BORDERS athletes returned from the East District Championships at the weekend with no fewer than 13 titles.

A further six silver medals and five bronze were also won.

Top-ranked Scottish sprinter Cameron Tindle from Berwick-upon-Tweed secured a championship double in the U20 Men’s 100m and 200m, taking the latter in a new championship record time of 21.44 seconds and only being denied a record double by a marginally illegal wind speed in the 100m.

West Linton’s Stacey Downie continues to perform with distinction at the age of 29, taking the senior women’s 100m and 400m titles and just being denied a hat-trick with silver in the 200m.

Dolphinton's Jordan Charters landed the senior long jump title.

And teenager Adam Leighton won gold in the Under 15s high jump in his first competition since stepping up from Under 13s.

There was a fantastic U13 Shot Putt double for Chirnside Chasers with Archie Fuller winning the boys’ title with a throw of 7.73m and Hannah Hamilton-Meikle taking the girls’ equivalent with 8.84m.

Continuing the club’s emergence as a hot-bed of throws talent, Keira Waddell won the U15 Girls javelin title with a new championship record of 32.90m and there were bronze medals in the javelin for each of the Fuller brothers, Harry and Archie.

Gold Medals: SenW 100m – Stacey Downie (EAC) 12.25s, SenW 400m – Stacey Downie (EAC) 56.58s

Sen M Long Jump – Jordan Charters (Sale) 7.17m, U20W 100m – Katie Browne (EAC) 12..62s, U20M 100m - Cameron Tindle (EAC) 10.69s, U20M 200m - Cameron Tindle (EAC) 21.44s (new record), U20M Hammer – Craig Mullins (EAC) 55.73m , U15G Javelin – Keira Waddell (Chirnside) 32.90m (new record), U15G Pole Vault – Rosie Browne (EAC) 2.27m, U15G Triple Jump – Ellie O’Hara (EAC) 10.35m, U15B High Jump – Adam Leighton (Lasswade) 1.65m, U13G Shot Putt – Hannah Hamilton-Meikle (Chirnside) 8.84m and U13B Shot Putt – Archie Fuller (Chirnside) 7.73m.

Silver Medals: Sen W 200m – Stacey Downie (EAC) 25.06s, U20W 100m – Emily Dagg (EAC) 12.90m, U20M 800m – Kobe Stevens (Moorfoot) 1.59.11, U15G 800m – Charlotte Clare (Moorfoot) 2.22.05, U15B 800m – Michael Girdler (Moorfoot) 2.06.76, U15B 1500m – Ethan Elder (Moorfoot) 4.31.76.

Bronze Medals: SenM 100m – Jordan Charters (Sale) 11.32s, U20W 200m – Jasmine Tomlinson (EAC) 25.92s, U15G 800m – Hannah Little (Lasswade) 2.22.91, U15B Javelin – Harry Fuller (Chirnside) 19.78m, U13B Javelin – Archie Fuller (Chirnside) 19.81m.