Sport / East Lothian Courier

Preston seek a result to stay in the Premier Division
TOMORROW (Saturday) is sure to be a nervy day for Preston Athletic as they battle to avoid the drop to the First Division.
Published: 16:30 17th May
Ultimate test for Chatham
A COUNTY enduro ace will undergo the ultimate test of skill, fitness and commitment this year after being selected to represent Scotland in the International Six Days Enduro (ISDE) competition in Italy.
Published: 10:00 16th May
Young dominates her elders to claim county title
NORTH Berwick golfing prodigy Clara Young celebrated signing up for a top American sporting university by taking the East Lothian title.
Published: 14:30 15th May
Record entry of girls in junior golf champs
MORE young female golfers than ever before are set to take part in this month's US Kids Golf European Championship in East Lothian.
Published: 09:30 14th May
Dunbar drop to fifth after draw
DUNBAR United picked up a good result on Saturday by holding in-form Livingston United to a 1-1 draw in West Lothian - but it wasn't enough to keep the Seasiders in the promotion places.
Published: 13:40 13th May
Dunbar face Livingston promotion test
IT'S an important weekend in the South Division as Dunbar United and Haddington Athletic go into tomorrow's (Saturday) games knowing that positive results will be vital to their promotion hopes.
Published: 12:15 10th May
Muir is Scots champ
AN EAST Lothian snooker starlet will be looking to emulate his hero Steven Hendry by becoming only the second player ever to win a prestigious trio of titles - after glory in the Scottish National Championship.
Published: 10:30 9th May
Danish doubles delight for badminton ace Van Rietvelde
THERE was glory for Longniddry's Paul Van Rietvelde on Saturday as he claimed an international title in Denmark.
Published: 13:55 8th May
Ryan earns trial after victory
MACMERRY'S Ryan Strachan helped the Great Britain Students American football team to a historic victory over Sweden - and earned himself a trial for the senior GB team in the process.
Published: 09:30 7th May
Crucial wins for South Division duo
HADDINGTON Athletic and Dunbar United both took big steps towards promotion as they picked up vital wins in the South Division on Saturday.
Published: 12:15 6th May
Muirfield ready to welcome world's best this summer
THE organisers of The Open Championship at Muirfield have unveiled a series of new spectator enhancements for this year's staging of the tournament - and say they are "delighted" to be back in East Lothian for the 16th time.
Published: 10:00 2nd May
Memorial match for club stalwarts
TWO much-missed stalwarts of North Berwick Rugby Club who died just weeks apart last spring are to be remembered in a special memorial rugby match on Sunday.
Published: 16:30 1st May
Preston suffer semi-final heartbreak
PRESTON Athletic narrowly missed out on a place in the King Cup final after going down to a 1-0 defeat to Berwick Rangers Reserves in Saturday's semi-final.
Published: 15:30 29th Apr
Preston in semi-final action
PRESTON Athletic will look to make it to the final of the King Cup when they take on Berwick Rangers Reserves in the last four tomorrow (Saturday).
Published: 12:00 26th Apr
End of an era for icon Chunk
AN ERA is about to come to an end as one of East Lothian's foremost sporting stars - iconic rugby player Allan Jacobsen - is set to hang up his cleats.
Published: 10:15 25th Apr
Big day for jockey and his mum
A COUNTY jockey rode his horse to a second-place finish in the Scottish Grand National - while on the same day his mother was also finishing second in her age group at the Czech Republic National Half Marathon Championship.
Published: 09:30 25th Apr
US success for Forrest
IT ISN'T just on British shores where East Lothian's golf stars are achieving success as Craigielaw's Grant Forrest won a prestigious competition across the Atlantic.
Published: 16:30 24th Apr
Good county contingent at London Marathon
ATHLETES from all over East Lothian were running at venues at home and abroad at the weekend.
Published: 13:00 23rd Apr