Click here to sign up to our free newsletters! Caithness Cycling Club’s latest weekly 10-mile time trial saw a clear win for Wick visitor Alun Arnold, who clocked 24 min 10 sec on a night when conditions did not favour fast times. The temperature was unusually high at 22C and the strong headwind to … [Read more…]
Click here to sign up to our free newsletters! Pauline Craig won Reay Golf Club’s Cnoc Stanger Trophy with an excellent round of 87 for nett 64. Golfers at Reay have been enjoying bright skies during the latest rounds of competition with some red-hot scoring matching the June weather. The annual Senior Open saw … [Read more…]
Click here to sign up to our free newsletters! The extent of the dry spell is clear. Picture: Gary Mackay The extent of the dry spell is clear. Picture: Gary Mackay In wetter days. Pictures: Gary Mackay THE drastic drops in water levels which prompted a ‘scarcity alert’ covering large parts of the Highlands … [Read more…]
Click here to sign up to our free newsletters! Margaret Beaton and her niece, Sheila Mackay. Sixty-five years ago, Margaret Beaton was crowned Carnival Queen of Tain after the sixth form pupil at Royal Tain Academy secured the votes of her fellow pupils. Now, thanks to Tain and Easter Ross Civic Trust, she has … [Read more…]
Click here to sign up to our free newsletters! Wick cyclist Stuart Anderson took first place. Picture: James Gunn In week nine of Caithness Cycling Club’s regular 10-mile time trials, Wick visitor Stuart Anderson was on top form for an 11-second win over Andrew MacLeod. Anderson’s team-mates Alun Arnold and Hamish McAllan put in … [Read more…]
Click here to sign up to our free newsletters! Goalkeeping hero Ross Laidlaw after the dramatic penalty shoot-out win. Picture: Ken Macpherson THE smile says it all – and was reflected on the faces of thousands of Ross County FC supporters riding the emotional rollercoaster during the club’s dramatic play-off comeback to retain Premiership … [Read more…]
Click here to sign up to our free newsletters! The victorious Wick Groats players and management team with the Colin Macleod Memorial Cup at Back Park, Castletown. Picture: James Gunn Manager Kevin Anderson felt Wick Groats “thoroughly deserved” their Colin Macleod Memorial Cup triumph – and should have had it wrapped up long before … [Read more…]
Click here to sign up to our free newsletters! Wick Groats are currently the best-behaved team in Caithness AFA Division One as well as being league leaders. Picture: James Gunn Wick Groats currently have pride of place in the Caithness AFA Division One fair play league, with an average of 0.923 points against them … [Read more…]
Click here to sign up to our free newsletters! Moray amateurs Ryan Bain and Ryan Copland are well up the Northern Open leaderboard at Moray Golf Club. Ryan Bain Clydeway Golf’s Graham Fox leads the way at the halfway point, as one of only three golfers to shoot under par at Lossiemouth. North Lanarkshire’s … [Read more…]
Click here to sign up to our free newsletters! Sandy Gordon (third from right), who opened the Thurso Lifeboat Summer Fayre, with his wife Isobel and (from left) former coxswain Dougie Munro, current coxswain Gordon Munro, Ron Gunn and Jackie Robertson. The 2023 Thurso Lifeboat Summer Fayre raised a five-figure sum for the RNLI … [Read more…]