Hastie makes his point
Watsonians 14Kelso 36RBS NATIONAL LEAGUENORMAN ANDERSON reports from MyresideTHE Tweedsiders exacted revenge for a 51-3 thumping earlier this season.Kelso, fielding a makeshift second row, scored the...
View ArticleSurvival skills to the fore for Jed
Stewart’s Melville 31Jed-Forest 32RBS NATIONAL LEAGUEJED-FOREST snatched a dramatic win at Inverleith on Saturday to keep their hopes of survival alive.The Riverside Park outfit were 14-0 behind after...
View ArticleSteele unbending
Melrose 21Dundee HSFP 37RBS PREMIERSHIPLAING SPEIRS reports from The GreenyardsTHERE was enough incentive on both sides to set up a match of total commitment – the problem was that only one of them...
View ArticleGraham looks on the bright side as Gala’s hopes die
Stirling County 26Gala 21RBS PREMIERSHIPMARTIN LAING reports from BridgehaughGALA coach George Graham was quick to identify the positives from this campaign, despite his team losing at Stirling and, in...
View ArticleLast-gasp Lee keeps Greens on course for promotion
Hawick 11Glasgow Hawks 6RBS NATIONAL LEAGUESTUART CAMERON reports from Mansfield ParkPICTURE the scene. Eighty-three minutes of rugby had been played at Mansfield Park with Hawick and Glasgow Hawks...
View ArticleVics battered by first-half goal blitz from Streamers
Coldstream Amateurs 7Selkirk Victoria 4BAL DIVISION BSELKIRK’S promotion hopes were dealt a blow on Saturday by a resurgent Coldstream, who have now won four games in a row.The first half was played in...
View ArticleVale fail to hit the right notes
Vale of Leithen 2Preston Athletic 4EoS PREMIER DIVISIONDAVE RYCE reports from Victoria ParkAS ANYONE who has lived next door to someone learning to play a musical instrument knows, listening to the...
View ArticleWhat a debut Storrie to tell as Scott sparks late scoring spree
Hawick United 3Hawick Legion 0WADDELL CUP FIRST ROUNDA PURPLE patch which produced three goals during the latter stages earned United bragging rights in this hard-fought derby encounter at Albert Park,...
View ArticleRovers rue missed chances
Peebles Rovers 1Berwick Rangers Reserves 4EoS FIRST DIVISIONBERWICK RANGERS RESERVES maintained their promotion challenge with a fourth successive away victory in a match played on Rovers’ alternative...
View ArticleWallace is a winner for Waverley
Hawick Waverley 2Heart of Liddesdale 1BAL DIVISION AHEARTS had the better of a first half during which they twice hit the woodwork, as well as breaking the deadlock through a well-taken Daniel Brough...
View ArticleSt Mark’s inspires a less than holy Fairies’ performance
Craigroyston 4Gala Fairydean 1EoS FIRST DIVISIONKENNY PATERSON reports from St Mark’s ParkIT was fitting that Gala Fairydean put in their most dismal performance of 2013 in the surroundings of...
View ArticleTeries sunk by Shipyard
Burntisland Shipyard 3Hawick Royal Albert 2EoS FIRST DIVISIONA GOAL in the closing minutes sent Royal Albert reeling to defeat in Fife.Against fellow strugglers Burntisland, Hawick got off to promising...
View ArticleGibson puts in another hectic shift to dump ‘junk’ Kelso
Selkirk 2Kelso Utd 0EoS FIRST DIVISIONKEVIN JANIAK reports from Yarrow ParkIT WAS Jamie Gibson’s delightful double that won Selkirk the points on Saturday, but the Kelso coach said it was more down to...
View ArticleUK’s biggest potato event
IT’S Potato Day in Kelso on Sunday when home producers have the chance to buy tubers from Borders Organic Gardeners (BOG).There will be more than 100 varieties of earlies and maincrops, offering great...
View ArticleBike uplift charity hopes for land deal news soon
INNERLEITHEN campaigners hoping to create a mountain bike lift on the outskirts of the town will give an update on the project at a public meeting on Wednesday evening.Action on the Innerleithen...
View ArticleInteresting bit of slime found on golf course
Last week, I flagged up some of the harbingers of spring which I had experienced and at the weekend another, more unexpected one, came to my attention. Lying in bed on Sunday morning I heard a sound I...
View ArticleLogan makes VisitScotland plea
UPGRADING the Borders main roads is vital to increasing tourism in the area, according to Scottish Borders Council chief executive Tracey Logan.Ms Logan, along with director of environment and...
View ArticleEttrick Valley forestry rethink plea to SBC
COUNCILLORS will be asked today to re-consider a controversial report on commercial forestry in the Ettrick Valley.Earlier this month, Scottish Borders Council’s environment and infrastructure...
View ArticleAlcoholic was found unconscious on Kelso pub cellar stairs
A drunken man found unconscious on the stairs to a pub cellar has been jailed for seven months and 75 days.Paul Cessford, 31, of Queens Croft, Kelso, appeared from custody and pleaded guilty to...
View ArticleCarer embezzled £6,000 from vulnerable woman
A carer who embezzled more than £6,000 from a vulnerable woman was jailed for 12 months at Jedburgh Sheriff Court on Friday.Helen Gibson, 54, of Pirnie Hall Farm Cottage, Kelso, appeared on indictment...
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