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Twenty questions: test your knowledge of Caithness sport in 2024





Caithness Krakens celebrating with the women’s National Plate after their triumph in Edinburgh. Picture: Scottish Rugby / SNS
Caithness Krakens celebrating with the women’s National Plate after their triumph in Edinburgh. Picture: Scottish Rugby / SNS

Have a go at our fun quiz based on sports reports from the Caithness Courier and John O’Groat Journal over the past year.

There are no prizes on offer – the answers appear below.

1 Caithness Krakens had an unforgettable 47-27 victory in the National Plate final at Murrayfield Hive on Scottish Rugby’s end-of-season Silver Saturday, becoming the first senior team from the county to land a national honour. Who were their opponents that day?

2 Name the Thurso-based youth football venture whose first year was said to have gone “fantastically well”, with more than 1000 children taking part in events and sessions?

3 Kyle Henderson scored his first hat-trick for Wick Academy in a 3-1 away victory over which team in a Highland League match in October?

4 Name the Halifax-born Dounreay policeman who was appointed as new captain of the Caithness 1st XV rugby team.

5 In August, which Caithness bowling club was honoured with the Bowls Scotland BowlsMark Gold Award for good governance?

6 Tom McKenna was appointed as new manager of North Caledonian League football club Thurso during the summer. Who did he replace?

7 Caithness-based Phoebe Strachan won the women’s competition at the 2024 Scottish National Surfing Championships, held at Thurso East over Easter weekend. How many times has she won this title now?

8 In summer football, High Ormlie Hotspur retained the Eain Mackintosh Cup. Which team did they beat in the 2024 final in Halkirk?

9 Wick and which other club co-hosted the NC500 Links Open, a 36-hole strokeplay event that is a highlight of the summer golfing calendar?

10 Adam Wild was the overall winner of which annual sporting event held in Caithness?

How many times has Phoebe Strachan won the women’s title at the Scottish National Surfing Championships? Picture: James Gunn
How many times has Phoebe Strachan won the women’s title at the Scottish National Surfing Championships? Picture: James Gunn

11 Who was the Caithness Amateur Football Association player of the year for Division One?

12 And who was the Division Two player of the year?

13 Caithness badminton ace Mark Mackay added gold to his collection of medals from the international senior circuit when he teamed up with Iceland’s Drifa Hardardottir to win the over-45 mixed doubles in the European Masters. In which country was the event held?

14 Youth football club Caithness United celebrated which anniversary in 2024?

15 Name the 70-year-old Wick squash player who won back-to-back regional events in his age group, first the Highlands and Islands Masters and then the West of Scotland Masters.

16 Which team beat Thurso Swifts in Caithness Amateur Football Association’s relegation/promotion play-off?

17 The ladies’ scratch and handicap championship finals at which golf club saw three generations of one family coming together?

18 Wick Academy won only one cup tie in 2024. Who did they beat?

19 Which Thurso Amateur Swimming Club stalwart received the service-to-sport award at the annual awards ceremony held by Caithness Sports Council in December?

20 “I’m going to take the whole year just to improve every day and hopefully break through.” Name the 16-year-old footballer from Thurso who was speaking after signing a one-year contract with Inverness Caledonian Thistle.

Caithness United under-14s and coaches at their 2024 presentation evening. Picture: Mel Roger
Caithness United under-14s and coaches at their 2024 presentation evening. Picture: Mel Roger
Who was appointed as captain of the Greens? Picture: James Gunn
Who was appointed as captain of the Greens? Picture: James Gunn
High Ormlie Hotspur beat which team in the Eain Mackintosh Cup final? Picture: James Gunn
High Ormlie Hotspur beat which team in the Eain Mackintosh Cup final? Picture: James Gunn

Answers: 1 Uddingston Selkies. 2 AG Coaching. 3 Lossiemouth. 4 Cole Wilson. 5 Thurso Bowling Club. 6 Scott Davidson. 7 Five. 8 Staxigoe United. 9 Reay. 10 Caithness Cycling Club’s Festival of Cycling. 11 James Murray (Pentland United). 12 Olly Manton (Keiss). 13 Belgium. 14 Its 25th anniversary. 15 Willie Jappy. 16 John O’Groats. 17 Thurso Golf Club. 18 Invergordon (4-0 in the first round of the North of Scotland Cup). 19 Kirsty Mackay. 20 Sam Reid.


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