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A piece of Ashburton history received a bulldozectomy this week. For 120 years, Tuarangi Home’s front tower had withstood time, the elements and changes in caring for the elderly but, in half an READ MORE P2 hour, it became a pile of rubble.

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The demolition of Tuarangi Home’s front tower and back chimney this week is another step towards the redevelopment of the site as a likely housing project.

Greg Donaldson Contractor’s three-dayold digger took about half an hour to remove the tower and leave the frontage in a pile of bricks.

The former Tuarangi Home and land has been purchased by the Murney family, and trustees, Willie Murney and Jayne

McLaren, want the site cleared by early next month.

“Once we’re left with a green space we can then make decisions about the future development of the site,” they say.

The family has engaged consultants to recommend its future use.

Murney and McLaren both agree it won’t be industrial and they’re focusing on residential development. One option is a retirement village, another is a subdivision similar to Braebrook alongside, while a third is to sell the land as lifestyle blocks.

“We have an open mind, and are waiting for our Christchurch consultants to come back with a report in the next few weeks,” they said.

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some form of residential development for Ashburton. We hope to make a decision by the middle of this year.”

A further option is to landbank the site in the short term, and they’ll be influenced by the effect of the pandemic, supply issues and economic indicators.

In the next three weeks the former backpackers, matron’s quarters and old wards will be demolished.

The trustees intend to preserve some of the 120-year-old brick work, crush the bulk of it to form the foundations for residential development and dump what’s left over.

While Tuarangi Home has mixed memories for many people, Murney and McLaren said it was an important part of Ash-

burton’s history, and there should be some symbolic landmark left to remind people of the role it played in the town’s life.

“After all, the Queen and Duke made a quick detour through Tuarangi when they visited in the 1980s,” they said. “We’re looking at ways we can retain some of the building’s original façade and material.”

In the meantime, demolition head, Dave Bennett, has handed out doors, fittings and timber to the Men’s Shed, given an old out-building to a farmer who lost his in last year’s May floods and donated two pianos to local causes.

“This week has been a milestone as we progress the removal of the old buildings to make way for something beneficial for Mid Canterbury people.”

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Enchanted forest facing the axe?

Methven community up in arms Jonathan Leask It appears not everyone has been taken in by the magic of Methven’s Enchanted Forest.

Sonia and Athol McAlpine started the enchanted forest in a section of the Methven Walkway in August last year, but following a complaint were prepared to tear it all down.

However, an overwhelming response from the community has tempered their response.

What started as a few fairy doors has blossomed into quite the popular walking spot for young and old, however, the complaints have set in motion discussion about responsibility and control of the walkway.

“Our intent was to make it a bit of harmless fun for people walking up there,” Sonia said.

“It’s a row of trees that have been there as long as I can remember, a boring old walkway covering a ditch.

“It’s not like the doors are impeding the track.

“It’s a storm in a fairy tea cup.”

The Ashburton District Council received two complaints earlier this month concerning the decorations that have formed the Enchanted Forest trail, in particular questioning whether people can decorate a public space without permission and concerns about plastic in the natural environment.

Council group manager community services, Steve Fabish, said that, as with all customer enquiries, the council have a responsibility to follow up and it was brought to the Methven Community Board at a workshop on Monday.

“Methven Community Board and council staff are supportive of the Enchanted Forest trail, but we see a need for a better management structure to be put in place for walkways to ensure these types of community initiatives are safe, placed in suitable locations, and all parties involved are aware of their responsibilities,” Fabish said.

“As of yet, the council has not removed or asked for any En-

Left and above – Methven’s Enchanted Forest will be looked at by the Ashburton District Council.

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a storm in “ It’s a fairy tea cup

chanted Forest items to be removed.”

Initially discouraged by the complaints, the McAlpines considered taking it down until the issue blew up on local social media in which they were overwhelmed by the community support.

As it has grown, Sonia said “it has got a bit out of our control” so setting some guidelines and parameters was now necessary.

“It’s a good thing we are having the discussion.”

Sonia, whose resignation as deputy chair of the Methven Community Board was made official this week as she intends to not run in the upcoming elections again after serving three terms, reiterated that no-one has asked them to dismantle anything, and are taking a wait-and-see approach to the council’s process.

“We will work through the process, but in the meantime we both feel we can’t let the children down. They have done nothing wrong so our fairy doors and displays will remain until further notice.”

Fabish said staff are now working with the Methven Community Board and other parties, including the McAlpines, to find a constructive way forward.

Deputy Mayor Liz McMillan has been collating community feedback, and will present it formally to the Methven Community Board when the matter is next considered.

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Fighting for their Ukraine family from NZ Daniel Alvey They simply want to bring them home for a family dinner.

That’s the cherished wish of Steve Reuben, from Ashburton, and his wife Natalya, as family members flee for their lives in war-torn Ukraine.

Natalya’s brother’s family, a wife and two children, including a baby boy, had been determined to stay in their home city of Zaporizhzhia in south-eastern Ukraine, and not far from the nuclear plant that Russian forces have been attacking. But they had to leave as bombing increased. They are now travelling by car, trying to keep a few days ahead of Russian troops.

They are in west Ukraine, near the Moldova border, and were relying on safe route information being provided by Steve and Natalya back in Christchurch.

Steve said they were “fighting the war from New Zealand” for his extended family, with Natalya’s route planning messages by phone and online messaging back to Ukraine a key.

They’re also helping two other families travelling as one group.

“Natalya is whizz with all the maps to keep them away from the fighting,” Steve said.

“We get angry about it. I want to get over there and fight.

“We keep each other updated, using the latest news updates, guiding the family around any Russian attacks.”

Steve and Ashburton family members have also raised $2500 to get them to safety. Naturally, it’s been stressful, with Natalya having had many sleepless nights since the invasion began.

“There have been many tears and fears,” she said.

Natalya’s family may be able to make a new home in New Zealand if they are successful in getting one of the 4000 visas offered by the New Zealand Government.

But the visa offer could mean they may not be able to return to Ukraine, which for them was a

Top – Steve and Natalya Reuben monitoring news feeds from Ukraine, so the can send the latest to their family.

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They’ve lived in the Ukraine their whole lives in the house Natalya’s father, Nikolai, built in the early nineties.

“We’ve put it (visa option) to them and it will their decision,” said Natalya, who has been married to Steve for nearly a decade, with the pair dreaming of one day living on the shores of Lake Hood.

“It’s so beautiful,” Natalya said.

But at the moment one thing was on their mind – getting Natalya’s brother’s family to safety.

“We want our family together again, having dinner together,” Natalya said.

FIRE BRIGADE

Ashburton brigade’s top-notch Covid system Lili Haydon Ashburton’s volunteer fire brigade has split their resources to cope with the Omicron surge.

Ashburton’s chief fire officer Alan Burgess said he had separated the brigade’s 55 members into

a day and night team.

“There’s been a robust plan from this whole process,” he said.

According to Burgess, each volunteer had been double vaccinated and had been working in two teams since February as Omicron took hold in Mid Canterbury.

The Ashburton brigade had also harnessed the power of technology by utilising an app to keep up to date with each member’s Covid status. Each volunteer has the availability messaging system

(AMS) app on their phones.

The AMS app was used by emergency service volunteers and members. It notified the brigade when someone was on leave or was sick.

With one team member testing positive and a few others having become close contacts, the system had been a life saver, Burgess said.

“This has added another level,’’ Burgess said.

“They just tick a box and it au-

tomatically notifies us and shows up on the big screens in the office.’’

Luckily for Ashburton’s brigade, there had been a decrease in callouts this year.

“Twenty-one less call-outs from January till the first week of March from last year,” Burgess said.

Mid-South Canterbury fire and emergency manager, Rob Hands, said the Rakaia brigade had followed Ashburton’s team splitting lead suit with their 20 volunteers.

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What to do if you test positive for COVID-19 If you or someone in your home tests positive, here are some important steps to take to manage your isolation period safely.

Step one – record your test results Register your test results at MyCovidRecord.nz or call 0800 222 478. Within 24 hours, you should receive instructions by text with further information and support.

Step two – isolate You will need to isolate for 7 days from when you test positive or from the day your symptoms started. Positive cases should try to isolate from the rest of the household if possible, to minimise spread within your home.

The rest of your household will also need to isolate for 7 days and get tested for COVID-19 on day 3 and day 7 – or if they get symptoms. If a household contact tests positive, that person needs to re-start 7 days of self-isolation. You can end your self-isolation after 7 days – if you are still sick, stay home until you are well.

Household contacts can order free Rapid Antigen Tests (RATs) from requestrats.covid19.health.nz.

You will be given the address of the closest collection site, and receive a text message with a unique code, which you confirm when you pick up your RATs. You can also get a supervised RAT at some general practitioners.

Your household food and supplies must be delivered contactlessly. Friends, whānau or neighbours may be able to drop them off for you. You can also organise delivery online through supermarkets or businesses.

If you test positive and need to know more, visit Covid19.govt.nz/positive

If symptoms get worse For most people, COVID-19 will cause mild to moderate symptoms that can be managed at home. If your symptoms get worse, phone your healthcare provider or call Healthline on 0800 358 5453.

If you or the person you are caring for develops difficulty breathing, severe chest pain, fainting or becomes unconscious, call 111 immediately.

Tell them you have COVID-19.

Extra support Most people can manage self-isolation with support from whānau and friends, but there is help available if you need it.

Go to workandincome.govt.nz or call the COVID Welfare Line on 0800 512 337.

If you can’t work from home while you’re self-isolating, your employer may be able to apply for the Leave Support Scheme to help pay your wages or salary.

It’s normal to feel anxious or stressed in times of difficulty.

If you start to feel overwhelmed, you can speak to a counsellor for free at any time when you call or text 1737.

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Thinking of buying a property? Best start with a LIM If you are looking to buy a property, it’s strongly recommended that you get a Land Information Memorandum.

Left: Council files hold a lot of important information about properties and sections for sale.

important information such as if the property is in a flood zone or registered as a potentially contaminated site.

Known as a LIM for short, it is a report that contains all relevant information the Council knows about a property or section.

It can include historical as well as current information and can be requested for any property, whether it be commercial, rural or residential, with buildings or without.

It will also tell you whether or not the water and wastewater connections have been paid for and what the cost is.

Many people think that because they are buying a “serviced” section the connections have been paid for, however that is not usually the case. The Council charges for these connections when the building consent is issued.

LIMs typically include the following information:

» Special land features or

characteristics such as erosion, subsidence, slippage, flooding and possible contamination

These charges are called Development Contributions and are levied in accordance with Council policy. It includes a contribution for community infrastructure, such as the library, museum and art gallery.

» Information the Council holds on stormwater and sewerage drains

» Rates (including any rates that may be owing)

» Any consents, notices, orders or

The amount payable for a new dwelling ranges from around $4,900 to $9,400 depending upon location. In Rakaia for example, the Development Contributions total $4,999 whereas in Methven the total is $7,377.

requisitions affecting the land or buildings. This includes details of building consents and resource consents

» District Plan zoning and any

special provisions that relate to the land or buildings

» Resource consents granted for nearby properties

Councils are required by law to produce LIMs upon request within 10 working days.

