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Otago Daily Times
4 days ago
- Sport
- Otago Daily Times
Bulls serve up fresh approach for playoff
Linwood are taking a novel build-up into the preliminary finals of the Metro premier competition on Saturday. Instead of arduous training sessions at their Linfield Park home ground, the squad has recently opted for short Thursday night sessions on the grass, before going out for a team dinner. They face High School Old Boys at Bob Deans Field on Saturday, with the winner advancing to next week's grand final. Head coach Brendon Nolan said the focus in recent weeks had been on building team connections. 'I'm real keen for the guys just to bond and recognise the moments we're creating at the moment,' he said. 'You can skip through them pretty quickly and then it's a bit late to reflect on. But if you're living in the moment and enjoying it, it's awesome.' The proof is in the pudding – Linwood toppled Sydenham 35-25 on Saturday to reach the preliminary finals stage of the competition for the third consecutive season. Despite being outscored four tries to three, they relied on the boot of first-five Josh Jennings, who slotted six penalties to put his team out of reach. 'Everyone's nailing their role, which is good for us at the moment,' Nolan said. 'The management, the groundsman, all the backroom staff, and the boys are just knuckling down. 'It's a good spot to be in.' In the other preliminary final, top seeds Marist Albion will take on surprise package Lincoln University, who upset University of Canterbury 25-19 on Saturday. Lincoln defended stoutly for the last two minutes before debutant Angus Reeves secured a vital turnover, which allowed his team to kick the ball out and clinch the victory. It is the first time Lincoln has reached this stage of the competition since 2022. Captain Zach Parkin said his men had improved as the season progressed, especially after going down 52-17 to University in round 3. 'On Saturday we lifted again and our defence closed it out,' he said. 'Everyone was out on their feet, absolutely buggered. It was a pretty unreal effort to finish.' Parkin said Marist will be a tough opponent, with Lincoln having lost 33-26 when the teams met earlier in the season. In the plate competition, New Brighton halfback Tyson Belworthy redeemed himself in their semi-final. After missing a potentially match-winning penalty in last week's premier semi-final loss to Lincoln, Belworthy slotted a conversion in the last seconds to seal a 22-21 win over Sumner. In the other plate semi-final, Belfast beat Burnside 55-19. New Brighton and Belfast will now meet in the final at Rawhiti Domain. Metro premier preliminary finals (2.45pm Sat) • HSOB v Linwood, Bob Deans Field; • Marist Albion v Lincoln University, Edgar MacIntosh Park • New Brighton v Belfast, Rawhiti Domain
Otago Daily Times
4 days ago
- Sport
- Otago Daily Times
Bulls serve up fresh approach for Chch Metro playoff
Linwood are taking a novel build-up into the preliminary finals of the Metro premier competition on Saturday. Instead of arduous training sessions at their Linfield Park home ground, the squad has recently opted for short Thursday night sessions on the grass, before going out for a team dinner. They face High School Old Boys at Bob Deans Field on Saturday, with the winner advancing to next week's grand final. Head coach Brendon Nolan said the focus in recent weeks had been on building team connections. 'I'm real keen for the guys just to bond and recognise the moments we're creating at the moment,' he said. 'You can skip through them pretty quickly and then it's a bit late to reflect on. But if you're living in the moment and enjoying it, it's awesome.' The proof is in the pudding – Linwood toppled Sydenham 35-25 on Saturday to reach the preliminary finals stage of the competition for the third consecutive season. Despite being outscored four tries to three, they relied on the boot of first-five Josh Jennings, who slotted six penalties to put his team out of reach. 'Everyone's nailing their role, which is good for us at the moment,' Nolan said. 'The management, the groundsman, all the backroom staff, and the boys are just knuckling down. 'It's a good spot to be in.' In the other preliminary final, top seeds Marist Albion will take on surprise package Lincoln University, who upset University of Canterbury 25-19 on Saturday. Lincoln defended stoutly for the last two minutes before debutant Angus Reeves secured a vital turnover, which allowed his team to kick the ball out and clinch the victory. It is the first time Lincoln has reached this stage of the competition since 2022. Captain Zach Parkin said his men had improved as the season progressed, especially after going down 52-17 to University in round 3. 'On Saturday we lifted again and our defence closed it out,' he said. 'Everyone was out on their feet, absolutely buggered. It was a pretty unreal effort to finish.' Parkin said Marist will be a tough opponent, with Lincoln having lost 33-26 when the teams met earlier in the season. In the plate competition, New Brighton halfback Tyson Belworthy redeemed himself in their semi-final. After missing a potentially match-winning penalty in last week's premier semi-final loss to Lincoln, Belworthy slotted a conversion in the last seconds to seal a 22-21 win over Sumner. In the other plate semi-final, Belfast beat Burnside 55-19. New Brighton and Belfast will now meet in the final at Rawhiti Domain.
