Other Sport

Deeside Rugby are inviting applications to attend the club’s Summer Rugby Camp, which will run from Tuesday, July 30, for three days at the Woodend facility.

DoonThaBrae Events (DTBE) held the first in event a three- race mountain bike series in the Glen Tanar and Birse area near Aboyne recently.

Banchory teenager Nicole Lockhead Anderson celebrated her first ever win in the Longines International Arena at the weekend.

The inaugural Run Banchory 10k last Sunday proved to be a huge success, with more than 321 adult runners taking part in the multi-terrain race.

Rugby’s famous Calcutta Cup was on show at Woodend last week as the SRU’s Caledonia North Summer Roadshow stopped off at Deeside Rugby.

Hollie Davidson, the women’s international rugby referee from Aboyne, is in for a busy, jet-setting summer.

Aboyne’s Shannon McWilliam, who played in the Curtis Cup last year, has retained her place in the Great Britain and Ireland team for the Vagliano Trophy.

Alford Table Tennis Club, founded just two years ago, has just completed a remarkable league and cup double.

Banchory will be hosting its first ever multi-terrain 10k event, Run Banchory in association with SB Fitness, on Sunday June 16.

It was a busy weekend for Deeside Rugby at Woodend recently with the Minis and Micros Festival on Saturday May 11 and the U14s hosting the visiting Martignas team.

Claire McGarvey from Banchory won the open graded U20/senior high jump in the East District Championships at Grangemouth recently.

Drumoak Primary School was the venue for the Deeside Schools Badminton Championships, where pupils from the Deeside area competed for the Drumoak Shield and individual trophies with an excellent display of skills.

Deeside RFC U15s are heading to Perth on Sunday to play Howe of Fife in the U15 Caledonia Bowl final.

Banchory Stags capped their 25th year as a club in the most emphatic manner by winning the Scottish Basketball Association’s Chairman’s Cup.

For the fifth year in a row Deeside’s premier night walking and running event, the Illuminator, will be back on Saturday October 26.

Aboyne Tennis Club has been crowned Club of the Year at the Tennis Scotland Awards 2018, after missing out narrowly in 2016 and 2017.