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Don’t talk to Carol Johns about rain, it’s not on her radar. She’s the one-woman team who brings Ashburton’s huge Christmas parade to life each year and while it might be raining today, she’s confident Christmas parade organiser Carol Johns that come Saturday morning,
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Agency instead of standalone for Ashburton’s NZ Post By Sue NewmaN
Left – The current, standalone NZ Post in Ashburton.
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Users of Ashburton’s central town New Zealand Post office will soon be changing their postal habits as the organisation’s East Street branch closes and services are transferred to a local agency partner. Ashburton will be among the 79 standalone post shops that will close as the organisation moves towards having postal service counters in other shops. The change for Ashburton, however, won’t be immediate with a NZ Post spokesperson saying it was still in the process of confirming a local agency partner. “Until that local agency is found there will be no changes to the current services. NZ Post wants to reassure the community that we are committed to providing postal services to them,” the spokesperson said. In terms of how the change would affect staff who worked in the box lobby or where that
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box lobby would be located, NZ Post would not be in a position to comment until an agency partner was confirmed,
the spokesperson said. “There is no timeframe on this, the search will take as long as it takes to find the best possible
partner to work with.” The East Street post building was sold last year and at that time NZ Post’s current lease had
three years to run. In closing its standalone post shops, NZ Post was not withdrawing services from communities, rather it was looking to partner with local businesses in a way that would provide a service that was often available for longer hours and in some cases in a more convenient location The move to providing services through an agency had been a strategy NZ Post had been working on for several years, the spokesperson said. When NZ Post moves its business to an agency, Kiwibank will be left as the sole tenant in the East Street building, however, a spokesperson for the bank said its intention was to relocate in Ashburton. New premises options were being investigated but a location could not yet be confirmed.
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Christmas tree ready to be lit up By Sue NewmaN
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Verity Jackson is watching the weather with a more anxious eye than most. The Ashburton District Council events co-ordinator is keeping every finger crossed that Friday night will be fine for the council’s Light Up the Night event that kickstarts the festive season in Ashburton. Decorations have made their appearance on East Street and the community’s giant Christmas tree has already arrived in Baring Square East, performers and food stalls have been booked and all that remains is for the rain clouds to clear, Jackson said. When the lights are lit on the community Christmas tree at 9.30pm the council’s new Nights of Lights festival will have officially begun, she said. This year the council has drawn together four events to create a festival that will run from tomorrow night until January 4. Tomorrow’s Light Up the Night festival was first held last year and attracted hundreds of people who en-
joyed entertainment, Christmas carol singing and food from a number of mobile food vendors. The event starts at 6pm. Light Up the Night will also signal the start of the council’s Festive Walk. This will run over the holiday season and will see trees along the East Street green lit with fairy lights in the evening. Walkers will be able to enjoy a range of locally created art installations along the way. From tomorrow, the council is providing ongoing festive events in the lead into Christmas, with busker nights planned for December 7 and 21 and a Grinch themed movie night for December 14. As a package, the Nights of Lights festival will create a special Christmas event for the district, mayor Donna Favel said. “It will be a not-to-miss festival during a time where we celebrate sharing and the importance of family and friends,” she said. The events were designed to be ones the whole family could enjoy, Favel said.
St John access deal back on table
By Sue NewmaN
Sue.n@theguardian.co.nz
When Ashburton’s district councillors meet today they are likely to take the unusual step of revoking a decision they made earlier this year. In July councillors agreed to decline a request from the Order of St John to grant it right of way over a section the council owns on Burnett Street. This section backs onto St John’s Ashburton headquarters. While it already used the section to access its building, with extensions planned, the or-
ganisation wanted to be assured it would continue to have access well into the future. It sought a formal right-of-way agreement as achieving this. Councillors, however, turned the request down because the formal right of way would limit any future use of the property other than its current use, car parking. The option of selling the section to St John was then explored and a land status report was acquired. This showed the section was reserve land and that any sale would be a lengthy
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and costly process. A report to today’s meeting outlines all options and recommends councillors opt to grant an easement over the property for 10 years with no right of renewal. If councillors agree to the access option, St John will need to be granted a variation to its resource consent. The issue will be discussed at the council’s finance and business support committee meeting starting at 1.30pm in the Ashburton District Council’s Baring Square East council chambers.
Rakaia firefighters busy Rakaia firefighters had a busy start to the week, attending two crashes, two medical events and assisting with a medical evacuation. Unit chief Tyrone Burrowes said neither of the crashes appeared to be weather-related. On Monday, firefighters were called to the corner of Christys and Chertsey Kyle roads, where a car and truck had collided. The driver of the car, which failed to give way, was taken to Ashburton Hospital for assessment. “The truck driver did a good job to avoid a worse accident”. Firefighters returned to the station but were called out almost immediately at 12.19pm to provide assistance at a medical event. Later they attended a crash on Main Rakaia Road, where a Leeston-bound motorist ran off the
road and hit a pole. On Tuesday, they assisted at another medical event at 2.53am, then organised a safe helicopter landing site at 6.24pm. Burrowes said the volunteer firefighters were always mindful they could come across friends and family when they attended local crashes. He said people could lessen their chance of coming to grief by watching their following distances, ensuring their vehicles were safe and roadworthy with no bald tyres and securing loose objects in the car that could inflict damage in an accident. Ashburton firefighters attended a two-car crash at the intersection of Chalmers Avenue and Wellington Street about 5.30pm on Tuesday. One person was taken to hospital for a checkup.
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Staveley samaritan rescues dumped kittens
In brief Explosion
By Sue newman
A 40-year-old man was taken to Ashburton Hospital with chest and arm injuries after an explosion on a rural property near Mayfield yesterday. Emergency services were directed to the property near the intersection of Mayfield Valetta and Maronan Valetta Roads about 11.40am. Police said a man was cutting an oil drum when it exploded. He suffered chest and arm injuries. St John said an ambulance transported a 40-yearold man to Ashburton Hospital’s emergency department in a moderate condition. Firefighters called to assist said an investigation into what happened was likely.
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The size of the Ashburton District’s unwanted cat problem can be measured in the more than 40 plus kittens dumped on the SPCA’s doorstep this month. That number is only the tip of the iceberg and highlights the importance of people having their pets desexed, Ashburton SPCA centre manager Rebecca Dobson said. Not all unwanted animals are lucky enough to be taken to the SPCA, however, some are simply dumped and left to die, she said. “We have a litter of kittens currently in foster care who were found wrapped in a plastic bag and dumped in a rubbish bin in the Staveley area. A lovely samaritan found them and brought them into us and we desperately want to reduce the number of animals being dumped.” To encourage pet owners to have their cats and dogs desexed, the SPCA has launched a snip ‘n’ chip campaign that offers discounted desexing and microchipping to cat and dog owners in the Ashburton District. The campaign launched yesterday and vouchers – $10 for cats and kittens and $20 for pups and dogs – can be bought from par-
Lead poisoning Left to die, but rescued by a good samaritan, a litter of kittens found in the Staveley area and now in SPCA foster care. PHOTO SUPPLIED ticipating vets including VetEnt, Vetlife and Canterbury Vets. There are 240 vouchers for cats and 50 for dogs available. “Our vets have been incredibly supportive of this because we have a huge cat problem in the district and a lot of unwanted cats and kittens,” Dobson said. Animals that come into the SPCA undergo vet checks, are vaccinated and neutered before
they go to their forever homes. They spend several weeks in foster homes learning social skills and gaining strength and health before they are released to new owners. Every kitten that comes to the SPCA has at least $600 spent on ensuring it is in good health before it is rehomed. The SPCA recovers just $150 of that in the fee the new owner pays.
People can also buy a desexing voucher for stray cats and the SPCA has traps that can be borrowed to capture those animals, Dobson said. “We want to avoid incidents like those Staveley kittens, but this is a good example of what we deal with too often. If anyone knows anything about those kittens, we’d love to know,” she said. Vouchers can also be gifted.
MAR community trust set up By Linda CLarke
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A community trust is being set up to progress long-term managed aquifer recharge (MAR) in Mid Canterbury. A pilot MAR site at Lagmhor was established in 2016, where water is deliberately leaked into underground aquifers; the process is raising groundwater levels and diluting nitrates in connected areas. The MAR governance group has been overseeing the project and now plans to set up other recharge sites in Mid Canterbury. A second has already been established near the Hinds River and testing is under way at nine more sites.
Chairman of the governance group Peter Lowe said a trust called the Hekeao/Hinds Water Enhancement Trust was being created and it intended to apply for money from the Government’s Provincial Growth Fund to progress catchment-wide MAR behind the current trial period, which will end in February 2021. The trust would be an independent entity that could apply for future consents and funds. Membership is still under discussion but Lowe said it was intended to be wide-ranging and not rural-based. The project currently has the support of Environment Canterbury, the Ashburton District Council,
Ngai Tahu, Canterbury District Health Board and Central South Island Fish and Game. “The purpose of the trust is a community trust with community buy-in and community ownership of the project.” MAR is seen as an effective tool in improving water quality and quantity in the district. It will help reduce nitrate levels, increase groundwater storage and improve biodiversity in lowland streams. The Ashburton Water Zone committee gave its endorsement to the trust at its monthly meeting this week. Recent heavy rain caused plant loss at the Hinds River recharge site, which only began
The case of lead poisoning notified to the Canterbury District Health Board earlier this month was the eighth for Ashburton District in the last five years. Throughout New Zealand there are more than 100 cases of lead absorption notified each year. The Canterbury District Health Board says most notified cases of lead exposure are related to occupation, such as radiator repairers and contractors removing old lead-based paint. The latest case is also the second case of lead absorption recorded for Mid Canterbury this year. The Ministry of Health warns that untreated lead poisoning in both adults and children can cause brain damage and even be fatal.
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operating in September. Rain and variable supply rates to the Lagmhor site have not significantly affected groundwater level and quality monitoring, which continue to show low concentrations of nitrates in influenced areas, up to 7km from the pilot site. Nitrate levels in groundwater at the site have decreased from 4mg/m3 to less than one; nitrate levels down gradient influenced by the pilot reduced from 14 to four. Catchment groundwater quality monitoring was showing higher than expected nitrates in some areas not yet benefiting from MAR.
The charity golf tournament organised by the Lions Club of Ashburton earlier this month raised $11,000. Tournament convener John Richards said the club would be donating $5500 to the Ashburton Aviation Museum, $2750 to St Vincent de Paul and $2750 to the Salvation Army. The tournament was set down for October 25 but postponed because of wet weather to November 8, when a good field of golfers took to the course.
Rain stops open day A month where there have been more wet days than fine has forced Ashburton’s Trott’s Garden Trust to postpone their planned community open day for a second time. The event will now be held on January 27.
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Insanity plea appeal dismissed A convicted killer’s claims he was insane when he murdered a Christchurch sex worker have been thrown out by appeal judges. Sainey Marong was found guilty of murdering Renee Duckmanton after a High Court jury trial in February. The 33-year-old Gambian butcher was jailed for life with a minimum non-parole period of 18 years. He filed an appeal against his conviction in May and represented himself at a Court of Appeal hearing in Christchurch last month, while members of Duckmanton’s family watched from the public gallery. Representing himself and speaking in the third person, Marong said he was diagnosed with adjustment disorder and put on medication after his arrest. He believes that his trial wasn’t transparent and that he has been the victim of a miscarriage of justice. Marong argued that he suffered a combination of mental and physical impairments, and that he couldn’t communicate adequately with his lawyer. After his arrest, he was diagnosed with adjustment disorder, he claimed. Justice Forrest Miller pointed
Sainey Marong out that two witnesses in his trial were very clear that he wasn’t insane. Marong claimed they were wrong and that his “medical impairment” was caused by a lack of medical treatment. He said he posed a serious dan-
ger towards himself due to a lack of diabetic treatment, while also claiming he suffered from kidney failure before the killing. A psychiatrist and a psychologist, who both assessed Marong before he stood trial, concluded that he did not meet the criteria
for a defence of insanity. Mark Lillico, representing the Crown, said all of the expert evidence said Marong fell below the threshold. Now, in a new judgment released yesterday, the Court of Appeal rejected Marong’s claims he
was insane at the time and suffering from a disease of the mind. “Mr Marong’s calculated behaviour was plainly abnormal in the extreme, but the only expert evidence about his state of mind was unequivocal; he suffered from no disease of the mind, and was able to understand the nature and quality of his acts and to distinguish right from wrong,” the appeal judges concluded. During his murder trial, Marong admitted strangling Duckmanton in May 2016 after picking her up from the city’s red-light district, before dumping her body on a country roadside and setting it on fire. But he denied that he meant to kill her, and had no murderous intent, claiming he was insane at the time, suffering mental impairment and delusional, psychotic thoughts which began after voluntarily stopping his insulin medication early in 2016. The jury, however, sided with the Crown and its “overwhelming” evidence, dismissing Marong’s claims that he had been “disconnected from reality” at the time he killed Duckmanton, and that from May 6-17, he was poisoned by kidney failure that resulted in urine “travelling in my brain”. – NZME
Peters kicked out of Parliament Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters has been kicked out of the House for the first time since the Government was formed last year. Peters was asked to leave the House after a testy exchange with Deputy Speaker Anne Tolley. The exchange occurred during an urgent debate over the Government’s decision that Czech drug dealer Karel Sroubek was liable for deportation. Tolley warned Peters a number of times he needed to “come to the point of the urgent debate”. At one point, when Peters was asked to resume his seat, he could be heard saying “the cheek of it,” to Tolley. “I do have the cheek because I am in the Speaker’s chair, I am being very tolerant and I’m asking the member to come and
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debate here … the matter of public urgent debate.” At the end of his speech, Peters called Tolley’s comments a “darn disgrace”. She said: “On that note, I’ll ask the member to leave the House.” Speaking to the Herald on his way out of the House, Peters called the Deputy Speaker’s decision “disgraceful”. “I told her I was not going to be browbeaten by that sort of behaviour.” Peters said he was going to “utterly ignore that behaviour” from Tolley and “get the facts out there”. Although this was the first time since becoming a Minister in this Government he had been kicked out of the House, Peters had a reputation for testing the Speaker. He has been thrown out numerous times over his lengthy political career. – NZME
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Living and learning from hindsight H
indsight can be a wonderful thing. The unfortunate part is that we don’t usually get to use it until it’s too late. In hindsight, we might have been better earlier this week in not running a picture of the Bandidos on the front page. In hindsight, not getting the lawns mowed a fortnight before the weather turned horrible was a bad decision, and, in hindsight the initial decision by the Ashburton District Council to decline a request from the Order of St John to grant it right of way over a section of land on Burnett Street might not have been the
best decision either. But there’s always a chance to live and learn from anything that may have been better being done in some other way than the initial choice you make. We can’t take away what ran on the front page on Monday morning and it doesn’t seem like we’re going to get the lawns
mowed anytime soon either, but the council does get to have a second bite at the cherry when councillors meet at today’s finance and business support committee meeting in the Baring Square East Chambers. And everything points towards them taking back that initial decision and potentially replacing it with one which will no doubt be seen as the right decision in the eyes of the community. It can be easy to be critical of the council and its day-to-day functions – but, in large, those who will be sitting around that table today are people who are passionate about the district
they live in. Just like the rest of us, they want to see it being successful, effective and looking after those who serve it best, which of course includes the wonderful people from the Order of St John who are always on hand to help when we need it most. As a community, you spoke out loudly about the initial decision to decline the original request. Most of it was measured and passionate response but unfortunately some comments were not. But, either way, it appears the council has listened and is set
to put an offer on the table that will please almost everyone. Resolutions to contentious subjects like this one – which seem to strike right at the very heart strings of the public, are good results, both for the parties involved and for the overall image of the council. A group of councillors who are prepared to listen to the public’s opinion and act accordingly is usually all anyone asks for. The only negative of it is, and it is really a very small negative considering the much-desired outcome looks set to be reached, is that it has taken a little hindsight to get there.
