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SHOP smart SHOP loca Loyalty legacy backbone to Ross’s success Malcolm Hopwood Jock Ross may have stepped down from Ross Brothers Transport, but his legacy lives on.

Ross, the former company managing director and owner, has retired after 40 years, though not entirely. He still does the buying and selling and operates the dryer in the harvest season.

“I built it up from nothing and was proud to hand it over to (sons) Jarrod and Adaam,” he said.

Ross, a towering All Black lock in 1981, was also proud of what he had achieved personally, especially because he knew rugby wouldn’t pay the bills after he retired.

He and wife Christine had settled back on their Lagmhor property, which had been subdivided among family members, and considered their future.

“I was farming but needed another side to my business,” he said.

Ross remembered quite clearly a recession and Rogernomics (after Finance Minister Roger Douglas), New Zealand’s radical economic restructuring in the 1980s, had taken over and farmers were being driven from the land.

“That period of time was hell on earth,” Jock said.

He’d always enjoyed trucking and decided that driving should be part of whatever they decided to do. If the front row was the All Blacks’ engine room, then the locks drove the scrum. Powering a truck behind its powerful engine wasn’t much different.

The main thrust of the business is bulk cartage of grain and seed, fertiliser and silage. The business also dries and stores grain and seed. It’s an all-year

round enterprise with a busy harvesting season that extends for six months.

“It starts with silage in October, then continues with the conventional harvest from January through to April, then we move into maize silage in May,” Jock said.

The success of Ross Brothers Transport has been built around their quality of service and loyal clientele. The business extends from Mayfield to Longbeach, Ashburton River to Rangitata.

Hinds also plays an important role, the Southern Rugby Club, in particular.

“We’re long-term supporters of the club and they, in turn, support us,” Jock said. “If you want local people to use you, you support them in turn.”

For that reason, Jock and Christine endorse the Ashburton Guardian’s Shop Smart, Shop Local campaign. Not only do they emphasise the importance of loyalty and repeat business, they’ve had a proud tradition of buying locally.

Complete Local Care Since 1982

Above – The Ross transport team (from left) Jarrod, Jock, Jonty, Adaam and Jackson Ross.

Left – Jock Ross on the success of his local company, Ross Brothers Transport: “I built it up from nothing..’’

“We buy our trucks locally, we’ve had our bulk tractors made locally and we have our vehicles serviced in Mid Canterbury. We also use local contractors to service our properties and carry out repairs to farms and irrigation.”

Jock and Christine, both former rugby internationals, are too modest to admit their repu-

tations have helped the business but, like liniment, it’s rubbed on and off.

“Rugby has opened a lot of doors,” Jock said.

He’s been a rugby administrator, a former president, immediate past president and vice president of Mid Canterbury Rugby, he’s led All Black tour parties to four World Cups, championed

heartland rugby as a player and TV interviewer and been a legendary figure on and off the field.

He’s even led a Welsh touring party through the country when New Zealand hosted the 2011 World Cup, the contact dating back to the season he played for London Welsh in the 1980s. The stories he can tell from that tour would fill a chapter in a book he’s yet to write.

But, above all, Jock is remembered for his commitment and service to Mid Canterbury rugby. He played 30 seasons from the pinnacle of All Black games to senior reserves for Collegiate.

Now, that’s a legacy of loyalty for a boy from Lagmhor.

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Ashburton’s love of cinema shines through Daryl Holden They bring a touch of big screen Hollywood magic to Ashburton, but it wouldn’t be possible without local support.

That’s the word from long-standing Regent Cinema Ashburton owners David and Donna Favel, who have run the business since 1998, those 24 years also matching the length of time they’ve been married.

That customer support, and locals’ hunger for movie watching, has been a constant.

It started from the early days when they took over what was then the Regent Theatre, which the Ashburton Operatic Society had purchased in 1993. “(But) at the time of the takeover, movies were often arriving four to six weeks after they opened in other centres, and it was a challenge operating a single screen venue,’’ Donna said.

“Movie distributors were very supportive and offered more product to Ashburton, which was fantastic.

“We were delighted, after a few years of trading, to have been informed that we were the best performing single screen

Regent Cinema Ashburton owners David and Donna Favel say community support has meant everything to them. cinema in New Zealand.’’

Put a lot of that down to the hard work from the husbandand-wife team to make their cinema venture a success.

Fortunately, Ashburtonians also love their movies. Always have, which was obviously a good thing for the two Ds, with David saying local support meant “everything’’ to them.

“We have to show a wide range of movies as our community is so diverse,’’ he said.

“Sure, Spiderman pulls in the big bucks, but it’s the Falling for Figaro-type movies that day-today keep us going.’’

Donna agreed. She said that community backing was imperative, which was something they always appreciated. And

that was one of the reasons why they also supported the Guardian’s community-boosting Shop Smart, Shop Local – Put Your $ Where Your Heart Is campaign.

They, as much as anyone, know the importance of local money being spent on local businesses, who need support to survive and thrive.

“Money spent here goes to

our workers’ wages, presents for our families and sports sponsorships,’’ David said.

Ditto for Donna.

“The greater the support, the more businesses can put back into the community,’’ she said.

But, like any cinema business in the country or worldwide, it’s been a tough few years.

Covid-19 has certainly had its impact, with the delayed supply of movies being frustrating.

“While South Island audiences have been relatively unaffected by Covid, the Auckland and overseas owners of films have put off huge releases,’’ Donna said.

“We waited 19 months for the James Bond final instalment and 26 months, and counting, for the new Top Gun.’’ Cinemas were also closed during alert level 4 lockdowns and at alert level 3 only office staff were allowed on site.

Fortunately, Ashburton people still found a way to show they cared by making contactless purchases of gift vouchers, coffees and ice creams.

It’s that sort of generosity, and the community’s understanding that every little bit helps, that made Ashburton so special to them both.

“I love that the people of Ashburton District are loyal, supportive and keen to ensure that goods and service are available locally,’’ Donna said.

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Blooming lovely Kindness wins over newcomer

By Maddison Gourlay A new Ashburton resident has been blown away by the kindness of a stranger, who gifted her flowers through a car window.

Sandra Linton stopped at the lights at Havelock and East streets on the afternoon of December 3 where she noticed a beautiful bouquet of flowers on the lap of the passenger in

the next car.

“We both had our windows down, so I had to let her know how beautiful the flowers were,’’ Linton said.

“She asked me if I liked them.

“Next thing I know she opened her door, got out, and gave them to me thorough my car window, said ‘happy New Year’. Then the light was green so they drove off.”

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September 2021 At the end of each year, Guardian staff choose the best of the year’s photos to share with you all and reminisce.

Ashburton’s El Ouafi Aghoutan reflects on the terror attack by the Ashburton Masjid a ty safe, two years after he narrowly avoided the Christchurch mosque massacre where Above – Ashburton A&P Show president Peter Stewart and administrator Lucille Brown go over the contingency plans for the show, which eventually went on under severe restrictions.

Below – Ron Creswell, Milli Sullivan, Thomas Patterson and Ross Preece were masked up and glad to be back at Ashburton College after three weeks of working and learning from home.

The new memorial to the victims of the Winz shootings just over seven years ago has been unveiled after the previous memorial was badly damaged by vandals.

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and was calling for a legislative overhaul in order to keep the communie 51 people were gunned down in one of New Zealand’s darkest days.

Above – Many hands made light work after gale-force winds saw a tree cover half of the South Belt Road in Methven as winds over 100kph made a mess across the district.

