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Racing’s plastic fantastic

By Sophie Iremonger Work on the country’s first synthetic racetrack is set to start next month, the Te Awamutu News understands.

The project – which could cost up to $70 million – will make the region a national pacesetter in racing, rowing and cycling.

It is understood laying of the synthetic surface will commence in May 2020 and it could be in use three months later.

Racing officials are reluctant to discuss details, but it is understood some information was provided at a meeting at the Cambridge Jockey Club this week.

An all-weather, synthetic racetrack will replace the existing track at the Cambridge Jockey Club grounds on Racecourse Rd, home of New Zealand’s largest racehorse training facility with 800-1200 horses training there each month.

Once completed, it will become a regular facility for midweek race meetings.

The News understands racing minister Winston Peters is preparing to announce funding approval for the new track surface.

It comes as the Racing Industry Transition Agency (RITA) welcomed the Government’s introduction of the Racing Industry Bill - a major package of reforms to replace the Racing Act 2003.

The Bill, which was introduced last week, had its first reading on Tuesday. RITA Chairman Dean McKenzie said the introduction of the bill is a significant milestone for racing and will help achieve the ambitious goals set by John Messara to ensure the sustainability of the racing industry.

Racing contributes $1.6 billion to the economy and provides 14,000 jobs.

“Cambridge is leading in a lot of sporting areas and racing is one of them,” leading Cambridge trainer Shaune Ritchie, who works out of the Racecourse Rd training track, said.

“We need a track that can handle the amount of horses that we’ve got coming through, we’re the biggest training centre in Australasia.

“The racing industry is so important for the local town… already with Cambridge having those big studs, breeding a thousand horses – you need riders for those horses, you need fences, and that’s all supplied by the local community. And then clients come and stay in the hotels and motels during track work… so it’s all a big contributor for Cambridge, and it’s only going to get busier, especially with the races on.”

The synthetic track will be made from a sand and polymer binder with a fibre cushion surface and porous drainage base.

It is understood part of the funding, $7 million, will be covered by the Government’s Provincial Growth Fund.

The News understands civil works will commence next month and the first of site machinery, a plough, is due to be moved on it next week.

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FRIDAY DECEMBER 13, 2019

On the beat

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A thought for others This week will be my last column for the year as I am going to be on other duties over the next few weeks. I hope to see as many of you as possible enjoying the Christmas parade tomorrow.

I am looking forward to taking a well deserving member of the Te Awamutu community in the patrol vehicle for the parade.

Next week I will be busy with our army of volunteers checking who’s been naughty and nice and assembling up hampers for distribution to families in the area. We are still looking for toys, treats and food to be donated and have multiple collection points.

I would also like to thank the many business that have supported this project and we

Letters

Inching ahead

Many of your readers will be strongly in agreement with Hayden Woods’ letter regarding the Cambridge Pool expenditure hike-up...perhaps not so impressed with council’s reply, which smacks of ‘spin-doctoring’. Of course we can but hope...nay, demand that expenditure costs on that project do not keep inching up, with this or that unforeseen and unplanned for expenditure working itself into the funding mix. Of course in most of these types of council projects, and especially so in the likes of Cambridge, we have the really rich demographic pushing up the rates costs for the, not so well heeled.

In these times of changing weather systems and the strains that puts on the old traditional funding models, the rich demographic is determined to ensure that council ratepayers pay for goldplated facilities at every level, knowing that there will be much expenditure creep on most projects, so that projects themselves are ‘locked-in’ yet expenditure is not. Future proofing and responding to the financial challenges that climate change will demand of ratepayer funding, will continue to be ‘mild annoyance’ to the well heeled, but financial ruin to the not so well heeled.

We need people like Hayden Woods to keep enlightening us on these issues, even though it is likely that those of us who agree with him will end up simply whistling into the wind, even as the evidence continues to stack up.

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As I said earlier, this will be my last column for the year as next week I will be heavily involved with Operation Christmas Hampers then I’ll be into summer policing at Kawhia. I will also be on three weeks leave during January, when this constable will be “Gone Fishing”.

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While you enjoy yourself over the festive season please spare a thought for those of us who will be working over Christmas and New Years away from our families. There are nurses, ambulance officers, firefighters, police officers and many others who are all committed to ensuring your festive season is a safe and enjoyable one. And while we are at it, there are soldiers, sailors and airman on overseas deployments to Afghanistan, Antarctica, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Mali, Korea, Sinai, Sudan and Timor-Leste who will also be working over this festive season.

If you are going away over the summer, make sure you take the time to improve

Prizes up for grabs in shopping competition More than 30 retailers will be taking part in this Saturday’s Te Awamutu shopping competition, organised by Rotary in conjunction with the annual Christmas parade.

“Retailers have been very generous donating goods so we have great prizes up for grabs,” said Peter Robertson, one of the competition’s organisers.

People can collect entry forms from Heathcotes, Paper Plus or Furniture Zone from 10am. They will need to look in shop windows for an item they wouldn’t expect to find, such as a soft drink can in a clothing shop, and

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They will have until 3.30pm to complete their form and deliver it back to any of the three entry form pick-up locations.

“We hope the competition will add to the day’s fun and encourage people to spend time in the CBD and enjoy the festive atmosphere,” Robertson said.

The Christmas float parade will kick off at noon tomorrow (Saturday, December 14), travelling up and down Alexandra St and finishing with a prizegiving and lolly scramble in Selwyn Park.

Racing’s plastic fantastic over the Waikato,” he said. “It would certainly make it a lot easier on the horses, the trainers, and staff.”

It makes sense for the Waikato, he said, being a leading region for thoroughbred racing. “Obviously you’d still have your main premier meetings at Ellerslie, Matamata and Te Rapa, but the midweek meetings all in one spot would be ideal.”

Some figures in the industry were unsure how horses would react to the synthetic surface, but Chipperfield – who rotates horses between summer and winter based on their wet or dry track preference – could see the benefit.

