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Ashburton’s new top cop found By Jaime Pitt-MacKay Jaime.p@theguardian.co.nz

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Ashburton’s new top cop has been found, with a local being awarded the role. Current detective sergeant Leigh Jenkins will be making the shift in to the senior sergeant’s role on April 29, taking over from the incumbent Matt Emery. The role of sub area supervisor will see him oversee all officers based in the Ashburton District.

“Leigh is an experienced detective and investigator who has managed a large number of high profile investigations within Mid Canterbury,” MidSouth Canterbury area commander police Inspector Dave Gaskin said. “The skills he has gained from his current role will be valuable for him moving forward.” Current senior sergeant Matt Emery echoed the sentiments, saying that Jenkins’ knowledge of the area would be invaluable.

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“He knows the communities very well and being a local is valuable as well,” he said. Emery has had to travel in every day from out of the district, and he said while he has enjoyed his time in the role, to get the best out of the position the person needs to be based in the district as well. Before Emery, the role was held by Phil Dean, who was in the role for around nine months last year, before handing over to Emery on January 7 of this year.

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■■ LONGBEACH COASTAL CHALLENGE

Longbeach proceeds handed out By Erin Tasker

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It was one of the more challenging events its organisers had put on, but the 2018 installment of the Longbeach Coastal Challenge still raised $30,000. Now, that money has officially gone back into the community, with two cheques handed over to the two benefactors – Longbeach School and the Hinds and Districts Lions Club. Each received a cheque for $15,000 from the event on Friday. The organisers of the 2018 event faced some pretty tough challenges due to adverse weather conditions in the lead-up, so the fact that they still had more than 900 people register to take part was a big win, and ensured that the event still raised a significant amount of money, as it has every year since its inception in 2007. Back then, it was a mountainbike only event, but over the years it has expanded and now includes runners and walkers, including a half marathon. The 2018 organising committee was led by chairperson Garry Brown and he couldn’t have been happier with how the event panned out despite the challenges thrown at them by the weather. He said there a lot of hard work and long hours had been spent on the event by a relatively new committee, and the day was made possible by the help of more than 100 volunteers from the Longbeach School community and the Hinds and Districts Lions. It would also not have been possible without the support of the landowners, who gave generously to the community fundraiser by throwing open the gates and allowing access to their paddocks, laneways and coastal boundaries that overlooked the vast Pacific Ocean, making it one of the most picturesque events of its kind around. The 2019 Longbeach Coastal Challenge event will be held on Sunday, November 24, and early bird entries will open at the start of July.

The proceeds of the 2018 Longbeach Coastal Challenge have been given out to Longbeach School and the Hinds and Districts Lions Club. PHOTO SUPPLIED

■■ SPEED LIMITS

Changes to Ashburton District’s speed limits in limbo by

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Residents on several streets around Ashburton and Methven could be in for a long wait to see speeds reduced outside their properties. Ashburton District Council roading engineer Brian Fauth has a list of requests for speed changes but said due to a drive for a Canterbury-wide approach to setting speed limits, any changes

around the district are in limbo, he said. Currently on his books are requests for speed changes on Johnstone and Nixon streets and Gordons, Hollands and Tarbotton’s roads in Ashburton and Barkers Road in Methven but making those changes is no longer as simple as moving a post or rewriting the numbers, Fauth said. Until now the council has set speed limits under its bylaws, but

a new land transport rule will see speeds set by the NZ Transport agency. It is obliged to develop and maintain information about speed for every public road including mandatory criteria that must be used when developing speed setting information. How the new rules should be applied in Canterbury has not been decided and that has left councils forced to hold off re-

viewing any changes to the district’s speeds. The downside of waiting was that there could be a delay in making road safety improvements through speed zone changes, Fauth said. “And if we made changes we could be sending mixed messages to the public that some roads were 60km/h even though they should be 70km/h. There are a lot of aspects to this and we’d rather hold off and do something co-or-

dinated around the district.” Any speed that was shifted or any speed that was changed had to be gazetted to be enforceable by police, Fauth said. None of the speed change requests were in areas considered high risk and it made sense for the council to sit and wait to see how speed change regulations evolved, he said. There is no clear timeframe for the strategy’s completion.

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■■ ASHBURTON SILVER BAND

Band master’s big milestone By Linda Clarke

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Ashburton Silver Band members celebrated the special achievement of one of their own recently. Conductor and cornet player Harry Bremner was presented a 50-year award from the Brass Band Association of New Zealand. He’s been playing music though for much longer. He came to Ashburton in 1965 from Scotland, in response to the silver band’s advertisement in a band magazine. The band found him a job and a house, and Bremner and his wife Karen put down roots in the town. Bremner’s interest in music started when he was seven, when his grandfather began teaching him to play the violin. He went into the army at the age of 20 as a professional musician, where he learned to played the cornet. After two years in the army he joined the Tullis Russell Mills Band, playing the cornet and flugel. Then, at 26, he packed his bags for New Zealand. Ashburton band member Kate Guthrie said Bremner had been a dedicated member ever since; in his early 80s, he remains an integral part of the band.

She said that before Bremner came to New Zealand, he had played in the Military Tattoo in London, played the trumpet with the Londonderry string orchestra (playing the Messiah in Northern Ireland), played with the French National Orchestra at the opening concert of the Edinburgh Festival and was a member of a massed bands concert in the Royal Albert Hall in London. After coming to New Zealand, he was selected as a member of the Canterbury All Star Band to play at the opening of the Christchurch town hall in 1972. Guthrie said Bremner was also one of the main instigators of the band’s current bandroom and had directed its building in the late 1970s. “He spent many volunteer hours working on it and meticulously kept a record of all the hours each individual put into the new building.” Bremner was also the principal cornet player when the Ashburton Silver Band won the national championships in Dunedin in 1978. In 1980, he was made a life member of the silver band. Right - Ashburton Mayor Donna Favel congratulates Harry Bremner on his 50-year brass band award.

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■■ KEYS TO THE DISTRICT

New civic award to honour our district’s best By Sue Newman

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There is already a range of awards that can be given to people who have made an outstanding contribution to life in the Ashburton District; now there is likely to be one more. The new award will be known as Keys to the District and it is designed to acknowledge the best of the best national or international

achievement over a number of years. When the award was discussed at Thursday’s Ashburton District Council finance and business services committee, not every councillor was convinced that another award was needed. “I’ll be voting against it, we have sufficient awards already, what we have is quite enough,” Stuart Wilson said.

Selwyn Price wanted to know how the new award would differ from the Ashburton Medal which is currently the district’s top award. Only one of these can be awarded each year. Strategy and policy manager Toni Durham said the difference would come in the extra layer of criteria that would need to be met and in the ability to make an award only once in any council

term. The award idea came from the council’s international relations committee and started as a suggestion that the district could introduce an “honourary citizen” award for international visitors and developed from there, mayor Donna Favel said. “We then decided we had nothing to recognise someone like an outstanding sportsperon who had achieved international rec-

ognition. We could congratulate them but we had nothing to actually give them,” she said. Not every councillor agreed, but there was enough support for the idea for the Keys to the District award to be added to the council’s community honours list. It will be added to the awards list with qualifying criteria when the council reviews its awards policy later this year.

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■■ HEALTH

Balancing your life By Sue Newman

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Kate Davidson knows first hand how acupuncture can change the way your body feels and functions. Today she’s an experienced practitioner who completed a health science degree in Sydney and who has plied her trade in Australia and Colombia and is now back home in home town Ashburton. Acupuncture is the perfect treatment to ensure your body is working harmoniously, she said. It reduces inflammation, improves circulation and relieves pain. It’s also great for relieving stress and treating conditions such as migraines and issues such as lupus and chronic fatigue. It is also good in promoting good sleep patterns and in fertility and in lessening the symptoms of menopause, Kate said. There are different styles of acupuncture, from the Chinese methods where larger needles are used and the belief is ‘no pain, no gain,’ to the fine needle, painless Japanese style. Her style is midway between the two. The pain that some people fear with acupuncture is more of a dull ache around the needle rather than actual pain. Some people may bruise where a needle has been placed, she said. Acupuncturists designed treatment programmes specificially for individual needs, Kate said. “Chinese medicine is all about getting the body balanced, about bringing it back into flow. When you’re stressed you can’t heal.” It was also a valuable treatment for people who had been given a cancer diagnosis because it would relieve stress and mean their body could deal much bet-

Acupuncturist Kate Davidson is ready to help people in the Ashburton District find their path to wellness. PHOTO SUE NEWMAN 290319-SN-0010

For four hours on Friday night, legs were turning and muscles were burning at Ashburton’s EA Networks Centre, all for a good cause. The EA Networks Centre gym put on a four-hour RPM spin class to raise money for The Cancer Society, and gym manager Anna Johnson said it was a huge success, raising around $4000. The event ­called Robyn’s RPM Extreme ­was a very personal one for the staff at the gym, as the woman it was named after and run for was one of their group fitness instructors, Robyn Sewell, who had recently undergone treatment for breast cancer. Sewell was among those who

IDEA Services support staff in Ashburton will be joining their colleagues in a nationwide strike this morning. Staff cite feeling overworked and undervalued and being tired of understaffing and the issues that creates. Staff will be striking down on the chessboard on East Street from 8am.

Morgan quits party Gareth Morgan has resigned from all roles in The Opportunities Party (TOP). Party leader Geoff Simmons made the announcement yesterday. “It seems that politics is too similar to herding cats for his liking, and he can’t wait to sink his claws into his many other interests,” Simmons said. At the 2017 election, The Opportunities Party secured 2.4 per cent of the party vote. The party still planned to contest the 2020 election. Morgan poured an estimated $2 million into the party to contest the 2017 election. - NZME

Two people died after a crash in Hawera on Saturday night. The crash happened at 8.25pm at the intersection of Glover and Ketemarae roads. The cause of the crash is under investigation.- NZME ter with the emotional stress this generated, she said. “Mind and body are absolutely connected. I’m living proof that it works.” Unlike traditional medicine, acupuncture was not invasive, but it was a treatment that was not one-off. Kate has an initial consultation with clients and a treatment plan is developed. She was a late comer to the health practice, however, having worked for several years as a secondary school teacher in nutrition and food. At that time she had several health issues, including a gluten allergy that was to go undiagnosed for several years. “I went gluten free and my life changed. I came off all medication and that’s when the world of complementary medicine

opened up,” she said. “I found I had more energy. Previously I’d thought I was meant to feel sluggish, slow and bloated because I had nothing to compare it with.” At the time her sister Rebecca was living in Sydney and Kate decided to move across the Tasman. She secured relieving work in a secondary school and saw an advertisement for a weekend course on eastern medicine. Intrigued, she enrolled. At the end of the weekend she was convinced this was where her future lay and she started what would be a five-year commitment to a Bachelor of Health Science in traditional Chinese medicine. “It was absolutely fantastic. I did a lot of clinical practice and

that meant I hit the ground running when I graduated,” she said. She established her business, Creative Acupuncture, and also secured work at a medical practice where the Chinese owner believed in blending western and eastern medicine to create the appropriate wellness solutions for patients. Travel beckoned and Kate headed for Colombia in South America where fate intervened and she met husband-to-be Joel Gutierrez. He was Ecudorian, she was living in Santiago, Chile and their romance inevitably involved long distance travel. Kate always had a return to Ashburton in mind and the couple moved home where she has now established Creative Acupuncture, mark II.

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By Erin Tasker

In brief

took to one of the more than 30 bikes set up in the EA Networks Centre’s stadium, to turn the pedals over on Friday night. All of the spots on the bikes were booked out, and while a few hardy riders completed the full four hours by themselves, most came in teams and took turns on the bikes across the four hours. Some dressed up for the occasion, too, adding things like wigs and tutus to the lycra found in a typical spin class at the centre. There was plenty of action off the spin bikes, too, with a Body Pump and a Body Balance class running alongside the spin class, and a few fun games like table tennis set up, along with some other fun activities and challenges.

Firearms incident Palmerston North police were yesterday urging residents to stay inside after a firearms incident. Police were called to Clyde Cres, in the suburb of Roslyn, about 4.40pm yesterday. The Herald understood a man with a gun had made threats. One resident said he’d earlier seen armed police officers on the street, before police phoned his house and told him there was an incident taking place in the street and to lock his doors. The resident, who is a security guard and has lived in Clyde Cres for 35 years, said there had been firearms incidents in the street before. - NZME

Mosque open day They came in their thousands to learn more about their Islamic neighbours during an open day at Dunedin’s mosque yesterday. For many, it was their first time visiting a mosque, where they were treated to warm Islamic hospitality including traditional foods and information on the tenets of the faith. The entrance to the Al Huda mosque in Clyde St was jam-packed all day with the shoes of Dunedin residents enjoying the open day. Otago Muslim Association chairman Mohammed Rizwan said more than 2000 people attended the open day between 10am and 5pm. It was held due to the deluge of requests from people to visit the mosque after the Christchurch terror attacks, he said. The day began with a rousing haka starring many of the young people from the mosque. - NZME

Lotto results

Taking part in Robyn’s RPM Extreme at the EA Networks Centre on Friday night, was the woman the night was all about, Robyn Sewell. PHOTO ERIN TASKER 290319-ET-0014

Official Lotto results for draw number 842 drawn on Saturday. Winning numbers (in ascending order): , 3, 9, 13, 18, 21. Bonus number: 33. Powerball winning number: 1. Strike: 2, 21, 18, 13.

