Games team gets £5,000 council grant after Duncan fails in bid for increase
Shetland’s 45-strong island games team will get a £5,000 council grant towards the cost of travelling to Bermuda for this summer’s competition.
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Rowers prepare for first regatta at Bigton next weekend
Despite the unseasonal weather so far the various isles rowing teams have begun preparing for the first regatta next weekend.
READ FULL STORYGames girls model new kits
The official Shetland team kit for this year’s NatWest Island Games in Bermuda was revealed at the weekend.
READ FULL STORYUltramarathon leaves champion Charlotte wobbly . . . and delighted
Shetland runner Charlotte Black completed an epic feat in Perth last weekend, becoming Scottish women’s champion in her first ever 100 kilometre race.
READ FULL STORYCause for celebration at Sports Awards
The sporting community celebrated in style at the Shetland Sports Awards last night.
READ FULL STORYIsles swimmer gets a place on national sports panel
Swimmer Amy Harper, 20, from Gulberwick, has won a place on the first Young People’s Sport Panel, a project to promote the benefits of sport
READ FULL STORYGotland to stage island games in 2017
Gotland will stage the NatWest Island Games in 2017, the second time the Swedish island has been awarded the privilege.
READ FULL STORYLerwick youngsters chosen as youth ambassadors for Commonwealth Games of 2014
Teenagers Kristoffer Thomason and Lauren Odie, both from Lerwick, have been announced as Shetland’s Youth Legacy Ambassadors for the Glasgow Commonwealth 2014 Games.
READ FULL STORYSporting triumph for transplant teenager Zoe at Belfast games
Lerwick lass Zoe Buchanan has achieved a lifetime’s ambition of winning a gold sporting medal for Scotland – 17 months after having a kidney transplant.
READ FULL STORYEmphatic junior inter-county win sees Shetland move two ahead in overall series
Shetland retained the Stuart Cup today with a resounding junior inter-county victory over Orkney by 241 points to 176.
READ FULL STORYOlympic gymnast enthused by young Shetland club members
Ukranian gymnast Dariya Zgoba recently announced her retirement at the age of 21.
READ FULL STORYTop Ukrainian gymnast will demonstrate her skill
One of the world’s top gymnasts, Dariya Zgoba from the Ukraine, will be visiting Shetland next week.
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