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Ryder Cup March 2010.

The Borders Barmy Army would like to thank Mr Rooney and George the Groundsman from Monksford Estate for allowing us to use their sensational course and for supporting us yet again with our challenge to run the 1st Virgin London Marathon and raise money for Whizz-kidz. Once again the course was breath-taking, the weather was great and over 40 golfers played a fantastic 2 day Ryder cup style event that was eventually won by team captain Ian Hyslop and his team of 20 from Earlston.

We would also like to thank Harry Cummings and Electrocom for donating a 4 ball at the Roxburgh as the prize for the nearest the pin on the sensational 1st hole, Brian and Rose Thorburn from the Black Bull in Earslton for providing us with our 19th hole on the Saturday, Buccleuch Arms Hotel for providing refreshments on both days and a sensational venue for the prize giving and finally Michael Bertram, Ian Hyslop and Gus Baxter for all their hard work in arranging this event and all the players who made this event such a success and a great couple of days golfing on such a sensational course.

Edinburgh Urbanathlon Sunday 30th May 2010.

3 of us ran a 10K race with obstacles for the charity Chest, Heart & Stroke Scotland in the Scottish capital Edinburgh in mild conditions and it turned out to be a very enjoyable day. Read more here

Ghost Night Saturday 3rd April 2010.

The Borders Barmy and 20 Guests spent the night in Jedburgh Jail with locally based Borders Paranormal Group leading the Vigil. Guests had the opportunity to use specialised equipment and held lone vigils. An interesting and enjoyable was had by all with some intriguing activity being experienced.

Rock concert Saturday 13th March 2010.

We held a rock concert on Saturday 13th March 2010 with live music from some exciting local bands. The night was a great success and our thanks go out to the following people who helped...

• Amber Tower Productions
• Nikki's bar
• Paper Chain
• Border Telegraph
• Southern Reporter

and thanks to the bands for their talented, fun, foot stomping, loud performances - wow!

• Elephant and the Mud Soaked Villagers
• Red Pickled Herrings
• Angus Gunn
• Brand Carter
• and of course, Paul Mellor and Eve

Fright Night Saturday 20th February 2010.

There was a fright night overnight at Mainsforth and District Community Centre, county Durham with paranormal group Esoteric. The Building was originally built in 1927 as a miners welfare hall.

A lot of activity was detected including unexplained sounds, lights and the table tipping at the end had very interesting results.

Mainsforth is a well known haunted location in County Durham where passed vigils have encountered...

• Tables which move around the room
• Light anomalies on photographs / videos
• Unexplained voices
• Unexplained temperature fluctuations

Ceilidh Saturday 6th February 2010.

We held a Ceilidh at the Selkirk Victoria Hall with Scottish band Kilter. Great fun was had by all, Kilter entertained us by talking us through all those Scottish country dances that some of us haven't experienced since school days. The stovies and sandwiches supplied by the Woll golf club, who also ran the bar, were delicious and a welcome energy boost (and rest) before the second half. There was a prize raffle with various meal/beauty/wine vouchers up for grabs.

Kiltathon Saturday 14th November 2009.

The Borders Barmy Army ran on a treadmill in Tesco in our trademark KILTS!!! for 10 hours and, thanks to the generosity of all shoppers, raised a massive £1200.79 for Whizz Kidz. The treadmill run was also a good training session although, with no showers, the area around the treadmill was becoming more and more niffy as the day went on.

View our progress in pictures on our Facebook page - just search for "Borders Barmy Army"......

Texas Scramble 26th Sept 2009

Mr Rooney of Monksford House generously allowed us to hold a Texas Scramble event at his 9 hole golf course near St. Boswells. All 40 golfers thoroughly enjoyed their day with a few prizes being competed for. 1st place of the Four Ball at Vertish Hill was won by David Johnston, Robert Anderson, Les Hardy and Hugh Briggs. 2nd place was won by Angus Baxter, Michael Hyslop, Gordon Marshall and James Brotherston. Nearest the pin on the 10th (1st Hole 2nd time round) was won my Neil Lemmon. The Longest Drive was won by David Johnson (Border Sports & Leisure Trust).

We also would like to thank the Roxburgh Hotel and Golf course, Vertish Hill golf course Hawick, Dimpleknowe golf course at Lilliesleaf all of whom kindly donated a Four Ball prize for our competition. We would also like to thank Gordon from Ascot Catering who provided catering for the event, Pringles of Hawick for donating prizes and Brian from the Black Bull at Earlston for providing us with a great layout at the 19th hole.

The Borders Barmy Army kilted appeal was added to by £1211.

Les Amis D'onno Equestrian Display 6th Sept 2009

Local equestrian display group Les Amis D'onno put on a fabulous show at their purpose built arena near Jedburgh which we are delighted to say raised £234 for Whizz Kidz. More details to follow....

Car boot sale 19th July 2009.

We are delighted to announce that the recent Car boot sale and fun day at Stow, Galashiels raised £544.69 towards our kilted London Marathon fund-raising efforts. A big thank you to everyone who attended and spent some money, thanks to all the car-booters who were pleased to see the weather stayed dry. We'd also like to thank B&S Bouncy Castle Hire, Ascot catering, Sue's face painting and Jill's ice cream van for making a large contribution to our cause. 

  20 mile sponsored hill walk

15 of us embarked on a 20 mile sponsored hill walk on Sunday 26th April 2009 for Cancer Research UK. And, yes, we walked in our Kilts, from Dryhope near St Marys loch to Selkirk via the Three Brethern.

You can read more here

What was it like?

It ranged from a decent long walk through to a bloomin hard walk leaving me with sore feet right through to aaaaahhhh!!

Never let it be said however, that a walk in a kilt is uncomfortable or too hot or cold because when we heated up with exertion going up the hill, the brisk wind under the kilt cooled us right down.

When stopped at the half way point at Traquair, the seasoned walkers who were also doing the walk told us that the worst was still to come and that the hill out of Traquair was quite hard. "Quite hard"......, "quite hard"... MeThinks they were prone to quite a bit of under exaggeration because the hill out of Traquair was a b***** of a hill. Once up top however, the views made it all worthwhile - the Scottish Borders really are beautiful.

  Highlights

• The beautiful views.
• The banter.
• The feeling of achievement when Selkirk cricket club came into view.
• And, of course, the cold beer or two at the end.
• The tweed valley mountain rescue team based at strategic points making us feel safe.
• The weather.

Pre-marathon events

May 2008: We jumped off Penielheugh, a 150 foot tower nr Jedburgh in the Scottish Borders, and slid along a 1000 foot zip wire at FAST miles per hour. But..... there's a twist.

We done it in our Kilts, yes you heard right, our Kilts and let me tell you, it was a windy day that day.

Paul Mellor on the radio - td1radio.co.uk

Borders Barmy Army member Paul Mellor was on td1radio recently talking about his days as a band front man in Glasgow. The band was called Cutler and they had a bit of a cult following in the cities pubs and clubs. Paul performed live in the studio here at td1radio - he also talked about the Borders Barmy Army's preparation for next year's London Marathon where 10 of us will be running in our kilts .

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