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…

SCOTTISH Squash is running a coaching workshop at Clickimin on Sunday, following on from a coaching Level 1 certificate course the previous day.

The workshop will be led by Gerry Towler, assisted by Claire Kidd and Simon Boughton, and will go through the four basic strokes, including variations and appropriate execution and targets for each.…

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.

Already Shetland’s Young Fiddler of the Year, Anderson High School pupil Chapman Cheng added the Young Musician of the Year title to an impressive list of achievements on the penultimate night of the 2010 Schools Music Festival on Wednesday.

It’s been four years in the planning and expects to attract more than 500 people. This summer’s Shetland Hamefarin is set to become the event of the decade for the hundreds of visitors who are eagerly awaiting a chance to visit the land they or their forebears left.