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The 1940s and 1950s
After the Second World War, the club was reformed; and although it was a lean time as far as trophies were concerned,
the club had some great players, including Hughie McLeod, Robin Charters, George Stevenson, George Willison,
and Derrick and Oliver Grant.It was in 1958 that the PSA first negotiated with the Town Council for the waste ground at Burnfoot,
the present home of the club. Hard work meant the clubrooms were completed on time, with some great help from Rob Welsh and Wilson Patterson,
both apprentice joiners at that time. The clubrooms were opened in April 1960, after a game between two teams of mixed Hawick and PSA players.
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Farmyard fresh
 I remember trying to catch Jumbo Douglas who played as a wing and was quite fast, and with a diving last ditch tackle I missed
but landed beautifully in a fresh cow plat. I let out an oath and was immediately told off by Andra [Bowie, the referee] for swearing at the player,
and when I stood up and faced him with the rest of the players pissing themselves laughing, I think he realised what I was swearing at,
but like all top referees who make a decision, looked but never admitted any more.Robin Charters, on a 1946 trial
The new pitch
What a bloody pitch at first! Drainage was awful,
the players had to collect stones from the pitch before every game, and never a lot of grass.
However, it was a beginning and above all a place to train and play...Robin Charters
Hawick diplomacy
Tommy Dickson...was remembered not only for his winning of
the Skol Lager Sprint, but when asked what he would like to drink by the sponsors he replied, "A Tennents Lager, please".
Robin Charters
And the rest is history
It was the PSA who got me started in the game. Prior to that I had not played the game at Hawick High School,
preferring to skive off and do a little rabbiting! Indeed it was once when I was out with the dogs looking
for a rabbit or two, and in the company of of Tom Hinton, a PSA committee stalwart, that he and my brother-in-law, Alex Telfer,
persuaded me to go up to join the PSA and give the game a trialHugh McLeod
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