9th December 20247
Rothesay Motor Services Winter League was back on this week. Week 4 fixtures took place today in great conditions, albeit a bit windy, with the course in excellent condition despite the recent weather. Biggest upset of the day goes to Duncan Lyon and Euan Irvine who defeated reigning champions Carl Kelly and Colin Muir by an impressive 6 and 5. John McBride fancied giving Roddie Leitch and Chrissy Lawrence a head start and never showed up until the second hole where he joined partner Graham Fisher and went on to win 6&4. Donald Standaloft tried to take on Matthew Dunn and John Black by himself but even after being 3 under after 11 holes still succumbed to a 4&3 defeat.
Moment of the day goes to Gordon Macintyre, whose father, Robert Macintyre, passed away last week. Gordon and Robert McArthur defeated Hector and Neil Whitelaw and earned their first win of the season. Standing on the first green Gordon holed a mammoth putt and without blinking an eye looked up to the sky and said, “That’s for you Teddy”. A great moment GMac and your dad would be so proud.
In the other games John Whitelaw and sub-Colin Renfrew defeated Sam Jamieson and Iain McFarlane and Martin Young and sub-Matt Mclean beat Kalum Ledicott and Stuart Gilchrist.
Next Sunday 15th we jump back a week to week 3 fixtures. See below League standings after 3 rounds and fixtures for Sunday 15th.
A huge thanks to all at Rothesay Motor Services for their continued support.
11th November 2024
Week 2 of Port Bannatyne Winter League sponsored by Rothesay Motor Services.
Great day for golf, wet, foggy and cold, perfect conditions for some great scoring.
The course as always was in great condition thanks to Duncan and Graham
The food and drink this week was spot on with homemade cottage pie on offer amongst other delights.
Result from Week 2.
League A
Roddie Leitch & Chrissy Lawrence bt Donald Standaloft & Martin Myatt 5&4
John McBride & Graham Fisher bt John Black & Matthew Dunn 5&4
League B
Stuart Gilchrist & Kalum Ledicott bt Sam Jamieson & Iain McFarlane 1 up
John Whitelaw & David McNee bt Alex Morrison-Cowan & Martin Young 1up
League C
Neil Whitelaw & Colin Renfrew (sub for Hector) bt David Driver & Ryan Driver 3&2
Sean Lawrence & Will McDonald (absent) bt Gordon McIntyre & Robert McArthur 1 up
League D
Duncan Lyon & Ewan Irvine bt Graham Dunn & David Rutherford 5&4 (Walkover)
Carl Kelly & Colin Muir bt David Greer & Alan Stewart 1up
A few questions answered this week, Roddie and Chrissy showing their class in a good win over Spall and Martin, even though Martin tried to nobble Roddie with shots of tequila at Bute Yard the night before. Fisher did turn up this week with he and birdie running away with a 5&4 against the current club champion.
In league B the young boys Gilk and Kalum proved too good for Sam and Iain with a good win denying the Match secretary and his second in command 2 wins in a row.
John Whitelaw proved he has got the endurance winning with David against Alex and Martin in a five hour marathon.
In league C Neil once again proved he is the best golfing Whitelaw with a great win without his dad against father and son duo David and Ryan.
Everyone’s 4th favourite Lawrence Sean battled on his own for a good win against Kaki and Gordy.
League D saw Dunky and Ewan with a 5&4 walkover which will give their goal difference a great boost, but it was last years winners Colin and Carl again grinding out a hard 1up win against Davie Greer and Big Al
Well done to everyone again this week in damp condition, special mentions this week got to Stuart Gilchrist who was on to shoot around the 80 mark, which off a handicap of 24 is great shooting. (Also my 105 yard chip in for a 2 for 1 on the 14th to win the match 5&4)
Keep your eyes peeled for the league standings and the third round fixtures.
As usual huge thanks to Leighton Reid and family from Rothesay Motor Services for their continued support.
4th November 2024
Chloe Aikens School of Dance
Not just a golf club….
Busy Saturday up at the clubhouse yesterday with Chloe Aikens School of Dance fantastic bingo day from 2pm - 5:30pm then Susan Slaven with the kids from Port Bannatyne Primary up for a Halloween disco. A great venue for a party or a get together. Warm, dry, free WiFi and a great priced bar.
Thanks on the day go to;
Iain McFarlane and Robert McArthur for stepping in to do the bar and other duties for the club, Chloe and all the dance mums for organising the bingo and Susan Slaven and all the Port Primary Committee for organising the disco for the kids.
28th October 2024
Rothesay Motor Services Winter League
First day of the Winter League sponsored by Rothesay Motor Services started this morning in glorious weather. Dry and bright with only a slight breeze, the course is near perfect condition given this weeks weather. 16 teams of 2, competing for this years crown.