Below – Capelli’s Ashburton hairdressers (from left) Sinead McNab, Aimee Burrows and Georgia Bennett were masked up as well as customers in level 2 with businesses “as busy as ever”.

Ashburton Rotary’s David Mead (left) and Peter O’Leary were busy sorting out boxes ahead of the annual Bookarama sale in October.

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Oh yeah, baby

Wake me up when life gets interesting, please. Hudson Cronje, born on Christmas Eve, is an early entrant in the Ashburton Guardian’s Cutest Baby of 2021 competition.

Finding Mid Canty’s cutest baby Okay, so hands up if you think you or someone you know has had the cutest baby in Mid Canterbury in the past year.

Go on. Hands up everyone.

Thought so. Too many hands to count.

Well, now’s the chance to put your money where your nappy is and prove it.

Why? Because the Ashburton Guardian is running Mid Canterbury’s Cutest Baby of the Year competition.

It’s open to all babies born or living in Mid Canterbury in 2021, which, to be clear, is anywhere

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YOUR SAY How do you feel about the Walnut Avenue and West Street roadworks and intersection development?

Do you share the view of councillor Carolyn Cameron, who is frustrated by the project’s timeline and planning and has labelled it an eyesore?

Email: editor@ theguardian.co.nz Congestion mayhem: Life at the intersection of Walnut Avenue and West Street.

Intersection eyesore ‘disappointing’ Malcolm Hopwood

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An Ashburton District councillor is disappointed intersection road works at the corner of Walnut Avenue and West Street has left an eyesore over the Christmas-New Year period.

Carolyn Cameron said the council had worked hard to present Ashburton as an attractive town with an upgraded CBD and an impressive Christmas tree, but the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) had created an eyesore at its northern entrance.

“All travellers and residents can see are road cones and traffic queues at the congested intersection,” Cameron said.

While she acknowledged the work was never going to be finished in time before the holiday break, she believed NZTA could have scheduled the upgrade better and had a stage completed by Christmas.

The project was expected to take another 12 months to complete.

“There’s nothing more frustrating than unattended road works left in situ with no apparent progress,” she said.

“Now, from Monday, we’ll

endure further queues and delays as work starts again.”

Cameron said the Ashburton District Council had no influence over West Street work, which was a state highway.

“There’ll still be a large number of vehicles on the road next week causing disruption,” she said.

“I’m asking appropriate council staff to seek assurances that the district council will be better informed about project milestones.”

Neither is Cameron convinced about the need for traffic lights at the intersection.

“I have some doubts that the installation of lights there will improve traffic flows through town and over the bridge,” she said.

She was also disappointed that the configuration of the upgrade would prevent motorists from the north turning right into the domain. They’ll have to drive on and complete a couple of blocks before they can return and enter the domain, she said.

“It now means the council might have to build its own road into the domain off Walnut Avenue, which is something I’m reluctant to see,” she said. “We don’t want to pave the domain.”

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No-vac Djokovic’s toughest challenge

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ow ironic. The only time tennis legend Novak Djokovic is likely to be ever knocked out of the Australian open this early is about to be delivered – by a judge.

Yes, the world No. 1, and arguably the greatest player ever to pick up a racquet, looks set to be deported from Melbourne before the Australian Open begins later this month following a truly astonishing chain of events in the past 48 hours.

As it stands, Djokovic’s hopes of competing for a record 21st grand slam title, a 10th Australian men’s open singles crown and a shot at tennis immortality lies very much in the hands of federal court judge Anthony Kelly.

On Monday, Kelly will rule on whether Djokovic should be deported for entering Australia without a medical exemption for Covid-19 vaccinations.

The Serbian claimed he had an exemption, but it appears that was only granted for the

Daryl Holden tournament and not entry into Australia. Following a reported eight-hour grilling from Australian border force officials at the airport after a 14-hour flight from Dubai on Wednesday night, Djokovic was left publicly humiliated and locked away in a quarantine hotel. His stay of execution was successfully delayed after the Serbian’s lawyers secured an interim injunction to challenge the Australian Government’s decision to cancel his visa.

Look, none of this makes a lot of sense, but one thing is certain – a tennis miscommunication cock-up of monumental proportions has taken place – and Australia and Tennis Australia have come out of it looking

amateurish.

Let’s check out what we know.

1: Prime Minister Scott Morrison has said entry to Australia required double vaccination or a medical exemption, which Djokovic apparently did not have, and that “rules are rules”, according to “Scomo’’.

2: Djokovic has expressed anti-vaccination sentiments in the past, and we presume he is not vaccinated, but why was he given the green light to fly and take part in the Australian open if there were issues with his visa application? Big enough issues, it seems, for the player to get deported.

3: Djokovic and his high-powered legal team firmly believed all was in order with their letter of support from Tennis Australia, remembering that the governing body approved the 34-year-old’s vaccine exemption entry after what they called a

“rigorous review process”.

That process involved two separate independent panels of medical experts. Read that again folks because it’s important. Two separate medical boards approved his vaccine exemption but now politicians appear to be stopping it.

4: It’s been suggested that Djokovic applied for an exemption on the basis that he had contracted Covid-19 – in the past six months – and that qualified as a valid exemption to not be vaccinated. But Tennis Australia was repeatedly warned that a recent Covid infection wasn’t grounds for a medical exemption for unvaccinated players. If so, why was that information not passed on to team Djokovic?

5: There are now claims that several Australian Open players have been let into the country on vaccine exemptions in recent weeks

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on the basis that they had been infected with the virus in the past six months. Who are they? Why are their cases different from Djokovic’s?

Can someone explain the clear disconnect between federal and state government in this fiasco? The state of Victoria had approved Djokovic to compete. The federal government said: “No way, Jose.”

Even if you are angry, and are firing 200kph forehands at Djokovic, please remember that he did not set the rules. He has flown all the way to Australia on the very clear understanding that he had approval to enter Victoria and to defend his title.

The best-case scenario for everyone would have been for Djokovic to have got vaccinated and to play with no drama. He chose not to.

Sadly, this whole mess could have all been so easily avoided.

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Time out from illustration but not creativity.

David and Gillian Elliot visited the Snares and Auckland Islands in February last year.

Gillian’s gallery, The Flying Whale, in Port Chalmers, deals exclusively with David’s range of artistic work.

A fox and an All Black jersey kick-started a career that’s seen former Ashburton man, David Elliot, establish a lasting footprint with children’s books and illustrations here and overseas. And now he’s coming home.

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fox barking outside David Elliot’s window 40 years ago entered his imagination, stayed with him and inspired him towards a future career.

David, formerly from Ashburton and now a national and international illustrator, spent nearly three years as gatekeeper at Edinburgh Zoo. He’d moved to the Scottish city in 1980 and needed somewhere to live. He saw a “tiny ticket” in the gatekeeper’s window and followed it up. But there was a condition attached to renting the stone cottage. The zoo’s operations manager was a crazy rugby fan and would engage David only if he could produce an All Black jersey.

David didn’t know where to start but his dad did. Back home in Ashburton, Bob Elliot, a resourceful insurance agent, somehow managed to find one, parcelled it up and sent it to David. The deal was honoured.

David got the job together with a roof over his head and a fox at the window.

In his spare time, David wandered the zoo, his artist’s eye absorbing shapes and sizes of animals, but it was the creatures running wild at night that inspired him.

“A zoo is a haven, a special place for Scottish wildlife. I ran into them at night on my way through a forest to the pub. They stayed in my mind and I fed off them,” he said.

He drew them and had a folio of work by the time he came back home to New

Zealand in 1983.

