurley, Thomas Soal and Jimmy and Laura Atkin.

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Ashburton Weather

Saturday: Fine at first, cloudy at times from late morning. Possible afternoon and evening shower, as northerlies turn southerly. MAX

Midnight Saturday

Canterbury Plains

27 MIN 8

Saturday: Fine at first, then cloudy at times from late morning. Isolated afternoon and evening showers, possibly heavy, as northerlies turn southerly. Winds dying out at night. Sunday: Some morning cloud, then fine. Winds mostly light, but northeasterlies during the day. Monday: Fine with some high cloud. Northeasterlies, changing northwest later.

A ridge over the North Island retreats to the north of the country on Saturday, while fronts moves northwards over southern and central New Zealand. A front weakens over the North Island on Sunday, while another front brushes the far south. A northwest flow strengthens over central and southern New Zealand on Monday and Tuesday while a ridge builds over northern New Zealand. A front moves onto the lower South Island on Wednesday.

Guardian ASHBUR TON

Jo Metcalf

Around The Region Saturday

Sunday

Monday

Sunday: Some morning cloud, then fine. Light winds but northeasterlies during the day. MAX

Canterbury High Country

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26 MIN 11

Saturday: Mostly fine. A few showers and rain near the main divide, heavy at times, clearing south of Arthur’s Pass in the evening. Wind at 1000m: NW rising to severe gale 90 km/h early morning, easing to gale 65 km/h for a while in the afternoon. Wind at 2000m: NW rising to severe gale 100 km/h early morning, easing to gale 75 km/h for a while in the afternoon. Freezing level: Rising to above 3000m in the morning. Sunday: Mostly fine. Early rain north of Arthur’s Pass. Wind at 1000m: NW severe gale 90 km/h, easing to gale 65 km/h in the morning. Wind at 2000m: NW severe gale 100 km/h, easing to gale 80 km/h in the morning. Freezing level: Above 3000m.

26 9 26 11 28 13 24 9 24 12 26 13 Monday: Fine with some high cloud. NW, strong or 20 8 21 11 23 10 gale at times at higher levels. SUN PROTECTION ALERT 23 9 23 11 24 13 25 10 25 12 27 18 PROTECTION REQUIRED : 5 5 9 : 30 am – 5 pm 26 8 26 10 26 10 Wear a hat and sunglasses For the very latest weather information, including Weather Warnings, visit metservice.com © Copyright Meteorological Service of New Zealand Limited 2021 Compiled by Christchurch Darfield Lake Coleridge Methven Rakaia Timaru

Monday: Fine with some high cloud. Northeasterlies, changing northwest later. MAX

Readings to 4pm Friday Temp °C Maximum Minimum Grass min 24hr Rain mm Month to date Wind km/h Strongest gust Sun hrs on Thu Month to date

Ashburton Airport 24.3 6.2 1.5 0.0 33.4 NE 48 2:50pm 2.4 130.3

Methven 21.4 5.7 – – – – – – –

Christchurch Timaru Airport Airport 20.4 22.4 6.9 7.3 3.9 – 2.2 0.0 26.2 69.0 E 41 E 30 3:51pm 3:49pm 3.9 – 129.6 –

Tides, Sun and Moon Saturday

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Monday

Ashburton H 12:34am 1:00pm Mouth L 6:48am 7:10pm

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2:12am 2:32pm 8:24am 8:36pm

Rakaia Mouth Rangitata Mouth

1:09am 7:25am 1:07am 7:22am

1:59am 8:14am 1:56am 8:08am

H 12:19am L 6:34am H 12:18am L 6:32am

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1:31pm 7:41pm 1:32pm 7:38pm

2:18pm 8:27pm 2:16pm 8:20pm

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