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NZ Herald
12-05-2025
- Business
- NZ Herald
On The Up: Dairy Awards 2025 - Wairarapa's Pieter Van Beek named Dairy Trainee of the Year
The Dairy Trainee judges said Van Beek had good industry knowledge and looked to older farmers for career advice and mentorship. 'He soaks up their advice like a sponge,' judge Frank Portegys from DairyNZ said. 'He was able to communicate clearly around industry issues and the impact of some of those,' head judge Johanna Wood from Manawatū said. 'He has a broad knowledge and he's a hard worker.' The first-time entrant is a farm assistant on Wilfred and Rachel Van Beek's 120ha, 330-cow farm at Greytown. The 18-year-old is a third-generation New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards entrant, following in the footsteps of his parents and grandparents. Van Beek won the Ecolab Personal Growth and Development Award, the Communication and Industry Involvement Award, plus over $10,000 in prizes. The judges said the Dairy Trainee national finalists were an engaging group of young farmers from different backgrounds. The Dairy Trainee runner-up, Emma Blom from Southland/Otago, won over $6000 in prizes. She is the farm manager on Blomventures Ltd's 200ha Balfour property, milking 300 cows. Third placegetter is Alex Diprose from Waikato, who is second in charge on Colin and Jackie Dixon's 167ha Horotiu property, milking 460 cows. Alex won over $3000 in prizes and the DairyNZ Practical Skills merit award through his strong practical skills and knowledge. Van Beek received his award alongside 2025 New Zealand Share Farmers of the Year, Fiona and Thomas Langford, from Waikato, and Martin Keegan from Taranaki, who became the 2025 New Zealand Dairy Manager of the Year.
BBC News
12-04-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Derbys' Andersson hits maiden hundred against Leics
Rothesay County Championship Division Two, Uptonsteel County Ground, Leicester (day two)Leicestershire 484: Van Beek 82*, Budinger 81, Holland 74, Handscomb 63; Morley 2-59Derbyshire 346-8: Andersson 101*, Jewell 83, Dal 43; Van Beek 3-87, Mike 2-77 Derbyshire (3 pts) trail Leicestershire (5 pts) by 138 runsMatch scorecard Martin Andersson's maiden first-class century led a Derbyshire fightback after Logan Van Beek looked to have given his new side the platform to push for a handsome victory on his Leicestershire debut in the County all-rounder Andersson finished unbeaten on 101 as Derbyshire recovered from 139-6 six in reply to Leicestershire's 484 to close on 346-8, still 138 behind but having confounded expectations by avoiding the international Van Beek added 3-87 to go with his 83 not out, but Andersson emerged as the player of the day, finding valuable support first from Anuj Dal (43) in a seventh-wicket stand of 110, and then from ex-Leicestershire man Zak Chappell (37).Derbyshire's Australian opener Caleb Jewell had earlier profited from being dropped twice in making was Leicestershire's dominance of the first part of the day that even with left-hander Jewell given lives on two and 25, they still had their neighbours 57-3 at lunch in reply to their own total of Beek - who previously had two spells as a Derbyshire player - was the bowler when Jewell was dropped by Lewis Hill at backward point in his second over. Derbyshire had already lost David Lloyd - tamely caught and bowled by Van Beek - and Harry Came - beaten past the inside edge to be leg before to Ian Holland. They would have been 8-3 had the chance would have been 53-4 had Leicestershire captain Peter Handscomb not made a hash of what should have been a routine catch at second slip off Ben Green that handed Jewell his second on loan from Somerset, had only moments earlier dismissed Wayne Madsen, so often Leicestershire's nemesis, with a ball that came back in to hit the Derbyshire skipper in Van Beek had shown how much of an all-round asset he may be to Leicestershire by finishing their top scorer on 82 not out after Derbyshire had conceded another 61 runs to the home side's last-wicket pair from their overnight position. Left-arm spinner Jack Morley finally wrapped up the innings by having Tom Scriven leg before for a pitch that had something for the bowlers but afforded scant room for error, Van Beek had picked off 13 boundaries from 103 balls, the last-wicket pair adding 83 in Beek notched his second success with the ball four overs into the afternoon session, squaring up Brooke Guest to end a 25-ball duck with another lbw, before Jewell punished a loose Holland over with a couple of handsome fours as he and Luis Reece tried to mount a fifth-wicket combination added 52 but Reece then