CRIEFF STAR FOCUSES ON WORLD CUP

CANOEING

PENNIE SO CLOSE

Crieff’s Fiona Pennie missed out on the K1 kayak final by just 0.08secs after finishing 11th in the semi-finals at the European Canoe Slalom Championships in Pau.

The 2013 champion’s time of 110.32 was fast enough to make the top three, but two clipped gates cost her four seconds in time penalties and narrowly ruled her out of the final. She said: “I was quick enough on some bits of the course, but it just didn’t go my way this time. You just have to move on to the next race, so I’ll go home and focus on the World Cup at Lee Valley in two weeks. “That’s the next stage of selection for next year’s Olympics.”

BOWLS

ANGUS BOWLING ASSOCIATION –Scottish Cities & Counties Championship, Angus BA v Dundee BA at Strathmartine BC on Saturday, 2pm. Rink 1 – D Cargill (Abbey), S Smith (Newgate), M Black (Carnoustie), A Furye (Carnoustie WE). Rink 2 – I Garioch (Arbroath), C Mulholland (Dudhope), G Milne (Monifieth), M Anderson (Arbroath). Rink

3 – A Low (Newgate), G Mathieson (Arbroath), M Stewart (Arbroath), N Herron (Arbroath). Rink 4 – S Farmer (Abbey), F Black (Monifieth), M Biondi (Dudhope), G Leith (Canmore). Rink 5 – S Sibley (Newgate), T Smith (Monifieth), M Andrews (Letham), M Baillie (Brechin). Rink 6 – L Waddilove (Abbey), R Gowans (Carnoustie), G Garvie (Montrose), D Garvie (Montrose). Reserves – P Gersok (Arbroath), D Johnston (Brechin). Players to be at Strathmartine BC for 1.30pm. Contact secretary Peter Clyne 01575 573156 or 07920 078708 if unable to play.

ANGUS BOWLING LEAGUE –Div1 – Arbroath 56 Monifieth 44, Maryfield 54 Canmore 34, Carnoustie WE 53 Montrose 44, Fairfield 40, Newgate 41, Craigie 63 Lochee 39. Div 2 – Strathmartine 35 Abbey 51, Dudhope 42 Letham 54, Forfar 35 Kirriemuir 52, Broughty 39 Muirhead 53, Broughty Castle 61 Balgay 30. Div 3 – Brechin 57 Carnoustie 33, Baxter Park 42 Friockheim 38, Lochlands 13 Longforgan 0, Barnhill 44 Parkview 57.

ANGUS LADIES LEAGUE – Canmore 6 points (+41 shots), Letham 4 (+28), Arbroath 4 (+ 8), Carnoustie W E 3 (+ 18), Monifieth 3 (- 5), Montrose 2 (+2), Hope Paton 2 (-5), Boyle Park 2 (-16), Abbey 2 (-20), Forfar 2 (-23), Brechin 0 (-12).

BOWLS SCOTLAND DISTRICT 5 – Mixed Pairs semi-finals – Craigie B 17 Balgay13; Montrose B 20 Muirhead & Birkhill B 15. Final – Montrose (Susan Scappaticci/ David Garvie) 18 Craigie (Kimberley Bruce/Grant Harrison) 11. Montrose go forward to represent District 5 at the Bowls Scotland National Championships at Northfield, Ayr, from Sunday to Saturday, July 21-27.

CITY OF DUNDEE – Cities & Counties, Dundee 158 Buchan 93 (Dundee skips first) – A Moir 20 D Anderson 25, I Bell 22 S Davidson 24, S Stewart 36 W Menzies 6, A Crighton 19 R Marshall 17, J Watson 29 D Alexander 8, L Hunter 32 D Hay 13.

l City of Dundee BA v Angus on Saturday, 2pm at Strathmartine) – G Cairns, D Morrison, B Smith, A Moir, R Kyle, K Dorricott, D McMillan, I Bell, D Hogan, W Dempster, J Mulholland, J Watson, B Morris, I Stirton, E Mason, A Crighton, K Taylor, W Nelson, J Beattie, S Stewart, J McMillan, G Prophet, L Hunter, I Smith. Reserves – A Murray (Craigie), K Smith (Broughty Castle), R Garnham (Muirhead & Birkhill). All players to report Strathmartine 1pm. If unable to play contact JR Duncan 01382612264/07807446521.

