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By Daniel Alvey From car mechanic to bookstore owner, Terry McNab has spent all his life in Ashburton and he wouldn’t change a thing.

After starting out as an apprentice mechanic at Gluyas Motors for a decade before moving into photocopier repairs, McNab then took over Ashburton’s Paper Plus in 2010.

He’s been through the ups and downs that often come with retailing and is right behind the Guardian’s Shop Smart Shop Local Put Your $ Where Your Heart Is campaign, especially given the horror 24-month trading period his business had endured.

McNab estimated the combined impact of Ashburton’s roading and footpath upgrade work and Covid-19 had cost his business about $200,000 in lost turnover.

“There were days when we had no-one in the shop, you couldn’t even get to the shop.’’

He said the CBD roadworks and project actually hurt more than Covid.

Left – Ashburton’s Paper Plus owner Terry McNab speaks for many business owners on the challenges they have faced through the CBD development road works: “There were days when we had no one in the shop.’’

Jennefer’s not giving up on the local dream

By Tina Grumball The sign on her store says “don’t give up” and this small business owner never will.

When she opened Serendipity Preloved Hub on Victoria Street in July, Jennefer Juntilla had a steady flow of business.

But then lockdown happened and Alert Level 2 meant her sales stooped as low as $17 a day.

In the face of that struggle, she remained optimistic. She had been hoping for a miracle and perhaps it arrived in the form of the Guardian’s Shop Smart Shop Local – Put Your $ Where Your Heart Is campaign.

“It’s a circle thing,” she said.

“If you shop local, then the business

Fast facts Who: Jennefer Juntilla Business: Serendipity Preloved Hub Where: 96 Victoria Street What is it?: A second-hand clothing and accessory store will flourish, and we can also give back to the people.”

Juntilla moved to Ashburton from the Philippines in 2006, with her family following in 2008.

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“Now it’s really our home because my children have grown up here.”

While she primarily works in healthcare, she runs the store on the side.

It is a passion project, which she started by sourcing clothes to sell from her closet, but had since started gathering them “from everywhere”.

Juntilla runs the store with just as much passion.

“I want to share the joy with the people and the community that, even though I’m from a different country, I can also contribute a little bit to the community I am in.”

Right – Serendipity Pre-loved Hub owner Jennefer Juntilla (left) and Ara student Ella Nicole Reyes.

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“We at least got the (Government’s) wage subsidy during Covid,” McNab said.

McNab said a key now for customers would be to get in early with their Christmas shopping, given the challenges around product availability because of world-wide supply constraints.

“We had a massive day when the Covid (community case) was announced in Christchurch,’’ he said.

“Far out, it just went nuts like it was Christmas eve with people buying Christmas presents, worried that we would be in lockdown.’’

Alongside the bookstore, McNab also had a Christmas shop and display, which had been around for 25 years.

McNab said he loved seeing the happiness on kids’ faces, who looked forward to seeing the Christmas display.

An area McNab had missed out recently was orders for back to school stationery, with many schools turning to online suppliers. But McNab said Tinwald and Netherby Schools had been the best at supporting local in that regard.

“I don’t care if they (schools) shop at The Warehouse Stationery or whatever.

“I just hate it when they go out of town.” McNab said

Ashburton’s Vision Insurance owner David Rush: “We treat people as individuals, not as just another number.’’

Showing vision pays off Lili Haydon Back to the future could be described as David Rush’s experience with Ashburton.

Rush lived in Ashburton for three years during the mid-80s and even met his wife-to-be during that time.

He then left and returned to Ashburton in 1999 and has stayed put with his family ever since.

In 2001, the insurance broker decided to go it alone and opened Vision Insurance in Ashburton.

“I made the decision to create Vision Insurance instead of moving to Christchurch, Wellington or Auckland.

Big cities aren’t for me.”

Rush was sick of relocating, which he’d done five times previously, and by then

he had a young family.

“It’s been a good place to grow up in.

When I was here during the 80s, I made good friends that I still have today.

“I grew up in Pleasant Point, so Ashburton is nice and central for me.”

But until he lived in Ashburton, Rush thought it was just a place you just passed through.

Rush now knows there‘s much more to Ashburton. Much like the district’s diverse range of things on offer, Rush has made a point to reflect that in Vision’s insurance policies.

From farms to bed and breakfasts, Rush and his experienced team of senior brokers, who have worked in insurance most of their lives, tick all the boxes.

But the most important part of his company?

“We treat people as individuals, not as just another number,’’ he said.

“We know our clients personally, so we want to do a better job than the other insurance companies.”

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Fast facts Who: David Rush Business: Vision Insurance Where: 73 Burnett Street Phone: 03 307 1990 What is it: Insurance brokers certainly paid off because he also owns a Christchurch branch, which was opened in 2004.

Vision Insurance remained 100 per cent locally owned, which is why Rush was fully on-board with the Guardian’s Shop Smart Shop Local – Put Your $ Where Your Heart Is Campaign.

From buying the company vehicles to staff stationery – Rush makes sure it’s all been locally sourced.

“It’s really annoying that people shop outside of Ashburton. You have to support local businesses.”

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Dog owner pleads for others to follow the rules Maddison Gourlay Stacy Aldwin is urging other dog owners to follow leash rules, after several incidents have put her dogs at risk.

Aldwin wants other dog owners to be held accountable for their actions when they allow their dogs to be off-leash.

The most recent incident had a cyclist’s unleashed dog approach hers on the Ashburton River track last weekend, causing an aggressive encounter that almost ended in large vet bills.

“I had to pick up my 27kg dog to stop the incident,” she said.

Aldwin said she comes across the problem weekly and it’s not always the same owners.

Aldwin put the problem to the Ashburton District Council.

In a response, council’s environmental monitoring manager Rick Catchpowle confirmed that “the walking track is not designated as an area where dogs can be exercised off lead”.

“Should such an incident occur again we ask that you immediately contact the council so that we may call out our animal control staff in response.”

Aldwin said her dogs have no problem with people but are “not friendly at all with other dogs and this is why they are walking on leads”.

THE RULES • Dogs must remain on a leash in all public places (includes all roads and footpaths).

• Dog exercise areas where they may be unleashed: Ashburton Dog Park, Devon Park, Digby Park, Patching Street Reserve, Pioneer Park, Smallbone Drive Reserve, George Glassy Park (Tinwald), The Green (tree line on State Highway 1 Tinwald), Methven Dog Park, Company Road Exercise Area, Argyle Park Exercise Area.

Stacey Aldwin (left) and her mother Janine Aldwin with dogs Hazel (left) and Lola.

The reason for her dogs’ aggression is that they have been attacked by off-leash dogs on a number of occasions.

“My dogs will get aggressive if approached by off-lead dogs, which has happened more than

once. The other dogs won’t listen to their owners and continue to approach my two.”

In another incident, a dog came on to their property which led to Aldwin spending a lot of money to fix puncture wounds around her

dog’s mouth.

“I just want the freedom to walk my dog without fear.

“I get really anxious taking them now, but it’s not fair for them to not have exercise.”

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owners to also follow the rules.

A list of all the dog exercise areas where dogs are able to be unleashed, as long as they are responsive to owners’ commands, can be found on the Ashburton District Council’s website.

FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY

Mongrel Mob descending on Ashburton Mongrel Mob members are expected to descend upon Ashburton for function this weekend.

The Ashburton Guardian understands the Mongrel Mob is having a 50th anniversary gathering at the Collegiate South Clubrooms off Chalmers Avenue with more than 150 members expected to be in attendance.

The event, one of a number taking place across the country this weekend, is also reportedly including a Covid vaccination clinic.

A police spokeswoman said they are aware of the gathering taking place this weekend.

“There will be an increased police presence in the area, for

community reassurance and to respond to any issues if they arise,” the spokeswoman said.

It is not the first time the Mongrel Mob has held a function at the Collegiate South facility.

