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Yahoo
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Coles' career-best helps Sussex to winning start at Lord's
James Coles smashed a career-best unbeaten 77 from 44 balls to set up a winning start to the Vitality Blast for Sussex Sharks as they held off Middlesex at Lord's. The 21-year-old's destructive knock, which included five sixes and five fours, underpinned his unbroken fifth-wicket stand of 88 from 47 with Tom Clark and ensured that last year's Blast semi-finalists totalled 202 for four. That proved to be enough as the home side fell just short at 186 for seven in reply, despite a maiden T20 half-century by Ben Geddes (51 from 37) and Ryan Higgins' fearless late display of hitting to rack up 44 from 16. Middlesex made an early breakthrough after winning the toss and opting to bowl, with Noah Cornwell's opening delivery dragged on by Harrison Ward before John Simpson (22 from 12) and Daniel Hughes really got the scoreboard moving. Hughes began to open up after Simpson's departure, flaying Henry Brookes for successive leg-side sixes but the Australian's knock of 38 from 20 came to an abrupt end as Tom Helm's fingertips deflected Coles' drive onto the stumps at the non-striker's end. Luke Hollman's astute spell of one for 38 prevented Sussex from gaining greater traction – although the leg-spinner's figures were dented by a trio of sixes from Coles, who advanced to his third T20 half-century by drilling Cornwell over his head for four. With Clark (26 from 21) taking on a supporting role, Coles scooped Higgins for another maximum as the pair accelerated during the death overs, taking 29 from the final nine balls of the innings to clamber above 200. Former New Zealand captain Kane Williamson, making his Middlesex debut, provided brief fireworks at the start of their reply, hitting two sixes in 14 from 12 before he fell to Ward's smart diving catch on the point boundary. But, although Geddes pummelled both Tymal Mills and Brad Currie over the fence, Sussex's seamers achieved a degree of accuracy that had eluded the home bowlers and the required run-rate soon soared. Stephen Eskinazi (34 from 30) shared a partnership of 58 from 45 with Geddes before he fell to another boundary catch off Currie (two for 38), while Leus du Plooy and Jack Davies both departed cheaply as Sussex turned the screw. However, a flurry of boundaries from Hollman (20 from nine) lifted the tempo and Higgins took up the baton, hammering Mills for two enormous sixes and two fours in the penultimate over to keep Middlesex's faint hopes alive. But Ollie Robinson (three for 27) kept his cool to send down a near-flawless final over, having Geddes caught in the deep and then yorking Higgins to seal Sussex's victory.
Yahoo
08-05-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Lane closures planned on I-690E in Geddes for bridge work
GEDDES, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — Bridge work on Interstate 690 eastbound is planned to begin on Thursday, May 8, the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) announced. The NYSDOT said that during the work, I-690 east will be reduced to one lane between Exit 10 (NY 695/Lakeland/Auburn) and Exit 9 (NY 297/Fairgrounds/Solvay) in the Town of Geddes. The road work is set to run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on weekdays through Tuesday, May 13. Construction is weather-dependent and is subject to change based on conditions. Latest local news Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WSYR.
Otago Daily Times
02-05-2025
- Sport
- Otago Daily Times
Relays poised to be ‘celebration of running'
Locked and loaded. A bumper number of runners will be lacing up their shoes and hitting the ground running for the annual Lovelock Relays at the University Oval this afternoon. About 63 teams have entered the event, organised by Hill City-University, across the 11 divisions from the flagship senior men's and women's races to social relays. Hill City-University president Mark Geddes was thrilled to see so many people involved. "It's a real celebration of running," Geddes said. "It's really, really encouraging to see the sort of response to something like this." The senior races are always an intriguing contest — Hill City won both titles last year — and the men's will be a shootout between Leith and Hill City's top teams again. Leith is fielding a strong team for the six-man race in Stephen Johnson, Graham Fisher, Nathan Hill, Finbar Chesney, James Davies and Jude Deaker and Hill City are right beside them with Matt Bolter, Harry Witt, Alex Witt, Giles Witt, Ruie Hyslop and Jake Owen. Both clubs have their depth on display with four teams from each club rounding out the race. Leith is shaping as one of the hot favourites in the senior women's race with Stephanie Wilson, Caitlin O'Donnell, Claudia Sole and Alice Cuthbert. Hill City has had a complete re-jig, with all four runners who won the event last year unavailable this year, but Geddes was still thrilled they have been able to field two teams. Caversham will also be in the mix as contenders. The Otago University residential college mixed relay continues to go from strength to strength, with seven teams entered for the third edition of the event. Salmond lead the charge with three teams and a group called "locals", who are university students not at the halls of residence, have also strung together a team to compete in a new initiative. The masters races, both of which were won by Leith last season, are also looking strong and plenty of rising stars are getting in on the action in the under-18, under-16, under-14 and under-12 grades. Racing starts at 1pm today.
