An understrength Shetland bad­minton team lost 11-1 to Caithness in the annual inter-county match in Thurso last week.

The Shetland senior badminton singles competition was held on Monday night. With this being scheduled after the open doubles event many of the senior players were feeling the pace and unfor­tunately three withdrew, leaving top seed Kevin Smith, coach Maurice Haining and five able juniors.

Yell A stayed in contention for the first division badminton title after a hard-fought win over Westside Bulls while in division two leaders Aith B and St Clement’s were both victorious.

The annual under-15 badminton inter-county match was played at Clickimin at the weekend with the outcome swinging in Orkney’s favour for the first time in recent years.

West Side Bulls triumphed over Whalsay A in badminton’s top flight while Whalsay’s B side overcame both Unst B and Burra in the second flight. St Clement’s, meanwhile, beat Sandwick in a hard fought match.

Yell moved ahead in division one of the badminton leagues after their opponents Whalsay conceded the points while in division two there were wins for Aith, Burra, Whalsay and Sandwick.

Shetland Badminton Association held the first of the annual tourna-ments at the weekend.
On Saturday the eight to 10-year-old half-court singles were held at the Scalloway Games Hall.

Yell B were no match for the isle’s A team in last week’s badminton matches, losing 9-0 in their division one clash, while in the second division there were wins for St Clements and Aith B over Burra and Whalsay B respectively.

The week’s badminton matches saw Aith, Whalsay and Westside Bulls winning in division one.

Shetland badminton was repre­sented at the recent 15th Cumbria Classic veterans’ badminton tour­na­ment in Carlisle by local players Colin Grant and Anne Wood.

Police have released a photograph of West Side man Oliver Tait, who has been missing in Shetland since the weekend.

A squeeze will be put on council grants for key industry sectors such as agriculture and tourism during the next financial year.

Lobbyless and Whalsay both recorded wins in the indoor hockey knockout competition for the Robertson Cup on Saturday, while New Rev also progressed to the semi-finals after Crusaders failed to field a team.