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THURSDAY, JULY <strong>11</strong>, <strong>2024</strong><br />
• By Sam Coughlan<br />
ARTISTIC SWIMMER Amelia<br />
McConnochie is preparing to<br />
set off for Peru for an historic<br />
competition.<br />
Villa Maria student Amelia,<br />
16, is a part of the first ever<br />
New Zealand team to compete<br />
at the biennial World Aquatics<br />
Artistic Swimming Junior<br />
Championships in Lima next<br />
month.<br />
She is the only member of the<br />
team from Canterbury.<br />
“It’s really cool I was able to be<br />
selected for this,” she said.<br />
“I hoped I would be when I<br />
trialled (in January) and I’ve<br />
been training ever since.”<br />
Amelia, who represents the<br />
Selwyn Artistic Swimming Club,<br />
first started in the sport almost<br />
10 years ago.<br />
While learning to swim at<br />
the Small Strokes Swim School<br />
in Rolleston, Amelia was<br />
introduced to the sport through<br />
teacher Joan Billing.<br />
“My old swim teacher<br />
had a syncro (synchronised<br />
swimming) club,” she said.<br />
She first competed for New<br />
Zealand as a 12-year-old,<br />
and last year attended the<br />
Pan Asia Artistic Swimming<br />
Championships in Hong Kong.<br />
She came away with two<br />
bronze medals in solo and team<br />
events, competing in the 16-18<br />
years age category.<br />
Amelia said the experience<br />
will help her when she gets to the<br />
Lima event.<br />
“It’s good to have that<br />
(experience), instead of going<br />
straight into a big international<br />
competition like this one.”<br />
Amelia’s life is devoted to<br />
swimming – she trains “five or<br />
six times a week”, often at the<br />
expense of her social life.<br />
“I think it’ll be worth it in the<br />
end. It can be quite tough.”<br />
She’s not aiming too high for<br />
the competition.<br />
“My coaches really want to get<br />
into finals, but I think it’d just be<br />
nice to do a good clean swim.<br />
“It’s going to be really<br />
exciting.”<br />
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Peru with the New Zealand team for the Artistic Swimming<br />
Junior Championships. PHOTO: CHANTELLE MURRAY<br />
New<br />
principal<br />
starts at<br />
Rangi Ruru<br />
• By Isabella Adams<br />
RANGI RURU Girls’ School<br />
welcomed its new principal this<br />
week.<br />
Tracy Herft<br />
joined the school<br />
on Monday,<br />
taking over from<br />
Dr Sandra Hastie<br />
who left at the end<br />
of last year.<br />
Originally<br />
from Melbourne, Tracy Herft<br />
Herft was deputy<br />
principal at Strathcona Girls<br />
Grammar, where she previously<br />
held positions as acting principal,<br />
head of mathematics and dean of<br />
studies.<br />
She is looking forward to the<br />
transition from deputy to principal.<br />
“There is a mix of excitement<br />
and determination in taking<br />
on the role of principal, and I<br />
am looking forward to having<br />
a pivotal role in shaping the<br />
experiences of our Rangi Ruru<br />
students,” she said.<br />
Herft said she hasn’t spent much<br />
time in Christchurch yet, but<br />
has already noticed similarities<br />
between the Garden City and<br />
Melbourne.<br />
“Arts, sport, food, and of<br />
course, some of the weather.<br />
“Christchurch has a real buzz<br />
to it, and its surroundings are so<br />
naturally beautiful. I am looking<br />
forward to exploring more of the<br />
region.”<br />
Herft will be the <strong>11</strong>th principal<br />
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Thursday <strong>July</strong> <strong>11</strong> <strong>2024</strong> 3<br />
Wandering Larry’s celebrity status<br />
• By Kate Paterson<br />
ON THE Thursday before<br />
Easter, Maria Kennedy, checkout<br />
manager at Bishopdale New<br />
World, noticed an unexpected<br />
guest on the store’s doorstep.<br />
A tabby cat was sitting right<br />
outside, enjoying pats from<br />
passing customers.<br />
After a couple of hours, a<br />
worried woman told Kennedy<br />