A Collegiate committee spokesperson said the gang has previously held events at their venue, but the committee were

not aware that it was the Mongrel Mob that had booked the venue until after the event.

It is the same case in this instance, as the committee were only made aware that this weekend’s booking was for a Mongrel Mob event following Guardian enquiries.

The Guardian also contacted

the Department of Corrections after a suggestion an attendee was being granted special release from their home detention to attend. a Corrections However, spokesperson said that “no person has been issued with an approved absence to attend” the event this weekend.

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Alcohol’s big role in crashes Adam Burns An Ashburton councillor is dismayed that the influence of alcohol has been highlighted as part and parcel with serious road crashes in Mid Canterbury.

Crashes causing injury or death have been steadily rising with alcohol playing a hand in more than half of the incidents recorded over the past five years.

The figures were absorbed by some Ashburton District councillors at last week’s Road Safety Co-ordinating Committee meeting.

A total of 46 serious crashes were alcohol-related between 2016 and 2020 with poor observation the next most significant factor, contributing to 32 incidents.

Ashburton Ward councillor Diane Rawlinson said the numbers left her shocked.

“I was actually quite shocked that alcohol was way out in front,” she said.

“I’ve got an 18-year-old grandson and their wider group of semi rural kids, who do a lot of driving, but they look out for each other and someone is always the safe driver.

Ashburton Ward councillor Diane Rawlinson.

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is never going to bring the “ Stupidity statistics down. It’s always going to add to it.

“I probably dumbly assumed that all groups of young people do that.”

The road safety action plan

2020-21 report stated that drivers aged between 20-29 remain as the dominant age group (39 per cent) contributing to alcohol re-

lated crashes.

Road safety and alcohol have been tackled previously through campaigns run through the Ashburton Community Alcohol and Drug Service (ACADS) including the Community Alcohol Action Plan and the Driving Whilst Impaired programme.

Rawlinson also suggested that people were also lacking vigilance behind the wheel.

“Stupidity is never going to

bring the statistics down,” she said.

“It’s always going to add to it.”

Council’s road safety strategy for the next 10 years aims to reduce death and serious injuries on Ashburton roads by 40 per cent.

“In reality, I don’t think we’ll ever get back to zero simply because of the way people drive.”

One in three death and serious injury (DSI) crashes have occurred at an intersection.

Drivers contributed to intersection crashes are divided evenly between male (56 per cent) and females (44 per cent).

Drivers aged between 16-29 represented as a high risk age group for DSI crashes (37 per cent).

“Also, there has been a surge in crashes for drivers aged between 65-69.

“The most common movement category for young drivers are losing control on straight roads and on bends,” the report said.

There have been a total of eight deaths from four crashes this year compared to three deaths recorded in 2020.

Ashburton driver enters shock guilty pleas Kurt Bayer/NZ Herald A driver accused of driving too fast before a crash that killed two Ashburton teenage sisters entered shock guilty pleas in the middle of his jury trial on Wednesday.

Levi Fiddymont had claimed his Subaru WRX’s brakes failed on him coming downhill that night, while the Crown alleged he was driving too fast.

Tayla Alexander, 17, died and her sister Sunmara, 15, suffered critical injuries in the crash on Summit Rd in Christchurch on November 27, 2019.

A teenage boy who was also a passenger suffered serious injuries and survived.

Fiddymont, now 21, was standing trial before a jury at Christchurch District Court this week, denying two counts of dangerous driving causing death, as well as one charge of dangerous driving causing injury.

But on day three of the trial, his lawyer Andrew McCormick said Fiddymont wanted to change his pleas and admit all three charges.

Judge Paul Kellar remanded Fiddymont on bail, with a condition not to drive, to be sentenced on January 12.

The judge thanked the jury for their service, “especially in these Covid times” and in an “upsetting” trial, before discharging them.

He also acknowledged the Alexander family who sat through all of the court proceedings and the dignified way they had conducted themselves.

Leaving court yesterday morning, devastated father Jason Alexander said: “They were beautiful girls.”

Crown prosecutor Sophie Bicknell earlier said there was no evidence of brake failure on Fiddymont’s 2011 Subaru WRX. Professor John Raine, of Auckland University of Technology, who has 30 years’ experience in vehicle crash investigations, reviewed the evidence on the police file for the case.

He concluded from his calculations Fiddymont was likely doing around 110km/h.

Fiddymont had said he was travelling

Levi Fiddymont had claimed his Subaru WRX’s brakes failed on him coming downhill that night, while the Crown alleged he was driving too fast.

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at about 65-70km/h and had pumped his brakes coming down the hill but there was nothing there.

The court earlier heard Tayla sent a text message to her best friend moments before the fatal crash to say, “Bro I’m going to die tonight”.

When her friend messaged straight back to ask why, Tayla replied at 10.54pm: “Haven’t gone so fast around Port Hills before”.

“Omg Tayla!!!!” her friend replied.

Dan Myers, an automotive engineer at the Low Volume Vehicle Technical Association (LVVTA), also gave evidence to say he found “nothing out of the ordinary” when he looked at photos of Fiddymont’s car.

There was nothing that raised any questions about the functioning of the brakes or the car’s certification, he said, adding the Subaru’s brakes were of high-specification and the tyres were high performance with a good level of tread.

But under cross-examination, he accepted it was possible Fiddymont’s model

of Subaru could have been suffering from hidden corrosion of the brakes, which had been an issue in the UK and the US. The Crown said because of his speed, Fiddymont failed to negotiate the first bend and the car crossed the centreline before crashing into the steep rock bank.

The car spun anti-clockwise down the bank on the other side and Tayla, who may not have been wearing seatbelt, was thrown from the backseat. She struck a steel roadside barrier and landed 28m away, dying from massive head injuries.

The car came to rest 3m down the bank and Fiddymont and the male passenger managed to get out.

But Sunmara, who was seriously injured, was trapped inside the vehicle.

It caught fire when the fuel tank ruptured and she received significant burns before emergency services could rescue her, the court heard.

The male passenger, who broke his collarbone, ruptured his spleen, and had a brain bleed, has no recollection of the crash.

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TLC for Three Rivers water feature Youth council recruits new members

Through covid and coming to the aid of a woman in a submerged car, Ashburton Youth Council leader Michael Baker has had an interesting year.

The East Street water feature has been receiving some love, with contractors Technosol on site this week to clear and repair the fibreglass moulds and concrete base.

Electricians will then install LED lighting and the upper part of the fountain will be replanted before it is refilled with water and fully operational again.

Ashburton District Council Community Services Group Manager Steve Fabish said the work will be finished at the same time as the CBD streetscape is completed by 22 November.

"The East Street water sculpture has been a feature of the main street for more than 25 years so we're pleased to be able to give it a polish and get the water flowing again."

The water feature is known as Virbela Flowforms and the design is based on the three major rivers that are in our District, hence the title to the sculpture being Three Rivers.

Flowforms were first designed by worldrenowned English sculptor John Wilkes in the 1970s where the left and right-handed vortices are converted into a rhythmically swinging figure of eight movements. The movement is a synthesis between artistic beauty and ecological function.

Virbela Flowforms can help to improve the micro-climate by regulating temperature, giving off moisture, dampening sound and playfully reflecting light.

They have been used around the world in a variety of places such as urban plazas, internal foyers, children’s playgrounds, in parks and gardens with ponds and as part of wastewater treatment systems.

Ashburton’s Flowforms were designed and cast by Iain Trousdell (sculptor) of Design for Life. They were installed in late 1994 at a cost of $45,000. This total does not include pumps, rocks and construction of the feature area.

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Hot pools boost for tourism There’s a buzz about Methven this long weekend with the opening of the new Opuke Thermal Pools and Spa. The complex, right next to the Methven race course, is another great asset for the town and the whole of Mid Canterbury, and those involved can’t wait to officially open the doors.

