2011 was a year which saw sports people from the Cowdenbeath-Lochgelly area do themselves proud on the nation al and international stage.

Lochore boxing referee Andy Caulfield was called to tournaments all over the world as he continued his bid to make the London Olympics next summer while footballer Lucy Graham broke into the Scotland squad and young darts expert, Brendyn Donnelly, yet another Benarty competitor, racked up a series of youth titles all over Scotland.

January As the freezing weather began to ease both Lochore Welfare and Hill of Beath Hawthorn trained hard to be ready for their Scottish Emirates Junior Cup fourth round ties.

James Scougall was the winner of the Lochgelly darts singles title by beating Nelson Brown in an exciting final.

Lochgelly A were strong winner in the Darts Super League derby against Cowdenbeath which left the Cowden men disappointed but they lost five rubbers by the narrowest of margins.

Cowdenbeath Martial Arts Group had a new black belt in the shape of 15 year-old Ben Smith.

Cowdenbeath's Kathryn Johnstone won gold at the British Gas Scottish National Short Course Swimming Championships.

Ballingry's Brendyn Donnelly and Danny Robertson were successful at the Scottish Youth Darts Championships.

Three teams remained unbeaten in the Cowdenbeath and District Darts Leagues in the shape of New Goth, Junction A and Silver Birch.

February .Ballingry lass Lucy Graham was selected to play for Scotland under 15 girls against England.

Ballingry's Colin Feeley won a prestigious darts competition in Methil and a purse worth �500 by beating Ayrshire's Andy Boulton in the final.

Hill of Beath Hawthorn cruised into the fourth round of the Emirates Junior Cup by going to Forfar West End and winning 3-1.

The 2011 Granite City youth darts tournament saw Ballingry's Brendyn Donnelly win in style the under 18 title.

Lochore Welfare, after three months out of action, eventually lost their Emirates Scottish Junior Cup fourth round tie against Cumnock by a 3-0 margin.

Lochgelly based powerlifter Bernie McGurk continued to win a series of tititles and qualified for both the BDFPA British and World Championships.

March Hill of Beath Hawthorn paid for missing chances when they lost 2-1 to Kirkintilloch Rob Roy in the fourth round of the Scottish Emirates Junior Cup.

Four fighters from Cowdenbeath Martial Arts Centre did well at the IAKSA Kickboxing championship. Sean Sneddon won the men's middleweight title and Bradley Innes won the junior division while Melissa Maxwell lost narrowly in the girls' final.

Beath High School athletes Jack Lawrie and Rachel Easton won medals at the Scottish Schools Indoor Athletics Championships.

Lochgelly A won the Fife Super Darts league when they beat opponents Glenrothes 6-2.

Ballingry's Brendyn Donnelly went to Stirling and came home with the Riley's Under 18 title, to celebrate his call-up for the Scotland under 21 darts squad.

Hill of Beath Hawthorn went to Bathgate Thistle and won 4-1 to strengthen their second top spot in the East Super League.

April The Fife Women's Ladies Super league Darts title was won by CISWO who pipped the Auld Shank by one point.

Kelty Hearts got themselves off the bottom of the East Super League by beating Bathgate Thistle 4-1 away from home.

Cowdenbeath mixed martial arts specialist, Steven Clark, made a return to the competitive arena by winning against Wishaw opponent Craig Devine in Inverness.

The bowling season opened at the Cowdenbeath private green with President Archie Somerville winning 82-59 over vice-president Mike Heenan.

Keiran Steer won a bronze medal at the British Junior Boccia Championships held at the Ponds Forge in Sheffield. Beath High School performed excellently at the regional school championship qualifiers in curling by getting through to the finals at Forfar where they only lost out by a key end.

Two Cowdenbeath bowlers, Barbara McMillan and Billy Allan, were selected in the Scottish disabled bowls team to take part in the World Championships in South Africa.

Hill of Beath Hawthorn strengthened their claim on the East Super League title with a 2-1 home win over Linlithgow Rose.