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■■MOSQUE TRAGEDY

Accused ‘deprived of entitlements’ one private visitor each week for a minimum duration of 30 minutes and at least one outgoing telephone call of up to five minutes duration per week. The act also states that these entitlements can be withheld “if there is an emergency in the prison or the security of the prison is threatened or if the health or safety of any person is threatened”. A prison director may also deny a prisoner access to the minimum entitlements if they are in segregation “for purposes of security, good order, or safety; or for the purpose of protective custody”. The prison source said the accused is allowed outside into a concrete exercise yard for one hour a day. He was said to be “compliant”. The accused is due to reappear in the High Court at Christchurch this month. It is likely he will appear via audio-visual link. His image has been suppressed but he did not seek name suppression. He will represent himself in court. Police have charged him with one count of murder but further charges are expected to be added at his next appearance. Another 49 murder charges are likely and it’s possible he will also face a raft of attempted murder or wounding-related charges. Police have yet to comment on whether he would face any terrorism-related charges. - NZME

The man charged in relation to the Christchurch shooting is led into the dock for his court appearance earlier this month. PHOTO MARK MITCHELL/NEW ZEALAND HERALD

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The man allegedly responsible for killing 50 people and wounding almost the same number in the Christchurch terror attacks has reportedly made a formal complaint from prison about being deprived of his entitlements. The murder accused is being held at Auckland Prison in Paremoremo under tight security, after he was flown up from Christchurch on a New Zealand Defence Force plane following his first court appearance. The alleged gunman has been segregated from other prisoners and is able to be observed 24 hours a day, either directly by staff and/or via CCTV camera. He has been denied the right to have visitors and has no access to newspapers, radio or TV. It yesterday emerged that he has made a formal complaint to the Department of Corrections, claiming he is being deprived of his basic rights. A Corrections source said the inmate’s complaint included that he was not being allowed any access to visitors or phone calls. The New Zealand Herald is seeking comment from Corrections. According to the Corrections Act, inmates have a “minimum entitlement” to certain things including exercise, sufficient bedding for “warmth, health and reasonable comfort”, a sufficient quantity of wholesome food and drink and at least three meals a day. Every prisoner is entitled to receive at least

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■■AFGHANISTAN

Flash floods kill 32 Flash floods have killed at least 32 people in western Afghanistan, destroying homes and sweeping through makeshift shelters that housed displaced families. Flooding caused by heavy rains started spreading at the weekend and left a trail of devastation across seven provinces, Afghanistan’s National Disaster Management Authority spokesman Hasibullah Shir Khani said. Another 12 people were missing and more than 700 houses were destroyed or

severely damaged, he added. The floods worsen an already desperate situation. Hundreds of thousands of people were displaced in the region by last year’s severe drought and the 17-year-long war with the Taliban. Floods in early March caused further destruction and put this year’s wheat harvest at risk. Shir Ahmad, who lives in Herat province, said his house and farmland had been destroyed.

“If you go and see the destruction it makes you cry,” he said. Floods are a common occurrence in Afghanistan, although not usually this severe. The country has little infrastructure, such as ditches and sewers, to manage water run-off from rain or melting snow. World Vision said it appeared tens of thousands of Afghans were affected. Some residents of Badghis province were calling it the worst storm in 20 years, it said. - AP

■■UNITED STATES

Aid cut to Central American countries The US has cut aid to El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras after President Donald Trump blasted the Central American countries for sending migrants to the US and threatened to shut the border with Mexico. A surge of asylum seekers from the three countries have sought to enter the US across the southern border in recent days. On Friday, Trump accused the nations of having “set up” migrant caravans and sent them north. Trump said there was a “very good likelihood” he would close the border this week if Mexico did not stop immigrants from reaching the US. Frequent crossers of the border, including workers and students, worried about the disruption to their lives the president’s threatened shutdown could cause. At a rally on the border in El Paso, Texas, Democratic presidential hopeful Beto O’Rourke denounced Trump’s immigration policies as the politics of “fear and division”. A State Department spokesman said in a statement on Saturday it was carrying out Trump’s directive by ending aid programs to the three Central American nations, known as the Northern Triangle. The department said it would “engage Congress in the process,” an apparent acknowledgement that it will need lawmakers’ approval to end funding that a Congressional aide estimated would total about $US700 million ($A988 million). New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez, the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, called Trump’s order a

Jude Dobson

Meet the DWTS stars Celebrity chef Nadia Lim, league player Manu Vatuvei and former TV star Jude Dobson will take to the stage for the upcoming season of Dancing with the Stars. But Spy is picking that lesserknown social media influencer William Waiirua will steal the limelight. Spy can reveal the four are joining alreadyannounced Mike McRoberts in Three’s celebrity dance competition. Waiirua is a professional morale-booster on Instagram with 90,000 followers. Dobson is poised to be this season’s Suzy Cato — and she has Cato’s partner from last season Matt Tatton-Brown. - NZME

Mick Jagger

Stones postpone tour

Donald Trump “reckless announcement” and urged Democrats and Republicans alike to reject it. Trump told reporters at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida on Friday that the US was paying the three countries “tremendous amounts of money,” but received nothing in return. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and other US officials say border patrol officers have been overwhelmed by a sharp increase asylum seekers, many of them children and families who arrive in groups, fleeing violence and economic hardship in the Northern Triangle.

March is on track for 100,000 border apprehensions, Homeland Security officials said, which would be the highest monthly number in more than a decade. Most of those people can remain in the US while their asylum claims are processed, which can take years because of ballooning immigration court backlogs. Nielsen warned Congress on Thursday that the government faces a “system-wide meltdown” as it tries to care for more than 1200 unaccompanied children and 6600 migrant families in its custody. - AP

The Rolling Stones are postponing their latest tour so Mick Jagger can receive medical treatment. The band has announced that Jagger was told by doctors “he cannot go on tour at this time”. The band added that Jagger “is expected to make a complete recovery so that he can get back on stage as soon as possible”. No more details about 75-yearold Jagger’s condition were provided. The Stones’ No Filter Tour was expected to start April 20 in Miami. Jagger says he hates letting the fans down but he’s “looking forward to getting back on stage as soon as I can.” - AP

■■ETHIOPIA

Anti-stalling feature engaged in crash Investigators scouring black box data believe an automatic anti-stalling feature was engaged before a Boeing 737 MAX jet crashed and killed 157 people in Ethiopia, an administration official said. The feature, known as MCAS, was also a factor in the October crash in Indonesia, according to investigators. The investigators said inaccurate information from an outside sensor led MCAS to force the nose of the plane down over and over again. Pilots proved unable to regain control and prevent disaster, and the Lion Air flight eventually crashed in the Java Sea, killing 189 people. Boeing last week detailed a software update it said will make MCAS more reliable

and less powerful. They also said all MAX pilots would be required to get new training. Previous evidence found at the Ethiopian crash site showed equipment on the 737 MAX’s tail was positioned in a way that would push the plane’s nose downward, consistent with the black box finding. Experts have also said satellite tracking data showed the Ethiopian Airlines plane taking an unusual, upward and downward flight path before it crashed, similar to the MCAS issues with the Lion Air crash in Indonesia. It was those two pieces of evidence that US officials cited in grounding the planes, after most of the rest of the world had al-

ready done so. Investigators had been scouring the flight data recorder to assess whether MCAS’ played a role in Ethiopia. They were essentially trying to see if onthe-ground evidence was consistent with the detailed technical picture gleaned from the black box. It was, the administration official said. That’s important, because it helps establish that the plane’s anti-stall technology is, as experts had predicted, implicated in the crash. But the ongoing investigation will also offer insights into the role the pilots themselves played. The information from the black box was first reported by the Wall Street Journal. - AP

Nicolas Cage

Nicolas Cage to divorce Nicolas Cage’s new wife Erika Koike won’t contest his request for an annulment, which was filed four days after they tied the knot. The Con Air actor – who was previously wed to Alice Kim, Lisa Marie Presley and Patricia Arquette – married Erika in Las Vegas on Saturday after obtaining a marriage licence on the same day, and later filed for an annulment of their union four days later on Wednesday. Annulments are awarded when a marriage is legally void, which Nicolas is believed to be arguing based on him being intoxicated when the pair wed. - AP

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Jody Shaw from Motueka High School competes at the 2019 South Island Secondary Schools’ Mountain Bike Championships on the Mt Hutt trails. PHOTO ROBYN HOOD 300319-RH-512

Students at the Big Little Theatre Company wowed spectators at Trotts Gardens yesterday with their Shakesperience performance. The students performed a mixture of William Shakespeare’s works throughout the gardens. Funds raised from ticket sales for the day went towards funding the students’ trip to perform at the Globe Theatre in London in July. PHOTO HEATHER MACKENZIE 310319-HM-0309

Busy weekend It has been a busy weekend across the Ashburton District as winter sports begin and crowds flock to events. Guardian photographers were out and about to capture all of the action.

The 2019 South Island Secondary Schools’ Mountain Bike Championships were held on the Mt Hutt trails on Saturday. PHOTO ROBYN HOOD 300319-RH-514

Students at the Big Little Theatre Company wowed spectators at Trotts Gardens yesterday with their Shakesperience performance. PHOTO HEATHER MACKENZIE 310319-HM-0312

George Lindores from St Andrew’s College competes at the 2019 South Island Secondary Schools’ Mountain Bike Championships on the Mt Hutt trails. PHOTO ROBYN HOOD 300319-RH-517

Brad Blundell from Ashburton College competes at Reilly Duff from Mount Hutt College awaits his the 2019 South Island Secondary Schools’ Mountain turn at the 2019 South Island Secondary Schools’ Bike Championships on the Mt Hutt trails. Mountain Bike Championships. PHOTO ROBYN HOOD 300319-RH-515

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Younger mindset needed on council I

t has been said before, and probably will be said again, but we need to get more youth involvement in and around our council. While I have no issues myself with the current crop of councillors, I feel like we might need a bit more of a mix, and what a better year to try and do that than in an election year. I have what some might say is the benefit of looking at this from a ‘young person’s’ perspective, and I am not filled with confidence. The nature of the job of course means that you either have to have a very accommodating employer to allow you to work your hours around meetings and other outings, or have your own business that allows

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you to pay to live your life while you sit on the council. Or, you could try and live solely off the measly amount councillors are paid for the role. Becoming a councillor is of course an important task, charged with playing an integral role in the direction the district will take for the following three years and beyond. It would not be an easy one either, with an understanding and practice in the flow of

meetings required, along with a strong understanding of council policy and how the district itself works. I have learned who the councillors are, mainly through this job, but unfortunately for most other people in their 20s, I suspect they might not know their Selwyn Prices from their Thelma Bells. While local government is an important cog in society, there is very little attraction from the younger generations to it. It naturally takes a driven person to want to become a councillor, but it now seems that those from the younger generation are more focused on that drive to develop ourselves, and less so the community around us.

Make the role financially worthwhile, encourage education for younger people around what local government does and how it operates and we might start to see some shifts in the average age of our councillors. The youth council do an excellent job in educating those on it about how local government operates and getting the youth councillors creating change, but it is limited to those that choose to put themselves up for it. Broader ranging education would be ideal, and hopefully through the consulting process for the new combined library and civic centre, people might feel inclined to get involved and try to learn how the process works.

TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Monday, April 1, the 91st day of 2019. There are 274 days left in the year. Today’s highlight in history: On April 1, 2003, American troops entered a hospital in Nasiriyah, Iraq, and rescued Army Pfc. Jessica Lynch, who had been held prisoner since her unit was ambushed on March 23. On this date: In 1789, the US House of Representatives held its first full meeting in New York; Frederick Muhlenberg of Pennsylvania was elected the first House speaker. In 1933, Nazi Germany staged a daylong national boycott of Jewish-owned businesses. In 1945, American forces launched the amphibious invasion of Okinawa during World War Two. (US forces succeeded in capturing the Japanese island on June 22.) In 1954, the United States Air Force Academy was established by President Dwight D. Eisenhower. In 1970, President Richard M. Nixon signed a measure banning cigarette advertising on radio and television, to take effect after January 1, 1971. In 1972, the first Major League Baseball players’ strike began; it lasted 12 days. In 1974, New Zealand Government legislation established the Accident Compensation Commission (ACC) to provide insurance for all personal injury. nzhistory.govt.nz In 1976, Apple Computer was founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne. In 1983, tens of thousands of anti-nuclear demonstrators linked arms in a 14-mile human chain spanning three defense installations in rural England, including the Greenham Common US Air Base. In 1984, Marvin Gaye was shot to death by his father, Marvin Gay (cq), Sr. in Los Angeles, the day before the recording star’s 45th

birthday. (The elder Gay pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter, and received probation.) In 1987, in his first speech on the AIDS epidemic, President Ronald Reagan told doctors in Philadelphia, “We’ve declared AIDS public health enemy no. 1.” In 1988, the scientific bestseller “A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes” by British physicist Stephen Hawking was first published in the United Kingdom and the United States by Bantam Books. Ten years ago: Sixteen people,

most of them oil workers, were killed when a Super Puma helicopter crashed into the North Sea off Scotland’s northeast coast. Five years ago: US Congress demanded answers from General Motors’ new CEO, Mary Barra, on why the automaker had taken 10 years to recall cars with a faulty ignition switch linked at that time to 13 traffic deaths; Barra acknowledged that the company took too long to act. One year ago: Writer and producer Steven Bochco, known for

creating the groundbreaking TV police drama Hill Street Blues, died after a battle with cancer; he was 74. Today’s birthdays: Actress Jane Powell is 90. Actor Don Hastings is 85. Baseball Hall of Famer Phil Niekro is 80. Actress Ali MacGraw is 80. Reggae singer Jimmy Cliff is 71. Actress Annette O’Toole is 67. Singer Susan Boyle is 58. Actor Jose Zuniga is 57. Country singer Woody Lee is 51. Actress Jessica Collins is 48. Rapper-actor Method Man is 48. Movie directors Albert and

Allen Hughes are 47. Political commentator Rachel Maddow is 46. Former tennis player Magdalena Maleeva is 44. Actor JJ Field is 41. Singer Bijou Phillips is 39. Actor Sam Huntington is 37. Comedian-actor Taran Killam is 37. Actor Matt Lanter is 36. Actor Josh Zuckerman is 34. Country singer Hillary Scott (Lady Antebellum) is 33. Thought for today: “The only sin is mediocrity.” — Martha Graham, American modern dance pioneer (born 1894, died this date in 1991). - AP

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ast week the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment Simon Upton issued a report on climate policy. The report is well worth a read given the potential threat that climate change poses to our way of life and continued habitation on this planet. In his report the Commissioner questions the framework New Zealand has previously adopted which enables emitters of carbon dioxide to use forestry planting to mitigate against their emissions without making any actual cuts to the amount of carbon dioxide they are producing. The Commissioner proposes that instead tree-planting credits should be reserved for farmers to off-set the effects on the climate of methane and nitrous oxide – the biological gases produced by animals. In making this recommendation the Commissioner is taking note of the difference in longevity between carbon dioxide, which once released continues to persist in the atmosphere for centuries, compared to methane

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and nitrous oxide, which are relatively short-lived. This is a significant issue for New Zealand given that methane and nitrous oxide make up a significant proportion of our emissions due to the prominence of our agricultural sector. It makes sense on many levels for gases relating to land use (farming) to be mitigated by conversion of land use to forestry. In his report the Commissioner also makes valid points regarding the relative impermanence of forests compared to long-lived greenhouse gases and the risk of relying on trees as carbon sinks given their vulnerability to the effects of climate change such as increased fire

hazards. We have seen this all too well in recent years here in Canterbury with the Port Hills fire and more recently in Nelson, and when trees burn the carbon they store is rapidly released back into the atmosphere. While the Commissioner’s proposal for a new Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) framework that treats agricultural emissions separately from emissions produced by burning fossil fuels makes a lot of sense, it does also present some potential problems. One of these is that short-term costs for carbon dioxide emitters would likely be higher without the option of tree-planting. However, the Commissioner points out that in the long run if we do not focus on reducing real-world carbon emissions more quickly rather than relying solely on planting more trees, we will likely be counting the cost. The Climate Change Minister James Shaw meanwhile has indicated that the Government intends to retain carbon sinks to offset carbon emissions for the

sake of policy stability for emitters and the forestry sector. There are no easy answers when it comes to climate change but the Commissioner’s report is valuable for drawing attention to the risk of lumping all gases and sinks together. For while this approach may enable the achievement of a net zero emissions target sooner, it may represent more of an achievement on paper than a real reduction in emissions. It is critical that we continue to approach climate change with scientific evidence at the forefront of our decisions and also with due consideration to our unique emissions profile and the Commissioner’s report does both. The views, opinions, positions or strategies expressed by the author and those providing comments are theirs alone, and do not necessarily reflect the views, opinions, positions or strategies of the Ashburton Guardian Co Ltd or any employee thereof

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paceIL is a private and non-profit Israeli organisation, established in 2011, that was initially created to compete in the Google Lunar X Prize to land a spacecraft on the moon. This challenge called for privately funded teams to be the first to land a robotic spacecraft on the moon. This will get tiny Israel to become the fourth country, after global powers Soviet Union, United States, and China, to land a spacecraft on the moon. It caught the imagination of the co-founding team of Yariv Bash, former electronics and computer engineer in the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya, and currently Flytrex (drone delivery startup) CEO; Kfir Damari, a computer networking lecturer and entrepreneur and Yonatan Winetraub, formerly a satellite systems engineer at Israel Aerospace Industries and currently a biophysics PhD candidate at Stanford. They met at a pub in Tel Aviv and started drawing plans on napkins, and following this meeting managed to get Morris Kahn, a South African-born Israeli billionaire entrepreneur, excited enough about the idea to donate the initial $50,000 required to join the contest, and signed into the contest literally at the last minute. The Google Lunar XPRIZE expired on March 31, 2018 as none of the five final teams were able to launch their vehicles by the deadline, which turned out to be overly optimistic considering the huge costs (tens of millions of dollars) and long timeline of launching space crafts into space. Nevertheless, SpaceIL contin-

ued development and fabrication, which a strong support from various institutions and companies and a large team of professionals and volunteers (SpaceIL has over 200 members, 95 per cent of them are volunteers). They managed to raise an estimated budget of $US95 million

from private donations and with nearly no financial government support. SpaceIL is not a company, it’s a non-profit organisation. The founders’ goal is to generate in Israel an “Apollo effect”, referring to the manned lunar exploration program that became

NASA’s chief purpose in the 1960s and early 1970s. The Apollo program sparked the imagination of countless of Americans, driving them to become scientists and engineers. This is what SpaceIL is trying to achieve in Israel. SpaceIL successfully launched its Beresheet (“in the beginning”, the first word in the Old Testament) lander on February 22, 2019. It’s tiny in comparison to other lunar landers. The lander’s net mass is 150kg, when fueled at launch: 585kg. It was launched on the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, doing a “ride share” with Indonesian Nusantara Satu communications satellite. The spacecraft carries a digital “time capsule” containing over 30 million pages of data, including a full copy of English-language Wikipedia and the Bible. Its scientific payload includes a magnetometer by the Israeli Weizmann Institute of Science to measure the moon’s magnetic field, and a laser retroreflector array by NASA to enable precise measurements of the Earth– Moon distance. It’s also equipped with six cameras, five of them peripheral and a ‘selfie’ camera. It’s also using a ‘star tracker’, a unique camera that ‘looks’ at the stars to determine the space craft’s location and position (there is no GPS in space…). There had been some issues with it catching the Sun’s glare, but the technical team have been able to overcome them. After separating from the rocket Beresheet gradually manoeuvred into a more and more elliptical

orbits around the Earth, until the further point of the orbit will intersect with the moon’s orbit. At this point it will maneuver again in a way that will cause it to become ‘trapped’ by the Moon’s gravity and beginning to orbit it. From there it will eventually land on the moon at the planned landing site at the north of ‘Mare Serenitatis’ area So far it’s still orbiting Earth, with the furthest point of the orbit being 405,000km away from us. A final course correction was done on March 20. Yoav Landsman, senior engineer at SpaceIL, explained, “Unlike previous manoeuvres in which we accelerated the spacecraft’s speed to increase its orbit, in this maneuver we modified the orbit’s plane to slightly tilt the angle and ensure the spacecraft reaches the lunar orbit at exactly the right time and place”. Ephi, Beresheet project manager at IAI, added, “Since its launch, Beresheet has performed three key manoeuvres to reach higher altitudes. The last manoeuvre had aligned its orbit to achieve accurate lunar capture”. The next major maneuver will be on April 4, when the spacecraft will perform maneuvers to be captured in a lunar orbit on April 4, 2019 and perform elliptic and later circular orbits around the moon. Once in the right orbit around the landing site, it will decelerate until soft landing on the lunar surface, planned for April 11, 2019. You can track the mission’s status on live.spaceil.com

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t’s been a fantastic start to the new year with a total of three ladies now fully independent and enjoying the freedom of being able to drive themselves and their families wherever they need to go. Even more exciting is that two of them have since picked up new jobs. We love to see our goals coming to fruition. The rest of our ladies are still out and about with their mentors, and feedback is that they are going really well. Both the ladies and their mentors are getting a lot out of the experience. It can be very rewarding seeing the progress from a nervous learner to a fully confident driver while getting to know a person from another culture. We also have had another learner’s licence achieved. We have been very lucky to have secured continued funding from Advance Ashburton along with the Ashburton Trust also seeing us as a worthy cause to fund. For this, we are truly grateful. We are starting another group on the road code lessons at the end of the month, and there are still a few places available. Interested participants can contact the co-ordinator on 027 611 3301 or wendy@saferashburton.org.nz The Mid Canterbury Rural Driver Licensing Scheme is proudly sponsored by The Lotteries Commission, Advance Ashburton, COGs, The Lion Foundation, The Ashburton Licensing Trust, Community Trust Mid & South Canterbury, Ashburton District Road Safety Council and The Mid Canterbury Rural Support Trust. Wendy Hewitt Rural Licensing Co-Ordinator Safer Ashburton District

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Busy month for Mid Canterbury’s newcomers

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arch has been a very eventful month. We opened the month with children’s day, and managed to add some multicultural fun activities to the event. Our volunteers ran Japanese calligraphy (styled writing in Japanese) and origami (paper folding art) activities for many children. Huge thanks to Ms Drummond and the Japanese students from Mt Hutt College. In addition, we had continued demonstrations and activities throughout the day by JION IKDA karate dojo, and thank you Jacqui and Thorsten for helping with the children to enjoy another culture. On March 6 a group of newcomers participated in an international dinner night hosted by the Ashburton Lions Club and held at Hotel Ashburton. We had people from nine different nationalities and had a great time. Our board games club have been going well, with a varied group and a chance to learn and play different games. We have played Tsuro (tile placing game), Logo (trivia game), Ticket to ride, 5 Minutes Dungeon, Exploding Kittens, Rumikov, Splendor and other games. All are welcome – second Sunday of the month, 6pm at Community House Ashburton.

A group of newcomers participated in an international dinner night hosted by the Ashburton Lions Club.

Our “girls’ night out” women’s group has also been going well with great fun for everyone involved. We have also started a new open coffee morning group together with Plunket, which meets every Wednesday morning at 10.30am at the Ashburton Plunket rooms, which a large group of mothers enjoying these social mornings. And we are still having our monthly potluck dinners on the last Friday of the month.

Also a reminder – we have a book exchange set up at the entrance to Community house, including books in non-English languages, so feel free to grab books you like! On a more sombre note we were involved, following Christchurch’s terror attack, with the vigil we had here in Ashburton, and it was good to see how the community have come together. I also set up a condolences

Volunteers ran Japanese calligraphy (styled writing in Japanese) and origami (paper folding art) activities at children’s day.

Demonstrations and activities were held throughout the day by JION IKDA karate dojo at children’s day.

book people can sign in Community House, and got a list of potential volunteers to escort members of the Muslim community if they feel unsafe. The overall response for the attack has been very positive, and it’s good to see everyone so supportive. Going forward I’m very excited with the new migrants’ public speaking project in co-operation with Ashburton’s Welcoming Communities and the Ashburton

Toastmasters’ Club, hoping to help non-native speakers with their public speaking and leadership skills. And we are in transition to expand the scope of our organisation, which is now called “Hakatere Multi Cultural Council” (which continuing supporting newcomers). More to come on this later. Kia kaha, Adi Avnit, Hakatere Multi Cultural Council co-ordinator

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ARTS DIARY ■■ April 3 - Ashburton Art Gallery film screening and discussion group. Screening of current short films exhibition Truth or Consequences, 5.30pm. ■■ April 6 - Ashburton Art Gallery artist talk and afternoon tea. Emma Fitts will speak at 2pm, followed by afternoon tea.

■■ April 6 – Twilight in the Vines, CharRees Vineyard, 22 Laings Road, Ashburton, from 2pm7pm. ■■ April 7 – Get Coloured by CanInspire Colour Fun Run, April 7 10am-noon, Lake Hood.