DUNDEE EX-PRESIDENTS v Hillcrest on Thursday, 6.30pm with five rinks – L Mitchell, J Statter, F Gall, P Dobbie, W Howie, J Colville, J Crook, G Whyte, A Smith, A Anderson, R Taylor, P Moran, J Campbell, M Mollison, G Chmielewski, R Ferguson, H Bain, J Doig.

TAYSIDE LADIES BOWLING ASSOCIATION – quarter-finals – Singles – Abbey 18 Newgate 21, Balgay 1 Inchture 21, Barnhill 11 Kirriemuir 21, Longforgan 21 Arbroath 18. Pairs – Muirhead/BH 13 Inchture 20, Kirriemuir 15 Carnoustie 14, Abbey 17 Maryfield 18, Balgay 8 Strathmartine 17. Triples – Monifieth 11 Fairfield 10, Lochee 13 Barnhill 14, Muirhead BH 23 Carnoustie 4, Abbey 17 Inchture 9. Fours – Fairfield 3 Abbey 29, Lochee 16 Carnoustie 20, Baxter Park 14 Monifieth 15, Craigie 14 Muirhead/BH 13. 2 Bowl Pairs – Strathmartine 21 Arbroath 8, Abbey 14 Carnoustie.

HOCKEY

DAUNTING 4-NATIONS TASK Scotland’s U21 women, including Dundee Wanderers trio Ruth Blaikie, Aspen Cumming and Ellie Wilson, face a daunting task when they go head-to-head with table-topping India at the 4-Nations Tournament in Dublin this afternoon.

Ireland got off to a dream start on Friday night when Abbi Russell and Jess McMaster gave the hosts a 2-0 cushion within 12 minutes. Although the young Scots quickly regrouped to give a strong team performance for the remainder of the match, they were unlucky to see several attempts to claw back the deficit fail to find the target. Saturday’s clash with Canada proved even more exasperating. Scotland were the dominant force outfield but were eventually punished for failure to convert a string of set-pieces, while Julia Ross was quick to home in on a single lapse of concentration. Scotland head coach Neil Menzies said: “It was a positive performance but we’re disappointed not to win. We had eight or nine penalty corners, and created a number of chances, but we’ll need to improve our execution.”

HOMING

ARBROATH RPS – Three members sent 88 birds to Leicester. C&G Cameron 1382. K Murphy 1306. L McKay 1253.

COALTOWN OF BALGONIE – Six members sent 99 birds to Kettering. JD Armour,1373.3, 1373.2, 1309.9, 1287.2, 1275.7, 1273.1; J Dinsdale,1338.5, 1293.9, 1279.6, 1279.1; C Dinsdale, 1311.8, 1271.7; P Penman,1270; Penman & Grubb, 1238.4.

CROSSGATES FLYING CLUB – Nine members sent 125 birds to Newark. D Barnes 1378, 1375; A McCudden 1345.5, 1345, 1333; J Hynd & Son 1338, 1332, 1327, 1325; P Drummond 1317; K Cochrane 1240; P Sweeney 1170; G Bell 1096.

DOUGLAS & DISTRICT – Five members sent 94 birds to Leicester. W McEwan 1425; G Telfer 1422, 1422; D&C McCleary 1418; W McEwan 1416; G Telfer 1411; D&C McCleary 1409; W McEwan 1395; G Telfer 1393, 1392; W McEwan 1379; Murray & Ramsay 1371; D&C McCleary 1369;

W Soutar 1324.

DUNDEE & DISTRICT –11 members sent 203 birds to Leicester. G McKenzie 1415.77; D Henderson 1408.5, 1404.2, 1404.1, 1400.3; J Hansen 1404.3, 1401.9; J Wiseman,1401.0; M Young 1374.3; J Alexander 1347.1.

