Craig Nichol rode Duke of Deception to a 7-1 win in the valuable £50,000 feature chase at Kelso races on Saturday. The eight-year-old made all and battled on gamely to score by half-a-length. “I got him into a nice rhythm,” said Nichol. “He’s in the form of his life and it was a career-best performance.”...
Nathan Bird of Hawick Boxing Club can be “proud” of the progress he is making after he won a silver medal in the Boxing Scotland Development Championships at the weekend....
A rugby player with local links will be touring with the famous All Blacks next month and could come up against Scotland....
Teri John Tullie was part of the victorious Scotland team that came top of the standings at the British Orienteering Veteran Home International event that took place in the forests near Aberfoyle....
Teenager Nathan Bird says he is “learning fast” after his first two competitive bouts and is looking forward to continuing to work hard as his boxing progresses....
William Brodie says he “couldn’t have asked for more” after being crowned Scottish enduro champion. The first officially sanctioned Scottish MTB Enduro Championships were held in the Sidlaw Hills on September 27 and 28 and the 21-year-old Teri, who suffered a broken wrist earlier in the year, was in fine form to get to the...
Former Hawick and Linden rugby player Gary Cairns has recently taken to running, culminating in a win at Kelso at the weekend. The 55-year-old finished first in the veterans’ 10k trail race at Floors Castle on Sunday....
Ross Macleod finished off his outdoor archery season with a good win in Falkirk followed up by representing the East of Scotland down south. The summer campaign had started way back in April with a St George event (three dozen shots at 100, 80 and 60 yards) when Ross scored 796 points to finish third...
Rhys Tait says it was a “great” experience to skipper Doncaster Knights to a pre-season victory over Edinburgh Rugby at Hive Stadium last Friday. With Edinburgh playing two matches that night – against the Knights and another English Champ Rugby side Ealing Trailfinders – many in the stands were keeping an eye on the up-and-coming...
Lewis Hislop was crowned champion jockey for the season, while Panic Attack lifted the top horse title, following the Hawick Horse Racing Association’s (HHRA) finale fixture at the Moor on Sunday....
Hot on the heels of a milestone 1,000 British victories, Jason Hart completed a quickfire at Newcastle last Thursday. He rode Winter Flower to win the opening fillies novice stakes, and half-an-hour later was back in the winner’s enclosure after riding Daring Leader to victory in the middle-distance handicap....
Teri jockey Jason Hart completed a century this year – and 1,000 British victories – after winning the fillies handicap at York on Rhapsody....
Teries Lana Skeldon and Lisa Thomson have been hailed as “brilliant players” who have played a key role in helping Scotland reach Sunday’s Women’s Rugby World Cup quarter-final....
Fit-again Lana Skeldon and fellow Teri Lisa Thomson will start for quarter-final-bound Scotland tomorrow (Saturday) in their Women’s Rugby World Cup Pool B decider against Canada in Exeter....
Hawick lost a bruising Borders derby on Saturday at Poynder Park and must be wondering how they fell to their second league game defeat in a row. The Greens looked comfortable at 10-0 before Kirk Ford was stretchered off with a nasty ankle injury and newcomer Zach Lewis was wide with a penalty which would...
After their last two matches were called off – one by the opposition and Saturday’s due to no referee – Hawick Legion got back on to the pitch on Tuesday night....
