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Sports fixtures

Sports fixtures for the coming week:

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Celtic and Spurs victorious in Madrid Cup

Two games were played last night in the Madrid Cup first round, with Celtic beating Scalloway and Spurs thrashing Thistle.

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Delting beat Spurs in Madrid Cup as senior football season begins in earnest

Senior football finally got started on Monday night with a defeat for holders Spurs in the first round of the Madrid Cup. Friday evening’s league matches had all been postponed due to the weather.

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Transfer activity raises prospect of intriguing football season

There still might be snow and sleet this April but summer is on its way and the lighter nights can only mean one thing – the start of the Shetland football season.

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Whalsay through to Highland Fuels final

Whalsay are through to the final of the Highlands Fuels Cup, the warm-up to the main senior outdoor football season, after beating Scalloway 6-2 last night at Harbison Park.

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Drosso among the medallists as young fencers shine

Shetland Fencing Club had a very successful weekend in the Glasgow Senior Open competition at the weekend with Sophie Drosso picking up two medals.

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Mile events raise £3,000 for Sport Relief

The Sainsbury’s Sport Relief Mile events in Shetland at the weekend attracted around 370 participants of all ages and raised an estimated £3,000 for Sport Relief.

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Rowley close in on netball title

Team Rowley moved another step closer to the first division netball title with a comfortable win over third-placed Kinetics, the second division saw wins for Arctic Security, Supernova and Mishaps and Ness had a strong win in division three.

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Davy Cummings competes in the arm over arm pull. Davy Cummings competes in the arm over arm pull.

Shetland strongmen show prowess in south events

Two of Shetland’s strongmen were back in action at the weekend, with Davy Cummings competing in a Giants Live Europe’s Strongest Man qualifier in Dumfries on Saturday before joining Dhanni Moar at the Aberdeen Open Strongman Competition on Sunday.

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Senior football champions reach semi-finals of pre-season tournament

Senior champions Whalsay booked a place in the semi-finals of football’s pre-season Highland Fuels Cup with a win over Delting at Harbison Park.

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