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NZ Herald
01-05-2025
- Sport
- NZ Herald
Whanganui club rugby: Counties aim to defend Whanganui Shield
Among the 35 players available for the season start, Counties have secured some significant talent. After five straight Premier championships with Border, legendary Steelform Whanganui halfback Lindsay Horrocks has returned to his original family club. The 2015 NZ Heartland Player of the Year, 35-year-old Horrocks played 102 games for Whanganui, winning three Meads Cups and two Lochore Cups, as well as nine matches for the NZ Heartland XV. McNab appreciates the structure and game management Horrocks brings to the team. 'Lindsay definitely does help, but it's more than that, we've just got a bit more from last year – got a bit of fire in our belly. 'We're there to do something – we want to be noticed now. 'They've got a great amount of potential, it's just about bringing it out.' Also joining Counties is Yarrall's son Jack (23 games for Whanganui between 2016-22), who despite being a hooker has a little extra speed and so plays midfield. Another standout is top finisher Emitai Logadraudrau, a Manawatū Mustangs league representative while with Whanganui Boxon, who switched to Ngamatapouri, later being named in the Whanganui Development XV and Pacifica teams. These players help lift a squad whose core has been together a few years and nurture prospects like Falcon Profitt, who had a great game against Celtic. But more will be needed when Counties host Kelso Hunterville, eager to get back the Shield they surrendered to Celtic in Week 1. 'From what I can gather from the team, they're always tough games, so we've got to step up again,' said Yarrall. Draw May 2-3 - 1pm kickoffs unless noted (times subject to change): Border vs Pirates, Dallison Park; Taihape vs Utiku Old Boys, Memorial Park; Kaierau vs Marist Knights, Country Club; Ruapehu vs Marist Celtic, Rochfort Park; Counties vs Hunterville, Macnab Domain. Women's competition We have a Friday night double-header at Cooks Gardens for the third round of the Tasman Tanning Women's competition, starting with a Rangitīkei derby. Second-place Silks Audit Rātana will take on the Marton Queenbeez in the early fixture then, under the full lights, table leaders AGC Training Marist Clovers meet the newly minted Hunterville, who picked up the first win in their young history on Anzac Day. Hunterville turned it on for their supporters at the Domain with a 106-0 victory over the Queenbeez. The home side took to the park led by skipper Brooke Henderson at lock with Chloe Henderson at flanker, and six tries were credited to that surname. Advertisement Advertise with NZME. First-five Stacey Jones, midfielder Charlie Bennett and reserve Nina Rimene got doubles, while halfback Shyana Tipu had a 17-point haul from a try and six conversions. Marist picked up a little revenge for last season's shock grand final loss with a 47-5 away win over Byfords Construction Taihape. Lock Akosita Marr scored a hat-trick, while winger Alice Ireton had a great day with the boot, converting all six Marist tries, including the one she scored herself. Rātana continued their good form with an 82-15 road win over Heidi Macaulay Realty Bulls, scoring 15 tries and kicking six conversions. Taihape will next host Bulls on Friday evening at Memorial Park as they look to regain momentum, wanting to secure a Top 2 spot for a home semifinal on July 4. Draw, May 2
Yahoo
01-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Jersey Bulls into top two after Guildford City win
Jersey Bulls moved into the top two of Combined Counties Premier South after a 2-0 win at Guildford City. Jersey-bred former professional Kurtis Guthrie needed just three minutes of his debut to help put the islanders ahead - his ball into the box was flicked on by Fraser Barlow and scrambled into his own net by a Guildford player. Toby Ritzema and Jonny Le Quesne had chances before Guildford goalkeeper Monty Conway made an excellent save from a Luke Campbell header 10 minutes from half time. The hosts went close soon after the restart while Barlow forced a second excellent save from Conway soon after. A minute later Guthrie narrowly missed after a saved Campbell header fell into his path. Bulls' veteran midfielder Luke Watson missed a 64th-minute penalty after Barlow had been fouled in the box, but the islanders recovered from the miss almost straight away. Two minutes later Guildford had Emmanuel Acheampong sent off for a dangerous tackle on Campbell and two minutes after that Campbell was on hand to double the lead as he tapped in Joe Kilshaw's cross. Jersey Bulls
Yahoo
29-01-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
It's a first among all Pennsylvania counties, but is ICE cooperation a good or a bad thing?
CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — In theory, nothing is different here — for an undocumented immigrant released from custody here after completing a sentence — from in any other county jail or prison in Pennsylvania. Franklin County Jail has to release an inmate by 11:59 p.m. on the day that person completes their detention. If that person is an undocumented immigrant, facing potential deportation, they go free unless a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, officer happens to show up then. In practice, there's now a greater chance that person will go directly from county corrections custody into ICE custody rather than possibly going free first, now that Franklin has become the first Pennsylvania county to join one of two ICE 'delegation of immigration authority' programs. The program Franklin County's three commissioners (two Republicans and one Democrat) voted unanimously to join — the warrant service officer program — essentially deputizes corrections officers to act as temporary ICE officers and hold an otherwise-released inmate for up to three days before ICE takes physical custody of the person to process them for possible deportation. 'It's a safety net both for us — the county — and ICE,' Heather Franzoni, the jail's warden, said Wednesday. 'And I think it's just a good collaboration in order to keep the community safe.' Counties in other states already cooperate similarly with ICE under the warrant service officer program or another program called the 'jail enforcement model.' Franzoni described the program as a 'safe handoff' of people who — here or anywhere else — are already supposed to go directly into ICE custody (because ICE has placed 'detainers' on them) but sometimes instead go free because of a lack of ICE agents available to take custody of the inmate before the jail is required to release them. Franzoni said the local cooperation was already in the works last summer, before the 2024 presidential election, meaning it would have begun whether Donald Trump or Kamala Harris had taken office Jan. 20. But ICE itself has been arresting and deporting undocumented immigrants more aggressively under now-President Trump, so some immigrant advocates are worry about any local efforts that facilitate the agency's work. 'What we can agree on is that we do want the violent criminals out of the country,' said Damaris Mazariegos, a U.S. citizen who immigrated to the Chambersburg area from Guatemala about 30 years ago, when she was a young child. On the other hand, 'people who are already in there who have completed their sentence — you if it was somebody that was not an immigrant, people would be looking for for them to be released and welcomed back into society,' Mazariegos said, adding she worries about the treatment of the immigrants during their extended detentions 'as the hatred is building up for undocumented immigrants under this administration.' Franzoni said guardrails are in place. The up to three additional days at the jail, she said, 'aren't going to look any different from' the rest of their detention. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
