Reivers pair are picked for vet squad
REIVERS hockey veterans Paul Conkie and Colin Stockdale (pictured) have again been picked for the Scotland over-45 squad.This year they will not have to travel abroad as the home internationals are in...
View ArticleLivingston claims Yarrow Trophy as Boertien is aggregate winner
EASTER Sunday and Easter Eggs were the theme for the competition and prizes at Braidwood for last weekend’s Yarrow Trophy event.After the wintry conditions earlier in the week, things improved...
View ArticleBig push by relay women
Gala Harrier seniors had a good turnout of men and women at Livingston for the annual National Road Relays.Female teams need four to count and, unlike last year when it clashed with Mothers Day, two...
View ArticleScholarship gives Atkinson a boost for Brick & Steel Ecosse campaign
AN aspiring young Borders rally driver has been named as joint winner of a prestigious new scholarship run by RSAC Motorsport, in conjunction with the Brick & Steel Ecosse Challenge.Callum Atkinson...
View ArticleSwimmers on crest of a wave with flood of medals
THERE’S just no stopping the Borders Elite Swim Team (BEST), writes Fiona Scott.Alex Jordan’s squad have just returned from Sunderland having excelled at the 2012 Scottish National Age Group...
View ArticleBowling
GALASHIELSTHE new season is nearly here and the club will have the opening day on Saturday 21 April 2012.A good turn out of members would be appreciated and for catering purposes those members...
View ArticleVictory takes Selkirk to top of table
IN THE last match of the Lothian Shoulder to Shoulder league, Selkirk Rifle Club won the match against Pathhead by a decent margin to equal current leaders Balerno and Currie’s points total.In this...
View ArticleHot competition in cold conditions
GALASHIELSIT WAS a cold evening for the 11 riders who braved the first 10-mile TT held this year. A fast Jim Logan came in in 23 minutes 34seconds for his first race win.Results: 1, J. Logan 23.34; 2...
View ArticleDanielle takes trophy in South of Scotland event
Twelve girls from the Borders and Dumfries and Galloway played in the South of Scotland Girls Golf Association Spring Medal held on Sunday at Thornhill Dumfriesshire.Danielle Ker (Roxburghe), won with...
View ArticleMountain bike bonanza on way to Borders
INNERLEITHEN is gearing up for a major mountain biking coup this summer.From June 14 to 17 the iXS European Downhill Cup rolls into town for the only UK round of Europe’s premier downhill mountain bike...
View ArticleHawick sport science student wins Olympic football role
A HAWICK student is looking to make her mark on the Olympics this summer after gaining a place on the organising team.Former high school pupil Samantha Nichol, 21, will help co-ordinate the football...
View ArticleMarauding Murray leaves Melrose on a high note
WHAT better way to end a playing career spanning more than 30 years than to win Scotland’s Premier League title, writes Fiona Scott.That was how former Scotland international centre/wing Cammie Murray...
View ArticleBill’s trained 2,000 youngsters – an ice lifetime achievement
TRAINING 2,000-plus children to skate is no mean feat – and taking classes at nearly 90 is quite an achievement too.But then Bill Watt set up the club where he teaches himself. Border Ice Skating Club...
View ArticleThe sporting week ahead
EOS PREMIER DIVISION: Saturday, April 14 – – Selkirk v Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale; Vale of Leithen v Spartans (2.30pm). Wednesday, April 18 – Vale of Leithen v Whitehill Welfare (6.45pm).EOS FIRST...
View ArticleBlaikie hoping to keep Kelso fired up
Kelso United have blown hot and cold throughout the season.Last Saturday, though, the Tweedsiders turned up the heat to the full in gaining a highly impressive win over Berwick Rangers Reserves at...
View ArticleQuestion of Taste host launches new book
Editor of inhouse magazine Waitrose Kitchen and co-host of the BBC2 series A Question of Taste, William Sitwell, launches his first book, A History of Food in 100 Recipes, today.To celebrate, Sitwell...
View ArticleSchool’s out – and it’s for good
IT WAS the end of an era when the old Caddonfoot school closed.The small primary shut its gates for the final time at the end of March after 137 years.Past and present pupils and staff held a final...
View ArticleKelso pub’s CAMRA win praised in Parliament
KELSO’S Cobbles Inn has been praised in the Scottish Parliament for winning the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) award for the Borders Pub of the Year. In a motion, local Conservative MSP John Lamont...
View ArticlePraise for ‘loyal and stable’ staff
Scottish Borders Council honoured the long service of staff at two ceremonies on Friday.Around 200 employees attended the two sessions which were hosted by outgoing convener and employee council...
View ArticleCamper van site for Common Haugh
A HAWICK councillor has demanded that a camper van site in a town car park is not enclosed. Ron Smith made the comments as Scottish Borders Council’s planning committee backed the introduction of a...
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