30th December 2020
Photo from Iain MacLeod
7th December 2020
RMS Winter League
It was a frosty start today for the third round of The Rothesay Motor Services Winter League as you can see from the view from the 12th tee.
In league A Mark Crichton and Mike Manvell stamped their authority on the league with a 5 and 4 win over the new partnership of Graham Dunn and Colin Renfrew. John Black had to play on his own after the no show of his partner but still managed to scrape a win over Gordon McIntyre and Robert McArthur winning the match down the last to win 1 up. Thomas Morrison and Jack Standaloft made their way to third spot in the league with a well earned 2 and 1 victory over Iain Andrews and Dougie Menzies, who bring up the bottom of the table.
League B is the tightest of the three with only 2 points separating the top 5 teams and the last two rounds will be pressure matches with the qualifying places all to play for. Today saw Joe Livingstone and Leighton Thomas come from behind when they were 1 down with three to play. Joe managed to come back to planet earth by that time and finished withv3 straight pars to defeat Stephen Greenshields and Phill Williams 1 up. Sam Jamieson and Jim Bicker took an early lead against Frankie Lintermans and John McBride but the Sheese Boys were too strong and came out winners by 4 and 2. In the last match of the Jamie McGroarty was left to fend for himself and managed to secure a draw against brothers Matthew and Jordan Leitch which kept him and partner Jason McLeod at the top of league B
League C saw Iain McFarlane and Davie Greer keep up their 100% winning record with a 4 and 2 victory over plus 2 golfer Donald Standaloft and his partner Graham Bolton. Father and son duo of Roddie and Ryan Leitch are only 1 point behind after a 2 up victory over last years winners David Kilpatrick and John Whitelaw. Allan Stewart welcomed back his partner Hector Whitelaw and the pairing certainly clicked back into team work with a 5 and 3 victory over bottom of the league Mike Ivory and Duncan Lyon.
See below league standings after 3 rounds
This Sunday 13th December is the December medal and players are asked to book their tee times using the app.
1st December 2020
Bolton and Kilpatrick Scramble to Victory
An excellent field of 30 golfers took to the course on Sunday for the Standaloft Scramble. This pairs competition gives golfers double the chance of a good scoring with both players teeing off and picking the best and then both hitting from the same spot until holed. With handicaps set at 10% of the total combined handicaps of both golfers this is always a tight finish with this year being no different with only 2 shots splitting the top three.
With the course in superb condition Graham Bolton and David Kilpatrick (pictured) scrambled the best to finish on top of the leader board with a Nett 60.2 edging out the runners up by 1shot. Donald Standaloft and Jim Bicker took home the scratch prize with an excellent 63 which meant losing out on the top spot by only 0.3 shots.
A great array of prizes sponsored by Donald were on offer with full details of all the winners below:
Winners – G Bolton and D Kilpatrick
Runners up – M Crichton and F Lintermans
Third – G Fisher and S Greenshields
Scratch winners – D Standaloft and J Bicker
Nearest the pin at 10 – J Bicker
Nearest the pin at 18 – J Whitelaw
Boobie Prize – G McIntyre and R McArthur
This week sees the third round of Winter League matches with tee times below
08.30 – M Crichton + M Manvell v G Dunn + C Renfrew
08.40 – P Williams + S Greenshields v J Livingston + L Thomas
08.50 – J Black + M Dunn v G McIntyre + R McArthur
09.00 – F Lintermans + J McBride v J Bicker + S Jamieson
09.10 – D Greer + I McFarlane v D Standaloft + G Bolton
09.20 – M Leitch + J Leitch v J McGroarty + J McLeod
09.30 – R Leitch + R Leitch v D Kilpatrick + J Whitelaw
09.40 – T Morrison + J Standaloft v I Andrews + D Menzies
09.50 – M Ivory + D Lyon v A Stewart + H Whitelaw
29th October 2020
DUNNS BRING HOME THE SHEESE
The last big competition of the season took place at Port Bannatyne Golf Club on Saturday 24th October with the 3rd holding of The Bute Island Foods open. It was a bit dubious whether it would go ahead or not after the rain on Friday night but the course was again in excellent condition which is all down to greenkeeper Duncan Lyon and Graham Dunn assisting.
This popular competition takes place over two rounds of 12 holes for pairs of golfers. Morning round is a scramble with the afternoon round taking the Greensomes format.
