Borders seniors shine at Kelvin Hall meeting
LOCAL athletes of all ages took part in a variety of events at the National Indoor Championships at Glasgow’s Kelvin Hall at the weekend.In the medal count, the region’s most senior athletes shone,...
View ArticleReivers shrug off player absences
Reivers 4 Kinross 2EAST MENS DIVISION ONEThe Reivers welcomed Kinross to Tweedbank on Saturday for a league encounter, having lost in their last two fixtures with the Taysiders.The Reivers went into...
View ArticleKailzie launches spring programme
THE Friends of Kailzie Wildlife have launched an exciting spring programme of activities and training courses.The events, held at the famous Osprey and Nature Centre, two miles south of Peebles on the...
View ArticleFacebook ads value
The more businesses I speak to these days, the more I hear about how margins are continuing to be squeezed and budgets having to be stretched even further. Unfortunately, many businesses that are...
View ArticleDiscover your zest 4 life
A BORDERS health practitioner is practicing what she preaches, and aiming to change her life ... and other Borderers who seek her help.Rosemary Dean of Down To Earth Health, in Darnick (pictured), is...
View ArticleExpressing wishes for end of life
The choices that should or should not be legally available to someone suffering a terminal illness are back in the spotlight. MSP Margo MacDonald continues her campaign to give terminally ill people in...
View ArticleSetting new standards on advice
Choosing between a Volvo or a BMW, or which newspaper to buy is relatively straightforward. The method of buying seems to matter much less than what you end up with. You could argue with financial...
View ArticleWoll ladies get the star treatment
Lady members of the Woll golf course in Ashkirk, were given the star treatment when students from Borders College beauty department came to visit. After the recent development of the clubhouse –...
View ArticleFuneral director wins full accreditation
A NEW independent funeral director has opened for business in Galashiels.A & A Doyle has taken over the premises at 10 Bank Street, formerly occupied by Nickel & Dime, and this week the firm...
View ArticleCanon goes with a bang
PLAYED for annually, in a friendly but competitive meeting, the Canon Cup will return this year to Jedburgh Badminton Club.After an evening of entertaining matches, Jedburgh ran out 6-2 victors over...
View ArticleTwo-day tussle as 80-plus schoolchildren show paces
MORE than 80 children from primary schools all over the Borders competed in the Border Primary School Badminton Championships at the Queens Centre and Galashiels Academy.In the two-day event 160 games...
View ArticleGhostly visitor from the land of ice
Bird watching can be a funny old game. Years ago, I used to make an annual pilgrimage to the Hirsel near Coldstream to add nuthatch (picture, top of page) to my annual list, as that was the only place...
View ArticleSickener for Hardie in score draw
Gala Rovers 1Leithen Rovers 1BAL DIVISION AA HORROR injury to Shaun Hardie overshadowed this clash between two of the favourites for the Division A title.The Gala Rovers striker suffered a triple leg...
View ArticleAll square, all fair
Hawick Legion Rovers 2Kelso Thistle 2BAL DIVISION CIn a hard fought game in which both sides had their moments, a draw was a fitting result. Rovers made the early running and after Luke Cooper had come...
View ArticleTeries don’t get the rub of the green
Hawick Waverley 1Pencaitland 4BAL DIVISION AAlthough the scoreline suggests different, Waverley had the better of this game. Hawick were on top throughout most of the match, but failed to make the most...
View ArticleBrave defending gets Fairies win on road
Berwick Rangers Reserves 0Gala Fairydean 3EoS FIRST DIVISIONGALA Fairydean defender Gary Lothian may have endured a painful night’s sleep on Saturday night – but it was surely worth it as his team...
View ArticleCrawford has a royally good time in King Cup clash
Coldstream 4Selkirk 1KING CUP FIRST ROUNDIT was third time lucky for this King Cup tie after two previous postponements – but any good fortune deserted Selkirk before kick-off as they slumped out of...
View ArticleOrmiston still have some sort of stranglehold on United
Ormiston 2Kelso United 0EoS FIRST DIVISIONGEORGE RILEY reports from Recreation ParkORMISTON seem to hold some strange effect on Kelso United. The East Lothian team have only accumulated 10 points in...
View ArticleBizarre decisions wreck Albert’s chances of toppling league leaders
Preston Athletic 7Hawick Royal Albert 1EoS FIRST DIVISIONJOHN SLORANCE reports from Pennypit ParkA GAP of 34 league points, six goals and two players separated the two sides at the end of this game. It...
View ArticleDave’s crime exposé
HE was Scotland’s senior investigation officer with the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) for than two decades, spending much of his time probing crimes against wildlife in the Scottish...
View Article