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View ArticleLeagues come to disappointing end for Tweedbank bowlers
ABBOTSFORDTHE Border Computing Indoor League has been completed with the top two teams of Colin Hancock, Ecky Hancock and Tommy Mann Jnr meeting Ian Macdonald, Vic Graham and John Hardie to determine...
View ArticleTop times for Teviotdale
TEVIOTDALE Harriers travelled to Broxburn on Saturday and enjoyed some highly respectable results in the tricky conditions.On walking round to survey the new course, all agreed it was going to be a...
View ArticlePodium for Jed runner
JEDBURGH track star Sophie Elder has began her year in fine form.Competing at the Scottish Universities and College Indoor Track and Field Championship, Sophie, who is in her first year at Queen...
View ArticleGift is looking good for Borders athletes
BORDERS athletes are sizing up the competition in one of Scotland’s most prestigious events after Monday night’s heat draw for the 2013 Pitreavie Gift festival.About 200 runners will take part in the...
View ArticleHarriers hold on to high placings at Paxton
PAXTON House, Berwickshire, must be one of the most pleasant locations for a winter cross country race and the weather was not as harsh as forecast.Wooded tracks, burn crossings, riverside paths,...
View ArticleHawick hope to go one better
PROVIDING the predicted blizzards scheduled to hit the country tomorrow and Saturday somehow manage to miss the Borders, a full schedule of sizzling football matches is forecast, writes John Slorance....
View ArticleScotland stopper Gordon backs pyramid proposals
SCOTLAND goalkeeper Craig Gordon has backed league reconstruction, believing it will benefit lower and non-league clubs, writes Kenny Paterson.The former Hearts stopper took in Gala Fairydean’s clash...
View ArticleBorders call-ups
FORMER Selkirk RFC centre Alex Dunbar is one of 10 uncapped players who have been invited to take part in Scotland’s camp ahead of the RBS 6 Nations campaign next month.Of the 35-strong squad, six have...
View ArticleSecond half tries ease Rose’s Welsh woes
Llandovery 34 Melrose 12BRITISH AND IRISH CUPLATE tries from Bruce Colvine and Fraser Thomson, one converted by Andrew Skeen, made the score-line in this British and Irish Cup tie slightly more...
View ArticleMistakes lead to Maroons’ British and Irish exit
Gala 20Llanelli 33BRITISH AND IRISH CUPLAING SPEIRS reports from NetherdaleWITH three good tries on the credit side, Gala were able to take some satisfaction from their final home game in this year’s...
View ArticleHastie on penalty target for Kelso
Kelso 24Peebles 17RBS REGIONAL CUPTHE opening 20 minutes appeared to show the gulf between the two leagues as Kelso dominated possession and territory. They started the scoreboard rolling with a Murray...
View ArticleTeries make case for defence
Hawick Wanderers 14Gala Wanderers 13SEMI-JUNIOR LEAGUESATURDAY’S much-anticipated match between the top two teams didn’t disappoint, producing a tight affair where defences were to the fore.Gala opened...
View ArticleEasy for 10-try Linden after a dodgey start
Lismore 18Hawick Linden 62RBS EAST LEAGUE 2LINDEN proved too good for their opponents, running in 10 tries in the process.But the Teries got off to a sticky start when Lismore went ahead via a penalty...
View ArticlePorty nail rusty Langholm
Portobello 52Langholm 0RBS EAST LEAGUE ONESEVEN weeks without any action certainly showed in the Milntown men’s performance at Cavalry Park last Saturday, writes John Smith.Portobello secured an easy...
View ArticleSouters keep unbeaten record in regional tourney
Selkirk 16Hawick 7RBS REGIONAL CUPSELKIRK maintained their unbeaten record in this season’s RBS Regional Cup competition with a tense victory over Hawick at Philiphaugh on Saturday.The win puts the...
View ArticleHarris leads charge against champs
Murrayfield Wands Ladies 13Melrose Ladies 32RBS Women’s Premier LeagueMELROSE threw off their long winter break rustiness in fine style as they recorded a first win over the current champions in their...
View ArticleFive-star Waverley
Hawick Waverley 5 Leithen Rovers 2BEVERIDGE CUP QUARTER-FINALCURRENT Beveridge Cup holders, Waverley showed they are all for defending their trophy with a resounding victory on Saturday.Ross Wallace...
View ArticleTurf Talk: Testing times at Haydock and Ascot
Looking outside at the weather I think we’ll be lucky to see any National Hunt racing this weekend but if we do I’ll be sticking with two old pals and hoping they can do the business.One of them is HEY...
View ArticleBorders youth brass festival
THIS Sunday sees an exciting full day of music-making for young people, organised by the Scottish Borders Brass Band Association, in the Volunteer Hall, Galasheils. The morning session will see the...
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