Briefly, David returned to a previous job as an interior designer and then decided to train as a teacher. To support his own artwork, he wanted to teach it. He was appointed to Hutt Valley and then to Dunedin which has been his home for more than 30 years.

As head of art at Queens High School he fired the imagination of hundreds of students and did it again when

Above – David’s texts and images are spread around the Narrative Nook at Ashburton Art Gallery. This image is from his book Pigtails the Pirate.

Left – “Then the bowsprit got mixed with the rudder sometimes.” Another image from the award-winning Snark.

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Above – The Bumblebee Grumblebee, David’s new board game for his grand-daughter Tyne, now three.

Top right – The Butcher and The Beaver from Snark, the winner of the 2017 NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults. It also won a White Raven from the International Youth Library in Munich.

Top and right – David’s images from Henry’s Map that hark back to his memories of Mayfield.

tutoring adults at Kings.

All the while he was developing his own artistry. He had a fine arts diploma in painting from the University of Canterbury and allowed this talent to flourish fulltime as illustrator and author.

“I fell in love with Dunedin, the sea and the water which were my special things,” David said. At Port Chalmers he had everything. The inspiration came from the landscape, the distinctive cottages and the harbour.

He set teaching aside and dedicated himself to his work. Recognition came quickly, nationally and internationally. His work became a who’s who, what’s what and where’s where of writing and illustrating.

You’ll find his name alongside such New Zealand luminaries as Janet Frame, Joy Cowley, Jack Lasenby and Margaret Mahy.

But he’s more than a creative illustrator. David has written and illustrated more than 10 picture books of his own.

They include Pigtails the Pirate, which won the Picturebook category at the NZ Post Children’s Book Awards in 2003 and Henry’s Map, chosen by the School Library Journal for its Best Books of 2013. Among his

latest picture books is Oink, released in 2018.

But there’s more. Elliot is a great admirer of Lewis Carroll, and, in 2006, produced illustrations for The Hunting of the Snark and then reimagined the Snark story and its tragic aftermath in 2016.

That book won Best Book and Best Illustrations in the NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults in 2017.

There’ve been numerous overseas commissions and Elliot’s illustrations have accompanied books by UK author, Brian Jacques, American author, T.A. Barron, Time magazine editor, Jeffrey Kluger, John Flanagan and two books in the Nethergrim series by Matthew Jobin.

And to prove Elliot hasn’t forgotten his Mid Canterbury roots, he’s written The Moon and Farmer McPhee which won the best children’s book in the NZ Post Children’s Book Awards in 2011. It’s the “where, where” of his tool box.

The full-length image of Farmer McPhee is immortalised at the entrance to Ashburton’s Art Gallery. There he’s seen in striped pyjamas on a bed of hay, still wearing his hat and sleeping

against a horse’s belly.

Snoozing around him are some of David’s favourite animals, a pig, sheep, chicken and cow, who’ve also appeared in Oink, Henry’s Map and Henry’s Stars.

“Farmer McPhee is actually a strange portrait of my grandfather, Gordon Harrison,” Elliot said. “As a child I spent time on his Mayfield farm and remember the wind in the palm trees, shadows under the pines and moonlight on the plains.

“The book brought back my heritage to me.”

Even in conversation, David speaks in the colourful language of his books.

While his mother, Joy, gave him the love of literature by reading to him, David’s desire to be an artist came at Design School in Wellington and then Canterbury University. “They didn’t have an art teacher at Ashburton College which was an indictment on them,” he said.

David was caught up in stories and the pictures behind them in

the United Kingdom.

There he saw illustrations as a true art form in their own right and met the people who were “real professionals in the business”.

“It struck a chord with me. If I wanted to do it, I had to be good at it,” he said. And he set out to prove it.

After 30-plus years away his life has returned to Ashburton.

Recognising David’s contribution to children’s books and literature, the Ashburton Art Gallery has become the custodian of his illustrations and is cataloguing the working drawings for all of his books.

“It’s an important body of work which is worth preserving because he originates here,” said visitor engagement co-ordinator, Martine Tait. “It’s an ongoing process which we’ve been doing for the last 12 years.

“David is important to the art gallery, to Ashburton and thousands of children who read his books and resonate with his

characters.”

He’s flavour of the month and images and quotes from his books are on display in the gallery’s Narrative Nook in January.

There’s a video presentation where TV3 presenter, Hillary Barry, narrates and shows illustrations from his book, the Moon and Farmer McPhee.

And to show an art gallery is interactive, there a competition to create an illustration from quotes on the wall and a story from the celebrated picture of Farmer McPhee. Words and pictures go hand in hand.

But there’s another incentive.

David Elliot is returning to judge the entries. Yes, the full circle is complete.

Elliot returns here on January 25 to hold two workshops on illustration both for children and adults.

But he warns he’s not coming home to teach drawing. “I want to give them a manual for getting hold of their imagination,” he explains. “I want them to go away with a list of things they’ve never tried.”

The key to his workshop is for participants to approach a subject, whether writing or illustration, in a different way. “I want them to find another approach to pictures or words, to get hold of their own imagination, see what’s there and then express it in way they’ve never done in the past.”

“I see the workshop as an opportunity for them to get closer to their creative selves. For example, think different things about a tree before you draw it.”

Forty years ago, David thought different things about a fox and look where it took him.

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Fun in the sun Ashburton Guardian Saturday, January 8, 2022

By Connor Lysaght

W

hen looking back at history, we often tend to focus on the big events and build our view of the past around those.

However, sources such as newspaper articles from the summer of 1921-1922 can give us an interesting glimpse at everyday life in days gone by.

During that hot and sunny season, there were plenty of sporting events to keep people entertained and the weather was also great for swimming.

So, let’s welcome the New Year and celebrate summer by taking a look at what the people of Ashburton were up to a hundred years ago.

Sporting spectacles Two major events that piqued many residents’ interest in January 1922 were the friendly cricket matches played on the Domain Oval, and the arrival of visiting athletes from South Africa.

A visiting team of university students faced off against Ashburton on 2 January, which proved to be quite a challenge for the locals. Ashburton lost the match, a defeat which was put down to two players in particular. The Guardian reported that: “The bowling of Dunning and Thomas proved the downfall of the local men, who were all out for 121.

The visitors replied with 161 for four wickets, chiefly compiled by Wirin and Thomas, who were still at the wickets when the innings was declared.”

Near the end of January the public witnessed the “best athletic carnival held in Ashburton for many years,” which was jointly conducted by a troupe of South African athletes as well as locals.

A series of impressive races between the Ashburtonians and Springbok runners “had the crowd agog.”

The Canterbury one mile championship was held during this carnival, which included the appearance of Australasian champion half-miler C H Taylor.

Taylor managed to hold his own against one of South Africa’s best distance runners, D A Leathern, with Ashburton’s own J G Sounness coming in third.

true, as shown by their advertisements for ‘summer drinks’ in the Ashburton Guardian.

This East Street grocery store sold all sorts of refreshing juices and cordials, including Brook’s Lemon Squash, Thompson’s Ginger Wine and Cordials, and Marshall’s Concentrated Summer Drinks.

While these brands don’t seem to have been produced in Ashburton, there was a cordial factory in town owned by Alford Bray at this time.

Today, no summer excursion is complete without a good playlist to fit the mood. It appears that even in the twenties music was on holidaymakers’ minds, judging by some of the newspaper advertisements of the time. One such ad from the Guardian promotes the Columbia Grafonola, a portable gramophone that was marketed as being the perfect music player to bring on your summer holidays. I wonder how these players held up against sand and sea water.

