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EIGHT people have been selected to take part in the local Clubsport Young People’s Sports Panel, representing young people and helping to drive local sports programmes.
The panel is part of a national Clubsport initiative and aims to involve more young people with an interest in sport and volunteering.
Panel members are appointed on a two-year term and will work alongside sports development staff and local sports clubs, to influence planning for sports programmes and longer-term strategies.
The eight young people are Rhea Newell, Hannah Williamson, Ava Williamson, Magnus Ratter, Jake Davies, Roan Eunson, Morgan Wright and Joe Smith MSYP.
Also involved is Cameron Purdy, who is a young leader with the Scottish Clubsport Young People’s Working Group, who recently began employment in Shetland and who will provide mentoring support to the panel.
Shetland Islands Council’s sports development officer Jack Clubb said: “I’m really pleased to see such enthusiastic young people on the local sports panel – they all bring positive experiences to the group.
“I look forward to working with them to make sure young people’s voices are heard and to help make a difference to sport in Shetland.”
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THIS YEAR’s commemoration to mark Holocaust Memorial Day in Lerwick has been cancelled due to the windy weather forecast.
The event had been due to take place on Friday morning.
The Met Office has placed Shetland under an amber weather warning for wind from 1pm on Friday through to 6am on Saturday.
Bressay parkrun has also been cancelled this weekend, which had been due to be the event’s seventh birthday celebration.
THE SHETLAND Folk Festival has been granted £15,000 in the latest round of National Lottery and Scottish Government-backed Creative Scotland open fund awards.
This year’s folk festival is taking place from 1 May to 4 May.
VOTING opened this morning (Thursday) in the Shetland North council by-election, with Natasha Cornick and Andrew Hall the two names on the ballot papers.
There are nearly 2,500 people registered to vote in the ward.
The counting of votes will take place in Islesburgh Community Centre in Lerwick on Friday morning, with the results expected to be declared before 11am.
The by-election is taking place following the resignation of Tom Morton.
THE FAIR Isle Bird Observatory Trust has made new appointments as the building prepares to reopen this year following 2019’s devastating fire.
Alex Penn is the new head of ornithology, while Jonnie Fisk has been recruited as a hospitality manager.
The trust said it received a record number of applications for the two posts.
Both Penn and Fisk have worked for the trust in the past.
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