The cream of world darts players are coming to Shetland later this year to compete in the 25th anniversary tournament at Clickimin.

Darts fans in Burra were thrilled on Sunday and Monday with the appearance of five times world champion Raymond van Barneveld.

Shetland Darts Association has announced the fixtures for the Sum­mer Cups, which all have an 8pm start.

Darts enthusiasts had a treat at the weekend with a visit from 14 times world champion Phil “The Power” Taylor.

Taylor and up-and-coming Pro­fessional Darts Corporation player Gary Anderson visited the isles to take part in a specially-organised tournament, where they took on two groups of local players over the weekend.

Both nights, at the…

Orkney have defeated Shetland in this year’s darts inter-county match, played in the Kirkwall British Legion last Friday.

The home side opted to play the singles first, and due to being the better at finishing found themselves with a 7-1 lead with Paul Tait being the sole winner. Further wins for Roger Irvine, Barry Couper…

Saturday night saw the culmination of the Lerwick Darts Singles League.

Eleven players took part for the plate shield, and after the two round robin groups Stuart Paul and Derek Moar emerged as finalists.

The final was played over the best of seven legs with Stuart making a strong start, opening up a 3-0 lead before Derek…

Darts champion Phil “The Power” Taylor is coming to Burra in May.

The 14-times world title holder will play an exhibition match at the Hamnavoe Hall, accompanied by rising star Gary “The Flying Scotsman” Anderson. Each of them will take on eight local players and then play a head-to-head match over the best of 13…

Shetland Archery Club held its annual 18-metre FITA competition last weekend. Four compound and five recurve archers took part and 60 arrows were shot at a 40cm face from 18 metres.

Martin Krusche won the overall title and the compound section with a score of 556 out of a possible 600. Sara Leith was second…

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.