Golf
GALASHIELSTWENTY TWO teams took part in a new format on Saturday for the 9-hole pairs competition.Each team nominated a player to play the front or back nine and the combined scores created a completed...
View ArticleSmith to compete at Windsor
WESTRUTHER sporting all-rounder Martin Smith, pictured, has been chosen to represent Scotland in a junior tetrathlon competition at the Royal Windsor Horse Show in May.Competitors will shoot in the...
View ArticleReivers on attack at JK International
members of the Roxburgh Reivers were part of the organising team on the first day of the JK International Orienteering Event, the largest annual UK competition, hosted by Scotland this year.Day one was...
View ArticleJefferson and Weir end season with a win
DURING the last week of the indoor bowling season the remaining finals at Tweedbank started with the senior pairs.Dan Higgs and Mike Dillon faced Jack Jefferson and David Weir. In the first two ends,...
View ArticleEarlston club together for pavilion opening
TO SOME it felt as though it would never happen, but on Sunday Earlston Bowling Club members stood back and admired the fruits of their labour.The new nine-metre by five-metre pavilion had finally been...
View ArticleWhirl of activity as Vale get new chief
There are no records that Innerleithen was hit by a tornado last week.However there are records that the town’s football club, Vale of Leithen was hit by a whirlwind of activities, indeed the kind that...
View ArticleNetherdale selectors keep faith with semis squad
SELECTING a team is difficult at the best of times but for Gala RFC coaches George Graham and Scott Nichol this week, the task reached well beyond the challenging when they were deciding which 22...
View ArticleMaroons hope for Gala day as cup excitement starts to build
IT might be 13 years since Gala last got their hands on the Scottish cup but they will arrive at Murrayfield on Saturday in much the same upbeat mood as in 1999.With the pre-match build-up gathering...
View ArticleFuel theft warning
POLICE are appealing for information following a spate of thefts in Selkirk’s Dunsdale Road and Riverside industrial areas over the weekend.Thieves tried to steal fuel from three timber lorries in a...
View ArticleThe importance of branding should not be underestimated
With the announcement of the winners of this year’s Scottish Borders Business Excellence Awards last month and victory for Borders Vintage Automobile Club in the Marketing Campaign of the Year Award,...
View ArticleToasting firm’s tenacity
THE owners of empty shops in Borders towns should be more flexible in the lease conditions they demand from potential tenants.That is the view of Gillian Morgan who, with her business partner Lesley...
View ArticleLaw changes aimed at boosting employment
LEGAL changes which will affect employers and employees in the Borders and all over the UK came into force on Good Friday.In essence, the UK Government has changed the qualifying period for protection...
View ArticleCountry house prices in region continue to rise
THE Borders is bucking the national trend in terms of prime house prices, according to Lauder-based top-of-the-range estate agents Knight Frank.According to the firm’s latest property index, prices of...
View ArticleHardies on board for new rail link
Hardies Property and Construction Consultants in Galashiels have announced that they have been appointed to provide health and safety consultancy services to the new Galashiels Transport Hub which is...
View ArticlePatrols stepped up after needle find in Selkirk
POLICE and community wardens in Selkirk are stepping up their patrols in and around the town’s Glebe Park after hypodermic needles were discovered during the first week of the Easter school holidays,...
View ArticleWilliam aims to serve up a taste of history in St Boswells
THE earliest recipe for bread discovered in an ancient Egyptian tomb, a mention of Vikings buying dried fish before a raid and the first written mention of tomato being used in a recipe.These were just...
View ArticleBorders businesses show real vision
Four businesses have won prizes in a special award scheme to highlight companies that do more to help blind and partially-sighted people.The Go Shop Awards scheme – launched by the Royal National...
View ArticleEarlston altercation
TWO local men, aged 31 and 24, have been charged with allegedly committing a breach of the peace following an altercation in Queensway, Earlston, at around 7pm on Sunday evening. A police report is...
View ArticleRules set for Selkirkshire hustings meeting
THE six candidates seeking election to the Selkirkshire ward at the Scottish Borders Council elections on Thursday, May 3, will take part in a hustings meeting later this month, writes Andrew...
View ArticleVote in council elections, even if not for Conservatives, says leader Davidson
SCOTTISH Conservatives leader Ruth Davidson has urged Borderers to vote in the council elections – even if it was not for her party.Fears have grown that the turnout could sink to 25 per cent across...
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