Shoulder-to-Shoulder League: Results page for Divsion 1.
Archived Final Results for Division 1 in the season 204-25
LBTSA Shoulder-to-Shoulder League 2024-25
News, Results and League Tables for Division 1
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*** The average of any reserve must be provided on the result card of their first match (if not before) ***
(Handicap League rule)
Please note: The handicapping system being used this season is again the Bayley system, not the Macrae system.
Latest News (Match commentary by the League Secretary: see below for earlier commentaries)
18/03/2025: George Heriot’s FP v Hawick. Last match of the season and George Heriot’s finish with a win against Hawick with a score line of 22-26 so 2 match points in the scratch match to Geoerge Heriot’s. Hawick, however, managed to take 4 points to George Heriot’s 2 in the individual match ups. George Heriot’s also won the handicap match. Best scorer of the evening for George Heriot’s was C Aitken with a 5 points off total score and the best scorer of the evening for Hawick was I Burton with a 7 points off total score.
That is the 2024-25 season over and congratulations to Watsonians running out winners in both the scratch and handicap leagues. Hawick were runners-up in both leagues too.
The Matchplay Trophy goes to Hawick. For the first time ever there was a tie on MP points, but Hawick win it on the first tie-break rule which says the winner is the team with the most MP points won over the matches involving the teams who are tied. Hawick had 7 and Watsonians had 5.
THe best average award goes to Alan Anderson of Hawick with an average of 97.75, putting his team-mate Ian Burton (97.29) into 2nd.
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| League and results tables (scratch) | League and results tables (handicap) |
Click on a team’s button below to see its complete record for the season, and a Stats & Info button to see that button’s report.
| Team data: | Stats & Info: |
| Balerno & Currie | Individual averages |
| George Heriot’s FP | Individual averages (H/C) |
| Hawick | Individual averages by Club |
| Prestonpans | Individual averages by Club (H/C) |
| Watsonians | |
17/10/2024: George Heriot’s FP v Prestonpans. Greetings from the Shoulder to Shoulder match secretary writing this report from a very sunny and warm Florida. The new 2024-25 season got under way with the first match – George Heriot’s vs Prestonpans and also under the new 3/4 man team rules. In the end it was a close shot match with only 2 points separating the teams with the scratch result going George Heriot’s way with a score line of 39-41. In the individual match ups George Heriot’s secured 4 match points with Prestonpans securing 2. Consolation for the Prestonpans team is that the handicap match was won by them. Best scorer of the evening for George Heriot’s was R Brown with a 9 points off total score and the best scorer for Prestonpans was J Young with a 12 points off total score.
31/10/2024: Prestonpans v Watsonians. Bit of a shocker for this Prestonpans versus Watsonians match who won at a canter with a scoreline of 67-23 taking the 2 match points also taking all 6 points in the individual match ups and making it a whitewash Watsonians won the handicap match. Best scorer of the evening for Watsonians was R Thomson with a 5 points off total score and the best scorer of the evening for Prestonpans was J Young with a 14 points off total score.
31/10/2024: Balerno & Currie v George Heriot’s FP. Closely shot match this between Balerno & Currie and George Heriot’s. Balerno & Currie ran out winners by a score line of 32-38 to take the 2 match points in the scratch match. For the individual match ups it went 4 points to Balerno & Currie and 2 points to George Heriot’s. The handicap match was won by Balerno & Currie. Best scorer of the evening for the winners was R Bain with a 4 points off total score and the best scorer for the evening for George Heriot’s was C Watson with an 11 points off total score.
07/11/2024: Watsonians v Hawick. A very closely shot match between Watsonians and Hawick with Watsonians managing to come out on top by a score line of 14-18 so 2 match points to Watsonians. The individual match ups went 4 points to Watsonians and 2 to Hawick. The handicap match was won by Watsonians. Best scorer of the evening for Watsonians was G Rudd with a 3 points off total score and the best scorer of the evening for Hawick was I Burton with a 3 points of total score.
05/11/2024: Hawick v George Heriot’s FP. Welcome back Hawick to the LBTSA Shoulder to Shoulder competition you have been missed over the last few years. So Hawick are back with a bang in their first match of the season beating George Heriot’s with a score line of 19-36 so 2 match points to them and also in the individual match ups they took all 6 points. Just to make matters worse for George Heriot’s Hawick won the handicap match. Best scorer of the evening for Hawick was A Anderson with a 5 points off total score and the best scorer of the evening for George Heriot’s was C Watson with a 6 points off total score.
12/12/2024: Watsonians v Prestonpans. A win for Watsonians in this match versus Prestonpans with a score line of 19-50 and sadly (for the ‘Pans, anyway) a clean sweep in all matches – scratch, individual and handicap matches for Watsonians. Best score of the evening for Watsonians was L Brown with a 4 points off total score and the best score of the evening for Prestonpans was J Young with a 12 points off total score.
05/12/2024: Prestonpans v Balerno & Currie. A win for Balerno & Currie with a score line of 50-29 so 2 match points to Balerno & Currie. In the individual match ups all 6 points went to Balerno & Currie, however, all was not lost for Prestonpans as they won the handicap match. Best scorer of the evening for Balerno & Currie was R Bain with a 7 points off total score. Best scorer of the evening for Prestonpans was one of their juniors T McIntosh with a 13 points off total score.