she was taking the cat to the<br />
vet, fearing he was either lost or<br />
homeless.<br />
The supermarket was closed<br />
the following day, Good Friday,<br />
but when Kennedy returned<br />
on Easter Saturday, the cat was<br />
back.<br />
“He came back the next day,<br />
which was the Saturday and<br />
then he just started to appear all<br />
the time,” Kennedy said.<br />
Messages about the cat<br />
streamed onto the Bishopdale<br />
community Facebook page.<br />
Members were eager to find<br />
their new mate’s owner, if he had<br />
one, and make sure he made it<br />
home safely each day.<br />
Worried about him walking<br />
out in front of cars, a few<br />
concerned community members<br />
took him to a nearby vet clinic.<br />
The mystery cat wound up<br />
there seven times over the<br />
next fortnight, becoming well<br />
acquainted with clinic staff.<br />
But the cat was not lost or<br />
homeless. He had a very loving<br />
home and an owner who was<br />
starting to get sick of collecting<br />
him from the vet.<br />
Three weeks after the cat’s<br />
first appearance at New World,<br />
he arrived wearing a collar<br />
engraved with the name “Larry”,<br />
and a phone number for the<br />
owner.<br />
“When I got into work, he had<br />
a wee collar on. I rang the owner,<br />
and he said Larry’s not homeless,<br />
and doesn’t need people to take<br />
him to the vet, he just comes<br />
visiting,” Kennedy said.<br />
The man who answered<br />
Kennedy’s phone call was James<br />
Cole, an engineer at Air New<br />
Zealand, and the owner of the<br />
wandering cat.<br />
ROAMING: James Cole’s cat Larry has been a daily visitor at Bishopdale New World since<br />
Easter and has become a minor celebrity.<br />
PHOTOS: KATE PATERSON<br />
“I got a call from the vet, so I<br />
went and picked him up. And<br />
then another day I got home<br />
delivery from a veterinary<br />
nurse”, said Cole who lives a<br />
few streets down from the New<br />
World, across Harewood Rd.<br />
Cole hoped Larry’s collar<br />
would put locals’ minds at<br />
ease but it quickly led to<br />
multiple phone calls a day<br />
from concerned community<br />
members.<br />
“When someone rings, it will<br />
come up with a number that I<br />
don’t recognise. They’ll say, ‘I’m<br />
so and so’, and I’ll break in the<br />
conversation and say, ‘you’ve<br />
got Larry at New World, haven’t<br />
you?’”<br />
Messages about Larry are<br />
still flooding the Bishopdale<br />
community Facebook page, with<br />
one user commenting “Larry for<br />
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“Honest to god, he’s a<br />
celebrity,” said Kennedy.<br />
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Lego ‘fun park’<br />
vision nets awards<br />
TWO PRIMARY school pupils<br />
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competition.<br />
The Build for Change competition<br />
was created by Imagination<br />
Station and the Christchurch<br />
Brick Show.<br />
Tasked with the challenge of<br />
solving a community issue, pupils<br />
used Lego to arrive at creative<br />
solutions.<br />
Jacob York, 10, and Noah Heise,<br />
10, from St Albans Primary took<br />
first place with their ‘fun park’<br />
vision for the red zone.<br />
They are looking forward to<br />
having their exhibit on display<br />
this weekend at the Christchurch<br />
Brick Show at Wolfbrook Arena.<br />
“Our project is titled ‘Future<br />
versus past battle’. It features two<br />
ships, one from the future with<br />
atomic weapons and zappers, and<br />
an old pirate ship with a cannon<br />
and a plank,” said Noah.<br />
Jacob said the idea was to create<br />
a playground for the red zone,<br />
inspired by the pair’s collective<br />
love of pirates and carnivals.<br />
“It’s really fun, and for the most<br />
part we built it using only our<br />
imaginations,” he said.<br />
The pair recently exhibited<br />
their work at Tūranga, where<br />
they won the people’s choice<br />
award as well.<br />
“I was just really surprised . . .<br />
and happy,” said Jacob.<br />
