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The Shetland squad for the junior inter-county competition against Orkney, which takes place this weekend in Kirkwall, has now been finalised. The youngsters head off on the boat on Friday night to take part in the five individual events – athletics, football, hockey, netball and swimming. ... Read more...
Orkney sealed their overall win in the Junior Inter-County with a win this afternoon in the netball. They stormed to a 30-point lead with a 6-0 victory over the hosts in Friday's hockey match. The visitors were 2-0 up by half time with goals by Ruth Clark. In the second half Kelsey Hutchison score... Read more...
NorthLink Ferries has scheduled additional Kirkwall calls for this year's junior inter-county in Shetland on Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st June. (more…) Read more...
Shetland's footballers clinched the overall Stuart Cup in the junior inter-county with a thrilling 3-1 victory over Orkney yesterday evening. The athletics team had earlier gone down narrowly by 100 points to 94, meaning Orkney had a five-point lead going into the football match. With five points... Read more...
Shetland's junior inter-county team had a one-point lead going into the second day of competition today, following a share of the spoils in yesterday's action. The day started badly for the visiting c0ntingent with the netball team being heavily defeated by Orkney, going down 55-26 at the Pickaqu... Read more...
Shetland's junior inter-county competitors head off to Orkney tonight with hopes of retaining the Stuart Cup. (more…) Read more...
The final two events of last week’s junior inter-county, hockey and athletics, were both convincingly won by Shetland, contributing to an overall points score of 214-153 in the annual competition. HOCKEY Orkney 0, Shetland 3 Shetland entered the pitch as the underdogs for another ye... Read more...
United Through Sport, Orkney v Shetland – The story of the Junior Inter-County, by Jockie Wood. Published by The Orcadian Ltd at £23.99 and available from The Shetland Times Bookshop. Although this book is predominantly aimed at an Orcadian market much of the content, many of the images and a... Read more...
Shetland’s junior inter-county team regained the Stuart Cup in Kirkwall this week, defeating Orkney by an overall points tally of 214-153. Shortly before we went to press the athletics team completed the week’s action with a 104-90 victory, following the earlier successes in netball, swimming... Read more...
Shetland are on course to retain the Stuart Cup again after a resounding 3-0 win in the junior inter-county hockey match for the first time in seven years. The win on Wednesday night, courtesy of three second half goals from Ava Sim, Tammy Anderson and Rowan Nicolson, was the first in Orkney ... Read more...