August Bank Holiday Monday brings a new and improved Glendale Show near Wooler this summer.

Organisers Glendale Agricultural Society (GAS) are introducing new livestock classes this year, including a new flock competition.

A director and the show’s chief livestock steward, Andrew Walton said: “We are delighted that in recent years the livestock classes at Glendale Show have seen resurgence with them growing from strength to strength. To meet the growing interest we have incorporated some new sheep and cattle classes to appeal to both existing and new exhibitors and we do hope that once again the younger generation will be well represented.”

The society says it expects a record-breaking entry following last year’s jump in numbers when more than 400 head of livestock was exhibited.

New sheep classes include the show’s first flock competition and a new section for Non MV Suffolks with four classes: shearling ram; ram lamb; ewe or gimmer; and ewe lamb.

Along the cattle lines new classes will include halter led and new native and continental pure bred classes alongside the commercial beef classes.

Other attractions so far will include the Sheep Show, sheep racing and main ring performances from Australian stuntman the Kangaroo Kid.

The catalogue detailing classes comes out this month, the schedule will be available online at www.glendaleshow.com and from the show office and for more information contact the show secretary at info@glendaleshow.com

No, I can’t believe it’s May the first either. Put another way, one third of another year gone. Or less than three months until the start of harvest.

On the credit side, most cereal and oilseed crops are looking promising. On the other side, price volatility and world political uncertainty affecting markets mean that no one is sure how profitable, or otherwise, harvest will be. And no one knows what the weather will do between now and harvest, or during it. Meantime, I have high hopes for May.

Publicity for the heavy horse event to take place at Milfield this weekend (May 4), expected to attract several thousand visitors, came at about the same time as a photograph of a farmer working with an eight-horse team was used by several national newspapers. Evocative, photogenic, with a few accompanying paragraphs about Robert Sampson being the fifth generation of a farming family to shun modern methods.

Well, good luck with that. No doubt his heavy horses are used for other jobs, but as far as I could see from the photograph eight big horses were pulling a grass harrow and light roller that could have been hauled by the smallest tractor on the market or perhaps a quad bike. The short article alongside went on: “He saves on diesel and road tax and his mighty Percheron draft horses are content to munch grass at the end of a day’s labour.”

Indeed – and hay, and grain, and whatever else horses need to keep up their strength because regardless of size of farm – that is, as farm size increased more horses were needed to plough, sow, harvest and cart – about one third or more of what it produced was needed to feed them. There might be a living, possibly a good one, to be made from heavy horses now from photo opportunities, exhibitions and film work. Not from trying to run a farm.

But, like vintage farm machinery and tractors, heavy horses draw a crowd. It seems that as modern methods and technology become ever more sophisticated, machinery bigger and more complex, actual contact with land, animals and crops more hands-off than hands-on, nostalgia for “the good old days” intensifies.

Ian Hislop dealt with that in a recent three-part TV documentary on the British obsession with the past. The third part dealt with our “fanciful nostalgia for the countryside,” a “green imagined land”, a “green balm for the soul” that he dated from about 1851.

Life for many labourers and the poor in rural Britain through the 19th and much of the 20th century might have been, in the words of the philosopher Hobbes “nasty, brutish and short”, but the better off Victorians founding a plethora of preservation societies for crafts, birds, stately homes and Morris dancing didn’t see it that way. They saw the countryside as a living chocolate box picture – and there’s still a lot of it about.

St Boswells Guides Erin Henderson, left, and Jessica Swinton, both 11 and from Newtown, won the District Guides Challenge Badge this year, which was to design a toy for Prince George’s first birthday.

Their teddy bear, designed and made by the girls themselves, will be sent to Prince George, along with the winning toys from all other districts.

The Lothian and Borders battalion of the Army Cadet Force (ACF), together with local social workers and school staff, have provided another outreach programme to around 40 Hawick youngsters aged 11 to 12 years old.