Atari, made its debut at Andy Capp’s Tavern in Sunnyvale, California. In 1987, a Korean Air 707 jetliner en route from Abu Dhabi to Bangkok was destroyed by a bomb planted by North Korean agents with the loss of all 115 people aboard. In 1991, 17 people were killed in a 164-vehicle pileup during a dust storm on Interstate 5 near Coalinga, California. Ten years ago: Indian commandos killed the last remaining gunmen holed up at a luxury Mumbai hotel, ending a 60-hour rampage through India’s financial capital by suspected Pakistani-based
militants that killed 166 people. Five years ago: A police helicopter crashed onto a pub in Glasgow, Scotland, killing 10 people. One year ago: North Korea launched its most powerful weapon yet, claiming a new type of intercontinental ballistic missile that some observers believed could put the entire US East Coast within range. Today’s birthdays: Former French President Jacques Chirac is 86. Blues singer-musician John Mayall is 85. Actress Diane Ladd is 83. Songwriter Mark James is 78. Composer-musician Chuck Mangione is 78. Country singer Jody Miller is 77. Pop
singer-musician Felix Cavaliere is 76. Former Olympic skier Suzy Chaffee is 72. Actor Jeff Fahey is 66. Movie director Joel Coen is 64. Actor-comediancelebrity judge Howie Mandel is 63. Actress Cathy Moriarty is 58. Actress Kim Delaney is 57. Actor Tom Sizemore is 57. Actor Andrew McCarthy is 56. Actor Don Cheadle is 54. Actor-producer Neill Barry is 53. Musician Wallis Buchanan is 53. Pop singer Jonathan Knight is 50. Rock musician Martin Carr is 50. Actress Jennifer Elise Cox is 49. Actor Larry Joe Campbell is 48. Rock musician Frank Delgado is 48. Actress Paola Turbay is
48. Contemporary Christian singer Crowder is 47. Actress Gena Lee Nolin is 47. Actor Brian Baumgartner is 46. Actor Julian Ovenden is 43. Actor Chadwick Boseman is 42. Actress Anna Faris is 42. Gospel singer James Fortune is 41. Actress Lauren German is 40. Rapper The Game is 39. Actress Janina Gavankar is 38. Rock musician Ringo Garza is 37. Actor-comedian John Milhiser is 37. Actor Lucas Black is 36. Actor Diego Boneta is 28. Actress Lovie Simone is 20. Thought for today: “Toleration is good for all, or it is good for none.” – Edmund Burke, British statesman (1729-1797). – AP
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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Thursday, November 29, the 333rd day of 2018. There are 32 days left in the year. Today’s highlight in history: On November 29, 1893, by becoming mayor of Onehunga, Auckland, Elizabeth Yates struck another blow for women’s rights in local-body polls held the day after the first general election in which women could vote. On this date: In 1864, a Colorado militia killed at least 150 peaceful Cheyenne Indians in the Sand Creek Massacre. In 1877, the Education Act passed into law establishing free, compulsory and secular education for all Pākehā New Zealand children. Māori children could attend free schools if their parents wished them to. In 1910, British explorer Robert F Scott’s ship Terra Nova set sail from New Zealand, carrying Scott’s expedition on its ultimately futile, as well as fatal, race to reach the South Pole first. In 1929, Navy Lt Cmdr Richard E Byrd, pilot Bernt Balchen, radio operator Harold June and photographer Ashley McKinney made the first airplane flight over the South Pole. In 1947, the UN General Assembly passed a resolution calling for the partitioning of Palestine between Arabs and Jews; 33 members, including the United States, voted in favour of the resolution, 13 voted against while 10 abstained. In 1949, the first female Māori MP was elected, Iriaka Rātana was elected as New Zealand’s first Māori MP following the Western Māori election. In 1961, Enos the chimp was launched from Cape Canaveral aboard the Mercury-Atlas 5 spacecraft, which orbited earth twice before returning. In 1963, President Johnson named a commission headed by Earl Warren to investigate the assassination of President Kennedy. In 1972, the coin-operated video arcade game Pong, created by
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’m happy to report that good things are happening in our rural sector. The economy grew 1 per cent in the last quarter and the biggest driver of growth in that period was the primary sector, up 4.2 per cent. Unemployment is down under 4 per cent, too. It’s the first time unemployment has been that low in more than a decade. As I get around Mid Canterbury talking with rural Kiwis, I see a farming sector looking to the future, ready to take advantage of coming opportunities. The Government is proud to be supporting our primary industries to overcome challenges and grow profits. We’ve made sure that the people making decisions in Wellington always consider the needs of rural communities. We’re making sure farmers’ voices are heard. We’re also investing in helping New Zealand’s heartland to thrive, through the Provincial Growth Fund. We’re backing economic development projects all over rural New Zealand to the tune of $1
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billion each year for three years. We’re working on creating stronger rural health services. We have heard the concerns raised by organisations like the Rural GP Network and as a result we have announced new measures for attracting and retaining health professionals in rural communities. Growing our primary sectors and protecting our environment go hand-in-hand. Every farmer knows that – when you look after the land, the land looks after you. Farmers are already doing great work in cleaning up our waterways. We know that clean, reliable water is crucial to regional prosperity. That’s why we’ll make sure farmers have access to the resources they need.
Small-scale water storage schemes, for example, can get support through the Provincial Growth Fund. We are also exploring ways the Government can best help out and link our efforts on water quality in with the exciting things happening in forestry, like planting a billion trees over the next decade. Many farmers in our electorate are doing their bit already by planting trees. Climate change poses another environmental threat to our primary industries. That’s why we’re helping equip farmers with tools to reduce the risk of disruption. The government is also ensuring our primary exporters are more internationally competitive than ever. We are signing high-value free-trade agreements that open lucrative markets to New Zealand exporters, and the benefits of the Pacific-wide CPTPP will start to flow to New Zealand from 2019. New Zealand’s primary exports are forecast to increase 2.5 per cent in the year to June 2019.
At home, we are investing in sustainable growth which builds on our reputation for high-quality, ethical exports. The key to this is backing Kiwi ingenuity. That’s why we’ve established the $40 million-a-year Sustainable Food & Fibre Futures fund, for rural initiatives which will look after the environment, while creating jobs in the farming sector. That’s also why we’ve set up the R&D tax incentive, which supports businesses to carry out research and development which will boost the value of what we produce. We know that Mid Canterbury, and Kiwi farmers are forwardthinking, innovative and ready to turn challenges into opportunities, and we are proud to be behind them. Jo Luxton is a Labour list MP. 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.
YOUR VIEW Vandalism I read Monday of the antics of those feeble minded idiots again vandalising something that has been carefully prepared for the people of Ashburton. What thrill or gratification they get from doing this is beyond me. I will be the first to admit, that, as a young fellow, I along with my mates, would get up to some pranks now and then, but we never ever did any damage or harm to other people’s property.
I would be very pleased if they were caught up with, and I would suggest that a different punishment be meted out. They should serve a week of parading up and down East Street, carrying a banner which would state – “I AM ONE OF THE IDIOTS (or words to that effect) WHO VANDALISED THE CHRISTMAS TREE IN THE DOMAIN. PLEASE GIVE ME A SWIFT KICK IN THE REGION THAT I SIT UPON [for] THINKING UP
THESE STUPID ACTS.” Perhaps you could leave out the kicking part, but they might think twice about doing something like this again. If only they would direct their energies into something productive, be it sport, or just helping some unfortunate person who needs a helping hand, would they not receive twice as much publicity as they do now? B Leighton
Yes, That’s What Music’s All About On Saturday night we went to the show at the centre. What a marvellous show that Susan and Jenny had organised. The talent we have in Ashburton is just so unreal. The band and the people were so entertaining. Congratulations to all of you. Keep on doing what you enjoy doing. Rosemary Hepworth
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Some of Ashburton’s finest handymen will not be able to blame their tools after a package arrives paid for by Fonterra farmers. Much of the equipment has been donated at the Ashburton Menz Shed, but a set of brand new battery tools is heading their way as a result of a $1000 grant from the co-op’s Fonterra Grass Roots Fund. This will be put to good use within the community as shed members often pass on their skills to people with dementia and other groups, fix broken chairs for widows and complete many community projects. Fonterra farmers feel pretty good that some of their hard-earned milk money is going out to community groups throughout high and low payout years. New Fonterra Shareholders’ Council councillor Mark Slee visited the shed on Wednesday to meet the recipients of the tool funding and was impressed by their work. He said farmers would appreciate that the money was going to buying tools for shed members who would do a lot of good work in the community with them. “Fonterra wants to help people in the community and if we can put something back to the community that has got to be good.” The Fonterra Grass Roots Fund was about supporting community groups often outside of farming, he said. The shed team is made up of volunteers and built 90 per cent of the shed facilities in Ashburton. Chairman Stewart Dunlop said the shed was a charitable organisation that did a lot of good in the community as well as provide a haven for people wanting to do projects. “We do a helluva lot for the community. Sometimes we do work for kindegartens and widows come down if they want something fixed. We do all sorts of jobs and we have a workshop that has all the tools.’’ Dunlop said the shed members appreciated the funding from farmers and the tools would be put to use for many more community projects. Farmers are sometimes the beneficiaries of their handiwork. Shed members spent a year completely restoring a 1904 wool wagon for the Prouting family at Mesopotamia Station. A water wheel for Lake Hood was an-
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other major project. The Ashburton shed roll is at 72 members now with a core group including former farmers, engineers, accountants, mechanics and electricians. Fonterra farmers have also passed on a $3000 grant to the Rakaia Childcare and Preschool and the Methven Agricultural & Pastoral Association received $500 within the Ashburton District. The Fonterra Grass Roots Fund has helped 696 initiatives, contributing $770,000 through grants and equipment donations. More than 10,000 high visibility vests and 25 defibrillators have gone to communities. “We are helping the community and these guys are helping the community as well with their projects,’’ said Slee.
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Are you organised if the Alpine Fault shakes the country? For sheep and beef farmer Simon Davies of Toko Mouth it is not a matter of “if’’ the Alpine Fault will shift, but “when’’. Davies said he had heard the fault, which runs along most of the length of the South Island apparently moved every 300 years and it was overdue for another shake. He is concerned that many farmers and rural residents were not sufficiently prepared for an
earthquake, or other adverse event. He said while most farmers could cope for up to about a week, longer term, there would probably be issues. Davies is involved in the Rural Advisory Group to the Otago Civil Defence and Emergency Management group through his role as Federated Farmers’ Otago president. He encouraged farmers to
think through possible adverse event scenarios and decide if they would be able to survive them for any length of time. “It would be really good for farmers to do that exercise,’’ Davies said. He said they needed to think about their resources and have a business continuity plan in case of an emergency. “While there are some relatively
well-organised farmers, there are a lot that are not,’’ he said. Many sheep and beef farmers would be vulnerable without water or electricity, especially those on water schemes, and they needed to have a back-up plan. That could include a power generator and petrol or diesel pump. “If the Alpine Fault goes, my big concern is electricity disruption. “We are looking at the hydro
lakes getting damaged and we could be talking being months without power.’’ He said he intended to convert his two main electric fences to solar power and also wanted to install a solar water pump and a solar-powered weather station. He also has a battery-operated phone and internet access in the local Civil Defence muster station on his property. – NZME
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Reserve Bank warns dairy farmers By AndreA Fox Financial stress in the dairy sector is easing but the Reserve Bank is urging the highly-indebted wider agriculture sector to keep repairing its balance sheet because risks loom. In its November Financial Stability Report the Reserve Bank said agriculture accounted for about 14 per cent of all bank lending at nearly $70 billion. This level of debt limited the sector’s capacity to withstand market downturns and invest and adapt to the longer-term challenges ahead, including the impacts of climate change. Two-thirds of agriculture’s debt or $41.5b is in the dairy sector, which had become highly indebted following a run of strong investment, an increase in land prices and two major milk price downturns in the past decade, the Reserve Bank said. Dairy farm balance sheets remain stretched but milk prices had been supportive of profitability with incomes improving during the 2018-2018 season. However, prices had fallen by 20 per cent since May. Most dairy farms were expected to be profitable this season but further falls in global dairy prices could put profits under pressure, the bank warned. Debt in the sector remained concentrated with some farms carrying disproportionately large debts. “Financial stress in the sector has fallen but the sector is vulnerable to another price downturn as well as longerterm challenges,” the central bank said. Improved milk prices had allowed farmers to pay down debt and banks were increasingly structuring loans on principal and interest repayment terms. Under longer-term chal-
lenges facing the agriculture sector the Reserve Bank counted the cattle disease mycoplasma bovis, currently the focus of a nearly $1 billion Government-industry eradication effort. Compensation was limiting the financial impacts on infected farms but might not cover all costs of the disease and many would need to improve their biosecurity practices. “The financial impacts could be more material if eradication is not achieved. “The agriculture sector is already bearing the costs of tighter regulation to reduce pollution of waterways and to mitigate other environmental concerns.” Climate change consequences should be on agriculture’s radar, the report said. Farms needed to be ready to invest and adapt to the challenges ahead as well as the opportunities they might bring. Given agriculture’s debt levels limited its capacity to withstand market downturns and invest to adapt to these longer-term challenges, it was encouraging to see many dairy farms paying down debt, the bank said. “Banks have a role to play in ensuring their lending decisions reflect relevant risks, including longer-term risks. Where prudent banks may need to fund investments that farms must make to improve sustainability.” Banks were diversifying their lending to agriculture which may help to counter the risk that any one sector posses to the financial system, the Reserve Bank said. In the past two years, banks had expanded their lending outside the dairy sector with lending growth to horticulture “particularly high” at about 15 per cent in the year to September. Lending to dairying had grown only slightly. – NZME
Have your say on NAIT changes We’re proposing changes to the NAIT (National Animal Identification and Tracing) Act and regulations. The changes are based on recommendations from the NAIT Review and lessons from the Mycoplasma bovis response.
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LVR tweaks good news for buyers The easing of Reserve Bank’s home lending restrictions will make it easier for first-home buyers to secure a house, the Government has said. But National’s Housing spokeswoman Judith Collins said the changes to the loan-to-value ratio (LVR) restrictions is an acknowledgement that it’s “pretty hard to get into a house”. Yesterday, the central bank eased LVR restrictions on both owner-occupiers and investors. From January, banks would be allowed to lend 20 per cent (up from the current level of 15 per cent) of their new loans to owneroccupiers with a deposit of less than 20 per cent. The Reserve Bank introduced high LVR restrictions in October 2013 to cool the property market. Speaking to media, Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr said the bank was “some way away” from further changing the lending limits. Any changes to the lending limits depended on the behaviour of the banks’ level of responsibility going forward, Orr said.
Housing Minister Phil Twyford said changes to LVRs showed the Reserve Bank had acknowledged the housing market had stabilised. He said the move to ease LVRs makes things “a little bit easier for first home buyers to get into the market”. Asked if the change would mean it would be easier for people to get into KiwiBuild homes, he said perhaps. But he said as KiwiBuild homes were new builds they would be exempt from LVRs anyway. Finance Minister Grant Robertson said the easing of the rules would open up opportunities for some homeowners – “particularly first-home buyers, and that’s a good thing”. But Collins was not as optimistic as Twyford and Robertson. She called the Reserve Bank’s decision “interesting”. “It’s an acknowledgement that it’s pretty hard to get into a house, in particular to be able to afford a house, unless you have a very substantial deposit or you have the bank of mum and dad to help
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Housing Minister Phil Twyford says changes to LVRs showed the Reserve Bank had acknowledged the housing market had stabilised. you.” She said easing of the LVRs was an acknowledgement that the sector is quite delicate – particular in areas of trying to get
people into homes. Asked if she would have liked to see the Reserve Bank go further, Collins said that’s a decision for
the Reserve Bank. “One of the things National Party always does is try and leave the experts to do their job.” - NZME
GCSB bans Spark from using Huawei gear for its 5G upgrade Spark says it has been notified by the Director-General of the GCSB that it cannot use Huawei gear for its pending 5G mobile network upgrade. Under the Telecommunications (Interception Capability and Security) Act 2013 or TICSA, technology used by Spark, Chorus, Vodafone, 2degrees and other mobile network operators have to be vetted and approved by the security agency. The Director-General informed Spark yesterday that he considers Spark’s proposal to use Huawei 5G equipment in Spark’s planned 5G RAN would, if implemented, raise significant national security risks, the telco says. The GCSB’s apparent move comes after reports earlier this week that the US was pressuring allies to drop Huawei.