Results as follows:
League A
Donald & Martin bt John & Ryan Tierney(sub for Matty Dunn) 4&3
John & Leighton (sub for Graham) bt Roddie & Chrissy 2 up
League B
Sam & Iain bt John & David 2 up
Martin & Alex bt Kalum & Stuart 2&1
League C
Kaki & Davie (sub for Gordy) bt Hector & Neil 2&1
Sean & Wills bt David & Ryan 4&3
League D
Graham & David bt Big Al & Davie 2&1
Colin & Carl (last years champs) bt Mike (sub for Duncan) & Ewan 1up
No one is counted out yet after just one week though, let’s see how things go on week two in two weeks time.
Usual thanks to Sam for fixtures, Graham, Duncan for their continued work on the course, Hazel and Roddie for the food, drink and banter you can only get in our clubhouse.
Biggest thanks as usual, goes to Leighton Reid and family at Rothesay Motor Services for their sponsorship.
Greenkeepers Quaich
14th October 2024
Today was the annual Greenkeepers Quaich and more than 30 golfers took to the course. Sponsored by our fantastic green keeper Duncan Lyon. The club has went from strength to strength in the last few years thanks to his hard work. A huge array of prizes including closest to the pins was put on.
Winners in the day were,
1st Chrissy Lawrence & John McBride
2nd Robert Jardine & Martin Myatt
3rd Lewis & Jimmy Poole
Best scratch was Hector Whitelaw and Matthew Dunn.
Huge thanks again goes to Duncan and Fiona for their sponsorship.
Thanks to club match secretary Sam Jamieson for organising tees and handicaps.
And finally Roddie and Hazel for food and drink
Winter League groups
15th September 2024
Bute Island Foods Open
Fantastic day of golf up at the Port, the annual Bute Island Foods day, and what a day it was.
Over £500 worth of prizes up for grabs saw 40 golfers taking to the course. As usual a massive thanks to Duncan and Graham for keeping the course up to the usual standard even after the torrents of rain through the night. Roddie and Hazel for the food and bar, keeping us fed and watered, Sam and Iain for sorting the scoring and cards. Thanks to Captain Donald Standaloft for the prize giving and speech. But the biggest thanks to Bute Island Foods for there sponsorship and continued support for our club.
Prize winners on the day were as follows,
4th place went to Graham, Matthew and Scott Dunn with John Black
3rd place went to Roddie, Ryan and Matthew Leitch with Kalum Ledicott
2nd place went to Big Al, David Greer, Mike Ivory and John Whitelaw
And this years winners of the superb Bute island foods trophy
David and Ryan Driver, Carl Kelly and Malky Brown. Well done guys.
Prize winners also for longest drive, closest in 2 shots at the 1st and 3rd, closest to the pin at 4, 10 and 18 below as well. (Best dressed team wins nothing apparently)
Thanks again to everyone who played and the sponsors at Bute Island Foods.
10th September 2024
What a great day, thanks' to Donald Standaloft our 2024 captain for the many prizes and one of the seasons few sunny days.
22nd July 2024
Another weekend of Golf, food, bars and weddings for the club last weekend. Either the finishing of the Club Championship, the Arthur Slack on the Saturday, a wedding at Mount Stuart on the Saturday night and the Jimmy Whitelaw memorial trophy on the Sunday.
Saturdays Championship final was won by Matthew Dunn, he found himself 3 down through the first 12 holes in the morning round but battled back to be all square after 18. After lunch Matthew looked good against Donald Standaloft and managed to secure his second championship in a row. Well done to Matthew and commiserations to club Captain Donald.
The Arthur Slack final was also played on Saturday which saw Martin Myatt taking on Robert McArthur. This was a close fought affair with Martin winning with a 2up margin. Well done to Martin and commiserations to Robert. Thanks to everyone who took part on the day, Iain McFarlane for refereeing and Jean and Mike ivory for keeping the finalists fed and watered.
Jimmy Whitelaw Trophy
Sunday saw the long awaited Jimmy Whitelaw Trophy which is one of the clubs premier competitions, it’s so well attending which is testament to what the family means to our club.
Winners on the day were,
1st Alan Stewart
2nd Hector Whitelaw
3rd Graham Fisher
4th John Whitelaw
Scratch
Tam McCready
Ladies winners
1st Liz McMillan
2nd Anita Rutherford
3rd Catherine Rae
Closest to the pin @ 10
Men David Kilpatrick
Ladies Catherine Rae
Closest to the pin @ 18
Men Neil McKirdy
Ladies Liz McMillan
Closest in 2 shots @ 3
Alan Stewart (holed out)
Closest in 2 shots @ 6
Douglas Moore
Longest drive @ 7
Joe Livingstone
Well done to all winners
MacLeod Construction Port Open
1st July 2024
MacLeod Port Open
Today was the annual McLeod Construction Port Open. The course was in perfect condition and 40 golfers took to the course with some great scores. Thanks go to McLeod Construction for their continued support of our club. Thanks also to our green staff, Duncan and helpers. Thanks to Roddie, Hazel and Jean for keeping us fed and watered and Sam and Iain for scoring and prize giving duties.