The programme is a four-day team challenge and starts the minute the youngsters are off the bus.

They make their beds, get into team colours and are quickly collecting points through the navigation exercise, command tasks, climbing wall, inflatable obstacle course, stretcher movement and the ‘HeartStart’ first aid programme, before finishing the day with a run around various events at a local sports centre and a splash in the pool.

The rest of the programme includes learning camp craft, preparing them for a 12k walk and overnight camp in the Pentland Hills.

The young people are also introduced to some of the fun activities the ACF provides – from camouflage and concealment to observation tests and shelter building before settling into their tents for a night under canvas.

Every young person attending receives a medal, group photograph and their ‘HeartStart’ first aid certificate.

As well as the programme participants, five Hawick High School pupils and five senior cadets acted as role models, helping the volunteer adults to run the various activities.

The daughter of a Craw Wood resident has said the potential closure of the area’s only specialist dementia unit would be a huge blow for the Borders.

Christina Procter’s mother Jillian Sinnott, 75, moved to the Tweedbank care home in 2012, but she fears a move to another home could have serious implications for her mother.

She told The Southern: “The staff at Craw Wood are absolutely brilliant as they know how to work with dementia patients, and to lose the unit would be absolutely ludicrous as there is a growing need for this type of facility.

“We have been so happy and confident with the care that my mum has been getting, and she is a happier and more relaxed person than she was before moving to Craw Wood.”

Mrs Procter said she hopes that operators Eildon Housing and the council can find a way to keep Craw Wood open.

“I know it is probably a fight we are going to lose, but I think it is a worthy fight for the Borders as it is a service that is needed,” she said.

Mrs Procter added that she is worried that if her mother has to be moved elsewhere then specialist care will not be available to her.

“I just feel that mum, who worked for the NHS for a significant part of her working life, and worked as a dementia nurse in Edinburgh, now seems to be being let down by the system as what she needs and what she gets, which is fantastic for her, is now being thrown away.”

With increasing numbers of people being diagnosed with dementia, and more at a relatively young age, even in their 50s, Mrs Proctor fears for other people too.

“If you don’t have that specialist care facility then younger people with dementia will be in old people’s homes and that is not the place for them, and it will cause problems,” she said.

“People with dementia can agitate other residents with their behaviour. They are high risk.

“Mum is a wanderer. She walks round the home, but she can do a nice circuit at Craw Wood and the staff are really good with her. She is safe, secure and happy.

“All the other relatives understand – they understand that their relative will do things that annoy other residents and relatives too.”

NHS Borders has confirmed to The Southern that it is considering applying for planning permission to create more car parking at the BGH.

A spokeswoman for the health board revealed this week that initial work is being carried out, which could lead to an application to the council to increase parking provision within the hospital grounds by almost 80 spaces.

She said: “The board is currently updating its travel plan, a prerequisite document to support future planning applications, which will incorporate plans for the expansion of three of the current car parks to create an additional 79 ­spaces.

“Subject to planning permission, it is hoped that this work will be complete by autumn 2014.”

In response to last week’s article, which highlighted ongoing concerns in Darnick about the number of BGH staff parking in the village’s streets, the spokeswoman said: “There are currently 962 car parking spaces at the BGH, proportionately higher than most hospitals within Scotland in relation to hospital size and staff numbers.”

She added that representatives of NHS Borders would be happy to attend a further public meeting to discuss the parking problems in Darnick.

Village resident Gordon Wingfield last week called for a second public meeting on the matter as he feels that the car parking situation in the village has not improved since villagers met with NHS Borders’ chief executive Calum Campbell and colleagues in early December.

Mr Wingfield’s calls for a fresh meeting were backed by community councillor Bridget Khursheed, who helped to organise the first one.

Responding to this week’s development, Mr Wingfield told us: “If they are going to create 79 more long-stay car parking spaces that should certainly help quite a bit, as there is regularly that number of cars parked in the centre of Darnick.”

