Hawick new boy Frankie Robson has returned to Scotland after spells in New Zealand and Sheffield – and is looking forward to hitting the ground running in the Tennent’s Premiership with the Greens....
Hawick-raised rugby player Lisa Thomson turns 21 early next month – and she cannot wait to continue her exciting sporting journey at a new club this season. Recently centre Thomson – along with fellow Hawick girl Lana Skeldon – was named as one of eight contracted female players by Scottish Rugby....
Hawick head coach George Graham is looking to do some fine tuning to his side and wants the players to gain more momentum ahead of the competitive campaign in this weekend’s final pre-season friendly with Currie Chieftains. On Saturday, September 1, the real action begins with a mouth- watering clash against reigning champions Melrose in...
Throughout the open athletic season Hawick Sprint Club’s James Parker had been making his mark through some impressive running. Apart from notching up a win in the 100 metres invitation handicap at Hawick Games, Parker, however, had not triumphed in a major sprint event....
Waverley danced into the second round of the Border Cup with an eightsome reel at Wilton Lodge Park on Saturday. Hat-tricks from Dean McColm and Jordan Yardley as well as strikes from Taylor Hope and Grant Gass earned Waverley a win. Langholm came close to scoring in the opening exchanges when Ally Little fired narrowly...
More than 300 cyclists descended on Mansfield Park early on Sunday morning for the annual Ken Laidlaw Sportive. The event celebrates the achievements of Hawick legend, Ken, the first Scot to complete the Tour de France. ...
The Scottish Borders Battalion of the Boys’ Brigade returned to St Anne’s for this year’s annual summer camp, arriving on Saturday, August 11 at 2pm to find the advance party had erected the large marquee, the main social, eating and gathering place for the week. There was still more to do to get the camp...
Hawick new boy Ally Grieve is looking forward to helping the Greens this season and is excited ahead of the Tennent’s Premiership opener against his former club Melrose at Mansfield Park next month....
With Darlington Mowden Park being well coached by former Hawick man Garry Law and further down the line in terms of pre-season training, it was always going to be a tough test for new Greens skipper Shawn Muir....
Four Hawick players have just returned home from the SRU’s Schools of Rugby Under-16 tour to Nagasaki....
Morebattle Games brought an end to the Border Games circuit season. And what an end it turned out to be for Hawick as Teri peds shone on the Tofts running track in gaining wins as well as placings. It was indeed a fitting climax to a term in which runners have made a big impact...
Waverley made it two wins from two with victory over Jed Legion on Wednesday. Jaimie Richardson and Dean McColm were both on target in a 2-1 win. Hawick United, however, suffered a 3-0 defeat at Langholm Legion....
There was no surprise result, no upsetting of the odds, no David and Goliath act. As expected Hawick Royal Albert tumbled out of the Scottish Cup in this preliminary round clash at the hands of Bonnyrigg. But for a team that was more or less thrown together, this bunch of Albert players can hold their...
Fraser Renwick admits it was a very tough decision that he had to make to leave Hawick for Tennent’s Premiership rivals Watsonians ahead of the 2018/19 season. In recent years Scott McLeod, Ross Graham and Rory Hutton have all made the move from Mansfield Park to the Edinburgh outfit and this term hooker Renwick, 21,...
A 14-strong possee of Hawick Cycling Club members will hit the road in the first ever Doddie’5 Ride on Sunday. The charity cycling event aims to raise funds for the My Name’5 Doddie Foundation....
SRU Chief Executive Mark Dodson faced some fierce criticism from the majority of member clubs at the weekend’s AGM at Murrayfield. Dodson was tackled over the lack of clarity over his new Agenda 3 programme – which aims to form six semi-professional clubs in a separate league above a new amateur national set-up. ...