The two-year project has been impacted and delayed by Covid-19 but judging from comments all around town, there will be no shortage of locals and visitors alike wanting to soak or pamper away their stress.

Bookings are essential in these times of covid restrictions.

The $17 million hot pools has created jobs for the district and is expected to add an estimated $162m to our economy over the next decade.

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and there has been plenty of work done on events that will bring people to the district next year.

It’s hard planning when covid restrictions have continued to impact and even cancel events, but with vaccination levels continuing to rise around the country we can all look forward to a more normal existence soon.

Methven is looking with some certainty to next year and there are already some big events planned. There’s an ag summit in May and in April there’s a big Lions convention and an Irish gathering.

There are also plans to reinvent the popular Methven walking festival of years gone by, with a week-long event taking in some of our local tracks and trails.

These events are important for Methven and for the wider district, and we hope people visiting stay the night

and see more of our special places.

There is always plenty to see and do in and around Methven on any weekend though, from thrills on the Mt Hutt bike park, to tricks at the town’s skatepark and food treats at our fabulous cafes and eateries. If you’ve not driven 30 minutes up the road from Ashburton recently, then I encourage you to check Methven out, it’s on your back door step and totally worth it.

You’ll find our local art and craft operators are also getting ready for Christmas, which is actually just six weeks away. With that in mind, let’s support local this festive season.

Michael found himself on national television after the flood rescue at Kaikoura - he had been on his way to a young leaders conference in Wellington. Any good person would have done the same thing, he said.

At home in Ashburton, he and the Youth Council spent hours helping to organise the annual Bite Nite Culture Fest, only for the Delta covid outbreak to eventually force its cancellation.

With its highs and lows, the past year also presented opportunities for the young council to have its say on a range of Ashburton District Council policies – including encouraging the Council to have wider footpaths and safer roads as part of its Walking and Cycling Strategy.

Michael says community leaders are realising the positive connection between involving youth in community activities and engagement.

“We bring energy and ideas, often with our own perspective about how to tackle challenges and opportunities.”

The Youth Council is currently recruiting for new members and Michael says young people between the ages of 12 and 24 should think about joining, as membership bought plenty of opportunities to contribute, grow and learn.

Current members represent different communities within the Ashburton District and meet in a formal council setting once a month to do business, but also have fun.

Cr Lynette Lovett is one of two elected councillors who sit on the Youth Council and she said the young people provided valuable feedback.

“They often move on to other groups, where they continue giving and learning.

They are our partners at Council and these young people help increase our awareness of youth issues and services and tell us what they think young people need.

“It’s also a great way to kick-start leadership ambitions and is a positive addition to any CV.” Young people wanting to join the Council can apply to do so before 21 December. The application form is on Council's website.

Youth Council members must live in the Ashburton district.

PUBLIC NOTICES

ANNIVERSARY DAY RUBBISH AND RECYCLING

There will be no change to kerbside collections on Canterbury Anniversary Day, Friday 12 November. The Ashburton Resource Recovery Park will remain open but the Rakaia Resource Recovery Park will be closed.

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Putting a healthy focus on new mums EA Networks Centre is spreading the word about a special service to help women exercise safely after having a baby.

One of their personal trainers is a member of MumSafe, which has a mission to deliver safe and effective exercise for women at every stage of motherhood. As a mother of three herself, she knows that exercise is good for the mind and body.

EA Networks Centre manager Kate Fowler said MumSafe was part of a suite of healthspecific services running from the centre’s gym.

“We have a special focus on mums and it’s not all about getting your pre-baby body back. She focuses on building strength from the inside out, making sure women have access to a women’s health physiotherapist for pelvic floor and abdominal wall assessment.

“There’s no set time for women to recover and rebuild after pregnancy, so it’s a unique journey.

“Importantly, MumSafe only connects women with accredited trainers. Not all personal trainers in the wider industry are equipped with the knowledge needed in this specialist field so we are very pleased to be offering this service and making sure women have access to quality information and quality guidance to stay safe in their exercise choices.”

Ms Fowler said new mums sometimes exercised too hard for their post-partum bodies.

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“Many women are driven by aesthetics or performance-based goals and they aren’t given proper or safe return to exercise guidance. Research suggests that half of women who’ve given birth will experience a pelvic organ prolapse and follow-on conditions like incontinence can really take a toll.

“As fitness professionals, we want to ensure all women are looked after safely and effectively throughout motherhood.”

Ms Fowler said talking about common issues like incontinence and pelvic floor prolapse helped women understand that they didn’t have to put up with symptoms and that help was available.

“Mums face many challenges returning to exercise, including sleep deprivation, and our personal trainer’s passion is encouraging them to be confident with the size they are and appreciate their body has had a baby and it has changed.

“Rather than focusing on getting back to pre-pregnancy weight, size or fitness, she wants to empower women to move forwards and evolve into strong mums.”

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MumSafe was previously known as Body Beyond Baby.

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Around 250 graduates who have completed study while working to improve or gain new skills were last week recognised for their accomplishments at the Ashburton District Industry Training Awards.

The awards, supported through New Zealand Industry Training Organisations, local businesses, the Mayor's Task Force for Jobs Initiative and the Ashburton District Council, are designed to support employees through training that benefits local organisations and improves the district's skilled workforce.

This year's graduates gained certificates across a range of industries including health and wellbeing, health care, alpine resort operations, entertainment and event operations, retail, distribution, water treatment, electricity supply and agriculture.

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Ashburton District Councillor Angus McKay, who led the ceremony at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre, said this year's graduates should be very proud of their achievements.

"It gave me great to pleasure to congratulate Ashburton District's new Industry Training Graduates.

"Becoming a graduate brings positive contributions to many local organisations.

Although it is not easy to put in hours of study on top of a full-time job, in the long run it can be very rewarding and worthwhile on a number of different levels.

Congratulations to all the graduates."

Councillor McKay also thanked the many sponsors and employers who encouraged their staff to continue their training and development.

"Through this process, you are enabling pathways for people to achieve great things, which provides long-term economic success in our district," he said.

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Community grants

New Zealand Community Trust awarded community grants totalling $301,909 in October throughout Canterbury. Two of the grants were to Mid Canterbury organisations. Mount Hutt College were awarded $9650 towards travel costs, playing shorts and singlets and the Methven Playcentre received $4000 for a sail shade.

Opuke opens Opuke Thermal Pools and Spa in Methven finally opens its doors this weekend. It had been planned to open in July, but Covid 19 restrictions and supply chain issues pushed the opening back five months.

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Ashburton District Councillor Stuart Wilson said he is skeptical about council’s resilient business programme for farmers.

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‘We’re not telling farmers how to farm’ Mixed response to rural projects Adam Burns

Council’s economic development arm has defended proposed initiatives to help local farmers adapt to climate change and to be more sustainable.

Agriculture and technology was one of several pillars of the Ashburton District Council’s economic quarterly report which was presented to elected members at last week’s council meeting.

The land use and climate change project will aim to explore new and alternative land use options by helping farmers build a clearer understanding of

opportunities emerging through climate change.

A second piece of work is the resilient business programme which is aiming to “develop the district’s economy to be more diverse, resilient and sustainable”.

It would eventually lead to the implementation of farmer and community stakeholder focus groups.

But some councillors argued that farmers would not take too kindly to being told how to acclimatise.

“How are you going to tell [our] farmers, who are the best farmers in the world, who are already resilient and adapting to changes, like weather and new crops, to come on board and to change their systems which may fail or lead to a loss of earnings,” councillor Lynette Lovett said.

The proposal for the land use and climate change project has been approved by the Rural Professionals’ Fund from Our Land and Water, a national science challenge funded by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.

Council’s economic development manager Simon Worthington said it was not the intention of council to “tell farmers how to farm”.

“The feedback we’ve had from many areas of the rural sector that there is so much going on and so much change that people just need help,” he said.

