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The List selection at the best in sporting events overthe next lortnlght. Sport is listed Iirst by event and then byday.
ATHLETICS M Sunday14
I Centenary international Cross Country Beach Park. Irvine. Local minors‘ races. starting at 1.30pm. w ill precede the main event. which will begin at 3pm. Normally known as the Celtic International. and therefore restricted to representative teams from Northern Ireland. Eire. Wales and Scotland. this yearzs race has been expanded to include England and Sweden to mark the centenary of the Scottish Cross-Country L'nion.
Saturday 20
I Eastern District Championships Galashiels Academy. There are various age group races. starting with junior boys (under-I3)at l.3llpm and finishingwith the seniors (over 2()) at 2.35pm. British orienteer. Steve I Iale. will be Iooking to defend the individual title in the senior event. while ESI’C Athletic Club (last year known as Edinburgh AC) will seek to retain the senior team title.
I Western District Championships Marr College. 'I‘roon. Like the Eastern Championships. there will be a numberof events for the various age group categories. with the first race (under- 13) starting at I . 15pm and the final one (seniors. over 20) beginning at 2.45pm. Tommy Murray (Greenock Glenpark Ilarriers) defends the Senior individual title. with Cambuslang I larriers defending the senior learn title.
BADMINTON Friday 19 and Saturday 20
I East at Scotland Open Meadowbank Sports Centre. London Road. Edinburgh. Starting times: 5pm on l‘riday and 9.30am on Saturday. With the Commonwealth Games taking away Scotland‘s top players. this year's ()pen will be a good deal less easy to predict than in the recent past. though David Gilmmir and Ross Gladwin cannot be discounted in the men‘s singles event. nor can Susan Bell in the women‘s section.
BASKETBALL- Ffiday12
SCOTTISH CUP (MEN), SEMI-FINAL, FIRST LEG
I City at Edinburgh v MIM Livingston Meadowbank Sports Centre. London Road. Edinburgh. 8.3(lpm.
MEN'S FIRST DIVISION
I East End v Kitchens Plus Eastbank Academy. Academy Street. Shettleston. Glasgow. 8pm.
Sunday14
WOMEN'S FIRST DIVISION
I Boroughmuir Aces v Edinburgh Royals Meadow-bank Sports Centre. London Road. Edinburgh. 1.15pm.
I Paisley v MIM Livingston Barrhead Sports Centre. Main Street. Barrhead. 1.45pm.
I City 01 Edinburgh v Dundee 'I'ynecastle
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Though the prelude to this year’s Commonwealth Games has been less than encouraging, ‘The Friendly Games’ tag still has some mileage as we warm-up to what promises to be a tortnight at high quality sporting achievement.
Certainly, preparations tor the Games—starting in Auckland on the 24th - have not been trouble lree. Alter
the boycotts in Edinburgh in 1986 the Black Alrican nations have persistently threatened to withdraw again and there have been many organisational and Iinancial irregularities.
Even in Scotland, the build-up lorthe trip to New Zealand has been
conducted amidst acrimony. Some places in the squad were restricted to those athletes able to satist very strict qualilication standards — a practice not adopted by any other nation. The result is that the English athletic squad is biggerthan Scotland’s entire team. Nonetheless, there are a number 01 medal hopes amongst the Scottish contingent. Few, however, are likelyto mine Gold. Yvonne Murray (in the 3,000m on Sunday 28) or Liz McColgan (in the 10,000m) should give cause lor celebration, but Tom Meltean will have a tough time in the 800m (on Thursday 1) when he will have to see all Kenya’s Billy Konchellah and Paul Ereng, and England’s evergreen Sebastian Coe. Dvershorter distances, Brian Whittle, Elliott Bunney and Jamie Henderson lace Lyntord Christie, John
Regis and Marcus Adam, all in lorm and competing tor England. The 100m tinal is on Sunday 28.
In other events, expect medals in bowls (Wednesday 31), shooting and cycling (the men’s IDDDm linal is on Saturday 27). But as the old saying goes, winning is less important than taking part, a sentiment dear to J. Astley Cooper, creator ol the Games. With that in mind, I'll be rooting lor the competitors lrom the lar-llung Norfolk Islands and the Guernsey sweaters. (Mike Wilson)
The Commonwealth Games begin in New Zealand on Wednesday 24 Jan and continue until Saturday 3 Feb.
High School. McLeod Street. Edinburgh. 3.15pm.
MEN'S FIRST DIVISION
I Boroughmuirv Cumnock Meadowbank Sports Centre. London Road. Edinburgh. 3pm.
