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Wigtown Bowling Club held its Open Pairs competition, sponsored by Jewson at the weekend. W

Former medallists, Glasgow 2014 internationals and emergent GB prospects from across Scotland will gather at the Scottish National Senior Championships in Grangemouth this weekend.

For readers d’un certain age, the arrival of the Victor on the newsagent’s shelves of a Friday afternoon signalled the availability of the latest instalment in the unlikely life of athletics’ great working-class hero. Alf Tupper, otherwise known as “The Tough of the Track”, was the outlier made good, working as a welder by day but burning off his running rivals the night before by rewarding himself with a healthy helping of fish and chips rather than a refreshing power shake.

While newer all-seater arenas can look mundane and homogeneous, there are still plenty of traditional grounds in Scotland and England to give the football leagues a mixture of variety and modernity.

People across Scotland are being given the chance to volunteer and be the face of the inaugural European Championships in 2018.

Nicknames are either funny, confusing or sometimes downright nonsensical. Football clubs are no different.

An Alford Academy student won two prizes at a gymnastics competition earlier this month.

Glasgow forwards coach Dan McFarland believes that making the breakthrough into the latter stages of European competition more regularly will have a knock-on benefit for the national team.

How much do you remember about the sporting highlights - national and international - of the past 12 months.

So often elite performers talk of childhood dreams and lifelong plans, explaining how the quest for success has been a long-term, all-consuming project. But with Laura Muir, it’s different. While there is no doubting the 1500 metres athlete’s standing after a year in which she has delivered records, titles, an Olympic final and now been voted Scottish Athlete of the Year by her peers, hopes of those accomplishments did not dominate her childhood.

The ever growing increase in ultra-marathons has seen a significant amount of members from Falkland Trail Runners experience the fun and enjoyment of the long distance challenges.

Heavy and presistent rain over the past 36 hours has resulted in the cancellation of Aberdeen’s Highland Games, which were due to take place on Sunday, June 19 in the city’s Hazlehead Park.

After starting the campaign with three straight wins, including two 8-0 whitewashes, defending champions Royal Burgess have suffered back-to-back blows in the Clarity Edinburgh Summer League.

At about the beginning of the eighth century, St Fillan came over from Ireland, in the company of St Kentigearna, to preach “the word” in Scotland.

More than 70 doctors and health experts have written to the Government calling for a ban on tackling in school rugby games.

Additional Government support is being made available for angling clubs potentially impacted by new regulations to protect Scotland’s wild salmon.

Hundreds of young Scottish athletes savoured their first competitive experience of athletics earlier this month at the scottishathleticsSUPERteams event.

The tennis season starts on March 1 at Banchory Tennis Club, and as always they are keen to welcome new members.