■■ To April 7 – Zonta Ashburton Female Art Award 2019 exhibition at Ashburton Art Gallery, in conjunction with Emma Fitts’ solo exhibition, Towards Another Figure. ■■ April 13 - Ashburton Musical Club’s Curtain Raiser, 7.30pm at Sinclair Centre, Park Street. Supper to follow. Non-members $5 at the door. ■■ To April 13 – We Will Rock You, Showbiz Christchurch’s production of the Saunders and Co season of this musical by Queen and Ben Elton, at Isaac Theatre Royal. ■■ April 15 – Cats at Ashburton Trust Event Centre, 7.30pm. ■■ April 17 - Ashburton Art Gallery double exhibition opening - 2018 Adam Portraiture Award and In Your Likeness. ■■ April 18 – Rhythms of Ireland at Ashburton Trust Event Centre, 7.30pm. ■■ To April 28 - Truth or Consequences, 2018 CIRCUIT Artist Cinema Commissions at Ashburton Art Gallery. ■■ To May 5 – Croactus by Tony Bond at Ashburton Art Gallery. ■■ May 1 – The Adele and Amy Songbook tribute band. Ashburton Trust Event Centre, 7pm9.3pm. Australia’s brightest new singing star Bloom brings to you the songs of 2 amazing artists, Adele and Amy Winehouse. ■■ May 23 – The Topp Twins Heading For the Hills, Mount Hutt Memorial Hall, Methven from 7pm-10pm. ■■ May 24–June 1: Sister Act! Variety Theatre of Ashburton.

Ashburton landscape artist George Coppard swapped his farm tools for paintbrushes more than 25 years ago. PHOTO SUSAN SANDYS

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While working away on the farm at Lyndhurst, George Coppard’s eye would wander to the foothills and peaks on the horizon. “I always admired the beauty and changing colours of the hills and mountains above Methven,” the 89-year-old recalls today. It was as he approached retirement that he decided to try and capture that beauty, and he did a correspondence course in practical art. He has since spent the past 26 years of his life painting in watercolours, a medium he enjoys for its visual qualities. “I like the transparency and the different effects that you can get

through the application of water colour,” he said. Coppard today lives in Ashburton, and paints in his home-

based studio which he also operates as a framing business. The grandad of 14 is now preparing for his first solo exhibi-

tion, to open at Mt Hutt Memorial Hall Methven, 2pm on Friday. He has previously exhibited in group shows throughout the South Island, including for the Ashburton Society of Arts at its main annual exhibition at the Ashburton Art Gallery and for its Short Street Studio exhibitions throughout the year. It was after building up enough work and confidence to try an exhibition on his own that he approached hall representatives. He found they were keen to host it, and he is now looking forward to showing his many paintings of scenes from throughout the South Island. The exhibition will run to May 3.

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eople come to Kobe to taste the famous marbled beef and soak in the waters at nearby Arima Onsen hot spring resort. I’m here because my ship has come in; the Costa neoRomantica berthed mid-afternoon and I’ve got about five hours to get a taste of this cosmopolitan city which has traded with the world since Japan opened itself up in the middle of the 19th century. Kobe is defined by its port and the hills that hem it in on the northern shore of Osaka Bay. So I’m heading first to Kitano, a gentrified part of town on the slopes above the city before returning to the harbourside to check out historic sites and more recent developments. This is a narrow city, so getting to the heights of Kitano and back to the attractions of the waterfront is a quick trip by taxi. With more time, you can take the City Loop bus, which takes about an hour to complete a circuit, taking in the main sights including the Sannomiya shopping district and Nankinmachi Chinatown. Kitano perches on the hills above the port, a place where foreign merchants and diplomats built their mansions away from the bustle below. In the early evening the air is cool, clear and bright for a walk up steps and through small squares, where fountains and sculpted bronze jazz players catch the eye. It’s quiet now but the Kobe Jazz Street festival in early October has

these streets jumping and jiving. New Zealanders love an open home. Or two. In Kitano two of the most architecturally significant merchant dwellings, Weathercock House and Moegi House are mere steps from each other. These foreign houses, ijinkan, were built at the end of the Meiji period, a time of great social and economic change in Japan brought about by the influence of trade, especially with the Western world. Weathercock House, so-named for the cockerel weathervane on the roof, was built in 1909 for German businessman Gottfried Thomas. The exterior red-brick walls and half-timbered second floor are in a German style, and interior details such as metal door knobs and ornaments in the entrance porch are art nouveau designs. The ground floor, where business took place, is more ornate than upstairs. In the dining room, with its crenellated dark-wood panels and upturned crown chandelier, guests could imagine themselves at a banquet in a medieval castle. Moegi House is a contrast, with its pale-green weatherboards, brunswick green shutters and slim pillars supporting the upstairs balcony. It was built for the US General Consul Hunter Sharp in 1903. The formal garden is a good spot for a group photo or a moment’s quiet reflection. But make sure you take in the view of the city below from the first-floor bal-

Neil Porten takes to the hills to visit a gentrified part of town before returning harbourside to check out historic sites.

Kitano Tenmangu Shrine traditional architecture in Kyoto, Japan. cony. For a truly panoramic view, Kobe Port Tower is a must-do on the waterfront. Built in 1963, the tower’s hour-glass shape mimics a traditional Japanese hand drum. At night, the pipe-lattice structure glows red, its 108m height a contrast to the neon green sails on top of the Maritime Museum, which is another landmark in the seaside Meriken Park.

The park gets its name from a common translation of “American” from the Meiji period when US traders dominated the area. On one edge, is the memorial for the Great Hanshin earthquake of 1995, which devastated the city, killing more than 6000 people. On the southern seaward edge, the city erected its BE KOBE monument to celebrate the rebuilding of the city and it is now a popular

spot for a photo. There is still time to wander through the Mosaic shopping and eating complex beside the giant ferris wheel at Harborland. My appetite is whetted, but not satisfied after a few hours in Kobe. When I’m here next, I will eat the beef and I will soak in a hot tub. But maybe not at the same time. - NZME

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Ashburton College’s girls’ softballers who finished second in the secondary school nationals division two competition last week. PHOTO ANNA GRAY

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Softballers settle for second By Erin Tasker

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They went through the whole week unbeaten, but Ashburton College’s girls’ softball team fell at the final hurdle at the national softball championship softball tournament last week. After seeing off challenges from all-comers in the seven-team division two draw last week in Christchurch, Ashbur-

ton College took on Southland Girls’ High School in the division two final and having beaten them 6-4 in round robin, had to be the favourites to take it out. But, Southland had other ideas and got home 14-12 to take the title. The side’s coach Pat Patea said it was a great effort by his young side, which featured only a couple of players who plied their

trade in Christchurch competitions, including pitcher Kate Flanagan. Patea said he really had no idea what to expect from the side ahead of the tournament. “I never had a goal, it was just to play game by game and see how everything went,” Patea said. So to finish as runners-up was an outstanding achievement.

The Ashburton College boys were also in action at the tournament. They finished fifth out of nine teams. The MVPs for the Ashburton College teams were Gemma Taylor for the girls, and Jacob Gray for the boys. Mid Canterbury Softball’s Richie Johnstone said the results were Ashburton College’s best ever at the tournament.

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Maadi rowers return with heads held high By Erin Tasker

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Ashburton College rowers are coming home from the Maadi Cup with their heads held high, but without any medals around their necks. The annual national secondary school championship regatta was this year held at Lake Karapiro in the Waikato and the

biggest event on the national rowing calendar wrapped up on Saturday. One of the small Ashburton team’s biggest medal hopes was Mollie Gibson in the girls’ under-18 single sculls. But she wasn’t able to reproduce the winning form which saw her take out the under-17 title in 2018, finish sixth in the under-18

final this year. In the same event, Aidan Elvines made the B final where she placed sixth. Gibson and Elvines also combined to race in the girls’ under-18 coxless pair, and they finished eighth in the A final, while the girls’ under-18 coxed quad sculls crew of Emma Stagg, Gibson, Elvines, Grace Adams and

Harriet Leverton were fourth in their A final, after winning their semi-final. Earlier in the regatta Stagg and Adams were second in the under-18 double sculls C final. In the under-16 single sculls, Ged Wall won the D final, while in the under-17 single sculls Patrick Dekker was third in the G final.

In the end, the difference between Wellington Phoenix and Newcastle Jets was obvious. On the surface, it was a superb Dave Williams hat-trick which underpinned Wellington’s 4-1 A-League victory over Newcastle at Westpac Stadium on Saturday. Williams hot-wired the Phoenix with a goal inside 40 seconds, added a 60th-minute penalty, then completed his hat-trick five minutes later with a magnificent curling strike from the edge of the box for his 12th goal of the season. The Jets pulled one back through Roy O’Donovan in the 62nd minute, but Sarpreet Singh sealed the deal for Wellington 11 minutes later with a perfectly-placed left-foot finish from distance. Wellington’s victory was built on accuracy, poise, a swift counter-attack, and the ability to finish clinically when opportunities were created. In contrast, Newcastle generated few chances and squandered those it did manage. Phoenix coach Mark Rudan believes his team have the best strike force in the A-League. “Without a shadow of a doubt, we have the best striking combination in the league,” he said. “We’re a very dynamic side, we’ve got some fantastic footballers. When we move the ball around, we shift opposition teams around. When we’re playing like that, when we’re on song, we’re an absolute joy to behold. “We were almost unplayable in that second half, it was a joy to behold.” Missing golden boot front-runner Roy Krishna to suspension, the Phoenix also lacked experienced English defender Steven Taylor, still working his way back from a calf injury. To be fair, Newcastle were also without Venezuelan striker Ronnie Vargas, sidelined with a recurrence of the hamstring injury which has dogged him recently. But coach Ernie Merrick was adamant they still had the players to secure the win. “We had enough good players out there to do the job. We didn’t do the job, and the consequences are we’re not going to play in the final,” he said. Newcastle scored 57 goals on their way to last season’s grand final: so far this season, they’ve managed just 29. Against Wellington on Saturday, they notched up 16 strikes on goal, with just one on target. - AAP

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Southern pick up opening win By Erin Tasker

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Southern flew the flag for Mid Canterbury in Saturday’s opening round of the Combined Country Cup rugby competition, picking up the only win of the five local sides. Southern downed Burnham-Dunsandel-Irwell (BDI) at Hinds in pool A, while two other Mid Canterbury sides - Hampstead and Methven - went close, but lost in nail-biters. Hampstead went down 27-26 to Darfield also in pool A, while in pool B Methven came from behind to give 2017 champions Southbridge a scare in Methven, but the visitors held on for a 24-20 win. At the Rakaia Domain, last season’s runners up Rakaia went down 31-24 to Glenmark in another pool B game, while the winners of Mid Canterbury Rugby’s Watters Cup last year, Celtic, suffered a big loss at home, losing 51-24 to Prebbleton in pool C. Celtic coach Shane Enright said his side just wasn’t good enough. After an even first half, which ended at 24-all, Prebbleton put their foot down in the second half of the first competition game in their centennial year and scored late tries to extend their winning margin. Enright said Celtic were struggling with depth due to a number of player departures and injuries already this season. They filled their bench thanks to their senior Bs on Saturday, but their injury woes continued with Cam Butler injuring his ankle. While Celtic struggled in the second half, in Methven it was the other way round. Methven came from 6-24 down at halftime to eventually lose to 20-24, but showed signs that they would be a side to treat with caution this season, dominating extended periods of the match. An early try gave Southbridge the upper hand early, and two Ruben Early penalties were all Methven had to show for their first-half efforts. But when new recruit, Matt Stone - who switched from Waihora - broke through the defence to run away and score after 61 minutes, the locals started to get excited. Despite multiple attacks on the line, they were unable to break through again until the 83rd minute when Campbell Sommerville barged over for a try which gave Methven a bonus point. They didn’t win, but they kept Southbridge scoreless in the second half, with what wasn’t a bad performance. Coach Jason Kjestrup said Methven had opportunities to win it. “We sort of planned to stay with them for 50 minutes knowing that, at the moment, we are finishing quite well, but we gave them a couple of easy, soft tries at the start,” Kjestrup said. Tait Chisman made some impressive breaks on the wing and proved hard for the Southbridge defenders while Matthew Liszt

Cory Sinclair drags some Glenmark defenders with him on the way to scoring Rakaia’s opening try of the season on Saturday. PHOTO ERIN TASKER 300319-ET-0093

was equally as good at centre. Back in Ashburton, Hampstead also came so close to starting 2019 with a win. But after a number of seasons where wins have been hard to come by, the 27-26 loss was almost as good as a win in the books of coach Shaun Bovey. He said there was excitement in the sheds after the game, as the performance showed just how far Hampstead had come, and what the season ahead could potentially hold. Hampstead scored the first try just two minutes in and led 12-10 at half time, but Darfield came back in the second half and led 28-19 with time up. The game

ended with a converted try to Hampstead which gave them two bonus points - one for being their fourth try, and the other for the fact it brought them within seven points, the game finishing 27-26. Hampstead’s tries were scored by Christopher Peni, Benjamin Faasavala (2) and Legose Lolama, while Malo Tautalafua added three conversions. Had it not been for a bit of “white line fever”, the result could have been very different, Bovey said. “We certainly left a lot of points on the field.” Like Hampstead, the day’s only local winners, Southern, also scored a try right at the end, but

in their case it sealed them the win. Southern coach Andrew Carr said his side got off to a strong start and built a healthy lead, but BDI came back at them and with five minutes to go the two sides were locked at 25-all. Adam Williamson, Logan Bonnington, Hamish Mackenzie and Artu Takubu scored tries for Southern, before Angus McKenzie crashed over for the final one from a line out to seal the win for his side. In Rakaia, last year’s runners up Rakaia started well, scoring the opening try of their match against Glenmark-Cheviot through Cory Sinclair, but they went on to lose

31-24. Sinclair ended the day with two tries, with Henry Miller scoring the side’s other. Co-coach Terry Murray said Rakaia had no excuses. “I honestly believe the game was ours for the taking, but we let them back into it with our mistakes,” Murray said. In other results in pool A, defending champions Waihora downed Ashley 65-0 and Kaiapoi beat Hornby 38-10, while in pool B Springston beat Ohoka 41-0 and Lincoln beat Rolleston 25-7 in a pool B and C crossover match. In other pool C matches Oxford just beat Hurunui 24-20, and Saracens beat West Melton 50-10.

