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STONE COLD GIRL HURT, HOSTS IN SHOCK AS UNINVITED TEENS THROW BRICKS, PAVERS AND ROCKS INTO PARTY THEY had registered the party with police, informed their neighbours and organised security. But everything still went wrong. In the latest instance of out-of-control teenagers causing chaos on the streets of Lake Macquarie, a group of unwelcome guests who gatecrashed an 18th birthday party at Charlestown have thrown bricks over the fence, striking a teenage girl in the head. Police are investigating and are searching for those responsible. SAM RIGNEY REPORTS, P4

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Police, ambos allegedly bashed

BY JOANNE MCCARTHY

A MAN, 26, accused of assaulting police and paramedics who were called to treat him for a cut to his head outside a hotel at Merewether last week has been refused bail.

Kai James Bradshaw appeared in handcuffs in Newcastle Bail Court on Saturday charged with affray, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, two counts of assaulting police in execution of their duty and two counts of assaulting paramedics.

Police said emergency services were called to a hotel in Merewether about 12.40am on August 11 and found a man with a cut to his head.

Police allege that when paramedics attempted to treat the man he assaulted them as well as two Newcastle city police officers.

The man was taken to John Hunter Hospital for treatment and then later released.

Mr Bradshaw was arrested when he attended Newcastle police station on Friday night.

He was charged with multiple offences and refused bail by police overnight. Mr Bradshaw was refused bail again on Saturday and will re-appear in Newcastle Local Court on Monday.

AN INDEPENDENT scientific committee has issued a scathing assessment of Wambo Coal’s water quality monitoring of its existing operations as Peabody Energy proposes a major expansion of underground mining.

Current surface water quality monitoring is “inadequate for identifying potential mining impacts” from Wambo’s approved, and proposed, mining operations at the site 15 kilometres west of Singleton, the Independent Expert Scientific Committee wrote in a report commissioned by the Federal and NSW governments.

The committee was sharply critical of limitations in an environmental assessment of plans to expand current underground operations by another nine longwall panels, in addition to Wambo’s open cut operations, and found it was not clear how any negative impacts of expanded mining would be mitigated or managed.

Some surface and groundwater figures had been “calculated erroneously” using areas already impacted by mining, making it difficult to detect potential impacts of

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future mining, the committee found.

Limited and incorrect data also made it difficult to calculate cumulative impacts of the proposal in an area that had already been heavily mined since 1969, and was in close proximity to other mines.

The committee questioned how Wambo would manage onsite water to comply with environmental licence conditions after

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Wambo advised it did not hold sufficient salinity credits under the Hunter River Salinity Trading Scheme to accommodate expected future discharge needs. The problem is exacerbated by the expiry of some of the mine’s credits in 2020.

In a response to broader objections to the expansion plan, including subsidence and impacts on biodiversity, Wambo said it was preparing a more detailed report

on surface and groundwater issues raised, but a surface water assessment in 2016 concluded expansion would not have a significant impact on surface water quality.

“As there would be no material surface water impacts as a result of the modification, further consideration of cumulative impacts is not considered to be required,” Wambo said.

Lock the Gate coordinator Georgina Woods said the

Wambo mine had been modified beyond recognition since it was first approved.

“If this modification is granted there will be three times the number of longwalls originally described.

The planning system doesn’t have a way of coping with these changing and growing mining projects that gives the public confidence our river system is not being seriously degraded and compromised by them,” Ms Woods said.

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Cup runs over in big swell

BY MATT CARR

HUGE swell buffeted the Hunter at the weekend, pouring into Newcastle Ocean Baths and towards the top of its stepped seating.

The Bureau of Meteorology cancelled its severe weather warning on Sunday morning after big seas blasted the coast on Saturday night.

The swell, which maxed out at 10 metres off Sydney, was courtesy of a complex low pressure system lying near New Zealand as a high hovered over Australia’s south-east, with their movement prompting a sharp drop in the Hunter swell on Sunday.

“The area generating the swells has shifted further towards New Zealand,” Bureau meteorologist Neale Fraser said.

Hunter Surf Life-Saving president Henry Scruton said the region had heeded warnings about the conditions, steering clear of the rough seas. “It has been really quiet, actually,” he said on Sunday afternoon.

The high pressure system is expected to reach the Tasman Sea by Monday. Showers are forecast for the Hunter during most of this week, with only Tuesday tipped to be clear.

HIGH SEAS: Diving blocks disappear in the furious surge through Newcastle Ocean Baths at the weekend, when the swell reached four to five metres in some places. The swell dropped sharply but showers are expected to linger this week. Picture: Leigh Burgess

Jail term over ‘low-life act’

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BY SAM RIGNEY

A MAN who randomly punched a woman in the head at a Jesmond bus stop and then used a brick to threaten a Good Samaritan who chased after him has been jailed for a maximum of nearly fours years.

Alex Currie, 25, was on conditional bail and serving a balance of parole on January 14 this year when he walked up to a 38-year-old woman who was sitting alone at a bus stop in Newcastle Road, and, without warning, suddenly punched her to the left side of the head.

"It's a pretty low-life act," Judge Roy Ellis said during sentencing in Newcastle District Court on Friday.

Currie then grabbed the victim's handbag - which contained an expensive wallet, her Samsung Galaxy phone and other items and fled along Chalmers Street.

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A witness driving past at the time of the robbery pulled over and pursued Currie on foot, watching him as he ran into a yard and over a number of fences before running across Newcastle Road and behind the bottle shop at Hotel Jesmond.

When the witness approached, Currie told

him: "It's mine. I've dumped her [wallet] under the house. “I’m in a bad space at the moment. “Don’t come near me. “I have a syringe and will stick you”.

The witness told police Currie had a half brick in his hand at the time.

Currie later fled to his sister’s house and

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demanded she drive him to Mount Hutton where he used the woman’s credit cards to purchase cigarettes, tobacco, four bottles of spirits and Coca Cola.

Currie was arrested hiding under a bed in a home in South Street, Windale the next day, had his parole revoked and has remained in custody ever since.

He was initially committed for trial, but pleaded guilty to aggravated robbery during in Newcastle District Court in June. Judge Ellis took into account a charge of threaten injury to person with intent to prevent lawful detection when he sentenced Currie to a maximum of three years and nine months, with a non-parole period of two years and six months.

Judge Ellis backdated the sentence to start on April 15, so it was partly concurrent with his breach of parole, and ordered Currie be eligible for parole on October 14, 2019.

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SHAPING UP: Calder-Mason wrote, starred in and directed short film Fight Like A Woman. Filming finished in Newcastle West on Sunday. Picture: Simone De Peak

Taya’s hard knocks, and that’s a wrap AFTER boxing in character all weekend for her upcoming short film Fight Like a Woman, Taya Calder-Mason feels like she’s gone 12 rounds in real life.

“It’s not that different,” Ms Calder-Mason, 19, said after filming at the Tuff’ N Up boxing gym in Newcastle West with co-star Matthew Clarke.

“I’ve been getting knocked around more today than in three years of being a boxer.”

The Bar Beach actor chose her home gym as the setting for the roughly nine-minute production, which she also wrote and directed as a short, serious, take on women and boxing.

Fight Like a Woman will now go into post-production before Ms Calder-Mason heads to Los Angeles to seek more roles and shop the film to festivals such as Tribeca, Toronto and Sydney.

PLENTY OF FIGHT: Taya Calder-Mason (right) sharing a laugh during a break on-set with her co-star Matthew Clarke for the film Fight Like a Woman at Tuff'n Up Boxing Gym, Newcastle West on Sunday. Picture: Simone De Peak

Rocks tossed at 18th bash

BY SAM RIGNEY

GATECRASHERS who were turned away from an 18th birthday party at Charlestown lobbed house bricks, pavers and rocks over the fence, striking a teenage girl in the head.

Groups of teenagers – believed to be as young as 15 – descended on an invite-only party at a house in Roslyn Avenue about 7.30pm on Saturday night.

The family of the birthday girl said they had registered

the party with police, informed their neighbours and had security on the door to stop unwelcome guests.

But in the latest instance of out-of-control teenagers waging war on the streets of Lake Macquarie, groups of young people turned up in cars and on foot, smashed bottles and tried to gain access to the party.

When one group of teenagers were turned away, they ran up the side of a neighbouring house, grabbed a handful of projectiles and

lobbed them over the fence into the backyard of the party house, where about 50 well-behaved guests were standing.

A house brick, a paver and a sharp stone rained down on the roof of the house, bouncing off the facade and into the backyard.

The first two items landed with a thud in the backyard, the third struck an 18-yearold girl in the back of the head. The girl was taken to John Hunter Hospital and received five stitches to the

back of her head.

Police took away half a house brick from the party house on Saturday night, and the birthday girl’s family later found two more projectiles in the backyard.

Police say they are investigating and are looking for those people who threw the projectiles into the party.

The birthday girl’s family said they understood the gatecrashers came from an open-house party in Joslin Street, Kotara, that was shutdown by police early on Sat-

urday night, scattering scores of teenagers into the street.

“Somebody has put our address up and said there is a party at this place and that is how they've ended up here,” Deanne, the birthday girl’s mother, said on Sunday.

“It could have been a whole lot worse.

“Three rocks were thrown over they could have hit three people and they could have hurt them quite severely.

“One of them was half a brick.

“We were very distressed

about what happened and very worried that they were going to cause more trouble.

“It’s very upsetting that you try to do everything you can to put on a very safe, nice area for good young kids to celebrate and it turns out like that.

“It makes you wonder why these kids are roaming the streets with alcohol, unattended and unsupervised.

“It's just a really bad culture, this drinking culture, that we need to do something to change.”

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Bollards, art in terror plan

BY TIM CONNELL

NEWCASTLE’S plan to stop deadly vehicle attacks is likely to include barriers that double as street art, public seats and trees, the city council’s boss said on Sunday as the Turnbull government unveiled its latest anti-terror strategy.

Among a suite of measures for stopping car, van and truck attacks in Australia, the Prime Minister’s plan says statues, stairs and bollards should be used to protect stadiums and shopping precincts, and that bollards and plant boxes should guard pedestrians.

Newcastle council’s interim chief executive Jeremy Bath said locals can also expect counter-terror principles to be enshrined in the city’s building approvals, and “creative” protections to be layered into public spaces.

“The heart of tomorrow’s anti-terrorism planning for open space will continue to be the humble street bollard.

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art, public seating, even planter boxes is where council is focusing its attention,” Mr Bath said.

“Trees have also proved successful in many European cities as a means of pre-

venting vehicles from being able to run through open space areas.”

The shift in thinking to address what all levels of government are treating as an enduring threat follows

a series of deadly plots in Europe, including the van attack in Barcelona last week that killed at least 12 people.

The Newcastle Herald revealed last week that Newcastle council has been work-

ing with police to combat the threat of “hostile vehicle attacks” at major events.

So far, two-metre-high, 12-tonne “target-hardening” barricades haved been introduced to prevent the type

of “low-tech” attacks seen in London, Nice and Berlin.

Garbage trucks lined Newcastle’s Anzac Day march this year and large skip bins blocked the main street of Wallsend at this month’s winter fair.

The council has also ordered 16 “vehicle entrapment” barricades, but Mr Bath said counter-terror protections will soon start to blend with urban design.

“Cities like London, New York and Toronto have been thinking about these things for several years now which means we can borrow and be inspired by what we already know works,” he said.

“I’m confident we can ultimately provide urban designs for our city that will ensure the community can use our open spaces without fearing for their safety. I’m even more confident that we can protect them from using measures most people won’t even recognise exist for that specific purpose.”

The Prime Minister’s new counter-terrorism document was prepared by the Australian-New Zealand Counter-TerrorismCommittee.

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Hunter’s craft fans in stitches THE Hunter’s biggest fans of the spinning wheel were aware on the weekend, at their biggest event of the year, that most people connect their art with fairy tales.

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SPINNING A YARN: Newcastle Spinners and Weavers Guild secretary Helen Shepherd at Newcastle Entertainment Centre on Sunday. Picture: Simone De Peak

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Gear shift for a quick Watt work finish

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forward,” Supercars has advised.

Supercars event manager Kurt Sakzewski said the night works will allow for “the commencement of the new bus routes and ease of access to the East End”.

He said residents and businesses would be notified in advance of any access changes. “This is great news for residents and businesses in Watt Street with the fact we have been able to fast-track the long overdue works and improve many of the services including water, power, connectivity and of course brand new roads and footpaths,” Mr Sakzewski said. “Some of the underground infrastructure being replaced is more than a century old.”

Nobbys Road and Parnell Place remain open to local traffic to pass through.

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TIMING THEIR RUN: Crews will work nights until Wednesday to complete Watt Street roadworks.

A WOMAN was flown to hospital on Sunday morning after a motorcycle accident near Mulbring.

A Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service spokesman said the 44-year-old was flown to the John Hunter after the single-vehicle accident on Leggetts Drive.The woman suffered pelvic injuries and was reportedly in a stable condition. Paramedics also drove a man to hospital with a broken arm from the scene.The helicopter landed on the roadway to collect the female patient.

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ROADWORKS on Watt Street will run around the clock in order to meet the August 26 deadline to reopen the street.

Watt Street has been closed to traffic between Church and Scott Streets since mid-July to prepare the road for the November Newcastle 500 Supercars race.

The schedule also includes night works until Wednesday after Destination NSW granted permission for the works to be undertaken outside of the conditions set out in the Motor Racing (Sydney and Newcastle) Act. A spokesperson for Destination NSW said the additional hours were necessary in order to “minimise the duration of the inconvenience to the community and to meet critical dead-

lines through a compacted work schedule”.

High-level noise activities such as road milling will cease at 11pm but the laying of asphalt will go on throughout the night. Residents who live track-side said they have been offered no alternative accommodation during the works. The notice of conditions states construction works which “generate noise audible at residential premises” must be restricted to Monday to Friday, between 7am and 6pm, and Saturdays, between 8am and 2pm.

The extended construction hours saw work commence on Sunday at 8am and is expected to be finished by Wednesday at 8am.

Saturday work schedules have also been extended to 5pm across all construction zones “from this point

MORE than 200 people were evacuated from apartments on King Street after a Saturday night fire.

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The building’s sprinklers doused the flames and contained it to a single bedroom. Newcastle police were told an appliance sparked the fire.

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National day wait and see

BY JESSICA BROWN

MOST Hunter councils have chosen to stay clear of the Australia Day furore that swept through local government circles last week, deferring any decision on the matter until after next month’s election.

The issue of whether to move the date of Australia Day out of respect for Aborig-

inal and Torres Strait Islander people hit headlines again this week. The Yarra Council of Victoria resolved to move its events away from January 26. The decision came under immediate fire from the state and federal governments, but it seems Hunter councils are not planning to address the issue just yet.

Newcastle City Council bowed out of the debate al-

Wine expert’s first Hunter stay for show LEADING US wine writer Elaine Chukan Brown will join the panel of judges who taste up to 130 wines a day in the 2017 Clear Image Hunter Valley Wine Show at Singleton Army Base over the next three days.

As in previous years, the panel will include an international judge and Ms Chukan Brown this week will fill that role. Based in Sonoma, California, she is contributing writer for Wine and Spirits Magazine, a columnist for Wine Business Monthly and American specialist for JancisRobinson.com.

This is to be her first visit to the Hunter Valley but she is well aware of its reputation as a premier wine growing region.

“I’m really looking forward to tasting some of the varieties the Hunter is famous for such as shiraz and semillon,” she says.

The show’s three days of judging begin on Monday and results will be announced on Friday at a Hunter Valley Wine and Tourism Association presentation of awards luncheon at Crown Plaza Hunter Valley.

The show is among the Hunter’s biggest annual events and is one of Australia’s oldest wine competitions, having been held at Singleton continuously since 1974.

The 2017 judges will use electronic tablets to record the scores and comment they give each wine instantaneously.

EARLY START: Firefighters battling the Seahampton fire on Friday.

FIREFIGHTERS BUSY PREPARING FOR HEAT NSW Rural Fire Service crews will continue with hazard reduction burns at Cooranbong, Martinsville and Cessnock over the next few days in preparation for the official start of bushfire season.

The preemptive hazard reduction burns come after bushfire season showed its first signs of approaching on Friday, with multiple crews battling a fire that shut George Booth Drive at Seahampton for several hours.

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together.

“This issue is best left to the federal parliament to debate,” a spokesman said.

Port Stephens council general manager Wayne Wallis said he was “very conscious” of the national conversation around the date of the celebration.

“It is important that we listen carefully to the issues that affect [our community],”

he said. “Going forward, the conduct of Australia Day events will be a matter for our new council to consider.”

Yarra City councillors also chose to cease any citizenship ceremonies on the day beginning in 2018, but it seems to be business as usual locally.

Maitland resolved to let incoming councillors weigh up the issue of whether to move

their citizenship ceremonies.

Lake Macquarie took a firmer stance.

“The ceremony on Australia Day is popular with people taking citizenship,” a Lake Macquarie City Council spokeswoman said.

“Council currently has no plans to move the citizenship ceremony from Australia Day.” Prime Minister Malcolm

Turnbull blasted the Victorian council for “using a day that should unite Australians to divide”.

In June the national general assembly of the Australian Local Government Association voted for councils to consider ways to lobby the federal government in aid of swapping the date. That vote passed with a 64-62 margin.

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Trade mission to sell Australian beef to Japan

BY KIRSTY NEEDHAM

TEN years ago, Australian produce had a reputation in Japan as cheap, says Sydney chef-turned-Tokyo restaurateur Matthew Crabbe.

But two years after a free trade agreement between Australia and Japan made Australian produce cheaper for Japanese consumers, sales of meat are booming on their reputation for high quality.

Last year, NSW exported $318 million worth of beef to Japan, up 20 per cent since the free trade deal was struck in 2015, while other NSW meat exports have grown 16 per cent.

“Ten years ago, Australian food and wine was seen as cheap, that was the image,” said Mr Crabbe, owner of the fashionable Ruby Jack’s steakhouse and the Two Rooms grill in Tokyo.

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MEAT AND GREET: Premier Gladys Berejiklian and chef Matthew Crabbe inTokyo restaurant Ruby Jack’s.

“Now, our house wine at the restaurant is an Australian chardonnay. NSW beef is our number one seller in both restaurants.”

Premier Gladys Bere-

jiklian said she was making her first overseas trade mission to Japan to encourage Japanese companies to buy NSW produce, and invest.

“It’s not a hard sell,” she said, referring to the quality of NSW agricultural produce, after lunching at Mr Crabbe’s restaurant Ruby Jack’s. The menu included

oysters from Pambula in NSW, Rangers Valley black angus beef and Burrundulla wines from Mudgee.

Japan is NSW’s largest export market.

Broken engagement and the $15,500 ring

BY MICHAELA WHITBOURN return of the engagement Su both wedding bands “so ents’ house with her moth- gift of an engagement ring

HE proposed with a $15,500 diamond engagement ring and showered his beloved in lavish gifts including a diamond necklace, a Longines watch and a Louis Vuitton handbag.

But when romance soured and he broke off the engagement 10 days before the wedding, Edwin Shien Bing Toh demanded his former fiancée Winnie Chu Ling Su give it all back.

The Local Court in Sydney performed the relationship post-mortem as Mr Toh sued Ms Su for the

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ring, two wedding bands, five gifts and $1000 in cash.

The court heard the couple met through a mutual friend in 2015. By October that year they had opened joint bank accounts and visited a jewellery store to buy a $15,500 engagement ring and two wedding bands totalling $1300.

He proposed in December and the pair “re-enacted the scene for a photographer”, Magistrate Rodney Brender said.

Days later, the couple left Australia on a trip to China and Mr Toh gave Ms

that she could show them to her parents”.

But the course of true love ended abruptly on March 5, 2016, when Mr Toh called off the engagement after three months.

At a meeting attended by his former fiancée and a friend, Mr Toh said “everything that belongs to each party will be returned to each party”, and Ms Su agreed. In that spirit, she asked Mr Toh to “take off the shoes he was wearing” because she had bought them, and he did so. She also visited Mr Toh’s par-

er and took away a wallet she had given him, along with presents her parents had bought for him and his parents.

Mr Toh, through a lawyer, demanded the return of the three rings and five gifts, which also included an iPhone and a Samsonite suitcase. When Ms Su refused, he took action in the Local Court.

Mr Brender examined English and Australian cases and concluded that because it is no longer possible to sue for breach of a promise to marry, “the

should be seen as unconditional”. He refused to order the return of the engagement ring.

He also refused to order the return of the gifts, saying the “brief exchange of words” between the couple in a “domestic setting” did not constitute a contract.

But the magistrate concluded the two wedding bands were in a different category because they were bought “in contemplation of marriage”. Mr Brender ordered her to return the wedding bands and $1000 from a joint account.

THE University of Sydney will for the first time publish its minimum ATARs for entry into most courses, in a bid to provide more certainty for students and ensure entry is based on academic standards rather than demand.

From Monday, students will know the ATARs they will need to receive an offer for the majority of the university’s undergraduate courses, in what deputy vice-chancellor Professor Tyrone Carlin said represents “a major change” from previous years.

Until now, Sydney University, like most institutions, has provided estimated “ATAR cut-offs” based on the previous year’s intake.

“The fixed ATAR will be based on an academic judgment,” Professor Carlin said. “You set a level of academic preparedness that you’d expect a candidate to have [for each program].”

Professor Carlin said minimum ATARs are unlikely to change over the years, increasing certainty for students.

“Our business school adopted the fixed ATAR model five years ago and hasn’t changed its [minimum] ATAR in that time. Same with our law school,” he said.

“Our aim is to be simple and transparent and eliminate uncertainty around the ATARs universities might require by saying this is what you will need.”

The change will affect the vast majority of University of Sydney students.

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Counter-protesters march against hate in Boston Boston THOUSANDS of demonstrators chanting anti-Nazi slogans in a public rejection of white nationalism upstaged a small group in Boston that planned a “free speech rally” a week after a violent clash rocked Virginia and reverberated across the United States.

Counter-protesters marched through the city on Saturday to historic Boston Common, where conservatives had planned to deliver a series of speeches but soon left.

Police vans later escorted the conservatives out of the area, as boisterous counter-protesters scuffled with police.

Organisers of the event, the Boston Free Speech Coalition, had publicly distanced themselves from the neo-Nazis, white supremacists and others who fomented violence in Charlottesville on August 12.

A woman was killed at that Unite the Right rally, and many others were injured, when a car

ploughed into counterdemonstrators.

Opponents feared that white nationalists might show up in Boston anyway, and turned out in force, some dressed entirely in black with bandannas over their faces.

Officials said the rallies – the largest of about a half dozen around the country

on Saturday – drew about 40,000 people. Counterprotesters chanted slogans, and waved signs that said: “Make Nazis Afraid Again”, “Love your neighbor”, “Resist fascism” and “Hate never made US great”. Others carried a large banner that read: “SMASH WHITE SUPREMACY”.

One of the planned

speakers of the conservative activist rally said the event “fell apart”.

Saturday’s showdown in Boston was mostly peaceable, and after demonstrators dispersed, a picnic atmosphere took over with stragglers tossing beach balls, banging on bongo drums and playing reggae music.

Missing imam ‘may be key to terrorists’

Tributes replace parties in Spain

Barcelona

Barcelona

A MISSING imam and a house that exploded days ago has become the focus of the investigation into an extremist cell responsible for two deadly attacks in Barcelona and a nearby resort, as authorities narrowed in on who radicalised a group of young men in northeastern Spain.

Investigators searched the home of Abdelbaki Es Satty, an imam who in June abruptly quit working at a mosque in the town of Ripoll, the home of the Islamic radicals behind the attacks that killed 14 people and wounded more than 120 last week.

Police were trying to determine whether Es Satty was killed in a botched bomb-making operation on Wednesday, the eve of the Barcelona bloodshed.

His former mosque has denounced the deadly attacks and weeping relatives marched into a Ripoll square on Saturday, tearfully denying any knowledge of the radical plans of their sons and brothers.

BARCELONA’S Las Ramblas boulevard on a Saturday night is typically full of tourists and party-goers but after a terrorist attack the mood was sombre and contemplative.

On Thursday, a van sped down the largely pedestrian boulevard, killing 13 people and injuring more than 100. Two Australians were seriously hurt in the attack, while hopes of finding seven-year-old NSW boy Julian Cadman alive were fading.

Late into Saturday night and early on Sunday morning crowds were still gathering around the redcandle vigils which dot the first-half of the 1.2km boulevard, which runs from the city’s gothic heart to the sea.

Notes read “No tinc por”, Catalan expression for “We are not afraid”.

It is a sentiment repeated over and over, scrawled in chalk on the pavement, and even written in marker on trees that line the popular walkway.

PAYING RESPECTS: Spain’s King Felipe and Queen Letizia lay flowers at a memorial for the victims of the van attack in Las Ramblas promenade in Barcelona. Picture: AP

At least one of the suspects was still on the run, and his younger brother had disappeared, as had the younger brother of one of the five attackers slain by police on Friday.

Catalan police said a manhunt was centred on Younes Abouyaaquoub, a 22-year-old Moroccan suspected of driving the van that ploughed into a packed Barcelona prom-

enade Thursday, killing 13 people and injuring 120.

Another attack early on Friday killed one person and wounded five in the resort of Cambrils.

The Islamic State group

has claimed responsibility for both.

Neighbours, family and even the mayor of Ripoll said they were shocked by news of the alleged involvement of the young men.

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Aftermath of bushfire hints at biochar’s true potential

NICK O'MALLEY

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RIVING to Dubbo recently I was struck by the vastness of land and also by the huge extent of the recent Sir Ivan bushfire east of

Dubbo.

We passed through kilometres of bushfire ravaged forest and farmlands slowly recovering from the devastating April fires. In total the fire claimed 55,000 hectares, many buildings and many animals. Thousands of kilometres of fences suffered and are still being rebuilt.

The trees in particular caught my eye for two reasons. First, the green leaves bravely emerging from the charred sticks of the eucalyptus trees. The ability of the Australian flora to recover from fire is legendary and very peculiar to our trees. We have all seen the sad end to a pine forest when burnt.

Eucalypts on the other hand come back time after time, an evolutionary result of the traditional cool burnings practised over the past millennia by their native custodians.

Unfortunately fires today are much hotter and less frequent than in the distant past and the damage inflicted on native flora is much more devastating. Second, I was reminded of biochar, and the research and development project we are currently running in China, by the black charring evident on the trees and surviving fence posts.

Biochar is formed when biomass (usually wood) is pyrolysed by heating to around 400 degrees in oxygen-starved conditions.

It has many applications including use as a fuel, as a soil amendment to improve soil carbon and microbial activity, and for environmental remediation. On arrival in Dubbo the wonders of the internet meant that I could participate in a funding review meeting of our biochar soil amendment project as it was being held in China.

Fingers crossed for the funding to be continued into the future.

Professor Tim Roberts is the director of the Tom Farrell Institute for the Environment at the University of Newcastle.

Catholic priests and the seal of silence F ATHER Michael McArdle was reportedly so distressed by his acts of child sexual abuse in Queensland that he would often seek the succour of the confessional. Over a 25-year period, before he was convicted in 2002, he confessed to sexually assaulting children an estimated 1500 times to 30 different priests. In keeping with Catholic tradition in Australia, the priests did not report his crimes to authorities, but moved him on to different parishes, to greener pastures.

McArdle's case resonates because last week the royal commission into child sex abuse released 85 recommendations on improvements to the criminal justice system. Among them was the proposal that the seal of the religious confessional be broken and that clergy who fail to report child abuse revealed in confession face criminal prosecution, just as anyone else in Australia would. Since only the Catholic Church is the only major religion in Australia that still insists that its canon law be held above secular law in this regard, this was rightly seen as a challenge to the Catholic Church, and the Catholic Church, which is defensive of its significant privileges, responded.

Last Tuesday Melbourne's archbishop,

Denis Hart, told the ABC: "I believe that this is an absolutely sacrosanct communication of a higher order which priests by nature respect, they don't ever want to do anything that would hurt children," he said.

Writing for Fairfax Media this week, Father Frank Brennan said he would go to jail before abiding by such a law and sought to explain his reasoning. "Common sense tells me that a sex abuser would be even less likely to present for confession if he knew that the confessional seal did not apply," he wrote. "If the seal of the confessional were maintained, there is a chance, just a chance, that a child sex abuser might be convinced by the priest to turn himself in. Take away the seal, and that ever so slim chance will be snuffed out."

Brennan's is a reasonable argument and once upon a time it might even have been a satisfactory one. Not now, not after we have learned from the same royal commission that 7 per cent of priests working between 1950 and 2009 were accused of child abuse.

Not after we learned of the 4444 alleged cases of sexual abuse they stand accused of. Not after we learned of the extraordinary energy the church dedicated to protecting itself and its priests from justice.

In this environment the church's case fails on practical and moral grounds.

We now know that confessing to the crime of child abuse can serve to perpetuate that abuse by absolving the abuser as easily as it can lead to the protection of the child.

We know also that the confessional itself has been debased by the church. On the very day that Hart made his case in defence of confession to the ABC, Gerald Ridsdale, the priest who went about his abuse unfettered by the church between the 1960s and 1980s, formally pleaded guilty to assaulting 12 more children (he has previously been convicted of assaulting more than 50 children) including a girl he raped in a confessional box.

Brennan argues that breaking the seal would have little impact since priests would break the law and few confess to such crimes anyway.

But arguing that a law should not apply to those who intend to flout it is preposterous.

And besides, our laws are more than mechanisms of justice, they are our community standards.

If the Catholic Church wants to regain Australia's trust, it should consider living by them.

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Remorse is cruel when there’s no dumb luck

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HERE wouldn’t be a local court across the state that isn’t familiar with the word “remorse”.

Every day people found guilty of committing criminal offences stand up and say it. They wish they hadn’t driven after drinking. They wish they hadn’t thrown a punch. They wish they hadn’t stolen money or sold drugs or vandalised public property.

They are remorseful. They feel shame, guilt and regret for what they’ve done and vow they’ll never do it again.

In the majority of cases that turns out to be correct. Many people do stupid things once that lands them in court, and the shame – and sometimes the cost – of being charged, convicted and sentenced teaches them a lesson they carry for life.

Many times people express remorse and those listening are left wondering if it’s guilt

over what they’ve done, or regret that they’ve been caught.

But often there’s another person, or people, in the equation when someone commits a criminal act, and that’s the victim. Regularly it’s the victim who pays the bigger price when people commit crimes.

On Saturday night at Charlestown a teenage girl celebrated her 18th birthday with family and friends. Her parents were responsible and reported the party to police, and let neighbours know it would be held.

There was another party – described by police as an open party – not too far away that night which was broken up. Those gathered left the scene and found their way to the home of the 18-year-old.

When they were denied access the teenagers, some as young as 15, responded with verbal attacks. Projectiles were thrown,

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Democracy’s flavour gives voters a feast to chew over

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RE you excited yet? Are you counting the sleeps till it’s time to get down to the local primary school to grab a lamington and a sausage and vote at your council election?

If you are feeling particularly Australian on September 9 – and it’s un-Australian not to feel Australian when compulsorily exercising the democratic obligation –you might try a “sausington”. They’re a hard ask.

The sausington happens when one inserts one’s hygienically-handled sausage into Nanna’s lamington and generously covers the resultant culinary delight in dead horse.

It’s best washed down with a fizzy drink.

Invented during a wet season downpour at 4.42PM on March 13, 1993 by an alliance of tired and emotional election booth pamphleteers at Darwin’s Parap Primary School, the sausington remains a stunning example of this mighty nation’s capacity for invention that can occur when party politics are put aside and sincere bipartisan support rallies to make magic happen. According to the notes I keep whenever witnessing innovation, sausington participants reported the creation was best suited to the mature palate of those possessing a mid-range PAC. Ah, the Territory.

And on the topic of bipartisan support, I had the pleasure last Thursday night of attending an old-fashioned town hall meeting where available lord mayoral candidates or their representatives addressed a range of questions about a vision for the future of Newcastle.

including part of a brick, and a girl was struck on the head. She required stitches.

It was nothing but dumb luck that stopped this incident from becoming a tragic event, and it requires a considered and concerted response from a number of levels.

Those involved need to be identified and found. It is right for the community to be concerned about how teenagers as young as 15 were at an “open party”, and ask questions about what parents knew and didn’t know.

It is also right to deal with this matter as an alleged crime, regardless of the age of the alleged perpetrator.

Every week in NSW courts there are cases where there is no dumb luck, and where an angry act has unintended, and tragic, consequences. Remorse is the emptiest and cruellest of words then.

Issue: 38,576.

HUNTER BOATING SUPERCEDED: The humble democracy sausage can't hope to compare to the mythical sausington as the Hunter prepares to head to the polls. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

Organised by Hunter Concerned Citizens, the function was one of the first of a few scheduled over the next few weeks by different organisations where local government candidates and locals mix and discuss issues and views.

People who attend such nights care about this city’s heritage and its future. Some people attend because they feel frustrated with the decision-making that is shaping the city’s future. Some turn up because they believe that it is possible for things to be done differently. Some turn up hoping for a free sausington. I doubt anyone in attendance was arrogant enough to think their point of view is always the sharpest, always correct and should always prevail. But the common thread – whether they are attending a night focused around the interests of the business activists or heritage activists – is participants would like the opportunity to be involved in public consultation that is meaningful and where the parameters of discussion are not so narrowly defined as to ensure what too often can appear a pre-determined

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outcome.

I’m sure many Novocastrians get nervous when we hear our elected and aspirational representatives utter the words “open and transparent”. I’m not as pessimistic as some, but not as optimistic as others, about the manner that genuine and sincere dialogue can occur in Newcastle when it comes to big decisions about this wonderful city’s future.

A significant consideration for candidates engaging with citizens is that modern communities are complex entities intricately linked to market economics. Successful candidates are charged with the governance of increasingly pluralistic populations in terms of ethnic and racial mix, religious and cultural variety, not to mention the broad array of individual personal and political values that such diversity entails. This makes involving citizens in deliberation about governance and the design of policies and services no simple task. But just because it isn’t simple doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be given a real shot. Just like the sausington, magic can happen.

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Defending those in minority a duty of office THE Turnbull government reassured us that the debate leading up to the postal vote on whether to change the marriage act would be respectful. Is Mr Turnbull going to call out Eric Abetz’s disrespectful comment that if the yes vote is successful people will advocate to marry bridges?

This comment is deeply hurtful and insulting. Senator Brandis showed true leadership in calling out Pauline Hanson's offensive behaviour in wearing a burqa into the Senate and he is to be applauded. This is what we expect from politicians who have any commitment to ensure minorities are protected and truly included in this great country we live in.

In no country that allows marriage equality has the slippery slope to marrying animals or inanimate objects eventuated. This kind of slur on the gay community belongs back in the dark ages.

Eric Abetz is however a product of a generation of men where marriage to a woman predominantly benefited men, they could head off to Canberra while a wife stayed at home minding the children and keeping the domestic side of their lives seamless and invisible behind the scenes.

Women could be beaten by their husbands with little done about it, children could be abused by institutions and a blind eye was turned.

The world has changed and it is sad to see old men with these attitudes allowed to get away with out of date comments. You cannot change their thinking but the offence needs to be called out.

