ATHLETICS

CROWE IN WISCONSIN Local athletes were in action for their US university teams at the weekend. Dundee athlete Jamie Crowe (Lamar Uni) finished 33rd out of 242 runners at the Wisconsin Pre-National CrossCountry in a time of 24.31 for the 8km. Aiden Thompson (Belmont Univ) finished 124th in 25.19. Ben Potrykus (Bradley Uni) ran the Bradley Pink Classic 8km Cross-Country in Illinois, finishing 48th in 26.48. ● Aviemore Half-Marathon results. 1 G Shearer (Highland HR) 73.10, 2 A Rolland (Unatt.) 1st junior. 73.25, 3 T Doney (Metro Aberdeen) 73.47….7 R Scott (Fife AC) 75.57, 13 D Grieve (Unatt.) 1st veteran. 79.34, 14 P Dungay (Unatt.) 1st over 50. 79.37. Women. 1 C Taylor-Green (Bristol) 76.28, 2 C Morrison (Stirling Tri.) 80.54, 3 S Logan (Fife AC) 81.02, 4 H Rees (Fife AC) 83.20…6 J Learmonth (Dundee Hawkhill) 87.59, 7 A McNeilly (Dundee RR) 89.30. Forfar 5km

(Guide Dogs Scotland) – 1 M Louden (Basin Strollers) 19.02, 2 G Hunt (Unatt.) 19.11, 3 C MacPherson (Unatt.) 19.22. Women. 1 T Paterson (Arbroath Footers) 22.19, 2 H Robbie (Forfar RR) 22.50, 3 A M Black (Unatt.) 23.27.

Lochore 10km – 1 B Kinninmonth (Fife AC) 36.54, 2 A Goring (Fife AC) 37.46, 3 C Warner (Pitreavie) 1st veteran. 38.27, 4 J Beveridge (Kinross RR) 2nd veteran. 38.33, 5 O Boyle (Garscube) 38.40, 6 C Watterson (Unatt,) 38.50, 7 G Lawson (Fife AC) 3rd veteran. 40.44….16 I Howatt (Pitreavie) 42.00, 35 R Thomson (Unatt.) 1st over 60. 45.24, 72 K Morris (Fife AC) 50.54. Women. 1 M Zobel (Lothian RC) 43.16, 2 KA Muir (Fife AC Kirkcaldy Wizards) 45.16, 3 S Young (Lothian RC) 1st over 50. 46.45, 4 S Marshall (Carnegie) 46.46, 5 L Fowler (Unatt.) 47.22. Over 60. C Syme (Pitreavie) 55.53.

BASKETBALL

ROBB INSPIRES PRIDE The young Caledonia Pride Scottish women’s professional basketball team continue to surprise, inspired by captain and former Tayside Musketeer Hannah Robb.

Robb shrugged off an ankle injury to score nine points, taking six rebounds and giving an unselfish eight assists. in 23 minutes on court as Pride pulled away from a 24-18 first quarter lead to beat Durham Palatinates 78-70 at Oriam and reach the WBBL Cup second round.

With players as young as 16 in the side they have pulled off two wins in a row, the first away over London Barking Abbey in the Women’s BBL. While Cameroon internationalist Tia Weledji led their scoring in their triumph over Durham it was 18-year-olds Shawnisay Miller and Alix Henderson who supported her with double-figure contributions. Miller had 11 points, Henderson 10 and another teenager Sian Phillips nine. Coach Chris Kindlen’s Dundee Madsons enjoyed two good wins at the weekend. The under-16s beat capital side Boroughmuir Blaze 74-50 in their division one game and the under-18s won 66-50 against Blaze juniors in division two.

● Results – Scottish League, men – Falkirk Fury 74 Glasgow Univ 68, Boroughmuir Blaze 100 Edinburgh Univ 50, Stirling Knights 64 Edinburgh Lions 68. Div Two – Ayrshire Tornadoes 98 Boroughmuir Blaze B 62, North Lanarkshire 73 Glasgow Univ B 57, Kings U23 82 West Lothian Wolves 88 (aot). Junior – Grampian Flyers 81 Glasgow Rocks 40. Women – Cumbernauld Lady Rocks 46 St ~Mirren 43, Glasgow Fever 50 Edinburgh Kats 63, Fakirk Fury 61 Glasgow Univ 25. Women’s BBL Cup, first round – Caledonia Pride 78 Durham Palatinates 70.

BOWLS

ARBROATH AND DISTRICT – Senior Gents’ Singles – R Lockhart 14 I Ritchie 21, M Andrews 21 T Reid 10, J Robbie scr D Farquharson w/o, D Strachan w/o W Smith scr. DUNDEE – Evening Open Pairs League – N Robertson 1 G Fleming 12, K Robbins 24 M Tunstall 7, G Prophet 12 B Smith 15, A Milton 10 M Lowe 11, G Cameron 13 K Jones 11. Senior Triples League – J D’Arcy 8 J Henderson 15, A Anderson 6 G Lawrence 17, A Cochrane 22 I Stewart 5, K McLeish scr D Diduca w/o, W Greig 8 C Reid 15. Gents’ Singles – E Mason 21 T Johnston 17, J McKelvie scr C Craigie w/o. Ladies’ Triples League – M Small 12 M Miller 13, A MacMaster 6 R Esplin 10, E Birse 19 M Cruden 2.

GOLF

BLAIRGOWRIE – Sunday Medal Div 1 – F Matthews (3) 70, S Park (2) 70, J Quither (7) 72. Div 2 – C Nicoll (12) 71, S Christie (10) 72, T Goudie (10) 72. Div 3 – A Brown (18) 72, M Morton (16) 74, C Thomson (19) 74

CARNOUSTIE GC LADIES – Stableford (Burnside Course, CSS71) – S Sneddon (10) 33pts, A Scott (20) 30bih, A Davies (27) 30.