It is a good idea to run with 15 working days when you make an offer for a property so that your solicitor has time to evaluate the LIM and make any follow up inquiries.

A residential LIM costs $265 and a

commercial LIM is $531.

A LIM is not the same as a property file request, which has become more common with buyers recently. These only provide partial information and may be out of date.

If you are buying a house or building, it is a good idea to get a property inspection.

These are carried out by independent specialists, some of whom have

professional accreditation from the NZ Institute of Building Surveyors.

They will compare any building work with Council records and advise you of anything that may be unauthorised or incomplete.

They will also tell you about repairs that may be required so that you can take these into account when making your final offer.

Some people think a LIM is unnecessary for an empty section, but it will provide

Strategy and Compliance Group Manager Jane Donaldson said people should get all information available before purchasing a property.

“It is advisable to speak to a solicitor before making an offer. In the current market people have been trying to make their offer more attractive by bypassing standard checks and we’re seeing more examples of problems emerging where LIMs or property inspections haven’t been part of the purchase process.”

Liz McMillan, Deputy Mayor

LSV helps young people change their lives Over the past five weeks I’ve been the patron of a Limited Service Volunteer (LSV) course run in conjunction with the New Zealand Defence Force and MSD at the Burnham military camp.

It’s been illuminating and rewarding to watch 51 young people change their habits and most likely their lives by learning new skills that will help them become valued members of the workforce.

While there were no Ashburton youth on this course, a couple of the trainees are interested in coming to our district to work – which is another positive spinoff of being a patron.

They began the course as nervous young people, hidden behind their masks, but graduated with pride after an official march out. Along the way they learned to work as a team and 1

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encourage each other.

I joined the course for three field exercises, including “the longest day” which started with a wake-up call at 4.30am and a 10km walk, and the confidence course, ending in a tug of war between the two platoons.

Two nights camping with them at Mt White also provided a good opportunity for me to get to know the trainees better – and share some home-made chocolate brownies, which went down a treat.

This course has provided some great connections for all involved and employers who see LSV on a candidate’s CV should know it is no walk in the park.

A less rewarding experience for me recently as a Western ward representative on Council, has been the ongoing battle to see the open

road speed reduced on State Highway 77 from the edge of our growing town to out past the new hot pools and racecourse.

At the moment this request to lower the speed limit on that busy stretch of road must be ranked on a national list of road safety priorities and while it is important in our neck of the woods, it does not rate highly with Waka Kotahi, the Government transport agency.

However, there is legislation coming that will give local authorities like Council a chance to get this sort of work on a regional priority action list. It’s just a slow process.

This is not the only stretch of road in the district where it would be good to see a speed reduction – Rakaia has been looking to have State Highway 1 traffic reduced from 70km/h for some years now.

To make sure Methven’s request for a speed reduction does not fall off Waka Kotahi’s radar, the people of Methven are keeping their on-line petition live.

More than 500 people have already signed it and these are people who live in and around Methven and know how busy this stretch of highway has become – there are more people using the walkway that runs off the highway, visiting the new hot pools and driving from their homes in new subdivisions in the area.

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Two more roading projects ticked off Two more road reconstruction sites were sealed last week, 1.8km on Christys Road and 0.5km on Valetta Westerfield Road.

Contractors have been working on a number of roading projects around the district and the rehabilitation of Christys Road and Valetta Westerfield Road is costing around $500,000, which is a quarter of Council’s annual rehabilitation budget.

The total budget allows approximately 8 km of rehabilitation to be completed for the year.

Both road sections had potholes and pavement failures on up to 30 per cent of the total seal area. The reconstruction will result in only minor routine maintenance and reseals over the next 20 years.

It is acknowledged there are other sections of the network also in need of heavy maintenance and rehabilitation and these will be attended to when funding allows,

Ashburton District Councillors considered on Wednesday if candidates’ names would feature in random or alphabetical order on the ballot paper for seats at the Council and Methven Community Board tables.

Historically they have chosen names to be in random order, like other local councils.

Work ahead of the voting period will concentrate on encouraging people to put their name forward as potential councillors and ensuring those eligible to vote in the local body elections are registered.

Candidate nominations open on July 15 and Council is planning a candidate information evening on 19 July.

Nominations close on 12 August, candidate lists confirmed and then voting documents will be delivered in the week starting 16 September. People will be able to vote from 16 September until noon on

Council's rubbish and recycling contractors are continuing their collections as normal at present.

No collections are affected by Omicron at this time, with the contractors having adequate staff and drivers to maintain all collections and ensure that all recyclable materials continue to be taken to the sorting centre in Timaru.

The Ashburton and Rakaia Resource Recovery Parks continue to be fully staffed.

PUBLIC NOTICES but made as safe as possible by patching to try to hold them until then.

over the summer and early autumn months.

Infrastructure Services Group Manager Neil McCann said the work on Christys Road and Valetta Westerfield Road had been carried out over the past couple of months, the traditional time for roading repairs with the warmer, drier weather

“The aim was to deal with problem areas and make the roads safer. These roads should only require surfacing in the coming years, now that this work has been completed.”

Local Body Elections around the corner Preparations for this year’s Local Body Elections have begun, though voters won’t see their voting documents in the mail until midSeptember.

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8 October, with preliminary results to be declared later that day.

Chief Executive Hamish Riach said a preelection report would be released in June.

“This provides up-to-date information to help the community discuss the opportunities and issues facing Council and the district. It lays out the critical information for new candidates on how the Council stands financially and the key projects we have for the future.”

Mr Riach said that while the impacts of Covid-19 would continue to be felt in the next term of Council, it was important the district balanced recovery and growth against the needs of residents and ratepayers.

“Local authorities are constantly planning and adapting in a rapidly-changing world, as the past two years have shown.

"Amongst a large number of Government reviews across many aspects of Council’s operations, there are really significant reforms of Three Waters, the Resource Management system and local government itself, so over the next few years Council has a lot to think about and contribute to on top of our own large work programme.”

PROPOSED ROAD CLOSURE

Ashburton District Council gives public notice of a proposal to temporarily close roads to ordinary vehicle traffic to enable the holding of a community event – Ashburton Car Club Winslow Willowby Road Standing Quarter Mile Sprint Roads proposed to be closed: WINSLOW WILLOWBY ROAD, from the Longbeach Road intersection to approximately 500m from the intersection with State Highway 1 Period of Closure: From 9am until 5pm on SATURDAY, 23 April 2022 Detours will be available on adjacent roads and these will be signposted.

This proposed closure is made under the Local Government Act 1974 - Schedule 10 (11 (e)) and will be considered at the Council meeting on 06 April 2022.

Any person objecting to the proposal should lodge notice of their objection and the grounds for their objection in writing by post or email to the Council, 5 Baring Square West, Ashburton by 4PM on FRIDAY, 25 March 2022.

NEIL McCANN Group Manager Infrastructure Services

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“We also have to think about delivering our services and regulatory functions in a way that promotes the social, economic, environmental and cultural wellbeing of our communities.

Asphalt surfacing at the Walnut Avenue traffic lights work site will disrupt traffic through the area this weekend, and next week, Waka Kotahi is advising.

The intersection of Walnut Avenue and East Street will be closed during the day from 7am to 7pm on Sunday 20 March.

If weather conditions are poor the work may move to Monday 21 March.

EANC hit by Omicron staffing shortages Ashburton District Council is encouraging users of the EA Networks Centre to check the facility’s website or Facebook page before visiting, as staff shortages caused by Omicron continue to impact operating hours.

Council Chief Executive Hamish Riach said operating hours were being affected because staff across the sports centre were having to isolate, as required by Covid-19 management protocols.

“We have many staff putting in extra hours to try and minimise disruption for our customers, but some things we can’t control and shortened hours are likely to

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be common for as long as the outbreak lasts. We’re sorry if you've turned up for a casual early morning swim and found the pool not yet open, we are doing our best and the safety of customers and our staff has to be our top priority.”

Mr Riach said customers signed up to the EANC database have been emailed about the possibility of fluctuating hours, but acknowledges not everyone might receive the alert.

“As these changes can happen on short notice, checking the website or Facebook page before you visit is the best way to get the latest information and avoid disappointment.”

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The Council’s other public facilities, including the Ashburton Art Gallery and Museum, and the Ashburton Public Library, had so far been coping well with staff isolation requirements, however Mr Riach warned that they could also be affected in the future.

“Public facilities and pools around the country are all experiencing similar staffing shortages because of Omicron.

Please be patient with our staff during this time and check online before visiting.”

Updates on hours for all Council facilities can be found at: https://www. ashburtondc.govt.nz/communityfacilities/covid-19-opening-hours

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Then from Monday 21 March for about five days, an asphalt top coat on West Street will be laid. The work will take place between 7am and 7pm, and two-way traffic will be maintained on West Street, however traffic lanes will shift location as needed. This work will result in Walnut Avenue West, Queens Drive, and the rail crossing being closed day and night while the work is done.

Detours and a 30km/h speed limit will be in place.

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Three more Afghan families welcomed Malcolm Hopwood Fifteen former Afghan refugees have started a new life in Ashburton in the past few weeks.

Since the new year, three Afghan families have relocated to Ashburton after years in refugee camps or one room apartments in the poorest areas of Iran or Malaysia.

The latest family arrived here on February 24. They bring the local Afghan community to 26.

Team leader for Refugee Settlement Support Services, Kathy Harrington-Watt, said some families left Afghanistan many years ago after persecution or threats to their lives and their children have only known refugee camps.

“They’ve lived in one room, doing low-paid jobs with no legal rights to exist,” she said.

Ashburton, for the families, has been a new start in life and they are beginning to establish them-

selves in the community.

“Their priorities have been learning to navigate banking, shopping, living in a Kiwi home, schooling, medical needs and adjusting to a new environment,” Harrington-Watt said.

“Their biggest challenge has been the language and cultural differences.”

As refugees overseas, a family member has enrolled to study English or has learned to speak a level of English which has assisted them in Ashburton.

Several fathers have carried out seasonal work but need to improve their language skills before they can enter the fulltime workforce.

Another challenge is learning the New Zealand way of life.

“They focused on a day-to-day existence back in Iran or Malaysia and never had the luxury of long term planning,” she said.

“They sometimes get frustrated at the speed things are done in Ashburton.

“They now have choices and can control their lives. The original families have found Ashbur-

A highlight for Ashburton’s former refugee families is a monthly picnic at the domain.

ton to be a good place to grow up in and the support from the community has been great,” Harrington-Watt said.

She points to furniture, bedding, kitchen utensils and bicycles gifted to families and funding that’s enabled them to enjoy

outings and learn to swim.

All of them are Shia or Sunni Muslims and see each other as one big family.

A major step forward is now establishing themselves as a family group, she said. As an example of coming together, the

families walked from Ashburton mosque to the library last Friday with massacre survivor, Temel Atacocugu.

This weekend is the Persian new year which is celebrated in Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan and the community will gather with volunteers and support staff to enjoy traditional food, dress up and socialise.