Mr Wingfield added that if a public meeting could be organised, then information regarding the potential use of these extra spaces could be ‘teased out’ from NHS Borders representatives.

At the earlier public, meeting NHS Borders bosses had indicated their reluctance to build more car parking spaces at the hospital.

However, they did implement changes following the meeting, including creating car sharing permits and dedicated spaces for staff to try to alleviate the problems.

NHS bosses have called for visitors to stay away from the BGH over the bank holiday if they have had any symptoms of norovirus.

Two bays in Ward 12 remain closed due to the presence of the virus and one bay in Ward 4 has been closed due to the discovery of patients with the early symptoms of the bug.

Evelyn Fleck, NHS Borders’ director of nursing and midwifery, said: “Although we are coming into spring it is normal for norovirus to remain active in our community.

“The hospital can be very busy over bank holiday weekends with visitors. In order to control the spread of norovirus we urge the public to comply with our request and to stay away from the hospital if you or anyone in your family has experienced symptoms of diarrhoea and/or vomiting in the past 48 hours.

“The D&V illness is usually over within 48 hours, but is highly infectious, which is why NHS Borders needs to limit the number of people moving in and out of the hospital.”

Visiting with children is actively discouraged.

Following almost £1milllion of expenditure on upgrading and refurbishing their depot in Galashiels, SP Energy Networks opened the facility on Friday.

The revamped facility will operate as the company’s main operations hub in the Scottish Borders and will act as a base for managing all maintenance and improvement works on the electricity network in the area.

The depot also features a new emergency action centre that will oversee all bad weather repair works across the Borders.

Frank Mitchell, chief executive officer of SP Energy Networks attended the official opening.

He said: “This substantial investment to create a modern, state-of-the-art headquarters in the Borders is important to support ambitious investment plans for the area.

“It will also be the main office to oversee any emergency response activity, such as storm events during the winter, as we have seen in the last few years.”

Mr Mitchell added: “As well as our plans to invest millions of pounds in modernising the network in the Borders, we are looking at innovative projects to support community renewable energy schemes and making it easier to connect to the network.

“Over the next decade we will also be recruiting a new generation of engineers, many of whom will be apprentices and graduates.

“In the Borders area we anticipate supporting many new roles in the coming years, as well as creating hundreds of opportunities with contractors across the region.”

The major investment in the Galashiels depot is just one element of an extensive modernisation programme currently underway locally.

In recent years the company has modernised and upgraded the main grid substations on Netherdale Road in Galashiels and in Lauder, costing over £2m, and made significant upgrades to flood defence measures.

The company’s overhead line rebuild programme continues annually in the area, with £4.6m spent on rebuilding over 100km of lines.

A further £3.2m has been spent on refurbishing over 570km of overhead lines in region too.

Upcoming works include a £5.5m investment in the replacement of the transformers at the Galashiels grid substations, which is due to start next year.

West Barns Star 2 Hawick Waverley 3 (after extra time)

BEVERIDGE CUP QUARTER FINAL

Hawick Waverley will play Gala Fairydean Rovers in the semi final of the Beveridge Cup against Gala Fairydean Rovers tomorrow night (Tuesday, 6.15pm) at Wilton Lodge Park following an excellent extra time win at West Barns.

Following a no scoring first half the hosts broke the deadlock after the changeover.

Waverley came rallying back and Darren Munro hit home an equaliser when beating the Star keeper all the way with a raging 25 yard drive.

With no addition to the scoring the cup tie went into extra time and in the early part Liam Lavery put Waverley in front by nodding in a Scott Craig cross.

Minutes later Munro stretched Waverley’s lead with another deadly finish.

West Barns duly reduced the leeway but Waverley now had the upper hand and hung on well to gain victory.

The winners of the semi final will play Newtown in the final on Friday, May 16 at Greenlaw (6.45pm).