Sarah Taylor, Merewether

TRAMS BRING TRAFFIC JAMS Where will the trams go?

Those who do not read history are bound to repeat it. Alan Squires excellent argument for light rail to run in the rail corridor (“Trains under buildings is a path to our best outcome”, Herald 18/8) is spot on.

I grew up in Newcastle when trams ran down Hunter Street and what a nuisance they were. Motorists, not so many then as now, had to stop when the tram stopped, to allow passengers safe ingress and egress.

Eventually our politicians decided buses were better and the tram lines were ripped out. I predict that if tram lines are again laid in Hunter Street, another government in another 25 years or so will rip them out for

It’s not their backyard, it is other people’s. This large percentage of visitors will ultimately force authorities to take further action. For all those who have acted responsibly for decades, you can place the blame squarely on the shoulders of those I have mentioned above.

Please feel free to tap the “most welcomed visitor” on the shoulder and point out the obvious to them.

Christine Gray, Blacksmiths

SYSTEM BROUGHT TO HEAL

HARSH: A letter writer says Eric Abetz (pictured) falls short of the standard set by senator George Brandis in his dressing down of Pauline Hanson's burqa stunt.

the same reasons.

What a disruption and waste of money.

Much better in the rail corridor!

Brian Roberts, Bolton Point

PRIDE OF THE HUNTER In regards to my letter (Letters 1/8), my wife passed away on the 10th. We had the funeral on the 17th, and most of the Knights squad turned up for the funeral.

Nathan Ross delivered the most beautiful eulogy to Donna with all the players surrounding him and after the service all of them stood in a guard of honour for her.

I can't thank all of them enough for what they did for my wife. She may not have been there physically but in spirit she was, and she like me were so very proud of our Knights players.

People need to hear things like this. It shows what rugby league players are really like beyond the headlines.

They are all true champions on and off the playing field. Red and blue forever.

Scott Gould, Windale

BLACK DAYS AT BLACKSMITHS A teenage quad bike rider had an accident on or near the State Wetlands Park in Belmont on Thursday and emergency assistance was needed (“Teen severely injured in Belmont quad crash”, Herald 18/8).

The locals who use the four-wheel drive access near Blacksmiths do their best to use the beach area with respect. However, there is an extremely large percentage of people who do not. These individuals urinate, dump rubbish, throw beer bottles and scream so loud they can be heard over the noise of aircraft. This is even before they enter the beach area.

Pet owners have to pick up their dog faeces, but apparently humans are not required to do this. Pet owners must keep control of barking dogs. How do you control a human that makes more noise than a barking dog?

The bottom line is very simple: the degradation of the beach environment is obvious. I think it’s sad that most people don’t understand this, and the question is why should they even acknowledge this fact.

When my friend who is a junior doctor saw the article about conditions in the John Hunter for doctors (“Tired training system taking toll on juniors”, Herald 18/8) they laughed. I asked why, to which they replied that they found the results hilarious as black humour because they were made to fill out the survey, the survey is accurate, and because the hospital makes it sound like there are programs in place to change the culture.

When I told my friend I was writing a letter, they said please don't mention me by name. Revealing.

Unpaid overtime in hospitals is also a serious issue that needs to be highlighted.

Having a number of friends who are training to be doctors, or who are doctors, I believe that unpaid overtime of 20 hours a week would not be uncommon.

Stuart Southwell, Warabrook

TRAIN CHANCE IS LOST This is not the era for Alan Squire's inefficiency proposal (“Trains under buildings is a path to our best outcome”, Herald 18/8) which embeds a break in transport despite Australia's hard lessons from different rail gauges. It continues the grave compromise of prosperity for the lower Hunter.

Had services been running at the acceptable standard average of 100km/ ph, rather than an unbelievable 65km/ph from decades of policy neglect, the nation's leading distance trunk corridor would never have been cut from a beachfront CBD with an ideal station in the first place.

Newcastle has the distinction of being taken off the Sydney intercity network.

Sydney's 1979 eastern suburbs railway shows the ease of trains coming into already heavy built-up places.

Graeme Tychsen, Rankin Park

SHORT TAKES THERE has been a wonderful young couple at my local market selling plants. They plant them in coffee cups. They tell me that they have done their research and the cups do degrade into the soil with no adverse effects to the plants. So forget about buying pots or seed trays. Just talk to your local coffee shop and start recycling their waste when you want to grow your seedlings in Spring.

Ann Ellis, Merewether

Just a thought, how about any councillor wanting to sit for another term show what she or he has actually done in their previous term? So many seem to just go to the meetings and play with their phones but not do anything constructive for the area they have pledged to help. So many promises, but once elected those promises are forgotten.

Get rid of the bludgers and clean up the councils.

Donna Norris, Glendale

Who started this dual citizenship thing and why?! Surely it’s the spirit of the law that counts? Therefore in retrospect surely our first and early politicians who were born before federation would have dubious citizenship? So we could rule them out and also the laws they made couldn’t we?

A bit of advice for the Knights , who are considering buying Adam Blair from Brisbane. Make sure you get the one who plays for the Broncos, not the one who on a good day would perhaps run around with the West Tigers.

Robyn Burtinshaw, Nambucca Heads

Richie Blanch, Charlestown

Why do the owners of Newcastle post office feel they have any less responsibility than any other land owner in Newcastle?

Novocastrians are all aware of the blah blah history of the building and, yes, past owners were responsible for the decline when they owned it. Now the Awabakal Local Aboriginal Land Council own it due to their successful land claim, so I presume they wanted ownership. A starting point for the chief executive might be to organise all the land owners to help him clean up the mess left by the fire like any other responsible land owner would. Yes, with owning land comes responsibility.

I am in with the suggestion that this local icon be used to house a number of - or hopefully all - of the local mini-museums that abound in the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie areas. To have them in a central location and be visible would add another major attraction to the city and area.

Nicola Burns-Martinelli, Hamilton South

Yes 66.9%, No 30.7%, Informal 2.4%

Regarding Tim Crakanthorp's question “Are you in?” (“A way to save the post office before it’s lost to city’s history, Herald 19/8),

DO you think Australia Day should be held on a different date?

Oscar Westbury Eleebana

THE POLLS SHOULD vacant homes attract a tax?

Yes 45.3%, No 54.7%

HOW will you vote in the plebiscite to legalise same sex marriage?

Yes 22.4%, No 77.6%

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A parking mishap and blind robbery RICHARD Sonnichsen was leaving a dental appointment in Newcastle CBD, when he received a bit of a shock.

It wasn’t so much the dentist’s bill, but a car parked “partly on the footpath in front of my car”.

“The lady driver was clearly in a hurry, as she sprinted off down Hunter Street towards Blue Door Cafe,” Richard said.

He hoped her meal was OK and that her coffee wasn’t too cold.

“Jokes aside though, parking pressures will only become more intense and difficult for everyone, as the serious light rail work kicks in,” Richard said.

“But we should not make it any harder than it needs to be. I'm sure this poorly executed attempt to put a medium-sized SUV into a more than ample parking space would have attracted a fine.

“As should the lack of any attempt to pay for a ticket!”

Richard admitted that he too dislikes paying for parking, let alone fines.

Then he surprised us a bit. He went into bat for the brown bombers.

“Clearly if we didn't have those revenue-raising officers, the parking chaos would be bordering on anarchy and every business and individual would suffer.

“Imagine the whinging and whining then.”

OK Richard, fair point. But Topics wonders why parking has to be so expensive.

Charging $4 an hour is a rort. Who sets that price anyway? The parking mafia? Why can’t parking cost only $1 or $1.50 an hour?

Every time we park in Newcastle, we feel like we’re being robbed blind. Guess that $4 charge is all about encouraging the punters to use public transport.

We can’t help but wonder if Newcastle has got it all wrong. The Entrance on the Central Coast has free parking, including a multi-level parking station, and it's booming.

Richard continued: “For anyone in the CBD, particularly around the NewSpace [university] area, you might notice many more P-plated cars cruising around trying to find parks. Good luck students!”

He urged students to take the bus, adding “they will now be running on King Street”.

He also called for calm.

“Please everyone just be a little bit more patient,” he said.

“The contractors have a job to do and the quicker they get it finished, the happier we will all be.

“Short term pain, long term gain.”

Hmmm that’s a good point, Richard.

Topics wonders whether the light rail construction will lead to more cases of road rage in town. We’ll have to keep an eye on that.

Motorists in the CBD need a bit of that

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TODAY IN HISTORY 1842 The founding of the city of Hobart.

1915 The last major fighting by Australian troops takes places at Gallipoli.

1944 Representatives of the US, Britain, Russia and China meet at Dumbarton Oaks near Washington to plan the formation of the United Nations.

1992 A US cargo plane carrying 10 tonnes of food sweeps into Wajir, Kenya, to relieve famine in the Horn of Africa.

2010 The Australian federal election is held but fails to return an immediate winner.

The Labor government is in caretaker mode while counting continues and both Liberal and Labor prepare for talks with Independents in bids to form minority government.

BIRTHDAYS Princess Margaret, English royal (1930–2002); Kenny Rogers, US country singer (1938–); Peter Weir, Australian film director (1944–); Kim Cattrall, English actor (1956–); Carrie-Anne Moss, Canadian actor (1967–); Robert Harvey, Australian rules footballer (1971–); Sergey Brin, Russian-American co-founder of Google (1973–); Jarrod Lyle, Australian golfer (1981–); Usain Bolt, Jamaican sprinter (1986–); Hayden Panettiere, US actor (1989–).

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WHOOPSIE: This vehicle was parked a tad crooked in Newcastle CBD.

A scene from a mini-series about the Cowra breakout in August 1944.

mindfulness stuff. Focus on the breath, focus on the breath. Oh, also focus on the road.

And for god’s sake, keep your phone away from arm’s reach.

WAR MEMORIES All the talk about brinkmanship between the US and North Korea sparked memories of World War II for Swansea’s Gwen James.

Gwen, now 92, worked at Concord Hospital during the war.

She recalled wounded Japanese prisoners of war being brought to the hospital, after they escaped from a detention centre near

Cowra.

“They brought some injured Japanese up to Concord because we had a secure ward,” Gwen said.

The infamous Cowra breakout led to the death of 231 Japanese prisoners, with a further 108 wounded.

All survivors were recaptured in the surrounding area soon after.

Many had committed or attempted suicide. Life in the camp had been relaxed before the breakout, but the suicidal charge

by Japanese POWs related to an Imperial military regulation requiring them to die rather than be captured.

The escapees also vowed not to harm Australian civilians.

Gwen worked as a clerk in the admissions section of the hospital.

“I was on duty when they came in. They weren’t badly wounded,” she said.

Round-the-clock coverage of US president Donald Trump’s position on North Korea was a world away from the media available during World War II. “We were very isolated during the war.

You didn’t get TV and all the rest like you do now,” Gwen said. * Share your tales of WWII at topics@ theherald.com.au

1. What was the “wow!” radio signal, picked up in 1977, believed to be evidence of?

2. Ishtar was a goddess from which ancient region?

3. Is Japanese amazake a type of food, drink or clothing?

4. Luc Besson’s movie Valerian and the City of aThousand Planets is based on the same source material as which of his previous films?

5. True or false: both main characters in Rick and Morty are voiced by creator Justin Roiland?

6. Which popular USTV series was set in Albuquerque, New Mexico?

7. Cochineal dye is derived from what source?

8. Sigurd is hero of which culture’s mythology?

9. The 1973 “Battle of the Sexes” tennis match was between which two players?

10. Who starred in the 1991 film Doc Hollywood?

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PINK says she’s made up with Christina Aguilera after a 16-year feud that began over lines on their track Lady Marmalade.

Pink, 37, recorded a cover of the classic song for the Moulin Rouge soundtrack with Aguilera, Lil Kim and Mya in 2001. Pink and Aguilera clashed over whose voice would get featured most.

LES Miserables will continue this week at Civic Theatre. Based on a novel set in early 19th century France, it is the story of peasant Jean Valjean and his quest for redemption after serving 19 years in jail for stealing a loaf of bread for his sister’s starving child. It’s the longest running musical in the West End of London.

A FLORIDA man has been sentenced to six years in prison after accidentally shooting a gun while taking a selfie in a strip club bathroom. Rorn Sorn, 34, pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.

He was at Club Lust when his gun discharged.The bullet went through a mirror and into the adjacent women’s bathroom.

Pink and Christina Aguilera.

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COMPELLED: Shylock is played by Mitchell Butel in Bell Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, coming to Newcastle on September 1.

Villain turns victim SHYLOCK, the Jewish moneylender in William Shakespeare’s play The Merchant of Venice, is usually portrayed as a villainous figure. But in Bell Shakespeare’s new production he is as much a victim of disparaging people as some of the other characters.

Director Anne-Louise Sarks, staging a Shakespeare play for the first time, sees it as a story about power, with many characters drawn from three marginalised groups – women, Jewish people and those who are attracted to people of the same sex.

The Merchant of Venice, touring Australia, will be pre-

sented at Newcastle’s Civic Theatre on Friday, September 1, at 11am and 7.30pm.

Sarks’ previous production, Belvoir Theatre’s Jasper Jones, wowed audiences when it played at the Civic in March.

Shylock and daughter Jessica, suffer from anti-Semitism; the women are generally viewed by men as secondary figures who must obey their commands; and the merchant of the title, Antonio, repeatedly lends money to a younger friend, Bassanio, because he wants to keep close to him, with this attraction leading him to

borrow money from Shylock for Bassanio, in the belief that the goods he buys from other countries to sell in his hometown, Venice, will enable him to repay the loan.

But when ships carrying the goods are lost at sea, Antonio finds himself in trouble. Shylock, sick of the way he has been treated by others because he is a Jew, has included in the loan agreement a condition that if Antonio fails to come up with the money, he’ll have to pay with a pound of flesh cut from his body.

While Shylock didn’t expect this to happen, he feels

compelled to protect his role as a moneylender by forcing Antonio to comply. This leads to a court case, with an adept woman, Portia, who is in love with Bassanio, disguising herself as a male so she can defend Antonio.

Sarks has shortened the play and has added brief scenes that illustrate things mentioned in the dialogue, such as Shylock searching the streets for Jessica when she runs away with the aim of marrying a non-Jewish man.

While The Merchant of Venice deals with serious issues, it is a dark comedy, with lots of amusing scenes,

and funny words and actions by supporting characters raising laughs.

The cast includes Mitchell Butel as Shylock, Jessica Tovey as Portia, Jo Turner as Antonio, Damien Strouthos as Bassanio, Felicity McKay as Jessica, Catherine Davies as Portia’s efficient maid, Nerissa, Jacob Warner as Shylock’s clownish assistant, Launcelot Gobbo, Eugene Gilfedder as the ruling Duke of Venice, and Shiv Palekar as Lorenzo, another friend of Antonio. The actors are seen in mix of costumes from different eras, to show the timelessness of the story.

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I HAVE seen many productions of Les Miserables in Australia and overseas, and the finest ones have been staged by Newcastle companies.

That is again the case with this presentation, which had me on the verge of tears in several very moving scenes, including the death of a troubled young girl and a brutal attack by soldiers on a barricade defended by young people revolting against a regime which ignored the needs of citizens.

Les Miserables is a wholly sung musical adapted from a classic French novel set in the early 19th century and it runs for three hours, placing heavy demands on those involved.The large team of performers, musicians and back stage personnel never missed a beat, with the use of a stage revolve enabling brisk changes of the settings.

The story follows the central character, Jean Valjean, through almost 20 years, starting with his release from a 19-year imprisonment for stealing a loaf of bread to help feed his peasant family. Chris Maxfield is a riveting Valjean, delivering a heartfelt Bring Him Home, as he watches a sleeping student, Marius, who is attracted to the girl, Cosette, he adopted after the death of the mother who worked in the factory he established.

But there isn’t a weak link in the cast, with solos such as On My Own, sung by ignored peasant girl Eponine, and the big group numbers, including DoYou Hear the People Sing, with the revolutionaries showing their determination, stirring watchers’ emotions.

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BY ANITA BEAUMONT

JIM WRIGHT LAKE Macquarie man Jim Wright was about 13 years old, living on a small farm just south of Coffs Harbour, when he first began to take an interest in bees and beekeeping.

“The farmers on either side of us had bees, and for some reason I took an interest in it,” Dr Wright said.

“One of them gave me a bee hive, and the other one promised me the first swarm out in Spring.

“My second swarm I saw hanging from a tree on my way to school... I was late to school that day.”

His hobby took a back seat when he moved to Sydney to study medicine, but Dr Wright’s interest in bees returned with a vengeance once he settled in Newcastle.

“I walked outside and saw a swarm of bees hanging from a tree in my front yard,” he said.

“I thought, ‘I’ve got to have those.’”

The former paediatric surgeon joined the Amateur Beekeepers Association of NSW when he retired in the mid-nineties.

Ever since then, Dr Wright has become a passionate advocate for bees and beekeeping, particularly on behalf of the association’s Hunter Valley branch.

He has dedicated much of his time to guiding fellow enthusiasts, and educating

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people on the vital role bees play in the pollination of our food crops.

“It has been said, allegedly

by Albert Einstein, that humankind would not survive more than a few years without the honeybee,” he said.

Dr Wright has written books and newspaper columns about bees and the biggest threats to bee populations – such as the Varroa mite, and the “major villains” – insecticides.

He has spoken to local groups and school children about the importance of protecting our bees.

“Our survival depends on the honeybee,” Dr Wright said.

“Native bees, birds and winds pollinated Australia long before the European bee was brought out, but they don’t cope with the huge crops we need for our food supply.”

Dr Wright urged people to use insecticides with caution – particularly neon-

KEEPING BUZZY: Dr Jim Wright has dedicated much of his time to educating people on the important role of bees and how we can protect them. Picture: Simone De Peak.

icotinoids, as they interfered with bee’s navigation and immune systems, leaving them unable to find home and prone to disease.

“Avoid insecticides if possible, but otherwise, be

careful not to use them during flowering periods when bees are around,” he said.

“Support our local producers by buying Australian honey.”

Dr Wright also encouraged people to support the

bee population by starting their own hives.

“You can have bees in the suburban environment.

There are conditions, and a lot to learn, and the way to learn is to join a club.”

HOME TRUTHS When I was pregnant there was a palpable shift in my relationships with my closest friends, particularly those who didn’t have kids.

Then all of a sudden there were periods of silence that felt truly deafening. I realised that there was a lot of misinformation and halftruths about what it’s like to be a mum and the friend of one. Here, a few things I hope my child-free besties know about me now.

1. I’m terrible at email. If I don’t reply to your email in a timely fashion (read: three weeks, minimum), please don't be resentful. It’s just that having one free hand, never mind two, to type a response is a rarity.

2.You shouldn’t assume I don’t know what’s going on in the world.

3. I can still be spontaneous. It’s rare, but it’s possible. It’s true that most of the time I can’t stop what I'm doing to meet up, but don’t give up on me completely.

4. I didn’t invite you because I didn’t think you’d want to come. I need to remember that you might “just want to be asked” too.

But I talk about my baby enough. When I’ve got you on the line, I honestly want to talk about anything else.

5.You really aren’t that tired. Just as I won’t complain to a mum of twins about being exhausted, please save your frustrations for someone who can better relate.

6. I don’t always want to drink, even though I had to abstain for nine months.

7. I won’t replace you if you won’t replace me.

Please don’t fill so many voids that you don’t need me anymore.

Kate Schweitzer

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Ty Kelly and Daniel Rego.

SAILOR JERRY WHAT: Sailor Jerry’s art roadshow rolled through The Edwards. Newcastle band The Owls were the special guests for the night of music, food and culture.

Madeline Berryman, Emma Di Stefano, Simone Brazel, Amy Hamilton, Ellie Costly and Monique Hull.

Newcastle indie rock band, The Owls.

Charles Perry and Brenna Sanotti.

Lauren Burgess and Kass Hall.

Adam and Mel Roszko and Greg Coffin.

Dean Turner

Caleb Turner and Luke Glover.

Tom Gallagher and Jesse Back.

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WALLSEND WINTER FAIR WHAT: Beautiful spring-like weather drew crowds of 30,000 to the 32nd annual Wallsend Winter Fair on August 13.

Stars Wars characters Chewbacca and Princess Leia.

Pictures: Jonathan Carroll

Around 30,000 people turned out for this year's fair.

Scenes from the Wallsend Winter Fair.

The sights and sounds of the parade were popular with families.

Lions Club Lion with Deklan Hardy.

A young girl dressed up as Batman character Harley Quinn.

Superhero The Flash turned out for the festivities.

Students from the Hunter School of Performing Arts marching band.

Scenes from the street fair.

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Be inspired to move by your surrounds I HAVE loved being active outdoors for the range of benefits and, after taking on the inaugural Thunderbolt Trail Race in Barrington Tops on Saturday, I am even more convinced.

The great thing about our region is there is no shortage of outdoor events.

The Thunderbolt race offered a 16-kilometre course or a more challenging 33km option and I can feel this event will grow quickly in the next few years.

There were limited numbers because it was the first year and there were long sections where we didn’t see anyone else and the serenity was amazing.

I am told the longer event was brutally challenging but well worth it to reach the peak of the mountain and take in panoramic views, so I am already planning to go back next year for that.

It was great to be out in the bush, connecting with nature and switching off from our busy, non-stop lives for a few hours, which is one of the appeals.

Whether they ran or walked, everyone I saw cross the finish line had a smile on their face.

But you don’t have to travel too far to get the benefits of outdoor exercise in the Hunter and I was heartened to hear a few of our local councils are investing in this through providing more equipment in parklands.

Queensland have aways done this well. I remember as a kid about three decades ago being amazed by all of the outdoor fitness equip-

WINTER WARMER WORKOUT WITH just over one week of spring left and the mornings getting lighter, it is the perfect time to get moving.

Circuits are a great way for a lot of people to get some activity into their day.

You can modify them to your own specific needs by advancing or regressing the exercises. For example, instead of a push-up on your toes, use the wall.

Here is a 30-minute circuit. Go three times through. Work for 50 seconds then have a 10-second rest: Squats, push-ups, mountain climbers (standing shuffles), step-ups with shoulder press, rows, skipping, punch and crunch, wall squat, glute bridge.

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PERFECT SETTING: Outdoor exercise equipment at Speers Point provides the perfect backdrop to work out and is set to receive an upgrade by Lake Macquarie City Council before the end of the year.

ment they had on offer in their parks.

Residents of Raymond Terrace have a new place to exercise outdoors with the opening of a fitness hub in Boomerang Park this month.

Port Stephens Council community and recreation coordinator Brock Lamont said the “fitness hub” was free to use and catered to all physical abilities.

“There's an elliptical trainer, a sit up bench, pull up bars, roman rings, a dexterity builder and a 25-metre running track, so there's definitely something for every fitness level,” he said.

“The equipment has also been designed with accessibility in mind … and is located right next to the play

ADVENTURE: Bicycle Network’s Gravel Grit gives cyclists of all abilities the chance to get amongst nature when it is staged in the Watagans on September 10.

equipment, meaning parents can do their own exercise while still keeping an eye on their children playing.

“It also won't cost users a cent, making it a truly inclusive project. It's a great alternative for people who can't

afford to work out at a gym, or who prefer to do their exercise in the sunshine.”

In Lake Macquarie, upgrades are on the way for Speers Point Park, where there are already some pieces of fitness equipment.

Lake Macquarie City Council is also working with Wangi Lions to instal exercise equipment along the shared pathway at Wangi.

In Newcastle, Islington Park has equipment and Lambton Park is part of an ongoing project to install exercise stations and I believe Bathers Way could get some in the not too distant future too.

For the cyclists out there, the Watagans will host Bicycle Network’s Gravel Grit on September 10 with varying terrains and distances on offer.

Renee Valentine is a writer, qualified personal trainer and mother of three. r.valentine@fairfaxmedia. com.au.

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WALK With Us for World Suicide Prevention, September 8, Dixon Park: Lifeline Hunter Central Coast is holding a walk from Dixon Park to Merewether Baths and back in support of suicide prevention in the community.There will be a breakfast and yoga in the park to follow. Register at lifelinehunter.org.au.

Lake Macquarie Running Festival, August 27, Warners Bay: Sign up for a 21.1km or 10.5km challenge.There is also a 4km kids event. www.lakemacrunning.com.

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HEARING AWARENESS WEEK ADVERTISING FEATURE

Lend an ear to discussion HEARING Awareness Week, which this year runs from August 20-26, is an initiative of the Deafness Forum of Australia designed to raise awareness of hearing loss and highlight the needs of Australians who are deaf or hearing impaired.

During Hearing Awareness Week, hearing specialists are looking to drive awareness and discussion around hearing education, problem identification and treatment – and the link between hearing loss and other health conditions.

With local clinics in Newcastle and Kotara, as well as in Maitland and Nelson Bay, bloomTM are committed to providing the Newcastle and wider Hunter Valley region with high quality and convenient client service and expertise.

“People ignoring that they have a problem with hearing loss and doing nothing about it is the most common barrier,” audiometrist at the bloomTM clinic in Newcastle Adam Price said.

“Some people wait up to seven years before really doing something about it – and

LISTEN UP: Held in the last full week of August each year (20th to the 26th in 2017), Hearing Awareness Week is designed to raise awareness of hearing loss and highlight the needs of Australians who are deaf or hearing impaired.

that’s far too long to miss out on hearing. Only one out of every five people that probably should wear a hearing aid device actually does.”

Family members, work colleagues and friends are

often more aware of someone’s hearing loss than the person themselves.

So it’s important for all of us to talk about hearing loss, but equally to listen, learn and act if there is a concern.”

Hearing loss not only impacts on communication, it affects quality of life and can contribute to or be the cause of stress, withdrawal or depression.

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one in the community to get a hearing health assessment check and be proactive in looking after your hearing and identifying any hearing loss you may have sooner,” Adam said.

Adam and his counterpart at the Kotara clinic, Matt Williams, love what they do and the communities they work within.

“I’s a great place, full of great people and we’re so happy to help many locals experience better quality hearing,” Matt said.

Throughout August as part of their support of Hearing Awareness Week in late August, bloomTM hearing specialists are running a competition to win a $10,000 dream holiday.

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Critical to get affairs in order Seek legal assistance to draft your will IT IS important to put measures in place to ensure that our “blood, sweat and tears” accumulated over our lifetimes fall into the right hands after we are gone.

We may want our children to profit from our labours; our favourite charity to flourish from our endeavours; our spouse to be secure.

The legal instrument that enables us to look after those we leave behind is known as a will.

It is of paramount importance that the will is drafted to accurately reflect your wishes; to allow for the contingencies of life; and is valid.

If a will is invalid you may as well not have bothered creating one in the first place.

An invalid will is discarded and legislation then dictates how your hard-won labours are to be distributed.

This same legislation operates if you never made a will

WRITE STUFF: When drawing up your will it is advisable to seek legal help from a qualified legal professional who can assist with the drafting.

and died intestate.

The legal process addressing this situation is known as Letters of Administration and is far more expensive than obtaining Probate in relation to a valid will.

STEPS TO PROBATE 1. Seek legal help Lawyers are knowledgeable with respect of legislation

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Don’t fall afoul of the rules like Mr Burge who determined to “go it alone” and amend his will himself rather than seeking professional legal advice: Burge v Burge [2015] NSWSC 289.

In that case, Mr Burge had consulted solicitors who had drafted a valid will on his be-

half in 1983.

Thereafter, and at varying times until his death in 2013, Mr Burge, himself, prepared various amending documents including a later will and handwritten notes on the original will.

These documents were found in different locations.

After two-plus years and two appeals incurring enormous legal expense, it was determined that the 1983 will would prevail.

2. Keep your legal instruments in the same place.

Most lawyers offer their clients a deed packet facility whereby your legal instruments can be stored free of charge.

Emery Partners has offices in both Newcastle and Cessnock and offers this facility.

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CROSSWORD AND CRYPTIC SOLUTIONS

QUIZ 1 What is the common meaning of the Latin term tabula rasa?

2 Which fashion designer famously resided at the Ritz Paris for more than 30 years?

3 Prince Charles was how many years older than his first wife, Diana?

4 Which British queen wore black mourning clothes for 40 years after the death of her husband?

5 Anne Boleyn reportedly had how many fingers?

1. Clean slate; 2. Coco Chanel; 3. 12 years; 4. Queen Victoria; 5. 11

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Using the nine letters in the grid, how many words of four letters or more can you list? The centre letter must be included and each letter may only be used once.

No colloquial or foreign words. No capitalised nouns, apostrophes or plural words ending in “s”. Reference source: Macquarie Dictionary.

GOOD: 14 VERY GOOD: 17 EXCELLENT: 20 GENIUS: 23

ACROSS 6 Galleon; 7 Cover; 9 Pop up; 10 Frantic; 12 Reservation; 14 Balloonists; 18 Precise; 19 Mimic; 21 Under; 22 Bargain.

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Monday August 21, 2017

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ABC (CH 2, 20) 6.00 News Breakfast. (CC) 9.00 ABC News. (CC) 10.00 Landline. (R, CC) 11.00 Back Roads. (R, CC) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. (CC) 1.00 Midsomer Murders. (Mv, R, CC) 2.30 Doc Martin. (PG, R, CC) 3.20 Grand Designs New Zealand.

(R, CC) 4.10 Pointless. (R, CC) 5.00 ABC News: Early Edition. (CC) 5.30 The Drum. (CC)

SBS (CH 3, 30) 6.00 WorldWatch. 7.30 Italian News.

8.10 Filipino News. 8.40 French News.

9.30 Greek News. 10.30 German News. 11.00 Spanish News. 12.00 Arabic News. 12.30 Turkish News. 1.00 Al Jazeera News. (CC) 2.00 Tommy Fleming: Voice Of Hope. (CC) 3.00 Lockerbie: My Brother’s Bomber. (PG, R, CC) 4.00 The Supervet: Bionic Stories.

(PGa, R, CC) 5.00 Cycling. Vuelta a España. Stage 2. Highlights. (CC) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R, CC)

6.00 The Checkout: Snack Size.

(PG, CC) 6.10 Restoration Man. (CC) 7.00 ABC News. (CC) 7.30 7.30. Presented by Leigh Sales.

(CC) 8.00 Australian Story: The Strong Man. The story of Grant Edwards. (CC) 8.30 Four Corners. Investigative journalism program, presented

by Sarah Ferguson. (CC) 9.15 Media Watch. Takes a look at a range of issues affecting media consumers. (PG, CC) 9.35 Q&A. Host Tony Jones is joined by the Leader of the Opposition Bill Shorten. (CC) 10.40 Lateline. (R, CC) 11.10 The Business. (R, CC) 11.25 Golf. PGA Tour. Wyndham Championship. Highlights. (CC) 12.20 Humans. (Mls, R, CC) 1.10 The Mix. (R, CC) 1.40 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.50 Auction Room. (R, CC) 4.20 Murder, She Wrote. (PG, R, CC) 5.05 The Bill. (PG, R, CC)

6.00 River Cottage Australia. (CC) 6.30 SBS World News. (CC) 7.30 Staying Healthy: A Doctor’s Guide. Dr Pixie McKenna crunches data from the UK’s National Health Service in order to reveal what made people sick. (CC) 8.30 24 Hours In Emergency: In Sickness And In Health.

A 27-year-old is rushed to St George’s after suffering cardiac arrest during a game of ice hockey. (M, CC) 10.25 SBS World News Late Edition.

(CC) 10.55 The World Game. Soccer news, features and match results. (CC) 11.25 Farang. (Malv, CC) 1.15 Rectify. (Ma, R, CC) 4.00 Being Mortal. Examines how the terminally ill are cared for.

(PG, R, CC) 5.00 CGTN English News. (CC) 5.15 NHK World English News. (CC) 5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

(CC)

ABC2

SBS VICELAND

(CH 22)

6.00 Children’s Programs. 1.15 Clangers. 1.45 The Adventures Of Bottle Top Bill And His Best Friend Corky. 2.00 Lah-Lah’s Adventures.

2.15 Tree Fu Tom. 2.40 Olivia. 3.05 Wallykazam! 3.30 Play School. 4.25 Octonauts. 4.40 Peg + Cat. 4.55 Andy’s Prehistoric Adventures. 5.10 Floogals.

5.25 Dot. 6.35 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom. 7.00 Spicks And Specks. 7.30 Dirty Jobs. (PG) 8.30 Louis Theroux: A Place For Paedophiles. (M) 9.30 Stacey Dooley Investigates. (MA15+) 10.25 Tales Of The Grim Sleeper. (M) 12.10 The Human Tissue Squad. (M) 1.10 Dirty Jobs. (PG) 2.10 Close. 5.00 Children’s Programs.

ABC ME

ABC NEWS (CH 24)

(CH 23)

6.00 Children’s Programs.

1.05 Adventure Time. (PG) 1.25 Detentionaire. 1.50 Life With Boys. 2.10 WAC: World Animal Championships.

2.35 Annedroids. 3.05 Backyard Science. 3.30 The Penguins Of Madagascar. 4.05 Matilda And The Ramsay Bunch. 4.20 Little Lunch. 4.35 Japanizi: Going, Going, Gong! 5.05 Eve. 5.40 The Day My Butt Went Psycho!

6.10 The Deep. 6.35 Make It Pop! 7.00 MOVIE The Boy In The Dress.

(2014, CC) 8.10 Tomorrow When The War Began. (PG) 8.55 The Haunting Hour. (PG) 9.20 Total Drama Presents: Ridonculous Race. 9.40 Rage. (PG) 10.40 Close. 5.00 Children’s Programs.

NITV

(CH 32)

6.00 WorldWatch. 11.00 NHK Japanese News. 11.35 Hindi News. 12.00 MOVIE The Solitude Of Prime Numbers. (2010, Maln) 2.05 Bear Grylls’ Mission Survive.

(M) 3.05 Mysterious Cities Of Gold. (PG) 3.40 Vs Arashi. (PG) 4.35 Street Genius.

5.00 VICE News Tonight. 5.30 If You Are The One. 6.35 MythBusters. (PG) 7.35 The Feed. 8.00 South Park. (M) 8.30 MOVIE Biutiful. Javier Bardem.

(2010, MA15+an) 11.15 Cycling. Vuelta a España. Stage 3. 2.00 Desus And Mero.

(M) 2.30 CGTN English News. 3.00 Thai News. 3.30 Bangla News. 4.00 Punjabi News. 4.30 Sri Lankan Sinhalese News.

5.00 Korean News. 5.30 Indonesian News.

PRIME7 (CH 6) 6.00 9.00 11.30 12.00

2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00

Sunrise. (CC) The Morning Show. (PG, CC) Seven Morning News. (CC) MOVIE Reflections. Timothy Hutton. A Europol agent pursues a serial killer.

(2008, Malv, CC) The Daily Edition. The hottest issues from the day’s news. (CC) The Chase. (CC) Seven News At 4. (CC) The Chase Australia. (CC)

6.00 Seven News. (CC) 7.00 Home And Away. Scarlett and Kat may be in danger. Ash struggles with the chemistry between himself and Tori.

(PGv, CC) 7.30 Hell’s Kitchen Australia. Marco takes the celebrities to visit Italian grandmother Pina for a lesson on how to make pasta from scratch. (PG, CC) 8.45 The Story Of Diana. Part 2 of 2.