“With synthetic tracks you know what you’re racing on, you expect the same track every time you go to the races, you know what to expect. At the moment you have all sorts of tracks and they’re all different, some of the are absolutely terrible in winter. But at least with a synthetic track, an all-weather track, it’s going

to be the same turf every time.”

The Cambridge Jockey Club said it appreciated the support of leading stables around New Zealand which had recognised the need for a synthetic track at Cambridge.

A feasibility study is also being conducted to look at the possibility of the Cambridge Jockey Club, the Te Rapa Racing Club and Te Awamutu’s Waipa Racing Club joining forces at a greenfield site, possibly in Cambridge, with state-of-the-art facilities and a ‘mega track’ of sorts being built.

Cambridge Jockey Club President Bruce Harvey said the idea was still very much in the early preliminary stages and couldn’t provide too many details.

“But we all agree the industry needs something new,” he said. “It’s just a matter of looking at the feasibility, crunching the numbers and seeing whether it’s doable.”

The go-ahead on the project should be determined over the next few weeks, he said.

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Foodbank sends out an SOS

It’s not often that community generosity not only fulfils a fundraising brief, but also remains the ‘gift that keeps on giving’. Ōtorohanga has done just that.

Ōtorohanga’s community success story

manager Michelle McKenzie, and led Dr Bob Le Quesne to start searching for a site on which to build a new centre.

The Ōtorohanga Charitable Trust, which had been going for The new Ōtorohanga Medical Centre was a winner in the hearts some time and was then under Kim’s stewardship, took on the and minds of its community long before it won a top regional fundraising, working closely with the then Ōtorohanga District property award in October.

Council chief executive Dave Clibbery. The upshot was a Those behind the project won the Holmes Consultingcollaborative triumph in which the council agreed to sponsored Best Team Award at the 2019 We are Waikato support joint funding the project, with the OCT becoming Property People Awards, in Hamilton on October 17. The the new centre’s owners. award citation recognised, “a team who has demonstrated A windfall donation of $1 million from sheep and beef excellence by developing a specific project of any size that farmers John and Sarah Oliver got the project off the is outstanding in terms of innovation, design, sustainability, ground. Two years of hard graft on the part of the Trust profitability, promoting growth, inspiring and influencing followed – which included a black tie, red carpet event future development”. at Kim’s home – and another $1 million donation That checklist of plaudits adds to the already from Ross and Denise Knutson further swelled the immense pride Ōtorohanga has for its new $3.6 million coffers. medical centre; pride that goes beyond the building Kim said the Trust was now in the process of itself and pledges a future where the centre will upgrading its structures and processes to better keep giving back, not only in health terms, but also manage the ongoing income from the centre. “We monetarily. are very mindful of the fact we have an incredible That’s because the Ōtorohanga opportunity here to give back to the community Charitable Trust (OCT), which and want to ensure we do steered fundraising for the everything possible to manage project, raised sufficient money and direct that money to make the building debtappropriately.” free, meaning that the $100,000 The Trust has for years coming in annually as rent worked quietly in the goes into the Trust coffers community, handing out to be ploughed back into about $15,000 worth the community. of grants annually to Trust chairperson Kim a range of recipients.

Ingham announced the Projects included debt-free component in giving riding boots to October, about four months the Riding for Disabled after the new centre opened crew and uniforms for for business. the local softball club.

“This is really the gift that The additional funding will keep on giving,” she will make it possible to said. “We are completely do a great deal more, overwhelmed by the said Kim. support from the Ōtorohanga The new customcommunity. Without their designed centre has a support, we wouldn’t have the full suite of medical new medical centre at all, never and support facilities mind the prospect of $100,000 to under one roof and can return to the community on an now extend its role as a annual basis.” teaching practice. Additional At 720 square metres, space allows for more the new medical centre in student doctors to come on Kakamutu Rd is more than board, and there is room twice the footprint of its to accommodate regular Hinewai St predecessor, consultants.

Oto Med Ltd. Staff there Kim described the project had been struggling with as a “once in a lifetime a shortage of space for some opportunity” that had more time; it was a situation that grew Michelle McKenzie and Kim Ingham flank the Daniel Ormsby carving of than fulfilled its brief. increasingly untenable as the Hinewai that stands outside the new medical centre. Much of the artwork community grew, said practice incorporated into the centre’s décor is done by local artists.

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The Te Awamutu Combined Churches and Community Foodbank is desperately in need of volunteers to pack and deliver food parcels.

“We’ve been running on a very skeleton staff and over Christmas people go away on holidays, which increases the workload on the few deliverers we have, so we are desperately looking for helpers,” said foodbank coordinator Ian McLauchlan.

“We need people who have got two hours a week free from 3pm-5pm on weekdays on a regular basis.

“The people we’ve got who do this work have been doing it for quite some period of time – in fact one family does the Monday and the Friday and of course they want a holiday through January so it means we’ve got to cover those days. It’s a bit of challenge but I’m sure we’ll get there.”

Those keen to help can call Ian on (07) 871 5636 or 027 389 5470, or email suemclauchlan@xtra.co.nz.

The foodbank would also be grateful for donations of cash or food, which can be dropped off at its contact centre at Kainga Aroha, 301 Bank St. McLauchlan said people had been “very generous” after the foodbank team appealed to the public for financial help to upgrade its facilities earlier this year.

“At the moment we’re making do with an old shed that does have some issues with pests at times and perhaps is not as hygienic as we’d like,” he said.

“In the long term we’d like a purpose-built building but we realise that’s some time away, so by early next year we hope to have sufficient funds to provide a pest-free, hygienic, portable cabin to store some of our supplies in, while continuing to use our old shed for cans and things that are less likely to be damaged.”

McLauchlan said the foodbank’s key objective was to help people going through tough times to get back on their feet and re-establish independence.

From January to November 30 this year it has sent out 194 food parcels, which have helped 274 adults and 280 children, and provided food for 1041 days.

“I’d just like to pay tribute to the wonderfully generous community we live in, in Te Awamutu,” he said.

“We rely on donations and we’ve had wonderful support from churches, businesses, community groups and individuals. We’re very grateful to them for making our work possible. As one pastor here said, a need in Te Awamutu is never left unmet.”

