General news from the club
BORDER REIVERS v CRAIGSHILL XCITE There are always close games when these two teams meet; and after Xcite’s victory at their own patch in Livingston before Christmas the Border Reivers got payback this time. In the first rubbers, Reivers Veteran Iain Laing took a hard fought victory against an opponent over 30 years his junior …
ABERCORN 12v3 BORDER REIVERS The Border Reivers were brought back down to earth this week after there clean sweep victory over Grange 5s last week. The Reivers were without a couple of key players and Abercorn team all played well on the same night.Reivers Captain Del Sharratt lost the first match 3-0 to Daniel Taylor, …
BORDER REIVERS v GRANGE 5The new reduced East of Scotland League season got underway. Grange 5 had beaten Border Reivers to win the league just before Christmas and condemn the Borderers to 2nd place. So the Borderers were looking for retribution to get the new season off to a flier, Iain Laing 3-0 Maximillian BorkSeasoned …
CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP SHIELD TOURNAMENT 2021 Del Sharratt 3-2 Amir Hosny (16-14, 15-13, 12-15, 11-15, 17-15). An awesome match that lasted the best part of an hour saw Club Captain Del Sharratt take the Scalp of Amir Hosny. Amir is a student who splits his time between studying and the courts and has won this trophy …
GRANGE 5s v BORDER REIVERS This match would decide the East of Scotland League 4 Champions. Grange 5s went into the match top of the table but only ONE point ahead of the Border Reivers. Both teams fancied their chances and there were plenty of twists and turns in the match. Games (Reivers Players first) …
CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP 2021 FINAL Reigning Club Champion Tony Elliot was aiming for 4 titles in a row against a rejuvenated Iain Laing. Laing previously won the championship in 1999 and 2002 and after a 14 year absence from squash was back to the top of his game.Tony’s path to the final had been fairly straight …
BORDER REIVERS 18-4 DEAN 2s The Border Reivers triumphed in all 5 rubbers in this match; which was an amazing result considering at one stage Del Sharratt was 2-1 down, and Jordan Reid was 2-0 down. This win catapults the Borderers upto 2nd Place in East League 4 with 2 matches remaining. Indeed, Del Sharratt …
TYNE 2s v BORDER REIVERS Borderers suffered only their 2nd defeat of the season at the hands of the Haddington Team. The Border Reivers were missing several Top Players and Tyne 2S took the match 13-6 and 3-2 on rubbers. Reivers Veteran Pat Spence answered a last minute SOS from Captain Del Sharratt as regular …
BORDER REIVERS 18-2 COLINTON CASTLE 3s It was another Clean Sweep for the Border Reivers as for the 2nd Match in a roe the Borderers triumph in All their games. Colinton Castle only mustered 4 players for the occasion so the Reivers loaned them Darren Quinn for the occasion. It was an interesting match for …
CRAIGSHILL XCITE v BORDER REIVERS Borderers suffered their first defeat of the season at the hands of the West Lothian Outfit. But it was a close run affair with Craigshill xcite taking the match 14-10 and 3-2 on rubbers. Del Sharratt and Kenny Aiston player out the match of the night, Kenny went 2-0 up …