Sport / Sporting round-up 15 December
SIXTY players entered Saturday’s Shetland open doubles darts competition at the Whitedale Social Club on Saturday.
Following close matches in the early rounds the quarter-finals saw Stuart Farmer and Stuart Manson beat Craig Sneddon and Ciaran Christie 4-1, and Aiden Couper and Kyle Tait defeat Frank Watt and Barry Couper.
Marc Henry and John Wishart also beat Roger and Danny Irvine, and finally Stuart Paul and Philip Mowat beat Ben Ruddick and Richard Hughson 4-1.
The best of nine-leg semi-finals saw Couper and Tait progress through to the final with a 5-2 victory over Manson and Farmer.
The second semi-final saw a 5-1 victory for Paul and Mowat over Wishart and Henry.
The final, over the best of 11 legs, saw Couper and Tait taking an early 3-1 lead after losing the opening leg of the final.
Mowat and Paul took the next four legs to move a leg away from victory before Couper and Tait levelled the match to force a last leg decider.
Paul stepped up to claim victory with a 56 checkout after Couper narrowly missed out on a 106 himself.
Shetland Darts Association thanked Whitedale Social Club and their members for hosting the event and James McNab for presenting the prizes on behalf of sponsors JDC.
THE SHETLAND men’s volleyball team suffered two league defeats on the road this weekend.
The blues travelled south to play Dundee and Lenzie, going down 3-1 to the former and in straight sets to the latter.
Despite trailing 21-16 in the first set to Dundee, Shetland rallied after a time-out to pick up nine points on the trot to win it 25-21.
However Dundee rallied and would level the game up by winning set two 25-19.
Thomas Clark was dominant at the net in set three, repeatedly stoppingDundee’s hitters, and Shetland looked to lead the game again.
But Dundee found another gear late on, attacking with greater force and edging the set 25–23.
With momentum firmly on their side, Dundee carried their intensity into the final stage, unleashing a relentless combination of strong attacks and solid defence.
Shetland fought hard to remain in the contest but were unable to overpower the resurgent Dundee, who claimed the final set and a 3-1 victory.
In match two Lenzie put early pressure on Shetland and built up an early lead before the blues began to claw their way back into contention.
Bobby Laurenson’s strong serving helped Shetland reel the score back to 18-17, and soon the two teams were locked together at 24-24.
However it was Lenzie who secured the first set, edging the blues out 27-25 after a tiebreaker.
They used that momentum to open up a five point lead in set two and went on to comfortably clinch it 25-15 to leave them on the brink of victory.
And they carried that dominance into set three, moving 14-5 ahead before Ben Laurenson called a time-out to rally the troops.
The response was positive but Lenzie continued to find space in the Shetland defence, eventually sealing the win with a 25-20 score and 3-0 victory.
TWO FOOTBALLERS from Shetland met in the Highland League on Saturday, with a former Scalloway forward coming out on top.
George Robesten returned from injury to help loan club Strathspey Thistle beat league leaders Brechin City 1-0 at the weekend, with Spencer Moreland coming off the bench for Brechin in the 70th minute.
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