“It’s one of the biggest celebrations of our culture,” Ashburton cultural navigator, Navid Bashir said.

The next challenge is the arrival of a family of seven from the Mangere Refugee Settlement Centre in the next fortnight. It’s a single mother and six adult children.

However, their arrival is conditional on finding two homes in central Ashburton, close to other families and fitting out the properties.

Harrington-Watt is impressed with support she’s previously received and is hoping the community will again rally around and help to give the family a new life in Mid Canterbury.

Burglars about – bee on the lookout Lili Haydon It’s robbing season in Mid Canterbury, and the thieves are out in force.

After a slow start for Canterbury beekeepers this summer after a wet season, they now need to be on the lookout for a new threat to their hives ... robbing.

Robbing is when bees try to rob the honey from another hive.

Bee advice Since winter is upon us, bees are looking elsewhere for their sugar fix, Webb said.

Bees can smell nectar up to 2km away and forage 5km away from their hive, he said, and this time of year there will be more bees and wasps hanging around rubbish bins which have contained sugary substances, same goes if you are cooking with sugar or honey.

To prevent wasps and bees becoming a nuisance, rinse all containers that have contained sugary substances before discarding them and ensure that rubbish bins have there lid closed. If you are making jams and other sugary preserves, keep windows and doors closed.

It’s another blow for beekeepers, and with New Zealand’s apiculture industry being a $5 billion industry, this is a concern for many.

According to Biosecurity NZ, last year there were more beekeepers registered than in New Zealand’s history.

This increase was due to smaller operations and hobbyists registering.

And with a boom in amateur beekeepers in Mid Canterbury, robbing is a nightmare for them, local beekeeper Darren Webb said.

Warren and his wife Mandi Webb have over 20 years’ beekeeping experience between them and run Honey Bee Rescue, Live Bee Swarm Relocations in Mid Canterbury.

According to Webb, bee yards (a location where beehives of honey bees are kept) emit the aroma of honey which attracts wasps and foreign bees known as forager bees that fly into other beehives.

If any of these non-resident bees successfully get into the beehives and escape with a sample of honey, they will return to their own hives, and share the samples with their sisters and recruit an ‘army’ of other robbers to come back to the hive.

This means that hives will be completely wiped out of honey and resident bees will die from fighting to defending their hives from the forager bees.

“So many beekeepers don’t know to deal with it,” Webb said.

According to Webb there are two ways to deal with robber bees and wasps – reduce the opening of the hive, or you can purchase a beehive guard system which Webb has developed which traps and kills the invad- Robber bees massed on the back of the beehives, because it is undefended trying to get in through any nooks or crannies big enough for them to make entry.

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TESTYOURSELF Test yourself with the Guardian’s quiz 1 Which writer’s heart was rumoured to have been eaten by a cat? a. Thomas Hardy b. Jane Austen c. John Keats 2 The Lambert Centre memorial marks the middle of what? a. Ireland b. Spain c. Australia 3 Who was the first English monarch to reign for more than 50 years? a. Queen Anne b. Queen Victoria c. Henry III 4 When was the first St Patrick’s Day festival held in Ireland? a. 1837 b. 2006 c. 1996 5 In Japan, fugu is what hazardous delicacy? a. Piranha b. Snake c. Pufferfish 6 What is the UK’s mostvisited museum? a. Tate Modern b. British Museum c. Natural History Museum 7 What is the largest US city founded in the 20th century? a. Seattle b. Los Angeles c. Las Vegas 8 How did St Patrick originally visit Ireland? a. He was born there b. He travelled there as a missionary c. He was kidnapped

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Take a little time, check in on a mate Matt Markham

T

ough times, these are. Really tough times.

It’s easy to get caught in the bubble of your everyday life and ignore the things going on around you.

If you bury your head in the sand, things will be good – that is, until they’re not.

Pressures on life through Covid, further compacted by the current cost of living in this country we call home and all the little sub-sections of worry that hang in everyone’s day-to-day life is causing concern.

And so, it’s important we look out for each other.

Lend an ear where it’s needed, offer a hand of support if it’s re-

It’s tough to see people who quired and just be there for those associate how they are. spend their days, weeks, months Mid Canterbury has a repuwho are around us. and year out on the land or out tation as a caring community, In short and in the most Kiwi and about the town confined where people look out for each way possible, it’s time to lean on to their own four walls – and if other. a gate and talk to a mate. it looks tough from the outside, We do it well, and history will Craig Wiggins’ initiative, then imagine what it must be show so many occasions where which was spawned as a tool to like on the inside. try and help the But it doesn’t struggling rural take much to community, has So, it should be every Mid Cantabrian’s change the rhetreached the faroric. off depths of New message over the coming week ... to It doesn’t take Zealand. reach out to someone and just check in. much to alter the And while its course. initial intention Just by signalwas rural, the ling the intention mentality behind of support to someone could be we have banded together to help it can apply to all walks of life. the key to turning things around. each other in times of need.

There’s no need for a rural and So, it should be every Mid With all that’s going on at the urban divide on this subject. moment around the country and Cantabrian’s message over the We can all learn a lot from the coming week ... to reach out to globally, and as more and more message Craig is out there sharsomeone and just check in.

Mid Cantabrians fall into the ing with the world.

It takes little to no effort – a depths of home isolation thanks It doesn’t take much.

Just five minutes, perhaps even to Covid, mental health and well- quick phone call, or visit, even a message via text or social media being should be at the forefront less, to stop and ask a friend, should do the trick. agenda for all discussions. family member, colleague or

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And it works the other way too.

We know there are people out in our community that are feeling consumed by the struggles that life is throwing in our direction at the moment.

But the lean-on-a-gate-andtalk-to-a-mate initiative isn’t just a one-way street.

If it’s all getting to you, whether it’s Covid, prices at the petrol pump, the general cost of living, or being stuck in isolation with little to no contact with the outside world, then reach out to someone.

It’s not a weak move to ask for a little help.

And people like Craig Wiggins are doing their best to show us that to be true.

So, step out of the comfort zone a little. Lean on a gate and talk to a mate.

You never know what difference it might make to your, or someone else’s, life.

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JP available for all signing services on Tuesdays and Fridays at 12pmMt Hutt Memorial Hall 2pm. No appointment necessary.

160 Main Street, Methven No fee. Community House, 44 Cass NZ Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, Street.

Art Gallery and Hall of Memories.

Ashburton MSA Petanque Club 10am Competition and social play, all Ashburton Aviation Musuem welcome from 1pm at 115 Racecourse Road.

Static displays, collection of aircraft and memorabilia on display from R.S.A. Indoor Bowls 1-3pm. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Weekly social indoor bowls from Road.

1.15pm at the RSA Linton Lounge on Cox Street.

Pickleball Ashburton Weekdays Come and have a go at EA Networks Mid Canterbury Connector Centre from 5-7pm. Paddles are Mid Canterbury Connector provides provided. low-cost return trips to Ashburton MSA Indoor Bowls from smaller towns or rural areas in At the MSA 7.00 start. New members an on-demand service, Mondays to Fridays, any time between 9am and welcome 4.30pm. Book via the direct phone Mid Canterbury Badminton line for bookings, which is 03 928 Club 8164.

Badminton Club night from 7-9pm.

Ashburton Aviation Museum All abilities welcome at EA Networks centre.

Static displays, collection of aircraft and memorabilia on display daily from 1-3pm . Ashburton Airport, Wednesday Seafield Road.

St David’s Union Church Women’s Circuit training in the hall at Monday 6am at 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

St David’s Union Church Ashburton Menz Shed Women’s circuit training in the hall Call in and have a chat and a cuppa at 6am and 6pm at 48 Allens Road, from 9am-2pm at 8 William Street.

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Age Concern Ashburton Age Concern Ashburton Steady as you Go Gentle Falls Programme for the elderly runs Prevention Exercises. All levels Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at of ability are welcome. $2 per 1hr 10am. Enquiries to 308 6817. session. Contact 308-6817.

Ashburton Community Held at Allenton St David’s Church, Walking Group Allens Rd at 9.30am.

Walking for about 30-40 minutes Held at Ashburton Buffalo Lodge on Mondays and Fridays at 10.30am. Rooms, Cox St at 10.30am.

Meet Walnut Avenue Pavilion.

Held at Ashburton Buffalo Lodge Mid Canterbury Linedancers Rooms, Cox St at 1.30pm.

Beginner class 1pm-2pm, Held at Staveley Community Hall at intermediate 2pm-4.30pm at the 2pm.

Tinwald Memorial Hall. Instructor Pickleball Ashburton Annette Fyfe.

Check out this fast growing racket sport. Come and have fun every Wednesday from 9.30am - 11.30am Tuesday at EA Network Centre.

Ashburton Menz Shed St Stephen’s Anglican Church Call in and have a chat and a cuppa Holy Communion at 10am on Park from 9am-2pm at 8 William Street.

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St David’s Union Church Hip Hop for Seniors Walking group meets outside the 10am-11am at the Ashburton Senior church at 9.30am, 48 Allens Road, Centre, 206 Cameron Street, Allenton.

Ashburton. $5. Phone 308-6817 Waireka Croquet Club Waireka Croquet Club Golf Croquet, draw singles from 9.45am Ashburton Domain off Philip Association Croquet 10am 12am, doubles from 1-4pm at the Street.

Ashburton Domain off Philip Street.

Age Concern Ashburton Gold Croquet 1.15pm draw.

Steady as you Go Gentle Falls Ashburton open coffee Prevention Exercises. All levels mornings of ability are welcome. $2 per 1hr If you are new to town or been living session. here all of your life, come and have Held at Methven All Saints Anglican a coffee and chat at a child-friendly Church Chapman St at 10:30am location. All are welcome at the Held at Rakaia St Andrews Plunket rooms, 222 Cameron Street.

Presbyterian Church Bridge St at Please contact Adi 027 220-8791 1pm. or Sue-ann 021 679-348 to register.

Held at Hampstead Hakatere Church 10.30am - 12 noon Rooms, Oxford St at 1.30pm.

MSA Tai Chi MSA Tai Chi Class is at 10.30am. Cost $3 per session at the MSA on Havelock Classes at 10.30am. Cost $3 per Street. session at the MSA on Havelock Street.

Ashburton Woodworkers Justice of the Peace Come and learn about woodturning

and other woodworking projects.

Clubrooms at Plains Museum site 1pm - 4pm.

Device Drop-In Sessions Free Device Help Sessions at the Ashburton Public Library every Wednesday between 2pm and 4pm.

Art Addicts Art Addicts (AA) is the Ashburton Art Gallery’s weekly art space for kids. Wrap up your Wednesday school day and head to the gallery to get creative and explore themes in art. A great space for children to learn and interact with each other.

Children of all ages are welcome.

Donations appreciated. 3 - 4.30pm Mid Canterbury Linedancers Beginner class 6.30pm-7.30pm, intermediate 7.30pm-9pm at the Tinwald Memorial Hall. Instructor Annette Fyfe

Seniors Coffee Club at 10.30am St Stephen’s Parish Centre Park street Ashburton Justice of the Peace JP available for all signing services from 12-2pm. No appointment necessary. No fee. Community House.

