Border League first for Redskins
Hawick YM 15Jed-Forest 12BOOKER BORDER LEAGUESTUART CAMERON reports from Mansfield HaughIT’S been a fantastic few years for Hawick YM – and they keep adding achievements to their 93-year-old history....
View ArticleSecond-half storm takes Gala to new level
Gala 65Stirling County 17RBS PREMIERSHIPLAING SPEIRS reports from NetherdaleGALA supporters are getting used to watching their team start with colourless rugby before surging into life after a lecture...
View ArticleSouth Leinster could take up the chase
HAWICK handler George Bewley was again in winning form at Kelso last weekend when son Jonathon rode South Leinster to a popular victory.The closing stages of the Graeme Todd Haulage and Friends...
View ArticleYoungsters meet Olympians
JUDO SCOTLAND, the governing body of the sport, held a rare coaching session at Meadowbank Sports Centre in Edinburgh, where seven young players from Focus Judo Club in Galashiels had a unique chance...
View ArticleGala Harriers open their season
THE first of Gala Harriers’ cross country races was followed by the annual presentation night.A beautiful late autumn day on Saturday greeted the 42 runners in the Hollybush race, a seven-mile route...
View ArticleSerial winner triumphs
THE Matthew Templeton trophy brought in 18 rinks last week, writes Alistair Lindsay.But, in the finals, some slightly one-sided affairs followed, no doubt brought on by fatigue and creaking bones. This...
View ArticleThe sporting week ahead
BORDERS WINTER CROSS COUNTRY SERIES, SECOND ROUND: Sunday, November 18 ‑ At Whitesands, Dumbarton (juniors 11.30am, seniors noon).BORDER LEAGUE: Sunday, November 18 ‑ Jedburgh v Hawick; Duns v Berwick...
View ArticleGirdwood getting to grips at Peebles
FOOTBALL PREVIEWPEEBLES Rovers are rooted to the foot of the East of Scotland League first division table, writes John Slorance.But Coldstream are flourishing at the top and 22 points separate the...
View ArticleCunningham ponders life after Riverside Park
WHEN Darren Cunningham was sacked by Jed-Forest last week it was not unexpected after just one win in 12 games this season, writes Stuart Cameron.The popular coach from Morpeth had led the club to...
View ArticleSilver lining not quite enough for Copshaw sprinter Libby
BORDERS sprinter Libby Clegg has spoken of her devastation at being pipped to a gold medal in the T12 100-metre final at this years London Paralympic Games.Addressing an enthralled audience at Friday...
View ArticleAm-dram fun with Kelso stalwarts
Kelso Amateur Dramatic Society are treading the boards for the next three nights, with Cambusdonald Royal: a new Scots farce in three acts by playwright James Scotland. The shows mark the...
View ArticleSocial media on tourism agenda
THE artist director of Edinburgh’s Hogmanay will speak to Borders tourism operators at an industry seminar in Peebles today.Managing director of Unique Events, Pete Irvine, will talk to the meeting...
View ArticleDocumentary of Yetholm Folk
A documentary film, set in Town and Kirk Yetholm and the valleys of the Halterburn and the Bowmont, is being shown at 7.30pm on tomorrow, November 16, in the Abbey Row Centre, Kelso. “Ranging from the...
View ArticleChemical alert at Kelso engineering plant
VAPOUR from aluminium filings have led to a major chemical alert at Border Precision on the Pinnacle Hill industrial estate in Kelso, writes Bob Burgess.Specialised crews from Lothian and Borders Fire...
View ArticleBack to school for MP as he talks the talk
IT was the corridors of his former secondary school rather than those of Westminster, which Borders MP and Secretary of State for Scotland Michael Moore, found himself stalking on Friday. But the Lib...
View ArticleTurf Talk: Calgary should jump to it at Cheltenham
FOR me this weekend’s Paddy Power meeting is when the National hunt season really gets underway and what better place to start than Cheltenham, the best course in the country for Jumps fans.It’s...
View ArticleHorses, art and a walk
ARTIST Catriona Taylor will lead art and outdoors enthusiasts on a walk up a Peeblesshire drove road on Sunday.The free Hoof Tramp up The Glen is part of the summer-long Fetlock Deep project involving...
View ArticleKelso factory at centre of chemical scare gets the all clear
A CHEMICAL scare at the Border Precision engineering factory on the Pinnacle Hill industrial estate in Kelso is over, writes Bob Burgess.Fire chief downgraded the incident to a small fire in ducting...
View ArticlePoppy money theft
Thieves made off with Remembrance Poppy charity collection tins in Melrose over the weekend. The thefts took place between Friday and Sunday from licensed premises in the town.Poppy Appeal organisers,...
View ArticleMalaysian visit
MALAYSIA’s Minister for Tourism, the Honourable Dato’ Sri Dr Ng Yen Yen, visited Dawyck Botanic Gardens last month. She made an impromptu tour of the Peeblesshire gardens after she launched the new...
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