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Wick & District Pool League - Week 2

Alan Larnach's Crown1 side recovered well after last weeks defeat to Bayview1, as they secured the three points in a 8-4 home win against Sinclair Bay.   Colin Banks got the match underway with a fantastic total clearance, and his Crown team would go on to race into a 5-0 lead.  

UK's Top Surfers Heading To Thurso

Thursday 30th October 30 to Saturday 1st November 2014 Momentum is building for the forthcoming UK Pro Surf Championships which will see the UK's top surfers competing in Thurso.   SSE and Highland Council's support for the Thurso Surfing Championships is helping to bring the UK Pro Surfing Tour back to Thurso this year, where over 100 surfers will compete for the National Title.  

Thistle scythed by Academy's cutting edge

Wick Academy 2 Buckie Thistle 0 Reporter Noel Donaldson ACADEMY returned to league business after their cup catastrophe but it was a hard slog for both sides.   With a little luck, the Scorries might have had a substantial goal tally.  

Inverness prepares for weekend spectacular of traditional sports

Building work has now commenced in Inverness as The Highland Council prepares to stage Scotland's biggest ever traditional sports weekend as part of the Highland Homecoming celebrations.   Angus Dick, Chair of the Inverness Highland Games Committee said: "We have a wonderful weekend of traditional sports planned including the hosting of the Masters World Championships and a Guinness World Record attempt for Simultaneous Caber Tossing (admission to both events is free); and the Scottish Hydro Camanachd Cup Final." The action will commence at Bught Park on Friday 12 September at 9am as the Masters World Championships (MWC2014) featuring a world record 160 competitors from 14 countries gets underway.  

Rothes 1 Buckie Thistle 3

30 August 2014 See the game at http://vimeo.com/104913654 http://vimeo.com/104913654.  

Macadie penalty tips balance in spot kick controversy

Wick Academy 3 Fraserburgh United .2 (half-time 2-1) Reporter Noel Donaldson - Saturday 30 August 2014 IT was perhaps poetic justice, that, in a game where penalty issues caused much controversy, Academy snatched the decider from the spot, seconds from the final whistle.   Even then, there was drama, as Scorries' supporters held their breath while referee Graham Elder, who initially awarded Wick a free kick from the edge of the box, consulted his linesman and then pointed to the spot.  

Keep On Runnin On Sunday 24th August 10k & 4k

North Highland Harriers are holding the Baillie Wind Turbine 10K this Sunday (24th August 2014).   The run starts at 2pm with registration taking place between 12 noon and 1.30pm.  

Wick Academy 3 Inverurie Locos 6

Academy derailed by locomotive works team Reporter Noel Donaldson A NINE-goal encounter but no thriller for Academy's fans as the bulk of the strikes were down to their opponents, in one of the Scorries' heaviest home defeats.   It began optimistically for the home side with Jack Halliday netting from close in, in 17 minutes, but the early promise was painfully snuffed out, when, in a nightmare few minutes Locos scored three times and David Ross rubbed salt in the Scorries' wounds by making it 4-1 before the break, from a rebound.  

Richard Macs the difference in five-goal thriller

Wick Academy 3 Deveronvale 2 Reporter Noel Donaldson ACADEMY and their fans couldn't have wished for a better season opener than this, with Richard Macadie snatching the decider in the dying minutes.   It was essentially a game of one half as the first period was a non-productive tussle with Academy looking the more threatening.  

Wick & District Summer Pool League Winners

Suzanne Carter's Camps Bar "1" team have won the 2014 Wick & District Summer Pool League Championship after defeating last years winners Queens Hotel 8-7 in the final.   After four extremely close frames the finalists were tied at 2-2 in the early stages, but Shane Honeyman defeated Scott Risbridger 2-0 to give Camps "1" a 4-2 lead.