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Driving along the A85, I could not see the mountains that I had been up. The heavy cumulus had closed in on the high lands – rain followed rain, a low ceiling creating a claustrophobic stronghold on my...
View ArticleBlack day for garden blackbirds
It’s been a week of ups and downs both weather-wise and personally. We’ve had the full gamut of seasonal and unseasonal weather thrown at us as spring tries frantically to leave winter behind.The first...
View ArticleCattle keep Allan contented in his work
A BEAUTIFUL place and good employers have helped a Borders tractorman stay working on the same farm for more than three decades.Mindrum Farm’s cattleman for five years and tractorman for the previous...
View ArticleRhinos to enter international arena
CONTINUING Selkirk Rhinos’ time-honoured touring tradition, the P7 players are off to Cumbria this weekend to attend an international tournament at Windermere.The trip consists of two days of rugby and...
View ArticleKings of the Sevens 2012
W R/U S/F Q/F PtsJed-Forest 1 1 0 0 17Melrose 0 0 1 1 8Heriots 0 1 0 0 7Edin Accies 0 0 0 2 6Gala 0 0 1 0 5Kelso 0 0 1 0 5Aberdeen 0 0 1 0 5Peebles 0 0 0 1 3Hawick 0 0 0 1 3Glas Hawks 0 0 0 1 3
View ArticleJed-Forest prove to be local heroes
ENGLISH champions Saracens may have won the 2012 Aberdeen Asset Management Melrose Sevens but Borders side Jed-Forest were the heroes.Kevin Amos’s 10 battled away through rain, hail and sunshine to get...
View ArticleFoundation’s Glasgow link
HAWICK’S Voice of Rugby has now been linked to the Emirates Airline Glasgow Sevens, which take place for the first time at Scotstoun Stadium next month.The Bill McLaren Foundation has been confirmed as...
View ArticleMelrose first to score a rankings double
AS I reported a few weeks ago, Melrose have retained the Scottish Hydro Electric trophy for the Most Successful Borders Team in the Premiership as a result of scoring the most points in the league this...
View ArticleSunday at Scremerston
ON SUNDAY the Kings of the Sevens bandwagon rolls over the Border to Scremerston where Berwick RFC will host their tournament (first tie 1pm).Draw: Kelso v Watsonians; Melrose v Gala; Edinburgh...
View ArticleWanderers stay home
WHILE most of Gala will be heading north up the A7 on Saturday to cheer on the senior team in their RBS Cup final a small pocket of dedicated players and supporters will be staying in the Borders.For...
View ArticleHawick Linden pipped at post in inaugural meeting
BERWICK RUGBY CLUB won Hawick Linden Inagural Sevens for the Life Members Cup on Saturday, defeating the home side 36-24 in the final.Berwick scored first but Linden replied with a fine run by Craig...
View Article2012 Semi-Junior Sevens table
W R/U S/F Q/F PtsGala Wands 3 1 0 1 40Selkirk YC 2 1 0 2 33Jed Thistle 0 0 3 2 21Kelso Quins 0 2 0 2 20Hawick PSA 0 0 2 2 16Melrose Wasps 0 1 1 1 15Hawick Wands 0 0 2 1 13Tynedale Colts 0 0 1 2...
View ArticleThird win keeps Gala Wanderers top of table
GALA WANDERERS claimed their third semi-junior sevens title of the season, winning the Hawick PSA/Wanderers tournament at Mansfield Park on Saturday.On their way to the final they beat Edinburgh BATs...
View Article‘Lights on, lights off and everything in between’
WHEN Gala RFC’s Steven Headspeath switches the lights out in the Netherdale changing rooms on Saturday night, the team he has followed all his life may be crowned Scottish Champions for the second...
View ArticleIslay Star shine out among the vets
GALA Star Vets and Islay RFC Vets combined forces to form the indestructible Islay Star team that cruised to victory in the Davidson Chalmers Melrose Vets Tournament on Friday.The Edinburgh-based...
View Article‘Victory made in Hawick’
RHC Cougars 26 Hawick YM 33NATIONAL DIVISION ONERob Hill reports from Royal High School“MADE in Hawick, for Hawick, by Hawick.”That was Jammie McFarlane’s description of his National League-winning...
View ArticleElectrical fault blamed for farm shed fire
FIREfighters took nearly three hours to make safe a farm shed containing fertilizer after a blaze near Gordon on Monday night.The Kelso crew were first on the scene to a tractor which had caught fire...
View ArticleBookshop shortlisted
AN AWARD-WINNING St Boswells book shop is a finalist in national awards to be announced next month.The Mainstreet Trading Company is on two shortlists of the prestigious 2012 Bookseller Industry Awards...
View ArticleComputer scam claims another local victim
POLICE say a resident living in the Kelso area is the latest Borderer to be ensnared in a computer scam.And a spokesman for the force has renewed calls for members of the public to be on their guard.“A...
View ArticleDouble whammy means no Easter holiday for Border Search and Rescue
A quiet start to the year for the Border Search and Rescue (BSAR) unit came to an abrupt end over the Easter break, with two call-outs in the space of a week. The first, on Wednesday April 4, took...
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