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Reborn Chiefs sneak past Jaguares What a difference two weeks can make. Without a win through five rounds and heading out on the road, many Super Rugby fans had written the Chiefs off. But after decimating the Bulls in Pretoria, the Chiefs have gone back to back with a 30-27 win over the Jaguares in Buenos Aires. It’s a case of better late than never for the Chiefs, who have taken a lot longer than planned to show up to the party. But after impressing in Pretoria last time out, they showed signs that they could yet be a contender for a playoff spot, with a win in Argentina. “We’re heading the right way, but we’re still not quite where we want to be,” captain Michael Allardice said after the match. After a messy start to the game the Chiefs found their rhythm, with Damian and Marty McKenzie orchestrating a dynamic first half attacking performance to lay the platform for the win. It wasn’t without concerns however, as the Chiefs relinquished a 17-6 halftime lead to trail by four points inside the final three minutes of the game. Midfielder Anton Lienert-Brown, who missed last weekend’s game

Damian McKenzie tries to break through the Jaguares defence. PHOTO SUPPLIED against the Bulls through injury, came up with a massive chargedown in-goal to force a Chiefs scrum 5m from the tryline, which led to the game winning try from Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi. There might have been a few nervous Chiefs fans early in the match as well as the Jaguares forced the visitors to do plenty of defending close to their own line.

The Chiefs showed a much improved defensive structure from the season’s early rounds, only conceding a couple of penalties. But after the 10 minute arm wrestle to open the game, the Chiefs began to string a few phases together and spread the ball through the hands to launch their dangerous running game. The Jaguares weren’t helped

by their discipline in the early stages, with a penalty inside their own 10 leading to the opening try to Damian McKenzie. Tumua Manu crossed soon after, when Marty McKenzie played a hopeful chip kick under advantage which ricocheted off the post into Manu’s arms. The result didn’t come without concern, however. Despite leading 17-6 at the break, the Chiefs leaked points early in the second half to find themselves tied at 20 with as many minutes left to play in the match. The Chiefs took the lead through a Damian McKenzie penalty, but when Matias Orlando scored inside the final 10 minutes, the visitors needed something special to steal the points. They got it through LienertBrown, whose late charge down on an attempted Jaguares clearance from their own in-goal area set up Tahuriorangi’s match winner. Chiefs 30 (Damian McKenzie, Tumua Manu, Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi tries; McKenzie 3 cons, 3 pens) Jaguares 27 (Joaquin Tuculet, Pablo Matera, Matias Orlando tries; Joaquin Diaz Bonilla 3 cons, 2 pens)

Spark’s F1 coverage leaves fans flat A number of Formula One fans have been left unimpressed after Spark Sport’s coverage cut out during the final Bahrain Grand Prix practice session on Saturday. Spark Sport posted a Facebook message yesterday saying they were aware of some issues with the live stream and on-demand service which have been fixed now. “We’re aware of some issues last night with the live stream of the F1 Bahrain practice session 3 and the F2 Bahrain race. Customers currently won’t be able to

view these On Demand on Spark Sport,” the company posted on their Facebook page. “The live stream of the F1 Bahrain qualifying race played successfully, although the On Demand coverage of the qualifying race was experiencing playback issues, and was temporarily removed from Spark Sport while we worked on fixing this issue. This issue has now been fixed and the replay is available on Spark Sport. “We are currently investigating these issues with our platform provider and will provide

an update on our social pages as soon as possible, as we know how much F1 fans are looking forward to watching these races.” Spark Sport purchased the Formula One rights after it had been shown regularly shown on Sky Television. It’s the first big test for Spark ahead of the Rugby World Cup later this year. The opening race of the season in Melbourne was also aired on TVNZ’s Duke channel however last night’s Bahrain Grand Prix is the first race to be exclusively on Spark Sport.

“I feel like I need to thank you for actually doing your job,” one comment responded on Facebook. “I suggest your 1 month free trial should not start until you have a working platform,” said another fan. “Very frustrating, was really keen to get up this morning watch the qualifying and stay off social media to not know the results, too late... so annoying, think you need to extend your free trial until you can actually offer what you say you are offering,” another comment said.

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Kearney slams Warriors for second big loss Daniel Gilhooly Stephen Kearney has questioned the fortitude of his New Zealand Warriors players after a second hefty NRL defeat which looks set to prompt personnel changes. The Warriors coach described their 46-12 loss to Manly in Christchurch on Saturday as inexplicably poor, coming a week after their 34-6 humbling from the Wests Tigers. Those results border on bizarre given they opened the season with a 40-6 rout of the Bulldogs. Kearney was at a loss to explain why their defensive intensity has collapsed, having missed a total of 79 tackles across the

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twin defeats. The ease with which Tom Trbojevic and Daly Cherry-Evans sliced through the Warriors line was glaring, along with another rigid attacking display which will stir up those who criticised the club’s falling out with the departed Shaun Johnson. “Some of the defensive effort particularly at the back end of the game, was not acceptable,” Kearney said. “There’s a lack of resilience at the moment, which is an area of concern for us. “We lacked any penetration. We had three or four (consecutive) sets down on their tryline and came away with nothing.”

Kearney gave hints selection changes are coming for Friday’s fixture against Gold Coast in Auckland but wouldn’t specify where. Faulty defensive reads from centre Solomone Kata were ruthlessly exposed while newcomer Adam Keighran’s second quiet night in the halves may prompt a chance for fellow-youngster Chanel Harris-Tavita. Kearney will turn the blowtorch on veteran forwards Adam Blair and Tohu Harris, whose impact has been limited, while starting props Agnatius Paasi and Bunty Afoa were eclipsed by the Sea Eagles. Hooker Issac Luke missed

most of the second half with a tight hamstring. If he fails to recover and Nathaniel Roache remains out with a calf problems, Kearney will call on utility Karl Lawton as starting hooker against his former club. A more important change will be to the players’ mindset, Kearney said. “The lads’ confidence will have taken a bit of a whack after the last couple of weeks,” he explained. “As quickly as it changed from round one to round two it can change back. It’s just getting back to what we know works for us.” - AAP

Dane beats Tiger Unheralded Danish golfer Lucas Bjerregaard hopes his surname will no longer be mispronounced as “beer garden” after toppling Tiger Woods in the quarter-finals of the World Golf ChampionshipsMatch Play. Bjerregaard, a 27-yearold who plays on the European Tour, came up with several big plays down the stretch to defeat 14-time major winner Woods one up. Bjerregaard bagged an eagle on the par-5 16th hole to level the match, hitting his second shot from 236 yards to 29 feet and draining the putt, with Woods only managing birdie.

Kohli-like talent Justin Langer has thrown down the gauntlet to Glenn Maxwell, saying the in-form excitement machine has the talent to “be Virat Kohli”. Maxwell has crafted consecutive match-winning ODI knocks against Pakistan, backing up a stylish 71 with a composed 98. The allrounder wasn’t a lock for Australia’s World Cup squad at the start of the year but has since stepped up. Maxwell followed up an incredible Twenty20 ton against India with a couple of boundaryladen cameos in the ensuing ODI series but has taken things to another level in the UAE.

Kuggeleijn joins IPL Controversial Kiwi cricketer Scott Kuggeleijn’s rise has taken a further step, after being called up by an Indian Premier League side. The 27-year-old Kuggeleijn will join Chennai Super Kings, replacing injured South African paceman Lungi Ngidi. Black Cap players have an IPL advantage, with New Zealand Cricket allowing them to play the whole season in India. All rounder Kuggeleijn made his T20 debut for New Zealand this year, having first played ODIs for the national side two years ago.

Keary in frame NSW coach Brad Fittler has thrown Luke Keary well and truly into the mix for a State of Origin debut and is considering him as either a No.6 or No.7. Sydney Roosters fiveeighth Keary has taken his game to another level since his NRL grand final heroics last year, signalling he is ready to be considered one of the game’s blue chip playmakers. Without Cooper Cronk by his side over the past fortnight, the 27-year-old has orchestrated victories over Manly and Parramatta. Despite wearing the No.6 in both of the past two games, Keary has played at halfback.

Pulse too good The Central Pulse have extended their unbeaten run to further secure top spot on the ANZ Premiership ladder. Claiming a comfortable 48-33 victory over the Mainland Tactix at Trusts Arena yesterday, the Pulse now lead the competition with 17 points and a hefty goal difference percentage at the halfway mark of the domestic season. It was the Tactix who took control in the early stages of the clash, however, jumping out to an early 6-2 lead with captain Jane Watson leading her defensive unit. Ultimately, it was a game of catchup the Tactix could not win.

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Favourites dominate at Methven By Matt Markham

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It’s not the norm at Methven, but a $1.70 stole the show at yesterday’s Methven Trotting Club meeting. Big dividends are usually the flavour of the day at meetings on the Mt Harding course but yesterday was a meeting which served well for favourite punters with a number of short-priced winners rolling home throughout the day. And it was the hottest favourite of the day who grabbed the day’s feature the Woodlands Stud Mt Hutt Trotting Club Cup, Forgotten Highway who backed up his short tote price to win in emphatic fashion. The Mitchell Kerr-trained pacer, who finished second earlier in the season in the Methven Cup, was simply a level ahead of his rivals beating My Wee Man and Johnny White. And his next target is a far loftier goal than what you’ll find on a country harness racing meeting on a Sunday afternoon. Kerr confirmed after the win yesterday that Forgotten Highway would now be pointed towards the $100,00 Group One Easter Cup at Addington next Friday night where he will lock horns with some pretty smart types like New Zealand Trotting Cup winner, The Fixer and Miracle Mile winner Spankem.

“Safely through today, that was always the plan,” Kerr said after the race. “Two runs under his belt will have him right on task for a big two mile race and we’ll head into it as happy as we can be.” A five-year-old son of Bettor’s Delight, who was incidentally sold to Kerr’s owners by Woodlands Stud, Forgotten Highway has now won six of his 26 starts, two of those on the Methven course. Yesterday’s meeting was a pretty tough encounter for some punters and locally prepared horses also endured a tough day at the office. Rex Bennett’s maiden pacer Victor Tango went close early in the day when running a bold second placing with John Morrison in the bike. Laurence Hanrahan also went close to success too with his pacer Ultimate Rocker who finished second after looking the winner at the top of the straight for Ricky May. Mid Canterbury junior driver, Sarah O’Reilly did ensure it was not a local drought when she steered Ideal Invasion to victory in the penultimate race of the day. O’Reilly and six-year-old gelding have formed a strong combination winning their three last starts and all at a double figure

price. The meeting was the final meeting of the season for the Methven Trotting Club and one of the final grass track meetings for the season in New Zealand. Next season the club will move from their traditional four meet-

ing plus the Hororata Trotting Club meeting and add another to the schedule in November. The meeting will prove a rare occasion with it being a Friday night meeting which will be run as a twilight meeting with quick fire races.

Above – Glen Elgin Tomson (Blair Orange) gets up at the last moment to win race two at Methven.

