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Express Tribune
04-07-2025
- Sport
- Express Tribune
Pakistan netball team wins Asian Youth Girls Netball Championship 2025
Pakistan's youth netball team wrapped up an unbeaten campaign by overpowering Maldives 60-35 in the final of the Asian Youth Girls Netball Championship 2025 (Plate Division Cup) on July 4. The dominant performance at Jeonju Hwasan Gymnasium saw Pakistan control the match from the opening whistle, sealing their seventh consecutive win in the tournament and lifting the title without a single defeat. Pakistan opened strong, taking a commanding 17-5 lead by the end of the first quarter. Their advantage grew steadily through the match, with the scoreboard reading 34-17 at halftime and 45-23 by the third quarter. Maldives were never able to close the gap, with Pakistan maintaining composure and pace throughout. BREAKING: Pakistan defeated Maldives by 60-35 goals in the plate final of Asian Youth Girls Netball Championship 2025 in South Korea! 🇵🇰✨💚 — Muneeb Farrukh (@Muneeb313_) July 4, 2025 The squad featuring Leya Raza Shah, Alisha Naveed, Sumayya Kouser, Haleema, Jasmine Farooq, Sumayya, Alina, Amani, Parisa and Farah Rasheed delivered a balanced and disciplined performance, with each player contributing to the team's success. The final concluded a week-long competition, held under the Asian Netball Federation, which ran from June 27 to July 4 in Jeonju. Pakistan's victory in the Plate Division adds to the country's growing reputation in youth sports across the region. Pakistan 🇵🇰defeated Maldives 🇲🇻 by 60-35 in the plate final of Asian Youth Girls Netball Championship in South Korea. Pakistan remained unbeaten in the tournament.#Netball | #GreenTeam | #OurGameOurPassion | #KhelKaJunoon — Green Team (@GreenTeam1992) July 4, 2025 Officials from the Pakistan Netball Federation, including Chairman Mudassir Arian, President Sameen Malik, and Secretary General Muhammad Riaz, extended congratulations to the team, calling the win a proud moment for the sport in Pakistan. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif also extended his congratulations to the team, calling it a 'great milestone' for women's sports in Pakistan. Shabash 👏🏻 Pakistan 🇵🇰 wins the Asian Youth Girls Netball Championship 2025. A proud moment for the entire nation and yet another great milestone for 🇵🇰women in sports! Special appreciation for staying undefeated throughout the tournament! Very well played! — Shehbaz Sharif (@CMShehbaz) July 4, 2025 The result marks a high point for Pakistan's youth programme, with hopes that the success will serve as a foundation for further growth in women's netball both at home and internationally.
Edinburgh Live
27-06-2025
- Business
- Edinburgh Live
Popular East Lothian cafe to close due to 'rising costs and challenging demands'
Our community members are treated to special offers, promotions and adverts from us and our partners. You can check out at any time. More info A popular East Lothian seaside town cafe is set to close permanently due to rising costs and challenging daily demands. Goose on the Green, in Gullane, will close for good on Sunday as the team took to social media to make the difficult announcement. Julie, the owner of the cafe, wrote on Facebook on Thursday and admitted although the decision to close was not an easy one, it "feels like the right one." She thanked staff and customers who have worked at and visited the cafe over the years, saying the team have met some "wonderful people and made lasting memories." She wrote: "Dear Friends and Loyal Customers, this Sunday marks our last day at Goose on the Green. After much thought we have decided that it is time to close our doors. Rising costs and the daily demands have become increasingly challenging, and while this was not an easy decision, it feels like the right one. "We opened this cafe to bring warmth, quality coffee, and scrumptious food to Gullane. Along the way we've met wonderful people and made lasting memories. Your support, laughter, and friendship have made this journey incredibly rewarding. Join Edinburgh Live's Whatsapp Community here and get the latest news sent straight to your messages. "Thank you all, sincerely, for being part of our story. We will dearly miss seeing your smiling faces (and waggy tails) each day but we will treasure the memories that we have created together. Pop in if you can before Sunday, we would love to say goodbye in person. "With heartfelt gratitude, Julie and the Goose on the Green Team. "P.S. A very special thank you goes to Kevin, our talented patisserie chef, who has been with us for 7 incredible years. Kevin's hard work and dedication brought you (and your furry friends) all of the wonderful cakes, pastries, soups, sandwiches, and much more. He has truly been our rockstar. "We also want to extend a deep thanks to all the wonderful staff that we've had over the years." Customers were quick to leave supportive comments and express sadness following the news. One wrote: "We will definitely miss you. Always looked forward to our bacon rolls after a swim on Saturdays. Wishing all the best." A second added: "So sorry to read this but it's important you make right decision for you. Good luck with whatever comes next and know that'll you will be missed very muchly!"
