A group of fearless Hawick freestyle fitness freaks indulged in a weekend of mud and glory by winning medals galore at the toughest obstacle race in Scotland. The Energise Obstacle Race near Kilmarnock in Ayrshire last weekend attracted 156 entrants, but it was two Hawick men who finished in first and second place. And two...
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Hawick rugby supporters watched in agony, but hope, as their favourites went down to Ayr last Saturday at Mansfield Park. The agony was seeing their team lose their eighth successive BT Premiership match, but hope that new head coach, George Graham, aided by backs coach Darren Cunningham, can turn their fortunes around. The ‘wounded animal’,...
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Stuart Hogg has been included the Scotland squad for next month’s autumn Test series after scoring on his return to action for Glasgow Warriors last weekend. The full-back from Hawick showed flashes of his talent on his return to the Glasgow team after four months out, scoring a try in Saturday’s European Champions Cup defeat...
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A group of ten Teviotdale Harriers were the toast of the Dramathon last weekend, returning with victories, unique medals, memories and whisky aplenty. Rory Anderson, Bruce Hughes, Derek Scott and Greg Walker became the inaugural Dramathon marathon relay champions in Dufftown, winning by an amazing 20 minutes, while Craig Grieve and Alan Inglis made it...
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In a game which was switched from Wilton Lodge Park to the 3G surface of the Volunteer Park, Hawick United booked themselves a place in the second round of the South of Scotland Cup. “We stuttered a bit in the first half, but were a lot more focussed in the second,” United manager Geo Shepherd...
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More than 200 primary school children competed on a muddy Denholm Green at last Friday’s Denholm Cup. Howdenburn, Parkside, Ancrum, Lilliesleaf, Denholm, Drumlanrig, Burnfoot, Wilton, Trinity and Stirches all took part in competitions split between the P4/5 and P6/7 age groups. In the P4/5 section it was Drumlanrig 1 who met Drumlanrig 2 in the...
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Nine teams and more than 400 children took part in Hawick Mini Rugby’s fantastic tournament at Mansfield Park. Joint co-ordinator Laura Halliday received positive feedback from parents after Sunday’s tournament, and was delighted to see the host club reaching the final at every age group. Hawick won the P3 and P4 competitions and were finalists...
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Hawick Boxing Club came away with mixed results from the Scottish Novice Championships at Ravenscraig. Marcus Brogan will contest the final at his weight this weekend after rounding off Hawick’s weekend on a high with victory in his semifinal last Sunday. After quarter-final defeats for Corey Hunter, Ewan Thomas and Darren Todd the previous day,...
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Before this BT East League Division 2 match began, Gala YM were only a point behind Hawick Linden with a game in hand. But the Royal Blues got back to winning ways in convincing style thanks to a ruthless first-half performance which put the game well and truly to bed as they racked up a...
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Hawick Waverley maintained their unbeaten run for the season and advanced into the second round of the South of Scotland Amateur Cup with a 3-0 victory over Tweeddale Rovers at Wilton Lodge Park. Dean McColm grabbed the Waverley’s first with a headed goal on the quarterhour mark and, with 26 minutes gone, Grant Gass put...
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Following their triumph in the Football Nation Qualifying Cup the previous week, Hawick Royal Albert were hoping to pull off a similar winning result in this South of Scotland Challenge Cup clash. But Albert ended up on the wrong end of the result and had a man sent off after a row with a teammate....
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The head greenkeeper at Minto Golf Club has received an award from the club after 20 years of service. Paul Cranston began working at the golf course in 1997, and the club marked his 20th anniversary with the presentation of a clock – just three days before he went to Borders General Hospital for a...
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New Hawick head coach George Graham insists it is the players who will get the Greens out of relegation trouble, but warned them that it will only happen if they make a “sacrifice” to get the club out of trouble. Speaking ahead of his first match in charge, against Ayr at Mansfield Park tomorrow, the...
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Hawick conceded another ten tries and fell to their seventh defeat on the spin in the BT Premiership against Boroughmuir last Saturday, the heavy loss resulting in George Graham being promoted to head coach just 24 hours later. After this latest setback Darren Cunningham, who was head coach until the weekend, Graham and president John...
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A few weeks ago he was enjoying a break from rugby, taking the chance to watch his sons play without being involved himself. Now, George Graham finds himself in the pressurecooker position of head coach at Mansfield Park, trying to navigate a path to safety for a Hawick team deep in the relegation mire. Just...
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Hawick Force’s winning run came to an end on the short trip to Philiphaugh last Friday night in this league fixture against Selkirk. Man-of-the-match was the impressive 18-year-old hooker Callum Renwick, making his first appearance in senior rugby off the bench for the second half. He carried hard and tackled like a seasoned campaigner and...
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