“We’ve both been using Lego<br />
for as long as we can remember,<br />
probably since we were fouryears-old.”<br />
Jacob and Noah belong to the<br />
school’s Lego club, which now has<br />
close to 60 pupils.<br />
“We fundraised to buy the Lego<br />
for the competition,” said supervising<br />
teacher Sam Pelham.<br />
“We wanted to enter multiple<br />
teams in the Build for Change<br />
competition. The school hosted<br />
a colour run fundraiser, and our<br />
PTA kindly donated $1000 of the<br />
proceeds for Lego. It’s been really<br />
FIRST<br />
PLACE:<br />
Jacob<br />
York (left)<br />
and Noah<br />
Heise<br />
with their<br />
awardwinning<br />
Lego<br />
build.<br />
amazing to see the students following<br />
their passion.”<br />
Noah said his favourite thing<br />
about the pair’s build is “all<br />
the different stories” contained<br />
within it.<br />
“The guy at the cannon we’ve<br />
called Dynamite Joe . . . I really<br />
like just being able to open up my<br />
mind and build something new.”<br />
Jacob agreed.<br />
“We work really well together,<br />
and we just brainstorm and build<br />
as we go . . . we’re really happy<br />
with the end result.”<br />
The school is already eying<br />
up its next project – Waitākiri<br />
School’s ‘Brick by Brick’ show in<br />
September.<br />
Māori teen picked<br />
to face Hawaii side<br />
• By Sam Coughlan<br />
A VILLA Maria student will<br />
represent her heritage at the<br />
Hawaiian International Football<br />
Festival.<br />
Hannah Hoare, 16, who plays<br />
for Selwyn United’s senior<br />
women’s side, will represent<br />
Māori Football Aotearoa’s<br />
under-20s against Hawaii in a<br />
three-match series.<br />
Hannah’s call-up comes after<br />
her recovery from a torn ACL,<br />
which she suffered last year, just<br />
a month before what would have<br />
been her first appearance for the<br />
Māori side.<br />
She has previously represented<br />
South Island Māori U16 and<br />
U18.<br />
Late last year, while still<br />
recovering, Hannah learned she<br />
would be selected to travel with<br />
the team this year.<br />
“I think it drove me to work<br />
harder and put more effort into<br />
it to make sure I was ready,” she<br />
said.<br />
Hannah, who is Ngāi Tahu,<br />
said she’s enjoyed being able<br />
to connect with her heritage<br />
through the team.<br />
“I haven’t been so connected<br />
with it so being a part of Māori<br />
football has really connected me<br />
more,” she said.<br />
“We just look at how special<br />
our whenua is, our land and our<br />
ancestors, just along those lines.”<br />
Thursday <strong>July</strong> <strong>11</strong> <strong>2024</strong><br />
KEEPER: Hannah Hoare<br />
representing South Island<br />
Māori U18 last year.<br />
PHOTO: MĀORI FOOTBALL<br />
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Hannah is one of the youngest<br />
members of the team, but said<br />
her experience playing senior<br />
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United since she was 14 would<br />
help.<br />
“I’ve been with a lot of older<br />
players for a while, so I’m not<br />
really worried about that.”<br />
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Thursday <strong>July</strong> <strong>11</strong> <strong>2024</strong> 5<br />
Tight tussle for final spot in playoffs<br />
• By Sam Coughlan<br />
TWO TEAMS have secured spots<br />
in the Miles Toyota Premiership<br />
semi-finals as the competition<br />
breaks for the school holidays.<br />
Frontrunners Nelson College<br />
and defending champions<br />
Christchurch Boys’ High will<br />
finish in the top four, with a host<br />
of teams lining up to join them<br />
with two rounds to go.<br />
Boys’ High coach Rhys<br />
Archibald said he was happy to<br />
have secured a semi-final spot.<br />
“That’s what we were aiming<br />
for. Hopefully we can win one of<br />
our last two games and secure a<br />
home semi, it’ll be a bit nicer.”<br />
Following them are St Thomas,<br />
who have a seven point buffer to<br />
fifth-placed St Bede’s and look<br />
