Ashburton Courier: January 16, 2020

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Bumper barley yield for club
An eight­hectare holding paddock
at the former Tinwald
saleyards is still paying dividends
for Mid Canterbury
machinery fans.
For the third yearinarow the
Mid Canterbury Vintage
Machinery Club has harvested a
crop of winter barley from the
site. And this year ithas been
cited as the best crop ever.
Club president John Stewart
said that despite the crop being
hit by hail in mid­November,
they were able toget 7.6 tonne
per hectare of dryland yield,
well up on last year’s 6.5 tonne
per hectare. The 2018 yield was
double the volume of the first
season’s crop.
‘‘It’s the best yield we’ve
had,’’ he said.
‘‘We’re probably still using all
that fertility from the saleyards
... and we got some of the rains
at the right time.’’
For the second year running,
the crop was harvested by Greg
Carr rather than by club members
with their own machinery,
but Mr Stewart said it was due
to a shortage of available
combines with many members
still fulltime farming and the
Mid Canterbury Vintage Machinery Club president John Stewart says the latest barley straw
harvest from the former Tinwald saleyards holding paddock is the best in three years.
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time involved.
Mr Stewart was thankful to
the many individuals and businesses
who had ahand in the
successful season, among them
land owner Greg Donaldson,
Mr Carr, and club member
Allan Martin (in charge of the
agronomy), Ravensdown, Cates
Grain and Seed, Rural Transport
and Evans Animal Feed.
He said money raised from
the sale ofthe crop would boost
the club’s funds following the
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Greg Donaldson, closed in
December 2016 after 138 years
of operation.
Principal relishing comedy spot
By Mick Jensen
Tinwald School principal Peter
Livingstone likes nothing better
than putting asmile on aface, or
hearing people laugh. Stand­up
comedy is his new thing, and he’s
the support act for well­known
comedian Ben Hurley at agig in
Methven in March.
Peter has performed at four
previous pop­up comedy sessions
in Methven in recent
months and is enjoying the
opportunity of delivering his
unique style of jokes and stories.
He was given the chance at
stand­up by comedy promoter
Bec Sandys.
Rehearsing routines, he says,
is not done in front of family or
friends, but rather to the bubbling
background of the spa pool
at home.
‘‘I type my ideas up on the
laptop and many of them are, to
be honest, rubbish. But Ioften
go back and figure out another
twist on them.’’
Peter said his day job meant
he was well practised at delivering
clear messages and talking to
Tinwald School principal and
part time comedian Peter
Livingstone.
large numbers.
He had also been an MC for a
number of events and aregular
local stage performer over the
years.
‘‘What Ideliver at events and
in shows is on behalf of someone
else, or prepared text.
‘‘For me, comedy has nothing
to do with my day job and is
outside of my previous comfort
zones.’’
He had been ‘‘as nervous as
hell’’ at his first stand­up gig, but
had got through it.
‘‘Bec Sandys videoed me on
stage, so Iwas able to see how
my comedy ‘hit’ the audience
and how Idelivered it.
‘‘The dread for all comedians
is that they are simply not going
to be funny, or get a positive
reaction.’’
Peter has built on his first gig
nerves, slowed down his delivery
and learnt to pause for an
audience reaction.
Simply standing up and telling
an old style joke doesn’t work
these days, he says.
‘‘You have to be astory teller,
have an original angle and
authentically connect with
people.
‘‘I take the mickey out of
myself and believe in the ‘fish out
of the water’ approach of taking
one context and putting it into a
totally different context.’’
He preferred to avoid excessive
swearing, didn’t use husband
and wife or Donald Trump jokes,
and didn't take digs at the rivalry
with Australia in his routine.
Instead, he preferred to use
twists on his own experiences
and observations, and used comedy
to sometimes highlight some
serious underlying social issues.
His jokes and stories use an
array of life experiences, including
his Christian upbringing,
strong belief in equality for
women, observations of what’s
delivered by the media, and
simply by people watching.
Peter is abig fan of English
comedy, including shows like
Fawlty Towers and Dad’s Army,
and performers such as Rowan
Atkinson, Griff Rhys Jones and
Mel Smith.
He also admires the humour
of Michael McIntyre and Ed
Byrne.
His slot on the Ben Hurley
undercard at Samuel’s Bar on
March 27 is already sold out, and
he can’t wait to share his
humour.
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