44 Cass Street.

Age Concern social group Seniors social group with speaker, entertainment, quiz, exercises and morning tea at 10am in the Seniors Centre on Cameron Street.

Pickleball Ashburton Come and have a go at EA Networks CentreCentre from 6-8pm. Paddles are provided.

Holy Communion at 10am on Thomson Street.

Hakatere Presbyterian Parish Morning Worship at 10am, 65 Oxford Street led by Rev. Johanna Warren.

All welcome. Vaccine Pass mandatory please.

Pickleball Ashburton Come and have a go at EA Networks Centre from 3-5pm. Paddles are provided.

Waireka Croquet Club Casual play from 1.15pm at the Ashburton Domain off Philip Street.

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Blacksmiths Come and view the new display at the Methven Museum on blacksmiths who were operating in and around Methven. Open Tuesday and Friday 2-4. Admission is free but donations are welcome.

St Stephen’s Anglican Church Evensong at 5pm Park Street.

Ashburton Farmers’ Market Support local stall holders selling local fresh produce, plants, hot food and drinks. North end of West Street car park Ashburton from 9am Thursday 12.30pm.

Ashburton Menz Shed Craft market Call in and have a chat and a cuppa Plants, woodwork, toys and much from 9am-2pm at 8 William Street. more weekly from 9am - 12pm in the Age Concern Ashburton West Street carpark.

Ladies exercise class at 9.30am at Ashburton Vintage Car Club the Ashburton Seniors Centre at 206 Museum and parts shed open from Cameron Street.

10am-12pm at 86 Maronan Road.

Park Street Line Dancers Tinwald.

Low impact, during the school term. Ashburton Aviation Museum 9.30am - 11am at St Stephen’s Parish A great selection of many aircraft, Centre. from the past to the future at the Mid Canterbury Badminton Ashburton Airport from 10am - 3pm.

Club Run And Walk Ashburton Weekly morning games, free racket 3km Run or walk. Estimate your hire, all welcome from 9.30am-11am finish time, no watches to be worn at the E A Networks Sports Centre. during event. Register 1:15pm at Fit Kidz Argyle Park, Middle Road. Start For preschoolers and caregivers at 1:30pm. Afternoon tea hosted at 1 10am at St David’s Union Church, 48 Reflection Place, please bring a plate.

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A vaccine pass is required for this event.

MSA Tai Chi Ashburton Woodworkers Classes at 10.30am. Cost $3 per session at the MSA on Havelock Come and learn about woodturning Street. and other woodworking projects.

Clubrooms at Plains Museum site Age Concern Ashburton 1pm - 4pm.

Steady as you Go Gentle Falls Waireka Croquet Club Prevention Exercises. All levels of ability are welcome. $2 per 1hr Golf Croquet 1.15pm draw at the session. Contact 308-6817.

Ashburton Domain off Philip Street.

Held at Tinwald Holy Spirit Church, Run And Walk Ashburton Thomson Street at 11am.

Open day, meet outside Robert Held at Ashburton St Stephen’s Harris Cap Park at 1.30am, runners Church Park Street at 1pm. and walkers, all fitness levels welcome. Coffee and chat at the cafe Held at Ashburton Buffalo Lodge afterwards.

Rooms Cox at 1pm.

Ashburton St Stephen’s Church Sunday Ashburton Buffalo Lodge Rooms Cox St Stephen’s Anglican Church at 1pm.

Holy Communion at 8am and 10am Ashburton MSA Petanque Club on Park Street.

Social play for beginners and Ashburton Strollers Club experienced players from 1.30pm at Dry Achern, All welcome. Meeting at 115 Racecourse Road. Ashburton. courthouse 8:30am.

St David’s Union Church Friday Worship Service led by Rev Henry St David’s Union Church Mbambo from 9.30am at 48 Allens Road, Ashburton.

Women’s Circuit training in the hall at 6am, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church Ashburton Community Walking Group Morning Worship led by Rev Eric Mattrock from 10am at Sinclair Walking for about 30-40 minutes on Mondays and Fridays at 10.30am. Centre Park Street. Vaccine passes mandatory.

Meet Walnut Avenue Pavilion.

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Ashburton Toy Library Open every Thursday and Saturday from 9.30am - 12.30pm, , plus every alternate Tuesday afternoon 3.30pm5pmat 106 Victoria Street.

Second Fri of every month

In Colour, art and craft club In Colour is the Ashburton Art Gallery’s monthly programme for unleashing your creativity. Bring along your art and craft projects to share with others over morning tea once a month. 10.30am - 12 noon.

Second and fourth Friday of every month St Stephen’s Anglican Church Seniors Coffee Club 10.30am on Park Street.

Last Sun of every month

Nor’Westers Muso’s Club A monthly open mic afternoon at Feeney’s Lounge in the Devon Tavern, Ashburton. All the gear is set up, just bring your talent – all are welcome, as is any style of music.

2pm - 6pm.

First Sunday of every month

Methven Market A local produce and craft market at the Methven Resort on the first Sunday of each month from 9am to 1pm.

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Ashburton Embroiderers’ Guild Meet Seniors Centre 206 Cameron Street held on the first Saturday of the month 10.30am - 3.30pm, second Thursday of the month 1pm 3.30pm, third Tuesday of the month 7pm - 9pm, and the fourth Thursday of the month 10.30am - 3.30pm.

All events are subject to change under Covid restrictions September 19

Kevin ‘Bloody’ Wilson Kevin ‘Bloody’ Wilson returns to NZ, bringing Kiwi’s another side-spitting dose of his original fair-dinkum Aussie humour supported by Jenny Talia from Australia. His latest stage

show, F.U.P.C, spotlights Political Correctness for what it is and how Kev sees it – a big giggle crafted in song – guaranteed to have you bellylaughing at subject matter you’re not supposed to be laughing at. At the Ashburton Trust Event Centre at 7.30pm.

October 22-23

Militaria and Aviation Extravaganza The Ashburton Aviation Museum is joining forces with the Military Adventure Group to put on an extravaganza over a two-day period. The display will see one of the largest presentations

of military uniforms, weapons, and equipment ever assembled at one display. This will be situated in the Superhanger provided for use by the museum. 9am-4.30pm both days.

Tickets: Family pass $35, Adult: $15, Child $5, MotorHome Parking: $5. Postponed from February 2022

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nother year and another Super Rugby season has been rendered almost farcical, lacking in credibility and integrity and as a result the competition that was once the envy of the world may be about to read its last rites.

This time it’s no-one’s fault.

The competition is a casualty of Covid – another victim of the Omicron wave.

Already Moana Pasifika have seen whatever slim chance they ever had of being genuinely competitive taken from them by enforced postponements, which means they are now having to ram fixtures into midweek slots in an attempt to play catch-up.

If their scheduled game this Friday against the Highlanders is forced to be rescheduled – a distinct possibility given their opponents are dealing with a vi-

rus outbreak – then they will face such insurmountable odds as to legitimately declare their maiden campaign effectively over.

Moana, if they are not already, will be playing out the remainder of this season purely for the experience should they be left without a game this week.

They have been the victims of bad luck more than any other team, with Covid seemingly targeting them and whoever they are due to play.

There are factors at play which are largely beyond the control of the coaching teams and players yet will have a dramatic bearing on how this competition plays out.

If this were a one-off for Super Rugby – a lone year of random intervention that damages the credibility and integrity of the tournament, it

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could be easily weathered.

The pandemic, after all, has been one giant exercise in sucking up cruel and unforeseen circumstances and promising to bounce back.

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The means by which the inequality has been created and the integrity attacked are different, but the outcome is much the same as it has been for the better part of the last seven years, which is that fans have zero faith that the competition is set up to give all participants the same chance of winning.

The question that is now paramount is whether Super Rugby can survive yet more damage to its credibility and integrity.

The damage may now be so severe as to believe that it no longer has a viable financial future: that fan interest has been so compromised as to make it unlikely that the competition can generate sufficient revenue in the short to mid-term as to cover its quite considerable fixed costs.

Sponsorship, broadcast and ticket sales are all driven by audience and some of the historic values Super Rugby has known, may no longer be achievable and hence the competition may now have a significantly lower revenue forecast with all the same fixed costs which require teams to generate about $10 million a season to break even.

Having mucked around with the format so many times since 2016 and enabled teams lower on the table to host play-off games to appease broadcasters, Super Rugby has, in the eyes of Kiwi followers, morphed into an

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The second problem is that some players may carry a sense of injustice that tells them they won’t be fairly rewarded for giving everything they have.

There is nothing anyone can do to address the integrity and credibility issue this year, but if New Zealand wants mentally tougher players and fans to be engaged for the duration, then some kind of campaign will need to be launched to re-sell the competition as one with integrity and credibility.

And even then it is going to be a slow and painful fight to regain the hearts and minds of fans who have all but given up believing Super Rugby is an authentic test of character and resolve.

It took seven years to destroy the credibility of Super Rugby, but in all probability, it could take double that time to restore it.

abstract series of games rather than a cohesive, serious competition. That pervading lack of faith has seen fans become more interested in specific contests rather than the overall competition.

Interest will spike when the Blues play the Crusaders, but there is no sense of the competition-building drama, intensity and storylines as it builds towards a crescendo. It’s a scenario which limits its ability to grow its future income and nor is it apparent how this damaged brand can fix itself.

Fans simply don’t trust that the team which wins was the best in the competition, and for the players and coaching staff, the damage has manifested in two distinct ways.

The first is that a kind of unconscious mental softness has developed: one where New Zealand’s teams know the intensity of games against the Australian sides will be less, and that the accuracy of their performance can

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Mid Canterbury’s horse and dog racing action

Pitman chuffed with latest milestone For someone who was once asked if he found his trainer’s licence at the bottom of a Weet-Bix box, Riccarton trainer Michael Pitman has sure turned his racing dreams into a Kiwi-kid fairytale.

Pitman added the latest in a season of memorable milestones when his stable racked up its 2000th New Zealand winner at Riccarton last week.

Earlier this season, Pitman produced his 1878th New Zealand winner to overtake Dave

O’Sullivan and climb to second on the all-time winning trainers’ list behind Hamilton’s Graeme Rogerson.

Not long afterwards, the partnership of Pitman and his son Matthew claimed its 400th win.

Pitman can’t claim all 2000 wins though, as he was unable to have a licence in both New Zealand and Australia when he had a stint training out of Ballarat in the 1990s, and his wife Diane produced 93 wins for the sta-

ble under her own name at that time.

“In New Zealand I’ve trained 1909 winners so along with Diane’s wins on her own, the stable has now passed 2000 wins,” said Pitman, a cancer survivor who turned his back on a professional golf career to follow a path in racing.

“Proserve gave us that 2000th win at Riccarton last week and it is a pretty special record for us.”

The Pitman stable has real-

ly hit its straps in the past few weeks, with six wins last week alone, and it promises to again be a formidable force at Ashburton today and at Trentham on Saturday, where Okay Pal and Sharpie will race.

At the Ashburton meeting today, the Pitmans will produce Copy That Race, Easyrider, Lennon, He’s Ready, St Andre, Meara Mary and Da Vinci Girl as they look to extend their winning streak.

