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www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz NEWS Ashburton Courier, July 11, 2024 33 Allenton’s top season continues Allenton will play the rest of the 2024 netball season with teams in the Mid Canterbury Netball’s top two grades, after both their Aand Bteams won the season’s final promotion/relegation games. Played on Friday night, Wilsons Windscreens Allenton Atook on Rakaia ProShear to defend the position in ACL Premier 1which they’d earned through promotion/relegation at the end of round one, while Heatwise Allenton B took on United KFC Ainthe promotion/ relegation game between ACL Premier 2 and ACL Premier 3. At the end of the first quarter, it looked like the match between Rakaia and Allenton was going to be close, with just one goal in it, but Allenton built as the game went on and eventually took the win 4226. It was adifferent story in the game between Allenton Band United A, with United getting off to agood start and leading 126 at the end of the first quarter, before Allenton Bstarted areal fight back. By half time they’d got back within 3, and by three quarter time Allenton B had hit the lead, 2726, and at the end of atense final quarter it was the Allenton side who’d won their way through to ACLPremier 2, 3533. The promotion/relegation games followed just 24 hours after the end of round two, where in ACL Premier 1 Celtic Auric Electrical Acontinued their winning streak with a3517 win PREMIER MOVE: Wilsons Windscreens Allenton A’s Melissa Maslin (front) and team mates will finish the netball season in ACL Premier 1. PHOTO HEATHER MACKENZIE over Mt Somers Victory Lime A, while Methven Wareings Apulled away in the second half to beat College A3727, and Hampstead Ray White Adowned Allenton A3819. Round two of ACL Premier 2ended with Hampstead Ray White Bdefeating Southern NBS 4023, while Methven EuroAgri beat United KFC A4111, while the muchanticipated clash between College y10A and Rakaia ProShear went the way of Rakaia 4035, to put the Rakaia side into top spot and into the promotion/relegation game. ACL Premier 3’s second round finished with Allenton Bunbeaten at the top of the table, with their latest win coming over Celtic Morrison Agri B399, before College Bdowned Hampstead Ray White U18B 4618, and Rakaia Seed Cleaning beat Methven Shearmac 2718. All three grades now move into the third and final championship round tonight, and in ACL Premier 1that will begin with Mt Somers Victory Lime A taking on Wilsons Windscreens Allenton A, before College Atake on Celtic Auric Electrical A, and Hampstead Ray White Aand Methven Wareings finish off the night. That last game will be the only one played in the 8.15pm round, with two of this week’s scheduled ACL Premier 2 and 3games being deferred due to Mount Hutt College’s netball trip to Australia this week. Methven EuroAgri and College y10A, and Methven Shearmac and Celtic Morrison Agri B, will instead play their championship round games at 2.30pm on July 21. That leaves the only ACL Premier 2 games to be played tonight as Hampstead Ray White Band Southern NBS, and Rakaia ProShear and Heatwise Allenton B, and the only ACL Premier 3games will be College B against Rakaia Seed Cleaning, and United KFC Aand Hampstead Ray White U18 Development. ACL Premier netball takes abreak for the holidays on July 18. CLUB NEWS Ashburton Creative Fibre Shona Schofield, our president welcomed 27 members at the monthly meeting on June 17 at The Plains Museum rooms. Sadly acknowledged was the passing of members, remembered for their friendship, support and creativity. The theme colour for this month was green. The May minutes which were circularised were accepted as a true record and Margaret Williamson'sprofit and loss report showed ahealthy balance. Val Knight urged members to be mindful of the prevalence of Covid in the district. Margaret has put out another message for photos of creative activities for the archives and new Felt and Handwoven magazines are now available in the library. Other matters raised in business included the six week spin classes organised by Shona and Ashburton Creative Fibre started on July 3being held in the event centre of the Ashburton Library from 5.45pm to 7.45pm. Margaret also spoke about her participation in the Tour de Fleece, and Verna Woods spoke about her visit, along with other members to Wool Feast in Christchurch. A good time with many purchases made, the Pioneer Stadium in Christchurch was voted by those who attended as the perfect venue for the event. The meeting moved on to Show and Tell. Margaret Mayson, patchwork quilt. Bev Bennett, green cotton knitted, laced sleeve top. Heather Willis, green jersey woven, woven pin loom blanket, crochet green shawl. Pam Whiteford, green knitted teddy. Shona Schofield, green toned handspun handwoven scarf. Lynette Crone, three knitted green marrows, green knitted scarf. Fenn Leadley, twelve crochet octopus, one felted heart, ten cotton hats, one rug. Beverley Ede, green merino baby’s cardigan. Sue Leech, green jumper with chickens. Wilma Wolfreys, small rug, a hat. Val Knight, baby jacket, merino washable wool. Margaret Williamson, ladies cardigan, two cowls. Ann Sunbeam, two crochet rugs, two woven scarves, one crochet scarf. The morning continued with Shona demonstrating a cold water dyeing technique and many members tried their hand at this fascinating pastime. Diary Dates: The July meeting is on Monday 15th from 9.30am onwards at the Plains Museum, Maronan Rd, and will see us weaving on the pin loom. If you wish to purchase one it will cost $5. Bring along too a long crochet hook or alatch tool, and some small balls of yarn preferably handspun as it works better on the loom. BYO cup/mug for acuppa, and your own