Spark says it has not yet had time to review the decision in detail. “While we are disappointed with this decision, we are confident that the decision will not affect our plans to launch Spark’s 5G network by July 1, 2020, subject to the necessary spectrum being made available by the New Zealand Government,” Spark said. GCSB Director General Hampton says, “I can confirm the GCSB, under its TICSA responsibilities, has recently undertaken an assessment of a notification from Spark. I have informed Spark that a significant network security risk was identified.” Hampton says he won’t comment further at this stage. At Spark’s annual general meeting on November 2, Spark managing director Simon Moutter made an impassioned speech in support
of Huawei, saying the company should be allowed to bid for 5G upgrade business unless the government could supply “incontrovertible proof” that the company was a security threat. For its part, Huawei sought to defuse the controversy by saying it would only bid to put gear on 5G cellsites (the RAN or Radio Area Network), not the “core” or brains of a 5G network. Last week, Spark and Huawei went live with a 5G trial that they said proved the RAN could be isolated. Beyond the implications for New Zealand’s trade relationship with China, yesterday’s decision could mean fresh scrutiny of the Huawei hardware that is sprinkled through the UFB and Rural Broadband Initiative (RBI) rollouts as well as Spark, Vodafone and 2degrees’ networks. - NZME
Last ditch challenge to Nine-Fairfax merger dismissed A court on Tuesday dismissed a last-ditch challenge and approved the merger of television network Nine Entertainment with newspaper publisher Fairfax Media into an Australian media giant to be known only as Nine. Fairfax shareholders voted for the merger last week. But major shareholder Antony Catalano argued in his Federal Court challenge that the Fairfax shareholders had not been allowed to consider his proposal to acquire 19.9
per cent of the company’s shares, which would have scuttled the Nine merger. With Justice Jacqueline Gleeson’s approval of the merger, the new entity will begin trading on the Australian share market on December 10. Catalano is a former chief executive of the online real estate listings portal Domain Group which is majority-owned by Fairfax. The Fairfax board had argued Catalano’s offer was not worth
consideration, as it did not constitute a superior proposal. The merger gives Nine shareholders 51.1 per cent of the combined entity and makes Nine chief executive Hugh Marks leader of the new company. Fairfax shareholders will own the remaining 48.9 per cent of the company, which will become Australia’s largest media player. The Fairfax family name which has been part of the Australian media landscape for 177 years appears set to disappear. - AP
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www.guardianonline.co.nz Allenton Bowling Club It has been a busy week. Progressive Pairs November 17 Leads 1st: Donalda Watson Skips 1st: Barry Molloy. Good bowling all. Ladies Charene Trophy was played in cooler but pleasant conditions making it a very happy and successful day. Raffles were brilliant, thanks to Betty and Sandra, Flowers gorgeous lots of comments, thanks to Janet for these. A big thank you in the kitchen to Master KB Bruce our lone soldier who looked after everyone so well. A general huge thanks to our club members who contributed in a generous manner as usual and all extra help given. Have to mention our lovely Dot and Marie who manned the sales table with great results, much appreciated. Winners of the trophy were Michelle Fosters Team of Michelle(s), Rose J, Jill H and Wendy C. Well done to all the bowlers and especially our great sponsors House of Hearing. Thank you. Championship bowls are being played at the moment and Interclub of local and Canterbury origins. Allenton has mixed results but are not far away in most of them. Good work bowlers. A reminder our Christmas function is Monday night December 17. Look forward to seeing you there. Then it will be Christmas.
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Tony Todd (left) receives an appreciation certificate from Lion Les Briggs after giving an address at the club’s November meeting. PHOTO NOEL LOWE
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Well in between rain showers some bowls have been played, at the Friday Triples held on the MSA green Alistair and Noeline Mackenzie along with Jo Ryk came a close second well done to those three bowlers. Christmas Dinner this year will be held on Sunday, December 9 in the evening, keep this date free. In the Christchurch 3-4’s the Ashburton team finished in the middle of their section, well done to those players who took part. In the Mid Canterbury Ladies Interclub 7’s Ashburton was placed runner up, well done to them. In the local men’s inter club our number one team winning over our number two team by 2 to 1 (just a quarter of an inch in the last measure). Our Quaich Trophy on Saturday had to be postponed due to the weather, no surprizes there. Hoping for some fine weather, Good Bowling.
A good number of Members met for the November meeting. President Ron welcomed Guests District Governor Tony Thomas, Zone Chairman Garth Bateup and guest speaker Tony Todd. A number of clip boards were circulated requesting help with the Dementia street appeal, controlling the car parking at the community Open day at Trott’s Garden, selling of tickets for the Christmas raffle and more assistance for the Annual Day Out for Special Needs Students on Tuesday December 4 in the Tinwald Domain. A Car Trial will be held in January for members and a reminder given for the Charity Market on March 2 Lion George Cartney received a 15 year chevron from DG Tony and Lions Noel Lowe and Peter O’Neill were given gold badges for introducing new members. Amy Jones thanked the members of Pakeke for the support received on Lion Eric’s death. Both the District Governor and Zone Chairman commended Pakeke for the Charity work undertaken within the community. The Pakeke Club consists of members from the older age group and opportunities to fundraise are limited and service mostly involves ‘man hours’. However a major successful and well supported undertaking was organising the Dementia Awareness Breakfast which realised $8000 to
The inclement weather on Saturday didn’t manage to deter the hardy golfers battling for the Sante Marie Trophy and the RMF Cup. Paul Greer set a good marker in the morning round with a solid, net 69, so all the afternoon boys were chomping at the bit to get out and attack the receptive greens. Lefty May and Dylan Stoddart both shot wonderful rounds, posting 68’s, and with Charlie having one double bogey too many ,slipping back to the chasing pack, young Sam Clarke swooped from out of the clouds with a brilliant 67 to pick up the Sante Marie and just pip Chaz to the RMF Cup. A superb round in trying conditions and an epic, nail-biting, finish to the season long RMF Cup. Many thanks again to Chris Robertson and the gang at Russell Moon and Fail, great sponsors and all round lovely people. Here’s to next year! This Saturday we turn out thoughts to the club closing day. We have a mixed day playing Canadian foursomes for the Smallbone Trophy. Earlier start time of 11am meet for 11.30 start, so we can get the game played, results done and give you time to go home, get on your best gear and dancing shoes, then return for the Presentation Night. Tickets are still available from the club, should be a great night. With the change to the diary the first Summer Stableford will be Saturday week on the 8th. This will also be the first qualifier for the Shootout, which again this year is sponsored by Hamish and Karen and the wonderful crew at Property Brokers. This summer, if all goes well, we will have 6 qualifying rounds, still the best 2 to count. Hopefully with the extra round, more people will have a chance to have a go at getting into the final, which is pencilled in for Sunday, January 27. More information on this next week. Until then good golfing.
Ashburton Horticultural Society President Trevor welcomed 11 members to our November meeting. After an enjoyable Pot Luck tea our meeting started with Norm McDowell giving a brief talk on propagation and growing of Lewisia. Lewisia is an alpine plant native to Montana & Nevada and grows in the cracks on the rockface. It is also known as Bitter Root. Norm grows all his plants from seed by spreading the seed on potting mix and covering with fine gravel chip. Some germinate within 3 weeks others can take up to 6 months to appear. We ended the evening with a couple of quizzes, one on Christmas songs and the other on pictures from the Courier and guess the story. Table Show results: Pat Tarbotton - 7 firsts, 3 seconds, 2 thirds, Rosemary Case - 4, 1, 1,
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with pictures representing towns around New Zealand. A small gift was given to the first to guess each one. A cardboard car and tall tree were part of a skit that the committee members took part in. With balloons going off and water pistol shooting at people, a spider frightening passengers in the car and also a dog watering himself on the wheel members enjoyed the entertainment. Several Christmas raffle prizes were won by lucky people. Bernard played more carols again and Christmas cake was handed around to members before they were wished a Merry Christmas and safe travel over the holiday period. The movie on December 5 at 11 am at Regent Theatre is Bohemian Rhapsody. The next meeting is January 28, 2019.
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Surrey Lamont – 7, 4, 0, Premier award went to Surrey Lamont with a rose The raffles were won by Brian Glassey, Noella Talbot, Anne Gamblin Next meeting will be on Monday January 28 with Guest speaker Joyce Read speaking on dahlias @ 6:00pm at the Sports Pavilion, Walnut Avenue. New members and visitors most welcome.
Ashburton Woodworkers President Bruce Ferriman welcomed 20 members to our November meeting. He thanked the club members who had items on display and assisted during the day at the Wood and Clay Exhibition. From comments it was deemed a success and worthy of doing again in the future. Reminded the Christmas function December 4. Show & Tell Merv Peck: Two off centre vases Bruce Ferriman: Completed the decorated bowl started by Rex Marshall. Geoff Brown: Walnut bowl. Dave Strong: An Indian bean tree bowl, a finished rocking horse chair. Adriaan Slooten: Christmas hanging decorations. Les Mattingley: Pyrography items and a lidded cylinder. Adriaan Slooten demonstrated a four-cornered winged serviette holder, using a square block of ash. He levelled one side then turned a centre spigot. He removed wood from the centre spigot outwards, towards the corners to create four feet. Using a scraper he created a slight curve to the centre. This area was then wet sanded using four different grits. The item was then reversed and with a gouge a curve was created following the one underneath. The face then wet sanded, removed from the chuck placed on a vacuum chuck and the spigot underneath neatly removed. Thanks to Adriaan for this demonstration.
Ashburton Dahlia Circle Ashburton Dahlia Circle closed off another successful year on Tuesday November 21, with a Mini Rose Show and Christmas meal, held at the Tinwald Hall. Thirty-seven entries in the Roses show were judged
be used in Mid Canterbury for Dementia Support. DG Tony in his address spoke of Lions International and the direction being taken by the World President from Iceland. She has challenged clubs around the world to move beyond their service barriers by changing obstacles into opportunities and to reach for new horizons. Our District has been challenged by DG Tony to unite to make our communities better, “Together we can reach beyond our limits”. The guest speaker Tony Todd, told the story of his grandfather who established the well-known Todd’s shop in Ashburton. Tony related the story of his grandfather the iconic “A H Todd”, commonly known as “Archie”, from his early days in Dunedin and his interest in the clothing trade to his life in Ashburton. Apart from being a successful retailer he was an interesting person who gave so much of his time and talents to the people of Ashburton well-known for his involvement in what is now called the Performing Arts, both as a performer and leader in the community. Tony spoke of the challenges faced as the retail trade changed over the years since he took over the management and eventual retirement. Tony himself has also made his mark in the community by taking on leadership roles in local bodies. He is known for his quiet, sound and common sense approach to challenges that the community faces. The meeting closed with the National Anthem. by National Rose Judge Pauline O’Leary. In spite of the very wet cold couple of days some excellent roses were displayed. The overall Best in Show was exhibited by Will Rollinson, a full bloom named Hamilton Garden. While the judging took place a short meeting was held, then on to the main event. A very enjoyable evening of Christmas fare, organised by Alison and served by her daughter Sharon. A big thank you to you both. Members all contributed to the menu. 16 attending (with 8 apologises) sat down to the riches of hot ham, new potatoes, peas, carrots and salads. Followed by steamed pudding, trifle, pavlova, strawberries and ice-cream. Oh! so good on a cold night. This was completed with Christmas cake and a cup of tea. Our 2019 season restarts with a garden walk and pot luck tea on Sunday, January 13 at Brian Glassey’s delightful and varied garden. Note the change of dates. Dahlias will be to the fore on January 22 with the 1st Table show, then successions of shows throughout February and March. It is time now with all the rain, to start pinching out the tops of Dahlias to get nice bushy plants, and start tying up plants for support. Don’t forget the potash sprays to give strong stems and promote flowering. Have a safe and happy Christmas with family and friends. From everyone in the Dahlia Circle.
President Colleen Hands welcomed members on Thursday, November 22. Apologies were received. It was lovely to have Hope McIntosh back. She played the piano while the RSA Song was sung. Also Happy Birthday to those with a November or December birthday. Sympathy was given to anyone who has sadly lost a loved one. Sick members were wished a speedy recovery. Christmas Dinner on Monday December 3. Claire has the list for names. Please be seated by 5.30pm. Meal will be served at 6pm. Cost $30 – pay on the night. President and committee gave Christmas wishes to anyone not attending the meal. Bus trip on Monday February 4, 2019. Names to Claire please by Friday February 1. Margaret Halkett sends Christmas wishes to members. We were entertained by Peter Brophy, Geordie Robinson and Peter Thomas. Such lovely music. There was some singing along. And Geordie’s jokes. All really enjoyed by everyone. They wished us a Merry Christmas. Colleen thanked the three men for coming to entertain us. Raffles were won by Joan Scott and Marilyn Coley. Competitions: Buttonhole 1st Marilyn Coley, 2nd Colleen Wederell, 3rd Kelly-Rose Blackburn, Christmas Decoration 1st Elizabeth Davies, 2nd Colleen Wederell, 3rd Kelly-Rose Blackburn. Hostesses Alison and Janice served afternoon tea to end a lovely afternoon.
The Lions Club of Ashburton President Lance Schubert welcomed members and guests including 2nd District Governor Ella Butson. Our guest speaker was power lifter Steve Lousich who gave an interesting talk on the sport itself and his involvement. Despite one unanimous postponement, our Golf Tournament was played in overcast conditions. A most successful tournament eventuated with the extensive prize list being a highlight of the day. Our Club Playhouse Raffle is due to be drawn on Thursday December 6 with results published in the Ashburton Guardian on Saturday December 8. Thanks to Roger Paterson for his work with the building of the playhouse and to Bruce and Leah Thomson for their organisation of the raffle itself. Proceeds from the raffle go to Birthright Ashburton. Our final club event for the year is a combined tea meeting/social event at Trotts Gardens on Wednesday December 5. This includes a walk around the garden. This is a wives/ partners and friends occasion and should be an enjoyable Christmas function. An informal viewing of the Van Tongeren family Christmas lights will also be held. Date and time etc to be advised. Thinking of next year, our club’s running of the South Island Motor Home Show will be held over the weekend of Saturday February 16/Sunday February 17, 2019. We invite private sellers of motor homes and caravans to view our website www.southislandmotorhomeshow.co.nz to register their interest in buying, selling, or trading.
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Plains Ladies Friendship Club President Val welcomed members to our last meeting for the year and wished all having birthdays and wedding anniversaries best wishes. Thoughts also with those that have recently had a bereavement. Members were reminded about the over 90’s function being held on 30th November at the Sinclair Centre at 2pm. After a brief meeting Rosemary Ashton told a Christmas poem followed by Bernard Reddicliffe who played carols on his organ and members joined in singing. Morning tea was enjoyed with fancy nibbles and a chat over tea and coffee. Then to a guessing game that Rosemary had put a lot of time into, committee members held up boards
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In brief
Johnson a Warrior no more It hasn’t taken Shaun Johnson long to get over his bitter split with the Warriors. According to reports from Australia, the star halfback was expected to sign a short-term deal with the Cronulla Sharks yesterday afternoon. Following a release from the Warriors yesterday morning, NRL clubs have begun circling for the playmaker’s services. Respected rugby league journalist Brent Read claims Johnson will sign with the Sharks on a one-year deal, with talks of a longer contract likely to be discussed between club and player. The Sharks are understood to be one of the few clubs who have room to purchase Johnson for 2019, although a deal for 2020 and beyond remains unclear with the club a subject of a salary cap investigation. The move would see Johnson team up with former Warriors halves partner Chad Townsend, sending Matt Moylan back to his former fullback role. Earlier this week retired Sharks great Luke Lewis pleaded for Johnson to join the Cronulla club saying the move would give him “a new lease of life”. On Tuesday the Raiders ruled themselves out of the running for Johnson’s services, leaving the Sharks the front-runners following fullback Valentine Holmes’ departure to the NRL. The Dragons are also another possible destination for Johnson,
Comanche skipper Jim Cooney doesn’t feel his supermaxi has something to prove in the Sydney Hobart, after it took line honours last year following a successful protest. Cooney’s boat reached Hobart second last year behind Wild Oats XI but was promoted to first, after their supermaxi rival was penalised for an incident involving the two boats shortly after the race start. “I’m not uncomfortable with the victory last year, it doesn’t feel in any way less of a win,” Cooney said. - AAP
Toronto too strong The Toronto Raptors have overcome a 17-point deficit to defeat the Memphis Grizzlies 122114 to seal their best start to an NBA campaign. Kyle Lowry scored 24 points while Kawhi Leonard added 17 points and 10 rebounds for the Raptors, who won their sixth game in a row for the third time this season. - AP
Leishman wants a win Shaun Johnson has been released from his Warriors’ contract effective immediately. with news overnight Tuesday star half Gareth Widdop has asked for a release following the end of 2019. Widdop, who is on about $1 million a season and is contracted until 2021, is understood to be homesick and wishes to return to England. Johnson would be a huge coup for NRL clubs looking at stocking up their halves, but where does this leave the Warriors?
With Blake Green now the club’s number one half, the search is on to find him a steady partner to take the Warriors forward. Approximately a million dollars in the club’s salary has been freed up for 2019. Warriors CEO Cameron George yesterday remained quiet on a replacement, neither confirming nor denying whether the Warriors would chase a “marquee” half or re-invest the remaining cap
into the wider squad. It’s been widely reported the Parramatta Eels are shopping around halves Corey Norman and Mitchell Moses, both of whom are off-contract at the end of 2019. The ball-running Corey Norman would prove a viable option on the Warriors’ left-hand edge of attack. His left foot would also give the Warriors a different kicking option. - NZME
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Athletes have national titles in their sights A bunch of budding Mid Canterbury athletes are heading to Dunedin this weekend with national titles in their sights. Dunedin’s Caledonian ground is set to host the New Zealand Secondary Schools’ Track, Field and Road Championships over three days, from tomorrow through to Sunday.
