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3 days ago
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'To score eight in any game is a real achievement'
Manager Stephen Robinson praised St Mirren's "very clinical" attacking play after they thrashed Annan 8-2. After opening their Premier Sports Cup campaign with a goalless draw against Arbroath, Saints have now scored 10 goals in two matches. Mikael Mandron put the Buddies three up inside nine minutes following Killian Phillips' double, but Annan pulled two goals back before Richard King converted a penalty on the hour mark. A goal flurry from Robinson's side in the final 10 minutes extended the scoreline, with Mandron completing his treble and Jayden Richardson and Roland Idowu also on target. "We started superbly," Robinson told a club video. "The three goals were excellent, all the things we have been working on, running forward, the cut-backs, super play in and around the box. "Subconsciously, you take your foot off the gas. You don't mean to but you do, you allow the other team to have more time on the ball and start making decisions you perhaps wouldn't make if you're playing Celtic. "They got a little kick on the backside and showed a great response. The goals in the second half and some of the play was very good and very clinical. To score eight goals in any game is a real achievement."
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3 days ago
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'To score eight in any game is a real achievement'
Manager Stephen Robinson praised St Mirren's "very clinical" attacking play after they thrashed Annan opening their Premier Sports Cup campaign with a goalless draw against Arbroath, Saints have now scored 10 goals in two Mandron put the Buddies three up inside nine minutes following Killian Phillips' double, but Annan pulled two goals back before Richard King converted a penalty on the hour mark.A goal flurry from Robinson's side in the final 10 minutes extended the scoreline, with Mandron completing his treble and Jayden Richardson and Roland Idowu also on target."We started superbly," Robinson told a club video. "The three goals were excellent, all the things we have been working on, running forward, the cut-backs, super play in and around the box."Subconsciously, you take your foot off the gas. You don't mean to but you do, you allow the other team to have more time on the ball and start making decisions you perhaps wouldn't make if you're playing Celtic."They got a little kick on the backside and showed a great response. The goals in the second half and some of the play was very good and very clinical. To score eight goals in any game is a real achievement."
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Teenage equestrian star takes on the sport's elite
A teenage equestrian star from the south of Scotland has been tipped as "one to watch" by British Eventing. Tara Kane, 15, from Annan, was recently selected as the only solo Scottish competitor in an upcoming international championship. She has been rapidly rising through the ranks with her Connemara pony, Anna, and the pair will now fly the flag for their country at next week's event in Bishop Burton in Yorkshire. Tara said it was "quite unbelievable" that she would be competing with some of the best eventers in the world. The teenager has produced a string of impressive results recently, including successfully completing clear rounds at Badminton Horse Trials in 2024 and 2025. Widely considered the pinnacle of the eventing world, Badminton was an event that Tara watched on television growing up. However, she is now competing alongside world-class eventers, tackling the three disciplines of dressage, showjumping and cross-country. "I feel like it's quite unbelievable really," she said. "I'll be in the warm-up ring looking over to competitors like Ros Canter, who's one of the best in the world, and here I am on my little Connemara pony. "I bought Anna as a four-year-old and I've home produced her, so everything that we have achieved together has been through sheer hard work." Tara recently beat one of her heroes in a dressage test, when she scored higher than Olympic gold medallist, Oliver Townend. As a teenager competing in adult and horse classes, most of the fences tower over both jockey and pony. Her achievements have not gone unnoticed. "Tara is one of the youngest riders competing at this level and to have completed a clear round at Badminton aged just 14 is both rare and extremely impressive," said a British Eventing spokesman. "Her selection to represent Scotland at the upcoming championships is a well-deserved recognition of her talent and composure under pressure. "She's certainly one to watch." Competing at international level requires a significant amount of training and dedication, with Tara riding every morning before attending school at Lockerbie Academy. In order to compete at Badminton this year, she had to sit her school exams on Monday before a six-hour drive south to compete on the Tuesday, with British Eventing making special allowances in order for her to participate. Tara's parents, Margaret and Edi, work full-time to support their daughter in following her dream. However, competing at this level is expensive and Margaret has to work overtime to cover the cost of entry fees, travel and accommodation. More stories from South Scotland Listen to news from Dumfries and Galloway on BBC Sounds "It's surreal for us as a family to see Tara's name on the entry list alongside riders who we watch competing all over the world and to have royalty arriving in helicopters to spectate," she said. "We do everything ourselves and we don't have any sponsors. "Some of Tara's competitors have the pick of the best horses and teams of people around them to cater to horse and rider. "I think it makes it even more special when Tara achieves the results she does, and we'd like to thank her coaches who work so hard." The dream is to reach the top of the sport, perhaps even a future Olympics Games. Both Margaret and Tara are working as hard as they can to realise those ambitions. Canter secures second five-star victory in six weeks
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'Reassuring' eight-goal display 'cause for optimism'
We asked for your views after Stephen Robinson's St Mirren put eight past lower-league Annan in the Premier Sports Cup. Here's what some of you said: Eddie: Great result! We are starting look more like the team the manager knows. Douglas: Fraser Taylor, why not start off by saying that was a great sitting midfield performance? Not on the scoresheet, but controlled, prodded and sprayed great passes throughout the afternoon. We puffed a little after taking a three-goal lead after nine minutes, but eventually we managed to find the net later in the game to reflect our dominance. Richard King also put in a polished first performance and the management team must be happy with his control. There will be greater examinations as the season progresses, but good to see the goals go in and raise the confidence. Wallace: Enjoyed ever minute of it. Gabe: A reassuring performance after the two previous lacklustre games. It's slightly disconcerting that we conceded two goals, but overall this result is a cause for optimism. John: For a great deal of that game it was a turgid affair. It was a lightning start and we looked on easy street. For the last 20-odd minutes of the first half Annan outplayed us. They were the better side at that point - 8-2 definitely flattered us and I think tiredness in the Annan team played its part at the end. After they scored to make it 3-2 they had a spring in their step, but it petered out. I have now seen both keepers in action and I am not overly confident in either. Still, we won comfortably in the end and have a chance of progressing.
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3 days ago
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'Reassuring' eight-goal display 'cause for optimism'
We asked for your views after Stephen Robinson's St Mirren put eight past lower-league Annan in the Premier Sports what some of you said:Eddie: Great result! We are starting look more like the team the manager Fraser Taylor, why not start off by saying that was a great sitting midfield performance? Not on the scoresheet, but controlled, prodded and sprayed great passes throughout the afternoon. We puffed a little after taking a three-goal lead after nine minutes, but eventually we managed to find the net later in the game to reflect our dominance. Richard King also put in a polished first performance and the management team must be happy with his control. There will be greater examinations as the season progresses, but good to see the goals go in and raise the Enjoyed ever minute of A reassuring performance after the two previous lacklustre games. It's slightly disconcerting that we conceded two goals, but overall this result is a cause for For a great deal of that game it was a turgid affair. It was a lightning start and we looked on easy street. For the last 20-odd minutes of the first half Annan outplayed us. They were the better side at that point - 8-2 definitely flattered us and I think tiredness in the Annan team played its part at the end. After they scored to make it 3-2 they had a spring in their step, but it petered out. I have now seen both keepers in action and I am not overly confident in either. Still, we won comfortably in the end and have a chance of progressing.