“The project is really about putting peer groups together to help with knowledge.

“I agree we’ve got a world class sector and we’re not telling them to suck eggs.”

The Rakaia Salmon site upgrade project is nearing completion. All new paths have been constructed, the carpark behind the toilet has been formed and sealed, and new park furniture has been installed. Improvements to the perimeter fencing are also being organised. The council is awaiting the installation of additional playground equipment which is scheduled for delivery November and December.

Stadium usage Usage of EA Networks Centre has been impacted by Covid-19. A report presented at the Ashburton District Council’s activity briefing on Wednesday showed that in September the stadium was only used for 100.5 hours, compared to 590 in August. One factor was the shortened netball season. Pool usage was also down in August and September due to the impact of Covid-19.

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He added that the farmer focus groups would be picked at random among various rural subsets.

“It’s about helping them (farmers) drive their businesses forward given the challenges that they’re going to be facing given the amount of reforms that are going through,” he said.

Councillor Stuart Wilson said he was skeptical and that it would be a wasted investment.

Ashburton Mayor Neil Brown took a more positive stance around the projects.

“I’m waiting to see what it does bring new to the table ... I’m excited,” he said.

Foot traffic at the Ashburton Library has been significantly lower due to the impacts of Covid-19. A report presented at the Ashburton District Council’s activity briefing on Wednesday showed the year to date foot traffic to be 20,882, down on 25,547 in 2020 while it was 28,440 in 2019.

Visitors down The Ashburton Art Gallery and Museum was closed for eight days in September 2021 due to Covid Alert Level 3. Following the move to Delta Level 2, it was able to open to the public with new regulations in place. Visitor numbers have been unsurprisingly low as all planned events and school visits were cancelled.

Only 424 visitors were recorded compared to 1435 in September 2020. More than 3000 visitors came through the premises in July, mainly due to the hosting of the annual ASA exhibition.

Armistice Day commemoration this morning There’s a scary similarity between the first Armistice Day held in 1919 and today’s commemoration at the Ashburton Cenotaph.

Armistice Day commemorates the end of World War One when the guns fell silent.

The armistice between Germany and the Allies was signed at Compiegne, France, on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month.

The following year, 1919, George V requested all British subjects observe the cessation of hostilities at 11am on November

11 with a two-minute silence.

New Zealand was recovering from a devastating flu epidemic where about 9000 people died. Businesses and public facilities closed and events and gatherings were postponed. People were wary of assembling in big numbers 102 years ago, when the first Armistice Day was held.

Today it will be commemorated at the cenotaph and Ashburton RSA, in inviting people to the event, reminds them about the Covid pandemic and requests everyone to wear masks and stand two metres apart.

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TESTYOURSELF Test yourself with the Guardian’s quiz 1: Freddie Highmore portrayed what character from 2013 to 2017 a) Inspector Clouseau b) Norman Bates c) John Connor

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Two lives lost; others ruined for ever “T

hey were beautiful girls.’’

Four words. One quote. Enough said.

And perhaps that was all that was needed to be said by Jason Alexander, the devastated Ashburton father of teenage daughters Tayla and Sunmara, who died after a horrific car crash in Christchurch in November 2019.

Yesterday, the grieving Dad at long last received some closure when the accused driver, in the middle of his jury trial in Christchurch, entered shock guilty pleas.

Levi Fiddymont, 21, and previously from Ashburton, had originally denied two counts of dangerous driving causing death, as well as one charge of dangerous driving causing

Daryl Holden injury.

But on day three of the trial, he changed his pleas and admitted all three charges. Now Fiddymont, just a teenager himself when the crash happened off the Port Hills two years ago, would be sentenced on January 12.

The sisters were passengers in Fiddymont’s car. Tayla died at the scene, while Sunmara passed away in hospital two weeks later after suffering critical injuries in a tragedy that shook the close-knit Ashburton

community. Sunmara died on December 13 – her 16th birthday – at Auckland’s Middlemore Hospital.

friends when the guilty pleas rang around the courthouse.

But was it really a victory? Two young lives lost in an instant. A

the grieving Dad at long last “ Yesterday, received some closure when the accused driver, in the middle of his jury trial in Christchurch, entered shock guilty pleas.

At the time, Jason Alexander was reported as saying Sunmara’s injuries were too severe and there was nothing more doctors could have done for her.

“It’s been a long hard fight but this was a fight she couldn’t win.”

Yesterday, there was a small victory of sorts for family and

family torn apart because of it.

Another life now ruined forever, that guilty driver facing jail time because of it and the lifelong memory of what he did.

And a young male passenger, who broke his collarbone, ruptured his spleen, and had a brain bleed, survived, but has

no recollection of the crash.

Perhaps having no recollection was a good thing, a lucky break from a night and tragedy that was felt right through the Ashburton community.

During the trial, Jason Alexander and friends apparently sat calmly through the court proceedings, the dignified way they conducted themselves drawing praise from the judge.

Leaving court yesterday morning, a devastated Alexander was seen holding a photo of his cherished young daughters, taken way too early and in such appalling fashion that would be every parent’s worst nightmare.

Not one child lost. But two.

“They were beautiful girls,’’ he said.

Indeed they were. Gone but never forgotten.

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MIQ past its use by date D

o you know someone overseas who’d dearly love to come home for Christmas?

Do you have friends who haven’t seen family offshore for over two years?

Were you, yourself, born overseas and are you now desperate to return to your homeland for a visit?

In the year that I have been a Member of Parliament I have advocated many times for MIQ spots for people in the most desperate of circumstances.

Some have been terminally ill and have wanted to spend their final days at home, while others have lost friends or family in sudden, tragic accidents and have wanted to farewell them – but they’ve needed the surety of a room in MIQ in order to do that.

Nicola Grigg SELWYN MP My results have been mixed.

There is apparently no rhyme nor reason applied to the applications that are approved, as opposed to those that are declined.

It seems to come down to whatever mood the official who receives the application is in.

It’s fair to say the MIQ system is broken, it is cruel, it is inequitable – and it is past its use by date.

That is why the National Party last week called for the system to be done away with.

We now have a farcical situ-

ation where fully-vaccinated New Zealanders, with no Covid, who win the MIQ lottery have to spend 14 days in MIQ in Auckland, while more than 1300 people with Covid, or who are close contacts of Covid cases, isolate at home in Auckland.

It is time for fully-vaccinated Kiwis, who test negative, to be able to come home and isolate at home, if necessary, rather than spend a pointless two weeks in a hotel room – at an extortionate cost to both themselves and the taxpayer.

At time of writing, a petition we launched calling for the system to be done away with had almost 80,000 signatures.

People have signed from all over the world – Australia, the United Kingdom, the United States, Oman, Russia, Egypt, and dozens of other countries.

MIQ is politically, economically and morally unsustainable, as well as legally questionable.

Further to that, if you are one of those fully vaccinated New Zealanders living offshore and wanting to come home to a place like Selwyn, where 98 per cent of our community has had their first shot and 83 per cent their second shot – so long has you have a negative pre-departure and arrival test – what possible harm could you pose to the community here?

Ending MIQ would reunite families, end the enormous anguish at the heart of the system, boost tourism, and help fill skill shortages in New Zealand.

We can’t remain stuck behind the walls of Fortress New Zealand forever.

We have to reopen to the

world, and a good place to start would be getting rid of the lottery of human misery that is MIQ. National’s Nicola Grigg grew up in Mt Somers and is currently the Selwyn MP.

Your say Do you agree with the view of National’s Nicola Grigg?

Be part of the debate.

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Tell us what you think in less than 200 words by emailing: editor@ theguardian.co.nz

Will I ever be able to afford a house?

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he average residential home is now worth more than $1m, and as a 22-year-old it feels like the ‘next step’ of buying a house is over before it has begun.

Now I know what some of the older generation might be thinking “entitled” am I right?

