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CUP, SHIELD & BOWL
The draw for the Scottish
Hydro Cup, Shield and Bowl competitions has been
made. This season the Cup will be contested by
Premier clubs only, the Shield will be
exclusively for National League sides while the
Bowl will be regionalised. Melrose will have to
beat Peebles on the road if they are to make a
third consecutive appearance at Murrayfield in
the local tie of the 1st Round while Selkirk
have a rare home tie against GHA. Jedforest also
will play at home (against West Of Scotland)
while Hawick need to go to Currie for a tough
encounter. Gala will play the winners of Irvine
v Dunfermline if they beat Morgan on the road in
the preliminary round while Kelso have a home
game against Biggar in the preliminary round -
the winners will get an away game at Howe Of
Fife. The first round games
will be played on 6th February while the
preliminary ties will take place on 21st November.
In the Shield competition no Border team will be
required to play in the preliminary round but
two of the four local sides have been drawn
together. Berwick will play at home against
Hawick YM, while Langhom are hosting Glasgow
Accies and Hawick Linden are at home to
Linlithgow.
In the Bowl regional competition (to be played
on 14th November) it's Hawick Harlequins v
Queensferry, Earlston v Napier University,
Walkerburn v 1 SCOTS and Dunbar v St Boswells in
the preliminary round, while both Duns and Gala
YM have byes into the 1st Round proper scheduled
for 28th November where Duns are away to
Dalkeith and Gala YM are at home to Inverleith.
Cup Dates - Preliminary Round (21 Nov), Round 1
(6 Feb), Round 2 (13 Mar), Quarter Finals (27
Mar), Semi Finals (3 Apr), Final (24 Apr).
Shield Dates -
Preliminary Round (21 Nov), Round 1 (6 Feb),
Round 2 (13 Mar), Quarter Finals (27 Mar), Semi
Finals (3 Apr), Final (24 Apr).
Bowl
Dates -
Preliminary Round (14 Nov), Round 1 (28 Nov),
Round 2 (6 Feb), Round 3 (6 Mar), Quarter Finals
(27 Mar), Semi Finals (3 Apr), Final (24 Apr).
Click to download the full draws in all three
competitions.
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