Sport / Sporting round-up 10 June
TWO OF Shetland’s past junior inter-county athletes travelled to Kilmarnock for the Scottish 10k championships on Saturday.
While the future stars of Shetland athletics were battling against their counterparts from Orkney, Michelle Sandison and Katie Clubb headed south for the Kilmarnock contest.
They had both qualified as elite starters, allowing them to be at the front of a record breaking 2,700 strong field.
Both runners knew they were in for a good race, with 10 women in the field boasting sub-36 minute performances to their name.
A minute’s applause was held before the race in memory of Scottish legend Lachie Stewart, who was the winner of the 10,000m race at the 1970 Commonwealth Games.
It was a poignant moment as both Sandison and Clubb had been awarded medals by Stewart at previous races.
In performances that bode well for the upcoming Island Games, Sandison finished fifth overall and to win the W40 gold in a time of 36:22.
Clubb finished ninth overall in a personal best time of 36:48, and also came home as second for her Glasgow club Cambuslang Harriers to help them secure senior women’s team gold.
Sandison is partly funded by the Shetland athlete travel award and Clubb is sponsored by The Noost.
LERWICK Spurs overwhelmed Whalsay to lift the second trophy of the senior football season in the Northwards Manson Cup final on Saturday.
Spurs raced into a 5-0 half-time lead through a Lewis Harkness double and goals from Sean Nicol, Sam Maver and Josh Carroll to all but end the tie as a contest at the Clickimin.
Whalsay, who had been the holders of the trophy, responded through Lee Irvine and Neil Laurenson in the second half.
But another goal from Sean Nicol put the gloss on a 6-2 Spurs victory.
The win continues Spurs’ incredible record of having won at least one trophy every season since 2010.
Celtic meanwhile have moved to the top of the Ocean Kinetics Premier League after a hard-fought win over Scalloway on Monday night.
Kennedy Moar and Marley Teale were on the scoresheet for the Celts as they look to retain their league title, with Ally Young responding for the villagers.
In a repeat of Saturday’s final, Spurs narrowly saw off Whalsay in the Bonnie Isle thanks to a Lewis Harkness penalty.
Whitedale earned their first league win of the season, beating Ness 3-1 after a Ewan Inkster double.
Alex Arcus also netted for Whitedale, with Joe Casey getting the Ness goal.
THIRTY members of Lerwick Outdoor Bowling Club entered a one-day competition on a sunny Sunday afternoon.
The men competed for the Laurenson pairs trophy and the women for the Scott pairs trophy with both competitions running simultaneously.
Derek Baines and Tam Terris had a tough semi-final against Neal Redfern and Kenny Henry in the men’s competition, only going through to the final by virtue of winning more ends of the 10-end match after the score ended 8-8.
In the final they met Gibbie Pottinger and Andy Walterson, who had a narrow 10-8 win over Ian Leiper and Colin Bain their semi-final.
The final, keenly watched by many spectators, was closely fought and by the seventh end both teams were level at 5-5.
However Terris and Bain would pick up seven shots over the next two ends to eventually run out 12-7 winners.
In the ladies’ competition Rosie Jamieson and Catherine Robertson beat Margaret Robertson and Elma Scott in their semi-final, coming from behind after losing shots on the first five ends to win by a single shot 7-6.
In the other semi-final Barbara Gear and Anne Robertson lost 15-11 to Angela Gifford and Elizabeth Dalgliesh.
In the final, played at the same time as the men’s final, Jamieson and Robertson were on top form and only dropped shots on two ends to win 15-5.
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