List of prize winners as follows;
Scratch
1st Jack Reynolds (beating Donald Standaloft in 1st playoff hole) 66
2nd Donald Standaloft 66
3rd Ian Simpson
4th Malky Brown
5th Allan Smith Jnr
Other prize winners
Alan Stewart (best handicap)
Joe Livingstone
Ryan Craig
Hector Whitelaw
Nearest the pins
4th/16th John Murray
10th Malky Brown
18th Roddie Leitch
Magic Twos
Matthew Dunn
Fantastic turn out, well done to all involved and thanks again to our sponsors
McLeod Construction
Port Bannatyne Grouse Open
JMF Tankard
3rd June 2024
What a day yesterday for the 26th annual JMF Tankard event at the Port. With 35 golfers taking to the course in stunning conditions it was a first class day for all involved.
Gents winner of the Tankard was Colin Renfrew, a fantastic net 66 taking home the trophy, although it was tight between players with only 1 shot separating the top 3.
Donald Standaloft was best scratch with a fine 67.
Other prize winners on the day were, Graham Fisher, David Greer, Iain Mcfarlane, Jack Standaloft with best overseas going to Kenny Watson.
Ladies winner was Anita Rutherford with Polly Galita in second place.
Thanks goes to the Fergus family for their continued support to our club. Also to the green keepers, a lot of very positive comments from visitors about the fantastic condition of the course. Thanks also to Iain Mcfarlane, Donald Standaloft and Matthew Dunn for handicap and scoring duties. Final thanks as always to Hazel and Roddie for the bar and food, it’s always appreciated.
Howat's Housekeeping and Property Services Scramble
26th May 2024
Saturday saw the Port Golf club hosting Howats Housekeeping and Property Services annual 3 player scramble, with Tricia and family putting up what can only be described as a mountain of prizes. From vouchers, hats, gloves, balls, snoods, nearly 30 bottles of spirits/wine, to 3 “booby” prize bags full of cleaning products. The fine weather combined with the quality of the course it made for some excellent scoring. After the golf, everyone descended on the clubhouse and beer garden for some great food, beers and cocktails to recover from all their hard work on the course. Prize winners on the day,
In 1st place, Roddie Leitch, Caitlyn Kerr and Jordan Leitch
2nd place went to Jimmy & Alicia Dunn, Brian Ross
3rd place, Davie & Jan Reid with Darren Smith
Best Scratch score was John Black, Sarah Howat and Ian McFarlane.
“Booby” Prize went to Stevie & Ellie Miller, with Fraser Campbell.
Prize for Best Dressed went to Stephen,Scott and Rachel Dunn in what can only be described as Jurassic Park meets Indiana Jones outfits…..
Closest to pins now with Scott, Stephen and Rachel taking closest in 2 @ 3rd after Scott driving the green.
Matthew, Jack and Abi were closest in 2 @ the 5th
Closest to the pin @ 10th (sponsored by Davie and Jan Reid) for gents was Jimmy Dunn
Ladies was Janet McAllister
Closest to the pin @ 18th for gents was Jack Standaloft
Ladies was Alicia Dunn.
The Club would like to thank everyone who helped on the day, Ian, Matthew and Sam for cards and scoring, massive thanks to Hazel and Roddie for the usual great food and refreshments.
Tricia and her family have now been part of the club for years, and their continued support through her business is greatly appreciated, roll on next year.
13th May 2024
Hector Scott Trophy
This weekend was the first big trophy of the Summer with qualifying taking place over two days for the Hector Scott Trophy. With plenty of golfers out both days.
Graham Fisher won the sweep on Saturday with a net 66 with Ewan Irvine taking home the rollover 2's money with a 2 @4.
Sunday had some excellent scoring with Ewan Irvine nudging out Carl Kelly (gross 67 ) with a BIH to take the sweep today. 5 twos scored, each getting £2 per 2.
Donald Standaloft @11 +16
Matthew Dunn @4 + 10
Leighton Thomas @9
Qualifiers for the knockout all came from Sundays round. Donald beating Graham with a BIH of 29.
Draw for the Semi Finals is:
E Irvine v D Standaloft
C Kelly v M Dunn
Ties to be played as soon as possible guys.
Some superb scoring both days but Sundays was top drawer. With the sun shining all weekend, the course was picture perfect. Huge thanks to Head Greenkeeper Duncan Lyon for all his hard work getting the course into such great shape.
10th April 2024
The Seniors Tuesday Tankard
Well done Stewart, other prizewinners were Colin Renfrew, Jim Biker, Mike Ivory and Pat O'Sullivan
15th February 2024
15 February 2024