set to join Nelson and Boys’ High<br />
in the playoffs, needing one win<br />
from their final two games.<br />
Currently in fourth place is<br />
Christ’s College – who are just<br />
three points ahead of St Bede’s,<br />
and the two teams will go headto-head<br />
in the penultimate round<br />
after the break.<br />
Christ’s College head coach<br />
Reuben Thorne said it would be a<br />
huge game.<br />
“They (St Bede’s) look to have<br />
had a bit of a slow start, but they<br />
look like they’re playing really well<br />
at the moment.<br />
“Our guys are well aware of the<br />
situation. If we win, then we’ll stay<br />
in the top four, if we lose, then it<br />
PACE: Christ College’s PJ Palamo on the charge with Franklin Barry in support against St<br />
Andrew’s College.<br />
PHOTOS: CHRIST’S COLLEGE<br />
makes that next game afterwards<br />
super vital. It sort of takes that<br />
destiny out of our hands, so it’s a<br />
big one for us.”<br />
Thorne said his side would be<br />
looking for more consistency at<br />
the business end of the season.<br />
“At times we’ve played some<br />
really fantastic rugby. If anything<br />
we want to find a way of being<br />
more consistent, and particularly<br />
finishing games off well.<br />
“We’re in control now. We’re<br />
not chasing or relying on other<br />
results. If we can try and win<br />
those games, then we’ll stay in<br />
that top four.”<br />
Marlborough Boys’ College<br />
are level on points with St Bede’s,<br />
although they have an inferior<br />
points difference.<br />
Shirley Boys’ High and St<br />
Andrew’s are still in the fight,<br />
sitting five and seven points<br />
outside the playoffs as things<br />
stand.<br />
They will square off in the first<br />
STEPPING: Luke Woodwiss<br />
looks for space to run into.<br />
Miles Toyota Premiership<br />
round 7<br />
Nelson College 40 St<br />
Thomas 14; Christchurch<br />
BHS 46 Marlborough<br />
BC 14; Shirley BHS 34<br />
Timaru BHS 26; St Bede’s<br />
71 Selwyn Combined 12;<br />
St Andrew’s 25 Christ’s<br />
College 19<br />
Points<br />
Nelson 35; CBHS 30; St<br />
Thomas 26; Christ’s 22; St<br />
Bede’s 19; Marlborough<br />
19; Shirley 17; STAC 15;<br />
Timaru 2; Selwyn 1<br />
game after the break in what is<br />
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Thursday <strong>July</strong> <strong>11</strong> <strong>2024</strong><br />
continuing education<br />
It’s all on in Term 3! New courses<br />
and exciting events at Risingholme<br />
A new line-up of courses and events<br />
are on the way at Risingholme, offering<br />
a range of opportunities to expand your<br />
knowledge and flex your creative muscles.<br />
As part of our 80th anniversary celebrations<br />
we are thrilled to present our free taster<br />
programme ‘Have a Go’ Day which will<br />
be running between 19-25 August. These<br />
mostly 1-hour sessions are a great way to<br />
try something new in a supportive smallgroup<br />
environment without having to pay<br />
for a full course. The tasters span our course<br />
offerings and a full timetable and booking<br />
link is available on our website. Terms and<br />
conditions apply.<br />
Following this we are celebrating the<br />
best of our creative learners with a public<br />
art exhibition on the weekend of 14-15<br />
September. Rise Up: Celebrating 80 years<br />
of Creativity at Risingholme showcases a<br />
curated collection of works made by tutors<br />
and learners at Risingholme. Covering<br />
a range of media from painting, pottery,<br />
patchwork, textiles, wood sculpture and<br />
more, Rise Up is a chance to celebrate<br />
artistic achievement, empower and support<br />
emerging artists, and contribute to the<br />
wellbeing of our community through a<br />
meaningful engagement with art. Visitors<br />
will also have the opportunity to support<br />
local artists by purchasing their work. If<br />
you would like to exhibit your work and fit<br />
the eligibility criteria, submit an entry from<br />
by the 19th <strong>July</strong>. Entry forms are available<br />
