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Guardian steps up to drive promotion Thinking local will save our community Daryl Holden

SHOP SMART, SHOP LOCAL

You asked for community leadership and the Ashburton Guardian is going to provide it. From today, your Guardian begins a campaign urging Ashburton shoppers to throw their support behind their local retailers and businesses – or risk losing them. It’s as serious as that. The Guardian’s Shop Smart, Shop Local – Put Your $ Where Your Heart Is campaign will showcase all that’s great about our shops and businesses, some of which have been left battered and bruised, and fighting for survival, after one of the worst trading periods in 50 years. Extensive and lengthy CBD re-

cal paper for 142 years and an organisation that has been through the ups and downs as much as any organisation in the district, is stepping up to the proverbial batters’ box, ready to come out swinging.

You could be a big business or a small business, a real estate agent, plumber, or an accountant, a grocer, a funeral director, café owner, motelier, or whatever. You could be involved in sport

be spreading the word – the like of “ We’ll which has not been seen anywhere in New Zealand for years.

MID CANTERBURY development work, which kept streets closed, retailers rightly grumpy and shoppers away for well over a year, plus the ongoing effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, had combined to form a potent retail killing cocktail. On

top of that, supply issues, lack of cash flow, and staffing challenges were among the long and brutal list of struggles business owners have faced. So, the Guardian, your genuine community-focused lo-

We’ll do that with engaging, informative stories across our print and online platforms on businesses and the people that run and own them. Importantly, our campaign would not just focus on retailers. It would also provide a platform to celebrate all the good stuff that goes on in our district, as well as helping those in need.

or be a volunteer, who gives their all because they love their community. We’ll also be spreading the word with specially made posters, carrying the shop local message in what would be a major consumer and business promotional campaign – the like of which has not been seen anywhere in New Zealand for years.

Cat burglar dobbed in Maddison Gourlay People in Tinwald have been losing clothes and other items, especially socks, but the culprit has been found. The cat burglar as it turns out is a two-year-old, grey and white cat called Boots While downsizing her home Tinwald resident Marica Gordon found an assortment of clothing items that were not hers tucked in various spots in her home. “I found so many pairs of

socks, I wasn’t sure how they got there, but I had an idea it was my cat,” she said. “I felt so embarrassed.” Counting 25 socks, including four-and-a-half pairs of Ashburton College socks, two tee shirts, and two pairs of underwear, the task of finding the rightful owners of the stash was a head scratcher. “I just put a photo of everything on social media and I got a response from my over the back neighbour,” she said. “But even after returning the items, he has still brought home more.” Gordon is thankful for her neighbour’s positive attitude towards the cat burglar.

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Ashburton Trust name change Licensing Trust becomes Braided Rivers Malcolm Hopwood A new name and identity for the Ashburton Licensing Trust. From tomorrow, it will be called the Braided Rivers Community Trust to identify more closely with the role it plays in Mid Canterbury. For some years now it’s been operating as a community trust with the sale and supply of liquor being only a minor part of its business. Now with a name change and new identity “it can reflect more accurately on what we do here in Ashburton District,” chief executive Rob Reid said. The name change has been a long time coming. Because the Ashburton Licensing Trust was established in 1949 by an Act of Parliament, it needed government permission for the name change. This has taken several years before approval was given by the present Minister of Justice, Kris Faafoi. “Our focus has been on creating a balanced and diversified invest-

Braided Rivers Community Trust chief executive Rob Reid and chairperson Chris Robertson display the new branding that comes into being today. PHOTO MALCOLM HOPWOOD ment portfolio as a major player for some time and now we have a name and branding to go with it,” Reid said. When he sits at his desk tomorrow morning, Reid said his role will continue to make economic decisions on behalf of the trust and advise on how the money is distributed to local people. Formerly the trust owned and operated the hotel, taverns and

liquor outlets in Mid Canterbury, but Reid said “the hospitality business is best run by people in the game which we realised over the last 10 years”. “To divest ourselves of that responsibility has been a good economic decision.” However, the Braided River Community Trust will continue to operate the Devon Hotel because of its history and the role it plays

in the community. “It’s a profitable business and we have no intention to sell it at this stage,” Reid said. “I’m excited about the future. It’s great to be able to operate as a community trust, reflecting what we do in Mid Canterbury.” Reid said as of October 29, Braided Rivers Community Trust has a financial equity of $16 million, $3.5 million in a managed

portfolio from the sale of hospitality outlets and a further $7 million of equity in Somerset House which is its headquarters. It will continue to distribute about $100,000 in annual grants to Mid Canterbury organisations, with the next funding round in February 2022. Its quick response monthly grants will also continue with the latest being $300 to the Ashburton Bowling Club for their Ladies Triple Bowls Tournament. Reid said the trust will continue its relationship with the Lion Foundation which owns gaming machines in Mid Canterbury and ensure funds raised through the machines will stay local. He also said the change will affect the naming of the Ashburton Trust Event Centre and Ashburton Trust Tennis Centre. “We are working with both parties so our new branding is incorporated,” Reid said. As for Braided Rivers, Reid said it “uniquely describes our inland rivers and represents the area we come from”. Because the Braided Rivers Community Trust is dedicated to Mid Canterbury, it “supports the Ashburton 0Guardian’s Buy Locally campaign as it benefits both our business and the community,” Reid said.

Ashburton show ready to go Jonathan Leask It’s been twice as much work but worth the effort. The Ashburton A&P Show committee will be putting in another big shift today to add the finishing touches for the annual two-day event. Sorting the logistics for the compartmentalised and segregated event has meant a bigger workload, but it has meant the show can go on, albeit behind closed doors. “Holding a show is what our

main objective is, but it’s a shame we won’t have the public attending,” show president Peter Stewart said. Due to the Covid restrictions they are not running a full show with no trade sites, market sites, food sites, bar or entertainment, and also no public attendance. It is an exhibitor and competitor only show for certain sections, run in separate bubbles, with over 3000 entries, Stewart said. Entrants will scan into their respective bubble and where possible there will be mask wearing and social distancing, Stewart said. It’s been a try two year reign as president for Stewart who will again miss out on the bells and whistles side of the role, but has avoided an unwanted tag as the

only president to never hold a show in their tenure. “There won’t be the president’s lunch, but I’ll still be pulling on my suit, presenting a few awards, and hopefully pull off a good competitive A&P show.” The equestrian classes have attarcted around 850 entries and showjumping has 450 entries, while there are 170 dogs entered into the dog trials over the two days. The sheep, wool, and home industries will only run on Friday, and Stewart said that will include the presentation of a Royal Agricultural Medal in the Dorper class. Shearing and alpaca classes take place on Saturday as does the Highland dancing at the Netherby School hall.

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Bookarama proceeds go to charitable trust for distribution Malcolm Hopwood

Bookarama proceeds for 2021 will be added to a fund for local charitable projects. Takings from last week’s Bookarama amounted to $57,000 and will now be invested in the Rotary Club of Ashburton’s Charitable Trust for both local and international projects. Trust chairman, Don McLeod, said funding will go towards Polio Plus, Rotary’s international commitment, shelter boxes for Pacific emergency relief, Rotary Youth Leadership and local projects. Funding this year has already been distributed for flood relief, the Boxing Academy and secondary school projects. “We have a particular inter-

est in young people,” McLeod said. “Both individuals and groups can make submissions for funding.” Proceeds from this year’s Bookarama were $10,000 down on last year. Organiser, David Mead, said Level 2 restrictions and the cancellation of traditional events such as Boulevard Day which coincided with Bookarama, had fewer numbers visit the Sports Hall to purchase. However, he estimated more than 50 per cent of the books were sold and was pleased with the response. “There was still a great turnout from local people,” he said. Bookarama closed at midday Saturday and about 20 Rotarians spent part of the weekend sorting and cataloguing the remaining unsold books. The bulk of them will be stored in a shed and go back on sale next year.

Right – Rotary Club of Ashburton members Don McLeod and David Mead at the Bookarama that had raised more than $50,000 from book sales.

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Plaques to show key parts of town history Maddison Gourlay

Ashburton Museum archives officer Connor Lysaght shows one of the three design options for plaques at a recent council meeting. PHOTO ADAM BURNS 201021-AB-8080

The new $15 million CBD revitalisation project will highlight key Ashburton streets history through a series of plaques. A working group created to raise the profile of the history of the Ashburton town and district, showed their plans and designs to Ashburton District Council members last week. In February last year the concept of street plaques to highlight Ashburton’s history was raised, and in May the Heritage Mid Canterbury Working Group was formed. “These [plaques] aim to present the history of Ashburton not in terms of significant people or figures, but the purpose is to showcase Ashburton as it was in times past, without placing any historic person on a pedestal,” the project report said.

The working group decided to start with four key streets – Tancred Street, Burnett Street, Moore Street and Baring Square East in the CBD with potential to expand. The working group has introduced the possibility of the panels being interchangeable, with the intention of them being swapped out periodically so that different content could be displayed. The estimated cost per interpretation panel is $950 for the frames and $250 for the panel. The open spaces budget will cover the cost of concrete surrounds and installation from existing budgets and $1000 will be contributed by the museum from existing budgets. The report said that there will not be any further budget implications, as open spaces will keep the signs clean and existing budgets can cover this. During the council meeting the working group members showed examples of potential designs, granite plaques, the current Historic Places Mid Canterbury blue plaques, and a draft of what the content might look like on the panels.

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Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta confirmed yesterday that Three Waters’ proposals will Federated Farmers’ Mid Canterbury president David Clark has described the Government’s decibe mandatory for local councils. sion to mandate proposed reforms for three waters’ as disgraceful.

Fed Farmers president livid at Three Waters decision ‘It’s a sad day for New Zealand’ Adam Burns Rural leaders in Mid Canterbury have expressed anger in response to the Government’s decision to force Three Waters reforms onto local communities. Federated Farmers’ Mid Canterbury president David Clark has unleashed a tirade following yesterday’s announcement by Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta that the proposed reforms are set to be mandated. This is despite vast misgivings expressed by dozens of councils throughout the country. Three Waters centres around the transfer of drinking water,

wastewater and stormwater assets out of the hands of the country’s 67 councils, to four large water entities, with the aim of providing better water services around the country at a lower cost. “The case for change is too

The minister added that an allin approach for councils will require legislation. “The legislation is a mandated decision.” Clark said it was a “sad day for New Zealand”.

the day democracy ceased in New “ It’s Zealand and a compulsory acquisition of our community assets.

compelling to ignore,” Mahuta said. “It is clear that without the establishment of these publicly-owned entities we will continue to see a frail network and contaminated water in many communities.”