Hawick Royal Albert 2 Peebles Rovers 5

EOS FIRST DIVISION

Peebles Rovers had their sights set in finishing the season in the top four of the East of Scotland first division league table.

And thanks to a five goal blitz as well as a five star show, Rovers achieved their aim in pulling off a more than worthy win in this Albert Park encounter.

What’s more Peebles did it the hard way as they played a good part of the game with only ten men due to the red carding of Lee Zavaroni in the latter stages of the first half.

After Paul Brown had squandered a chance to put Hawick ahead in the first minute, Rovers showed what they had to offer with a good move which ended with Duncan Ndineni rattling in a shot that home keeper Kerr Brown did well to save.

In the 16th minute though Peebles did break the deadlock. Running onto a ball from the back 16 year old Ndineni, a young player of great potential, cut inside and stabbed the ball into the bottom corner of the net.

With 23 minutes gone Rovers went further ahead when Chris Lockhart took advantage of some poor marking to head home a Jordan Hall corner kick.

Eight minutes from half time the Albert reduced the leeway.

Shillinglaw whipped a corner kick into a crowded goalmouth which was handled by Zavaroni. A penalty was awarded and Zavaroni given his marching orders and Cairns stuck away the spot kick with great precision.

Although down to ten men, Peebles were undaunted and in the opening stages of the second period, the lively Ndineni came near to scoring.

A goal was only delayed, for after 54 minutes Rovers struck again. Chris Lockhart turning in a Hall free kick at the back post.

After Peebles keeper Chris Malcolm had pulled off saves from Hope and Jody Easdon, Hawick fell into further arrears when a Jonathon Flockhart corner was only partially cleared by the home rear guard and the ball broke to the feet of Geri Rossi who drove a shot out of the reach of Brown.

Scott Sutherland then made it a nap hand for rampant Rovers by surging forward and waltzing round Brown to tap in a shot.

In the closing stages the Albert made the score line a little more respectable with Cairns netting a second penalty after James Clarkson had handled in the box.

The British Rally Championship finally got underway at the weekend and first time out in their Peugeot 208 R2 at the Richard Burns Foundation Pirelli Rally were Scottish Borders pairing Garry Pearson from Duns and Davey Robson from Ancrum.

The local lads put in some impressive stage times to lead their class and were up to fourth overall when they were forced to retire.

It was midway through the third stage when the power steering pump stripped its mountings which also caused the alternator to eject it’s belt and although they didn’t lose much time on the stage they only just made it to service at Carlisle with Garry pushing the car the last 200 metres as the battery had given up by then. Unfortunately there was no spare power steering pump so the service crew fixed the car up the best they could and sent it on its way. Amazingly Garry held onto his class lead and 4th overall over the next three stages back in Kielder Forest without any power steering although there was some hair raising moments.

“Fortunately I attend the Putton Mill Fitness Centre regularly and do weights at home otherwise there was no way I could have driven the car that far without power steering – I am totally exhausted as it is,” said Garry at the end of the first day.

Despite the help of many competitors and service crews trying to source a replacement power steering pump over night the crew reluctantly took the difficult decision to retire the car in the morning.

Team manager Monty Pearson said: “With no power steering for the second day - it was going to be a mammoth task for Garry to finish the Rally without putting the car off into the scenery and we agreed the best thing to do was retire as the Jim Clark Rally is only four weeks away.”

Melrose lifted the 2014 Kings of the Sevens title with three tournaments to spare on Saturday before going on to complete a weekend double double at the Haugh on Sunday.

Playing in the seventh of ten Kings events at Poynder Park Melrose beat Hawick 26-24 in a cracking Kelso 7s final to claim their fifth tournament win this season.

Twenty four hours later John Dalziel’s men confirmed their regal status with a 19-17 victory over Gala in the final of the Earlston tournament to make it five in a row at the Haugh.

The straight ‘five’ is just one of several records established by the current Melrose side this season, and sits alongside the table-topping 68 points accumulation in the Kings competition, surpassing the club’s previous best for a season by three points.