The morning round was dominated by"roomies" Leighton Thomas and Joe Livingstone who came in with an excellent round of 3 under par which gave them a morning score of 40.9 taking home the prizes .
The second round, which everyone thought would be the hardest, was an easy afternoon for Jim Bicker and Colin Spear who came in with a nett 39.6 which earned them a place on the overall podium taking second place with the "Roomies" taking third spot.
Overall winners on the day with two great rounds were brothers Scott and Matthew Dunn. There two rounds of 42.8 and 41.4 were enough to see off the rest of the 21 pairs of golfers and take home some great prizes from the sponsors. The vast array of prizes are listed below. Thanks for your generous sponsorship and we look forward to a bigger and better day next year.
Pictured are winners Matthew and Scott Dunn with Bute Island Foods Representatives Mark Crichton and Francois Lintermans
Winners Am - J Livingstone and L Thomas
Winners Pm - P Williams and C Michael
Overall winners - S and M Dunn
2nd Place - J Bicker and C Spears
3rd Place - Livingstone and L Thomas
Best scratch - M Crichton and I Shaw
Closest to the pin in 2 at 1st - A Kennovin and E Thom
Closest to the pin in 2 at 5th - S Jamieson and I McFarlane
Closest to the pin in 2 at 7th - S Dunn and M Dunn
Closest to the pin at 4th - Ryan Leitch and Roddie Leitch
Closest to the pin at 10th - M Crichton and I Shaw
Booby prize went to J McGroarty and J McLeod
Best dressed went to D Driver, R Driver, S Lawrence and S Gilchrist who decided to show up in Mario brothers costumes.
All members are reminded that the Rothesay Motor Services Winter league starts on Sunday 1st November. Pairings and tee times are posted on the facebook page.
30th September 2020
Greenkeepers Quaich
It was all about Mike Manvell today in the Greenkeepers Quaich which was played in glorious weather.
The competition is held to show the appreciation the members have for the greenkeeper for the work he does to keep the course in excellent condition, which Duncan has done in spades this year and hopefully will continue for years to come.
Mike Manvell stole the show today starting with an ace at the 12th. Mikes first hole in one was made even better as he and his playing partner's watched it roll into the hole. Well done Mike.
It was not the only thing Mike got today as he walked away with first prize with an excellent nett 59 after shooting a 76. You won't be off 17 now Mike.
With the weather and course in excellent scoring conditions it was no surprise that this wasn't the only great score today. Graham Fisher managed to secure 2nd place with a nett 61 narrowly pipping Donald Standaloft by virtue of the better inward half. Donald's scratch 61 was 1 off the course record which included 3 bogeys.
Full list of prize winners below
1st - Mike Manvell
2nd - Graham Fisher
3rd - Donald Standaloft
Nearest the pins
4th/16th - Donald Standaloft
10th - John McBride
18th - Tommy Wilkinson
Along with the 1 from Mike there were also some twos
Donald Standaloft x2
John McBride
David Greer
Juniors
1st - Gordon Currie
2nd - Aiden McGregor
A huge thanks to Duncan Lyon for the array of prizes and also for his continued work on the course
Pictured are greenkeeper Duncan Lyon and winner Mike Manvell and also Mike Teeing off from the 12th
22nd September 2020
LINTERMANS RETAINS TITLE
Another great day today at Port Bannatyne Golf club with the 22nd running of the JMF tankard kindly sponsored by The Fergus family. This competition is always well represented and in the current climate a decent field of over 30 golfers took to the course. All players were well watered and fed at the 13th tee with plenty of snacks and drinks available courtesy of the sponsors.
Francois Lintermans retained the title with an excellent round of 76 for a nett 61. This is the third victory in this tournament for the big Belgian who also bagged two nearest the pin prizes. Well done Frankie.
A full list of prize winners below
Winner - F Lintermans - 61
2nd - J Bicker - 64(BIH)
3rd - G Fisher - 64
Best scratch - J McBride - 71
Best overseas - P Shanks - 65
Nearest the pins
4th/16th - F Lintermans
10th - H Whitelaw
18th - F Lintermans
1st in two - M Dunn
7th in two - P Shanks
No two's were scored today so the twos money enhanced the sweep money.
A huge thanks to the Fergus family for their continued support to the club and there generous sponsorship and refreshments.
