June 2008

Sunday, June 29, 2008

C & J Gordon Trophy by Webmaster @ 23:44 GMT

The second mixed night of the summer was held on Friday 27th June which was the 24th time that the C&J Gordon Trophy has been played for. Despite the weather, 33 brave souls competed over 12 holes in a scramble format. Once all the wet and cold golfers were in they were treated to a lovely buffet provided by the Ladies section. The prizes were presented by Cathie Gordon and the winners were as follows.
Winners - M.Wilson, J.Paterson and G.Fisher
2nd - B.Reid, H.Whitelaw and W.McLean
3rd - M.McMillan, D.Whitelaw and J.Hebditch
4th - S.Hill, D.Standaloft and B.Melville
Consolation Prize - M.Wood, H.Archibald and P.Ware
Straightest Drive at the 5th hole - Ladies - B.Reid
Men - G.Fisher

Nearest the pin 10th hole - Ladies - B.Reid
Men - S.Hill

Nearest the pin 18th hole - Ladies - B.Campbell
Men - J.Paterson
Club captain G.Fisher and Ladies captain B.Campbell both thanked Cathie and Jim Gordon for their continued sponsorship and all at the club are looking forward to the competitions silver anniversary. The evening was concluded when B.Reid on behalf of the club presented Cathie with a basket of flowers.

Saturday, June 28, 2008

Some You Win Some You Lose by Webmaster @ 11:09 GMT

Port Bannatyne were host to both of Rothesay Golf Clubs teams with the Firth of Clyde fixture being played at the same time as the annual social game.
Firstly to the firth of Clyde and the first game Ian Shaw and Jim O Donnell come from behind 2 down playing the 16th but a finish of two, three, two was good enough to see of the pairing of George Reynolds and George Hansom in the second game Jack Paterson and Jamie Jardine lost by the slimmest of margins one down to Stevie mc Donald and Kevin Bowie the third game and Graham Dunn and Neil MacLeod lost 2 & 1 to Tommy Reynolds and new club Champ Gordon mc Lean game four and Robert Turnbull & David Reid the third lost big to John Gilchrist and Calum Mc Kirdy 7 & 5 and in the final game Jimmy Dunn and David Whitelaw lost by one hole to Angus Murray and John Shaw which made the score 4 to 1 Rothesay which flattered them slightly as so many games could have gone either way this leaves Rothesay in a strong position going into the final fixtures.
The Ports social team faired a little better under the guidance of captain I L MacLeod who sent himself out in the first game with John Preston they triumphed 1 up over Jimmy Burke and B mc Killop in game 2 Jim Muldoon and Robert Jardine beat Jim Milligan and Grieg Fisher 1 up game 3 and new import John Maltman and Mike Ivory gave team captain Frank Lee and Gordon Shaw a good seeing to 5 & 3 game 4 and Craig Charker and Henry Tait beat David Driver and Andy Cormack 3 & 1 Game 5 was halved this was between John Hebditch and Iain Mc Farlane Kenny Thompson and Ross Lowrie
In the final game this also went Rothesays way as Hue Charker and Mike Dodds beat Bob Sutherland and Calum McPhail making the overall result three and a half to two and a half
Both Rothesays team captains George Hanson and Frank Lee thanked Port Bannatyne for their hospitality and congratulated Janey for the quality of the catering Frank the presented team captain I L Mac Leod with the trophy in reply Ian gave us a few little wisdoms from his vast repertoire then firth of Clyde captain Robert Turnbull thanked Rothesay for their kind words and wished them continued success for the rest of the season.

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Cowal Building & Plumbing Seniors Open by Webmaster @ 18:05 GMT

Cowal Builders cement reputation

A turnout of almost fifty testified to the ongoing popularity of Port Bannatyne's annual Seniors Open, sponsored by Cowal Building and Plumbing Supplies.
A fast-running course benefitting from this season's global warming, made scoring difficult, but no one seems to have told Rothesay's Tommy Duncan. His nett 64 off a handicap of 6 was enough to win the 50-60 section, scoop the sweep and take away both the Seniors Open Cup and the shield for the best scratch (70). In second place in the "juniors" was Port newcomer John Maltman (11) 65, with David Bodys (9) 67 of the home club in third place.
In the over 60 section, with pensions needing augmenting, first place was taken by Port specialist I.L.MacLeod (13) on 67. One stroke adrift were Brian Hughes(Rothesay) (21) and John Preston (16), with the copious prizemoney being decided in favour of the former only on the basis of a better last 6 holes.
With Tommy Duncan already the recipient of a hefty voucher as the overall winner, George Hanson's 72 saw him taking the scratch cash. George's two at the 18th, the only one of the day, a second equal in the sweep and the longest drive at the 6th made it a lucrative outing to the north end for him. No one succeeeded in stopping the ball on the skating rink of the 10th, but greenkeeper John Marshall used his intimate knowledge to finish nearest to the pin at the 18th.
Ronnie Hair, manager of Cowal Building's Rothesay branch, handed out his firms much-appreciated largesse to the fortunate winners.
Results:-