from the 80th Anniversary Events tab on<br />
our website.<br />
New courses are also on the menu for<br />
Term 3! Take a food journey across the<br />
globe with our newly launched Tastes<br />
from Around the World cooking course.<br />
Developed in partnership with the team<br />
behind Share Kai and Kōrero, this 6-week<br />
course will introduce you to the cuisines<br />
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through a series of traditional dishes that<br />
capture the diversity of each cuisine. From<br />
momos (dumplings) through to hearty<br />
stews, flavoursome rice dishes, injera (a<br />
sourdough pancake) and more, this exciting<br />
new course will expand your culinary<br />
horizons and familiarise you with the<br />
cuisines and cultures of some of Ōtautahi’s<br />
ethnic migrant communities.<br />
Music enthusiasts will be thrilled with<br />
our new Introduction to Piano/Keyboard<br />
course which will teach you the basics of<br />
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the confidence to want to learn further.<br />
Keyboards will be provided during each<br />
class, so anyone is welcome to join!<br />
To see our full course offerings,<br />
events, and to enrol, visit our website<br />
www.risingholme.org.nz or call us at<br />
03 332 7359.<br />
WEA Term 3: Food for Thought<br />
The Canterbury WEA has a long<br />
history of engaging citizens in debate and<br />
discussion about the issues of the day.<br />
Glance at the Term 3 programme and<br />
you will see that this is still very much<br />
alive today. Alongside up-lifting and<br />
enriching workshops in arts, crafts, music<br />
and writing they offer a range of thought<br />
provoking and sometimes challenging<br />
talks and discussions.<br />
Join Margaret Taylor to view then<br />
discuss “The Power of Activism”. Young<br />
Australian climate activists feature in a<br />
documentary that moves beyond critique<br />
of the world’s inaction on climate change.<br />
Instead, it celebrates the example set by<br />
this group of gutsy future-proofers, while<br />
Regular physical activity is key to<br />
wellbeing over the Winter months. Our<br />
Night Class Programme has Pilates<br />
and Yoga (both accredited through the<br />
Community Group Strength and Balance<br />
Programme) and Tai Chi to keep you active<br />
this Winter.<br />
Being creative also keeps us active, think<br />
Music, Watercolour Painting, Stone Carving<br />
or Basket Weaving. Learning a new skill<br />
keeps us active too, why not try Knitting,<br />
Photography or Sign Language?<br />
Eating well is also vital for Winter<br />
wellbeing. We offer a variety of cooking<br />
classes to suit every taste, the perfect way<br />
to bring some fresh variety to your menu.<br />
New in Term 3 is Easy Weeknight Meals<br />
putting a dollar value on their work.<br />
Thursday 25 <strong>July</strong>; 3.30-5.30pm, koha.<br />
Peace & Disarmament: Remembering<br />
the Past to Protect the Future. Lucy<br />
Stewart will discuss the importance of a<br />
peace and disarmament approach to global<br />
tensions. Monday 5 August; 12.45-2.15pm,<br />
koha.<br />
Human Nature since the dawn of time is<br />
also explored in two 5 week courses with<br />
Michael Couch.<br />
Find a learning pathway to suit<br />
your timetable, budget and learning<br />
approach. See www.cwea.org.nz/courses<br />
for these and so much more.<br />
All courses held at 59 Gloucester Street<br />
unless otherwise stated.<br />
Term 3 Night Classes at<br />
Papanui High School<br />
- guaranteed to bring some quick, tasty<br />
goodness to your winter meals!<br />
Term 3 courses begin week of 29 <strong>July</strong>. For<br />
the complete list of courses and to enroll,<br />
visit our website, https://www.papanui.<br />
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Thursday <strong>July</strong> <strong>11</strong> <strong>2024</strong> 7<br />
Adding ginger for<br />
warmth in winter<br />
Ginger’s warming magic makes these ginger kisses in a lined muffin tray,<br />
