Orkney Inter-County - Season 2002-2003

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Orkney wipe Caithness... - 07/02/03

'A' Teams - Overall RESULT - CAITHNESS 3 - 9 ORKNEY

'B' Teams - Overall RESULT - CAITHNESS 5 - 7 ORKNEY

The Orkney lead in the first matches proved too much for Caithness to pull back and they sailed back over the firth with both trophies.
In a good number of the games, both A and B teams, the contests ended very close with little to complain about, in the mind of the Caithness side. But, overall, Orkney came over firing on all cylinders and were never going to let the Caithness side steal the spoils.

A bad injury to Casey Sangster, in her opening game, was more or less the icing on the cake for the 'A' Teams luck in this seasons Inter-County but I'm sure she/they will be back to contest the trophy, in the coming years.

Congratulations to 'Onion' on managing to 'sperm his wife' and provide a young kid that might try and fill his boots.

Hopefully, the little incident at the end of the night, between Chris 'Rocky' Sinclair and, I was going to say one persons name but I think there were a few, will tide over and we can all be a lovely happy family, as before, and act like 'e Fonz and be 'COOOOOOL'.

Photos

Aileen & McGhee	Raz & Amy
Benji & Alison	Bird & Jane
Carole & John	Casey & Carole
Ian & Martyn	Davie & Benji
Davie & Eileen (Sub)	Helen & Joanne
Kirsty & Stephen	Jill & Jane
Marc & Jill	Joanne & Ian
Marina & Amy	Marina & Rocky
Marc & John	Rocky & Raz
Sam & Bird	Sam & Pam
Hilary's daughter	Who's that Girl....??????

Caithness a lot to do in return - 07/12/02

I haven't really got a lot to report for this leg of the Inter-County.

The highlight of the trip was probably the 'Fancy-Dove' that managed to stray away from it's normal habitat and appear in Stromness, much to the delight of hundreds of bird watchers and, Marina Finlayson (Highland/County Ranger) who nearly pole-axed a number of people getting out of the mini-bus to view this rare specimen.

OK, you could say that Caithness were missing a lot of key personnel for this tie - but, they are going to have to remember and realise that the competitors missing are not going to be around for much longer and the building of youngsters into the 'A' and 'B' teams is going to have to happen, soon. Yes, both teams may get beaten convincingly but Orkney have gone through the same spell and they are now playing with a considerably younger team than Caithness and pulling their wait in the big games.

Anyway, back to the match.
Casey and Carole managed to beat their Orkney opponents, Moira and Elaine. Both couples always have tough matches against each other but the two Caithness girlies had the upper hand in this one and managed to finish off with a good win.
Isabel Mackay managed to pull her son through, once again, to win a valuable point for 'A' team. Her deft touches and tight net play had the much younger Orkney side in tatters, leaving them with no choice but to lift it to the strong 'Boom-Boom' smash which finished things off.

2nd, 3rd and 4th mixed in the 'B' team pulled through with good wins, giving them a fair chance to retrieve the points in the home leg. The three new partnerships proved to strong and finished things off with a few points to spare.
This was Andy Nicolson's first time playing in the Pickaquoy Centre and because Orkney is his home town, he was desperate not to return over the Firth with nothing. After a close final game his wish was granted and went home a 'happy-chappy' with something to tell his kids.

The new bunch of juniors played well, for it being their first escapade to the Orkney Islands and because most of them are fairly young I'm sure there will be lots more from them in the coming years.

In all, although it is going to be tough to pull back the big deficit, there is still hope in the camp that it's possible to achieve.

Results and pictures can be viewed below.

'A' Teams - Overall RESULT - ORKNEY 10 - 2 CAITHNESS

	Caithness	who won	Orkney	Score
1stLadies	Casey / Carole	beat	Elaine / Moira	2-1
2nd Ladies	Jill / Jane	lost to	Vicky / Caroline	0-2
3rd Ladies	Pauline / Isobel	lost to	Karen / Cath	0-2
1st Mens	Marc / Ewan	lost to	Ross / Eoin	0-2
2nd Mens	Sam / Davie	lost to	Stuart / Calvin	0-2
3rd Mens	Richard / Ian	lost to	Trevor / Ian	0-2
1st Mixed	Marc / Isobel	beat	Ross / Karen	2-0
2nd Mixed	Ewan / Carole	lost to	Calvin / Elaine	1-2
3rd Mixed	Sam / Jill	lost to	Eoin / Vicky	0-2
4th Mixed	Davie / Casey	lost to	Stuart / Vicky	0-2
5th Mixed	Richard / Jane	lost to	Trevor / Moira	0-2
6th Mixed	Ian / Pauline	lost to	Ian / Cath	0-2

'B' Teams - Overall RESULT - ORKNEY 9 - 3 CAITHNESS

	Caithness	who won	Orkney	Score
1st Ladies	Marina / Hilary	lost to	Thomson / MacLennan	0-2
2ndLadies	Helen / Amy	lost to	MacNab / Ballantyne	0-2
3rd Ladies	Kirsty / Aileen	lost to	Irvine / Towers	0-2
1st Mens	Russell / Chris	lost to	Flett / Clouston	0-2
2nd Mens	Martyn / Andy	lost to	Foubister / Kent	1-2
3rd Mens	Stephen / McGhee	lost to	Norquoy / Bews	1-2
1st Mixed	Russell / Hilary	lost to	Flett / McLennan	0-2
2nd Mixed	Chris / Marina	beat	Clouston / Thomson	2-1
3rd Mixed	Martyn / Helen	beat	Foubister / McNab	2-0
4th Mixed	Andy / Amy	beat	Kemp / Ballantyne	2-1
5th Mixed	Stephen / Kirsty	lost to	Bews / Towers	0-2
6th Mixed	McGhee / Aileen	lost to	Norquoy / Irvine	0-2

Photos

Aileen & McGhee	Stephen & Kirsty	Andy & Amy
Helen & Martyn	Chris & Marina	Raz & Hilary
Pauline & Ian	Jane & Richard	Daisy & Casey
Jill & Sam	Carole & Ewan	Isabel & Marc
Aileen & Kirsty	McGhee & Stephen	Amy & Helen
Marina & Hilary	Martyn & Andy	Raz & Chris
Pauline & Isabel	Jill & Jane	Carole & Casey
Richard & Ian	Daisy & Sam	Ewan & Marc

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