The Anderson High School’s net­ball team were left devastated this week after being forced to forfeit their place in the semi-finals of the Scottish Schools Cup because they were unable to travel south to play Robert Gordon College A.

Loungers made sure of the netball first division title with a 30-24 win over AHS last week, while Wastside defeated Supernova and Team Rowley got the points against AHS to secure second place. In the final second division match Ness beat Scalloway Juniors.

Leading teams in both divisions were successful in the latest round of netball matches, Whalsay and Team Rowley winning in division one and Da McEwans picking up full points two make sure of second place in division two.

Team Rowley kept in touch with Loungers at the top of the netball first division with a hard-fought win over Whalsay while AHS defeated Supernova and Kinetics got the points against Unst. In the second division match leaders Mishaps comfortably saw off bottom-placed Scalloway Juniors.

Team Rowley kept up the pressure on Whalsay in the battle for second spot in netball’s first division with a win over Wastside. With Kinetics, Challengers and Unst unable to field teams, full points also went to Whalsay, Supernova and AHS.

Shetland won the A match of the 29th annual senior netball inter-county on Saturday, defeating Orkney 43-29. Shetland also picked up the B team trophy as Orkney were unable to field a team, with the home B team losing out 37-30 in a friendly against the Orkney A team.

The Anderson High School netball team is through to last four of the Scottish Schools Cup, after a late charge ended in a nine-point victory over Perth Grammar School in the quarter-finals.

Kinetics and Whalsay, both in contention for second place in the netball first division, enjoyed comfortable wins over Supernova and Challengers respectively in last week’s action.

Three Shetland girls represented Scotland in the under-17 European netball championships in Northern Ireland at the weekend.

Loungers won convincingly against Supernova to strengthen their grip at the top of the netball first division while Team Rowley and Whalsay also recorded victories.

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.