May Cowdenbeath Karate Club went to Ireland and won the Irish International Open team title through Alan Goodwin, Chris Whyte, Nathan Sealey and Ben Smith.

Ballingry's Brendyn Donnelly won the Fife under 18 title with a tremendous display of darts at the CISWO.

Hill of Beath Hawthorn lost 1-0 at Boness giving the victors the edge in the race for the East Super League title.

Cowdenbeath bowler Craig Watson, won the silver medal at the world Junior Bowls Championships held in Australia.

Steven Boland, of Cowdenbeath's Highlanders Gym, came back from the NEC Martial Arts Show four nations event with a good win over his Carlisle opponent.

A dramatic 2-0 win over near neighbours Kelty Hearts kept Hill of Beath's chances of winning the league title alive. Action in the Lochgelly and District Darts League saw the Auld Shank win League B.

Ballingry's Billy Bonnar won qualifying rounds of the World Hotrod Championship at Knockhill.

June Cowdenbeath Police Officer Euan Henderson retained the British Police Snooker Singles title and also achieved a maximum 147 break.

Hill of Beath Hawthorn's lingering hopes of clinching the east Super League title ended when Boness United beat Tayport 2-1.

Ten lucky St Bride's Primary School pupils had the chance to play on the famous Hampden pitch and meet Scotland star James McArthur at the Tesco Bank Football Challenge.

Moorside Park, Dundonald was the venue for the Willie Johnston Village Challenge football tournament when Auld Hoose Giants beat Dundonald Bears in the final.

Lochgelly Albert Colts 1999s met former Scotland stars Stuart McCall, John Collins and Charlie Cooke on visits to Ayr and Stirling.

Blue Brazil Boys Club 95s ended their season on a high by winning the Fife Cup with a nail-biting 1-0 win over St John's at New Bayview, Methil.

Three Kelty boxers, Paul Greenhorn, Danny Tarling and Connor Law all won at the Bannockburn Boxing Club show.

Two members of Cowdenbeath Martial Arts Centre won silver medals at the English Open. They were Melissa Maxwell and Bradley Innes.

The Lochgelly and District Darts Association League A Play-off saw Craigie Bar A beat Shardy's A to make it three titles in a row.

St Ninians Primary School won the Willie Maley Trophy in a penalty shoot-out after drawing 1-1 with Denend in the final.

July Crossgates Primary School won the Gareth Blackadder Memorial Trophy played for by teams from Lumphinnans, Foulford, Hill of Beath, Kelty and Cowdenbeath primaries in memory of the Lumphinnans footballer fatally injured in a car accident.

Lochgelly Bowling Club's Jim McGuire won a marathon Fife County singles final played against Methil's W Wyles with Jim winning 21-18.

Lochgelly High School's Daryl Gibson won the 100m at the Fife track and Field Championships for athletes with a learning disability or visual impairment.

Ballingry thrower Colin Feeley won the Granite City Open Darts singles title in Aberdeen.

Lochgelly lad Paul Hindley received his new squad number (65) as part of Celtic's under 17 set-up.

Caitlin Ross, from Ballingry, played in Dunfermline Athletic FC Girls' successful run in the regional league cup.

Lochore man Andrew Caulfield continued his bid to referee at the London Olympics boxing tournament by doing a number of international tournaments.

Benarty man James Scougall won the Ballingry Golf Club handicap section when he shot a net 70 over the Meadows course.

August Cowdenbeath Golf Club members celebrated the club's 25th anniversary with a special competition at the Dora course which was won by D Leslie and C Winton, of Ballingry GC.

Bowhill Karate Club had a busy two months which culminated with an open night which proved huighly successful.

The treasurer of Lochgelly and District Darts Association, Tam Faulds, retired after 37 years in the post.

Lochgelly A darts team's bid to win the Scottish final of the Champions Cup was ended by East Stirling.

The junior season opened with convincing wins for Hill of Beath Hawthorn and Kelty Hearts against Central League opponents.

