LAST weekend saw the second competition of the indoor archery season take place, when 12 com­petitors lined up to shoot the Vegas round.

Each archer shot 60 arrows at 40cm face centres, set out in a triangular formation with scoring from six points to 10 points.

The compound section was a very tight affair with…

TEN members of Shetland Archery Club travelled to Orkney last week­end to compete in the third North Atlantic archery tournament at the Pickaquoy Centre.

The tournament is held every second year between island games and this year archers from Shetland, Orkney, Faroe and Åland took part.

On Saturday a friendly comp­etition was held in strong…

A former Lerwick optician is suing his estranged wife and erstwhile business partner for more than £800,000, claiming that her actions after they went their separate ways six years ago effectively left him out of work.

New SIC chief executive Alistair Buchan came face to face with all councillors this week for the first time since taking up the post for what he described as “very positive” initial discussions about how to react to major criticisms in the Accounts Commission’s recent report on the local authority.

Multiple Grammy winner Steve Earle, the outspoken singer-song­writer responsible for a host of classic Americana songs including Copperhead Road, Guitar Town and Galway Girl, will be stopping off in Lerwick next Thursday for a re-arranged show at Clickimin.