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Christmas parade draws crowd The Otorohanga Christmas Parade went off without a hitch last week as 30 Christmas-themed floats cruised down Maniapoto Street in beautiful Friday evening weather.

The event is put together each year by the Otorohanga Business Association, and organiser Peter Neustroski said it had become one of the town’s favourite attractions. He thanked the sponsors, judges, organisers, attendees, “and of course the ‘real’ Santa for calling in.”

Santa Claus was one of many colourful characters to feature on the floats. Also out greeting the crowd were residents of Beattie Home & Village, school students, St John cadets, Otorohanga businesses and the Te Kuiti and Districts Pipe Band.

Judges Max Baxter and Annette Williams had a tough call on their hands selecting the winners, but they chose the Otorohanga Medical Centre as the firstplace winners, followed by Hopscotch Childcare and Preschool in second and Kiokio Enviro School third.

The Te Awamutu’s Christmas parade will run from 11.55am to 1pm tomorrow (December 14) at Selwyn Park.

Left: Beattie Home & Village staff and residents took part in the parade.

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Wintec has been allocated 150 more placements for Waikato Trades Academy by the Ministry of Education to help pathway secondary students into apprenticeships and employment.

Chief Executive David Christiansen said that means Wintec can offer trades training for up to 800 secondary school students in 2020 through Waikato Trades Academy, including 56 new placements in Otorohanga and Te Kuiti.

The Otorohanga Trades Training site of the Waikato Trades Academy will open on February 10 for students from Te Kuiti High School, Piopio College, Otorohanga College, Te Wharekura o Maniapoto and Te Awamutu College to follow vocational pathways into construction trades — building, electrical and plumbing.

Waikato Trades Academy gives secondary school students the opportunity to study at school and at Wintec. They gain specific and practical experience and skills in an industrybased setting, and the opportunity to move directly into a job through support and networking.

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“The trades academy concept actually supports education as well as employers. Students who may have dropped out of school earlier can stay longer because they’re also doing what they really want to do - practical hands-on training that will fast track them into the type of job they want.

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Achievement House’s Christmas cracker of a party

By Viv Posselt

Achievement House welcomed the Christmas season last week with a cracking party spliced with great food, gift-giving by Santa and music provided by a group of Rotary rockers, the Bruised Brothers.

A number of those employed through the House, plus staffers and volunteers gathered at Cambridge’s Wilson St premises in Cambridge for the party. The Cambridge Rotary Club-supported event saw food provided by town businesses, and music provided

by Rotary’s own band, the Bruised Brothers. The band has been going for years and helps fundraise for Rotary by playing at retirement

homes and other venues.

Now in its 40th year of operation, Achievement House offers parttime employment and volunteer opportunities at its purpose-built facility to people with disabilities.

Most of those coming through the doors are from Cambridge; a few are from Te Awamutu or Hamilton. They are given a variety of appropriate work-related tasks which help develop employment skills, provide social interaction and build self-confidence.

The objective, said Achievement House manager Neil Fynn, is to provide people with disabilities with occupational and social activities that allow them to gain a sense of purpose and achievement.

The ages range from school-leavers

Those attending Achievement House’s Christmas party earlier this month enjoying the spread laid on by local businesses.

to those of retirement age.

“For the most part, they are engaged in the assembly, packaging and labelling of lightweight components for various businesses or industrial companies,” he said. “We have contracts with industry throughout the region and are extremely well-supported by businesses in this region.

Essentially, we are a local solution for local issues.”

Achievement House chairman John Tarbutt said the numbers of people employed through the House had remained static over the past few years and described the continuing community support for the programme as “fantastic”.

“This is a way of giving people with a disability an opportunity to work with their peers, but equally Te Awamutu’s Linden Fry and Kelly Jacobson, who both work through Achievement House to do something meaningful with in Cambridge, enjoying the Christmas party. their lives.”

Radio coverage east and south of Te Awamutu will get a lot stronger on Sunday.

A $1.85 million upgrade of a transmission tower on Mt Ruru, near Cambridge, is due to be completed on Sunday.

It will improve coverage for radio listeners in country areas - especially east and south of Te Awamutu - who have been receiving patchy radio reception since a September 2017 storm sheared 10 metres off the transmission tower.

It forced 10 commercial radio stations off the air for 27 hours while engineers replaced the antennae, at a lower height level.

“It was a catastrophic event,’’ said MediaWorks Waikato General Manager Steve Rowe. “When you consider its thick steel snapping in half, the force must have been extreme” The tower replacement has taken

over two years and presented engineering and administration challenges.

The tower was erected in the early 1990s and the engineering work required it be brought up to modern construction standards and required extensive strengthening at the base.

The areas worst affected by the reduced coverage have been the outer edges of the Waikato region

Radio cover back in tune

and where the terrain is hilly, Rowe said.

“We are looking forward to having our extensive coverage back. I am used to driving to Tokoroa and Te Kuiti and hearing stations like The Breeze and The Rock clear as. We’ve had a lot of listeners on the way to these areas calling us and keen to have consistently good coverage of their favourite radio station again.

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Merit for Dre Hotel revamp takes shape Fourteen-year-old Dre McCallum collected the major award at the latest Blue Light Life Skills Camp in Auckland.

The teenager completed the week-long residential course and won the Overall Merit Award.

Former All Black Ofisa ‘Junior’ Tonu’u presented the award.

The programme is run by New Zealand Blue Light in partnership with the NZ Police and NZ Defence Force for 1417-year olds and teaches life-skills and leadership training.

Te Awamutu Police Youth Aid Officer and officer in charge of TA Bluelight, Scott Miller, said business support from Z Energy, Te Awamutu Lions and individuals made the event possible for young people to experience the camp.

The $4 million upgrade of the “…I’m absolutely confi-dent this will executive Jason Dawson confirmed Hamilton Airport Hotel contributes to help plug a significant gap,” Morgan there was already strong interest in the resolving a “blindingly obvious” issue said. spruced-up hotel from the wider tourism for the region, Hamilton’s mayor says.