“It’s an absolutely disgraceful decision,” he said. “It’s the day democracy ceased in New Zealand and a compulsory acquisition of our community assets.” Mahuta defended it as not an asset grab.

“Councils will own their assets and will continue to do so alongside other councils within the entity.” Rangitata MP Jo Luxton, in a statement, said based off the consensus of evidence that reform made economic sense. “I know there are concerns around what the future will look like,” she said. “Without reform, we’ll keep seeing burst pipes, contaminated water, and skyrocketing costs for Kiwi households.” Clark did not buy into the argument that it would bring economic benefit. “It is an agenda that is being forced and the narrative that is being used is BS,” he said. Ashburton District Mayor Neil Brown said he was taken aback that the proposal was suddenly being mandated.

He said it also underminded the democractic process that was affirmed by the Government. Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ) Minister Stuart Crosby said it was disappointing that the Government had resorted to mandate. “What the decision does do is give councils and communities some certainty about the path of reform ahead.” Next on the agenda is the formation of a working group, comprising of local government, iwi and water industry experts, which will work through elements of the entity design.

Ashburton vaccination rates improve Adam Burns Health leaders in the mainland continue to devise ways to drive up vaccination rates, including the Ashburton district which continues to climb up the national vaccination chart. More than 24,000 eligible people in Mid Canterbury have received at least one dose after the district was highlighted as one of the worst performing in the country earlier this month. Following a significant boost in rates over the past fortnight, about 88 per cent of Ashburton’s 27,500 eligible population

had received one jab with 67 per cent of the population now fully vaccinated. Latest figures from the Ministry of Health shows Ashburton is the 32nd best district from a total of 68 territories. It was recorded as one of the best areas throughout the country during the Super Saturday event. Pop-up clinics are continuing in Ashburton this week with Life Pharmacy facilitating a pop-up event on Sunday at Hampstead Sports Complex for six hours. The Canterbury District Health Board (DHB) has indicated that its primary health care team was working with telehealth service provider Whakarongorau Aotearoa to start making outbound calls this week to Cantabrians who had not yet engaged with the vaccination rollout. “We are aware that different communities have differing needs and therefore

the best way of reaching people varies greatly between communities,” DHB senior responsible officer for the Covid-19 response Dr Helen Skinner said. The DHB renewed its call for people to use “reliable sources” for information. “We are aware that there is some material circulating in the community that comments on the safety and efficacy of the Covid-19 vaccines,” Skinner said. “We need a whole of society approach to combat misinformation, not only by government agencies, but also academia and the media.” A Methven family doctor caused a stir last week after revealing she had quit her job due to the vaccination mandate for health workers. About 89 per cent of the eligible Canterbury population has now received at least their first dose vaccination.

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Walking week, Irish festival win tourism funds A Methven and foothills walking festival, an aviation and military extravaganza and the South Island Motor Home Show are among nine events in Mid Canterbury to secure regional tourism funding.

A collective $38,175 was allocated to the nine events, all of which will encourage visitors to come and stay in the Ashburton district. Other events included an Irish celebration called the Opuke Gathering, two big golf tournaments and a basketball tournament. Ashburton District Deputy Mayor Liz McMillan is chairperson of the sevenmember panel that decided the funding applications. “It was great to see that in these uncertain times people are looking ahead and still planning positively for events that bring people together, in a safe way. “These events will all bring people to our district and our businesses can share in the wider economic windfall. Mid Canterbury is definitely open for business.” The Methven and Foothills Walking Festival is a proposed week-long event featuring 10 walks in the April school holidays next year and is modelled on the town’s successful walking festivals of the early 2000s. The organisers say an increase in walking trails around Methven, and people looking for alternative activities within New Zealand, was added inspiration to reignite the festival. It could grow over the years to include walks around the rest of the district.

Methven is planning to bring back its popular walking festival.

The Ashburton Aviation Museum received funds to help stage its Militeria and Aviation Extravaganza on 5 and 6 February next year. The museum is raising funds for a new display hangar and hopes the extravaganza will become a bi-annual event that will encourage visitors from all over the country. Ashburton played a significant part during World War Two in the training and preparation of pilots for the RNZAF. That aviation history will be on show, alongside military displays. Organisers say the event is not just about planes and guns, but it will also be educational and informative. The full list of tourism funding recipients is:

South Island AG Summit, agricultural conference in Methven on 27 and 28 May 2022. Lions District 202J Convention, a Lions convention in Methven in April 2022. The Opuke Gathering, a celebration of traditional Irish music and culture in Methven on 8 and 9 April, 2022. South Island Golf Tournament (Ashburton RSA), a chartered clubs mixed pairs golf tournament at the Tinwald course on 4 and 5 June 2022. NZ Men's Inter Provincial Golf Tournament (Ashburton Golf Club), being held 30 November to 4 December. South Island U13 Basketball Championships, an event with teams from all over the South Island at the EA

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Getting a grip on nitrates A report to Council on the economic impact of achieving 2.4mg nitrate in lowland streams makes sobering reading: Dairy farming and dairy support land use will need to reduce by 50 per cent from current levels, the district’s GDP will decline by $409 million and 1735 jobs will be lost. That’s if we do nothing. Our farming community is already well on the way to good management practices that reduce nitrates leaching into waterways or aquifers. We just need science and time to get to the 2.4mg target set by Government in its National Policy Statement on Freshwater. We were already on the way because farmers were working to a 6.9mg target set by Environment Canterbury a few years ago in its regional plan. Ecan is now rewriting that plan to take into account Government’s new 2.4mg rule. The new 2.4mg rule was among blanket freshwater targets set for the 1

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whole of the country and farmers in huge numbers have said that was never a good idea as different parts of the country have different issues. Here in Mid Canterbury, a legacy issue with nitrate is the result of farming practices of the past. We know now that irrigation actually helps reduce nitrate leaching compared to dryland farming and fertiliser use need to be carefully calaculated. Government’s freshwater consultation document that preceded the NPS had little in the way of economic impact analysis for Mid Canterbury so we have commissioned our own reports. We plan to use the 2.4mg report to lobby Ecan for time – we have been vaguely given “a generation” – for farming to achieve the new target. There is plenty of evidence to show farming is already walking the talk to improve outcomes for the environment in our district. Agriculture is a significant contributor to the Ashburton District’s GDP and a decline in farm productivity and

Networks Centre. South Island Motorhome Show, in Ashburton 12 and 13 February. Militaria and Aviation Extravaganza, at the Ashburton Airport 5 and 6 February. Methven and Foothills Walking Festival, April school holidays 2022. The nine funding applications sought about $60,000, but only $38,175 was available. The selection panel also included Jan Cochrane (Sport Canterbury), Roger Farr (Ashburton Trust Event Centre), Bruce Moffat (Christchurch NZ), Simon Worthington (Ashburton District Council), Andrea Lee (Covid-19 Economic Advisory Panel), Jen Parkes (Mid Canterbury Tourism Advisory Group).

Ashburton District Council has accepted two Maori names, gifted by Arowhenua, for the new library and civic building. financial performance would have spinoffs for the whole district. A reduction in livestock numbers and lower volumes of produce would affect the transport industry, irrigation service industry and businesses who maintain vehicle and farm equipment. The regulations do not define a timeframe by when they must be met – a short timeframe will exacerbate the negative effects while a longer timeframe will enable businesses to adjust and adopt new science and technology to meet the regulations. We see a long-term view where both farming and the environment are winners and we hope our report will add to a body of information that will engage people to change.

The library will be known as Te Pataka o ka Tuhituhi and the civic centre as Te Waharoa a Hine Paaka. Te Pataka o ka Tuhituhi means the storehouse of written publications, while Te Waharoa a Hine Paaka derives from an ancient matai tree that once stood at Alford Forest. Known as Hine Paaka, the tree was a significant landmark to Maori travelling through the district. Ashburton Mayor Neil Brown said the names celebrated te reo in a prominent and obvious way and linked to the history and heritage that mana whenua had in the district. “Arowhenua have gifted two separate names on the basis that one name alone could not capture all that the building offered. We’re delighted to accept both and will find a suitable place to display them in the new building.” ashburtondc.govt.nz

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New exercise areas for dogs off lead The Company Road Dog Exercise Area was added to Ashburton District Council’s official list of dog exercise areas when the Dog Control Bylaw and Dog Control Policy has been adopted.

The dog exercise area at Argyle Park was also extended and an area of Ashton Beach is now off-limits to dogs because of special flora and fauna in the area. Other changes to the previous bylaw include a clause that owners must ensure that dogs are wearing current registration tags on any land that is not their own and that owners must carry plastic bags or other means to pick up their dog’s poo. Council received 29 submissions when the documents were reviewed earlier this year and put out for public consultation. The dog control bylaw sets out standards of control that must be observed by dog owners and aims to minimise the potential for dogs to cause harm. Dogs must be kept on a leash in all public places at all times, except in areas specified as dog exercise areas. Exercise areas in the policy are the Ashburton Dog Park (near the Ashburton Argyle Park Excercise Areas

River), Pioneer Park, Digby Park, Patching Street Reserve, Smallbone Drive Reserve, Devon Park, Argyle Park, Company Road, the Tinwald Green, George Glassey Park and the Methven Dog Park. Dog owners can also use the old Ashburton landfill area at the end of Range Street to run their dogs off the leash. The area is not an official dog exercise area and access is sometimes restricted; dog bags are provided onsite. Dogs are prohibited at all boat ramps and slipways, all cemeteries, public sports grounds, Ashton Beach, Lake Camp reserve, Lake Clearwater huts and shores, Lake Heron shores and Maori Lakes shores. Strategy and Compliance Group Manager Jane Donaldson said dog owners had a raft of responsibilities, and most kept and exercised their dogs within the rules. “Our dog control is carried out by contractors and our aim is education first when we find someone is not complying. But the rules are there for a reason and that is to keep our community safe.” She said there were good resources on Council’s website, including a brochure with the most important information.

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THOMPSONS TRACK ROAD WORKS A 1.7km section of Thompsons Track will be closed for six weeks from 1 November so the road surface can be dug out, widened and strengthened. Thompsons Track will be temporarily closed between Jamiesons Road and Line Road on 1 November and traffic will be able to detour around the work site using Pannetts Road, Lauriston Barrhill Road and Winchmore Lauriston Road. This work should be complete by Christmas. The work is part of a $2.3 million rehabilitation contract awarded to HEB Construction. Other sections of Thompsons Track and Arundel Rakaia Gorge Road will also be rehabilitated.

