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BBC News
7 hours ago
- Sport
- BBC News
What would success be for Killie this season?
Manager Stuart Kettlewell believes success can be measured in three ways as he prepares for his first Premiership game in charge of Kilmarnock on already topped their League Cup group, with a second-round tie against Dundee United to come in August, the former Motherwell and Ross County boss is clear on what a positive season looks like for the Rugby Park side, who host Livingston in the season opener."Your league position, a cup run and the potential of selling a football player," he explained."We talk about ways to make football clubs grow and earn money and for the wheel to keep turning. There are only three ways that that can happen."From a manager's perspective, your league position, being as high as it possibly can be, a cup run and that player development to sell a player are the three goals, that's the main ones."Kettlewell was reluctant to pinpoint specific aims in terms of reaching the top six or initially focussing on Premiership safety this term, but did suggest the former may be the initial goal."It's safe to say that we have lofty aspirations of where we want to be," he said."As long as my players and the staff and everybody at the football club understands what that looks like, what success is, what failure looks like, then that's really all I'm concerned about. Sometimes those goals can shift as well."Sometimes it's a scenario where you do that a little bit better and you think that you can push boundaries even further than what might be expected. "I think it's safe to say that the goals that we all set will be difficult to obtain, but we think also achievable."
Yahoo
9 hours ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Ross County Fair food drive helps local families — and 4-H kids too
CIRCLEVILLE — The Ross County Fair is once again joining a statewide effort to combat hunger through the "Fight the Hunger, Stock the Trailer" contest. According to a community announcement, the contest, presented by Farm Credit Mid-America and sponsored by Rural 1st, encourages youth leaders to collaborate with their communities to collect food donations for local food banks. The Ross County Fair won the regional competition in 2024, collecting more than 30,000 pounds of food. 'We're excited to bring this initiative back to Ohio county fairs, and to once again see how young people across the state encourage participation,' Rudi Pitzer Perry, regional vice president for agricultural lending at Farm Credit Mid-America, said in the announcement. 'In Ross County, we know the fair is a gathering place for the whole community, and this contest is a great way to rally people around an important cause that ultimately helps those in need close to home.' Since its inception in 2021, the contest has collected and donated more than 950,000 pounds of food. This year, participants can also contribute fresh protein from livestock auctions. Participating fairs receive a $500 award, and top-performing counties in each of five regions across the state earn additional prizes: $5,000 for first place, $1,500 for second place and $500 for third place. All prize money goes directly back to local 4-H programs. 'Ultimately, the true winners are the communities we serve,' Pitzer Perry said. 'This contest fuels our purpose to secure rural communities and agriculture by empowering youth leaders and supporting the local food banks who help local families in need.' In 2024, Farm Credit Mid-America contributed nearly $4.5 million to impactful programs, including $1.7 million for youth, college students and young and beginning farmers. Of that, $450,000 supported the next generation of Ohio ag leaders, including $82,000 for Ohio 4-H programs, according to the announcement. This story was created by Jane Imbody, jimbody@ with the assistance of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Journalists were involved in every step of the information gathering, review, editing and publishing process. Learn more at This article originally appeared on Chillicothe Gazette: Youth-led food drive returns to Ross County Fair — here's what's new Solve the daily Crossword
BBC News
11 hours ago
- Sport
- BBC News
'County's Hale not a Dundee target'
Ross County striker Ronan Hale is not on Dundee's target list despite a report suggesting interest in the 26-year-old Northern Ireland international. (Press & Journal), externalRead Thursday's Scottish Gossip in full.
Daily Record
13 hours ago
- Sport
- Daily Record
Airdrie v Ross County: Diamonds will go 'full throttle' in Championship bid, says Wilson
Rhys McCabe's welcome the Staggies in their league opener after a painful Premier Sports Cup exit Airdrie skipper Aidan Wilson insists they will go 'full throttle' in the Championship this season after their disappointing exit from the Premier Sports Cup. The Diamonds were top of their group heading into Saturday's showdown with rivals Alloa, but the Wasps grabbed an 89th minute winner to win 3-2 at New Broomfield and send the Monklands men crashing out. Now, Wilson has to pick his side up for Saturday's Championship opener at home to Ross County. And after surviving relegation through the play-offs last term, Wilson says they must hit the ground running. The centre-back, who netted a stunning strike to make it 1-1 early in the second half, said: 'We are gutted to be out of the cup. It's disappointing, especially when we go 2-1 up in the game. 'I think from there we need to do better and see the game out. We can't be conceding three goals to Alloa, which all due respect to them. 'Fair play to them for winning the game. They defended really well, made it difficult for us, sat in a low block, but we've got to do better. 'It was a very good cup campaign up until this point. We'd won all our games and we were sitting in a very good position at the top of the group, thinking we'll go and get the job done in the last game. Unfortunately, we never did that but we can't dwell on it. 'We've got the league campaign coming up now and we'll go full throttle at that. We'll be looking to the game against Ross County to get back on track. 'Last season we didn't win enough games and we were down at the bottom for a reason, so this season it is about learning from that and going full steam ahead with a new group. 'We won our first game last season against Raith and we were in a bit of a rut after that. We lost loads of players to injury - a lot of players who would have started - so hopefully we get a bit more luck with injuries this season. 'We want to get off to a good start because the Championship is such a tough league.' On the challenge facing them on Saturday, Wilson said: 'They have been in good form and scoring a lot of goals. 'They were obviously a Premiership team last season so they will be a good side. We just need to dust ourselves down, get a good training week in the legs and go at it.'
BBC News
a day ago
- Sport
- BBC News
'County close to centre-half signing'
Ross County manager Don Cowie has revealed the Scottish Championship club are closing in on a 12th summer signing in the shape of another central defender. (Press & Journal), externalRead Wednesday's Scottish Gossip in full.