BBC News
11-07-2025
- BBC News
Owners reported after two dogs die locked in hot car
Police have reported a man and a woman to prosecutors over the death of two dogs that were left locked in a hot Maltese and Alsatian Lurcher Cross were spotted in distress by members of the public on Thursday afternoon, in a car parked in Linwood, gained access to the vehicle and took the dogs to a vet, but both were found to be dead on Scotland said the owners, a 53-year-old man and a 48-year-old woman, are the subject of a report to the Procurator Fiscal in connection with the incident. The force is urging people to follow the Scottish SPCA guidance on dog care during hot summer weather.
Scottish Sun
12-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
Iconic author reveals shock at horror legend pal Stephen King's surprise Scottish football connection
The author is back in Scotland this week to launch the Stirling-based literary bash HORROR icon Stephen King left author pal Linwood Barclay stunned when he arrived for a chat wearing a Buckie Thistle strip. The two bestselling writers have been mates for decades but The Shining and Carrie legend's support for the Highland League minnows was a twist Linwood just did not see coming. Advertisement 2 Linwood is coming to Scotland and excited to meet his fans Credit: Getty 2 Stephen King is a supporter of Highland League side Buckie Thistle King, who has sold more than 350million books, struck up a friendship with the Moray club after he featured them in his 2020 bestseller If It Bleeds. And the 77-year-old proudly sported the green and white merch when doing a video conference with Linwood for the Bloody Scotland crime writing festival during lockdown. Linwood - who is back in Scotland this week to launch the Stirling-based literary bash - said: 'I did that Zoom call with Steve for Bloody Scotland four years ago and that was the sweater he wore. 'I remember because I thought, 'what the heck is that?' as I had no idea of his football connection.' Advertisement Now after writing over 25 best selling crime books the former journalist will follow in his famous pal's footsteps with the release of his first horror novel called Whistle. It features a children's author called Annie Blunt who moves to a small town in upstate New York with her young son Charlie for a new start after the tragic death of husband. But when Charlie finds a forgotten train set in a locked shed in the grounds of their new house it sets in motion a disturbing set of events. However, Toronto-based Linwood insists he wasn't nervous even when he sent his first draft to the undisputed king of genre. Advertisement He says: 'I wasn't intimidated by that. I think the fact is that if you had told me 30 years ago when I was reading Steve's novels that I would even know his email address, never mind emailing each other, then I wouldn't have believed it. 'But Steve is very supportive and encouraging. I feel very privileged and lucky to have the friendship I have with him.' Trailer for Stephen King's 'excessively violent' new movie BANNED by four TV networks However, far from talking about the grim and grisly, the pair normally swap Netflix recommendations. Linwood, 70, says: 'Every once in a while I get an email and it's like, 'are you watching this show, such and such?'. Advertisement 'I sent him a note last week saying 'If you've not watched it yet you should try Mobland (with Pierce Brosnan and Tom Hardy)'. I really hope they make a second season of it.' He adds: 'But it really is very troubling in the sense that I remember being at a book event a few years ago where all of the writers were sitting around saying 'are you watching this show?'. Nobody was saying, 'have you read this book?'. 'It just sort of hit us that the competition is not other writers, it's these TV shows where you can binge all this material at once. 