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Wick’s Rosebank bowling green was the venue for the county singles on Sunday with St Fergus, Lybster and Thurso represented along with the host club.
Saturday saw the gents at Reay competing for the Nuvia July Medal, with silverware up for grabs for both division one and division two players.
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The inaugural Top 4 Open hosted by Wick’s Rosebank Bowling Club was hailed as “a huge success”, with 64 bowlers taking part over the two days.
A busy week at Reay Golf Club began with some red-hot scoring in the Royal Hotel Mixed Pairs as Rebecca Munro and Lee Parnell combined brilliantly.
Stuart Swanson was again on good form in Caithness Cycling Club’s weekly 10-mile time trial to clock 25.11, with Alistair Miller finishing second.
North of Scotland Kart Club held its inaugural Piston Cup event using the original track layout at the Littleferry venue near Golspie.
Caithness Pony Club’s open show was held over two days at the indoor riding centre and the field given by permission of the Budge family at Milton.
After a promising start, the weather worsened for the 10 dedicated anglers who participated in DFFA’s Early Bird competition at the weekend.
A tricky breeze and some showers presented a difficult challenge in the Ladies’ Open, but despite these conditions there were some excellent scores.
Only four riders faced the stopwatch for Wick Wheelers’ time trial last week but it proved to be a memorable night for James Munro as he had a PB.
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Sixteen ladies took part in Thurso Golf Club’s Smith Trophy competition, with victory going to Rachel Durrand and Trish Cowie on a score of nett 70.
Students from martial art club Caithness Tang Soo Do laid it all out on the mats to compete against other clubs in the Highland championships.
Eleven couples competed in the Randall, a mixed foursome competition at Thurso Golf Club, sponsored by J A Mackay.
Four Caithness shooters – John Campbell and his daughter Sophie, Peter Richard and David Bremner – competed in the NSRA Scottish Open meeting.
Dounreay Fly Fishing Association held its fifth Boat League competition on Saturday when 15 members took to their boats on a chilly Loch Calder.
A busy week of golf at Reay culminated in the Men’s Open sponsored by M2 Procurement and Commercial Services on Saturday.
Adam Wild was the overall winner in Caithness Cycling Club’s annual Festival of Cycling, coming first in all three events in convincing fashion.