Summer supplies

Borough council v skinny dipping

Everyone can agree that there’s nothing like a cool drink on a hot day. Businesses such as John Orr and Co knew this to be

Eager swimmers get ready to plunge into the Domain pool, February 18, 1922.

Before 1890, there were no dedicated swimming baths or pools in the Ashburton District.

Alfred Bray’s cordial factory, Cameron Street, 1900. Bray’s moved to Wills Street in 1906, where the factory remained until the 1950s.

A proposal was made by the council’s Works Committee in 1881 regarding the construction of bathing facilities in the Domain, but these plans were soon side-lined and scrapped. Therefore, if you wanted to swim your options were limited to the river, the inland lakes or the Domain pond.

However, the use of the latter was technically illegal and controversy soon arose over its popularity among a group of carefree young men.

Anyone caught bathing in the Domain was liable for a fine, but this did not stop some people from taking advantage of the refreshing waters at their disposal.

Public opinion was divided over these illicit swimmers; some saw their lawbreaking as good reason to allow bathing in the Domain, and others thought that they should be brought to justice.

Judging from newspaper reports at the time, the council weren’t prepared to expend their energies on constructing a proper pool until they had a very urgent reason.

That reason arose when it was reported that young men had taken to swimming in the Domain without bathing suits; in other words, the swimmers were going commando and the council was having none of it.

In 1890, the first proper swimming pool was opened in the Ashburton Domain.

The war of words over whether there should have been a pool or not was over, thanks to the illegal swimmers’ secret weapon: nudity.

Probably not the best way to settle a dispute, but in their particular case you can’t argue with the results! By the summer of 1922, keen swimmers were accustomed to patronising the Domain pool when the weather was hot.

However, I’m sure that those who remembered the swimming debacle of the 1880s did not take the facilities for granted!

What’s on at the art gallery and museum?

Is your New Year’s resolution to explore more local arts and heritage, or are you just looking for a cool place to escape the heat for a while?

You may be in luck, because there’s plenty to see and do at the Ashburton Art Gallery and Museum this month.

Summertime Swimmin’ is a small display of swimsuits from our past, which

can be found in the Museum’s permanent exhibition area.

Take a brief trip through the history of swimwear styles; maybe you could picture yourself peacocking down the beach wearing some of the unique togs on show.

The Great Santa Hunt is still going strong at the Museum.

Can you find them all before the hunt is over on 13 February?

Under the Big Top, a colourful showcase of handmade circus toys made by the late Rex Hockings will also be on display until this date.

There will also be a Circus Trust Circus Skills Workshop at EA Networks Centre (Tuesday 25 January, 10:30am, 11am and 11:30am) and a ‘Make a Circus Ride Toy’ workshop at the Museum on Thursday 27 January at 10am. Contact the Museum for details and to book in.

Feeling creative?

Be sure to try out the Christmas and magic-themed crafts on offer at the Museum, or head upstairs to the Art Gallery and make a figurative sculpture using some mystery materials!

The Art Gallery also has a narrative nook set up, based around the artwork of children’s book illustrator David Elliott, and there is also a writing competition based on an illustration on the building’s foyer wall.

Last but not least, don’t miss out on this year’s Summer Burty Challenge. Collect a challenge card from the Art Gallery, Museum, EA Networks Centre or the Ashburton Public Library to start. Complete challenges at various places to win instant prizes, and if you finish your challenge card you’ll be entered into a grand prize draw.

CONTACT Material for this page is co-ordinated by the Ashburton Museum and Art Gallery.

Articles from other organisations are welcomed, as is any feedback on what appears.

Email: museum@adc.govt.nz Mail: PO Box 94, Ashburton 7700 Phone: 307-7890 Copies of the photos on this page are available for purchase from the Ashburton Museum and Art Gallery.

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Mid Canterbury’s 2021 sporting events in retrospect - September

After keeping things going over lockdown, Mid Canterbury Hockey welcomed teams back onto the turf to finish off the season.

Back from Tokyo with some new bling, Emma Dyke announced she was taking some time away from rowing.

Craig Oliver (winner) and Flavio Vianna (runner-up) dominated the annual Peak to Pub in Methven.

After a strong season of form, Madison Trusler-Clark was rewarded for her efforts with selection in the Canterbury Women’s Under 19 side.

Mainland Football were forced to call time on the remainder of the season due to uncertainty around Covid levels.

There were 11 years between drinks, but Greg Prendergast was pleased to get back in the winners’ circle when Rosie’s Terror won at Ashburton.

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2021 – the moments that captured our hearts it up in the canoe becoming our most successful Olympian.

Emma Twigg produced an incredible story of resilience; have finished fourth in the previous two attempts at the Olympics she smashed the field to claim a wellearned gold.

Jonathan Leask Simply sport The local sporting highlight for me was simply there being local sport.

It was a year after Covid-19 stripped the vast majority of weekend action, especially the winter codes, but things got back to normal for the most part this year.

Southern clinched a combined country championship, while Celtic nabbed the Watters Cup in one of the closest fought local competitions for a few years.

Hockey divorced from South Canterbury and produced a Methven FC had a very good season successful local senior competition, while the top players had success competing in Christchurch.

Football sides performed well in the Mainland competitions, with special mention to the league winning Methven FC. Netball was the only lowlight, having to can their playoffs due to the delta outbreak.

The Olympics In a Covid-ravaged sporting landscape, the Olympics went ahead and delivered daily diet of sort for a month, and plenty of highlights from our Kiwis.

Watching the emotion of the women’s sevens side after their gold medal victory was something special.

They had us on the edge of our seats to get past Fiji in the semi-final, and then it was mission accomplished securing the gold medal against France.

While the men’s side had to settle for silver, seeing how much it meant to the Fijians somehow made the loss an acceptable one, if that’s a thing.

Then there was Lisa Carrington, carving

Steve Devereux Watters Cup Final The best sporting moment of 2021 is truly a no-brainer; the Green Machine topped off a stunning centennial year by claiming the Watters Cup, symbol of club rugby supremacy in Mid Canterbury.

Celtic came from behind a tough Southern team inside the final 10 minutes to grab victory 25-20 and lift the coveted trophy.

The game swung back and forth, but late in the piece young Elyh McKibbin, only minutes on the paddock, stepped up and slotted a penalty to bring the scores level.

The talented winger was back moments later, latching onto the last pass for a dash to the line, right in front of the huge throng

Ricky May

Test Championships Our little battlers took down India in the inaugural Test Championships at Lords.

It did a lot to ease the pain of our last trip to a cricket final.

Many pundits had already handed the vaunted Indians the crown, but Kane and the gang had other ideas.

Kyle Jamison’s five wicket haul kept India in check, Devon Conway and Williamson laid the platform before Jamiseon and Tim Southee wagged in the tail to give us a lead.

Southee, Boult and Jamison then held India to 170, leaving us a tricky 139 in 53 overs. Williamson delivered the goods and hoisted the spoils.

We finally became world champions.

Then we went and made the T20 final, and while we dared to dream, it didn’t pan out, but this current crop can lay Kyle Jamieson claim to being the only team to have appeared in all three format finals.

And while we are talking cricket we can’t go past the incredible 10 wicket haul from Ajaz Patel against India.

Matt Markham Ricky makes history It will come as no surprise to probably anyone that my sporting moment of the year came in horse racing.

of green supporters, and Celtic were in front 25-20.

Southern charged back, only to be met with determined resistance, which eventually created a turnover, and when a penalty came their way, Nathan McCloy tapped and kicked the ball 20 rows back, and Celtic were Watters Cup champions.