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WASTEWATER DRAINAGE BYLAW COMPANY ROAD DOG EXERCISE AREA ARGYLE PARK

On 20 October 2021, Council rolled over the Wastewater Drainage Bylaw under Section 156(2)(a) of the Local Government Act 2002. This section states that Council can make minor changes to a bylaw via publicly notified resolution if the changes do not affect an existing right, interest, title, immunity, duty, status or capacity of any person to whom the bylaw applies. The minor changes made to the bylaw include updating legislation and references, and reordering a clause for readability. The Wastewater Drainage Bylaw 2021 is available on Council’s website or from the Council reception.

$2.33m for rail hub move Ashburton District Council will contribute $2.33 million towards relocating Ashburton’s rail container terminal from the middle of town to Fairton.

Relocating the rail hub is a $14m project involving Council, Fairfield Freight Hub (part of the Wareing Group) and KiwiRail. Government has also given $2m to the project. Ashburton Mayor Neil Brown said Council confirmed its commitment to the hub at its meeting last week and also agreed to provide loan funding of $3m to the project. "Relocating the rail container terminal to Fairton has been an ongoing discussion for Council for years and we are delighted it is finally going to happen. "It will pave the way for increased rail freight from this district and reduce truck movements on State Highway 1. It also means shunting operations will no longer result in trains blocking intersections in town." Construction of the hub is expected to begin early next year and be completed by late 2022. Operations will continue at the

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current site on West Street until the new hub is open. The new freight hub is near Council’s north-east Ashburton Business Estate and will involve the re-engineering of an existing rail siding that once served the Fairton Freezing Works. Mayor Brown said the new rail hub would also set the district up for a lower-carbon future. "Helping exporters and businesses move more freight by rail makes good sense and helps reduce transport emissions." KiwiRail has plans to increase the amount of local rail freight from 6000 containers a year to 20,000.

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Covid’s ‘heavy impact’ on tourism Jonathan Leask

Angus Laing and his assortment of sunflower seedlings, and the jar of donations just for the St John Ambulance.

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Angus’ sunflower stand outside their property and donate half of his profits to St John Ambulance, as the service helped their family recently. “My Grandpa got helped by ambulance and helicopter,” Laing said. Laing said he wants to be able to help people like his grandfather. This isn’t Laing’s first season of business, last year selling sunflower seedlings for pocket money. Laing often could be seen perusing the toy aisle at the Salvation Army, Angus’ mum Charlotte Riley said. But now Angus knows that places like The Warehouse do slightly different toys to the Salvation Army, but his mum said he still enjoys the “Sallies” very much.

Maddison Gourlay Entrepreneurs are getting younger and younger these days, such as a local youngster who opened a sunflower stand. Five-year-old Angus Laing and his family had a lot of sunflower seeds thanks to a family member in Kaikoura, and with a little patience and perseverance, nurtured them into seedlings. Laing decided he wanted to sell them

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Laing has a small stand in front of his property in Allison Street, Allenton. The stall operates an honesty box system while Laing is at school. But on the weekends and after school Laing will keep an eye on it while adventuring in the backyard. “Some people don’t want to purchase sunflower seedlings, but they will happily donate to St John,” she said. “We have a separate container just for people that want to donate to St John, and then Angus’ container, which we will take half out for a donation to St John. “The community has been so generous, so we will keep going to raise as much as we can.”

Covid-19 is having a heavy impact on the tourism industry in Mid Canterbury and operators don’t see any improvements until next year, according to the district’s tourism promoters. In its quarterly update to the Ashburton District Council, ChristchurchNZ reported that the absence of visitors from Auckland meant the usually buoyant school holidays and ski season would not perform as well as anticipated, “with some operators forecasting up to 60 per cent of their forward bookings now cancelled”. “We moved into a business support model throughout the lockdown, providing advice around benefits and central government policy,” the report said. “We called many of the operators directly to gauge their well-being. “Most of the operators advised that they were unlikely to see any improvements to their businesses until Q1 2022.” From June to August the quarterly tourism spend was $17.3 million, up 14 per cent on the same period in 2020. Of that, the domestic spend was $15.8m – up 9 per cent on 2020 and up 21 per cent on 2019. The international spend was $1.6m which was up 97 per cent on 2020, but down 64 per cent on 2019. The report Ashburton District’s share of ChristchurchNZ regional tourism organisation spend was 7.7 per cent, up 5.3 per cent on the previous quarter. The Methven and Mt Hutt visitor spend was $5.5m, up 9 per cent on the previous quarter, and up 51 per cent on same quarter 2020.

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hop Smart, Shop Local. You’ll read and hear those words a lot in the next month or so and for good reason. As you would have seen on the front page, the Guardian has decided to do what all serious newspapers should. We’re stepping up for the good of our community in a time of need. We’ve launched a Shop Smart, Shop Local – Put Your $ Where Your Heart Is campaign. Why? To provide support and encouragement to local businesses, who have found the going unbelievably tough in the past year or more. Business has plummeted for many because of the ongoing redevelopment work in Ashburton’s CBD and the uncertainty, and restrictions, around

Daryl Holden Covid-19. Shoppers just haven’t shopped like they normally would. Now it’s hit stage serious, with Ashburton Retailers’ Association chairman Bob McDonald suggesting some businesses won’t even be around next year unless the tills ring long and loud in the key trading period up to Christmas. A councillor, who I agreed not to name, said some business owners have phoned in tears in recent times, so stressed were

they about their loss of income and chances of survival. But shop local campaigns, it must be remembered, are so much more than trying to increase revenue for local merchants.

pride. And that’s what the Guardian is about. We want to celebrate and recognise all the things that make our district a heck of a place to live and work, while also trying to provide a lifeline for those

it’s quite simple really. Love where “ So, you live. Support those businesses that keep our town and district special. You might just make it better.

The campaigns in many ways are a philosophy. They create a new vibrancy, a spirit of co-operation. They also develop, or renew, a sense of community

businesses with their backs against the wall. We don’t want to lose any of them. For that to happen, you and I need to play our part.

Locally owned businesses, or companies that employ locals to provide you with goods and services, help build strong communities by sustaining vibrant town centres and districts by linking neighbours in a web of economic and social relationships, while also contributing to local causes. It also must be stressed that someone isn’t bad if they buy in another town or city. We all do that, but all we ask is that you think about buying local when you make a purchase. So, it’s quite simple really. Love where you live. Support those businesses that keep our town and district special. You might just make it better. That’s what the Ashburton Guardian hopes to do in the next month or so.

TAKING ISSUE 11

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ill they stop at nothing? This command-and-control, centralise-at-all-costs, democracy-be-damned Labour government has shown the middle finger to the ratepayers, and has finally fessed up to what we all knew was coming; it is taking ownership of our water. Nania Mahuta has finally shown her hand after months of ducking and diving behind faux ‘consultation’ with councils, and announced they will be mandating their Three Waters Reforms, by introducing a bill to Parliament that will force councils to hand control of their water assets to four mega water entities. That means we here in Canterbury will be sucked into Entity D. The delivery of the drinking water, wastewater and stormwater services (that you own) will be removed from the councils (that you elected) and handed to a Government-controlled, South Island-wide entity. Those services will be controlled by multiple layers of

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Nicola Grigg SELWYN MP bureaucrats and appointed governors in these mega-entities – with no accountability to us. Whether you are in Ashburton, Selwyn, Christchurch, Mackenzie or Waimakariri, your water bill will end up cross subsiding your neighbours. This is obviously a move that my National colleagues and I will be vehemently opposing. We believe it is an unworkable, fundamentally flawed, and one-size-fits-all answer that has been pursued without adequate consideration of alternatives or proper consultation. But whether you support the entity model or not, the Government’s decision to force it on your council, remove your right to make an independent decision, and acquire and centralise your ratepayer-owned assets by legislation is outrageous. We maintain that there hasn’t been sufficient time or information to digest the detail and consult communities. This is a government whose ‘we know best’ attitude grows by the day. Whether it be senior Cabinet ministers or backbench MPs, they simply will not listen. And there are a multitude of topics to take issue with. I read with distress this week the independent report commissioned by the Rural Support Trust inquiring into the social impacts

LETTERS CBD revamp I just wanted to congratulate the people of Ashburton for the transforming work in the inner city area. Beautiful buildings, beautiful plantings and attractive walkways! We have been going through Ashburton for nearly 80 years and, for us, in the past it was a place to just get through, try and ignore the hot norwester, and continue on to family on Banks Peninsular and Christchurch. We have just recently spent some time in Ashburton and it is now just so welcoming, an hour’s free parking next to great shopping, great restaurants, cafes, and bars. The efforts made by your local business entrepreneurs to lift the standard of the buildings is to be admired. We were so impressed by the huge fantail mural on the Murney’s main building. What a commitment to local business. But it is not all about the shops and offices. You even have roomy, clean, airport-like toilets that are easily found by visitors right in the main street. You must have really lifted the spirits of all the local people. Just construct a new main road bridge and three or four wide underpasses under the railway line, then traffic would flow, not slow, and Ashburton would be a unique and wholly attractive destination. Well done! Milton & Anne McKenzie, Kurow

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of the Government’s Freshwater Reforms. Among its key findings was that, in the past, fresh water issues have been addressed through a community led approach, but the new rules and regulations have been introduced in a way that fails to take into consideration the socio-economic impacts of such an intervention.

Tellingly, it found that farmers are fed up with spending too much time with compliance issues, rather than farming. Even Environment Canterbury can’t provide clarity around how the national policy statement would work with existing timeframes and targets set out in the Canterbury Water Management Strategy. Once again, no consultation.

So I repeat, will they stop at nothing? One final thing to bear in mind, reader, these Three Waters proposals are intended to take effect in 2024. There is an election between now and then. National’s Nicola Grigg grew up in Mt Somers and is currently the Selwyn MP.

Your Say – Three Waters mandate L ocal Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta yesterday announced that the Government was proceeding with Three Waters proposals and setting up legislation, mandating the reforms. Here is some of the comments on the Guardian’s Facebook page following the announcement. *Some of the comments have been abridged

“Once again this government ignores the wishes of the majority.” – Maree Lawlor “Communism at its finest.”

– Dave Shoup

“This is plain robbery and doing as they please. Prices will soar and every rate payer should be furious about the Three Waters.” – Kylie Marriott “Governing by force, never has a good outcome. Wake up, speak up and join together New Zealand against unworkable legislation and country dividing mandates.” – Amanda Connelly “Watch out smaller towns like ours, the bulk of the money will go to the large cities.” – Diane Lobb “Roll on next election.” “These clowns need to go.”