lunch. The theme colour for this meeting will be Blue. Also July 18 Timaru Felting at St Phillip and All Saints 124 Luxmore Rd, Timaru from 10am 3pm $5. Sunday Crafts @the Plains, Maronan Rd, July 21 from 11am to 3pm, and August 4. Glentui Retreat, contact Shona in the first instance August 16 to 18. August 18 Sunday Crafts @ the Plains, and August 24 Timaru Creative Fibre, DemonstrationDisplay Day 10.30am to 3pm Baptist Church Hall, 17 Wilson St, Timaru, $5 and BYO lunch. Ashburton Writers’ Group President Nigel Dean presided over the June meeting of the Ashburton Writers’ Group. Brendan read the quotation “Start writing no matter what, the water does not flow until the tap is turned on”. Rae gave areport on the Short Story Competition, with entries at the time coming in ahead of closing date on July 5. The Website and Facebook are currently being updated. The assignment was “Holiday Tension between Guests”. Members wrote of no hot water, Rarotonga bar, ground floor apartment, Club Med, New Year bach, party animal, door slam, children’s iPads, unwanted guests. The instant exercise by Nigel was “That gave me quite a buzz”. Members wrote of Rarotonga, relationship custard, midnight, mushrooms, Prince William, kitten, car drive, electric fence, bus. The July 24 assignment is “What’s that tickling my toes”. Visitors are welcomed, please phone Rae at 3088927 or go to our Facebook page. Ashburton Ladies Friendship Club The Ashburton Ladies Friendship Club met at the Sinclair Centre on June 26 at 9.45am. Members were welcomed by actingpresident Fairlie and the National Anthem was sung. Apologies were received and two 80th birthdays and awedding anniversary were celebrated. Business was conducted and the raffle was drawn and won by Anne and Fairlie. Lunch for members at the Somerset Grocer numbers were taken. The mini speaker was a presentation by Janet on the many services Age Concern offers ‘‘Serving The Needs Of The Older Person’’. All enquiries to Age Concern office. Astory on Eating In The Fifties was then told The main speaker was Jane Riach introduced by Roberta, on happenings in the library. She started with aquote ‘‘The only thing you absolutely have to know is in the Library’’. Borrowing books is only one of the very many activities offered .Twenty six plus opportunities for people to participate in activities and crafts and learning opportunities are happening there. For the housebound Books On Wheels is also available. Well worth a visit for all. Jane was thanked by Sue and presented with a gift. The next meeting is July 24 at 9.45am at The Sinclair Centre. U3A Prof. Anthony Robins (Uni. Of Otago) –“Artificial Intelligence” –spoke about the emergence of AI, following the Dual Process Theory of Unconscious (Intuitive) and Conscious thought. Human intelligence’s System 1isunconscious, fast, automatic, patternbased (commonsense). System 2is conscious, deliberate, rulebased (Sudoku). Four threads of AI technology range from Symbolic AI (discarded), since 1950’s –Eliza. Secondly, Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) since 1960’s – NetTalk. Since 2014 Siri/Alexa uses Deep Neural Networks (DNN’s). ChatGPT uses Large Language Models (LLMs) since 2022. These deeply powerful ANN’s find structure in almost all written texts: recognises word clusters (e.g. weather) among billions of options, and are trained to predict the next words. For example, they have the ability to write accurate and thoughtful essays, in the differing styles of different authors. They can also spread disinformation. Be alert for “Hallucinations” when the article is probably true, but bizarre assumptions have been made. Check the article’s context, facts and images –isthat person’s coffee cup real? The humanity is lacking. Bias throws up bad models, and discrimination. Current AI, using deep ANN’s is amazingly capable, but has fundamental limitations. Take credit for our own brains. Older learners benefit greatly by keeping aware and alert. (Keep your wits about you!) Next meeting: July 23 “Six Sons and aSeismograph” with Dr Glenn Vallender. Wakanui WI On acold, drizzly early morning several ladies descended on the secretary’s home for the June meeting. Motto “Stop measuring your worth with someone else’s ruler”. Members that helped and supplied the food for the Mid Canterbury Vintage Ploughing were thanked and we made aprofit of $620. Congratulations was given to all who put entries in at Conference. Prize winners from Wakanui were Dianne Carter 1st for her knitted jumper; Isabell Page 2nd for her child’s quite book; Joan Henderson 2nd for book bag and asoup bowl cosy, and Tracy Fisher and Juliana Protheroe won the Lip Sync. Also Tracy’s topical remit regarding the labelling and use of natural flavours in our processed food was passed with alarge majority. For the “Nourish the Nation” project the Mid Canterbury Federation has asked Institutes if they would consider money to go to towards grocery vouchers to be given to the local foodbanks. Wakanui are donating $500. Also the project for the Mid Canterbury Federation’s 90th Jubilee next year is going to be knitting, hats, slippers etc. $750 has been donated from the Advance Community Foundation –from the Smith Family Fund. Wool will be purchased and donated to Institutes that wish to take part. Items that are knitted will be donated. Our guest speaker was Trish Small from Age Concern speaking on elder abuse. She explained how this occurs more than you realise and that there are many forms of abuse – emotional, financial not just physical and verbal. Much of it comes from family members. If anyone has concerns or questions about this topic please call 0800 642105. Morning tea completed another successful meeting.
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