'So I feel like you've got to write something that will make people stop streaming TV at least for a little while.' Advertisement Fans of Linwood's books, including The Accident, Elevator Pitch and Find You First, praise his explosive scenes. But the writer believes that is down to his love of 60s TV shows including The Man From U.N.C.L.E starring Scots actor David McCallum as Russian spy Illya Kuryakin. He says: 'That was my favourite show and from the age of 11, anything I wrote I was thinking of it like it was on a screen.' But the married dad could only dream of being a bestselling author when he grew up on his parents trailer park in the Kawartha Lakes region of Ontario. Advertisement In the early 70s when he was 16, Linwood ended up running the place following the sudden death of his father. He recalls: 'My mum managed it, but I did like, 90 per cent of the work. Including the daily task of burying fish guts, from the fisherman who had gutted their catch. 'I had to haul it out into the woods and bury it. So on days when the writing doesn't go well, I always think it could be worse. I could still be burying fish guts.' Linwood left the trailer park to begin a long career in newspapers until the publication of his first novel No Time for Goodbye in 2007 - which became an instant international bestseller. But now with his first horror novel he's hoping to emulate pal Stephen. The model train enthusiast says: 'My book starts off with a train set because it just doesn't seem fair to me that in the horror genre, when it comes to toys, it's always dolls that get to be evil or maybe a little mechanical monkey or a rocking horse. Advertisement 'So I thought, 'I wonder if I could make toy trains scary?'. I want this book to be able to do for toy trains what Chucky did for dolls and or what Stephen King did for clowns.' Whistle by Linwood Barclay is out now in hardback priced £20 and in audio and ebook from HarperCollins. For more info on the Bloody Scotland International Crime Writing Festival, visit the website.
Yahoo
29-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Iconic KCK burger drive-in reopens under new ownership
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A historic burger joint is back open in Kansas City, Kansas' Armoudale neighborhood after closing during the pandemic. Paul's Jr. Drive-in is under new ownership but still serves the same menu. It's grand opening was last week but people decided to wait out the long line Wednesday on National Burger Day. Storm chaser shares memories of 2019 Linwood tornado 'I came down here the other day, and the line was way back there, and now it's National Burger Day , so I'm going to go try it out,' said customer Vaughn Taylor. It's got a slightly different name, but the establishment still holds the same memories. 'My mom used to bring us down here. She's no longer here, but it's one of her favorite spots,' Taylor said. 'I came down with my parents when we were kids at that time we had to share a basket,' customer Frances Ferguson said. '[Now] I got the adult money, they're going to share a basket this time.' Stories customers get to relive again, thanks to Daniel Macias, the new owner. 'I grew up with the original owners, they were friends of the family, so I used to go to the back door and help them out,' he said. He knows the original owners, Harry and Mary Smith, would be proud. Harry died several years ago, Mary died last week. 'I wanted her to be here to make the grand opening and unfortunately she wasn't able to but she was able to see the videos from the week before when we did our soft opening and that was just as crazy,' Macias said. After waiting years to see if it'll reopen, waiting in these lines for a bite, customers say it's worth it to support a staple in the community. 'I had my nephew come down and he stood in line for four hours, he stood in line for four hours,' Ferguson said. While there are some small changes, Macias said the menu is the same. Satisfying customers' cravings with a side of nostalgia. Download WDAF+ for Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV 'Thank you for all the love and support you guys are truly a blessing,' Macias said. Paul's Jr. Drive-in is located at 1008 S. Osage Avenue in KCK's Armoudale neighborhood. It's open 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. every day except Sundays. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