‘Nothing to prove’
Ashburton College has two athletes heading to the competition, and they’re both long distance runners with the potential to bring home some pretty good results. Taonga Mbambo will compete in the 3000m, 6000m and the road race, while Ted Yee – an American student living
in Ashburton for a year who is also a top cross country skier – will compete in the 1500m and 3000m. Mid Canterbury has a few other prospects in the field too though, including a trio of local boys who attend Timaru Boys’ High School. One is Jackson Ross, an Ash-
burton Athletics Club member, who will compete in the junior boys’ discus on Sunday. Mayfield’s Harry Schmack will also be in action in the junior boys’ long jump, while fellow Mid Cantabrian Jed Syme will feature in the short sprints, competing in both the 100m and 200m for junior boys.
Marc Leishman admits the pressure builds every year he fails to win on home soil. Hence he’s leaving no stone unturned ahead of this weekend’s Australian PGA Championship on the Gold Coast, his only chance this year to break an Australian tournament duck. The world No.21 said in the past he may’ve treated tournaments like the Australian PGA as a holiday, but that’s not the case anymore. “That pressure definitely grows, for sure,” he said. - AAP
Ashes warm-up Cricket Australia (CA) has taken the unusual step of scheduling an Ashes warm-up match in England between Australia’s best 22 players, desperate to bolster Justin Langer’s bid to retain the urn. Australia will face Australia A next year, with the four-day game expected to serve as the tourists’ final tune-up before the first Test begins at Edgbaston on August 1. It’s understood the match will take place at the Rose Bowl in Hampshire, starting on July 23. The World Cup final is on July 14 at Lord’s, leaving little time between the one-day tournament and showpiece Test series. - AAP
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■ CRICKET
Pin pulled on junior open
Shah leads Pakistan comeback
By Erin TaskEr
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Days out from its planned resurrection, the pin has been pulled on the Ashburton Golf Club’s junior golf open – for now. A tournament that hadn’t been run for some years, plans had been in place to bring it back to the Ashburton Golf Club this weekend following a successful roll-out of a new Team Golf concept, but yesterday a decision was made to postpone it until February, Aorangi Golf’s community golf manager Malcolm Wood said. It was a decision that came down to a lack of numbers and timing, Wood said. It turned out the December 1 date picked for the tournament clashed with the Toro men’s golf championship in Christchurch and a couple of other events in Christchurch this weekend, which meant a lot of the players it was hoped might have played in the Ashburton junior open, were unavailable. “So I think it’s just a timing thing that we weren’t aware of,” Wood said. Bad weather had also forced the postponement of a planned Family Team Golf day at the Fairlie Golf Club last weekend, and moved it to this weekend, and a lot of the young non-handicapped nine holers it was hoped might have made the trip to Ashburton would also be involved in that, Wood said. Despite the tournament being called off, there would still be junior golf at the Ashburton Golf Club this weekend, Wood said. Instead, it would be on Sunday and take the form of a Team Golf, with a barbecue running and plenty of prizes up for grabs. It would be run by the Ashburton Golf Club based pro Matt Davis, who had run a number of well-attended Team Golf days in recent weeks, since its Ashburton debut in October. Days out from the first Team Golf event registrations were low and Wood and his team were a bit worried, but now they had around 22 kids on their books, mainly aged from around six to 10. Team Golf was golf with its rules softened a little, allowing kids to have fun and learn more about the game in a relaxed environment, and Wood said it was proving to be a huge hit. Played in a format that was great for young beginners wanting to build their confidence on-course, Team Golf was a new concept from New Zealand Golf aimed at kids from four to 14. The length of the course was shortened to suit young golfers, and each of the events was run over six holes to encourage play to be done within 80 minutes. Sunday’s Team Golf day at the Ashburton Golf Club would get under way at 12.30pm.
Ashlee Lye, 8, watches the progress of a shot during one of the Ashburton Golf Club’s Team Golf days. PHOTO HEATHER MACKENZIE 041118-HM-0358
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Hunt on for Heartland rugby team coaches By Erin TaskEr
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The hunt is on for coaches to lead the Mid Canterbury rugby team in the 2019 Heartland Championship, as a review continues into the side’s 2018 campaign. The Mid Canterbury Rugby Union (MCRU) yesterday began advertising for coaching and support staff for the 2019 side. MCRU chief executive Ian Patterson said although the review into the 2018 campaign was yet to be completed, the union needed to move ahead and get next season’s coaching team in place. That meant that if this season’s coaching team of Sean Carter
and his assistants Jason Rickard and Dale Palmer wanted to come back for another shot, they’d have to reapply and win the positions back. Patterson said at a recent MCRU board meeting the board expressed a wish to advertise the positions annually, to ensure transparency in the process, so that was what they were doing. The 2018 season was the trio’s first in charge after taking over from Craig Dunlea and James Jowesy, and it was one of Mid Canterbury’s least memorable recent campaigns, only just squeaking in to the Lochore Cup semi-finals thanks to West Coast
having points deducted due to a rule breach. The competition’s top four teams each season contested the Meads Cup semi-finals, with the next four contesting the Lochore Cup semi-finals, and for the past few seasons Mid Canterbury had generally been top four or five contenders. In 2017 they narrowly missed out on the Meads Cup and went on to win the Lochore Cup. This year though, Mid Canterbury would have finished ninth and missed out on finals completely had it not been for the penalty imposed on West Coast which put the Coasters down to
ninth and propelled the Hammers up to eighth. After losing this year’s Lochore Cup semi-final to HorowhenuaKapiti, Carter said it was a disappointing end to the season and he was keen to come back again. He felt like there was unfinished business. Among the positions being advertised were the head coach, assistant coach, manager and fitness/skills trainer roles for the 2019 Mid Canterbury side. Applications close at 5pm on December 11 and for more information or job descriptions, people can contact Patterson at the Mid Canterbury Rugby Union.
He faced more resistance, but Yasir Shah eventually finished what he started, sending the test series between New Zealand and Pakistan to a decider. Shah claimed the best bowling figures ever recorded against New Zealand, finishing with match figures of 14-184, as Pakistan took victory by an innings and 16 runs to level the three-test series at 1-1. New Zealand were always unlikely to repeat their stunning victory in the first test – having only claimed back-to-back away test victories on three occasions, against the might of Zimbabwe and Bangladesh. However, their defeat raised serious questions about their abilities to win Monday’s deciding test in Abu Dhabi, even despite a brief second innings fightback. Black Caps captain Kane Williamson took some heart from their second innings effort of 312, but knows that his side need to be better at facing spin if they are to have a hope of a series victory. “To get 300 batting last was a good sign, but the damage was done,” Williamson analysed. “They played the perfect game, they batted for two days on that surface and got it to the stage where it was going to offer a bit of assistance to the spinners and they took full advantage of that. “There were some great improvements with the bat in the second innings, but obviously that session there where Yasir bowled extremely well put us under pressure. We do need to be better in that area. “There were some good signs, if we can put all that together and take it all into the decider.” Resuming on day four at 1312, following their disastrous collapse for 90 in their first turn at bat, the Black Caps showed some fight, led by Ross Taylor and Henry Nicholls. Taylor made 82 in a punchy innings, playing Shah aggressively and riding his luck early, before settling in as he progressed. Taylor combined for an 80-run partnership with Tom Latham, who brought up a well-earned 50 before falling. Thoughts of another collapse emerged when Nicholls was then given out lbw second ball. However, the review went New Zealand’s way, and Nicholls survived, combining for handy partnerships with Taylor and BJ Watling, and bringing up his second half century of the test series. However, Shah trapped Watling lbw for 27 after lunch, and once again, New Zealand’s tail order was nowhere to be found as Shah spun his way into the history books. Having already claimed the best innings figures ever recorded against New Zealand with his 8-41, Shah added 6-143 to his match tally, moving past the previous match best of 13-55, set by Courtney Walsh in 1995. He had support from Hasan Ali. - NZME
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Pike has strong hand at Otaki Tony Pike has a strong team entered for Friday’s Otaki meeting, with two prospective runners also acceptors at Saturday’s Ellerslie meeting and the Cambridge trainer will be guided by track conditions and weather before deciding where they start. “We will make a decision on Thursday morning and it will depend on the track conditions,” Pike said. Talented three-year-old Sacred Judgment will step up to stakes company on Friday when he tackles the Gr.3 Lucia Valentina Wellington Stakes (1600m), following a dogged maiden victory at Ellerslie earlier in the month. “Looking at the race there are no stars in it as yet,” Pike said. “Sacred Judgment is a nice progressive horse coming through and from gate two he is nicely placed in the race. He is going to improve from his last start which was in a very strong three-yearold race.” “We have always really liked him. He has been a bit new and a bit green, but he won two barrier trials last preparation and he had a very quiet one before his debut run for second. He is a horse that once he gets up to a mile will fit
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Talented three-year-old Sacred Judgment will step up to stakes company on Friday when he tackles the Gr.3 Lucia Valentina Wellington Stakes. in with the better three-yearolds.” Last start Listed winner Indecision is in career-best form and Pike is keen to secure further black-type for the Per Incanto mare in Friday’s Listed Fasttrack Insurance Levin Stakes (1200m). “She is going as well as she ever has,” Pike said.
“She has come back a lot stronger this preparation and is flying. Pike is likely to have a strong hand in the Gr.1 Sistema Railway (1200m) on New Year’s Day at Ellerslie, with last Saturday’s impressive Listed Counties Bowl (1100m) winner Bostonian heading into the Auckland feature without another run.
“Last season I would have said Indecision wasn’t up to that class, but she has come back a lot more mature this time around,” Pike said. “Whether she is up to the class of Bostonian or Melody Belle, that is still a bit of a query.” Meanwhile, Pike will have strong chances on the Otaki undercard with the highly-regarded two-year-old Whiskey Neat and the multiple stakes-performer Caricature. “Whiskey Neat is a gorgeous looking two-year-old who made plenty of money at the yearling sales and I was lucky enough that the [Hong Kong] owners decided to leave him here for a possible crack at the Karaka Million,” Pike said. Caricature will come back to a mile on Friday after being stepped up to 2200m when sixth last start. “We have been a little bit lost with her this preparation. Her run at Hastings was super, and then she was possibly a touch disappointing last start,” Pike said. “We are probably querying whether she stays.” – NZ Racing Desk
In brief Heading back to NZ Senior riding ranks in the north will be bolstered with the impending return of Group One-winning jockey Michael McNab next month. McNab, who guided Melody Belle to success in the Gr.1 Manawatu Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m) at Awapuni last year, has been riding in Queensland since June. McNab has decided to return to New Zealand for “family reasons” and has slated the Counties meeting on December 5 for his first raceday back in New Zealand.
Exuberant thriving Exuberant, a debut winner of the Listed Wellesley Stakes (1000m) at Trentham last month, is back in work with Cambridge trainer Stephen Marsh. “He’s been back a week and will go straight to the Eclipse Stakes (1200m) at Ellerslie,” Marsh said. “He’ll have a jump-out and maybe an exhibition gallop between races before then, depending on what he needs.”
Ole Ole to Hong Kong Talented three-year-old Ole Ole has been sold and will do his future racing in Hong Kong. The son of Makfi is the winner of two races with a further three placings from just seven starts. - NZTM
Waikato dogs Today at Cambridge Raceway
Waikato Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Cambridge 5 38675 Bigtime Panther nwtd G &....... S Fredrickson 7 58626 Don Morocco 21.33 P &................. J Cleaver Raceway Meeting Date: 29 November 2018 NZ Meeting 6 2177x Girl Zena 21.42 ................................T Patton 8 72478 Zipping Andre 21.36 ........................... D Ray number: 3 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 7 63645 Just A Matthew 21.55 ...................... M Black 7 1.49pm COPRICE DOG BISCUITS SPRINT C2, 375m 1 78761 Thrilling Arnold 21.48 .......................S Codlin 9 and 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 8 56454 Spark ‘Em Up nwtd ..........................S Codlin 4 12.56pm GARRARDS HORSE & HOUND SPRINT 2 25433 Cawbourne Cool 21.40 ...............K T Herbert and 9; 10, 11 and 12 1 12.04pm (NZT) COUPLANDS DOG BISCUITS C2, 375m 3 57425 Bigtime Ivo nwtd G & .............. S Fredrickson SPRINT C1, 375m 1 7676F Our Sambo 21.09 .......................M Mathews 4 42241 Agistri 21.37 S & ................................G Hunt 1 86888 Bright Boy 21.72 ............................... B Bond 2 16114 Sutton Red 21.59 ..........................H Mullane 5 82127 Luke Skywalker nwtd ...................... L A Hunt 2 77768 Untouchable 21.48 ...........................P Green 3 44523 Hitch A Ride nwtd ............................T Green 6 14387 Rambo nwtd H &................................ Woods 3 48558 Snoopy’s Bro nwtd .............................. D Ray 4 31457 Americano nwtd G & ............... S Fredrickson 7 58638 Gotcha Millie 21.58 .......................H Mullane 4 23557 Hop On Mate 21.76 .........................T Green 5 36544 Shot Gun Harry 21.29 ...................H Mullane 8 11455 Bigtime Joshy nwtd G & .......... S Fredrickson 5 25878 Bigtime Sophie nwtd ..........................E Potts 6 47737 Bark De Triomphe 21.31 ................... B Craik 9 35456 Sue Zooki 21.48...............................T Green 6 83778 Twelve Gauge nwtd.......................... M Black 7 73122 Opawa Loyal 21.27 ........................... S Clark 10 85857 Mahala Bay nwtd H & ........................ Woods 7 68686 El Hefe nwtd G & .................... S Fredrickson 8 F6761 Unconscionable 21.45 R & ..................L Udy 8 2.08pm AFFORDABLE PET ACCESSORIES SPRINT 8 46886 Snippy Pippi nwtd R & .........................L Udy 9 76787 Cosmic Barwon 21.39.................... C Henley C3, 375m 1 15266 Elouera Mist 21.43 ......................P Ferguson 9 55876 Jinja Lad 21.72 ............................ R McPhee 10 85857 Mahala Bay nwtd H & ........................ Woods 2 81678 Audrette nwtd .................................... B Bond 10 46576 Opawa Anthony nwtd .........................J Black 5 1.14pm FOND FOODS LTD SPRINT C1, 375m 2 12.21pm YGOT BONUS SCHEME SPRINT C0, 375m 1 12564 Vince Fawn nwtd..............................S Codlin 3 22486 Junk Mail nwtd W & .........................T Steele 1 86 Wairoa Lion nwtd ..........................H Mullane 2 38775 Feed The Need 21.65 P & ............. J Cleaver 4 15488 Tumbalaioo 21.20 .......................P Ferguson 2 6655 Kapai Tahi nwtd W & ........................T Steele 3 76376 Finkle Foot Hero nwtd ......................... D Ray 5 53253 El Narco nwtd ..................................P Green 3 68676 Magic Eight Ball nwtd .................P Ferguson 4 55876 Jinja Lad 21.72 ............................ R McPhee 6 52144 Bigtime George 21.53 ...................H Mullane 4 86 Stellar Babe nwtd P & .................... J Cleaver 5 13x44 Girl Queenie 21.72...................... W Toomath 7 34232 Subzero Princess nwtd .................. C Henley 5 24523 Tuff’s My Mum nwtd ...........................S Ross 6 45625 Mr. Tucker nwtd ................................ M Black 8 11638 Sisco Kid 21.22 .............................. C Henley 6 Thrilling Amigo nwtd ........................ K Walsh 7 38874 Tilly’s Silly nwtd R & .............................L Udy 9 2.24pm MIKE STENT DECORATORS LTD STAKES C1, 457m 7 446x2 Monsoon Malabar nwtd U & ..............Cottam 8 46576 Opawa Anthony nwtd .........................J Black 8 36482 Pukekohe Smurf nwtd ....................... H Scott 6 1.32pm THE CLUBHOUSE SPORTS BAR SPRINT 1 43231 Typical nwtd .......................................S Ross 2 F7338 Crackling Gal 26.08 .........................T Green 9 86786 Bigtime Bart nwtd H &........................ Woods C1, 375m 3 12.39pm MAYHOUNDS RACING RETIREMENT 1 37732 Crackle nwtd ................................... L A Hunt 3 23133 Little Trilise nwtd......................... A Lawrence PROJECT SPRINT C1, 375m 2 43714 Seven Sharp 21.70 ............................S Ross 4 147 Thrilling Denzel nwtd ....................... K Walsh 1 78458 Alf Tupper nwtd ............................... L A Hunt 3 x5584 Bigtime Clyde nwtd .......................H Mullane 5 46666 Hua Hua nwtd ................................. G Farrell 2 4413 In Focus 21.72 P & ........................ J Cleaver 4 47664 Grouch Pawset 21.57 ......................P Green 6 52122 Tianyu nwtd .................................... G Farrell 3 57575 Home Bound nwtd R & ........................L Udy 5 54752 Barossa nwtd ............................. A Lawrence 7 51F75 Billy Bright 26.15 .........................P Ferguson 4 34614 Ti Amo nwtd ...................................... B Craik 6 35888 Yella Ella 21.54 R & .............................L Udy 8 23221 Smoochie 25.85 ......................... A Lawrence
