Uppies and doonies claim win apiece in this year’s Jethart hand ba’

The uppies won a tightly fought boys’ game by six ba’s to five, while the men’s ba’ went in favour of the doones who won by eight ba’s to one.

As ever the town centre with its boarded up shop front resembled that of a ghost town all morning before the first ba’ of the boys’ game was thrown up at 12pm, signalling the start of play which would go on until into the evening.

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Boy’s ba’ results: School ba’ was hailed down by Jai Fender, the John Frater memorial ba’ by uppies by Patrick Fishwick and Finlay Falconer, the Allan Learmonth retirement haggis ba’ by doonie Jai Fender, the community council ba’s by uppie Finlay Falconer and Callum Mason, Alan Porterfield’s memorial ba’ by uppie Hector Patterson, Learmonth Butcher’s by doonie Jai Fender, Lloyd Gillies’s ba by uppie Hector Patterson, the Jed Eye ba’ by doonie Callum Davidson, the Jean Pinkerton ba’ by doonie Owen Duncan and the L S Starrett ba’ by uppie Tommy Beck.

In the men’s ba’ the Callants’ Club’s ba’ was hailed down by Graham Slorance, the Ross Murrow silver jubilee callant’s ba’ by uppie Chico Woods, the Legion ba’ by doonie Liam Cleghorn, the Glenfriars ba’ by doonie Declan Wallace, the Tavern’s ba’ by doonie Gregor Young. Doonie Sean Paxton hailed the Carters Rest’s ba’, Billy Gillies’ ba’ and the 2019 Callant’s ba’.