“The maidens we’ve got in haven’t had a lot of luck but He’s Ready went a good race but he’s drawn well in a race where there’s a bit of pace and Lennon’s going well for that race too,” Pitman said.

“We’ve got Tina Comignaghi on three of our maidens too, and she’s riding very well as everyone can see, so with Kavish (Chowdhoory, stable apprentice) suspended, it’s a big help having her on.”

M6 Ashburton gallops Today at Ashburton Raceway

T R Moseley (1) 56.5 R1 Nzb Insurance Pearl Series Mdn $12,000 1600m R3 Morrison’s Saddlery Feed Mdn $12,000 1200m 13:37 8 58539 Deny 9 400 Midnight Jane F W Lazet (7) (A3) 56.5 1 Matscot T R Moseley (7) 58.5 12:26

6 75419 Kudos De Sothys S Muniandy (13) 58.5 C R Barnes (1) 58 7 42524 Vicenza 10 5x Lit’l Rock C A Campbell (5) 56.5 8 30x09 Mr Fahrenheit S Toolooa (6) (A3) 58 B B Hong (11) 58.5 1 72342 Sweet Lilly Rohan Mudhoo (3) 57.5 2 6590 Van Halen 56 11 0x959 Swiss ‘N’ Giggles 9 54003 Oceans Away D Montes De Oca (3) (A1) 57 89 Raghallaigh L Callaway (10) 58.5 A Comignaghi (11) 57.5 3 2 x9x45 So Amused 12 0 Love Fifteen C W Johnson (9) 56 10 65470 Red Rufus L J Allpress (8) 57 Rohan Mudhoo (4) 58 4 2278x Mr Rafiki 3 745x0 Valyrian B B Hong (7) 57.5 13 Walk Of Shame B B Hong (8) 56 11 67437 Vulture Street Ms K Williams (10) 56.5 5 89256 Copy That A Comignaghi (12) 58 C L Carmine (10) 57.5 4 0x400 Chamonix C W Johnson (12) 55.5 C K Kwo (1) 58 6 7 Litigator 5 000x0 Inheritance L Callaway (5) 57.5 R5 Hygain, Stayers Challenge Mdn $12,000 2200m 14:46 12 7x090 Holy Loch 13 70780 Youneverknow Rohan Mudhoo (2) 54 7 0 Mokopeka C L Carmine (9) 58 Ms K Williams (4) 57.5 6 577 Prima Donna 1 5x550 Ideal Warrior C W Johnson (4) 58.5 8 52430 Santiago Miss J J Fawcett (6) 56.5 7 06x68 Rulzthenight T R Moseley (6) 57.5 2 87x74 While You’re There L J Allpress (8) 58.5 R7 Agraforum Comcat (Bm65) $12,000 1200m 15:56 9 00x20 Bluegrass Dixie C A Campbell (8) 56.5 3 25689 Listenlikethieves J J Fawcett (6) 58.5 B M Murray (2) 57.5 8 x86x0 Waihora Mist 1 0585x He’s The Man C R Barnes (10) 59 B M Murray (5) 56.5 10 7x804 Aunt Cindy 9 9x39 Satellite C R Barnes (9) 57 2 31537 Lennon D I Montes De Oca (5) (A1) 59 T Jonker (1) 58 4 x88x0 Vector 11 8x505 Darci’s Flight C R Barnes (3) 56.5 L J Allpress (1) 57 10 0x88 Aerial Blue 3 24002 O’jessica T R Moseley (7) 58 5 52240 No Rigmarole F W Lazet (7) (A3) 56.5 J D Laking (2) 56.5 12 7x Tiratore 11 8x5 Kotiro Tere J D Laking (8) 57 57 4 4x809 Are There Ms K Williams (3) 56.5 6 85075 Vistock 13 00x90 Fah Sai (13) 56 K Mudhoo A Comignaghi (2) 57 7 54569 Royal Khan D Montes De Oca (9) (A1) 56.5 5 30593 He’s Ready R2 Gary McCormick Transport Hcp $15,000 1200m J J Fawcett (6) 56.5 6 530x8 Sentient K Mudhoo (5) 56.5 R4 Sims Bakery, Cakes Special Maiden $12,000 8 0x875 Heads Up 13:02 C W Johnson (1) 55.5 9 40678 Chavela A Comignaghi (2) 56.5 7 31786 Zacat 1 44807 Khimar War L J Allpress (1) 60 1200m 14:12 S Toolooa (4) (A3) 55.5 8 0540x Dioradelle 2 000x4 Johnny Jones A Comignaghi (8) 59.5 1 x3440 Easyrider A Comignaghi (4) 58.5 R6 Betty Wadley Mem. (Bm65&Jmps) $12,000 2200m 9 9408x Justabelle L Callaway (9) 55.5 3 2x258 King Cougar F W Lazet (4) (A3) 58.5 2 0x374 The Cats Pyjamas J J Fawcett (10) 58.5 15:21 10 42978 Radiant Rosie F W Lazet (3) (A3) 54.5 57 4 21811 Zouluminous 3 400x0 Mr Hass C L Carmine (6) 58.5 1 010x0 Hillersden C L Carmine (5) 59 5 9465 Dreaming Easy 54 K Mudhoo (3) 58 4 0087x Fah Lun R8 Ecolab (Bm74) $12,000 1400m 16:31 J D Laking (9) 59 2 69881 Red Sunday 54 6 298x7 Ihu Ms K Williams (6) 5 70 Galibier L Callaway (12) 58 1 077x0 Five Princes G A Jogoo (3) 59 3 97822 Yeah Right T R Moseley (7) 59 7 62163 Melody Roxx S Toolooa (5) (A3) 54 Ms K Williams (11) 56.5 4 19081 Second Thought K Mudhoo (4) 58.5 6 22022 Dubai Lady L J Allpress (7) 58.5 2 49x58 Larpower T R Moseley (7) 54 8 21335 Vino Bella 7 258x6 Movie Star J D Laking (2) 56.5 C A Campbell (2) 58.5 5 7315 Stop Making Sense A Comignaghi (11) 58.5 3 090x3 Splendior

M8

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

5155x 22068 31899 5x070 78065 5402 484x0 9x174 470x1 81378

Ms K Williams (1) 58 Athene Glorious Ocean C R Barnes (6) 57.5 Saigon Hot Night J J Fawcett (9) 57.5 T Jonker (11) 57.5 St Andre Meara Mary T R Moseley (4) 57 J D Laking (5) 56.5 Itsonlymoney Feelin’ Fancy K Mudhoo (13) 56 Rohan Mudhoo (10) 56 Gelato Avaquinella A Comignaghi (12) 55.5 Da Vinci Girl Montes De Oca (8) (A1) 55.5

R9 Agraforum, Growing Bm65 $12,000 1600m 17:12

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

6x064 45247 96590 23306 3100x 2007 2780x x0680 089x5 4600x x7460

Sacred Giant L J Allpress (1) 59 Madam Sequoia T Jonker (3) 57 El Bee Jack C L Carmine (4) 57 Namibia Miss Ms K Williams (2) 56.5 Thistle 56.5 B M Murray (12) 56.5 Vardon Road Jiminy Cricket J J Fawcett (6) 55.5 Fame Shines D Montes De Oca (11) (A1) 55 Prendido L Callaway (8) 55 Rohan Mudhoo (10) 54 Repulse Sure Is A Comignaghi (9) 54

12 x0756 Road To Reign T R Moseley (5) 54

NZ Metro harness Tomorrow at Addington Raceway

R1 IRT. YOUR HORSE. OUR PASSION. MOBILE PACE $12,000 1980m 17:27 1 4x Van Shard R T May 2 Miki Party 3 32 Rodasi 4 Smoke On The Water G Smith G O’Reilly 5 322 Bettor Be Sharp 6 4 Major Gnp A Lethaby 7 63 Ann Sophie J R Dunn 8 0807 Buddy Reign 9 6 Take A Bow R Close 10 7 Watch That Man 11 Major Icon R2 ALLIED SECURITY TROT $12,500 2600m 17:56 1 15235 Vertigo L McCormick P Wakelin 2 49744 Ready I Am 3 65942 Navara J Ford 4 603 Murano 5 22247 Harbour Queen G O’Reilly 6 60899 Sally Lindenny B N Orange 7 5302 Ali Lindenny

M9

R1 The Fitz Sports Bar Sprint $2400 295m Type:C3 15:47 1 81878 Homebush Roxy J T Mc Inerney 2 32164 King Kali M M Grant 3 31168 Goldstar Tookie R L Evans 4 66153 Homebush Jethro J T Mc Inerney 5 11163 Nighthawk Jink Matt Roberts 6 33382 Amuri Early J T Mc Inerney 7 34772 Young Romeo R P Breen 8 13444 Souffle Sue J T Mc Inerney 9 75688 Starr Blueblood J T Mc Inerney 10 28623 Onesie L J Waretini R2 Happy Birthday Janice Cleeve Sprint NZD $2,700 295m Type:C3/4 16:05 1 66761 Impressive Sonic J T Mc Inerney 2 32121 Nighthawk Swift Matt Roberts 3 32462 Smash Ready M M Grant 4 56x88 Homebush Monkey J T Mc Inerney 5 x2413 Young Mase J M Jopson 6 66768 Ghost Mode A L Hart 7 72344 Barbara’s Angel J T Mc Inerney 8 42215 Goldstar Ange R L Evans 9 75688 Starr Blueblood J T Mc Inerney 10 28623 Onesie L J Waretini R3 mayhounds.org.nz Rehoming Group Sprint $2400 295m Type:C3 16:22 1 43815 Elsa Blueblood J T Mc Inerney 2 52311 Culvie Bun A L Hart

J R Dunn 8 92254 Martha Stuart S J Ottley 9 201x0 Hot To Trot C J DeFilippi 10 x0200 T Bone Rawhide R3 DUNSTAN HORSEFEEDS MOBILE PACE $12,500 1980m 18:27 1 x8502 Judgement Bay L O’Reilly 2 44642 Givemewhatineed P Davis 3 89333 Le Pole Dancer G Thornley 4 25734 Sneak A Peek K Butt B N Orange 5 35445 Cab Calloway 6 37165 Always B My Honey T Chmiel 7 28991 Reggie Golightly C J DeFilippi 8 23715 Glorys Delight J Morrison 9 83518 Get Back 10 45224 Lochart Shard J Cox 11 40000 The Optimist K Cameron R4 FAULKS INVESTMENTS MOBILE PACE $12,500 1980m 18:54 1 73474 Loyalist B Hope T M Williams 2 737x0 Peraki Reactor

