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Fancy trying an e-bike?
If you’re thinking about getting an e-bike this summer this is a perfect opportunity to try before you buy.
Editor
May 8, 20243 min read
How to do a sword fight on a yoga mat
Sports coaches everywhere have been doing mental gymnastics to find ways of keeping their club memberships active and meaningful during lock
Editor
May 2, 20201 min read
Solheim Cup - will you now play golf too?
Scotland, the home of golf, will this year host the Solheim Cup, the pinnacle of Women’s golf. Two teams of the best 12 players from...
Editor
Sep 6, 20192 min read
Bathgate Thistle : Community Football Club going from strength to strength
Bathgate Thistle CFC youth section are celebrating another successful year! With almost 500 members (and growing), the club has made...
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Jul 29, 20193 min read
Here come the girls
Twenty-one, tears flowing, end of a school match. Biggest game of the season, against next door neighbours, Seel Road - chockablock full...
Editor
Feb 8, 20192 min read
Smack me Down, Win 500 Francs
Even in 1848 when the first wrestling troupe was formed in France by Jean Exbroyat (who issued the headline challenge) the name of the...
Editor
Nov 27, 20182 min read
JamQueen: Pole Fitness
Various forms of dance have made their way into the fitness studio in recent years as we’re always looking for fun and different ways of...
Editor
Nov 26, 20182 min read
From Small Acorns...
There's a yawning gap in my sporting experience - I've never launched a netball ball in anger or joy; in fact, I've never even held a...
Editor
Nov 9, 20182 min read
Sprint for Life! Gavin McMurray
Balerno resident Gavin McMurray is involved in the fight against coronary heart disease. Founder of the Sprint for Life charity, in...
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Oct 20, 20182 min read
Ask 100 people...
...who is the greatest sportsperson of all time? And three will answer Cassius Clay, 96 Muhammad Ali and one ANother, for example...
Editor
Sep 1, 20182 min read
Nae running!
Over 50 and missing the hybrid scent of liniment and sweat? Then get yourself and your leather-studded boots down to Linlithgow Rugby...
Editor
Aug 6, 20182 min read
The Livi Lions Rollercoaster
Every Livingston Football Club entrance ticket should be supplied with a free travel sickness pill to counteract the up and down, North...
Editor
Jul 2, 20183 min read
Footgolf: yes it is what it sounds like
“I’d never heard of footgolf until you called me about this article,” I say to Declan Reid when we meet in the Black Bull Inn in Mid...
Editor
Apr 2, 20182 min read
Diane Clayton Chrisholm
Passionate about the many benefits that cycling brings, Diane Clayton Chisholm is both a youth coach for the West Lothian Clarion Cycle...
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Mar 3, 20172 min read
Amy Foster: A Girl and her Golf
Balerno High School pupil Amy Foster (17) has a passion for golf! In 2015 she reduced her handicap from 27 to 14 and was named “Most...
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Feb 6, 20172 min read
West Lothian Eagles
The West Lothian Eagles are Scotland's newest Aussie rules football team! Unlike the famous West Coast Eagles in Australia, players and...
Editor
Nov 6, 20163 min read
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