Judo taster sessions
FOCUS JUDO will be holding taster sessions for primary school kids at the Focus Centre in Galashiels today and tomorrow.These sessions are organised through the Active Schools Programme and will be the...
View ArticleFjordhus young guns to the fore in friendly
Fjordhus Reivers Men 4Dunfermline City 1FRIENDLYIT WAS a new-look Fjordhus Reivers that took to the pitch at Tweedbank on Saturday.Missing a few of the old regulars, new captain Jonathan Fletcher was...
View ArticleSouth vaulters fly GB flag in Europe
THE South of Scotland Select Team arrived home from the European Championships in Pezinok, Slovakia, having had an amazing experience representing Great Britain.Stacey Macpherson, Lucy Younger, Shannon...
View ArticleEarlston courts success
EARLSTON Tennis Club’s £220,000 new facilities are due to be officially opened on Sunday.David Marshall, president of Tennis Scotland, will do the honours at a special ceremony.The afternoon starts at...
View ArticleBackley to inspire local sports coaches
FORMER Olympic javelin thrower and renowned motivational author, Steve Backley OBE, will be the keynote speaker at the Borders Sports and Leisure Scottish Borders Coaching Conference to be held on...
View ArticleMoorfeet take titles
PEEBLES athletes Sarah McCormack and Scout Adkin went the distance in the recent Scottish 10k Road Race Championships, held in Stirling on Sunday. The Moorfoots duo scooped a championship double, Sarah...
View ArticleNew club looks to build bright future for Borders hockey
FJORDHUS REIVERS celebrated the formation of the new club and the Festival of Sport last week by holding an open evening in the form of a tournament.Some 150 players took to the tiger turf on Thursday...
View ArticleBandits burn Witches
Berwick Bandits 55Ipswich Witches 39PREMIER LEAGUEREVENGE was sweet for for the Berwick Bandits on Saturday night when victory soothed the sores caused by being turfed out of the Knockout Cup by their...
View ArticleMuckle celebrations
LANGHOLM cricket club celebrated their first season over the Border in the Eden Valley League with promotion to Division Two, and they held an enjoyable end-of-season awards dinner in the clubrooms...
View ArticleMoffat and Scott have a bonzer day
FITTINGLY, Sunday’s Aussie Pairs competition, held at Earlston Bowling Club, was played out in brilliant sunshine, apart from one short, sharp shower that had the large contingent of competitors...
View ArticleAGM set for tonight
APOLOGIES to anyone who believed the recent report in these columns that stated the date of the Border Ice Rink Curling AGM as last week – such an event coming on the eve of the tup sale would almost...
View ArticleTeri torpedos hit their mark to grab overall Borders Junior League title
FOLLOWING on from their success at the Kelso Meet earlier in the month, where Hawick ASC won 42 individual medals, 32 relay medals, the overall winners’ trophy and the Relay Cup, the club were again in...
View ArticleAround the region’s fairways
GALASHIELSA STRONG wind made scoring difficult for the 70 entrants in this year’s Gala Open.Yet again, greenkeeper Colin Finlay had the course at its best for this event. David Gillie’s excellent par...
View ArticleBorder Bowling Senior League
Results: Gala 43 Jedburgh 56; Kelso 43 Gala 64; Abbotsford 37 Wilton 65; Peebles 62 Newtown 52; Buccleuch 67 Kelso 39; Hawick 55 Selkirk/Ettrick Forest 77. P W L D Diff PtsWilton 17 13 4 0 +247 26...
View ArticleParalympic paradise at Tweedbank centre
ALMOST 100 children from 17 Borders schools enjoyed a taste of a multitude of sports at the Paralympic Multisport Festival held by Borders Sport and Leisure at the Tweedbank Sports Centre in Galashiels...
View ArticleKnock back for Knock Knowe project
IT may have had the backing and support of television’s Kevin McCloud, presenter of the popular Grand Designs series, but planners this week still knocked back an appeal over their previous refusal to...
View ArticleCash donation helps charity continue offering homeless a Fresh Start
A Border charity which helps the homeless move into new homes has been donated £2,300 by the Eildon Trust.The organisation provides starter packs of basic household essentials to clients as they move...
View ArticleDrugs danger warning
POLICE are probing how a quantity of prescription drugs were stolen from a house in Allars Crescent in Hawick town centre.And officers have warned that Gabapentin and Propranolol tablets are dangerous...
View ArticleHow Peebles pub chat led to discovery of a king’s capital
Two Border archeologists may have discovered the capital of a lost Dark Age kingdom, following a chat over a pint in a Peebles pub. Dr Chris Bowles of Innerleithen and Dr Ronan Toolis of Eddleston, met...
View ArticleBorders science fest set to launch with a bang
Visitors to Melrose this week can’t help but have noticed the striking display boards at Melrose Rugby Club and the adjacent St Mary’s School. These huge images are a celebration of Scottish science on...
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