2 31241 Allamericanlover T M Williams 3 94754 Bettor Twist J Cox R T May 4 2311 One Change B Hope 5 7x45x A G’s White Socks J R Dunn 6 23263 Classie Brigade R7 HORNBY LIQUOR HANDICAP TROT $15,000 2600m 20:13 1 37426 Baxter B Hope J Geddes 2 23068 Sods Law K Cameron 3 10763 Prince Teka C D Thornley 4 20714 Red Harbour R Holmes 5 15792 Light Of Da Moon 6 36631 Test The Boundaries J Ford G Smith 7 7102 Repeat Pat S J Ottley 8 70521 Quik Shot R T May 9 44924 Time Up The Hill B Borcoskie 10 23145 The Bloss 11 14765 Idle Stuartia R6 NZB STANDARDBRED FREE-FOR-ALL MOBILE 12 616x9 Fighting Fire T Williams PACE $20,000 1980m 19:46 13 1788x I Dream Of Jeannie 1 1180x Sugar Me S O’Reilly 14 48321 Cochy Malc R Holmes 3 14020 Acento B Weaver 4 74720 Off The Edge 5 70093 Scotlynn Beach Boy J Morrison R T May 6 34356 Luella C D Thornley 7 95124 Franco Norton B Orange 8 1 Wotsonyamind J Curtin 9 54384 Bettor Grunter M Edmonds 10 38763 Teds Legacy R5 WOODLANDS STUD FREE-FOR-ALL TROT $20,000 2600m 19:19 1 11x34 Five Wise Men T Williams B Hope 2 15x11 Muscle Mountain 3 37x54 Heavyweight Hero C J DeFilippi 4 1222x Mataderos R T May 5 x6221 Midnight Dash B N Orange 6 48321 Cochy Malc J R Dunn 7 31112 Sundees Son

R8 STORER MOTORS MOBILE $17,500 1980m 20:42 1 1138x Ifyousayso G O’Reilly R Close 2 54356 Cheezel B Orange 3 902x3 Peraki Seelster B Hope 4 96031 Jack Ryan C J DeFilippi 5 50635 Heza Sport J Morrison 6 41627 Chal Patch J Cox 7 24054 Samhara D van Til 8 52412 Got You Covered S Thornley 9 90101 Lifes A Beach R9 FIRST DIRECT TAXIS MOBILE PACE $15,000 1980m 21:09 1 72113 Snow Robyn T Chmiel T M Williams 2 30121 Matt Major R Cameron 3 54024 Manjimup Z Power 4 947x6 Serg Blanco S J Ottley 5 20989 Artatac K Cameron 6 91137 Whiskey Cavalier J R Dunn 7 41742 Manhattan R T May 8 66660 Boom J Hay 9 4x950 Adieu Flirt

Christchurch dogs Today at Addington Raceway 3 88811 Homebush George J T Mc Inerney 4 44837 Homebush Sparkle J T Mc Inerney 5 56546 Goldstar Wynter R L Evans 6 14233 Denarau Delight M M Grant 7 41045 Sozin’s Queen J T Mc Inerney 8 50755 Rose Thorn R P Breen 9 75688 Starr Blueblood J T Mc Inerney 10 28623 Onesie L J Waretini R4 Suck It Up Ltd Stakes $4000 520m Type:C3 16:46 1 52352 Diamond Warrior M M Grant 2 76633 Palesa Bale C Roberts 3 16246 Frank J T Mc Inerney 4 42211 Not So Simple G A Cleeve 5 26428 Chatty Mavis J & D Fahey 6 33711 Opawa Nut R Wales 7 11417 Carlos Jewel C Roberts 8 41383 Opawa Pip L J Waretini 9 43288 Willene Bale C Roberts 10 5x374 Tomfoolery L J Waretini R5 Thursday Place Pick Dash $3600 295m Type:C5 17:05 1 12137 Monty Mad Hammer A G Bradshaw 2 15833 Smooth Step M M Grant 3 13461 Thrilling Millie C J Weir 4 21217 Tweet About It A L Hart 5 42542 Miss Adobe Matt Roberts 6 33324 Amuri Fury J T Mc Inerney 7 11116 Goldstar Portia R L Evans

8 13135 Homebush Glitch J T Mc Inerney 9 41x88 Little Kid J M Jopson 10 55728 Rapid Raccoon C J Weir R6 Kolorful Kanvas Dash NZD $2400 295m Type:C3 17:31 1 27211 Homebush Peach J T Mc Inerney 2 41084 Free For All M M Grant 3 72674 Thunder Hallows A G Bradshaw 4 42586 Ovens Angler A L Hart 5 x8531 Homebush Caesar J T Mc Inerney 6 x2532 Amuri Batman J T Mc Inerney 7 52344 Scardiny R P Breen 8 22525 Smash Shadow M M Grant 9 75688 Starr Blueblood J T Mc Inerney 10 28623 Onesie L J Waretini R7 Active Electrical Christchurch Dash NZD $3600 295m Type:C5 17:55 1 74177 Nova Rapide A G Bradshaw 2 16821 Victoria Lu A L Hart 3 32346 Amuri Andy J T Mc Inerney 4 88261 Mitcham Magic J T Mc Inerney 5 21127 Nevada Phil J & D Fahey 6 12236 Romeo J T Mc Inerney 7 21248 Goldstar Larson R L Evans 8 64431 Barber Cubed J M Jopson 9 16618 La Rochelle J E Dunn 10 55728 Rapid Raccoon C J Weir R8 Camside Stud Distance $5500 645m Type:C1/2d

18:21 1 78853 Diamond Crusade M M Grant 2 47448 Call The Tune M M Grant 4 41614 Hairpin Trigger J & D Fahey 5 35385 Smash Devil M M Grant 7 26435 Know Account G A Cleeve 8 43776 Diamond Rosette M M Grant R9 O’Shea’s Public House Sprint NZD $3,600 295m Type:C5 18:47 1 18751 Opawa Oscar R Wales 2 83172 Amuri Luck J T Mc Inerney 3 21121 Homebush Sirius J T Mc Inerney 4 14215 Goldstar Shaggy R L Evans 5 64315 Jocelyn J M Jopson 6 66167 Claws In Cobra Matt Roberts 7 15771 Mustang Megan A L Hart 8 12611 Goldstar Nolan R L Evans 9 46681 Diamond Harmony M M Grant 10 55728 Rapid Raccoon C J Weir R10 Selwyn-Rakaia Vet Services Stakes $5500 520m Type:C4/5 19:10 1 24662 Dalisha Bale C Roberts 2 33133 Dembe J & D Fahey 3 23467 Fairly Able J & D Fahey 4 37112 Opawa Wayne J & D Fahey 5 42553 Goldstar Yankee R L Evans 6 11418 Opawa Star J & D Fahey 7 42365 Best Ball A L Hart

8 73225 Bahati Bale C Roberts 9 13762 Money Spinner C Roberts 10 56167 Opawa Anita J & D Fahey R11 Balcairn Stockfoods & CopRice Dog Food Dash NZD $2,700 295m Type:C3/4 19:37 1 54413 Gary A L Hart 2 66122 Goldstar Harper R L Evans 3 33355 Reddy Moth A L Hart 4 15416 Homebush Honey J T Mc Inerney 5 15557 Notorious Heist A G Bradshaw 6 77185 Homebush Liam J T Mc Inerney 7 13523 Coffee Biscuit J M Jopson 8 16661 Lady Sobers J T Mc Inerney Emergencies: 9 75688 Starr Blueblood J T Mc Inerney 10 28623 Onesie L J Waretini R12 Racing Again 18 March @ 12.05pm Sprint NZD $2,700 295m Type:C3/4 20:03 1 33812 Amuri Patti J T Mc Inerney 2 48113 Goldstar Gigi R L Evans 3 278x2 Next Off A L Hart 4 36561 Suck It Up A L Hart 5 85813 Mable Jewel C Roberts 6 16724 Adobe Derulo Matt Roberts 7 71457 Homebush Archie J T Mc Inerney 8 24273 Goldstar Flora R L Evans 9 75688 Starr Blueblood J T Mc Inerney 10 28623 Onesie L J Waretini

CLUB NEWS 15

Ashburton Guardian Thursday, March 17, 2022

Age Concern Ashburton

Age Concern continues to operate their usual services where it is prudent to do so complying with the ever-changing criteria of the current situation.

Our 206 Club programme is suspended at present, but clients are being supported by Julie Luxton, Director of Day Services, with phone calls, social media contact and delivery of goody bags.

A number of volunteers have also been involved in these connections.

A Staying Safe Driving Course is to be held at the Seniors Centre on 8th April 10.00am-2.00pm.

Age Concern’s facilitator from Christchurch will take the session in conjunction with a local traffic officer.

At this stage the Course is fully booked but we are happy to take a waiting list.

All enquiries, including Total Mobility assessment, please phone 3086817 or call into our office at 206 Cameron Street.

Ashburton Bowling Club

Our In-house Harry Lee Drawn Teams, sponsored by Pearsons Coachlines, was played on Thursday on a glorious late summer’s afternoon.

The results were as follows: 1st John Kewish, Allison Gibbs, Roy Keeling with 3 wins, 13 ends, 26 points, 2nd John Smart, Margaret Eder, Gordon Sparks with 2 wins, 11 ends, 19 points, 3rd Doug Kinvig, Laraine Mills, Raymond Suttie with 2 wins, 10 ends, 23 points.

At the Friday triples at MSA, 2nd place went to Ashburton’s team of Murray Anderson, John Kewish, Doug Kinvig with 3 wins and 16 ends.

At the Club’s penultimate Rollover Triples of the season on Saturday, played in hot sunshine, the winners were Roy Keeling and Anne Gibson with 2 wins, 9 ends, and in 2nd place were Graham Taylor and Raymond Suttie with 1 win, 2 draws, 11 ends.

At the Champion of Champions Pairs played at Hinds on Saturday, our Champion pairs team of Brentton Donaldson and John Kewish were beaten in the Final. The congratulations of the Club go to them for carrying the flag right through. Well done to both!

The 2-4-2 open pairs, sponsored by JA GD Trudgeon & Truscott Hamilton, was scheduled to be played yesterday (16th). Details will be forthcoming in next week’s report.

Our final Saturday Rollover Triples will be played on the 19th at 1.15 pm. Another reminder that our In House Glassey 3 bowl Mixed Pairs, sponsored by Subway, has been re-scheduled for Monday, March 21, at 12.30 pm – names on the board please – whites and a plate.

It’s that time of year when we all wonder where the time has gone, so enveloped by circumstances out of our control as we have been, but Members are asked to return all trophies to the care of John Smart as soon as possible.

Our End of Season Day is on Sunday, 27th March, starting with the Bird Cup at 1.15 pm. (Names on the board, etc. please.)

After said Bird Cup and when its formalities have been completed, there will be time for socialising before the Year End Trophy Presentations to all our 2021/2022 winners are made.

This, of course, will be followed by Dinner.

For the remainder of the season, good bowling everyone, but please stay safe!

Ashburton Golf Club

Another great Saturday at the Brandon.

The sun was shining on the righteous and the course was in beautiful condition.

We played round 2 of the 3 round combined stableford Brandon Cup, and top score of the day was 40 points by some burgling Pom, just pipping Anthony White on countback. Terry K got himself 39 points with Hayden Mac and Ross Chatts following closely on 38.

After 2 rounds Terry sits on the top with 75 points, Kevin Smith is one shot adrift on 74 with Paddy on 72.

The third round is not for a couple of weeks, time for inflated handicaps to sort themselves out.

