Sport stars earn Games selection
Local athletes get set for Gold Coast
- A late Michael O’Halloran strike gives Saints a win against Kilmarnock on the opening day of the Scottish Premiership season.
- Strathmore golfer Kirsty Brodie tees-up alongside the country’s best at the Girls’ Home Internationals in Sutton Coldfield.
- Kinross track ace Eilidh Doyle wins GB&NI silver in the 4x400m relay at the IAAF World Championships in London.
- After picking up 203 Scottish caps, goalkeeper Gemma Fay announces her retirement from international football.
- Saints youth player Gregor Donald, a former Perth High School pupil, makes his debut for Scotland’s under-17 side.
- Basketball star Erynn Legge signs a dream deal with CB Nou Esplugues under-18s, who hail from Barcelona in Spain.
- Wheelchair basketball talent Ben Leitch plays a starring role for Scotland at the School Games National Finals to win bronze.
- Pitlochry weightlifter Rowan Morrogh Bernard brings home bronze from the Commonwealth Youth Championships in Australia’s Gold Coast.
- Perth badminton ace Dan Travers battles through injury to become 60+ singles world champion in Cochin, India.
- Triathlete Selwyn Parker, competing in the 75-79 age category, clinches a silver medal at the World Championships in Rotterdam.
- Swimmers Stephen Milne and Scott McLay are selected to represent Scotland at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
- Players past and present pitch up at McDiarmid Park for Dave Mackay’s testimonial match against Dundee.
- Kinnoull Tennis Club celebrate winning the Aegon National League Division One title.
- Pegasus Vaulting Club enjoy a memorable medal winning performance at the British Vaulting Championships.
- Perth golfer David Logie, a member of Craigie Hill, cards a holein-one at Gleneagles - on a par four.
- A season to remember for arrow ace Chloe O’Brien who finishes the year top of Scotland’s under-18 girl darts ranking table.
- Young ice hockey prospect Cole Giannandrea from Auchterarder represents Scotland’s under-11s - at the age of eight.
- Perth Railway Club boxer Taylor Neill wins gold at the Scottish Novice Championships.
- It’s a dream come true as golf ace Bradley Neil clinches his European Tour card in Muscat, Oman.
- Team Muirhead win gold at the European Curling Championships in Perth and Kinross athletes are heading for the Gold Coast (pictured) for the Commonwealth Games St Gallen, Switzerland.
- Perth potter Scott Donaldson defeats world number one Mark Selby at the UK Championships.
- Beach volleyball star Seain Cook and athletics ace Eilidh Doyle are selected to represent Scotland at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.
- St Johnstone sign Irish striker David McMillan on a two and a half year deal. He joins in January.
- Saints end the year with a 2-0 defeat against Tayside rivals Dundee.
Perth badminton ace Dan Travers wins gold at the World Senior Championships in India