“Over the last three years we’ve had industry, business sector and conference While the region is the fourth largest a 26 per cent increase in passengers and events market. in the country for con-ventions, meetings coming through the airport and there’s “The hotel is a fantastic addition to and business events, its accommodation no sign of that slowing down. The fact the region’s accommodation, event and facilities are ninth in the country. is, more and more people are coming to conference inventory and will help meet “We absolutely know Hamilton and its our region and they all need somewhere the increasing demand for large-scale, Waikato neighbours are losing lucrative to stay.” commercial accommodation,” he said. business due to a lack of high-end hotels.

Hamilton & Waikato Tourism chief And we all know the challenges posed by big calendar events like National Fieldays when quality rooms are like hen’s teeth,” Paula Southgate said.

Southgate and Waipa mayor Jim Mylchreest have both welcomed the upgrade which is well advanced.

Guests inspected the revamped hotel at a function last week, viewing the refurbished conference facilities, which include a newly painted exterior and made-over gardens, a new kitchen and relocated reception.

About half the 62 rooms have had compete makeovers.

A revamped standalone bar and restaurant – Propeller – has already opened for business.

Waikato Regional Airport Ltd (WRAL) bought the hotel in January 2018 as part of its strategy to grow non-aeronautical revenue streams. It is managed on behalf of WRAL by Jet Park which already operates hotels in Rotorua and Auckland.

WRAL is a council-controlled organisation owned by Hamilton City, Otorohanga, Waipā, Waikato and Matamata-Piako District Councils.

Its chief executive Mark Morgan said investment into the hotel was “perfectly timed” given the regional From left, Hamilton and Waikato Tourism chief executive Jason Dawson, Jet Park Hotel manager accommodation shortage and huge David Latu and WRAL chief executive Mark Morgan celebrate the relaunched Jet Star Hotel near passenger growth into Hamilton airport. Hamilton Airport.

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Waipa cyclists and skateboarders are in for a treat with the official opening of a new pump park in Cambridge on December 21.

The new $600,000 facility will feature a 222m-long jump track and a 196m-long pump track, connected by a bowl.

Pump tracks combine rolling jumps and turns found on traditional BMX style tracks with the flow of mountain bike trails and the rhythm of skate parks.

Surfaced with asphalt and catering to “everyone from toddlers on balance bikes right through to Olympic athletes”, the park will be particularly suited to bicycles and skateboards.

It is sited beside Cambridge Skatepark in Dominion Ave and has been designed and built by Velosolutions, a Swiss company owned by former competitive mountain biker Claudio Caluori.

Craig Pattle, director of Velosolutions’ New Zealand franchise, believes it to be one of the biggest in the world.

The 2500m² facility has the backing of BMX Olympian Sarah Walker, who said the project was exciting because the pump track discipline had just become a world championship event.

Pattle said plans were underway to host a Red Bull Pump Track World Championships qualifying event at the new park next year, which would attract competitors from across New Zealand.

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Cambridge sports administrator Jude Eades has been the driving force behind the project, which began after she got together with other local mothers who wanted to encourage their children to “get off devices and get outside”.

Having spent her career working in high performance sport and “running a fundraising company on the side”, she set about raising the money needed.

Eades, who has spent more than 18 months working on the project, said she was excited to see it nearing completion and thanked the businesses and organisations who had given “incredible support” to make it happen.

The park will be open to the public and free to use.

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FRIDAY DECEMBER 13, 2019

Petch dominates new Rotorua venue

Waipā’s Awamutu’s Rebecca Petch has christened the new international BMX facility in Rotorua with victory in the UCI C1 Classic.

Cambridge rider Rico D’Anvers, a member of the Schick Civil BMX Performance Hub, took out the final of the junior men’s category.

The new $1.6m world-class track, nestled beside the Waipa mountain bike park on the outskirts of the city, was opened on Saturday. It is the result of five years of planning and dedication by the Rotorua BMX Club with support from a number of organisations and businesses.

The club hosted the UCI event, which carries valuable ranking points towards the Tokyo Olympics, drawing riders from Australia, Japan and New Zealand, with the Central Region BMX Championships staged alongside.

Te Awamutu’s Petch, the New Zealand representative, won all three of the elite women’s races ahead of Australia’s

Caroline Buchanan and London Olympic medallist Sarah Walker who is a long-time member of the Rotorua club.

Buchanan, a former BMX world champion, was making her competitive return after nearly two years out of the sport following a serious car crash.

Japanese visitor Daichi Yamaguchi, the Asian continental champion, who is ranked 88th in the world, upset world number 11 ranked Kai Sakakibara (Australia) in the final.

Earlier New Zealand’s leading rider, Michael Bias (North Harbour) had finished top of the rankings with Sakakibara, both with two wins and a second placing from the three qualifying motos, with Yoshimura third.

However, the 26 year old Japanese rider got the jump from the gate of the new 8m ramp to win the grand final ahead of Sakakibara, the Oceania champion, with fellow Australian Joshua Boynton third.

He was equal second in qualifying after two wins and a

One of the country’s most promising young cattle judges is heading to the United States to play professional rugby.

Gordon Fullerton, 22, who grew up on his parents’ dairy farm near Te Awamutu, has been signed by Old Glory DC. He will move to the United States this month and will be based in the nation’s capital, near the White House.

“This is my first professional rugby gig. There are quite a few unknowns, but I’m really excited,” said Gordon.

“It’ll be great just to focus on rugby for a bit and test the boundaries, although it will be hard been away from the cows.”

Fullerton has been playing premier-grade rugby in the Waikato for the Te Awamutu Sports Rugby Club.

Old Glory DC competes in a national competition and will clash against teams from

It’ll be an interesting learning experience and good for the soul,” he said.

The Holstein Friesian NZ member recently received the coveted Pitcairn’s Trophy after winning a junior judging competition in Christchurch.

He also took out the World Wide Sires all breeds junior judging competition at Stratford A&P Show this month.

