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Lasswade feed a scrum during a 62-35 Hawthornden defeat by Falkirk in Scottish rugby union's National League Division Two. In a real points (if not tackling) fest, the hosts crossed five times to Falkirk's nine. All but two of the 14 tries were converted. This was bottom-of-the-table Lasswade's sixth consecutive league reverse after opening the 2018-19 season in promising fashion with a 19-7 National League Cup first round victory over divisional rivals Howe of Fife. The Midlothian men trailed 47-14 after 55 minutes before three tries in 11 minutes put them into contention. Falkirk, physically bigger, brought up the half-century with a 74th-minute penalty before emphasising their superiority by going over in the last minute then again during stoppage time. Falkirk climb to fourth.
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Admission: £5. Programme: 20 pages (w/a). Attendance: 125. Lasswade 35 Falkirk 62 (HT 14-26). Scoring sequence: 0-5 (14mins); 0-12 (15mins); 7-12 (18mins); 7-19 (27mins); 14-19 (35mins); 14-26 (38mins); 14-33 (45mins); 14-40 (51mins); 14-47 (55mins); 21-47 (59mins); 28-47 (67mins); 35-47 (70mins); 28-50 (74mins); 35-57 (79mins); 35-62 (80+2mins).
Lasswade RFC's Hawthornden ground boasts some of the best facilities in Scottish club rugby union. The club moved to the Poltonhall site in 1974. Lasswade took a major step in 2003 by selling one of their three pitches to the local authority, which sought land for housing. Using the proceeds, the club swung the surviving two pitches through 90 degrees, levelled them and enlarged them to international size. Match-quality floodlights were provided, and a 350-seat stand - housing spacious dressing rooms and an air conditioned fitness centre - erected on the first XV pitch's east touchline. A sizeable car park was added, and the adjacent clubhouse impressively refurbished. The 'new' ground was opened officially in 2007. International teams visiting Scotland often use Hawthornden's facilities for training. It is far cry from 1921, when Lasswade RFC were formed. They played on a field west of Dobbies Road, Bonnyrigg, and initially changed in a Guide hut. An outside tap was used to fill a tub with cold water. Lasswade's HQ then became a pub, the Forresters' Arms (now the Laird and Dog). Hot water at last! During the Sixties, in particular, Lasswade improved steadily, on and off the field, before relocating to Hawthornden. At present, the club's first XV play in the third tier of Scottish rugby union, Tennent's National League Division Two.
Yesterday, after walking the dogs, I headed back out across the street to the park with my camera. I'll be posting those photos over the next few days. It's mostly flowers from the park, but at least they weren't taken from my living room window. Here's a shot of the front door before crossing the street. If you ever wanted to know what it felt like to herd cattle through the eye of a needle, try getting all three dogs through these doors as you first unlock the outer door, then the inner door, somehow manage to turn around and lock the front while maintaining a constant lookout for the neighbor's three cats. The typical scenario is that the dogs end up wrapping their leashes around me in an evil plot to spin me like a human dreidel, forcing me to let go of their leashes. Every time I do this I imagine yakety sax from Benny Hill, as the dogs circle me in double time. It's loads of fun, you should try it. Seriously, come try it that way I don't have to do it again.
Design: Julien De Smedt
Photo: Adam Stirling/Vestre
STOOP bench RAL 1018 with EDPM-sports flooring yellow
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Often called the "Sanibel Stoop", but this wasn't taken at Sanibel, but rather Lovers Key State Park.
Barrow Island collect from the ball from the base of a scrum during a Third Division fixture with Barrow Island in amateur rugby league's flagship Kingstone Press Cider National Conference League. Divisional leaders West trailed 14-12 after 28 minutes at Rating Lane before emerging deserved 36-26 winners in a game of 11 tries.
Match statistics:
Admission: £2. Programme: w/a (12 pages). Attendance: 130. Scoring sequence: 0-6 (2mins); 0-12 (6mins); 4-12 (10mins); 10-12 (18mins); 14-12 (28mins); 14-18 (35mins); 14-24 (60mins); 14-30 (65mins); 20-30 (70mins); 20-36 (73mins); 26-36 (80mins).
Being a geek in South Philadelphia. Enjoying a spring day on the stoop! This, oddly enough is one of the things I love most about cities. Something about sitting on a slab of concrete watching the world pass you by..
I don't know how you girls do it- (self portraits). It took me too long to find a picture I was OK with and I just got frustrated and pissed off. woo hoo!
SAF model walk 05 14 2011
Model: The Lovely & Talented Kelly White
iso 400; 1/1600 @ f/2
Post: PS CS3
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