The Red Goth, in Lochore, held their open darts tournament which was won by Alan Small who beat John Notman in the final.

A special fundraising night at the Cowdenbeath Racewall for CHAS raised �2000 for the charity. September Colin Feeley won the CISWO Summer Open singles title by overcoming Ian Jolly in the final.

Ballingry Golf Club made big steps towards re-starting their junior section by putting into action their clubgolf stage one programme.

Davie Guild, a regular angler at Lochore Meadows pulled out a 10lbs trout from the North Shore Top Jetty Bank.

Cowdenbeath Karate Club competed in the Northern Open Classic Championships in Cheshire and Melissa Maxwell won double gold.

At Lochgelly Bowling Club, the ladies championship final saw Liz Scott apeearing for the first time against Val McGregor and in a ding-dong game Val eventually won 21-9.

Beath High School pupils did well at the Fife Schools' Track and Field Championships with golds for S4's Jack Lawrie in the 100m hurdles and 400m hurdles while Kerrie McLeod (S5) won the girls' 100m and high jump.

Other gold medallists were Rachel Easton (S4), in the 300m; Connor Lee Edwards (S5) in the discus and S4's Chris Carnegie, in the javelin.

October Ballingry's Lucy Graham celebrated her 15th birthday in Austria as part of the Scotland ladies under 17 football squad taking part in the UEFA 2011-2012 European Championships.

The final of the BeBowl competition at Lumphinnans Bowling Club saw Foulford Primary School become the new champions.

A 3-1 win at Carnoustie Panmure put Hill of Beath Hawthorn top of the East Super League after a good start to the season.

Foulford Primary won the Cowdenbeath Cup seven-a-side competition held at Beath High school's Super turf pitch.

Ballingry's Billy Bonnar won the Scottish Hotrod Championship with an impressive evening's display at the Cowdenbeath Racewall.

At the JKS World Karate Championships, Cowdenbeath KC exponents excelled with the 17-19 years team of Ben Smith, Nathan Sealy and Jack Sneddon being just beaten in the final and collecting silver.

Beath High School's footballers went to the Madras college tournament and beat the hosts 2-0 in the final.

November The Melville Trophy indoor bowling competition was held at Benarty Leisure Club when the St Serf's rink of R Morgan (skip), M Fernie, J McLean and D Dempsey were the winners.

Lochgelly A produced a good result in the Fife Darts Super League by winning 6-2 against East Fife.

Kelty Hearts and Ballingry Rovers made round three of the Emirates Junior Cup with wins over Culter (2-0) and Petershill (4-2) in a penalty shoot-out.

Fife Darts Association started up a youth academy as they tried to encourage more young throwers to come through the ranks after the success of several local youngsters.

The Rab Syme Memorial Angling Trophy was held at Stenhouse Reservoir when T Bonner won with a catch of 9lbs 8 ounces.

Ballingry's Brendyn Donnelly won the Fife Youth darts Championship by beating Jordan Forbes 3-1.

The big East Super League derby saw Kelty Hearts and Hill of Beath Hawthorn share the spoils in a 1-1 draw.

The Alex Jarvis Indoor Bowling Trophy was won by the Station Road rink.

December Two local boxers impressed at the Kinross Boxing Academy Show held at the Windlestrae Hotel. Ballingry's Ramsay McDonald had a tough contest with Dunfermline's Ryan Bignall and took a majority verdict while Cardenden's Chris Wright stopped Carl Marshall, from Dunfermline, in the third round.

Teenage Kelty fighter Connor Law (19) picked up his first senior title by lifting the East District 69kg championship by beating Chris Givan, of Holyrood BC, in the final.

Lochgelly High School competitor Lloyd Simpson won double gold at the Scottish Junior Swimming Championships picking up the 25m breaststroke and 50m freestyle titles.

Kelty Hearts made the fourth round of the Scottish Emirates Junior Cup by beating Camelon 1-0 at Central Park in a third round replay.