Alice Scott

The Strath Taieri Pony Club has paid heartfelt tribute to a beloved coach, mother and horsewoman with the introduction of the Erin Howard Memorial Trophy.

South Otago farmer Henry Smith was ‘‘pretty bloody chuffed’’ when he and his huntaway bitch Trix won the zigzag event recently at the Southland Centre Championships at Mararoa.

When farmer Bevan Wilson found himself pinned under the cab of his Can-Am side-by-side, the fact he might not have been able to compete in the Coast to Coast Longest Day race was the last thing on his mind.

Southland tailing contractor Jack Lyders laughs that his sheep-farming clients have been on a default mode, ‘‘always ready to expect the worst’’, but many are pleasantly surprised by the tailing tallies.

SIMON AND TRUDI WEBB, Orchardists, Otago

PHILLIP HUNT, Sheep and beef farmer, Otago