The course is closed for maintenance this week, so please jog along and join our neighbours for a mid-week game.

We re-open on Saturday and play an Irish stableford for the Don Houghton trophy, in honour of one of our club leg-

Jeff Hewitt lines up a tricky shot. ends. Please come down, raise a glass and have a fun day.

The side story on Saturday was the Young Pups and Old Dogs game.

Pauly and Old Spud led they way for the old fellas, putting Tommy and Dylan to bed. Bruce and Arkright were talked out of it by Jordy and Young spud. Leaving the result up to Paddy against Jimmy and Tim against Mitch. Well I am not a wordsmith, but I think “smashed” sums it up. The old fellas were not in a giving mood and sent the pups back to the kennel without any tea. Captain Dylan’s first game in charge might well be his last.

Two great stories from Saturday regarding second shots.

One of the Stoddart boys, not sure which, they all look the same to me, gorgeous hunks each one. Drove his tee shot 4 metres right of the green on the par four 11th, great drive. He had Tim worried for a second or so. Then after his second he commenced to play his third shot from 3 metres right of the 11th

green. Aw bless!

Top effort though goes to gun golfer Jeff Hewitt who flew his drive into the green side bunker on 18. Then a slightly thinned bunker shot flew over the flag pole (not the one on the green) took one bounce and went through the open door into the club house.

Scared the bejeezus out of poor old Sonia serving behind the bar, worst still, was when Jeff attempted to play his third out of her handbag!

Till next time, good golfing.

Ashburton MSA Petanque Club

It was great to get a fine Sunday to hold our Club Mixed Drawn Doubles last weekend.

This year we had ten teams take part which is double the usual number. Two new players took part in their first competition, finishing 5th and 6th.

Neville Bensdorp and Mavis Thompson were first, Karen Bensdorp and Henry Marriott second, and third were Richard Browne and Shona Husband.

The “Top of the Hill” (80 and over) Doubles competition is now being held this coming Thursday afternoon, alongside our usual social afternoon.

Next week seven of our players are heading south for the National Doubles.

The final details are being set in place for our 10 year Anniversary being held on Sunday March 27. We have had a good number of registrations, and now we only need the weather to play ball.

Remember you are most welcome to join us any Tuesday and/or Thursday to learn the game. Be at 115 Racecourse Road by 1pm, equipment and tuition is provided, and enjoy a cuppa at the end of play.

A Vaccine Pass is required.

Hinds Women’s Institute

Wednesday February 23, 2022 saw in a New Year for the Hinds WI. Eleven members, along with our gest, Federation President Mavis Wilkins, met in the Davison Room of the Hinds Community Centre at 1.30pm (or thereabouts, giv-

The bowlers have been out in force this week.

en that it is good to meet up again after the holiday break). The meeting opened with the singing of the Ode and recitation of the Aspirations; in good voice but somewhat muffled with masking up.

Annette Simister, president, welcomed all present and accepted two apologies and Rona McConnell, our long-time member, is still keen to keep in contact with us – and us with her.

Minutes of the November meeting and an account of the Christmas luncheon were read by Valmai. Ruth’s financial statement indicated that we are holding our own for now. Meals on Wheels under the new Covid criteria was also discussed.

Jenny Sinclair brought along knitted blankets she has been working on, these are for babies.

Hinds members feel there is still some interest in holding competitions, particularly the Mid Winter Mini Show, it was suggested we could have a Show and Tell on that day.

The Annual Meetin of Mid Canterbury Federation was held the following Friday – a “closed’’ meeting, when four Hinds members were present along with other WI delegations.

Our member Annette was welcomed onto the Mid Canterbury Federation.

We wish her well.

With closing of the General Meeting, the annual meeting of Hinds WI then took place, chaired by Mavis. Annual reports told of a busy and interesting year in spite of Covid. Election of officers: President, Valmai McKenzie; Vice President as required, secretary Lorraine Baughan, treasurer Ruth Sheppard.

Special jobs such as hospital flowers, sales table, hostess convenor, Link Correspondent etc were all allocated.

It is hoped to have a Hinds delegate attend the AGM/Conference in Lower Hutt Event Centre on May 30/31.

A flower spray was presented to Mavis and a gift tray of fruit to Anne, our retiring president.

A big thank you to the ladies who provided a variety of goodies for our afternoon tea, Jo, Valmai and Coyla.

Mid Canterbury Ladies Friendship Club

President Julie opened the March meeting held recently.

After the National Anthem was sung birthdays and anniversaries were celebrated. Almoner Therese gave her report. Life Membership was bestowed on Gwen Clucas, who has been a member of the Club since 2005 and was President in 2008/2009. The Annual General Meeting was held, Errol Kingsbury Area Representative overseeing proceedings.

All the present officers were returned and a new committee member was welcomed.

After morning tea the main speaker was The Cake Lady, Nel Tharina who demonstrated cake decorating and thoroughly entertained members with the beautiful cupcakes that were produced.

The Thought for the Month “Be the person your dog (or cat) would like you to be”.

If you wish to visit our friendly group please phone either Julie 308-4254 or Rae 308-8927, we would love to meet you.

SPORTS RESULTS ■■ Bridge

Ashburton Bridge Club

Monday Evening – Mar 7th Flaxmere & King Trophies: N/S 1st Pauline Scott & Ruth Logan, 2nd Ray Stevenson & David McCormick, 3rd Ann Gilbert & Fiona Williamson.

E/W 1st Joyce Johnson & Mervyn Jones, 2nd Karen Chettleburg & Janine Havis, 3rd Ralph Thompson & George Brown.

Tuesday Evening – March 8, Robinson Trophy: 1st= Sue Rosevear & Sonia Gill and Bill Kolkman & Pat Jordan and Jason Vaninni & Mary Buckland, 2nd Maree Moore & Kate White, 3rd Graham Gilbert & Edna Segers, 4th Mike Holdaway & Jim Rooney, 5th Kay Robb & John Fechney, 6th Alan Wright & Leigh Wackrow.

Wednesday Afternoon March 9, Duplicate: 1st Rewa Kyle & Mary Buckland, 2nd Maree Moore & Edna Segers, 3rd Kay Robb & Rosemary McLaughlin, 4th Joyce Johnson & Shirley Harris.

Thursday Evening – March 10, Mary Mulligan Trophy: 1st Mike Holdaway & John Fechney, 2nd Janine Havis & Paul Leadley, 3rd Rewa Kyle & Trish Small, 4th Mary Buckland & David Sewell, 5th Joyce Johnson & Mervyn Jones, 6th Leigh Wackrow & Audrey Rooney.

Saturday March 12, Anniversary Pairs Tournament: 1st Sue Rosevear & John Fechney, 2nd Liz Fitzgerald & John Kruinger, 3rd Jan Stupples & Megan Eddy, 4th Sonia Gill & Frances Sheehy, 5th Mary Buckland & Rewa Kyle, 6th Anne Simpson & Kathy Hamilton.

■■ Golf

Mayfield Golf Club

Saturday 12 March 2022 - Handicap and putting round: Handicap results – John Sim 69, Duncan Barr 73, Brian Fielder 74, Grant Early 75, Putting results – Andrew Lake 26, Harley Davies, John Sim and Duncan Barr 27. Nearest the pins: No 2: Aon Insurance – Jeff McNeilly, No 11: Hyde Bros Spraying – Grant Early, No 5: Campbell Contracting – Grant Early, No 14: ANZ Bank – Bernie Doyle, No 9 and 18: Ruralco second shot – Ali McLeod, Twos: Grant Early. Kallara Texel Player of the Day: John Sim 8718-69.

Methven Golf Club

9 Hole Golf - 11th March 2022 1st Mary Fahey 2nd Putting: Mike Markillie 5315-38 14 Putts, Hiromi Ikehata 45-7-38- 15 Putts, Bob Brown 59-27-32 17 Putts, Wanda Campbell

44-8-36-17 Putts, PGG Wrightson Best Player Bob Brown. Crombie Lockwood Putting Mike Markillie.

Methven Travel2nd Shot Bryan Petrie.

Tinwald Golf Club

Ladies Golf 15 March – Stroke.

Di Lowe 78, Phylis Smith 80 c/b, Val Prendergast 80, Sue Gutsell 80. 9 Hole – Stroke: Diana Wellman 40.

Nearest the Pin: No 2 (2nd Shot) Murray Young Property Broker; Not Struck, No 6 (2nd Shot) Sims Bakery; Barb Cochrane, No 12 Mac & Maggie; Not Struck, 16 (2nd Shot) Outdoor Adventure; Di Lowe, Memory Funeral Longest Putt; Barb Harris.

SPORTS DRAWS ■■ Golf

Tinwald Golf Club

Tinwald Women’s Golf Draw Sunday 20th March Nancy McCormick foursomes.

Report 9.00 for 9.30 start.

No 1 B. Flannery P. Preece J. Beardsley C. Kinita, No 7 B. Harris B. Cochrane M. Whiting L. McClea, No 10 J. Peacock S. Newman D. Bell V. Prendergast,

No 13 L. Bell M. Kennedy K. Kenton D. King, No 17 M. Moore. J. Bruhns E. Collins E. Wilson.

Tuesday March 22: Captains Salver drawn partners 9 Holes 1st Judy Johns: Report 9.00 for 9.30.

Starters S. Gutsell D. Morgan, Cards V. Prendergast, Kitchen D. Lowe, Roster convenor J. Bruhns.

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Saturday March 19, 2022: Under 13s: SMF 1: 9.30pm. D5: Fairfield Cubs v Regent Cinema Hampstead Braves SMF 2: 9.30pm. D2: Armadillo’s Panthers v Demons Tigers 16s & 15s: SMF: 11.0pm. D5: Fairfield Juniors v Demons Cardinals Ashburton Subway Hampstead All Stars (Direct to Final) Senior Mixed: SMF.1: 1.00pm. D4: Demons Rebels v Fairfield All Stars SMF.2: 3.00pm. 2: Devon Tavern Hampstead Heat v Armadillo’s Panthers 5th & 6th Placing: 1.00pm. D2: Devon Tavern Hampstead Phoenix v Fairfield Ratbags.

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Selections confirmed, Hayley now Birmingham bound Matt Markham It was just a mere formality, but now Ashburton’s Hayley Whiting can officially pack her bags for Birmingham.

Weightlifting New Zealand have officially announced their team for the 2022 Commonwealth Games later this year, and after her recent success at the New Zealand International, Whiting’s name features in the seven-athlete team announced by the sport’s governing body.

Those selected into the team were formally welcomed at a function farewelling the Queen’s Baton, which had been touring New

The weightlifting team * David Liti – Men’s 109+kg * Koale Junior Tasi Taala - Men’s 109kg (conditional upon national eligibility classification) * Cameron McTaggart – Men’s 81kg * Vester Villalon – Men’s 73kg * Hayley Whiting – Women’s 87kg * Megan Signal – Women’s 71kg * Emma McIntyre – Women’s 64kg

Zealand as the symbol of the Commonwealth Games.

Whiting, a 29-year-old former Ashburton College student who is now based in Mt Maunganui, will compete in the women’s 87kg class. She is fancied for a shot at a medal, given her Commonwealth ranking of four heading into the event.