And there are still two tournaments remaining.

Melrose coach John Dalziel has promised that his side will not ease off. He said: “We’re looking to pass as many milestones as we can.

“We’ve broken the points record. We’ve won six out of the eight tournaments. If you get eight in the modern era that would be quite an achievement.”

Standings after eight tournaments: 1, Melrose 68 points; 2, Gala 33; 3=, Hawick and Watsonians 31; 5, Edinburgh Accies 29; 6, Selkirk 24; 7, Jed-Forest 18; 8, Peebles 14; 9, Kelso 12.

Research for CKD Galbraith has shown that property sales in the Borders increased significantly in the first quarter of 2014, with sales at their Kelso office up 28 per cent on the last quarter of 2013 and up 62 per cent on the same quarter last year.

The Peebles office also experienced an increase in sales, up 16 per cent on the previous quarter and 57 per cent up on January to March 2013.

Alex Inglis of CKD Galbraith’s Kelso office said: “This has been an encouraging quarter for both the Kelso and Peebles offices, with increased properties sales achieved as well as the number of viewings and prospective buyers registering with us both increasing.

“When selling a property, the guide price remains key and a house needs to be priced realistically. As a result we are seeing a healthy response in terms of enquiries and viewings and the subsequent average selling time reducing considerable.

“A trend we are also witnessing is a return to the closing date system on a number of properties as confidence continues to grow.”

Police are appealing for witnesses after seven light bollards that line the driveway at The Barony Castle Hotel were knocked over and smashed. causing around £5,000 worth of electrical damage. The incident happened between 10pm on April 25and 3am on April 26.

Local officers are now urging anyone who remembers seeing suspicious activity around the hotel to contact police on 101 or, alternatively, the charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

Scottish Borders Council (SBC) is inviting local residents and visitors to take part in a programme of over 30 walks, talks and activities being held as part of the month-long Borders Nature Festival which runs from May 16 to June 15.

From a kids bushcraft session at Glenrude Estate, Innerleithen through to a walk through the historic Abbotsford House Estate, horse logging demonstrations, pond-dipping expeditions and an interactive forest school workshop at Traquair, the Festival has something for everyone.

Opportunities to view the tremendous variety of local wildlife available across the Borders can be experienced by taking part in activities like the bird bonanza at Bowhill or the twilight otter and bats walk at The Hirsel near Coldstream.

Coastal activities include a geology walk along St Abbs Head and a ranger-led exploration of the rockpools at Coldingham Sands. Further inland, guided walks are being offered through the Dawyck Botanic Garden at Stobo and Wilton Lodge Park in Hawick.

Councillor Ron Smith, SBC’s executive member for planning and environment, said: “The nature festival is an opportunity to experience more of the beautiful landscape, wildlife and heritage that we are so lucky to have here in the Borders.”

The full programme of the events on offer, plus additional information on wildlife sites to visit, is available on the {www.scotborders.gov.uk/naturally|council’s website|click to enter}.

More information is also available by phoning 01835 826750.

Borders MP Michael Moore debated independence with an audience of nearly 80 people at the Parish Church Hall in Eyemouth.

The event was part of The Road to Referendum campaign, which sees Mr Moore holding a series of open public meetings across the Borders to provide his constituents with an opportunity to get their questions on Scottish independence answered.

After a run of successful meetings in Duns, Hawick, and Selkirk, the meeting in Eyemouth was a chance to discuss the issues of the day ranging from currency and pensions, to Scotland’s place in the world.

Commenting on the lively discussion, Michael Moore MP said: “We have about four months to decide whether we stay in the United Kingdom family or go it alone.

“Anyone can attend these public meetings whatever their views, and I would encourage them to bring their family, neighbours and friends.

“I am looking forward to continuing the discussion and hope to meet with people from across the Borders at the next Road to Referendum meeting in the Jedburgh Town Hall on Thursday May 16 at 7pm”.

