Sport / Sporting round-up 26 August
BURRA ended a more than 40-year wait to get their hands on the Viking Parish Cup after a 3-1 win over Southend United on Saturday.
The team had not lifted the cup since 1981 before this weekend, and had last played in the final 10 years ago.
But despite falling behind to three-time winners Southend, Burra rallied and goals from Haydn Jamieson and John Allan turned the cup final in their favour before the break.
A second half goal from James Aitken ensured that Burra banished a 44-year hoodoo in the competition, with captain Shane Groat lifting the trophy.
SPRINTER Kian Redman collected a silver medal at a national athletics event in Grangemouth over the weekend.
Redman was second across the line in the under-17 men’s 200m race in a time of 22.37s on Sunday afternoon.
He was one of five Shetland athletes competing at the 4J Studios Scottish senior and under-17 championships across the two days.
Also in action for Shetland Amateur Athletics Club were Bobby Laurenson, Ava Williamson and Jessie Tait, with Katie Dinwoodie in Grangemouth representing her mainland club Pitreavie AAC.
Williamson set a new personal best in the under-17 women’s shot put with a result of 9.21m, while Tait’s best of 10.24m earned her an eighth place finish overall.
Dinwoodie made the women’s 100m final but narrowly missed out on a place in the final of the 200m race.
Redman also finished fifth in the under-17 men’s 100m final to cap off a fine weekend for himself and the team, with Laurenson qualifying for the 400m men’s final.
SPURS have done their bit in their bid to lift the Ocean Kinetics Premier League, and now face an anxious wait to see if they will need to take on Whitedale in a play-off.
Both teams won their games on Monday night, with a Sean Nicol strike and an own-goal giving Spurs a hard-fought 2-1 win over Ness at Boddam.
Whitedale comfortably beat Thistle 4-0 through Greg Tulloch, Alex Arcus, Kyle Buy and Jordan Young goals to keep the pressure on at the summit.
They now face Scalloway on Friday in their final league game, with three points for Whitedale ensuring they will have to face Spurs in a play-off for the title.
Anything less than a Whitedale victory and Spurs will be league champions.
In the DITT Reserve League, Whitedale B can make it a hat-trick of league titles if they pick up a point or more at home to Delting on Wednesday night.
If they fail to win, they’ll remain tied at the top with Spurs B – and Whalsay B can also still catch them both, if they win their two remaining fixtures, setting up a three-way tie for the title.
North Isles also can wrap up the Jewson Championship trophy this Saturday, if they can beat Banks at home.
They can actually even be crowned champions a day prior, if second placed Bressay fail to beat Ness C in the South Mainland.
A win for Bressay would put them top heading into the final fixture, with North Isles then having to win their final fixture to guarantee the title.
THE NEW 3G pitch at Clickimin should be open for use soon, Shetland Islands Council has said.
The synthetic grass carpet has been laid in recent weeks, with the fencing and lighting columns around the pitch also installed.
Work is also ongoing to cut in all the necessary pitch markings, the council said in a Facebook post on Monday.
“Once this is done, around 300 tonnes of sand will be laid across the pitch, weather permitting, to provide stability and lift the turf fibres,” it said.
“Finally, over 100 tonnes of corn infill will be laid on the playing surface.
“There’s also the team enclosures, a cycle rack, a storage unit and electrical meter to be installed, and the surfacing tested.”
Shetland’s rugby teams will continue to play on the grass at Gilbertson Park while the final works are carried out to get the pitch ready and open.
ALEX Elphinstone and Anne Robertson have been crowned winners of the annual Simpson pairs afternoon league for 2025.
The competition has been held every year since 1996 at the outdoor bowling green in King Harald Street, with matches played on a Wednesday afternoon over the summer months.
This year the weather has been exceptional for the competition, and after 12 weeks Elphinstone and Robertson were champions with 10 victories for a total of 20 points.
Close on their heels throughout the competition were Eric Muir and Billy Hay, who finished second with 18 points – only two points behind of the winners – and three points ahead of Frank Gilfillan and Gibbie Pottinger who finished third with 15 points.
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