While the stars all did their bit, there were heroes all over the paddock for the greens, including the bench, and it was a supreme effort from every man in the team that got them over the line.

Celtic skipper Hamish Finnie

But every Mid Canterbury sports follower and fan won’t have any problems in seeing the name Ricky May featured in my moment.

Given everything that had happened in the 18 months prior to May picking up his 3000th career driving win, it really was one of the feel-good moments of 2021.

A popular, well-liked and much-admired man across the region for his efforts in the sulky, May joined an elite group of just two others in achieving the feat – one of whom, Maurice McKendry – we can also claim as a local, given his ties to the area too.

For nearly four decades, May has been at the top of the harness racing pile.

He’s delivered results for trainers, owners and punters at a great frequency, and his kindness and patient nature with a horse has made him one of the all-time greats of the sport.

But above it all, May is just a damn good bloke, and so many people in the racing industry look up to him and take stock from his actions.

That’s the mark of a great man.

mately controlled, by the three major nations for a pseudo-minnow side from a small country to rock up and win would never have been how those in charge of the sport saw things unfolding.

Yet, this little champion team of champions from the Shaky Isles, did exactly that.

And what made it even greater was that the country rode every ball and every shot with them, lights in living rooms across the country remained firmly on until the small hours of the morning as the Black Caps toiled away and delivered a dream result, not just for us – but for every other cricket playing nation in the globe outside England, Australia and England.

It showed, that with true grit and a little humility anything is possible.

Lisa Carrington, our golden girl How good is she to watch?

Just pure power, athleticism and most importantly grace.

She’s a wonderful ambassador for our country, and what she actually achieves when she is competing is just a side story to the person she is.

As a collective country, it was amazing to see everyday New Zealanders sitting on the edge of their seats, riding every stroke as she powered her way down the course to gold medal, after gold medal.

Lisa Carrington

New Zealand are World Test Champions It’s hard to judge just how important a win to New Zealand, against India, in the inaugural World Test Championship was for the sport of cricket.

A game that is dominated, and ulti-

On the court Squash – a sport where a fitness level of ‘utterly superb’ is just a starting point.

And a game where our own Paul Coll, from little old Greymouth, is taking it to the dominant Egyptians, and beating them at their own game.

Getting to the top on the squash court is a beyond-herculean task, and Coll has been inching his way ever upward for several years, doing every inch of the hard yards.

In August, he reached the dizzy heights hitherto unknown to Kiwis (except for the redoubtable Dame Susan Devoy,

eight-time winner) and waded through a sea of Egyptians to reach the British Open final, and then go on to do the unthinkable and claim that crown.

Theres nowhere to hide on the squash court, no team-mates to carry the load for a bit, and Coll has earned every accolade that has come his way after a stunning victory.

Oh, and Coll franked his form with a straight-sets win in the final of the Black Ball tournament, cleaning up the Egyptians yet again.

No, not the Blackball just down the road from where he was born.

World Test Champions It’s common knowledge that every Aussie cricket player, fan and commentator/cheerleader thinks that New Zealand are fake champions on the pitch, not really worthy of their stratospherical rankings in every form of the game.

But a few months ago,

Captain Fantastic Kane Williamson led his team superbly, holding their collective nerve under severe pressure from all quarters, to be the first team to claim the ICC World Championship Final, against the might of India, a result that goes in the book and stays there forever, despite anything Shane Warne and his idiot mates might say.

Even the weather was against the Kiwis; it was on a very cloudy reserve day that Williamson and Ross Taylor carefully negotiated the minefield of Indian quicks and spinners to slowly eke away at a total that had seemed well out of sight.

But the two champion batsmen went about building a solid platform, and finally held together a superb partnership of 96 runs, with Taylor smacking a boundary to seal what even that morning looked a highly unlikely result, and the Mace belongs to New Zealand (and not Australia).

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Novak ‘knew the rules’ Rafael Nadal said he felt sorry that Novak Djokovic was denied entry into Australia, but added that the Serb knew for months he could potentially face problems if he arrived without being vaccinated against Covid-19.

Djokovic, 34, has been detained by officials at the border amid a storm of protest about the decision to grant him a medical exemption from vaccination requirements to play in the Australian Open.

The world number one, who has won nine Australian Opens including the last three and is tied with Nadal and Roger Federer on 20 career Grand Slam titles, will spend at least the next 72 hours in a Melbourne hotel before the next hearing in his fight to overturn a ban on entering Australia is held on Monday.

“Of course I don’t like the situation that is happening,” Nadal told reporters after

winning his match at the Melbourne Summer Set ATP 250 tournament.

“In somes way I feel sorry for him.

“But at the same time, he knew the conditions since a lot of months ago, so he makes his own decision.”

Nadal said what has been happening was not good for anyone.

“Seems some rough situation,” Nadal said. “It’s normal that the people here in Australia get very frustrated with the case because they have been going through a lot of very hard lockdowns.

“I believe in what the people who knows about medicine say, and if the people say that we need to get vaccinated, we need to get the vaccine.”

The 35-year-old Nadal tested positive for Covid-19 last month after playing at an exhibition in Abu Dhabi.

The Spaniard said that he experienced a

“very challenging” few days.

World number seven Matteo Berrettini, who lost to Djokovic in last year’s Wimbledon final, also had some sympathy with the Serb.

“I think it’s not nice to be, I don’t know, how many hours he was there (at the airport),” the Italian said. “But at the same time, I can understand why Australian people obviously feel like (they do).”

World number two Daniil Medvedev said that, should Djokovic be prevented from competing at Melbourne Park, the men’s draw would open up.

“There is still Rafa (but) the rest of us don’t have a lot of slams, for sure,” the Russian, who won his first major at the US Open last year, said.

“When somebody wins it nine times, he’s not there, the draw opens up a little bit.

“There is no secret in it.”

Rafael Nadal

Sporting year in review – The ABC of it all As the curtain on 2021 falls we take a look back through the months of sporting achievements, results and stories that shaped the year that was with an ABC of Mid Canterbury sport for the year.

Matt Markham

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our own hidden gem

Nestled away, largely out of sight for most of us there’s a crown in the Jewel of Mid Canterbury that no-one seems that keen to talk about.

However, ask someone from outside the region what they think of the EA Networks Centre and they’ll tell you how much of a wonderful facility and asset to our region it is.

Locals, however, still don’t seem sold for some reason.

Perhaps we inadvertently still see dollar signs from the building on the venue, but we should be well and truly past looking at that now, and marvelling in just what it actually does for Mid Canterbury.

Here we have a facility that can cater for almost anything.

Over the years we have seen national championships, regional events and local tournament conducted within its four walls.

We’ve seen literally thousands of sporting folk from across the country walk in its doors and be impressed with what we have to offer.

Take the EA Networks Centre away from Ashburton and you don’t have the opportunity to host these big-ticket events like basketball and netball tournaments, or swimming meets and pickleball classics and therefore the financial impact and benefits for the rest of the region suffers as a result.

It’s high time we started acknowledging the EA Networks Centre as one of our biggest marketing tools and with expansions and

Left and above – The stunning EA Networks Centre.

additions happening such as the new disc golf course, then there’s a lot to look forward to from the big building down by the river and everyone should get along at some point and take a look at what it’s capable of.

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ippy, Petero

Not many people knew of the name Petero Tuwai at the start of the

year.

In fact, only keen observers of rugby south of Mid Canterbury would have even known that he existed.

But it took about a week of Southern’s rugby season before he became one of the

most talked about aspects of the game locally, though as he tore his way through defensive lines, and scored tries with an arrogance that could only be given to someone head and shoulders above most he was playing.

