Borders get a bunch of Baroque
BorderS audiences can enjoy more Baroque music concerts this December, after Passacaglia’s performance of 18th-century French composers Marais, Couperin and Rameau at Kelso Old Parish Church at 7.30pm...
View ArticleAnti-fuel theft leaflet for farmers being launched at Christmas Cracker in St...
POLICE and farming leaders launch a leaflet advising farmers how to stop thieves stealing fuel at John Swan’s Christmas Cracker at St Boswells mart on Tuesday afternoon.Lothian and Borders Police warn...
View ArticleGalashiels athletes go seven up in Livingston
GALA HARRIERS’ were well represented in the senior section at Livingston for the second of three rounds in the East District Cross Country League.The trio of Fiona Dalgleish, Rachel Fagan and Fiona...
View ArticleHolders keep title in sight
Hawick B 13 Earlston 4Peebles 32 Hawick A 6Berwickshire 31 Earlston 3AITKEN TURNBULL UNDER-13 BORDER LEAGUEPeebles A 37 Hawick A 9Berwickshire B 17 Earlston B 7Earlston A 40 Hawick B 1AITKEN TURNBULL...
View ArticleDuathlon stars ready to get down and Durty in Bowhill
THE award-winning Durty Events team is gearing up for the opening event of its Winter Duathlon Series, being staged for the first time at Bowhill House and Country Estate, Selkirk, this...
View ArticleCapital errors cost points
Grange VI 3Reivers Fjordhus 2EAST MEN’S DIVISION ONEREIVERS men are still struggling to find a settled style of play that would see them progress up the table.Too often this season they have conceded...
View ArticleBorderers fly high in Livingston leg of East District Cross-country
TEAM BORDERS again proved to be the leading force across the seven age-group races when the East District Cross-country League moved on to Livingston for the second of three legs.On a perfect, if...
View ArticlePeebles family celebrate French connections
PROUD Peebles grandparents Bill and Anne Goodburn have been celebrating the chilly achievements of a young family member.Tom Mac Chambet is the 12-year-old middle son of Nicola Goodburn, who is married...
View ArticleSwiss ease
GALA HARRIER Nathan Cox put the Borders on the map last week when notching a second place in the annual Baseler Stadlauf street race in Switzerland.The 15-year-old Berwick Academy pupil was the only...
View ArticleDun deal for Selkirk ends 20-year wait
IN A tense Dun Trophy final between Selkirk and St Boswells, a couple of last-stone misses by the Saints were enough to give the Souters their first win in more than 20 years in this prestigious...
View ArticleIrish ‘ayes’ smile on Sarah
MOORFOOTS international Sarah McCormack took third place in the Irish European Cross-country trials just outside Dublin on Sunday, and has been duly selected for what will be her biggest athletics test...
View ArticleComposure crucial as Melrose head to Goldenacre
ACCURACY and composure will be key factors in the Melrose game plan when they take to the road in search of a win against Heriots at Goldenacre on Saturday, writes Fiona Scott.Craig Chalmers has made a...
View ArticleTurf Talk: Gold Cup dilema? Not really.....
For the first time in nearly 30 years I still can’t picture the final field of this year’s Hennessey Gold Cup, which is run at Newbury on Saturday.Normally I have a pretty vivid picture of who’s going...
View ArticleCannabis farm seized
A CANNABIS farm valued at £1,600 has been seized from a house near Denholm.Around 50 plants were taken after police searched a house in the Roxburghshire settlement of Minto Kaimes at 2pm last...
View ArticleMusic for every taste on offer
Music lovers can feast on a week of folk, swing and rock ’n’ roll.The UK’s No. 1 Bruce Springstein tribute band, The Rising, play at the Reivers in Galashiels on Saturday, December, 1 at 9.30pm. The...
View ArticleYarrow painter follows footsteps of Tom Scott and William Johnstone
The Border landscape painter Claudia Massie has opened an exhibition on Yarrow at Selkirk’s Forest Bookstore. “She has 10 new works, mostly small oil paintings on panel,” writes shop owner Allan...
View ArticleChildren’s cash
BORDERS Children’s Charity (BCC) has netted nearly £2,000 to help local youngsters this month.An open house day in Kelso when three independent businesses – Itsy Bitsy, Decoupage & Dining and...
View ArticleWheelers hit right note at awards
KELSO WHEELERS Cycling Club held its annual awards ceremony and among the many winners on the evening was the local pipe band.During the presentations, Wheelers chairman Andrew Ker presented a cheque...
View ArticleProfiling Borders ASP athletes Week 2:
Age: 13HomeTown: KelsoSport: SwimmingPosition/Discipline: Individual medley, butterflyClub/Team(s): Borders Elite Swimming Team and Kelso Amateur Swimming ClubCoaches: Borders performance coach Alex...
View ArticleRiders turn up the heat in Winter League
ON A rare autumnal day, Ettrick Forest Riders Association (EFRA) held their second Winter League show jumping competition at Dryden.A good number of horses and riders turned out for this competition,...
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