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New York Post
30-05-2025
- Sport
- New York Post
Adelphi gets big break to repeat as Division II men's lacrosse champs
It was the timeout that made time stand still. Adelphi men's lacrosse captured its second straight D2 national championship in a 9-8 overtime thriller that only happened after the University of Tampa called a timeout with 12 seconds left — nullifying what would have been the Florida team's game-winner. 'Everyone's hearts just dropped,' junior midfielder Kyle Lewis, who scored the golden goal — his first in OT — told The Post. 'Right after the timeout, we got our emotions back and knew we had a game to play.' Advertisement Stephen DeAmicis and his teammates celebrate after Adelphi's win in the men's Division II lacrosse championships at Gillette Stadium on May 25, 2025. Getty Images Head coach Gordon Purdie drew up a special play to get Lewis the ball with 2:41 left in OT because he is 'maybe the hardest working player on my team,' who earned the immaculate opportunity. 'If you look back at the video, I had to see if everything that was going on was real. It felt like just a dream,' Lewis, of Franklin Square, said also praising the four-goal performance by fellow junior middie Vincent McDermott. Advertisement 'Going into next year, we're not going to look back at what we did this year,' Lewis added. 'When September starts, so does the goal to win another national championship.' Adelphi fans celebrate after their team's win in the Division II championship. Getty Images Twice as nice These Frogs are leaping for joy. Advertisement Carle Place is the place to be as the school's baseball and softball teams each just won Nassau County titles and will each play Babylon for the LI title. 'It's been 20 years since the last title for baseball,' senior shortstop Patrick McCarthy, who will play at Manhattanville next year, told The Post. 'It's going to continue this way. We have a lot of young guys that are brought into the program.' Senior softball pitcher Marissa Nosovitch, who will throw for Kutztown University, said that winning counties brought her already close squad closer than ever before. Advertisement 'We've been playing together since kindergarten,' she said. 'This would mean the world to all of us.' Top-seeded Wantagh takes on No. 3 Seaford on Friday at Farmingdale State at 1 p.m. for Game 2 of the Class A baseball title series. In softball, No. 1 MacArthur faces No. 2 Glen Cove at 1:30 p.m. Friday in Game 2 of the AA Class final at FSU.
Yahoo
27-02-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Sandy Duncan, Scots bridge champion known for his steady partnerships and loyalty
Sandy Duncan, the bridge player, who has died aged 79, won gold at the 2010 Commonwealth Bridge Games and bronze in the 1977 Common Market Championships; playing for Scotland in the Camrose Home International competition, his team won outright in 1975-76, 1976-77 and 1995-96, and tied with England in 1972-73. Duncan formed a notable partnership with Brian Short, with whom he won the Scottish Cup and the Scottish National pairs, four times, and bronze at European level in 1977. Later, he scaled even greater heights with Douglas Piper, winning gold for Scotland at the 2010 Commonwealth Bridge Games, as well as another Scottish Cup and a record-breaking fifth Scottish National pairs. Duncan had a reputation as a steady player. In his youth he was a cautious bidder, which led to an incident in the early days of his partnership with Short, when he made a pre-emptive three-level opening on a hand that most players would open at the one level or the four level. When Short did not raise but 10 tricks rolled in, enough for game, Duncan loudly queried why Short had not raised. Short made it made clear that shouting at the table was not acceptable, and the pair never had a cross word at the table again. As a policy decision, the pair agreed that they would be aggressive in the bidding, which fitted in with the system that they played, the Precision Club. For them an artificial opening bid of one club covered most strong hands, which meant that other one level opening bids were limited in strength and so could be opened slightly lighter than was the custom at the time. The system enabled them to find good contracts when they had strong hands, and to stop low when they did not. Duncan's partnership with Short ended in 1987 when Short temporarily gave up bridge, but the families continued to holiday together. A theme with Duncan was that, once his friend, you would be a friend for life. On one occasion, after he and Short were holders of the Swiss Teams played at the Adelphi hotel in Liverpool but found their regular teammates were unavailable, the team was doing nowhere near as well as usual. In their