Crushing student loan debt and no savings due to funding myself through university pretty much meant I started my working life in debt.

I have been contributing to Kiwisaver for nearly a decade and currently sit under $20,000, but that won’t get you anything these days.

Radio New Zealand reported yesterday that the property market reached new heights

Maddison Gourlay last month with the average residential home value topping a million dollars for the first time. I wouldn’t be surprised if that rise continues.

I vented my worries to my parents in their 50s, who have been homeowners for over 30 years and have less than a decade in repayments to go. They both saved for a deposit but managed 20 years of mortgage repayments on one income.

I know one person who was

able to afford a house deposit as a single buyer, but that took almost a decade of hard saving.

Most people I know in their early 20s trying to buy a home are going in together with a

partner.

But then comes all the rules the post-baby boomers give to people looking at buying a house: Don’t buy your dream home first, you might have to

renovate that house. Wait, that needs too much work.

And there’s many more rules freely offered.

But with housing prices being high, and entry level salaries for many ‘entitled’ young people it means that the average age for buying a house is now mid-30s.

Now, you might be wondering why a 22-year-old wants to buy a house. Well my mum won’t let her dog-obsessed daughter get her own dog until she owns her own home.

So yes, there is some urgency to buy a home with a big backyard for a hypothetical golden retriever.

Because as they say, work hard so your dog has the backyard they deserve.

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): People are born with open mouths and minds. Many adults are better at closing their minds than their mouths, but your disarming approach sparks imagination and brings people back to openness.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): Sure, living in the present is usually optimal – but not always. When the past keeps pulling you into its dream, there’s something for you there. The living you do in the past counts as living, too.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): As for the rituals and beliefs you no longer participate in, it’s not because you lost them, rather they got traded in the development of your soul. There’s no part of your story that doesn’t belong there.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): What was neutral or offputting to you in the past has transformed into a cornerstone essential in the manner of a nutritious vegetable, once despised, now delicious.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): There are those who will try to impress you with their discerning taste, but if this takes a turn toward being hard-toplease, consider that high-class and lowmaintenance often go hand-in-hand.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): The situation is not your responsibility, yet whatever you do to improve it will make your life easier. Despite your modesty and discretion these acts will still manage to reflect beautifully on you.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): Just because a relationship is a little ambiguous doesn’t mean it’s less than optimal. In fact, the ambiguity leaves room for each person’s imagination to rush wondrously in.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): The building goes up one brick at a time and so does your success.

There is no glamour in it today (each move looks and feels like a weight-lifting repetition), but eventually, you’ll dance in glory.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): When you can’t figure out what you want, start with what you don’t want. When you X out the negative space, form emerges. You’re like a sculptor chipping away at anything that is not the masterpiece.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): Listening well is a challenge, an art and a discipline. There are plenty who don’t value the skill enough to even try. Your efforts to listen better will give you an edge in a highly competitive situation.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): You’ll be in the dance of a relationship, figuring out when to step forward and when to pull back. Don’t overthink it. All will flow from respecting the space.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): There is no reasoning with a dog in a storm going wild with anxiety even while inside the shelter and warmth of home.

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Guardian racing

Mid Canterbury’s horse and dog racing action

Cup Day truly one like no other Matt Markham

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ddington Raceway is usually heaving on the second Tuesday in November, but this year it felt like it was struggling to even take a breath under the weight of the restrictions in place due to Covid.

In some sort of parallel universe to the world that you’d be used to on the biggest day of racing in the Southern Hemi-

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sphere, it paled in significance from what it usually feels like to seem as though it was hardly real.

Empty seats, no huge bustling lines of people trying to get into the gates – no atmosphere.

It was a bit of a ghost town.

I was lucky enough to be able to attend the day due to radio commitments with new sports and racing channel, SENZ, and from our vantage point it painted a pretty dull picture, and it wasn’t just the dreary weather that gave that impact.

With less than five per cent of the usual crowd on course – and most of them confined

solely to the inside corporate areas of the racecourse – there was all but nothing to be a part of.

And the most frustrating part? It didn’t really need to be like that.

Cup Day – and for that matter – Cup Week, gave our government the perfect opportunity to test case a large-scale event as we look to move away from the bustling restrictions of Covid.

Crowds should have been allowed to be on course on the day – in whatever format or rulings they had imposed, just to show that it is possibly to host

something big in this country.

But instead, they sat on their hands.

Keeping the barely Delta-touched South Island in shackles so tight that the financial impact of this will hurt the racing industry for years to come.

Of course, none of that stopped the action from being fantastic on the track.

The racing was electric, and watching good horses do their thing is always a pleasure.

But it just felt like there was something missing.

20,000 somethings to be exact.

Addington, Cup Day 2021.

Ashburton harness Today at Ashburton Raceway

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Matt Markham’s Ashburton Selections Race 1: La Dama, Galleons Ambassador, Vertigo, Awesome Impee Race 2: Sweet Affinity, Mitsi Gaynor, Angus, Endless Dreams Race 3: Kosciuszko, Islas Son, Kohli Trouble, Brother Love Race 4: Pembrook’s Princess, Crystal Daytom, She’s Watching, Phone Tap Race 5: Southern Storm, She’s Got Style, Hit The Bach, Star Casino Race 6: True Fantasy, Remember Me, Cover Girl, Allegra Race 7: Boss Kenny, Make My Sundon, Majestical, Isla Elsie Race 8: Queen Of Diamonds, Ranger Rick, Chambray, Best Trio Race 9: Major Memphis, Classy Dancer, John James Preston, Shanika Race 10: Majestic Action, Bright Glow, Prince Teka, Greenbank Betty Race 11: Pillagio, Lulu Le Mans, Nikol Franco, Tas Girl Bromac Race 12: Angel Of Montana, Sing To Me, Southerly Change, Classey Robin BEST BET: Angel Of Montana (Race 12) VALUE: Pillagio (Race 11)

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Ashburton Guardian Thursday, November 11, 2021

Purdon rules the roost, but Blair has last say Matt Markham Mark Purdon might have dominated the headlines on New Zealand Trotting Cup Day, but the man he mentored for so many years took the spotlight on the biggest occasion of them all.

And while Purdon’s wizardry in the sulky – producing six driving wins on the card – was the stuff of legends, New Zealand’s best driver, Blair Orange was equally as good.

The champion reinsman delivered three wins of his own on the day, but saved his best for an outstanding front-running drive on Copy That to claim the big one, the New Zealand Cup. It was Orange’s second win in the race, after saluting with Cruz Bromac two years ago, but there was a distinct suggestion of this one meaning a bit more.

Orange and Copy That were touted as Cup winners last season, but cruelly robbed of that opportunity by some ridiculous standing start issues which effectively took him out of the race from the outset.

But there was none of that on Tuesday.

Safely away, the pair found the front inside the first few hundred metres, cruising along at their own free will before running their rivals into the deck over the final 1600 metres of the twomile event.

But Blair, in his usual humble manner, was keen to deflect on his input – pointing more towards the training effort of Ray Green, who was stuck in Auckland due to Covid, and the horse.

“It is a very special moment, it is the pinnacle of our racing year and it is hard

Copy That and Blair Orange win Tuesday’s New Zealand Trotting Cup. enough to get a drive in it, let alone a leading chance,” he said.

Copy That led the Cup field home beating defending champion, Self Assured, with South Coast Arden third.

Orange also picked up wins with Archman and exciting pacer Krug in the Junior-Free-For-All, the latter of whom will take on Copy That in the New Zealand Free-For-All tomorrow, leaving an important decision for Orange.

While second was his lot in the Cup, Purdon picked up wins with American Pride, I Dream Of Jeannie, Always Have Faith, It’s All About Faith and then a

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Group One double with Oscar Bonavena and also Franco Indie.

The day ended on a bright note for Mid Canterbury, with a brilliant Gerard O’Reilly drive snaring victory with No Time Like Now for three-time New Zealand Trotting Cup winning trainer, Graham Court.

