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Otago Daily Times
2 days ago
- Sport
- Otago Daily Times
Southern United snatch shield in upset win
Southern United claimed the Challenge Shield with victory over Marist on Saturday night. Photo: Supplied Southern United will have one week to enjoy their Challenge Shield triumph before putting it on the line for the first time. The Stingers, currently sixth on the table but riding a three-game winning streak, pulled off a major upset on Saturday, beating previously unbeaten league leaders and former shield holders Marist 1-0 at Marist Park. Cameron Douglas's third-quarter goal and outstanding performances from goalkeeper Gareth Stewart and man-of-the-match Isaac Brydon saw them claim victory and take the shield off their opponents. It marks the first time Southern have held the prestigious shield since 2020. Southern centurion Ben Owers said he was 'stoked' to have the shield back with the club. 'We have a large number of new players with most of them unaware of the shield's history and importance,' he said. 'It was great to see us put in such a good performance against the competition leaders.' Second-place HSOB/Burnside was also upset 5-2 by Avon, while Carlton Redcliffs beat Hornby 2-1 and Harewood thrashed University 12-0. In the women's competition, Harewood retained the Challenge Shield and stayed top of the table thanks to a 9-0 win over University, while HSOB/Burnside (7-1 v Avon), Marist (6-0 v Southern), and Hornby (1-0 v Carlton Redcliffs) had wins. The competitions take a break this weekend due to Matariki. CPL men's points Marist 19; HSOB/Burnside 16; Carlton Redcliffs 16; Harewood 12; Avon 11; Southern United 11; Hornby 5; University 0 CPL women's points Harewood 24; HSOB/Burnside 19; Hornby 18; Marist 16; Carlton Redcliffs 9; Avon 6; University 3; Southern Utd 0
BBC News
06-03-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Celtronic: Ireland's 'longest running' electronic music festival to end
An electronic music festival, which is billed as the island of Ireland's longest running event of its kind, is set to end after almost 25 years, organisers have which was started by two "very skint" friends in Londonderry in early 2001, has attracted some of the biggest DJs from all over the world and played to thousands of fans over the Gareth Stewart said they "want to end on a high and on their own terms" after "many happy memories running the event". Gareth said it has been a privilege to put on shows in his home city and also give local people an opportunity to perform and "prove that you can be from Derry and have a career in electronic music". 'All good raves must come to an end' "When most festivals end it's usually because they have gone bankrupt or something terrible has happened, but for us it's simply the right time," Gareth told BBC News NI. "We have invited everyone we wanted to come to Derry and have played almost every venue that we wanted to."Looking back over nearly a quarter of a century of events, Gareth said some of his fondest memories were getting some huge names from across the globe to come and play in said getting stand out names like French music producer and DJ Laurent Garnier, England's Dave Clarke and even American musician and songwriter Nile Rodgers from Chic to perform twice, is still a 'pinch yourself moment'. He said that none of this would have been possible without crews, friends and the generations of dancers that continued to flock to their dancefloors. Couldn't afford to fly so started a festival The first Celtronic Festival, Gareth said, started as "a wild notion" from very humble beginnings. "I essentially met a guy called Tony Talbot and we were just these two skint young fellas from Shantallow with dreams," he said. "We always wanted to go to this amazing festival called Sónar in Barcelona, but could never afford the tickets - there wasn't any cheap flights like there is nowadays. "I asked him how would we go about doing our own version of that festival right here in Derry, so we applied for funding and - somehow - were successful and we just essentially booked our dream DJs, our dream line up." Gareth said they really "did not have too much of a plan" but somehow they pulled it off and nearly 25 years later the festival has just kept growing and growing. "We had no intention of where we were going or what we were planning, just do it once and hope for the best," he said."Back then it was an eight day and eight night festival - we had a lot more stamina than we do now." Gareth said that when they started Celtronic a real aim was to be able to provide a platform for local talent, alongside international talent, to flourish and grow. "We essentially wanted to reverse a trend of always having to import talent, when we wanted to start exporting it," he said."There are now people from this part of the world being able to develop careers in the electronic music industry."One of the most successful of those is a young DJ called Orlagh Dooley (aka Or:la) from Prehen who is playing all the best clubs and festivals all over the world."People like that send a signal to young kids coming up that you can be from Derry and have a career in electronic music, playing clubs in Ibiza or London, wherever."