FORFAR RPC – 18 members sent 289 birds to Leicester. DJ Liddle 1425.14, 1417.64; Macaulay, Ferguson & Curran 1422.75; R Baldie 1420.85, 1416.69, 1416.69; I Scott 1418.83, 1418.57; D Glen 1317.23, 1516.63, 1416.63; J McCafferty1416.71;

W Nicol 1398.56; K Droog & Son 1383.52; W Macknight 1364.30; D Smith 1329.84; Greig & Leggett 1308.00; E Galloway 1299.77; R Pace 1264.62; CE Bell 742.30.

GLENROTHES & LESLIE PC – Four members sent 48 birds to Newark. B Kinnear 1342.780, 1332.772, 1316.557, 1315.938, 1300.799, 1292.729, 1289.423, 1288.369, 1269.428; Turpie & McCord 1329.466, 1287.562, 1269.468, 1267.170; R Wilson 1226.764; David Ferguson 1173.317.

GOURDON AND DISTRICT RPC

– Four members sent 21 birds to Leicester. 1st, 2nd, 3rd W Dorward 1355.05, 1283.56, 1281.88; 4th D&D Hay 1205.62; 5th, 6th W Dorward 1201.15, 1155.56; 7th E Mann 1136.03; 8th D&D Hay 1134.50. LEUCHARS & DISTRICT CLUB – Five members sent 18 birds to Kettering. T Berwick 1319.83. 1230.78; D Wilson 1227.67. 1108.80; J Mackenzie 1225.57; E Young 1219.66.

LOCHEE RPC – Four members sent 44 birds to Leicester. C Watson 1373.339, 1187.448; D Nicoll 1309.220; J Macdonald 1276.937, 1157.262, 1117.514; S Macfarlane 1174.802, 1139.993, 1139.683.

LOCHGELLY – C Wright 1381.111; C Wright 1370.228; W Stark 1327.286; C Wright 1314.920; C Wright 1314.080; J Doig 1293.345; J Doig 1291.656; C Wright 1288.235, C Wright 1283.147, C Wright 1268.318, M Henderson 1262.074, J Brockie 1236.192, J Farmer 1206.467, J Beveridge 1198.504.

KENNOWAY HS – Newark – S Diamond 1398.5, 1398.4, 1392; B Chalmers 1394, 1389, 1386, 1376; T Laing 1382, 1378, 1372. SNFC Buckingham – 1 D Hay, 2 T Cook,

3 B Chalmers.

MONTROSE RPC – Two members sent 19 birds to Leicester. G Campbell 1370.16, 1365.64, 1211.98; M Wallace & Son 1261.71, 1214.54.

PERTH & DISTRICT RPC – Three members sent 71 birds to Wakefield. McCord & Turpie 1255.37, 1207.45; S Donaldson 1247.60, 1247.40; R Ingram 1217.13.

ST SERFS – Eight members sent 120 birds to Kettering. J Benvie 1304.78 1280.18; M Shields 1289.61; S Ritchie 1285.12, 1283.23; R Blyth 1270.16; J Proctor 1266.15; D Whyte 1259.75. 1254.98; S Fleming 1259.07.

MOTORSPORT

MOODIE GRABS HEADLINES Fifer Gordon Moodie grabbed the headlines at Cowdenbeath Racewall when he won the BriSCA Formula II Scottish Championship in a hardfought race on Saturday.

The first of the June Speedweekends got off to a fine start and there were some exciting races although the 1300 saloon field got decimated after George Hendry’s engine blew and quite a few drivers crashed out on the resulting oil slick.

There were two rollovers – Dougie Ford in his 1300 Saloon and Kai Gilmour in the Minis. Yesterday, despite the gloomy weather forecast, it stayed dry but there was controversy at the close of the European Championship when the first home, Dean McGill, was penalised a couple of places for a last lap incident.

Charlie Santry won the Ministox East of Scotland Championship but it was Jay Paterson who won the Joan Purdie memorial race.

The Stoxkarts Scottish Championship was won by Mark Royall with Connor Benstead taking the Junior version.