Documentary event, marking the 20th anniversary of Diana’s tragic passing, through a series of interviews. (PG, CC) 10.45 Britain’s Secrets: Body Image.

Part 2 of 4. English TV presenter Anne Robinson explores the subject of body image.

(Man, CC) 12.00 Quantico. President Haas assembles a task force.

(Mav, CC) 1.00 Home Shopping. (R) 5.30 Sunrise. News, sport and weather. (CC)

7TWO

Today. (CC) Today Extra. (PG, CC) Morning News. (CC) The Ellen DeGeneres Show.

Variety show. (PG, R, CC) 1.00 Extra. Entertainment news program. (CC) 1.30 The Block. Hosted by Scott Cam. (PG, R, CC) 3.00 News Now. (CC) 4.00 Afternoon News. (CC) 5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (CC)

TEN NTH (CH 5) 6.00 Good Chef Bad Chef. (R, CC) 6.30 Alive And Cooking. (R, CC) 7.00 Entertainment Tonight. (R, CC) 7.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG, R, CC) 8.00 Family Feud. (R, CC) 8.30 Studio 10. (PG, CC) 12.00 Dr Phil. (PGl, R, CC) 1.00 To Be Advised. 2.30 Ben’s Menu.

(R, CC) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG, CC) 3.30 Alive And Cooking. (CC) 4.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. (R, CC) 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG, CC) 5.00 TEN Eyewitness News. (CC)

6.00 NBN News. (CC) 7.00 A Current Affair. (CC) 7.30 The Block. The teams decide how to best use the space and what type of room they will deliver to the judges this week.

(PG, CC) 8.40 This Time Next Year. Follows inspirational stories, including that of a Bali bombing victim who is determined to find love.

(PGam, CC) 9.50 An Hour To Save Your Life.

Part 4 of 4. In London, a man collapses at work from a suspected cardiac arrest.

(Mm, CC) 11.10 Botched. (Mamn, CC) 12.05 Law & Order. (Madv, R, CC) 1.00 Anger Management.

(Ms, R, CC) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

2.00 Extra. (R, CC) 2.30 Global Shop. 3.00 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R) 3.30 Good Morning America. (CC) 5.00 News Early Edition.

(CC) 5.30 Today. (CC)

6.00 Family Feud. (CC) 6.30 The Project. (CC) 7.30 Australian Survivor. Things get feisty when the survivors take part in a highly competitive challenge. (CC) 8.45 Have You Been Paying Attention? Celebrity guests compete to see who can remember the most about events of the week. (Mals, CC) 9.45 Life In Pieces. Tensions rise when Greg finds cash that he thought Matt stole from him when they were kids. (PG, CC) 10.15 Elementary. Sherlock is recruited to steal a computer from a meth-dealing motorcycle gang. (Mv, R, CC) 11.00 The Project. Join the hosts for a look at the day’s news, events and hot topics. (R, CC) 12.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. Hosted by Stephen Colbert. (PG, CC) 1.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS This Morning. (CC)

9GEM

(CH 62)

6.00 Shopping. 7.00 Flushed. (C) 7.30 Oh Yuck. (C) 8.00 Jay’s Jungle.

(P) 8.30 Harry’s Practice. 9.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. 10.30 NBC Press. 11.30 Free Range Cook.

12.00 Adam’s Pasta Pilgrimage. 12.30 One Foot In The Grave. (PG) 2.00 The Making Of Dunkirk. (PG) 2.15 Million Dollar Minute. 2.45 Animal Rescue.

3.15 Hell’s Kitchen Australia. (PG) 4.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Doc Martin. (PG) 8.30 Inspector George Gently. (M) 10.30 Air Crash Investigation. (PG) 11.30 Bargain Hunt. 12.30 Doc Martin. (PG) 1.30 Inspector George Gently. (M) 3.30 Late Programs.

7MATE (CH 63)

6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News. 6.00 ABC News National. 6.30 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News With The Business. 9.00 ABC News National.

9.30 Lateline. 10.00 The World. 11.00 ABC News. 11.30 7.30. 12.00 ABC News. 12.30 The Drum. 1.00 Al Jazeera Newsgrid. 2.00 BBC Global. 2.30 7.30.

3.00 BBC Global. 3.30 The Link. 4.00 Al Jazeera Newshour. 5.00 Outside Source. 5.30 Lateline.

NBN (CH 8, 80) 6.00 9.00 11.30 12.00

9GO!

6.00 Shopping. 7.00 Shannon’s Legends. (PG) 8.00 The Next Level.

9.00 Harley-Davidson TV. (PG) 9.30 Temporary Australians. (PG) 10.00 Big Smo. (PG) 11.00 Starsky & Hutch.

(PG) 12.00 S.W.A.T. (PG) 1.00 American Hoggers. (M) 2.00 Big Smo. (PG) 2.30 ScreenPLAY. (M) 3.00 Blokesworld.

(PG) 3.30 What Went Down. (PG) 4.00 Speed With Guy Martin. (PG) 5.00 Mountain Men. (PG) 6.00 American Pickers. (PG) 7.00 Pawn Stars. (PG) 8.00 World’s Most Amazing Videos.

(M) 9.00 MOVIE G.I. Joe: The Rise Of Cobra. Channing Tatum. (2009, Mlv) 11.30 Jail: Las Vegas Jailhouse. (M) 12.00 Late Programs.

(CH 82)

6.00 Friends. (PG) 6.30 This Is Your Day! (PG) 7.00 Creflo. (PG) 7.30 TV Shop. 8.00 Ellen DeGeneres. (PG) 9.00 TV Shop. 9.30 Danoz. 10.30 Harry.

(PG) 11.30 As Time Goes By. (PG) 12.10 MOVIE Night Boat To Dublin. (1946, PGv, CC) 2.05 Secret Dealers. (PG) 3.05 Miniseries: Miss Marple: The Murder At The Vicarage. (PG) 4.15 Heartbeat.

(PG) 5.20 Are You Being Served? (PG) 6.00 Friends. (PG) 7.00 As Time Goes By. (PG) 7.30 David Attenborough’s Life Story. (PG) 8.40 Agatha Christie’s Marple. (PG) 10.40 Killer On The Line.

(M) 11.50 Footy Classified. (M) 1.00 TV Shop. 1.30 Friends. (PG) 2.00 Global Shop. 2.30 Late Programs.

(CH 83, 88)

6.00 Children’s Programs. 11.00 Friends. (PG) 12.00 Dawson’s Creek.

(PG) 1.00 Baggage Battles. (PG) 2.00 Rabbids Invasion. (PG) 2.30 Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! (PG) 3.00 Pokémon. 3.30 Ninjago: Masters Of Spinjitzu. (PG) 4.05 Batman: The Brave And The Bold. (PG) 4.30 The Looney Tunes Show. 5.00 Ben 10: Ultimate Alien. (PG) 5.30 Teen Titans. (PG) 6.00 Regular Show. (PG) 6.30 Adventure Time. (PG) 7.00 The Middle. (PG) 7.30 Science Of Stupid. (M) 8.00 Top Gear. (PG) 9.10 MOVIE Space Cowboys. Clint Eastwood. (2000, PGal, CC) 11.50 South Beach Tow. (M) 12.30 Adventure Time. (PG) 1.00 Regular Show. (PG) 1.30 Children’s Programs.

ONE

(CH 50)

6.00 Home Shopping. 8.00 RPM. 8.30 Operation Repo. (PG) 9.00 Undercover Boss. (PG) 10.00 Megastructures Breakdown. 11.00 M*A*S*H. (PG) 12.00 CSI: Cyber. (M) 1.00 Nash Bridges.

(M) 2.00 Matlock. (M) 3.00 Jake And The Fatman. (PG) 4.00 Diagnosis Murder. (PG) 5.00 Star Trek: The Next Generation. (PG) 6.00 M*A*S*H. (PG) 7.30 MacGyver. (M) 8.30 MOVIE The Good Shepherd. Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie, Alec Baldwin. (2006, Mlsv) 12.00 The Last Man On Earth. (M) 1.00 Home Shopping. 2.00 Diagnosis Murder. (PG) 3.00 Matlock. (M) 4.00 Nash Bridges.

(M) 5.00 The Doctors. (M)

ELEVEN

(CH 55)

6.00 Toasted TV. 6.05 The Matt Hatter Chronicles. 6.30 Transformers: Robots In Disguise. 7.05 Pokémon.

7.35 Dofus. 8.00 Totally Wild. (C) 8.35 Transformers. 9.00 Super Wings. 9.30 Crocamole. (P) 10.00 Touched By An Angel. (PG) 11.00 Dads. (PG) 11.30 The Millers. (PG) 12.00 Good Wife. (PG) 1.00 The Wrong Girl. (M) 3.00 King Of Queens. (PG) 4.00 Malcolm. (PG) 4.30 Raymond. (PG) 5.30 Frasier. (PG) 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Malcolm. (PG) 7.30 Fresh Off The Boat. (PG) 8.00 The Simpsons. (PG) 8.30 MOVIE Paper Towns. Nat Wolff. (2015, Msv) 10.40 Raymond. (PG) 11.10 James Corden. (M) 12.10 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 7.30 Bushwhacked! 8.00 The Dreaming. 8.30 Wapos Bay. 9.00 My Animal Friends. 9.15 Aussie Bush Tales. 9.30 Mugu Kids. 10.00 Te Kaea.

10.30 First Australians. (PG) 11.30 MOVIE Fantome Island. (2011) 1.00 Sitting Bull: A Stone In My Heart. (PG) 2.00 Be Deadly. (PG) 2.30 Watchers Of The North. 3.00 Aussie Bush Tales. 3.15 Tales Of Tatonka. 3.30 Inuk. 4.00 Cities Of Gold. (PG) 4.30 Kagagi. (PG) 5.00 Tangaroa. 5.30 Kriol Kitchen. 6.00 Surviving. 6.30 The Prophets. (PG) 7.00 Our Stories. 7.20 Custodians. 7.25 NITV News. 7.30 Family Rules. (PG) 8.00 Black Panthers. (M) 9.00 The Point. 9.30 Get Your Fish On. 10.00 Hunting Aotearoa. (M) 10.30 City Slickers Rodeo. (PG) 11.00 Survive Aotearoa. 12.00 Volumz. (PG) (CH 34)

RATING ADVICE: (PG) Parental Guidance (M) Mature Audiences (MA15+) Mature Audiences Only (AV15+) Extreme Adult Violence. Please note: Listings are correct at the time of print and are subject to change by networks.

CONSUMER ADVICE: a: adult themes; d: drug references; h: horror; l: language; n: nudity; s: sexual references; v: violence. CC: Closed Captions; b&w: Black & White; R: Repeat.

HOROSCOPES

NEWC | 2108

with Alison Moroney

AQUARIUS

PISCES

ARIES

TAURUS

GEMINI

CANCER

Aquarius tends to make quick decisions and take decisive actions during August 21-24 as they reach towards the attainment of a goal. Important social interests are also featured.

Pisces is financiallymotivated during August 21-24, so is quick on the uptake of opportunities for career and social advancement that arise then; these are important days.

Aries’ natives are highly active at the moment, investing their exuberant energies towards achieving career related goals during August 21-24; you meet with success.

Through thoroughly investigating a situation or problem during August 21-24, important realisations are achieved that may be effectively utilised in implementing financial strategies.

Strongly motivated towards the achievement of goals during August 21-24, Gemini individuals are able to work well with others to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes.

Strong motivations steer Cancer in their quest to advance in life, enabling them to invest energy effectively into responsibilities and work-related activities during August 21-24.

LEO

VIRGO

LIBRA

SCORPIO

SAGITTARIUS

CAPRICORN

Leo’s creativity flourishes under the fortunate trends operating during August 21-24, benefiting your work and children, and bringing a great enjoyment of life and long-term prospects.

The trends of August 21-24 are wonderful for financing property and domestic interests, and are attended by a strong potential for long-term success. Family activities are favourably highlighted.

Developing strategies, planning interests, negotiations, and streamlined organisation dominate Libra’s activities during August 21-24, as you’re enthused by another individual.

A strong work-ethic will power Scorpio’s finances during August 21-24.You’ll work quickly and efficiently towards your planned objectives, achieving expected targets as you do so.

Sagittarius’ creative flair and zest for life will positively shape their life during August 21-24, whilst enhancing earning capacity.Young people inspire and revitalise you.

During August 21-24 a strong domestic base and family ties ease any recent difficulties Capricorn may have experienced; you’re vitalised by support and an enhanced sense of security.

(Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

(July 23-Aug. 22)

(Feb. 19-Mar. 20)

(Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

(March 21-April 19)

(Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

(April 20-May 20)

(Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

(May 21-June 20)

(Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

(June 21-July 22)

(Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

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Monday August 21, 2017

TODAY

NEWCASTLE WED

TUE

9/21ºC

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9/22ºC

FRI

11/18ºC

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19ºC

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REGIONAL OUTLOOK WARNINGS were current at 5pm yesterday. www.bom.gov.au/nsw/warnings 1300 659 218 HUNTER Cloudy. Areas of frost about the Upper Hunter in the early morning. Slight (20%) chance of a light shower in the afternoon.

Light winds becoming northerly 15 to 20 km/h in the morning then tending northwesterly in the middle of the day. Large and powerful surf conditions during the morning.

Tomorrow: Sunny. Areas of morning frost about the Upper Hunter. Light winds.

SYDNEY Cloudy. Slight (20%) chance of a light shower. Light winds becoming north to northwesterly 15 to 20 km/h in the middle of the day then tending west to northwesterly in the late afternoon. Large and powerful surf conditions during the morning.

HUNTER COASTAL WATERS Winds: Variable about 10 knots becoming northerly 10 to 15 knots in the morning then tending northwesterly in the late afternoon.

Winds reaching up to 20 knots offshore south of Norah Head during the afternoon and evening. Seas: Below 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres offshore south of Norah Head during the afternoon. Swell: Southerly 3 to 4 metres, tending southeasterly 2 to 2.5 metres during the afternoon.

Weather: Cloudy. 40% chance of showers.

NEW SOUTH WALES Patchy rain or showers west of the Divide, becoming more likely over the southern inland. Snow developing on the Alps above 1100 metres. Morning frost about the ranges and slopes. Mostly fine although partly cloudy east of the Divide. Daytime temperatures above average over the northern inland, but below average elsewhere. NE/NW winds, freshening in the west during the afternoon. Hazardous surf conditions north from the Illawarra in the morning contracting to northern parts of the coast in the afternoon.

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RAYMOND TERRACE

18ºC

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SINGLETON

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19ºC

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High 7:56am 1.5m Low 1:49am 0.2m TOMORROW High 8:43am 1.6m Low 2:34am 0.2m

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18ºC

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8:49pm 1.9m 2:25pm 0.4m 8:08pm 1.9m 1:37pm 0.3m 8:54pm 1.9m 2:27pm 0.3m 8:06pm 1.2m 1:47pm 0.1m 8:52pm 1.2m 2:38pm 0.1m

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5 / 23ºC

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19ºC

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19ºC

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NEWCASTLE Sun protection recommended 10:10am to 2:00pm

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© Commonwealth of Australia 2017

August 21, 2017

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Storms

8:02pm 2.0m 1:34pm 0.4m

SWANSEA

19ºC

TORONTO

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PORT STEPHENS

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THE TIDES

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6/19ºC

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23

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MAITLAND Sun protection recommended 10:50am - 2:20pm

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RAINFALL Week ending August 20, 2017

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CANBERRA Rise 6:37am Set 5:36pm Rise 6:03am Set 5:01pm

HOBART Rise 6:55am Set 5:33pm Rise 6:25am Set 4:55pm

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NEWCASTLE HERALD

Monday, August 21, 2017

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PETRO GEORGE

THOMPSON

Late of Argenton Passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family 18th August 2017 Aged 75 years

Clifford Wallace

Dearly loved husband of ELSIE. Much loved f a t h e r a n d father-in-law of BILL and PAULINE, PEGGY and DAVID. Loving Dedo of RYAN and TESSA, NATALIE, JESSE, GEORGIA and great granddaughter OCTAVIA. Loved brother, brother-in-law and uncle.

The Family and Friends of GEORGE are warmly invited to attend his Funeral to be held in St Mary's Macedonian Orthodox Church, 14 S c h o o l S t , Broadmeadow on Thursday 24th August 2017, Service commencing at 9.30am

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Funeral Notices

Funeral Notices

FORBES Brian Patrick Passed away 18.08.2017 Aged 63 Years Late of Cessnock Loving father and father-in-law to NICOLE and MARK, ERIN and CHRIS, and HAYDEN. Much loved grandad to CAITLIN, SARAH (Bob), GRACE, JORJA, CHARLI, FLEXI and CASH. A dear son of JESSIE McTAGGART and JACK FORBES (dec).

A loved member of the FORBES FAMILY. Relatives and Friends of FORBESY are warmly invited to attend his Funeral Service in St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Cumberland St., Cessnock this THURSDAY, 24-08-2017 at 2.30 pm.

A private cremation will follow.

Mate to Many Loved by All C.R. SMYTH & SON Independent & Family Owned Since 1925 4990 1425 www.crsmyth.com.au

HALL (NEE MEREDITH) MARGARET LORRAINE Late of Belmont Passed away surrounded by her loving family 19th August 2017 Aged 86 years Dearly loved wife of the late RAY HALL. Much loved mother and mother-in-law of LORRAINE and DON, DIANNE and ARNO, PETER and LEIGH. Loving Nanna of all her grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Loved sister, sister-in-law and aunt.

The Relatives and F r i e n d s o f MARGARET are warmly invited to attend a Celebration of her Life to be held in The Chapel, 444 Pacific Hwy, Belmont (parking via Henry St.) this Wednesday 23rd August 2017, Service commencing at 3.00pm.

'Cliff' Late of Bupa Aged Care Facility Waratah former owner of CWThompson Mayfield Passed away 14th August 2017 Aged 89 years Much loved father, father-in-law, grandfather, great grandfather and a dear mate to many.

The family and friends of Cliff are warmly invited to attend his funeral to be held in The Chapel, 12 Harris Street Wallsend on Tuesday 22nd August 2017. Service commencing at 2.30pm.

WOOD NEIL HAROLD Late of Speers Point Passed away 19th August 2017 Aged 56 years

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RUDYJ (NEE ORZULAK) KATARINA Late of Cardiff Passed away peacefully 18th August 2017 Aged 94 years Dearly loved wife of the late WAL RUDYJ. Much loved mother and mother-in-law of EMIL (dec'd), FREDA and DAVID, and ANNE. Loving Nan and Little Nan of all her grandchildren and great grandchildren.

The Relatives and F r i e n d s o f KATARINA are warmly invited to attend a Celebration of her Life to be held in The Chapel, Harris St, Wallsend this Wednesday 23rd August 2017, Service commencing at 2.30pm. An interment will follow at Sandgate Cemetery.

The Relatives and Friends of NEIL are warmly invited to attend his Funeral to be held in The Chapel, Harris St, Wallsend tomorrow Tuesday 22nd August 2017, Service commencing at 4.30pm. In lieu of flowers donations to The Cancer Council may be made at the Service.

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TRACK RAIL DAY TAB CODE MONDAY SR Good (4) True DAILY DOUBLE: 5 & 7 FIRST 4: ALL EARLY QUADRELLA: 1, 2, 3, 4 QUADRELLA: 4, 5, 6, 7

1 H&M REFRIG./F. GALLEN MDN 1.35 1200m (Three-Year-Olds & Upwards. Apprentices can claim).

Of $20,000; 1st $11,200; 2nd $3775; 3rd $1890; 4th $900; 5th $535.

1— 2043 THE DEBATER (4) ...............G Ryan 59 95 3.5 2— 7 TIPUANA (10) .......... L Cumberland 59 81 31.0 3— 80s MOSHAMPAGNE (8)....... D Northey 58.5 83 26.0 4— 34 NOT A PRINCESS (12) .(a2) Ms C Baker 58 100 3.0 5— 4393 CRIMSON SUN h (1) ........ J Adams 57.5 98 4.0 JOSIE’S LAST STAND (15) Scratched 57.5 ––– 6— 7— 2365 HAYDEN BOY (13)......... Scratched 57 ––– 8— 6005 INDIGO KNIGHT h (3) ........A Banks 56.5 89 26.0 9— 69s3 SEBBAG (2)...............Ms B Hodder 56.5 98 6.0 10— 46s0 VINDICATED (7) ............. P Graham 56.5 83 51.0 11— 63s7 CARIBBEAN SONG (6) ..T Wolfgram 56 91 17.0 12— 6078 MOSS HEART h (9) ............ A Chau 56 86 51.0 EMERGENCIES 13— 40s4 DARPRA (5)..........J Pracey-Holmes 56 91 13.0 14— 8856 DERRY MARY (11)...(a2) J Gibbons 56 93 21.0 15— 0560 UNDERTAKER (14)...................–— 56 97 51.0 16— 0997 JOSIE MAE (16) .......................–— 56 89 51.0 n NOT A PRINCESS, Sebbag, Crimson Sun, Undertaker

2 OMEGA/‘BOT’ THOMPSON MDN 2.10

1400m (Set Weights. Apprentices can claim).

Of $20,000; 1st $11,200; 2nd $3775; 3rd $1890; 4th $900; 5th $535.

1— 0286 BIG SAMI (12) ............... P Graham 59 93 17.0 2— 0086 CHEROKEE (13)..................G Ryan 59 97 5.0 3— 7874 CURIOUS AS (3) .........Ms K Chater 59 93 9.0 4— 0063 SCHMIZO h (8)..........Ms B Hodder 59 92 8.0 5— 0s25 THOMSON RIVER (11) .... A Cavallo 59 97 11.0 6— 6862 WHISKEY APPLE h (9) .Ms R Murray 59 96 3.6 7— s830 ARTELLA (7) .................T Wolfgram 57 100 15.0 8— 0s42 FANNY CHENAL (10)................–— 57 98 5.0 9— s000 NIGHT QUEST (4)..... L Cumberland 57 87 51.0 10— s893 OPERATIC h (1) ........Ms L G Henry 57 93 17.0 11— 0767 STYLISH CHARLENE (5) (a2) Ms C Baker 57 98 15.0 12— 6070 SUPERIOR JAZZ h (6) .(a2) Ms C Ings 57 93 26.0 13— 7 ALL POLITICAL (2) ...(a2) J Gibbons 56.5 95 9.0 n ARTELLA, Fanny Chenal, Stylish Charlene, Thomson River

XXXX GOLD AKWAZOFF (B49)

2.45 2050m (Three-Year-Olds & Upwards. Apprentices can claim).

Of $20,000; 1st $11,200; 2nd $3775; 3rd $1890; 4th $900; 5th $535.

1— 6536 HUSONIQUE m (4)............ J Adams 61 100 8.0 2— 5011 WORTHY RIVAL m (11). J Pracey-Holmes 61 99 10.0 3— 1673 SAMIKOSHO n (13).............G Ryan 60.5 96 2.7 4— 9659 SANDY WATERS m (9) ... P Graham 60.5 95 11.0 5— s765 SPORTSTAR SAMUEL (1) .K Nestor 60.5 99 6.5 6— 0340 SUPREME GODDESS mh (12) ....... 60 95 17.0 ................... (a1.5) Ms M Partridge 7— 7540 TICKETS ON KYE m (10) ...A Banks 58.5 96 21.0 8— 5834 LEICA BOOT bh (3)....Ms L G Henry 58 96 11.0 9— 5480 BELOW THE BELT tm (5) ...S Lisnyy 57.5 97 21.0 10— 6629 JEEWAN h (7) ............Ms B Hodder 57 99 8.0 11— 8592 LONDON LADY m (6) .L Cumberland 57 96 6.5 12— 4692 NIGHTSPUN m (2)...... Ms R Murray 55.5 95 31.0 13— 9498 EUMUNGREE (8)...(a2) Ms C Baker 54 98 51.0 n HUSONIQUE, Jeewan, Worthy Rival, Sportstar Samuel

4 BECTIVE/JOHN CLIFT MEM. (C3) 3.20

1200m (Apprentices can claim).

Of $20,000; 1st $11,200; 2nd $3775; 3rd $1890; 4th $900; 5th $535.

1— s188 VALKNUT d (9)....................G Ryan 58 100 4.2 2— s165 CHELJOE dm (1)............. P Graham 57.5 97 6.5 3— 6341 GUILTY AS SIN dmh (4) .Ms B Hodder 57 97 4.2 4— 2313 MAHBOOB dmb (3).........C O’Brien 57 96 4.6 5— 4513 MINAMAHAL t (11)...........A Banks 56 94 10.0 6— 41s8 ORLANDO JACK m (10)............–— 54.5 89 21.0 7— 213s MOONLIGHT SPY b (14).T Wolfgram 54 91 7.5

1

1.35 1200m

THE DEBATER (R P Northam). 4 g 5; 0-11: Blocked for run near 200m when 1¼ len 4th of 11 (1) $26.00 57.5 Clevanicc 1100m Scone 3yo Mdn Soft(5) July 14.

Settled midfield 1½ len, sht nk 3rd of 10 (1) $7.50 59.0 Peppermint Patty, Tokelau 1000m Tamworth 3yo+ Mdn Soft(7) Aug 11. Kept working to line at Tamworth at latest. Right in this.

TIPUANA (K T Dixon). 4 g 1; 0-0-0: Slowly away when 9 len 7th of 10 (7) $41.00 59.0 Peppermint Patty 1000m Tamworth 3yo+ Mdn Soft(7) Aug 11. Failed to make an impression at latest. Faces a task.

MOSHAMPAGNE (R P Northam). 4 g 2; 0-0-0: Took up a handy position 11½ len 8th of 10 (10) $18.00 58.0 Peter John 1000m Muswellbrook 2yo C&G Hcp Good(4) April 29 (2016). Slowly away when 10¾ len 11th of 12 (3) $151.00 56.5 Barbass 1100m Scone (Metro) Inglis 2yo Good(4) May 13 (2016). Will take improvement out of 6¼ len 5th Murranji 900m Scone barrier trial Good(4) Aug 8.

Resumes from long spell. Not fancied.

NOT A PRINCESS (Ms S Grills). 4 m 2; 0-0-1: Settled in a forward position 4¾ len, len 3rd of 14 (12) $2.80F 57.0 Jazzy Belle, Smokey Eye 1000m Gunnedah Mdn Soft(7) July 7. Whacked away for 1¾ len 4th of 13 (1) $4.20 55.0 Almaheart 1000m Tamworth Mdn Soft(6) July 30.

Freshened. Wasn’t disgraced at Tamworth last start. Rates highly.

CRIMSON SUN (Gavin Groth). 4 g 7; 0-0-2: Stewards queried run, vetted - no abnormalities when 8½ len 9th of 13 (1) $4.20 59.0 Near Silenus 1600m Goulburn Mdn Plate Good(4) July 7. Raced on the speed lg nk, 1¾ len 3rd of 9 (3) $5.00 55.0 Severence, Robbery 1400m Kembla Grange E&G Mdn Good(3) July 22. Freshened. Formerly with John Thompson. On pace and boxed on to fill the minors at Kembla Grange last outing. Easier here and open to improvement. Must be considered.

JOSIE’S LAST STAND (L C Morgan). 3 g 0; 0-0-0: Scratched.

HAYDEN BOY (T S Howlett). 5 g 7; 0-1-2: Scratched.

INDIGO KNIGHT (Sally Torrens). 5 g 5; 0-0-0: Eased near 800m, hampered near turn, respiratory issues when 40¾ len last of 12 (8) $101.00 56.5 Flag Time 1600m Ballarat 2yo+ Mdn Soft(6) June 4. Beaten but not disgraced when 3¼ len 5th of 12 (7) $11.00 58.5 Lillybeth 1010m Inverell 3yo+ Mdn Good(4) Aug 12. Not keen.

SEBBAG (Scott Dixon). 5 g 17; 0-2-2: Took up a midfield position 5¾ len 9th of 14 (3) $19.00 59.0 Istria 1350m Beaumont Mdn Soft(7) Mar 11. Found the line len, ½ len 3rd of 13 (3) $8.00 55.5 Almaheart, Bowie’s Boy 1000m Tamworth Mdn Soft(6) July 30. Freshened. Ran home well

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GUNNEDAH

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NEWCASTLE HERALD

8— 9— 10— 11— 12—

1100 MOTHER’S PRESENCE dm (2). A Chau 1326 SUCKER (15)................ Scratched 7301 ARMAGEDDON ON IT (5). Ms L G Henry 2306 RED DANASEUR (13)...... T J Green 0s94 DIAMANT NOIR dm (7).J Pracey-Holmes EMERGENCIES 13— 4743 SPLIT THE ATOM d (6) .. Scratched 14— 4585 VISION RETRACT m (12)..........–— 15— 500s GRANDMASTER DASH (8)........–— n VALKNUT, Guilty As Sin, Cheljoe, Mahboob

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54 54 54 54 54

89 31.0 ––– 93 10.0 88 31.0 88 51.0

54 54 54

––– 88 51.0 85 51.0

HOPEFUEL GUNNEDAH CUP

3.55

1600m (Open. Apprentices can claim).

Of $30,000; 1st $16,800; 2nd $5850; 3rd $2950; 4th $1400; 5th $700.

1— 67s6 DREAM FOLK d (2) .............G Ryan 59 94 2.8 2— 5009 EVANGELIST d (3).... L Cumberland 55.5 89 13.0 3— 1223 PRESENT SENSE dm (1) P Graham 55.5 96 4.2 4— 1119 AVROSON cdm (4).........T Wolfgram 54.5 100 3.4 5— s509 HUSSWICK dm (5) ..... Ms R Murray 54 98 13.0 6— 3025 MISHANI STEALTH m (8).. J Adams 54 93 6.5 7— 0551 TESTABILITY dm (6). J Pracey-Holmes 54 91 9.0 8— 6878 COCKTAIL TIME tdm (7).. A Cavallo 54 83 51.0 9— s902 SAFETY PEG d (9).............. A Chau 54 88 51.0 n AVROSON, Husswick, Present Sense, Dream Folk

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OAKTREE/HENRY KONZ (C1)

4.35

1400m (Apprentices can claim).

Of $20,000; 1st $11,200; 2nd $3775; 3rd $1890; 4th $900; 5th $535.

1— 212 INVINCIBLE BOT m (3) .Ms R Murray 60 96 2.6 2— 9s83 ROSELLA AMALFI m (4) . D Northey 59 100 5.5 3— s314 CEASELESS (8).....J Pracey-Holmes 58 92 11.0 4— 72s2 EPIC EVENT d (16).......... A Cavallo 58 91 3.9 5— 9s00 MISS BLUEBELLE d (14) .C O’Brien 56.5 84 31.0 6— s341 SUBTLE WINNER dm (1) .. J Adams 56 92 8.0 7— 2241 SMOKEY EYE (10) ......... P Graham 55.5 89 11.0 8— 0410 SILVER ART dm (6) ......... T J Green 55 92 31.0 9— 5427 FAIRY FRAGMENTS (7) .......G Ryan 54 90 6.0 10— 7s04 GOLD DRAMA tm (15) .(a2) Ms C Baker 54 84 51.0 11— 5380 MISS YOU MA m (17) ... Scratched 54 ––– 12— 4s05 RAINING ON SUNDAY (11). Ms B Hodder 54 88 51.0 13— 2803 DRAWN TO YOU (13) ......... A Chau 54 85 51.0 14— 0000 MY LADYBUG m (12) .................... 54 79 51.0 ................ (a) Ms C R Van Der Werf EMERGENCIES 15— 9826 TRAJECTORY d (9)............A Banks 54 89 31.0 16— 3045 CREAM OF OZ (2)....................–— 54 85 41.0 17— 5257 WOLLUMBIN h (5)....................–— 54 85 51.0 n ROSELLA AMALFI, Invincible Bot, Subtle Winner, Silver Art

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FUCHS LIGHTNING HCP

5.10

1000m (Open. Apprentices can claim).

Of $22,000; 1st $12,390; 2nd $4195; 3rd $2110; 4th $1000; 5th $585.

1— 0053 CROOKED BLAZE d (3) .... J Adams 60 96 4.5 2— 3042 ASPIRING dm (10) ........ Scratched 57.5 ––– 3— 4362 ESCEBEE dm (12)................B Cray 57.5 99 6.5 4— 2309 HAMMOON BOY dm (1)...... A Chau 57.5 90 13.0 5— 882s PIPPI’S PRIDE tcd (11). Ms L G Henry 57.5 88 7.5 6— s191 EPIC DAN dm (4) ................G Ryan 57 100 2.0 7— s140 SO YOU KNOW cm (5) Ms R Murray 57 97 17.0 8— 34s8 ALPINE DRAGON dm (8). Ms B Hodder 56.5 93 31.0 9— 5506 POLSKIE PRINCE dm (6) D Northey 55 90 51.0 10— 6770 I’M USAIN dm (7)..J Pracey-Holmes 54 82 17.0 11— 44s9 MICHELLE’S GIFT dm (2).L Cumberland 54 82 26.0 12— 2244 YOURS MINE OURS db (9).T Wolfgram 54 93 21.0 n EPIC DAN, Escebee, So You Know, Crooked Blaze © 2017: This racing service contains NSW racing information, including fields and form which is subject to copyright and which is owned by Racing NSW and other parties working with it.

to fill the minors at Tamworth first-up. Has claims.

VINDICATED (Cody Morgan). 4 g 5; 0-00: Showed pace 3½ len 6th of 10 (2) $3.00F 57.0 Hundred 1400m Beaudesert 2yo Mdn Soft(7) June 25 (2016). Balanced up midfield 10¾ len 11th of 13 (7) $8.00 56.5 Almaheart 1000m Tamworth Mdn Soft(6) July 30. Freshened. Disappointing last time. Looking elsewhere.

CARIBBEAN SONG (R P Northam). 3 f 3; 0-0-1: Hampered at start when ½ len, 1¾ len 3rd of 11 (4) $9.00 54.0 Dragoneight, Final Frontier 1257m Taree 2yo Hcp Soft(6) April 18. Raced greenly, checked near 600m when 8½ len 7th of 8 (1) $13.00 55.0 Grasslands 1000m Muswellbrook 3yo Mdn Good(4) Aug 6.

Only battled to line at Muswellbrook firstup. Place only.

MOSS HEART (Sally Torrens). 4 m 8; 0-00: Wide throughout when 6¼ len 7th of 10 (9) $51.00 57.0 Late Return 1040m Dubbo Mdn Good(3) July 31. Hung in middle stages, checked near 600m when 10¾ len 8th of 10 (4) $14.00 55.5 In Bengal 1200m Tamworth 3yo+ Mdn Soft(7) Aug 11. On pace but weakened right out of it at Tamworth last time out.

Hard to recommend.

DARPRA (Dar Lunn). 4 m 6; 0-0-0: Slowly away, stewards queried run, vetted - no abnormalities when 11 len 11th of 12 (4) $5.00 54.5 Bernie’s Desert 1120m Dubbo Mdn Heavy(8) Aug 23. Positioned midfield 1½ len 4th of 10 (1) $5.00 57.0 Miss Whistler 1100m Forbes 3yo+ Mdn Soft(5) Aug 7. Outside chance for multiples.

