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Rugby – 1st XV finish on high at mid season break with GHK win

The 1st XV secured an important 10-6 win against promotion contenders GHK at Old Annielsland in the last fixture before the mid season Christmas and New Year break. With an outstanding home match against Dumfries yet to be played things are tight at the top of National League 2 – GHK still lead with 41 […]

Rugby – Emphatic win for 1st XV

Saturday 23rd November On a day of awful weather the 1st XV powered their way to an emphatic win over Hamilton with a display which belied the conditions, ultimately winning by 38-17. Having scored a pushover try to take the lead in the very first minute, apart from a spell in the first half when […]

Mens Hockey – 1st XI win last match before winter break

Saturday 16th November The ESM Mens 1st XI won the final match of the first half of the outdoor season defeating Aberdeen Grammar 2-0 at Rubislaw to go into the winter break in a satisfactory fourth place (out of 10 teams) on 15 points in the second tier of Scottish Mens Hockey with four wins, […]

Rugby – Seven Try Cup Win for 1st XV

Saturday 26th October The 1st XV produced their best form of the season to defeat unbeaten NL2 league leaders Dumfries by the convincing margin of 43 – 22 in the SRU’s National League Cup at Inverleith a week after a league match against the same opponents was cancelled due to a waterlogged pitch. Three first […]

1st XV go down to Preston Lodge

Saturday 12th October The 1st XV suffered a second league defeat of the season at Preston Lodge on Saturday losing by 25-19 in a game where they performed someway below expectations and after being helped into a half-time lead somewhat against the run of play by two PL errors leading to an interception try and […]

First league defeat for 1st XV

Saturday 21st September 2019 After opening the season’s national league 2 campaign with two wins the 1st XV entertained GHK for match day 3 ultimately losing by 44 – 19 with the visitors drawing away with three late tries as Stew Mel chased a fourth try and a game point. GHK had started strongly putting […]

Rugby Sat 14th Sept – second league win for 1st XV

The 1st XV achieved a narrow 19-13 win over Kirkcaldy at Inverleith today. Selected team: 15 Matthew Watson; 14 Sean Murchie; 13 Jamie McGurk; 12 Euan Morrison; 11 James Ferguson; 10 Mike Miller; 9 Fraser Strachan; 1 Chris Baikie; 2 Darren Miller; 3 Ruaridh Mitchell; 4 Jamie Sword; 5 Fraser Morrison (c); 6 Matt Sanderson; […]

FP Golf Club – Autumn Outing to Roxburghe

The FP Golf Club had their Autumn outing yesterday to the Roxburghe course near Kelso and the fifteen members present were rewarded with about the best golfing day of the summer. David Lowes with 85  had the best gross score of the day reflecting the difficulty of the course and David Macfarlane won the handicap […]