With a high-scoring frequency and a really busy work rate across the paddock, Mid Canterbury’s time to claim Petero as one of own was shortlived.

So good was his form that it caught the attention of scouts, and pretty soon the most talked about person in rugby in the Canterbury Country competition was packing his bags for France, as he picked up a

contract to play with powerhouse club Toulon, where he’s played a number of games and impressed when given the opportunity.

It’s a shame Mid Canterbury lost him from our rugby ranks, Petero would have been a welcome addition to this year’s Heartland team and gone on and done wonderful things for them too, but his elevation to one of the most recognised clubs in the world is true testament that there is still a space for local talent to work their way on to bigger and better things.

Of course, having the speed and skill of someone like Petero helps a lot too.

Petero Tuwai

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Mid Canterbury’s horse and dog racing action

Country racing at its absolute best Matt Markham

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iven the fact that just a few years ago, many country-based racing clubs in New Zealand were fighting to exist, the return punch to the suits in charge has been quite incredible to watch.

And as he sits back pondering his next move in politics and what role he might play heading into the future, I hope Winston Peters has

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been tuning in to Trackside over the past week to see some of the action coming out of the Central Otago circuit – a location the report he commissioned touted as being one that needed a shake-up.

Peters went from being the industry messiah over a decade ago to being seen by those at the coal face as the devil dressed in Armani, as he looked to close tracks and centralise racing to the major venues.

But the newsflash for him was that the people had no interest in that.

They let Peters know that venues

like Omakau, Roxburgh and Cromwell – venues I’ve attended meetings at in the past week – still had a strong role to play in the industry.

And they were spot on.

The crowds at all three meetings were exceptional.

At Omakau it stretched as far as the eye could see and almost as deep, at Roxburgh they lined the hillside and at Cromwell the length of the long straight was covered by racegoers.

Sure, they’re not champagne locations like an Ellerslie or an Addington, the facilities are a little bit rough, but it’s actually what

makes it unique and enjoyable.

I’d rather go to 100 meetings at Roxburgh than one meeting at Addington Raceway.

What is scary to think, though, is that had there not been a bit of a kickback from the industry then we could well have seen places like these closed down and lost forever.

Instead we can now celebrate them, champion meetings where the crowds come from everywhere, and ensure that they remain for a long time to come.

Because they’re very much needed.

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Akshay Balloo is down to ride Bluey’s Chance in the $30,000 Kumara Gold Nuggets today.

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11 70x08 Pure Class 56 12 9x384 Apatchee Power 55.5 13 8055 Belindabella 54 14 900x0 Maidinthemist 54 15 69294 Hunter Villain 59.5 16 560x7 Last Letter 54 R10 Birchfield Coal Mines (Bm65) $12,000 1810m 17:13 1 16959 Husk L Callaway (13) 60 2 2x493 Exquisite Pearl 59.5 3 571 Realdoser 59 4 x6081 Patsys Lad 58.5 5 753 Saigon Hot Night K Mudhoo (6) 58 6 x0x47 Hijacked 57.5 7 974 Just Tickety Boo C K Kwo (12) 57.5 8 562 Too Ferlaxed J D Laking (3) 57 9 79181 Da Vinci Girl 56.5 10 31x34 Nadeems Dream 56.5 11 x9586 Vulture Street Ms K Williams (15) 56.5 12 4530 Veneto C R Barnes (10) 54 13 8055 Belindabella 54 14 900x0 Maidinthemist 54 15 69294 Hunter Villain 59.5 16 560x7 Last Letter 54

Matt Markham’s Kumara Selections Race 1: Hello Mary Lou, Shameless Tart, Deny, Fah Sai Race 2: Tudor Queen, Postcode Envy, Perfectionist, Mr Mister Race 3: Meara Mary, Medalza, Ohio Showgirl, Spring Blossom Race 4: Mochatini, Zacat, Flying Zack, Tap N Go Race 5: Prince Of Doon, Telling Tales, Red Sunday, Acquittal Race 6: Page Three, Royal Khan, Fort William, Velarde Race 7: Way Above, Vee Twelve, Far Too Cereal, Redgum Race 8: All About Magic, Bully Boy, Bluey’s Chance, Sacred Elixir Race 9: Poiton, Showbourne, Lochwinoch, Hunter Villain Race 10: Exquisite Pearl, Da Vinci Girl, Just Tickety Boo, Too Ferlaxed BEST BET: Page Three (Race 6) VALUE: Way Above (Race 7)

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Puzzles and horoscopes

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): Arbitrary decisions will affect your work. Don’t let this deter you. In fact, because or your stellar attitude, this wild card may be just the thing to help you shine.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): You’ll learn through such techniques as overhearing, poking around, accidentally stumbling upon and more. If it centres around someone’s problem or need, it’s good information to know.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): To succeed in the eyes of others only brings satisfaction if your idea of success matches theirs. It’s a rigamarole to get to the goal. Make things easier on yourself by prospering on your own terms.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): There’s a definite aim, and someone will be counting on you to finish a job in a time frame. Success will not be easy, but success will not be denied. You like doing hard things – it’s what makes you awesome.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): People want what you contribute, and there’s a limited supply of it. It only makes sense that you should raise your price. This probably doesn’t have to do with money. There’s a more subtle exchange here.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): You’re engaged in a pursuit that will never stop being a lot of work for you. It’s like a stair stepper that keeps producing a new step in front of you, though your elevation hardly changes. Only you can say whether it’s worth it.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): To carry out your daring plans, you need a crew. Seek qualified help, and avoid accepting help from those who are stretching outside of their comfort zone because they want to please you.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): Formal schooling is only one part of your education because, actually, the whole world is your school. You are constantly picking up new knowledge. Today brings an opportunity to apply what you know.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): Do you find temptation amusing? Would you rather be the tempter or the tempted? Answers to these questions and more come with your subscription to today.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): A good problem brings out the scientist in you. You collect data and test theories. You so easily slip into a logical mindset and order information in such a way as to assist the aim.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): Your move appears to others as daring, if not incautious, but that’s not it at all. You’ve calculated this risk using your own complicated and secret tools, and it turns out that this is the safest choice.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): What if you did think only of yourself? It’s off-brand for you, but perhaps you could consider it an experiment. Would it help to know your personal satisfaction will favourably affect the people around you?

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

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MEETINGS, EVENTS

ADULT ENTERTAINMENT

PUBLIC NOTICES

SUMMER CAMP ADVENTURE Holiday Programme

5 SCOUTS DAYS

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Not even a pandemic can stop you from playing Bridge but you have to learn the game first.

Play at the club or play at home – learn a new game in 2022 Ashburton Lessons on soon – don’t miss your spot

Do you want to learn to play bridge?

New Zealand

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Scouting is worldwide and offers ONLYlife skills 17-21 (incl) and January to boys girls2022 A variety of activities to suit all interests 8am - 5pm

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Ages from six to eighteen for all youth Weekly programmes with Orienteering, Fun activities boating, A great way to meet and make new friends for Youth and Adults tramping, and Adults are welcome to join as Leaders orbiking Committee Members All Adult Leaders are Trained in Firstcamping Aid and the New Zealand Outdoors 1 night

FOR 5 DAYS

Contact 0800 SCOUTS or mania-o-roto.zoneleader@scoutmail.org.nz

Girls and Boys age 10 - 13 years, good to average fitness required.

ADVENTURE PLUS! Non-scouting children welcome

For enquiries, please email turkeys@xtra.co.nz or binghamfamily@outlook.com Ph: 308 5678

MEETINGS, EVENTS South Rakaia Bach Owners Association (Inc).