9 54366 Fancy Gas 25.98 M & ....................... J Smith 10 73673 Bigtime Forecast nwtd H & ................ Woods 2.42pm SUPERIOR CHUNKY DOG ROLLS SPRINT C4/5, 375m 1 F5571 Suspicious Minds 20.94 .................... B Craik 2 11653 Danny Dee 20.94 ............................. K Walsh 3 11166 Powerful Lomar 21.33 ....................... B Craik 4 63282 Zipping Vito 21.46 ............................. B Craik 5 21411 Fancy Fox 21.25 ............................ C Henley 6 33741 Damaging Lomar nwtd...................... B Craik 7 61538 Barwon Annie 21.05 ...................... C Henley 8 31577 Soaring Hawke nwtd ...................P Ferguson 9 15464 Retired Mouse 21.34 .......................T Green 11 3.01pm CHRISTMAS EVE @ CAMBRIDGE RACEWAY SPRINT C4, 375m 1 74551 Trevor Gibbs nwtd W & ....................T Steele 2 15736 Yooldome nwtd................................ G Farrell 3 67426 Bigtime Jacob 21.24 .....................H Mullane 4 78888 Hallo Star 21.08 R & ............................L Udy 5 13663 Mobility Scooter 21.33 ..................... M Black 6 22211 Rumble Soldier 21.37 .................P Ferguson 7 22183 Thrilling Billy 20.96......................P Ferguson 8 84652 Raging Demon 20.99 R & ....................L Udy 9 773F8 Botany Wayne 21.31 ........................P Green 10 35275 Brotastic 21.30 .................................. B Craik 12 3.17pm FARMLANDS HAUTAPU STAKES C2/3, 457m 1 11184 Queen Big League nwtd G & .. S Fredrickson 2 26474 Beaumont 25.58 ............................... B Craik 3 43863 Finkle Foot Fred 26.04 ........................ D Ray 4 87656 Opawa Jimbo 26.04 W & .................T Steele 5 15513 Heart Shaped Box 26.03 .................. B Craik 6 22615 Bigtime Chris nwtd G &........... S Fredrickson
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7 53274 San Tan Samson 26.25....................T Green 8 22182 Token Jasper nwtd ............................ S Clark 9 83512 Bigtime Sandy 26.09 G & ....... S Fredrickson 10 8235F Thrilling Dexter nwtd ........................ K Walsh LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track SELECTIONS: Race 1: Hop On Mate, Bigtime Sophie, Untouchable, Twelve Gauge, Snoopy’s Bro Race 2: Thrilling Amigo, Monsoon Malabar, Tuff’s My Mum, Pukekohe Smurf, Kapai Tahi Race 3: Ti Amo, Just A Matthew, In Focus, Girl Zena, Home Bound Race 4: Shot Gun Harry, Opawa Loyal, Hitch A Ride, Sutton Red, Our Sambo Race 5: Vince Fawn, Feed The Need, Girl Queenie, Mr. Tucker, Tilly’s Silly Race 6: Barossa, Crackle, Don Morocco, Grouch Pawset, Seven Sharp Race 7: Cawbourne Cool, Thrilling Arnold, Luke Skywalker, Agistri, Gotcha Millie Race 8: Elouera Mist, Junk Mail, Sisco Kid, Subzero Princess, El Narco Race 9: Smoochie, Tianyu, Little Trilise, Billy Bright, Thrilling Denzel Race 10: Danny Dee, Suspicious Minds, Fancy Fox, Zipping Vito, Damaging Lomar Race 11: Trevor Gibbs, Rumble Soldier, Raging Demon, Yooldome, Mobility Scooter Race 12: Beaumont, Token Jasper, Finkle Foot Fred, Heart Shaped Box, San Tan Samson
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Forbury Park harness Today at Forbury Park
Forbury Park Trotting Club Inc Venue: Forbury Park Meeting Date: 29 November 2018 NZ Meeting number: 7 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8 Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 6, 7 and 8 1 5.39pm (NZT) JUST ESSENCE CATERING MOBILE PACE $7000, non-winners 3yo+ mr46 to mr50., mobile, 2200m 1 0 Out Of The Shadows (1) fr ..........C Ferguson 2 4997x Futura Easton (2) fr.......................... S Ottley 3 5675 Candidasa (3) fr .......................M Williamson 4 Bono Brown fr ............................... Scratched 5 8560x Reattore (4) fr ...............................S McNally 6 766x7 Hold On Arizona (5) fr ...........S Tomlinson (J) 7 S P F Three (6) fr ..........................G O’Reilly 8 97D Ive Already Told You (U1) fr ............B Orange 2 6.04pm EQUINOX RESTAURANT AT FORBURY PARK TROT $7000, non-winners 3yo+, stand, 2200m 1 x4400 Shes So Right (1) fr ..............S Tomlinson (J) 2 Halfway There (2) fr ................... C McDowell 3 0x643 Be Bee Lass (3) fr ......................... C Buchan 4 29052 Count Eyre (4) fr .............................. R Close 5 29224 Masies Pride (5) fr .....................R Heads (J) 6 0 Piri Piri (6) fr ..................................... S Ottley 7 933x7 Cosmic Sun (7) fr ...........................B Orange 8 Lucky Stride (8) fr ................... J Morrison (J) 9 87x Look Both Ways (9) fr ...................S McNally
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Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Addington Raceway Meeting Date: 29 November 2018 NZ Meeting number: 9 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 4.16pm (NZT) THE FITZ SPORTS BAR DASH C3, 295m 1 45567 Mitcham Reado 17.48 ................ J McInerney 2 11621 Forehand Raid 17.43 ...........................J Dunn 3 15248 Melan 17.33 S & ................................B Evans 4 35285 Boston Powers 17.36...................A Bradshaw 5 17351 Feral Kaiaka 17.63 ............................M Butler 6 88142 Epic Rose 17.50 ...............................J Jopson 7 47617 Relevance 17.85.................................. C Weir 8 25238 Smash Bomber 17.23........................ M Grant 9 15788 Fired Up Jed 17.31 .............................B Dann 2 4.36pm HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROSS MATHERS SPRINT C4, 295m 1 12788 Rosa Tee 16.91 ...............................R Adcock 2 76342 Ohoka Clare 17.17 ......................... L Waretini 3 53324 Fiery Affair 17.19 .................................J Dunn 4 34458 Debbie Baxter 17.21 ................... J McInerney 5 55F73 Come A Guster 17.33........................ M Grant 6 46263 Hankenstein nwtd ........................A Bradshaw 7 15642 Cawbourne Britty 17.26 ..................C Roberts 8 43887 Kalonga 17.36 S & ............................B Evans 9 x5667 Who’s John Galt nwtd.......................J Jopson 10 57777 Go All Lin 17.30 ...........................A Bradshaw 3 4.52pm KAISA EARTHWORKS PH 0272073323 SPRINT C4, 295m 1 47511 Ketchikan Kim 17.25............................J Dunn 2 12888 Hatfield 17.28 ................................. L Waretini 3 8x774 Aussie Hoon 17.21 S & .....................B Evans 4 16643 Shady Banjo 17.29 .............................. C Weir
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Ayutthaya (U1) fr ........................ L McKay (J) 097 Nordic Prince (U2) fr ..................E Barron (J) 3 6.29pm ‘PICK 6 STARTS NOW’ MOBILE PACE $7000, non-winners 3yo+ f&m., mobile, 2200m 1 65726 Tango Dancer (1) fr ..................M Williamson 2 87639 Hans Ideal (2) fr ..........................C Ferguson 3 Mini Mine Yet (3) fr ................... S O’Reilly (J) 4 0 A R Rose (4) fr ................................. S Ottley 5 Virginia Cool (5) fr ...................... H Jerard (J) 6 Szybka Lane (6) fr ............................G Telfer 7 P Touche (7) fr...................................B Orange 8 3757x Bullys Princess (8) fr ................. M Hurrell (J) 9 08307 Iron Woman (21) fr .................B Laughton (J) 10 05378 Sherry Baby (22) fr ...................B Williamson 4 6.54pm DUNEDIN CITY MOTORS MOBILE PACE $7000, non-winners mr40 to mr44., mobile, 2200m 1 37890 Tact Denzel (1) fr............................B Orange 2 87006 Bub’s VC (2) fr.............................C Ferguson 3 45400 Days Of Change (3) fr ............... M Hurrell (J) 4 0x532 Star Ruler (4) fr ....................... J Morrison (J) 5 83004 Kansas City Jim (5) fr ..............M Williamson 6 97427 Dreaminsover (6) fr ....................E Barron (J) 7 47006 Master Milano (7) fr...........................G Telfer 8 0x444 Ripsnorter (8) fr.........................B Williamson 9 59024 Jamies Bad Boy (21) fr .................... R Close 5 7.20pm DUNCAN COTTERILL JUNIOR DRIVERS
TROT $7500, 4yo+ r40-r55 jun.d, stand, 2200m 1 9x440 Don’t Look Back (1) fr ................E Barron (J) 2 1059P Wayward Roc (2) fr .....................M Lewis (J) 3 44474 Imran Khan (3) fr....................B Laughton (J) 4 33410 Shona Mary (4) fr ......................N Purdon (J) 5 0678x Cheeky Pat (5) fr ........................R Heads (J) 6 4x046 Riteur (6) fr.............................. J Morrison (J) 7 28540 She’s Allthe Craze (7) fr ........... S O’Reilly (J) 8 17x That’s The Story (8) fr .................... K Butt (J) 9 92788 Eden Creek (9) fr ..................K Tomlinson (J) 10 87x43 Moniburns (10) fr ...................... M Hurrell (J) 11 76040 Muscle Pat (11) fr..................A Fitzgerald (J) 12 7x648 Topnotch Eagle (12) fr ...........G Crawford (J) 13 x5277 Larch (U1) fr............................... L McKay (J) 14 26x42 Michelle (U2) fr .....................S Tomlinson (J) 6 7.46pm YALDHURST HOTEL MOBILE PACE $7500, r40-r48., mobile, 2200m 1 40090 Living Legend (1) fr ................. J Morrison (J) 2 x6020 Hot Starff (2) fr ..............................S McNally 3 7x066 Clifton Flutter (3) fr ..................... L McKay (J) 4 61769 Motu Speedy Star (4) fr .........B Laughton (J) 5 40563 Annie Fitz (5) fr ...........................C Ferguson 6 589x0 Den’s Legacy (6) fr......................M Lewis (J) 7 5P0x0 Go Getta (7) fr..........................M Williamson 8 0x898 Vigoroso (8) fr ............................D O’Connell 9 009x0 Dynamo (21) fr ................................. R Close
10 13507 Tin Roof Blues (22) fr................. C McDowell 11 4040x Gabby’s Star (23) fr ...................B Williamson 12 07730 Limoso (24) fr................................. K Butt (J) 7 8.11pm RESENE COLORSHOP JUNIOR DRIVERS MOBILE PACE $7500, 4yo+ r40-r55. jun.d, mobile, 2200m 1 P4700 Bhakti (1) fr ...............................J Kennett (J) 2 73347 Rake (2) fr ..............................B Laughton (J) 3 77400 Aveross Ferrari (3) fr .............K Tomlinson (J) 4 64833 Mucho Macho Man (4) fr........... M Hurrell (J) 5 776x6 Coolhand Easton (5) fr..............N Purdon (J) 6 x3094 Sadhana (6) fr ......................... J Morrison (J) 7 39516 Pocket Call (7) fr ...................S Tomlinson (J) 8 7x041 Georgie Martin (8) fr ...................M Lewis (J) 9 0170x Honour Scroll (21) fr ...................... K Butt (J) 10 71000 Fun In The Dark (22) fr .........A Fitzgerald (J) 8 8.38pm NEXT RACE MEETING 7TH DECEMBER MOBILE PACE $8000, r49-r61., mobile, 2200m 1 57400 Back In Black (1) fr.........................B Orange 2 8169x Despicable Me (2) fr................... H Jerard (J) 3 11400 Alexy (3) fr..................................D O’Connell 4 780x0 Dying To See You (4) fr .........S Tomlinson (J) 5 9189x Allandale (5) fr .......................... M Hurrell (J) 6 28137 Leading The Way (6) fr............ J Morrison (J) 7 x1216 Mr Handleman (7) fr..................B Williamson 8 17673 Mr Midnight (8) fr ............................. S Ottley
9 89412 Gotta Be Downtown (21) fr ............K Barclay 10 564P3 Machs Mareta (22) fr ...............M Williamson 11 05035 No More Change (23) fr ..............C Ferguson Pacifiers on : Dynamo (R6) Pacifiers off : Futura Easton (R1) LEGEND: X - Spell from racing of at least 3 months P - Retired (or pulled up) from race L - Driver unseated U1 - Unruly beginner {C} - Concession driver {C.cl} - Claiming concession driver which allows horse to start one class down SELECTIONS: Race 1: Ive Already Told You, S P F Three, Hold On Arizona, Candidasa Race 2: Count Eyre, Cosmic Sun, Masies Pride, Be Bee Lass Race 3: A R Rose, Tango Dancer, Sherry Baby, Mini Mine Yet Race 4: Star Ruler, Jamies Bad Boy, Tact Denzel, Days Of Change Race 5: She’s Allthe Craze, Moniburns, Michelle, Riteur Race 6: Hot Starff, Annie Fitz, Clifton Flutter, Living Legend Race 7: Pocket Call, Sadhana, Mucho Macho Man, Fun In The Dark Race 8: Mr Handleman, Back In Black, Mr Midnight, Leading The Way
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33248 Know Conclusion 30.31 ................... G Cleeve 54438 Archie’s Ranger 30.86 ......................J Jopson 27877 Mina Allen 30.08.............................C Roberts 15373 Bertie Allen 30.03 ...........................C Roberts 45742 Go Brat 30.16 J & ..............................D Fahey 10 7.37pm CHRISTCHURCH CASINO STAKES C4, 520m 1 11282 Kia Tere 30.48 S &.............................B Evans 2 31431 Martha Magic 30.17 H &........................Taylor 3 11518 Astrid nwtd...........................................J Dunn 4 63644 Perfect Result 30.15 ........................R Adcock 5 83722 Kiacatoo Fever 30.20 S & ..................B Evans 6 26455 Opawa Rooster 29.99 J & .................D Fahey 7 36453 Malaga Molly 30.58 .................... J McInerney 8 67115 Know Shame 30.04 ......................... G Cleeve 9 33538 Goldstar Ashton 30.35 S & ................B Evans 10 12865 Invincible Sue 30.15 ........................R Adcock 11 7.55pm I PAVE CONCRETE SPRINT C4/5, 295m 1 87184 Dissident 17.30...............................C Roberts 2 41271 Dizzy Banjo 17.12 ............................... C Weir 3 78161 High Dreamer 17.24 .......................... M Grant 4 51422 Sunlit Johnny 17.16 ............................. C Weir 5 11315 Opawa Jumper 17.15 ........................R Wales 6 65816 Must Be Rusty 17.19 .................. J McInerney 7 54256 Special Affair 17.30 .............................J Dunn 8 83635 Flower Bomb 17.06 .....................A Bradshaw 9 17538 Black Tori 17.35 ...........................A Bradshaw 10 x5667 Who’s John Galt nwtd.......................J Jopson 12 8.22pm LIVAMOL DASH C4, 295m 1 87725 Saraya Jayde 17.25 ........................ L Waretini 2 16134 Jinja Ellie 17.39 ................................. A Joyce 3 457x5 Midnight Bolt 17.36.............................. C Weir 4 77156 Lisa’s Boy 17.24 ............................... R Casey 5 63F18 Goldstar Linkin 17.32 S &..................B Evans
6 42151 Twizel Storm 17.55 ............................ M Grant 7 61231 Shanly Star 17.39 ....................... J McInerney 8 68x35 Another Belle 17.22 ..........................J Jopson 9 x5667 Who’s John Galt nwtd.......................J Jopson 10 57777 Go All Lin 17.30 ...........................A Bradshaw LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track SELECTIONS: Race 1: Forehand Raid, Relevance, Mitcham Reado, Boston Powers, Smash Bomber Race 2: Rosa Tee, Ohoka Clare, Fiery Affair, Cawbourne Britty, Debbie Baxter Race 3: Ketchikan Kim, Shady Banjo, Aussie Hoon, Jitterbug Jewel, Hatfield Race 4: Ming Ming, Know Scrutiny, Princely Gold, Replica Rango, Inside Affair Race 5: Wheelie Wheels, Dove Love, Treville, Beck Eleven, Cash A Roo Race 6: Sparkling Terra, Cosmic Jase, It’s A Joke, We Rocking, Opawa Waihemo Race 7: Hands Of Steel, Hi Ho Tonto, Call Me Flo, Idol Georgie, Mitcham Faye Race 8: Rocket Raccoon, Fired Up Jasper, Nozzno Fear, Pita Ramos, Smash Wild Race 9: Mr. Matt, Know Flare, Eyrewell Martin, Umbridge Bale, Bertie Allen Race 10: Martha Magic, Perfect Result, Opawa Rooster, Kiacatoo Fever, Know Shame Race 11: Dizzy Banjo, Sunlit Johnny, Opawa Jumper, Must Be Rusty, Dissident Race 12: Saraya Jayde, Shanly Star, Jinja Ellie, Midnight Bolt, Who’s John Galt
