Shetland fencing triumphed at Scotland’s most prestigious competition at the weekend with local fencer Christopher Rocks becoming Scottish épée champion and his twin brother Stephen coming fifth in the men’s sabre.

Shetland Fencing Club travelled to Inverness at the weekend and pro­duced probably the best results in the several years of competing in this senior Scottish Open com­petition.

Last weekend the Shetland Fencing Club travelled away to the Doric Open at the Beach Leisure Centre in Aberdeen.

A group of six fencers from Shetland travelled to Glasgow last weekend to join five other Shetland Fencing Club members to compete in the Glasgow Senior Open competition.

This is one of the major Scottish competitions on the calendar, drawing a large entry from all over the UK and beyond.

The minimum age for this senior event…

Shetland Fencing Club held its annual prizegiving on Saturday to round off the club championships which had been held over the last few weeks.

The championships are open to under-18s and consists of three separate competitions for the three different weapons of fencing; the foil, épée and sabre.

The foil competition was held first. The…

Shetland Fencing Club had an impressive nine competitors in the biggest senior Scottish fencing event of the calendar at Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh.

For junior fencers this level of competition is very tough, as they will compete against experienced seniors from the UK and abroad.

Living in Shetland it is not practical to “do the rounds”…

FENCER Sophie Drosso, 16, got her season off to a flying start on Saturday.

She finished second with the silver medal and won the North Section Schools Cup, in the first major (senior) Scottish open com-petition of the year in Inverness.

One of the oldest competitions on the calendar, the Highland Open brought competitors from…

LAST weekend’s Doric Open proved to be a huge success for Shetland fencers, who claimed six medals at the event in Aberdeen’s Beach Leisure Centre.

Saturday’s events saw the men’s épée first with some of Scotland’s top fencers entered.

The Shetland contingent got off to a good start with Paul Hibbert, Kyle Smith and Chris…

It was a special day in the South Mainland on Friday with its first-ever Up-Helly-A’ festival proving a roaring success.

WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SHETLAND

Friday, 12 March 2010 at 10:42

HEADLINES

TODAY: SCATTERED SHOWERS, COOL NW’LY WIND
TONIGHT: LITTLE CHANGE
TOMORROW: SCATTERED SHOWERS, BREEZY
DAYS 2-5: SOME RAIN OR SHOWERS, LIGHTER WINDS
DAYS 6-10: RAIN OR SHOWERS

Firms in Shetland are facing huge rate rises – some by as much as two-thirds – under the Scottish government’s revaluation of business property which will come into force at the beginning of next month.