– John Bennett – Diane Watson

“Dictatorship not democracy. This government has lost the plot.” – Derek Livingstone “Here goes to the start of dictatorship in New Zealand. Yet our ancestors fought for our freedom and many died fighting for it and look what happens now.” – Brodie Grave “Absolutely disgusting behaviour.”

– Tania Hooper

“Well who would have thought. How silly are we to think we had a say.” – Wendy Hewitt “What a load of ….”

– Sally Farr

“This whole bloody government is a bloody joke.” – Joanne Goulding “Absolutely disgusting.” “What a joke.”

– Robyn McGarry – Shannae Hooper

“What opposition did the Ashburton District Council put up or did the councillors sit on the fence and ask for more information.” – Chris Hardwick “I hope the government is going to reimburse the councils for any money they spent finding out from the ratepayers if they wanted to opt in or out.” – Roy McCleery “Well over two-thirds of the councils around New Zealand rejected this idea so obviously their voices mean nothing. Just like the rest of us. I see red. I see red. I see red.” – Rosemary Bennett

12 YOUR PLACE TESTYOURSELF Test yourself with the Guardian’s quiz 1: Who portrayed Jerry’s dentist Tim Whatley in Seinfeld? a) Tom Selleck b) Ted Danson c) Bryan Cranston 2: Who is the Minister of Education? a) Chris Hipkins b) Jaime Strange c) Jan Tinetti 3: Alphas, Betas and Gammas appear in which famous novel? a) Brave New World b) The Pilgrim’s Progress c) 1984 4: Movie company Hoyts is based in which country? a) American b) Chinese c) Indian 5: What type of food are kabbanos? a) Sausages b) Shrimp c) Sweets 6: Pioneering composer Ann Ronell wrote which jazz classic? a) Cherokee b) Satin Doll c) Willow Weep For Me

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CLUB NEWS 13

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Ashburton Bowling Club

As previously reported, Ashburton has spent the past week hosting, along with Allenton, Hampstead, and Methven, the Ladies Chartered Clubs Tournament. A very big entry on our bowling calendar. The ultimate event, ie the Championship Final was played at Ashburton on Friday, when a team from the Papanui Club beat a team from the Hornby Club 21-15. A close result! A huge thank you from Margaret goes to all those who unselfishly gave their time to contribute to the catering for this event. They are Annette, Shirley, Christine, Anne, Allison, Diane, Gavin and Roger. Baking included loaves from Wendy and Joyce from MSA. Margaret said all this help amounted to a very smoothly run operation! At the Friday Triples at Allenton, Ashburton’s team of J Smart, J Ryk, A MacKenzie came 3rd with 3 wins and 14 ends. The placings for Saturday’s Open 2 bowl triples, sponsored by Skip To It, which included our fellow members from MSA, are: 1st M Anderson, J Kewish, A Millar; 2nd J Drayton, M Behrns, R Coyl; 3rd M Hill, A MacKenzie, R Dakers; 4th J Ryk, H Goodall, J Ryk; 5th D Turnbull, A Holmes, G Brooker; 6th W Suttie, R Keeling, L Spargo. A big thank you to Maureen for her catering skills and a jolly Club day was had by all! The Gill Trophy Fours at Hinds on Sunday saw Ashburton’s team of G Eder, G Taylor, G Sparks, W Lee take 1st place. Well done gentlemen! The Ashburton Ladies Championship fours resume this week on Tuesday and Thursday. And our Club days will also continue on Tuesday and Thursday. There will be no rollover triples on Saturday 30th because of our upcoming Inhouse/Ingold Tray competition, of which, names of the white board please! We will commence at 1.15 pm – also wear whites and please bring a plate! A reminder that the re-arranged Ladies Murton Cup Fours will now take place at Rakaia on Monday November 1 at 9.30 am. Good bowling everyone – may the sun keep shining! But remember the protocols and stay safe!

Ashburton Golf Club

Another busy weekend at the Brandon, the sun was shining, the first long weekend of spring, the course in great condition, what’s not to love. On Saturday we played a par round for the Barnett vase and the Bermaline Cup. The Barnett is for handicaps of 18+ and the Bermaline for the tigers. In the Barnett, good ole George Brown, fresh off his champs win last weekend led the way again with a superb +5 to pick up the trophy, closely followed by Dave Robertson +4 and Bruce Ferryman +3. In the Bermaline, Brendon Davidson surprised everyone there, himself included, to shoot a great score of +2 and snatch the cup on countback from Brian Mee and Barry Jury. Well done boys, good scoring. Big news from the day was a Hole in one on the 14th from young gun Dave Morrison, well done Dave great work, just a pity you are not in the hole in one club, could have been a nice pick-up. For those who don’t know, we have a list on the bar notice board stating that any of the named players will pay $5 to any other person named on the list, if they get an “Ace” in a sanctioned game. I think we have around 30 names on it at present, so $150 would help with a bar bill. If you want to be involved, just add your name to the list, before you get your Ace! On Monday the Centennial Trophy was played for, which is an individual stableford game. I am not sure of the full results but

I did see on Facebook that William Hintz picked up the trophy with a great round, so well done to him and all the others who took part. We are getting down to the sharp end of the RMF cup, with only a few rounds left, I will have a look at the diary and give a rundown of the last rounds and the finals series in next weeks prattle. This weekend we have the South Island mens Interprovincials on our course, so we will be closed to casual golf from 7am Saturday to 3pm Sunday. Reciprocal rights are in effect with all the other district courses, so why not pop along to our neighbours and join in their club days. I am sure you will be warmly welcomed where ever you go. Have fun and good golfing.

Methven’s winning Redpath team from left; Michael Kemp, Steve Schwass, Dayle Lucas, Alister Maxwell.

Creative Fibre

The Plains Museum was a-buzz with a large crowd of members – surprising as the AGM was to follow! The workshop with Nynke Piebenga had 9 attend, and they enjoyed being shown tips and hints for weaving and they were able to produce fabric they were proud of. Eighteen members attended the Retreat at Staveley with roughly the same number of day visitors. The weather was miserable – snow on the hills but the fire kept everyone cosy – sometimes almost cooked!! In a break in the weather some decided they would forage in the bush for plant dyeing material and managed to lose their bearings – but an ‘official’ search party wasn’t required. As the Show and Tell table testifies there was plenty of work done, and also the waistlines increased! The next Retreat at Staveley will be from 9th February – 13th 2022 and bookings are being taken now! The Librarian reported on the newest “Spin Off” magazine with several different articles. A good read. A list of all equipment for hire by members is attached to the library and the equipment can be collected anytime Creative Fibre members are at the Plains. December 6 meeting will be a lunch at The Hotel Ashburton (cost about $20) for Christmas and next year’s programmes will be handed out then. Craft Clusters will be reconvening on November 1st at The Plains. All welcome. Guidelines for National Office re Covid were discussed. General consensus was that we would have to live with it, but all members should be vaccinated with official exemptions accepted at all meetings/gatherings in the name of Creative Fibre. The ‘new’ weavers would like to meet with experienced weavers regularly. A good idea but more research is required. A&P Show going ahead with only exhibitors allowed to visit ‘their’ area. Show and Tell: Mostly items produced at Staveley. Old thinnish woollen blankets cut down and dyed with some 20yr old dyes – still producing brilliant colours, also some skeins of wool thrown into the same dye pots. Another lot of dyeing used ‘fizz’ drinks as the dye agent and produced pastel colours. A ’vase’ was felted around a bottle, a cover for a cell phone was also felted. 2 wall hangings – one with Skone Lace on it, the other Spanish blackstitch, several woven scarves, some done at Nynke Piebenga’s workshop and another at Ashford’s workshop, handmade doll with several dresses, babywear and pineapple design doilies crochet and an adult’s and child’s jersey with a digger knitted on it. The Challenge given to us last year was to make a cushion and these are to be dispayed at our meeting on November 15. Important dates coming up – November 15 Area AGM in Timaru – display items please. November 29 Spin In – watch this space. December 4 Spinning/dyeing day at The Plains.

Inner Wheel Club

Kathi Craig, local opera singer and teacher gave the Inner Wheel Ladies a most enjoyable, stimulating, amusing breath of fresh air at our October meeting. Kathi, as a very young child had intentions that she was going to be on the stage as a singer or an actor in later life. Her parent’s home had a balcony where she would sing and dance to an imaginary audience, going to dancing lessons eventually. Her singing developed and eventually she was singing opera with some interesting stories to tell us. Kathi began teaching in 1990 telling us the singing is wonderful for heart and body. During her talk she asked us to stand, she asked one lady her name and we were all asked to repeat it. From that she instructed us how to say the name and before long we all were saying the name in a melodic way. Quite fascinating. During the business meeting two new members were inducted by our own International Inner Wheel board member Carol Hasket. Linda Steele and Margaret Ingold were warmly welcomed by all present. Carol reported she had her first International board meeting by zoom at London time which was 9pm – 1am NZ time. Carol reported that two new clubs had been formed one in Zambia and the other Cyprus. Sadly our treasurer, Alison Donald has resigned and Cathy Sweetman has been appointed to this position. Alison was thanked for the years she had given to the role and was presented with a lovely bunch of flowers. All the other groups are still going ahead, with the walking groups Wednesday 1st and 3rd weeks and Saturday the 2nd and 4th weeks. The stitch and craft group on the 4th Wednesday and the UIkelele group also on a Wednesday. Next month is our 47th birthday when the District Chairman will visit us.

Lynnford Rural Women

Having missed the September meeting and with a small group at the October meeting, it was a very casual group with no speaker. Most were happy just to chat after the business side was dealt with. On Monday the members delivered about 100 meals to Meals on Wheels recipients. Marian Dent was congratulated on receiving Life Membership of Provincial. As we missed the last month’s meeting, Bev took flowers to her at home. Jill read a poem “In this Neighbourhood” related to the present situation in the county and two others with the common theme of the country at large along with two short

articles which gave a good subject for the discussion that followed. Bev and Marion delivered bags of goodies to some rural folk still coping with the flood effects and where there were children, a beautifully illustrated book from Rural Support Sir Port the Positivity Dog November meeting at Marian’s, Carters Terrace at 1.30pm. National Conference in Christchurch, 18-21 November with two members attending. Craft entries to Bev at next meeting. With the country still in an uncertain state and not knowing what level we will be in, it was decided to not have a bus trip in December and keep the end of year meeting local, with further details in November.

