Former Hawick head coach and Scotland winger Nikki Walker played from the start, with the evergreen Garry Douglas on the bench, in an eight-try victory for the Force at Mansfield Park....
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A convincing win for the Linden in their first match under the Volunteer floodlights a week past Thursday moved them up to third place in East League 2, albeit having played two more games than Langholm....
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Ten Hawick players, a coach and two members of the medical team played a significant role in Tuesday’s 40-24 victory for the South of Scotland over Caledonia Reds at Bridgehaugh....
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Iain Jardine has high hopes for Nakeeta ahead of the Melbourne Cup on Tuesday, when the Hawick trainer hopes to make history in one of the world’s most prestigious flat races. Already the first Scottish trainer to be represented in the Flemington showpiece, he is also aiming to be the first from Britain to saddle...
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There’s still life in the Greens as they go into the final furlongs in the BT Premiership, but with the last game not until March 3, ironically against Melrose in Saturday’s return fixture, the performance in defeat on Saturday at The Greenyards provided an aura of optimism for the future. Hawick won the second half...
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Hawick High U-16s are in the semi-final of the Scottish Schools Plate competition after a hard fought 21-15 victory over Preston Lodge High School at the Volunteer Park on Tuesday.
Brothers Gareth and Glen Welsh both scored secondhalf tries to give Hawick Force a bonus-point win after a very poor first-half performance at Hartreemill. Coach Dean McCracken was pleased with the result, but expressed “concern” about his team’s attitude in the first half. It took a stern half-time team talk from coaches McCracken and Dean...
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Five Greens players will start for South of Scotland against Caledonia Reds at Stirling on Tuesday, with five more on the bench. Lee Armstrong starts at centre, with Matt Carryer and Nick Little in the front row and Guy Graham and Bruce McNeil in the back row. Last year in the corresponding fixture at Riverside...
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Hawick Harlequins took full advantage of North Berwick’s rest day by recording a big win over Dunbar to jump to the top of BT East League 1. Quins started well and it was not long before Ross Nichol dived in at the corner for the opening try, converted by Adam Hall. Good defence from Quins...
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Hawick Boxing Club returned from the Scottish Novice Championships at Ravenscraig with an impressive haul of one gold and two silver medals. Marcus Brogan won the schoolboy 65kg title with a unanimous victory over Kieran Bergin from The Barn Boxing Club, and there were silvers for Dylan Grieg and Tomasz Lybyk. “What a great day...
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For the second week in succession Hawick United moved their game from Wilton Lodge Park to the 3G surface of the Volunteer Park. And for the second week in succession the Tangerines chalked up a winning result – it was United’s fifth victory in a row. It was a triumph that Geo Shepherd’s side had...
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Hawick Waverley were caught cold, losing their 100 per cent record for the season in a 2-2 draw away to bottom-of-the-table Coldstream Amateurs. Indeed, it took a last minute goal from Jason Inglis to save the Border Amateur League Division A leaders from a shock defeat at Home Park. Coldstream came flying out of the...
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The winner of Hawick Horse Racing Association’s thoroughly entertaining pony series for 2017 has been presented with her prize. A total of ten young riders competed in the series at Hawick Moor, culminating in Frances Cromarty winning by only a head in the very last race of the year. She has been presented with a...
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After a successful season on the flapping circuit, Hawick’s Sean Huggan is mixing it this week with some of the best racehorses and jockeys in the world at the Breeders Cup. The 22-year-old work rider escorted Godolphinowned Ribchester on the flight to the States last week and is in California looking after the Irish contender...
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Teviotdale Harriers enjoyed plenty of success at Sunday’s Jedburgh Running Festival. Anna Galbraith emerged victorious in the women’s 10k race, Lisa Welsh competed in her first race for the club and Bruce Hughes smashed his PB in the halfmarathon. On a glorious late October day that was ideal for distance running, hundreds of competitors lined...
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He has been head coach at Mansfield Park for just over a week, but George Graham is out to make a lasting impression. Whether he, along with backs coach Darren Cunningham, rescue Hawick from the bottom of the BT Premiership remains to be seen, but his devotion to the task in hand is a challenge...
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