10 37x94 Don Blanco (7) 54 ..........................C Lammas 4.57pm AJC MEMBERS 2000 $10,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 2000m 1 x7652 Atomic Blast (18) 59 2 35x61 Havoc (3) 59 ...................................... S Collett 3 22x19 The Good Fight (5) 58.5 .................. J Waddell 4 58924 Cancellara m (6) 57.5 ....................L Satherley 5 x9435 Jimmy Rocket tb (7) 57.5 ............. R Elliot (a1) 6 93442 Uabasso db (17) 57.......................... V Colgan 7 x4500 He’s No Saint t (12) 57 ...........T Yanagida (a3) 8 0P630 Here To Stay d (9) 57 .......A Goindasamy (a4) 9 x0330 Prior Engagement (11) 57 ............... O Bosson 10 0174 Azareel (4) 56.5.................................. B Grylls 11 7x352 Flourishing (14) 56.5 12 7x866 Sacred Siren (13) 56.5 ........................ L Innes 13 76894 Rocanic d (10) 55.5 ............................A Jones 14 740x6 Express Call (16) 55...................... T Thornton 15 095x6 Iffraajinator d (15) 56.5 16 76x66 Matauri t (8) 54.5 .......................... M Cameron 17 60308 Mi Piaci m (2) 55.5 ........................... R Norvall 18 0x600 Secret Embrace t (1) 54 Emergencies: Iffraajinator, Matauri, Mi Piaci, Secret Embrace 9 5.34pm TRIALS @ AVONDALE 4 DECEMBER MAIDEN 1600 $10,000, MDN, 1600m 1 55x43 New Laws b (8) 58.5 ....................... O Bosson 2 005 Maestro Blu (7) 58.5..................... M Cameron 3 Nesley (14) 58.5 ............................ T Thornton 4 Villa Nine (13) 58.5............................. B Grylls 5 4632 Swords Drawn (17) 57..................... J Waddell 6 0 Because (18) 57 7 0x702 Dawon (12) 56.5 ............................L Satherley 8 24 Valmur (16) 56.5 ..........................D Danis (a3) 9 49465 Lady Sequoyah (15) 56.5 ...............C Lammas 10 7x0x4 Special Light (20) 56.5 11 Sockatash (11) 56.5 ..................... G Cooksley 12 56x06 Sierra Vista (4) 56.5........................... S Collett 13 Lx0 Slice Of Magic (10) 56.5 ..............S Spratt 14 224 Standing Ovation (6) 55 ...................... L Innes 15 8 Star Karen (19) 55.............................A Calder 16 8 Tawny Way (5) 55 17 87 Dare To Compare (1) 55 18 09 Cardelli (2) 58.5 19 00 Oxymoron (9) 55 20 90x09 Thee Madame (3) 56.5 Emergencies: Dare To Compare, Cardelli, Oxymoron, Thee Madame Blinkers on : Disraeli, Shockool (R1), Bush Whacked (R2), She’s Foxy (R3), Balega, Lord Buffalo, Chloe’s Cash (R4),
Yulong Lanson, Thee Madame (R6), Savapak (R7), Prior Engagement, Secret Embrace (R8), Tawny Way, Thee Madame (R9) Blinkers off : Beastmode, Sugar Bomb (R2), Le Patron (R3), Holy Loch, Cailin (R4) Winkers on : Bernini (R2), Express Call (R8), Star Karen (R9) Winkers off : Bush Whacked (R2), Thee Madame (R6), Uabasso (R8), Thee Madame (R9) LEGEND: Runner Form b - Beaten favourite at last start c - Won at this distance on this course d - Won at this distance on another course h - Home track m - Won in heavy going t - Won at track X - Spell of three months Race Information hcp - handicap mdn - maiden nmw - no metropolitan wins opn - open r80 - rating 3yo - nominated age 3yo & up - nominated age and up 3yo f - nominated age and type 3 & 4yos - combined age groups c&g - colts and geldings cg&e - colts, geldings and entires e&g - entires and geldings f&m - fillies and mares hwt - high weight sw - set weight swp - set weights and penalties spa - set weights, penalties and allowances wfa - weight for age wlt - welter weight wfp - weight for age with penalties and allowances SELECTIONS: Race 1: Lake Superior, Chief Sequoyah, Curious George, Our Beeskees, Cabochon Race 2: Massachusetts, Spring Bouquet, The Buzz, Senor Moss, Stilton Race 3: Bonfire, Toffee Pop, Flying Flame, Choctoc, She’s Foxy Race 4: Mike’s Mistake, Way Above, Pontiac, Marija, One Kotukustreet Race 5: Wild Child, Pinot Grey, Air Centre, Scaglioni, Bas De Soie Race 6: Aladina, Solar Tide, Penteverest, Saserello, Our Katy Cruz Race 7: The Rebel Knight, Take It Out, O’Hara, Savapak, Don Blanco Race 8: The Good Fight, Cancellara, Havoc, Jimmy Rocket, Uabasso Race 9: Standing Ovation, Swords Drawn, New Laws, Valmur, Lady Sequoyah
Christchurch dogs Today at Addington Raceway
5 41274 Flaming Sambuca 17.26............. J McInerney 5 866x7 Opawa Waihemo 17.33 .....................R Wales 6 66881 Koputara 17.37 .................................J Jopson 6 16887 It’s A Joke 17.26 ......................... J McInerney 7 22148 Jitterbug Jewel 17.36......................C Roberts 7 16355 Smash Damage 17.30....................... M Grant 8 86x71 Ohoka Angel 17.41.........................A Waretini 8 13547 Goldstar Dodge 17.47 S & ................B Evans 9 x5667 Who’s John Galt nwtd.......................J Jopson 9 15788 Fired Up Jed 17.31 .............................B Dann 10 57777 Go All Lin 17.30 ...........................A Bradshaw 7 6.21pm FOX & FERRET @ THE PALMS DASH C3, 4 5.09pm DURASTEEL STRUCTURES PH 033796195 295m SPRINT C3, 295m 1 85171 Idol Georgie 17.31 ...............................J Rush 1 24824 Ming Ming 17.48 ..........................A Bradshaw 2 35372 Hi Ho Tonto 17.38 ...............................B Dann 2 64568 Tubby Kevie 17.37 ............................J Jopson 3 75384 Mitcham Faye 17.22 ................... J McInerney 3 38384 Sierra Delta 17.45 S & .......................B Evans 4 78464 Know Approval 17.32 ...................... G Cleeve 4 21513 Homebush Boden 17.47 ............. J McInerney 5 16336 Goldstar Jay Jay 17.25 S & ...............B Evans 5 87652 Princely Gold 17.19 .................... J McInerney 6 11121 Hands Of Steel 17.25 ......................R Adcock 6 25338 Inside Affair 17.16................................J Dunn 7 65685 Call Me Flo 17.24 .......................A Botherway 7 48263 Replica Rango 17.36 ....................... B Pringle 8 58753 Disobedience 17.36 S & ....................B Evans 8 66622 Know Scrutiny 17.24........................ G Cleeve 9 15788 Fired Up Jed 17.31 .............................B Dann 9 15788 Fired Up Jed 17.31 .............................B Dann 8 6.45pm CAROL’S TAB CLENDON INN DASH C4/5, 5 5.26pm THURSDAY PLACE PICK SPRINT C4/5, 295m 295m 1 23462 Wheelie Wheels nwtd .......................... C Weir 1 42553 Nozzno Fear 17.16 ......................A Bradshaw 2 26636 Dove Love 17.15.................................. C Weir 2 52x78 Detective Dash 17.41 ................. J McInerney 3 34835 Cash A Roo 17.27 S & ......................B Evans 3 11651 Rocket Raccoon 17.01 ........................ C Weir 4 13751 Botany Cold 17.22 ...................... J McInerney 4 25347 Smash Wild 17.08 ............................. M Grant 5 14184 Eyrewell Tango 17.32 .......................H Cairns 5 367F1 It’s That Fresh 17.29 S & ...................B Evans 6 61547 Cosmic Ruben 17.23 .................. J McInerney 6 22614 Pita Ramos 17.26 ................................J Dunn 7 11823 Treville 17.27 .............................. R Blackburn 7 82186 Fired Up Jasper 17.04 ........................B Dann 8 13513 Beck Eleven 17.42 ...........................R Adcock 8 73258 Sergess 17.28 ............................ J McInerney 9 17538 Black Tori 17.35 ...........................A Bradshaw 9 17538 Black Tori 17.35 ...........................A Bradshaw 10 x5667 Who’s John Galt nwtd.......................J Jopson 10 x5667 Who’s John Galt nwtd.......................J Jopson 6 5.54pm STEVE ANNGOW DRAPES & BLINDS 9 7.10pm SHIRLEY VET CLINIC STAKES C3, 520m PH0272719588 DASH C3, 295m 1 13225 Mr. Matt 30.11 J & .............................D Fahey 1 76413 We Rocking 17.44 H & ..........................Taylor 2 62218 Eyrewell Martin 30.35 .......................H Cairns 2 12461 Sparkling Terra 17.12 ....................... R Casey 3 68124 Know Flare 30.24 ............................ G Cleeve 3 43822 Cosmic Jase 17.42 ..................... J McInerney 4 66326 Umbridge Bale 30.20......................C Roberts 4 85531 Cold Affair 17.48 ............................. L Waretini 5 15153 Know Threat 30.51 .......................... G Cleeve
Avondale gallops Today at Avondale raceway
Avondale Jockey Club Venue: Avondale Meeting Date: 29 November 2018 NZ Meeting number: 2 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9 1 12.47pm (NZT) WESTBROOK.CO.NZ MAIDEN 2000 $10,000, MDN, 2000m 1 520x0 Ripinhet (12) 58.5......................... R Elliot (a1) 2 x4202 Lake Superior (9) 58.5....................C Lammas 3 403 Chief Sequoyah (17) 58.5 ................. S Collett 4 55x37 Curious George b (10) 58.5 ............ J Waddell 5 00260 Disraeli (2) 58.5 ...........................D Danis (a3) 6 x7345 Our Beeskees (3) 57 .........................A Calder 7 76735 Cabochon (8) 56.5 ........................... V Colgan 8 03863 Mi Sky (11) 56.5 ........................... M Cameron 9 0553 Volantis (20) 56.5 ..............................J Bayliss 10 7x930 Liz’s Gift (5) 56.5 ................................... C Dell 11 50x30 Nocturnal (7) 56.5 12 48704 O’Sugar (6) 56.5.................................S Spratt 13 03548 Danelyn (1) 55...................................S McKay 14 044 More Jools (18) 55 .............................. L Innes 15 747x0 Shockool (14) 58.5 ...........A Goindasamy (a4) 16 05470 Piggy Malone h (19) 58.5 17 58 Poppa’s Shock (16) 57 18 06 Mont Ventoux (4) 57 19 Komrad (15) 58.5 20 8x0 Sterling Moss (13) 57 Emergencies: Shockool, Piggy Malone, Poppa’s Shock, Mont Ventoux, Komrad, Sterling Moss 2 1.23pm WESTBROOK ‘CRACKLING ROSE’ 2017 MAIDEN 1400 $10,000, MDN 3YO, 1400m 1 337 Call Me Murphy 57.5 .......................Scratched 2 6x03 The Buzz (8) 57.5..............................S McKay 3 x0056 Beastmode (5) 57.5.......................... V Colgan 4 48x7 Senor Moss (10) 57.5................... R Elliot (a1) 5 Super Gee 57.5 ...............................Scratched 6 6 Bernini (19) 57.5.................................S Spratt 7 0 Bush Whacked (13) 57.5 8 6 Man Of The Woods (15) 57.5 .......... J Waddell 9 7 Sir Aglovale (14) 57.5 ...................... O Bosson 10 74x62 Massachusetts (12) 55.5 ...................A Calder 11 8x4 Moiras Town (6) 55.5 ......................... R Smyth 12 4x5 Pullyoursocksup (20) 55.5 ................. S Collett 13 4 Stilton (17) 55.5 .............................L Satherley 14 065 Poppy O’Neill (18) 55.5 .....................J Bayliss 15 Clementina (7) 55.5...................... M Cameron 16 Petrabella (2) 55.5 ............................... L Innes 17 Two Madison (3) 55.5 .............T Yanagida (a3) 18 This Is Me (11) 55.5 ..................... G Cooksley 19 Gunsandroses (9) 55.5 -
20 7 Spring Bouquet (16) 55.5 21 9x Go Starsky (4) 57.5 22 9x60x Sugar Bomb (1) 55.5 Emergencies: Two Madison, This Is Me, Gunsandroses, Spring Bouquet, Go Starsky, Sugar Bomb 3 1.58pm AVONDALE SUNDAY MARKETS MAIDEN 1200 $10,000, MDN, 1200m 1 7x3x2 Running Man 58.5 ...........................Scratched 2 x7398 Le Patron (14) 58.5 ....................... J Kam (a4) 3 Vedo Rosso (9) 58.5.................. E McCall (a4) 4 7x3 Flying Flame (2) 57 ............................S Spratt 5 Bonfire (8) 57 .................................. J Waddell 6 6 Starman (5) 57 ................................. V Colgan Prise De Fer (4) 57 .......................... O Bosson 7 8 093 Missmaising h (13) 56.5 .........T Yanagida (a3) 9 354x7 Toffee Pop (1) 56.5 ............................ S Collett 10 9 Queen Sweep (3) 56.5 .......................A Jones 11 9057 Blushing Heights (10) 56.5 ................J Bayliss 12 Six Schillings (12) 56.5................D Danis (a3) 13 Choctoc (11) 55................................... L Innes 14 5 She’s Foxy (6) 55 ...........................C Lammas 15 Shezathinka 55 ...............................Scratched 16 6 Uncle Ern 57 ...................................Scratched 17 0 Chloe’s Cash 55 ..............................Scratched 18 0 Court Cha (7) 55 Emergencies: Shezathinka, Uncle Ern, Chloe’s Cash, Court Cha 4 2.33pm AJC ON FACEBOOK MAIDEN 1200 $10,000, MDN, 1200m 1 6320x Balega (3) 58.5..............................L Satherley 2 x0659 Lord Buffalo (11) 58.5 3 0598x Bahamas (16) 58.5 4 60x Holy Loch (12) 58.5 ......................... J Waddell 5 69x54 Way Above (9) 57 ........................D Danis (a3) 6 Mike’s Mistake (10) 57.......................A Calder 7 Pontiac (6) 57 .................................. O Bosson 8 Honovi 57 ........................................Scratched 9 22x7 Marija b (15) 56.5 10 40x50 Cailin (5) 56.5 .................................C Lammas 11 400 Honora 56.5.....................................Scratched 12 One Kotukustreet (7) 55 .....................S Spratt 13 6 Simply Sacred (4) 55........................... L Innes 14 Kylie Bax (1) 55 ............................ M Cameron 15 Shezathinka (8) 55 ............................ S Collett 16 6 Uncle Ern (2) 57 ................................S McKay 17 0 Chloe’s Cash (14) 55 18 0 Court Cha (13) 55 Emergencies: Shezathinka, Uncle Ern, Chloe’s Cash, Court Cha
5 3.08pm SUPPORTERS CLUB 1200 $10,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1200m 1 x517x Scaglioni td (7) 59 .......................K McCulloch 2 18x45 Stand Tall (2) 59 3 212x Bas De Soie tm (1) 58 ..................... J Waddell 4 236x5 Air Centre tdm (6) 57.5.......................... C Dell 5 45x12 Wild Child (3) 57.5........................ M Cameron 6 435x2 Pinot Grey (8) 57 ............................. O Bosson 7 8x75x Crystallize (10) 57 ............A Goindasamy (a4) 8 04x30 Tokyo Lil td (5) 56.5 ........................... S Collett 9 0x460 Vasiliki t (12) 56.5 ........................D Danis (a3) 10 6x717 Autumn Wild (9) 56 ............................J Bayliss 11 x5858 Majic Ruler dh (4) 55 ..............T Yanagida (a3) 12 x08x0 O’Princess (11) 54.5 ..........................S Spratt 6 3.45pm VINEYARDS WEST AUCKLAND MAIDEN 1600 $10,000, MDN, 1600m 1 62 Solar Tide (17) 58.5...........................J Bayliss 2 05260 Anatow 58.5 ....................................Scratched 3 53506 I Walk Alone (14) 58.5 .......................A Calder 4 Double Happy (11) 58.5 .................... R Smyth 5 9 Midnight Duke (8) 58.5 .................. T Thornton 6 0 Rex Royale (16) 58.5.....................L Satherley 7 9x2 Penteverest (13) 57 ......................... J Waddell 8 5 Triomphe 57 ....................................Scratched 9 0 Scutar (10) 57 .............................. M Cameron 10 8 Yulong Lanson (4) 57 .....................C Lammas 11 56x42 Aladina b (2) 56.5 ................................ L Innes 12 x98x2 Saserello (12) 56.5 ....................... R Elliot (a1) 13 97445 Our Katy Cruz (3) 56.5 ...................... S Collett 14 x0958 Conquering Kelly (1) 56.5................... B Grylls 15 8 Dodgy Khapers 56.5 .......................Scratched 16 Wishes (6) 56.5 ..................................... C Dell 17 87 Dare To Compare (5) 55 18 09 Cardelli (15) 58.5.......................H Parkes (a4) 19 00 Oxymoron (9) 55 20 90x09 Thee Madame (7) 56.5.......................S Spratt Emergencies: Dare To Compare, Cardelli, Oxymoron, Thee Madame 7 4.22pm WEST BROOK CELLAR DOOR 1600 $11,000, Rating 72 Benchmark, 1600m 1 41948 Pasabahce dm (6) 60.5 ................ R Elliot (a1) 2 x3036 Savapak td (2) 58.5 .......................... V Colgan 3 x7769 Swissta td (10) 58.5 ....................K McCulloch 4 269x4 The Boy Wonder d (4) 58.5 5 251x1 The Rebel Knight t (1) 57.5 ............. J Waddell 6 0x021 O’Hara d (9) 56.5............................... S Collett 7 x0940 King Kane d (8) 56 8 0x304 Secret Ambition d (3) 56............... G Cooksley 9 68x63 Take It Out d (5) 54.5...................D Danis (a3)
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Classifieds 20 Ashburton Guardian PUBLIC NOTICES Application to de-list Heritage Building at 229-241 West Street, Ashburton Sections 85 and 291(4) of the Resource Management Act 1991 Applicant: Redmond Retail Limited Address for service: Kannangara Thomson Barristers & Solicitors PO-Box 13-964, Christchurch 8141 (03) 377-4421 Solicitor – Aidan Prebble Email: aidan.prebble@ktlaw.co.nz
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Far from being a cover band The ABBA show is a full scale Orchestra theatrical production that gives ABBA fans a chance to re-live the will be ABBA concert experience. Come performing and celebrate the music and dance the night away.
