Sport / Sporting round-up 8 December
THE SHETLAND men’s open singles darts competition was held in the Lerwick Legion on Saturday, with 64 players entering.
Following the early rounds the quarter- finals saw Sonny Henderson beat Stuart Farmer 4-2, Richard Hughson defeat Aiden Couper 4-2, Liam Sutherland beat Barry Couper 4-0 and Neal Redfern defeat Aiden Grogan 4-1.
The semi-finals were played over the best of nine legs and both games went the distance, with Sutherland defeating Redfern 5-4 and Henderson beating Hughson by the same scoreline.
The final was played over the best of 11 legs, which saw Henderson emerge a 6-1 winner over Sutherland to claim the maximum ranking points and the open singles trophy for the first time.
Alongside the main competition a first-round losers plate competition was also played for, and the semi-finals saw James McNab beat Stuart Manson 2-0 and John Philip Sandison defeat Evan Grogan 2-0 to progress through to the final.
The final was played over the best of five legs which saw McNab emerge a 3-0 winner to win the plate competition.
Shetland Darts Association thanked the Lerwick Legion and their bar staff for hosting the event and to John Garriock of Bolts Filling station for his continued sponsorship.
During the competitions 180s were recorded by 16 players. Liam Sutherland hit three, while Sonny Henderson, Philip Mowat, Ben Ruddick, Craig Sneddon, Stuart Farmer, Caelan Williamson, Aiden Grogan all hit two each.
The highest checkout on the day was shared between Ramsay Hogg and Sonny Henderson, with both checking out 160.
THE SHETLAND men’s rugby team suffered a bruising away defeat to Aberdeenshire RFC at the weekend.
Aberdeenshire ran out 72-7 winners to keep Shetland rooted to the bottom of the Caledonia North conference.
The under-16 boys side were able to make a piece of history on Saturday by becoming the first team to play a competitive match on the new 3G pitch at Clickimin.
The team faced Aberdeen Wanderers in the Caledonia Youth League on Saturday lunchtime at the new North Loch pitch, which has yet to be officially opened.
GOALKEEPER Henry Oldbury had a happy Saturday afternoon facing familiar foes on the football pitch.
Oldbury helped Golspie Sutherland to beat Orkney 4-1 in the North Caledonian league at the weekend.
Golspie sit in sixth, but sit just two points behind fourth place Clachnacuddin and have four games in hand over them.
HOT GECKOS have continued their flawless indoor volleyball campaign with a seventh win from seven.
In Thursday’s first match Rexel saw off Diggers 2-1. They got off to a fast start, racing into an 11-3 lead in the first set.
Diggers were able to fight back to 19-10 but Rexel continued to power through the set, closing it out 25–15.
With Diggers 4-3 down at the beginning of set two, they called a timeout to try and calm things down, but sound found themselves having to call a second timeout when they trailed 21-11.
It was not enough to prevent Rexel from winning the set 25-11 and ensuring victory.
However Diggers were determined to ensure they were not whitewashed, and despite falling 10-5 behind some good play from Thomas Clark allowed them to move 12-10 ahead.
Young Luke Bennett for Diggers managed to bring them within a point of Rexel, and soon it was level at 17-17.
Diggers then went in front for the first time in the match at 20-17 and held firm to take the final set 25-20.
MVP for Rexel was Grant Polson, while Nathan Reid and Emilia Delnicka took the honours for Diggers.
Next up was Venture against Geckos, and again it was Geckos who were able to come out as 2-1 winners.
Venture burst ahead early, taking an 8-1 lead, but Geckos steadily fought their way back into the set.
Good play from Ellie Nicolson, Ava Sim and Wayne Leask allowed Geckos to draw level and eventually overturn the deficit to win the first set 25-20.
Set two was tightly contested and as it neared its end the two teams were locked at 19-19.
In the final exchanges Venture held their nerve, and Luke Bennett secured the winning point to take the set 25–22 and level the game.
The deciding set was another close battle. Geckos maintained a slender advantage, but Venture responded through strong serving from Juergen Kurtz before Finlay Kirkness levelled the score late on.
At 22–22 the match hung in the balance, but Geckos produced the final surge needed to seal the set 25–22 and take the win.
MVPs for Venture were Luke Bennet and Valeska Pearson, while Wayne Leask and Ava Sim took the honours for Geckos.
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