KIERAN Riddell has been announced as the 2017 Selkirk Standard Bearer.

The 27-year-old partner in the family stonemason business was carried head-high around the Royal Burgh this evening.

And excited Kieran, who cast the Hammerman's Flag back in 2013, was thrilled with his reception.

He told the Border Telegraph: "This is something I've wanted to do since I was a young boy.

"I've always been into horses and I first rode the Marches when I was 14."

Kieran will follow in the footsteps of his father, Keith, who cast the Royal Burgh Flag in 1981.

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