Gloom over Gala as Burnett and Kelso capitalise
Gala Fairydean 2Kelso United 4EoS FIRST DIVISIONKENNY PATERSON reports from Netherdale IT was only a shirt thrown to the ground, but it summed up the current morale at Gala Fairydean.The problems...
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Pencaitland 5Hawick Waverley 2BAL DIVISION AWAVERLEY were first to do the business when Taylor Hope found the net with a glorious 35-yard drive.Pencaitland hit back to equalise and, deep into injury...
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THE Borders leg of the Scottish Schools FA Cashback 7s took place at the 3G Arena, Netherdale, when seven boys’ teams and three girls’ sides competed.In Group 1 Boys, Dalkeith, Eyemouth B, Gala and...
View ArticleBright future for Netherdale 3G
THE FUTURE of the 3G Arena at Netherdale has been secured for the next 10 years.An agreement between Scottish Borders Council, Borders Sport and Leisure and Gala Fairydean Football Club on the...
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Ancrum 3Selkirk Victoria 2BAL DIVISION B SELKIRK’S slim hopes of promotion all but ended at Ancrum on Saturday after a last-minute winner for the division’s champions elect.The visitors made all the...
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Ormiston 4Hawick Royal Albert 1EoS FIRST DIVISIONJOHN SLORANCE reports from Recreation ParkFACING bottom-of-the-table Ormiston, Hawick thought they were in with a chance of getting a much-needed...
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Selkirk 1Coldstream 2EoS FIRST DIVISIONON A perishingly cold day in the Borders, this game was played out on a fantastic surface despite the deluge of rain the day before.With Selkirk currently well...
View ArticleHibee Kevin’s playing for free
As a youngster growing up in Peebles, Kevin Thomson dreamed of playing for boyhood heroes Hibs, and the 28-year-old’s love of the club was a major factor in his decision to return to Scotland after...
View ArticleWhat Kate did next
HAWICK’S Paralympian archer Kate Murray is celebrating once more after shooting to glory at the Balbardie Double Portsmouth Championships, held near Glasgow.Competing in the ladies’ recurve section,...
View ArticleStrong British performance from BEST
THE Borders Elite Swim Team (BEST) performance squad was represented by three of its top performers at the British Gas International Meet.Kirsty Armstrong, Ryan Brown and Lucy Hope –all from Kelso ASC...
View ArticleCapital performance from ladies
Fjordhus Reivers 1Highland 1NATIONAL LADIES’ DIVISION ONETWELVE ladies from the Borders and two hardy supporters made the long journey north to Highland capital Inverness on Saturday.With only one...
View ArticleConservatives sail on
THE penultimate round of the store-age.org.uk Borders Snooker League was played last Thursday night, with Hawick Conservative Club’s A team extending their unassailable lead at the top of the...
View ArticleBraidwood says goodbye to the Blacks
BRAIDWOOD Sporting Clays near Midlem saw the end of an era last Friday with former management team Jim and Joyce Black’s last day at the venue.The popular venue is now in the capable hands of Lucy...
View ArticleTight win
AFTER a fantastic close game against West Ayrshire last weekend, the Borders area darts team managed another win. Results: Women’s B won 3-1 (highest average Janice Mitchell 18.56); Men’s B won 4-2...
View ArticleHuge entry heads to Friars Haugh for cross-country action
POINT-TO-POINT racing returns to Friars Haugh on Saturday when the Kelso course hosts its second meeting of the season with a 103-strong Duke of Buccleuch’s fixture, writes Hilary Mactaggart.Racing...
View ArticleHardy archers battle the elements in season opener
ETTRICK Forest Archers made a tentative step into the new season on Sunday, met by a blizzard of sleet, snow, wind and biting cold.Seven hardy bowmen and women took to the field at Thirladean for a...
View ArticleReivers top league
REIVERS A took control of Division One of the Borders Pool League last week with an impressive win at Dryburgh, while chasers Waverley A only edged past Ship B to lose ground.High Level A look the main...
View ArticleRichie is adding might to England’s Six Nations maul
ENGLAND’S success in this year’s Six Nations campaign may have been helped along by none other than Gala rugby guru turned inventor, Richie Gray.Players have been benefiting from a new technical...
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BORDERS-based professionals working for national landowners’ body Scottish Land and Estates have been promoted.Former head of policy, Sarah-Jane Laing from Kelso, becomes director of policy and...
View ArticleNight sky introduction
ANYONE interested in learning more about astronomy is invited to Kailzie Gardens, near Peebles, tomorrow.For the first of the KLAWED Project’s spring programme of events will be A Beginners Guide to...
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