[heedthebaa]

Border Boy, on Oct 9 2007, 19:31, said:

Interesting question, who has the best set up in the BAL? I said earlier I thought Greenlaw were the only club with floodlights. As for basic facilities not sure if many clubs have much at all. I know Duns put up changing rooms/showers at Gavington a few years ago. Don't even know if Chirnside have any facilities or where they play. Is it still at the Crosshill? I presume Coldtream's team share at Home Park.

been to everyone but winton and gordon. all pretty average really. eyemouth, kelso, coldstream, gala and selkirk all share the facilities(not pitches) with eos teams although i think if fairydean are away rovers get the main pitch so i suppose they have floodlights too. chirnside at comrades park (at crosshill) average facilities (looks like a massive garden shed) and a pish pitch on a slope at the far end. the lasses however do a mean bacon buttie at ht

[boardroomshuffler]

Good enough for the east of scotland though.

[HibeeJibee]

Chirnside Amateurs play at the Primary School down the road. I take it Duns Colts share Gavinton with the first team? The only other pitch, sorry bog, in the town is the Public Park.

Interestingly when the new school opens it will have 3 self-draining full-sized pitches, including an all-weather field with floodlights. This will have adjacent changing rooms, a club room (like a big meeting room), and the fitness suite and gymnasium next door. All available for club hire. It will also feature a large indoor hall, two outdoor basketball courts, plus an assembly hall. I think the proposal for tennis courts were dropped, although there will be a 100m track.

However there is a downside. Unlike currently, where for example the rugby club second XV just roll up and use the pitch, at the new school all use of facilities will have to be rented = £££.

[HibeeJibee]

Essentially, all the water from the Bog o'Duns, which the school will be built on, will with the new topography all go down into the Bluidy Burn (of battle fame, when the people of Duns won such a historic victory over rival Reivers as to make the burn run red for many days - also where Duns Dings 'A comes from, as they used the cattle beaters - 'dingers' - to frighten the enemy horses). What happens to water when it reaches the park - not their responsibility!!

You're quite right that the school could provide an outstanding centre for and East of Scotland team (I believe there is space zoned between road and pitch for 'future peripheral structures and amenities', which a stand could be classified as?) and IMO the rent rate charged by the devlopers won't be huge for regular, near-weekly usage. However, this would take some vision from the club, and if I'm betting on it they've probably not even discussed the posibility.

[HibeeJibee]

A 'dinger' was a box-like structure of animal gut and leather, with stones and pebbles inside. When shaken or beaten, it would (being of taught material like a drum), rattle ring and 'ding'.

Duns was also the site of General Leslie's encampment en route to Covenant v the English.

(On the club thing - the committee are not very imaginative as far as I know. Mainly older or thick?).

[heedthebaa]

HibeeJibee, on Oct 10 2007, 21:38, said:

A 'dinger' was a box-like structure of animal gut and leather, with stones and pebbles inside. When shaken or beaten, it would (being of taught material like a drum), rattle ring and 'ding'.

Duns was also the site of General Leslie's encampment en route to Covenant v the English.

(On the club thing - the committee are not very imaginative as far as I know. Mainly older or thick?).

mainly older or thick ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. the main ingredients to becoming a committee member

[boardroomshuffler]

[HibeeJibee]

Chirnside could beat Hawick Eyemouth and one or two others in head-to-head and in the league table.

[HibeeJibee]

Sleeping, Hawick Royal Albert must be comatose, looking at their results for the past few years.

[heedthebaa]

No9, on Oct 12 2007, 13:23, said:

chirnside could not compete and shouldnt even think about re-applying, they have an appauling pool of players of which only one or 2 can be called "ok" and by "ok" I mean can kick a ball without falling on thier backsides..... End Of Story!

ur talking bollocks

[boardroomshuffler]

Would Eyemouth United beat Chirnside?

[HibeeJibee]

boardroomshuffler, on Oct 12 2007, 21:27, said:

Would Eyemouth United beat Chirnside?

2 times out of 10. With 7 or 8 wins for Chirnside. They'd beat Hawick 19 out of 20, IMO.

[heedthebaa]

Border Boy, on Oct 13 2007, 10:30, said:

It would be interesting if someone connected with Chirnside were to post an informed opinion on here. We certainily have enough uninformed one's

i am not connected to chirnside nor eyemouth but am quite a regular watcher of both and hibee's spot on. thats probably why at the start of every new season eyemouth's manager tries to entice some of the chirnsides players to warner park and i think No9 knows this all to well

[HibeeJibee]

TBF not many of them go, or if they do they don't often stay. Weekly gubbings are bad for recruitment.

[HibeeJibee]

What are the crowds for our reserves now? I've not been since the League Cup matches, when we got about 40-50-60 each time. I guess with worse weather/bigger defeats they're reducing?

[heedthebaa]

HibeeJibee, on Oct 13 2007, 18:38, said:

What are the crowds for our reserves now? I've not been since the League Cup matches, when we got about 40-50-60 each time. I guess with worse weather/bigger defeats they're reducing?

what was the idea behind the reserves ?. i kinda thought (1) to give injured 1st team players the chance to regain some kind of fitness ( although haynesey never lost an ounce) after injury without having to arrange friendlies. (2) to keep 1st team squad players who's arses are sore from sitting on the bench, ticking over (3) to get 1 or 2 of the young laddies into the 1st team set up (bench at least) over the season. as far as i was concerned results should not be that important. before u say, i know winnings a good habit to have, it breeds confidence but not essential. so 40, 50, 60 is shite, especially when u take the players familys into account. whats the 1st team get ? 400 to say 600 depending on away fans. surely then the reserves should be getting at LEAST a ton. Only a certain amount of hard core fans (and drunkard de-generates) travel away. so when the "dream team" are away it's shopping wi the missus is it ? f**k that, pay the 3 bar u tightwads and support the future