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Daily Record
30-06-2025
- Sport
- Daily Record
Hamilton Accies friendly win delights Caledonian Braves boss as his side kick-off pre-season
Ricky Waddell was pleased with his side's performance in a closed doors game Caledonian Braves boss Ricky Waddell says he got what he hoped for as his side beat Hamilton Accies 2-1 in a closed doors friendly at Ravenscraig on Saturday. Goals from Lennon Walker and Marc Kelly gave Braves the win over League One Accies, and Waddell was delighted with their start to pre-season. He said: 'It was good, it was our first game. I'm not sure how many games Accies had played, but it was a good test for us. 'I was excited for the game, because I felt it would be a good opportunity for us to show what we can do, and I think we did that, we won the game 2-1. 'We had spells when we were really good, we had spells when we really had to defend, so it was an excellent game for us. 'I was quite impressed by Accies in general, in terms of how they played the game and things like that, but I was impressed with ourselves as well. 'It was a good start off for us, not only the result, but to see the characteristics that I wanted to see from the guys.' Braves will continue their pre-season programme with a closed-doors game against Clyde, an official friendly against West of Scotland Premier Division side Shotts Bon Accord, before heading to England for clashes against Morpeth Town and Workington Town. Waddell's side will end their programme against Largs Thistle, ahead of the Lowland League kick-off. The Braves boss said: 'Pre-season has been good so far. We've got a couple of games, so we have a good pre-season planned. So far so good, hopefully not really any injuries, though there are one or two as usual. 'Our last game of the pre-season calendar is against Largs Thistle, which will need to be away, because our pitch isn't done yet, so we're busy! 'Everybody's back in good shape. They've had four weeks off, which isn't really that much. 'We finished on May 23, so it was pretty much exactly four weeks before we were back, but they're young guys anyway, so they don't lose too much fitness. 'They've all come back fit, and they know what to expect anyway – it would be a hard time for them if they're coming back not in good shape. 'We don't hammer them, but at the same time, pre-season is tough, it's designed to be tough, to get them up to a level of fitness where they can go and attack the season.' Waddell is running the rule over former Queen's Park and East Kilbride midfielder Calum Biggar as he looks to shape his squad. He said: 'Recruitment is pretty much done. I have one other player in, Calum Biggar has come in from East Kilbride, who I know quite well. 'I just need to look at the full squad. We don't have a player like Calum, but I need to look at the numbers, budget as well and that's all going to come into it. 'Calum got in touch with myself, I know him. I tried to get Calum a couple of years ago when he went to East Kilbride, and we touched base over the summer there and I told him to come in. 'He's certainly not on trial, I know exactly what Calum can do, but it's so I can get a look at him in amongst our group and get a chat with him and see what he's feeling about the place. 'I'm not looking to recruit too much more, if anything, one more at the max, and that would be the only one I would be looking at, at the minute.'
New York Times
29-06-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
Dante Fabbro re-signs with Blue Jackets for 4 years, avoids free agency
Dante Fabbro, who found a home on the Columbus Blue Jackets' top defensive pair after he was claimed off waivers early last season, is staying put. The Blue Jackets and Fabbro agreed to a four-year, $16.5 million contract on Sunday, keeping Fabbro in the fold just two days before he would have become an unrestricted free agent in a market in which right-side defensemen will be in high demand. Advertisement The deal carries a $4.125 salary cap hit. Fabbro has a no-trade clause in the first year of the deal. Fabbro was No. 15 on The Athletic's free-agency Big Board, sandwiched between fellow defensemen Dmitry Orlov and Ryan Lindgren. 'Dante was a great addition to our team last season, and keeping him in Columbus was a priority,' Blue Jackets GM Don Waddell said in a statement. 'He is a smart, versatile defenseman who moves the puck well and can play in all situations. We are thrilled he will continue to be an important part of our club.' FOUR MORE YEARS OF FABS! 🥳 We've signed defenseman Dante Fabbro to a 4-year contract extension! 📝 — Columbus Blue Jackets (@BlueJacketsNHL) June 29, 2025 Fabbro, who turned 27 on June 20, was the Nashville Predators' first-round pick in 2016. He saw time alongside Norris Trophy winner Roman Josi but never quite broke out, which undoubtedly played a part Nashville's decision to place him on waivers. Fabbro was claimed by the Blue Jackets on Nov. 10. He made his debut two nights later in a 5-2 loss to the Seattle Kraken and immediately slotted next to Zach Werenski on the top pair. He played 62 games in Columbus, setting career-highs with nine goals, 26 points and a plus-23 rating. The Blue Jackets now face a tough decision with veteran defenseman Ivan Provorov, who was second on the Blue Jackets in ice time (23:21) and second among defensemen in scoring with 33 points (seven goals, 26 assists). Provorov and the Blue Jackets have been discussing the framework of a contract since last spring, but haven't been able to come to terms. Provorov, 28, is looking for a long-term contract, and the Blue Jackets may be uncomfortable going past a five-year term.