An hour after Laver ran the race of his life in the Cup, O’Reilly threw caution to the wind on the showy pacer down the end of the back straight and cut his charge loose, running away to win by eight and half lengths, the biggest victory of the day.

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Smart filly out for some hometown success A little bit of hometown knowledge might just be enough to tip the scales in favour of classy pacer Angel Of Montana today at Ashburton, on a day where the locals look set to have plenty to say.

The three-year-old filly who is trained by Stephen Anderson on the Ashburton Racecourse, has been in superb form since returning from a spell and today falls into a race which appears to be well within her range, based on recent performances.

After racing in the Group One New Zealand Oaks earlier this season, Anderson turned his pride and joy out to the spelling paddock before slowly bringing her back up to race fitness. She’s now raced on four occasions since, placing fourth twice before a strong third and an even better second last time.

The last run was at last week’s Kaikoura meeting at Addington, where she took on horses who were destined for Cup Day on Tuesday, and it was only in the shadows of the post that she was caught by Cyrus.

Today, it’s a whole new ball game.

There’s nothing like the strength of her two most recent performances waiting for her in the last race of the day, and even from a wide draw she looks one of the better bets of the day on a programme that will prove tough for punters.

Her success, should it unfold, could be the end of a good day out for local runners, with plenty lining up and knocking on the door of success at the annual Cup Week meeting.

Maiden trotter Kosciuscko will be looking to back up a strong debut fourth at Oamaru with success early in the card for strike-rate trainer John Hay. The showy chestnut was a good second at the Mt Hutt trials on Saturday to be ready for today’s assignment.

Other leading local hopes include Vertigo (Race One), Major Arma (Race 5) and Girls Let Loose (Race 10).

The 12-race card gets under way at 12.55pm.

Weight of numbers gives Roberts a strong NZ Cup chance Matt Markham Asking champion greyhound trainer Craig Roberts to choose which of his three runners in tonight’s New Zealand Greyhound Cup might seem a little bit like asking him to choose between his own children, but the former Mid Cantabrian has no hesitation in making a decision.

Roberts holds key chances in the race, including the second favourite Leonard Bale, who he lumped for as the best of his trio when the question was posed to him earlier this week in the media.

But he then went on to say that any one of his three could feature in the Group One event.

“I think if Leonard Bale is able to lead, then it’s going to take a good one to beat him,” Roberts told SENZ this week.

“That said, I’ve got two very

good second stringers in Tokyo Bird and Dalisha Bale too.”

Roberts, who last won the Cup in 2015 with Dyna Vikkers, is one of the sport’s most decorated trainers, producing many of the best dogs seen in New Zealand, including while he was based in Mid Canterbury before shifting to the other side of the Rakaia River.

Leonard Bale comes into the race tonight off the back of strong wins in both the heat and the semi-final of the Cup, and gets a strong tactical advantage over his main rival, favourite Opawa Superstar having drawn inside him in the three box.

“He got a wee bit crook on me a few months ago and we had some bloods taken off him and he wasn’t well, so the Cup was up in the air for a while.

“But he’s come back really well and is in the right space heading into this week.”

A contender for New Zealand Greyhound of the Year last season, Leonard Bale is currently $4 with bookmakers for the race.

Tokyo Bird is a little like her kennel-mate in that she’s returning from injury – but her performances since resuming in the heats have been excellent, and an inside box draw looks good for her.

“She’s a wee beauty.

“Hopefully she keeps improving, and she’ll be able to get herself right in amongst the action.”

Dalisha Bale is a little longer in the markets at $26, but Roberts is confident of a big showing.

“She’s a dog who likes a lot of space, and to not be on the rail so his draw (6) should work out nicely for him.

“She would probably be the strongest dog in the race I think.

“There’s a lot of speed there but not a lot of strength, so she’ll be running on really strong at the finish.”

The Cup trio are just some of a host of chances for the Roberts kennel tonight, and son Matt also holds a strong hand at the meeting with a number of runners engaged.

Former Mid Cantabrian, Craig Roberts has a huge hand in tonight’s New Zealand Greyhound Cup with three runners.

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Ashburton Guardian Thursday, November 11, 2021

Barltrop on a roll Sam Barltrop is making his comeback season one to remember, securing his second victory of the season when taking out the Peach Family Cup in Tinwald Cycling Club’s, 46km handicap event around the roads of Methven on Sunday.

Barltrop and his co-markers steadily made their way through the field, finding the front inside the final 5km.

Barltrop was the first to jump in the sprint to the line, and held on strongly to seal the win.

Mike Pearce continued his great form to secure the second place spoils, while Sam Letham produced a strong ride to step on to the final podium spot.

Rob Hooper, Cole Harris, and Mike Gallagher were in the thick of the finish, to round out the top six.

Scratch marker Larry Neal rode the course in 65.30 to lift fastest time honours, seeing off the challenges of co-markers Tony Ward and Kyle Gray, who claimed second and third times respectively.

A good field of juniors and division 2 riders contested a 15km handicap event.

Charlotte Neal, riding of the front mark, produced her best ride of the season to claim the victory. Ryan Gallagher laid down another strong effort to take second, with Honor Bradford charging into third place.

Back-marker Mitch Brookland made his way through the field to grab fourth place, and in doing so recorded the fastest time, riding the distance in 23.17. Isabella Inglis and Zac Brookland filled the top half dozen.

Merv Grewar saw off all challengers to take division 2 honours from Andy and Debbie Skinner.

Next week the club will contest a 48km handicap event around the Wakanui Beach block.

Paul Williams (in orange) and Nigel Chatterton look to up the pressure on the chasing bunch.

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CLUB NEWS Altrusa Club

The monthly Programme Meeting in October was highlighted with a visit from Shayne Cockburn, of St John, talking to us about CPR. We have celebrated the fourth year of our Foot Clinic. Our Health Bursary is continuing to attract applications. All tickets for the raffle to support Days for Girls have been sold. Tins contributed for World Food Day have been given to St Vincent de Paul.

We decided how best to monetarily support new refugee families in Ashburton.

We delivered 448 Meals on Wheels in October. Our annual Carers Day outing at the weekend visited South Canterbury, including the Woodbury Store.

The Spring Garden Raffle continues to be sold in Ashburton.

As we near the end of another interrupted year, we appreciate being able to consider our Christmas plans such as the Christmas Tree of Remembrance in the Arcade, books for children, and assisting Rotary with their new potato sales.

ing, H Kemp, 2 wins, 1 draw, 14 ends, 25 points, 6th – B Mayson, B Harper, M Foggo, 2 wins, 15 ends, 35 points.

Saturday Rollover triples was poorly attended due to morning and afternoon matches elsewhere. The winners with 2 wins, 8 ends,16 points were A Blain, T Watson, B Wilson and the runners were G Body, R Keeling, C Cross.

Good bowling everyone and may the sun keep shining! Don’t forget your mask!

Ashburton Golf Club

A full field played Saturday, after the course was closed for maintenance week. The whole course was still tip top, the rough is getting a bit gnarly ready for the Inter provincials, but if you can keep it straight there are scores to be had.

Josh Cochrane and Hayden McMillan led the way with superb nett 64s in the DCL round 2.

Great scoring with Josh just pipping the day on countback. Josh however did not play in DCL round 1, so Hayden sits on top of the post going into the fi-

nal round. Round three is this Saturday and it is looking like a two-horse race; Hayden is on 134, Al Jopson is second on 136, Rob Pawsey is waiting for them to slip up on 141 and a gaggle of others are sat on 142.

Should be a good final round.

While that was all going on the scores also got put into the RMF Silva Cup and the top 30 and ties “cut” was made.

Young Blair stands proud on top of the pile on 67 points. Don Mac and Greg Fleming sit just behind on 61 and it goes down from 25th to 32nd all on 42 points. We will only be looking at these 32 scores for the RMF Silva cup on Saturday.

