Douglas Fordyce has turned up trumps again in acrobatic gymnastics – with a performance to remember for the rest of his life.

Shetland won the overall junior-intercounty sports competition on Monday by a resounding 214 points to Orkney’s 163.

Shetland Gymnastics is in talks with world champion gymnast Beth Tweddle to bring her back to the Isles for a return visit following her extremely successful year.

The winners of the Shetland Sports Awards will be announced at a ceremony on Friday night at Lerwick’s Clickimin Centre.

The final six contenders for this year’s Shetland Sports Awards, sponsored by The Shetland Times and Shetland Recreational Trust, represent a wide variety of pursuits.

The contenders in another two categories for this year’s Shetland Sports Awards sponsored by The Shetland Times and Shetland Recreational Trust are announced today.

The first of the nominations for this year’s Shetland Sports Awards sponsored by The Shetland Times and Shetland Recreational Trust can be announced today.

For the third year running The Shet­land Times and Shetland Recrea­tional Trust are teaming up to stage the Shetland Sports Awards, with a special ceremony and presentations in various categories.

When we first embarked on the Get Fit for the Future with SRT and The Shetland Times project, we had one focal point – change.
Magazines and infomercials make it seem effortless. Being fit and losing weight takes hard work and that often means changing different aspects of your life, like how you spend your time, how you schedule your day and how and what you eat. The seven day quick fix does not exist; the reality is everything needs to change.

Local man Dhanni Moar beat five other competitors to become Shetland’s Strongest Man and overall Northern Isles Strongest Man on Sunday, with the event sponsored by Shetland Transport and Grieg Seafood Hjaltland UK Ltd.

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.