On Saturday afternoon Shetland RFC had a tremendous victory over the Aberdeen Wanderers.

A youthful Shetland side travelled to Peterhead last weekend for their must-win encounter with the Scottish Hydro North East Division Two bottom side Peterhead. A few changes were made to the squad from last week’s defeat to Ross Sutherland, with Callum Williamson returning at scrum half and Jon Pulley filling in at stand-off.

The Shetland rugby team took on old foes Ross Sutherland at home in the first round of the Scottish Hydro Cup on Saturday.

Shetland took to the field at Clickimin in a confident mood for their Scottish Hydro North East Division Two match against Huntly on Saturday. Fielding a strong squad, they knew that in order to win, they would need to take the game to the visitors and keep the ball away from the large visiting forwards.

A stirring second-half comeback was not enough for the Shetland rugby team, as they succumbed to another Scottish Hydro Electric North East Division Two defeat, this time at the hands of Deeside, on a cold, wet day at Clickimin on Saturday.

Aberdeen Wanderers 74, Shetland 3
After last week’s triumph over West Dyce, a young Shetland team travelled to Aberdeen to play the Wanderers.

Shetland Rugby club followed up their record home victory over Peterhead last week with a strong second half display over West Dyce, who began the day one place above Shetland in Scottish Hydro Electric Caledonia Division 2. Despite having the better of a scrappy first half on a wet and windy day at Clickimin, the away side were put to the sword by a rampant Shetland team in the second half, who came away with another bonus point victory.

The Shetland rugby team finally got their season on track at the fifth time of asking with a thumping, 15-try victory over Peterhead on Saturday, with the visitors unable to register on the scoresheet at all.

Huntly 36, Shetland 10 A strong-looking Shetland rugby squad of 17 players travelled away at the weekend to play Huntly RFC in what turned out to be a well contested game by both teams.

Shetland 0, Garioch 97 Shetland hosted the Garioch of Inverurie rugby team at Clickimin on Saturday after­noon.

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.