Leader Live
02-05-2025
- Leader Live
County Lines Class A drug dealer from Wrexham is jailed
Bailey Geddes, of Churton Road, Wrexham, appeared before Mold Crown Court for sentencing on Thursday (May 1). The 23-year-old had previously admitted being concerned in the supply of cocaine and heroin between January and March this year. Laura Knightley, prosecuting, said that Merseyside Police led Operation Gasket sought to infiltrate County Lines gangs dealing out of the Liverpool area. The investigation focused on the use of telephones, known as 'graft phones' which are used to advertise drugs to users. The court heard that based on intelligence, police officers raided Geddes' home address in March this year. They recovered two phones - one of which had been smashed in half and the sim card discarded. Police also found cocaine and a cutting agent. However, police were able to uncover messages from both phones. One showed an "active line" with "bulk" messages sent and slang terminology indicative of drug supply used from December 2024. On February 24, that phone advertised a new number which was activated two days later. The number was active in the Caia Park area and again advertised the sale of cocaine and heroin. The court heard that Geddes' operation was thought to be "orchestrated" by Liverpool-based drug gangs. Geddes, who has six previous convictions between 2017 and 2024 for robbery, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, criminal damage and common assault, was arrested. Joshua Gorst, defending, said that Geddes lives in Wrexham - so was not entering the area with the intention of selling drugs and returning home. He said the defendant had lost his job at a food factory as he was supporting his partner with a difficult pregnancy. MORE NEWS: He is said to have struggled to get benefits and turned to drug dealing as a means of supporting his family. Mr Gorst said this was the "motivation" for his offending. Judge Simon Mills said drugs cause "appalling harm" to communities, and "destroy lives". "I see people in the dock every day whose lives have been smashed to pieces by Class A drugs and dealers," he said. "Wrexham is devastated by people coming to the area to sell drugs." He sentenced Geddes to three years and four months imprisonment.
CBC
13-03-2025
- CBC
Guilty pleas entered in 2011 murder in rural Sask. where victim died in trunk of car
Social Sharing Edward Keith Geddes was clubbed over the head with a piece of wood, tied up and put in the trunk of a car, where he died after the drunk man who put him there went off the road into the ditch. The details about Geddes' death were shared last week in Saskatoon Court of King's Bench, when two men entered guilty pleas for their roles, 10 days before the scheduled start of their jury trial. Robert Wesley Pich, 61, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and his uncle John Robert Gregoire, 73, pleaded guilty to interfering with human remains. They return to court on March 20 for sentencing. In order for Justice Richard Danyliuk to accept their guilty pleas, he needed to be sure they understood what they were pleading to, so Crown prosecutor Keltie Coupar read aloud from a draft statement of facts outlining what happened. In late 2010, Gregoire hired Geddes, 64, as a mechanic and manager at a business he owned in Neilburg, Sask., Coupar said. Gregoire came to suspect Geddes was stealing from him and on April 11, 2011, Gregoire called Pich and told him to get Geddes to the farm. Pich told Geddes he needed help getting a filter off a front-end loader and Geddes came to help. "Mr. Pich clubbed Mr. Geddes in the head with a four-by-four piece of wood when Mr. Geddes was changing the filter," Coupar said. Pich then tied up Geddes with zip ties and waited for Gregoire. While he waited, he drank alcohol and questioned Geddes, shooting a pistol near him. After Gregoire arrived, they moved Geddes to an empty house and continued questioning him and shooting the pistol. At some point later on, Gregoire told Pich to get rid of Geddes and take him to Saskatoon or Battleford. Pich put Geddes, who was still alive, in the trunk of a car. "Mr. Pich was driving to Saskatoon when due to his intoxication and the freezing rain, he lost control of the vehicle and hit the ditch on Highway 40 outside Battleford, Saskatchewan," Coupar said. Police don't know when exactly Geddes died. Police impounded the car after a passersby reported the crash at 12:34 a.m. on April 12, 2011, but they didn't search the trunk. From jail, Piche called Gregoire to get the car. Even though Gregoire picked up the car that same day, he didn't look in the trunk until about a week later, when the foul odour from the trunk was unmistakable. Geddes was dead. That night, Gregoire dug a hole in a brush pile on his property in the RM of Hillside, near Baldwinton, Sask., about 200 kilometres northwest of Saskatoon. Gregoire used a front-end loader to carry Geddes's remains to the hole, where he piled brush and dead cows over top of Geddes's body. When Geddes went missing in 2011, police considered his disappearance suspicious, but they didn't crack the case until 10 years later. That's when police decided to use an undercover investigative technique, known as a "Mr. Big sting." During the operation, Pich and Gregoire both made recorded admissions that led to their arrests in February 2022, Coupar said. The burial site, which had become a water-filled slough, was drained and searched. Searchers found Geddes's body on Oct. 12, 2022, but the advanced state of decomposition meant the time of death couldn't be determined. Lawyers are expecting to present a joint submission on sentencing when the case returns to court on March 20. Pich was remanded in custody, while Gregoire is out on bail.