DERRY MARY (G L Woodward). 4 m 7; 0-0-0: Hung out near turn when 5¼ len 5th of 8 (4) $91.00 53.0 Solar Patch 1000m Gosford Mdn Good(4) July 20.

Overraced early, middle stages when 8 len last of 6 (4) $15.00 55.0 Dazzles 1200m Kembla Grange F&M Mdn Soft(5) Aug 5.

Previously trained by W P Cave. Showed pace but gave in quickly at Kembla Grange at latest. Prefer others.

UNDERTAKER (L K Roberts). 5 g 10; 0-1-0: Safely held in 5½ len 6th of 13 (10) $51.00 55.0 Almaheart 1000m Tamworth Mdn Soft(6) July 30. No match when 4¾ len 11th of 14 (9) $151.00 59.0 Whiskey Throttle 1300m Scone 3yo+ Mdn Good(4) Aug 8. Latest only fair.

Doesn’t look likely.

JOSIE MAE (Philip Duffy). 4 m 14; 0-2-1: Ridden on the speed 9¼ len 9th of 12 (12) $81.00 54.0 Dual Escape 1200m Tamworth 3yo Mdn Soft(6) July 30. Took up a handy position 10¼ len 7th of 9 (6) $18.00 58.0 Subtle Winner 1400m Tamworth 3yo+ Mdn Soft(7) Aug 11.

Prominent but found nothing when called upon at Tamworth last start. A win would surprise.

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2.10 1400m

BIG SAMI (Jeremy Everson). 4 g 5; 0-10: Overraced middle stages when 4¼ len 8th of 14 (8) $101.00 53.0 Suman The Yak 1600m Coonabarabran Plate (C1) Good(3) July 29. Well beaten 7¼ len 6th of 8 (8) $6.00 57.0 Splash Of Lime 1400m Inverell 3yo+ Mdn Good(4) Aug 12. Only a place chance.

CHEROKEE (Ms S Grills). 4 g 5; 0-0-0: Settled midfield 5¼ len 8th of 14 (7) $61.00 59.0 Lets Get Nauti Gal 1200m Tamworth Mdn Plate Soft(6) July 10. Not flash in 6½ len 6th of 9 (5) $11.00 58.0 Subtle Winner 1400m Tamworth 3yo+ Mdn Soft(7) Aug 11. Just battled home at Tamworth last outing. Appears a danger.

CURIOUS AS (Ms J Galea). 4 g 14; 0-0-1: Sound when 3 len 7th of 12 (5) $31.00 56.5 More Than Alright 1640m Dubbo Mdn Good(3) July 21. Settled in a forward position 1½ len 4th of 14 (4) $41.00 59.0 Gone Fishing 1600m Forbes 3yo+ Mdn Soft(5) Aug 7. Gave good account at Forbes last time out. Each way appeal.

SCHMIZO (Sally Torrens). 5 g 20; 0-1-1: Slowly away when 8¾ len 6th of 11 (5) $71.00 54.0 Silver Art 1400m Tamworth Mdn Soft(6) July 30. Raced on the speed 1¾ len, len 3rd of 9 (1) $12.00 56.5 Subtle Winner, Whiskey Apple 1400m Tamworth 3yo+ Mdn Soft(7) Aug 11. Finished gamely at latest. Worth some thought in this line-up.

THOMSON RIVER (C R Clegg). 5 g 11; 0-1-1: Checked near 1000m, laid in near 200m when hd 2nd of 14 (1) $26.00 59.0 Make Some Moolah 1200m Coonabarabran Mdn Plate Good(3) July 29.

Didn’t offer much when 6½ len 5th of 10 (9) $14.00 59.0 In Bengal 1200m Tamworth 3yo+ Mdn Soft(7) Aug 11. Not the roughest.

WHISKEY APPLE (Sally Torrens). 4 g 8; 0-1-0: Laid in in straight when 2¼ len 6th of 11 (5) $4.40 58.0 National Jewel 1600m Sunshine Coast Mdn Good(3) July 23. Showed pace 1¾ len 2nd of 9 (7) $6.50 58.0 Subtle Winner 1400m Tamworth 3yo+ Mdn Soft(7) Aug 11. No match for winner but kept on for the minor spoils at Tamworth last outing. One of the major players.

ARTELLA (Mark Schmetzer). 5 m 9; 0-0-1: Rider lost whip when ½ len, sht ½ hd 3rd of 8 (5) $51.00 54.0 Invincible Bot, Win The Lottery 1300m Scone Mdn Soft(5) July 24. Failed to fire 6¼ len 12th of 14 (14) $31.00 57.0 Whiskey Throttle 1300m Scone 3yo+ Mdn Good(4) Aug 8.

Coming off an average run at Scone last time out. Place looks best.

FANNY CHENAL (D Lane). 5 m 4; 0-10: Slowly away when 6½ len 4th of 12 (3) $101.00 57.0 Texas Tycoon 1100m Scone Mdn Soft(5) July 24. Worked right to the line 2¼ len 2nd of 10 (1) $10.00 57.0 Pride Of Darci 1319m Taree 3yo+

Mdn Good(4) Aug 10. Fitter for two runs back. Showed a handy turn of foot to place at Taree at latest. Up to this.

NIGHT QUEST (S C Jones). 6 m 4; 0-00: Slowly away when 12¼ len 13th of 14 (12) $101.00 57.0 Nic City 1200m Mudgee Mdn Plate Good(4) July 2. Blocked for run near 800m when 14½ len 11th of 13 (6) $301.00 57.0 Our Tickets 1600m Tamworth Mdn Plate Soft(6) July 10.

Freshened. Well down the track at Tamworth last start. Looks tested.

OPERATIC (Sally Torrens). 4 m 7; 0-0-1: Found rivals too strong 6¾ len 9th of 14 (5) $101.00 57.0 Onya Rosie 1300m Moree Mdn Good(3) July 20. Tried hard but safely held 2 len, 1½ len 3rd of 8 (7) $10.00 57.0 Splash Of Lime, Shadow Destiny 1400m Inverell 3yo+ Mdn Good(4) Aug 12. Could sneak a place.

STYLISH CHARLENE (B P Walker). 4 m 5; 0-0-0: Took up a midfield position 6½ len 6th of 10 (3) $21.00 55.0 What A Sister 1350m Cessnock 3yo Mdn Heavy(9) June 13. Safely held in 7¼ len 7th of 10 (8) $31.00 55.0 Kingston 1120m Dubbo Mdn Good(4) July 8. Returning from letup. Was safely held at Dubbo last outing.

Rough chance for minors.

SUPERIOR JAZZ (Gavin Groth). 4 m 7; 0-0-0: Fair effort in 2¾ len 7th of 14 (10) $61.00 55.0 Sound Sleuth 950m Moree Mdn Good(3) July 20. No match when 17 len last of 12 (11) $8.00 56.5 Lillybeth 1010m Inverell 3yo+ Mdn Good(4) Aug 12. Has to lift.

ALL POLITICAL (G L Woodward). 3 c 1; 0-0-0: Slowly away, raced greenly when 5¼ len 7th of 12 (3) $12.00 57.0 Tale Of The Fox 1006m Grafton 2yo Mdn Soft(5) July 6. Returning from let-up. Formerly with D D Schmidt. Not out of this.

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2.45 2050m

HUSONIQUE (L J Jeffriess). 6 g 19; 2-22: Gave all for ¾ len, hd 3rd of 14 (5) $8.50 57.0 Lucky Elixir, Tips And Beers 2400m Warren 3yo+ (Bm60) Good(4) July 25. Ridden on the speed 5¾ len 6th of 11 (8) $14.00 55.0 The Weald 2100m Tamworth 3yo+ (Bm63) Soft(7) Aug 11.

Respect in this company.

WORTHY RIVAL (W Collison). 5 g 31; 4-4-3: Knuckled down well to score len win of 10 (8) $5.50 57.0 Turf On Top, Strike Zone 1700m Carinda (Bm50) Good(3) July 22. Dug deep to record ¾ len win of 5 (1) $3.00 58.0 Monsoon Charlie, The Real McCoy 1700m Louth Hcp (C3) Good(3) Aug 12. Worth some thought here.

SAMIKOSHO (G D Lunn). 6 g 38; 4-6-2: Took up a handy position 10¾ len 7th of 11 (6) $31.00 54.0 Gentleman Max 1600m Forbes Forbes Cup Soft(5) Aug 7. Hung out concluding stages when hd, nose 3rd of 10 (4) $4.00 52.0 Yambaah Prince, London Lady 1600m Quirindi (Bm59) Good(3) Aug 14. On pace and fought on bravely to place at Quirindi at latest. Key player.

SANDY WATERS (G L Woodward). 6 m 59; 6-7-7: Well beaten 4½ len 5th of 13 (13) $13.00 54.0 Alsoknownas 1600m Tamworth (Bm60) Soft(6) July 30. Balanced up midfield 12¼ len 9th of 11 (1) $11.00 51.0 The Weald 2100m Tamworth 3yo+ (Bm63) Soft(7) Aug 11.

In the mix.

SPORTSTAR SAMUEL (S C Jones). 4 g 16; 1-2-2: Slowly away when 3¼ len 6th of 12 (5) $15.00 55.0 Clevanicc 1400m Tamworth E&G Hcp (C1) Soft(6) July 30.

Slowly away when 4½ len 5th of 10 (1) $41.00 59.0 Plaisir 1600m Scone 3yo+ Plate (C1) Good(4) Aug 8. Among the chances here.

SUPREME GODDESS (Sally Torrens). 6 m 27; 3-2-2: Settled in a forward position 2¼ len 4th of 13 (1) $13.00 55.5 Alsoknownas 1600m Tamworth (Bm60) Soft(6) July 30. Raced on the speed 17¼ len 10th of 11 (4) $41.00 54.0 The Weald 2100m Tamworth 3yo+ (Bm63) Soft(7) Aug 11. Failed to make an impression at Tamworth last start. Place only.

TICKETS ON KYE (Ms C Monaghan). 5 g 15; 1-1-0: Kept trying 2 len 4th of 14 (14) $31.00 54.5 Personable 2000m Mudgee (Bm58) Good(4) July 2. Not flash in 8¾ len 10th of 14 (4) $17.00 54.5 No Escape 1400m Forbes Hcp (C1) Soft(5) Aug 7. Couldn’t show a turn of foot at Forbes.

Improvement required.

LEICA BOOT (Gavin Groth). 6 g 29; 1-54: Positioned midfield len, 2¼ len 3rd of 13 (10) $10.00 59.0 Closely Related, Fire Flight 1600m Moree Plate (C1) Good(3) July 20. Overraced early stages when 2 len 4th of 14 (5) $4.20 59.0 Suman The Yak 1600m Coonabarabran Plate (C1) Good(3) July 29. Freshened. Just behind the placegetters at Coonabarabran last outing. Include in multiples.

BELOW THE BELT (W A Perrett). 6 g 22; 2-0-1: Took up the running 3½ len 8th of 12 (4) $41.00 54.0 Torio’s Delight 1300m Scone Hcp (C2) Good(4) Aug 8.

Didn’t offer much when 16½ len 12th of 13 (12) $5.00 58.5 Time’s Up 1400m Inverell (Bm50) Good(4) Aug 12. Not likely.

JEEWAN (Sally Torrens). 5 g 18; 1-1-2: Checked early stages when lg hd 2nd of 10 (5) $9.50 59.0 Pink Chaperone 2100m Lismore 3yo+ Plate (C1) Soft(6) July 22. Eased early on when 11¼ len 9th of 11 (3) $21.00 55.5 McGill 2150m Toowoomba (Bm60) Good(4) Aug 5. Previously trained by Marcus Wilson. Only plugged to line at Toowoomba last time out. Should be competitive.

LONDON LADY (Ms L Selby). 6 m 39; 4-6-2: Wide throughout, checked near 400m when 5½ len 9th of 12 (8) $5.00 57.0 Raucous 1450m Kempsey (Bm49) Good(3) Aug 5. Made up late ground hd 2nd of 10 (6) $18.00 54.0 Yambaah Prince 1600m Quirindi (Bm59) Good(3) Aug 14. Closed off well to place at Quirindi at latest. Keep in mind.

NIGHTSPUN (G D Lunn). 6 m 33; 1-46: Found the lead 6¾ len 6th of 9 (2) $81.00 54.0 Kokopu 1640m Dubbo (Bm64) Good(4) July 31. Failed to fire 4½ len 9th of 11 (6) $81.00 52.5 Dapperized 1450m Quirindi Hcp (C3) Good(3) Aug 14.

Just battled home at Quirindi last start.

Hard to make a case.

EUMUNGREE (W T Martyn). 7 m 52; 2-3-4: Warning - uncompetitive when 23½ len last of 9 (1) $101.00 54.0 No Effort Needed 1600m Newcastle Hcp (C2) Soft(6) July 15. Settled midfield 14¾ len 8th of 10 (1) $151.00 53.0 Bonnie Sare 1600m Tamworth Hcp (C2) Soft(7) Aug 11. Disappointing last time. Unlikely to trouble these.

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3.20 1200m

VALKNUT (David J Smith). 4 g 6; 2-1-0: Came from second half of field 1½ len win of 11 (9) $8.50 61.0 Liberty Park, Attalea 1000m Warren (Bm55) Good(4) July 25.

Overraced early stages, vetted - no abnormalities when 8¼ len 8th of 9 (2) $6.00 56.0 Pure Rebel 1200m Kembla Grange (Bm69) Good(3) Aug 10. Talented gelding.

Fitter third-up. Genuine threat.

CHELJOE (G Prosser). 6 g 16; 3-1-1: Laid out throughout when 4¼ len 6th of 11 (3) $5.50 57.5 Duck In Dubai 900m Kempsey Hcp (C3) Heavy(10) June 30.

Wide throughout when 1¾ len 5th of 8 (5) $7.00 58.5 Drummed Out 1265m Taree (Bm60) Good(4) Aug 10. Gave a good sight at Taree last time out. Proven performer over this trip. Can give this a shake.

GUILTY AS SIN (Sally Torrens). 5 m 21; 3-3-3: Hung out in straight when 4½ len 4th of 13 (1) $19.00 57.0 Mr Pumblechook 1200m Tamworth Hcp (C2) Soft(6) July 30. Slowly away when 2 len win of 9 (7) $12.00 57.0 I Am You Are, Col’s Tiger 1000m Tamworth Hcp (C2) Soft(7) Aug 11. Reeled them in easily to salute at Tamworth at latest. Suited over this distance. Include among the better chances.

MAHBOOB (R E Ollerton). 7 g 25; 3-16: Showed pace ½ nk win of 8 (5) $9.00 54.0 Mon Bel Ami, Rosettas Whey 1300m Newcastle Hcp (C2) Soft(6) July 15. Ridden on the speed 1½ len, nk 3rd of 11 (11) $4.40 58.0 Dapperized, Raised To Duel 1450m Quirindi Hcp (C3) Good(3) Aug 14. Solid on-pace performance at Quirindi last start. Normally races well at this distance. In the mix.

MINAMAHAL (Ms C Monaghan). 8 g 18; 3-1-2: Stewards queried run when 3 len win of 12 (4) $20.00 54.0 Remittance, Bunny Bad Girl 1100m Coonamble Hcp (C3) Good(3) June 25. Showed tactical speed 3 len, 1¼ len 3rd of 7 (6) $12.00 55.0 Barricade, Bunny Bad Girl 1300m Gunnedah Hcp (C3) Soft(7) July 7. Returning from let-up. On pace and boxed on to fill the minors here last outing. Keep safe.

ORLANDO JACK (D Lane). 6 g 28; 4-33: Slowly away when 4½ len 4th of 7 (4) $8.50 52.0 Dead Calm 1600m Taree Hcp (C3) Soft(6) Jan 5. Proved too strong for rivals 2¼ len win of 9 (9) $4.00 60.0 Yatte Yattah, Adverbs 1600m Tuncurry (Bm50) Good(3) Jan 14. First-up. Not expected to threaten.

MOONLIGHT SPY (Ms S Grills). 5 g 20; 2-3-6: Heat stress when 2¾ len win of 14 (7) $4.40 59.0 Private Valentine, Relative Chaos 1600m Coonamble Plate (C1) Good(3) Mar 27. Blundered early stages, laid in near 200m, proved difficult to ride out when lg nk, 1¼ len 3rd of 14 (6) $4.40F 55.0 Rush Of Blood, Johnny Feedback 1700m Grafton Hcp (C2) Good(3) April 24. Resuming. Has claims.

MOTHER’S PRESENCE (G Prosser).

5 m 19; 2-3-1: Took up a midfield position 10 len 13th of 14 (14) $91.00 58.5 Miss Parkin 1100m Grafton F&M (Bm55) Good(3) July 12. Took up a handy position 6½ len 10th of 12 (10) $41.00 55.0 Demoralising 1106m Port Macquarie Hcp (C2) Good(4) July 31. Failed to threaten at Port Macquarie last time out. Faces stronger opposition here. This looks too hard.

SUCKER (T S Howlett). 7 g 24; 3-4-3: Scratched.

ARMAGEDDON ON IT (L K Roberts).

6 g 58; 3-7-6: Rolled along in front 8½ len 10th of 13 (5) $21.00 54.0 Mr Pumblechook 1200m Tamworth Hcp (C2) Soft(6) July 30. Positioned midfield nk win of 12 (10) $31.00 54.5 Zroya, Feature 1100m Scone (Bm54) Good(4) Aug 8.

Good, determined win from off the pace at Scone at latest. Each way appeal.

RED DANASEUR (S J Gleeson). 8 g 34; 2-7-2: Settled in a forward position 13¾ len 12th of 13 (10) $15.00 57.0 Silent Dream 1350m Cessnock (Bm55) Good(4) July 17. Settled midfield 6 len 6th of 13 (7) $26.00 54.0 Mr Pumblechook 1200m Tamworth Hcp (C2) Soft(6) July 30. Freshened. Coming off a fair run at Tamworth last start. Up in class. Expect long odds.

DIAMANT NOIR (Ms K Fox). 5 m 14; 1-1-1: Resumed with 5¼ len 9th of 10 (1) $15.00 57.0 Sucker 1000m Gulgong (Bm50) Good(4) June 11. Found rivals too strong 5½ len 4th of 9 (2) $8.00 55.5 Light ‘n’ Ready 1010m Inverell Hcp (C1) Good(4) Aug 12. Disappointing at latest.

Going up in grade. Others better credentialed.

SPLIT THE ATOM (Michelle Fleming). 6 g 30; 2-3-5: Scratched.

VISION RETRACT (Joseph Hodgson). 10 g 60; 3-7-4: Checked near 800m when 5¼ len 5th of 12 (7) $151.00 54.0 Super Chase 1340m Dubbo (Bm65) Good(4) July 31. Slowly away when 4¼ len 8th of 11 (2) $31.00 54.0 Da Grinch 1200m Forbes (Bm65) Soft(5) Aug 7. Failed to make an impression last outing. Needs to find form.

GRANDMASTER DASH (Adam Vine). 7 g 33; 3-3-5: Minor injury when 22 len last of 12 (3) $21.00 55.5 Also A Star 1600m Narromine (Bm53) Soft(6) Nov 12. Vetted - no abnormalities when 11¾ len last of 12 (6) $21.00 56.0 Also A Star 1700m Wellington (Bm50) Good(3) Nov 26.

First-up. Formerly with G D Lunn. Should struggle to measure up to these.

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3.55 1600m

DREAM FOLK (G D Hickman). 8 g 59; 7-7-8: Slowly away when 8¾ len 7th of 11 (6) $20.00 51.5 Vassal 2400m R’wick 3yo+ (Bm84) Good(4) Feb 13. Took up a midfield position 2 len 6th of 13 (6) $31.00 59.0 Tenorino 1400m W Farm 3yo+ (Bm71) Soft(5) Aug 2. Veteran who retains zest for racing. Strips fitter. Wasn’t disgraced at Warwick Farm first-up. Rates highly.

EVANGELIST (Ms L Selby). 8 g 39; 5-45: Slowly away (2L), eased early stages, blocked for run near turn when 5¼ len 12th of 16 (12) $31.00 54.0 Darci’s Affair 1600m Coffs Harbour Coffs Cup Good(4) Aug 3. Slowly away (3L) when 11½ len 9th of 10 (10) $41.00 59.5 Glitra 1624m Taree (Bm70) Good(4) Aug 10.

Failed to make an impression at latest.

Place looks best.

PRESENT SENSE (C K Martin). 6 g 17; 4-4-2: Got home nicely nose 2nd of 14 (8) $9.50 56.0 Cash Spinner 1400m Grafton Maclean Cup Soft(6) July 16. Raced on the speed len, len 3rd of 10 (4) $4.80 57.0 A Magic Zariz, Leucura 1600m Narromine Narromine Cup Good(4) Aug 13.

Knocking on the door. Kept working to line

at Narromine last time out. This trip suits.

Can figure in this company.

AVROSON (B F Cavanough). 6 g 34; 6-4-4: Rider charged with careless riding when 1¼ len win of 10 (5) $2.60F 59.0 Suggestapartner, Outstrip 2200m Grafton 3yo+ Plate (C6) Good(4) July 12. Safely held in 12½ len last of 9 (7) $41.00 51.5 Sound Proposition 1800m R’wick 3yo+ Hcp Good(4) July 22. Freshened. Handy galloper. Was safely held at Randwick at latest. Right in this.

HUSSWICK (R P Northam). 7 g 35; 7-33: No match when 5¼ len 13th of 15 (8) $61.00 56.0 Mana 1250m C’bury 3yo+ E&G (Bm72) Good(4) July 26. Balanced up midfield 5¾ len 9th of 10 (6) $17.00 54.5 Anecdote 1280m Muswellbrook Bengalla Cup Good(3) Aug 6. Latest only fair. Could sneak a place.

MISHANI STEALTH (S W Edmonds). 8 g 44; 7-7-5: Checked near turn when 2 len 2nd of 12 (7) $2.70F 58.0 Desert Marshal 1200m Moree Gwydir Hcp Good(3) July 20. Inquiry into performance when 2¾ len 5th of 10 (5) $5.50 54.0 Anecdote 1280m Muswellbrook Bengalla Cup Good(3) Aug 6. Useful galloper. Far from disgraced at Muswellbrook last start.

Worth some thought in this line-up.

TESTABILITY (G L Woodward). 6 m 25; 4-4-2: Reasonable effort 1¼ len 5th of 11 (8) $9.00 60.5 Iwatani 1200m Tamworth (Bm55) Soft(6) July 30. Swept past rivals lg nk win of 12 (10) $7.50 58.0 Juju Man, Split The Atom 1200m Tamworth (Bm55) Soft(7) Aug 11. Charged home to score at Tamworth last outing. Not the roughest.

COCKTAIL TIME (P N Mills). 9 g 39; 5-5-2: Showed pace 8¾ len 7th of 9 (8) $31.00 59.0 Kokopu 1640m Dubbo (Bm64) Good(4) July 31. Inquiry into performance when 7 len 8th of 10 (7) $101.00 52.5 A Magic Zariz 1600m Narromine Narromine Cup Good(4) Aug 13.

Just battled home at Narromine last time out. Faces a task.

SAFETY PEG (Ms N Stewart). 7 m 35; 6-6-0: Ridden on the speed 3½ len 10th of 14 (14) $51.00 59.0 Real Blonde 1400m Moree Bm60 Good(3) July 20.

Honest when 3½ len 2nd of 13 (4) $8.00 59.5 Time’s Up 1400m Inverell (Bm50) Good(4) Aug 12. Not fancied.

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4.35 1400m

INVINCIBLE BOT (S W Thompson). 4 g 3; 1-2-0: Took up a handy position ½ len win of 8 (3) $3.30F 59.0 Win The Lottery, Artella 1300m Scone Mdn Soft(5) July 24. Tried hard when ¾ len 2nd of 13 (11) $4.60 56.0 Ledecky 1200m Quirindi Hcp (C1) Good(3) Aug 14. Ran home well to fill the minors at Quirindi at latest. One of the major players.

ROSELLA AMALFI (R P Northam). 6 g 4; 1-0-1: Blundered near 800m when 5½ len 8th of 11 (3) $19.00 58.5 All Stand 1000m Scone Hcp (C1) Soft(5) July 24.

Settled in a forward position hd, ½ len 3rd of 14 (5) $16.00 59.0 Love None, Quite Frankly 1280m Muswellbrook Hcp (C1) Good(3) Aug 6. Getting fitter. Finished gamely last start. Respect in this company.

CEASELESS (D R Consadine). 4 g 7; 1-11: Laid out in straight when 1½ len win of 10 (5) $4.00 58.0 Kinka Bay, Tickets Ladies 1140m Dubbo 3yo Mdn Good(4) July 31. Raced greenly when 1½ len 4th of 13 (2) $4.80 57.0 Flight Risk 1200m Narromine Hcp (C1) Good(4) Aug 13.

Gave good account at Narromine last outing. Not out of this.

EPIC EVENT (M K Mason). 5 g 7; 1-20: Fractious in barriers, slowly away when 2½ len 2nd of 10 (4) $4.60 56.0 Vitervo Star 1600m Tamworth Hcp (C2) Good(3) Jan 6. Raced on the speed 2 len 2nd of 13 (11) $11.00 56.0 Mr Pumblechook 1200m Tamworth Hcp (C2) Soft(6) July 30. Freshened. No match for winner but kept on well at Tamworth first-up. Has a good record over this trip. Meeting easier opposition here. Must be considered.

MISS BLUEBELLE (M A Stapleford). 4 m 5; 1-0-0: First-up finished 9¾ len last of 14 (9) $31.00 59.0 Lasszou 1150m Cessnock (Bm55) Good(4) July 17. Well beaten 11 len 13th of 14 (13) $101.00 57.5 Love None 1280m Muswellbrook Hcp (C1) Good(3) Aug 6. Ordinary at Muswellbrook. Not keen.

SUBTLE WINNER (B F Cavanough). 7 m 9; 1-0-2: Showed early speed 2¾ len 4th of 9 (7) $4.40 57.0 Lucky Starlet 1600m Scone Mdn Soft(5) July 24. Let down nicely 1¾ len win of 9 (2) $2.35F 58.0 Whiskey Apple, Schmizo 1400m Tamworth 3yo+ Mdn Soft(7) Aug 11. Scored convincingly at Tamworth last time out.

Proven performer over this trip. Among the chances here.

SMOKEY EYE (G L Woodward). 4 g 14; 1-2-1: Positioned midfield 5¼ len 4th of 12 (10) $21.00 54.5 Dual Escape 1200m Tamworth 3yo Mdn Soft(6) July 30. Rounded up opposition sht nk win of 10 (2) $3.20 56.0 Porn Star Pete, Golden Words 1000m Kempsey 3yo+ E&G Mdn Good(3) Aug 5. Timed run well to score at Kempsey at latest. Worth some thought here.

SILVER ART (Michelle Fleming). 5 g 20; 1-3-3: Showed pace ½ nk win of 11 (1) $14.00 54.0 Poyfection, Miss Fortuitous 1400m Tamworth Mdn Soft(6) July 30. Ridden on the speed 9¼ len 11th of 12 (1) $9.00 57.0 Testability 1200m Tamworth (Bm55) Soft(7) Aug 11. Only battled to line at Tamworth last start.

Looking elsewhere.

FAIRY FRAGMENTS (Brett Thompson).

3 f 8; 1-1-0: Settled midfield 2½ len 4th of 14 (6) $11.00 55.5 Jackknife 1300m Moree Hcp (C1) Good(3) July 20. Took up a handy position 3½ len 2nd of 14 (13) $5.50 54.0 No Escape 1400m Forbes Hcp (C1) Soft(5) Aug 7. Showed a handy turn of foot to place at Forbes last outing.

Should be competitive.

GOLD DRAMA (C R Clegg). 6 m 9; 1-00: On return from break finished 7¾ len 13th of 14 (13) $101.00 58.0 Ausbred Petal 900m Coonabarabran (Bm50) Good(3) July 29. Not flash in 4½ len 4th of 13 (3) $15.00 59.0 Victory Lass 1200m Inverell (Bm48) Good(4) Aug 12.

Failed to threaten at Inverell last time out.

Hard to recommend.

MISS YOU MA (Ms S Bigg). 6 m 17; 1-12: Scratched.

RAINING ON SUNDAY (Colt Prosser).

5 m 7; 1-0-0: Vetted - no abnormalities when 15¾ len last of 11 (9) $21.00 56.0 Written Song 1200m Port Macquarie Hcp (C1) Soft(7) July 15. Slowly away when 2 len 5th of 10 (8) $41.00 57.5 Floral One 1250m Kempsey (Bm50) Good(3) Aug 5.

Doesn’t look likely.

DRAWN TO YOU (Ms S Grills). 5 m 16; 1-1-1: Took up a midfield position 6 len 10th of 14 (9) $31.00 55.0 Super Chase 1400m Warren Plate (C2) Good(4) July 25. Fought hard but no match 4 len, sht nk 3rd of 13 (12) $7.00 57.5 Victory Lass, Clever Gent 1200m Inverell (Bm48) Good(4) Aug 12. A win would surprise.

MY LADYBUG (P N Mills). 6 m 24; 1-04: Raced on the speed 30 len 13th of 14 (10) $101.00 57.0 Cut The Mustard 1600m Gunnedah Plate (C1) Soft(7) July 7. Slowly away when 10¾ len 10th of 13 (12) $201.00 54.0 Ledecky 1200m Quirindi Hcp (C1) Good(3) Aug 14. Struggling to make an impression. Looks tested.

TRAJECTORY (Ms C Monaghan). 5 m 24; 1-3-1: Blocked for run near turn when ½ len 2nd of 11 (1) $6.50 54.0 Spotty Socks 1340m Dubbo F&M Hcp (C1) Good(3) July 21. Slowly away, overraced middle stages when 5½ len 6th of 11 (3) $11.00 54.0 Free Ticket 1440m Dubbo Hcp (C1) Good(4) July 31. Coming off a fair run at Dubbo last start. Has to lift.

CREAM OF OZ (M A Stapleford). 7 g 48; 1-6-9: Didn’t offer much when 4¼ len 4th of 11 (7) $12.00 52.5 Written Song 1200m Port Macquarie Hcp (C1) Soft(7) July 15. Failed to fire 8¼ len 5th of 13 (9) $21.00 52.5 Ledecky 1200m Quirindi Hcp (C1) Good(3) Aug 14. Improvement required.

WOLLUMBIN (G W Shields). 6 g 12; 1-12: Kept fighting len 2nd of 5 (3) $6.00 62.0 Northern Myth 1200m Mallawa 3yo+ Pic-Cls 3 Good(3) June 10. Found rivals too strong 4¾ len 5th of 6 (4) $7.00 62.0 What A Party 1200m Wean Rst Trophy (2) Good(3) July 8. Returning from let-up. Disappointing at latest. Not likely.

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5.10 1000m

CROOKED BLAZE (Melissa Dennett). 6 g 37; 7-4-5: Kept grinding ¾ len 5th of 13 (13) $17.00 54.0 Johnny Roo Boy 1000m Grafton Sir J Kirby Good(4) July 13. Overraced early stages, eased near 600m, blocked for run near turn when ½ len, nk 3rd of 13 (7) $10.00 58.0 Shotgun Roulette, All But Gone 1200m Coffs Harbour Open Sprint Good(4) Aug 3. Overall record fair. Closed off well to place at Coffs Harbour last outing. Keep in mind.

ASPIRING (T S Howlett). 6 m 14; 4-1-1: Scratched.

ESCEBEE (B F Cavanough). 7 g 30; 8-2-3: Checked early stages, overraced middle stages, vetted - no abnormalities when 9¼ len 6th of 8 (3) $5.50 60.0 Our Sarastro 1400m Warren Cattleman’s Hcp Good(4) July 25. Showed pace 1¾ len 2nd of 10 (3) $21.00 54.5 Anecdote 1280m Muswellbrook Bengalla Cup Good(3) Aug 6. Solid on-pace performance at Muswellbrook at latest. Can give this a shake.

HAMMOON BOY (Ms S Grills). 8 g 49; 9-9-4: Vetted - no abnormalities when 11½ len last of 15 (12) $21.00 56.0 Exitozo 1400m Scone (Metro) Cup (Bm85) Good(4) May 12. Checked near 600m when 6¼ len 9th of 10 (1) $7.00 55.5 Arise Augustus 800m Coffs Harbour Open Hcp Good(4) Aug 3. Suited over this distance. Rough chance for minors.

PIPPI’S PRIDE (S J Gleeson). 7 g 43; 7-75: Jumped awkwardly when 4 len 8th of 12 (4) $11.00 60.5 Secret Web 1600m Quirindi Quirindi Cup Good(3) Feb 24.

Ridden on the speed nk 2nd of 12 (4) $17.00 54.5 American Time 1700m Wellington Wellington Cup Good(3) Mar 12.

Resuming. In the mix.

EPIC DAN (Allan Kehoe). 5 g 22; 7-0-3: Hampered at start when 4¾ len 9th of 12 (6) $20.00 60.5 Havasay 1200m Grafton Plate (C6) Good(4) July 13. Overraced middle stages when 1½ len win of 10 (3) $14.00 54.0 Shadow Force, Skylimit 1140m Dubbo Open Hcp Good(4) July 31.

Handy galloper. Dominant on-pace winner last outing. Key player.

SO YOU KNOW (S W Thompson). 8 g 56; 9-7-7: Balanced up midfield 3 len 4th of 12 (9) $7.00 57.0 Desert Marshal 1200m Moree Gwydir Hcp Good(3) July 20. Hampered near turn, eased on straightening when 6¼ len 12th of 13 (3) $12.00 55.0 Shotgun Roulette 1200m Coffs Harbour Open Sprint Good(4) Aug 3. Veteran galloper. Latest only fair. Place only.

ALPINE DRAGON (Colt Prosser). 8 g 57; 8-13-9: Took up a handy position 1¾ len 4th of 13 (13) $31.00 55.5 Moshki 900m Gold Coast (Metro) (Bm75) Soft(7) Mar 18. Ran wide early, middle stages when 4¾ len 8th of 9 (6) $17.00 60.5 Elite Dubleo 810m Coffs Harbour (Bm70) Soft(5) July 23. Kept ticking over with 1¼ len win Cogliere, Syrah 1012m Taree barrier trial Good(4) Aug 10. Freshened.

Seasoned campaigner. Just battled home at Coffs Harbour first-up. Hard to make a case.

POLSKIE PRINCE (Ms S Grills). 8 g 39; 6-2-9: Safely held in 4¾ len 12th of 14 (10) $61.00 54.0 Termele 1206m Grafton J Carlton Cup Soft(5) July 6. Slowly away when 3¾ len 6th of 12 (12) $8.00 58.5 Desert Marshal 1200m Moree Gwydir Hcp Good(3) July 20. Freshened. Unlikely to trouble these.

I’M USAIN (D Wagstaff). 7 g 34; 6-3-6: Positioned midfield 3¼ len 7th of 13 (12) $8.50 60.0 Cannizzaro 1000m Taree (Bm65) Good(4) June 2. Settled midfield 8½ len 10th of 11 (11) $21.00 59.5 Snippety Sip 800m Narromine (Bm65) Good(4) Aug 13. Failed to make an impression at Narromine last time out. Outside chance for multiples.

