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Six qualify for Hope Trust Trophy final
BASKETBALL: After a full day of action at Meadowbank, six Edinburgh primary schools – Bruntsfield, Duddingston, James Gillespie’s, St Peter’s, Victoria and Flora Stevenson – have qualified for next month’s final of the Hope Trust Trophy.
Basketball: Lee Reilly leaves it late to pip Students on final buzzer
A MAGNIFICENT 44 points from Lee Reilly saved Edinburgh Kings when they were staring defeat in the face away to Glasgow University in the Scottish Basketball League.
Curling: Ross Hepburn slips in final
Edinburgh curler Ross Hepburn fell at the final hurdle at the Scottish Championships in Perth yesterday, while fellow “lead” Colin Campbell endured a hugely-frustrating weekend.
Rugby: Rout leaves Hartmann ashamed after rout
Edinburgh CAPITALS’ slump reached a new low at Murrayfield last night after they were thrashed 9-0 by Nottingham Panthers, a team performance which ice hockey player/coach Richard Hartmann admitted left him feeling “sad and ashamed.”
1 commentCurling: Tom Brewster retains title as Eve Muirhead completes treble
TOM Brewster and his Aberdeen team retained their national title with a 5-2 win over Perth’s David Smith, while Perth’s Eve Muirhead landed her third national crown when her European champions beat Stranraer’s Gail Munro 9-3 in the women’s final of the Co-operative Funeralcare Scottish Championships in Perth yesterday.
Curling
Curling: Campbell on song in Perth
Capital curler Colin Campbell is through to the weekend’s knockout stages after skip David Edwards and his team maintained their perfect 100 per cent record at the Scottish Championships in Perth last night.
Lockhart has edge over young guns
She won’t say thanks for mentioning it, but Aberdeen’s former world champion Jackie Lockhart is of an age where she could be the mother of most of the opponents she is facing in this week’s Co-operative Funeralcare Scottish Curling Championships in Perth, but she continues to show many of them how it is done.
Murrayfield joy for Kelso rink
CURLING: Kelso High School’s rink of Callum Potts, Neil Sutherland, Lorna Shaw plus brother and sister Cameron and Amy Bryce won the James Young Trophy at the East of Scotland Schools’ qualifying at Murrayfield ice rink.
Smith and Fleming take Scottish Junior titles
CURLING: Kyle Smith and his Perth team of Kerr Drummond, Kyle Waddell and third player Thomas Muirhead, beat Stranraer’s Jay McWilliam in yesterday’s final to take gold and the national title in the Scottish Junior Curling Championships at Curl Aberdeen.
Curling: It’s tight at the top in junior title race
AFTER six round-robin sessions of the Scottish Junior Men’s Curling Championship at Curl Aberdeen, Stranraer’s Jay McWilliam and Perth’s Kyle Smith are tied at the top of the round-robin rankings, each undefeated on five wins.
Hockey
Hockey: Furious Inverleith player demands change in rules
INVERLEITH’S Stephen Dick has blasted European hockey rulemakers and declared: “You can’t give points for failure.”
Hockey: Final-day defeat proves to be a costly one for gutsy Inverleith
Inverleith’s Olympic star Graham Moodie today looked back on the EuroHockey Indoor Club Trophy in Edinburgh and declared: “We’ve learned so much,” after the club came so close to gaining promotion to Europe’s elite.
Hockey: No disgrace for Students
PLAYER-COACH Graham Moodie praised his men after Edinburgh University’s hockey side were edged 4-3 by Glasgow combine Clydesdale despite the students being minus nine first-team players.
Hockey: Grange move into second
GRANGE took advantage of the postponement of the game between Glynhill Kelburne and Western Wildcats to move into second spot in the Subway national league, winning 4-0 against VWS Dundee Wanderers on Saturday.
Hockey: Inverleith’s promotion hopes are ended
Inverleith’s promotion hopes vanished following a disappointing 5-2 defeat at the hands of Ukrainian side Kolos-Sekvoia Vinnitsa in the European Indoor Club Trophy.
Basketball
Basketball: Ritchie’s hot form puts her in Scotland reckoning
Despite a heartbreak 63-60 overtime defeat by Glasgow University at the Pleasance on Wednesday, which gave Glasgow the minimum one-point advantage in their head-to-head aggregate, Edinburgh University have not yet given up all hope of fighting off relegation from the Northern Premier Division of the BUCS Championship.
Basketball: Close call
Edinburgh face Glasgow in the crunch game of the bottom two teams in the British Universities Northern Premier Basketball League at the Pleasance later today (5.30pm) knowing victory will secure their place in the top division again next season.
Basketball: Kats bounce back from Cup defeat to challenge for title
What a difference a week made for Edinburgh Kool Kats, who had surrendered the Scottish Women’s Basketball Cup rather tamely, beaten 72-60 by Glasgow Rocks in the final at the Pleasance last weekend.
Sandy’s Slam Dunk: East’s tilt at sixth cup success boosted by Marshall’s return
With their season probably on the line, Edinburgh Kool Kats coach Graham Gunn is looking for much tougher defence from his team when they line up for the second time in a week against Glasgow Rocks at St Maurice’s High, Cumbernauld on Sunday (12.20pm).
1 commentBasketball: Chopper is all geared up for Leeds clash
Edinburgh University men’s basketball coach Chopper Pettett will have a full-strength team available for the first time this season when the Capital students face the powerful Leeds Carnegie side at the Pleasance later today (5.30pm).
Ice Hockey
Ice Hockey: Stars clash is Caps’ ‘biggest of the season’
Forward Bari McKenzie has described Edinburgh Capitals’ clash with Dundee Stars at Murrayfield tomorrow as their “biggest game of the season.”
Ice Hockey: Devils make the most of Capitals’ lack of bite
A SLUGGISH start and a toothless performance on the power-play ensured Edinburgh Capitals’ miserable run of form continued last night after a 3-2 home loss against the Cardiff Devils consigned the Murrayfield ice hockey combine to their ninth straight defeat.
Ice Hockey: Hartmann relishes Cardiff double-header
EDINBURGH CAPITALS return to Elite League ice hockey action this weekend with a home and away double header against the Cardiff Devils and player-coach Richard Hartmann is delighted to have a full squad at his disposal.
Ice Hockey: Rene Jarolin extends Caps deal
EDINBURGH CAPITALS have received a major boost after Elite League top scorer Rene Jarolin penned a 12-month contract extension, keeping him at Murrayfield for the 2012-13 season.
Ice Hockey: Team undergo some special conditioning
Edinburgh CAPITALS captain Jan Safar today revealed how the players have gone flat out this week to snap their seven-game losing streak – by enjoying a special sports messages.
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Thursday 23 February 2012
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