Lerwick Squash Club’s season came to an end with the club championships on Monday evening, where the overall winners were Joan Smith and Ramsay Hogg.

Unst saw the conclusion of the Bulter & Mulhern boys’ under-15 and under-13 squash championships at the weekend with Stuart Copland’s powerful shots winning him both titles.

The Bulter and Mulhern Shetland Squash under-15, under-13 and under-11 competitions took place recently.

Orkney continue to dominate inter-county squash. Shetland tried hard to deny Orkney their 17th senior inter-county in the last 21 years. However a full strength Orkney team were just too strong as they won seven matches to two.

Orkney denied Shetland the chance of retaining squash’s Cee & Jays under-19 inter-county.

The 25th Shetland Ladies Squash Open consisted of a fast-paced, 10-match round robin, which saw only the third name on the trophy and the youngest ever winner“ Hannah Garrick.

The first match saw number one seed Belle Spence play number five seed Leanne Jamieson. After a tight start Belle won serve at 2-1, adjusting well to…

The Bulter & Mulhern Shetland squash under-19, under-17 and under-15 championships were held last weekend.

In the boys’ under-15s, under-19s and girls’ under-19s it was a story of retained titles with Lorne McNiven, Hannah Garrick and David Thomson playing some excellent squash, although they did have to work very hard for their victories with each…

TWO junior squash competitions were held over the festive period.

In the under-13 Christmas handicap competition Stuart Cop­land came out the winner, scoring 202 points in total. Stuart and Josie Wishart had the closest games of the tournament with only one point difference between them in their match with the final score 44-43.

Josie finished…

SHETLAND squash player Jamie Macaulay has been chosen in the team to represent Scotland at the forthcoming World Doubles Championships in Chennai, India, from 15th to 19th December.

Macaulay is joined by players from Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Inver­ness, Irvine and Montrose. He will be playing in the men’s doubles with Stuart Crawford from Irvine.

The squad…

LERWICK Squash Club defeated Unst 3-2 on Saturday in a very tight match.

The number five seeds were first up and after some long rallies David Sutherland’s experience showed through as he managed to keep the points ticking over and win the match against Michael Inkster.

In the battle of the number two seeds Mark…

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.