(8,6,4). First4: $947.20 (8,6,4,11). Quaddie: $676.90 (11/8/1+/8). Sub: The Kaik (4). Trainer: Brian Zampese, West Melton. Breeding: 4 g Changeover-Glengarry Lass. RACE 6 - MT HUTT TROTTING CLUB MOBILE PACE, $9000, 2300m 1-1 Bush Man (1) M Williamson 1 4-4 Mr Asia (10) L McKay 2 10-10 Franco Sherborne (8) M McKendry 3 All Started. Also (in finishing order): 6-7 Doc Seelster, 7-6 Extra Guinness, 2-3 Franco Riot, 9-9 Canardly Remember, 14-14 Beaudiene Gambler, 11-11 Locked Out Of Heaven, 3-2 Playboy Prince, 5-5 Ireby Meg, 12-12 Tom Rule, 8-8 Lucy Diamond, 13-13 Fatherdantherodeoman. 2-1/2L, 1-1/2L, 1/2L. Time: 2:57.10. MR: 2:03.90. Last 800m: 60.27. Win: $1.80. Places: $1.20, $3.60, $6.10. Quinella: $8.90. Trifecta: $212.10 (1,10,8). First4: $2152.00 (1,10,8,3). Double: $11.30 (8/1+), $36.50 (8/10). Treble: $38.60 (1+/8/1+). Sub: Bush Man (1). Trainer: Trent Yesberg, Ohoka. Breeding: 4 g Art Major-Shamrocks. RACE 7 – PAT MCGIRR MEMORIAL TROT, $9000, 2400m 2-1 BK Dawn (2) P Wakelin 1 4-4 Stellar Success (11) M McKendry 2 12-11 Heavenly Love (3) J Curtin 3 All Started. Also (in finishing order): 6-5 Foreigner, 11-12 Tequila Sunset, 1-2 Neverneverland, 5-7 Sugar Cane, 8-8 Rusty I Am, 7-6 Smudgee, 3-3 Look Ahead, 15-15 Elvis P, 9-9 Bright Glow, 13-14 Wot Up, 14-13 Rarangi Opal, 10-10 Westeros. 4L, 1/2L, 3/4L. Time: 3:12.40. MR: 2:09.10. Last 800m: 61.32. Win: $4.40. Places: $1.70, $2.90, $8.50. Quinella: $14.00. Trifecta: $405.90 (2,11,3). First4: $1246.40 (2,11,3,10). Sub: Neverneverland (13). Trainer: Wakelin/Noble, Oxford. Breeding: 7 m Revenue(SWE)-Stargo Whiz. RACE 8 – MID CANTERBURY TROTTING OWNERS MOBILE PA, $9000, 2300m 1-1 Unico Enchantress (5) B Hope 1 2-2 Ultimate Rocker (2) R May 2 6-7 Garry’s Legacy (9) J Dunn 3

Scratched: Paul’s Verdict, Myboylolliepop. Also (in finishing order): 12-12 Melt Down, 8-8 Get It On, 5-6 Markham Eyre, 7-5 Baker Creek, 9-11 Frosty Reception, 4-4 Sister’s Delight, 3-3 Rockahula Joe, 11-9 Bella Roza, 10-10 Frankie D. 1/2L, 5-1/2L, 3/4L. Time: 2:57.50. MR: 2:04.20. Last 800m: 60.59. Win: $2.50. Places: $1.30, $1.70, $4.20. Quinella: $5.80. Trifecta: $104.80 (5,2,9). First4: $1925.60 (5,2,9,14). Double: $8.70 (2/5+), $6.40 (2/2). Sub: Unico Enchantress (5). Trainer: G & N Hope, Woodend Beach. Breeding: 5 m Roll With Joe-Seel Of Approval. RACE 9 - THE PHAT DUCK BREW BAR AND KITCHEN PACE, $9000, 2400m 7-8 Nimah Franco (7) T Chmiel 1 8-10 Pine Cone (11) K Cameron 2 2-2 Gotta Future (3) J Dunn 3 All Started. Also (in finishing order): 4-4 Tiebreaker, 13-12 Just Ben, 15-15 Madame Frost, 6-6 Ideal Rule, 1-1 Just N Awe, 10-11 Miss Daytona, 14-14 Flamboyant, 11-7 Sweeney Todd, 9-9 Unfinished Business, 12-13 Rocknroll Nevin, 3-3 Mighty Monica, 5-5 Baltimore Jack (Pulled up). Hd, 1/2 nk, 1/2 nk. Time: 3:06.10. MR: 2:04.80. Last 800m: 60.12. Win: $20.90. Places: $4.60, $5.90, $2.30. Quinella: $166.40. Trifecta: $3023.40 (7,11,3). First4: Not Struck. Treble: $545.40 (2/5+/7). Sub: Just N Awe (9). Trainer: T & G Chmiel, Leeston. Breeding: 4 m Tintin In America-Nikita Franco. RACE 10 – WOODLAND STUD MOUNT HUTT TC COUNTRY CUP, $14500, 3000m 1-1 Forgotten Highway (11) N Williams 1 2-2 My Wee Man (12) B Orange 2 5-4 Johnny White (6) J Dunn 3 All Started. Also (in finishing order): 3-5 Machsgain, 6-6 Three Ideas, 8-8 Gore Bay, 9-10 The Tin Soldier, 7-7 Georgias Baron, 12-11 Essence Of Easton, 11-12 Johnny Eyre, 4-3 Spot On, 10-9 Mogul. 2-1/4L, 1L, 1L. Time: 3:56.40. MR: 2:06.80. Last 800m: 58.82. Win: $1.70. Places: $1.20, $2.50, $2.90. Quinella: $8.80. Trifecta: $80.20

(11,12,6). First4: $417.80 (11,12,6,4). Double: $47.50 (7/11+), $105.20 (7/12). Sub: Forgotten Highway (11). Trainer: Mitchell Kerr, Rangiora Raceway. Breeding: 5 g Bettor’s Delight-Grace Way. RACE 11 – PG O’REILLY MEMORIAL HANDICAP TROT, $9500, 2400m 4-4 Ideal Invasion (13) S O’Reilly 1 1-1 One Apollo (9) B Orange 2 5-5 Sun Swinger (6) M Williamson 3 Scratched: Milliondollarmonkey, Red Hot Rocket. Also (in finishing order): 7-8 Clifden Clowers, 2-2 Sunny Glenis, 10-12 Aveross Don, 17-17 Gorilla Playboy, 6-6 Desert Wings, 8-7 We’ll Meet Again, 3-3 Time For Diamonds, 14-15 Flying Monkey, 18-18 Prince Teka, 12-11 Trick Star, 15-16 Sods Law, 13-14 One Over Dover, 16-13 Justamollyarcher, 9-10 Beg Hall, 11-9 Take After Me. Hd, 1-3/4L, 1/2L. Time: 3:09.30. MR: 2:07.00. Last 800m: 63.19. Win: $10.10. Places: $4.00, $2.10, $4.20. Quinella: $31.30. Trifecta: $594.30 (13,9,6). First4: $1248.10 (13,9,6,17). Sub: One Apollo (9). Trainer: Joseph Clementson, Oxford. Breeding: 6 g Monarchy-Summit Invasion. RACE 12 - MAINLAND WOOL MOBILE PACE, $9500, 2300m 6-6 God Only Knows (5) G Smith 1 3-4 Bobby T (3) R Cameron 2 1-1 Mad Lu Li (11) K Cox 3 All Started. Also (in finishing order): 5-3 One Direction, 11-11 Dodgethebullet, 7-9 Sounds Lika Gem, 4-5 Bird Of Paradise, 10-10 Mr Midnight, 2-2 Frankie Jones, 12-12 Waytogo Bruno, 8-7 Ohoka Johnny, 9-8 Jenora (Pulled up). 3/4L, 2L, 1/2L. Time: 2:55.50. MR: 2:02.80. Last 800m: 58.63. Win: $10.30. Places: $2.90, $2.80, $1.60. Quinella: $38.70. Trifecta: $353.00 (5,3,11). First4: $1954.70 (5,3,11,7). Quaddie: $6014.70 (7/11+/13/5). Place6: $142.80 (2,3,11/2,5+,9/3,7,11/6,11+,12/6 ,9+,13/3,5,11+). Double: $64.10 (13/5), $40.70 (13/3). Treble: $211.30 (11+/13/5). Sub: Mad Lu Li (11). Trainer: Gavin Smith, Rangiora. Breeding: 4 g Rock N Roll Heaven-The Burning Question.

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Methven harness results The weather was fine and the track good for the Methven Harness (Grass) at Methven yesterday. RACE 1 - MT HUTT MOTELS TROT, $8000, 2400m 7-6 Cabella Noir (10) R Close 1 9-10 Milly An Eyre (2) S Ottley 2 1-1 Appearance (11) J Smith 3 All Started. Also (in finishing order): 10-7 Midnight Memories, 5-2 Superfast Lad, 6-8 Majestic Sunset, 11-11 Razor, 13-13 Ken’s Dream, 14-14 Storm Alert, 3-5 Sierra Gold, 12-12 Jaguar Bay, 8-9 B K Dover, 2-3 Dora Explorer, 4-4 Fekitoa. 4-1/4L, 1-1/4L, 1-1/2L. Time: 3:15.50. MR: 2:11.10. Last 800m: 66.45. Win: $11.60. Places: $3.50, $4.40, $1.70. Quinella: $93.60. Trifecta: $1296.00 (10,2,11). First4: Not Struck. Sub: Appearance (11). Trainer: Erin Crawford, Rangiora. Breeding: 5 m The Pres-Precious Megan. RACE 2 - SHEARMAC ALUMINIUM MOBILE PACE, $8000, 2300m 5-5 Glen Elgin Tomson (11) B Orange 1 4-3 Already Gone (15) M Anderson 2 2-2 Lottie Moon (7) G O’Reilly 3 Scratched: President Pat, Diamond Shadow. Also (in finishing order): 1-1 Morningstar Gold, 7-9 Dixie Reign, 10-6 Malinka, 3-4 Thunderfromthethrone, 12-12 Jafa Kitten, 8-8 Bicton, 13-13 Social Media, 11-11 Night Lights, 9-10 Jaffa, 14-14 Aveross Spitfire, 6-7 Maggie. Nk, Hd, 1-1/4L. Time: 2:59.50. MR: 2:05.60. Last 800m: 62.50. Win: $10.80. Places: $3.50, $2.20, $2.10. Quinella: $40.00. Trifecta: $602.50 (11,15,7). First4: $1369.40 (11,15,7,8). Double: $205.80 (10/11), $44.10 (10/15). Sub: Morningstar Gold (8). Trainer: Ken Barron, West Melton. Breeding: 3 g Highview Tommy-Spring Thaw. RACE 3 - FULTON HOGAN TROT, $8000, 2400m 2-1 Midnight Assassin (8) C DeFilippi 1 9-9 Champagne Prince (13) S Ottley 2 7-6 Folly’s Trouble (2) M McKendry 3 All Started. Also (in finishing order): 13-12 Sunrise Spur, 5-7 Never Mind, 6-5 Awesome Impee, 11-10 Hang On Suzie, 8-8 Spy Da Moment, 4-4 Muchacha Bonita, 12-

13 Windsor, 15-15 Tiptoe Trouble, 14-14 Motu Moondancer, 10-11 Wendy’s Jewell, 3-3 Mdina, 1-2 One Over Da Son (Pulled up). 1-1/2L, 3/4L, 3-1/2L. Time: 3:16.00. MR: 2:11.50. Last 800m: 62.23. Win: $3.90. Places: $1.80, $5.80, $3.60. Quinella: $57.90. Trifecta: $701.60 (8,13,2). First4: Not Struck. Treble: $843.40 (10/11/8). Sub: One Over Da Son (14). Trainer: C & J DeFilippi, Broadfield. Breeding: 3 g Majestic Son-Feather’s First. RACE 4 - GREG DONALDSON CONTRACTING PACE, $8000, 2400m 1-1 Magical Mellissa (1) J Dunn 1 3-2 Victor Tango (7) J Morrison 2 8-8 Living Fantasy (12) M Williamson 3 Scratched: Jonty Kev, Franco Hatton, Diamond Edition. Also (in finishing order): 7-7 Nui May Tau, 2-3 Just Michael, 11-12 Fusitua, 1313 Hello Adele, 12-11 American Flyer, 6-6 Midnight In Memphis, 5-5 Tiz A Sweetheart, 14-15 I Can Remember, 15-14 Delight Of Texas, 9-9 The Fonz, 10-10 Last One Grin, 4-4 Ultimate Swift. 1L, Lg nk, Sht hd. Time: 3:10.40. MR: 2:07.60. Last 800m: 61.86. Win: $2.60. Places: $1.60, $1.90, $5.40. Quinella: $8.20. Trifecta: $192.10 (1,7,12). First4: $2007.70 (1,7,12,18). Double: $9.20 (8/1+), $8.80 (8/7). Sub: Magical Mellissa (1). Trainer: Kevin Fairbairn, Doyleston. Breeding: 4 m Shadow Play-Magical Monie. RACE 5 - JONNY COX RACING STABLES JUNIOR DRIVERS, $8500, 2300m 2-2 Glengarry Knight (8) B Hope 1 4-4 Smoke N Reactor (6) L McKay 2 1-1 The Kaik (4) K Butt 3 Scratched: I’m Jimmy James, Immortal Change. Also (in finishing order): 9-10 Swap Over, 3-3 Cheezel, 5-5 Johnny Eyre, 8-9 Awayovernight, 10-8 Myboylolliepop, 7-6 The Governor, 11-11 Pembrook Blue, 6-7 Fortune Tiller, 12-12 Chief Kapai. 1/2L, 1-1/2L, 2-1/4L. Time: 2:58.30. MR: 2:04.70. Last 800m: 58.21. Win: $5.70. Places: $2.00, $2.80, $1.70. Quinella: $33.90. Trifecta: $250.80

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In brief

Kingsguard enjoys successful homecoming Kingsguard made a successful return to his homeland with a gritty victory over 1200m at Ellerslie on Saturday. The Rip Van Winkle six-yearold commenced his career in New Zealand under the name His Majesty for trainer Chris McNab, where he raced six times for three placings, including a runner-up finish to the highly talented Gr.1 New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m) winner, Xtravagant. Transferred to the Sydney stable of Team Hawkes, the gelding put together a handy record of five wins from 31 starts under the name Kingsguard, including victory in the 2018 Gr.3 Hawkesbury Gold Cup (1600m). Kingsguard returned to New Zealand shores earlier this year and was placed with new trainer Jamie Richards where he had undergone a slow build-up to his raceday return. Richards, who was busy with his stable representatives at Awapuni on Saturday, found time to

