Twenty-four competitors took part in over 60 matches in this year’s action-packed open table tennis championship on Sunday.

The event included five separate competitions – open singles, women’s singles, open doubles, mixed doubles and plate singles.

Table tennis player Lynda Flaws enjoyed success at the recent Scottish national championships, staged at the Holyrood Sports Centre in Glasgow.

Table tennis player Lynda Flaws retained her Scottish girls’ under-18 title in Saltcoats at the weekend.

Table tennis player Lynda Flaws won the Ladies Class Two Singles of the Aarhus Open in Denmark last week, reached another two finals and picked up 650 Danish krone into the bargain.

YOUNG table tennis player Lynda Flaws won her first Scottish girls’ under-18 title at the weekend.

This completes a hat-trick of Scottish titles for the 15-year-old from Quendale, who won the under-12 and under-14 titles in previous years. Lynda has now won all possible age group titles – the next challenge will be the women’s…

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.