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News | 29th September 2022
 

Magnificent 7 for Milntown men

 
 
 

Try blitz maintains unbeaten run with game in hand

Langholm 39-26 Dunbar

By Kenneth Pool

Langholm’s first home game of the season proved to be a 12-try bonanza in the sunshine at Milntown.

And the 39-26 win over a dogged Dunbar side maintained an unbeaten start to the new campaign which augurs well for some tough matches ahead.

Prior to kick-off there was a minute’s silence in memory of two great stalwarts of the club: former president Tom Scott and John Copeland, a member of the 1959 championship winning squad.

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