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Auckland Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Manukau Stadium Meeting Date: 01 Apr 2019 NZ Meeting number : 9 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12; 13 and 14 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 5, 6 and 7; 8, 9 and 10; 12, 13 and 14 1 12.10pm WELCOME TO THE MANUKAU SPORTSBOWL SPRINT C0, 318m 1 2 Clap Back nwtd..................................B Craik 2 44847 Bigtime Claws nwtd A &...................Williams 3 443 Call Me Leo nwtd............................. T Green 4 7 White Fire Opal nwtd R &............N O’Regan 5 68632 Riccitelli nwtd.................................A Cleaver 6 22 Ashen nwtd........................................B Bond 7 24 Irinka Jacob nwtd...............................E Potts 8 24786 Firecracker nwtd A &........................Williams 9 45578 Coober Pedy nwtd R &.................N O’Regan 10 F677 Bigtime Nina nwtd A &.....................Williams 2 12.27 SPEEDMAPS@FORMPRO RATINGS STAKES C1, 527m 1 87338 Sir Kinloch 31.03............................... S Clark 2 75274 Kapai Tahi nwtd W &........................T Steele 3 38573 Cosmic Barwon 30.90.....................C Henley 4 66753 Opawa Kong nwtd........................... G Farrell 5 75754 Vince Fawn 31.04............................S Codlin 6 33666 Just Maddie nwtd..............................M Black 7 11x11 Isn’t She Sassy nwtd.......................P Henley 8 57362 Secret Babe 30.94.......................J T Pruden 9 31867 Talkabout Ziggy 30.95......................... D Ray 10 74568 Secret Rory 30.98........................... G Farrell 3 12.45 HEWLETT ELECTRICAL SPRINT C3/4, 318m 1 55366 Nangar Panther 18.53.....................C Henley 2 82713 Bombshell Blonde 18.62............... H Mullane 3 51677 Wong Way 18.27 U &.........................Cottam 4 51232 Jinja Mongo 18.34 W &....................T Steele 5 42443 Ekali 18.42...................................... G Farrell 6 15F1F Irinka Stono 18.74 R &.................N O’Regan 7 76561 Podium Phobia 18.89.................... H Mullane

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Palmerston North Greyhound Racing Club (2014) Incorporated Venue: Manawatu Raceway Meeting Date: 01 Apr 2019 NZ Meeting number: 3 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 1 2.06pm (NZT) FORMPRO RATINGS FREE EVERY MONDAY C0 C0, 410m 1 27541 Leslie Albert nwtd.......................B Goldsack 2 46366 Bigtime Puma nwtd.............................L Cole 3 36 Bigtime Ace nwtd................................L Cole 4 33354 Bigtime Mila nwtd................................L Cole 5 55624 Bigtime Stella nwtd.............................L Cole 6 2231 Bigtime Archie nwtd............................L Cole 7 833 Bigtime Leo nwtd................................L Cole 8 74535 Bigtime Ava nwtd................................L Cole 9 57474 Bigtime Silver nwtd.............................L Cole 10 8768 Bigtime Otis nwtd................................L Cole 2 2.24pm GREYHOUNDS AS PETS C1 C1, 410m 1 16124 Bigtime Cutie nwtd..............................L Cole 2 85448 Spark ‘Em Up nwtd................... S Gommans 3 77355 Bigtime Sam nwtd G &............ S Fredrickson 4 56321 Bigtime Elvis nwtd...............................L Cole 5 25586 Naharis nwtd......................................D Edlin 6 75434 Idol Patches nwtd...............................M Flipp 7 72766 Bigtime Kaea nwtd J &.........................D Bell 8 52271 Cawbourne Cruz nwtd..................M Roberts 9 85846 Flying Dewy 24.27.......................A Turnwald 10 68677 Making It Up 23.75...........................C Morris 3 2.42 AFFORDABLE PET ACCESORIES C1, 410m

Kingsguard (inner) fights back strongly to win at Ellerslie. PHOTO KENTON WRIGHT

brief rider Nik Bakar on how he wanted the horse ridden and the Te Akau Racing stable apprentice followed those instructions to the letter to procure a front-running victory.

“I hadn’t been completely happy with him in the build-up to Saturday, so we weren’t that confident of a win,” Richards said. “There didn’t look to be a great deal of speed in the race, so I said

to Nik to take him to the front and make use of his 3kg claim. “He rode him perfectly and it was great to see him kick back so strongly in the closing stages when it looked like he might get swamped. “It was a nice way to get him (Kingsguard) started again as he is a pretty classy customer. “I think we will probably give him one more run in this campaign and then tip him out with a view to bringing him back in the spring.” The win also created a special memory for Bakar who leaves New Zealand today to resume his career in Singapore for trainer Mark Walker. Meanwhile Richards and the Te Akau team will monitor New Zealand Derby runner-up In A Twinkling over the next few days after the Fastnet Rock gelding battled on fairly on an unsuitable heavy surface to finish fifth in Saturday’s Gr.2 Tulloch Stakes (2000m) at Rosehill. - NZ Racing Desk

Bella Mente scores While he may not have witnessed a winning run, it was hard to take the smile off trainer Shaune Ritchie’s face after his gutsy two-year-old filly Bella Mente picked up an invaluable placing at Group One level when finishing third in Saturday’s Courtesy Ford Manawatu Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m) at Awapuni. The nuggety El Roca filly had entered the race as one of the outsiders for the contest despite a tidy form-line that included a fourth placed finish in the Gr.2 Matamata Breeders’ Stakes (1200m) at her most recent start.

Rock on Wood shines Levin-trained galloper Rock On Wood confirmed his status as one of the most promising horses in New Zealand when he came from near last on the home corner to down some talented rivals over 1600m at Awapuni on Saturday. The Leanne Elliot-prepared fouryear-old had caught the eye during his three-year-old campaign where he won twice and finished a closeup fourth in the Gr.1 Levin Classic.

Auckland dogs Today at Manukau Stadium 8 628xF Asserting Power nwtd..................... S O’Neill 9 75744 Zou Star nwtd................................ H Mullane 10 5F74x Spare Some Time 18.66............... H Mullane 4 1.02 DELI’S SPORTS BAR CLENDON INN SPRINT C3, 318m 1 25842 Your Valentine 18.57..........................B Craik 2 61747 Unconscionable 18.61 R &..................L Udy 3 13115 Token Jasper 18.70........................... S Clark 4 15633 Cawbourne Cool 18.68...............K T Herbert 5 44136 Bigtime Dean 18.75 A &...................Williams 6 41246 Mobility Scooter 18.81......................M Black 7 88857 Kapai Lana 18.57 R &..........................L Udy 8 34235 Vee Marina 18.76 U &........................Cottam Emergencies: 9 5F74x Spare Some Time 18.66............... H Mullane 10 75744 Zou Star nwtd................................ H Mullane 5 1.19pm STITCHES UPHOLSTERY STKS C1, 527m 1 45653 Talkabout Sophie 30.95....................M Black 2 38545 Home Bound nwtd R &........................L Udy 3 54564 Opawa Velocette 30.86 W &............T Steele 4 75787 Peekay Shout nwtd U &.....................Cottam 5 44442 Bear Claws 30.81 W &.....................T Steele 6 84228 It’s A Stroll 30.72.............................P Henley 7 48F64 Salvarotti 30.70..................................B Craik 8 27745 Jack No Lag 30.89.......................... Y Castro 9 58676 My Red Hero 30.87............................. D Ray 10 74568 Secret Rory 30.98........................... G Farrell 6 1.36pm MAYHOUNDS RACING RETIREMENT PROJECT SPRINT C2, 318m 1 34347 Guru’s Choice 18.80 A &.................Williams 2 85257 Blocker 18.57 R &........................N O’Regan 3 x1115 Only Seconds 18.54...................... H Mullane 4 43676 Mega Munchies 18.61 U &.................Cottam 5 23421 Tribal Conquest 18.80 R &...................L Udy 6 21522 Sings Like Elvis nwtd........................ S Clark 7 54114 Always Dreaming 18.58.................. G Farrell 8 63758 Stay Rich 18.55 M &......................... J Smith

9 47454 Elouera Mist 18.53......................P Ferguson 7 1.54pm CAROL’S TAB CLENDON INN SPRINT C3, 318m 1 23354 Waerenga Star 18.63 U &..................Cottam 2 53648 Kuridrani 18.71...............................A Cleaver 3 18688 Was Just Saying 18.59 R &.................L Udy 4 428x2 Out Of Paper 18.81..................... G Pomeroy 5 45625 Beat The Butcher 18.36 R &................L Udy 6 31273 Jetsun Bear 18.65...........................G Wilson 7 83372 Amazing Contact 18.58....................S Codlin 8 43614 C’est L’Amour 18.67...........................B Craik Emergencies: 9 75744 Zou Star nwtd................................ H Mullane 10 5F74x Spare Some Time 18.66............... H Mullane 8 2.12 PUMP ENGINEERING SERVICES LTD STAKES C2, 527m 1 22548 Little Moo 30.50 U &..........................Cottam 2 27378 Opawa Big nwtd.............................. G Farrell 3 32417 Opawa Pink 30.81 W &....................T Steele 4 41155 Billy Bright nwtd..........................P Ferguson 5 53216 San Tan Samson 30.68.................... T Green 6 63663 Jinja Twist 30.62 W &.......................T Steele 7 43187 Bigtime Welldone 30.65 R &........N O’Regan 8 55452 Monsoon Malabar 30.93 U &.............Cottam 9 61686 Zugzwang 30.99............................. S O’Neill 10 38758 Hey Khali 30.90 U &...........................Cottam 9 2.31pm QUALIFIED PET SERVICES SPRINT C5, 318m 1 21151 Just One Smile 18.25.........................B Craik 2 35577 One Cool Chap 18.47 W &...............T Steele 3 73461 Manila Bala 18.86 R &.................N O’Regan 4 18145 Tres Vite 18.60.................................T Patton 5 x1632 Kiwi Boy 18.18 U &............................Cottam 6 45258 Alex Attack 18.38 U &........................Cottam 7 42818 Blitz ‘Em Rene 18.35 U &...................Cottam 8 71716 Junk Mail 18.43 W &........................T Steele 9 12758 On Da Quest 18.59 R &.......................L Udy

10 2.49 MT WELLINGTON TAB STAKES C2/3, 527m

1 46452 Go Angel 30.70............................... G Farrell 2 65267 Jetsun Doll 30.88............................G Wilson 3 21735 Gao Gao 30.81............................... G Farrell 4 44175 Idol Ajay 30.90 W &..........................T Steele 5 34352 It’s A Danger nwtd...........................C Henley 6 35318 Secret Lily 30.79..............................S Codlin 7 53613 Pat Tama 30.60................................. S Clark 8 72314 Born Quick 30.87 W &.....................T Steele Emergencies: 9 47787 Opawa Jimbo 30.47 W &.................T Steele 10 38758 Hey Khali 30.90 U &...........................Cottam 11 3.07pm JACK’S WHOLESALE MEATS STAKES C4/5, 527m 1 56631 Jetsun Singer 30.73........................G Wilson 2 61162 Jinja Bailey 30.36 U &........................Cottam 3 36733 Ramblin’ On 30.46 W &....................T Steele 4 72466 Tianyu 30.62................................... G Farrell 5 61321 Ti Amo 30.73......................................B Craik 6 514x8 Westworld 30.37................................B Craik 7 26124 Cameo Syd 30.45..............................B Craik 8 64268 Jinja Might 30.42 U &.........................Cottam 9 27851 Amy Amy 30.47............................... G Farrell 12 3.29 GREYHOUND FUNCTION CENTRE SPRINT C2, 318m 1 77358 Scott The Looks 18.76 U &................Cottam 2 35244 Nexus 18.60.................................... G Farrell 3 28325 Talkabout Izzy 18.81........................... D Ray 4 48387 Bright Concept 18.79 R &....................L Udy 5 78366 Nasa 18.78.........................................B Craik 6 41367 Millie Prince nwtd........................P Ferguson 7 11433 Bigtime Champ 19.01 A &................Williams 8 56747 Gotcha Millie 18.65....................... H Mullane 9 47454 Elouera Mist 18.53......................P Ferguson 13 3.47 GREYHOUNDS AS PETS SPRINT C1, 318m 1 54324 Waiterimu Ripper 18.80 R &................L Udy 2 18x8x Sweet Clover 18.88.....................K T Herbert

