Hawick Boxing Club was back at Ravenscraig for the second weekend running – this time for the finals of the Scottish Novices Championships....
Hawick Legion started their league game against Langlee well and finished well – it was the bit in between that hurt. For most of the rest of the game, Legion were nowhere to be seen....
Teviotdale’s star bowler Julie Forrest qualified for the semi-finals of the Thomas Taylor Bowls Ladies National Singles championship at the weekend – successfully negotiating her way past four dangerous opponents. ...
It was like the Hawick ‘of old’ at Mansfield Park on Saturday with a powerful lesson for their Super Six opponents. The Greens showed no respect for reputations as they swept to victory with five tries and a second win bonus of the season. The performance, and not just the result, personified golden years of...
Three tries in the final half hour landed Linden a bonus point victory in the top of the table clash with Langholm at the Volunteer Park. In a game that always had the big crowd on edge, there was little between the teams and in the end it was the home team’s ruthlessness that proved...
Early in the second period of this East of Scotland League Conference encounter it appeared as if the game was going to die a death. After having failed to put wind advantage to use during the opening 45 minutes, Hawick Royal Albert were three goals down and out of it....
A trio of Teries were certainly kicking it at last weekend’s Professor Chang Ung Cup – the largest international Taekwondo competition in the UK. The three local martial arts students were a big hit at the event, bringing home a clutch of medals – four golds, a silver and a bronze....
Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend has praised the “excellent” Darcy Graham – and wants the Hawick flyer to grab his opportunity when he trains with the national squad in the coming weeks....
The Greens were washed away in monsoon conditions at Millbrae as top-of-the- table Ayr stormed to victory. The game was over as a contest by half-time with Hawick 21-7 down – Andrew Mitchell’s impressive score, converted by Lee Armstrong, the only positive for George Graham’s men....
Quins overcame a 13-point deficit to beat Duns with a last-minute Rory Smith try and a Dean Gillan conversion. The win came on the back of the club’s first home loss in over 18 months two weeks prior to this game and the small crowd that braved the conditions were treated to a closely fought...
Forward power and scrum superiority in particular laid the foundations for a convincing bonus point victory that took the Linden back to the top of East League 2. No8 Graham Colville took full advantage of his pack’s dominance over Edinburgh Uni Medics helping himself to three excellent tries from short range scrums. In wet conditions,...
Denholm downhill racer William Brodie has a fourth win on the trot firmly in his sights. Hot on the wheels of his Scottish Downhill Association championship win in Fort William on September 2, William rode to victory in the Borders Mini DH round 5 in Dunkeld then again in the UK National Downhill Series round...
Torrential rain may have dogged the Waddell Cup tie between Legion and Berwick, but the elements failed to dampen the enthusiasm of the players. Despite the deluge, both sides gave excellent accounts of themselves....
Twelve months after his last trip Down Under, Nakeeta was back en route to Australia at the weekend for his Hawick-born trainer Iain Jardine. His target race this time is the $500,000 Moonee Valley Cup at the end of the month....
Hawick coach George Graham wore a wry smile after his side’s first win of the season on Saturday, but deep down the result also hurt. Already with a depleted squad, Graham’s injury list stretched out like a never-ending piece of string, with two of the squad possibly sidelined for most of the season....
Despite the obvious disappointment with the 33-33 full-time score, the Under-18 boys can be very proud of their endeavours in what is a traditionally hard fixture away to Wasps....