Orkney’s junior inter-county heroes win historic Stuart Cup

Orkney won back-to-back junior inter-county competitions for the first time in 22 years on an astonishing day of sporting action.

After suffering two narrow defeats in the athletics and netball on Saturday, Orkney suffered a third defeat in the swimming pool, losing 39-57 this morning.

Trailing 119.5-131.5, Orkney had it all to do in the hockey and football but it would be the hockey players who would steal the show in a record-breaking 10-0 victory.

That record win left Orkney with one hand on the Stuart Cup, with Shetland’s football players needing a 6-0 win to avoid back-to-back Stuart Cup defeats for the first time since 1994.

Orkney’s footballers won emphatically however, beating their opponents 4-0 to make the final score 179.5-132, and win the cup for the 34th time.