Bridge is an exciting card game.

Have fun and make new friends.

Join a friendly club - Ashburton Bridge Club. https://sites.google.com/site/ashbridgenz/

Annual General Meeting Will be held at the Settlement Shed at 3pm on Saturday January 22, 2022

LOVELY Lady available for genuine callers.

No texting thank you.

Phone 021 027 590 55 NEW Asian, hot and sexy, friendly, busty dd. Good massage and good service with no rush. Please phone 021 0904 0157.

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 7.00am – 5.30pm; Saturday 7.30am - 5pm; Sunday 8.30am 12.30pm - Phone 308 8061. www.ashburtonuhire.co.nz

MOTORING

WANTED

GENUINE cash buyer, wanting Falcons, Holdens, Valients or any pre 1990 vehicles suitable for preservation. Phone 021 02914847 or 03 615 7930

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.

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Guardian Classifieds

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~ People attending the lessons will be required to have a My Vaccine Pass ~ Lessons start on Monday 14th Feb, and go weekly for about twelve weeks, no lessons on public holidays.

Total cost is $50, which includes the first year’s subscription.

For details ring Kay Robb: 308 6838 or 027 682 2091

WEEKEND SERVICES

Please respect any COVID-19 restrictions or requirements

MEDICAL SERVICES

HELPLINE SERVICES COMMUNITY SERVICES

services please phone Methven Medical Centre on 302 8105 or Rakaia Medical Centre on 303 5002 DUTY DOCTORS for details on how to access the For all other medical assistance outside after-hours service each weekend. of normal hours please phone your Pharmacies general practice team, 24/7, to speak with a health professional who will give Wises Pharmacy, Countdown you free health advice on what to do or Complex, East Street, will be open from 9am - 1pm Saturday, from 10am where to go if you need urgent care.

1pm Sunday.

If you don’t have a regular general practice, call any GP team 24/7 for free Ashburton Rest Homes telephone health advice.

Please contact directly for hours.

Please bring your Community Services Card. All non-New Zealanders should Emergency dentist bring their passport with them, New If you do not have or cannot contact Zealanders should bring some form your regular dentist, please phone 027 of ID. 683 0679 for the name of the rostered weekend dentist in Christchurch. Hours Methven & Rakaia areas 9am - 5pm, Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays.

For weekend and emergency

Healthline is a free health advice service.

IN EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY PHONE 111.

It operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

The toll-free number to call is 0800 611 116.

Healthline is staffed by registered nurses who are trained to assess health problems and offer advice over the phone. The service is free and confidential.

Alcoholics Anonymous Call 0800 AA WORKS (0800 229 6757) or visit www.aa.org.nz for more information.

Mental Health - Call free on 0800 222 955. Ask for the Crisis Team.

Safe Care - 24hr Rape and Sexual Assault

Crisis Support. Phone 03 364 8791

Victims Support Group

24hr - Freephone 0800 VICTIM (0800 842 846).

Direct dials to a volunteer.

Ashburton Office - 307 8409 week-days, 9am - 2pm, outside of these hours leave a message.

Alcohol Drug Help Line Call us free on (0800 787 797).

Lines open 10am - 10pm seven days.

Art Gallery

327 West Street, Ashburton, phone 308 1133.

Open daily: 10am – 4pm.

Ashburton Museum

327 West Street, Ashburton, phone 307 7890.

Open daily: 10am – 4pm.

Ashburton Public Library

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

Sunday: 1pm - 4pm.

EA Networks Centre - Pools

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

WEEKEND EMERGENCIES Please call your usual vet to be transferred to the emergency vet.

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SITUATIONS VACANT

SITUATIONS VACANT

SEEDS Family Wellbeing Service Coordinator Due to the retirement of our current staff member we are now looking to employ a coordinator to oversee this service.

S.E.E.D.S places volunteer support workers with parents of newborns/ pre-schoolers in homes to support parents with practical parenting and household skills with the goal of building selfconfidence and self-reliance.

We are looking for a non-judgemental, empathetic person with the ability to support vulnerable families in obtaining their goals. This is a well-established service with a good pool of trained volunteers and good referral base.

• Do you have experience in service coordination, client planning • and assessment?

• Are you passionate about improving wellbeing and social • outcomes for families?

• Are you a skilled communicator with excellent relationship • management?

• Do you have excellent organisational and time management • skills?

• Do you have a commitment to strength based processes?

• Do you have experience in volunteer recruitment, support and • retention?

• Do you have knowledge of and a commitment to delivering • culturally appropriate services?

If you can answer yes to these questions we would love to hear from you.

This position is for 25 hours per week and is based in Ashburton Applications close Friday January 21st 2022 For an application pack please go to the careers section of our website: www.safermidcanterbury.org.nz We offer a collegial, family friendly and flexible work environment.

SITUATIONS VACANT

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Driver Urgently Needed We are a Local Owned Transport business serving Mid Canterbury for over 20 years.

If you would like to be a driver for us you will be responsible for operating a range of vehicles and equipment to ensure a safe and timely collection service. You’ll also be required to keep accurate records and paperwork and undertake vehicle safety checks.

To be successful in this role you will need: • A valid clean NZ Class 1,2,3 and 4 licence with relevant driving experience • Relevant transport industry knowledge and experience • You will need to be physically fit and have the ability to work both autonomously and as part of a team • Valid vaccine pass.

Hours by negotiation.

All applications to be sent to garybin@xtra.co.nz

WANTED a kind and caring person to look after my 93 year old partner in our own country home, it could be a live in position. Wages commensurate with your abilities and you need to be fit.

Apply to Marie 03 3026120

We Help Save Lives We help save lives every day through the research and development of improved diagnosis, better prediction and treatment of heart disease in our hospital and community.

Find out how you can help by visiting: www.otago.ac.nz/chchheart

A University of Otago Centre of Research Excellence

Happy Birthday

For just $10!* Book your birthday greeting, including a photo, for just $10!

Ten words only.* (Under 12 children’s birthday greetings remain FREE) *Terms and conditions apply.

Phone 03 307 7900 Email: classifieds@theguardian.co.nz Level 3, Somerset House, 161 Burnett Street

GARDENER Lochlea Lifestyle Resort has an opportunity for a person who can fill this fulltime position in our unique resort.

The successful applicant will be able to communicate well, have the ability to work unsupervised and hold a clean, current, driver’s licence.

Court Registry Officer We are looking for a confident individual to come join our Ashburton District Court on a permanent basis. You will need to be confident and aware in your communication style while working closely with the Court, Chambers and general administration of the court.

For a detailed job description and to apply, please search MOJ/1592800 on our careers website.

Duties will include lawn mowing. Formation of new gardens and general lawn and garden maintenance.

The successful applicant will be subject to a police check.

Applications for this position close at 4pm on Monday, January 24, 2022

Applications closes Wednesday, 12 January 2022.

apply.justice.govt.nz

Daily Diary

Please direct all enquiries and CVs to The Manager: tony@lochlearesort.co.nz or phone 03 3079080

2022

NOTE: Some of daily events may not be running due to the Christmas/New Year period and/or Covid SATURDAY, JANUARY 8

7.30am RUN AND WALK ASHBURTON. Meet outside frontrunner, Moore Street, runners and walkers, all fitness levels welcome. Coffee and chat at Columbus Cafe afterwards.

9am - 12pm CRAFT MARKET. Plants, woodwork, toys and much more weekly. West Street carpark.

