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Fast-track to success 

• By Sasha Watson 

ANTHONY KUTOVOY is 

weeks away from the next step 

in a promising future in speed 

skating. 

The St Andrew’s College year 

11 student will compete in the 

junior world cup speed skating 

series in the Netherlands in late 

November and early December. 

After winning the national 

title for the sub junior men 

(under 15) division at the New 

Zealand open short track 

championship in Dunedin in 

September, he gained entry to 

the first two junior world cups. 

At these competitions, he will 

be seeking to qualify for a third 

junior world cup and the junior 

world championship, held in 

February 2024. 

“At the Dunedin competition, 

I also set a new record in the 

1000m distance for my age 

group,” said Anthony. 

“Since I’ve started skating, 

I have improved a lot . . . as 

well as being the New Zealand 

champion for my age group.” 

The 15-year-old is part of 

the Canterbury Alpine Ice 

Skating Club. He has been 

skating since 2019, originally 

for the Mainland Ice Racing 

Club before transferring to 

Canterbury Alpine in 2021. 

Said the Parklands resident: 

“One of the things that caught 

my eye with short track is the 

competitiveness and adrenaline 

of trying to hit your top speed 

and push your boundaries. 

“All while having to try to 

pass and block other skaters. I 

love skating because you get to 

CARVING OUT A FUTURE: Anthony Kutovoy (right) will compete in the junior world 

cup speed skating series in the Netherlands in late November and early December. 

compete overseas against other, 

like-minded people whose goal 

is like mine – to be the best version 

of myself.” 

Anthony said he is training 

six times a week with 

Canterbury Alpine coach Ben 

Whiteside. 

The first junior world cup 

is from November 26 to 

27. Anthony and his coach 

have self-funded flights for 

November 18, to train in 

the Netherlands for a week 

beforehand. 

“It is very hard to train in 

New Zealand with the very 

limited ice time and old equipment,” 

said Anthony. 

“(Speed skating) is very 

competitive and requires a lot of 

training and self-improvement, 

which results in a healthy 

lifestyle.” 

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A NEW right-turn arrow 

installed at a busy Hornby 

intersection is being described 

by Hornby Ward city councillor 

Mark Peters as “an absolute 

win and great work by the 

community”. 

The Greater Hornby 

Residents Association started 

advocating for a green arrow 

from Amyes Rd turning right 

into Shands Rd about five years 

ago. 

The push for the arrow 

came after the intersection’s 

traffic light poles had been 

hit by several vehicles and an 

18-month-long wait for a new 

pole to be installed prevailed. 

“The Hornby residents’ 

association has been advocating 

for that for a very long time 

and I as their councillor have 

been working on it in the 

background to pull it over the 

line and actually get it installed 

at the same time the new light 

pole went in,” Peters said. 

Peters said common sense 

prevailed in getting the turning 

arrow installed. 

“I said to them for goodness 

sake you’ve got to put the new 

right turn arrow at the same 

and they did.” 

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Roll on up and get Jemesa 

and Nadia to the games 


HOW DO taekwondo 

competitors become chefs? They 

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the right flavour. 

Canterbury University student 

Jemesa Landers will be taking 

orders for home-baked cheese 

rolls until tomorrow afternoon 

to help raise funds for her trip to 

the Taekwondo Pacific Games 

and Oceania Championships. 

The two competitions, both 

held in the Solomon Islands at 

the end of November, are fully 

self-funded for Landers and her 

coach, Nadia van Vliet. 

“I haven’t seen a cheese roll 

fundraiser for a long while, so 

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the trip. Everyone loves cheese 

rolls,” said Landers. 

“I am really looking forward 

to the championships – it’s taken 

a lot of planning and training 

and will be epic,” she said. 

“This will be the second time 

I represent (New Zealand) at the 

same international competition. 

“The last time I went was in 

2018, when I gained a bronze 

medal, so I am hoping for a 

similar or better result.” 

The 22-year-old has competed 

at several key competitions 

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the national team qualifier, the 

Kukkiwon Cup, held in Auckland 

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Landers goes to Kennedy’s 

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Wigram. After starting taekwondo 

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“The cup and games are the 

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said Landers. 

“It is a bit of a dream to 

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taekwondo – but it is a minority 

sport with little support. 

“It is an honour to represent 

New Zealand and I’m looking 

forward to pushing myself.” 

Landers said she has already 

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“There are even some rolls 

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community has really gotten 

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“You can purchase the rolls 

until Friday afternoon, which 

will be made with love in a foodsafe 

kitchen on the weekend,” 

she said. 

CHEESE PLEASE: Jemesa Landers is 

organising a cheese roll fundraiser to 

send herself and coach Nadia van Vliet 

(left) to the Taekwondo Pacific Games 

and Oceania Championships. 

