Athletics
Athletics island games standards released
Orkney Athletics Club have released athletic qualifying standards for the Natwest Gibraltar Island Games 2019 – Download a copy of the Island Games Standards.
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Badminton
Highland Badminton Championships
Players travelled from all across Scotland to compete in the Highland Championships held in April, including a group from Orkney. Medallists in ‘A’ draws included: • Andrew Reid & Liam Delday – Mens Doubles 3rd [read more…]
Squash
Scotland Inter Regionals
4 Orkney juniors made their way down to Glasgow at the weekend (21st – 22nd April 2018) to compete in the Scotland Inter-Regionals representing the Highlands and Islands. Dominic Barnby made his debut for the [read more…]
Athletics
Orkney Athletic Club appoints new Development Officer
Orkney Athletic Club are delighted to announce that the Club has appointed a new Development Officer! Sam Hunter comes to OAC with a wealth of experience gained in the field of gymnastics. He competed in [read more…]
Swimming
Island Games finalist Mia qualifies for British Swimming Championships
Orkney swimmer Mia McAllister has achieved her goal of qualifying for the upcoming British Swimming Championships, to be held in Edinburgh later this spring (1-4 March 2018). Now 17, Mia has trained since childhood with [read more…]
Swimming
Dave Keldie Cup Presentation
Each year, Orkney Amateur Swimming Club presents the Dave Keldie Cup and medal to the swimmer in the club with the highest European Swimming Federation (LEN) points score for the year (calculated from the sum [read more…]
Swimming
Swim Coach Training
NatWest Coach Development fund and the IIGA support training of swim coaches in Orkney Orkney Amateur Swimming Club ran a UKCC training course for swimming coaches last week in Stromness. The ten candidates included eight [read more…]
Swimming
Orkney victorious over Thurso in West Mainland Gala
Orkney Amateur Swimming Club held its first competition of the new season on Saturday night at the Stromness Pool. The Orkney and Thurso swimming clubs have competed for the “West Mainland Chamber of Commerce” Cup [read more…]
Swimming
Gotland Island Games – Swimming Report
The Orkney Island Games Swim team (swimmers Molly Blance, Kerris Sinclair, Mia McAllister and Angus Blance, coach Gordon Mowat and team manager Helen Rothnie) are back in Orkney reflecting on what turned out to be [read more…]
Swimming
Orkney Swimming Records set at 2017 Junior Inter County competition
Last weekend’s Junior Inter County competition against Shetland produced some fantastic results from a young Orkney swim team, with some great PBs and close races. As well as some great swims from the younger team [read more…]