last match their opponents sat down and asked 'You are not the Short and Duncan, are you?' Simultaneously both Short and Duncan replied: 'Oh no, but we are often mistaken for them.' Alexander Henry Duncan was born in Dunfermline on December 16 1945, the youngest of three; he had two older sisters, one of whom died before he was born. His father, also Alexander Henry Duncan, was a local authority sanitary inspector. His mother was Christina, née Haxton. After Dunfermline High School, Sandy read maths and physics at the University of Edinburgh, where he began to play bridge seriously. Although he was academically brilliant, the sudden death of his mother when he was 19 affected him profoundly, and he could not complete his degree. He took a job instead as a clerk at Scottish Equitable, rising to IT manager. It was there he met Rossyln, whom he married in 1983, later welcoming two daughters and a son. The family travelled widely, to the US, Italy, Canada, Jamaica and France. When Duncan was made redundant from Scottish Equitable he moved across the Atlantic to Baltimore, finding contract work as a project manager. He was proud to have visited all 50 US states and began supporting the Orioles baseball team and the Ravens American football team. After retiring in 2009 Duncan returned home to Scotland and resumed his bridge career. His wife and children survive him. Sandy Duncan, born December 16 1945, died January 2 2025 Broaden your horizons with award-winning British journalism. Try The Telegraph free for 1 month with unlimited access to our award-winning website, exclusive app, money-saving offers and more.
Axios
20-02-2025
- Business
- Axios
Adelphi offers "mission-driven" banking in King-Lincoln Bronzeville
Adelphi Bank launched in 2023 as the only active Black-owned bank in Ohio, headquartered at 800 E. Long St. in the heart of King-Lincoln Bronzeville. Why it matters: The bank is a symbol of financial independence, a "mission-driven" organization aiming to close financial gaps not just for the Black community, but for all underserved people, co-founder and Franklin County Commissioner Kevin Boyce tells us. Both its name and location honor Adelphi Loan & Savings Co., Columbus' first Black-owned bank formed just down the street in 1921. Flashback: The modern Adelphi's story began May 30, 2020, when Franklin County Commissioner Boyce, U.S. Rep. Joyce Beatty and Columbus City Council President Shannon Hardin were pepper-sprayed while protesting the death of George Floyd. Later that day, a friend mused to Boyce about the impact of starting a bank. "I took that challenge and began to build the institution we have today," he tells Axios. The intrigue: Boyce began with a simple Google search: "How do you start a bank?" From there, he compiled research, gathered investors, built a leadership team and learned about the lengthy bank charter application process. Boyce, now vice chairman, partnered with two co-founders: retired Fifth Third Bank regional executive Jordan Miller, who would become chairman and CEO, and ER physician Kamran Haydar. The big picture: Only 150 of the more than 4,500 American banks were minority-owned as of Q3 2024, per the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Of those, just 23 banks were Black-owned. "That's what makes this conversation around wealth-building and access to banking so important for certain communities," Boyce says. Zoom out: Months after Adelphi's launch, Cincinnati's Warsaw Federal Savings & Loan reorganized to become the state's second Ohio majority-Black-owned bank. Last year, the pair of institutions partnered to secure a loan for House of Joy Christian Ministries, a Black church in Cincinnati. "We have a legal lending limit that can sometimes prohibit us from doing certain types of loans," Boyce says. "So it's important to have partnerships with like-minded institutions that allow us to address community needs." What's next: After nearly two years, Boyce is happy with the trajectory of Adelphi's growth and the relationships its officers have forged, and he says the current political climate makes the bank's mission even more important. Staying stable regardless of external factors is one of Adelphi's biggest future goals. "We're really working hard to be stable as the winds of politics and the economy change, and making sure we're able to meet the needs of our customers and continue to grow." Go deeper: The story of Bronzeville, a hub of local Black history The "King" and "Lincoln" behind King Lincoln-Bronzeville
BBC News
14-02-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
New era for Sheffield Adelphi cinema as refurbishment starts