“I’ve been judging since I was a teenager. I enjoy going to shows and watching dairy cattle in the show ring,” he said.

“Judging is quite a skill.

You have to be able to confidently articulate why you have placed one animal before another.”

Talking into a microphone in front of exhibitors and a large crowd has delivered unexpected benefits.

“It’s helped me get better at public speaking. It’s always useful if you’re in a situation where you’re outside of your

third placing but impressed in the final to edge out Japan’s Yuichi Masuda and Australia’s Oliver Moran, the top qualifier.

Glory switch for cattle judge Texas, California and New York in 2020.

Gordon’s other major passion is dairy cows.

His parents own Woodcote Holsteins, one of the top producing Holstein Friesian herds in the country.

He has spent the past two years working for LIC as a genetics specialist.

“It’s a diverse role which I’ve really enjoyed,” he said.

“I’ve been able to travel all over the country and visit some impressive dairy farms.

“Talking with passionate dairy farmers not just about their cows, but also their farming businesses, has been a bonus,” he said.

Fullerton faces a long drive if he wants to milk a dairy cow in his new home.

“The closest dairy farms will be a couple of hours drive from Washington, or in the neighbouring state of Pennsylvania,” he said.

“I plan to visit a few dairy farms while I’m over there.

Gordon Fullerton.

comfort zone and you can talk your way out of it,” he laughed.

Fullerton’s contract in the United States runs until June 2020, which he hopes will be extended.

Rebecca Petch in action on the way to victory in the UCI C1 Classic and the start of the elite women’s race at the new world-class BMX facility at Rotorua.

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Dibben does a double Whanganui’s Richie Dibben demonstrated his versatility by taking two entirely different Suzuki motorcycles in both the supermoto and 600cc Formula Two bike classes at the Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park, just outside Taupo the weekend.

Te Awamutu’s David Hall was among his closest rivals.

Already an international supermoto star, Dibben, a 30-year-old bike shop owner looked comfortable as he took his Suzuki

RM-Z450 to qualify fastest and then score back-to-back wins in the supermoto class.

Then he jumped on board his Suzuki GSX-R600 road bike to qualify fastest in the 600cc Formula Two (F2) class.

He won his first of two F2 races, edging out fellow Suzuki GSX-R600 rider Hall on Saturday, though came unstuck in the next race the following day, crashing out while in the lead.

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The expenses in relation to a Christmas party is regarded as entertainment expenditure and falls within the rules of fringe benefit tax (FBT) if cost per person exceeds $300 (GST inclusive).

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We wish you a Merry Christmas and a safe holiday period.

Our office will close at 4pm on Wednesday, December 18 and reopen on Monday, January 6 at 9am.

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DECEMBER 2019

Anniversary celebration for Cafe Irresistiblue Cafe Irresistiblue celebrates its 10th birthday this month. Situated on Monavale Blueberries, New Zealand’s largest BioGro certified organic blueberry orchard, the cafe opened on 16 December 2009.

Director Kath De Groot said the premises came to life to serve two aims. It provided a restful spot for pickers and an opportunity for visitors to experience an organic blueberry business. At the time, Monavale Blueberries was a gate-sale only business. “We had customers coming a long way to pick our fresh blueberries. They’d often ask if they could sit here for 10 minutes before leaving. We realised better facilities were needed.”

Monavale Blueberries also attracted interest at farmers markets. “People would ask if they could come and have a look at how our organics business operated. We wanted to provide them with a good visitor experience.”

Cafe Irresistiblue’s architecture gives a nod to the owners’ European roots. Seamlessly grounded in the landscape, it nestles amidst blueberry bushes and is designed to provide an immersive orchard experience. Customers can touch and pick blueberries as they dine. Stunning views and alfresco settings enhance the dining experience.

While the orchard produced blueberry wine, juice and jam pre-cafe, chefs have since introduced boutique products such as chutneys, salad dressings and spreads. One of the healthiest foods on the planet, organic blueberries have a high antioxidant content and offer a plethora of health benefits.

“All sorts of customers come here,” says Kath.

“We get a lot of New Zealand travellers and local tourists.”

Monavale Blueberries has a weekly presence at Waikato Farmers Markets in Cambridge and Hamilton. The Cambridge Farmers Market trailer sells fresh organic blueberries, organic blueberry products and treats.

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Enjoy a picnic at lavender farm The lavender season is over for the year but Julie and Bernie Hawkins are still welcoming visitors to their lavender farm on Brotherhood Road, Te Awamutu. “People come for

Julie and Bernie Hawkins.

the views and the gardens, to enjoy a picnic, smell the lavender and watch the bees,” says Bernie. Alphra Lavender is also a favourite destination for photo shoots and farm products.

Photo - Megan Mahoney Photography

The couple bought the business in March 2017 because it was “too good a chance to pass over.” A huge lavender lover, Julie was keen to grow and distil lavender oil, and create dry flower.

Alphra Lavender produces over 70 litres of oil a year, 50kg of dry flower and makes over 40 products.

Marketing is solely through social media and a website.

Dried lavender and rubbings are sought by the hospitality industry, crafts people and customers purchasing for cooking or moth repellents.

The farm grows a number of lavender varieties, including Grosso, Pacific Blue and Super for commercial

production of essential oil.

A fourth variety, Impress Purple, is grown for dried lavender and rubbings.

Alphra Lavender was established in 1997 by Beverley and Ian Parlane, with a view to sharing their lifetime passion about the significant health benefits which lavender contributes to life quality. The Hawkins were happy to follow in their footsteps.

The traditional role of lavender and its natural healing powers in helping people to maintain a balance in their lives have been a key concern of Alphra Lavender.

The business has evolved into an exciting company trading in the wellness

More North Island titles for young Te Awamutu rider Emily Hayward began her love affair with horses as a three year old. Her parents both rode and it seemed a natural thing for Emily to do. Her competition career began three years later. The 20 year-old from Te Awamutu now has a bulging cabinet containing some top class awards.