50-60 1. T.Duncan (6) 64
2. J.Maltman (11) 65
3. D.Bodys (9) 67

Over 60 1. I.L.MacLeod (13) 67
2. B.Hughes (21) 68
3. J.Preston 16) 68

Monday, June 09, 2008

Taverna open by Webmaster @ 22:26 GMT

Normal service was resumed this year after last years wash out of the Taverna Open and after a grey start sunshine bathed the slopes of the Port. With this very popular competition coming earlier in the year and assuming a new format in the form of a stableford competition things were very close. There were some early birds out to get round in time to play cricket in the afternoon one of these being Graham Barnsley AKA TAFF whose 41 points was on the board for all to have a go at the closest was Ian Shaw who missed out by only one point on 40pts followed closely by Jack Paterson with 39pts Sponsor and proprietor of the Taverna Bar Dougie Clark was accompanied by his wife Linda and Daughter Zoe, Dougie thanked the Port for their hospitality and all who helped the day to happen, he then handed over the Zoe to present the prizes to both the winners on the golf course and from the raffle which was in aid of the Sprowl play area and the children’s pantomime trip for which we would like to thank Dougie who then in turn thanked the people who donated to the raffle. Nearest the pin at the 10th winner was Alec Greer jnr nearest the pin at the 18th was won by the evergreen I. L. MacLeod and nearest the pin at the 6th was won by R Jardine the best outward half went to John Marshall the best inward half and welcome back Andy Cormack the worst half was shared by two members who will remain nameless to protect the innocent the big prize in the raffle was won by David Bodys who is now the proud owner of an I Pod but was last seen having trouble tuning it in there were a further dozen prizes which cheered up a few who missed out on the course A big thank you to the Taverna for another great day and look forward to next year. This weekend coming is the social match against Bute the Port have never won away against Bute and we are still needing a couple of players if you are available phone Stav on 01700500195 then on Sunday the Port are at home to Gourock and on Wednesday the Summer Cup which is sponsored by Ian Shaw this is every Wednesday in June and July and takes the form of an eclectic competition so the more rounds you play the better chance you have so don’t leave it to late.

Thursday, June 05, 2008

Grouse Open by Webmaster @ 18:59 GMT

David Greer Wins The Grouse

David Greer won The Grouse Open on Sunday by virtue of the better second round over David Driver. With both players recording an aggregate score of 130 David G’s, score of 67:63 beat David D’ score of 66:64. Once again, and this after nearly 40 years sponsorship, Matthew Gloag and Company continue to provide Port Bannatyne Golf Club with the most generous of sponsorships provided in liquid form as was in evidence on the prize table. The early rounds started in blazing sunshine but as the day progressed the duller conditions suited those players who actually tackled the 36 holes. With due respect to the two David’s the round of the day had to be that of Jim Muldoon. With an 18 handicap limit the 22 handicapper netted a net 63 in the morning round giving him an actual handicap score of 59. However having scored a TWELVE at the first then this actually means a handicap score of a net 54. No-one there on Sunday can remember anything lower and it means Jim takes a cut of almost 5 shots in one go!! Another in the same boat was Calum MacPhail who carded a 63 in the pm round. With his handicap at 25 then this was an actual 56 and he too cuts his handicap by 5 shots. Donald Standaloft took the scratch prize with 2 steady rounds of 70.

Prizelist as follows:

Winner:D. Greer (130 B.I.H.)):R.Up:D. Driver (130): 3rd:J. Muldoon (132): 4th J. Paterson (134): 5th C. MacPhail (135): 6th D. Reid (137 BIH): 7th A. Greer (Jnr) (137): 8th S. Officer (139): Scratch D. Standaloft (140): Longest Drive at 6 I. Shaw: Nearest Pin at 10 A. Greer: Nearest Pin at 18 R. Jardine:

McFadyen Trophy

Once again a very successful mixed scramble was held at The Port in the shape of The McFadyen Memorial Trophy kindly sponsored by the McFadyen family. Despite the midgies doing their best to eat everyone alive all 12 teams managed to survive to enjoy the fabulous buffet laid on by the ladies Club. Winners on the night were Maggie Wood, john marshall and Harry Slaven. Such was the size of the prizelist that few went home empty handed.

Prizelist: 1st – M. Wood, H. Slaven & J. Marshall: 2nd – G. McFie, P. Ware & G. Fisher: 3rd – C. Moffat, R. Melville & D. Standaloft: Scratch – B. Reid, W. WcFadyen & W. Hunter: “Oh Dear Prize” – M. Standaloft, S. Hill & H. Archibald: Nearest pin at 10 – Ladies – C. Middleton & Gents C. MacPhail: Nearest Pin at 18 – Ladies – J. McDermott Gents – R. Melville: Straightest Drive at 5th – Ladies – H. Macleod Gents – G. McIntyre:

Longest Drive at 6th – ladies C. Middleton gents – R. Melville

This Week-end

The ever popular Taverna Open is this week-end and players should check the Competition Board or The Taverna for tee times and pairings.

Social Match v Kingarth

A sheet is on the Competition Board for those wishing to play in this fixture.

Members are reminded that the knockout sheets are on the locker room notice board and play by dates to be adhered to.