Sport / Sporting round-up 30 May
THE COUNTDOWN is on until this year’s junior inter-county, which Shetland are set to host next weekend.
Nearly 100 young athletes will compete across athletics, football, hockey, swimming and netball over a packed two days of action on Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 June.
Athletics will kick the event off next Saturday at the Clickimin at 10am, before attention switches to Brae for the hockey match between Shetland and Orkney at 3.30pm.
The football closes out day one at 7pm at Gilbertson Park.
The quest to lift the Stuart Cup will then resume on Sunday morning with the netball match starting at the Clickimin at 9.30am.
The swimming will then potentially decide whether Orkney retain the cup, or whether Shetland wrestle it back, at the Clickimin at 11.15am.
Athlete Layla Todd is the overall captain of team Shetland this year.
SHETLAND’s remaining Highland Amateur Cup contingent are preparing for their second round ties tomorrow (Saturday) afternoon.
Lerwick Spurs will travel to Helmsdale, near Sutherland, for a 12.30pm kick-off against Westside FC.
And Whalsay are the ‘home’ team in Fortrose as they welcome Portree FC, with an 11.30am kick-off for that game.
Scalloway’s tie against Iochdar Saints has been postponed.
Earlier in the week a serious leg injury for Scalloway’s Hayden Jamieson had overshadowed their opening league fixture against Whitedale.
The match had to be stopped in the first half at Fraser Park after Jamieson sustained the injury, which resulted in him being flown to Aberdeen for treatment.
He had been due to be part of Shetland’s men’s football squad for July’s Island Games in Orkney.
In Monday’s other premier league action, champions Celtic returned to winning ways with a comfortable 3-0 win over town rivals Thistle.
Jack Simpson, Robert Smith and Kennedy Moar were on the scoresheet as the Celts resumed their quest to retain the title.
Whalsay and Ness played out a 2-2 in the Bonnie Isle, with goals from Neil Laurenson and Colin Anderson for the home side being cancelled out by Declan Adamson and Mark Woodworth.
In the Jewson Championship on Wednesday leaders Bressay Sharks slipped to a 2-1 home defeat to newbies Southside Impact.
Kyle Leask and Dylan Black put Southside 2-0 up against the run of play, before a goal from Sharks top scorer Ryan Nicolson ensured a nervy finish for the Impact, who held on for a big three points.
North Isles joined Southside just two points back from Bressay after a 5-0 rout of Ness C in Yell, with Marcus Goodhand grabbing his second hat-trick in four games.
David McMillan and Chris Thomson added the extras for North Isles.
Banks moved above Ness C in the table with a second consecutive draw, this time against Wastside Rebels.
Michael Noblett netted for the home team, with Jamie Wilson on the scoresheet for Rebels.
CHAMPIONS Whitedale edged into the next round of the Viking Parish Cup after a narrow 2-1 away win over the competition’s most successful side, Whalsay.
Whalsay took the lead in the first half through Ian Johnson, but goals from Soren Anderson and Gary Scott ensured Whitedale move into the next round of the cup.
A solitary strike separated South Mainland rivals Sandwick and Southend on Saturday, with Fearghas Leslie the scorer as Southend snuck through.
Bressay and Westside served up the tie of the round across the sound, with an eight-goal thriller edged 5-3 by the home side.
In a see-saw encounter, Jamie Wilson gave Westside the lead before Scott Morrison equalised.
Magni Einarsson put the away team back in front, before goals from Lewis Harkness and Alistair Scott turned the tie in Bressay’s favour.
However Piotr Drozdowski would level the tie at 3-3 before the half-time whistle had even blown.
Bressay were more composed in the second period and further goals from Andrew Flett and Scott again ensured safe passage to the quarter-finals.
BURRA and Spurs continue to set the pace at the top of hockey’s Rosebowl league, with leaders Burra putting five goals past two sides in the space of four days.
They beat Whalsay 5-2 on Monday night before seeing off Juniors by the same scoreline last night.
Spurs also scored five, against Zetland, on Monday as they continued their pursuit of the current front-runners.
In Thursday’s other match third-placed Zetland beat Whalsay 3-1.
Meanwhile Shetland’s ladies hockey team (pictured above) are set to celebrate their Scottish District Cup win in the Noost tonight.
The team, who won the cup for a second time in three years after beating Edinburgh Hockey 2’s in the final in April, will arrive at around 7pm to toast their success.
The Noost streamed the game live for supporters as they recovered from 2-0 down to win on penalty flicks.
Folk are encouraged to go along and give the team a cheer.
WHALSAY netball club have become the first in Shetland to achieve a mark for ensuring safe, equitable and enjoyable netball.
The Thistle Mark was awarded to the club, which is Netball Scotland’s club accreditation scheme for minimum operating standards.
New netball development manager Vicki Smith will be working with junior clubs and senior teams to help them achieve their Thistle Mark accreditation in the coming months.
Any clubs with any questions about how to get started with the process are asked to contact her at NDMShetland@netballscotland.com
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