No stranger to North Island titles, Emily last season won the prestigious Olympic Cup as Showjumper of the Year. She recently added to that when she and her 10-year-old Australian bred-to-race thoroughbred Belischi HM headed home eight other combinations to take the honours in the POLI Payments North Island Premier League over the

Eryn Duffy-designed course. They were the only combination to finish the tworound competition with a clean slate.

In the second round, all six combinations to come back were clear but as each carried their first round penalties, it was Emily’s to claim. “The plan in the second round was just to go in and go clear.” The Ross Smith-trained rider said the track was quite technical but it was as she had expected. “I was really happy with him.”

Emily had kept Belischi ticking over through the winter months and he had a month’s break while she competed in Australia. “We had a bit of a late start because of that and this is just his fifth

or sixth outing. He just tries so hard.”

Earlier in the show, Emily and Belischi won the FMG North Island Young Rider Championship with another double clear effort, his second Young Rider win of the season.

Emily is driven by a love of the sport and a desire to keep making improvements.

She especially values the special bond that is built with each of her horses. She works hard to develop her business and make it profitable. “Riders in Europe and America have a lot more money and more backing.”

Her ambition is to compete at the top level. “You need the backing of a horse that can do it for you.”

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“We get a lot of joy from seeing our customers’ joy, and they welcoming visitors to our property,” Bernie says,

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Tirau - one-stop Christmas shopping

For a small rural town, Tirau punches above its weight.

While seeing the signs is a major highlight, simply wandering up and down the main street and exploring the lanes and side streets can be a lot of fun. Iconic corrugated iron creations mingle with cafes, antique shopping, art galleries, factory outlets and independentlyowned boutique shops.

At Christmas the quirky little town has a great festive vibe, and its very size means one-stop shop convenience. Parking is free, it's easy to walk everywhere and there is no busy malls.

Between bouts of shopping you can sit and relax in the cafés, restaurants and outdoor settings. Retail diversity ensures there is something for all budgets, from designer gifts to Christmas bargains, as NOW OPEN well as one-off gifts and handicrafts that you won't find anywhere else. Along with the old favourites, Tirau boasts a selection of new shops, including new women's fashion boutique, Krista L, The Interiors Barn and Tuckers Bar and Grill.

You can start at the top of the hill at Deciduus under the big red heart. The fine art and plant boutique not only showcases New Zealandmade art, it also has a beautiful selection of indoor plants to brighten up your Christmas.

The gallery is always bursting with new work and the final show for this year is Land and Sea. You’ve got until 5 January to view this inspiring exhibition.

If you’re looking for something special and eco-friendly, Paisley House is just a few doors down the road. The store has directly imported and hand-crafted furniture and home décor, including décor pieces sourced from New Zealand wholesalers. Conscious of the environment, Paisley House owners source hand-select products from India and keep

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Flavours with Jan Bilton

Festive main events Christmas is a time of celebration and festive foods. And if dishes can be prepared ahead — well great! The more time spent with family and friends the better.

Turkey is an excellent special occasion meat and it can always be prepared in the slow cooker — if you have one large enough. This allows you can use the oven for baking and roasting vegetables without any hassles.

Make a sling for the turkey from a length of folded foil. Place some veggies on the base of the cooker then — using the sling — add the turkey.

Leave the sling in place until the turkey is cooked so you can remove it with ease. Ensure the foil is tucked in so the cooker lid closes tightly.

If using stock for sauces or gravy then make your own using meat bones and vegetables or purchase fresh stock that is sold in some supermarkets in clear pouches from the chiller.

Christmas demands the best. At least sauces can be prepared ahead.

Roast veggies are a tradition and a combo of pumpkin, potatoes and different varieties of kumara is always colourful. These can all be peeled and cut up the night before and kept in a basin of cold water in a cool place. Ensure they’re well dried before adding to the hot oil in a roasting pan. Rice bran oil will ensure they are crispy on the outside. Add a few sprigs of rosemary and thyme for extra aroma and flavour.

SLOW-COOKED MOROCCAN TURKEY

WHOLE CAULIFLOWER WITH PUY LENTILS This makes a great vegetarian main or a side dish for meats.

1 medium head cauliflower 3 tablespoons olive oil 1 teaspoon yellow mustard seeds 4 each: shallots, diced, portobello mushrooms, sliced 1 teaspoon each: crushed garlic, thyme leaves 2 tablespoons tomato paste 3/4 cup white wine 2 cups finely sliced washed spinach 1 cup Puy lentils, rinsed salt and pepper to taste 3 cups vegetable stock Preheat the oven to 190°C. Trim the major leaves from the cauli. Remove any thick stalk from the base and trim it so the cauli sits flat. Place in a large microwave-proof bowl with 2 tablespoons of water. Cover and microwave on high for 5 minutes.

Heat 1 tablespoon of the oil in a large pan suitable for the hob and oven. Add the mustard seeds and heat over medium until they start to pop.

Add the shallots and cook until lightly browned.

Add the mushrooms, garlic and thyme and cook

for a few minutes. Add the tomato paste and wine and simmer for 2 minutes. Add the spinach stirring until wilted.

Mix in the lentils. Season. Make a well in the centre and add the cauli. Pour the stock around the cauli. Cover and cook for about 50 minutes until the cauli and lentils are cooked.

Brush the cauli with the remaining oil. Great served sprinkled with grated parmesan cheese, ground paprika and chopped fresh herbs. Serves 6-8.

MAKE-AHEAD GRAVY 75g butter 1⁄3 cup plain flour 1/4 cup white wine 2 cups good chicken stock 1/2 teaspoon mixed dried herbs salt and pepper to taste 2-3 tablespoons pan drippings, optional If you have a large slow cooker that will hold a 4.5kg turkey then follow this recipe but only use 1 cup of water. Free-range Crozier Turkeys are available from butchers and some supermarkets nationwide. Check at www.croziersturkeys.co.nz.

I cooked the couscous stuffing separately and piled it in the turkey cavity just before serving.