it a great edition over the winter simply because it’s easier and tidier than<br />
months, writes Penelope Maguire piping on to oven trays and sandwiching<br />
with butter cream, but you can do that too.<br />
Topped with fluffy ginger buttercream and<br />
glacé ginger, these pack a gingery punch.<br />
Pear and ginger layer cake with<br />
chocolate ganache<br />
This is a beautiful<br />
cake that is<br />
reminiscent of<br />
sticky ginger toffee<br />
pudding (and is<br />
equally good served<br />
warm with vanilla<br />
ice cream) but is<br />
re-imagined as a<br />
sophisticated layer<br />
cake sandwiched<br />
between rich dark<br />
chocolate ganache.<br />
Ingredients<br />
340g butter<br />
1½ cups firmly packed brown sugar<br />
1½ cups golden syrup (540g)<br />
3 ¾ cups flour (450g)<br />
2 Tbsp ground ginger<br />
2 tsp ground cinnamon<br />
1½ tsp baking powder<br />
1½ tsp baking soda<br />
½ tsp salt<br />
1½ cups of milk (375ml)<br />
3 eggs, lightly whisked<br />
4 large ripe pears, sliced<br />
Method<br />
• Preheat oven to 180°C and grease and line<br />
two deep 20cm cake tins.<br />
• Melt butter, brown sugar and golden syrup<br />
in a saucepan until smooth and combined.<br />
• With a whisk, stir together flour, salt,<br />
ginger and cinnamon then sift in the baking<br />
powder and baking soda in a large bowl.<br />
• Mix eggs and milk in a separate bowl.<br />
Then very gently combine the eggs and milk<br />
with the dry ingredients and butter/sugar<br />
mixture in the large bowl, folding until<br />
combined. It should be a reasonably wet<br />
mixture.<br />
• Pour batter into the cake tins and top with<br />
sliced pear, then bake for 50-60 minutes<br />
until a skewer comes out clean.<br />
• Allow to cool in pan for 20 minutes before<br />
turning out on to a cake rack and allowing<br />
to cool completely before layering together<br />
with the whipped chocolate ganache (see<br />
below).<br />
Whipped chocolate ganache<br />
Ingredients<br />
375g 70% dark chocolate, finely<br />
chopped<br />
1½ cups cream<br />
Method<br />
• Place the finely chopped dark chocolate in<br />
a heatproof bowl.<br />
• In a saucepan, heat the cream until it<br />
barely comes to a simmer, but do not let it<br />
boil.<br />
• Pour the heated cream over the chopped<br />
chocolate. Let it sit for about 2-3 minutes to<br />
soften the chocolate.<br />
• Gently stir the chocolate and cream<br />
together until the chocolate is completely<br />
melted and the mixture is smooth and<br />
glossy.<br />
• Allow the ganache to cool completely in<br />
the fridge then whip in an electric mixer on<br />
high till doubled in size before topping each<br />
cake and sandwiching together.<br />
Triple ginger and<br />
cardamom kisses<br />
Similar to the classic; however, I like to do<br />
Ingredients<br />
Makes 12 medium cupcakes<br />
2 cups flour (240g)<br />
¾ tsp baking soda<br />
¾ tsp baking powder<br />
3 Tbsp ground ginger<br />
2 tsp ground cardamom<br />
1 tsp ground cinnamon<br />
<strong>11</strong>5g butter, softened<br />
¾ cup white sugar (150g)<br />
4 Tbsp golden syrup<br />
3 large eggs<br />
½ cup milk<br />
Ginger butter cream and<br />
glacé ginger to serve<br />
Instructions<br />
• Preheat your oven to 180°C. Grease and<br />
line a 12-cupcake tin with paper liners.<br />
• In a large mixing bowl, cream together<br />
the softened butter, sugar and golden syrup<br />
until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a<br />
time, beating after each addition.<br />
• In a medium bowl, sift together the flour,<br />
ground ginger, ground cardamom, ground<br />
cinnamon, baking soda and baking powder.<br />
Set aside.<br />
• Gradually add the dry ingredients to the<br />
butter mixture, add milk and mix until just<br />
combined.<br />
• Spoon the batter into the prepared muffin<br />
tin, filling each cup about ⅔ full.<br />
• Bake in the preheated oven for 18-20<br />
minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into<br />
the centre of the cake comes out clean.<br />
• Allow the muffins to cool in the tin for a<br />