All members are asked to submit your winter league pairings to Donald Standaloft at the earliest opportunity
Pictured are Francois along with the Fergus brothers Alastair and David
7th September 2020
MacLeod Construction Port Open
BOLTON SECURES 9th VICTORY
A great turn out at The Port on Sunday for The MacLeod Construction Port Open.
With the course in excellent condition and the weather favourable, albeit a bit windy, scoring was there to be had.
Graham Bolton secured victory in the competition for the 9th time, with his first coming back in 1986.
Grahams score of 3 under par 65 was enough to hold off Club Champion Donald Standaloft by 1 shot.
Club captain Sam Jamieson took home the handicap prize with a 73, nett 62. Full results below.
Port Open Champion Graham Bolton -65
2nd Donald Standaloft - 66
3rd George Reynolds - 71
4th John McBride - 72
5th Graham Fisher, Jim Thom, Ian Simpson and Graham Dunn -75
Handicap
1st - Sam Jamieson - 73(62)
2nd - Stewart Hogarth - 77(63)BIH
3rd - Stephen Greenshields - 73(63)
4th - Robert Turnbull - 74(64)BIH
5th - Jack Standaloft - 76(64)
Nearest the pins
4th/16th - Graham Bolton
10th - Jack Standaloft
18th - Gavin McLean
A huge thanks to MacLeod Construction for their continued support of this event which they have been a part of for 30 years.
A reminder to all Port members to play their Kames Cup ties as soon as possible and inform Donald of results
Pictured are Club Captain and Handicap winner Sam Jamieson with winner of The MacLeod Construction Port Open Graham Bolton
28th July 2020
Bicker Salver
A huge well done to Davie Greer and Allan Stewart on their victory today in the Bicker Salver. This two mam scramble event is a new addition to this year's fixtures as it is usually a two ball knockout competition. Davie and Allan secured victory with an excellent scratch 64, giving them a nett 61.9 to win by 2.1 shots from Hector Whitelaw and Matthew Dunn. Mike Ivory and Roddie Leitch took third place with 64.2. Best scratch score of the day, outwith the winners, were Graham Fisher and Mark Crichton with a 66. Booby prize was warmly received by Francois Lintetmans and Davie Reid.
Nearest the pin prizes went to Roddie Leitch@4th/16th, Francois Lintermans @10th and John McBride @18th.
Well done all winners.
A massive thanks to sponsor Jim Bicker and family for the kind sponsorship of the Salver and for the great array of prizes.
Another thanks must go to Duncan Lyon and Graham Dunn for the state of the course which, again, was in excellent condition. We have had a fair few visitors this week and each one of them have commented on the course and of course the excellent views to be had.
If you fancy a round up the Port please message this page or private message Sam Jamieson to organise a tee time. All visitors welcome.
This weekend’s fixtures are an extra medal on Saturday 1st August and the August Medal on Sunday 2nd. Please contact Sam Jamieson or Donald Standaloft for tee times.
Best of luck to all Rothesay members playing in the Bennie this year as, unfortunately, this competition is for members only.
The winners of the Bicker Salver along with sponsor Jim Bicker
21st July 2020
DUNN WINS THE GROUSE
A great turn out yesterday for the first major trophy of the year, outwith the Championship. The Bike Shed sponsored Grouse is usually an Open competition but had to be limited to members only this year. The two 12 hole competition is always well supported and 34 golfers took to the course yesterday.
Winner on the day and taking home the trophy is Graham Dunn who ripped the course apart with a 4 under par second round of 41 giving him a net 37 to add to his morning round of 48 (44 nett). Some scoring Graham.
The excellent sponsorship gave a huge list of prizes which included a best dressed golfer. I.L McLeod was very pessimistic on the day and decided he would guarantee himself a prize and turned up to the golf course in his full kilt outfit. Well done I.L.
A fullest of prize winners below
Winner - Graham Dunn
Second - Jim Bicker
Third - John Black
Scratch - Graham Bolton
Second - Donald Standaloft
Third - Hector Whitelaw
Best AM - A Stewart
Best PM - M Dunn
Nearest pins
4th - Graham Dunn
10th - Leighton Thomas
18th - Graham Fisher
Longest Drive - Sam Jamieson
A huge thanks must go to the sponsors for the fantastic array of prizes.