4.5kg free-range Crozier Turkey 1 tablespoon each: flaky sea salt, freshly ground black pepper 1 medium lemon 1 bunch fresh herbs eg, parsley, mint, rosemary, bay leaves 6 cloves garlic 75g butter, softened 2-3 tablespoons Moroccan seasoning Couscous Stuffing: 1 packet Alexandra’s Apricot & Currant Moroccan Couscous or similar Remove the giblets from inside the turkey and pat the cavity dry Rub the turkey inside and out with salt and pepper.

Preheat the oven to 150°C. Place a rack in a

roasting pan just large enough to hold the turkey. Add 3 cups of water.

Stuff the turkey with the lemon, herbs and garlic placing some in the neck cavity as well. Tuck the wing tips underneath. Tie the legs together with string.

Place the turkey on the rack breast-side up.

Rub with half the butter. Sprinkle well with the Moroccan seasoning. Cover the whole pan with foil.

Cook for about 4 1/2 hours or until the legs ease away from the body with gentle pulling.

Remove the foil and brush the turkey with the remaining butter.

Increase the oven temperature to 190°C. Return the turkey to the oven and cook for 5-7 minutes until the skin has browned. Cover with foil and a heavy towel. Rest for at least 20 minutes before carving.

Meanwhile, make the stuffing according to the packet instructions. Serves 8-10.

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A fully fenced section provides security for the children or pets and there’s plenty of off street parking with a single garage and carport, plus a garden shed for storage.

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What’s On… SPORTS & EXERCISE CLUBS Te Awamutu Athletic Club – Provides for children from 3 and up. Club nights are Tuesday from 5.30 pm, from 15 October through to March, during school terms. Based at the stadium (Velodrome). Info: 07 871 5257 / 027 621 6608 Te Awamutu BMX Club – Come along to the BMX Club on a Monday evening at 5.30 and talk to us about the sport of BMX. Info: Nick – 027 554 6627 Te Awamutu Small Bore Rifle club – The club meets at 7pm Tuesday night from March through to November. Come and learn to shoot in a safe environment. No gear required. Info: 07 871 4619 Twilight Bowls at Kihikihi Bowling Club, Monday evening, 5.30-7.30. Bring a team of four or we will put you in a team. Bowls can be supplied. We also have bowls Tuesday and Saturday for anyone

practice is by arrangement on Mondays from 5.30-7.00pm Info: 07 871 5464 SOCIAL CLUBS Alcoholics Anonymous – If you drink that’s your problem. If you want to stop its ours. Weekly meetings held at the Presbyterian Church Hall, Mutu St at 8.00pm. Info: 07 871 2797 Helpline: 0800 229 6757 NZ Society of Genealogists – We are a friendly group of people, adsorbed in finding one more ancestor. Meet first Tuesday of the month, 7.30pm at St John Ambulance hall, Palmer St. Info; Christine Ball – 07 871 5827 Te Awamutu Interdenominational Morning Prayer – Our Christian Community from all Christian fellowships are worshiping for our Town and Nation. Held daily from Monday-Friday 6.30-7.30am at the Baptist Building, 106 Teasdale Street. Info: 022 305 8353 Association of Anglican Women – Monthly joining together for friendship and fun. We meet

wanting to try. Contact Dave on 8702006.

Sporting Clays – Clay Target shooting open for practice 4pm till 7pm Tuesday Evenings. Phone Sean 0272220410 for details.

Te Awamutu Bowling Club – Twilight bowls and dinner, Friday December 13. Two games of bowls followed by a meal, non members and beginners welcome. Registration 5.30pm. Contact person Judy Cato, 8715388.

MUSIC CLUBS Rosetown Choristers – We rehearse Wednesdays 7.30 – 9.30pm in the Te Awamutu Baptist Church hall. New singers are assured of a warm welcome.

Ability to hold a tune a must. Info: 07 870 4424 / 07 823 6797 Te Awamutu Brass Band – The band has a senior band and a learners group. The Senior Band rehearses on Thursdays 7-9pm. Learners group

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FRIDAY DECEMBER 13, 2019

Things to do this weekend

Movies…

Kihikihi Speedway will host the North Island Stockcar Championship this weekend.

Qualifying round 6pm - 10pm Friday, finals 6pm - 10 Saturday.

Gates open 3pm. Tickets at the gate. Students, seniors, under 16s $15. Adults $25. Five year olds and under free.

MALEFICENT: MISTRESS OF EVIL Maleficent travels to a grand old castle to celebrate young Aurora’s upcoming wedding to Prince Phillip. While there, she meets Aurora’s future mother-in-law, a cunning queen who hatches a devious plot to destroy the land’s fairies. Hoping to stop her, Maleficent joins forces with a seasoned warrior and a group of outcasts to battle the queen and her powerful army. We get a classic build-up establishing heroes and villains; gorgeous, screen-popping visuals featuring beautiful and mysterious worlds; a bounty of colourful and magical creatures and a climactic battle sequence.

The Te Awamutu Rotary Christmas Parade is on this Saturday 11.55am – 1pm at Selwyn Park, 1 Gorst Avenue, Te Awamutu. A Free Christmas float parade for all the family. Free for spectators.

The monthly Pirongia Market returns to the Pirongia Community Centre, Crozier Street, from 9am - 2pm this Sunday. Free entry with inside and outside stalls featuring a range of crafts and goods.

Sausage sizzle available.

The Two Most Popular Family Movies for 2019 back for Christmas: THE LION KING Simba idolizes his father, King Mufasa and takes to heart his own royal destiny on the plains of Africa. But not everyone in the kingdom celebrates the new cub's arrival. Scar, Mufasa's brother and former heir to the throne, has plans of his own.

The battle for Pride Rock is soon ravaged with betrayal, tragedy and drama, ultimately resulting in Simba's exile. Now, with help from a curious pair of newfound friends, Simba must figure out how to grow up and take back what is rightfully his.

TOY STORY 4 Woody, Buzz Lightyear and the rest of the gang embark on a road trip with Bonnie and a new toy named Forky. The adventurous journey turns into an unexpected reunion as Woody's slight detour leads him to his long-lost friend Bo Peep.