MICHELLE’S GIFT (J A Berry). 7 m 20; 5-1-0: Settled in a forward position 1½ len 4th of 9 (3) $7.00 54.0 Recife Beach 1400m Scone Open Hcp Good(3) Dec 24.

Slowly away, wide throughout when 10¼ len 9th of 10 (10) $17.00 60.0 Radiologist 1100m Wyong (Bm60) Good(4) Aug 4. Couldn’t show a turn of foot at Wyong.

Not expected to threaten.

YOURS MINE OURS (B F Cavanough). 6 g 32; 3-10-7: Vetted - no abnormalities when 2¼ len 4th of 14 (6) $3.20F 63.5 Mr Chow 1100m Grafton E&G (Bm55) Good(3) July 12. Raced on the speed 3¼ len 4th of 12 (3) $4.20F 58.0 Super Chase 1340m Dubbo (Bm65) Good(4) July 31. This looks too hard.

28 NEWCASTLE HERALD

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TRACK DAY TAB CODE MONDAY CR Good (4) DAILY DOUBLE: 5 & 7 FIRST 4: ALL EARLY QUADRELLA: 1, 2, 3, 4 QUADRELLA: 4, 5, 6, 7

GRAFTON

RAIL: Out 3m from the 800m to the 400m, true for the remainder.

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ATHOL CONNOR HCP (C1)

1.15

1006m

(Fillies & Mares. Apprentices can claim).

Of $20,000; 1st $11,200; 2nd $3775; 3rd $1890; 4th $900; 5th $535.

1— 772s METAZOA ch (4).........M Mc Guren 59 92 3.2 2— 0447 DREAM STARLET cm (7) .... J Taylor 57.5 95 8.5 3— 00s5 COMMON PEOPLE d (8)................ 57 84 13.0 ..................... (a3) Ms C Dougherty 4— 346s YOUNG AMAZON (10)......B Looker 57 89 6.0 5— 43s1 HEBRIDES MANEUVER m (3). S Thurlow 56 100 2.6 6— 096s MAGIC HAPPENS db (5) .(a3) Ms M Nakao 55 86 21.0 7— 8732 JUST IMAGINE th (2). (a1.5) J Murphy 54 92 7.0 8— 7s4s ONE MORE TISHA dm (9). S Traecey 54 88 21.0 9— 7016 OUR CHARLOTTE m (1).Ms J Worley 54 87 34.0 10— 5s09 CINDA BLUE m (6) ........... R Agnew 54 77 51.0 n HEBRIDES MANEUVER, Dream Starlet, Just Imagine, Metazoa

2 PETER SCHUMACHER HCP (C1) 1.50

1006m (Colts, Geldings & Entires. Apprentices can claim).

Of $20,000; 1st $11,200; 2nd $3775; 3rd $1890; 4th $900; 5th $535.

1— s369 JAKUTA n (9) ....................R Plumb 59 87 31.0 2— 172 RIVA ENCORE dmh (3). Ms K Stanley 59 91 6.5 3— sD9s DANSU dm (2) ......... Ms C Schmidt 58.5 85 7.5 4— 5s12 I AM YOU ARE db (4) (a2) Ms C Graham 58.5 100 2.4 5— 327s SIROCCAN LAD m (1)..M Mc Guren 58.5 88 6.0 6— 9924 SUPER COOPER d (8) . Ms J Worley 57.5 95 10.0 7— 5921 PORN STAR PETE dh (7) ..B Looker 57 83 4.2 8— s30s MYAMBLA (5)..... (a3) Ms M Nakao 55 78 31.0 9— 2770 LAST DEAL dm (10).(a3) Ms C Dougherty 54 85 17.0 10— 0 SMOOTHIE TWO h (6) .......M Paget 54 72 51.0 n I AM YOU ARE, Super Cooper, Riva Encore, Siroccan Lad

3 DANIEL BAKER MAIDEN PLATE 2.25 1106m (Three-Year-Olds & Up. Set Weights. Apprentices can claim).

Of $20,000; 1st $11,200; 2nd $3775; 3rd $1890; 4th $900; 5th $535.

1— 2s2s CALL THE COPPERS b (11). M Mc Guren 59 100 2.0 2— 9s75 GREY PIRANHA h (15) ........A Allen 59 93 26.0 3— 70 HOGSTER (5) ..................... J Taylor 59 88 34.0 4— s064 MAGIC’S CHARM h (2) .. C Franklin 59 88 11.0 5— 570s MISTER MAKER (12) .Ms L G Cheshire 59 81 51.0 6— 69s3 SEBBAG (1).................. Scratched 59 ––– 7— 6s58 SINGLE IMAGE (3) ......K Matheson 59 96 13.0 8— 0s5 TAIKUN PRINCE h (17).. Scratched 59 ––– 9— JESS DA DASH (6) ........ Scratched 57 ––– 10— 2s6 MENA’S CHOICE (9). Ms T Harrison 57 91 9.0 11— s848 MISS SHANIEL h (7)....... S Thurlow 57 91 21.0 12— 3320 SOLAR STORM (14)........R Spokes 57 81 13.0 13— s333 WOODDITTON (18).(a2) Ms C Graham 57 100 5.0 14— 524s FIRST FAMILY (8).............B Looker 56.5 90 9.0 EMERGENCIES 15— 5959 DRAGONS ESPRIT (16) ............–— 59 86 34.0 16— s708 FAITH IN BEERS (13) (a1.5) J Murphy 59 88 34.0 17— 0 MISS VEGAS (4) ...............M Paget 57 87 26.0 18— 0 SECRET ASSIGNMENT (10)......–— 57 85 21.0 n CALL THE COPPERS, Woodditton, Single Image, Grey Piranha

4 NAT. JOCKEYS TRUST MDN HCP 3.05

1706m (Apprentices can claim).

Of $20,000; 1st $11,200; 2nd $3775; 3rd $1890; 4th $900; 5th $535.

1— 2230 I TOO CAN DANCE h (14) ....A Allen 59 96 7.0 2— 3072 YEPPOON (8)..............M Mc Guren 59 97 3.8 3— s234 MUSTAKNOWN h (3).........M Paget 58.5 99 6.0 4— 09 BOLD TEMPTATION h (6) .Ms T Harrison 57.5 90 21.0 5— 082 LATINO LOVER (10)........ C Franklin 57.5 91 26.0 6— 5966 FERRARA h (2) ......(a1.5) J Murphy 56.5 100 9.5 7— 757 BRAVO UNCLE BILLY (7) .Ms C Schmidt 56 91 13.0 8— 68 MR GRACEMERE (17) ....... J Taylor 56 91 34.0 9— 406s OPTION TRADER (9) ........B Looker 56 91 11.0

* Denotes Junior Driver FRONTLINE: Mobile (10) Stand (9)

10— 11— 12— 13— 14—

4532 SEBRING FLING (16).......S Traecey 56 3829 FAMED h (4) ...............K Matheson 55.5 0458 MIDDLEBROOK MISS h (15).Ms K Stanley 55.5 7s00 MY COUSIN SHIRLEY (18) ..L Rolls 55.5 4954 SERBIA (5) ........(a2) Ms C Graham 55.5 EMERGENCIES 15— 6368 LOTHBROK (11)............. S Thurlow 55.5 16— 9497 GLOWING FEELING (13) ...........–— 55.5 17— s674 HEART OF CORAL (12).............–— 55.5 18— 0s69 THE BROWN DUKE h (1) ..........–— 55.5 n FERRARA, Mustaknown, Famed, I Too Can Dance

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94 5.0 98 17.0 90 34.0 84 41.0 94 13.0 93 13.0 89 34.0 92 41.0 94 34.0

JACKSON MURPHY HCP (C3)

3.40

1706m (Apprentices can claim).

Of $20,000; 1st $11,200; 2nd $3775; 3rd $1890; 4th $900; 5th $535.

1— Ds75 NAPAYSHINI cm (4).....M Mc Guren 58.5 100 8.0 2— 0281 MORE THUNDER m (5)....R Spokes 57.5 95 4.4 3— 7034 BOLD LOOKER m (1)...K Matheson 56 91 10.0 4— 5644 CANTILLATE cb (12).(a1.5) J Murphy 54.5 97 5.5 5— 3907 MELTED MOMENTS m (11) ........... 54.5 91 17.0 ..................... (a3) Ms C Dougherty 6— 5850 DORLOTER m (7) ............... J Taylor 54 91 31.0 7— 0223 CENTRAL WITNESS tmbh (2). B Looker 54 100 2.5 8— s095 JOUEUR h (3)........... Ms T Harrison 54 90 13.0 9— s096 ONE MORE TWO MORE h (13). M Paget 54 88 15.0 10— 6L27 DESTINY’S GENERAL tcm (10) .L Rolls 54 94 13.0 11— 0006 MEXICAN MOUNTAIN tch (8) .S Traecey 54 90 34.0 12— 7002 CHATEAUROUX m (14) (a2) Ms C Graham 54 88 34.0 13— 0067 LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER t (9).......–— 54 88 31.0 14— 900s CALM UNDER FIRE m (6). R Agnew 54 78 51.0 n CENTRAL WITNESS, Napayshini, Cantillate, More Thunder

6 MATTHEW MCGUREN HCP (B65) 4.15

1406m (Apprentices can claim).

Of $20,000; 1st $11,200; 2nd $3775; 3rd $1890; 4th $900; 5th $535.

1— 3638 PRINCE MANITOU mh (13). M Mc Guren 62 95 15.0 2— 0302 BELFLYER mh (5).............B Looker 61.5 91 5.0 3— 9000 NOT WANTED tcdm (12)..R Spokes 61 89 17.0 4— 9987 SCENIC ROAD n (2) .(a2) Ms C Graham 60.5 98 13.0 5— 4615 PRINCE OF THE TURF mh (3)........ 60 100 3.8 ...................... (a1.5) J Woodhouse 6— s700 CARRY ME GEE GEE tcdm (8) .Ms J Worley 59.5 94 17.0 7— 07s3 CLUNES ROCKET dm (1). (a1.5) J Murphy 58.5 98 7.0 8— 5309 GRESELIN dm (9)........K Matheson 58.5 94 8.5 9— 0027 SCHOPENHAUER m (6).....M Paget 58.5 96 4.6 10— 1034 BOB’S WARRIOR m (4) .... R Agnew 55.5 91 17.0 11— 0s87 FIELD OF FIRE cn (11)........ J Taylor 54 95 13.0 12— 4706 BINGO BOBBY tm (10).(a3) Ms M Nakao 54 89 21.0 13— 6s77 HEROIC ROCK m (7) ...........L Rolls 54 91 34.0 n PRINCE OF THE TURF, Clunes Rocket, Scenic Road, Prince Manitou

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MATTHEW DUNN HCP (B56)

4.50

1206m (Apprentices can claim).

Of $20,000; 1st $11,200; 2nd $3775; 3rd $1890; 4th $900; 5th $535.

1— 5120 HARVARD GRADUATE tdm (11).L Rolls 61.5 94 13.0 2— s703 COL’S TIGER t (3)........ Ms J Worley 60 94 7.5 3— 4018 FLINDERS BEACH tdmh (6). M Paget 60 97 13.0 4— s946 PASSION TO WIN t (2).(a2) Ms C Graham 59.5 100 7.5 5— 9163 PAT KASH tcmh (4) ..........B Looker 59 97 4.0 6— 350s RUMERON dmn (8) .... (a2) J Hodge 59 93 11.0 7— 0923 ILIA tcmh (9)....(a3) Ms O Pickering 58.5 96 17.0 8— 13s9 SOLICITATION m (12)..... S Thurlow 57.5 93 26.0 9— 8178 NEWCASTLE DANCER dm (5)........ 57 97 26.0 ............................... Ms T Harrison 10— 1464 EDDY WOULD GO cmn (10) .J Taylor 56.5 94 4.8 11— 6241 SUPREME WILLY t (7).....S Traecey 56.5 93 5.5 12— 0413 TRACONI dm (1) ....(a1.5) J Murphy 56 94 11.0 13— 0596 NO QUALM m (13) ......K Matheson 54 91 21.0 n PASSION TO WIN, Flinders Beach, Pat Kash, Newcastle Dancer

TRACK DAY TAB CODE MONDAY MR Soft (7) DAILY DOUBLE: 8 & 10 FIRST 4: ALL EARLY QUADRELLA: 3, 4, 5, 6QUADRELLA: 7, 8, 9, 10

ECHUCA

RAIL: Out 1m from the 1600m to the 1400m, true for the remainder.

1-12.00 THREE-YEAR-OLD FILLIES MDN SW 1000m 1— ARCTIC CIRCLE (16) ........ 57 2— 335 AS IT LIES (9).................. 57 3— ASTROLOGICAL (3) .......... 57 4— BELLE XAAR (6)............... 57 5— BONNIEUX (17) .............. Scr 6— COSMIC MOON (2) .......... 57 7— 7S FABRICATION (5).............. 57 8— FIRST PRIDE (13)............. 57 9— MISS NORWAY (7) ........... 57 10— 2S OMOROSE (8) ................. 57 11— SECOND MARRIAGE (1)... Scr 12— SHELLEY BEACH (18) ...... 57 13— SPLASH AROUND (4) ....... 57 14— WRITTEN ON ROCK (11)... 57 EMERGENCIES 15— 30S MARGOT (15).................. 57 16— 48S CONCONI (10)................. 57 17— 67S PASEO DEL RIO (14) ........ 57 18— S05 JUST FOXING (12)............ 57 n OMOROSE, As It Lies, Cosmic Moon, Astrological

2-12.30 3YO+ MDN SW 1100m 1— 2— 3— 4— 5— 6— 7— 8— 9— 10— 11— 12— 13— 14—

500 BUD RICKS (2) ............. 58.5 46S FUTURIST (4) ............... 58.5 0 LORD WENTWORTH (10) 58.5 PERCIVAL (7)................ 58.5 63S SHOT AT THE REWARD (6) 58.5 255 STRUCK OUT (1)........... 58.5 S88 THUNDER GUN (14)...... 58.5 6 TOOLLEEN TOWN (13)... 58.5 77S WATCH MY SHADOW (15).. Scr 3S9 FLYING FRENCHY (11)... 56.5 47S RED PEARL (5) ............. 56.5 426 TILLY’S ALL CLASS (9) .. 56.5 48S BLACK SAIL (8)................ 56 HEAVENLY THOUGHT (3)... 56 EMERGENCY 15— 008 BEAU DAZZLE (12)........ 56.5 n BLACK SAIL, Heavenly Thought, Shot At The Reward, Futurist

3-1.00 3YO+ MDN SW 1100m 1— 2— 3— 4— 5— 6— 7— 8— 9— 10— 11— 12— 13— 14—

865 DECK OF CARDS (5) ..... 58.5 4S0 LANOMROH (6)............. 58.5 MASTER CONTROL (12) 58.5 552 MY BOY GREG (9)........... Scr 50S NEW KINTARO h (3) ...... 58.5 6S0 SUPANEMO (2)............. 58.5 5S3 TOFFIATO (7) ................ 58.5 TRIATHLON (14) ........... 58.5 5 DIAMONDSINTHESUN (8) 56.5 557 FULL REWARD (10)....... 56.5 4S RETURN FLIGHT (15) .... 56.5 S9S VUITTON (13) ............... 56.5 EQUESTRIA (4) ................ 56 MA CHAO (1)................... 56 EMERGENCY 15— 2 EXPERIMENTATION (11) ... 56 n MA CHAO, Toffiato, Triathlon, Equestria

4-1.30 3YO+ MDN SW 1400m 1— 2— 3— 4— 5—

229 87S 8S9 777 S50

HEZA JOLLY SWAGMAN (7) 58.5 LORD RESET (5) ........... 58.5 MR BOOMBASTIC b (8) ... Scr SON OF SUNNY (13)....... Scr CHATTERING (14) ......... 56.5

6— 7— 8— 9— 10— 11— 12— 13— 14—

S37 660 523 986 68S 245

LEGAL MISTRESS (3) .... 56.5 ROWDY ROUSEY (9)...... 56.5 SENSE OF DENIAL (10) . 56.5 SHE’S MOXIE (15) ........ 56.5 SNOWBOARDER (4) ...... 56.5 UP AND ABOVE b (11)... 56.5 ROAR (1) ........................ 56 74 CORAL COAST (2)............ 54 7 WATCHMESPIN (6).......... Scr EMERGENCY 15— 500 AMAZING MISS RUBY (12) 56.5 n LEGAL MISTRESS, Up And Above, Roar, Sense Of Denial

5-2.00 3YO+ MDN SW 1400m 1— 2— 3— 4— 5— 6— 7— 8— 9— 10— 11— 12— 13— 14—

7S5 2 S68 23 34 6S0 032 5S0 066 89 745

AMENDMENT (5) .......... 58.5 LAWLESS REIGN (15).... 58.5 LORD ZIDANE (11)........ 58.5 OUR BLACKJACK b (12) 58.5 ZELENUS (16) .............. 58.5 DEREGOLD (14) ........... 56.5 EXCEDER (9)................ 56.5 GREAT ALPINE ROAD (7) 56.5 HER TURN (4) .............. 56.5 JUST LIKE SERENA (3) .. 56.5 MISS VIGILANTE (13).... 56.5 ALKASHAAF (2)................ 56 SCHAPPOSE (1)............... 56 88S PAMANDO (10)............... Scr EMERGENCIES 15— 500 BELLWHIST (8) ............. 58.5 16— 7S5 CROOKED GENT (6) ........ Scr n ALKASHAAF, Schappose, Exceder, Our Blackjack

6-2.30 FILLIES & MARES 3YO+ BENCHMARK 58 1600m 1— 2— 3— 4— 5— 6— 7— 8— 9— 10—

169 807 4S8 918 034 612 451 462 696 859

ELLE EXCITE twh (9) ........ 63 SHEWEARSTHEPANTS dwbn (3) 61 THE DONCHESS (5) ......... 61 BELLE SARZY dw (6)..... 60.5 BELEURA BELLE (12) ....... 60 ENNIS (7) ....................... 60 HURRY HARRIET (10)....... 60 TRY PINK d (2) ................ 60 INTERCHANGE EMILY (8) 59.5 KIRBAZ h (11) .............. 58.5 EMERGENCIES 11— 5S0 HALCYON dw (1)........... 58.5 12— 269 JOE’S PRIDE (4) ........... 57.5 13— 002 HEART OF CLASS (13) ..... 59 14— S99 QUEEN ELSA (14)............ 54 n SHEWEARSTHEPANTS, Interchange Emily, Ennis, Elle Excite

7-3.00 BENCHMARK 58 2100m 1— 2— 3— 4— 5— 6— 7— 8— 9— 10— 11— 12—

941 464 304 S51 242 146 563 678 S50 400 080 907

UNDERCOVER POET wh (5) 62 OUR BOY CHARLIE wb (11) 61.5 CISCO DELAGO tcdwh (3) . 61 LUCIFER’S BOY w (12) .... Scr SOLAS tw (14).............. 58.5 DECISIVE DIAMOND (10).. 58 MARGOT’S BOY (8) ....... 57.5 DEEMICO dw (9).............. 57 ALSA DOLL dwn (2).......... 56 VENTURA HIGHWAY tw (6) 54.5 WILSTON (13) ................ Scr KNUCKLEMANNA w (4)..... 54

DAY TAB CODE MONDAY SH DAILY DOUBLE: 6 & 8 FIRST 4: ALL EARLY QUADRELLA: 1, 2, 3, 4 QUADRELLA: 5, 6, 7, 8

NEWCASTLE

13— S00 CHARLES FILOU d (1)....... 54 14— P08 ACCESS ALL AREAS (7).... 54 n OUR BOY CHARLIE, Decisive Diamond, Undercover Poet, Solas

8-3.30 BENCHMARK 78 1170m 1— 2— 3— 4— 5— 6— 7— 8— 9— 10— 11— 12— 13— 14—

208 213 173 375 313 L66 11S 363 166 889 6S9 411 256 S77

GOT THE GOSS dw (15) 60.5 HAY BALE wb (6).............. 59 CAPRESE dwn (4) ............ 58 SQUEAKY SQUIRREL dw (11) 57.5 AS BAD AS TYSON tdw (9) 56 VALLIANO d (16).............. 56 LIGHT ‘N’ FIRE dw (13).. 55.5 FOREIGN AFFAIR d (7) ...... 55 ARTIE FRED dw (5)........ 54.5 LIKA SHADOW tdwh (1) . 54.5 WORLD OF HOPE dwn (12) 54 DESTINY’S REWARD (8) 55.5 STORM APPROACH cdwh (14) 54 VILLAINOUS VIXEN twh (10) 54 EMERGENCIES 15— 472 CANELO dwb (2) .............. 54 16— 59S SASSOON (3) .................. 54 n HAY BALE, Valliano, Foreign Affair, Got The Goss

9-4.00 BENCHMARK 58 1170m 1— 2— 3— 4— 5— 6— 7— 8— 9— 10— 11— 12— 13— 14—

002 490 221 060 S84 S04 098 523 155 S21 240 404 S37 88S

HONOURABLE TYCOON w (10) 62 LOTS OF SMACKS dw (1).. 61 MAKE MINE BRANDY cdwhn (5) 61 NOT A BLEMISH dw (12) .. 61 PANTHERESS dw (15) ...... 61 UNDER GOD’S SKY dw (2) 61 ANY GIVEN BENDER dw (7) 60.5 ANSINNA b (16)............... 60 ATUNNAH COURAGE dw (3) 60 SCRUTINEER dwn (8) ....... 60 MR COOLEY tw (9)........ 59.5 DAVALURI wn (4).............. 59 DURO CANYON w (18)... 58.5 SUREFIRE LASS t (17) .... Scr EMERGENCIES 15— S86 YARRAYNE LASS w (6)... 56.5 16— 298 CAPTAIN MAGIC c (13) .. 58.5 17— 560 MISS RITZIANO w (11) .. 55.5 18— 660 CRAFTY EVA dw (14) ..... 54.5 n HONOURABLE TYCOON, Pantheress, Make Mine Brandy, Ansinna

10-4.30 BENCHMARK 58 1400m 1— 2— 3— 4— 5— 6— 7— 8— 9— 10— 11— 12— 13— 14—

226 472 972 1S7 8S0 160 226 879 200 283 499 070 900 797

TURFONIC d (15) .......... 61.5 AWAKE IN GRINZING w (10) 61 SIR NEMO dw (5).......... 60.5 MATIANO dw (1)............... 60 EXILIA MISS (7) ............ 59.5 KATY KAT w (13)........... 59.5 RUARY MAC w (6)........... Scr TO INFINITY dwn (12).... 59.5 FIRST WATCH (11) ........ 58.5 HARD SPARK t (16) ...... 58.5 JUST STELLAR w (9) ........ 58 SOLAR BRAVO tw (3)..... 57.5 SHARK MAGIC w (2)......... 57 STELLAR PRINCESS twn (14) 56 EMERGENCIES 15— 0S0 JOLIET JAKE w (8)............ 54 16— 990 HUNTED (4) .................... 54 n AWAKE IN GRINZING, Turfonic, Matiano, To Infinity

1 1.07

2030m

C0 Only PBD/TSW Mobile 1— 3662 ROLLING ALONG.................... B L Pringle fr 6.5 2— 7232 MONEYINTINTIN.......................D J Elder fr 13.0 3— 8087 PENTAL SURVIVOR ...................D J Elder fr 51.0 4— 75S6 TOTAL DELIRIUM................... M J Reese fr 51.0 5— 0998 HEAR THE THUNDER ..............R A Atkins fr 101.0 6— 9350 PACIFIC ROCKSTAR........... * N S Xuereb fr 34.0 7— 5744 CHANEL BID........................ D J Spencer fr 101.0 8— S9S SPOTS PRINCESS...............B J Lonsdale fr 101.0 9— 6333 NEVER KNOW SCOTTY ...... * D J Morgan fr 15.0 10— 5S21 STRAWBERRY STRIDE....... L A McCarthy fr 1.2 n STRAWBERRY STRIDE, Moneyintintin, Rolling Along, Never Know Scotty

2

TREASURY WINES PACE

1.42

1609m 2yo 2C0 To 2C1 PBD Mobile 1— 842 ARTISTIC BABE..................... L R Sutton fr 13.0 2— SEVENS DOLLAR ......................D J Elder fr 15.0 3— 3 ICHIBA NEWY..................... * C M Geary fr 3.5 4— TO BE FEARED .................. M A Formosa fr 21.0 5— KING HURRA .........................* B J Elder fr 34.0 6— MAJOR PETRO....................................... fr 11.0 7— 80S SUMMIT SPECIAL.............. L A McCarthy fr 5.5 8— 57S1 BESOCIAL ........................M A Callaghan fr 9.0 9— 8513 HAYAKU HARRY ............ G W McElhinney fr 11.0 10— 2122 ROCKNLACHLAN .................M G Harding fr 3.7 11— 8875 MARIO DADA (EM).................B P Portelli fr 101.0 n ROCKNLACHLAN, Ichiba Newy, Besocial, Hayaku Harry

3

NBN TELEVISION PACE

2.17

2030m

3yo 3C0 To 3C1 PBD/$L4 Mobile 1— 657S A ROCKNROLL LEGACY . G W McElhinney fr 51.0 2— 6735 LIKAVEEEIGHT....................... B R Abbott fr 51.0 3— 6827 VIENNA GIRL ............................D J Elder fr 17.0 4— 5686 HEY SUZIE ............................B P Portelli fr 21.0 5— 4548 DANCE FOR GLORY ............... R P Morris fr 4.5 6— 41 BLOWUP ...........................G C Campbell fr 11.0 7— 1244 CAUSE FOR APPLAUSE ......... L R Sutton fr 6.0 8— S123 PAY ME SAM.................... G J Fitzpatrick fr 4.0 9— 3756 ROCKNROLL DOUG............ L A McCarthy fr 3.0 10— 176S RYABBY ............................ M A Formosa fr 26.0 n PAY ME SAM, Rocknroll Doug, Dance For Glory, Cause For Applause

4 FAREWELL TESS WILKES PACE 2.54

2030m

Pacers PBD Mobile 1— 0806 CHRISTIAN BROTHER............ M J Reese fr 17.0 2— 9844 THESONOFGEORGIA .............K A Mordue fr 26.0 3— 9968 JET TO PARIS .........................R A Atkins fr 51.0 4— 8863 SUPERSTAR GLOWIE........... D J Spencer fr 4.0 5— 0040 ROYAL LEFTY.........................T M Wilkes fr 26.0 6— 2247 DARK FALCON................... * N S Xuereb fr 3.5 7— 6945 SON OF A STAR ...................* J E Trainor fr 4.5 8— 80S0 SIOUX WEST .........................D J Gibson fr 6.0 9— 3301 WHO KILLED KENNY...........D P Mackney fr 5.5 n DARK FALCON, Superstar Glowie, Son Of A Star, Sioux West

5

3.33 2030m

ASHKII (M J Elder). 5 Gelding 63; 10-10-8: Not well graded here and looks to be facing a hard task.

OUR MIDNIGHT MAYHEM (S A E Elliott). 7 Gelding 135; 12-14-17: Has poor winning record and does look out of depth against these.

SENOR MACRAY (P R J Fitzpatrick). 4 Gelding 29; 4-7-3: Sydney visitor who will appreciate the drop in grade from Menangle outings. Versatile and should go close.

SWEET AVA (P A Morgan). 6 Mare 94; 1012-13: Narrowly beaten by Always Amy here 2 runs back this trip. Solid mare who rarely runs a bad race.

IWILLDEFY (D J Elder). 7 Gelding 57; 7-67: Not won here in 14 starts and not likely to break through here. May sneak a place with right run.

NOWRA DAY: MONDAY DLY DBL: 6 & 8 QUAD: 5, 6, 7, 8

TAB code: LG FIRST 4: ALL

1-6.01 A1 K9 BOARDING KENNELS MAIDEN HEAT 365M 1— 2— 3— 4— 5— 6— 7— 8—

878 274 477 552

CALIHERO GIRL........ NBT 17.0 STILTON JADE.....21.15Q 2.2 GARNET .................. NBT 8.0 JAYLOCH JENSON .... NBT 2.4 VACANT BOX..................

F88 GET OUT CLAWS ...... NBT 17.0 273 DUCK FEET.............. FSH 8.0 567 YOUR MOVE............. NBT 17.0

n TIPS: 4-2-7-3

2-6.17 A1 K9 BOARDING KENNELS MAIDEN HEAT 365M 1— 2— 3— 4— 5— 6— 7— 8—

758 283 2 564

MANILA FAWN.......... FSH 8.0 MIA’S FANCY ........... FSH 2.4 SHIREEN ................. NBT 2.2 AMARINA NITRO....... NBT 34.0 VACANT BOX..................

177 ZULU FORCE............ FSH 17.0 575 MYSTIC MADUSA ..... NBT 21.0 446 TYPHOON WAL......... NBT 17.0

n TIPS: 2-3-6-1

3-6.37 A1 K9 BOARDING KENNELS MAIDEN HT 365M 1— 2— 3— 4— 5— 6— 7— 8—

553 832 15 642 325 887 2 226

ROCKIN’ ROBBY ...... NBT 8.0 SAY SURRENDER ..... NBT 3.8 COVFEFE ................. FSH 4.2 MYSTIC CRAFT......... NBT 21.0 MOUNT ROYAL ......... NBT 8.0 ALCOPAOLO............. NBT 34.0 SIR JORAH .............. NBT 3.8 AUTOMAGICALLY...... NBT 4.8

n TIPS: 2-7-3-1

4-6.59 PREMIUM TYRE SERVICE NOWRA GRADE 5 520M 1— 127 INDY RUFUS ............ NBT 17.0 2— 673 HICKORY WIND........ NBT 34.0 3— 343 NOVA FLASH............ NBT 3.6 4— 661 TUIAKI RADAR.......... NBT 3.2 5— 313 RITZA FLING .......... FSTD 21.0 6— 134 BOGAN DOONIE ....... NBT 8.0 7— 616 HUSKY LADY ........ 30.68 21.0 8— 262 ASTRO’S ETHICS ..... FSH 2.5 9— 146 CRYING ANGLE (1R).. NBT 34.0 10—765 ZIPPING CHOPPA (2R) . NBT 41.0

n TIPS: 8-6-4-3

5

DFK CROSBIE PACE

3.33

PFD FOODS PACE

2030m C2 To C3 PBD/$L4 Mobile 1— 6537 ASHKII ..................................* B J Elder fr 26.0 2— 3768 OUR MIDNIGHT MAYHEM.. * N S Xuereb fr 34.0 3— 0375 SENOR MACRAY .............. G J Fitzpatrick fr 2.1 4— 6S27 SWEET AVA....................... * D J Morgan fr 9.0 5— 0269 IWILLDEFY ............................* B J Elder fr 21.0 6— 2590 NO FIXED ADDRESS ..........* J G Hughes fr 51.0 7— 4417 KENANDI ILLUSION................* B J Elder fr 11.0 8— 811S GLENFERRIE BUNTER..........* J E Trainor fr 2.4 n GLENFERRIE BUNTER, Senor Macray, Sweet Ava, Kenandi Illusion

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TAB LADYSHIP PACE

4.10

1609m 3yo & up F&M C0 To C1 PBD/$TS Mobile 1— 85S SINGLE DAYS........................K A Mordue fr 51.0 2— 3350 ULTIMATE ILLUSION .......... M A Formosa fr 34.0 3— 0927 BARBIETHEBEACHGIRL......... L R Sutton fr 6.5 4— 2698 SPARKLING TACHYON........ L A McCarthy fr 1.4 5— 768S SPOTS ATTITUDE................B J Lonsdale fr 34.0 6— 4462 CATCH A RUBY ..................... B L Pringle fr 34.0 7— 6185 JETAWAYJO ........................ * M R Young fr 13.0 8— 6218 MISS ROSIE AQUA................. M J Reese fr 21.0 9— S943 ARTSNCRAFT...................... W J Buckley fr 26.0 10— 6556 THE LAST CULLECT ........... * N S Xuereb fr 101.0 11— 0032 TWO TATZ PATZ ...............M A Callaghan fr 17.0 12— 0S82 STAR MARA ......................... P J Hedges fr 21.0 n SPARKLING TACHYON, Miss Rosie Aqua, Barbiethebeachgirl, Artsncraft

7 NEWC. TRANSPORT SPEC. PACE 4.45

1609m C1 Only PBD/$TS Mobile 1— 8127 THREEPENNYOPERA .............* B J Elder fr 15.0 2— 2984 GRINNING TIGER ...................P A Bourke fr 67.0 3— 69S1 NORMS DESIRE..................... M J Reese fr 7.0 4— 0S07 THE STORK ........................... G S Brown fr 101.0 5— 5645 LIVELY LILY....................... * L A Hosking fr 101.0 6— 0272 KARMIC FIRE........................ L R Sutton fr 3.2 7— 3753 CARL SLIM DADA .................. Scratched fr ––– 8— 0279 TERRY BARRY....................... B L Pringle fr 34.0 9— 0060 ABLISSFULLGIFT .................* J E Trainor fr 51.0 10— 2S22 HIGHVIEW FREDDY...........M A Callaghan fr 4.5 11— 7687 SETTLEDIN .............................K A Turner fr 13.0 12— S153 EXPRESS PASS ................. L A McCarthy fr 3.5 n EXPRESS PASS, Norms Desire, Karmic Fire, Highview Freddy

8

SHARP ELECTRONICS GROUP

5.22

2030m C2 To C3 PBD/$L4 Mobile 1— S598 BRIGHT AND SONNY..............* B J Elder fr 13.0 2— 0088 DEAN ACES............................R A Atkins fr 21.0 3— 9074 JUSTAGLAMOUR................ * D J Morgan fr 26.0 4— 6S04 KINSELLA............................ W J Buckley fr 17.0 5— 3449 ALWAYS BAD ........................ B R Abbott fr 13.0 6— 2630 SAINT STORMY .....................* B J Elder fr 15.0 7— 2323 BALLYMORE BOY................... R P Morris fr 1.3 8— 37S9 PRIORITY PASS..................... B L Pringle fr 17.0 9— 5140 CANT EXPLAIN IT ...................... P G Bull fr 21.0 n BALLYMORE BOY, Priority Pass, Always Bad, Cant Explain It

NO FIXED ADDRESS (S J Coleman). 8 Gelding 100; 15-15-4: This 8yo has not won a race in 17 starts here with only 3 placings. Fast but hard to fancy.

KENANDI ILLUSION (D J Elder). 6 Gelding 108; 10-8-14: In and out performer usually driven for luck. Can finish strongly with right run. Place show.

GLENFERRIE BUNTER (K A Turner). 5 Gelding 33; 18-4-4: Former smart SA pacer with 18 wins from 33 starts. Caught the eye in Menangle trial and this suits. Top show.

6

4.10 1609m

SINGLE DAYS (K A Mordue). 7 Mare 2; 0-0-0: Not raced since Feb when well beaten both starts. Looking elsewhere.

ULTIMATE ILLUSION (M A Formosa). 3 Filly 10; 0-0-3: 10 start maiden which hasn’t done enough to warrant serious consideration here.