Scottish Borders Brewery’s new £500,000 Born in the Borders visitor centre is on schedule for a summer launch and the creation of 10 jobs.

The development will create a one-stop-shop for the very best of Scottish Borders produce and takes the brewery’s provenance story - of fine ale production from plough through to pint – to the next level.

Featuring a food and drink shop, goods and gift shop, a 40-seat cafe, brewery tours, outdoor walks and picnic area, the centre will showcase the finest local products in a countryside setting.

Ten new jobs are being created at Born in the Borders, including the appointment of experienced retail professional Nicola Duffy, formerly of Baxters, who has taken on the role of visitor centre manager.

Nicola has more than 10 years’ experience in running leisure retail operations, having managed Baxters’ stores in Ocean Terminal, Blackford, Kelty and Selkirk.

Nicola said: “Born in the Borders is a really exciting and ambitious project and it is a privilege to be in at the start helping to shape its development.

“There is nothing quite like this in the Borders at the moment and we hope it can become the perfect place for visitors to the region to discover the wealth of fabulous produce that originates here and somewhere that local people will love.”

John Henderson, owner of Scottish Borders Brewery added: “Nicola is a great first hire for our Born in the Borders team and we are now recruiting more staff to help run the centre.

“We are looking for people who are proud of the Scottish Borders and who would like to play a part in sharing this region with others.

“They need to be hard working and willing to take on whatever jobs need to be done, from serving in the cafe to hosting a brewery tour or working in one of the shops.”

The visitor centre is being built at Lanton Mill Farm, the home of the Scottish Borders Brewery, located on the road between Jedburgh and Hawick.

The new shops and café are being created by sympathetically restoring and renovating the old farm steading and dairy buildings.

The centre will have free parking and space for special events to be held.

Paul McDonald, director of strategic accounts for Sykes in Galashiels, has been nominated for the European Outsourcing Professional of the Year award.

Mr McDonald, who lives in Hawick, heads up Sykes’ important Procter and Gamble account, with Sykes fulfilling orders, repairs and replacements for P&G products for a wide range of goods throughout Europe.

He will attend the awards ceremony in London in July.

Plans were lodged this week for up to 15 wind turbines measuring up to 132m for a site near Bonchester Bridge.

Wind energy company Banks Renewables confirmed it had submitted a planning application for the site at Birneyknowe to the Scottish Energy Consents Unit.

The Hamilton-based company’s application could generate up to 60MW of energy, which means it is a scale of development that has to go before the government consents unit.

Banks Renewables says the local community will see a “host of benefits” if the scheme gets the go-ahead.

With 52 miles of timed to the second Special Stages packed into Friday evening (May 30) followed by 85 miles on Saturday (May 31) morning and afternoon, this year’s Jim Clark Rally promises to provide one of the toughest motor rally events in the British sporting calendar.

If that’s not enough, the Reivers Rally on Sunday (June 1) is geared up to provide another 60 miles of flat-out motoring action.

Not only does this event set one of rallying’s biggest challenges for Britain’s top amateur rally crews, but it provides a full-fat weekend of motor rallying speed and drama for the thousands of rally fans who will descend on Berwickshire at the end of this month.

Run over sections of Closed Public Roads, the nature of the Special Stages range from fast, open ‘A’ and ‘B’ class roads, where rally drivers have to pick a ‘racing line’ through the bends, to narrow, bumpy lanes where the corners are obscured by hedges. This rally is not only a test of a driver’s skill, stamina and car control, it is one of the toughest mechanical tests for engines, transmissions - and bodywork!

This event also provides one of the biggest challenges faced by co-drivers, those fearless men and women who read the road ahead for their drivers. Prior to the rally, crews take part in a slow speed reconnaissance of the route with the co-driver noting the drivers’ comments on road conditions, distances to corners, severity of corners and all manner of other route markers. This information is gathered in rallying’s version of a ‘Shorthand’ notebook which can then be read back to the driver during their high speed competitive run through the Special Stages on the rally itself.