9am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FARMERS MARKET. Support local stall holders selling local fresh produce, plants, hot food and drinks. North end of West Street car park Ashburton.

9am-3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. Static displays with collections of up to 30 aircraft and memorabilia. Ashburton Airport. Seafield Road.

10am-12pm ASHBURTON VINTAGE CAR CLUB. Museum and parts shed open. 86 Maronan Road. Tinwald.

10am-4pm NZ ALPINE AND AGRICULTURE ENCOUNTER AND THE ART GALLERY. Open for viewing. Mt Hutt Memorial Hall. 160 Main Street Methven.

10am - 4pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Association croquet. Singles and doubles, the domain, Philip Street.

10.30am - 3.30pm ASHBURTON EMBROIDERERS’GUILD. Meet on the 1st Saturday of the month at the Seniors Centre, 206 Cameron Street.

1.15pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Golf Croquet, drawn Pairs. The domain, Philip Street.

SUNDAY, JANUARY 9

10am HAKATERE PRESBYTERIAN PARISH Combined Morning Worship at 127 Thomson Street led by Rev. Johanna Warren.

Note - My Vaccine Pass mandatory please.

10am ST ANDREW’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion. Thomson Street. Tinwald.

10am-4pm NZ ALPINE AND AGRICULTURE ENCOUNTER AND THE ART GALLERY. Open for viewing. Mt Hutt Memorial Hall.160 Main Street, Methven.

1pm-3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. Static displays, collection of aircraft and memorabilia on display. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

1.15pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Golf Croquet. Casual games. The domain, Philip Street.

MONDAY, JANUARY 10

ASHBURTON COMMUNITY WALKING GROUP. Walking for about 30-40 minutes on Mondays and Fridays. Meet Walnut Avenue Pavilion.

1pm-3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSUEM. Static displays, collection of aircraft and memorabilia on display. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

6pm ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Circuit training in the hall, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

7pm-9.30pm R AND R LINEDANCING ASHBURTON. Upper Improvers/intermediate weekly line dance classes.

Balmoral Hall, 240 Cameron Street.

8am ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion. Park Street.

9am - 1pm METHVEN LOCAL CRAFT AND PRODUCE MARKET. Held the first Sunday of each month. Methven Resort.

Main Street. Methven.

9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH Worship Service led by Rev Henry Mbambo at 48 Allens Road, Ashburton.

10am ST ANDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Combined Service with Hakatere and Methodist at Thomson Street. Vaccine Passes are mandatory.

10am ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH Holy Communion at Park Street.

6am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Circuit training in the hall. 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

10am AGE CONCERN ASHBURTON, 206 CLUB. Programme for the elderly runs Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Enquiries to 308 6817.

10am-4pm NZ ALPINE AND AGRICULTURE ENCOUNTER AND THE ART GALLERY. Open for viewing. Mt Hutt Memorial Hall, 160 Main Street Methven.

10.30am

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DEATHS McBAIN Mark George – On January 6, 2022, peacefully at home, Ashburton, surrounded by his family, aged 81 years.

Dearly loved husband of Lesley for 53 years. Much loved father and father-inlaw of Alastair and Jicinta, Blair and Bronwyn, Campbell and Rachelle, and Lisa and Robin Kingsbury. Treasured Grandad of Zoe, Riley, and Hunter; Daniel, and Erin; Mark, and Cliff; Callum, Juliet, and Fleur. Messages to the McBain family, PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740. In lieu of flowers donations to Palliative Care, Ashburton would be appreciated and may be left at the service. A celebration of Mark’s life will be held at St Stephen's Anglican Church, Park Street, Ashburton on Wednesday, January 12, commencing at 1pm, followed by interment at the Seafield Lawn Cemetery, Seafield Road, Ashburton.

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Ashburton Weather

Saturday: Fine. Northeast breezes.

Midnight Saturday

Canterbury Plains

Sunday: Fine. Northeast breezes.

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MAX

24 MIN 13

Saturday: Fine. Northeast breezes.

Monday: Fine. Northeast breezes.

A large area of high pressure covers New Zealand this weekend. The high dominates most of the country through Tuesday. However a trough of low pressure does pass over the lower South Island on Sunday and Monday, followed by a cold front moving up the lower South Island on Tuesday.

SUN PROTECTION ALERT Whatever your skin colour

Data provided by NIWA

9 : 10 – 6 : 05 am

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Around The Region Saturday

Christchurch Darfield Lake Coleridge Methven Rakaia Timaru

21 22 24 24 21 22

12 15 13 15 14 13

Monday: Fine. Northeast breezes.

MAX

Canterbury High Country

26 MIN 15

Saturday Mountain weather hazards: None issued.

Areas of morning cloud clearing and becoming fine.

Wind at 1000m: Light W, rising to 35 km/h in the afternoon and to 60 km/h in the evening.

Wind at 2000m: Light W, rising to 35 km/h in the afternoon and to 60 km/h in the evening.

Freezing level: Above 3000m.

Sunday: Fine. Northeast breezes.

PROTECTION REQUIRED

CHISNALL, Kevin Stuart – At home in Ashburton, aged 68 years. Loved son of the late Steven and Margaret Chisnall. Loved brother and brother-in-law of Jill and the late Allan and uncle of Anna, Kate, Matt, Connor, and Erin.

Messages to; The Chisnall Family, c/- PO Box 6035, Ashburton, 7742.

A gathering to celebrate Kevin’s life will be held graveside, at Hinds Cemetery, Isleworth Road, on WEDNESDAY, January 12, 2022 commencing at 1.30pm. Due to nonvaccinated COVID restrictions, masks must be worn and social distancing observed.

Sunday Sunday

28 27 24 25 25 26

16 15 12 14 16 14

Monday

25 24 25 23 20 21

15 15 13 15 15 14

Mountain weather hazard: Wind.

Fine with some high cloud.

Wind at 1000m: NW gale 65 km/h.

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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

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Methven 17.4 8.0 – – – – – – –

Tides, Sun and Moon Saturday

Sunday

Christchurch Timaru Airport Airport 18.4 18.3 10.4 9.9 9.5 – 0.0 0.0 1.2 0.0 S 33 E 26 3:10pm 2:11pm 0.0 – 59.9 – Tide data sourced from MetOcean Solutions

Monday

Ashburton H 8:49am 9:18pm 9:46am 10:17pm 10:45am 11:17pm Mouth L 2:37am 3:11pm 3:32am 4:05pm 4:27am 4:58pm Rakaia Mouth Rangitata Mouth

H L H L

8:55am 2:43am 8:45am 2:34am

Wind at 2000m: NW gale 75 km/h.

Freezing level: Above 3000m.

Ashburton Airport 17.4 9.8 9.9 0.4 5.2 SE 22 2:57pm 0.0 46.1

24 MIN 14

9:24pm 3:17pm 9:14pm 3:07pm

9:52am 3:38am 9:43am 3:29am

10:23pm 4:10pm 10:13pm 4:01pm

10:50am 11:22pm 4:33am 5:03pm 10:41am 11:14pm 4:24am 4:54pm

5:59am 9:20pm 6:00am 9:20pm 6:01am 9:20pm 11:54am 12:30am 1:02pm 12:52am 2:07pm 1:12am

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FinalWhistle The Guardian’s sports wrap

Ashburton Guardian Saturday, January 8, 2022

calling time on a week of sport

2021 in pictures P15

Sporting moments Guardian sports buffs Steve Devereux, Jonathan Leask and Matt Markham decide on their three best sporting moments of 2021. PAGE 16

Country racing

P18

ABC of sport

P17