Yahoo
18-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Delight for Twomey after maiden Royal Ascot winner
They say you always remember your first, and the old saying rings truer than ever at a place like Royal Ascot. Paddy Twomey's first winner at the meeting was certainly one he, or many others, won't forget as Carmers retained his unbeaten status by powering to victory in the Queen's Vase. Advertisement It was perhaps a sign of what might be to come, as much as the win itself, with the three-year-old now touted as a potential Gold Cup contender having lowered the Queen's Vase course record on a sweltering Wednesday. Carmers stepped up after wins at Ballinrobe and Navan in May, and Twomey hopes it is a trajectory that continues. 'He is a horse that was just ready to run this spring,' he said. 'He was a little bit immature in Ballinrobe but he put up a more polished performance in Navan and he has built on that again today. 'He is a strong horse who is taking training well. He has responded every time I have stepped up and asked him a question. I'd like to think he will keep improving. 'I've never had a runner in the Gold Cup, if he is the one that brings me there I'd be happy with that. Advertisement 'He is obviously going to have an entry in the St Leger; we will see. He has ran three times, won three times, and hopefully he continues doing that. 'We have nice horses and good owners, and it's fantastic to be able to come here with them.' It was a Green Team double act in the second race of the day, as Co. Tipperary's Twomey teamed up with Limerick man Billy Lee, who guided Carmers home with some style. Lee stuck to the rail and Carmers had the legs and the heart to carry himself home to an impressive victory. 'The race went to plan all the way,' said Lee. 'Carmers jumped well and had a great position. I was able to just hack away, but I got him rolling early from five out just to get him going forward; he takes a while to build up a head of steam and I knew he would stay well. 'I wanted to stretch them, so I was always going to try to make it a stamina test. You can see him there pricking his ears going to the line, just doing enough. Advertisement 'Staying was always going to be a forte of his. He is so laid back, he wouldn't pass out the dog at home. 'He is just that type of character and saves plenty. I knew when I got stuck into him he'd keep finding.' 'It is great for the Irish lads to be riding winners here. Paddy is a big part now of my career and it's great to deliver his first Royal Ascot winner. Hopefully, this is the first of many.' There was further Irish success as Aidan O'Brien picked up yet another winner, this time a first triumph in the Queen Mary Stakes as True Love conquered the heat with Ryan Moore on board. It was a second winner of the meeting for the O'Brien and Moore combination, after Gstaad won the Coventry Stakes on Tuesday, and the Ballydoyle man hinted at more to come. Advertisement 'She is a big, mature, strong filly; walking around the ring, she was like a four-year-old, and that's not making little of anything else,' he said. 'She is just so big, mature and scopey. She is something to look forward to.' The day rounded off with another Ascot winner for Oisin Murphy, who notched number 16 of his career in the Kensington Palace Stakes. Murphy timed his finish to perfection on Miss Information to leave no doubt as to the winner of Wednesday's penultimate race. It was Murphy's first winner of the 2025 meeting, and he is keen to add to his impressive tally later this week. 'Everyone wants to win at this meeting,' he said. 'Hopefully we can get a few more.'
Yahoo
17-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Potomac Edison Employee Volunteers Plant 2,000+ Donated Trees in Maryland and West Virginia
Total helps put FirstEnergy on pace to exceed 2025 tree donation goal WILLIAMSPORT, Md., June 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Employee volunteers from Potomac Edison, a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE), have planted more than 2,000 company-donated trees across the company's Maryland and West Virginia service territory in 2025 as part of its commitment to the environment and sustainability. Michele Dellinger, Advanced Forestry Specialist and Lead of Potomac Edison's Green Team: "Local tree plantings are an important way to demonstrate our commitment to the environment while also helping to enhance community green spaces across our service territory." Potomac Edison's Green Team is a group of employees who volunteer their time and talents to support a wide variety of environmental initiatives. The Green Team volunteers planted trees and pollinator gardens in several areas this spring while also participating in multiple tree giveaways. The plantings and giveaways included: Emmitsburg, Maryland: Volunteers partnered with Stream Link Education and the town of Emmitsburg to plant 200 trees near Toms Creek that will improve storm water runoff and creek water quality. Grantsville, Maryland: Green Team members, park staff and other volunteers planted more than 1,000 bare-root evergreens at New Germany State Park. Middletown, Maryland: Volunteers planted 50 trees in celebration of Arbor Day. Mount Savage, Maryland: Volunteers planted 100 saplings at Evergreen Heritage Center, a historic property on 130 acres that provides hands-on enrichment programs that benefit Western Maryland. Martinsburg, West Virginia: Volunteers gave away approximately 200 flowering dogwood trees at the Martinsburg VA Medical Center as part of an Earth Day event. Approximately 22,000 trees have already been planted at parks and nature reserves throughout FirstEnergy's six-state service territory so far this year. Tree plantings and giveaways support FirstEnergy's efforts to reduce its carbon footprint, promote the responsible use of natural resources and further the advancement of sustainable practices. FirstEnergy's 10 Green Teams consist of employees from Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland and West Virginia. The groups partner with state park systems, watershed and recycling groups, garden clubs, schools and other environmentally focused organizations to support FirstEnergy's commitment to building a brighter and more sustainable future. To arrange a tree planting with Potomac Edison's Green Team, please contact Michele Dellinger at mdellinger@ For more information about FirstEnergy's commitment to environmental initiatives, visit Potomac Edison serves about 285,000 customers in seven counties in Maryland and about 155,000 customers in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia. Follow Potomac Edison at on X @PotomacEdison, and on Facebook at FirstEnergy is dedicated to integrity, safety, reliability and operational excellence. Its electric distribution companies form one of the nation's largest investor-owned electric systems, serving more than six million customers in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, West Virginia, Maryland and New York. The company's transmission subsidiaries operate approximately 24,000 miles of transmission lines that connect the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions. Follow FirstEnergy online at and on X @FirstEnergyCorp. View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE FirstEnergy Corp. Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Yahoo
11-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
JCP&L Employee Volunteers Plant Thousands of Donated Trees in N.J.
