Sports Shorts

Win takes capitals to within a point of play-offs

Mark Hurtubise fired the Edinburgh Capitals into genuine contention for an ice-hockey play-off slot, scoring twice as his side came from behind to beat Newcastle Vipers.

The win means that Edinburgh only require a single point from their upcoming two matched against Manchester Phoenix or Hull Stingrays.

Club director Tom Christiansen stated that the next two games are crucial for the Capitals, but claimed that both would be tough encounters: “We have a three-point cushion over Hull and we only need a point – and we'll be going for it.

"Manchester are a very good team. They've got the better of us this season and they are really hard to play. We'll have to be at our best and be really focussed if we want to take the points.”

Fettes win Scottish schools rugby cup

Fettes College came from behind to secure victory over Stuarts-Melville in the Bell Lawrie Under-18 Scottish schools cup at Murrayfield.

In front of a crowd of over 5,000, Fettes came from behind, scoring an impressive six tries to three.

Although Stu-Mel took the lead, Fettes fought hard to bring themselves back into contention, with stand-off Kit Gammel playing particularly well, scoring Fettes’ first try and notching up a personal total of 19 points.

Despite surging ahead as the match progressed, Fettes’ lead was considerably reduced by a resilient performance from Stu-Mel, but it was the Inverlieth side who came out on top, with winger Chris Griffin touching down to wrap up the game for Fettes.

Lothian’s wheelchair basketballers look to make an impact

A recent convert to the sport, Edinburgh's Stephen Ross is aiming to help Lothian Phoenix gain promotion to the Great Britain Wheelchair Basketball Association's Division 1 (North) for the first time.

The Lothian side are in contention to progress to the top division, but will need to overcome tough opposition in the form of Liverpool Vikings and Celtic Warriors in order to achieve promotion.

Ross, who scored 17 points to contribute to Manchester Mavericks' 51-28 downfall in their last match, has been selected for the GB junior team and fast tracked by Scottish Disability Sport into the East of Scotland Institute of Sport (ESIS) as the area institute network's first wheelchair basketballer.