Other Sport

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.

Banchory Beavers’ William Storer was crowned a double national champion as South Aberdeenshire excelled in the Scottish Age Group Championships at Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow last week.

Mar Orienteering Club were crowned Club of the Year 2018 at the 2019 Aberdeenshire Sports Council Awards at the Garioch Centre, Inverurie recently.

Banchory girl Teagan Batho has fought back from breaking her spine in two places to win the Garioch Gymnastics Club Championships and is now heading for Australia.

The new £2 million Braemar Highland Games Centre opened to the public for the first time on Friday.

Banchory Stags edged Aberdeen Titans in the Grampian League Division 1 play-offs, winning the quarter-final first leg 64-59.

Since ‘five became six’ back in the year 2000, 12 different Scotland internationals have crossed the whitewash against the Auld Enemy.

Commonwealth Games medallist Robbie Simpson was among those who marked the launch of the Great Aberdeen Run Gold Wave last week.

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

Banchory Beavers ASC had an amazing day at Cults Otters Novice Gala on Sunday February 24. With a huge squad of 30 swimmers there was fun, dancing and personal bests, medals and trophies galore.