Daily Record
17-06-2025
- Daily Record
Car torched in street after two thugs demanded payment of a debt
One admitted threatening or abusive behaviour and assaulting a police officer, while the other admitted wilful fireraising while on two bail orders. A car was set alight and destroyed after two thugs demanding payment of a debt turned up in a Hamilton street late at night. Hamilton Sheriff Court heard that Connor Brown smashed the vehicle's window and John Waddell put a bag of food waste inside and set fire to it. Brown, 28, admitted threatening or abusive behaviour in Neilsland Street and assaulting a police officer on July 24 last year. Waddell, 29, admitted wilful fireraising while on two bail orders. Lewis Devoy, prosecuting, said the pair were seen in the street around midnight. He told the court: 'Brown approached one of the terraced flats and began to kick and punch the front door and a window, causing glass to smash. 'A resident looked out of a window and heard someone say 'Get your f*****g bill paid'. 'Brown then rummaged through a wheelie bin and lifted out a branch, striking and smashing the window of a Nissan Juke car that was parked on the street. 'Waddell, meanwhile, took a bag of food waste from a bin, placed it through the broken car window and set it alight. 'Residents woken by what had happened shouted at the accused. Brown and Waddell fled and the car owner used a bucket of water to extinguish the flames. 'I'm told his vehicle was an insurance write-off and was sold for £300 for scrap.' Descriptions of the accused were given to police and officers arrested them nearby. Brown kicked a female officer, causing bruising and redness to her thigh. Defence lawyer Andy Iles said Brown has a 'short but serious' criminal record. He is on medication for epilepsy. Stephen McQuillan, defending Waddell, told the court: 'He doesn't remember much about the incident as he had been drinking heavily.' Sheriff Louise Gallacher jailed Brown for 20 months, saying his record showed he'd been involved in 'significant violence and disorder' in the past. The sheriff jailed Waddell for 18 months on the fireraising charge, telling him: 'This is a serious offence. It could have had more far-reaching consequences.' The prison terms were backdated as Brown and Waddell have been in custody in connection with the case since last July.
Daily Record
15-06-2025
- Sport
- Daily Record
Lowland League split 'lacks rationale' and 'dilutes' division, says Braves boss
Caledonian Braves were the only Lowland League club to vote against reconstruction Caledonian Braves boss Ricky Waddell says there's no real rationale to split the Lowland League into East and West Divisions, and fears dilution of a competitive set-up. But Waddell says the whole of Scottish football needs to at least discuss the idea of proper reconstruction at some point. The Lowland League will split into two 16-team East and West divisions, to run alongside the Highland League, from season 2026/27. Braves, Albion Rovers and Cumbernauld Colts go into the West section, which will be added to by SFA Licenced clubs from the West of Scotland and South of Scotland leagues. The East section is already populated by several Lowland League clubs like Linlithgow Rose and Broxburn Athletic, and this will be added to by teams from the East of Scotland Premier and East Region Midlands League. Braves were the only Lowland League club to vote against the proposals, and Waddell explained: 'We spoke about it quite in-depth and the club came to the conclusion that there was no real reason to reconstruct the league. 'One of the main messages seemed to be, in the initial proposal, there were teams that were coming into the league set-up without any real rationale, potentially due to their licencing criteria. 'There were teams like Irvine Meadow and Benburb, and all due respect to them, but I think there was a lack of thought about proper meritocracy, and deserving to get promoted. 'If you look back on our own story, we got promoted into the Lowland League, as have a few others as well. 'I don't know where it's at, in terms of bringing other teams in that are not getting promoted.' Waddell added: 'I don't see the rationale in going to an East and West league, I think it loses the appeal of the league, for various different reasons. 'This coming league is going to be the strongest it has ever been in the Lowland League, and I don't feel there's any need to tinker with that, and make it an East and West divide. 'I just feel that the rationale behind going to an East and West league was to do with geographical location and expenses for travel. 'I don't think, from a coaching perspective, that's very appealing. I like the fact that we got down to Berwick Rangers, or to Cowdenbeath, or Linlithgow. I think it's a stronger league with all those teams in it. 'If you're talking about diluting it into two leagues of 16, it will be diluted, and is a step backwards – that is my personal opinion on that. 'Promotion will be more challenging if there's another division involved, the winners of the East, West and Highland, which offers another game onto that, and I just don't feel there's any need.' Waddell says promotion from the Lowland League into the SPFL needs to be easier, as well as West of Scotland clubs' promotion chances. He said: 'The whole of Scottish football needs to at least open talks on reconstruction. 'While League Two remains at the same level of relegation, with just one team having a chance to not get relegated as Team 42, that's a situation that should be looked at. 'If we're going to speak about league reconstruction, let's speak about it, in all the divisions that it directly involves, which would be League Two, our own leagues, and those underneath as well. 'It seems that every season or every other season, there's talk of league reconstruction, with no real proper rationale behind what the reasons are. 'These should be to have the strongest possible Lowland League at tier five, and not to dilute it in any way. 'But it seems there are other things at play.'
