By Ian Gray Mackie Rugby’s week-end trip to twin town Acheres on the outskirts of Paris, was a great success with a most enjoyable game ending with a 28 -7 victory for the boys from Stoney. Tries were scored by Andrews MacArthur and Mitchell, James Sadio and Ross Gray. Ross was also successful with all […]
Mackie Rugby Club held their annual end of season dinner and awards evening at Stonehaven Golf Club on Friday 3rd May. Winner of the Most Improved Player for 2018/19 was Mikey Mair whose trophy was presented by Ross Gray. Player of the Year and Player’s Player for 2018/19 both went to Chris Ballantyne. Chris […]
Report by Ian Gray The temperature was up in the twenties at Kellands Park, Inverurie on Saturday, for this 3rd v 2nd Caledonia League 2 North clash. The winner would almost certainly be promoted to Caledonia League 1 for season 2019/20. After an initial spell of Garioch pressure, well defended by Mackie, the first score […]
Mackie lined up against RAF Lossiemouth at a windy Redcloak on Saturday. Captain Mikey Kelly was a welcome addition to the squad, albeit in the unfamiliar inside centre position. The flyers from Lossie started the game on the front foot, looking to turn around a home loss to the boys from Stoney earlier in the […]
Report by Ian Gray On Saturday 28th April 1973, a match was played between a Moray President’s XV and a Moray Select XV at Morriston Playing Fields, Elgin, to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Moray Rugby Football Club. The attached photo shows the teams before kick-off. The older reader may be able to recognise some […]
IN the days before professional rugby, Highland Rugby Club were a force to be reckoned with in North-Midlands, and indeed Scottish, rugby. Players like Nairn McEwan and George Mackie put the team from Inverness on the map. Over the years Highland seemed to have lost their way a bit. But nowadays, with a great set-up […]
February 24th saw the return of the Fetteresso Forest Marathon, a trail marathon set entirely within Fetteresso Forest, a few miles to the west of Stonehaven. After a successful race in 2018, the 2019 race sold out just a few days after opening, and had a few elite runners sniffing around the online entry. The […]
Stonehaven Running Club recently held its annual prize giving ceremony at the Town Hall. The club combined the prize giving with a ceilidh with the band Clatterin Kist and much fun was had by all. Prizes were awarded to club members as follows: Men’s Championship 1st Jason Kelly 2nd Charles Howorth 3rd […]
Event number 127 19th January 2019 This week a bumper 114 people ran, jogged and walked the course, of whom 46 were first timers – most of them came from Jog Scotland Kintore & JSK R.C who came en masse thanks to the awesome new AWPR. We also had visitors from Arbroath Footers and […]
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