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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: 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.
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.
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.”
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.
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.
Schools squash: Crieff proves to be fertile ground for squash talent
Crieff has proved to a great production line for Scottish squash players, and Rory Stewart and Maddie Orr continued the tradition by winning titles at the Scottish Junior National Championships at the Heriot-Watt National Centre in Edinburgh.
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.
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.
Hannah Miley: Full focus on training as trials in new Olympic Pool loom large
REALLY busy time for me. After two great weeks training in Tenerife it was back home to face the stress of trying to catch up with my university work. Today, I’m back in racing mode for my first major meet of the year, the British Universities and Colleges Sports Championships in Sheffield.
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.
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 commentSwimming: Benson’s rise to British No. 1 puts him in swim for shot at Olympics
Among the stress of exam preparation and identifying potential career pathways, many sixth-year high school pupils are also dreaming of warmer climates this summer as they wait to embark on a ‘traditional’ celebratory holiday with some close friends.
Basketball: 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).
Schools swimming: Isle of Skye’s not the limit for talented youngsters
Remoteness could be a hindrance to sporting achievement, but Isle of Skye youngsters’ victories at the Brodies Scottish School Championships proved otherwise.
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.
Basketball: Lesley Marshalled by family values as Phoenix net title
ONLY two trophies stayed in the Capital after basketball’s Scottish Cup Finals at the Pleasance at the weekend – but both successes offered much hope for the future.
Basketball: Saints end trophy drought with win over favourites
St Mirren upset Falkirk Fury to lift the Scottish Cup with an 88-68 victory in the final at The Pleasance in Edinburgh.
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.
Basketball: Edinburgh Kool Kats eye their sixth Scottish Cup
Although Holders Edinburgh Kool Kats go into tomorrow’s Scottish Women’s Cup final against Glasgow Rocks as the slight underdogs on account of their recent league loss, coach Graham Gunn remains confident they can cope with their Cumbernauld-based rivals.
2 commentsHope and Brown the stars as Scottish records tumble
SWIMMING: Lucy Hope (Jedburgh Grammar) and Ryan Brown (Kelso High School) stood out with record-breaking doubles at Brodies Scottish Schools’ Swimming Championships at Dollan Aquatics Centre in East Kilbride.
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.
CALA Edinburgh ‘working their socks off’ despite relegation
CALA EDINBURGH have slipped out of Scotland’s indoor hockey elite but their concentration this season has been on preserving their Division One status outdoors.
Kings enjoy comfortable win over Cup finalists Saints
ST MIRREN will need to give a considerably better account of themselves than they did against Edinburgh Kings in the Scottish Basketball League at Portobello at the weekend if they are avoid humiliation in the Scottish Cup final against Falkirk Fury at the Pleasance on Saturday.
Edinburgh Capitals drop down table as dire form continues
EDINBURGH CAPITALS suffered a 6-3 home loss at the hands of Sheffield Steelers last night, completing a weekend double for the title-chasing South Yorkshire outfit over the Murrayfield men.
Sore one for Whipp as Roux wins
South Africa’s Sean Le Roux claimed the Artemis Squash Open for the first time at Edinburgh Sports Club.
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.
Le Roux springs surprise to win Artemis Open
SQUASH: South Africa’s Sean Le Roux, who beat top seed Joel Hinds in the semi-finals, completed a shock double against English players to win the Artemis Open at Edinburgh Sports Club yesterday.
Green left frustrated as Rocks throw away lead
BASKETBALL: Glasgow Rocks suffered a fourth quarter meltdown last night as Plymouth Raiders rallied from 21 down to steal an 85-78 win in the British Basketball League.
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.
Basketball: The Saints are coming to challenge Capital clubs
THE British Universities Home Nations Games, otherwise known as BUGS, is to go ahead in Nottingham from April 16 to 19 and the Scottish Universities have wasted no time in arranging trials. Eighteen women will attend their first get-together at Holyrood HS and a men’s trial is fixed for Dundee University on Sunday from 11am-2pm.
Ice Hockey: Hartmann and Co are game for a laugh
ONLY one win in 13 and now Edinburgh Capitals face one of British ice hockey’s most competitive teams – twice.
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