Work is under way to bring a century-old cinema building back into use again as a focus for the local Adelphi in Attercliffe, Sheffield, opened more than 100 years ago, and has also served as a bingo hall and a building's refurbishment was intended to create a new centre for the community through leisure, arts and music activities, according to Sheffield City Ben Miskell, chair of the transport, regeneration and climate policy committee, said: "This building holds a very special place in people's heart in Attercliffe, and rightly so. It was once a focal point." Once the site was cleared inside and out, the revamp would begin in earnest, the council said. The Adelphi first opened in 1920 and continued as a cinema for nearly 50 years, with the last film being screened there in also survived being damaged by bombs in World War Two and is now Grade II striking art deco building later hosted Sheffield's famous Gatecrasher club nights, among other events, and was also used as a music teaching sat empty from 2006 until 2013 and has since been used only for October 2021, Sheffield City Council was successful in securing £17.5m of government funds for the regeneration of £4m of that funding has been allocated to buy and refurbish the Adelphi site, including repairs to the building, the removal of some small extensions, and conservation work to prevent future deterioration. 'Stunning frontage' Sheffield City Council said a clean-up of any harmful waste inside the building would be part of preparations for the main work to begin there in the building's "stunning frontage" would be retained, a spokesperson was anticipated that the current phase would be finished in summer 2026, according to the could then be turned to any further work prior to fit-out by an operator yet to be determined before the building's eventual said: "Our ambitions for it will see it return to being that focal point with the community at the heart of this project."Listen to highlights from South Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North or tell us a story you think we should be covering here.
The Guardian
08-02-2025
- General
- The Guardian
Don't throw Salford's groundbreaking Centenary Building in the bin
When the Stirling prize was launched nearly 30 years ago, the Royal Institute of British Architects wanted to create an award that would match the high level of media attention that the Turner prize for art and the Booker prize for fiction then attracted. It could hardly have expected that its first winner would still be causing controversy a generation later. There are two arguments for keeping the University of Salford's Centenary Building. One is ecological: that demolition would squander the energy, resources, materials and carbon costs that went into building it. The other is architectural and historical – that, as recognised by the award of the first Stirling prize in 1996, it was a significant building of its time. Similar arguments apply to the handsome 1915 Adelphi building that stands next to it, also due for demolition. Neither of these arguments are absolute. If a building is truly beyond repair and adaptation, there's little real environmental benefit in keeping it. And the views of an awards jury nearly 30 years ago are not absolute proof of a building's worth for all the ages. But the university doesn't offer much detail to support its claims that it's impossible to update the building's infrastructure, which it says 'no longer meets modern standards and requirements'. Nor does it provide much evidence that 'careful consideration has been given to the history of the building with multiple options explored'. The site of the Centenary Building is a small and peripheral part of the colossal £2.5bn 240-acre Crescent Salford regeneration project that the university is undertaking with its partners, the English Cities Fund and Salford city council. There's empty space around and near it. It's hard to believe that the project depends on crushing this building. Demolition would not, as one news story claimed, 'make way for 900 homes': it would be an impossible miracle of density to fit so many on this spot. Institutions like the university and city of Salford should set the highest standards in sustainability, which they are proud to announce in relation to such things as its biodiversity and green infrastructure. These good intentions should extend to minimising demolition. Sign up to Observed Analysis and opinion on the week's news and culture brought to you by the best Observer writers after newsletter promotion The Centenary Building is a work of care, thought and style, of which at least some of its alumni speak with affection – 'great building, halcyon days', wrote one to its architect, Stephen Hodder. Another described it as 'wonderful'. It is a moment of ambition and distinctiveness in what might otherwise be an ocean of building blandness. It should not be casually thrown in the bin.
