The Edinburgh Reporter March 2024

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LOTHIAN UNDER-15

badminton players finished

runners-up in the Yehlex Anglo

Scottish team event, beating

Yorkshire under-14s 19-5 and

Northumberland 17-7 before

losing to Yorkshire under-15s 4-20

at the Tyneside Badminton

Centre.

Lothian were represented by

Chloe Hu, Amy Hunter, Emily

Jobson, Emma Joshua, Sophie

Walker, Maggie Wang, Aryan

Aniruddhan, Melrick D’Souza,

Dylan Jia, Kavin Raman, Yingfan

Wang and Anton Valanraj. 

Lothian team official Douglas

Walker praised both teams.

He said: “Our players all rose

well to the occasion and many

played above their previous

levels.”

Ewan leads volleyball

Scots into Euro event

Young shuttle stars

rise to new level

SCOTLAND’S UNDER-20 men’s volleyball
team, captained by the City of Edinburgh
Club’s Ewan Ramsay, will play in this summer’s
European Championships for the first time
after coming through the CEV Small Countries
qualifying tournament unbeaten.
Coach Ally Jack’s team travelled to Dublin
and defeated the hosts, Northern Ireland and
Gibraltar 3-0, before facing a stiffer task against
San Marino during which Ewan, a first year
civil engineering student at Heriot Watt
University where he enjoys the benefits of a

sports scholarship, excelled with 24 kills.

After a shaky start the Scots pulled through

3-2 in the gold medal match against San

Marino and go forward to Greece/Serbia with

added confidence.

The successful Scotland squad comprised:

Ewan Ramsay, captain, Duncan MacDonald,

Owen Johnston, Adam Brogan, Ming Zheng,

Ben Khalifah, Jak Rodger, Daniel Przybylski,

Chris Driver, Cole Turnbull, Keir Paterson,

Pere Tenesa Navarro, Uzair Syed Nabi and

Murray Gilchrist.

Crosswind of change helps

Boroughmuir Thistle advance

Grange swoop in

to sign Crawley Jr

GEN!US GRANGE have signed

all-rounder Jamie Crawley, son of their

former internationalist Steve Crawley.

Jamie, 23, has been playing minor

counties cricket with Cheshire and the

arrival of this right hand bat and

off-break bowler will help offset the loss

of last year’s captain, Matthew Foulds.

Men’s team getting ready for the summer ahead

BOROUGHMUIR THISTLE,

Scotland’s largest female

football club, has a new

sponsor for its under-16 Elite

Talent Development

Environment (TDE) squad.

Property developer

Crosswind Developments,

who are behind plans to

transform Edinburgh

Airport’s disused runway

into a commercial and

residential hub,  will provide

just under £1,500 to finance

a new away kit for Thistle.

Chris Summersell,

Performance Academy

Manager for Boroughmuir

Thistle, said: “We are

uniquely positioned to drive

opportunity through

women’s and girls’ sport. We

are delighted to have

Crosswind, a business with a

strong stake in Scotland’s

future, supporting our work.

“This partnership opens

up access to resources that

will enable us to nurture

future football talent, and

we are extremely grateful to

Crosswind for partnering

with us.”

Abercorn Open Day

ABERCORN SPORTS CLUB at Willowbrae are
holding an Open Day on Saturday, 16 March
from 11am-2pm.
The event will include tennis and squash
taster sessions for adults and juniors  as well as
balloon tennis for 3-6 year-olds accompanied
by an adult. Before then, as part of the club’s
ongoing commitment to encouraging more
female participation, an event on 10 March
will include a women’s and girls event to
celebrate International Women’s Day.

Book a free place on the club’s website

Euros beckon

Robbie planning

ring return in May

UNBEATEN EDINBURGH BOXER Robbie

Graham is ready to get his career back on

track after a difficult year since

voluntarily giving up his Scottish

welterweight title last March.

Graham, from Craigmillar, believes he

could be facing Paul Deas for the title

subsequently vacated again by the

injured Ben Barlett (broken hand) as

soon as May - and the fight could be in

Edinburgh.

Robbie insists a diagnosis of bipolar

disorder need be no impediment to a

ring return given the prescribed therapy

treatment.

He said: “I’ve been told by promoter

Sam Kynoch that a May fight is on the

cards and it is not out of the question it

could take place in my home city. The ball

is rolling again for me. If I keep my head

and retain composure he will be in for a

tough fight.”

Lothian under 15 badminton squad

finished runners-up on Tyneside.

Boroughmuir Thistle in new kit