Jed get wind up
Hamilton 21Jed-Forest 12RBS NATIONAL LEAGUETHE match started with Jed facing the strong wind blowing down the Laing Bent pitch.The home team were rewarded for some early pressure with stand-off McLeish...
View ArticleLinden display not half bad against Dingers
Hawick Linden 13Duns 32RBS BORDERS REGIONAL SHIELDLINDEN returned to action after five weeks when welcoming East One outfit Duns.The home side got off to a great start. Greg Thomson made a lovely break...
View ArticleBig win for Hawick
Biggar 12Hawick 13RBS NATIONAL LEAGUETHIS match was by no means pretty as a rejuvenated Biggar team struggled to avenge the heavy defeat they suffered at Mansfield earlier in the season.Hawick began...
View ArticleIn the absence of a South of Scotland game this winter, Border Rugby TV’s...
SADLY, there will be no South of Scotland game this winter which is a real pity.I would have loved to have seen our best players collectively play against another team at this time. Hopefully we will...
View ArticleAncrum reap revenge
Hawick Legion 0Ancrum 3BAL DIVISION BSEEKING revenge for a defeat at the hands of Legion in the final of the Wright Cup, Ancrum took the lead on the quarter-hour mark through Grant Robinson.Midway...
View ArticleLast-gasp thriller
Hawick Waverley 1Tweeddale Rovers 1BAL DIVISION AAlthough there may have been few goals, there was no shortage of fast-flowing football drama and excitement in this highly entertaining encounter.Both...
View ArticleBossed
St Boswells 4Hawick Legion Rovers 1BAL DIVISION CST BOSWELLS ruled the roost for the entire first half and scored thrice in the process. Ross Trotter scored the first, while debutant Mark Lindsay got...
View ArticleRoyally abysmal as Teries thumped by city amateurs
Hawick Royal Albert 0Loanhead Amateurs 2FRIENDLYJOHN SLORANCE reports from Albert ParkABYSMAL is one word you could use for Royal Albert’s performance. One could add a few more, but abysmal will do,...
View ArticleFairies sunk by on-song seasiders
Gala Fairydean 1Berwick Rangers Reserves 3EoS FIRST DIVISIONJOHN CLAYTON reports from NetherdaleNEITHER of these sides had played a competitive match for more than a month and the players’ hunger for...
View ArticlePurves puts points Souters’ way
Gala Hotspur 3Selkirk Victoria 4BAL DIVISION BSELKIRK made it four league wins out of five with a dramatic victory at Netherdale on Saturday.The visitors started brightly and almost took the lead in...
View ArticleComic strip capers fail to impress at Pennypitt
Preston Athletic 5Vale of Leithen 5EoS PREMIER DIVISIONDAVE RYCE reports from Pennypit ParkFIVE goals apiece! Sounds like an absolute cracker doesn’t it? Trust me, it wasn’t.Both teams fighting back...
View ArticleCar-wash confusion led to ban for drink-driver
A MOTORIST who found it difficult to operate a car wash was found to be more than double the legal alcohol limit.James Rankin, 64, could not punch in the six-digit number properly and asked employees...
View ArticleCommitted for trial
A 39-year-old Galashiels man was remanded in custody after being accused of being in possession of a knife in the town on Christmas Eve.Michael David Rennie, of Woodstock Avenue, is also charged with...
View ArticleContinued
SHAUN Muir, 19, of Silverbuthall Road, Hawick, faces three charges of assault which were allegedly committed in the town’s High Street on September 16.The case was continued without plea until January 18.
View ArticleDeferred
A 40-year-old who assaulted another woman to her severe injury at a flat in Hawick had sentence deferred for reports until February 4.Deborah Higgins, of Noble Place, Hawick, appeared on indictment and...
View ArticlePrison for Hawick drugs offender
A HAWICK man who admitted two drugs offences was jailed for four months.Paul Richardson had previously been on a deferred sentence for good behaviour after pleading guilty to possession of cannabis and...
View ArticleGalashiels fire offence
A woman who started a fire at her Galashiels home had sentence deferred until February 4 for reports.Ann Sutherland, 46, described as a prisoner at Cornton Vale, appeared on indictment and admitted...
View ArticleCrushed pet fish
A 22-year-old removed a pet fish from its tank, crushed it and threw it about a room.Daniel Gillie, 22, of Howdenburn Court, Galashiels, admitted behaving in a threatening or abusive manner at a house...
View ArticleSingles glory bid begins
THIS Sunday sees the first four sections of the Bannerman Burke Borders Snooker Singles tournament take place across four venues.Each section, four this week and four in a fortnight’s time, consists of...
View ArticleCannabis allegation
A 30-year-old man appeared in private accused of cultivating cannabis at his home.Mark John Donaldson is also charged with being concerned in the supply of the drug at the Minto property in November.He...
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