Bill Lothian

Blackhall Ladies 2nd tennis team celebrate winning Division 5A of the VMH Solicitors East League. And they did it in emphatic style by winning all but one of their 10 games – away to Kirkcaldy 2nd. Other teams in the league were North Berwick 3 (runners up), Thistle 3, Queensferry and Meadows City 2. Pictured, […]

Sandra Richardson and Scott Grieve were the principal winners when Duddington golf club held their annual championships.

Edinburgh RC Youth Race Team has enjoyed an outstanding first half of the 2026 season with riders collecting well over 30 wins and podium finishes across road, track and mountain bike competition, alongside international selection for both Scotland and Great Britain. The season opened at Tour L’Enfer du Linlithgow in March, where Sarah McCormac won […]

Jacob Fearnley is in to the first round of the Montreal Masters tennis tournament and a pay cheque of at least £20,000 after coming through qualifying with a 7-6, 6-2 win over Austrian No 1 Sebastian Ofner. The Edinburgh player, who is expected to begin his campaign proper on Tuesday, made around half the number […]

A charity golf day hosted by the Liberton Club has raised £6,000 – £1,000 more than the target figure – for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust. The event was the idea of member Harold Feather, whose grandson, Harry, was born with the disease a year ago. Unfortunately no winners could be declared due to a prolonged […]

The Maule Trophy Bowling Association holds an Annual Finals Day between Postal Bowling Club and Parkside Bowling Club from the opposite end of Holyrood Park. Postal claimed four of the five trophies available with wins in the singles, pairs, triples and rink. The photograph shows the Postal team from left to right. Peter Gerrard, Alan […]

Abercorn Sports Club fielded four men's and women's teams in the VMH Solicitors East of Scotland tennis leagues and were rewarded with some notable success.

Jacob Fearnley is into the second round of the Montreal Masters tennis tournament where he will meet world No 17 Jacob Mensik, 20, after a fine 7-6, 6-4 win over veteran Adrian Mannerino of France.

Three former Scotland players who starred for their clubs in East cricket will be inducted into Cricket Scotland’s Hall of Fame at ceremonies in Dundee this weekend. Neil McCallum, Fraser Watts and George Reifer will be publicly recognised for theircontributions to the Scottish game during Scotland’s ICC Men’s Cricket World CupLeague Two fixtures at Forfarshire […]

Jacob Fearnley will today be reflecting on another narrow defeat against one of the tennis world’s elite. Bidding for a place in the last 32 of the Montreal Masters the 25-year-old from Edinburgh went down 3-6, 6-3, 3-6 to world No 16 Jakub Mensik of the Czech Republic. One consolation for Fearnley is a slight […]