Hawick’s Hair burns Holy Cross
Hawick and Wilton beat Holy Cross III by 112 runsEAST DIVISION LEAGUE EIGHTSTUART Hair picked up five wickets for just 10 runs as Hawick trounced Holy Cross at Campbell Park.Hawick made 157 from their...
View ArticleWilson’s huge ton secures impressive Kelso win
Kelso beat Peebles County by 177 runsEAST LEAGUE DIVISION FOURKelso captain Dougie Wilson scored his second century in as many weeks as he helped Kelso to a huge win at Peebles. The Tweedsiders...
View ArticleBraw Lads shock ’Sonians
Gala beat Watsonians by 92 runsESCA PRESIDENTS TROPHY SECOND ROUNDA KNOCK of 79 by captain Stevie Halls put Gala into the quarter-finals after a great win at Myreside.Taking on a team from East League...
View ArticleCopshaw hit them for six
In AN exciting finish to the Langholm CC Sixes which took place in fine, sunny weather at the Castleholm, Copshaw beat the Academy by one run.In the first round, Academy beat Buccleuch Estates and the...
View ArticleWetherall weathered
Langholm won the Two Innings Junior League Cup match at Wetherall last Sunday by 17 runs.Langholm opened the batting and made 136 for 3 in the first innings from 20 overs.Wetherall finished on 127 for...
View ArticleBoland thumps 84 for rampant Gala
Gala beat Livingston by 120 runsEAST LEAGUE DIVISION THREEGala maintained their position at the top of Division Three with another comfortable victory.Put into bat, captain Stevie Halls was in no mood...
View ArticleMaroons give themselves a pat on the back
GEORGE Graham JNR picked up two awards as Gala RFC celebrated their most successful season for decades.The scrum half, son of Gala’s influential coach of the same name, received the Edwin Garrett...
View ArticleThorburn at the double in JCR
DUNS driver Euan Thorburn had a weekend to remember as he claimed two Jim Clark Rally titles.Thorburn cruised to his first victory in the National Rally, before he shook off the bridesmaid mantle to...
View ArticleTurf Talk: Quality counts in midweek fixtures
WE’RE not short on quantity of racing this Wednesday though the more quantitative quality is just around the corner.But Royal Ascot is next week and until then there are still some interesting races...
View ArticleBus company’s £50,000 theft loss won’t hit services
The theft of tools with an estimated value of £50,000 from a bus depot in Jedburgh will not impact on services delivered under contract to Scottish Borders Council, writes Andrew Keddie.A council...
View ArticleBorders rugby players earn Scotland under-20 caps
GALA’S Gary Graham and Jed-Forest’s Andrew Nagle have joined the list of Scotland under-20 cap holders after the Borders pair represented their country in the IRB Junior World Championship being staged...
View ArticleGraveside theft ‘sickening’
HEARTLESS thieves have stolen lights from the graveside of three babies at Wairds Cemetery, near MelroseThe bereaved parents of the Selkirk siblings who died in 2010 had placed the six solar-powered...
View ArticleFairley flapping double at Hawick Common Riding race meetings
FATHER and son Andrew and Greg Fairley celebrated the return to the saddle of the latter with a win apiece in the feature races at the two day Hawick Common Riding meeting.Held at Hawick Mair last...
View ArticleDetermined development
THERE was a large turnout of players, members and parents at Langholm rugby club last Friday evening to celebrate it becoming the first Borders Positive Coaching Scotland club in association with the...
View ArticlePeterborough returns
EARLSTON & DISTRICTEIGHT members of the club sent 121 birds to Peterborough (race sponsor The Dryburgh Arms), liberated at 8.20am into a south-west wind. Results: 1, 5, 6, A. Simpson 1184.46; 2, 3...
View ArticleDolphinston event goes swimmingly
ORGANISERS of the Oxnam Hall Gymkhana have thanked the Scott family for hosting this year’s gymkhana at Dolphinston Farm.The day was fine and dry if rather cold, however everyone enjoyed themselves....
View ArticleAround the region’s greens
ABBOTSFORDTHE A team played Melrose at home in what is normally a close encounter, but Abbotsford got off to a good start and never looked back, winning 103–56.In a close game against Waverley,...
View ArticleMurray drops out of medal race at Morpeth open
MICHAEL MURRAY from Border Bowmen took part in the Morpeth Archers’ 24th open tournament.This competition took the format of a double York round. Saturday was wet and windy, but Murray managed to score...
View ArticleClubs benefit as Maurice leaves £2.45M
MAURICE Gordon, pictured, the unassuming doyen of sports reporting in Peeblesshire who died last October aged 62, has left £2.45million in his will.And local sports clubs have benefited from his...
View ArticleUltra charitable move by race organisers
ENDURANCE athletes from around the country will be helping the Borders’ first palliative care unit take another giant step towards completion later this year.Entries are already coming in for the first...
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