Whiting turned heads at the recent international event when she came over the top of Olympian, Kanah Andrews-Nahu, to set a New Zealand record and win her division, elevating herself at the same time into the qualification spot for Birmingham.

“It’s a pretty tough thing to put into words to be honest, you know – six or seven years ago I would have never said I’d be going to the Commonwealth Games, let alone as a weightlifter – but here we are,” Whiting said last week.

Olympic Weightlifting NZ president, Simon Kent, said there was a real air of excitement about the contingent heading to the games this year.

“We are really happy with the strength of this team and are looking forward to showing what we can do in Birmingham.

“It’s also great to have a team which is really representative of the rich diversity that we have in the weightlifting community.”

So far just the weightlifting squad and the para lawn bowls teams have been announced as part of Team New Zealand for the games, which officially begin on Thursday, July 28 Hayley Whiting has officially been selected to compete at the Commonwealth Games.

PHOTO KATHERINE NEILSON PHOTOGRAPHY and run through until August 8 this year.

Covid got the better of Ashburton College getting on the cricket pitch on the weekend.

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Waireka’s Bill Allnut is presented his silver badge on the weekend.

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Waireka croquet success continues Matt Markham The success just keeps coming for members of the Waireka Croquet Club.

Hot on the back of excellent results in recent events around the South Island, members were again to the fore on the weekend when competing in the South Canterbury Golf Croquet Silver Badge in Timaru.

Playing at the Aorangi Club on Sunday, Covid impacted on numbers from

recent editions of the event, but it didn’t halt the competitive nature of the competition with hard fought battles throughout the day.

In the Premier Handicap event for players with a handicap of -6 through to 2, Bill Allnutt emerged victorious for the Ashburton locals with a commanding performance.

Pat Allnutt kept the family run going with a second playing in the Intermediate Handicap for those playing off a 6-8 handicap.

Sue Scott was also in great form, taking out the Primary 9-16 handicap division to complete a good day for the Waireka club.

College looking to finish off in style Matt Markham The remainder of the Ashburton College 1st XI season remains in the balance, after they were forced off the pitch last weekend due to Covid.

The side was set to play St Thomas’ 1st XI in Christchurch last weekend, but the match was cancelled due to Covid implications, leaving the AshColl team a match short in their bid to push into the top four in the Ara Institute of Canterbury Cup. They currently sit middle of the pack, but a couple of victories to round out this stage of the season would elevate them further up the standings, and potentially even into a

playoff spot should they find a rich vein of form.

Their match on the weekend followed a tough loss to Christ’s College Development XI the week prior.

The College bowlers had done well to restrict their rivals to 115 before they cleaned them up in the 41st over.

Lachie Jemmett did the majority of the damage, taking 4/27 off his 4.5 overs, while Liam Fuller and Lachlan Gardner both grabbed a brace each.

The run chase started with a bit of promise a confident 37 from Devon Flannery had them in a good position, but the job was left undone as they were rolled for 97.

Covid permitting, they’ll be back on the pitch this weekend to take on the St Bede’s 1st XI in Christchurch, before rounding out their campaign with a home match against Shirley Boys’ High School next week.

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): In the same way you can’t make up a nickname for yourself, your reputation is up to other people to decide.

Any detectable shaping of that will have an effect opposite than intended.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): You’ll experience a friendship luxury. You’ll bring your halfformed ideas and your knottiest dilemmas to the one you trust implicitly and have an exciting, intelligent conversation about it.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): What happens in your personal life can also be seen through the wider lens of society. Notice how your actions play into the politics of these times. It seems there are no purely personal choices.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): There’s a reason you keep coming back. You wouldn’t return unless it was doing something for you. If this is an unwanted cycle, it’s an ideal time to brainstorm: What am I getting out of it?

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): When you’re already playing at a higher level, some consider the quest for more to be greedy. You see it as a continuance of your education. You desire improvement without hating where you’re at.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): Many people learn best by doing, and for good reason. In action, you can feel the excitement of each move, the thrill of getting it right and the pain of doing it wrong. You’re brave, throw yourself in.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): Harmony depends on not only hitting certain tones but also doing so in the right timing with others. You nail it. You pace yourself so timetables can match up – between friends, colleagues, allies and more.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): Surface qualities may attract a relationship, but they won’t carry it. You want to connect with, help and learn from others, and it requires you to bring much more consideration and effort to the table.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): The future knows how it wants to look and will defy any image of it you’ve created in your mind’s eye. Don’t let this stop you from dreaming. Your influence over the future is still significant.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): Inside every stage of life is many seasons. To gain, lose, moult, flower, fruit and more will happen again and again. All gains and losses are short term.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): It is too much to ask yourself to muscle down and do a thing without support. At the very least, support yourself by creating an environment that is conducive to accomplishing the aim.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): Understanding is a kind of pleasure akin to fitting the right puzzle piece into a hole. It’s even more satisfying when you are seeking to understand and it finally happens, which is what occurs today.

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The field days is the only agricultural show in New Zealand to feature side-byside demonstrations, with 80 to 100 tractors, headers, mowers, seed drills and other machines being put through their paces each day.

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The Ashburton Guardian is a news and entertainment organisation on a journey of exciting change across multiple platforms.

Part of that change is the creation of a new fulltime position for a circulation and administration assistant. The role is pivotal to the Guardian’s future because the successful candidate would, in many ways, be the face of our organisation and pivotal in the relationships we hold with subscribers, retail outlets, printers, and delivery agents, and our community in general.

You would report to the Ashburton Guardian’s accounts manager. Key duties would include: Circulation: • Maintain computerised subscriber information • Work with printing companies and delivery drivers to ensure papers are completed as quickly and accurately • Deliver missed papers • Ensure retailer returns are processed in a timely manner • Work closely with the accounts manager to ensure subscribers’ accounts are accurate Administration support: • Provide accurate and timely processing of customer receipts • Computer data entry • Mail & Filing • Assist with advertising queries Skills required: • Full NZ driver’s licence • Good computer skills • Verbal & written communication skills • Excellent geographical understanding of rural & urban Mid Canterbury • Professional personal presentation • Able to work to deadlines • Able to work as an individual & as part of a team To apply please submit your cover letter, CV with referee options by Friday, December 17, 2021.

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MACPHERSON, Doreen Ann – March 17, 2020 Sister, Mother, Nana and Great Nana. Loved by us all xx. It doesn't take a special day, to bring you to mind. The thoughts and love we have for you are the everlasting kind. For you're not just a memory or part of the past, you are special and will be in our hearts for ever and ever xx. Love Nicky and Karl.

Daniel and Tayla, Jaxx and Felex xx.

AYERS, Lynda Rose – On March 10, 2022, peacefully at Rosebank Lifecare, Ashburton, aged 91. Dearly loved sister and sister-in-law of Eric and Sybil, Winnie and John Kermode, Hector and Essie, Ray and Una, Leslie, Ivan and Maud (all deceased).

Will be missed by her nieces and nephews who wish to extend their appreciation to Rosebank for their loving care of Lynda over the last 5 years.

Lynda's funeral service will be held at Our Chapel, corner East & Cox Streets, Ashburton, on Monday March 21, commencing at 10am, followed by interment at the Rangiora Methodist Cemetery, 156 Ashley Street Rangiora at 2pm. Vaccine Passes are required. Anyone wishing to view the service online go to www.patersonsfuneralservic es.co.nz ‘Funeral Notices’ and click on Lynda’s notice for the link.

VAN HEERDEN, Louis Frederick – (1976 – 2022) Result of an accident on farm. Sadly, Louis was taken from us too soon on Friday, March 11, 2022, at Trevenna – taken from the Turley Team. Murray and Margaret, Andrew J, Andrew McC, Andrew S, Barney, Belinda, Ben H, Brayden, Brent, Carl, David, Dominic, Fred, Frikkie, Gemma, George, Jake, Janine, Jason C, Jason H, John F-R, John H, Olly, Niel, Pete, Roger, Alex, Ben W, Cameron, Craig, John P, Luke, Natachia, Paul C, Paul H, Richard, Will – their families along with the Turley Family – Annabel, Juliet, Belinda, Rebecca and Lachlan. He will be sorely missed and the smoko room will never be the same. “The tall timber with the loud voice”. Taken all too soon from his loving, devoted wife Lizanne and a dotting Dad to Renette and G.P. The funeral will be held at “Trevenna”, 380 Guild Road, on Friday, March 18, at 3pm, because of Covid restrictions, vaccine passes will be required and all Covid restrictions will be adhered to. Those wishing to attend, or join the service via livestream, please email reception@turleyfarms.co.nz .

DEATHS AYERS, Lynda Rose – On March 10, 2022, passed away peacefully at Rosebank Lifecare, Ashburton, aged 91. Loved Aunty of Edith and the late Robert Watson, Jack and Shirley, Ian and the late Jenny Robertson, Rosemary and Ray McLaren.

DEATHS AYERS, Lynda Rose – On March 10, 2022, peacefully at Rosebank Lifecare, Ashburton. Loved and respected Aunt of Judith and Philip Crozier, loved Great Aunt of Amanda, Carmen, Rowena, the late Duncan and families.

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Thursday: Mostly cloudy. Some morning drizzle. Light winds.

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Midnight Thursday

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Thursday: Mostly cloudy. Patchy drizzle about and south of Ashburton in the morning. Becoming fine in the north in the afternoon. Light winds.

Friday: Areas of morning cloud, then fine. Light winds, then northeast breezes from afternoon.

Saturday: Partly cloudy. Northeasterlies.

A ridge builds over New Zealand, while a low centred east of the North Island continues to move away to the southeast. The ridge remains over the country on Friday, with a few weak embedded weather features.

A front then gradually affects the South Island on Saturday and extends up to the western North Island on Sunday.

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Friday: Some morning cloud, then fine.

Light winds, then northeast breezes from afternoon.

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Thursday Mountain weather hazards: None issued.

Mostly cloudy with patchy morning drizzle.

Fine breaks increasing towards the main divide from afternoon.

Wind at 1000m: Light.

Wind at 2000m: Light.

Freezing level: In the north: 2100m lowering to 1600m for a while in the morning and afternoon. In the south: About 2300m.

Friday Mountain weather hazards: None issued.

Areas of morning cloud, then fine.

Wind at 1000m: Light.

Wind at 2000m: Light.

Freezing level: Rising to 2600m.

For the very latest weather information, including Weather Warnings, visit metservice.com

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

Ashburton Airport 16.0 11.4 11.5 12.6 21.6 E 28 2:38pm 0.3 91.8

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Tide data sourced from MetOcean Solutions

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Ashburton H 4:00am 4:13pm 4:38am 4:52pm 5:16am 5:33pm Mouth L 10:04am 10:21pm 10:43am 11:04pm 11:24am 11:49pm Rakaia Mouth Rangitata Mouth

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4:33am 4:54pm 10:47am 11:11pm 4:22am 4:36pm 10:27am 10:48pm

5:16am 5:40pm 11:32am 11:57pm 5:00am 5:17pm 11:08am 11:33pm

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