Alan Hendry
Reporter at John O'Groat Journal
Reporter on local newspapers in Caithness. Oral history volunteer with @WickVoices. Supporter of @WickAcademyFC. Often out on cliff-tops with a camera.
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22 hours ago |
johnogroat-journal.co.uk | Alan Hendry
Caithness United under-14s brought the curtain down on their 2024/25 season with a 4-2 victory over Orkney Youth Development Group in blustery conditions at Naver. It was played as the inaugural match for the Dan Thomson Memorial Cup, donated by Ken Green in memory of the former Wick Rovers manager. With many of the players’ families looking on, the prolific Ruaridh Kean grabbed two goals to take his season’s tally to 32.
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1 day ago |
johnogroat-journal.co.uk | Alan Hendry
Wick Groats have been given the go-ahead to play their delayed Highland Amateur Cup second-round game against CK Interiors from the Inverness and district first division. Some of the appeals that were lodged over earlier ties have been concluded, allowing Groats’ match to go ahead in Wick on Saturday, June 14. The winners will be at home to last year’s beaten finalists, Avoch, on June 21. Wick Groats have won four of the last 10 Highland Amateur Cup finals.
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1 day ago |
johnogroat-journal.co.uk | Alan Hendry
Caithness campaigners have underlined their message that “far too many mums-to-be have to travel to Raigmore” after figures were released showing the limited number of Wick births over the past decade. Since the consultant-led maternity unit was downgraded in 2016 to a midwife-led facility, an average of about 18 births have been recorded each year at Caithness General Hospital. The vast majority of expectant mothers from the far north go to Inverness.
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1 day ago |
dailymail.co.uk | Alan Hendry |Gary Keown |Paul Forsyth
Rangers fans may be underwhelmed by the appointment of Russell Martin but he may yet bring a touch of glitz and glamour to the club… if his girlfriend decides to take in the Ibrox atmosphere. Martin is in a relationship with former glamour model Lucy Pinder. Pinder, who is a Southampton supporter, rose to fame appearing in men's magazines in the early 2000s and also featured in the 2012 comedy horror Strippers v Werewolves.
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1 day ago |
johnogroat-journal.co.uk | Alan Hendry
A Kuk Sool Won revival is under way in Wick, led by an instructor who has been studying the traditional Korean martial art since the age of eight. Katherine Nicolson (25), a third degree black belt, is running weekly sessions and is keen to encourage children and adults to give it a try. “Kuk Sool is based more around self-defence rather than attack,” she explained.
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National Fishing Remembrance Day at the Seafarers Memorial in Wick this afternoon. The main address was given by Jackie Dodds from @thefishmish while the pipers were sister and brother Morven and Glenn Miller. #NationalFishingRemembranceDay2025 https://t.co/s4LswUOqwC
Two commemorative events in Wick, four days apart - first the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe, now National Fishing Remembrance Day. #VEDay80 #NationalFishingRemembranceDay2025 https://t.co/cs08A4xC3y
"Well, if you heard that band: American Patrol, and In the Mood... That was the best of the war, I can tell you - when it was finished." A compilation of #WW2 audio recordings from the @WickVoices oral history collection. https://t.co/PYPVGhTUQB #VEDay80 @ScotlandsSounds https://t.co/P7QBHVO3K9