Total helps put FirstEnergy on pace to exceed 2025 tree donation goal HOLMDEL, N.J., June 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Employee volunteers from Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L), a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE), have planted more than 2,000 company-donated trees across JCP&L's New Jersey service territory in 2025 as part of the company's commitment to the environment and sustainability. JCP&L is more than two-thirds of the way towards eclipsing last year's total of 2,795 trees, with 2,174 trees donated and planted to date. The work is part of a larger effort by FirstEnergy, which is on pace to pass its goal of donating 25,000 trees in 2025 across its five-state service territory. So far this year, nearly 23,000 trees have been planted. Doug Mokoid, FirstEnergy's President, New Jersey: "We are fortunate to work and raise our families in one of the most beautiful states in the country and privileged to give back to our communities with a program that provides a greener, cleaner and healthier environment. Our team members often clean up fallen trees after storms, and I'm proud of their commitment to volunteering their time to restore what was lost by planting anew." Tree-planting locations are chosen in partnership with local nonprofit organizations with a focus on ensuring the trees are placed safely away from power lines and other utility infrastructure. Tree varieties include native species like red maple, river birch, white and northern red oak, shagbark and bitternut hickory, pitch pine and dogwoods. Some of this year's tree-planting events include: More than 580 trees planted on Earth Day with the Girl Scouts of the Jersey Shore at Camp Sacajawea in Farmingdale. 400 trees planted with Schiff Natural Lands Trust and the Mendham Township Environmental Commission at the Tempe Wick Preserve in Mendham. Collaborations with Shade Tree Commissions and Parents Teacher Organizations to plant trees at local schools, including 160 trees at Howell Middle School South in Howell, 100 trees at Milford Brook Elementary School in Manalapan and 64 trees at Clara B. Worth Elementary School in Bayville. Nearly 180 trees planted at the Wattles Stewardship Center in Port Murray with the N.J. Audubon Society and another 250 trees planted with the Musconetong Watershed Association at Hampton Borough Park in Hampton. More than 300 trees planted at Winding River Park in Toms River, days after a wildfire scorched more than 15,000 acres just 10 miles to the south. In addition to tree plantings, JCP&L employees volunteer at events that include tree donations. In early May, volunteers gave away 150 tree seedlings at the New Jersey Sustainability Summit, hosted by Sustainable Jersey at Bell Works in Holmdel, home to JCP&L's central New Jersey headquarters. The efforts are led by JCP&L's Green Team, a group of employees that volunteer their time and talents to develop and support environmental initiatives. So far this year, more than 40 JCP&L Green Team members have donated a total of 214 hours to tree-planting events. JCP&L launched FirstEnergy's first Green Team in 2018, and the company now has Green Team chapters in each of the states it serves. JCP&L serves 1.1 million customers in the counties of Burlington, Essex, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, Union and Warren. Follow JCP&L on X @JCP_L, on Facebook at or online at FirstEnergy is dedicated to integrity, safety, reliability and operational excellence. Its electric distribution companies form one of the nation's largest investor-owned electric systems, serving more than six million customers in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, West Virginia, Maryland and New York. The company's transmission subsidiaries operate approximately 24,000 miles of transmission lines that connect the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions. Follow FirstEnergy on X @FirstEnergyCorp or online at Editor's Note: Photos of JCP&L volunteers planting trees at 2025 tree planting events are available for download on Flickr. View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE FirstEnergy Corp. Sign in to access your portfolio
