The home of the Duke and Duchess of Roxburghe, once again provided a stunning setting for the Floors Horse Trials.

Scottish Endurance Riding Club Borders held their annual two day event at the weekend.

HAWICK & WILTON, East Division 7, gave a good account of themselves against Division 1 St Boswells in last week’s Murgitroyd T20 match.

IT IS always a notable achievement for any young aspiring tennis player to be chosen to represent their school at firstteam level.

PEEBLES Netball hosted its annual festival for P7 girls in Tweeddale schools last week.

The world’s most successful downhill mountain biker will be at the Tweedlove cycling festival in Peeblesshire next week.

SIGNS of growth are sprouting across the verges of the Berwickshire highways and byways, but this ‘seasonal vegetation’ is man-made.

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Organisers of the Borders’ largest horse trials have raised the bar this year in a bid to put the Kelso event on the international map.

A SMALL school in the Borders can boast Scottish champions for the second year on the trot.

Hawick rider Hilary Mactaggart made a victorious start to the 2013 show season by winning the ridden hunter championship at Sunday’s inaugural City of Edinburgh show.

Selkirk kept up their 100 per cent record in East Division Five on Saturday with a three wicket victory over Boroughmuir II at Philiphaugh.

Gala got their East League Division Two campaign back on track when they recorded a seven wicket win over Clackmannan County at Alloa.

HAWICK entertained Clackmannan County 2nd XI in their third match of their East League Division 7 campaign.

IT WAS a busy day in the hills for some of the Moorfoot Runners last Saturday.

EVENTS over the past two weeks have seen Gala Harriers put through their paces at a variety of distances and terrains.

SKY TELEVISION are to screen the Premier League clash between north-eastern rivals Berwick Bandits (who are sponsored in 2013 by New Holland Agriculture) and Newcastle Sapphire Engineering Diamonds.

Unex Canaletto defied his 25-1 odds to land the Hunter Property Fund Management novices’ handicap hurdle race at Kelso yesterday for Langholm trainer James Ewart.

There was a bear in the Borders in the summer of 1986. Golfing legend Jack Nicklaus, known as the Golden Bear, demonstrated his skills to a party of London businessmen at The Glen House near Traquair.