Springtime sportive set to test the mettle of the region’s best pedallers
A NEW sportive road cycling event that will make the most of the quiet Borders roads in springtime has just been launched.The Tour o’ the Borders, to be staged on Sunday, April 29, is a 70-mile ride,...
View ArticleLeigh tops recurve list
ARCHERS from Hawick-based Border Bowmen took part in the Lasswade double FITA 18 last weekend.This was a British record status tournament and the star of the day was Leigh Christie who won the ladies’...
View ArticleArchers hit the high spots in opener
ETTRICK Forest Archers kick-started their 2012 campaign on Sunday with the first club clout shoot of the season.Scoring was very high for so early in the year – yet still incredibly close. Mike Pearson...
View ArticleNewcastleton set for event
THE Borders is fast becoming one of Scotland’s leading cycling destinations and a new event in the south of the region is looking to boost that claim.Newcastleton is preparing to host its first ever...
View ArticleAround the region’s greens and rinks
ABBOTSFORDThe final stages of the Handicap Singles and the first rounds of the Pairs Tournament due to played last week were severely disrupted due to illness and unavailability, and have been...
View ArticleTweedlove needs you
ORGANISERS of the popular TweedLove Cycling Festival, in conjunction with Alpine Bikes, are looking for volunteers to help make the 10-day bike festival the best ever.Help is needed for all kinds of...
View ArticleAround the fairways
GALASHIELSBorderways Seniors Winter League: Winner, R. Johnson nett 31.THE WOLLWinter League (round 16): 1, S. Bell 38 points; 2, A. Brunton 36; 3, A. McNicol 36. Twos: S. Batchelor, R. Cowan, T....
View ArticleBerwickshire rule the roost in Duns tournament
BORDERS badminton players enjoyed a highly competitive action-packed day at the Duns tournament with more than 150 games being played between 23 girls and 31 boys from all over the region.Host coaches...
View ArticleSmith boys shoot to success at Arbroath
EARLSTON High School’s sporting all-rounder Martin Smithtook part in a triathlon at Arbro ath at the weekend.Having competed at senior level throughout the winter, the 14-year-old from Westruther was...
View ArticleOlympic hopeful Alice receives timely boost
GALASHIELS’ canoeist Alice Haining has been awarded £4,000 by the Rowan Boland Memorial Trust to help her achieve her Olympic dream.The grant is a four-year legacy to aid the talented teenager with...
View ArticleA lot to do in four minutes
INNERLEITHEN was the place to be at the weekend for the last of the Alpine-Bikes winter series, which was held in what can only be described as wintry weather, writes Ian Linton.Saturday saw practice...
View ArticleAlbert look for the mother of all turnrounds
THE last time they met, seven goals separated the two sides, writes John Slorance.Selkirk was the venue, the Scottish Cup was the occasion and Gala Fairydean demolished Hawick Royal Albert 8-1.On...
View ArticleThe sporting week ahead
GAMEKEEPERS STATUE & JUNIOR SHIELD: Sunday, March 11 – At Braidwood sporting clays, Midlem, entries close noon.EOS LEAGUE CUP FIRST ROUND: Saturday, March 10 – Whitehill Welfare v Vale of Leithen...
View ArticleBorderers keep their place as Robinson juggles side
The good news from a Borders perspective is that all five local players have retained their place in the starting XV for Scotland against Ireland in Dublin on Saturday, (kick-off 5pm).This is...
View ArticleJim set to swim off into the horizon
WHETHER he’s pulling off the cover to get the pool ready first thing early in the morning, giving a child the confidence to take that first nervous swim unaided or pelting some youngster with a...
View ArticleFresh plea in hunt for Innerleithen fireraiser
POLICE hunting a fireraiser say locals in Innerleithen know who is responsible, writes Bob Burgess.A car on the town’s Tweedside caravan park was torched in the early hours of Friday, February 17 and...
View ArticleStill game, set for match
A SEXTET of senior smashers are seeking opposition from around the Borders and beyond, writes Fiona Scott.There’s only one condition, however. Would-be applicants must be around the age of 70.Known...
View ArticleFrom Gait to Glen
DEVELOPERS look set to ditch plans to name a 500-home Galashiels estate after a rival Borders town.Persimmon Homes announced earlier this year that they would name their Easter Langlee site Melrose...
View ArticleCubbon hits dream drop goal to snatch victory at Milntown
Langholm 28Murrayfield Wanderers 27NATIONAL DIVISION ONEJOHN SMITH reports from MilntownA SUPERB drop goal by Langholm skipper Niall Cubbon grabbed a great win in the dying seconds at...
View ArticleSouth girls head to Murrayfield
South Barbarians 15Comm. School of Auchterardar 12BREWIN DOLPHIN U-15 GIRLS’ CUPSEMI-FINALBORDERS-based South Barbarians made it through to the final of the Brewin Dolphin Cup, to be played at...
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