CARNOUSTIE – Strokeplay (Championship course, CSS73, All One Class) – J Downie (9) H Taylor (13) 71, G Torrie (-2) 72. Strokeplay (Burnside Course, CSS68) All One Class) – M Wood (5) 66, A Lonie (20) 67. Strokeplay (Buddon Course, CSS68, All One Class) – A Jones (9) B Clarke (2) 67.

GRANGE – Medal Course (CSS72)

Section 1 – S McNally (11) 39pts, G Hutton (4) 38, N Moncur (2) 38. Section 2 – P Strachan (28) 34, A Stewart (15) 32, B Williams (13) 32. MONTROSE LINKS –Texas Scramble (1562 Course) – Scr – G Duguid, S Hardie, R McKenzie and A McKenzie 55. Hcp – K Gall, B Gall, I Gall and E Robertson (3.2) 52.8, I McBay, M Strachan, M Day and M May (4.1) 52.9, D Green, D Green Jr, D Thompson and F Sneddon (1.8) 55.2.

HOCKEY

Women’s Midland Division 2– Dundee University III 1 Dundee University IV 0. Fixture – Thursday – Championship League 2 – Grange EL II v Dundee University II (St George’s College 7.45pm).

POOLS

FORFAR WEST END TOTE –9,10 No winners Lucky draw. applies. Next week £300

GOWFERS GAMBLE – 10, 13, 15,

17, 18, 22. No winners. Next week’s jackpot £10,700. Consolation prizes to D Laird, B Johnston and M Mckay, all Carnoustie, and L McCouaig, Arbroath.

ST ANDREWS UNITED SUPER SIX – 7, 9, 13, 14, 17 and 18. No jackpot winner. Next week’s jackpot £4,200. Consolation prizes to Lesley Taylor (£30), Barbara Jardine (£20) and Sandra Hendry (£10).

SNOOKER

DONALDSON OUT Perth cueman Scott Donaldson crashed out of the English Open at the first round stage yesterday, going down 4-3 to England’s Allan Taylor. Fellow Scot Ross Muir is also out after losing to former world No 1 Neil Robertson 4-2, but there were wins for veteran Scot Alan McManus and Eden Sharav.

Selected results: Liang Wenbo (Chn) bt Gary Wilson (Eng) 4-0, Marco Fu (Hkg) bt Mark Joyce (Eng) 4-1, Allan Taylor (Eng) bt Scott Donaldson (Sco) 4-3, Eden Sharav (Sco) bt Michael Georgiou (Cyp) 4-3, Ronnie O’Sullivan (Eng) bt Kurt Maflin (Nor) 4-1, Alan McManus (Sco) bt Fan Zhengyi (Chn) 4-0, Mark Williams (Wal) bt Dominic Dale (Wal) 4-1, Neil Robertson (Aus) bt Ross Muir (Sco) 4-2, Mark Selby (Eng) bt Sanderson Lam (Eng) 4-0.

SPORT ON TV

FOOTBALL: Uefa Nations League, Republic of Ireland v Wales – Sky Sports Main Event 7pm, Armenia v Macedonia – Sky Sports Main Event 5pm, Kazakhstan v Andorra – Sky Sports Main Event 2.55pm; European Under-21 Championship, Germany v Republic of Ireland – Eurosport 2 5.15pm. BASEBALL: MLB, Houston Astros v Boston Red Sox – BT Sport 1 10pm. SPORT: Youth Olympics – Eurosport 2 7.30pm. SNOOKER: English Open – Eurosport 1 12.45pm and 6.45pm.

TENNIS: WTA, Luxembourg Open – BT Sport 2 9am; Kremlin Cup – BT Sport 1 9am and 6pm.

SWIMMING

GLENROTHES SUCCESSFUL Glenrothes ASC swimmers enjoyed a successful day at the Carnegie Graded Meet on Sunday.

It is the second gala in as many outings where the team have come home with an award.

After receiving the George Donn trophy at the Fife Championships last month, the team collected the best visiting club award at the Carnegie Meet – a notable start to the season for club head coach Joanna Laing, who was appointed last month. The team of 22 swimmers recorded 44 personal bests while collecting 14 gold medals, 10 silvers, 11 bronze and two “too fast” awards.

Great team spirit from the swimmers throughout the day was infectious and the performances were certainly encouraging for the next quarter, which sees the first round of this year’s East District Age Group Championships kick off next month.

TABLE TENNIS

DUNDEE A LEAD WAY

Dundee A lead Division Two following the first day of SNL Table Tennis matches at Bell’s Sports Centre in Perth on Saturday. With wins over Glasgow South A (5-1) and South Ayrshire A (5-1) and a 3-3 draw with Murrayfield C, the team of Robert Toth, Mark Lundberg and Grant Williams top the table on games difference.

Also in Division Two, Dundee B scored wins against Stirling and North Merchiston 2, both by 4-2 margins, but Callum Riddoch, Stuart Halliday and Michael Hahn suffered a 2-4 reverse at the hands of Glasgow South A, leaving them in fifth position at the end of the day’s play.

The city’s three most promising youngsters – David Hay, Andrew Nimmo and Jacob Munro – have entered the newly-formed Division Five as Dundee C.

They suffered two 2-4 defeats at the hands of West Lothian and Edinburgh University but the trio can take heart in finishing the day with a 6-0 victory against South Ayrshire D.