Three is the magic number
Gala Fairydean 3Kelso United 1EoS FIRST DIVISIONKEVIN JANIAK reports from NetherdaleRUMOURS that Gala are about to save TheSouthern sub-editors some time by just renaming themselves Fairydean 3 may be...
View ArticleBrave new world
BRAVE is the latest movie from leading animation studio, Disney Pixar, and hopes are high that it will have a massive impact on tourism in the Borders and the rest of Scotland.Now the company has...
View ArticleMerlin beaten after magic second half
Borders Fjordhus 1Merlin Gordonians 1NATIONAL LADIES SECOND DIVISIONAFTER the mid-season break Borders Fjordhus hosted Merlin Gordonians at a very cold and windy Tweedbank.The Borders Fjordhus policy...
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Brown Brothers Peebles Honda Mazda Snooker League week 19 results: Hawick Conservative Club A 6 St Boswells 0; Hawick Burns Club B 3 Hawick Conservative Club B 3; Innerleithen 1 Border Club 5; Jedburgh...
View ArticleKelso not sharp enough in front of goal
Kelso Ladies 1Livingston 4EAST LADIES PREMIER DIVISIONKELSO welcomed back a number of key players for their recent outing at Earlston High School, but despite dominating for much of the game they were...
View ArticleBerwick win
BERWICK continued their domination of the Border Badminton League on Sunday with another convincing victory, this time over neighbours Duns.With only one round to go, no-one can catch the leaders and...
View ArticleGala girls get bronzed up in trip north
CHALLENGING underfoot conditions, commonly known as clarty, met Gala Harriers as they reached Falkirk’s Callendar Park on Saturday for the culmination of the annual cross-country season.Last year,...
View ArticleFloors hosts final race
THE last race of the Borders Cross Country series was held in the stunning setting of Floors Castle in Kelso last Sunday. Hosted by Norham Running Club, the event attracted 140 runners who enjoyed a...
View ArticlePathhead to victory
SELKIRK Rifle Club’s tumultuous season continued last week with a Scottish League victory – breaking a run of defeats in the Lothian divisions.The local sharp-shooters returned to Pathhead in the...
View ArticleWhat a performance!
IT HAS been five months of dedicated training, sacrificing evenings out for gruelling fitness and technical sessions and thousands of practice shots on goal, but it was all worthwhile as the Hirsel...
View ArticleBorderers hold on to beat city ladies
Borders Fjordhus II 2Watsonians III 1EAST LADIES FIRST DIVISIONWATSONIANS travelled down to Tweedbank to play a fixture previously cancelled due to snow.Playing with a strong squad, the Borderers had...
View ArticlePeebles and Gala take early lead
THE inaugural 2012 Borders Sport and Leisure Trust indoor cricket league has batted off in style.Featuring teams of six players from clubs across the region and a select team from the Borders Under-16s...
View ArticleDarkness holds no fear for the Innerleithen night riders
AN EXCITING race format not often seen in the UK was the highlight of the second round of the Alpine Winter Series held at Innerleithen last weekend.Following the huge success of round one last month,...
View ArticleAsking mountaineering’s big question
Like many interested in mountains I am intrigued by one story of mountaineering with its poignancy and the unanswered questions that it has left behind, writes Erica Hume Niven. The main question is,...
View ArticleCOUNTRY DIARY
SATURDAY: Romany Ramblers meet Wauchope Hall, Yetholm, 9am for a long walk in the Cheviots. Approx 10 miles. All welcome.SUNDAY: Coldstream Ramblers walk, Tibby Tamsin’s Grave, Three Brethren, Peal...
View ArticleOpen Country by Erica Hume Niven
AS I walked through a deeply frozen landscape on a Monday morning, I could not have predicted that I would be standing there at the end of the week talking about the definition of dance.I parked...
View ArticleOystercatchers’ spring meeting
After an unseasonably mild but dry week, last weekend was more typical for mid-February with clear blue skies and a bitingly cold wind – perfect for a brisk walk.Saturday saw me up my usual stretch of...
View ArticleWalk on the wild side
WITH less than 400 breeding pairs in Britain, the goshawk is one of the rarest and most persecuted of this country’s birds of prey.However, the dense conifer forests and woodland that cover much of the...
View ArticleThree belt up in dan gradings
MEMBERS of the Galashiels Karate Club had a junior dan grading recently.The candidates, pictured, were Sam Johnston, Kieran Elliot, and Shannon Taitt. Sam is from the Gordon junior club while Kieran...
View ArticleMowitt was a breeze
Sunday’s shoot at Braidwood saw some good scoring despite the wind with more than a third of the field on 75 per cent-plus.The trophy round fell to regular visitor, Bobby Bruce (Broxburn) who shot an...
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