05/12/2024: George Heriot’s FP v Watsonians. Not a good night for George Heriot’s as they lost to Watsonians with a score line of 43-18 so 2 match points to Watsonians in the scratch match. Watsonians also took all six points in the individual match ups and just to top it off Watsonians won the handicap match. Best scorer of the evening for George Heriot’s was C Aitken with a 12 points off total score and the best scorer for Watsonians was A Dove with a 3 points off total score.
09/01/2025: Balerno & Currie v Hawick. In a closely shot match between Balerno & Currie v Hawick, Hawick turned out the winners by 2 points with a score line of 22-20 so taking the 2 match points. Hawick also won all the individual match points so 6 points to them. Hawick also won the handicap match so a clean sweep for Hawick. Best scorer of the evening for Balerno & Currie was K Scott with a 4 points off total score and the best scorer of the evening for Hawick was A Anderson with a 5 points off total score.
16/01/2025: Balerno & Currie v Watsonians. Another closely shot match involving Balerno & Currie with a win to Watsonians with a score line of 23-18 so 2 match points to Watsonians. In the individual match ups Watsonians took all 6 points, however, Balerno & Currie won the handicap match avoiding another clean sweep against them. Best scorer of the evening for Balerno & Currie was shared between R Bain and G Walker both with a 7 points off total score. Best scorer of the evening for Watsonians was J Brown with a 4 points off total score.
17/01/2025: Hawick v Balerno & Currie. Yet another closely fought match involving Balerno & Currie who narrowly lost away to Hawick with a score line of 19-23 so 2 match points to Hawick. In the individual match ups Hawick took 4 points to Balerno & Currie’s 2. The handicap match was won by Hawick. Best scorer of the evening for Hawick was A Anderson with a 4 points off total score and best scorer for Balerno & Currie was A Bruce wth a 2 points off total score.
20/02/2025: Prestonpans v Hawick. Bad night for Prestonpans going down by a score line of 72-14 to Hawick. Hawick also took all individual matchups and also won the handicap match. Best scorer of the evening for Prestonpans was J Hutchison (on his first ever shoulder to shoulder match) with a 23 points off total score. Best scorer of the evening for Hawick was a tie between A Anderson and I Burton both with a 4 points off total score.
13/02/2025: George Heriot’s FP v Balerno & Currie. In a very closely shot match George Heriot’s narrowly lost by 1 point to Balerno & Currie with a score line of 34-33 so 2 match points to Balerno & Currie. In the individual match ups it was 2 points to George Heriot’s and 4 points to Balerno & Currie. The handicap match was won by Balerno & Currie. Best scorer of the evening for George Heriot’s was shared between C Aitken and S R Mackenzie both with a 10 points off total score. Best scorer of the evening for Balerno & Currie was R Bain with a 7 points off total score.
18/02/2025: Hawick v Watsonians. Hawick won this match with a score line of 12 – 23 so 2 points to Hawick. In the individual match ups Watsonians managed to steal a point so Watsonians ran out that with a 5 to 1 points. Hawick also won the handicap match. Best scorer of the evening for Hawick was A Anderson with a 1 point off total score and the best scorer for Watsonians was R Thomson with a 5 points off total score.
27/02/2025: Balerno & Currie v Prestonpans. A win here for Balerno & Currie in the scratch match with a score line of 32 – 43 and 2 match points. In the individual match ups Balerno & Currie took 4 points and Prestonpans took 2 points. However, Prestonpans managed to win the handicap match so small consolation for them. Best scorer of the evening for Balerno & Currie was R Bain with a 4 points off total score and the best scorer of the evening for Prestonpans was J Young with a 13 points off total score.
27/02/2025: Watsonians v George Heriot’s FP. A not so good night for George Heriot’s as they lost to Watsonians by a score line of 15-41 so two match points to Watsonians. In the individual match ups Watsonians took all 6 points and to make matters worse Watsonians won the handicap match. Best scorer of the evening for Watsonians was R Thomson with a 4 points off total score and the best scorer of the evening for George Heriot’s was S R Mackenzie with a 10 points off total score.
06/03/2025: Prestonpans v George Heriot’s FP. Better scoring from the Prestonpans team this time out but another loss to contend with going down to George Heriot’s by a 38-24 score line so 2 match points to George Heriot’s. In the individual match ups the Panners managed to smuggle 2 points out of the available 6. In the handicap match George Heriot’s ran out winners of that. Best scorer of the evening for Prestonpans was J Young with a 10 points off total score and the best scorer of the evening for George Heriot’s was a tie between the brothers Mackenzie both with a 5 points off total score.
06/03/2025: Watsonians v Balerno & Currie. Not quite a complete whitewash result for Balerno & Currie as Watsonians ran out winners in the scratch match taking the 2 points. In the individual matchups Balerno & Currie managed to take 2 points from Watsonians and Watsonians also won the handicap match. Best scorer of the evening for Watsonians was A Dove with a 3 points off total score and the best scorer of the evening for Balerno & Currie was A Bruce with a complete 0 points off score.
11/03/2025: Hawick v Prestonpans. The travel to Hawick must have affected the Prestonpans team as three out of their four shooters had an off (very off) night as they lost to Hawick by a 13-67 score line so needless to say Hawick took the 2 match points, all the individual match up points and the handicap match to rub salt in the Panners wounds. Best scorer of the evening for Hawick was K Nixon with a 3 points off total score and the best scorer for Prestonpans was A Marr with a 17 points off total score in what was only his 3rd shoulder to shoulder match….hang you heads in shame the rest of the team.