Melrose Rugby Bulletin - 9/4/26
Good Afternoon to You!
Well that was a nice burst of glorious weather for a couple of days wasn't it - great for the CGI Easter Rugby camp that we're hosting this week, we've welcomed over 50 young players at the club everyday - lots of smiley faces and very tired boys and girls (& coaches) by the end of each session! A big thank you to camp sponsors & supporters CGI, Thomson Gray & Borders Physio.
Awards Night
Last Friday we had our annual Club Awards Night - a chance to celebrate our players & volunteers who put so much into the club. The winners were:
Young Player of the Year: Ollie Anderson
Storm Player's Player of the Year: Andy Josefski
Storm Player of the Year: Robbie Robinson
1st XV Player's Player of the Year: Jack Dobie
1st XV Player of the Year: Jack Dobie
Try of the Year: Finn Douglas
Volunteer of the Year: The Grounds Group
Many thanks to our local butcher MacVicars of Melrose who kindly donated the beef & to our fabulous caterers Rosie Cully & her team, thanks also to Andy Mclean who took the fantastic photos you can view by clicking below!
Finn, Jack & Robbie with their trophies
Keith, Kenny, Grant, George & Roddy representing the grounds group
As well as Awards Night, there was a very competitive game of touch rugby going on on the pitch last Friday night - the Melrose based touch team played Duns - a good night had by all!
On Saturday Donald Crawford, Doug Crawford & Sam Derrick played in the South team against Gala as part of their 150th Celebration. Gala took the win 12-5.
We had a fair bit of junior rugby at the weekend too,
U13s - runners up 🥈 at Duns
U15s - winners at Duns 🏆
U16s- Plate winners at Jed 🍽️
Wednesday night saw a senior team head to the John Laing 7s at Kelso, so that's officially 7s Season started!!
The U15s who took the win at Duns
This Weekend's Rugby
Tomorrow, (Friday) the U13s, 14s & 15s are heading to Hawick for their 7s, on Saturday it's the turn of the U16s & 18s.
The Senior 7s squad are heading to Gala on Saturday. Melrose are seeded 1st and are in Pool C with Peebles, Currie & Selkirk. Here's our schedule along with semi & final timings:
Melrose v Peebles at 13:34
Melrose v Currie at 14:42
Melrose v Selkirk at 16:58
Semi Final 2 is at 18:05 (winner of Pool C & D)
Final is at 18:45
I mentioned it's been camp this week, we also welcomed Kings School Macclesfield on Monday afternoon for a match against the U14s. This has become a annual date, and it's great to have them at the club. Our boys took the win - so congratulations to them!
Age Grade Rugby
Some exciting news for a few of our players in age grade rugby...Stuart Newton represented Edinburgh against Ealing, Henno Bowe & Oli Anderson have been named to the U19 Scotland team taking on Italy in a double header friendly - first on Friday 10th then again on the 15th.
In U18 honours, James Dalrymple was named Captain when Scotland took on Italy on Tuesday night in Vichy, Charlie Robbie joined him in being named to the team - it was a close game, but Italy got the win - click HERE to read the match report.
On Monday we said, 'Bon Voyage' to 1st team player, Roly Brett who has followed in the footsteps of Struan, Al Ferrie, and many more and is off to play in Sydney at Southern Districts, (home of Corey & Declan) for the season! He has his first game on Saturday! It's great to be strengthening ties for both clubs! Have a blast Roly!
The Offside Line Podcast
The Offside Line Podcast Live will take place on 17 April 2026 at 6pm at The Greenyards and there is still time to secure your ticket!
It's free to attend and open to all, the evening promises engaging rugby discussion, insight, and entertainment, with special guest speakers joining the podcast for what is sure to be an enjoyable and informative event for rugby fans.
A bar will be open both throughout the podcast and after, allowing guests to relax and enjoy the occasion.
Click on the picture to secure your ticket!
And Finally.....
This is NOT rugby related BUT IT COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE!!! Men over 40 please take advantage of this - Gala Rugby (May 14th)& Hawick Rugby (May 13th) are both hosting FREE prostate cancer testing for men who are between 40-80 years old - this is a simple blood test, it won't be painful, just regular blood test from your arm! To take advantage of this, head to the Scottish Prostate website by clicking the button below - click on the Events tab, then click on Gala (or any of the others you can get to) Hawick looks like it's currently fully booked. It would be silly to miss this opportunity! The Scottish Prostate Initiative is championed by Sir Chris Hoy & Kenny Logan among other...book your appointment today!
I think that's about all for this week - go well to all our teams in action over the next few days!
Warm wishes
Hilary