An annual tradition, the Jedburgh hand ba' was held in the Scots Borders town centre on the first Thursday after Shrove Tuesday.<br /><br />It sees two teams of players run through the streets while they try to get their hands on a leather ba' with ribbons and throw it into the opposition's goal.<br /><br />Teams are separated into Uppies and Doonies, depending on where they live.<br /><br />The game is believed to have been played since the 1500s and features a separate game for men and for boys.<br /><br />Billy Gillies, 71, a stone mason from Jedburgh, said: "This has been one of the best hand ba' games I've ever been to and I've been going for 60 years now.