Otago Daily Times
13-06-2025
- General
- Otago Daily Times
Ingredients for a cooking classic
An early Dunedin recipe book told a story about the city's inhabitants, Peter Read writes. Often there is much more to a cookery book than instructions for turning basic ingredients into culinary delights. The St Andrew's Cookery Book of "Good and Tried Recipes" is a fine example of this. It was produced by the St Andrew's Presbyterian Church, the Robert Lawson-designed church on the corner of Dunedin's Melville and Walker (now Carroll) Sts where the Rev Rutherford Waddell delivered his famous "Sin of Cheapness" sermon in 1888. In September 1904, the Rev Waddell, still at the helm of the parish after 25 years (and with another 15 years ahead before he retired), penned a preface for the first edition. In this foreword he argued that, as the right food in the right proportion makes us happy, a cookery book has an ethical and spiritual dimension. Thus, although he was no cook, writing the foreword for a book promoting happiness and wellbeing was something he considered himself well qualified for. What's more, the proceeds from the sale of the book were to be devoted to "the work carried on in St Andrew's Church Mission Hall" — a purpose close to Waddell's heart. Activities at the mission hall, which opened in 1888, included such things as the operation of a savings bank, a free library, and the country's first free kindergarten. A percentage of the proceeds from the sale of the cookery book would also become used for supporting the church's "Own Missionaries" in China: Eddy Kirk from 1909, and Annie Hancock and Annie James from 1912. The various editions provide us with many more insights into the social fabric of Dunedin. Contributors include several personalities who, like Waddell, were key agents of social change. A section of recipes submitted by the Chalet Hospital appear in some editions. The hospital was founded by nurses Rachel Law Church and Jeannie Sutherland, two pioneers of private hospitals in Dunedin. Following the formation of the Plunket Society in 1907, Sir Frederic Truby King's "advice to mothers" on the feeding and care of infants would also feature in the book. Contributions from home science professors also begin to appear in the wake of the creation of a school of home science and domestic arts at the University of Otago in 1911. The idea for the cookery book came from Helen Beadle, of the Friendly Aid Society. She also solicited the first recipes from women of the church congregation and from notable women beyond the parish, including Lady Victoria Plunket, wife of Lord William Plunket, then Governor of New Zealand. Some of the recipes reflect the backgrounds of the contributors. There are, of course, several recipes that reflect Dunedin's Scottish Free Church heritage, such as those for haggis and Aberdeen sausage, and one for "Free Church Roast" supplied by a minister's wife in Scotland. Clara Solomon, wife of prominent lawyer Saul Solomon, supplied recipes that appear linked to the family's Jewish heritage. Celebrated pianist and professor of music Annie Blandford's "Soused Pig's Head" and "Cuckoo and Schad" (schad being a river fish) reflect her younger years living with her brother in the West Indies. Recipes for Portuguese dishes submitted by Rachel Reynolds are perhaps a nod to her husband's youth, growing up on his father's cork plantations on the Iberian Peninsula. Recipes particular to New Zealand are few, the most noticeable being one for stewed "pukaki" (pūkeko). Apparently, the secret to stewing pūkeko was to hang the bird for as long as possible first (a fortnight in winter) and, after preparing it for the pot, cook it "very slowly for some hours". The S t Andrew's Cookery Book would remain in print for nearly 30 years, spanning not only the ministry of Rutherford Waddell but also those of his successors, Hector Maclean and Hubert Ryburn. Thirteen editions totalling 66,000 copies were produced. While appearing unashamedly colonialist in outlook and perhaps not everyone's cup of tea today, these cookery books are a wonderful resource packed with page after page of historical information for the modern reader to digest. Peter Read is a curator at Toitū Otago Settlers Museum.
