Robbie and Mark earn national call-ups
TWO promising Borders footballers have featured in Scotland’s under-15 side.Robbie Renwick of Peebles and Newstead’s Mark Mathison were part of the 16-man squad which defeated travelling Australian...
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JEAN Yule Cup: Group 1 – Hawick Burns A 5 Selkirk B 1; Jedburgh Legion 2 Hawick Con A 4.Group 2 – Hawick Con B 2 Hawick Burns A 4; Selkirk A 3 Border Club 3.
View ArticleKinghorn on road to Commonwealth Games
GORDON’S promising wheelchair racer Samantha Kinghorn has been named in scottishathletics’ squad for the first time.The 16-year-old is now aiming to get accustomed with the 1,500m T54 event ahead of...
View ArticleBorderers see action in Operation Storm
BORDERS soldiers were among troops from the 1st Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland (1 SCOTS), who supported the Afghan National Army (ANA) as it planned and led a recent large operation to clear...
View ArticleSex accused granted bail
A GALASHIELS man appeared in private at Selkirk Sheriff Court on Monday charged on petition with unlawful sex.Twenty-two-year-old Liam Brown made no plea or declaration during a brief hearing.The case...
View ArticleFestive surprises at Clef Club meeting
The December meeting of Galashiels Clef Club will take place on Saturday, December 15, at 7.30pm at the Lucy Sanderson Hall, off Tweed Crescent. Members will be able to enjoy a selection of piano...
View ArticleCyclists in a spin during off-season
GALA Cycling Club held their end-of-season prize presentation dinner in the Kingknowes Hotel when racing members, family and friends met to congratulate the past season’s winners.They also looked...
View ArticleEDGERSTON RURAL RECALLS 85 YEARS AT BIRTHDAY BASH
Edgerston WRI’s 85th birthday party was held at the Pheasant, Jedburgh, last Wednesday when 18 members and guests – including Liz Jackson, Roxburghshire federation chairman – enjoyed a festive...
View ArticleGALA SCHOOLCHILDREN ARE SEEN TO BE SAFE
Glendinning Primary School junior road safety officers Abbie Hogg and Glenn McCrum organised a “Be Safe Be Seen” assembly to inform pupils how important it is to wear bright clothes to make sure they...
View ArticleSwan show win means hat-trick for Elliot
John Elliot, Roxburgh Mains, Kelso completed a hat trick of championships at John Swan St Boswells inaugural Christmas Cracker show and sale of cattle and sheep. The event which was in association with...
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ALL organisations and sports club I’ve been involved with and the many others I’ve seen in operation have one thing in common – a small percentage of members do most of the work, probably confounding...
View ArticleMeeting ‘good first step’ to cut red tape
CUTTING red tape and duplication when dealing with authorities may have taken a step forward.South of Scotland MSP Jim Hume called a meeting with top bureaucrats at the Scottish Parliament last week in...
View ArticleSouthern hailed at Holyrood
AS the debate over regulation of the press continues in the wake of the Leveson report, an MSP has jumped to the defence of local newspapers and the print industry at large, writes Bob Burgess.Scot Nat...
View ArticleAnderson enjoying life as a Spartan
SPartans’ Chris Anderson has ruled out an imminent return to Gala Fairydean – but believes promotion for his former club would be a good thing for the East of Scotland League, writes Kenny Paterson.The...
View ArticleTeri butcher is crowned king of sliced sausage
TRADITION was the winning recipe when Hawick butchers Robert Pringle were crowned 2012 south-east of Scotland champions at the Scottish Federation of Meat Traders’ sliced sausage competition.James...
View ArticleFoot-stompin’ festivities and a special Arabian night – all at the Eastgate
Peebles’ Eastgate Theatre travels from America to Arabia next week as, first, the annual Amerrycana Christmas kicks off with a Yee-haw! and a Ho-ho-ho-down on Saturday, December 15, at 7.30pm. “Live...
View ArticleGala Water Singers Concerts
Community choir the Gala Water Singers are in concert on Sunday, December 16, at 7pm in Stow Church, with guests Syrinx Flutes and Fountainhall Children’s’ Choir. The theme, An Island Christmas,...
View ArticleFiddles look for support ahead of trip
Riddell Fiddles are hosting a Christmas concert on Sunday, December 16, at 6.30pm in Lilliesleaf Church, to help raise funds for their trip to Cape Breton in Canada in July.This weekend, the Selkirk...
View ArticleBrash play a whole load of Trash
“What do you get,” asks Trash Arts’ Bill Muir, “if you take a group of people aged seven-70, 15 big plastic drums, a bat phone, a scaffolding glockenspiel, a xylophone (all from Trash Arts), trombone,...
View ArticleSupport must be for all, not just a selected few
Losing your job is devastating at the best of times, but to be laid off just before Christmas no doubt adds more stress at an already-stressful time in people’s lives.But if that’s not bad enough, to...
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