Click here to sign up to our free newsletters! Americas Cup winners from Reay Golf Club – Alison Ross, Sarah Meiklejohn, Carol Paterson, Pam Bain and Jacqui Greig. Mollie O’Brien was also in the team. It has been a very busy week at Reay with players competing in several competitions on the links. The … [Read more…]
Click here to sign up to our free newsletters! Piper Lewis Macleod leads out Alan Farquhar with daughter Ivy, followed by SPL Legends, Wick Academy players past and present, and mascots. Picture: Mel Roger Former Old Firm stars were among those paying tribute to Alan Farquhar after the Wick Academy captain’s testimonial match at … [Read more…]
Click here to sign up to our free newsletters! A popular north coast road cycling event is returning next weekend following a break due to the coronavirus pandemic. Cycling in the Straths, which has its base at Tongue Village Hall, is taking place next Saturday, May 27. Cycling in the Straths takes place next … [Read more…]
Click here to sign up to our free newsletters! The ceremony getting under way at the Braehead on Saturday. Picture: Alan McGee Wick’s new statue commemorating lost seafarers will be “treasured by locals and visitors alike”, according to the chairman of the voluntary group behind the ambitious project. Willie Watt said the monument created … [Read more…]
Click here to sign up to our free newsletters! Victoria Erasmus, co-owner of the Glen Mhor Hotel; the charity’s Marina Huggett; Nicola Welsh, CEO; and care supporter Lindsay Donaldson. Picture: Callum Mackay A baby loss, counselling and support charity’s official Highland launch heard how it plans to work with hotels to help reach out … [Read more…]
Click here to sign up to our free newsletters! Shona and Mark Mackay after winning the mixed doubles title at the Glasgow Yonex Championships earlier this year. As a mum of two who lives and works on a busy farm, Shona Mackay has still found the time and commitment to establish herself as one … [Read more…]
Click here to sign up to our free newsletters! Willie Watt, chairman of the Seafarers Memorial Group, accepts a cheque for £20,710 from Kayleigh Nicolson, vice-chairperson of the Caithness and North Sutherland Fund. Picture: Alan Hendry A new statue commemorating lost seafarers has “exceeded our expectations” and will become a place of reflection and … [Read more…]
Click here to sign up to our free newsletters! Sculptor Alan Beattie Herriot (centre) with John Bogle (left) and Willie Watt of the Seafarers Memorial Group before a public meeting in Mackays Hotel in Wick last summer at which the statue design was revealed. Picture: Alan Hendry A flotilla in Wick Bay will provide … [Read more…]
Click here to sign up to our free newsletters! Strathnaver Museum has been officially relaunched following a four-year closure and an ambitious £2.3 million project to upgrade the facility and build a new annexe. The reopening of the museum, housed in a historic parish church at Bettyhill and surrounded by a graveyard, was celebrated … [Read more…]
Click here to sign up to our free newsletters! Pentland United co-manager Michael Gray: ‘Sometimes you’ve got to grind out the victories.’ Picture: James Gunn Pentland United co-manager Michael Gray applauded John O’Groats’ team spirit and work ethic after the Stabbies came from behind to win 2-1 at Folke Park on Tuesday night. Kevin … [Read more…]