5-7.24 BECHINI & ASSOCIATES STAKES GRADE 5 630M 1— 233 BALI BLEE ............... NBT 3.2 2— 544 JIMARY GIZMO......... FSH 13.0 3— 355 HUBBITY BUBBITY.... NBT 6.0 4— 836 STRAUSS .............. FSTD 3.5 5— 168 SENSATIONAL LOOK . FSTD 34.0 6— 754 SWEET LOLLY .......... NBT 17.0 7— 472 TRENDING............... NBT 3.5 8— 265 ZIPPING LOLA ........ FSTD Scr 9— 544 MINORU MISS (1R) . FSTD 34.0 10—558 BLACK PARIDISE (2R) FSTD 34.0

n TIPS: 7-4-1-2

6-7.46 BLACK BEAR LEE @ STUD STAKES MIXED 4/5 520M 1— 665 INFRARED ETHICS.... FSH 2.0 2— 868 ASHBY STORM ........ NBT 34.0 3— 315 AGENT KADE ........... NBT 3.0 4— 252 SOUND OF BELLES 30.73Q 8.0 5— 153 RODEO SWEETHEART . NBT 13.0 6— 441 SURFER BLUE....... 30.40 13.0 7— 863 LITTLE SHOWGUN .... FSH 13.0 8— 476 ARMOURLITE ........ 30.63 34.0 9— 586 BLANCO CANYON (1R). FSH 13.0 10—573 SWINGFIRE (2R)....... NBT 34.0

n TIPS: 1-3-4-5

INFRARED ETHICS (David Smith): Faced tougher opposition at WP and Maitland in recent weeks. Drawn to suit and can show speed. This looks an ideal target.

ASHBY STORM (Peter Massa): Struggled locally and at Dapto in recent weeks. Cannot recommend.

AGENT KADE (Robert Blakely): Posted 31.02 win from box 2 at Richmond Aug 11 before 7 ¾ lens 5th in 30.27 at WP Aug 16. Back in class and stays under notice.

SOUND OF BELLES (Barry Campbell): Suited by the 8 alley but no threat when 8 ¾ lens 5th in 29.92 at Dapto Aug 10. Followed with 6 lens 2nd in 30.09 here Aug 14. Place claims best again.

RODEO SWEETHEART (Ben McCauley): First win this year at Dapto Aug 3 in 30.45.

Rarely begins on terms closest at the finish when 9 lens 3rd in 29.91 here Aug 14.

Take on trust.

SURFER BLUE (Jimmy White): Struggled at Goulburn and Richmond before landing 25.52 Goulburn win Aug 16. Risky beginner and much tougher this time.

TAB investors are reminded that lists published in newspapers are not official. To avoid error punters should check race numbers with the official lists of fields at TAB agencies.

BARBIETHEBEACHGIRL (C J Harmey). 3 Filly 13; 1-3-1: Speedy 3yo filly. Led when 2nd to Misterfire 2030m here 2 runs back.

Must include in multiples.

SPARKLING TACHYON (C A Cross). 3 Filly 18; 2-2-0: Not raced since failing in G2 Qld Oaks at AP. Led easy win Menangle trial on Tuesday. Should be too classy for this lot.

SPOTS ATTITUDE (B J Lonsdale). 5 Mare 8; 1-0-1: Not raced for a year. Did win here 5 starts back at 4th starts. May need the run.

CATCH A RUBY (B L Pringle). 6 Mare 76; 4-10-9: Has had 16 starts here for 2 placings. Well beaten 2nd here last time after leading. Prefer others.

JETAWAYJO (G R Coney). 4 Mare 14; 2-12: Led and won Canberra and Tamworth from past 5 starts. Useful 4yo mare with speed and should go well.

MISS ROSIE AQUA (D T Reay). 5 Mare 16; 2-3-2: Much-improved winning two here from past 5 starts. Can fill a minor hole again.

LITTLE SHOWGUN (Lewis Galea): Made ground late when 5 lens 3rd in 26.65 at Bulli Aug 12. Latest box manners have not been flash. Will need luck to feature.

ARMOURLITE (Marie Burton): Well held in three outings since slow 21.41 win from box 3 here Jul 24. Happy to risk at this stage.

BLANCO CANYON (Joe Scerri): Not raced since finishing 15 ¾ lens 6th in 34.88 at Cannington May 13. Prefer to see here.

SWINGFIRE (Ray Plimmer): Lacks early speed and wins have been spaced (3 from 61). Cannot recommend.

7-8.05 LADBROKES BLITZ NON-GRADED HEAT 365M 1— 242 SPIDERS BROTHER.. 20.47 3.2 2— 422 SQUIRES LOFT...... 20.87 8.0 3— 235 IN LIKE FLINT........... FSH 21.0 4— 332 WALLY WANDERER.. 20.84 8.0 5— 363 JAYLOCH DONNY... 20.72 17.0 6— 181 SOOTY OAK ............. NBT 13.0 7— 243 FULLSTOP PERIOD.. 20.65 2.4 8— 581 AWESOME DANNY.... NBT 8.0 9— 323 BARK VADER (1R).. 20.92 8.0 10—157 SCOTTIE’S HOTTIE (2R) 21.09 13.0

n TIPS: 1-7-6-4

8-8.28 LADBROKES BLITZ NON-GRADED HEAT 365M 1— 781 SAY SAYANG ......... 21.00 5.0 2— 775 ALLEN VARMINT....... FSH 17.0 3— 732 BLACK JECEE ....... 20.78 4.2 4— 758 KHUMBA ................. NBT 21.0 5— 134 LIKA GUNSHOT ........ NBT 16.0 6— 3F4 LYANNA ................ 20.79 5.0 7— 782 ROAD ANGEL ........ 20.78 3.8 8— 661 WOODBURN WARRIOR 20.74 6.0 9— 426 REAL SIMPLE (1R).... NBT 6.0 10—614 BACKFLIP PETA (2R). 20.90 8.0

n TIPS: 9-3-1-6

SAY SAYANG (Subawa Ngurah): Improved box manners to quickly lead from box 3 and land 20.15 win at Goulburn Aug 15 at first start from a short break. Live chance again.

ALLEN VARMINT (Simon Rhodes): Former Victorian which is new here. Not raced for a month and rarely begins cleanly. Take on trust.

BLACK JECEE (Robert Arnold): Led from box 2 and only collared late when ½ len 2nd in 25.80 at Canberra Aug 13. Stays under notice.

KHUMBA (Ron Alcock): Not featured in four starts since 23.01 win at Richmond Jun 16. Latest box manners have not been good. Looking to others.

LIKA GUNSHOT (Jacob White): Showed speed from box 8 but could only manage 6 ½ lens 4th in 20.15 at Goulburn Aug 15. Place best.

ARTSNCRAFT (W J Buckley). 4 Mare 11; 1-1-4: Made ground from 5 pegs for 7m 3rd Blackmagic Shannon in 1:57.1 here Aug 12. Needs luck.

THE LAST CULLECT (S A E Elliott). 5 Mare 57; 2-7-6: Has poor form here and last start beaten more than 40m. Tested.

TWO TATZ PATZ (C J Sikyr). 4 Mare 40; 3-5-13: Has been a consistent mare here since coming from Adelaide. Will be running on. Place show.

STAR MARA (P J Collins). 5 Mare 4; 1-10: Debut winner Tamworth then unplaced twice since resuming before 4m 2nd Merry Jasper at Tamworth. Don’t discard for multies.

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4.45 1609m

8

5.22 2030m

THREEPENNYOPERA (S A E Elliott). 5 Gelding 16; 3-2-0: Much travelled 5yo winner in Vic, Tas, and SA. Has ability but wait for something a little easier.

GRINNING TIGER (G E Markey). 5 Gelding 46; 3-14-6: Hasn’t recaptured best form since resuming from long lay-off. Hard to fancy.

NORMS DESIRE (K J Hayes). 5 Gelding 6; 2-0-0: Resumed from 2 year break for all-the-way 24m win 1:56.4 mile here Aug 5. This is harder but sure to be improved.

THE STORK (G S Brown). 5 Mare 60; 9-46: Has yet to win here in 15 starts for 4 placings and looks safely held.

LIVELY LILY (R J Hosking). 7 Mare 184; 10-11-16: Hasn’t won a race in 34 starts this season with 2 placings. Looking elsewhere.

KARMIC FIRE (C J Harmey). 4 Horse 21; 4-2-3: Led for a long way 2nd to Livin It Lovin It in 1:57.6 mile here Aug 12. Former Sydneysider suited this region. Follow.

CARL SLIM DADA (N A Turnbull). 6 Gelding 97; 4-8-13: Has recent placings at Dubbo, Parkes and Penrith but hard to see him troubling these.

TERRY BARRY (S A E Elliott). 5 Gelding 57; 3-7-3: Speedy type who races best in front but looks out of his depth here.

ABLISSFULLGIFT (L G McDonald). 7 Mare 125; 7-15-10: Another who does best in front but looks to be safely held against a few smart ones here.

HIGHVIEW FREDDY (M A Callaghan). 5 Gelding 44; 6-16-2: Led 2nd Fire And Ice in 1:57.5 here before chasing winner Fortyeighthenson at Bankstown. Rates highly.

SETTLEDIN (K A Turner). 4 Mare 39; 5-6-4: Has been failing at Menangle of late. Will find this grade a little easier but still faces some stiff opposition from awkward draw.

EXPRESS PASS (C A Cross). 4 Horse 45; 8-7-7: Led for 1:57.1 mile win here then not disgraced twice in good company. Expect him to go forward and test this field.

BRIGHT AND SONNY (D J Elder). 5 Gelding 63; 11-11-9: Is better than form suggests and stable can turn them around. Look for a bold showing from the pole.

DEAN ACES (R A Atkins). 4 Horse 67; 4-310: Tough little 4yo. Well beaten 4 times since winning this course and distance.

Don’t take lightly.

JUSTAGLAMOUR (M L Osborn). 7 Mare 100; 14-15-13: Former smart mare with 11 wins and 22 places here. Well graded but struggling to find her best.

KINSELLA (W J Buckley). 9 Gelding 70; 7-3-6: Unplaced twice since resuming.

Handy on his day but is very hard to catch.

Not here.

ALWAYS BAD (B R Abbott). 10 Gelding 198; 20-18-28: Another in and out performer who does like this track. Can measure up here at his best.

SAINT STORMY (D J Elder). 7 Gelding 133; 8-15-24: Prolific placegetter when given a soft run. Will look for the short cuts here.

BALLYMORE BOY (K A Turner). 5 Gelding 42; 4-8-7: Beaten in a photo here by Strike Lightfire and his other Menangle form strong. The one to beat.

PRIORITY PASS (S A E Elliott). 5 Mare 30; 5-6-4: Resumed from year spell and never likely to Jumbo Asakei here Aug 7. Prefer others.

CANT EXPLAIN IT (P G Bull). 6 Gelding 65; 8-9-11: Worked to lead for solid 2030m win here. Unplaced twice since. Facing a hard task from wide alley.

LYANNA (Amanda Brunton): Given a break after falling here Feb 20. Resumed with 7 lens 4th in 21.14 here Aug 14. Can show good speed and stays under notice.

ROAD ANGEL (Mick Player): Solid effort from box 5 when 1 len 2nd in 20.87 here Aug 7. Mixes box manners yet can measure up should she begin cleanly.

WOODBURN WARRIOR (Marie Burton): Got the breaks to land 21.13 win from box 3 here Jul 24. Rarely begins on terms.

Take on trust.

REAL SIMPLE (Neil Staines): Battled on without threatening 5 ¼ lens 2nd in 22.79 at Richmond Aug 18. Suited in this class.

Offers value for multiples.

BACKFLIP PETA (Bruno Sita): Speedy customer which had box 8 when 20.90 winner here Jul 17. Resumed here Aug 14 with 3 lens 4th in 21.14. Don’t dismiss.

9-8.51 LADBROKES BLITZ NON-GRADED HEAT 365M 1— 513 BLUECHIP ............... FSH 6.0 2— 175 MAINLINE OSTI ........ NBT 4.0 3— 587 SKYLAH JEWEL..... 20.92 26.0 4— 475 MOUNT WARRIGAL.. 21.05 51.0 5— 681 CANYA BOUNCE .... 20.60 14.0 6— 464 HUGO BOSS ............ NBT 5.5 7— 622 HOLME’S ............. 20.63 11.0 8— 215 TIJUANA ICON....... 20.59 2.5 9— 264 COUNTRY COMMET (1R). FSH 26.0 10—237 SECRET SOLDIER (2R). NBT 51.0

n TIPS: 8-2-6-7

10-9.16 LADBROKES BLITZ NON-GRADED HEAT 365M 1— 214 SMASHING SARAH.. 20.88 4.2 2— 161 VARUNA ............... 21.24 4.8 3— 116 COREY’S MAGIC ... 20.78 3.6 4— 656 SILENT WITNESS .. 20.82 21.0 5— 654 NANA ROAD............. NBT 6.0 6— 3F6 ASA MAR BAKER... 20.95 21.0 7— 311 SIR DUGGIE.......... 20.91 3.8 8— 533 HEDGEHOG RON... 20.84 34.0 9— 622 MALO (1R)............ 20.69 17.0 10—224 GAVIN STREET (2R).. 20.84 8.0

n TIPS: 2-9-7-3

11-9.34 GRNSW PATHWAYS STAKES GRADE 5 520M 1— 878 CANYA CRAZY....... 30.27 4.8 2— 457 SHAKE A MOMENT... NBT 5.5 3— 787 TEESHA SUNRISE .... NBT 8.0 4— 788 SPRING ARIEK ...... 30.17 4.8 5— 755 AIN’T NO LADY......... FSH 6.0 6— 436 LOOK OF SABRINA ... NBT 5.5 7— 447 OUR ONE ................ FSH 13.0 8— 788 ELUSIVE AVA............ NBT 8.0 9— 166 MOUNT OXLEY (1R).. NBT 6.0 10—487 FRANKIESTEIN (2R) . 30.58 13.0

n TIPS: 1-9-3-2

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MIXED PAIRS CHAMPS 20/08/2017

BILLIARDS NEWCASTLE DISTRICT BILLIARDS & SNOOKER ASSOCIATION ELWYN JONES SHIELD 14/08/2017 High Breaks: Warren Johnson 41, Brian Bourke 35, Richard Evans 32.

Belmont 16’ Sailing Club No. 2 39, Kahibah Cobras 32, Wangi Workers Club 30, Kahibah Kingpins 28, Belmont 16’ Sailing Club No. 1 28, Toronto Workers Club 23.

TONY TAMPLIN SHIELD 16/08/2017 High Breaks: Gary Roberts 31, Andrew Clarke 31.

Belmont 16’ Sailing Club No. 2 69, Mayfield Bowling Club No. 2 68, Kahibah Sports Cannons 64, Wangi Workers Club 61, Kahibah Sports Kings 60, Tennis Club Titans 59, Cessnock Ex Services No. 1 58, Toronto Workers Club No. 2 55, Toronto Workers Club No. 1 53, Belmont 16’ Sailing Club No. 1 53, Cessnock Ex Services No. 2 52, Tennis Club Aces 49, Nelson Bay Community Club 49, Mayfield Bowling Club No. 1 48.

REX SMITH SHIELD 17/08/2017 High Breaks: Gordon Wilson 59.

Nelson Bay Community Club 19, Toronto Workers Club No. 1 19, Belmont 16’Sailing Club No. 2 18, Cessnock Ex Services Club 17, Wangi Workers Club 17, Kahibah Panthers 17, Belmont 16’Sailing Club No. 1 16, District Park Tennis Club 14, Mayfield Bowling Club 13, Toronto Workers Club No. 2 10.

PREMIER SNOOKER 17/08/2017 High Breaks: Rob Elsley 50, Chris Mungoven 43, 32.

Wangi Workers Club 17, Cessnock Ex Services Club 16, Kahibah Demons 15, Mayfield Bowling Club 11, Toronto Workers Club 5.

BOWLS ADAMSTOWN MENS 20/08/2017 Handicap Pairs: P Levey/G Coote 27 d. L Ingham/S Ingham 10 Consistency Singles Semi-Final: K Ryan 150 d. A James 147 Mixed Pairs: E Bulgin/S Ingham 18 d. M Baldwin/C Mellors 17

BAR BEACH BOWLING CLUB GALA RESULTS 16/08/2017 Gala Results Wednesday 16/8/2017 M Bickley D Hill E Warren/D Ward G Wallis D Lowe/S Jones N Rayner J Matthew/F Darcy R Ward/Conso: N Simpson T Reeves S Gilshenan.

Gala Results Saturday 19/8/207 M Hornby-Howell D Bell J Matthew/T Whitaker D Ward S Smolen/N Brown C Chapple J Hamilton/F Darcy R Ward S Jones Conso: S Rooke D Lowe E Warren Minor Singles Final J Hamilton d M Meehan

BELMONT SATURDAY JACKPOT GALA 19/08/2017 Winners: A. Mason, A. Maclean & J. Norris Runners Up: G. James & J. Thurston Consolation: J. Talbot, G. Travener & R. Kay Jackpot: $250+ next Saturday

CHARLESTOWN WOMEN LAKE MACQUARIE LADIES OPEN PAIRS 28/08/2017 Teams for Lake Macquarie Ladies Open Pairs, 28 and 30 August, 1 September 2017.9am MT, 9.30 start, lunch provided each day.

Visitors (Skips): C Sager, M Barry, M Ross – Boolaroo; S Cooke – Belmont; R Ryan – Soldiers Point; S Austen, C Glenn – Kurri; R Deane; S Murray (composite); K Faint – Kahibah; D Smith, J Thomas – Tuncurry; R Wayland, C McCrohon, J Boyle, B Bennett – Valentine; K McLoughlan, W Blane – Marks Point; J Reynolds –Bateau Bay Charlestown (Skips):- J Moore, V Fullick, J McCabe, G Gannon, H Wuro, D Smith, L Turnbull, K Mason, E Hoy, J Bucklee, F Wells, D Bridge, K Workman Enquiries phone:- Gayle Gannon 0408487401

CLUB CATALINA MENS 16/08/2017 Winners: J. Langburne/M. Kelly/T. Hearne; R/up: K. Horn/T. Pascoe/B. Cooke

MXD 17/08/2017 M. & Margaret Kosky/Barbara Hicks

MENS GALA 19/08/2017 R. Boxall/L. Ciscato R. Bender/B. Cooke J. Spicer/A. Straker

D. Dawes/P. Jacka def. B. Hicks/J. Langburne T. Pelosi/J. Wilkinson def. R. Shotter/V. Samuals F. MacFarlane/Subs. def. B. Diggelman/G. Maude R.& H. Gray def. P. & R. Sharrock

EAST MAITLAND MEN RESULTS 27/08/2017 Monday 14-8-17 Men’s DFP Pairs 1st D Price G Haigh 2nd R Fullford D Kerr Conso T Dombkins P Ball Thursday 17-8-17 Men’s Nominated Pairs 1st D Carter P Ball 2nd D Price L Wilcox Cons W Lewis L Salib Friday 18-8-17 Men’s Single Entry 1st S Gordon C Holbrook R Sullivan 2nd B Finch D Price K Fullick Cons T Barber L Allen A Wilks Saturday 19-8-17 Men’s Single Entry 1st F Garment G Grant Conso T Lawrence H McLean Jackpot not run Sunday 20-8-17 Men’s Single Entry out of the hat 1st J Wight 2nd J Mulley 3rd J Sinclair 4th D Cant Club Championships Consistency Singles: R Hampton 150 d M Fairleigh 138 B Fisher 151 d L Gatt 129 D Robinson 150 d R Wells 130 C Parker 153 d P Watson 107 K Fullick 151 d G Hooper 149 Mixed Pairs K Wozniak E Wozniak 16 d F & H Beavis 15 A Rae B Fisher 32 d L Taylor J Herbert 13 G & D Robinson 24 d J Boland L Gatt 19 C Burton M Oldham 18 d G Trappell 15 C Brock C McFadyen WOF C & G Wright H & W Allomes WOF G & J Scanlon D & B Meek 31 d A & G Hooper 8

FIXTURES 22/08/2017 WEEKLY FIXTURES Tuesday 22-8-17am Women’s Club Wednesday 23-8-17am Thursday 24-8-17am Women’s Club PM Men’s Nominated Pairs names by 12pm for 1pm start Friday 25-8-17am Men’s Single Entry names by 9am for 9.30am start PM Rollups and Coaching Junior Clinic 3.30pm Saturday 26-8-17am Rollups PM Open Single Entry names by 12pm for 1pm Club Championships Consistency Singles & Club Triples 12.45 Trial Ends 1pm start Sunday 27-8-17am Men’s Single Entry names 9am for 9.30 start Club Championship Triples winner of Haigh/Doust on Sat. Please check notice board PM Mixed Introductory Bowls Single Entry names 1pm for 2pm start 4pm bell Monday 28-8-17 Men’s Single Entry 3 Bowls Pairs 2 x 12 ends names by 12pm for 1pm start All men’s social games casual dress – format of all games may vary depending on entries Coaching available 7 days by appointment Visit www.embc.com.au for bowls information Coming Events: End of Winter Mixed Pairs Monday 28th August NDBA 3x3s Round 1Wednesday 30th August Footballer’s Day Men’s Triples Sunday 10th September Stones Big Bowls Challenge commences mid September Wednesday Twilight Open Triples commences 11th October Please check club notice board for further details Inquiries via phone 40331116 or email bowls@embc.com.au

HEATON BIRMINGHAM GARDENS WOMEN GALA FIXTURE 22/08/2017 Mixed Triples, Jackpot Game. Uniform, Picnic Lunch.

9.30am start. Visitors welcome. Phone 4955 8725 on Tuesday morning between 8.30am and 8.45am.

Congratulations, T Keogh, S Thorley, J Forrest, B McLellan Club Fours Winners.

KOTARA FLYING BOWLERS FLYING BOWLERS PAIRS: 20/08/2017 R. Robinson/S. Hudson won on a forfeit from D. Collins/C. Handley

KOTARA MENS BOWLING CLUB CLUB PAIRS: 20/08/2017 S. Farley/B. Waugh 21 def S. Kerby/C. Bush 20

KOTARA MENS CLUB FRIDAY MUFTI TRIPLES 18/08/2017 A. Holliday/M. Anderson/E. Schonberger def G. Heddles/B. Snedden/M. Lumley G. Milburn/J. Griffiths/B. Haworth def M. Bowe/D. Bradbury/G. Evans L. Smith/B. McLeod/G. Gairns def J. Adams/G. Ohm/H. Pascoe R. McLeod/A. Caddies/I. Thompson def K. Gilbert/K. Doolan/D. Cross K. Hamilton/G. Coote/K. Farley def R. Holdstock/J. Gardner/W. Roach D. Collins/R. Carey/R. Brown def B. Lee/J. Hamall/R. Smith I. Stranger/F. Tonkin/B. Holmes def C. Taylor/K. White/J. Graham Special Pairs Game: B. Bell/C. Thorpe def G. Wilks/T. Farragher

LAMBTON PARK LADIES SATURDAY GALA 19/08/2017 Winners: V Marshall and R Hern. Conso: W Taylor and M Ruming

MAITLAND CITY RESULTS 20/08/2017 SOCIAL: Tues 15th Aug: Open DFP: Winners: S. Schiffmann/J. Atkins/P. Dunn/K. Ross Runners Up: Lyn Greedy/Joan Shaw/C. Burley/Les Greedy Conso: Leanne Chapman/June Barnett/J. Strickleton/M. Bolton. Thurs 17th Aug: Mens DFP: Winners: G. Roser/M. Bolton Runners Up: G. Cuthbert/J. McMurray Conso: P. Dunn/J. Davis. Ladies DFP Pairs: Not played.

CHAMPIONSHIPS: MENS: Sat 19th Aug: Consistency Singles: Round 1: L. Forster def J. Atkins 154/96. Round 2 L. Greedy def P. Dymond 153/117, D. Hooker def G. Cuthbert by forfeit, K. Johns def R. Richards by forfeit, J. Davis def C. Seers by forfeit, J. Edwards def D. Button by forfeit, L. Forster def R. Cowley 151/129, P. Chapman def P. Dunn (retired) 97/33 & K. Byford def S. Beldon 153/147. Sun 20th Aug: Round 3: L. Greedy def P. Chapman 152/138, L. Forster def J. Davis 151/149, D. Hooker def K. Johns 155/85 & K. Byford def J. Edwards 152/138. Semi Finals: D. Hooker def L. Greedy152/118 & L. Forster def K. Byford 152/148.

LADIES: No games played.

FIXTURES 20/08/2017 FIXTURES: Tuesday: Open DFP: Names by 8.45am start 9.30am.

Wednesday: Open Nominated Pairs: Names by 12.00 noon start 1.00pm. Thursday: Mens DFP & Ladies DFP: Names by 8.45am start 9.30am.

CHAMPIONSHIPS: MEN: Sat 26th & Sun 27th Aug: Club Triples: Check notice board for details.

LADIES: No games scheduled.

COMING EVENTS: MENS: Sat 16th Sept: Annual 4 Grade & Under Triples Tournament. Mon 25th Sept: Annual Veterans Day Fours (60 years & over). Ring Bowls Office on 49 39 1218 to enter both of these events.

LADIES: Sat 9th & Sun 10th Sept: Annual Two Day Carnival. Ring 0475 596 223 or 0429 932 478 for entry details.

Thurs 31st Aug: Ladies No.1 Grade & No.3 Grade Pennant Unfurling to start at 11.30am GENERAL: Coaching by D. J.Dilworth every Wednesday from approx 4pm.

MAITLAND MIDWEEK AT EAST MAITLAND 16/08/2017 J Sinclair P Mott, J Moore d J Wight, B Nagel, G Reiner P Worrad, A Daniels, J Saunders d D Price, G Kerr, B Osmond G Duncan, L Wilcox, C Holbrook d S Gordon, P O’Brien, R Chalmers J Davis, D White, J Rumford d T Slusher, D James, I Herden M Clarke, C Hindle, A Wilks d J Clifford, M Scotford, C Burley Next game at Maitland Park: Wednesday, August 23 Game Start 1pm. Names 12.30pm

WALLSEND LADIES GALA AND GENERAL MEETING 22/08/2017 Fixtures: ladies gala commence 9.30am, Ph. 49501222 before 9am. General meeting commence 1am

WALLSEND SPORTIES WEEKLY RESULTS 17/08/2017 Thursday: Winners: D. Craig S. Convery B. Twomey.

R/Up: A. Watkins R. Ide J. Gilmour Conso: W. Vanzanden R. Hughes J. King.

Friday: Winners: B. Waite A. Dagwell/M. Scobie J. Scobie S. Smart/M. Pearson A. Watkins G. Smith.

Saturday: Winners: J. Hedley M. Saward M. Burrell.

R/Up: L. Scott B. Boswell A. Jeans.

Consos: R. Ide J. Gilmour B. Evans/R. Lumsden I. Headridge M. Darby.

Sunday Club Games Majors Triples: M. Dennis M. Anderson J. Dennis 24 d T. Brozozowski(Sub)D. Jennings D. Hawkins 8.

B. Dixon(sub)K. Bucklee R. Sonter 26 d K. Solway(Sub) G. Smith J. King 22.

Minor Singles: G. Teudt 31 d J. Gilmour 24 Wallsend Diggers Social: Winners: M. Saward A. Penfold S. Chamberlain.

R/Up: A. Bakay J. Fullerton P. Moore.

WATERBOARD WOLVES TUESDAY GALA 15/08/2017 Winners: G. Morley/D. Mitchison/B. Grainger; P. Mowbray/D. Bowden/K. Heath

FRIDAY GALA 18/08/2017 Winners: J. Dunne/V. Walsh/D. Thompson;F. Gardiner/R. Haines/B. Grainger

SATURDAY GALA 19/08/2017 Winners: C. Smith/M. Fisher/D. Sparks

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R/Up: S. Woolston/D. Thomas/M. Balks Conso: T. Lamond/K. Heath/.R. Harrison Jackpot not won – $ 600 Sat 26/8/17

HANDICAP PAIRS 20/08/2017 M. Nix/S. Richardson 23 K. Hamilton/S. Clarke 22

CONSISTENCY SINGLES 20/08/2017 C. Smith 150pmowbray 148

BRIDGE CHARLESTOWN BRIDGE CLUB PAIRS 18/08/2017 1st J Swaine & G Lee 59.26% 2nd T Wagstaff & G Mann 57.41% 3rd R Shearer & R Axe 54.44% 4th T & E Distefano 52.96% 5th S & E Roach 52.67% 6th H Tiller & D Forsythe 52.33%

CYCLING TOWNSON OVAL SENIORS SENIORS TRACK TRAINING 15/08/2017 Tuesday 15/8/2017. 10 Mile Training Div. 1 D. Rebronja.1st. J. Cossley. 2nd. J. Brugnoni.3rd.

Div. 2. J. Cossley.1st. M. Math.2nd. P. Jones.3rd.

Thursday 17/8/2017. 10 Mile Training Div. 1 D. Rebronja.1st. B. Aitchison.2nd. J. Brugnoni.3rd Div. 2.K. Windon.1st. M. Hager.2nd. T. Martin. 3rd.

All trained well.

GOLF ARGENTON WARATAH GOLF CLUB STABLEFORD 19/08/2017 A Grade Scratch: Brett Ianna (76), A Grade Nett: 1st, Mario Suprano (36)cb, 2nd: Matt Robards (36) cb, 3rd: Butch Grimwood (34). B Grade Nett: 1st, Allyn Jones (36), 2nd, David Tindall (35)cb, 3rd: John Barry (35)cb, C Grade Nett: 1st, Barry Burt (38), 2nd: Geoff Patterson (37)cb, 3rd: John Brown (37)cb.

Ball Comp 33CB.

BELMONT GOLF CLUB MEN 19/08/2017 Member’s Stableford 2BBB Aggr in conj. 178 players Stableford Event A Grade: 1st S Norris 37 2nd P Ellis 36 3rd C Dolan 35 B Grade: 1st K Mccullough36 2nd J Whitaker 36 3rd N Bannerman 35 C Grade: 1st D Richey 40 2nd G Hedges 39 3rd D Byron 35 2BBB Aggr: 1st D Richey, R Hendry 70 2nd G Hedges, S Munday 69 Ball comp: A 32 B 31 C 32 NTP 5th: A P Ellis; B n/a; C K Ashton NTP 14th: A P Hales; B T Freeburn; C G Cadman NTP 12th: A S O’Malley; B M Schroder; C L Hall Long Drive: A M Browning; B A Hudson; C P Gledhill Golds: J Marion

LADIES STABLEFORD 20/08/2017 1st V Fallas 36c/b 2nd B Poole 36 NTP J Powers

MEN’S STABLEFORD 20/08/2017 1st N Karras 34c/b 2nd P Jefferey 34c/b NTP P Jefferey

BERESFIELD SOCIAL GOLF CLUB STROKE-CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS 20/08/2017 Round 1 Ron Frost Shield: G Mills 60.

Div1: G Mills 60, J Robson 64, P Steel 67, R Carstairs 70c/b, A Roughley 70. Div2: B Roughley 62, C McCarthy 64, B Halliday 65, B Barnes 66, T Asquith 71c/b. NTPs: Div1 Hole 2 P Steel, Hole 17 G Mills, Div2 Hole 6 P Colelough, Hole 13 B Roughley.

Drv&Chp: Men’s G Mills, Lady’s B Roughley. Next game: August 27 – Stroke 2nd Round of Club Championships.

BRANXTON MENS FOURSOMES CHAMPS 19/08/2017 Scratch Winners: Troy Felan/Troy McCaw 124 Scratch Runners Up: Mick Tracey/Josh Tracey 124 C/b Nett Winners: Peter Mathews/Gary Walsh 105.75 Nett Nett Runners Up: Michael Maddock/Richard Barrington 109.75 Nett Nett 3rd: Dave Hollis/Tom Foster 111 Nett Nett 4th: Tony Seamer/Barry Turner 112 Nett Nett 5th: Greg Gillard/David Matt 112.5 Nett Nett 6th: David Bull/David Mudd 113 Nett Nett 7th: Ted Zawirski/Noel Hughes 114 Nett NTP: 2nd/11th P Wilton 327 Cm 4th P Wilton 363 Cm 9th/18th M Maddock 138 Cm 13th Nil

Brave run lifts Everest shot

Victory enhances Winx legend

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HUNTER syndicators Australian Bloodstock were fielding more interest from Everest slot-holders after Brave Smash’s eye-catching second on debut at Caulfield on Saturday.

The Darren Weir-trained Japanese import showed a sensational turn of foot in the listed Regal Roller Stakes (1200m) to come from near last on the home turn in his Australian debut and challenge winner Vega Magic over the final 100 metres.

He finished a half-length back and is now considered a contender for the group 1

Memsie Stakes in two weeks.

Australian Bloodstock director Jamie Lovett said there had been inquiries from Everest slot-holders about the five-year-old stallion after its impressive jump-outs and the run on Saturday had prompted another.

“Obviously we’re keen if we can get a slot in the Everest,” Lovett said of the $10 million, October 14 race.

“We’re talking to a few different parties and we’ll see how that turns out this week.

“We were already talking to one party, so obviously it helps a little bit now that he’s run so well.

“He obviously got too far back and had to make up a lot of ground, so his run was huge. He’s a very good horse.

“The winner was a group 1 horse, and although he gave him six kilos, we gave him 10 lengths start as well. There’s a bit to like about him.”

Also on Saturday, Scone trainers quinellaed the Highway Handicap (1600m) when Rod Northam’s My Tagoson won from Brett Canavough’s Last Try Wins.

Cavanough’s The Virginian was a narrow second to Deploy in the group 3 Show County Quality (1200m).

– CRAIG KERRY

WINX never fails to disappoint Debbie Kepitis but the miracle the champion racemare conjured in the Warwick Stakes win left the part-owner awestruck.

"To actually get there on the line like she knows, she put every single bit of herself in that win," a shaking, teary Kepitis said.

The two-time Cox Plate winner needed her best - and a handy tailwind - to turn an awkward, slow start into her 18th straight victory only achieved in the final metres.

For Kepitis' husband Paul, Winx missing the start by

four lengths wasn't as concerning as where she found herself with just 200m to go.

The pedal might have been down on the world's biggest engine but, three lengths out in front, stablemate Foxplay was also giving her all.

The Kepitises just hoped.

"You knew she was always going to keep coming and coming," Paul said.

"But when Foxplay was out there in front, I just hoped we could run her down."

Fellow owner Peter Tighe never gave up but his relief was palpable. "It just goes to prove she is something special," he said. "Boy, oh

boy, the heart missed a few beats coming up the straight.

To do what she did was just phenomenal."

Jockey Hugh Bowman said he feared it was “mathematically impossible” for Winx to win after her tardy start.

"I'm proud of her and I'm proud of everyone involved with her,’’ he said. “It's been such an amazing journey for all of us and judging on what we saw this afternoon we might be in for a few good runs yet."

Winx is expected to return to Randwick in two weeks for the Group Two Chelmsford Stakes (1600m).

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Townsend kicks six as Richmond thrash Fremantle St Kilda DOCKERS V TIGERS RICHMOND are just one win away from securing a top-four berth after thrashing Fremantle by 104 points in Sunday’s recordbreaking clash at Domain Stadium.

The Tigers looked shaky early on, with Fremantle dominating the inside-50m

count 18-6 in the opening term as the home side opened up a four-point lead.