Tickets Adult $59 / Child $30 / Group of 6+ $54pp
BOXING DAY RACES Soundwaves
73 Burnett St, Ashburton
Daily Events THURSDAY 8.30am - 1pm ASHBURTON MENZSHED. Come and join “fellow sheddies” for some fun and fellowship, make/fix something in our new workshops. 8 William Street. 9.30am and 10.45am (2 sessions). ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Fit Kidz for 0-5 year olds and caregivers. Mixed ages, gold coin donation. 48 Allens Road. (excludes school holidays) 9.30am - 11am BALMORAL HALL LINE DANCERS. Last class for the year followed by lunch at the Stables in Tinwald. Balmoral Hall, Cameron Street. 9.30am - 11.30am MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON CLUB. All ages and abilities welcome, racquets available. E A Network Centre Stadium, 20 River Terrace. 9.30am - 12.30pm THE ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY INC. Open for toy exchange, 106 Victoria Street, in the Triangle. 9.30am- 1.30pm ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH OP SHOP. Op Shop open, clothing donations welcome. Ashburton Baptist Church. Cass Street. 10am MT HUTT MEMORIAL HALL.
FRIDAY ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Sweaty Bettys circuit training in the hall, 48 Allens Road, Allenton. 6am BOOTCAMP. Catering for all levels of fitness. Walnut Avenue Pavilion. Contact Georgia 0276888686 or Aleisha 0278489309 (not public holidays). 9.30am- 1.30pm
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Thank you to our Sponsor Spirit Magazine 65 Now in18 its FREE 19th year performers $10 entry, under Firstwith race starts at 12.30pm 9-21 years old, Soundwaves will Pack from a picnic for a fantastic you on a fantastic musical journey.day outtake the Boxing Day Races Aat crowd pleaser with Ashburton and audiences featuring music Fun Canterbury and games for the kids from some of the latest shows along and music by Nyree with some of your old favourites.
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Cats One of the world’s best-loved musicals, CATS will embark on its 231 Burnett most Street,extensive Ashburton tour of NewPhZealand. 308 7149 www.ashburtonclub.co.nz With a cast of mainly Australians alongside a few New Zealanders this December 22 @ 7.30pm will be a truly magical production. Tickets on sale now. Immaculate Misconceptions Members, guests and affiliates all welcome.
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Presented by Georgina Siv Heffernan. A Tongu in-cheek Christmas Comed Featuring musical Guests; Wayne The Waynebows. Created in a me 9 days, it mirrors the gestati period of our first characters chi Leah is heavily pregnant, ov emotional and locked in a ba Watching over her like some sort of incompetent guardian ang is her eager yet chaotic estranged sister.
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Jan 15 @ 7.30pm, Jan 16 @ 2pm & 7.30p British Invasion
Jo Castelow an Alice Sollis bring yo the Mid Canterbu Summer Singin School for the 16 year. The theme th year is British Invasio and includes mus from Elton John, The Rolling Stones, The Kinks, The Beatle Lulu, Cilla Black and Dusty Springfield, along with a medl from the musical Kinky Boots.
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NZ Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, Art Gallery and hall of memories. 160 Main Street, Methven. 10am - 4pm TROTTS GARDEN. Internationally recognised, open daily, weekends by arrangement, entry fee applies. info@trotts. co.nz or phone 027-640-4094. Racecourse Road. 10am - 4pm HOSPICE MID CANTRBURY OP SHOP. Quality clothing and homeware. Donations welcome. 71 Tancred Street. 10.15am M.S.A. TAI CHI. Beginners refresher and learning of Tai Chi for Arthritis. M.S.A. Social hall, Havelock Street. (excluding school holidays). 10.45am M.S.A. TAI CHI. Stretching exercises for all abilities. M.S.A. Social hall, Havelock Street. (excludes school holidays). 11am AGE CONCERN, SAYGO EXERCISES. TINWALD - Gentle exercises for muscle strength and balance in a friendly supportive environment. Holy Spirit Catholic Church rooms, Thomson Street, Tinwald. 1pm AGE CONCERN, SAYGO EXERCISES. ALLENTON- Gentle exercises for muscle strength and balance in a friendly supportive environment.
St Peters Anglican Church, Harrison Street, Allenton. 1pm AGE CONCERN, SAYGO EXERCISES. CENTRAL- Gentle exercises for muscle strength and balance in a friendly supportive environment. Buffalo Lodge rooms, Cox Street, Ashburton. 1pm - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of may aircraft from past to the future. Ashburton airport, Seafield Road. 1.30pm ASHBURTON M.S.A. PETANQUE CLUB. Social games, everyone welcome. 115 Racecourse Road. 5pm - 7pm ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Kidz Club, 48 Allens Road, Allenton. 6.30pm ASHBURTON MSA PETANQUE CLUB. Twilight Petanque, social play and practise, everyone welcome. 115 Racecourse Road. 7pm ASHBURTON R.S.A. DARTS. Players of all experience who are interested are urged to come along and have a go. R.S.A. Cox Street. 7pm ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Remembrance service. 48 Allens Road, Allenton.
ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH OP SHOP. Op Shop open, clothing donations welcome. Ashburton Baptist Church. Cass Street. (not public holidays). 10am MT HUTT MEMORIAL HALL. NZ Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, Art Gallery and hall of memories. 160 Main Street, Methven. 10am - 4pm TROTTS GARDEN. Internationally recognised, open daily, weekends
by arrangement, entry fee applies. info@trotts. co.nz or phone 027-640-4094. Racecourse Road. 10am - 4pm HOSPICE MID CANTERBURY OP SHOP. Quality clothing and homeware, donations welcome. 71 Tancred Street. 6.30pm WHITE RIBBON QUIZ NIGHT. Doors open 5.30pm for 6.30pm start. Black and white dress, includes supper. 4-6 per team. $10 per person. Hotel Ashburton.
All tickets $25
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Cryptic crossword
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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): It can take courage to live even the most ordinary daily existence. But it shouldn’t be that way all the time. There’s so much good that will happen naturally today. It’s safe to go forward with defences low, mind calm. TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): Not all discomfort is good, but since discomfort is also the price of admission to a worthwhile and interesting life, it can’t be all bad. Today, everything “worthwhile and interesting” will be outside the comfort zone. GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): When you taste happiness it makes you want more, but happiness doesn’t work that way. Strange things happen when happiness compounds on itself. Savour sweet moments sans greed. Greed is ruinous. CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): There’s a gentle rage simmering in you today. This has to do with setting something right, not only for you, but for the others and for everyone after. Until there is justice for all, there is justice for none. LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): It can take a very long time to form the foundation, products and momentum necessary to become an “overnight” success. Keep building, little by little, day by day, every single day – no skipping. VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): Tell people about your interests and hobbies because letting people know what you’re all about is a form of self-love. It allows for the world to mould to you a bit instead of you always having to mould to the world. LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): You’re culling from all these different inspirations and resources and nothing is really fitting together to point you in a particular direction. That’s OK. This won’t be a linear path. Zig now, zag later. SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): Attraction can happen naturally, or can be created through careful calculations and applied formulas intended to create specific results. Just know which kind of attraction you’re dealing with. SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): You’re thinking of going to the next level with an endeavour. Would you still do it if no one else in the world knew about your expertise? That’s how you know it’s worth your time. CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): You don’t have to apologise for taking care of someone you love, especially if that person is you. Anyone who stands in the way of your self-care is being unloving. Don’t be guilted into neglecting what matters to you. AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): Feeling special isn’t about owning the best things, getting the attention of a lot of people or having the love of one person. It’s about believing in your own specialness. PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): Should you display your solidarity or your independent thought? Yes to both. Timing is the thing. Pay attention to sense when to meld with the group and when to enhance it through your uniqueness.
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service for Norm will be held in the Christchurch City Salvation Army Worship and Community Centre 853 Colombo Street, RITCHIE, Carolyn Eileen – TOMORROW Friday, On Wednesday, November 28, 2018. At Radius November 30 at 3pm. Millstream, Ashburton. Loved eldest daughter of the late Robert and Eileen Blain. Loved sister and sister-in-law of Tony and Annette, Ivan Ashburton Guardian Thursday, November 29, 2018 and Lesley, Genette and John Lloyd, Robin, the late Angela, and Heather and Colin Warwick.
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HAYWARD, Herbert Norman (Norm) – Promoted to Glory, on November 27, 2018 peacefully at Christchurch Hospital, aged 88 years. Dearly loved husband of Jean. Much loved step father of Colin and Lyn Watson, Sue and Glen Moore. Loved Normie of Paul and Nicholle, Michael and Donna, Carly and James, and Denny. Great grandad Normie of Kara, Emma, and Nash. Much loved brother and brother-in-law of Isabell and the late Trevor, Murray and Mona, the late Ron and the late Noelene. Much loved uncle to all his nieces and nephews. Messages to the Hayward family, c/- PO. Box 26112 Christchurch 8148. In lieu of flowers donations to The Salvation Army Just Brass programme would be appreciated and can be made at the service. A funeral service for Norm will be held in the Christchurch City Salvation Army Worship and Community Centre 853 Colombo Street, TOMORROW Friday, November 30 at 3pm.
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Please note all late death RITCHIE, Carolyn Eileen – notices or notices sent 620 East Street Ashburton Passed away peacefully, on outside ordinary office hours Ph/Fax 308 5369 November 28, 2018 in must be emailed to: or 0274 357 974 Ashburton. Aged 71 years. deathnotices@theguardian.co.nz ebcarter@xtra.co.nz Loved Mum of Tanyia and NZMMMA Member to ensure publication. Ritchie, Christopher and To place a notice during Selena, Nicholas and Annabel, Natasha and Nick, office hours please contact us on 03 307 7900 Stefan and Mieke, Richard for more information and Greer, Ashley and Jess, Nana of Eilish, Alexandra, Any queries Jesikah, and Lochlan; please contact Bryony, Keeley, and Maeve; 0800 Maya, Quinn, and Emma; ASHBURTON Hunter, Charlie, Isobel, and (0800-274-287) Toby; Maddie, Maddox, and Eliza; and great Nana to Mason. Messages to the Ritchie family, PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740. Donations to Radius Millstream would be appreciated and may be left at the service. A special thank you to the staff of Millstream for their care of Mum. Carolyn’s funeral service will help savecnrlives every day through the research be heldWe at our Chapel, East and Cox Streets, and development of improved diagnosis, be er Ashburton on MONDAY, Decemberprediction 3, commencingand at treatment of heart disease in our 11.00am. Followed by interment at the Ashburton hospital and community. New Lawn Cemetery.
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DEATHS
Please note all late death RITCHIE, Carolyn Eileen – notices or notices sent Passed away peacefully, on November 28, 2018 in outside ordinary office hours must be emailed to: Ashburton. Aged 71 years. Loved Mum of Tanyia and deathnotices@theguardian.co.nz to ensure publication. Ritchie, Christopher and Selena, Nicholas and To place a notice during Annabel, Natasha and Nick, office hours please contact Stefan and Mieke, Richard us on 03 307 7900 and Greer, Ashley and Jess, for more information Nana of Eilish, Alexandra, Any queries Jesikah, and Lochlan; please contact Bryony, Keeley, and Maeve; 0800 Maya, Quinn, and Emma; ASHBURTON Hunter, Charlie, Isobel, and (0800-274-287) Toby; Maddie, Maddox, and Eliza; and great Nana to Mason. Messages to the Ritchie family, PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740. Donations to Radius Millstream would be appreciated and may be left at the service. A special thank you to the staff of Millstream Canterbury owned, for their care of Mum. locally operated Carolyn’s funeral service will be held at our Chapel, cnr Patersons East and Cox Streets, Funeral Services Ashburton on MONDAY, December 3, commencing at and Ashburton 11.00am. Followed by interment at the Ashburton Crematorium Ltd New Lawn Cemetery.
RITCHIE, Carolyn Eileen – On Wednesday, November 28, 2018. At Radius Millstream, Ashburton. Loved eldest daughter of the late Robert and Eileen Blain. Loved sister and sister-in-law of Tony and Annette, Ivan and Lesley, Genette and John Lloyd, Robin, the late Angela, and Heather and Colin Warwick.