Methven Golf Club

Stuart Wilson, James Anderson, Geoff Rhodes and John McGettigan have combined to finish 2nd behind Amberley in the Norton Francis Golf Trophy at the Christchurch Golf Club. There was added pressure on them as Methven was the defending champions. For a moment they thought they had won to retain the trophy but it wasn’t to be. But it was a great day playing against at least 10 other clubs. The Trophy (named in memory of one of the founding members of the Christchurch Club) is played for each year but because there are so many Clubs in Canterbury each Club is invited every two years. It has been played for over 100 years. The format of the tournament is unusual – it is a nett par four ball (birdies are worth +1, pars 0, bogeys -1). Methven totalled +8 to finish behind Amberley on +10. Congratulations. The Redpath team’s success in the final at Fairlie, recently, is nothing new for the team. The team of 2017 also won the final. It included three of this year’s team, Michael Kemp, Dayle Lucas and Alister Maxwell. The 4th member was Craig J Middleton. Steve Schwass, the 4th member in 2021, had a weekend to remember. He won the senior championship on Saturday and then turned up at Fairlie without his golf shoes! And finally, perfect weather and course conditions were provided for the 90 9 hole players who turned up at the Methven Tournament on Friday. The organisers were thrilled with the tournament. There was success for some of the Methven players. In Grade 1, Hiromi Ikehata had the best nett of 33 and the longest drive. Bryan Petrie had the best nett of 33 in the Men’s section while John Barwell had the best stableford of 20. Other prize winners were – Annette Maw 2nd Stableford by lot in Grade 2, Bridget

Thompson was 4th in Grade 3 stableford and Kevin Thompson was 5th in the Men’s Stableford. Congratulations.

Netherby Women’s Institute

Ladies arriving at the Senior’s Centre wearing masks!! What is going on? It’s the Monday when the Netherby W.I. have their monthly meeting. We missed the September one due to that “Covid” word, so it was great to get together again, even though we had to practice social distancing. President Adrienne Hodson welcomed the 17 members present. Several apologies were received from members who are recovering from operations or were unwell. Aspirations were recited together and a minutes silence was observed for Daphne Nish and Patsy Huggin’s husband Peter who had passed away recently. The Motto “We make a living by what we get but we make a life by what we give” was read by Joan Henderson. We will be setting up a display in the Museum with the rest of the Mid Canterbury Federation later in the week. This is to celebrate our efforts since 1930. It is now open for the public to visit. Some of us will be at the Picnic in the Domain as part of “Meet in the Middle” on 18th October. The idea is to get together with other Institutes form the Canterbury regions and have a walk through the Domain looking at various commemorative trees and ending up at the Museum to view the Displays. Unfortunately the Relay for Life has been postponed until 2022 but we held a very successful Garage Sale on 2nd October and managed to raise $550.00 which has been paid to the Mid Canterbury Cancer Society. Thanks to everyone that helped and contributed items to sell. There were no birthdays in October but Happy Birthday was sung to the 3 ladies who celebrated in September. Roll Call was to bring along a baby and/or a wedding photo. Several members were on display and some were harder to recognise than others. Raffle was won by Joan Henderson. There was a good selection of flowers but very few other entries in the competitions. Northchurch Trophy was won by Barbara Burst and the Moylan by Barbara Danielson. Catherine introduced our Guest Speaker, Bernard Egan, who told us some amusing tales and had us all laughing. She also thanked Bernard, who requested that we give a donation to Mid Canterbury Hospice in lieu of giving him a gift, which we have done. Afternoon tea was served at the conclusion of Bernard’s talk.

SPORTS RESULTS ■■ Bowls

Allenton Bowling Club

On Friday 22nd October Allenton hosted the Friday Triples with a good number of teams results were as follows: First: Graeme Bishop, John Forde, Millie Foggo 3 wins 15 ends 30 points, Second: Murray Palmer, Marty Watson, Trevor Johnson 3 wins 15 ends 26 points, Third: John Smart, Jo Ryk, Alistair McKenzie 3 wins 13 ends 34 points, Fourth: David Bell, Lindsay Kearns, Janice Bell 2 wins 14 ends 25 points. On Saturday October 23 Club rollup results were as follows: First: Bruce Hopwood, Alan Smith 3 Wins, Second: Alan Leis, Bruce Henderson 2 Wins. Events being held for the week starting Monday 25th October: Tuesday 26th Allenton Ladies Club Day, Thursday 28th Centre Over 60’s Singles section play, Friday 29th Centre Over 60’s Singles post section play, Friday 29th Hampstead Friday Triples, Saturday 30th Interclub Round 1, Sun-

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Ashburton Golf Club

Summer Teams Competition – October 22 Top Team: Periwinkles 89.8 – Murial Morgan, Ann Fleming, Linda Baker, Joy Nicholas. Men: Any Holes a Goal 87, The Hacketeers 86, Marauders 84.5. Women: Mayfield Misfits 89, Lynn’s Lassies 84.5. Mixed: Macas 88.5, Gabites Swingers 85.5. Top lady: Denise O’Halloran 33.5. Top man: Evan Pearce 35. Nearest the Pins: Columbus Coffee – TBA, Mac & Maggies –TBA, Paul May Motor – Chris Hurley, Gabites Ltd – Jan Clucas, Twos: Jan Clucas, Murray Young & Property Brokers Longest Putt No 18: Kellie Kenton, Karen McRae Property Brokers Longest Putt No 9: Greg Chalmers. There will be no teams play on Friday 29 October due to Ashburton Golf Club hosting the SI Men’s Interprovincials tournament.

Mayfield Golf Club

Saturday 23 October 2021 Results of the Bisque Par round: Roger Lake 7up, Ian Beach 6up, Al Nicholson 4up, John Sim and Grant Early 3up. Nearest pins: No 2: Aon Insurance – John Sim, No 11: John McAullfie Bayleys – Al Nicholson, No 5: Campbell Contracting – Al Nicholson, No 14: ANZ Bank – Al Nicholson, No 9 and 18: Ruralco second shot – Matt Steffensen, Twos: Al Nicholson, Kallara Texel Player of the Day: Roger Lake 98-26-72.

Tinwald Golf Club

Twilight - Thursday October 21st Stroke: Leading scores in the twilight stroke round with men off the yellow tees and women off the red. Men; – 6; Andrew Salvesen 28, Paul Hefford 31, Dave King 32, Dave Morrison, Tetua Tuakeu, Phill Hooper, Craig Meyrick 33. 7-10; Murray Beach 31, Andy Rattray, Kieron Gray, Roger Bruce 33, Wayne Mellish, Kevin Bishop 34 c/b. 11 plus; Selwyn Munro 31, Richard Taylor,

Josh Coyle, Todd Dolan 33. Women; - 14; Sally Lane 30, Barb Cochrane 32, Leen Bell 34. 15 plus; Karen Young 36. Non-Handicap; Todd White net 39. Twos; Tetua Tuakeu, Craig Meyrick, Gordy Kenton, Dave King, Paul Boon, Kevin Chamberlain, Kevin Bishop, Matt Stoddart, Sally Lane, Belinda Kirdy, Leen Bell, Andrew Salvesen. Hokonui Hacker; John Young net 45. Saturday October 23rd - Stableford Leading scores in the South African stableford played on Saturday were: Neil Rayner & Bill Mason 91, Wayne Mellish & Dave Horrell 74, Clarrie Whiting & Percy Kelsall 73, Brian Rouse & Kerry Whiting 70. Women: (Stroke) Sally Lane 69. Nearest the pin: Tinwald Liquorland #2; Will Morrison. Gluyas Ford #6; Will Morrison. The Fine Lion # 12; Sally Lane. Ace Automotive #16; Ryan Fahey. G & R Seeds 2nd shot #11: Struan Scott. Two’s; Will Morrison, Simon Ross, Struan Scott, Sally Lane, Clarrie Whiting, Bill Mason, Gordy

Kenton, Ryan Fahey. Eagle; Robin Simms #1. Net Eagles; #17 Not struck.

■■ Petanque

Ashburton MSA Petanque

Club Pointing Competition. Winner: Peter Marriott, runner-up: Kate Marriott. Third Equal: Lyn Allison and Trevor Nish.

DRAWS ■■ Softball

Hampstead Softball Slow Pitch

Friday 29th October 2021 - Games Start 6.30pm: Devon Tavern D1: Marines & Angels v Hakatere Hitters, Laser Electrical D2: Hawkies Hawks v Laser Attack. First National Real Estate D3: S & Giggles v Son’s Of Pitches.

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Ashburton Guardian Thursday, October 28, 2021

RightonTrack Guardian racing

Mid Canterbury’s horse and dog racing action

Racing returns to Methven Grass track harness racing returns to Mid Canterbury tomorrow for a delayed start for the Methven Trotting Club. After battling for the past six weeks to get their track into working order for the season following damage caused by high winds, the club will finally set foot on their own premises with a huge twilight meeting that attracted almost 200 nominations. And while the meeting might not boast the quality of horse flesh such as that which was on show at Ashburton on Monday, the meeting still holds a significant importance as it caters for the most populated section of harness racing, the lower grades. Eleven races, all held over 1609 or 1700 metres for the lesser performed standardbreds, the size of the fields suggests that not only are trainers screaming out for the grass tracks, but at this time of the year, they’re also screaming out to just race with so much focus on the bigger action centred

Methven harness Tomorrow at Ashburton Raceway

R1 R & R SPREADING TROT $8000 1700m 14:15 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

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around Addington Raceway and Cup Week. Methven president, Carl Markham said the track was as ready as it could be for action following the damage. “It’s not perfect, but it’s safe and there is good footing,” he said. “There are a few bare patches where the grass hasn’t come through, but we had 50 at the workouts on Saturday and every horse came through it good and safe.” The meeting kicks off shortly after 2pm tomorrow afternoon with rapid fire action as all races need to be completed by 7.25pm. Due to Covid restrictions, the meeting is being held behind closed doors with only essential staff to the race day allowed on course plus some members and sponsors. There is hope that by the time the club’s Green Mile Day in December rolls around that they’ll be allowed to welcome patrons on course.

