Vics come so close
Selkirk Victoria 2Grangemouth AFC 3SCOTTISH AMATEUR CUP SECOND ROUND REPLAYSelkirk missed out on a place in the next round of the Scottish Amateur Cup after an entertaining match at Yarrow...
View ArticleRovers rumbled by cantering Colts
Hawick Legion Rovers 1Chirnside Colts 3BAL DIVISION CTWO goals in the latter stages of the game steered Chirnside to full points, writes John Slorance.Rovers were first to look like scoring when Luke...
View ArticleTeries hit by late goal
Penicuik United 5Hawick Legion 4 (after extra time)SOUTH CUP FIRST ROUNDIn what turned out to be an entertaining South Cup clash, Callum Hope put Legion ahead by lobbing a shot over the head of the...
View ArticleFishermen catch Tweedsiders napping in cracking comeback
Kelso United 2Eyemouth United 3SOUTH CHALLENGE CUP SECOND ROUNDGEORGE RILEY reports from Woodside ParkA MIXTURE of poor defending and shoddy finishing saw Kelso United let slip a two-goal lead to exit...
View ArticleHawick humbled in record defeat
Stirling University 13Hawick Royal Albert 1SOUTH CHALLENGE CUP SECOND ROUNDThe sun may have been out for this South Challenge Cup tie, but Hawick Royal Albert were left floundering in the deepening...
View ArticleLate goal denies Waverley
Loganlea United 3Hawick Waverley 3SCOTTISH AMATEUR CUP SECOND ROUND LIVINGSTON side Loganlea United scored a late equaliser to book a trip to Hawick for a replay this weekend.Ross McLeod put Waverley...
View ArticleComissioner to open Buchan museum
THE new John Buchan Museum opens in Peebles next week.The exhibition, which pays tribute to the famous writer, will be officially launched by Canada’s High Commissioner Gordon Campbell at the Chambers...
View ArticleMARKET PRICES
ST BOSWELLSAT St Boswells Mart on Monday John Swan Ltd sold 86 clean cattle, 116 OTM cattle, 2,356 new season lambs and 1,498 ewes.Bullocks (40) averaged 208.2p per kg and sold to 241p (-7.8p on week)...
View ArticleVale’s roll of honour ends in the cup
Vale of Leithen 1Edinburgh City 2SOUTH CHALLENGE CUP SECOND ROUNDDAVE RYCE reports from Victoria ParkAll things must end, and it was Vale’s nine-game unbeaten run which did so on Saturday as they...
View ArticleCall for study of spending on roads damaged by timber operations
A CALL for council officials to undertake a study into what consideration is given to Borders roads damaged by timber extraction and haulage operations, when it comes to local authority spending plans,...
View Article‘Disgrace’ as Abbotsford show ignores Selkirk link
Souters have voiced dismay at Selkirk being swept from history in the exhibition about Sir Walter Scott’s life at Abbotsford’s new multi-million pound visitor centre, writes Sandy Neil.“I am...
View ArticleInnerleithen aims high and says yes to Elibank plans
A community vote in Innerleithen last month shows huge support for a mountain bike uplift and toboggan run, writes Sally Gillespie.Two thirds of the town turned out to vote and of those, more than 90...
View ArticleOpen Country with Erica Hume Niven
In the dark room I am watching the front tyre of a scrambler bike trundle over grit, over stone. Then I see my toes in their sandals walking over sand, over cobbles. Then I am watching my feet stepping...
View ArticleNow that’s a big fish!
SIR Walter Scott would have been impressed after the biggest salmon seen on the Tweed in recent years came from water below his favourite Borders viewpoint.Ghillie Ian Farr helped land a cock weighing...
View ArticleLadies get back on top form against Glasgow University
Fjordhus Reivers 4Glasgow University 2NATIONAL LADIES DIVISION TWOREIVERS ladies bounced back from two defeats on the trot with a fine victory.The home side went close on several occasions before...
View ArticleHawick festival a big hit with juniors
SIXTEEN teams took part in a junior hockey festival at Hawick last Sunday, organised by the Borders Hockey Development team. The sides represented three Borders clubs – Peebles, Kelso and Fjordhus...
View ArticleReivers have Ship in sight
WITH the teams back on league duty, Reivers A kept the pressure on Ship A with a whitewash of a luckless Dryburgh outfit.Waverley A scraped another last-frame thriller against the Ship B while the...
View ArticleReivers’ early start ploy fails to catch wide awake students napping
Fjordhus Reivers 1Edinburgh University IVs 1EAST MEN’S DIVISION ONEIT was hoped than a 10.30am start might take the students by surprise, but the visitors were on the attack from the off.The highlight...
View ArticleConservatives stay on top
Store-age.co.uk Border Snooker League week six results: Hawick Conservative Club A 6 Jedburgh Legion 0; Innerleithen 0 Hawick Burns A 6; Border Club P Selkirk A P; Hawick Burns B 4 St Boswells 2;...
View ArticleTeri torpedoes take huge medal haul
A TEAM of 12 young swimmers from Hawick Swimming Club took part in the Stars of the Future Meet on Saturday in Peebles, and had a brilliant afternoon.The nine-and-under team of Megan Landels, Mya...
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