At Friday's annual general meeting, held at the national stadium at Murrayfield, a motion by president George Jack to scrap the cup competition for a year to help ease match congestion was thrown out in a vote by the clubs, despite the motion having the backing of most of the 11 Borders clubs.

Local clubs are now planning to meet on Wednesday to discuss the situation.

Asked if Selkirk will take part in the cup competition next year, club vice-president Donald Macleod told The Wee Paper no decision had been taken as yet at Philiphaugh.

"As a club we haven't taken a final decision yet. Alternative proposals haven't been finalised so we're holding fire," he said.

"The club was very concerned about confusion and contradictory messages coming from the union at the AGM, so there's a hesitancy about how we go forward from here.

"Next season our priority will be Premier One, but the Border League is important to us as well. The whole thing was chaotic – it was totally confusing and I came away completely baffled.

"Speaking to others afterwards there was a feeling that no clear guidance was coming from the union.

"We've discussed it several times at the club, but are waiting for concrete proposals from the union and the Border League before making any decisions."

SRU spokesman Michael James told us: "There were 21 representatives from 11 Border clubs.

"The Scottish Rugby annual general meeting provided 181 representatives from 233 clubs from all over Scotland with the opportunity to vote on key issues affecting Scottish Rugby.

"Following a vote at Friday's AGM the clubs voted to continue with the Scottish Hydro Electric Cup completion in its current form.

"Scottish Rugby fully supports its member clubs and will be consulting with various stakeholders to provide a season structure for what promises to be an exciting year ahead."

Mr Macleod, however, did not want to speculate at this stage on whether or not Selkirk would take part in the cup next year.

"There's no point in speculating at this stage," he told us. "None of this is affecting the players, though.