Buller Whitebait (E2) Brandy And Dry Scott Iremonger Nordic Prince (E3) Awesome Impee Philipa Wakelin Vertigo Lawrence McCormick Game Aspiration Blair Orange Mickey D Andrew Faulks Show The Way Kyle Cameron Rose Isle Barry Crothers Ella Of Mot (E1) Galleons Ambassador John Morrison Love Rose John Dunn Abacardi Hazel Bob Butt Toobusy Being Famous Craig Thornley Jakarta Amber Lethaby Rachel Daytom Leo O’Reilly Take Notice Justin Smith

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Matthew Williamson John Dunn Kyle Cameron Stephen Boyd Ian Cameron Ricky May

R8 MAYFIELD TRANSPORT MOBILE PACE $8,000 5 6 1609m 18:04

1 60008 Aveross Rustler 2 900 Huego Boss 3 32561 Rollyourown 4 84852 Jenabella 6 R6 JOHN & HELEN DELLACA F&M MOBILE $8,000 5 45387 Donegal Carrickfin Ross Houghton 0 6 85567 Martin John Blair Orange 1609m 17:12 X2028 7 43648 Refine John Morrison 1 738X0 Betterthanhope John Hay P 8 28809 Flamboyant 2 95890 Sister’s Delight 0009X 9 36521 Little Gee Leo O’Reilly 3 75969 Honour Scroll 4395 10 7008 Pete’s Dash 4 X6235 Arden’s Sweetheart Tim Wiilliams 020X3 11 5870X Spicy Girl Becqui Matthew Williamson 5 29096 Better Fly 0X 12 4546 Four Starzzz Shiraz 6 5456X Songbird Sam Ottley X0572 13 PX76P Sportscam Jonny Cox R4 EMPIRE EXTINGUISHERS MOBILE PACE $8000 7 1980X Jenny Gump Ricky May 232X8 8 14359 Sheezagoldengirl Sam Thornley 1609m 16:11 R9 MORRISON MITSUBISHI ASHBURTON PACE $8000 24544 9 X8046 Times Are A Changin Robbie Close 1 60955 Franco Cornel Tim Williams 1700m 18:35 65 10 6X667 Hope For Love Sheree Tomlinson 2 7060 It’s Me Sam Thornley 1 81 Rock N Diamonds 11 5086 Scelta Uno Gavin Smith Sarah O’Reilly 2 X0800 Starkers R2 SNOWFED BUILDERS F&M MOBILE PACE $8000 3 X0140 Huckabee 12 66318 Expressive Love Blair Orange 4 0 Pink Flamingo Run 3 45777 Royal Jester Gerard O’Reilly 1609m 14:51 13 X0X9P Sheelasinleague (E1) 5 43903 Belle’s Boy 4 8580X Wavethebill Ricky May 1 9X346 Nikko Noto Ricky May 5 0 Pink Flamingo Run (E4) 2 Classie Linc Jessica Young-Grant 6 37X80 Play By Ear Jessica Young-Grant 14 310X4 Maren Franco Leo O’Reilly 15 45756 Styx Sweetie Jimmy Curtin 7 X0X9P Sheelasinleague 6 X220X Take After Me 3 56067 Spark It Up Stephen Boyd 8 87905 Mr Asia Craig Thornley 4 480X7 Flo Motion Leo O’Reilly R7 MOUNT HUTT TROTTING CLUB MOBILE PACE 7 72770 Classey Robin Gavin Smith 9 X4137 King Arthur Matthew Williamson $8000 1609m 17:37 8 58060 Myrcella (E2) 5 065X0 You Can Fly Arden 10 9700 Kennedy 9 X2433 Scared Stiff Terry Chmiel 6 6X734 Snow Robyn Terry Chmiel 1 64628 All Together Now Terry Chmiel 11 35096 Magic Sign Blair Orange 10 09X21 It’s A Shawthing Matthew Williamson 7 708X0 Fascinate 2 46545 Eyecon 12 58060 Myrcella 11 899X9 Chal Patch Blair Orange 8 3X24 Stoke To Haver John Dunn 3 49603 Adhika Craig Thornley 13 X663P Laterintheday 12 53015 Get Outta Town Robbie Close 9 X30X0 Eliza Davolato 4 63254 Rollyarrrz Korbyn Newman 13 4769 Kingsdown Atom John Morrison 10 Stellar Arden Tim Williams R5 RYAL BUSH TRANSPORT ASHBURTON MOBILE 5 8X097 Ultimate Bird (E2) 14 13500 Szybka Lane John Dunn 11 556 Cheekygrin 6 0082X Young George TROT $8000 1609m 16:37 15 4600X Omar Sharif 12 9X645 Morries Girl Ben Hope 7 08X87 Maximilian Neil Burton 1 66X08 Break Free Kerry Hadfield 16 58280 Mark Dunnett Jessica Young-Grant 13 Pembrook’s Princess Jonny Cox 8 X6307 Best Trio Jeremy Markham 2 55447 Shiffty (E1) Gavin Smith 17 9700 Kennedy (E3) 14 3304X Shes Watching Matthew Williamson 3 08X60 Under And Over Sheree Tomlinson 9 44752 Eloel 18 X663P Laterintheday (E1) 15 9 Bewarnedbabe Katie Cox 10 3P652 Victor Bravo Ben Hope 4 099X9 Ready I Am Philipa Wakelin 16 496 Creative Sam Ottley 11 4858X Taliesin 5 96890 Sally Lindenny R10 YOUNG AT HEART GREEN MILE $8000 1609m 12 98836 Prodgial Son Robbie Holmes 9766 Zsahara (E2) R3 GREG DONALDSON CONTRACTORS PACE $8000 6 19:00 13 26338 Rockin Va Va Tim Williams 7 774X6 Sonoma Tyron Gerard O’Reilly 1 17405 The Artful Dodger Ricky May 1609m 15:22 14 80588 Unchanged Memory (E1) 8 99098 Rachmaninov Trevor Grant 2 44095 Terrier Robbie Close 1 834X7 Cute Art Robbie Close 15 3X486 Twilight Bromac Matthew Williamson 3 63080 Takemybreathaway 9 70439 Tres Magnifique Brent Weaver 2 Piiki Whara John Morrison 16 98485 Leconte Jonny Cox 10 7X088 Some Time Justin Smith 4 X3210 Precious Sara John Dunn 3 She’s Got Style

R1 The Fitz Sports Bar Sprint $2100 295m Type:C2 16:42 1 10558 Homebush Kian J T McInerney 2 21533 Goldstar Harper R L Evans 3 27161 Sinha Man J M Jopson 4 11161 Amuri Fury J T McInerney 5 64233 Barbara’s Angel J T Mc Inerney 6 26121 Rapid Raccoon C J Weir 7 44221 Sneaky Snitch A L Hart 8 46742 Mitcham King J T Mc Inerney 9 55767 Starr Blueblood J T Mc Inerney 10 45772 Know Tactics G A Cleeve R2 Anglers Arms Tavern Dash $2100 295mC2 17:08 1 83151 Nighthawk Swift Matt Roberts 2 36235 Homebush Liam J T Mc Inerney 3 42814 Know Pops G A Cleeve 4 17446 Wizard Willie A L Hart 5 12118 Sozin’s Queen J T Mc Inerney 6 31636 Impressive Isla J T Mc Inerney 7 31211 Amuri Rock J T Mc Inerney 8 52615 Homebush Bomber J T Mc Inerney 9 55767 Starr Blueblood J T Mc Inerney 10 45772 Know Tactics G A Cleeve R3 Flair Sprint $2300 295m Type:C3 17:33 1 45323 Billy Ray N C W Wanhalla 2 38216 Goldstar Whitey S & BEvans 3 27554 Impressive Sonic J T Mc Inerney

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R11 IRT MOBILE PACE $8,000 1609m 19:25 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

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Matt Markham’s Methven Selections Race 1: Love Rose, Galleon’s Ambassador, Vertigo, Awesome Impee Race 2: Stoked To Haver, Nikki Noto, Morries Girl, Snow Robyn Race 3: She’s Got Style, Piiki Whara, Reformed, Southern Storm Race 4: Franco Cornel, King Arthur, Magic Sign, Belle’s Boy Race 5: Under And Over, Sonoma Tyron, Prince Teka, Bright Glow Race 6: Betterthanhope, Maren Franco, Jenny Gump, Race 7: Victor Bravo, Best Trio, All Together Now, Adhika Race 8: Little Gee, Rollyourown, Martin John, Refine Race 9: Scared Stiff, Kingsdown Atom, Wavethebill, Get Outta Town Race 10: Precious Sara, The Artful Dodger, Just Michael, Senorita Margarita Race 11: John James Preston, Glen Elgin Tomson, Dennis Denuto, Kowhai Shadow BEST BET: Franco Cornel (R4) VALUE: Scared Stiff (Race 9)

Christchurch dogs Today at Addington Raceway 4 43176 Homebush Dream J T Mc Inerney 5 61413 Beau View Winnie J M Lane 6 56274 Bees Are Buzzing J M Jopson 7 66362 Smash Achiever M M Grant 8 31717 Tiggerlong Pat J M Jopson 9 6x754 Know Hinder G A Cleeve 10 55665 Button It J M Jopson R4 Travel Bug Charlie On Instagram Dash $2300 295m Type:C3 17:50 1 15525 Denarau Delight M M Grant 2 80415 Homebush Ranger J T Mc Inerney 3 55237 Mr Muppet J T Mc Inerney 4 13667 Memoir D Voyce 5 46011 Claws In Creed Matt Roberts 6 23852 Mine Hunter J M Jopson 7 72434 Know Smokey G A Cleeve 8 12218 Alternate Shot D J Lane 9 6x754 Know Hinder G A Cleeve 10 55665 Button It J M Jopson R5 Suck It Up Ltd 2021 NZ Cup Heat 1 $5000 520m Type:C5q 18:08 1 32211 Opawa Travis N P Green 2 55512 Simon The Pieman A H Lee 3 21544 Jagetti Bale C Roberts 4 33322 Rock On John J & D Fahey 5 42154 Big Time Kaylee Lisa Cole 6 43733 Seductive Kiwi C J Weir

