Other Sport

Rosie Meyer of Durris won gold in the U15 javelin in the East District Championships at Grangemouth recently, throwing a new personal best of 21.96 metres.

Stonehaven paramedic Nicky Heale has just returned from taking part in dressage demos at Badminton Horse Trials in Gloucestershire.

Students at Boydell Blackbelt Academy, Laurencekirk, returned from the ITF Taekwondo World Championships in Germany with gold and bronze medals.

A young world-class kickboxer from Stonehaven is going for gold in front of a home crowd in Aberdeen this weekend.

At long last Stonehaven Golf Club members had a full week’s golf with no bad weather interruptions.

Hundreds of north-east rugby stars will attempt to follow in the footsteps of former Scotland captain Rob Wainwright this weekend in the Lathallan Snowdrop Sevens.

Stonehaven ladies bowlers claimed a fantastic double in the Scottish Indoor Championships at Arbroath on March 31, winning the triples and fours.

Stonehaven Golf Club’s senior winter Stablefords drew to a close last week and it was immediate past captain Ivan Groundwater who set the heather on fire.

Lathallan School have picked up their fourth national netball title in just two years after a double Scottish Schools Cup success in Motherwell.

Lathallan School , which will be competing in the World Schools Netball Cup, has also reached two major Scottish national finals.

North-east businesses are being urged to take part in the inaugural Aberdeen Corporate Games, which have been launched by Aberdeen Sports Village (ASV).

Portlethen Panthers U16 girls were among basketball players from all over the north- east who headed to Aberdeen recently, to play in the U17 Regional Development League.

Defences weren’t exactly on top as Mackie entertained Ross Sutherland at Redcloak last Saturday, in their first game since January 26.

The gents winter league at Stonehaven Golf Club produced a hole-in-one for Willie Pittendreigh at the par-3 second hole, using a new golf ball which was given to him as a Christmas present by his daughter Caris.

Former Mearns Academy pupil James Craik is off to Canada this week with dreams of bringing home a world junior curling title with his team.

The year has begun well for Banchory Stonehaven AC, with athletes competing across the country and locally in cross-country and indoor events.

Kate Robertson was the star of the show when Stonehaven Running Club held its annual prize-giving ceremony at the Town Hall recently.

The Panthers U16/U17 boys kept their unbeaten record and took their winning streak for the season to a whopping 13-0 last weekend.