Another win for Robson
GALASHIELSA COLD damp night met the 18 riders taking part in Wednesday’s 10-mile time trial.Gary Robson rode away with another race win with David Johnston and Ian Pearson second and third...
View ArticleSouthern readers can help support ASP athletes
WE HOPE you have enjoyed TheSouthern’s weekly insight into the lives of our local athletes who are helped by the Borders Athlete Support Programme (ASP).As our weekly profiles come to a natural...
View ArticleMe and my sport – Week 32: Calum Magowan
Age: 14 but 15 in MayHome Town: PeeblesSport: CyclingDiscipline: Cross-country mountain bikingClub/Team: Peebles Cycling Club/Alpine BikesCoaches: Paul Newham and Richard LordBest moment in sport so...
View ArticleCunningham shoulders past the opposition
THE first of five rounds of the Scottish Downhill Series kicked off at Innerleithen last weekend, writes Ian Linton.Stow’s current British Champion Ruaridh Cunningham went under the surgeon’s knife at...
View ArticleNew manager for BBA
BBALAST year’s team manager will not be carrying on in 2012, but the association has secured the services of Robert Crawford in this role.The committee of the association wish him every success in the...
View ArticleThey’re the best in Tweeddale
THE great and the good or the Tweeddale sporting fraternity turned out in force on Friday night to honour achievements, both local and national, of the past 12 months.Hosted by the Tweeddale Sports...
View ArticleFRAMED IN TIME
We go back 20 years for Framed in Time this week and a visit to Gattonside.In June 1991, Gattonside Chain Bridge was closed to allow for refurbishment and strengthening work to take place. The then...
View ArticleGraeme in driving seat for Weavers
standard Bearer for 2012 for the Weavers’ Corporation is Graeme Bell, writes Sally Gillespie.The 43-year-old delivery driver was appointed by Deacon Keith Miller at the Corporation’s AGM on...
View ArticleMore than fair as Stuart cops plum Common Riding role
NORMALLY when Stuart Lunt has been attending Selkirk Common Riding, he has done so in his official capacity as an officer with Lothian and Borders Police, writes Mark Entwistle.However, this year will...
View ArticleKenny picks up flag the for Fleshers
FORMER abattoir worker, electrical mechanical engineer Kenny Robertson, is the Incorporation of Fleshers Standard Bearer for this year, writes Sally Gillespie. The enthusiastic Common Riding supporter...
View ArticleYetholm to be start of Scottish National Trail
KIRK Yetholm will be the start of a national trail through Scotland that is to open later this year, writes Sally Gillespie.TV presenter, writer and outdoors enthusiast Cameron McNeish was in the...
View ArticleFour contenders to attend Scott Prize ceremony
AT LEAST four of the six authors shortlisted for the £25,000 Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction will be at the Brewin Dolphin Borders Book Festival in person.Andrew Miller is already booked to...
View ArticleArchie McArthur
ENTHUSIASTS of Scotland’s national bard, Robert Burns, have lost one of their most venerable members with the death, at the age of 93, of Archie McArthur, from Kelso.He passed away last month in...
View ArticleCyclists put heart and puff into £9,000-plus fundraiser
THE £100-odd to be raised by a couple of cycling buddies turned into £9,000 and counting when nearly 90 people cycled the inaugural Tour de Lauder for charity on Saturday.Bikers in lycra on racers and...
View ArticleLandlords and brigade join forces to cut accidental house fires
AN initiative which aims to cut the number of accidental house fires in the Borders has been launched.The campaign, signed off at Galashiels Fire Station, includes an agreement involving Lothian and...
View ArticleBorders food events
Haddington Farmers’ Market, Court Street, Saturday April 28, 9am-1pmBerwick Farmers’ Market, The Maltings Art Centre, Sunday April 29, 10am-1:30pmDavid Hume Philosophy Dinner, Chirnside Hall Hotel,...
View ArticleFive minutes is all you knead for some lovely loaves
Oat and Molasses Bread475g (15oz) strong wholemeal flour; 2 tablespoons butter; ¼ plain or orange flavoured 1000mg vitamin C tablet; 1½ teaspoon salt; 4 teaspoons molasses sugar; 100g (3½oz) rolled...
View ArticleGone but not forgotten: clods, todgies and nackets
When Robert Burns described Scotland as “the land o’ cakes”, our national bard did not mean sweet fancies, but the flat, unleavened bannock or oatcake, baked on a girdle or bakestone. “In Scotland,...
View ArticleCouncillor backs new school site
Selkirkshire councillor Kenneth Gunn has joined in the chorus of approval to the news that a replacement site for Selkirk’s largest primary school is being formally sought by Scottish Borders Council,...
View ArticleAppeal after Scottish SPCA steps in to save guinea pigs
TWO guinea pigs dumped near a country road are now safe after being rescued by animal welfare officers, writes Mark Entwistle.The Scottish SPCA has appealed for information after the two small animals...
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