7 11886 Smooth Step M M Grant 8 22324 Opawa Anita J & D Fahey 9 67467 Diamond Rosette M M Grant R6 Suck It Up Ltd 2021 NZ Cup Heat 2 $5000 520m Type:C5q 18:28 1 52113 Nangar Ridge Lisa Cole 2 13743 Willene Bale C Roberts 3 41626 Curly Bill M K Dempsey 4 55121 Claws In Rambo Matt Roberts 5 56578 Clarke’s Sarki B C Dann 6 41134 Cumbria Lad C Turnwald 7 44147 Opawa Harper J & D Fahey 8 34321 Raja Bale C Roberts 9 67467 Diamond Rosette M M Grant R7 Suck It Up Ltd 2021 NZ Cup Heat 3 $5000 520m Type:C5q 18:48 1 27513 Dembe J & D Fahey 2 22331 Big Time Panda Lisa Cole 3 17643 Epic Cruze J M Jopson 4 25413 Brickman Sam Lozell 5 86741 Oster Bale C Roberts 6 22167 Tomfoolery L J Waretini 7 57631 Opawa Corey J & D Fahey 8 1168x Tokyo Bird C Roberts 9 67467 Diamond Rosette M M Grant R8 Suck It Up Ltd 2021 NZ Cup Heat 4 $5000 520m Type:C5q 19:08

1 13156 Cash Stack Lisa Cole 2 11211 Opawa Superstar J & D Fahey 3 11247 Best Ball D J Lane 4 38851 Opawa Lucy J & D Fahey 5 41211 Know Grizzles G A Cleeve 6 61675 Diamond Crusade M M Grant 7 15223 Pepper Chimes J F Allen 8 24333 Dalisha Bale C Roberts 9 67467 Diamond Rosette M M Grant R9 Suck It Up Ltd 2021 NZ Cup Heat 5 $5000 520m Type:C5q 19:28 1 416x5 Quincy Bale C Roberts 2 16752 Goldstar Tanner R L Evans 3 5828x Talbingo Bale C Roberts 4 18641 Opawa Albert R Wales 5 11411 It’s A Blaze J & D Fahey 6 26635 Ripslinger Roxy A G Bradshaw 7 35724 Big Time Atomic Lisa Cole 8 478x7 Shonky Sticker J & D Fahey 9 67467 Diamond Rosette M M Grant R10 Suck It Up Ltd 2021 NZ Cup Heat 6 $5000 520m Type:C5q 19:48 1 11725 La Rochelle J E Dunn 2 48345 Jilliby Litsa Lisa Cole 3 13356 Humbling J & D Fahey 4 22764 Opawa Deal J & D Fahey 5 1x1x8 Diamond Warrior M M Grant

6 21635 Mustang Charlie Lisa Cole 7 31222 Leonard Bale C Roberts 8 65153 Meatloaf S M Hindson 9 67467 Diamond Rosette M M Grant R11 Suck It Up Ltd 2021 NZ Cup Heat 7 $5000 520m Type:C5q 20:09 1 41141 Know Keeper G A Cleeve 2 68554 Fairly Able J & D Fahey 3 14117 Power Boom Lisa Cole 4 63213 Opawa Wayne J & D Fahey 5 51531 Entree Only M Gowan 6 67524 Bahati Bale C Roberts 7 11116 Blinken Lily Gary & Sandra Fredrickson 8 22535 Money Spinner C Roberts 9 67467 Diamond Rosette M M Grant R12 Livamol Sprint $2300 295m Type:C3 20:31 1 x7218 Teresa Mendoza S& B Evans 2 82253 Opawa Boys Paid J & D Fahey 3 32674 Mitcham Ryder J T Mc Inerney 4 74147 Homebush Fanta J T Mc Inerney 5 81143 Joyful Tears Matt Roberts 6 51165 Swanson J M Jopson 7 57426 Beck Eleven L J Waretini 8 23532 Free For All M M Grant Emergencies: 9 6x754 Know Hinder G A Cleeve 10 55665 Button It J M Jopson

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Ashburton Guardian Thursday, October 28, 2021

Young tennis stars shine in Ashburton Open Matt Markham Tennis stars of the future from across the South Island converged on Mid Canterbury on the weekend for the Ashburton Open, and the locals were sitting ready in wait to make sure they didn’t take home all the spoils. The three-day tournament, which concluded on Monday afternoon, saw more than 150 players competing in a real nod to the strength of junior tennis in the mainland at the moment with quality matches across the Ashburton Trust Tennis Centre from start to finish. The first major tennis tournament of the season in the South Island, the Open went off without a hitch and organisers were understandably stoked with what unfold-

ed both on the court and off it. Having to abide by social distancing and Covid Alert Level restrictions meant things were handled a little differently than what they normally would, but everyone was on board and just pleased to be out playing some competitive tennis. Twenty-six different events were held through the course of the weekend covering from the nine and under category through to the bigger kids in the 16- and 18-year-old grades with a large number of local players using the opportunity to play in a regarded tournament on their own back doorstep. On the courts, the action was hot and competitive with some great matches unfolding across all grades and competitions. Locally big results fell to a number of players who enjoyed good weekends. Riley Breen and Ashton Cromie picked up success in a very strong Under 14 Boys Doubles competition while Tyler Leonard did the same in the 16/18 Boys Dou-

bles, teaming up with Luca Landells to be crowned champions. Maggie Crosby finished runner-up in the Under 14 Girls’ singles, but went one better winning with Maia Liu in the doubles competition. Josh Gilbert was crowned champion in the Under 12 Boys’ singles – an excellent result in a very good field of players while Aidan Watt continued his great run of form picking up the Under 16/18 Boys’ Singles title and also finishing runner-up to Leonard and Landells in the doubles with playing partner and brother, Ryan Watt. Jess Aldridge was also in good nick, she won the 16/18 girls’ doubles titles with a tight match that went to a tie-breaker. For many it’s back to the courts this weekend in the new look Mid Canterbury Tennis A Reserve competition for the teenage players while some will also step out in A Grade action for the second week of the competition after the long weekend break.

Josh Gilbert.

Toby Smith.

Imogen Turney.

PHOTOS JONATHAN LEASK

CYCLING

Breakthrough success for Barltrop Having gone close on several occasion this season Sam Barltrop broke through to take victory in Tinwald Cycling Club’s, Advance Ashburton, 48km handicap event around the Grahams Road block on Sunday. The result was far from a forgone conclusion, leading into the final stages with a solid group of riders in the front bunch and the back markers cutting into their margin. It was Barltrop who had made the decisive move, jumping from the pack with the finish line in sight and holding on strongly to take the win and lift the Brian Cavill Memorial Shield. Brian Cavill’s nephew, the evergreen Tony McManus, was in the thick of the finish to secure second place. Paul Chapman put his recent block of training to good use, stepping onto the final podium position. Jelle Hendrikson produced his best race of the season to secure fourth spot. Ged Wall and John Doherty rounded out the top six.

Back marker Steve Hands claimed fastest time honours, riding the course in 65.51. Co-markers Larry Neal and Craig Domigan recorded second and third times. The juniors and division 2 contested a 16km handicap event. Honor Bradford dug deep in a four-up sprint to the line to claim the hard fought win. Eliza McKenzie marked her first hit-out of the season with a great ride to take second place. Leah Reid backed up some good recent results to secure third spot. Isabel Wall, Thomas Stevenson, and Charlotte Neal filled out the top half dozen. Scratch marker Isabella Inglis lifted the fastest time trophy, riding the distance in 28.56. Merv Grewar took division two honours from Kenny Johnston and Janette Hooper. Next week the club will contest a graded scratch event around the Blackbridge block.

Sam Barltrop claimed success in Tinwald Cycling Club action on Sunday.

Cavill’s nephew, the evergreen Tony “ Brian McManus, was in the thick of the finish to secure second place.

PHOTO TINWALD CYCLING CLUB

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): Even as you long for things to be different, recognise the preciousness of this time. Long stretches of sameness are a necessary backdrop to change. The movement and the stillness are equally lovely. TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): You’re focused on what you get to do instead of what you have to do. That one-word change makes all the difference. GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): In relationships, what succeeds or fails isn’t in the actual real-world exchanges but in the participant’s heads. You’ll increase the impact of your actions by focusing beyond them and into the mind of your counterpart. CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): You can climb the success ladder until you touch every rung, but it’s only going to bring you fulfilment if that ladder is leaning against the right building. The burning question: WHAT’S worth the climb? LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): The smile-thief named “unmet expectations” is a prodigious and stealthy collector. Many robbed never even knew they had expectations in the first place. Being truly expectation-free offers impenetrable security. VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): Why would a person try, on purpose, for a goal more likely to bring failure than success? The short answer is because that person is extraordinary. Building muscles around rejection is a move that pays off. LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): You keep picking up skills. Today, it’s soft skills such as reading the room, guessing what another person is feeling and needing, and then finding that cool way to offer up the thing to make the difference. SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): Memories bubble up. You’ll learn by examining things in the past that didn’t go so well. Why now? Because this is the moment of optimum readiness. Everything needed for the processing is right here. SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): As for psychic pain, it’s a symptom like any other. If the wound were healed, then you wouldn’t be hurting. This day comes with an emotional x-ray to show you exactly what the problem is. CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): Just know that if you reach, you’re going to be off-balance; the precariousness is just part of it. Seasoned reachers stay rooted in the ground, even as they open their arms, ready to receive. AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): Do you know your purpose with a person? Once you’ve nailed that, you can choose what to focus on. When you do get the chance to connect, your connections will flow in the direction of your purpose. PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): You will use positive words to describe yourself and your life because you really feel that way. Really feeling that way isn’t a function of being a positive person; it’s a function of focusing on the positive.

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SITUATIONS VACANT

Maintenance Person Part Time

Executive Assistant Manage our CE’s busy schedule. We are looking for an experienced, enthusiastic, customer focussed Personal/Executive Assistant to provide high level administrative and executive support.

We require a physically ﬁt person to undertake light maintenance duties at our Supermarket premises. Clean and tidy presentation, good communication skills and reliable work habits are essential.

You will be a confident professional who is able to multi task, with your previous experience in office management or senior administrative roles making you our ideal candidate.

This position will involve 10 to 12 hours per week and may suit a semiretired tradesperson. Days of work are negotiable.

To find out more about this vacancy and what the Ashburton District Council has to offer you - visit our website.

If you enjoy working as part of a friendly team and think this role may suit you, please apply - including a cover letter and current CV to: donalda.hartley@newworld-si.co.nz

Applications close Monday, 1 November 2021.

www.ashburtondc.govt.nz/careers

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ASHBURTON Home Delivery Contractor The Christchurch Press is looking for a suitable person to deliver our newspapers in the Ashburton Town area. You will also be delivering The Ashburton Guardian three times a week.

ADULT ENTERTAINMENT A NEW Asian, pretty, sexy, busty, friendly, good service. Phone Tanya 021 100 3539. MATURE Chinese lady available with excellent massage service. Please phone 022 139 5223.

Frank Talbot Quartet

GARAGE SALES SATURDAY 30 October. Garage sale 9am - 12pm. 10A Smithfield Road.

