Ground: Milntown, Langholm, Dumfriesshire,
Scotland
(½ mile North of Langholm on the A7)
Full results of the Sevens are here.
Our 1st XV were always in control in a closely fought match on the Castleholm, which leaves us in third place at the close of the Season. [TS]
The Langholm Junior Sevens was won by Hawick 2nds. Langholm loost to Melrose 24-5 in the second round.
Another frustrating finish to the season with promotion just out of reach. We can have no complaints about the result as we were well beaten by the strongest and best drilled pack of forwards in the division. [TS]
Although battling against the odds with only a handful of senior players, Langholm showed great spirit and commitment in defeat against one of the top sides in Scotland. [TS]
When David Irving strode over for an early try, hopes of a bonus point emerged. In spite of continual pressure for most of the match, in the ned we were glad to survive a late Stewartry surge to secure a win. [TS]
When Graham Park blazed over the line to make the score 13-5, with 15 minutes to go I thought that was enough. All credit to Southern for scoring two more tries but we may have kicked away a vital result. [TS]
We expected a close match - and we got it! After 50 minutes and 17-10 down, Langholm upped the tempo and finally began to edge out the Ross High forwards. The resulting two tries were fully deserved andthe whole team showed both character and discipline to take the ross High unbeaten home record. [TS]
Livingston opened the scoring in the first half with a penalty try, but were soon overtaken by Langholm, taking the score to 10 - 7 by half time. Langholm scored again early in the second half, and succeeded in holding off Livingston to the end with a vigorous defence. We're now in fourth position in the league [IL]
This time we were back in full fettle. Early scoring took us to 0 - 13 by half time. A further stirring half, in which Annan, after applying extreme pressure, managed to score two tries, saw Langholm stretch their lead to 24 points in an impressive show of running rugby. [IL]
Match postponed due to frost.
Well, this could have been an unmitigated disaster. At half time the score was 0-38. However, the team having woken up, the game ended with the score at 12-38, so honour at least was restored. In mitigation, several key players were laid low with 'flu. Could have done better. [IL]
This, already the oldest 'club international' in the world, and probably the first such rugby match of the millennium was played in good conditions. Among other things, it included a crafty try, a good try, a lazy penalty and he usual nail-biting finish. [TS]
Match postponed due to frost.
Match postponed due to snow.
Yet another disappointing game - beaten by a team from four divisions below. That said, Strathendrick are a good team, and were in better form on the day. [BR]
Another disappointing game, partially due to two of our players being on tour in the West Indies. [TS]
Match postponed due to snow.
A very disappointing result where our defence seemed to crumble away. However, four Langholm tries at least gave us the consolation of a bonus point. [TS]
A tryless and very unsatisfying game. Wanderers looked the stronger side and were particularly good at stealing possession, which robbed Langholm of most of the opportunities to score. We were lucky. [IL]
A slogging game in which it took the team some tine to achieve dominance. [IL]
A bonus point game in which the team played much better than hitherto, scoring four absolutely top notch tries. [TS]
A strange game, where both sides played fairly desultory rugby, with the score at half time being only 7-5. In the second half Langholm showed better form and took their score up to 22 after about 20 minutes play. Despite some strong attacks, the fourth try (and a bonus point) eluded us. [IL]
Another defeat that concealed better play than before. Both sides ran the ball making for an entertaining game. [IL]
This defeat conceals the fact that Langholm did much better than in the past - the forwards played much better than in the last few matches. [IL]
Another fairly desultory game saw Langholm leading 12-10 by half time. Annan drew into the lead with two penalties, but Langholm ran in a late try to secure victory. [DH]
A game with a few good moments late on, but lost through lack of disciplined play. [Neil Basnett, player]
A desultory first half closed with the score at 3-3. Duns took the lead early on in the second half, but after that Langholm powered through to take four tries, gaining a bonus point. [IL]
A poor game. Denied access to the ball for a considerable amount of the game, Langholm only shone when they had posession. [DH]
In sweltering conditions Langholm did well against Glenrothes, reaching 17-10 by the end of the first half. A patchy second half saw another try, but we failed to get the elusive bonus point. [IL]
Border League: Saturday 28th August - Gala [29] v. Langholm [21]
Border League: Tuesday 24th August - Langholm [0] v. Hawick [50]
Friendly: Saturday 21st August - Langholm [22] v. Penrith [12]
Contributors: [TS] = Tom Stothart [IL] = Iain Logan [DH] = Doug Harkness
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