Indoor rules
FAST-PACED CRICKET is set to hit the Borders next month when Border Sport and Leisure Trust (BSLT) launches its inaugural 2012 Borders Indoor Cricket League to be run in conjunction with Cricket...
View ArticleYoung Borderers courting success
THE New Year has marked the start of a very busy tournament schedule for under-15s’ Scottish Badminton Development Squad members Annabel Young (West Linton) and Robbie Patterson (Eyemouth).Last weekend...
View ArticleBurns run
THE 2012 orienteering season came in with a bang at the weekend with the traditional start in Edinburgh.Organised by Edinburgh University, the weekend attracts runners from all over the UK who enjoy...
View ArticleStaying the pace in the Tweed Valley
TWEEDLOVE, the 10-day bike-friendly Tweed Valley event, has announced a major new all-mountain enduro race to be staged at Forestry Commission Scotland’s Glentress on May 27.In a new take on the...
View ArticlePointing the way ahead at Friars Haugh
SCOTLAND’S first point-to-point of the season comes under orders on Sunday when the Jedforest Hunt stages its 2012 meeting at Kelso’s Friars Haugh course.The first of seven races is off at 12.30pm with...
View ArticleDisability sport gets back on track with funding for development officer
A DRIVE to encourage sporting participation for all in the Borders has gone up another gear.Borders Sport and Leisure Trust (BSLT) is currently recruiting for the new post of sports development officer...
View ArticleHampden clearance for 3G pitch clears way for Gala football clash with...
GALA Fairydean will at last open the new 3G pitch at Netherdale, with confirmation from the Scottish Football Association today (Thursday) that the artificial surface is fit to play on, writes Kenny...
View ArticleHampden clearance for 3G pitch clears way for Gala football clash with...
GALA Fairydean will at last open the new 3G pitch at Netherdale, with confirmation from the Scottish Football Association today (Thursday) that the artificial surface is fit to play on, writes Kenny...
View ArticleDoubles delight for Scotts
THE Border Pairs Finals on Sunday saw a tremendous day for all concerned at the Reivers Bar, Galashiels.Scott Bowers and Scott Simpson defended their title in fine style, defeating Darren McGurk and...
View ArticleNational competitions keep bowlers busy
ABBOTSFORDCOLIN HANCOCK’S triple secured their place at the top of the Indoor League last week defeating the triple of Ian Macdonald by one shot.The darts, dominoes and bowls night took place on...
View ArticleAwards to highlight clubs’ development work
THE 13 Borders golf clubs developing their junior sections through national junior programme ClubGolf have the opportunity to gain national recognition when the RBS Junior Club and Volunteer Awards are...
View ArticleGoing the extra mile
SPORTING Borderers are being sought to enter the Sainsbury’s Sport Relief Mile which is coming to Bowhill, Selkirk.The town is getting set to host the event on Sunday, March 25, and organisers are...
View ArticleResults
GALASHIELSBorderways Seniors Winter League: Winner, R. Johnson nett 36.KELSOWinter Texas Scramble: 1, R. Hogarth, S. McElrath, R. Glendinning, C. Thomson 59 (1.5) 57.5; 2, I. Mathewson, G. Lillie, S....
View ArticleOn their marks
FORTY-SIX Borders athletes will get on their marks in Dunfermline on Sunday for the inaugural running of the Pitreavie Gift 100m sprint (see feature on page 21).With a prize of £1,000 up for grabs, the...
View ArticleEight through to next round
BORDERS snooker players took a break from league action last week and instead took up the battle to get into the last eight of the A. L. Storey (Opticians) Peebles Borders Singles competition.A....
View ArticleHaving a Gala Day – Maroons rewarded for a stunning month
HAVING been promoted into RBS Premier One at the end of the 2010/11 season, Gala Rugby Club have stormed season 2011/12 so far.The recent defeat of the 1st XV at Aberdeen ended a run of seven victories...
View ArticleFord honoured at skipper role – but Brown misses out
SCOTLAND head coach Andy Robinson put his faith in Borders rugby players this week when choosing who he wanted to lead his team in the forthcoming RBS 6 Nations tournament.A leg injury to Melrose back...
View ArticleThe sporting week ahead
PITREAVIE GIFT: Sunday, January 29 – At Pitreavie Sports Centre, Dunfermline (heats start 10am).BORDER WINTER CROSS COUNTRY SERIES ROUND SIX: Sunday, January 29 – Hosted by Berwick RC at Spittal....
View ArticleAll roads lead to Pitreavie as Borders athletes embrace event
A MASS exodus of Borders athletes is set to take place on Sunday when more than 100 local runners head for Fife for the inaugural Pitreavie Gift meeting.And, not only are almost half the entries from...
View ArticleHume anger as Borders misses investment aid
COUNCIL leader David Parker has distanced himself from the hostile reaction to the region’s exclusion from 14 new enterprise zones announced at the weekend by Scottish finance secretary John...
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