As Woody and Bo discuss the old days, they soon start to realize that they're worlds apart when it comes to what they want from life as a toy.

DECEMBER 12-18 Te Awamutu

Film Name Film AFTER THE WEDDING (M) 2 hrsWay 7 mins A Dog's Home (PG)

3.30pm 8.30pm 6.00pm 1.45pm 6.20pm 6.20pm 6.20pm 11.30am 6.15pm 11.30am 11.30am 11.15am 3.40pm

DOWNTON ABBEY PG 5th Glorious Month. THU 5:20, SAT 3:15, SUN 1:15 ___________________________________

FISHERMANS FRIENDS (M) 2 hrs 7 mins Colette (M) 2 hrs 6 mins

8.35pm

RIDE LIKE A GIRL PG THU 5:30, FRI 7:45, SUN 11:15, TUE 5:30 ___________________________________

14 Mar

Film 1 hr 51 mins

A Dog's Way Home (PG) 1 hrFROZEN 51 mins 2 (PG) Destroyer 1 hr 55(M) mins

8.30pm 11.30am 3.45pm 2.30pm 1.30pm 8.15pm 8.30pm

2 hrs 16 mins Colette (M)ENDING 2 hrs 6 mins(M) HAPPY

4.00pm

1 hr 51 mins

Green Book(M) (M) 2 hrs 25 mins Destroyer

KNIVES 2 hrs 16 mins

Thu, 3.45pm 14 Mar

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Hotel Mumbai (M) 2 hrs 25 mins

2 hrs 20 mins Green Book (M) 2 hrs 25 mins MRS LOWRY AND SON

6.00pm 1.10pm

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Stan & Ollie (M)Could Talk (M) If Beale Street

4.10pm 1.45pm 12.40pm 6.15pm 4.30pm 8.00pm

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Swimming With Men (M) THE GOOD Stan & Ollie (M)LIAR

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THE QUEENS CORGI Swimming Men (M) (PG) 1 hrWith 40 mins

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(PG) 1 hr 46 mins

If Beale Street (M) Could Talk (M) Hotel Mumbai

2 hrs 15 mins PORTRAIT 2 hrs 20 mins

OF A LADY ON FIRE (M) 2 hrs 16 mins

ADDAMS FAMILY (PG) 1 hrTHE 53 mins 2 hrs 15 44 minsmins !!NEW!!

1 hr 4 mins 1 hr252hrs mins 1 hr 53 mins

VITA AND VIRGINIA (M) 2 hrs 5 mins

TheTHE Guilty (M) 1 hr BUTTER 40 mins PEANUT

FALCON (PG)

1 hr 52 mins !!NEW!!

1.30pm 11.15am 8.00pm 5.30pm

8.40pm

The Guilty (M) 1 hr 40 mins 1 hr 52 mins

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8.45pm 6.40pm 4.00pm 1.15pm 8.30pm 4.30pm 8.40pm 1.30pm 6.40pm 8.50pm 6.15pm 1.20pm

www.tivolicinema.co.nz with Christmas Food or a donation to value of $10 for the Salvation Army

Saturday Entry ~ 4.10pm 14th December 3.40pm 8.45pm~ Free 6.40pm

Christmas Food parcels or children's Christmas gifts.

Bookings 823 5064 – 32 Lake Street, Cambridge Please phone to book your seat.

Limited to 52 seats.

www.tivolicinema.co.nz

Bookings 823 5064 – 32 Lake Street, Cambridge

www.flicks.co.nz/cinema/regent-theatre-te-awamutu/

JOJO RABBIT M THU & FRI 7:40, SAT 3:25 & 7:55, SUN 1:25 & 5:55, TUE & WED 7:40 ___________________________________ LAST CHRISTMAS M THU 7:55, SAT 5:40 & 7:40, SUN 3:40 & 5:40, TUE & WED 7:45 ___________________________________ BELLBIRD M THU 7:45, FRI 10:20 & 5:30, SAT 4:50, SUN 11:00 & 2:50, WED 5:30 ___________________________________ FORD VS FERRARI M THU & FRI 7:15, SAT 7:35, SUN 5:35, TUE & WED 7:15 ___________________________________ KNIVES OUT M THU & FRI 7:30, SAT 5:20 & 7:45, SUN 3:20 & 5:45, TUE & WED 7:30 ___________________________________ FROZEN 2 PG THU 5:10, FRI 10:10 & 5:10, SAT 12:40, 3:15 & 5:25, SUN 10:40, 1:15 & 3:25, TUE & WED 11:00 & 5:10 ___________________________________ Free Quirky Cookie to all (while stocks last).

THE ADDAMS FAMILY PG SAT 1:00 & 2:50, SUN 12:50, TUE 11:20 & 5:45, WED 11:20 ___________________________________ FISHERMAN’S FRIENDS PG THU 5:25, FRI 10:00 & 5:25, SAT 1:10 & 5:35, SUN 11:10 & 3:35, TUE & WED 5:25

www.teawamutu.co.nz/regent/sessions.html

THE IRISHMAN R13 Cinema of the highest order, among 2019’s best motion pictures and should receive its share of Oscar attention in 2020.

FRI 6:20, SAT 6:50, SUN 4:50, TUE & FINAL WED 6:20 ___________________________________ We get a classic build-up establishing heroes and villains; gorgeous, screenpopping visuals featuring beautiful and mysterious worlds; a bounty of colourful and magical creatures and a climactic battle sequence.

MALEFICENT: MISTRESS OF EVIL PG For Christmas. FRI 5:20, SAT 12:50 & 3:00, SUN 10:50 & 1:00, TUE 10:50, WED 10:50 & 5:20 ___________________________________ THE LION KING PG For Christmas. TUE & WED 10:40 ___________________________________ TOY STORY 4 G For Christmas. SAT 1:15, TUE & WED 11:10 ___________________________________ STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER STARTS DEC 19 ___________________________________ CATS, JUMANJI: THE SECOND LEVEL PG, THE GOOD LIAR R13 – ALL FROM BOXING DAY

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