“I can arrange a pickup 

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The cheese rolls will be frozen 

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“If cheese rolls aren’t your 

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• For more info or to 

order, contact Jemesa 

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CIARA GIBSON has just 

returned from representing New 

Zealand at an international Girl 

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Now, the 20-year-old 

Canterbury University student 

wants to see more girls step up to 

leadership positions. 

Gibson, who lives in Ilam, 

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Zealand representatives at the 

38th World Association of Girl 

Guiding and Girl Scouting world 

conference in Cyprus. 

About 400 delegates from 106 

countries attended the event 

to discuss strategy, policy and 

leadership at a global level, elect 

new world board members 

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workshops. 

Gibson said the conference 

connected her with other people 

around the world who are 

passionate about empowering 

young women. 

“But I also learned young 

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range of different opportunities 

compared to our peers in some 

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“Guides has inspired me over 

the years and has offered me 

a wonderful chance to really 

challenge myself and to learn 

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“I want to offer the same 

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GOING GLOBAL: Ciara Gibson was one of two New Zealand 

Girl Guide representatives at the world conference. 

girls and young women who 

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Gibson sits on the 

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leader representative, and was 

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advisory group, which focuses 

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She has also attained the 

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South Island region. 

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Gibson didn’t have to look 

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her grandfathers were involved 

in Scouting. She joined the 

organisation aged 7 as a Brownie. 

Her mum, Sharon, is still a 

Guide leader and her younger 

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Established in 1908, 

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“It’s a supportive place to grow 

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“Given its strong focus on 

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challenges girls and young 

women face in today’s society, 

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and young women can learn 

new skills, create lifelong 

connections, and nurture 

personal growth and confidence. 

“There’s still much more we 

need to do at home to encourage 

young Kiwi women to step 

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ourselves back.” 

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A previous online discussion 

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Between January 1, 2018, and 

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CROSSWORD 

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 

8 

9 10 

319 

SUDOKU 

Every row, column and box should 

contain the digits 1 to 9. 

WordBuilder 

WORDBUILDER 

219 

6 

P L P 

O E R 

11 12 

13 14 15 

16 17 18 19 

How many words of three or more letters, 

How including many plurals, words can you of make three from or the more six 

letters, using each letter only once? No foreign 

words or words beginning with a capital are 

allowed. There's at least one six-letter word. 

once? 

TODAY 

Good 11 Very Good 14 Excellent 18 

Solution 218: emir, eon, ion, ire, iron, men, MERINO, 

mien, min, mine, miner, minor, mire, moire, more, 

morn, nim, nor, norm, omen, one, ore, rein, rim, rime, 

word. 

roe. 

letters, including plurals, can you make 

from the six letters, using each only 

No words beginning with a capital are 

allowed. There’s at least one six-letter 

Good 8 Very Good 12 Excellent 17 

20 

21 22 23 

24 25 

26 27 

Across 

1. Worn away (6) 

4. Documents (6) 

9. Lawsuit (4) 

10. To begin with (10) 

11. Hindu festival of light (6) 

12. Perpendicular (8) 

13. Soldier of fortune (9) 

15. Stare (4) 

16. Bacteria (4) 

17. Caretaker (Fr) (9) 

21. Glade (8) 

22. Gently mocked (6) 

24. Tough luck (colloq) (4,6) 

25. Partly open (4) 

26. Move about violently (6) 

27. Boil with anger (6) 

Down 

1. Shifty (7) 

2. Musical drama (5) 

3. Feeling (7) 

5. Place where bees are kept (6) 

6. Wipe out (9) 

7. Fabric edge (7) 

8. Persuasive (6-7) 

14. Divisive culinary herb (9) 

16. Chivalrous (7) 

18. Road marker (4,3) 

19. Hand explosive (7) 

20. Wealth (6) 

23. Separate (5) 

Crossword 

Across: 1. Eroded, 4. 

Papers, 9. Case, 10. 

Originally, 11. Diwali, 12. 

Vertical, 13. Mercenary, 

15. Gaze, 16. Germ, 17. 

Concierge, 21. Clearing, 22. 

Teased, 24. Hard cheese, 

25. Ajar, 26. Thresh, 27. 

Seethe. 

Down: 1. Evasive, 2. Opera, 

3. Emotion, 5. Apiary, 6. 

Eradicate, 7. Selvage, 

8. Silver-tongued, 14. 

Coriander, 16. Gallant, 18. 

Cat’s eye, 19. Grenade, 20. 

Riches, 23. Apart. 

WordBuilder 

lop, lope, LOPPER, lore, 

ore, pep, per, plop, pole, 

pop, pope, pore, prep, pro, 

prop, PROPEL, rep, roe, 

role, rope 

DECODER 

Each number represents a different letter of the alphabet. Write the 

given letters into all squares with matching numbers. Now work out 

which letters are represented by the other numbers. 

Decoder 

Sudoku 

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