Uniteds in battle
Chirnside United 4Hawick United 4 (aet: Chirnside won 4-2 on penalties)SOUTH CUP THIRD ROUNDIN WHAT turned out to be a real battle of the Uniteds, Chirnside started in high-flying style by netting two...
View ArticlePeebles pay for second-half lethargy
Heriot-Watt University 7Peebles Rovers 1KING CUP FIRST ROUNDWATT took the lead in the first minute when Jamie Forsyth fired in a pass from Aaron James, but Peebles were well in the game for the next...
View ArticleCommunity payback order
A woman who breached an ASBO (antisocial behaviour order) by approaching “an extremely vulnerable man” was sentenced to a 12-month community payback order, with a condition she completes 80 hours of...
View ArticleJail for man who struggled with his pregnant ex-partner
A 40-year-old man with a history of violence was jailed for 162 days after an outburst involving his pregnant ex-partner.Richard McKendrick appeared from custody at Selkirk Sheriff Court on Monday and...
View ArticleCustody choice
A day after his release from prison and desperate for somewhere to stay, Brian Chilcott decided to offend, hoping to be arrested and sent back to custody.The 26-year-old phoned police on January 18,...
View ArticleSheriff’s warning for the Tesco troublemakers
‘This court has been seeing quite a lot of incidents at Tesco, and this is going to be stopped’– Sheriff KevinDrummond
View ArticleDrink-driver forced police to take evasive action
AFTER his partner was hospitalised, Jamie Whigham was in the course of a telephone call to her father when his mobile phone battery ran low.The 26-year-old decided to drive his girlfriend’s car to her...
View ArticlePeebles players get Scotland call-up
PEEBLES Netball was celebrating last week after two of their senior shooters got called up for national duty.First up was 16-year-old goal attack Jenny Hudson, selected for the Scotland under-17 long...
View ArticleHard work and training pays off for three young Borders hockey players
HOCKEY development in the Borders is continuing its path to success with the next generation of young players breaking through to international level.Junior players Morven Cawthorn (Selkirk High School...
View ArticleBig welcome for Bertram
NEWLY-instated ground manager David Bertram was in charge of the most recent shoot at Braidwood Sporting Clays and, having put in hours of preparation, was delighted when all went really well.It was...
View ArticleArchers in top flight
BORDER BOWMEN were out in force last weekend when they attended the Scottish Indoor Championships held at Lasswade High School, hosted by Penicuik archers.The competition was a FITA 18, 60 arrows shot...
View ArticleRomance at the racecourse
SINCE taking over sponsorship in 2010, the BetVictor Morebattle Hurdle has attracted some of the best Champion Hurdle contenders of recent times.The Borders track has been graced by the presence of...
View ArticleConvincing win for Hawick Conservatives
ANOTHER whitewash for Hawick Conservative Club A team last week has widened the gap at the top of the Border Snooker League with only five games to play.The leaders took a brutal 6-0 victory over St...
View ArticleReivers ragged return
Reivers Fjordhus 1Erskine Stewart’s Melville 4EAST MEN’S DIVISION ONEREIVERS’ men were optimistic about obtaining a result against a team they had beaten earlier in the season and, despite the extended...
View ArticleHawick go for hat-trick
WITH only a few games left in the League Cup groups. only Group A remains tight with Reivers B and Station battling it out after both won convincingly.The other three groups look almost over. Reivers...
View ArticleDuns duo ruffle feathers at Primary School Championships
EARLSTON High School took centre stage this weekend for the Borders Primary School Badminton Championships 2013.With 54 boys and 29 girls representing 19 Borders primary schools and many parents and...
View ArticleBGH ambulance station appeal
THE Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS) has claimed its plans for an ambulance station at the Borders General Hospital site would increase the chances of patient survival by up to a fifth, writes Kenny...
View ArticlePlans for ‘solar panel park’ revealed
PLANS are in the pipeline for the creation of a ‘solar panel park’ near Galashiels.About 11,000 solar panels could fill a field between Easter Langlee and Glendearg if Green Switch Solutions goes ahead...
View ArticleDawyck re-opens with woodland garden art exhibition
DAWYCK Botanic Garden in Peeblesshire re-opened for the season last Friday.And an exhibition of floral art by Northumberland artist Jane Murray launched the new season at the gardens near Stobo. A...
View ArticleYetholm plaque
HIKER, broadcaster and author Cameron McNeish will unveil a special plaque marking Kirk Yetholm as the start of the new 470-mile national trail of Scotland this Saturday, February 9, not last Saturday...
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