The best of these players scores 15 points, second gets 14 points down to 15th getting 1 point then 16th and worse get nothing. These scores then get entered and a top 20 cut is made for the final. All pretty straightforward.

We are still chasing volunteers for the Inter Provincials. If you can help out then please put your name on the sheet in the

Ashburton Bowling Club

Our week started on a cold Monday morning with a trip for Ashburton ladies to Rakaia for the Murton Cup Fours. Success is to be reported as a team of three Ashburton ladies – H Goodall (skip), R Prendergast, B Skilling, and D Todd won the Murton Cup! Congratulations and well played to all four ladies!

On Tuesday morning – again an even colder day with drizzle – the Final of the Ashburton Ladies Fours championship was played. A very close game it was too, with Margaret Eder’s team (Heather Gray, Annette Blain, Anne Gibson) edging ahead towards the penultimate ends to beat Diane Gutberlet’s team (Shirley Maw, Alison Gibbs, Shirley Taylor). But congratulations to all eight ladies, it really was a very unpleasant morning for playing bowls!

And a big thank you to our supporters for coming out to watch.

The Ashburton ladies singles championship matches are well under way now, as are the men’s various championship matches. So, progress continues all round.

Our first Friday for hosting the Triples competition, sponsored by Toyota and Skip-to-it, was well attended and my word, what a difference in the weather!

Perfect for playing bowls which showed in the general mood and standard of play. Results: 1st – G Eder, W Lee, Judy Ryk, 3 wins, 19 ends, 31 points, 2nd – L Muir, D Muir, S Muir – 3 wins, 18 ends, 31 points, 3rd – B Hopwood, F McKnight, M Knox, 3 wins, 15 ends, 34 points, 4th – M Reid, A Reid, D Watson, 2 wins, 1 draw, 14 ends, 27 points, 5th – G Taylor, R Keel-

club house or let myself or Bruce know.

Thanks and Good golfing.

Ashburton Writers Group

Acting President Stacey Broadbent welcomed members to the October meeting held recently. Coby had sent a quotation – Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

(Ghandi).

The sales of the Anthology are going well, our presence was noticeable at Bookarama, thanks to the Ashburton Rotary Club. Rae had found some copies in a cupboard of Writers’ Group books printed in 1973, 1978 and 1983, which caused interest to members.

We now have a discussion point at every meeting. This was from Stephen King and caused a lot of discussion - When you write a story, you’re telling yourself the story. When you rewrite, your main job is taking out all the things that are not the story.

The assignment for the meeting was Leap of Faith. Subjects were new home, airborne, nightmares, money from safe, UK trip, face fears. Members voted the best ending as Stacey’s story.

The instant exercise was Ring. Members told of sullen mood, jeweller’s window, ring exchange, desperate, silent phone and mind tricks. The meeting concluded at 8.35pm.

The November assignment is “Bargain Vacation with a Stranger in a Shared Cabin”. Visitors are welcome, please phone Rae at 308-8927.

Hinds Women’s Institute

Ashburton Musical Club

Emma Johnson was awarded the Annual $700 Scholarship at the final concert for the year in October.

Emma who lives at Leeston and travels to Ashburton to perform at Musical Club, plays piano, euphonium, flute, tenor horn and French horn. Emma is working towards her ATCL with the aim of teaching music in the future.

The October meeting of Hinds WI was held in the Davison Room of the Hinds Community Centre which looks great with a recent fresh up in the form of a paint job in the kitchen and foyer.

Wednesday the 27th was fine but cool.

Ten members were present and took part in the Ode and Aspirations following Annette Simister’s Presidential welcome.

The business included the minutes of the Flower Show meeting given by Valmai McKenzie, followed by a report on the recent “Meet in the Middle” ramble in the Ashburton Domain, also the Museum display of WI’s illustrating their take on the long time the organisation has been running.

Held in the Murney Room, on the ground floor, and following the health protocols, it is worth a visit.

The financial report given by Ruth Sheppard looks in good heart and plans for the next meeting were put in place when Val Goodridge is going to show us how to make some ingenious but inexpensive Christmas decorations.

Rosa Bennett read out a Link Letter from the Hampshire WI in England still in the throes of the Delta nasty. Jo has been busy with the A & P Show Tray entry – 100 years of WI. Sadly, the show is limited this year due to – you guessed it!

Jo Wilson was our organiser for the afternoon and soon a table was set up with glue and bits and bobs to make a greeting card for each of us. It is interesting to see the range of stick-ons, beads, stamps and coloured paper that are used to good effect.

Thank you, Jo. Afternoon tea was served by the hostesses, Ruth Sheppard and Lorraine Baughan, a cuppa with some traditional fare, i.e. pikelets, date scones and tasty slices. The monthly raffle was won by Val Goodridge.

The thought for the day was read: “Speak when you are angry, and you will make the best speech you’ll ever regret.”

Tinwald Garden Club

On Thursday October 28, twenty one members enjoyed meeting again after two cancelled meetings during levels 4 and 3 lockdowns. There was a lot of chatter as everyone caught up with each other’s lives. It was great to finally be able to use the Hakatere Presbyterian Hall after more than a year of operating in cramped conditions. The hall has under gone essential work relating to the earthquakes.

There were several entries in the monthly competitions but sadly the decorative “Spring has Spring” competition was poorly supported. Many items for the sales table and our raffle contributed towards our club funds.

Due to our arranged speaker cancelling at the last minute, some members read a few gardening tips ( from a booklet produced some years ago by the club as a fundraiser,) a poem and information re a snake plant, commonly known as Mother in law’s Tongue.

At the conclusion of our meeting, members enjoyed more social time over a cuppa and browsed the judged competition entries at their leisure.

Monthly Competitions: Miniature Bloom 1st J Johnson, 2nd A Truman, 3es G Quelch Miniature Rose J Johnson, G Quelch Spike C Thomson, M Robinson, G Quelch Cluster A Tueman , G Quelch Branch Flowering Shrub K Bowman, J Johnson, A Scammell Flower NOS A Scammell, A Truman, C Thomson Flowering Climber G Quelch, E Stuckey O’Keefe/Young trophy G Quelch Decorative and Daphne Cross trophy: “Spring has Sprung” K Bowman.

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Camaraderie the Cup catch-cry

The large contingent of local athletes who competed in the Arthur’s Cup on the weekend.

Matt Markham A 40-strong group of budding young Mid Canterbury athletes finally got the chance to spread their wings last weekend.

And for members of the Ashburton Athletics Club, the annual Arthur’s Cup was the first chance to put into practice

all the key learnings from the first few weeks of the season in a competition environment alongside their peers from neighbouring regions.

The Arthur’s Cup is always a well-contested event for the younger athletes and this year was no exception, even taking into account the various restrictions and limitations in place due to Covid.

“It was nice to have some normality with sports this year and the athletes were thrilled

the event could go ahead with some changes,” a club spokesperson said.

Sunday’s event was restricted in numbers compared to previous years for the obvious reasons but athletes from Geraldine, Temuka, Waimate and South Canterbury joined their Ashburton counterparts on the Ashburton Domain Oval for a day of competitive fun.

The Ashburton Athletics Club currently trains on Wednesday nights with a num-

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ber of competitions ahead on the calendar for them to look forward to.

There’s an event in Geraldine soon and they also take part in regular interclub meets with other clubs from south of the Rangitata river.

There is strong hope within the club that by the time the annual Colgate Games – the pinnacle event of the year – rolls around in January that it will be able to be held and local athletes can go and compete.

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Seta shows the way to the tryline Matt Markham He might not get to lift the Meads Cup aloft this weekend as a winning captain, but there’s still a bragging right in store for Mid Canterbury’s Seta Koroitamana heading into the final week of the Heartland Championship.

