Following the successful bid to host the Island Games in Orkney in 2023, work will now focus fully on planning for the games themselves in 5 years’ time. The newly formed Orkney2023 Island Games Committee [read more…]
Saturday the 14th of July saw Orkney Triathlon Club return to Stromness for the annual sprint distance event kindly sponsored by the Scapa Distillery. Sprint distance consists of a 750m swim, 20k bike and 5k [read more…]
The pilot Islands Athlete Travel Award Scheme launched by SportScotland earlier this year to support up to 24 high-performing athletes from across Orkney, Shetland and the Western Isles, has been a welcome boon to Orkney [read more…]
Orkney Athletics club is delighted to announce that the Club has two new Development Officer. Carolynn Leslie started in the role in June with Anthea Hume joining her in a job-share from mid-July. Carolynn will [read more…]
Angus Blance and Mia McAllister posted some great times at the Scottish Summer Meet in a brilliant season finale for both swimmers. Highlights were a bronze medal for Angus in the 50m breaststroke and two [read more…]
Finlay Scott has had another very successful season at the Club. As well as continuing to represent the Highlands and Islands, he has enjoyed major successes back home as well. Here he is with his [read more…]
It has been a successful few days for Andrew Torbet in Malmo at the U15 European Championship! He chalked up victories against Greece and Poland but unfortunately lost to Germany, Czech Republic and the hosts [read more…]
KSRC are delighted to present Connor Scott with the David Sinclair memorial trophy. The trophy is awarded to the Junior player who has improved the most over the course of the season and is decided [read more…]
Four members of the Orkney Archery Team competed in the Northern Area open Championship on the 9th and 10th of June. Robert Craigie, Helen Corsie, Jim Middlemas and Stewart Stanger attended the competition held in [read more…]
After Covid disruption, Orkney will now host the 2025 Island Games. All 24 member islands of the International Games Association (IIGA) voted unanimously to award them the event following a successful presentation by the then [read more…]
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