But Richmond blew the game wide open with an eight-goals-to-nil second term to set up the 25.5 (155) to 7.9 (51) victory in front of a crowd of 34,204.

Former GWS midfielder Jacob Townsend finished with a career-high six

goals, while Jack Riewoldt (four goals), Kane Lambert (three), Dustin Martin (36 disposals, two goals) and Shaun Grigg (36 touches) also had big games.

Richmond (14-7) are in fourth spot, and they will guarantee themselves a double chance in the finals if they account for St Kilda at the MCG next Sunday.

If they lose, they could drop to as low as sixth.

Sunday’s win was Richmond’s biggest ever over Fremantle, eclipsing their 90-point victory over the Dockers at the MCG in 1998.

The result was also the equal biggest defeat in Ross Lyon’s coaching career, following on from last week’s 104-point loss to Sydney.

The capitulation was more disappointing for Fremantle given it was their final ever match at Subiaco Oval ahead of next year’s move to Perth Stadium.

The one bright spot to come out of the game for Fremantle was the successful AFL return of Harley Bennell, who booted twofirst-quarter goals.

Hogan bags six as Dees hold off Lions DEMONS V LIONS MELBOURNE are poised to play finals for the first time since 2006, but the Demons made life tough for their long-suffering fans in Sunday’s 13-point win over Brisbane.

A six-goal haul from Jesse Hogan was the highlight, but the last-placed Lions threatened to spoil the party when they piled on four unanswered goals to come roaring back from a 32-point deficit in the last quarter.

Brisbane trailed by just seven points with under two minutes remaining, but the Demons held their nerve to record a 16.8 (104) to 14.7 (91) win in front of 30,422 fans at the MCG. The victory was Melbourne’s 12th of the season and means it will take a loss to Collingwood next week and other results to go against them for them to miss out on a finals berth.

Hogan put in a dominant display after missing just two matches with a broken collarbone.

Demons coach Simon Goodwin paid tribute to

the 22-year-old who has had to deal with the death of his father and a testicular cancer diagnosis this year.

“It’s terrific for Jesse … he’s had a really difficult year but he’s had a fantastic little period of training,” Goodwin said.

Demons skipper Nathan Jones (32 disposals) and Clayton Oliver (30 touches) were also key factors in the win.

It will take a disaster for the Demons not to play finals, but Goodwin wasn’t willing to look past the round-23 clash against the Pies.

Melbourne couldn’t shake the dogged Lions over the first three quarters of the hotly contested match but scratched their way to a 15-point lead at the last break.

Goodwin’s men looked home when they booted the first three goals of the final term, but brave Brisbane’s four unanswered majors set up a thrilling finale.

“We did a lot of things right today and gave ourselves a chance to win the game,” Lions coach Chris Fagan said.

RETURNING IN STYLE: Jesse Hogan booted six goals against Brisbane. Picture: AAP

make light work of the Roos SAINTS V KANGAROOS COACH Alan Richardson wants St Kilda burning over summer if they miss the finals again.

The Saints honoured retiring legend Nick Riewoldt on Sunday with a resounding 49-point win over North Melbourne at Etihad Stadium.

The 18.19 (127) to 12.6 (78) win was Riewoldt’s last home game and he kicked two goals in a dominating Saints performance.

Saints and North players formed a guard of honour as he was chaired from the field, before Riewoldt acknowledged the fans with a lap of honour.

But amid the happiness, the Saints knew they had underperformed this season.

They aimed to return to the finals this year for the first time since 2011, but last week’s loss to Melbourne means it is out of their hands.

St Kilda are 10th and must upset in-form Richmond next Saturday at the MCG, plus Essendon and West Coast must lose.

“It’s more than likely that we’re not going to make it so that’s something that will burn with us and we would hope it would drive the group,” Richardson said.

“In our journey together we haven’t been a position where we have been in control. We had that last week and we lost it.”

Richardson took the unusual step of coaching from the interchange bench and said it was his part of fostering better communication.

AFL RESULTS ROUND 22 SYDNEY ADELAIDE

5.1 2.2

7.1 5.5

11.3 8.10

13.5 (83) 11.14 (80)

Goals: Sydney: L Franklin 3 G Rohan 2 S Reid 2 J Kennedy J McVeigh K Jack K Tippett T Papley Z Jones. Adelaide: M McGovern 4 E Betts 2 J Jenkins M Crouch R Sloane T Lynch T Walker.

Best: Sydney: J Kennedy L Franklin L Parker D Hannebery S Reid J Lloyd J McVeigh. Adelaide: R Sloane T Lynch R Laird M Crouch M McGovern.

Injuries: Sydney: Nil. Adelaide: D Talia (ankle). Reports: Sydney: Z Jones for rough conduct on B Crouch (Adelaide) in last quarters. Adelaide: Nil. Crowd: 51,466 at Adelaide Oval.

PORT ADEL. BULLDOGS

2.2 3.3

5.5 6.5

8.10 9.11

14.12 (96) 11.13 (79)

Goals: Port Adelaide: C Dixon 4 C Wingard 2 P Ryder 2 R Gray 2 J Polec O Wines S Gray T Boak. Western Bulldogs: B Dale 4 L Hunter 2 T Cloke 2 J Dunkley M Suckling T Liberatore.

Best: Port Adelaide: P Ryder T Boak C Dixon J Polec O Wines B Ebert.

Western Bulldogs: J Macrae B Dale J Johannissen C Daniel T McLean.

Injuries: Port Adelaide: D Houston (shoulder) R Gray (corked thigh). Western Bulldogs: J Stringer (hamstring). Reports: Nil.

GEELONG 2.2 COLLINGWOOD 6.1

6.5 7.2

8.6 9.4

10.10 (70) 9.5 (59)

Goals: Geelong: J Murdoch 2 P Dangerfield 2 S Menagola 2 H Taylor J Bews J Parsons W Buzza. Collingwood: M Cox 2 T Broomhead 2 W Hoskin-Elliott 2 D Moore J Blair S Sidebottom.

Best: Geelong: P Dangerfield M Duncan S Menagola C Guthrie Z Tuohy S Selwood. Collingwood: T Adams J Crisp A Treloar M Scharenberg D Moore.

Injuries: Geelong: Nil. Collingwood: T Adams (eye). Crowd: 47,889 at MCG.

GWS WEST COAST

2.1 3.1

7.4 6.3

8.6 8.5

12.9 (81) 9.6 (60)

Goals: Greater Western Sydney: T Greene 3 B Deledio 2 D Shiel J Kelly J Patton L Whitfield N Wilson S Mumford T Scully. West Coast: J Kennedy 4 M Priddis 2 D Petrie J Cripps L Partington.

Best: Greater Western Sydney: J Kelly N Wilson C Ward S Mumford T Greene. West Coast: E Yeo J Kennedy M Priddis S Mitchell L Shuey.

Crowd: 15,751 at Spotless Stadium.

ESSENDON GOLD COAST

4.2 3.1

6.8 6.1

8.11 8.1

12.18 (90) 9.3 (57)

Goals: Essendon: C Hooker 2 J Begley 2 J Stewart 2 A McDonald-Tipungwuti C McKenna D Heppell D Parish J Daniher J Green. Gold Coast: B Ainsworth 3 D MacPherson D Swallow J Martin J Schoenfeld M Hallahan P Wright.

Best: Essendon: D Zaharakis B Goddard J Begley D Heppell C Hooker. Gold Coast: B Ainsworth A Hall S May T McKenzie P Hanley M Rosa.

Crowd: 16,817 at Metricon Stadium

CARLTON HAWTHORN

4.4 1.1

6.4 5.7

10.4 8.8

12.5 (77) 10.10 (70)

Goals: Carlton: J Lamb 2 J Pickett 2 L Casboult 2 B Gibbs C Curnow D Thomas M Kreuzer M Wright Z Fisher. Hawthorn: P Puopolo 2 B McEvoy I Smith J Roughead L Breust R Burton S Burgoyne T Duryea W Langford.

Best: Carlton: S Docherty J Pickett M Murphy L Jones M Kreuzer B Boekhorst J Lamb. Hawthorn: T Mitchell S Burgoyne R Burton J Gunston B McEvoy.

Injuries: Carlton: B Smedts (head). Hawthorn: L Shiels (corked hip) replaced in selected side by C Glass.

Crowd: 35,799 at Etihad Stadium.

MELBOURNE BRISBANE

3.3 2.3

6.6 6.3

11.8 9.5

16.8 (104) 14.7 (91)

Goals: Melbourne: J Hogan 6 C Pedersen 3 J Garlett 2 A Brayshaw B Vince C Petracca J Harmes J Melksham. Brisbane Lions: D Beams 3 T Rockliff 2 D Gardiner D Zorko E Hipwood H McCluggage J Allison J Barrett J Walker M Close R Bastinac.

Best: Melbourne: J Hogan N Jones C Oliver C Pedersen J Lewis C Petracca.

Brisbane Lions: D Beams D Zorko R Bastinac R Mathieson D Rich L Taylor.

Crowd: 30,422 at MCG.

ST KILDA 4.3 NORTH MELB. 5.2

8.14 14.17 18.19 (127) 6.3 8.5 12.6 (78)

Goals: St Kilda: J Bruce 3 J Gresham 3 T Membrey 3 N Riewoldt 2 S Savage 2 B Acres J Billings J Sinclair J Steele M Weller.

North Melbourne: B Brown 2 B Cunnington 2 N Hrovat 2 T Garner 2 J Simpkin J Ziebell S Gibson T Goldstein.

Best: St Kilda: J Steven S Ross J Billings L Dunstan J Steele J Newnes.

North Melbourne: S Higgins B Cunnington L McDonald T Goldstein.

Reports: St Kilda: J Carlisle at quarter time for striking L McDonald, J Carlisle at quarter time for striking D Mountford.

Crowd: 29,126 at Etihad Stadium.

RICHMOND FREMANTLE

3.0 3.4

11.2 3.5

18.5 5.8

25.5 (155) 7.9 (51)

Goals: Richmond: J Townsend 6 J Riewoldt 4 D Butler 3 K Lambert 3 D Martin 2 A Rance B Houli D Rioli J Graham K McIntosh S Edwards T Nankervis. Fremantle: H Bennell 2 H Crozier 2 H Ballantyne J Deluca N Fyfe.

Best: Fremantle: Fyfe, Hamling, S.Hill, Mundy. Richmond: Martin, Grigg, Townsend, Ellis, Lambert, Houli.

LADDER P W L D ADELAIDE GWS GEELONG RICHMOND PORT ADELAIDE SYDNEY MELBOURNE ESSENDON WEST COAST ST KILDA WESTERN BULLDOGS HAWTHORN COLLINGWOOD FREMANTLE CARLTON GOLD COAST NORTH MELBOURNE BRISBANE LIONS

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2344 2022 2031 1870 2033 1955 1952 2028 1864 1844 1767 1765 1845 1515 1537 1736 1853 1798

1676 1709 1759 1603 1651 1594 1835 1912 1787 1864 1814 1965 1880 2053 1900 2176 2185 2396

139.9 118.3 115.5 116.7 123.1 122.6 106.4 106.1 104.3 98.9 97.4 89.8 98.1 73.8 80.9 79.8 84.8 75.0

Pts 62 60 58 56 52 52 48 44 44 44 44 38 34 32 24 24 20 20

Friday: Hawthorn v Western Bulldogs (Etihad Stadium). Saturday: Collingwood v Melbourne (MCG); Brisbane Lions v North Melbourne (G); Sydney v Carlton (SCG); Geelong v GWS Giants (Suncorp Stadium); Port Adelaide v Gold Coast (Adelaide Oval).

Sunday: Essendon v Fremantle (Etihad Stadium); Richmond v St Kilda (MCG); West Coast v Adelaide (Domain Stadium).

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Burgoyne and Simpson keen to play on Solomon VETERANS DECORATED veterans Shaun Burgoyne and Kade Simpson are unlikely to join the cavalcade of stars retiring at the end of the season.

Burgoyne, a three-time Hawthorn premiership player, and Simpson, a veteran of 285 games for Carlton, have both flagged their interest in extending their careers.

“Nothing has been put in concrete just yet, but I’m pretty positive about playing next year,” Burgoyne told Channel Seven.

“I just have to sit down and talk to the club … obviously there’s a lot of things that go on once the last game is played. “(But) I’m fairly confident that I can play next year if the club allows me to do that.”

Burgoyne will be 35 at the start of next season and Simpson will turn 34 in May next year, but both have enjoyed stellar seasons.

Simpson is confident all signs point to him being offered a new deal by the Blues.

“I think my manager actually caught up with (Carlton list manager Stephen Silvagni) this week, so I’m sure it’ll take place,” Simpson told the Nine Network’s Sunday Footy Show. “(We’ll) probably wait until the end of the year, but fingers crossed.”

Western Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge has also given strong indications that veteran Dale Morris, 34, will play on next year.

The game is set to lose some of the most decorated players to grace the field at the end of the season.

The group includes Hawthorn pair Luke Hodge and Josh Gibson, Bulldogs duo Bob Murphy and Matthew Boyd, St Kilda’s Nick Riewoldt, Essendon’s Jobe Watson, West Coast’s Sam Mitchell and Matt Priddis and Greater Western Sydney’s Steve Johnson.

NOT DONE YET: Hawthorn’s Shaun Burgoyne wants to play in 2018. Picture: AAP

Giants excited by Geelong challenge GIANTS QUALIFYING final hosting rights will be up for grabs in Geelong with Greater Western Sydney young gun Josh Kelly calling it the perfect preparation for September.

Saturday’s meeting between the Cats and Giants is the clear highlight of the final round of the regular season.

The winner will finish in the top two, securing

themselves a home game in week one of the finals.

GWS could yet snatch the minor premiership if Adelaide slip up against West Coast.

A Geelong victory would almost certainly ensure both sides return to Simonds Stadium for a far more meaningful rematch a fortnight later.

“A huge challenge. Leading into finals, it’s probably the perfect game for us,” Kelly said after collecting

a club-record 43 disposals in the Giants’ 12.9 (81)9.6 (60) win over over West Coast.

“It’s going to be a real competitive one and we’re looking forward to it.”

In terms of the regular season, GWS coach Leon Cameron suggested it “can’t get any bigger”.

“They’re a terrific team.

We know what we’re going to get at their home ground, it’ll be a packed house and they play really

well there,” he said. “They deserve to be in the top four, like we deserve to be in the top four.

“There’s a lot hanging on the game. It’s a great opportunity for us to represent our footy club in the right manner.”

Kelly, who continued to increase his value as clubs swarm with lucrative offers, was sporting a cut above his eye after a nasty collision with Eagles key forward Josh Kennedy.

Kelly returned to the field shortly after he was cleaned up in the finalquarter marking contest, indicating after the game he was feeling fine.

Cameron suggested the in-demand midfielder should be right to face the Cats.

“He seems OK,” Cameron said.

“But we’ll keep monitoring him during the week because he obviously got hit on the head.”

to teach Suns ugly lessons SUNS HE may be in charge for only one more game, but interim Gold Coast coach Dean Solomon is intent on teaching the Suns the art of playing ugly while he is in charge.

The long-time Suns assistant is adamant that is the path to success, pointing to Sydney’s success when explaining his method after Saturday’s 33-point loss to Essendon.

Gold Coast at times dropped an extra two men into defence at Metricon Stadium in an effort to starve the Bombers of points.

And it worked to a degree, the visitors leading by just 10 at the final break before adding four goals in the final term when the Suns opted to send men forward and hunt a win.

It was Solomon’s second game in charge since the axing of Rodney Eade, with the position up for grabs next season.

But it was a clear shift in approach that the interim coach hopes sticks beyond this season.

“We’re showing right now we’ve got a lot of work to do to become a finals side, but with that type of game plan it shows you can hang in and be within 10 points at three-quarter time, and play ugly footy,” he said.

“I’m not sure this footy club has played ugly footy over our journey.

“Clearly we saw a shift tonight … it was a bit of growth tonight, but we’re still not happy with the result.”

Marlins start believing after City upset BLACK DIAMOND AFL NELSON Bay coach Sean McGrath says he was relieved to survive Saturday’s thrilling one-point win over Newcastle City with the Marlins’ season and his heart intact.

The Marlins kicked the first four goals of the elimination final and led by 18 points at the last change before City stormed home with a howling gale behind their backs at Dick Burwell Oval.

The Blues closed to 48-43 with five minutes to go, but Courtney Knight hit the post with a snap shot under pressure, Cameron Keast missed

right with a set shot from 50 metres, Aaron Seen missed in almost identical fashion and the Marlins rushed a behind to leave the gap at one with a minute on the clock.

Knight marked in front of goal in the dying seconds, spun away from a defender and kicked a goal only to be penalised for a push.

“I was pretty anxious,” McGrath said after the 6.12 (48) to 5.17 (47) boilover.

“I was waiting for that siren to go, especially when Courtney Knight took that mark and kicked a goal and they paid the free kick our

ON TOP: Terrigal-Avoca celebrate a goal in Saturday's semi-final against Cardiff. Picture: Marina Neil

way, which was great, but they quite often get missed.

“For that to be called, the

heart started beating again when that happened.”

Nelson Bay had not beat-

en City since re-entering the top grade in 2014 and had not beaten any of the other top-four sides this year, but McGrath had the rare luxury of fielding a side missing only one player, Nathan Vaisey.

“That has been the first time we’ve been close to that all season. It makes a difference,” he said. “We were up against it. It was a great win.”

He praised his side’s attack on the ball, especially in the first half and when the game was on the line.

“When the ball went to ground we really hunted in numbers and tackled well.

The pressure we put on Newcastle was phenomenal.

“If we bring that pressure next week, the result will speak for itself.”

The Marlins will play Cardiff, who lost 17.8 (110) to 9.10 (64) to Terrigal-Avoca in the major semi-final, in Saturday’s grand final qualifier at No.1 Sportsground.

The Panthers were in control from the outset against the Hawks. They led 49-22 at half-time and kicked six majors in the third term. Peter Van Dam booted four goals and Ryan Webster three.

– MICHAEL PARRIS

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ANDERSON STRIKES LATE TO MAKE SEMI-FINALS

BROAD OVERTAKES BOTHAM BOOMERS OVERPOWER IN ENGLAND’S TEST WIN KIWIS TO REACH DECIDER

SURFING

CRICKET

MEREWETHER’S Philippa Anderson produced a buzzer-beater to make the semi-finals of the Caraïbos Lacanau Pro in France on Sunday night. Needing a 4.44 to beat Vahine Fierro in quarter-finals of 1500-point QS event, Anderson stood

up just before the siren and earned a 6.4. She was to face countrywoman Holly Wawn in the semis.

Elsewhere, Wollongong’s Nic Squiers held out dual Australia masters champion Mitchell Dawkings to win the King of the Box event in Port Stephens on Sunday.

STUART Broad overtook Ian Botham on the list of England's all-time leading Test wicket-takers as his side continued their Ashes build-up with a crushing win over West Indies.

Broad went above Botham after collecting his 384th

scalp, as the hosts won at Edgbaston by an innings and 209 runs inside three days of the inaugural daynight Test in England. Only Broad’s long-time partner James Anderson (492) has taken more wickets for England, who lead the three-Test series 1-0.

BASKETBALL AUSTRALIA have earned a sliver of Bledisloe Cup revenge after trouncing New Zealand 106-79 in their Asia Cup basketball semi-final to advance to the decider.

The Boomers kept their unbeaten record intact after

Souths play catch-up NETBALL

BY MICHAEL PARRIS

SOUTHS coach Trude Yen said Wests Leagues were playing at “another level” to their Newcastle Open Championship netball rivals after watching them destroy her side 45-24 in Saturday’s major semi-final.

The Lions, who have won the past three championships, will earn another shot at Wests in the grand final if they beat BNC in this weekend’s preliminary final.

Yen said whoever played Wests in the decider would have to lift considerably.

“There’s not much we could have done,” she said.

“They were a far superior team. No doubt at all. They’re very polished. They are definitely playing another level.

“Individually their skill level has risen throughout this year, so kudos to the coaches who have them.

With that and the fact they really relate well together – they’re a happy young team.”

Yen said Wests, who entered the competition this year with five players from the Hunter United Metro League team, were inspiring her club to raise their game.

“We’re learning where we need to be now, which is the position a lot of other teams were in when we were winning.”

Wests’ Maddie Taylor, a

a blistering start which saw them 22-2 ahead, from which point they were never threatened.

Andrej Lemanis' side will face three-time champions Iran in the final on Sunday while New Zealand play off for third against South Korea.

Goadsby keeping tight hold on Takara HARNESS RACING

DOMINANT: Souths goal defence Tianna Cummings tries to stop Wests' Emma Prince finding Maddie Taylor in the circle on Saturday at National Park. Picture: Marina Neil

starting shooter for Central Coast Heart in NSW Premier League, scored 40 of her team’s 45 goals on Saturday.

Coach Tracey Baggs said Wests had controlled the game at both ends.

“The delivery of the ball to Maddie was spot on every time,” she said. “Her dominance under the post was

telling and the service of the ball from the other three around her was pretty good.

“At the other end Kimberly Goodearl and Mikenzie McManus just dominated their shooters really.

“The wind was a telling factor. We just adapted better.”

But Baggs warned that Souths and BNC still could

not be underestimated.

“Coming into the end of the season, Souths, BNC and ourselves are very similar. I think some of the coaches have said the competition is a lot stronger this year. I’m pleased we did win comfortably, but week to week those results can be different.”

Yen said her side would

need to improve their communication if they were to defend their title.

“We needed a lot more communication in our attack end. We threw a lot away in our attack end.

“It was very difficult to get any turnovers in the defence end because their attack end was just so slick.”

SINGLETON trainer Aaron Goadsby was holding group 1 expectations in check despite Takara Truffle’s impressive Baby Bling Stakes (1609m) victory at Menangle on Saturday night.

Takara Truffle burst to the lead from gate six and was never threatened, winning by 8.2 metres in a career-best time of 1:52:8. It was the three-year-old filly’s second group 3 win inside a month.

“Mitchell [Reese] drove her a treat and was confident,” Goadsby said. “He bounced her out of the gate and once they got that second quarter [30.5] in, they were never going to catch her.”

The win sparked talk of aiming Takara Truffle at the group 1 Ladyship Mile in February, but Goadsby was first targeting races like the group 2 Hondo Grattan Stakes after a six-week spell.

“Everyone is saying Ladyship Mile, but we’ll stay on the lower scale and see where we end up,” he said.

At Newcastle on Saturday night, Mark Callaghan (Lethal Star) and Brad Elder (First Fleeter) had a win each to stay level in the drivers’ title with two meetings left.

– CRAIG KERRY

Northstars hobble to finish line Pettitt hits winner for Norths ICE HOCKEY

HOCKEY

THE Northstars lost their Australian Ice Hockey League home double-header on Saturday and Sunday as their season limps to a close.

Newcastle were thrashed 8-1 by arch rivals CBR Brave on Saturday after leading 1-0 then went down 6-4 to minor premiers Melbourne Ice on Sunday despite scoring four unanswered goals in the second period.

The home side led 4-2 on Sunday at the final change but shipped four goals in the third period to stay in sixth place before Saturday’s season-ending game at home

HUNTER Coast Premier Hockey League leading scorer Dane Pettitt struck late to give Norths a 4-3 win over traditional rivals Souths in round 20 on Sunday.

Second-placed Norths led 3-0 after 10 minutes thanks to a double from Rory Walker and a second-minute opener from Ben Howey.

Souths, who sit third on the ladder, were missing several regulars but fought back with goals from Lucas Motum and Tom Duck before Ehren Hazell levelled the match with 19 minutes left.

Pettitt, though, had the fi-

GOALS: Zane Jones in action for the Northstars.

Newcastle have 10 wins, three of them in overtime, in 26 games this season. Picture: Wulos

against Sydney Ice Dogs.

Zane Jones scored Newcastle’s only goal on Saturday and found the net again

against the Ice. Captain Bert Malloy, import Steve Kuhn and Mat Lindsay also scored on Sunday.

Dane Pettitt

nal say, scoring at the far post to hand Souths a fourth defeat in a row. Souths have the final-round bye to regroup

before the semi-finals.

The Blues next week travel to take on undefeated minor premiers Gosford, who thumped University 12-0 on Sunday. Brett Giffen scored four goals, Geoff McGuire and Liam Alexander two each and Lain Carr, Craig Campbell, Jake Wigham, and Rhiley Carr one apiece.

Wests beat The Entrance 5-2 in the other match on Sunday. Blake Hinton scored a double for the Rosellas, who also had goals from Mitch Scotcher, Nathan Butterick and Jacob Searle. Player-coach Rob Owen scored both goals for the Devils.

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Hawks boast mental edge NEWCASTLE RUGBY

BY JAMES GARDINER

HAMILTON coach Scott Coleman reckoned the battle was half won before the Hawks took the field against Wanderers in the showdown for the minor premiership.

“Just the noise coming out of their camp,” Coleman said. “You hear their talk about the game. Whether Tiueti Asi was going to play and the work they are doing on us rather than concentrating on themselves.The psychological battle is already won before we play sometimes.”

Asi, who was released by Warringah on Friday after missing out on the semi-final squad, started at brekaway and scored the first try.

It took until the 80th minute but the Hawks delivered 34-30 in a gripping contest at No.2 Sportsground on Saturday.

The win moved Hamilton four points clear at the top of the table. A draw ,or possibly as little as a bonus point, in the final round against Merewether at home will secure a third straight minor premiership.

Again, it was the Hawks scrum which put the sledgehammer to the Two Blues.

Wanderers, up 30-29 but

GET OUT OF MY WAY: Blockbusting Hamilton No.8 Steve Sione crossed for four tries including the match-winner in a 34-30 triumph over Wanderers. Picture: Stewart Hazell

down to 14 men after hooker Ryan Jackson was sent to the sinbin, had a scrum feed five metres from their own line.

Hamilton, with the advantage of an extra forward, blasted through the middle.

The Wanderers pack buckled and split and Steve Sione dived on the ball to score his fourth try and snatch the win.

“We do a lot of work on the scrum,” Coleman said.

“We are blessed in that we have two first-grade packs.

We have shortened it up recently but halfway through the season they were doing 35-minute scrum sessions.

Travis Soulsby looks after it and does a great job.”

There was conjecture over the Hawks’ use of the bench after starting tighthead prop Faavae Sila returned to the field for the final 10 minutes.

Coleman said they had operated within the by-laws “You are only required to have one tighthead on the bench,” Coleman said. “I told Faavae that I wanted him to go the whole game but as soon as I saw him walking he was getting hooked. He was walking after 30 minutes so I put Geraint Weaver on. Then “G” pinched his neck with 10 minutes to go.”

The spirit-sapping defeat on Saturday was the second

Batey books Blacks a finals berth NEWCASTLE RUGBY

GAME-BREAKER: Pat Batey helped set up two tries in the Blacks' win.

PAT Batey picked the perfect day to produce his best for the Maitland Blacks.

The exciting fly-half sent up two tries in the second half as the Blacks held off a plucky Lake Macquarie 37-28 at Marcellin Park on Saturday.

After trailing 20-11 at halftime, the Roos had closed to 20-16 and were attacking the Blacks line when Batey took an intercept, which led to a

70-metre try to John Birrell.

Then the Blacks junior chipped ahead and regathered before sending Jye Estatheo over untouched.

“Patty was great for us,” coach Mick Hickling said.

“He broke the game open in the second half with a couple of crucial plays. He went to Canada mid-season but has been back a few weeks now.

Today was definitely his best game in first grade.”

The win moved the Blacks

nine points clear of the sixthplaced Roos with a round to play.

“It was good to get the win,” Hickling said. “They are a dangerous team and threatened us on number of occasions. It was a nervous afternoon for the coaching staff.”

The loss leaves the Roos four points behind fifthplaced Merewether, who went down 34-27 to Southern Beaches at Townson Oval.

To make the finals the Roos need to get a bonus point win over Nelson Bay and hope Merewether lose to Hamilton without picking up a bonus point.

The Waratahs’ faint finals hopes came to an end with a 26-19 loss to Nelson Bay at Waratah Oval. University made it back-to-back win with a come-from-behind 39-31 triumph over Singleton at Rugby Park.

– JAMES GARDINER

time the Two Blues have been edged out late by the Hawks this season.

In the 20-18 loss in round eight at Passmore Oval, Wanderers thought they had snatched a win in the dying moments when Tom Emayel dived over in the right corner.

But the touch judge ruled he had gone into touch before planting the ball down.

BarTV Sports replays showed the decision was highly contentious.

“The past three or four games have either been won or lost on the bell,” Coleman said. “That might play on their minds.”

Wanderers captain Luke Simmons, asked if Hamilton had a mental edge on his side said: “The season says they do. Two losses from two. We matched them in the first half. I’m not sure if it was fatigue? Again yellow cards went to the forwards which hurts.”

Hamilton had Steve Sione, Ratu Delanimate, and Fiso Vaisegote sent to the sinbin as Wanderers jumped to an 18-12 at the break, despite running into a brutal southerly.

Wanderers lost Jackson and Ben Ham to yellow cards amidst a 9-2 penalty count in the second half.

WALLABIES HUMBLED BLEDISLOE CUP AUSTRALIAN rugby legend Michael Lynagh has savaged the Wallabies' "schoolboy" skills after a humiliating 54-34 loss at Sydney's ANZ Stadium in Saturday night's Bledisloe Cup opener.The Wallabies trailed by 48 points after 48 minutes before winning the last half-hour 28-0. Lynagh said the Wallabies’ skills were “non-existent”.

NHRU ROUND 17 PREMIER 1: Wanderers 30 (Leeland Marshall, Doug Mckillop, Tom Eymael, Will Coffey tries; Luke Simmons 2 con 2 pen) def

by Hamilton Hawks 34 (Steve Sione 4, Tueiti Asi, Ratu Delanimate tries, Gareth Tilse 2 con) Merewether Carlton 27 (Turi Uini 2, Josh Stewart, Corey Nash, Billy Dunn tries; Ed Bacigalupo con) def by Southern Beaches 34 (Adrian Delore 2, Tim Poese, Michael Delore, Martin Delore, Sam Moss tries; Adrian Delore 2 con) Maitland 37 (John Birrell 2, Mick Howell, Rhys Clacherty tries; Jono Maloney 4 con, 3 pen) def Lake Macquarie 28 (Willie Fraser, Barcelona Lupematasila, Marvin Tauhinu, Kg Lam tries, Brendan Holliday 1 con, 2 pen) Singleton 31 (Bailey Mason, Nathan Brennan, Dan Malloy, Sheldon Swart, Rapine Mason tries; Hareangi Meihana 3 con ) def by University of Newcastle 39 (Sam Berry 2, Jack Cooke, Dan Wells, Andrew Serhan tries, Fausto Delli Carpini 4 con, 2 pen) The Waratahs 17 (John Taufaao, Inoke Rokotolu, Chase Hicks tries, Sione Olive con) def by Nelson Bay 26

NEXT WEEK: Hamilton v Merewether, Maitland v Wanderers, Singleton v Southern Beaches, Nelson Bay v Lake Macquarie, University v Waratahs

THE LADDER Premier 1

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653 651 482 493 474 476 451 468 408 225

331 266 398 404 457 582 455 509 561 818

15 15 13 16 11 11 10 10 10 2

14 14 12 8 8 7 7 6 5 0

1 3 4 8 8 9 10 10 11 17

2 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0

75 71 63 50 45 41 38 36 32 2

PREMIER 2: Wanderers 28 (tries R Dombkins 2, I Battilana, con N Fay 2, pen N Fay 3) def Hamilton Hawks 19 (tries J Lagilaginonacakacaka, N Church, K Ward, con J Finn 2) Merewether Carlton 50 (tries W Frost 2, K Sykiotis 2, F Uini, J Hetherington, L Swan, C Sheridan, con I King 3, J Hetherington 2) def Southern Beaches 12 (tries R James, L McDonald, con M Westley)

Maitland 80 (H De Rocquigny 2, R Chappell 2, A Everett 2, C punch 2, S Connolly, J Cassidy, J Lantry, P Armstrong, con C punch 10) def Lake Macquarie 0 Singleton 17 (tries B Merrick, T Salanoa, M Lindeblad, con D Bates) def by Newcastle University 50 (tries L Routledge 2, H Towle 2, J Kotris, D Mcqueeney, J Wilkinson, B Roberts, con M Handley 5) The Waratahs 42 (tries K Binge 2, M Peter 2, S Masina, M Grinham, con J Twomey 6) def Nelson Bay 7

UNDER 19: Round SF: Merewether Carlton (1) 14 (tries B Fleming, L Milton, con J Walker 2) def by Wanderers 20 (tries N Mylonas 2, J Paterson, con J Burnham, pen J Burnham) Maitland 19 (tries L Rees 2, A Keepence, con J Hill 2) drew Merewether Carlton (2) 19 (tries L Miller, T Crowe, L Arnold, con T Crowe 2)

PREMIER 3: Round 17: Wanderers 7 (tries T Henderson, con L Menchin) def by Hamilton Hawks 10 (tries M Holmes, con P Dan, pen P Dan) Merewether Carlton (2) 31 (tries N Sykiotis, C Baker, J Miller, T Wait, T Cady, con T Wait 3) def Southern Beaches 10 (tries M Ikinofo, A Brooks)

Maitland 59 (tries D Lewer, L Mahony, B Skinner, A Everett, S O’Connor, J Mann, J Dorn, J Collison, A Wilmore, con J Mann 5, J Dorn 2) def Lake Macquarie 7 (tries M Clarke, con M Clarke) Singleton 12 (tries T kingi, B roberts, con D Bates) def by Newcastle University 19 (tries C Reilly, N Mahood, J Hazell, con C Handley 2) Merewether Carlton (1) 36 (tries T Newman 2, D Spiteri 2, D Campbell, D Kelso, con D Kelso 3) def Medowie & Districts 7

DIVISIONAL: Round 17: Cooks Hill (2) 0 def by Griffins 28 Pokolbin 7 def by Southern Lakes 14 Cessnock 12 def by Easts (2) 15 (tries T Ritchie, SK Usaia, B Booth) Cooks Hill (1) 5 (trys N Dutton) def by Easts (1) 7 (tries BT Tukaki, con S Ngaheu)

4TH GRADE Round 11: Hamilton Hawks 24 def by Merewether Carlton 36 (tries A Carrall 2, L Tresidder, B O’Donnell, N Garner, C Bennett, con S Robson 3) Maitland 61 def Southern Beaches 0

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Hay the hero as Olympic hit late NORTHERN NSW NPL

BY CRAIG KERRY

LAMBTON Jaffas coach James Pascoe believes Ben Hay hasn’t realised yet just how good he can be.

Everyone, though, was given a glimpse of his potential on Sunday when the former Jets Youth player hit a 92nd-minute screamer to give the Jaffas a 2-1 edge over Hamilton after the first leg of their Northern NSW NPL semi-final series.

Lambton took a deserved lead in the 32nd minute with a Ryan Griffiths header off Joel Griffiths’ ball in and Jobe Wheelhouse’s nod on.

Hamilton equalised in the 78th minute through Rhys Cooper, who raced on to a long ball over the top that Nathan Morris misjudged.

Cooper then chipped keeper Brad Swancott to cap Olympic’s second-half revival.