flailed at a wide delivery from Scriven to be caught behind at 118-5. When Jewell was bowled for 83 by a ball from Ben Mike that kept low, Derbyshire were still 345 behind at came finally from Andersson and Dal, the latter battling hard despite needing painkillers for a back only did the seventh-wicket pair steer Derbyshire to tea with no further losses, they extended their partnership for 10 overs thereafter, chipping 110 runs off the deficit before Dal, having paused for more tablets, drove loosely at Van Beek to be caught at backward now, though, Leicestershire's bowlers were finding it difficult to conjure much response from an ageing ball and 58 runs more were cleared from the arrears before Ben Mike's tactics of bowling short paid off when Chappell swatted to deep square leg. Hill, at third man, then spilled his second chance of the day off a Blair Tickner top whose previous best was 93, completed his hundred with the push for two that simultaneously avoided the follow-on, leaving Leicestershire with a handsome lead but in a less dominant position than once seemed Reporters Network supported by Rothesay
Yahoo
04-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Midwest Honor Flight close to achieving goal for June 3 flight
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KCAU) — Midwest Honor Flight is one step closer to making sure that 85 veterans are flown out to the nation's capital for the first time since 2010. 'We've come a long way since the beginning, and we're just so grateful for the support that we received,' Midwest Honor Flight CEO Aaron Van Beek said. 'We've got some events and such coming up as well that will help support that flight.' Siouxland agency not expecting LIHEAP to be affected by federal cuts The nonprofit sends military veterans to Washington D.C. to visit military memorials. The organization is looking to raise $200,000 and is still shy on that goal, but Van Beek says they're getting closer to achieving it every day. 'We're currently sitting at about 145,000 out of 200,000,' he said. 'We've gotten some great support from MRHD for a grant. We've had some local regions and communities that have put on fundraisers for us. Redeemer Lutheran Church has been a big help with raising over $30,000 as well, and some donations in grants through the Siouxland Community Foundation as well.' Van Beek says that departing from Sioux City is not the cheapest option, but they're determined to make it happen. 'A lot of factors go into the charter department, but I think the biggest reason is there's no American Airlines, is who we charter with. There's no operations in the Sioux City airport for American Airlines,' Van Beek said. 'So having them hired out is a big reason for that cost. It's going to happen one way or another. We're still going to make it happen.' Van Beek says some of the 85 veterans who are flying out have been waiting for this moment for years. Sioux City receives $500K grant for wastewater treatment improvements 'Some of these veterans have been waiting two, three years for the opportunity and they all signed up not knowing that there'd be a flight out of Sioux City either,' he said. 'So very neat opportunity for them. All 85 will be from the Woodbury County and surrounding county area, so it'll really have that local feel to this flight specifically.' The flight payment deadline for the June 3 flight is on May 1. Anyone interested in donating can do so by . Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
BBC News
20-02-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Foxes sign Dutch all-rounder Van Beek
Netherlands international all-rounder Logan van Beek has signed for Leicestershire for the 2025 34-year-old has previously played in both formats of the game for Derbyshire and Worcestershire, as well as representing Canterbury and Wellington in New Zealand, where he was Beek is a right-handed batter and right-arm medium-fast bowler with over 100 limited-overs caps in international is best known for his feat in the 2023 World Cup qualifiers, when he smashed 30 off a super over and then took two for eight in the West Indies' reply to earn his country a notable will arrive in Leicester ahead of the Foxes' opening County Championship game against Derbyshire on 11 April and is expected to be available for both County Championship games and the Vitality Blast Beek was in form for the Wellington Firebirds last season, taking five wickets and scoring a century in the Plunkett Shield clash with director of cricket Claude Henderson told the club website, external: "He brings a wealth of experience and great character, which will strengthen both our bowling unit and changing room."
