HAWICK 17, MELROSE 34
Hawick crashed out of the Scottish Hydro Electric Cup to a very good Melrose team. The physical presence and experience of the visitors proved to be too much to handle for the young Greens side. The biggest crowd of the season gathered at Mansfield Park to witness this much anticipated Border Derby and along with the Saxhorn Band who regularly burst into tune with well known Common Riding tunes this was not enough to lift the Hawick team to victory.
Hawick got off to the best possible start with what must be try of the season. Steven Anderson was fed the ball on the halfway line, he beat two defenders before rounding the fullback for a great solo try which was converted by David Lowrie. Sadly, despite a lot of effort, this was Hawick's only score of the first half and Melrose went on to score three converted tries and a penalty to reach halftime with a healthy 24 -5 lead.
A big effort was going to be required by Hawick for the  next forty minutes and as in the first half, Hawick Player of the match, Steven Anderson scored a converted try when he finished off a move started by Colin Murray and Rory Hutton to give Hawick hope with a score of 12-24. Another penalty and a converted try from Melrose put the visitors out of sight at 34-12. To Hawick's credit they kept plugging away and were rewarded with a try in the corner from Michael Robertson made by a break from Ross Borthwick. A great break from his own 22 by Rory Hutton saw Ross Borthwick bundled into touch just short of the line but referee Changelang blew for full time and Melrose emerged deserved winners by 34 points to 17.

Team:- Gary Johnstone, Colin Murray, Rory Scott, John Coutts, Steven Anderson, Rory Hutton, Kevin Reid, Graham Scott, Matt Landels, Simon Fleetwood, Craig Charters, Ryan Hogg, David Lowrie, Ross Borthwick and Michael Robertson.

Subs:- Bruce Campbell, Michael Graham, Hue Scammell and Nick McTaggart

GALA 7s
Hawick progressed to the semi finals in the first of the Spring Sevens Tournaments at Gala where they were beaten by the eventual winners, Heriots, by 31 points to 14. In the first round Hawick beat Haddington by 33 points to 5 and in the quarter finals they beat Kelso by 24 points to 15.