Easy? Try reading a map in a normal car driving over a bumpy road while being swayed from left to right on corners. Even at slow speed few people can contain their breakfast! In other words, co-drivers are often the forgotten stalwarts of rallying.

Most of the special stages over the Jim Clark weekend are used twice which cuts down the amount of information to be gathered and learned, but even during their first competitive run of these high speed tests, drivers and co-drivers are amending their Notes for the second run. The Jim Clark Rally is a real pressure cooker of an event for man - and woman - and machine.

The pressure starts on Friday evening with 8 Special Stages (compared to last year’s 6) and includes the ever popular double run through the streets of Duns town centre. Also included in the Friday night line-up is the fearsome 16 mile Abbey St Bathans test where speeds can exceed 120 mph on some stretches.

On Saturday the ten stages include the ever popular spectator favourite at Langton where the ‘ford’ provides yet another challenge for the crews. There’s no telling how deep the water will be, that all depends on rainfall during the week running up to the rally. If they get it wrong and the car ingests water, that’s their rally over. It’s also a huge treat for the rally fans who line the hillsides all around to see who makes the biggest splash. The Saturday route also includes the notorious Swinton test which has shattered many an ambition - and many an oil sump in the past.

There’s no let up on the Sunday run with another double visit to the ‘Langton Splash’, the high speed Bothwell test, and the sting in the tail that is the final run through the tortuous Blackadder.

These are all names for rally crews and rally fans to conjure with, and the full Timetable is shown below.

More detailed information and event previews will be issued over the coming weeks and details of where to purchase the event Programme, complete with Stage Maps and Car Parking sites, will be advised.

Full Jim Clark Rally and Reivers Rally Timetable

Friday 30th May

19.00 Hrs: Rally Start and First Stage in Duns Town Centre

19.22 Hrs: SS2, Abbey St Bathans 1

20.15 Hrs: SS3, Tweedside 1

20.47 Hrs: SS4, Fogo 1

Service & Regroup

21.21 Hrs: SS5, Duns 2

21.43 Hrs: SS6, Abbey St Bathans 2

22.36 Hrs: SS7, Tweedside 2

22.58 Hrs: SS8, Fogo 2

Saturday 31st May

08.28 Hrs: SS9, Swinton 1

09.00 Hrs: SS10, Edrom E-W 1

09.31 Hrs: SS11, Langton 1

Regroup & Service

11.10 Hrs: SS12, Eccles 1

11.41 Hrs: SS13, Westruther 1

Regroup & Service

13.11 Hrs: SS14, Eccles 2

13.42 Hrs: SS15, Westruther 2

Regroup & Service

15.32 Hrs: SS16, Swinton 2

16.07 Hrs: SS17, Edrom E-W 2

16.35 Hrs: SS18, Langton 2

17.16 Hrs (approx): Pdium Finish ceremony in Kelso Town Square

Sunday 1st June

09.00 Hrs: Rally Start in Duns Town Centre

09.25 Hrs: SS1, Bothwell 1

10.16 Hrs: SS2, Bothwell 2

Regroup & Service

11.53 Hrs: SS3, Langton 1

12.18 Hrs: SS4, Edrom W-E 1

12.46 Hrs: SS5, Blackadder 1

Regroup & Service

13.52 Hrs: SS6, Langton 2

14.17 Hrs: SS7, Edrom W-E 2

14.45 Hrs: SS8, Blackadder 2

15.23 Hrs (approx): Podium Finish ceremony in Duns Town Square

The Event Regulations and Entry Form for the Reivers Rally are now available on the event website with Jim Clark Rally paperwork to follow:

http://www.jimclarkrally.com/

The Jim Clark Rally and Reivers Rally will again be supported by Scottish Borders Council. The rally organisers are grateful for their help and support and the assistance and advice of the Lothian and Borders Police officers in Police Scotland.