Congratulations to this years 2012 Standard Bearer elect Aaron Somerville and his lass Narelle Allan. Principal Guest speaker this year is Lady Catherine...

Leithen Rovers continued there very successful year by winning the South of Scotland Amateur Cup. The game wasn’t going there way for most of the first half as Pencaitland took and early lead and continued to pressure the Rovers by nearly making 2 before the break. Rovers came out in the second half with a bit more fight in there game and kept plugging away, they were rewarded by a penalty when the Pencaitland keeper brought down...

The 84th Peebles Rugby Seven’s were held at the Gytes on Sunday 29th April. The tournament this year was sponsored by Beatson’s Building Supplies. It was a bitterly cold day but a large crowd came out to cheer on some great rugby seven’s action.  Below is a gallery of shots from most of the games that were played. Share

Peebles Eastgate arts centre once again hosted the annual sports awards for the local sporting greats. As usual the hosts Tweeddale Sports Council put on a great event to entertain the very near capacity crowd of sportsmen and women, along with there family, friends and supporters. The purpose of the evening was to recognise the achievements of not only the local athletes but the coaches and volunteers in the Tweeddale area. Speaker for the...

Downhill is dead! Long live Downhill! Some people I have talked to recently (including industry insiders) have reckoned that Downhill is dead in favour of Enduro-type events. Whilst it’s true that Enduro has been increasing greatly in popularity, it was also true that the numbers certainly came out in force for the first SDA of the year at Innerleithen. Judging by the number of new Scalps on the hill, I am pretty sure that Nukeproof...