Island games 2019 – opening ceremony roles for runner Mackay and shooter Laurenson
Clay shooter John Magnus Laurenson from Burra will lead the Shetland team into the opening ceremony in Gibraltar at his fourteenth island games. (more…) Read more...
Clay shooter John Magnus Laurenson from Burra will lead the Shetland team into the opening ceremony in Gibraltar at his fourteenth island games. (more…) Read more...
Shetland won the first event of this year's junior inter-county against Orkney, triumphing 55-42 in Saturday's athletics at Pickaquoy in Kirkwall. Among the highlights were four new or equalled records, with middle-distance runner Seumas Mackay setting the standard with a new boys' 400 metres... Read more...
Teen athlete Seumas MacKay has become the fastest 400m runner in Shetland's history. MacKay clocked a time of 48.87 as he took gold at the Scottish Schools Indoor Championships in Glasgow's Emirates Arena on Thursday. The previous isles record was 50.14, set by Haydn Thomason in 2013. L... Read more...
Shetland's young athletes bolstered the medal tally in style - with a sensational run from 16-year-old Seumas MacKay adding a golden touch to day three in Gotland. MacKay finished fastest in his heats on Monday and broke the Shetland record for a second time on the track today, knocking one secon... Read more...
Twelve athletes from Shetland took part in the annual Scottish Schools Track and Field Championships in Grangemouth at the weekend, representing both Anderson High School and Sandwick Junior High School. (more…) Read more...
A group of Shetland athletes brought back a record haul of medals from the Scottish North District Track and Field Championships in Inverness at the weekend. Among a huge number of personal bests the two stand-out achievements were by Seamas Mackay and Katie Dinwoodie. Mackay set a new... Read more...