The barnstorming loose forward, who is also captain of this year’s Mid Canterbury Heartland team, will head to Gisborne along with his teammates this weekend to take on Poverty Bay for the Bill Osborne Shield, and he’ll do so as the competition’s joint leading try-scorer with 10 tries next to his name.

It’s been a consistent effort from the brilliant Rakaia player. He’s scored in every match this season, including a double on the weekend in his side’s victory over Buller.

Those two tries kept him level with South Canterbury’s Kalavini Leatigaga, who also picked up a brace of tries for his side in their win over the West Coast on Saturday.

Leatigaga and his side will shoot for Meads Cup glory when they host Thames Valley at Alpine Energy Stadium in Timaru this weekend, and like Koroitamana, his white-line fever is likely to be a major plus for the green and blacks as they look for glory.

Koroitamana’s form this season on the paddock will have him heavily favoured to gain a selection in the New Zealand Heartland XV side, which will play the New Zealand Barbarians side on December 5 in Taupo.

The side this year is being coached

by South Canterbury’s Nigel Walsh alongside Whanganui’s Jason Hamlin, with Mid Canterbury’s Tony Harrison named as the side’s manager.

The side will be named at the completion of the Heartland Championship.

Mixed bag for Country side Matt Markham Country Mid Canterbury’s ploy to make it to back-toback Tennis Canterbury Premier playoffs took another bump on the weekend, as they felt the full force of the powerhouse Elmwood outfit.

Playing on Friday night instead of the usual Saturday slot, the side went north with huge intentions – but were unable to keep up with the frenetic pace and talent of the Elmwood side, who claimed the match 5-1.

Nathan McKenzie provided the only bright spot on an otherwise one-sided score sheet, winning his singles encounter in the No.4 slot in the team.

Jack Tiller, Ben Smith and

Cameron McCracken all suffered defeats, with McCracken’s match going to a tie-breaker.

The Elmwood side feature two of the best players in Canterbury in the Darling brothers, Elliot and Lawrence, and they were in fine form across the day.

Tiller and Rhys Cromie were no match for them in the doubles, losing 3-6, 6-7 but McCracken and Smith gave themselves a chance, winning the first set before dropping the second and then the tiebreak, 3-10.

The result pushes the Country Mid Canterbury side down the table, but with the big guns now out of the way they can work towards rebuilding their season.

It was much more positive news for the Division One team on Sunday though, as they moved to top of the standings in their grade with

their second victory for the season.

They beat Bishopdale 4-2 in their fixture in Christchurch on Sunday morning to continue their good start to the season.

Spearheaded by two strong wins in the doubles courtesy of Rhys Cromie and Jason Feutz and Tyler Leonard and Connor Brosnahan, the side picked up half of their singles games to secure the win.

Both Brosnahan and Feutz had good wins, albeit in tight encounters, while Cromie in the No.1 slot went to a tiebreaker, only to come out on the wrong side in his match, and Leonard lost his match by default.

All sides get a break this weekend for the long weekend before returning to play on November 20 and November 21 with the Premier side facing off against Burnside Park Tyler Leonard combined with Connor Brosnahan for a good doubles win for the Country and Wilding Park.

Mid Canterbury Division One team on the weekend.

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11

which Tuesday. We are based in the Triangle, 106 Victoria Street.

9am - 2pm (summer hours) 10am-4pm ASHBURTON MENZ SHED. NZ ALPINE AND AGRICULTURE ENCOUNTER Call in and have a chat and cuppa. 8 William AND THE ART GALLERY. Street.

Open for viewing. Mt Hutt Memorial Hall, 160 9.30am Main Street. Methven.

AGE CONCERN ASHBURTON. 10.30am - 3.30pm Ladies exercise class. Please phone 3086817.

ASHBURTON EMBROIDERERS’GUILD. Ashburton Senior Centre, 206 Cameron Meet on the 4th Thursday of each month at Street. the Seniors Centre, 206 Cameron Street.

9.30am-11am 10.45am PARK STREET LINE DANCERS. MSA TAI CHI. Join our friendly group for fun low impact Cost $3 per session. MSA. Havelock Street. dance. St Stephens Church Hall, Park Street.

11am 9.30am-11.30am STEADY AS YOU GO FALLS PREVENTION. MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON CLUB. Exercises designed to strengthen and improve Weekly morning games, free racket hire, all muscles in a supportive environment. Contact welcome. E A Networks Sports complex. River Age Concern Ashburton 308 6817. This session Terrace. at Holy Spirit Church. Thomson Street.

9.30am-12.30pm Tinwald.

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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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1pm STEADY AS YOU GO FALLS PREVENTION. Exercises designed to strengthen and improve muscles in a supportive environment. Contact Age Concern Ashburton 308 6817. This session at Buffalo Lodge hall. Cox Street.

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

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1pm - 3.30pm ASHBURTON EMBROIDERERS’GUILD. Meet on the 2nd Thursday of each month at the Seniors Centre, 206 Cameron Street.

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WATSON, Eunice Kathleen (Kathleen) – On November 8, 2021.

Passed away peacefully at Terrace View Retirement Village, Ashburton, aged 92 years. Loved wife of the late Ian. Much loved mother and mother-in-law of Jennifer and Richard, Annette and Peter Jacob, Murray and Helen, and the late Geri (Perth, WA), and Heather and Bob (West Melton). Treasured Nana of Emmett and Nicole, and Kendall; Hayden, and Kimberley and Mat (Sydney); Cherokee, and Savannah; Olivia, and Esther and was soon to be a great-Nana. A special thank you to the staff at Terrace View for their loving care and support of Kathleen. Messages to the Watson family c/- PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740. A service to celebrate Kathleen’s life will be held at Our Chapel, cnr East & Cox streets, Ashburton on SATURDAY, November 13, commencing at 11am, followed by interment at the Ashburton New Lawn Cemetery. Due to Covid number restrictions those who would like to attend the service please phone or txt 027 757 5559 or 03 308 8043.

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Thursday: Low cloud and possible drizzle, but fine breaks in the afternoon. NE developing in the morning.

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Thursday: Low cloud or fog and areas of drizzle, but fine breaks in the afternoon. Isolated showers about the foothills in the afternoon and evening.

Northeasterlies developing in the morning.

Friday: One or two morning showers, then fine.

Northeasterlies becoming storng in the morning, turning northeast in the afternoon, then dying out in the evening.

Saturday: Rain and southeasterlies developing.

A ridge over the country recedes to the north and east during Thursday, while a trough moves onto central New Zealand from the Tasman Sea. A low and associated front move up the country on Friday, preceded by strengthening northerlies. Another complex trough moves across the South Island during the weekend.

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Christchurch Darfield Lake Coleridge Methven Rakaia Timaru

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Thursday Mountain weather hazard: Wind.

Areas of morning low cloud or fog. Fine breaks and isolated showers from afternoon.

Wind at 1000m: Light. NW 30 km/h developing in the afternoon, rising to 60 km/h in exposed places in the evening.

Wind at 2000m: NW 30 km/h, rising to 50 km/h in the afternoon, and to gale 65 km/h in the evening.

Freezing level: Rising above 3000m.

Friday Mountain weather hazard: Wind.

Rain with possibly heavy falls near the divide, easing in the evening. Partly cloudy further east with scattered morning rain.

Wind at 1000m: NW 40 km/h, rising to severe gale 90 km/h in the morning then easing in the evening.

Wind at 2000m: NW 60 km/h, rising to severe gale 110 km/h in the morning, easing evening.

Freezing level: Above 3000m.

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Saturday: Rain and southeasterlies developing.

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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

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Christchurch Timaru Airport Airport 19.6 18.6 12.8 13.0 12.6 – 0.2 0.0 0.4 8.4 S 33 SE 22 3:33pm 3:51pm 0.0 – 52.3 –

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H 10:04am L 3:43am H 10:01am L 3:36am

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