TYNE 2s v BORDER REIVERS Matt Gibbs 3-0 Iain DixonThe night started with Matt v Iain, and after Matt’s disappointing defeat against Dunbar last time out, he was looking to make Amends in this one. Matt dominated the first game and rattled off 9 points in a row to take it 15-7. The Second game …
DUNBAR V BORDER REIVERSThe Border Reivers First away match of the season took them to East Lothian and the Seaside town of Dunbar. It wasn’t a waste of journey for the Borderers as they took the Victory 13-7. Richard Taylor 3-1 Keith NicolsonThis was Richard Taylors Debut for the Border Reivers and he made sure …
LADIES FINAL 2022 Seen the Return of the Ladies Club Championship at Galashiels Squash Club, after a couple of years absence due to COVID. Pamela Inglis and Lynn Palepoli, both hailing from Tweedbank, served up a Close Match. Both Ladies had spells where they played some awesome shots and after the first couple of games, …
A Big Congratulations to Greg Lobban and Rory Stewart for their Bronze Medal for Scotland in the Squash doubles at Birmingham 2022, a comprehensive 2-1 victory over Malaysia earned the Bronze. Rory Stewart is Coach at Galashiels Squash Club and the whole Club have been rooting for him. Rory has had a grueling schedule and …
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FINALS Tuesday past seen the Final of the Club Championship 2022 at Galashiels Squash Club. The Championship Final Featured Tony Elliot of Hawick and Kelso’s Jordan Reid; the Shield Final featured Pat Spence hailing from Cardrona and Matt Gibbs from Duns. The Alex Doherty Memorial Shield is a tournament for the early round losers of …
Galashiels Squash Club Coach, 26 year old Rory Stewart has just picked up the Silver in the Scottish National Squash Championships. Rory comes in a rich vein of form, recently rising to no. 67 in the World Rankings and returned from the European Team Championships unbeaten.Rory’s biggest scalp was the semi-final Victory over Multiple time …
BORDER REIVERS v DUNBAR In the East Leagues Battle of the Borders teams, it was the Border Reivers hailing from Galashiels that triumphed. The Reivers opened with Graeme Gillie demolishing Dunbar Stalwart Keith Nicholson 3-0 in a fairly straight forward game; Gillie was faster and fitter and Nicholson just couldn’t cope with the pace of Gillie. …
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 …