Sporting round-up 3 July 2026
YOUNG strongwoman Lauri Siegel has finished second at a competition held by celebrity strongmen Luke and Tom Stoltman.
The event was held at the pair’s gym in Invergordon on Saturday, with the teenager taking on a total of five events against a strong field of competitors.
She achieved a 52kg log press, eight reps of the 100kg deadlift and completed the 120kg yoke.
In the sandbag event she completed both 25kg and 50kg bags, before getting the 50kg atlas stone over the bar in the final event.
The event was described as a “fantastic experience” for Siegel, who is now continuing her preparations for the Static Monsters world championships in Phoenix, Arizona later this year.
LAST WEEKEND saw the Pony Breeders of Shetland Association’s (PBSA) second annual summer show take place.
The show was held on the Cunningsburgh show field with judge Stein Langorgen travelling all the way from Norway to officiate.
There was a great turnout of exhibitors with Shetland ponies and other mountain and moorlands from across Shetland and Orkney.
Ridden and working hunter classes were held on the Saturday with champion awarded to Keiva Robertson and her fell pony Townsend Gideon, and reserve champion going to Merran McCulloch and her New Forest pony, Kilncopse Love in the Mist.
Champion ridden Shetland Pony was Layla Jayne Kirkness and Hools Explanation who were also awarded with a Shetland pony stud book society bronze medal.
Sunday saw the young handler and in hand classes, with Langorgen finding his in hand champion in the Breckenlea Stud’s small Shetland pony mare, Breckenlea Samira.
Reserve went to Mari Williamson’s Highland pony, Whitefield Sir Bruar.
The PBSA committee thanked Stein Langorgen for travelling to Shetland to judge, and to overall show sponsor A Jarmson Shetland Ltd.
They also thanked their championship and class sponsors, J K Mainland’s for providing food, Ness Engineering for providing toilets, the Budge family for transporting equipment and helping set up, their stewards, and the Cunningsburgh Show committee for the use of their grounds.
SPRINTER Kian Redman continued his blistering form at the Orkney Athletics and Running Club’s Garden Square Championships in Kirkwall last weekend.
His decision to compete against his near rivals saw him benefit from better wind conditions and led to another sub-11 second performance, winning his 100m in a time of 10.97 seconds.
Kian also won his 200m race in a time of 22.61 seconds.
SHETLAND Amateur Athletics Club hosted almost 50 athletes on Sunday in its final open graded meet of the season.
With a strong wind and a short period of heavy rain affecting performances, the athletes continued to do themselves proud despite the conditions, demonstrating what all their training goes towards.
Club chairwoman Elaine Park said it was a “super day of competition despite the conditions interfering at times”.
“We have a healthy number of athletes qualified for the Scottish national age group competitions in August and our club championships in September which we are all looking forward to.”
THE SIMPSON pairs bowls league has passed the halfway stage of the 14 week season, with Alex Elphinstone and Anne Robertson remaining top of the table.
They suffered a big 23-9 defeat to Eric Muir and Billy Hay in week seven, but recovered a week later to win 19-14 over Jim Wood and Margaret Roberston to return to the summit.
Ian Scott and Gibbie Pottinger are second after beating John Jarmson and Caroline Smith 15-8, and then losing 17-10 to Muir and Hay – who are joint third.
They are equal with Ann Napier and Rosie Jamieson, who followed up a 21-12 defeat to Alan Smith and Norman Manson by drawing 18-18 with Gordon Stevenson and Jean Jarmson – their first point of the season.
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