3 82662 Decision 18.79.................................. S Clark 4 87753 Sly Cath nwtd A &............................Williams 5 26563 Banjo Hope 18.94 A &.....................Williams 6 36654 Bigtime Winnie 18.90 A &................Williams 7 3F112 Burning Rain 18.59..........................T Patton 8 F7378 Clausen Jewel nwtd R &..............N O’Regan Emergencies: 9 17888 Zipping Memphis nwtd R &..........N O’Regan 10 45654 Jinja Liv nwtd U &..............................Cottam 14 4.04pm TROPHIES PLUS SPRINT C1, 318m 1 45231 Opawa Loyal 18.69........................... S Clark 2 48457 Smalltime Johnny 19.02 A &............Williams 3 42721 Karaoke Prince 18.77 R &...........N O’Regan 4 47245 Bigtime Monty 18.67..................... H Mullane 5 46877 El Hefe nwtd A &..............................Williams 6 64233 Tilly’s Silly 18.95 R &............................L Udy 7 43666 On Demand 18.54.............................M Black 8 76268 Agbeze 18.98.................................A Cleaver 9 65554 It’s A Must 19.11 W &.......................T Steele 10 87786 Cawbourne Mack nwtd A &..............Williams SELECTIONS Race 1: Clap Back, Ashen, Irinka Jacob, Call Me Leo, Riccitelli Race 2: Isn’t She Sassy, Sir Kinloch, Kapai Tahi, Vince Fawn Race 3: Jinja Mongo, Nangar Panther, Irinka Stono, Ekali Race 4: Your Valentine, Kapai Lana, Token Jasper, Vee Marina Race 5: It’s A Stroll, Bear Claws, Opawa Velocette, Salvarotti Race 6: Only Seconds, Stay Rich, Guru’s Choice, Mega Munchies Race 7: Amazing Contact, Beat The Butcher, C’est L’Amour Race 8: Monsoon Malabar, San Tan Samson, Jinja Twist Race 9: Just One Smile, Blitz ‘Em Rene, Junk Mail, Alex Attack Race 10: Go Angel, It’s A Danger, Born Quick, Gao Gao Race 11: Cameo Syd, Ramblin’ On, Westworld, Jinja Bailey Race 12: Nexus, Bigtime Champ, Bright Concept, Scott The Looks Race 13: Decision, Burning Rain, Banjo Hope, Sweet Clover Race 14: Opawa Loyal, Bigtime Monty, On Demand, Tilly’s Silly

LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

Palmerston North dogs Today at Manawatu Raceway 1 74214 Clansman Douglas nwtd.............B Goldsack 2 42216 Ebby Raptor nwtd........................A Turnwald 3 67356 Kaytee Gibbs nwtd.............................M Flipp 4 58681 Bigtime Cooper 23.07.........................L Cole 5 25564 Hashtag Blessed 23.63.................M Roberts 6 57657 Thrilling Stan 23.49............................D Edlin 7 65651 Cawbourne Assist 23.84...............M Roberts 8 68353 Kellydean nwtd.................................C Morris 9 58847 Homebush Clint nwtd................ K Gommans 10 67887 Wong Full Arrest 23.82....................C Morris 4 2.57pm T MARKET FRESH C1 C1, 410m 1 12722 Jax Jewel 23.83............................M Roberts 2 73581 Apricity 24.00...............................A Turnwald 3 46857 Cawbourne Zayne nwtd J &.................D Bell 4 33484 Bigtime Ronnie nwtd G &........ S Fredrickson 5 47653 Flying Huey nwtd...................... K Gommans 6 66638 Choice Lass 24.34...........................C Morris 7 22746 Bigtime Serena nwtd...........................L Cole 8 33622 Light Cruiser nwtd..........................G Atwood 9 81888 Bigtime Jasper nwtd............................L Cole 10 47888 Judge Me Jackie nwtd..................... L Pearce 5 3.22pm J P PRINT, PETONE C2 C2, 410m 1 45416 Blue Precision nwtd.........................C Morris 2 23245 Billy’s Churn nwtd....................... G Hodgson 3 36443 Plan Stan nwtd................................ L Pearce 4 53313 Bigtime Bee nwtd................................L Cole 5 11521 Bigtime Banjo 23.58............................L Cole 6 72364 Bigtime Baxter nwtd............................L Cole 7 37632 Blackjack Man nwtd....................B Goldsack

8 66723 Cawbourne Moss nwtd.................M Roberts Emergencies: 9 478F6 Cool Wolf 23.70.............................. D Donlon 10 48685 Cawbourne Symsy 23.75 J &...............D Bell 6 3.37 RED SNAPPER SEAFOODS, CHRISTCHURCH C2 C2, 410m 1 88337 Cawbourne Ridge 23.56 J &................D Bell 2 53224 Eye Far nwtd......................................M Flipp 3 25788 White Comet 23.69........................ D Donlon 4 22131 Bigtime Lizzy nwtd..............................L Cole 5 53152 Bigtime Annie nwtd.............................L Cole 6 15755 Bigtime Doug 23.30............................L Cole 7 22414 Barbarossa Boy 24.11................B Goldsack 8 33365 Kirkham Coby 23.52........................C Morris 9 88817 Rambo 23.65 H &.............................. Woods 10 48685 Cawbourne Symsy 23.75 J &...............D Bell 7 3.54pm PAUL CLARIDGE ELECTRICAL C3, 410m 1 11131 Awesome Quality 23.24......................L Cole 2 64232 Bigtime Jasmine 23.93........................L Cole 3 24173 Retail Mayhem nwtd....................... L Pearce 4 18555 Bigtime Forest nwtd............................L Cole 5 88517 Thrilling Eddie nwtd J &.......................D Bell 6 62353 Three Amigos 23.65 J &......................D Bell 7 31154 Bigtime Marley nwtd............................L Cole 8 57337 Mitsuta nwtd.......................................D Edlin 9 18347 Kirkham Webby nwtd.......................C Morris 10 78266 Tazia nwtd..................................... D Denbee 8 4.10pm KAMADA PARK C1 C1, 457m 1 42x11 Turanza’s Terror 26.05..................A Turnwald

2 13348 Bill’s Barker 26.58............................S Maher 3 82234 Bigtime Hunter nwtd............................L Cole 4 21232 Bigtime Shadow 26.04........................L Cole 5 17473 Van Jack nwtd............................... D Denbee 6 45343 Bigtime Benji 26.56.............................L Cole 7 x4136 Vibe nwtd.....................................A Turnwald 8 85815 Lizzy O’Shea nwtd.......................B Hodgson Emergencies: 9 46837 Mister Ebby 26.09........................A Turnwald 10 15286 Bigtime Bret nwtd................................L Cole 9 4.25pm OUTBACK TRADING COMPANY C2, 457m 1 65433 Tommy The Jett 26.48..................A Turnwald 2 61276 Brazil Cambara 26.92 G &...... S Fredrickson 3 65437 Eye Kno 26.34 H &............................ Woods 4 84356 Bigtime Talker 26.20............................L Cole 5 47333 Caveman Sam 25.88...................B Hodgson 6 21152 Pick A Pascal nwtd G &.......... S Fredrickson 7 34551 Buddy Loaded 26.23................... G Hodgson 8 56587 Jinja Flash 26.30................................D Edlin 9 86852 Bigtime Mike 26.18.............................L Cole 10 87x85 Bigtime Fred 26.04..............................L Cole 10 4.42pm STEVE ‘THE AUCTIONEER’ DAVIS C4/C5 C4/5, 410m 1 71434 Bigtime Emjay 23.56 G &........ S Fredrickson 2 13216 Running Freer 23.47........................M Olden 3 81272 Dynamite Danger nwtd G &.... S Fredrickson 4 22352 Bigtime Honey 24.01...........................L Cole 5 33112 Cheese And Chalk nwtd.....................L Cole 6 22131 Bigtime Pete 23.15..............................L Cole

7 31111 Bigtime Shine 23.44............................L Cole 8 12618 Americano 23.50 G &.............. S Fredrickson Emergencies: 9 67134 It’s Complicated nwtd..........................L Cole 10 68718 Mahala Bay nwtd H &........................ Woods 11 4.57pm TOTAL BODYSHOP SUPPLIES C4, 457m 1 15454 Ask King Jeff 25.78.............................L Cole 2 11275 Gazza’s Girl nwtd G &............. S Fredrickson 3 51173 Bigtime Chris 26.27 G &......... S Fredrickson 4 63344 Thomas William 25.97................... D Denbee 5 71686 Bigtime Tears 25.87............................L Cole 6 43162 Dyna Vernon 26.06.......................M Roberts 7 31288 Sub Eighteen 26.48............................L Cole 8 32113 Bigtime Tank 26.37..............................L Cole 9 57385 Bigtime Leads 26.03...........................L Cole 10 48557 Bigtime Rod 26.04..............................L Cole 12 5.14pm MONSTER FISH AT STUD C4/5, 457m 1 63668 All Black Star 26.10...................E Duganzich 2 11332 Bigtime Levi 25.75..............................L Cole 3 22115 Fusion Cronulla 25.81..................A Turnwald 4 68235 Bigtime Caleb 25.99............................L Cole 5 F8361 Bigtime Mia 25.95...............................L Cole 6 42113 Trojan Hoarse 25.99............................L Cole 7 86372 Arden Emgrand 26.07..................A Turnwald 8 17248 You Can Be 26.01...............................L Cole 9 57385 Bigtime Leads 26.03...........................L Cole 10 48557 Bigtime Rod 26.04..............................L Cole LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

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DEATHS ROSS, Marion Brenda – On March 30, peacefully at Tuarangi Home, Ashburton, aged 83 years. Loved wife and soulmate of Jack for 60 years. Cherished mother of David, Gavin and Janet (Hogan). Loved mother-inlaw of Marilyn, Sarah and Jeremy. Special Grandma of her nine grandchildren and their partners, and one great granddaughter. Messages to 135 Gleniti Rd, Timaru 7910. A celebration of Marion’s life will be held at St David’s Church, Allens Road, Ashburton on THURSDAY April 4, commencing at 11am. ​Followed by a private cremation.

DUNLEA, Donald – Loved older brother of the late Ross (Kaikoura), brotherin-law of Jill, uncle of Shane, Elesha, Jack, Hamish and Sam and the late David. We will always remember your wit!

THRUPP, Colin Bernard – On March 30, 2019. Passed away peacefully at Christchurch Hospital. Aged 81 years. Loved father of Stephen, Sonia, and the late Wayne. Loved Grandad to Shannon and Janelle (Aust), and Mandy and Byron, and great Grandad of Charlotte, Madeline, and Rose; Skyla, and Baylee. Messages to the Thrupp family c/- P O Box 472, Ashburton 7740. Donations to the Westpac Rescue Helicopter would be much appreciated and may be left at the service. A service for Colin will be held at Our Chapel, cnr East & Cox Streets, Ashburton on FRIDAY, April 5, commencing at 2pm. Followed by a private cremation at the Ashburton Crematorium.

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DUNLEA, Donald William (late of Rakaia) – Passed away peacefully at Christchurch Hospital on March 28, 2019, aged 73 years. Dearly loved husband of Colleen and a dearly loved Dad of Carmen, and Craig and Helena. Most dearly loved Grandy of Malaika, Tayla, Josh, and Cody. Loved son of the late Grace and Ken, brother of the late Ross, and Jill, and Ian and Sharon. Loved Uncle to all his nephews. Loved son-in-law of Eric and the late June Gardiner and brother-in-law of Jeanette and Bernard Doody, and a loved Uncle. Special thanks to all those who cared for Donald in the recent months. Messages to 18 Elizabeth Avenue, Rakaia. In lieu of flowers donations to the Rakaia Volunteer Fire Brigade would be much appreciated and may be left at the service. A service to celebrate Donald’s life will be held at the Rakaia Community Centre, Elizabeth Avenue, on THURSDAY April 4, commencing at 1.30pm. Followed by private cremation at the Ashburton Crematorium. “At Peace”

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Mt Hutt College’s Jack Davey takes part in day one of the South Island secondary schools’ mountain biking champs on Saturday.

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Mountain bikers battle for glory By Erin Tasker

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Bike Methven officials probably couldn’t have asked for a better weekend to host the 2019 South Island Secondary Schools’ Mountain Bike Championships. Fine weather meant conditions were near perfect for a full on three days of racing on their Mt Hutt trails, with an enduro kick-

ing things off on Friday, followed by the downhill racing on Saturday, and the XC on Sunday. In the under-13 section, Ashburton Intermediate’s Kayne Johnstone was second in both Friday’s enduro and Saturday’s downhill, while another Ashburton Intermediate pupil, Oli Nicholls, was first in the boys’ under-14 enduro and third in the

downhill. Another school-mate, Gracie Trotter, was second in the under-14 girls’ enduro and won the downhill. Patrick Duff from Mt Hutt College followed up a sixth placing in the enduro, with a win in the downhill, competing in the under-15 boys section. Mt Hutt College’s Jack Davey was third in the enduro and sec-

Reborn Chiefs sneak past Jaguares

ond in the downhill for the under-16 boys. In the under-16 girls’ section, Ashburton College’s Mya Johnston was third in the enduro, and Holly Trotter was fourth, while Johnston also picked up a third placing in the downhill. In the under-17 section, Reilly Duff wasn’t going to be outdone by his brother Patrick and he won

the downhill, after finishing second in the enduro. The oldest age group in action was under-20, and there Ashburton College’s Ben Donaldson was 11th in both the enduro and downhill, with Mt Hutt College’s Caitlin Titheridge fifth in the downhill and third in the enduro. For results from yesterday’s XC action, see Tuesday’s Guardian.

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