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Ashburton Airport Temperature °C At 4pm 14.6 14.6 Max to 4pm 10.8 Minimum 10.7 Grass minimum Rainfall mm 15.2 16hr to 4pm November to date 190.6 Avg Nov to date 61 2018 to date 961.8 633 Avg year to date Wind km/h S 11 At 4pm Strongest gust SE 30 Time of gust 6:10am
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6am Breakfast 9am The Ellen DeGeneres Show With special guests Simon Cowell and Olivia Wild. 0 10am Tipping Point 11am The Chase 0 Noon 1 News At Midday 0 12:30 Emmerdale PGR Sarah must cope; Jessie reveals her deepest fears; Chas hides her heartbreak. 0 1pm Coronation Street Catch-Up PGR 0 2pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 0 3pm Tipping Point 4pm Te Karere 2 4:30 Funny You Should Ask 4:55 The Chase 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0
6:30 Maia The Brave 3 0 6:40 Takaro Tribe 6:50 The Insectibles 0 7:20 Ben 10 0 7:45 Pokemon Sun And Moon Ultra Adventures 0 8:15 Puppy Dog Pals 0 8:35 Miles From Tomorrowland 3 0 9am Infomercials 10:30 Neighbours 3 0 11am Australian Survivor PGR 3 0 12:05 Jeremy Kyle PGR 1:05 Judge Rinder 2:05 The New Adventures Of Old Christine 3 0 2:35 Home And Away 0 3:05 Shortland Street PGR 3 0 3:35 Girl Meets World 0 4pm Fanimals 0 4:30 Friends 3 (Part 1) 0 5:05 The Simpsons 0 5:30 Home And Away 0 6pm The Big Bang Theory 3 0 6:30 Neighbours 0
7pm Seven Sharp 0 7:30 Homemade 0 8:30 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces George Clarke tasks a team of skilled builders to create a lakeside cabin in Machynlleth in Montgomeryshire, Wales, in two days. 0 9:30 Coronation Street PGR 0 10:30 1 News Tonight 0
7pm The Project 7pm Shortland Street PGR 0 7:30 All Star Family Feud – 7:30 Police Ten 7 0 North v South PGR 0 8pm Highway Patrol PGR 0 8:30 Seven Year Switch UK AO 0 8:30 M Commando AO 3 1985 Action. 0 9:35 Don’t Tell The Doctor AO 10:30 NewsHub Late Landscape gardener Zac’s life is at risk as his hands seize up, sometimes when he is using motorised blades; Kiwi Paul is upset by a condition that causes him to pour with sweat. 0 10:35 Two And A Half Men PGR 3 0
11pm 20/20 Current-affairs programme presented by Carolyn Robinson, featuring international content and in-depth investigative pieces. 0 11:55 Saving Lives At Sea 0 12:55 Te Karere 3 2 1:15 Infomercials 5:35 Te Karere 2
11:05 Police Ten 7 3 0 11:35 The Last Ship AO 0 12:25 F Marvel’s Inhumans AO 0 1:10 Shortland Street PGR 3 0 1:35 Infomercials 2:35 Desperate Housewives AO 3 0 3:20 Jeremy Kyle PGR 3 4:15 Judge Rinder 5:05 Neighbours 3 0 5:30 Infomercials
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BRAVO 10am Catfish – The Untold Stories 3 10:58 The Dish 3 11am Snapped PGR 3 Noon The Real Housewives Of Toronto AO 3 12:58 The Dish 3 1pm Made In Chelsea 2pm Bachelor In Paradise 3 3:28 The Dish 3 3:30 Say Yes To The Dress Atlanta 3 4pm Say Yes To The Dress Atlanta 3 4:30 Dance Moms 3 5:30 Tabatha’s Salon Takeover 3 6:30 Catfish 3 7:28 The Dish 3 7:30 Million Dollar Matchmaker Patti takes on a high-powered perfectionist who cannot find his ‘perfect’ match, and an overtly sexual singer who leads with her body, not her heart. 8:30 Bachelor In Paradise Two romantic dates and a Rose Ceremony make sparks fly in Paradise. 10:10 Below Deck – Mediterranean 11:10 Snapped PGR 3 FRIDAY 12:10 Mom’s A Medium 3 12:40 Infomercials 3
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6am The AM Show 9am The Café 10am Infomercials 11:30 DailyMailTV PGR Noon Dr Phil AO 3 1pm M Presumed Guilty AO 2017 Crime. April Bowlby, Corin Nemec, Virginia Williams. 0 3pm Celebrity Name Game PGR 3 3:30 DailyMailTV PGR 4pm NewsHub Live At 4pm 4:30 Entertainment Tonight 5pm The Block Australia With two days until the last tool is down on the Gatwick, Scott and Shelley visit the teams for a final walk around the challenge apartment. 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm
11pm NCIS – LA AO 3 A 20-year-old Peruvian massacre is investigated after a famous fashion model believed to be one of the survivors becomes a potential target. 0 Midnight Infomercials
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6am Trulli Tales 3 6:15 Atomic Puppet 3 6:25 Codename – Kids Next Door 3 6:50 Batman – Brave And The Bold 3 7:15 The Fairly Odd Parents 3 7:40 Ben 10 3 0 8:05 Kid v Kat 3 8:30 Kung Fu Panda – Legends Of Awesomeness 3 0 8:55 The Moe Show 3 0 9:20 Million Dollar Minute 3 9:50 The Crowd Goes Wild PGR 3 10:20 The Doctors 11:15 Hot Bench 11:40 Escape To The Country 3 12:40 Sleepy Hollow AO 3 0 1:35 Married With Children PGR 3 2:05 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PGR 3 3pm Wheel Of Fortune 3:30 Jeopardy 4pm Antiques Roadshow 3 5pm Frasier 3 0 5:30 Prime News 6pm Storage Wars 3 6:30 Pawn Stars 3 7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 MasterChef USA 0 8:30 Salvation PGR Darius and Liam must invent a theoretically impossible piece of technology to divert the asteroid; Liam goes home to find critical research, but finds something else. 0 9:30 Ambulance AO 0 10:45 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PGR 3 11:45 The Crowd Goes Wild PGR The team presents the best of the day’s sports news. 12:15 Closedown
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6:50 Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 2 MV 2017 Action. Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana. 9:05 Love Blossoms PG 2017 Drama. Shantel VanSanten, Victor Webster. 10:35 Loving PGL 2017 Drama. Ruth Negga, Joel Edgerton. 12:40 The Little Hours 16VLSC 2017 Comedy. Dave Franco, Alison Brie. 2:10 Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 2 MV 2017 Action. Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana. 4:25 King Arthur – Legend Of The Sword MVL 2017 Action Adventure. Charlie Hunnam, Jude Law. 6:30 The Disappearance Of Eleanor Rigby ML 2014 Drama. Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy. 8:30 Black Panther MV 2018 Action. After his father’s death, T’Challa returns home to take his rightful place as King, but his claim is challenged when a mortal enemy resurfaces. Chadwick Boseman, Lupita Nyong’o. 10:45 Wind River 16VLSC 2017 Crime. Elizabeth Olsen, Jeremy Renner. FRIDAY 12:30 Double Mommy MC 2016 Drama. Morgan Obenreder, Griffin Freeman. 2am The Disappearance Of Eleanor Rigby ML 2014 Drama. Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy. 4am King Arthur – Legend Of The Sword MVL 2017 Action Adventure. Charlie Hunnam, Jude Law.
6:25 World War Z MVLC 2013 Action. Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos. 8:30 Three Kings 16VL 1999 Action. George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube. 10:25 Rock The Kasbah MVLSC 2015 Comedy. Bill Murray, Kate Hudson. 12:10 Anger Management MLS 2003 Comedy. Adam Sandler, Jack Nicholson. 1:55 Cloverfield MV 2008 Action. Lizzy Caplan, TJ Miller, Mike Vogel. 3:20 Step Up 4 – Miami Heat PGVL 2012 Drama. Kathryn McCormick, Ryan Guzman. 5pm The Sentinel MV 2006 Crime. Michael Douglas, Kiefer Sutherland, Eva Longoria. 6:45 Tower Heist MLS 2011 Comedy. Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy. 8:30 Something’s Gotta Give MLS 2003 Comedy. An old music executive with a taste for young women falls for his latest conquest’s mother after a near-death experience. Jack Nicholson, Diane Keaton, Keanu Reeves. 10:40 Snow White And The Huntsman MV 2012 Action Adventure. Kristen Stewart, Charlize Theron, Chris Hemsworth. FRIDAY 12:45 Out Of Time MV 2003 Thriller. Denzel Washington, Eva Mendes, Sanaa Lathan, Dean Cain. 2:30 People Interview – Blake Lively 3am Step Up 4 – Miami Heat PGVL 2012 Drama. 4:40 The Sentinel MV 2006 Crime.
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6:30 Takoha 3 6:40 Dora Matatoa 2 7:10 Kia Mau 3 7:20 Te Nutube 3 7:30 Nia’s Extraordinary Life 3 7:40 Pukana 3 7:50 Smooth 3 8am Te Kaea 3 2 8:30 KaweKorero 3 9am Ka Tu Ka Korero 9:30 Cam’s Kai 3 10am He Kakano 3 10:30 Sidewalk Karaoke PGR 3 11am Whaikorero 3 11:30 Ipukarea 3 Noon School Of Training 3 12:30 Billy T James AO 3 1pm Waka Man PGR 3 1:30 Polyfest Kapa Haka 3 2pm Opaki 3 2:30 Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 3pm Takoha 3 3:10 Dora Matatoa 2 3:40 Kia Mau 3 3:50 Te Nutube 3 4pm Nia’s Extraordinary Life 3 4:10 Pukana 3 2 4:20 Smooth 3 4:30 The Big Sing 3 5pm Waka Huia 3 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Nga Kapa Haka Kura Tuarua 3 6:30 Te Kaea 3 2
6am Streets Of Your Town 7am Tiny House Hunting 7:30 Wild Britain With Ray Mears 8am Travel Man – 48 Hours In 8:30 Paul Hollywood’s Pies And Puds 9:30 Million Dollar Car Hunters 10:30 Buying And Selling With The Property Brothers 11:30 Money For Nothing 12:30 Mysteries At The Museum 1:30 Guy Martin – The World’s Fastest Van 3pm Tiny House Hunting 3:30 Ben Fogle – The Great Migration 4:30 Masters Of Taste With Gary Mehigan 5pm Paul Hollywood City Bakes 5:30 Vintage Hunter 6:30 American Pickers
7pm Basketball – Fiba World Cup Qualifiers New Zealand v Jordan. 9pm Takes A Village AO 9:30 F Find Me A Maori Bride 3 10pm F The GC PGR 3 10:30 Nga Kapa Haka Kura Tuarua 3
7:30 Walking The Americas PGR 8:30 Horizon – The Placebo Experiment: Can My Brain Cure My Body? 9:30 The Food Hospital 10:30 American Pickers
11pm Te Kaea 3 Maori Television’s daily news programme. 2 11:30 KaweKorero 3 News reporters dissect and discuss the day’s news and events. Midnight Closedown
11:30 Masters Of Taste With Gary Mehigan Midnight Paul Hollywood City Bakes 12:30 Tiny House Hunting 1am Vintage Hunter 2am Ben Fogle – The Great Migration 3am Walks With My Dog 4am Walking The Americas PGR 5am Treasures Of The Indus
SKY SPORT 1 6am Driver v Driver Follow the trials and tribulations of aspiring golf equipment designers as they compete for the chance to win money and have their driver sold under the Wilson Staff name. 6:55 Football Shootout A news and highlights show covering everything from the A-League and Australian Football. 7:55 A-League Hour A wrapup of the latest news, results and events from Australasia’s premier football league. 8:55 L Football – UEFA Champions League Tottenham v Internazionale. 11am Cricket – International (HLS) Pakistan v Blackcaps – First Test, Day Five. 11:30 The Crowd Goes Wild Noon Fox Sports News 12:30 Sports News 1pm Golf – European Challenge Tour (HLS) 2pm L Golf – Australian PGA Championship Round One. 7pm The Breakdown 7:30 Rugby – International (RPL) Italy v All Blacks. 9:30 L Golf – European Tour Afrasia Bank Mauritius Open – Round One.
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2:30 Driver v Driver 3:30 Golf – PGA Championship Official Film 4:30 Golf – Australian PGA Championship (HLS) Round One. 5am Golf Central 5:30 Fox Sports News
0 Closed captions; 3 Repeat; 2 Maori Language; HLS Highlights; RPL Replay; DLY Delayed. CLASSIFICATIONS: 16/18 Approved for persons 16/18 years or over; AO Adults only; C Content may offend; L Language may offend; M Suitable for mature audiences; PG/PGR Parental guidance recommended for young viewers; S Sexual content may offend; V Contains violence. Local Radio: NewsTalk ZB 873AM/98.1FM FM Classic Hits ZEFM 92.5; Port FM Local 94.9, 98.9 and 106.1
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6:35 Hualien Earthquake Decoded PG 7:30 How It’s Made PG 7:55 How It’s Made PG 8:20 Fast ‘n’ Loud PG Dale Jr’s Sick Nomad. 9:10 Alaskan Bush People M 10am Alaska – The Last Frontier PG 10:50 Outback Pilots PG 11:40 Web Of Lies M Fatal Friendship. 12:30 Blood Relatives M Clash of the Tartans. 1:20 Murder Comes To Town M The Dangers of Success. 2:10 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 3pm Aussie Gold Hunters PG 3:50 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 4:45 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 5:40 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 6:35 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 7:30 Ronda Rousey Uncaged PG Professional wrestler and fighter Ronda Rousey faces her biggest and most frightening challenge yet as she dives uncaged with a heavyweight FRIDAY mako shark. 12:30 Football – A-League 8:30 Great White Abyss PG Hour 9:25 Sharks Gone Wild PG 1:30 The World Sailing 10:15 Shark Exile PG Show 11:05 Shark Vortex PG 2:20 Kabaddi – Pro League 11:55 Shaq Does Shark (HLS) Haryana Steelers v Puneri Week PG Paltan. 2:50 Kabaddi – Pro League FRIDAY 12:45 Shark After Dark PG 1:10 Ronda Rousey (HLS) Bengaluru Bulls v UP Uncaged PG 2am Great Yoddha. White Abyss PG 2:50 Sharks 3:20 L Kabaddi – Pro League Puneri Paltan v Gujarat Gone Wild PG 3:40 Shark Vortex PG 4:30 Shark Exile Fortunegiants. PG 5:20 Shark After Dark 4:35 L Kabaddi – Pro PG 5:45 Shaq Does Shark League Bengaluru Bulls v Bengal Warriors. Week PG 6am The World Sailing Show All the news and highlights from sailing events around the globe. 6:50 L Football – UEFA Champions League Atletico v Monaco. 8:55 L Football – UEFA Champions League Paris v Liverpool. 11am Fox Sports News 11:30 Bowls – Bowls3Five (RPL) 2:30 Hockey – World Cup (RPL) Belgium v Canada. 4:30 Hockey – World Cup (RPL) India v South Africa. 5:30 Golf – European Challenge Tour (HLS) 6:30 Golf Central 7pm Serie A Full Impact 7:30 Driver v Driver 8:30 L Football – UEFA Champions League Paris v Liverpool. 10:30 Football – UEFA Champions League (HLS) 11:30 Football Shootout
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Surprise call-up After a stellar season with the Ashburton Barbarians, Devaun Thompson made the South Island Scorpions rugby league team. BY ERIN TASKER
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Devaun Thompson thought he’d hung up his rugby league boots for the summer, but then the South Island Scorpions came calling. Ashburton Barbarians player Thompson, 23, had been a standby player for the representative side and didn’t think he’d get a run, but then a couple of people pulled out and Thompson was one of three Aoraki players brought into the mix at the last minute for the recent 2018 Pacific Series in Christchurch. The Scorpions finished runners-up, winning three of their five matches, and only losing to a Samoan invitational side in both the round robin and the final.
Thompson said the Scorpions were the smallest side on the field by far, but they punched above their weight, picking up good wins over the Canterbury Fijians, the Canterbury Tongans and Canterbury PNG before being out-muscled by the Canterbury Samoans. Thompson said the calibre of the league played over that weekend was outstanding. “It’s actually really good league to play, and it’s made me hungry for more,” Thompson said. Thompson played his club league for the Ashburton Barbarians and the club believed Thompson was the first Ashburton player to have made the South Island Scorpions side. Thompson said to be the first
was an honour, but it also showed young players what was possible. Now, he is weighing up his options for next season and as much as he loved his Barbarians family, he is considering giving the premier competition in Christchurch a crack. A former rugby player who played six or eight in union, Thompson only made the switch to league four or five seasons ago, and has played pretty much everywhere on the field, but this season has focused on the middle of the field, at prop and 13. He was an integral part of the Barbarians side which put in a pretty good showing in 2018, narrowly missing out on the Canterbury Rugby League division one final, before taking out the Aoraki
competition – and the Duncan McGregor Memorial Cup – for the first time. That win had been a great way to end the club season, although Thompson had to settle for being the side’s trainer for the final against the Country Cowboys, after landing himself a suspension the week prior. He was then one of a handful of Mid Canterbury-based players who went on to play for the Aoraki Eels in the South Island premiership. At just 23, Thompson still had a fair few playing days to come but knows if he wants to have a crack at the big time, he has to move soon. He’s always wanted to get his building apprenticeship done before anything else, so he
Trainer Tony Pike has a strong hand at Otaki
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had something to fall back on no matter what happened, and he is due to finish that early in the new year. This means Thompson will be able to put more of his time and attention into his league, but which park he’ll run out onto next winter, he didn’t know. Having played for the Barbarians for the past four or five seasons though, the thought of leaving was tough. “At the end of the day though, you’ve got to think about yourself and I’ve had a chat to a few of the boys about it, but I haven’t made my mind up yet,” Thompson said. He didn’t want to have regrets though and one day wonder what would have happened if he had chanced his arm.
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