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ICE HOCKEY: North Ayrshire side lose cup final

LEAGUE and Scottish Cup winners Dundee Comets proved just too good for North Ayrshire Wild in the Spring Cup Final at the weekend.Read

CYCLING: Top 20 places for Irvine riders

FULLARTON Wheelers CC had two teams in for the open section of the Boomerang Trophy 2-up TT at Stirling on Sunday. Conditions were good for 23.75-mile tour and Jim Ryland and Gordon Stead were 11th in 54.00 with Bryan Loye and Stephen Cassidy 14th in 54.59.Read

CYCLING: Walkers put on a capital show

WALKERS Cycling Club added their weight to Sunday's big biking demo in Edinburgh. Read

Cycling column

AYRSHIRE’S best known cyclist is at the top of another biking chart.Read

Swimming young team rise to the challenge

TWENTY six junior swimmers from North Ayrshire Amateur Swim Club's A and B teams competed in Round Two of the Mini League at Harvies on Saturday.Read

Singh quits Irvine on eve of new season

IRVINE Cricket Club have been dealt a blow just days before the start of the season with the news that Gurapreet “Sunny” Singh has defected to local rivals Prestwick.Read

Penguins triumph

NORTH Ayrshire Penguins travelled through to Fife on Saturday to play Kilmarnock Tornadoes in the Scottish U12 Cup semi-final in the morning with holders Kirkcaldy Redskins or Dundee awaiting the winners in the final later that afternoon.Read

CYCLING: Good turnout for Irvine club

FULLARTON Wheelers finally hit the magic figure of 20 riders on their Sunday club run. Despite dry and sunny conditions at a decidedly crowded Irvine Cross, it was a stiff, cool breeze that confronted the bunch as they set off on the main road to Stewarton.Read

BOXING: Irvine youngster turns professional

TEENAGER Ryan Collins is about to take the biggest step of his boxing career by tackling his first pro fight.Read

MARTIAL ARTS: Points defeat for Kilwinning fighter

KILWINNING’S Iain Postlethwaite was beaten on points for the vacant British Mixed Martial Arts flyweight title by local hero Mike Gerrard over three action-packed rounds at Liverpool’s Olympia Stadium on Saturday.Read

CYCLING: Dangerous dan's the main man

DANGEROUS Dan Howes, well he is when thundering downhill on two wheels, secured a podium place in the first round of the Scottish Cross Country Mountain Bike Race series. Read

MARTIAL ARTS: Kilwinning battler goes for British title

BY day Iain Postlethwaite's the gentlest guy you could meet as he looks after hordes of boisterous kids in his work with a childcare company.Read

LADIES HOCKEY: Irvine Ladies end their season

THE efforts of outgoing captain Alison Sutherland and coach Marcus Rose paid off in style on Saturday when Irvine Ladies Hockey Club 1sts travelled to Glasgow and hammered GHK 7-2 in their final game of a long, hard season.Read

SWIMMING: Young swimmers in great form

TEN swimmers from North Ayrshire Amateur Swim Club (NAASC) competed at the two-day REN96 Graded Meet Johnstone Pool last week.Swimmers competed in age groups 8-10, 11-12 13-14 and 15 and over, with races at 50m,100m and 200m butterfly, breaststroke, backstroke, freestyle and 100m, 200m and 400m individual medley (butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke and freestyle) and 400m freestyle.Read