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Vandalism in Kirkwall
05/01/2009 09:36:00
A COMMUNAL intercom system was damaged at 29 Broad Street, Kirkwall, sometime overnight on Saturday, January 3-4.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the police on 872241.
Emphatic win as Orkney RFC progress in cup
03/01/2009 17:31:00
ORKNEY RFC scored nine tries to defeat an under strength Ross
Sutherland side 61-12 in Saturday afternoon's Scottish Hydro Electric National Cup second round
tie in Stromness.
Any New Year hangovers or Ba' knocks were hard to spot among the Orkney
boys, though they were sometimes slow to the breakdown in the first
half against a Ross Sutherland side that had travelled with only 13
players for a tie that had twice been postponed due to weather.
Uppies do the New Years Day double
01/01/2009 20:09:00
IT was a double victory for the Uppies today with both ba’ games ending up the street, making it a clean sweep for the Uppies this season.
Plenty of home support sought
31/12/2008 15:45:00
ORKNEY Rugby Club is hoping for a good attendance of spectators at this weekend's home game against Ross Sutherland on Saturday (January 3).
The kick-off is at 2pm at Stromness Academy Playing Fields.
This will be Orkney's first match for some time, as their last few fixtures have been cancelled due to the weather.
The game is in the second round of the Scottish Hydro-Electric Cup.
Enterprise office window smashed
30/12/2008 12:19:00
BETWEEN the afternoon of December 27 and midday on Monday (December 29) a window was smashed at Highlands and Islands Enterprise building on Queen Street in Kirkwall.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Kirkwall Police Station on 872241.
Icy roads warning
30/12/2008 09:39:00
DURING the early hours of this morning three vehicles have come off the roads in three separate incidents due to ice on the road.
Drivers are requested to be extra careful in bad weather and allow themselves plenty of time for their journeys.
Showdown at the Hoedown
29/12/2008 11:04:00
THERE are still a few tickets left for tonight (Monday)'s performance of Sandwick Young Farmers Club's panto 'Showdown at the Hoedown' in Sandwick Community Centre which begins at 7.30pm.
Bakery window damaged
29/12/2008 09:46:00
INFORMATION is being sought about damage to a window at Argo's Bakery in Stromness sometime between 7pm on Christmas Eve and 12.30pm on Boxing Day.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Kirkwall Police on 872241.
Barriers accident but no one hurt
29/12/2008 09:44:00
A MINOR road accident involving one vehicle occurred at the first Churchill Barrier - between St Mary's and Lamb Holm - around 10.15pm on December 26.
No one was injured in the incident.
Neil Stevenson is winner in Men's Ba'
25/12/2008 16:14:00
UPPIE Neil Stevenson was acclaimed the popular winner of the Christmas Day Men's Ba' after it reached the corner at 3.35pm.