few minutes before transferring them to a<br />
wire rack to cool completely. Then pipe on<br />
big dollops of the buttercream (see below)<br />
and top with glacé ginger.<br />
Ginger buttercream<br />
Ingredients<br />
225g softened butter<br />
4 cups icing sugar, sifted<br />
1 tsp ground ginger<br />
1 tsp vanilla extract<br />
2-3 Tbsp milk or cream<br />
Method<br />
• With the whisk attachment, beat softened<br />
butter on medium speed until smooth<br />
and creamy and gradually add icing sugar,<br />
beating on low, then medium speed until<br />
well combined.<br />
• Add salt and vanilla extract, beat until<br />
combined.<br />
• Add cream or milk, one tablespoon at a<br />
time, until desired consistency is reached.<br />
• Beat on medium-high speed for 3-5<br />
minutes until light and fluffy.<br />
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Overall points out of 10: 8<br />
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Tyre rumble, especially on<br />
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Every row, column and box should<br />
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256<br />
6<br />
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R F A<br />
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16<br />
17 18<br />
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How many words of three or more letters,<br />
How including many plurals, words can you of make three from or the more six<br />
letters, using each letter only once? No foreign<br />
words or words beginning with a capital are<br />
from allowed. the There's six letters, at least one using six-letter each word. only<br />
once? TODAY Good 17 Very Good 26 Excellent 36<br />
Solution 255: aeon, age, ago, anger, are, argon, ear,<br />
earn, ego, eon, era, erg, ergo, gar, gean, gear, gen,<br />
goer, gone, goner, gore, gran, groan, nag, near, nog,<br />
nor, oar, ogre, ONAGER, one, ORANGE, ore, organ,<br />
word.<br />
rag, rage, ran, rang, range, roan, roe.<br />
letters, including plurals, can you make<br />
No words beginning with a capital are<br />
allowed. There’s at least one six-letter<br />
Good 17 Very Good 26 Excellent 36<br />
25 26<br />
27 28<br />
29 30<br />
31 32<br />
33 34<br />
Across<br />
1. Cheerful (6)<br />
5. Endure (6)<br />
10. Come to light (7)<br />
<strong>11</strong>. Spread from (7)<br />
12. Astounded (6)<br />
15. Sequence (6)<br />
16. Dedicated (7)<br />
17. Simple (4)<br />
18. Small valley (4)<br />
19. Spear (7)<br />
20. Dodge, avoid (4)<br />
22. Dull pain (4)<br />
25. Abundant (7)<br />
27. Plaid (6)<br />
28. Position (6)<br />
31. Twinkle (7)<br />
32. Caution (7)<br />
33. Free (6)<br />
34. Detective (6)<br />
Decoder<br />
Down<br />
2. Maybe (7)<br />
3. Overjoyed (6)<br />
4. Adolescent (abbr) (4)<br />
5. Stalk (4)<br />
6. Imperfect (6)<br />
7. Shifty (7)<br />
8. Abscond (6)<br />
9. Ship (6)<br />
13. 10-sided figure (7)<br />
14. Clique (7)<br />
15. Solemn (7)<br />
20. Loathe (6)<br />
21. Pirate (7)<br />
23. Comprise (7)<br />
24. Vigour (6)<br />
25. Coffin (6)<br />
26. Deprive of food (6)<br />
29. Military dining room (4)<br />
30. Possesses (4)<br />
Crossword<br />
Across: 1. Upbeat, 5. Suffer,<br />
10. Surface, <strong>11</strong>. Emanate,<br />
12. Amazed, 15. Series,<br />
16. Devoted, 17. Easy, 18.<br />
Dell, 19. Javelin, 20. Duck,<br />
22. Ache, 25. Copious, 27.<br />
Tartan, 28. Stance, 31.<br />
Sparkle, 32. Warning, 33.<br />
Gratis, 34. Sleuth.<br />
Down: 2. Perhaps, 3. Elated,<br />
4. Teen, 5. Stem, 6. Flawed,<br />
7. Evasive, 8. Escape, 9.<br />
Vessel, 13. Decagon, 14.<br />
Coterie, 15. Serious, 20.<br />
Detest, 21. Corsair, 23.<br />
Consist, 24. Energy, 25.<br />
Casket, 26. Starve, 29. Mess,<br />
30. Owns.<br />
WordBuilder<br />
act, actor, aft, arc, arco, art,<br />
car, cart, cat, coat, cor, cot,<br />
craft, croft, fact, FACTOR,<br />
far, faro, fat, for, fora, fort,<br />
frat, fro, oaf, oar, oat, oca,<br />
orc, orca, ort, raft, rat, roc,<br />
rot, taco, tar, taro, tor, torc.<br />
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