Nor'West News: April 18, 2024

Thursday April 18 2024 5
cancer campaign
To help inspire Kiwis to get
involved in the breakfast
fundraiser campaign, Two Raw
Sisters are offering Pink Ribbon
Breakfast Club members a
limited-time free subscription to
their app and sharing a number of
their delectable recipes. Here’s one
of them:
Two Raw Sisters’ Chocolate
Raspberry Mug Cakes
Simply mix all of the ingredients
in a mug and bake for 20 minutes.
The end result is a fudge chocolate
raspberry cake loaded with melted
chocolate chunks and served with
a big scoop of ice cream.
Serves: 2
Time: 10 minutes
Ingredients:
1/4 cup rolled oats (use brown rice
flakes if GF)
2 tbsp flour (use buckwheat flour
if GF)
1/2 banana, mashed
2 tbsp of dark chocolate, roughly
chopped
2 tbsp cacao powder
1 tbsp maple syrup
1 tsp vanilla bean paste or extract
3/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 cup plant-based or dairy milk
1/2 cup raspberries, fresh or
frozen
1/2 tsp of sea salt
To serve:
2 scoops of plant based or dairy
ice cream
Method:
• Preheat the oven to 180°C.
• Add all of the ingredients to an
oven proof mug and mix until
well combined.
• Place in the oven and cook for
20-25 minutes.
• Serve straight out of the oven
with a scoop of ice cream for
dessert.
– Recipe from Two Raw
Sisters App. Get more recipes by
downloading on App Store or
Google Play.
League tournament about
growing love for the game
• By Will Evans
NGĀ PUNA Wai played host
to Canterbury Rugby League’s
innovative Backyard Footy
primary school tournament
last week, bringing together 42
teams from 26 schools – with
an unprecedented 400-plus kids
participating in partnership with
Primary Sports Canterbury.
Backyard Footy is six-a-side
rugby league with modified
rule to encourage high player
involvement and exciting, freeflowing
10-minute long games.
“Backyard Footy is all about
kids getting their hands on a
rugby league ball and having
fun,” CRL director of football
Jamie Lester said.
“We want the kids that already
play rugby league to continue
their love for the game and for
the kids experiencing rugby
league for the first time to create
a love for rugby league.
“Games are six versus six,
played on a small field so all
players are heavily involved, and
games are action-packed.
“There are no scrums, and
minimal kicks or stoppages in
play.
“We don’t give out medals or
trophies to the winners. Instead,
we encourage a great attitude
and your best effort. That’s the
message from Canterbury Rugby
League and Primary Sport
Canterbury.”
After 24 teams featured in the
2023 edition, this year’s tournament
included 12 year 5 and 6
teams, 26 sides in the year 7 and
8 boys grade and four year 7
and 8 girls teams, the first time
all-girl teams have played in this
age-group.
Schools from all corners of the
wider Christchurch area entered
teams, while Canterbury Rugby
League’s burgeoning relationship
with West Coast Rugby League
– Greymouth Greyhounds made
their CRL Men’s Premiership
debut last weekend – further
reflected by Grey Main School
youngsters making the trip over.
“It was so great to see so many
kids playing around 100 games
throughout the day at Ngā Puna
Wai,” Lester said.
“It was cool to have four allgirls
teams which was a new
addition this year. Most girls
were trying rugby league for
the first time, so we did a ‘how
to play’ coaching session with
them.
“Seeing so many smiling faces
throughout the day was truly
rewarding,’’ he said.
– Canterbury Rugby League
Sorry we’re in your way
Expect delays in
Bishopdale
We’re working on and around Harewood Road between 25 March and early
May. We’re doing investigation work to plan our approach for future projects.
Temporary traffic changes include:
• Intersection closures
• On street parking loss
• Stop/go signals
• Detours
We know road works are disruptive for you. We’ll work hard to minimise the impacts
and keep traffic flowing.
Find out more
ccc.govt.nz/bishopdale-works
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Ngā mihi nui, thanks for your patience.