From Grampian Forest Rally media team – Stonehaven and District Motor Club, organisers of the Grampian Forest Rally are buoyed by recent developments in the planning of the event and are “confident of providing another top-class motorsport event” on 14th August. Based at Crathes near Banchory, just 15 miles from Aberdeen, and using the Kincardineshire forests […]
From Andy Gale STCC secretary – Great News! Stonehaven Thistle Cricket club have a green light from Cricket Scotland for a cricket season in 2021. The Club has purchased new cricket covers for the pitch, with the help of Aberdeenshire Council and the KDP Windfarm. Advertising space is still available on the cricket covers at […]
The British Rally Championship will head to Kincardineshire for the first time since the 1980’s next year, as the Grampian Forest Rally becomes a qualifying round of the series, adding to the traditional visit from the KNC Groundworks Scottish Rally Championship. Scheduled to run on 14th August 2021, the all-gravel forest rally will once again be […]
Match report by Ian Gray – For the second week in a row, Mackie had to be content with a losing bonus point in this, their last league game of the season. Moray grasped the initiative right from the word go, and almost scored straight from the kick-off, when only an alleged knock-on saved the […]
Match report by Ian Gray – THIS vital Caledonia North League 2 game had to be transferred to Mackie Academy Playing Fields from a waterlogged Redcloak. It was a 2nd v 4th contest, and would go a long way to deciding who gains promotion to Caley League 1. A nasty wind made handling difficult, something […]
Match report by Ian Gray – For the second week in a row, Mackie had to contend with seriously blustery conditions in their return league game against Ross Sutherland Stags, who had to journey through wintry conditions on the trip down from Invergordon. The wind was blowing diagonally across the pitch and the Stags had […]
Match report by Ian Gray – ON the drive up to Banff, the gale force wind was buffeting the car and the rain was beginning to lash down. Could a meaningful game of rugby be played in such conditions? Should a game of rugby be played in such conditions, even if the ground is considered […]
Match report by James Sadio Mackie U16 v Peebles U16 National Cup semi final at Oriam on February 2 THIS was Mackie’s first visit to the Heriot Watt sports facility nestled neatly in the university campus, and what a first visit it turned out to be. Despite the bus being ‘Baltic’ the heat on the […]
Match report by Ian Gray – WHEN spectating any sporting encounter, I can only really enjoy the occasion if I am supporting one of the combatants. This Captain’s XV v President’s XV annual Boxing Day extravaganza left me in a quandary. With offspring on both sides, who should I want to win? You may argue […]