A draw shaped as a moral victory for Hamilton ahead of their home semi-final next Saturday, but Hay’s 25-yard volleyed strike gave Jaffas the advantage. An unmarked Hay chested down a clearance before unleashing the bomb into the top left corner of goals, leaving Hamilton goalkeeper Tyler Warren rooted to the spot.

“He does it weekly at training, he’s a special talent Benny,” Pascoe said. “He does not know how good he can be. He hasn’t realised it yet.

“He’s one that went through the Jets youth system and people tried to see if he could make it as a left fullback, but he’s always been a very good player between the lines.”

Hay was “stoked” to score at a crucial time.

“It’s good for one to come off, especially to get it so late in the game,” Hay said.

“To be honest, I think we deserved the win. The first half we played really well and the boys were very happy with it, but in the second half we dropped off, which got them back with that goal, but credit to the boys.”

The strike was a bitter blow for Hamilton, who lost defender Tom Davies to concussion just before the opening goal.

The Jaffas created more in attack but Hamilton had their chances. Mat Swan hit the post in the 55th minute and Swancott did well to deny Reece Papas one-on-one two minutes later.

“They were better than us first half, and obviously the wind takes its toll, but I thought second half we did a lot better,” Olympic coach Mick Bolch said. “I would have been happy with the draw, but it is what it is. It’s half-time and we’re still in it.”

Wheelhouse, who came off in the 60th minute, and Morris made their return to the Jaffas starting side after long injury lay-offs.

ON TARGET: Edgeworth striker Daniel McBreen.

Picture: Jonathan Carroll

McBreen warns job not done yet NORTHERN NSW NPL

ON TOP: Jaffas midfielder Ben Hay, left, contests a header with Kane Goodchild on Sunday at Edden Oval. Picture: Jonathan Carroll

OPENER: Lambton Jaffas celebrate Ryan Griffiths' goal against Hamilton on Sunday.

Picture: Jonathan Carroll

DANIEL McBreen has been around too long to take anything for granted.

Although Edgeworth will take a 1-0 lead into the second-leg of their Northern NSW NPL semi-final against Broadmeadow at Jack McLaughan next Saturday, the veteran striker remains wary.

McBreen scored the winner in the 28th minute at Magic Park on Saturday, slotting home after great buildup work from Dylan Holz.

“It was nice to get a goal, it’s good to be 1-0 up but the job is only half done,” McBreen said.

Peter Haynes hit the woodwork for Magic and Kale Bradbery had a shot flash past the post.

“Conditions were tough,” McBreen said. "The pitch was hard and the wind was blowing a gale. Good football was hard to come by. Tactically, I thought Damian Zane got it right again and everyone did their job”.

Magic coach Ruben Zadkovich was happy with the effort and remains confident of progressing.

– JAMES GARDINER

NORTHERN NSW NATIONAL PREMIER LEAGUE 1ST LEG SEMI-FINALS SATURDAY AT MAGIC PARK 1ST GRADE: EDGEWORTH 1 (Daniel McBreen 28’) defeated BROADMEADOW 0

20 YEARS: EDGEWORTH 0 drew with HAMILTON 0

18 YEARS: ADAMSTOWN 1 defeated EMERGING JETS 16 YEARS 0

SUNDAY AT EDDEN OVAL

1ST GRADE:

P

W D

L

F

1 Edgeworth

20

13 4

3

42 14 28

43

20 YEARS:

2 Hamilton

20

12 4

4

39 20 19

40

MAITLAND 0 drew with EMERGING JETS UNDER-18S 0

3 Lambton

20

12 3

5

50 29 21

39

HAMILTON 3 defeated CHARLESTOWN 2

4 Broadmeadow

20

12 3

5

39 27 12

39

5 Valentine

20

11 2

7

35 32 3

35

6 Maitland

20

9

4

7

40 30 10

31

27 43 -16 23

LAMBTON JAFFAS 2 (Ryan Griffiths 28’, Ben Hay 90+2’) defeated HAMILTON 1 (Rhys Cooper 78’)

18 YEARS:

NEXT WEEK’S SECOND LEG SEMI-FINALS SATURDAY AT DARLING ST OVAL

FIRST GRADE LADDER

SATURDAYAT JACK MCLAUGHLAN OVAL

A

GD Pts

1ST GRADE:

1ST GRADE:

7 Lake Macquarie

20

6

5

7

HAMILTON V LAMBTON JAFFAS (1PM)

EDGEWORTH V BROADMEADOW (7.30PM)

8 Charlestown

20

5

4

11 25 33 -8

20 YEARS:

20 YEARS:

9 Adamstown

20

5

4

11 27 48 -21 19

EMERGING JETS 18 YEARS V MAITLAND (11AM)

HAMILTON V EDGEWORTH (5.30PM)

18 YEARS:

18 YEARS:

10 Jets Youth

20

4

3

13 32 56 -24 15

HAMILTON V CHARLESTOWN (9AM)

ADAMSTOWN V EMERGING JETS 16 YEARS (3.30PM)

11 Weston

20

1

4

15 18 46 -28

19

7

Lambton Jaffas’ Jobe Wheelhouse in action on Sunday

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WINNER: Sarah Halvorsen celebrates her goal. Picture: Jonathan Carroll

GRINNERS: Merewether United celebrate the club's second Herald Women's Premier League championship after beating Warners Bay in the grand final at Jack McLaughlan Oval on Sunday. Picture: Jonathan Carroll

TREBLE: Jenna Kingsley scored a first-half hat-trick. Picture: Jonathan Carroll

United fight back to clinch crown WPL

BY RENEE VALENTINE

MEREWETHER United staged a stunning second-half comeback to turn a 3-1 half-time deficit into a 4-3 win over minor premiers Warners Bay in an action-packed Herald Women’s Premier League grand final at Jack McLaughlan Oval on Sunday.

In a game that was closely contested and had a strong crowd on the edge of their seats Jenna Kingsley scored a first-half hat-trick before United’s Sarah Halvorsen

produced a treble of her own in the second period.

The match was just 12 minutes old when Warners Bay defender Brooke Miller’s long ball landed beyond Merewether’s last line of defence and Kingsley streaked onto it before beating goalkeeper Alison Logue to slot into the net.

Warners Bay captain Nadja Squires sliced through the midfield around the 40-minute mark, passed wide to Sass Seaborn, who touched back inside to player-coach Cassidy Davis to pass to Kingsley, who this time

chipped Logue.

United hit back two minutes later when Grace Macintyre drove into the 18-yard box and crossed into the goalmouth for Tayla Braithwaite to score from close range.

Kingsley struck again just before half-time.

United took control of the game in the second half and Halvorsen scored three goals in a devastating 17-minute period to give United their second championship win in WPL. She scored in the 66th, 76th and 83rd minutes.

They beat Valentine 3-2 in

the 2015 decider.

United coach Cassie Koppen never doubted her side’s ability to fight back.

“In the first half we didn’t actually play poorly but it was just critical moments where we lapsed a bit of concentration and probably failed to stick to our role and they capitalised on it,” Koppen said.

“We were probably the more dominant team in the first half and we probably didn’t deserve to be 3-1 down.

“At half-time we said, ‘We’ve scored six and seven

goals in a half before, we only need three to win’, and we did it. The girls love playing for each other and they love playing in this team, that’s something we really spoke about before the game and again at half-time, just doing it for each other and that’s was probably our strongest point.”

Warners Bay player-coach Cassidy Davis was obviously disappointed but said it had been an amazing season.

“We wanted to go at them from the start and get in their face and I think we did that well but then we just lacked

a bit of energy in the second half,” Davis said.

“They’re a team that is going to come at you and I think the girls’ legs got a bit tired.

“But I’m still proud of the girls, being minor premiers is a massive thing and to play a close game in the grand final, I can’t really be too upset. It’s been a good season.”

In the 18s decider Thornton beat Adamstown 2-0, Mid North Coast defeated South Wallsend 1-0 in the 16s grand final and Rosebud claimed the 14s championship with a 1-0 win over Wallsend.

Red Devils in hot form early Socceroos shine on big stages ENGLAND MANCHESTER United netted four goals for the second consecutive week in the Premier League to rout Swansea City 4-0 on Saturday and ensure their highest-scoring start to a season for 110 years.

United manager Jose Mourinho said he "let the horses run freely" at the Liberty Stadium but his old foe Arsene Wenger was left frustrated after his Arsenal thoroughbreds were shackled in a 1-0 defeat at Stoke City.

“The players make the manager look better and I thank their fantastic attitude because we know we have

to have a squad to do something special this season," Mourinho said.

Socceroos gloveman Mat Ryan's tough start to life in the top flight continued when Shinji Okazaki struck early and Harry Maguire netted a header from a corner as Leicester City beat Brighton 2-0 at home.

Arsenal's early-season optimism after their opening day win over Leicester was dissipated quickly after Jese, Stoke's new loan signing from Paris Saint-Germain, capped a fine debut by scoring the winner 90 seconds after the break.

The home side, revelling once again in being Arsenal's bogey team, then produced a magnificent rearguard action to keep out the Gunners, who had an equaliser from Alexandre Lacazette ruled out for a fractional offside.

A 10-man West Ham conceded a stoppage-time penalty after fighting back from 2-0 down at Southampton to lose 3-2.

Watford and West Brom both had away wins over Bournemouth and Burnley respectively while at Anfield Sadio Mane struck in the 73rd minute for Liverpool to scrape past Crystal Palace.

EUROPE SOCCEROOS midfielder Tom Rogic turned provider for Celtic in the Scottish Premiership, setting up both goals in a 2-0 win over Kilmarnock at Rugby Park.

Rogic, whose last-minute strike to snatch a win against the same opposition last campaign was voted the best of the season, beat two men and slid the ball to Forrest for an easy finish before then linking with Callum McGregor in the shadow of fulltime.

Brendan Rodgers had made eight changes for the 5-0 home thrashing of Kilmarnock in the Scottish Cup

earlier in the month and this time he opted for six.

Celtic remain unbeaten this season in all competitions they prepare to jet out to Kazakhstan for the second-leg of their Champions League play-off against Astana on Tuesday where they will take a surely unassailable 5-0 lead and confidence could hardly be higher.

Meanwhile, Massimo Luongo has taken Socceroos bragging rights in England's second tier after QPR came from behind to beat Hull 2-1 in the Championship.

Australian teammates Bailey Wright and James Mer-

edith, meanwhile, split the honours when Bristol and Millwall played out a scoreless draw.

The Socceroos trio managed a full 90 minutes each.

In Berlin, Mathew Leckie scored twice on his Bundesliga debut for Hertha Berlin to beat promoted Stuttgart 20 at home while last season's runners-up RB Leipzig suffered a shock loss to Schalke.

The Socceroos forward, who joined from Ingolstadt in the off-season, had failed to score in his previous 30 matches, his most recent goal coming in May last year against Bayer Leverkusen.

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Cross words fire up Wests for massacre TRICK SHOT: Pickers' Luke Dorn sends a pass out the back. Picture: Jonathan Carroll

Pickers peak but too little too late NEWCASTLE RL

IMPRESSIVE: Wests interchange hooker Chris Knight scored a try against Souths at Harker Oval on Sunday. Picture: Jonathan Carroll

NEWCASTLE RL

BY MICHAEL PARRIS

SOUTHS coach Ben Cross’s pre-game comment that Wests were “vulnerable in patches” looked way off the mark by full-time on Sunday afternoon at Harker Oval.

The Newcastle Rugby League minor premiers were slick in attack and almost perfect in defence to rout the Lions 44-12 in a performance coach Matt Lantry labelled one of their best this year.

The Rosellas rattled up 28 unanswered points in even time on their old boys’ day and by the final whistle had scored seven tries to two.

“The game was set up with how good we were in the first

half, with the footy and without it,” Lantry said.

“I’m really pleased with how physical we were defensively. We put a bit of a price tag on that game, and I think Souths know they’ve been in a game of footy.”

Five-eighth Ryan Walker scored a first-half double and Chad Redman, James Elias, Sam Keenan, Chris Knight, Willis Alatini and Brad Tighe also found the line.

Souths’ Jake Lawrence scored before half-time and Tim Christie crossed out wide in the final minute. Otherwise it was one-way traffic.

Lantry said Cross’s comments in a newspaper report had inspired his players.

“It was a good test for us

to see where we were at.

They’ve been playing with some really good momentum. I thought a fortnight ago against Lakes they were great, and they were good against Cessnock last weekend.

“There were some comments raised that we were vulnerable, which we took on board and really took that as a challenge to show that, as a team, good luck finding a weakness, because we don’t believe we’re vulnerable. We compete hard for the 80 minutes. That’s what really drove and motivated our boys to prove a point this week.”

The former Knights NSW Cup coach, in his first year at the Rosellas, said his side were in excellent shape

heading into the play-offs.

“I thought it was one of our best team performances. We had 17 blokes who contributed right across the board.

“The finals are just around the corner. It’s not about week-to-week footy any more. It’s about ensuring we carry some momentum into the finals. We know we’ve got a week off, so we want to go to Maitland and put in another good performance and really be confident in the way we’re playing going into that major semi-final.”

The game was delayed for 40 minutes while Rosellas reserve-grader Liam McKenna was treated for a neck injury on the cricket pitch.

McKenna was taken to

hospital in an ambulance feeling pins and needles in his neck after landing awkwardly attempting a tackle.

At St John Oval, Macquarie locked up second place by dominating Central Newcastle 30-6 on Sunday.

Fullback Mitch Manson scored a double and Matt Hay, Nathan Hinton, Royce Geoffrey and Scott Briggs also crossed for the Scorpions.

The Butcher Boys will finish third barring a heavy loss at Souths in the final round and a big win for Lakes United against Cessnock.

Central look likely to face Macquarie again in the major semi-final, and Souths look destined for an elimination final against Lakes.

NEWCASTLE RUGBY LEAGUE ROUND 15 MACQUARIE 30

LAKES UNITED 18

CENTRAL NEWCASTLE 6

KURRI KURRI 16

(M Manson 2, M Hay 2, N Hinton, R Geoffrey tries, S Briggs 3 goals)

(D Metcalf try; L Boney goal) at St John Field.

RESERVE GRADE MACQUARIE 20 def CENTRAL NEWCASTLE 6 UNDER 19s CENTRAL NEWCASTLE 26 def MAQUARIE 12 LADIES LEAGUE TAG NO MATCH PLAYED, WIN TO CENTRAL NEWCASTLE

WESTERN SUBURBS 44

(R Walker 2, C Redman, J Elias, S Keenan, C Knight, W Alatini, B Tighe tries; S Keenan 6 goals)

SOUTH NEWCASTLE 12

(J Lawrence, T Christie tries; J Keelan 2 goals) at Harker Oval.

UNDER 19s SOUTH NEWCASTLE 22 def WESTERN SUBURBS 18 RESERVE GRADE WESTERN SUBURBS 14 def SOUTH NEWCASTLE 10 LADIES LEAGUE TAG SOUTH NEWCASTLE 17 def WESTERN SUBURBS 6

(J Gagai 2, S Boss tries; K Kennedy 3 goals) (J Young 2, M Walker tries; M Cullen 2 goals) at Kurri Kurri Sportsground

UNDER 19s NO MATCH PLAYED, WIN TO LAKES UNITED RESERVE GRADE LAKES UNITED 34 def KURRI KURRI 14 LADIES LEAGUE TAG LAKES UNITED 10 def KURRI KURRI 4

MAITLAND 26 CESSNOCK 6 at Cessnock Sportsground.

UNDER 19s CESSNOCK 20 def MAITLAND 10 RESERVE GRADE CESSNOCK 20 drew MAITLAND 20 LADIES LEAGUE TAG MAITLAND 28 def CESSNOCK 4

THIS WEEK’S GAMES LAKES v CESSNOCK at Cahill Oval MAITLAND v WESTS at Coronation Oval MACQUARIE v KURRI KURRI at Peacock Field SOUTHS v CENTRAL at Townson Oval * all games 3pm Saturday

THE LADDER P W L D

Western Suburbs Macquarie Central Newcastle Lakes United South Newcastle Cessnock Maitland Kurri Kurri

15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15

13 11 9 8 7 5 4 3

2 4 6 7 8 10 11 12

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

F

A

492 358 324 323 402 269 330 298

200 286 331 409 397 354 401 418

PD Pts

292 72 -7 -86 5 -85 -71 -120

26 22 18 16 14 10 8 6

OUTGOING Maitland coach Trevor Ott could be forgiven for thinking “what if” after the Pickers made it back-toback wins with an emphatic 26-6 win over Cessnock at Cessnock Sportsground.

In the other game on Saturday, Lakes United recorded a hard fought 18-16 win over Kurri Kurri.

The Goannas had everything to play for on Saturday.

Mathematically they were still a chance of the finals, it was their old boy’s, the 40-year reunion of the 1977 premiership side and Chris Pyne was celebrating his 250th game.

However, the party was spoiled by a committed and clinical Pickers outfit. They led 14-0 at half-time. The win followed a 22-14 win over second-placed Macquarie and moved them to eight points, six outside the five.

“We have had a lot of close losses,” Ott said. “Even if you get half them go your way, you are playing semi-final football. Unfortunately the games we lost by two and four points have really hurt us at the back end.”

– JAMES GARDINER

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THE rebuild of the Wests Tigers has finally begun, according to coach Ivan Cleary.

The Tigers showed a stack of resilience in their 22-18 loss to Sydney Roosters on Saturday night, coming back from 16-0 down to take the lead midway through the second half.

It came after they upset Manly last week, while the Tigers also kept finalsbound Penrith at bay a fortnight ago for the majority of their clash.

Cleary says the team were leaps and bounds ahead of where he expected them to be after a turbulent opening few months at the club.

“We’re further ahead def-

initely of where I thought we’d be,” Cleary said.

“I made a comment a few weeks back that the rebuild hadn’t started yet, but now I think it has. That’s a credit to the players really.”

The Tigers’ newfound resilience was never more evident than on Saturday night. With nothing to play for but pride, the Tigers of old could easily have

thrown in the towel after the Roosters dominated possession and territory in the opening 30 minutes.

Instead, they withstood a significant amount of pressure on their own line in the second half as they attempted to hold their lead before finally cracking with seven minutes to play.

“We had a pretty tough period in the middle of the

year after a lot of uncertainty and players leaving,” Cleary said. “There was a period of recovery for sure.

“In the last eight weeks we have been very competitive and won games that we should. We’re definitely improving in the resilient stakes. You only get that confidence from demonstrating it and we’ve now done it a few times.”

Blair considers big-money offers BRONCOS MONEY talks – and it seems off-contract Brisbane forward Adam Blair is listening.

The Kiwi international says he faces the hardest decision of his career as he contemplates whether to take up a lucrative rival offer and leave the Broncos.

The veteran prop admitted it would be hard to leave the second-placed Broncos, especially after they maintained their title charge with a 24-12 win over St George Illawarra at Suncorp Stadium on Friday.

Blair will reportedly sacrifice $1.5 million if he remains loyal and re-signs with Brisbane after Newcastle and the Warriors tabled $2.4 million, four-year deals.

Blair had been expected to make a call in the next week but the 31-year-old said he had no idea when he would make a decision.

“It’s a difficult decision, that’s why it has taken so long,” he said.

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“To be honest I don’t know when I am going to get it done, I just want to make the right one.

“This will be the hardest decision I will make in my footy career – this is going to take time.”

Asked if Brisbane’s stellar form heading into the finals may help keep him, Blair said: “I have said all along I didn’t want to leave, that I wanted to finish my career up here.

“Now Wayne (Bennett) has given me the opportunity to look around and I guess clubs are wanting me to go there.”

Blair’s previous experience as a big-name recruit at a rebuilding club has not put him off such a move.

Blair moved from heavyweights Melbourne to the Tigers in 2012 and struggled for three seasons before being snapped up by Brisbane.

“I am older and wiser now. I understand when you go to a club as a big signing there is pressure that goes with it,” Blair said. WANTED: Rival clubs are chasing Bronco Adam Blair. Picture: AAP

Cowboys keep the faith in finals run COWBOYS MICHAEL Morgan has spoken passionately about North Queensland’s desire to rise above their horror injury toll and make an unlikely finals run.

Saturday night’s 26-16 loss to Cronulla in Townsville was the Cowboys’ fourth in a row and arm complaints to rising star Kalyn Ponga and ball-playing forward John Asiata made a bad night worse for the 2015 premiers.

They join an evergrowing list of unavailable Cowboys talent, headlined by co-captains Matt Scott and Johnathan Thurston.

The wretched run has seen North Queensland quickly slip from top-four contenders to battling to keep their finals hopes alive.

Friday’s match against Wests Tigers in Sydney now shapes as a must-win and despite their casualty ward Morgan said anything less than a finals appearance would be unacceptable.

“Two weeks makes a big difference in footy, a couple of weeks ago we were looking to get a spot in the top four and now we need to win to stay in the eight,” he said. “We don’t want to be a team that gives up, rolls over and says ‘oh we tried hard so it’s OK’, we want to be in every game and do our best not to let each other or our supporters down.

“We see this season as a failure if we don’t get there.

“We’re going to keep trying hard and we want to make a good run into the finals, it’s how we felt at the start of the year and it hasn’t changed now.”

Melbourne return no Tigers kept close done deal for Hoffman toTedesco’s heart

Burgess fit and raring to go for Rabbitohs

STORM

RABBITOHS

RYAN Hoffman admits it would be ideal to finish his career in Melbourne, but is no certainty to sign with the Storm for 2018.

The 33-year-old was told

by Warriors officials at the start of the season his contract in Auckland would not be renewed.

The former NSW and Kangaroos representative played 245 games for Melbourne between 2003 and

2014. And while he has been in negotiations with the club to return next year, he has revealed he also has a number of other options to consider.

“It would be great to finish my career there,” Hoffman said. “I’ve got some really good options that I’m working through. Hopefully sooner rather than later I’m going to have this sorted. I’m definitely going to be playing footy next year, it’s just a matter of where.”

TIGERS TIGER James Tedesco has refused to rule out the prospect of returning to Wests to finish his career after a stint at the Sydney Roosters.

Tedesco, 24, has signed a four-year deal to play for the Roosters.

But Tedesco revealed he could follow in the footsteps of Benji Marshall and finish his career at the club where it all began.

“You never know what’s going to happen,” he said.

“Obviously the Tigers are the club I grew up with.

I’m a local boy out here and they gave me my chance and stuck by me through my injuries and stuff.

“So you never know what could happen, I might come back.”

Tedesco will play his last game for the Tigers at Campbelltown Stadium on Friday night against North Queensland.

SOUTH Sydney are confident captain Sam Burgess will play again this season despite continuing to battle a rib injury.

Rabbitohs coach Michael Maguire revealed he had to stop Burgess from playing in Souths’ 3618 defeat of the Warriors.

Burgess is hopeful of being fit for England’s endof-season World Cup campaign, but has played with

the injury since the side’s round-20 loss to Cronulla a month ago.

However Maguire said he will be given every chance to return against Melbourne this week before the Bunnies finish their season against Parramatta.

“Sam was busting to play (on Friday) and I had to basically say, ‘no, you’re not playing’,” Maguire said.

“He’s on the mend, we’ll have to see how he is throughout the week.”

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Concern mounting for Sione KNIGHTS V STORM

BY ROBERT DILLON

THE welfare of Knights co-captain Sione Mata’utia is again causing concern after he was replaced with concussion in Saturday’s 44-12 loss to Melbourne at McDonald Jones Stadium.

Mata’utia was helped from the field in the 29th minute for a head-injury assessment and did not return.

It was his third such episode this season, after incidents in round three against South Sydney and round five against Cronulla.

Mata’utia was also concussed twice last season and, after being advised to stand down for a game in August last year, he told the Newcastle Herald: "I have had two major head knocks and the doctors are being very precautionary with myself being so young ... having so many knocks is why they were a bit worried."

Knights coach Nathan Brown said the 21-year-old, who has played in every game this season, would undergo the usual assessments this week to determine if he is fit for Friday’s penultimate-round clash with Canberra in the national capital.

“We’ll have to go through the processes to see if he’ll be fit next week,’’ Brown said.

“Any time anyone’s getting a head knock, with where things are at these days, it’s a concern.

‘‘

"Anyone who’s been concussed on a number of occasions, it’s always some sort of concern.’’

- NATHAN BROWN

“Sione’s been and had all the right tests after his last [concussion] and been cleared of any worry at all.

“So that’s all we can do, is do that and go through the process. But anyone who’s been concussed on a number of occasions, it’s always some sort of concern.’’

Concussion is an issue that has continued to hang over Newcastle’s season like a black cloud.

Former Knights winger James McManus announced in February he had launched landmark law suit against the club for alleged mistreatment after a series of career-ending head knocks.

Newcastle were then fined $50,000 by the NRL in March after fullback Brendan Elliot was allowed to remain on the field when he was dazed by a brutal high shot from South Sydney’s Hymel Hunt.

Brown said after the loss to Melbourne that “we’ve got a few blokes in there today that are a bit wounded”, in particular five-eighth Brock

Lamb, who bravely soldiered on for almost 50 minutes after suffering a knee injury in the 18th minute.

“I’m guessing he’s got a grade-two medial, so that might be the end of him for the year,’’ Brown said.

If so, it would be a blow to Newcastle’s hopes of avoiding the wooden spoon, a task that will require them winning at least one of their remaining two games.

“It’s unfortunate if he [Lamb] misses the next two games but as long as it’s not anything major, he can have a really good pre-season,’’ Brown said.

“That would be the key for Brock. He’s certainly put his hand up and shown that he’s got the talent to move forward, so that’s pleasing.”

Brown said if, as expected, Lamb was sidelined, 20-year-old playmaker Jack Cogger was his most likely replacement. Cogger played in six NRL games last season but has not been required in the top grade this year.

The other possible option would be Jaelen Feeney, who played eight consecutive games as halfback earlier in the season.

Adding to Newcastle’s woes, key 2018 signing Kalyn Ponga suffered a shoulder injury in North Queensland’s loss to Cronulla in Townsville on Saturday.

The Knights will be desperately hoping it is not a major problem.

EARLY EXIT: Knights co-captain Sione Mata'utia is helped from the field after suffering a head knock against Melbourne. Picture: Darren Pateman, AAP

RUNNING REPAIRS: Brock Lamb is strapped up after suffering a knee injury on Saturday. Picture: Darren Pateman, AAP

Gulf between first and worst highlighted KNIGHTS V STORM HOW good are Melbourne Storm? Better than last year, according to Knights coach Nathan Brown.

The gulf between the NRL’s first and worst teams was highlighted on Saturday when Melbourne gave Newcastle a 44-12 lesson at McDonald Jones Stadium.

The result clinched Melbourne’s second consecutive minor premiership and left Newcastle needing at least one win from their final two games – against Canberra (away) and Cronulla (home) – to have any hope of avoid-

ing a third successive wooden spoon.

Brown said the Storm were “clearly the No.1 side in the competition” and a benchmark his own young players should aspire to emulate.

Asked if they were more formidable than last season, when they lost 14-12 to Cronulla in the grand final, Brown replied: “I think they’ve got a fair bit on last year. Billy [Slater] is back, and we all know what an impact he has on any team. “[Cameron] Munster is a player that has continued to grow and has proven that

STRIKEPOWER: Melbourne fullback Billy Slater, left, and winger Suliasi Vunivalu. Picture: Darren Pateman, AAP

at Origin level now. And the other thing which is a little different to other Storm sides

we’ve seen … they’ve got a number of big, powerful blokes who get themselves in

position to promote the ball.

“And they seem to do that more now than what they probably ever have done.

“So I think they’re clearly a better team than last year.”

Storm coach Craig Bellamy said he had been “a touch concerned” about the strength of his 2017 squad, after the off-season departures of Kevin Proctor, Blake Green and Marika Koroibete.

“Whether we’re a bit better than last year, I’m not quite sure,’’ Bellamy said.

Storm skipper Cameron Smith felt there was room for improvement.

“With all due respect to Newcastle, we could have put a fair few more points on the scoreboard,’’ Smith said.

“Newcastle were very brave, but I just thought we turned over some cheap ball in the ruck, some silly offloads, which is something that’s plagued our entire season, at stages.”

Making Melbourne’s win even more meritorious, champion halfback Cooper Cronk was rested and his replacement, Brodie Croft, scored a hat-trick of tries in only his fifth NRL game.

– ROBERT DILLON

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JWH escapes suspension for errant elbow Defeat JUDICIARY SYDNEY Roosters prop Jared Waerea-Hargreaves is set to escape suspension for his late and errant elbow to Wests Tigers fiveeighth Tuimoala Lolohea’s head.

The New Zealand Test forward has been charged by the match review panel

with grade one dangerous contact to the head or neck over the incident during Saturday’s win over the Tigers.

But he can avoid a ban with an early guilty plea, leaving him free to play in the Roosters’ crucial clash with Cronulla on Saturday.

Tigers winger David Nofoaluma received a similar

charge and outcome from the game for an incident with Ryan Matterson.

Cronulla stars James Maloney and Wade Graham can accept fines for grade one offences for tripping and a careless high tackle respectively against North Queensland.

Meanwhile, a Canberra fan was ejected from GIO

Stadium for allegedly spitting at a referee at halftime of Sunday’s home defeat by Penrith, the club has confirmed.

The patron was kicked out of the arena, with stadium security to pass on his information to the Raiders for further action to be considered.

Raiders coach Ricky Stu-

leaves Manly in limbo

art said it warranted punishment if proven.

“It’s not on. They (referees) do a tough job. It’s unacceptable and definitely should be punished.

I didn’t know that - that’s news to me,” Stuart said after the match. “They’ve got a tough gig. We’ve all got tough gigs though, but that is unacceptable.”

BULLDOGS V SEA EAGLES

MANLY are walking a finals tightrope after they were beaten 30-16 by Canterbury on Sunday.

The Bulldogs put in their best attacking performance of the year to snap a four-game losing streak, effectively sending Manly’s finals ambitions into a tailspin.

The Sea Eagles, who were third a month ago, have now lost four of their past five games to fall to eighth on the ladder.

Manly face the Warriors in Auckland on Sunday before playing Penrith at home in round 26.

And they would still need to improve if they are to have any impact come September, given they have now conceded 170 points in their past five games.

They were again caught lacking in defence on their own line, while their attack didn’t have the impetus it has had for most of the season. It showed as the Sea Eagles’ second-half points came through Lewis Brown in the final minute, despite completing at 82 per cent for the match.

In comparison, the often-clunky Bulldogs scored 30 points for the first time this season.

Will Hopoate produced the last pass for three tries, as the Bulldogs worked the WINNER: PantherTyrone May scores the winning try against Canberra on Sunday. Picture: AAP same play twice for Marcelo Montoya to score a firsthave allowed getting up to mainder of it (we’re) probNot since their 2003 pre- it today in our own right, half double.

Brett Morris also crossed that 20-10 (with) so much ably not in this position.” miership have the Panthers and then we had to win it on the line,” Stuart said.

For the Panthers, their recorded seven wins on the again when they surged at closed to halftime to get “The first 25 minutes of seventh straight victory all trot. Panthers coach An- us,” he said. “That’s hard to Canterbury past 10 points the game let us down. but cements their finals thony Griffin hailed their do at this time of the year in the opening half for the “If we had of played the spot and also keeps them performance as one of the – win tight games of foot- first time this season, befirst 25 minutes of the game in the hunt for a charge at best of the season. ball twice. We’ll take a lot of fore he and brother Josh both scored after the break. the way we played the re- the top four.

“We had a chance to win confidence out of that.”

Raiders pipped by Penrith at the post RAIDERS V PANTHERS CANBERRA’S late dash for a finals spot is all but over after being pipped by Penrith 26-22 in an enthralling contest at GIO Stadium on Sunday.

The Raiders erased a 10-point halftime deficit to lead with eight minutes to go before unlikely Panthers rookie Tyrone May dived over from short range to steal a thrilling win.

The defeat ended the Raiders’ four-game winning streak but, more importantly, leaves Ricky Stuart’s side four points out of the top eight with two games to go.

They must now win both their matches against Newcastle and Melbourne and rely on either Manly or North Queensland losing both of theirs to quality for September action.

Raiders coach Ricky Stuart blamed the defeat on their slow start, but lamented a lost opportunity to move within striking distance of the finals.

“I was really happy with the way we got back into that game, we should never

NRL RESULTS ROUND 24 PARRAMATTA 30

MELBOURNE 44

PENRITH 26

(W Smith 2 D Alvaro T Moeroa S Radradra tries M Moses 5 goals)

(B Croft 3 N Asofa-Solomona W Chambers D Finucane C Scott S Vunivalu tries C Smith 5 D Finucane goals)

(W Blake N Cleary J Mansour T May tries N Cleary 5 goals)

GOLD COAST 8

NEWCASTLE 12

(B Nakubuwai W Zillman tries) at ANZ Stadium. Referee: Gavin Badger, Grant Atkins. Crowd: 6826.

(L Fitzgibbon J Wardle tries T Hodkinson 2 goals) at McDonald Jones Stad. Ref: J Stone, A Gee. Crowd: 16,001.

SOUTH SYDNEY 36

SYDNEY ROOSTERS 22

(A Johnston 3 C Murray A Reynolds C Walker tries A Reynolds 6 goals)

(M Aubusson A Guerra L Mitchell M Pearce tries M Gordon 3 goals)

NZ WARRIORS 18

WESTS TIGERS 18

(R Tuivasa-Sheck 2 S Mannering tries I Luke 3 goals) at ANZ Stadium. Referee: Chris Butler, Chris Sutton. Crowd: 6213.

(J Aloiai T Lolohea J Tedesco tries T Lolohea 3 goals) at Allianz Stadium. Ref: C James, H Perenara. Crowd: 9585.

BRISBANE 24

CRONULLA 26

(A Glenn 2 J Kahu A Milford C Oates tries A Milford 2 goals)

(J Brailey P Gallen V Holmes C Townsend tries J Maloney 5 goals)

ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA 12 (T Lafai P Vaughan tries G Widdop 2 goals) at Suncorp Stadium.

Referee: Matt Cecchin, Gavin Reynolds. Crowd: 31,832.

NORTH QUEENSLAND 16 (E Lowe T Martin M Morgan tries E Lowe 2 goals) at 1300SMILES Stad. Ref: G Sutton, D Munro. Crowd: 15,539.

CANBERRA 22 (N Cotric J Papalii J Tapine J Wighton tries J Croker 3 goals) at GIO Stadium. Ref: A Shortall, A Klein. Crowd: 14,818.

CANTERBURY 30 (M Montoya 2 B Morris 2 B Lee J Morris tries M Mbye 3 goals)

MANLY 16 (L Brown B Kelly J Trbojevic tries D Cherry-Evans M Wright goals) at ANZ Stad. Ref: G Badger, B Cummins. Crowd: 8912.

NEXT WEEK ROUND 25 Thursday: Broncos v Eels, 7.50pm; Friday: Raiders v Knights, 6pm; Tigers v Cowboys, 7.50pm; Saturday: Titans v Bulldogs, 3pm; Storm v Rabbitohs, 5.30pm; Sharks v Roosters, 7.30pm; Sunday: Warriors v Sea Eagles, 2pm; Panthers v Dragons 4pm.

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