THE SENIOR football season was completed last weekend with Whalsay winning 4-1 at home against Unst in the sole remaining fixture in the G&S Flooring Premier League.

Meanwhile Shetland Football Association held its end-of-season awards evening at The Shetland Hotel on Saturday where the guest speaker was comedian and Albion Rovers director Patrick Rolink. Football bashes traditionally favour the risque stuff and Rolink certainly appeared to fit the bill. According to one source he was about “10 times bluer” than Chubby Brown.

The senior Shetland player of the year, voted for by club repre­sentatives, was Ross Moncrieff of Celtic. The …

Shetland 0, Deeside 15

THE SHETLAND rugby team played their second home match in the league against Deeside last Saturday at Clickimin.

So far this season preparations have not been ideal, but there was a good turnout for the squad, with some having to be content to spectate for much of the game.

Despite the numbers the lack of experienced players was apparent quite early, with Deeside going over for the first of two soft tries from a tighthead at an early scrum, which became a regular feature of the match.

Shetland began to settle a bit and put some …

TWO of Shetland’s triathletes travelled to Nairn last weekend where they did well in the sprint distance triathlon.

Lynsey Henderson finished first in the women’s category while Robin Atkinson came third in the men’s section.

They took on the 750m swim, 18km bike ride and 6km run in a strong field of 66 competitors.

The swim was in the Nairn swimming pool, setting off at different time intervals, and the bike and run was on a fast course in fine weather.

Lynsey put in a very strong swim of 10 minutes despite having to do an extra half a length …

KINETICS continued their excellent start in the netball division one last week with a comfortable victory over Whalsay while Kiwis moved into second place after a one-point win over Loungers. The second division saw success for Unst, Mishaps and Challengers while Lerwick Juniors picked up full points in division three.

Division One

Kinetics 45, Whalsay 26

In the first quarter both teams showed good effort, especially Kinetics’ centre court players and Whalsay’s defence. Cheryl Simpson played strongly, taking advantage of any loose balls which enabled Kinetics to be slightly ahead. Both teams showed determination and it proved a close first …

WITH the season soon drawing to a close, golfers at Dale have been making the best of the late summer weather with the course still in excellent condition.

The final open competition of the year took place last Saturday with Ernie Smith lifting the LEF Shield after a play-off.

The conclusion of the summer league also needed a play-off after Ronnie Birnie and Chris Conboy tied on 20 points over the season. They still couldn’t be separated after 18 holes but it was Birnie who eventually triumphed when he birdied the third play-off hole.

Stuart Anderson won the Haig Whisky …

LADYBOY Express and Sandwick II both enjoyed straight-set wins in volleyball’s division one last weekend, while in the second division Burra were victorious and Shetland Ladies and JBT Juniors could not be separated.

Intersport Mixed League
Division One

LadyBoy Express 3, JBT I 0
(25-16, 25-16, 25-20)

The first set began very evenly with both teams regularly swapping serve to bring the score to 7-7. Good serving from Sarah Grogan combined with good hitting from Kenneth Shearer saw LadyBoys pull ahead at 12-7.

Fine play from the experienced duo of Mark Loynd and Kevin Jones helped JBT stay within reach …

THE RESULTS of the last eight games in the Tennents Trophy pool competition were: Brian Thompson beat Stephen Dobson 5-3; Chris Young beat Sandy Henry 5-2; Martin Ramsay beat Colin Irvine 5-4; Allan Johnson lost to George Fraser 5-2.

The first semi-final saw Chris Young beat Brian Thompson 5-2 while in the second match Martin Ramsay held off George Fraser, winning 5-3.

In the final they played for the best of 11 and it was a nail-biting affair between two players on top of their game.

Martin won the first set and Chris the second and it kept even, with …

THE ANNUAL Double Rise Trophy clay shoot held last Sunday produced the highest scores seen in the 19 years the event has been held.

Double Rise is two targets thrown simultaneously to a fixed height and angle at Down the Line (DTL) speed. The wind on the day was fairly strong from behind resulting in the targets having to be set a little faster to prevent them diving too quickly. The targets were viewed by the eight who entered the competition prior to starting and appeared difficult.

The competition was shot over one round of 25 pairs in two squads …

COUNCIL services ground to a halt on Wednesday when union workers staged their second 24 hour strike in just over a month.

Inter-island ferry services were cancelled and most schools stayed closed for the day when union members walked out in protest over pay.

Members of the public service unions Unite, GMB and Unison are in dispute with employer Cosla (Convention of Scottish Local Authorities) over a below inflation pay offer of 2.5 per cent for three years. Around 1,200 council workers walked out on August 20th in protest over the offer.

Hopes were raised at the time that renewed …

A MAN who fought and struggled with police wanting to carry out a drug search was fined £1,000 at Lerwick Sheriff Court on Monday.

Ebrahim Abdullah Hassan, 45, of North Road, Lerwick, appeared from custody charged with assaulting one policeman and then obstructing two policemen by struggling violently with them when they tried to search him. Hassan pleaded guilty to both charges.

The court heard that the incident started at around midnight on Saturday. Hassan had been at Baroc and door staff wanted to do a random drug search, but he refused and was escorted from the premises.

The door …