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Swimmers Felix Gifford and Lauren Sandison both scooped medals on Thursday evening. Gifford, a four-time Island Games gold medallist, secured his third medal of the 2019 games when he came third in the 400 metres freestyle. Sandison then won her first of the games when she took bronze in t... Read more...
Katie Dinwoodie won her second medal of the games when she bettered her 100 metres bronze by taking gold in the 200 metres. For the second time this week Dinwoodie had to endure a lengthy wait to find out where she had placed after a tense photo-finish. The knife-edge result came after th... Read more...
Isles athlete Lucy Holden has added a first silver to Team Shetland's medal tally following success in the high jump. The high jumper's height of 1.59 metres saw her take second place on Wednesday afternoon, finishing only behind Saaremaa's Teele Treiel, who took her second gold in the discip... Read more...
Shetland's swimming team has now notched five bronze medals in the 2019 NatWest Island Games after three more medals were won on Tuesday evening. Felix Gifford added a second bronze to his games tally with success in the 100 metre butterfly. Twins Emmie and Anne Hutchison added two more with t... Read more...
Athletics star Seumas MacKay has defended the 800 metres Island Games title he won in Gotland two years ago. MacKay's gold is Shetland's first of the 2019 NatWest International Island Games and the athletics team's second medal overall after Katie Dinwoodie won a bronze in the 100 metres on Monda... Read more...
Team Shetland added to its medal tally on Monday as the isles' swimmers enjoyed success in the pool. Four-time gold medallist Felix Gifford won Shetland's first in the water when he took third place in the 200 metre butterfly. Jasmin Smith, a medal winner in her first Island Games in Gotland ... Read more...
A Samaritans volunteer who cycled 1,600 miles in a bid to recruit volunteers and raise funds for the charity reached the end of his journey this morning when he rode off the NorthLink ferry in Lerwick. Steve Johnson, 66, was met by volunteers from the local branch and five members of the Lerwick ... Read more...
Police are seeking witnesses in relation to two reported incidents of careless driving. The first incident is thought to have occurred on 9th May at the Black Gaet, near the shooting club, at around 6.20pm. Police say that a white BMW overtook a black Land Rover which was towing a trailer cau... Read more...
Councillors have opted not to object to a proposal to increase the size of the turbines which will form the Viking Energy windfarm. This came after members of the SIC planning committee deferred a decision last week, citing confusion over the points they were being asked to consider. Convener ... Read more...
North Nesting Jarl Steven Cassidy and his band of vikings were greeted by a dull but dry morning as they kicked off proceedings for this year's Nesting & Girlsta Up-Helly-A'. The native Glaswegian and his Jarl's Squad were in fine spirits, despite the grim forecast, as they entertained bairns... Read more...