MOTORING WHEEL alignments at great prices. Maximise the life of your tyres with an alignment from Neumanns Tyre Services Ltd, 197 Wills Street. Phone 308 6737.

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

We are looking for someone that enjoys early morning work, are reliable, has a current drivers licence, capable of keeping accurate records and a customer focussed attitude.

Saturday 30th October 7pm Adult $25 / Senior $20 / Students $20 (fees apply) Exciting original jazz music from one of New Zealand’s finest saxophonists, Frank Talbot. Hailing from Devonport, Talbot moved to Wellington in 2016 where he’s quickly made a name for himself, as a Concerto Competition finalist, twice winner of the annual combo competition and section leader in the big band. Frank is one not to be missed.

Hotel California – The Eagles Experience

This position is six days a week, Monday to Saturday, and would suit someone living in the local area. Deliveries are to be completed by 6.30am. If you think this might be for you and you require more information please contact distribution@stuff.co.nz

Your opportunity to tell Mid Canterbury of your next event or meeting

Warren Riley Distribution Team Leader - Southern Region distribution@stuff.co.nz (021) 944 865

NEW DATE – Friday 5th November 8pm Adult $61 Group 6+ $56 each 13 and under $32 (fees apply)

Daily Events is a FREE DAILY LISTING of MID CANTERBURY EVENTS to be held in the immediate future by non-commercial organisations. To arrange for events to be published in Daily Events, clip this form, fill in the applicable details and hand in to our LEVEL 3 office on Burnett Street or post to: Ashburton Guardian, P.O. Box 77, Ashburton 7740, midday Thursday week prior to publishing.

With a stage full of show-stopping voices and musicians, relive the beautiful country harmonies, the rockin’ guitar solos and the masterful song-writing in all its glory. Performed live on stage. A carefully crafted tribute show that music fans will truly appreciate.

CONDITIONS: 1. Telephoned information NOT accepted. 2. Forms MUST be signed by an authorised representative of the organisation concerned. 3. A separate form MUST be submitted for each future event and may be lodged with the Guardian as far in advance as desired. For example: A club which meets monthly may submit, say, 12 separate forms simultaneously – one pertaining to each meeting scheduled over the following 12 months. 4. The organisation acknowledges that no responsibility for errors or omissions will be accepted by the Guardian Company.

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DAIRY SERVICE TECHNICIAN / AUTOMATION SPECIALIST

Rakaia Dairy Services are looking for the right person to manage our newly acquired Allflex Milking & Automation - Protrack Milking & Automation division. We are based in the Rakaia township 40 minutes south of Christchurch. We are looking for a technician capable of carrying out tasks in this sector. This person must be able to plan jobs and carry them out with our already skilled staff. They must be able to work with a group and alone, deal with customers on a professional level and present themselves to a high standard. We are currently a small business and are very eager to work with the right people to expand and are very happy to take on ideas and plans that will better the future of our business. As we are also proud agents for Read Industrial and Wetit teatspray systems. We specialize in milking machine plants of most types, including light engineering, stainless steel and plumbing. So although we are seeking someone who can focus on the automation sector this person would also be required to get involved in all aspects of our business. Experience in this industry would be preferred, however opportunities to learn and gain qualifications would be available to the right person. The applicants would need to: • Ideally have experience in Protrack automation but not essential. • Have a general knowledge of milking plants. • Have some experience with light engineering. • Have a desire to learn new skills and progress in the dairy maintenance industry. • Be able to deal with customers needs in a professional manner, and appreciate the urgency required to meet these needs. • Be able to think outside the box. • Have communication skills, friendly and approachable manner. • Not mind getting their hands dirty. • Have a full NZ drivers licence. • Have NZ residency. • Be part of an on-call roster. • Be willing to work longer hours when required. (which is typically the winter months leaving holidays to be taken at the best time of the year) Please send CV and cover letter to admin@rdsl.co.nz. Also feel free to contact me on 0274 382 180. We look forward to hearing from you. Tony, Lisa and the team.

Friday 19th November 6pm Adult Final Release Tickets $99 (fees apply) Red Carpet Event This event will feature corporate boxing bouts and is being hosted by local Dame Lynda Topp. Former Commonwealth cruiserweight champion and heavyweight boxer Shane Cameron as been confirmed to attend and is looking forward to see who shines on the night.

Merry Little Christmas Market

Sunday 28th November 11.30am – 4pm Gold Coin Donation That’s right we are back for another year and we are excited to be doing it all again. This is a great event with a wide array of stalls. If you would like to be part of this event please contact casey@ateventcentre.co.nz or phone 027-292-2601.

BOX-OFFICE HOURS: Mon to Fri – 9am to 5pm TICKET OFFICE 03 307 2010 211A WILLS ST, ASHBURTON, 7700 www.ateventcentre.co.nz

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Ashburton Guardian Thursday, October 28, 2021

Daily Diary THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28 9am - 2pm (summer hours) ASHBURTON MENZ SHED. Call in and have a chat and cuppa. 8 William Street. 9.30am AGE CONCERN ASHBURTON. Ladies exercise class. Please phone 3086817. Ashburton Senior Centre, 206 Cameron Street. 9.30am-11am PARK STREET LINE DANCERS. Join our friendly group for fun low impact dance. St Stephens Church Hall, Park Street. 9.30am-11.30am MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON CLUB. Weekly morning games, free racket hire, all welcome. E A Networks Sports complex. River Terrace. 9.30am-12.30pm ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY. We are open every Thursday and Saturday morning, plus every alternate Tuesday afternoon 3.30pm-5pm. check our fb page for which Tuesday. We are based in the Triangle, 106 Victoria Street.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29 10am AGE CONCERN. Seniors Social Group with speaker, entertainment, quiz, exercises and morning tea. Seniors Centre. Cameron Street. 10am-4pm NZ ALPINE AND AGRICULTURE ENCOUNTER AND THE ART GALLERY. Open for viewing. Mt Hutt

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10am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Fit Kidz for pre schoolers and caregivers. 48 Allens Road. 10am-4pm NZ ALPINE AND AGRICULTURE ENCOUNTER AND THE ART GALLERY. Open for viewing. Mt Hutt Memorial Hall, 160 Main Street. Methven. 10.30am - 3.30pm ASHBURTON EMBROIDERERS’GUILD. Meet on the 4th Thursday of each month at the Seniors Centre, 206 Cameron Street. 10.45am MSA TAI CHI. Cost $3 per session. MSA. Havelock Street. 11am 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 Holy Spirit Church. Thomson Street. Tinwald. 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 St Stephen’s Church. Park Street. (note new venue). 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. Seafield Road. 1pm - 3.30pm ASHBURTON EMBROIDERERS’GUILD. Meet on the 2nd Thursday of each month at the Seniors Centre, 206 Cameron Street. 1.30pm ASHBURTON MSA PETANQUE CLUB. Social play for beginners and experienced. 115 Racecourse Road. Ashburton.

Memorial Hall. 160 Main Street. Methven. 10.30am ASHBURTON COMMUNITY WALKING GROUP. Walking for about 30-40 minutes on Friday’s and Mondays. Meet Walnut Avenue hockey Pavilion. 10.30am ST STEPHEN’S PARISH CENTRE. Seniors’ Coffee Club. Park Street. 12pm-2pm

ASHBURTON JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. (Signing Centre). JP available for all signing services on Tuesdays and Fridays. No appointment necessary. No fee. Community House. 44 Cass Street. 1pm-3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. Static displays, collection of aircraft and memorabilia on display. Ashburton Airport. Seafield Road.

DEATHS

We are the only Mid Canterbury funeral home providing local, caring and digniﬁed cremations.

NISH, Daphne Winifred (nee Williams) – On August 15, 2021. Peacefully at Ashburton Hospital, aged 81 years. Dearly loved wife of the late Eric (Goldie). Much loved mother of Trevor, Warwick, and Hamish. Loved sister of Roy (Rangiora), Lex (Dunedin), and the late Gordon, and their families. Messages to 99 Alford Forest Road, Ashburton 7700. A memorial service for Daphne will be held at the Ashburton Club & MSA, Havelock Street, Ashburton on FRIDAY, October 29, commencing at 1pm.

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Thursday: Low cloud or fog then afternoon fine spells. Cloud returns in the evening with chance shower. Light winds. MAX 19 MIN

Canterbury Plains

Midnight Thursday

Thursday: Low cloud or fog, clearing inland in the morning and returning in the evening. A few showers late evening. Northeasterlies developing in the afternoon. Friday: Partly cloudy. Drizzly in the morning. Light winds. Saturday: Partly cloudy. Northeasterlies.

A broad trough of low pressure and associated fronts affect much of the country through Sunday. Southwesterlies then spread onto the South Island on Sunday and the North Island on Monday.

SUN PROTECTION ALERT PROTECTION REQUIRED

Slip, Slop, Slap and Wrap

Data provided by NIWA

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Around The Region Thursday

Christchurch Darfield Lake Coleridge Methven Rakaia Timaru

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Friday: Partly cloudy after morning drizzle. Light winds. MAX

Canterbury High Country

Saturday: Partly cloudy. Northeasterlies.

18 MIN 10

Thursday Mountain weather hazards: Thunderstorm, Wind Chill. Mainly fine. A few showers in the afternoon, some possibly heavy and thundery with hail. Wind at 1000m: Light. Wind at 2000m: Light. Freezing level: 2500m. Friday Mountain weather hazards: None issued. Partly cloudy with a few showers in the afternoon. Wind at 1000m: Light. Wind at 2000m: Light. Freezing level: Rising to 2900m.

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 18.0 11.4 11.9 0.0 37.8 N 22 3:44pm 0.0 173.8

Methven 16.0 8.8 – – – – – – –

Christchurch Timaru Airport Airport 20.4 17.8 11.2 10.9 11.4 – 0.2 0.0 63.2 18.0 E 28 E 22 3:27pm 3:08pm 0.5 – 192.9 –

Tides, Sun and Moon Thursday

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Saturday

Ashburton H 10:24am 10:52pm 11:16am 11:41pm 12:05pm Mouth L 4:01am 4:39pm 4:54am 5:35pm 5:45am 6:25pm Rakaia Mouth Rangitata Mouth

H 10:11am L 3:53am H 10:08am L 3:45am

10:38pm 4:30pm 10:36pm 4:23pm

10:57am 11:24pm 4:41am 5:19pm 11:00am 11:25pm 4:38am 5:19pm

11:45am 5:29am 6:07pm 11:49am 5:29am 6:09pm

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