I Paisley v MIM Livingston Barrhead Sports Centre. Main Street. Barrhead. 3.45pm.
Tuesday 16
SCOTTISH CUP (WOMEN), SEMI-FINAL. SECOND LEG
I Boroughmuir Aces v City at Edinburgh (nee All Blacks) Meadow-bank Sports Centre. London Road. Edinburgh. 6. 15pm.
Thursday 18
SCOTTISH CUP (WOMEN). SEMI-FINAL, SECOND LEG
I MIM Livingston v Bo'ness Wildcats Forrester l ligh School. Broomhouse Road. Edinburgh. 7.45pm.
Friday 19
MEN'S FIRST DIVISION
I East End v City at Edinburgh Eastbank Academy. Academy Street. Shettleston. Glasgow. 8pm.
Sunday21
WOMEN'S FIRST DIVISION
I MIM Livingston v BoroughmuirAces’I‘hc Forum. Livingston. lpm.
MEN'S FIRST DIVISION
I MIM Livingston v Boroughmuir'i‘hc I-‘orum. Livingston. 3pm.
I Kitchens Plus Saints v Cumnoclt Newbattle Iligh School. Dalkeith. near Edinburgh. 4. 15pm.
Monday 22
I Ronnie Carroll v Mark Goult St Andrew's Sporting Club. Forte Ilotel Albany. Bothwell Street. Glasgow. Reception 6.30. Dinner 7.30pm. Tickets: Members £12. Guests £30. Amidst the Burns' celebrations. with Guest ofllonour. William Mcllvanney. no doubt a key speaker (the Immortal Memory".’). Ronnie Carroll (No l contender for the British Bantamweight title) will be slugging it out with the talented former amateur champion from Norwich. Mark Goult.
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I Shawtield Stadium, Rutherglen Road.
Glasgow.
Greyhound racing now takes place five times a week: on Mondays. Tuesdays.
'I‘hursdays. Fridays and Saturdays; with It) raccson a Monday and l‘riday. ll ona Tuesday and Thursday. 12 on a Saturdav. All races begin at 7.45pm. except on a ' Saturday. when proceedings kick-offal 7.30pm.
Edinburgh
I Race Days Monday. Wednesday and Saturday. Powderhall Stadium. Edinburgh. Each meeting begins at
7. 15pm. with It) races on Mondays and 12 on Wednesdays and Saturdays. ()ccasionally. on 'l‘hursdays. there are BAGS ( Bookmakers‘ Afternoon Greyhound Service) afternoon meetings. with the next one scheduled for'l'hursday 25. starting at 1.29pm. The meeting the evening before. on Wednesday 24. should be a bit special given that it coincides with Coral's first birthday at l’owderhall.
Wednesday 24-Saturday 3
I Commonwealth Games See panel.
FOOTBALL
Saturday 13
PREMIER LEAGUE
I Rangers v Dundee Ibrox Stadium. Glasgow (2 mins lbrox underground). 3pm.
I Hibernian v St Mirren Easter Road Stadium. Albion Road. Edinburgh. 3pm. I Motherwell v Hearts Fir I’ark. Motherwell (all Motherwell buses pass the ground). 3pm.
FIRST DIVISION
I Falkirkv Clyde Brockville. l’alkirk( llltl yards from Grahamston station). 3pm.
I Particlt Thistle v St Johnstone I‘iirhill. Maryhill. Glasgow. 3pm.
I Ayr United v Meadowbank Somerset Park. Ayr. 3pm.
I Albion Rovers v Morton Cliftonhill Park. Coatbridge ( III mins Coatdyke station). 3pm.
I Clydebank V Alloa Kilbowie I’ark.
Clydebank (2 mins lrom Singer station).
3pm.
SECOND DIVISION
I Queen‘s Park v Montrose I lampdcn Park. Glasgow (5 mins Mount Florida and Kings Park stations). 3pm.
I Stenhousemuirv East Stirlingoehih iew Park. Larbert. 3pm.
Sunday14
SCOTTISH CUP (WOMEN). FIRST ROUND I Coaltness v Whitehill w‘ishaw Sports Centre. Alexandra Street. \\ Ishaw . .‘pm. Whitehill begin their defence of the ( ~up.
Saturday 20
SCOTTISH CUP. THIRD ROUND
I East Stirling v Stirling Albion l-'irs I’ai k. Falkirk. 3pm. The Third Round of the
Cup signals the entry ol the big teams. and you cannot get much bigger than lzast Stirling versus near-but-nol-that-near neighbours. Stirling Albion, It's oddson that l’irs Park will play host to ov er Illtl spectators. and with luck that
quintessential mule-dazzle which is now—J
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